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comportment.<00:10:20.320><c> We've</c><00:10:20.580><c> got</c><00:10:20.759><c> to</c><00:10:20.919><c> note</c><00:10:21.100><c> before</c>

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leaving<00:10:21.940><c> this</c><00:10:22.240><c> particular</c><00:10:22.759><c> verse</c><00:10:23.240><c> that</c><00:10:23.940><c> Jonah</c><00:10:24.379><c> succeeded</c><00:10:25.580><c> in</c>

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I'm<00:11:10.279><c> not</c><00:11:10.620><c> so</c><00:11:10.919><c> inclined,</c><00:11:11.440><c> and</c><00:11:11.659><c> I'm</c><00:11:11.820><c> going</c><00:11:11.919><c> to</c><00:11:12.059><c> go</c>

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fish,<00:11:46.539><c> and</c><00:11:47.100><c> finally</c><00:11:47.419><c> the</c><00:11:47.679><c> second</c><00:11:48.019><c> time</c><00:11:48.740><c> after</c><00:11:50.200><c> the</c>

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regurgitation,<00:11:52.100><c> he</c><00:11:52.279><c> was</c><00:11:52.419><c> sent</c><00:11:52.639><c> to</c><00:11:52.820><c> Nineveh.</c><00:11:55.899><c> Now,</c><00:11:56.059><c> let's</c><00:11:56.299><c> turn</c><00:11:56.840><c> to</c>

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God.<00:12:51.059><c> They</c><00:12:51.899><c> proclaimed</c><00:12:52.340><c> a</c><00:12:52.580><c> fast.</c><00:12:56.639><c> They</c><00:12:57.480><c> put</c><00:12:57.759><c> on</c><00:12:58.159><c> sackcloth</c><00:12:59.879><c> from</c><00:13:02.299><c> the</c><00:13:02.600><c> greatest</c><00:13:02.860><c> of</c>

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did,<00:14:03.960><c> what</c><00:14:04.179><c> the</c><00:14:04.340><c> Ninevites</c><00:14:04.840><c> and</c><00:14:04.980><c> their</c><00:14:05.240><c> king</c><00:14:05.539><c> did,</c>

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how<00:14:06.779><c> they</c><00:14:07.139><c> turned</c><00:14:07.639><c> from</c><00:14:07.940><c> their</c><00:14:08.200><c> evil</c><00:14:08.399><c> way,</c><00:14:09.320><c> God</c><00:14:09.759><c> repented</c><00:14:10.340><c> of</c>

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the<00:14:10.759><c> evil</c><00:14:10.940><c> which</c><00:14:11.159><c> he</c><00:14:11.340><c> had</c><00:14:11.539><c> said</c><00:14:11.659><c> he</c><00:14:11.820><c> would</c><00:14:12.019><c> do</c><00:14:12.120><c> to</c><00:14:12.279><c> them,</c>

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and<00:14:13.379><c> he</c><00:14:14.139><c> did</c><00:14:14.799><c> not</c><00:14:15.799><c> do</c><00:14:16.500><c> it.</c><00:14:18.019><c> Now</c><00:14:18.320><c> the</c><00:14:18.500><c> first</c><00:14:18.899><c> four</c><00:14:19.259><c> verses</c><00:14:19.620><c> of</c><00:14:19.879><c> the</c><00:14:20.059><c> next</c><00:14:20.620><c> chapter,</c><00:14:23.539><c> but</c><00:14:23.759><c> it</c>

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displays<00:14:24.779><c> Jonah</c><00:14:25.440><c> exceedingly,</c>

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not<00:14:27.200><c> just</c><00:14:27.399><c> a</c><00:14:27.519><c> little</c><00:14:27.700><c> bit,</c><00:14:29.039><c> exceedingly.</c><00:14:31.000><c> And</c><00:14:31.259><c> he</c><00:14:31.399><c> was</c><00:14:31.700><c> angry.</c>

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And<00:14:38.000><c> he</c><00:14:38.279><c> prayed</c><00:14:38.700><c> to</c><00:14:38.919><c> the</c><00:14:39.159><c> Lord</c><00:14:39.480><c> and</c><00:14:39.759><c> said,</c><00:14:40.720><c> I</c><00:14:40.720><c> pray</c><00:14:41.200><c> thee,</c><00:14:41.480><c> Lord,</c><00:14:41.879><c> is</c><00:14:42.220><c> not</c><00:14:42.600><c> this</c><00:14:42.840><c> what</c><00:14:43.059><c> I</c>

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own<00:14:44.700><c> country?</c><00:14:46.120><c> That</c><00:14:46.419><c> is</c><00:14:46.659><c> why</c><00:14:46.899><c> I</c><00:14:47.100><c> made</c><00:14:47.299><c> haste</c><00:14:47.759><c> to</c><00:14:47.960><c> flee</c><00:14:48.080><c> to</c><00:14:48.340><c> Tarshish.</c><00:14:49.299><c> For</c>

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I<00:14:49.820><c> knew</c><00:14:50.019><c> that</c><00:14:50.240><c> thou</c><00:14:50.399><c> art</c><00:14:50.559><c> a</c><00:14:50.700><c> gracious</c><00:14:50.980><c> God</c>

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and<00:14:51.519><c> merciful,</c><00:14:52.759><c> slow</c><00:14:52.919><c> to</c><00:14:53.139><c> anger</c><00:14:53.320><c> and</c><00:14:53.519><c> abounding</c><00:14:53.919><c> in</c><00:14:54.200><c> steadfast</c><00:14:54.659><c> love</c><00:14:55.019><c> and</c>

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repentant<00:14:55.879><c> of</c><00:14:56.100><c> evil.</c><00:14:57.279><c> Therefore</c>

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now,<00:14:58.039><c> O</c><00:14:58.320><c> Lord,</c><00:14:58.740><c> take</c><00:14:59.179><c> my</c><00:14:59.580><c> life</c><00:15:00.019><c> from</c><00:15:00.340><c> me.</c><00:15:01.879><c> I</c><00:15:02.019><c> beseech</c><00:15:02.460><c> thee,</c><00:15:03.820><c> for</c><00:15:04.120><c> it</c>

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is<00:15:04.440><c> better</c><00:15:04.700><c> for</c><00:15:04.860><c> me</c><00:15:05.039><c> to</c><00:15:05.259><c> die</c><00:15:06.080><c> than</c><00:15:06.620><c> to</c><00:15:06.879><c> live.</c>

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And<00:15:08.919><c> the</c><00:15:09.100><c> Lord</c><00:15:09.259><c> said,</c><00:15:10.080><c> do</c><00:15:10.320><c> you</c><00:15:10.519><c> do</c><00:15:10.759><c> well</c><00:15:11.419><c> to</c><00:15:13.240><c> be</c><00:15:13.480><c> angry?</c><00:15:15.940><c> Do</c><00:15:16.120><c> you</c>

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do<00:15:16.559><c> well</c><00:15:17.299><c> to</c><00:15:19.299><c> be</c><00:15:19.539><c> angry?</c><00:15:21.480><c> Now</c><00:15:22.080><c> brothers</c><00:15:22.259><c> and</c><00:15:22.519><c> sisters,</c>

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when<00:15:22.940><c> reading</c><00:15:23.379><c> a</c><00:15:23.700><c> record</c><00:15:23.940><c> such</c><00:15:24.240><c> as</c><00:15:24.480><c> this,</c><00:15:25.519><c> I</c><00:15:26.799><c> would</c><00:15:27.000><c> expect</c><00:15:27.399><c> that</c><00:15:27.620><c> we</c>

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wag<00:15:28.820><c> our</c><00:15:29.500><c> heads,</c><00:15:30.019><c> at</c><00:15:30.179><c> least</c><00:15:30.379><c> we</c><00:15:30.580><c> do</c><00:15:30.740><c> it</c><00:15:31.279><c> mentally,</c>

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and<00:15:34.379><c> are</c><00:15:34.700><c> shocked.</c><00:15:35.860><c> Yes,</c><00:15:36.120><c> that's</c><00:15:36.440><c> the</c><00:15:36.519><c> right</c><00:15:36.740><c> word.</c><00:15:38.059><c> Shocked</c>

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at<00:15:38.820><c> such</c><00:15:39.000><c> a</c><00:15:39.200><c> display</c><00:15:39.460><c> of</c><00:15:39.639><c> what</c><00:15:39.840><c> appears</c><00:15:40.200><c> to</c><00:15:40.399><c> be</c><00:15:40.700><c> real</c>

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selfishness,<00:15:42.500><c> first</c><00:15:42.940><c>-class</c><00:15:43.940><c> selfishness.</c><00:15:46.080><c> Jonah</c><00:15:46.399><c> actually</c>

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begrudged<00:15:48.159><c> the</c><00:15:48.340><c> Ninevites</c><00:15:48.840><c> the</c><00:15:49.120><c> mercy</c><00:15:49.460><c> they</c>

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had<00:15:49.779><c> received.</c><00:15:53.299><c> Not</c><00:15:53.559><c> only</c><00:15:53.899><c> was</c><00:15:54.379><c> Jonah</c><00:15:54.700><c> exceedingly</c><00:15:55.440><c> displeased,</c><00:15:57.659><c> he</c><00:15:57.919><c> was</c>

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very<00:15:58.539><c> angry.</c><00:16:01.679><c> Of</c><00:16:01.980><c> course,</c>

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brothers<00:16:02.500><c> and</c><00:16:02.639><c> sisters,</c><00:16:04.200><c> he</c><00:16:05.200><c> was</c><00:16:05.440><c> very</c><00:16:05.840><c> wrong.</c><00:16:09.159><c> He</c><00:16:09.980><c> had</c><00:16:10.259><c> so</c><00:16:10.539><c> little</c><00:16:10.879><c> reverence</c><00:16:12.000><c> of</c>

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God<00:16:13.240><c> that</c><00:16:14.679><c> he</c><00:16:14.860><c> was</c><00:16:15.299><c> displeased</c>

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and<00:16:16.330><c> angry</c><00:16:16.850><c> at</c><00:16:17.190><c> what</c><00:16:17.730><c> God</c><00:16:18.269><c> did.</c><00:16:21.230><c> In</c><00:16:21.370><c> some</c><00:16:21.629><c> way</c><00:16:21.950><c> like</c><00:16:22.470><c> David</c><00:16:22.929><c> when</c><00:16:23.129><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:16:23.470><c> had</c><00:16:23.750><c> taken</c><00:16:23.929><c> action</c><00:16:24.269><c> against</c><00:16:24.789><c> us.</c><00:16:25.149><c> Remember</c>

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displeased<00:16:32.070><c> by</c><00:16:32.370><c> what</c><00:16:32.590><c> God</c><00:16:32.870><c> did.</c><00:16:35.210><c> Now</c><00:16:35.429><c> in</c><00:16:45.730><c> this</c>

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no<00:16:46.490><c> care</c><00:16:47.470><c> for</c><00:16:49.350><c> his</c><00:16:49.590><c> fellow</c><00:16:49.789><c> man.</c><00:16:52.090><c> Jonah</c><00:16:52.330><c> manifested</c><00:16:53.169><c> the</c><00:16:53.610><c> antithesis,</c><00:16:54.889><c> the</c>

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exact<00:16:55.649><c> opposite</c><00:16:56.269><c> of</c><00:16:57.309><c> our</c><00:16:57.570><c> instruction</c>

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well<00:17:02.710><c> as</c><00:17:02.909><c> I</c><00:17:03.070><c> do,</c><00:17:03.330><c> as</c><00:17:03.490><c> we</c><00:17:03.730><c> therefore</c>

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of<00:17:11.730><c> faith.</c><00:17:16.690><c> Jonah</c><00:17:16.809><c> would</c><00:17:17.009><c> have</c><00:17:17.150><c> none</c><00:17:17.349><c> of</c><00:17:17.470><c> it.</c><00:17:20.029><c> None</c><00:17:20.230><c> of</c><00:17:20.369><c> it.</c><00:17:21.509><c> Why</c><00:17:22.109><c> was</c><00:17:22.750><c> I</c>

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these<00:17:25.490><c> people?</c><00:17:28.329><c> Of</c><00:17:28.930><c> those</c><00:17:29.369><c> whom</c><00:17:29.589><c> I</c><00:17:29.970><c> consider</c><00:17:30.490><c> to</c><00:17:30.809><c> be</c><00:17:31.109><c> but</c><00:17:31.430><c> the</c>

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lowest<00:17:31.950><c> of</c><00:17:32.289><c> life,</c><00:17:32.549><c> why</c><00:17:32.910><c> me?</c><00:17:36.569><c> Don't</c><00:17:36.829><c> give</c><00:17:36.930><c> me</c><00:17:37.029><c> that</c><00:17:37.230><c> kind</c>

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of<00:17:38.390><c> task.</c><00:17:41.789><c> The</c><00:17:42.049><c> lowest</c><00:17:42.309><c> form</c><00:17:42.569><c> of</c><00:17:42.769><c> people,</c><00:17:43.049><c> and</c><00:17:43.250><c> you</c><00:17:43.710><c> told</c><00:17:44.150><c> me</c>

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to<00:17:45.890><c> preach</c><00:17:46.130><c> to</c><00:17:46.289><c> them?</c><00:17:49.069><c> Uh</c><00:17:49.230><c>-uh.</c><00:17:51.329><c> We</c><00:17:51.630><c> recall</c><00:17:51.910><c> of</c><00:17:52.049><c> course,</c>

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don't<00:17:52.430><c> we</c><00:17:52.529><c> brothers</c><00:17:52.769><c> and</c><00:17:53.009><c> sisters,</c><00:17:53.390><c> that</c><00:17:53.609><c> this</c><00:17:53.869><c> was</c><00:17:54.130><c> a</c><00:17:54.349><c> sin</c><00:17:54.450><c> of</c>

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fault<00:17:59.410><c> with</c><00:18:00.170><c> Jesus</c><00:18:00.690><c> because</c><00:18:01.109><c> they</c><00:18:01.369><c> entertained</c><00:18:02.029><c> publicans</c>

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and<00:18:03.069><c> sinners.</c><00:18:06.130><c> Jonah</c><00:18:06.329><c> was</c><00:18:06.569><c> manifesting</c>

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it.<00:18:29.579><c> Which</c><00:18:29.740><c> brings</c><00:18:30.059><c> me</c><00:18:31.099><c> to</c><00:18:31.400><c> an</c><00:18:31.619><c> observation</c><00:18:32.119><c> about</c>

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torn,<00:18:38.480><c> I</c><00:18:38.900><c> suggest</c><00:18:39.559><c> and</c><00:18:40.180><c> I</c><00:18:40.579><c> suspect,</c><00:18:41.920><c> between</c>

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our<00:18:42.660><c> compassion</c><00:18:43.279><c> for</c><00:18:43.519><c> the</c><00:18:43.759><c> suffering</c><00:18:44.119><c> of</c><00:18:44.380><c> individuals</c><00:18:45.039><c> and</c>

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world.<00:18:49.579><c> It's</c><00:18:50.299><c> particularly</c><00:18:50.779><c> true</c><00:18:51.140><c> when</c><00:18:51.299><c> you</c><00:18:51.460><c> think</c><00:18:51.619><c> of</c><00:18:51.759><c> the</c>

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poverty<00:18:53.160><c> bands</c><00:18:54.000><c> in</c><00:18:54.859><c> our</c><00:18:55.059><c> own</c><00:18:55.299><c> countries,</c>

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whether<00:18:55.880><c> it's</c><00:18:56.079><c> North</c><00:18:56.299><c> America</c><00:18:56.660><c> or</c><00:18:56.839><c> Canada</c><00:18:57.200><c> or</c><00:18:57.380><c> Australia</c><00:18:57.900><c> or</c>

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people<00:19:01.700><c> who</c><00:19:01.900><c> are</c><00:19:02.119><c> suffering</c><00:19:02.500><c> untold</c><00:19:03.480><c> miseries</c><00:19:04.259><c> in</c><00:19:04.660><c> that</c><00:19:04.940><c> Middle</c><00:19:05.240><c> Eastern</c><00:19:05.839><c> conflagration.</c><00:19:07.700><c> We</c>

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feel<00:19:08.539><c> compassion</c>

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for<00:19:09.980><c> them</c><00:19:10.200><c> and</c><00:19:10.339><c> on</c><00:19:10.519><c> them</c><00:19:10.599><c> and</c><00:19:10.700><c> we</c><00:19:10.900><c> should.</c><00:19:16.059><c> And</c><00:19:16.319><c> yet</c><00:19:16.680><c> we</c><00:19:17.339><c> know</c>

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and<00:19:17.960><c> we</c><00:19:18.140><c> know</c><00:19:18.339><c> very</c><00:19:18.740><c> well</c><00:19:19.720><c> that</c><00:19:21.279><c> that's</c><00:19:21.480><c> what</c><00:19:21.640><c> God</c>

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wants<00:19:22.200><c> to</c><00:19:22.480><c> happen</c><00:19:22.759><c> for</c><00:19:23.039><c> his</c><00:19:23.279><c> purpose.</c><00:19:25.299><c> Being</c><00:19:25.700><c> carried</c><00:19:25.980><c> out</c><00:19:26.579><c> in</c>

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exact<00:19:28.000><c> detail</c><00:19:28.779><c> and</c><00:19:29.720><c> we</c><00:19:30.000><c> must</c><00:19:30.339><c> acquiesce</c><00:19:31.160><c> in</c><00:19:31.299><c> it.</c><00:19:34.259><c> We</c>

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must<00:19:35.140><c> subvert</c><00:19:35.779><c> our</c><00:19:36.900><c> tendency</c><00:19:37.259><c> to</c><00:19:37.680><c> overreact</c><00:19:39.019><c> compassionately</c><00:19:40.400><c> for</c><00:19:40.819><c> the</c><00:19:41.019><c> distress</c><00:19:41.400><c> that's</c>

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going<00:19:41.920><c> on</c><00:19:42.140><c> in</c><00:19:42.259><c> this</c><00:19:42.420><c> world</c><00:19:42.640><c> today.</c><00:19:43.440><c> It's</c><00:19:43.619><c> a</c><00:19:43.700><c> hard</c><00:19:43.880><c> thing</c><00:19:44.059><c> to</c><00:19:44.259><c> do.</c><00:19:44.559><c> The</c><00:19:44.799><c> balance</c><00:19:45.079><c> between</c><00:19:45.440><c> the</c><00:19:45.680><c> two</c><00:19:45.839><c> is</c><00:19:46.000><c> something</c>

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we've<00:19:46.559><c> got</c><00:19:46.660><c> to</c><00:19:46.859><c> work</c><00:19:47.039><c> at</c><00:19:47.259><c> daily.</c><00:19:50.200><c> And</c><00:19:50.359><c> yet</c><00:19:50.480><c> it's</c><00:19:50.819><c> God's</c><00:19:51.220><c> plan.</c>

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We<00:19:51.420><c> were</c><00:19:51.559><c> talking</c><00:19:51.819><c> about</c><00:19:52.079><c> it</c><00:19:52.279><c> this</c><00:19:52.440><c> morning</c><00:19:52.619><c> at</c>

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the<00:19:52.920><c> breakfast</c><00:19:53.200><c> table.</c><00:19:53.839><c> God's</c><00:19:54.359><c> plan.</c><00:19:56.319><c> God's</c><00:19:56.839><c> plan.</c><00:19:57.900><c> And</c><00:19:58.160><c> remember</c><00:19:58.359><c> that</c>

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that<00:19:59.700><c> minuscule</c><00:20:00.500><c> number</c><00:20:00.960><c> that</c><00:20:01.579><c> we</c><00:20:01.819><c> find</c>

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ourselves<00:20:02.500><c> part</c><00:20:02.880><c> of</c><00:20:03.180><c> that</c><00:20:03.400><c> understands</c><00:20:03.980><c> that.</c><00:20:06.380><c> And</c><00:20:06.539><c> we've</c><00:20:06.700><c> got</c><00:20:06.839><c> to</c>

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bear<00:20:07.160><c> that</c><00:20:07.480><c> in</c><00:20:07.680><c> mind</c><00:20:07.900><c> when</c><00:20:08.099><c> political</c>

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questions<00:20:09.119><c> come</c><00:20:09.380><c> up,</c><00:20:09.559><c> when</c><00:20:09.740><c> military</c><00:20:10.279><c> questions</c><00:20:10.680><c> come</c><00:20:10.940><c> up,</c>

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when<00:20:11.339><c> conflicts</c><00:20:11.740><c> between</c><00:20:12.099><c> nations</c><00:20:12.500><c> come</c><00:20:12.779><c> up.</c><00:20:13.579><c> We've</c>

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got<00:20:13.880><c> to</c><00:20:14.099><c> always</c><00:20:15.180><c> bear</c><00:20:15.579><c> that</c><00:20:15.900><c> in</c><00:20:16.059><c> mind.</c><00:20:16.599><c> It</c><00:20:16.839><c> reminds</c><00:20:17.039><c> me</c><00:20:17.279><c> of</c><00:20:17.380><c> Dr.</c>

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Thomas<00:20:18.099><c> in</c><00:20:18.240><c> a</c><00:20:18.420><c> statement</c><00:20:18.599><c> he</c><00:20:18.819><c> made</c><00:20:19.079><c> about</c><00:20:19.579><c> no</c><00:20:20.039><c> group</c>

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in<00:20:20.420><c> the</c><00:20:20.579><c> world</c><00:20:21.000><c> was</c><00:20:21.640><c> less</c><00:20:22.160><c> involved</c><00:20:22.720><c> in</c><00:20:22.960><c> politics</c><00:20:23.440><c> than</c><00:20:23.680><c> the</c>

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Christadelphian<00:20:24.440><c> community.</c><00:20:25.700><c> On</c><00:20:25.920><c> the</c><00:20:26.059><c> other</c><00:20:26.200><c> hand,</c>

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no<00:20:26.640><c> group</c><00:20:26.859><c> in</c><00:20:27.000><c> the</c><00:20:27.119><c> world</c><00:20:27.259><c> was</c><00:20:27.460><c> more</c><00:20:27.720><c> interested</c><00:20:27.980><c> in</c><00:20:28.099><c> what</c><00:20:28.220><c> was</c>

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going<00:20:28.660><c> on</c><00:20:28.920><c> politically</c><00:20:29.359><c> in</c><00:20:29.700><c> the</c><00:20:29.880><c> world</c><00:20:30.099><c> than</c><00:20:30.359><c> the</c>

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community.<00:20:31.700><c> He's</c><00:20:32.019><c> absolutely</c><00:20:32.519><c> right.</c><00:20:35.960><c> But</c><00:20:36.279><c> the</c><00:20:36.519><c> balance</c><00:20:36.779><c> is</c>

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very<00:20:37.319><c> important.</c><00:20:38.000><c> And</c><00:20:38.160><c> I</c><00:20:38.180><c> think</c><00:20:38.359><c> Jonah</c><00:20:38.599><c> lost</c><00:20:38.940><c> that</c>

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balance.<00:20:39.660><c> At</c><00:20:39.880><c> least</c><00:20:40.119><c> for</c><00:20:40.400><c> a</c><00:20:40.519><c> while.</c><00:20:41.380><c> But</c><00:20:41.519><c> I'm</c><00:20:41.619><c> not</c><00:20:41.839><c> so</c><00:20:42.059><c> sure</c><00:20:42.680><c> whether</c><00:20:43.299><c> he</c>

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ever<00:20:43.859><c> corrected</c><00:20:44.160><c> it.</c><00:20:48.000><c> I</c><00:20:48.579><c> think,</c><00:20:49.539><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:20:49.799><c> sisters,</c><00:20:50.960><c> we</c><00:20:51.220><c> may</c><00:20:51.440><c> very</c><00:20:51.799><c> well</c><00:20:53.000><c> have</c><00:20:53.579><c> a</c><00:20:53.799><c> situation</c><00:20:54.220><c> here</c>

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with<00:20:57.619><c> Jonah</c><00:20:58.079><c> where</c><00:21:00.579><c> personal</c><00:21:01.599><c> honor</c><00:21:02.019><c> was</c><00:21:02.339><c> involved.</c>

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And<00:21:04.319><c> that</c><00:21:04.500><c> brings</c><00:21:04.700><c> it</c><00:21:05.779><c> back</c><00:21:06.279><c> to</c><00:21:06.759><c> us</c><00:21:07.039><c> personally</c><00:21:07.460><c> too.</c><00:21:09.240><c> And</c><00:21:09.539><c> this</c><00:21:09.740><c> is</c>

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what<00:21:10.099><c> made</c><00:21:10.240><c> him</c><00:21:10.440><c> angry.</c><00:21:12.920><c> His</c><00:21:13.240><c> personal</c>

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reputation,<00:21:14.480><c> his</c><00:21:14.519><c> personal</c><00:21:14.940><c> honor</c><00:21:15.160><c> was</c><00:21:15.400><c> at</c><00:21:15.640><c> stake.</c><00:21:15.859><c> And</c><00:21:16.039><c> that's</c><00:21:16.259><c> what</c>

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made<00:21:16.599><c> him</c><00:21:16.839><c> angry.</c><00:21:20.299><c> The</c><00:21:20.680><c> favor</c><00:21:20.920><c> shown</c>

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to<00:21:21.480><c> the</c><00:21:21.640><c> other</c><00:21:21.839><c> people,</c><00:21:23.039><c> to</c><00:21:23.279><c> the</c><00:21:23.460><c> other</c><00:21:23.680><c> people,</c><00:21:26.640><c> the</c><00:21:26.799><c> Gentile</c>

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Ninevites,<00:21:29.579><c> this</c><00:21:29.880><c> favor</c><00:21:30.200><c> was</c><00:21:30.519><c> viewed</c><00:21:30.759><c> as</c><00:21:31.119><c> a</c>

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down,<00:21:34.759><c> a</c><00:21:34.960><c> lessening</c><00:21:35.460><c> of</c><00:21:35.799><c> importance</c><00:21:36.359><c> for</c><00:21:36.640><c> his</c><00:21:36.960><c> own</c><00:21:37.299><c> group</c><00:21:37.740><c> and</c>

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hence<00:21:38.839><c> himself.</c><00:21:43.420><c> You've</c><00:21:44.119><c> all</c><00:21:44.299><c> heard</c><00:21:44.660><c> the</c>

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saying<00:21:45.579><c> about</c><00:21:46.019><c> being</c><00:21:46.480><c> a</c><00:21:47.480><c> little</c><00:21:47.720><c> frog</c><00:21:48.000><c> in</c><00:21:48.140><c> a</c><00:21:48.299><c> big</c><00:21:48.519><c> pond</c><00:21:48.900><c> or</c><00:21:49.859><c> a</c><00:21:50.140><c> big</c><00:21:50.319><c> frog</c><00:21:50.559><c> in</c><00:21:50.740><c> a</c>

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little<00:21:51.000><c> pond.</c><00:21:52.900><c> And</c><00:21:53.599><c> maybe</c><00:21:53.839><c> that</c>

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inclination<00:21:56.069><c> in</c><00:21:56.289><c> his</c><00:21:56.549><c> thought</c><00:21:56.750><c> process</c><00:21:57.230><c> was</c><00:21:57.529><c> there.</c><00:21:58.930><c> I</c><00:21:58.990><c> don't</c>

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know.<00:22:00.109><c> You</c><00:22:00.150><c> know,</c><00:22:00.609><c> Peter</c><00:22:01.230><c> demonstrated</c><00:22:01.930><c> somewhat</c>

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the<00:22:02.609><c> same</c><00:22:02.849><c> spirit.</c><00:22:04.069><c> Remember</c><00:22:04.410><c> the</c><00:22:04.869><c> trance</c><00:22:05.250><c> that</c><00:22:05.450><c> he</c><00:22:05.849><c> was</c><00:22:06.250><c> subjected</c><00:22:06.710><c> to</c>

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and<00:22:08.349><c> the</c><00:22:08.650><c> sheet</c><00:22:08.789><c> was</c><00:22:09.150><c> lowered</c><00:22:09.390><c> three</c><00:22:09.710><c> times?</c>

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What<00:22:10.710><c> was</c><00:22:10.890><c> Peter's</c><00:22:11.309><c> reaction</c><00:22:11.710><c> when</c><00:22:12.829><c> he</c><00:22:13.009><c> was</c><00:22:13.230><c> told</c><00:22:13.529><c> about,</c><00:22:15.569><c> don't</c><00:22:15.589><c> call</c><00:22:15.849><c> anything</c><00:22:16.309><c> unclean</c><00:22:16.809><c> that</c><00:22:16.970><c> I</c>

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call<00:22:17.390><c> clean?</c>

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What<00:22:18.069><c> was</c><00:22:18.569><c> his</c><00:22:18.849><c> reaction?</c><00:22:19.589><c> Immediately</c><00:22:20.069><c> he</c><00:22:20.269><c> says,</c><00:22:20.589><c> not</c><00:22:20.690><c> so,</c>

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Lord.<00:22:23.289><c> He</c><00:22:23.690><c> was</c><00:22:23.869><c> thinking</c><00:22:24.109><c> first</c><00:22:24.509><c> and</c><00:22:24.730><c> foremost,</c>

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and<00:22:26.589><c> possibly</c><00:22:26.950><c> at</c><00:22:27.170><c> that</c><00:22:27.369><c> time</c><00:22:27.529><c> with</c><00:22:27.750><c> some</c><00:22:27.950><c> justification,</c><00:22:29.049><c> but</c><00:22:29.170><c> it</c>

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was<00:22:29.490><c> the</c><00:22:29.789><c> spirit</c><00:22:30.130><c> of</c><00:22:30.490><c> that</c><00:22:30.970><c> exclamation</c><00:22:31.529><c> that</c><00:22:31.690><c> I'm</c>

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talking<00:22:32.190><c> about.</c><00:22:32.450><c> Not</c><00:22:32.650><c> so,</c><00:22:32.910><c> Lord.</c><00:22:33.750><c> Don't</c><00:22:34.029><c> tell</c><00:22:34.309><c> me</c><00:22:34.930><c> that</c><00:22:35.190><c> those</c>

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Gentiles<00:22:36.410><c> are</c><00:22:36.630><c> to</c><00:22:36.750><c> be</c><00:22:36.990><c> approached.</c><00:22:37.549><c> Of</c><00:22:37.750><c> course,</c>

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he<00:22:37.950><c> learned</c><00:22:38.130><c> his</c><00:22:38.390><c> lesson.</c><00:22:40.109><c> He</c><00:22:40.289><c> learned</c><00:22:40.470><c> his</c><00:22:40.730><c> lesson.</c><00:22:41.829><c> But</c><00:22:42.130><c> nonetheless,</c><00:22:42.650><c> he</c>

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demonstrated<00:22:43.430><c> at</c><00:22:43.789><c> that</c><00:22:44.049><c> juncture</c><00:22:44.309><c> the</c>

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same<00:22:44.990><c> spirit</c><00:22:45.650><c> that</c><00:22:46.569><c> Jonah,</c><00:22:46.849><c> I</c><00:22:47.190><c> suggest,</c><00:22:48.730><c> is</c><00:22:48.950><c> expressing.</c><00:22:51.130><c> We</c>

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might<00:22:51.490><c> even</c><00:22:51.809><c> say</c><00:22:53.190><c> that</c><00:22:54.710><c> Jonah</c><00:22:55.089><c> had</c><00:22:55.630><c> a</c><00:22:55.950><c> real</c><00:22:56.529><c> zeal</c><00:22:57.170><c> for</c>

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the<00:22:57.670><c> God</c><00:22:58.049><c> of</c><00:22:58.329><c> Israel,</c><00:23:00.829><c> but</c><00:23:01.170><c> not</c><00:23:02.250><c> according</c><00:23:02.710><c> to</c><00:23:03.089><c> knowledge.</c><00:23:05.069><c> Not</c><00:23:05.569><c> according</c><00:23:06.710><c> to</c>

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knowledge.<00:23:10.410><c> Let's</c><00:23:11.029><c> read</c><00:23:11.390><c> verses</c><00:23:11.750><c> two</c>

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and<00:23:12.150><c> three</c><00:23:12.470><c> of</c><00:23:12.690><c> chapter</c><00:23:13.049><c> four</c><00:23:13.450><c> again.</c><00:23:16.930><c> And</c><00:23:17.490><c> he</c><00:23:17.670><c> prayed</c><00:23:17.950><c> unto</c><00:23:18.170><c> the</c><00:23:18.390><c> Lord</c><00:23:18.549><c> and</c><00:23:18.750><c> said,</c><00:23:18.990><c> I</c>

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pray<00:23:19.630><c> thee,</c><00:23:19.869><c> O</c><00:23:20.190><c> Lord,</c>

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was<00:23:22.990><c> not</c><00:23:23.289><c> this</c><00:23:23.569><c> my</c><00:23:23.829><c> saying</c><00:23:24.210><c> when</c><00:23:24.450><c> I</c><00:23:24.630><c> was</c><00:23:24.809><c> yet</c><00:23:24.930><c> in</c><00:23:25.089><c> my</c><00:23:25.349><c> country?</c>

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Therefore<00:23:28.069><c> I</c><00:23:28.390><c> fled</c><00:23:28.589><c> unto</c><00:23:28.869><c> Tarshish,</c>

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for<00:23:29.710><c> I</c><00:23:30.009><c> knew</c><00:23:30.170><c> that</c><00:23:30.410><c> thou</c><00:23:30.549><c> art</c><00:23:30.710><c> a</c><00:23:30.829><c> gracious</c><00:23:31.109><c> God</c><00:23:31.490><c> and</c><00:23:31.670><c> merciful,</c>

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slow<00:23:32.349><c> to</c><00:23:32.509><c> anger</c><00:23:32.730><c> and</c><00:23:32.849><c> of</c><00:23:33.029><c> great</c><00:23:33.230><c> kindness,</c>

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and<00:23:34.369><c> repentance</c><00:23:34.710><c> thee</c><00:23:35.210><c> of</c><00:23:35.529><c> the</c><00:23:35.750><c> evil.</c><00:23:36.529><c> Therefore</c><00:23:36.950><c> now,</c><00:23:37.250><c> O</c><00:23:37.470><c> Lord,</c><00:23:38.269><c> take</c><00:23:38.549><c> I</c>

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beseech<00:23:39.710><c> thee</c><00:23:40.069><c> my</c><00:23:40.670><c> life</c><00:23:41.250><c> from</c><00:23:41.569><c> me,</c>

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for<00:23:44.170><c> it</c><00:23:44.250><c> is</c><00:23:44.430><c> better</c><00:23:44.990><c> for</c><00:23:46.490><c> me</c><00:23:46.670><c> to</c><00:23:46.829><c> die</c><00:23:47.710><c> than</c><00:23:48.710><c> to</c><00:23:48.970><c> live.</c><00:23:53.190><c> This</c><00:23:53.829><c> is</c>

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a<00:23:54.309><c> classic.</c><00:23:54.710><c> Nothing</c><00:23:54.950><c> semi</c><00:23:55.430><c> about</c><00:23:55.710><c> it.</c><00:23:56.130><c> This</c><00:23:56.309><c> is</c><00:23:56.589><c> a</c>

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classic<00:23:57.150><c> attempt</c><00:23:58.009><c> at</c><00:23:59.930><c> justification.</c><00:24:02.910><c> Why</c><00:24:03.190><c> pick</c><00:24:03.390><c> on</c><00:24:03.630><c> me?</c><00:24:05.930><c> Didn't</c><00:24:06.190><c> I</c>

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know<00:24:07.130><c> this</c><00:24:07.630><c> would</c><00:24:07.869><c> happen?</c><00:24:11.089><c> Was</c><00:24:11.549><c> this</c><00:24:11.829><c> not</c>

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my<00:24:12.390><c> saying</c><00:24:12.750><c> when</c><00:24:12.950><c> I</c><00:24:13.130><c> was</c><00:24:13.269><c> in</c><00:24:13.390><c> my</c><00:24:13.650><c> own</c><00:24:13.869><c> country?</c><00:24:16.450><c> Now,</c><00:24:16.650><c> there's</c>

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no<00:24:17.109><c> record</c><00:24:17.410><c> in</c><00:24:17.589><c> the</c><00:24:17.750><c> book</c><00:24:18.650><c> of</c><00:24:19.250><c> this</c><00:24:19.789><c> particular</c>

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point<00:24:20.690><c> other</c><00:24:21.009><c> than</c><00:24:21.170><c> what</c><00:24:21.390><c> Jonah</c><00:24:21.690><c> says</c><00:24:21.990><c> right</c><00:24:22.349><c> here,</c><00:24:25.089><c> but</c><00:24:25.269><c> quite</c><00:24:25.549><c> possibly</c><00:24:25.970><c> part</c>

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of<00:24:26.349><c> his</c><00:24:26.569><c> prayerful</c><00:24:27.009><c> objection</c>

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before<00:24:28.049><c> he</c><00:24:28.269><c> took</c><00:24:28.470><c> flight</c><00:24:29.029><c> in</c><00:24:29.609><c> the</c><00:24:29.789><c> ship</c><00:24:30.309><c> to</c><00:24:30.589><c> Tarshish.</c><00:24:32.490><c> Consider</c><00:24:32.910><c> that</c>

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again,<00:24:33.410><c> brothers</c><00:24:33.670><c> and</c><00:24:33.890><c> sisters.</c><00:24:34.690><c> He</c><00:24:34.930><c> says,</c>

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therefore<00:24:39.160><c> I</c><00:24:39.539><c> fled</c><00:24:39.980><c> because</c><00:24:40.799><c> was</c><00:24:41.240><c> not</c><00:24:41.599><c> this</c><00:24:41.859><c> my</c><00:24:42.160><c> saying</c><00:24:42.480><c> when</c>

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I<00:24:42.880><c> was</c><00:24:43.039><c> yet</c><00:24:43.160><c> in</c><00:24:43.299><c> my</c><00:24:43.539><c> country?</c><00:24:44.799><c> Before</c><00:24:45.119><c> he</c><00:24:45.339><c> fled.</c><00:24:46.339><c> So</c>

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he<00:24:46.660><c> must</c><00:24:46.960><c> have</c><00:24:47.160><c> responded</c><00:24:47.680><c> in</c><00:24:48.220><c> some</c><00:24:48.619><c> form,</c><00:24:49.259><c> prayer,</c><00:24:49.920><c> objection,</c><00:24:50.619><c> protestation</c><00:24:51.279><c> to</c><00:24:51.599><c> God</c>

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when<00:24:52.119><c> he</c><00:24:52.299><c> got</c><00:24:52.440><c> that</c>

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commission.<00:24:53.619><c> I</c><00:24:53.900><c> knew</c><00:24:54.079><c> you</c><00:24:54.339><c> were</c><00:24:55.019><c> a</c><00:24:55.339><c> merciful</c><00:24:55.619><c> God</c><00:24:56.039><c> and</c><00:24:56.960><c> I</c><00:24:57.079><c> knew</c>

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this<00:24:57.359><c> would</c><00:24:57.480><c> happen.</c><00:24:58.220><c> I</c><00:24:58.519><c> knew</c><00:24:58.759><c> that</c><00:24:58.900><c> they</c><00:24:59.039><c> would</c>

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repent.<00:25:00.220><c> I</c><00:25:00.380><c> knew</c><00:25:00.579><c> you'd</c><00:25:00.920><c> forgive</c><00:25:01.180><c> them</c><00:25:01.539><c> and</c><00:25:01.740><c> I</c><00:25:01.900><c> don't</c><00:25:02.079><c> like</c><00:25:02.259><c> it.</c><00:25:06.700><c> Why</c><00:25:07.019><c> pick</c><00:25:07.220><c> on</c>

00:25:07.380 --> 00:25:09.779
me?<00:25:07.740><c> Why</c><00:25:07.980><c> put</c><00:25:08.200><c> me</c><00:25:08.400><c> in</c><00:25:08.519><c> that</c><00:25:08.740><c> position?</c>

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You<00:25:10.200><c> know,</c><00:25:10.460><c> brothers</c><00:25:10.640><c> and</c><00:25:10.880><c> sisters,</c><00:25:11.660><c> this</c><00:25:12.000><c> is</c><00:25:12.380><c> really</c><00:25:12.740><c> a</c><00:25:13.119><c> very</c>

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strange<00:25:13.960><c> sort</c><00:25:14.500><c> of</c><00:25:14.759><c> man</c><00:25:15.160><c> that</c><00:25:15.559><c> God</c><00:25:15.839><c> has</c><00:25:16.140><c> left</c><00:25:16.480><c> for</c><00:25:17.559><c> our</c>

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example.<00:25:18.619><c> Very</c><00:25:19.160><c> strange</c><00:25:19.779><c> indeed.</c><00:25:21.900><c> We</c><00:25:22.180><c> have</c><00:25:22.420><c> here</c><00:25:22.779><c> a</c><00:25:23.099><c> man</c><00:25:23.619><c> who</c>

00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:28.119
dreaded<00:25:24.839><c> the</c><00:25:25.059><c> success</c><00:25:25.619><c> of</c><00:25:25.920><c> his</c><00:25:26.200><c> ministry,</c><00:25:27.720><c> dreaded</c>

00:25:28.119 --> 00:25:34.539
the<00:25:28.680><c> success</c><00:25:28.680><c> of</c><00:25:28.900><c> his</c><00:25:29.119><c> teaching</c><00:25:29.420><c> of</c><00:25:29.619><c> God's</c><00:25:30.059><c> truth.</c><00:25:30.460><c> It's</c><00:25:30.640><c> incredible.</c><00:25:33.920><c> Think</c><00:25:34.140><c> about</c><00:25:34.380><c> that</c>

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a<00:25:34.720><c> moment.</c><00:25:36.619><c> What</c><00:25:36.819><c> he</c>

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objected<00:25:37.500><c> to,</c><00:25:37.660><c> what</c><00:25:37.839><c> he</c><00:25:38.079><c> dreaded</c><00:25:38.359><c> was</c><00:25:38.579><c> the</c><00:25:38.799><c> fact</c><00:25:38.960><c> that</c><00:25:39.079><c> he</c><00:25:39.220><c> was</c>

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going<00:25:39.460><c> to</c><00:25:39.559><c> be</c><00:25:39.700><c> successful</c><00:25:40.339><c> in</c><00:25:40.819><c> converting</c><00:25:41.140><c> the</c>

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Ninevites<00:25:42.019><c> and</c><00:25:44.000><c> he</c><00:25:44.119><c> was</c><00:25:44.359><c> angry</c><00:25:44.599><c> because</c><00:25:44.940><c> he</c><00:25:45.160><c> succeeded.</c><00:25:49.900><c> That</c>

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:52.779
borders<00:25:50.200><c> on</c><00:25:50.420><c> the</c><00:25:50.599><c> ridiculous,</c><00:25:51.740><c> the</c><00:25:52.200><c> way</c><00:25:52.359><c> we</c><00:25:52.599><c> view</c>

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truth.<00:25:55.619><c> We</c><00:25:56.460><c> surely</c><00:25:56.759><c> know,</c><00:25:57.059><c> brothers</c><00:25:57.359><c> and</c><00:25:57.640><c> sisters,</c><00:25:58.940><c> that</c><00:25:59.099><c> many</c><00:25:59.339><c> are</c>

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tempted,<00:26:00.339><c> including</c><00:26:00.740><c> a</c><00:26:01.240><c> number</c><00:26:01.440><c> of</c>

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ourselves<00:26:02.140><c> I'm</c><00:26:02.440><c> sure,</c><00:26:03.579><c> to</c><00:26:03.859><c> withdraw</c><00:26:04.660><c> from</c><00:26:05.880><c> work</c><00:26:06.140><c> in</c><00:26:06.299><c> the</c><00:26:06.500><c> truth</c><00:26:07.059><c> because</c><00:26:09.019><c> they</c>

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or<00:26:09.920><c> we</c><00:26:10.680><c> have</c><00:26:11.180><c> despaired</c><00:26:11.680><c> of</c><00:26:11.839><c> doing</c>

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good<00:26:12.599><c> by</c><00:26:12.960><c> it.</c><00:26:14.440><c> We've</c><00:26:14.859><c> despaired</c><00:26:15.319><c> of</c><00:26:15.539><c> being</c><00:26:15.839><c> successful</c><00:26:16.480><c> in</c><00:26:16.819><c> teaching</c><00:26:17.619><c> and</c><00:26:19.319><c> converting</c><00:26:19.900><c> others</c><00:26:20.259><c> to</c>

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God's<00:26:20.940><c> way.</c>

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But<00:26:23.880><c> Jonah</c><00:26:24.359><c> declined</c><00:26:25.299><c> preaching</c><00:26:25.839><c> because</c><00:26:26.599><c> he</c><00:26:26.740><c> was</c><00:26:26.940><c> afraid</c><00:26:27.299><c> of</c>

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doing<00:26:27.680><c> good</c><00:26:27.940><c> by</c><00:26:28.259><c> it.</c><00:26:33.940><c> The</c><00:26:34.160><c> record</c><00:26:34.359><c> of</c><00:26:34.519><c> verse</c>

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three<00:26:35.880><c> tells</c><00:26:37.200><c> us</c><00:26:37.460><c> he</c><00:26:37.619><c> wishes</c><00:26:37.940><c> for</c><00:26:38.240><c> death.</c><00:26:42.619><c> If</c><00:26:42.740><c> none</c><00:26:42.980><c> of</c><00:26:43.180><c> us</c><00:26:43.259><c> live,</c><00:26:43.880><c> let</c>

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me<00:26:44.819><c> die.</c><00:26:49.460><c> Consider</c><00:26:49.960><c> the</c><00:26:50.240><c> contrast</c><00:26:50.700><c> here</c>

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with<00:26:51.099><c> Elijah</c><00:26:51.720><c> in</c><00:26:52.640><c> 1</c><00:26:52.880><c> Kings</c><00:26:53.160><c> 19</c><00:26:54.240><c> who</c><00:26:55.160><c> considered</c><00:26:55.579><c> he</c><00:26:55.799><c> had</c><00:26:56.119><c> labored</c><00:26:56.660><c> in</c><00:26:57.180><c> vain</c><00:26:57.700><c> in</c>

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terms<00:27:00.160><c> of</c><00:27:00.660><c> converting</c><00:27:01.180><c> teaching.</c>

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He<00:27:02.759><c> thought</c><00:27:03.000><c> he</c><00:27:03.119><c> was</c><00:27:03.319><c> the</c><00:27:03.480><c> only</c><00:27:03.660><c> one</c><00:27:03.900><c> left</c><00:27:04.579><c> who</c><00:27:05.279><c> hadn't</c><00:27:05.559><c> bowed</c>

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his<00:27:06.160><c> knee</c><00:27:06.319><c> to</c><00:27:06.539><c> Baal.</c><00:27:07.799><c> Of</c><00:27:08.019><c> course,</c><00:27:08.160><c> God</c><00:27:08.440><c> had</c><00:27:08.619><c> to</c>

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inform<00:27:09.099><c> him</c><00:27:09.279><c> if</c><00:27:09.400><c> there</c><00:27:09.579><c> were</c><00:27:09.799><c> 7</c><00:27:10.039><c>,000</c><00:27:10.400><c> who</c><00:27:10.640><c> hadn't,</c><00:27:10.960><c> but</c><00:27:11.099><c> even</c><00:27:11.359><c> that</c><00:27:11.559><c> was</c><00:27:11.839><c> a</c>

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drop<00:27:12.099><c> in</c><00:27:12.279><c> the</c><00:27:12.460><c> bucket</c><00:27:13.000><c> in</c><00:27:14.380><c> relation</c><00:27:14.819><c> to</c>

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total<00:27:15.559><c> population</c><00:27:16.339><c> of</c><00:27:16.519><c> Israel.</c><00:27:17.440><c> That's</c><00:27:17.740><c> what</c><00:27:18.500><c> Elijah</c><00:27:19.019><c> despaired</c><00:27:19.660><c> about.</c>

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He<00:27:20.480><c> was</c><00:27:20.759><c> unsuccessful.</c><00:27:22.519><c> That's</c><00:27:22.819><c> what</c>

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he<00:27:23.299><c> was</c><00:27:23.640><c> despaired</c><00:27:24.099><c> about.</c><00:27:25.920><c> He</c><00:27:26.059><c> wished</c><00:27:26.279><c> he</c><00:27:26.460><c> might</c><00:27:26.660><c> die</c><00:27:26.960><c> because</c><00:27:27.299><c> of</c><00:27:27.519><c> that.</c><00:27:29.420><c> That</c><00:27:29.619><c> was</c>

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why<00:27:30.000><c> Elijah</c><00:27:30.400><c> wished</c><00:27:30.660><c> to</c><00:27:30.859><c> die</c>

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because<00:27:31.599><c> he</c><00:27:31.819><c> thought</c><00:27:31.980><c> he</c><00:27:32.220><c> had</c><00:27:32.740><c> not</c><00:27:33.039><c> done</c><00:27:33.819><c> the</c><00:27:34.220><c> work</c><00:27:34.420><c> of</c><00:27:34.700><c> God.</c><00:27:36.400><c> But</c><00:27:36.660><c> Jonah,</c><00:27:37.579><c> Jonah</c><00:27:38.180><c> labors</c><00:27:39.000><c> to</c><00:27:39.400><c> a</c>

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good<00:27:39.839><c> success,</c>

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saves<00:27:41.099><c> a</c><00:27:41.380><c> great</c><00:27:41.559><c> city</c><00:27:41.920><c> from</c><00:27:42.220><c> destruction,</c><00:27:43.619><c> and</c><00:27:43.720><c> yet</c><00:27:43.839><c> he</c><00:27:44.059><c> wishes</c><00:27:44.259><c> he</c><00:27:44.440><c> might</c><00:27:44.680><c> die.</c><00:27:48.059><c> We</c>

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see<00:27:49.119><c> a</c><00:27:49.200><c> very</c><00:27:50.279><c> strange</c>

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contradiction<00:27:52.299><c> in</c><00:27:52.500><c> this</c><00:27:52.680><c> man</c><00:27:52.920><c> Jonah.</c><00:27:56.279><c> Almost</c><00:27:56.680><c> of</c><00:27:56.859><c> the</c><00:27:57.059><c> kind</c>

00:27:57.740 --> 00:28:05.240
that<00:27:59.480><c> might</c><00:28:00.000><c> result</c><00:28:00.680><c> from</c><00:28:01.940><c> an</c><00:28:02.279><c> attitudinal</c><00:28:03.960><c> huaymi,</c>

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an<00:28:07.599><c> attitudinal</c><00:28:08.079><c> huaymi.</c><00:28:10.700><c> When</c><00:28:10.859><c> he</c><00:28:11.000><c> was</c><00:28:11.259><c> brought</c><00:28:11.420><c> alive</c><00:28:12.259><c> out</c>

00:28:13.059 --> 00:28:15.339
of<00:28:13.180><c> the</c><00:28:13.319><c> whale's</c><00:28:13.759><c> belly,</c><00:28:13.980><c> he</c><00:28:14.200><c> thought</c><00:28:14.380><c> life</c><00:28:14.700><c> a</c><00:28:14.980><c> valuable</c>

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commodity<00:28:15.819><c> and</c><00:28:15.960><c> was</c><00:28:16.200><c> thankful</c><00:28:16.480><c> for</c><00:28:16.759><c> it.</c><00:28:17.180><c> We</c><00:28:17.380><c> know</c><00:28:17.619><c> that</c><00:28:17.859><c> because</c><00:28:18.160><c> in</c><00:28:18.359><c> chapter</c><00:28:18.680><c> 2,</c>

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the<00:28:19.619><c> first</c><00:28:19.839><c> four</c><00:28:20.140><c> verses,</c>

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and<00:28:21.079><c> in</c><00:28:21.200><c> verse</c><00:28:21.299><c> 6</c><00:28:21.539><c> and</c><00:28:21.619><c> 7,</c><00:28:21.859><c> we</c><00:28:22.079><c> find</c><00:28:22.339><c> these</c><00:28:22.579><c> words.</c><00:28:24.819><c> Then</c><00:28:25.119><c> Jonah</c>

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prayed<00:28:25.660><c> unto</c><00:28:25.839><c> the</c><00:28:26.039><c> Lord</c><00:28:26.180><c> his</c><00:28:26.420><c> God,</c><00:28:26.720><c> this</c><00:28:26.880><c> is</c><00:28:27.039><c> chapter</c>

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2,<00:28:27.880><c> out</c><00:28:28.019><c> of</c><00:28:28.160><c> the</c><00:28:28.299><c> fish's</c><00:28:28.640><c> belly,</c><00:28:28.960><c> and</c><00:28:29.119><c> he</c><00:28:29.319><c> said,</c><00:28:29.500><c> I</c><00:28:29.680><c> cried</c><00:28:30.059><c> by</c>

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reason<00:28:30.640><c> of</c><00:28:30.880><c> mine</c><00:28:31.000><c> affliction</c><00:28:31.400><c> unto</c><00:28:31.660><c> the</c><00:28:31.900><c> Lord,</c><00:28:33.000><c> and</c><00:28:33.180><c> he</c>

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heard<00:28:33.539><c> me.</c><00:28:34.559><c> He</c><00:28:34.819><c> was</c><00:28:35.000><c> afflicted.</c><00:28:35.700><c> He</c><00:28:35.799><c> was</c><00:28:36.039><c> in</c><00:28:36.819><c> the</c><00:28:37.200><c> fish's</c><00:28:37.559><c> belly.</c><00:28:38.799><c> He</c>

00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:41.119
was<00:28:39.079><c> afflicted.</c><00:28:40.240><c> Out</c><00:28:40.339><c> of</c><00:28:40.460><c> the</c><00:28:40.559><c> belly</c><00:28:40.779><c> of</c><00:28:40.960><c> hell</c>

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cried<00:28:41.440><c> I,</c><00:28:41.799><c> and</c><00:28:41.900><c> thou</c><00:28:42.079><c> heardest</c><00:28:42.460><c> my</c><00:28:42.680><c> voice.</c><00:28:44.720><c> For</c><00:28:44.799><c> thou</c><00:28:45.039><c> hast</c><00:28:45.460><c> cast</c><00:28:45.720><c> me</c>

00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:48.720
into<00:28:46.160><c> the</c><00:28:46.380><c> deep,</c><00:28:47.460><c> in</c><00:28:47.619><c> the</c><00:28:47.720><c> midst</c><00:28:47.880><c> of</c><00:28:48.059><c> the</c><00:28:48.220><c> sea,</c>

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and<00:28:49.279><c> the</c><00:28:49.460><c> floods</c><00:28:49.660><c> compassed</c><00:28:50.099><c> me</c><00:28:50.220><c> about.</c><00:28:51.039><c> All</c><00:28:51.400><c> thy</c><00:28:51.640><c> billows</c><00:28:51.960><c> and</c><00:28:52.160><c> thy</c><00:28:52.319><c> waves</c><00:28:52.660><c> passed</c><00:28:53.000><c> over</c><00:28:53.240><c> me.</c><00:28:53.480><c> Then</c><00:28:53.720><c> I</c><00:28:54.099><c> said,</c>

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I<00:28:54.559><c> am</c><00:28:54.759><c> cast</c><00:28:55.039><c> out</c><00:28:55.240><c> of</c><00:28:55.339><c> thy</c><00:28:55.559><c> sight,</c><00:28:56.200><c> yet</c><00:28:56.440><c> I</c><00:28:56.619><c> will</c><00:28:56.759><c> look</c><00:28:57.299><c> again</c><00:28:58.200><c> toward</c><00:28:59.059><c> the</c>

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Holy<00:29:00.220><c> Temple.</c><00:29:01.440><c> Verse</c><00:29:01.680><c> 6,</c>

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:06.519
I<00:29:03.259><c> went</c><00:29:03.460><c> down</c><00:29:03.799><c> to</c><00:29:03.980><c> the</c><00:29:04.119><c> bottoms</c><00:29:04.400><c> of</c><00:29:04.559><c> the</c><00:29:04.700><c> mountains.</c><00:29:05.940><c> The</c><00:29:06.099><c> earth</c><00:29:06.319><c> with</c>

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her<00:29:06.740><c> bars</c><00:29:07.039><c> was</c><00:29:07.279><c> about</c><00:29:07.559><c> me</c><00:29:07.819><c> forever,</c>

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yet<00:29:09.200><c> hast</c><00:29:09.539><c> thou</c><00:29:09.680><c> brought</c><00:29:09.960><c> up</c><00:29:10.160><c> my</c><00:29:10.400><c> life</c><00:29:10.660><c> from</c><00:29:10.920><c> corruption,</c><00:29:11.619><c> O</c>

00:29:11.859 --> 00:29:15.279
Lord<00:29:12.180><c> my</c><00:29:12.559><c> God.</c><00:29:13.220><c> When</c><00:29:13.440><c> my</c><00:29:13.859><c> soul</c><00:29:14.160><c> fainted</c><00:29:14.599><c> within</c><00:29:14.859><c> me,</c>

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I<00:29:15.940><c> remembered</c><00:29:16.339><c> the</c><00:29:16.579><c> Lord,</c><00:29:17.200><c> and</c><00:29:17.359><c> my</c><00:29:17.619><c> prayer</c><00:29:17.880><c> came</c><00:29:18.240><c> into</c><00:29:18.500><c> thee,</c>

00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:20.900
into<00:29:19.319><c> thine</c><00:29:19.480><c> Holy</c><00:29:19.859><c> Temple.</c><00:29:20.200><c> That</c><00:29:20.420><c> doesn't</c><00:29:20.680><c> sound</c>

00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:29.619
like<00:29:21.079><c> a</c><00:29:21.180><c> man</c><00:29:21.319><c> who</c><00:29:21.500><c> wanted</c><00:29:21.619><c> to</c><00:29:21.839><c> die,</c><00:29:22.200><c> does</c><00:29:22.359><c> it?</c><00:29:28.640><c> He</c><00:29:29.160><c> considered</c>

00:29:29.619 --> 00:29:32.240
life<00:29:30.039><c> a</c><00:29:30.240><c> rather</c><00:29:30.480><c> precious</c><00:29:30.839><c> thing</c><00:29:31.140><c> there.</c>

00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:35.900
And<00:29:32.559><c> was</c><00:29:32.799><c> thankful</c><00:29:33.119><c> to</c><00:29:33.359><c> God</c><00:29:34.180><c> that</c><00:29:34.819><c> his</c><00:29:35.000><c> prayer</c><00:29:35.380><c> to</c><00:29:35.599><c> come</c><00:29:35.799><c> out</c>

00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:38.160
of<00:29:35.980><c> that</c><00:29:36.160><c> fish's</c><00:29:36.500><c> belly</c><00:29:36.700><c> was</c><00:29:36.980><c> answered.</c>

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It<00:29:39.259><c> doesn't</c><00:29:39.380><c> sound</c><00:29:39.559><c> like</c><00:29:39.759><c> a</c><00:29:39.880><c> man</c><00:29:40.019><c> who</c><00:29:40.200><c> wanted</c><00:29:40.359><c> to</c><00:29:40.660><c> die</c><00:29:41.420><c> at</c><00:29:41.859><c> all.</c>

00:29:43.819 --> 00:29:47.380
But<00:29:44.039><c> now,</c><00:29:44.660><c> what</c><00:29:44.819><c> do</c><00:29:44.900><c> we</c><00:29:45.079><c> find?</c><00:29:46.460><c> Although</c><00:29:46.940><c> his</c>

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preserved<00:29:48.000><c> life</c><00:29:48.400><c> was</c><00:29:48.759><c> a</c><00:29:49.019><c> blessing</c><00:29:49.559><c> for</c><00:29:50.700><c> Nineveh,</c><00:29:53.779><c> yet</c><00:29:53.920><c> we</c><00:29:54.200><c> hear,</c><00:29:55.220><c> it</c>

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:58.980
is<00:29:55.440><c> better</c><00:29:55.680><c> for</c><00:29:55.880><c> me</c><00:29:56.039><c> to</c><00:29:56.319><c> die</c><00:29:57.059><c> than</c><00:29:57.500><c> to</c><00:29:57.980><c> live.</c>

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Now,<00:30:02.140><c> that</c><00:30:02.619><c> is</c><00:30:03.720><c> an</c><00:30:04.180><c> enigma.</c><00:30:06.819><c> That</c><00:30:07.259><c> is</c><00:30:07.839><c> an</c><00:30:08.099><c> enigma.</c><00:30:09.900><c> And</c><00:30:10.160><c> I</c><00:30:10.420><c> submit</c><00:30:10.700><c> to</c><00:30:10.940><c> you</c><00:30:11.140><c> that</c><00:30:11.339><c> it</c><00:30:11.579><c> is</c><00:30:11.799><c> a</c>

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first<00:30:12.319><c>-class</c>

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attitudinal<00:30:14.519><c> enigma.</c><00:30:20.880><c> Now</c><00:30:21.059><c> a</c><00:30:21.099><c> final</c><00:30:21.420><c> thought</c><00:30:22.740><c> concerning</c><00:30:25.000><c> Jonah.</c><00:30:28.619><c> He</c>

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pleads<00:30:29.279><c> to</c><00:30:29.579><c> die</c><00:30:30.259><c> as</c><00:30:31.740><c> part</c><00:30:32.079><c> of</c><00:30:32.380><c> his</c><00:30:32.700><c> instant</c>

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quarrel<00:30:34.259><c> with</c><00:30:34.599><c> God</c><00:30:34.819><c> himself.</c><00:30:39.240><c> Now</c><00:30:39.380><c> brothers</c><00:30:39.519><c> and</c><00:30:39.759><c> sisters,</c><00:30:40.039><c> I</c>

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:41.900
don't<00:30:40.400><c> know</c><00:30:40.660><c> how</c><00:30:40.940><c> much,</c><00:30:41.339><c> if</c><00:30:41.579><c> at</c><00:30:41.740><c> all,</c>

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you've<00:30:42.099><c> thought</c><00:30:42.339><c> about</c><00:30:42.619><c> something</c><00:30:42.920><c> of</c><00:30:43.119><c> this</c><00:30:43.319><c> nature</c><00:30:43.740><c> or</c><00:30:44.059><c> not.</c>

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And<00:30:45.339><c> I'll</c><00:30:45.500><c> simply</c><00:30:45.740><c> put</c><00:30:45.940><c> it</c><00:30:46.119><c> in</c><00:30:46.240><c> front</c><00:30:46.380><c> of</c><00:30:46.539><c> you</c>

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:54.240
for<00:30:48.099><c> your</c><00:30:48.500><c> thoughtful</c><00:30:48.960><c> consideration.</c><00:30:51.319><c> I've</c><00:30:51.700><c> come</c><00:30:51.859><c> to</c><00:30:52.019><c> a</c><00:30:52.220><c> conclusion</c><00:30:52.599><c> myself,</c><00:30:54.000><c> for</c>

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myself.<00:30:56.779><c> But</c><00:30:57.400><c> I've</c><00:30:57.559><c> got</c><00:30:57.660><c> a</c>

00:30:57.839 --> 00:31:07.380
question.<00:31:00.299><c> Jonah</c><00:31:00.640><c> here</c><00:31:02.000><c> pleads</c><00:31:03.019><c> for</c><00:31:04.319><c> death.</c><00:31:06.720><c> He</c><00:31:06.859><c> was</c><00:31:07.079><c> angry</c>

00:31:07.380 --> 00:31:10.680
with<00:31:07.619><c> God</c><00:31:08.440><c> because</c><00:31:09.119><c> of</c><00:31:09.380><c> the</c><00:31:09.500><c> success</c><00:31:09.900><c> of</c><00:31:10.079><c> his</c><00:31:10.279><c> ministry,</c>

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:15.660
and<00:31:10.859><c> he</c><00:31:11.160><c> pleads</c><00:31:11.640><c> that</c><00:31:11.900><c> he</c><00:31:12.000><c> might</c><00:31:12.279><c> die.</c><00:31:14.180><c> God</c><00:31:14.579><c> could</c><00:31:14.859><c> have</c><00:31:15.400><c> given</c>

00:31:15.660 --> 00:31:18.160
him<00:31:15.980><c> his</c><00:31:16.279><c> wish</c><00:31:16.539><c> right</c><00:31:17.099><c> then</c><00:31:17.359><c> and</c><00:31:17.559><c> there.</c><00:31:17.779><c> He</c><00:31:17.920><c> could</c>

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:26.140
have<00:31:18.859><c> expired</c><00:31:19.299><c> like</c><00:31:19.700><c> that.</c><00:31:22.339><c> So</c><00:31:22.579><c> I</c><00:31:22.700><c> ask</c><00:31:22.859><c> this</c><00:31:23.119><c> question.</c><00:31:25.079><c> Was</c><00:31:25.240><c> this</c><00:31:25.779><c> a</c>

00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:31.160
proper<00:31:26.740><c> frame</c><00:31:27.160><c> of</c><00:31:27.539><c> mind</c><00:31:28.140><c> for</c><00:31:29.000><c> a</c><00:31:29.240><c> man</c><00:31:29.579><c> or</c><00:31:29.920><c> a</c><00:31:30.119><c> woman</c>

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:40.740
to<00:31:32.480><c> go</c><00:31:32.700><c> out</c><00:31:32.839><c> of</c><00:31:32.920><c> the</c><00:31:33.099><c> world</c><00:31:33.339><c> in?</c><00:31:39.460><c> Was</c><00:31:39.759><c> this</c><00:31:40.000><c> the</c><00:31:40.180><c> proper</c><00:31:40.480><c> frame</c>

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:42.720
of<00:31:41.019><c> mind,</c><00:31:41.279><c> or</c><00:31:41.500><c> could</c><00:31:41.680><c> it</c><00:31:41.839><c> be</c><00:31:42.000><c> the</c><00:31:42.220><c> proper</c><00:31:42.480><c> frame</c>

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:50.119
of<00:31:42.980><c> mind</c><00:31:43.200><c> for</c><00:31:43.420><c> any</c><00:31:43.680><c> man</c><00:31:43.880><c> or</c><00:31:43.980><c> woman</c><00:31:44.500><c> just</c><00:31:45.599><c> prior</c><00:31:45.960><c> to</c><00:31:46.140><c> their</c><00:31:46.380><c> expiring?</c><00:31:49.640><c> In</c>

00:31:50.119 --> 00:31:52.259
our<00:31:50.700><c> consideration</c><00:31:51.460><c> and</c><00:31:51.720><c> in</c><00:31:51.980><c> Jonah's,</c>

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was<00:31:52.420><c> the</c><00:31:54.240><c> last</c><00:31:54.859><c> expressed</c><00:31:55.380><c> wish</c><00:31:55.680><c> before</c><00:31:56.180><c> the</c><00:31:56.440><c> judgment</c><00:31:56.779><c> seat?</c>

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Quite<00:32:02.920><c> often,</c><00:32:05.140><c> those</c><00:32:05.759><c> who</c><00:32:06.220><c> passionately</c><00:32:06.920><c> desire</c>

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death<00:32:08.619><c> commonly</c><00:32:09.720><c> have</c><00:32:10.240><c> least</c><00:32:10.759><c> reason</c><00:32:11.380><c> for</c><00:32:11.779><c> it,</c><00:32:14.240><c> particularly</c>

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when<00:32:16.660><c> seeking</c><00:32:17.220><c> such</c><00:32:17.599><c> as</c><00:32:17.880><c> an</c><00:32:18.059><c> escape</c><00:32:18.500><c> from</c><00:32:18.920><c> legitimate</c>

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responsibilities.<00:32:20.660><c> And</c><00:32:20.839><c> that</c><00:32:21.099><c> sometimes</c><00:32:21.759><c> happens</c><00:32:22.740><c> with</c><00:32:24.460><c> the</c>

00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:27.390
wrong<00:32:25.019><c> attitude</c><00:32:25.559><c> such</c><00:32:25.859><c> as</c><00:32:26.099><c> a</c><00:32:26.259><c> why</c><00:32:26.539><c> me,</c>

00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:34.559
particularly<00:32:29.740><c> in</c><00:32:30.039><c> God's</c><00:32:30.519><c> vineyard.</c><00:32:31.160><c> And</c><00:32:31.359><c> that's</c><00:32:31.700><c> where</c><00:32:31.880><c> Jonah</c><00:32:32.160><c> found</c><00:32:32.519><c> himself.</c><00:32:34.079><c> That's</c><00:32:34.400><c> what</c>

00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:35.880
he<00:32:34.859><c> displayed.</c>

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:42.319
If<00:32:37.599><c> we</c><00:32:38.000><c> have</c><00:32:38.220><c> that</c><00:32:38.539><c> attitude,</c><00:32:40.000><c> if</c><00:32:40.220><c> we</c><00:32:40.519><c> even</c><00:32:41.000><c> think</c><00:32:41.519><c> about</c><00:32:41.960><c> that</c>

00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:45.299
attitude,<00:32:43.079><c> as</c><00:32:43.319><c> Jonah</c><00:32:43.660><c> obviously</c><00:32:44.200><c> did,</c>

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:49.740
we<00:32:45.880><c> would</c><00:32:46.180><c> surely</c><00:32:46.460><c> be</c><00:32:46.779><c> rendering</c><00:32:47.039><c> ourselves</c><00:32:47.920><c> unprepared</c><00:32:49.420><c> for</c>

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:51.559
the<00:32:49.940><c> judgment</c><00:32:50.259><c> to</c><00:32:50.579><c> follow.</c>

00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:59.099
Our<00:32:54.859><c> business,</c><00:32:55.480><c> brothers</c><00:32:55.579><c> and</c><00:32:55.880><c> sisters,</c><00:32:57.920><c> is</c><00:32:58.119><c> to</c><00:32:58.299><c> get</c><00:32:58.500><c> ready</c>

00:32:59.099 --> 00:33:03.700
to<00:32:59.900><c> die</c><00:33:00.480><c> doing</c><00:33:01.400><c> the</c><00:33:01.880><c> work</c><00:33:02.200><c> of</c><00:33:02.619><c> life</c><00:33:02.960><c> in</c><00:33:03.180><c> the</c><00:33:03.380><c> Lord.</c>

00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:07.740
Let<00:33:04.279><c> me</c><00:33:04.400><c> repeat</c><00:33:04.720><c> that.</c><00:33:05.440><c> Our</c><00:33:05.799><c> business</c><00:33:06.380><c> is</c><00:33:06.759><c> to</c><00:33:06.920><c> get</c><00:33:07.059><c> ready</c><00:33:07.400><c> to</c>

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:11.160
die<00:33:08.160><c> by</c><00:33:08.579><c> doing</c><00:33:08.880><c> the</c><00:33:09.160><c> work</c><00:33:09.420><c> of</c><00:33:09.680><c> life</c><00:33:09.940><c> in</c><00:33:10.119><c> the</c><00:33:10.339><c> Lord,</c>

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:18.480
and<00:33:12.099><c> then</c><00:33:12.720><c> refer</c><00:33:13.940><c> ourselves,</c><00:33:14.500><c> so</c><00:33:14.700><c> to</c><00:33:14.920><c> speak,</c><00:33:17.099><c> to</c><00:33:17.240><c> the</c><00:33:17.339><c> Heavenly</c><00:33:17.640><c> Father</c>

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:22.240
to<00:33:19.279><c> take</c><00:33:19.599><c> our</c><00:33:20.819><c> current</c><00:33:21.079><c> existence</c><00:33:21.619><c> away</c>

00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:30.779
when<00:33:23.819><c> and</c><00:33:25.660><c> how</c><00:33:26.160><c> it</c><00:33:26.519><c> pleases</c><00:33:26.859><c> Him,</c><00:33:29.039><c> not</c><00:33:29.579><c> us.</c>

00:33:39.779 --> 00:33:47.000
I<00:33:40.359><c> raise</c><00:33:40.619><c> that</c><00:33:40.940><c> point</c><00:33:42.140><c> strictly</c><00:33:43.880><c> for</c><00:33:45.839><c> the</c><00:33:46.180><c> consideration</c><00:33:46.740><c> of</c>

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:50.460
those<00:33:47.500><c> who</c><00:33:48.900><c> labor</c><00:33:49.160><c> in</c><00:33:49.319><c> the</c><00:33:49.500><c> Lord,</c>

00:33:51.839 --> 00:33:56.160
who<00:33:52.420><c> find</c><00:33:53.000><c> over</c><00:33:53.339><c> the</c><00:33:53.480><c> course</c><00:33:53.700><c> of</c><00:33:53.920><c> years,</c><00:33:55.380><c> such</c><00:33:55.500><c> as</c><00:33:55.680><c> one</c><00:33:55.819><c> as</c><00:33:56.000><c> old</c>

00:33:56.160 --> 00:33:58.420
as<00:33:56.359><c> I</c><00:33:56.559><c> am</c><00:33:56.799><c> might</c><00:33:57.059><c> run</c><00:33:57.299><c> into,</c>

00:33:59.420 --> 00:34:06.019
where<00:34:00.339><c> we</c><00:34:00.660><c> begin</c><00:34:01.140><c> to</c><00:34:02.119><c> retreat</c><00:34:02.460><c> into</c><00:34:02.900><c> a</c><00:34:03.839><c> despairing</c><00:34:04.960><c> posture,</c>

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:14.280
and<00:34:08.559><c> we</c><00:34:08.800><c> look</c><00:34:09.079><c> for</c><00:34:09.519><c> escape</c><00:34:10.059><c> from</c><00:34:10.699><c> this</c><00:34:11.159><c> life</c><00:34:11.440><c> and</c><00:34:11.639><c> its</c><00:34:11.980><c> responsibilities,</c><00:34:12.760><c> particularly</c><00:34:13.340><c> in</c><00:34:13.559><c> the</c><00:34:13.760><c> truth</c>

00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:23.519
for<00:34:15.559><c> selfish</c><00:34:15.940><c> reasons.</c><00:34:18.239><c> I</c><00:34:18.260><c> think</c><00:34:18.480><c> Jonah</c><00:34:18.719><c> went</c><00:34:18.920><c> too</c><00:34:19.260><c> far.</c><00:34:21.340><c> Jonah's</c><00:34:22.260><c> excuse</c><00:34:22.820><c> was</c>

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:24.460
that<00:34:23.659><c> he</c><00:34:23.800><c> had</c><00:34:23.980><c> succeeded</c>

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:28.579
in<00:34:24.739><c> converting</c><00:34:25.280><c> Nineveh.</c><00:34:26.480><c> As</c><00:34:26.599><c> I</c><00:34:26.800><c> said</c><00:34:26.960><c> before,</c><00:34:28.099><c> that's</c><00:34:28.360><c> an</c>

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:30.739
incredible<00:34:29.260><c> thought</c><00:34:29.599><c> process.</c>

00:34:32.360 --> 00:34:37.340
But<00:34:32.539><c> even</c><00:34:32.780><c> in</c><00:34:33.019><c> a</c><00:34:33.019><c> smaller</c><00:34:33.320><c> sense,</c><00:34:34.119><c> if</c><00:34:34.300><c> we</c><00:34:34.579><c> run</c><00:34:34.780><c> the</c><00:34:34.980><c> risk</c><00:34:35.679><c> of</c>

00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:39.559
wanting<00:34:37.800><c> release</c><00:34:38.320><c> from</c><00:34:38.519><c> this</c><00:34:38.780><c> life</c>

00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:45.400
because<00:34:41.139><c> of</c><00:34:41.340><c> our</c><00:34:41.539><c> problems,</c><00:34:44.219><c> whether</c><00:34:44.460><c> they</c><00:34:44.639><c> be</c><00:34:44.820><c> physical</c><00:34:45.199><c> or</c>

00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:48.880
mental,<00:34:47.280><c> when</c><00:34:47.440><c> yet</c><00:34:47.639><c> we</c><00:34:47.820><c> can</c><00:34:48.000><c> be</c><00:34:48.320><c> productive,</c>

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:54.960
even<00:34:49.360><c> to</c><00:34:49.840><c> an</c><00:34:50.079><c> nth</c><00:34:50.380><c> degree</c><00:34:50.960><c> in</c><00:34:52.239><c> the</c><00:34:52.440><c> truth,</c><00:34:54.300><c> we're</c><00:34:54.420><c> barking</c><00:34:54.699><c> up</c>

00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:56.280
the<00:34:55.139><c> wrong</c><00:34:55.380><c> tree.</c>

00:34:59.159 --> 00:35:02.579
I<00:34:59.260><c> remember</c><00:34:59.659><c> an</c><00:34:59.900><c> exchange</c><00:35:00.239><c> I</c><00:35:00.500><c> had</c><00:35:00.699><c> at</c><00:35:01.019><c> the</c><00:35:01.199><c> Shippensburg</c><00:35:01.699><c> Bible</c><00:35:02.039><c> School</c><00:35:02.320><c> just</c>

00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:03.920
a<00:35:02.699><c> couple</c><00:35:02.860><c> of</c><00:35:02.980><c> weeks</c><00:35:03.159><c> ago</c>

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:07.260
with<00:35:04.500><c> Brother</c><00:35:04.820><c> Gordon</c><00:35:05.079><c> McFarland.</c><00:35:05.780><c> I</c><00:35:05.920><c> see</c><00:35:06.139><c> his</c><00:35:06.639><c> sister</c><00:35:07.000><c> wife</c>

00:35:07.260 --> 00:35:10.099
is<00:35:07.500><c> here</c><00:35:07.679><c> with</c><00:35:07.880><c> us,</c><00:35:08.079><c> and</c><00:35:08.219><c> we're</c><00:35:08.420><c> glad</c><00:35:08.639><c> to</c><00:35:08.860><c> see</c><00:35:09.000><c> that.</c>

00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:14.019
But<00:35:10.400><c> I</c><00:35:10.440><c> was</c><00:35:10.639><c> giving</c><00:35:10.860><c> a</c><00:35:11.380><c> talk</c><00:35:11.599><c> on</c><00:35:12.019><c> retirement</c><00:35:12.539><c> in</c><00:35:12.719><c> the</c><00:35:12.900><c> truth,</c>

00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:17.460
and<00:35:15.179><c> Brother</c><00:35:15.420><c> Gordon</c><00:35:15.760><c> raised</c><00:35:16.079><c> the</c><00:35:16.340><c> question</c><00:35:16.699><c> about</c>

00:35:18.219 --> 00:35:22.199
brethren,<00:35:18.860><c> and</c><00:35:18.980><c> this</c><00:35:19.119><c> may</c><00:35:19.300><c> seem</c><00:35:19.480><c> a</c><00:35:19.619><c> little</c><00:35:19.780><c> off</c><00:35:20.260><c>-tack,</c><00:35:20.500><c> but</c><00:35:20.659><c> there's</c><00:35:21.219><c> a</c><00:35:21.400><c> connection.</c>

00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:26.420
He<00:35:23.480><c> raised</c><00:35:23.699><c> the</c><00:35:23.920><c> question</c><00:35:24.179><c> about</c><00:35:24.500><c> brethren</c><00:35:24.860><c> who</c><00:35:25.260><c> become</c><00:35:25.519><c> seniors,</c><00:35:26.179><c> and</c>

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:28.039
I<00:35:26.559><c> guess</c><00:35:26.780><c> I've</c><00:35:27.019><c> reached</c><00:35:27.219><c> that</c><00:35:27.519><c> point</c><00:35:27.739><c> right</c>

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:31.820
along<00:35:28.239><c> with</c><00:35:28.380><c> some</c><00:35:28.559><c> others</c><00:35:28.760><c> and</c><00:35:29.019><c> sisters</c><00:35:29.300><c> who</c><00:35:29.539><c> become</c><00:35:29.800><c> seniors,</c><00:35:30.960><c> who</c><00:35:31.099><c> say,</c><00:35:31.380><c> well,</c><00:35:31.619><c> now</c>

00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:32.579
we're<00:35:32.079><c> through</c><00:35:32.340><c> with</c>

00:35:32.579 --> 00:35:34.780
our<00:35:32.860><c> responsibilities.</c><00:35:33.760><c> The</c><00:35:33.900><c> young</c><00:35:34.079><c> brothers</c><00:35:34.340><c> and</c><00:35:34.599><c> sisters</c>

00:35:34.780 --> 00:35:36.139
have<00:35:35.000><c> to</c><00:35:35.179><c> take</c><00:35:35.380><c> over.</c><00:35:35.559><c> We're</c><00:35:35.780><c> going</c><00:35:35.840><c> to</c><00:35:35.960><c> sit</c>

00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:39.719
back<00:35:36.400><c> and</c><00:35:36.559><c> rock,</c><00:35:37.519><c> or</c><00:35:37.679><c> we're</c><00:35:37.860><c> going</c><00:35:38.019><c> to</c><00:35:38.599><c> do</c><00:35:38.860><c> this</c><00:35:39.039><c> or</c><00:35:39.139><c> do</c><00:35:39.400><c> that,</c>

00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:41.699
but<00:35:39.900><c> anything</c><00:35:40.380><c> but</c><00:35:40.559><c> work</c><00:35:40.820><c> further</c><00:35:41.119><c> in</c><00:35:41.260><c> the</c><00:35:41.480><c> truth.</c>

00:35:42.179 --> 00:35:44.880
Gordon<00:35:42.320><c> says,</c><00:35:42.619><c> that's</c><00:35:42.820><c> wrong.</c><00:35:43.159><c> I</c><00:35:43.219><c> said,</c><00:35:43.480><c> Gordon,</c><00:35:43.619><c> you're</c><00:35:43.800><c> absolutely</c><00:35:44.159><c> right.</c><00:35:44.400><c> That</c><00:35:44.619><c> is</c>

00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:45.719
wrong.<00:35:45.099><c> That's</c><00:35:45.420><c> wrong</c><00:35:45.519><c> with</c>

00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:49.960
capital<00:35:46.019><c> W.</c><00:35:47.500><c> Did</c><00:35:47.619><c> you</c><00:35:47.659><c> know</c><00:35:47.800><c> something?</c><00:35:49.340><c> That's</c><00:35:49.559><c> what</c><00:35:49.760><c> Jonah</c>

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:53.920
was<00:35:50.199><c> doing.</c><00:35:52.340><c> That's</c><00:35:52.519><c> what</c><00:35:52.659><c> Jonah</c><00:35:52.900><c> was</c><00:35:53.139><c> doing.</c>

00:35:56.039 --> 00:35:59.280
He'd<00:35:56.380><c> been</c><00:35:56.659><c> imminently</c><00:35:57.079><c> successful</c><00:35:57.880><c> in</c><00:35:58.280><c> something</c><00:35:58.619><c> for</c><00:35:59.019><c> God</c>

00:35:59.280 --> 00:36:03.239
almighty.<00:36:01.820><c> He</c><00:36:01.900><c> says,</c><00:36:02.159><c> I</c><00:36:02.199><c> want</c><00:36:02.400><c> out.</c>

00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:07.780
Now,<00:36:06.079><c> we</c><00:36:06.199><c> don't</c><00:36:06.360><c> say</c><00:36:06.599><c> we're</c><00:36:06.800><c> going</c><00:36:06.900><c> to</c><00:36:07.019><c> retire</c><00:36:07.280><c> to</c><00:36:07.420><c> a</c><00:36:07.619><c> rocking</c>

00:36:07.780 --> 00:36:10.059
chair<00:36:08.019><c> and</c><00:36:08.099><c> go</c><00:36:08.280><c> to</c><00:36:08.500><c> Florida</c><00:36:08.760><c> and</c><00:36:09.079><c> fish</c>

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:16.079
to<00:36:10.960><c> be</c><00:36:11.159><c> dead,</c><00:36:13.300><c> but</c><00:36:13.440><c> the</c><00:36:13.860><c> impact</c><00:36:14.219><c> on</c><00:36:14.440><c> the</c><00:36:14.820><c> productivity</c><00:36:15.340><c> in</c><00:36:15.820><c> the</c>

00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:18.900
truth<00:36:16.300><c> is</c><00:36:16.639><c> almost</c><00:36:16.960><c> the</c><00:36:17.239><c> same,</c><00:36:17.599><c> isn't</c><00:36:17.699><c> it?</c>

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:21.780
I<00:36:19.699><c> know</c><00:36:19.920><c> that</c><00:36:20.199><c> I</c><00:36:20.360><c> see</c><00:36:20.539><c> Brother</c><00:36:20.780><c> Hart</c><00:36:20.960><c> down</c><00:36:21.159><c> there</c><00:36:21.360><c> smiling.</c><00:36:21.659><c> He</c>

00:36:21.780 --> 00:36:23.019
doesn't<00:36:21.980><c> go</c><00:36:22.199><c> to</c><00:36:22.400><c> Florida</c><00:36:22.739><c> fish.</c>

00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:27.500
He's<00:36:23.420><c> working</c><00:36:23.659><c> in</c><00:36:23.840><c> the</c><00:36:24.039><c> truth</c><00:36:24.179><c> in</c><00:36:24.420><c> Florida,</c><00:36:26.820><c> and</c><00:36:27.059><c> that's</c><00:36:27.320><c> not</c>

00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:29.079
the<00:36:27.699><c> kind</c><00:36:27.860><c> of</c><00:36:28.019><c> person</c><00:36:28.219><c> I'm</c><00:36:28.519><c> picking</c><00:36:28.800><c> on.</c>

00:36:29.260 --> 00:36:32.199
The<00:36:29.519><c> point</c><00:36:29.699><c> is,</c><00:36:30.139><c> it's</c><00:36:30.500><c> the</c><00:36:30.739><c> attitudinal</c><00:36:31.380><c> enigma</c><00:36:31.719><c> we've</c><00:36:32.059><c> got</c>

00:36:32.199 --> 00:36:35.179
to<00:36:32.380><c> deal</c><00:36:32.559><c> with,</c><00:36:32.860><c> and</c><00:36:33.079><c> that's</c><00:36:33.400><c> precisely</c><00:36:33.840><c> what</c><00:36:34.179><c> Jonah</c>

00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:43.849
messed<00:36:35.679><c> up</c><00:36:35.980><c> with,</c><00:36:37.739><c> and</c><00:36:37.880><c> God</c><00:36:38.059><c> willing,</c><00:36:38.880><c> we</c><00:36:39.000><c> won't.</c><00:36:40.960><c> God</c><00:36:41.199><c> willing,</c><00:36:42.539><c> we</c><00:36:43.039><c> won't.</c>

00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:50.010
Now,<00:36:45.820><c> to</c><00:36:45.940><c> change</c><00:36:47.000><c> the</c><00:36:47.559><c> venue,</c><00:36:48.320><c> brothers</c><00:36:48.400><c> and</c><00:36:48.659><c> sisters,</c><00:36:49.039><c> a</c><00:36:49.199><c> bit,</c>

00:36:50.159 --> 00:36:55.219
may<00:36:50.420><c> I</c><00:36:50.739><c> suggest</c><00:36:51.139><c> to</c><00:36:51.360><c> you</c><00:36:51.500><c> that</c><00:36:51.679><c> you</c><00:36:51.920><c> turn</c><00:36:52.119><c> with</c><00:36:52.340><c> me</c><00:36:53.000><c> to</c><00:36:53.320><c> the</c><00:36:53.480><c> Gospel</c><00:36:53.920><c> of</c><00:36:54.139><c> Luke.</c>

00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:05.719
This<00:37:01.360><c> is</c><00:37:01.699><c> by</c><00:37:01.940><c> way,</c><00:37:02.400><c> brothers</c><00:37:02.539><c> and</c><00:37:02.800><c> sisters,</c><00:37:03.320><c> of</c><00:37:03.559><c> a</c><00:37:04.079><c> quick</c><00:37:04.300><c> introduction</c>

00:37:06.139 --> 00:37:09.619
to<00:37:06.739><c> something</c><00:37:07.039><c> we</c><00:37:07.219><c> will</c><00:37:07.440><c> deal</c><00:37:07.619><c> with,</c><00:37:07.840><c> God</c><00:37:08.119><c> willing,</c><00:37:09.199><c> on</c><00:37:09.400><c> the</c>

00:37:09.619 --> 00:37:16.099
morrow.<00:37:13.760><c> Luke</c><00:37:14.360><c> chapter</c><00:37:15.260><c> 10.</c>

00:37:31.579 --> 00:37:34.800
I<00:37:32.019><c> think</c><00:37:32.460><c> for</c><00:37:32.679><c> the</c><00:37:32.880><c> total</c><00:37:33.179><c> connection</c><00:37:33.679><c> in</c><00:37:34.000><c> context,</c><00:37:34.579><c> it</c><00:37:34.579><c> might</c>

00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:37.579
be<00:37:35.079><c> well</c><00:37:35.400><c> for</c><00:37:35.559><c> us</c><00:37:35.699><c> to</c><00:37:35.880><c> start</c><00:37:36.079><c> reading</c><00:37:36.539><c> at</c><00:37:36.860><c> about,</c>

00:37:40.179 --> 00:37:44.460
let's<00:37:40.619><c> say,</c><00:37:40.900><c> the</c><00:37:41.000><c> 25th</c><00:37:41.659><c> verse.</c><00:37:43.139><c> Now,</c><00:37:43.480><c> you</c><00:37:43.559><c> might</c><00:37:43.840><c> say</c><00:37:44.079><c> to</c><00:37:44.239><c> me</c>

00:37:44.460 --> 00:37:46.780
before<00:37:45.480><c> the</c><00:37:45.820><c> day</c><00:37:45.960><c> is</c><00:37:46.039><c> over,</c><00:37:46.380><c> why,</c><00:37:46.679><c> Bill,</c>

00:37:46.780 --> 00:37:49.139
did<00:37:46.880><c> you</c><00:37:47.000><c> go</c><00:37:47.219><c> back</c><00:37:47.400><c> to</c><00:37:47.539><c> the</c><00:37:47.659><c> 25th</c><00:37:48.280><c> verse?</c><00:37:48.500><c> And</c><00:37:48.659><c> I</c><00:37:48.739><c> think</c><00:37:48.900><c> it'll</c>

00:37:49.139 --> 00:37:52.400
become<00:37:49.360><c> apparent</c><00:37:49.940><c> in</c><00:37:50.519><c> terms</c><00:37:50.960><c> of</c><00:37:51.619><c> the</c><00:37:51.900><c> ongoing</c>

00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:55.940
process<00:37:53.099><c> now</c><00:37:54.219><c> with</c><00:37:54.460><c> our</c><00:37:54.679><c> Lord.</c><00:37:54.980><c> You</c><00:37:55.139><c> see,</c><00:37:55.280><c> we've</c><00:37:55.480><c> been</c><00:37:55.679><c> in</c><00:37:55.820><c> the</c>

00:37:55.940 --> 00:37:57.659
Old<00:37:56.139><c> Testament.</c><00:37:56.659><c> We've</c><00:37:56.840><c> been</c><00:37:57.059><c> in</c><00:37:57.340><c> Jonah,</c>

00:37:57.960 --> 00:38:04.440
we've<00:37:58.099><c> been</c><00:37:58.300><c> in</c><00:37:58.500><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:37:59.159><c> and</c><00:38:00.300><c> we've</c><00:38:00.579><c> been</c><00:38:00.679><c> with</c><00:38:01.280><c> Moses.</c><00:38:04.260><c> So</c>

00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:07.860
it's<00:38:04.659><c> time</c><00:38:04.940><c> we</c><00:38:05.139><c> spent</c><00:38:05.320><c> a</c><00:38:05.500><c> little</c><00:38:05.780><c> bit</c><00:38:06.340><c> of</c><00:38:06.659><c> attention</c>

00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:15.079
to<00:38:08.320><c> this</c><00:38:08.960><c> wider</c><00:38:09.260><c> question</c><00:38:09.659><c> of</c><00:38:09.860><c> why</c><00:38:10.139><c> me</c><00:38:10.840><c> in</c><00:38:11.659><c> the</c><00:38:11.780><c> New</c><00:38:11.980><c> Testament.</c><00:38:13.280><c> I</c><00:38:13.599><c> pondered</c><00:38:13.960><c> using</c><00:38:14.360><c> Zacharias,</c>

00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:17.840
and<00:38:15.239><c> it's</c><00:38:15.679><c> a</c><00:38:15.800><c> good</c><00:38:15.940><c> one,</c><00:38:16.059><c> and</c><00:38:16.300><c> I</c><00:38:16.699><c> decided</c><00:38:17.019><c> not</c><00:38:17.280><c> to</c><00:38:17.440><c> do</c><00:38:17.579><c> it.</c><00:38:17.719><c> But</c>

00:38:17.840 --> 00:38:20.340
if<00:38:17.980><c> you</c><00:38:18.139><c> want</c><00:38:18.320><c> to</c><00:38:19.019><c> very</c><00:38:19.400><c> carefully</c><00:38:19.780><c> read</c><00:38:20.059><c> the</c>

00:38:20.340 --> 00:38:23.420
early<00:38:20.679><c> on</c><00:38:20.940><c> in</c><00:38:21.119><c> Luke</c><00:38:21.300><c> about</c><00:38:21.579><c> Zacharias</c><00:38:22.260><c> and</c><00:38:22.440><c> his</c><00:38:22.599><c> wife</c><00:38:22.940><c> and</c><00:38:23.280><c> the</c>

00:38:23.420 --> 00:38:24.500
birth<00:38:23.579><c> of</c><00:38:23.780><c> John</c><00:38:23.940><c> the</c><00:38:24.139><c> Baptist,</c>

00:38:24.860 --> 00:38:29.820
this<00:38:25.019><c> why</c><00:38:25.260><c> me</c><00:38:25.420><c> question</c><00:38:25.800><c> comes</c><00:38:26.099><c> up</c><00:38:26.360><c> there.</c><00:38:27.199><c> But</c><00:38:27.440><c> that's</c><00:38:28.139><c> another</c><00:38:28.440><c> facet.</c><00:38:29.340><c> Beginning</c><00:38:29.599><c> at</c>

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verse<00:38:30.000><c> 25,</c>

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Behold,<00:38:32.460><c> a</c><00:38:32.539><c> certain</c><00:38:32.780><c> lawyer</c><00:38:33.099><c> stood</c><00:38:33.360><c> up</c><00:38:33.659><c> and</c><00:38:33.840><c> tempted</c><00:38:34.079><c> him,</c><00:38:34.440><c> saying,</c><00:38:34.699><c> Master,</c><00:38:36.360><c> what</c><00:38:36.659><c> shall</c><00:38:36.900><c> I</c>

00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:38.719
do<00:38:37.760><c> to</c><00:38:38.159><c> inherit</c>

00:38:38.719 --> 00:38:43.380
eternal<00:38:39.260><c> life?</c><00:38:41.559><c> He</c><00:38:41.880><c> said</c><00:38:42.039><c> unto</c><00:38:42.219><c> him,</c><00:38:42.579><c> What</c><00:38:42.840><c> is</c><00:38:43.039><c> written</c><00:38:43.219><c> in</c>

00:38:43.380 --> 00:38:45.840
the<00:38:43.539><c> law?</c><00:38:44.000><c> How</c><00:38:44.280><c> readest</c><00:38:44.820><c> thou?</c>

00:38:46.440 --> 00:38:49.000
And<00:38:46.940><c> the</c><00:38:47.159><c> answering</c><00:38:47.440><c> said,</c><00:38:47.780><c> Thou</c><00:38:47.900><c> shalt</c><00:38:48.099><c> love</c><00:38:48.400><c> the</c><00:38:48.539><c> Lord</c><00:38:48.760><c> thy</c>

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:50.119
God<00:38:49.260><c> with</c><00:38:49.500><c> all</c><00:38:49.679><c> thy</c><00:38:49.860><c> heart,</c>

00:38:50.179 --> 00:38:56.000
with<00:38:50.340><c> all</c><00:38:50.519><c> thy</c><00:38:50.760><c> soul,</c><00:38:51.079><c> with</c><00:38:51.239><c> all</c><00:38:51.460><c> thy</c><00:38:51.639><c> strength,</c><00:38:52.039><c> and</c><00:38:52.119><c> with</c><00:38:52.300><c> all</c><00:38:52.500><c> thy</c><00:38:52.699><c> mind,</c><00:38:53.539><c> and</c><00:38:53.940><c> thy</c><00:38:54.199><c> neighbor</c><00:38:54.579><c> as</c><00:38:55.000><c> thyself.</c>

00:38:57.820 --> 00:39:01.500
And<00:38:58.320><c> he</c><00:38:58.480><c> said</c><00:38:58.599><c> unto</c><00:38:58.800><c> him,</c><00:38:59.039><c> Thou</c><00:38:59.239><c> hast</c><00:38:59.500><c> answered</c><00:38:59.880><c> right.</c><00:39:01.239><c> This</c>

00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:06.570
do,<00:39:02.360><c> and</c><00:39:02.880><c> thou</c><00:39:03.500><c> shalt</c><00:39:03.920><c> live.</c><00:39:05.460><c> But</c><00:39:05.840><c> he</c><00:39:06.099><c> willing</c><00:39:06.320><c> to</c>

00:39:06.570 --> 00:39:12.090
justify<00:39:07.030><c> himself,</c><00:39:07.690><c> said</c><00:39:07.809><c> unto</c><00:39:08.050><c> him,</c><00:39:08.329><c> To</c><00:39:08.670><c> do</c><00:39:08.849><c> what</c><00:39:09.170><c> to</c><00:39:09.349><c> himself?</c><00:39:11.730><c> To</c>

00:39:12.090 --> 00:39:14.050
justify<00:39:12.789><c> himself.</c>

00:39:15.150 --> 00:39:19.230
The<00:39:15.389><c> self,</c><00:39:16.670><c> the</c><00:39:16.829><c> why</c><00:39:17.050><c> me</c><00:39:17.230><c> element</c><00:39:17.690><c> is</c><00:39:18.030><c> beginning</c><00:39:18.369><c> to</c><00:39:18.590><c> be</c><00:39:18.750><c> built</c>

00:39:19.230 --> 00:39:22.429
into<00:39:19.769><c> this</c><00:39:20.889><c> record</c><00:39:21.250><c> by</c><00:39:21.590><c> Luke</c>

00:39:22.809 --> 00:39:28.909
of<00:39:23.170><c> what</c><00:39:23.389><c> Jesus</c><00:39:24.530><c> confronted</c><00:39:25.349><c> in</c><00:39:26.190><c> those</c><00:39:26.550><c> he</c><00:39:26.789><c> knew</c><00:39:27.190><c> very</c><00:39:27.849><c> well.</c>

00:39:31.670 --> 00:39:37.309
And<00:39:32.130><c> Jesus</c><00:39:32.590><c> answering,</c><00:39:35.230><c> excuse</c><00:39:35.409><c> me,</c><00:39:36.369><c> the</c><00:39:36.429><c> end</c><00:39:36.530><c> of</c><00:39:36.630><c> verse</c><00:39:36.789><c> 29,</c>

00:39:37.389 --> 00:39:39.289
And<00:39:37.670><c> who</c><00:39:37.809><c> is</c><00:39:38.010><c> my</c><00:39:38.190><c> neighbor?</c>

00:39:40.269 --> 00:39:44.510
And<00:39:40.650><c> Jesus</c><00:39:40.989><c> answering</c><00:39:41.309><c> said,</c><00:39:41.630><c> A</c><00:39:41.650><c> certain</c><00:39:41.889><c> man</c><00:39:42.150><c> went</c><00:39:42.289><c> down</c><00:39:42.550><c> from</c><00:39:42.730><c> Jerusalem</c><00:39:43.190><c> to</c><00:39:43.449><c> Jericho,</c>

00:39:44.769 --> 00:39:49.190
fell<00:39:44.869><c> among</c><00:39:45.170><c> thieves,</c><00:39:45.650><c> which</c><00:39:45.889><c> stripped</c><00:39:46.070><c> him</c><00:39:46.269><c> of</c><00:39:46.369><c> his</c><00:39:46.550><c> raiment,</c><00:39:47.690><c> and</c><00:39:47.809><c> wounded</c><00:39:48.030><c> him,</c><00:39:48.670><c> and</c><00:39:48.829><c> departed,</c>

00:39:49.250 --> 00:39:52.630
leaving<00:39:49.469><c> him</c><00:39:49.690><c> half</c><00:39:49.969><c> dead.</c><00:39:51.170><c> And</c><00:39:51.409><c> by</c><00:39:51.730><c> chance</c><00:39:51.989><c> there</c><00:39:52.130><c> came</c><00:39:52.369><c> down</c>

00:39:52.630 --> 00:39:54.309
a<00:39:52.789><c> certain</c><00:39:52.989><c> priest</c><00:39:53.269><c> that</c><00:39:53.590><c> way,</c><00:39:53.750><c> and</c><00:39:53.829><c> when</c><00:39:53.969><c> he</c><00:39:54.090><c> saw</c>

00:39:54.309 --> 00:39:57.989
him,<00:39:54.489><c> he</c><00:39:54.630><c> passed</c><00:39:54.929><c> by</c><00:39:55.170><c> on</c><00:39:55.329><c> the</c><00:39:55.409><c> other</c><00:39:55.690><c> side.</c><00:39:57.150><c> And</c><00:39:57.369><c> likewise</c><00:39:57.750><c> a</c>

00:39:57.989 --> 00:39:59.250
Levite,<00:39:58.349><c> when</c><00:39:58.530><c> he</c><00:39:58.650><c> was</c><00:39:58.789><c> at</c><00:39:58.889><c> the</c><00:39:59.070><c> place,</c>

00:39:59.269 --> 00:40:03.889
came<00:39:59.510><c> and</c><00:39:59.630><c> looked</c><00:39:59.769><c> on</c><00:39:59.929><c> him,</c><00:40:00.110><c> and</c><00:40:00.309><c> passed</c><00:40:00.530><c> by</c><00:40:00.750><c> on</c><00:40:00.909><c> the</c><00:40:00.949><c> other</c><00:40:01.289><c> side.</c><00:40:03.469><c> But</c><00:40:03.710><c> a</c>

00:40:03.889 --> 00:40:05.050
certain<00:40:04.050><c> Samaritan,</c>

00:40:05.510 --> 00:40:08.389
as<00:40:05.909><c> he</c><00:40:06.130><c> journeyed,</c><00:40:07.010><c> came</c><00:40:07.130><c> where</c><00:40:07.349><c> he</c><00:40:07.510><c> was,</c><00:40:07.750><c> and</c><00:40:07.869><c> when</c><00:40:07.989><c> he</c><00:40:08.150><c> saw</c>

00:40:08.389 --> 00:40:10.550
him,<00:40:08.610><c> he</c><00:40:08.730><c> had</c><00:40:08.989><c> compassion</c><00:40:09.590><c> on</c><00:40:09.829><c> him.</c>

00:40:11.789 --> 00:40:17.349
And<00:40:12.230><c> he</c><00:40:12.309><c> went</c><00:40:12.469><c> to</c><00:40:12.670><c> him,</c><00:40:14.710><c> bound</c><00:40:14.969><c> up</c><00:40:15.170><c> his</c><00:40:15.389><c> wounds,</c><00:40:16.829><c> pouring</c><00:40:17.090><c> in</c>

00:40:17.349 --> 00:40:19.630
oil<00:40:17.570><c> and</c><00:40:17.809><c> wine,</c><00:40:18.309><c> and</c><00:40:18.489><c> set</c><00:40:18.610><c> him</c><00:40:18.769><c> on</c><00:40:18.869><c> his</c><00:40:19.090><c> own</c><00:40:19.389><c> beast,</c>

00:40:19.630 --> 00:40:24.449
and<00:40:19.849><c> brought</c><00:40:20.050><c> him</c><00:40:20.710><c> to</c><00:40:21.090><c> an</c><00:40:21.269><c> inn,</c><00:40:23.030><c> and</c><00:40:23.230><c> took</c><00:40:23.389><c> care</c><00:40:23.630><c> of</c><00:40:23.809><c> him.</c><00:40:24.269><c> And</c>

00:40:24.449 --> 00:40:26.449
by<00:40:24.650><c> the</c><00:40:24.789><c> way,</c><00:40:25.130><c> in</c><00:40:25.250><c> passing</c><00:40:25.570><c> the</c><00:40:25.829><c> Samaritan</c><00:40:26.250><c> didn't</c>

00:40:26.449 --> 00:40:31.829
say,<00:40:26.730><c> why</c><00:40:26.829><c> should</c><00:40:26.989><c> I</c><00:40:27.210><c> do</c><00:40:27.389><c> this?</c><00:40:29.070><c> Why</c><00:40:29.289><c> me?</c><00:40:30.829><c> But</c><00:40:31.110><c> I'm</c><00:40:31.250><c> not</c><00:40:31.369><c> so</c><00:40:31.550><c> sure</c><00:40:31.630><c> the</c>

00:40:31.829 --> 00:40:33.030
priest<00:40:32.090><c> didn't</c><00:40:32.329><c> fit</c><00:40:32.510><c> that</c><00:40:32.789><c> pattern,</c>

00:40:33.090 --> 00:40:36.670
but<00:40:33.190><c> that's</c><00:40:33.510><c> another</c><00:40:33.710><c> point.</c><00:40:35.489><c> And</c><00:40:35.730><c> on</c><00:40:35.909><c> the</c><00:40:36.090><c> morrow,</c><00:40:36.329><c> when</c><00:40:36.489><c> he</c>

00:40:36.670 --> 00:40:39.250
departed,<00:40:38.329><c> he</c><00:40:38.429><c> took</c><00:40:38.610><c> out</c><00:40:38.809><c> two</c><00:40:39.030><c> pence,</c>

00:40:39.329 --> 00:40:41.829
and<00:40:39.469><c> gave</c><00:40:39.590><c> them</c><00:40:39.750><c> to</c><00:40:39.929><c> the</c><00:40:40.070><c> host,</c><00:40:40.309><c> and</c><00:40:40.429><c> said</c><00:40:40.570><c> unto</c><00:40:40.789><c> him,</c><00:40:41.250><c> Take</c><00:40:41.409><c> care</c><00:40:41.650><c> of</c>

00:40:41.829 --> 00:40:44.230
him.<00:40:42.769><c> And</c><00:40:43.030><c> whatsoever</c><00:40:43.429><c> thou</c><00:40:43.750><c> spendest</c>

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when<00:40:44.750><c> I</c><00:40:45.570><c> come</c><00:40:45.769><c> again,</c><00:40:46.090><c> I</c><00:40:46.230><c> will</c><00:40:46.429><c> repay</c><00:40:46.710><c> thee.</c><00:40:47.929><c> Which</c><00:40:48.190><c> now</c><00:40:48.449><c> of</c>

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these<00:40:48.789><c> priests</c><00:40:48.989><c> thinkest</c><00:40:49.389><c> thou</c><00:40:49.570><c> was</c><00:40:49.789><c> the</c><00:40:49.949><c> neighbor</c>

00:40:50.150 --> 00:40:54.050
unto<00:40:50.349><c> him</c><00:40:50.550><c> that</c><00:40:50.710><c> fell</c><00:40:50.849><c> among</c><00:40:51.110><c> the</c><00:40:51.369><c> thieves?</c><00:40:53.130><c> And</c><00:40:53.590><c> he</c><00:40:53.750><c> said,</c><00:40:54.010><c> He</c>

00:40:54.050 --> 00:40:57.349
that<00:40:54.210><c> showed</c><00:40:54.429><c> mercy</c><00:40:54.809><c> on</c><00:40:55.110><c> him.</c><00:40:56.269><c> Then</c><00:40:56.510><c> said</c><00:40:56.710><c> Jesus</c><00:40:57.070><c> unto</c>

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him,<00:40:58.210><c> Go,</c><00:40:59.230><c> and</c><00:40:59.409><c> do</c><00:40:59.610><c> thou</c><00:40:59.849><c> likewise.</c><00:41:01.630><c> Now</c><00:41:01.969><c> there's</c><00:41:02.269><c> an</c><00:41:02.590><c> undeveloped</c><00:41:05.769><c> follow</c>

00:41:06.130 --> 00:41:12.269
-on<00:41:06.289><c> to</c><00:41:06.510><c> that.</c><00:41:07.230><c> We</c><00:41:07.309><c> don't</c><00:41:12.130><c> know</c>

00:41:12.269 --> 00:41:16.389
whether<00:41:12.489><c> he</c><00:41:12.630><c> said,</c><00:41:13.110><c> well</c><00:41:13.110><c> why</c><00:41:13.349><c> should</c><00:41:13.550><c> I</c><00:41:13.750><c> be</c><00:41:14.030><c> exposed</c><00:41:14.349><c> to</c><00:41:14.570><c> this?</c><00:41:15.949><c> Or</c>

00:41:16.389 --> 00:41:20.309
did<00:41:16.750><c> he</c><00:41:17.150><c> go</c><00:41:17.510><c> and</c><00:41:17.730><c> do</c><00:41:17.869><c> it?</c><00:41:19.550><c> Now</c><00:41:19.750><c> that's</c><00:41:20.010><c> just</c>

00:41:20.309 --> 00:41:25.070
another<00:41:20.909><c> why</c><00:41:21.489><c> me</c><00:41:21.750><c> as</c><00:41:22.010><c> we</c><00:41:22.329><c> pass</c><00:41:22.630><c> on</c><00:41:22.929><c> in</c><00:41:23.090><c> this</c><00:41:23.309><c> record.</c><00:41:24.789><c> What</c><00:41:24.949><c> I'm</c>

00:41:25.070 --> 00:41:26.429
really<00:41:25.309><c> coming</c><00:41:25.510><c> to,</c><00:41:25.809><c> brothers</c><00:41:25.949><c> and</c><00:41:26.190><c> sisters,</c>

00:41:26.469 --> 00:41:30.949
is<00:41:26.610><c> what</c><00:41:26.789><c> follows</c><00:41:27.170><c> on.</c><00:41:28.969><c> You</c><00:41:29.210><c> see,</c><00:41:29.369><c> it</c><00:41:29.570><c> says</c><00:41:30.030><c> that</c><00:41:30.349><c> it</c><00:41:30.469><c> came</c><00:41:30.670><c> to</c>

00:41:30.949 --> 00:41:33.309
pass.<00:41:31.190><c> Now</c><00:41:31.369><c> you</c><00:41:31.449><c> understand</c><00:41:31.969><c> that</c><00:41:32.250><c> Luke</c><00:41:32.590><c> writing</c><00:41:32.949><c> this</c>

00:41:33.309 --> 00:41:36.889
in<00:41:33.550><c> a</c><00:41:34.110><c> pretty</c><00:41:34.449><c> accurate</c><00:41:35.090><c> chronological</c><00:41:35.869><c> way</c><00:41:36.210><c> wasn't</c><00:41:36.610><c> dealing</c>

00:41:36.889 --> 00:41:38.949
with<00:41:37.150><c> weeks</c><00:41:37.449><c> and</c><00:41:37.630><c> months</c><00:41:38.010><c> of</c><00:41:38.469><c> separation.</c>

00:41:38.949 --> 00:41:42.610
After<00:41:39.550><c> this</c><00:41:39.829><c> exchange</c><00:41:40.210><c> we've</c><00:41:40.489><c> just</c><00:41:40.730><c> read</c><00:41:40.949><c> about,</c><00:41:42.110><c> he</c><00:41:42.150><c> says,</c>

00:41:42.989 --> 00:41:44.869
Now<00:41:43.110><c> it</c><00:41:43.329><c> came</c><00:41:43.570><c> to</c><00:41:43.809><c> pass,</c><00:41:44.050><c> as</c><00:41:44.329><c> they</c><00:41:44.590><c> went,</c>

00:41:44.889 --> 00:41:48.070
in<00:41:45.110><c> other</c><00:41:45.289><c> words,</c><00:41:45.469><c> they</c><00:41:45.610><c> were</c><00:41:45.809><c> going</c><00:41:46.110><c> on,</c><00:41:46.989><c> that</c><00:41:47.230><c> he</c><00:41:47.429><c> entered</c><00:41:47.630><c> into</c><00:41:47.889><c> a</c>

00:41:48.070 --> 00:41:51.269
certain<00:41:48.289><c> village,</c><00:41:49.210><c> and</c><00:41:49.409><c> a</c><00:41:49.590><c> certain</c><00:41:49.929><c> woman</c><00:41:50.670><c> named</c>

00:41:51.269 --> 00:41:59.190
Martha<00:41:52.110><c> received</c><00:41:52.809><c> him</c><00:41:53.230><c> into</c><00:41:53.530><c> her</c><00:41:53.769><c> house.</c><00:41:55.449><c> And</c><00:41:55.710><c> she</c><00:41:55.829><c> had</c><00:41:55.989><c> a</c><00:41:56.170><c> sister</c><00:41:56.429><c> called</c><00:41:56.809><c> Mary,</c><00:41:58.329><c> which</c><00:41:58.570><c> also</c><00:41:58.989><c> sat</c>

00:41:59.190 --> 00:41:59.949
at<00:41:59.289><c> Jesus'</c><00:41:59.869><c> feet</c>

00:41:59.949 --> 00:42:03.690
and<00:42:00.190><c> heard</c><00:42:00.309><c> his</c><00:42:00.590><c> word.</c><00:42:02.090><c> But</c><00:42:02.309><c> Martha</c><00:42:02.550><c> was</c><00:42:02.849><c> cometh</c><00:42:03.010><c> about</c><00:42:03.349><c> much</c>

00:42:03.690 --> 00:42:05.130
serving,<00:42:04.050><c> and</c><00:42:04.150><c> came</c><00:42:04.369><c> to</c><00:42:04.469><c> him,</c><00:42:04.690><c> and</c><00:42:04.690><c> said,</c><00:42:04.889><c> Lord,</c>

00:42:05.130 --> 00:42:09.150
dost<00:42:05.289><c> thou</c><00:42:05.550><c> not</c><00:42:05.809><c> care</c><00:42:06.090><c> that</c><00:42:06.269><c> my</c><00:42:06.510><c> sister</c><00:42:06.809><c> hath</c><00:42:07.010><c> left</c><00:42:07.230><c> me</c><00:42:07.449><c> to</c><00:42:07.530><c> serve</c><00:42:07.789><c> alone?</c><00:42:08.989><c> Bid</c>

00:42:09.150 --> 00:42:11.230
her<00:42:09.309><c> therefore</c><00:42:09.690><c> that</c><00:42:09.829><c> she</c><00:42:10.010><c> help</c><00:42:10.269><c> me.</c>

00:42:11.849 --> 00:42:14.309
And<00:42:12.110><c> Jesus</c><00:42:12.469><c> answered</c><00:42:12.769><c> and</c><00:42:12.929><c> said</c><00:42:13.090><c> unto</c><00:42:13.269><c> her,</c><00:42:13.510><c> Martha,</c><00:42:13.969><c> Martha,</c>

00:42:14.329 --> 00:42:15.969
thou<00:42:14.530><c> art</c><00:42:14.710><c> careful</c><00:42:15.150><c> and</c><00:42:15.469><c> troubled</c><00:42:15.710><c> about</c>

00:42:15.969 --> 00:42:19.070
many<00:42:16.309><c> things,</c><00:42:16.929><c> but</c><00:42:17.170><c> one</c><00:42:17.449><c> thing</c><00:42:17.610><c> is</c><00:42:17.849><c> needful,</c><00:42:18.409><c> and</c><00:42:18.590><c> Mary</c><00:42:18.829><c> hath</c>

00:42:19.070 --> 00:42:21.949
chosen<00:42:19.449><c> that</c><00:42:19.750><c> good</c><00:42:20.050><c> part</c><00:42:20.469><c> which</c><00:42:20.869><c> shall</c><00:42:21.090><c> not</c><00:42:21.369><c> be</c>

00:42:21.949 --> 00:42:28.309
taken<00:42:22.210><c> away</c><00:42:22.869><c> from</c><00:42:23.369><c> her.</c><00:42:26.150><c> Now</c><00:42:26.670><c> I</c><00:42:27.510><c> want</c><00:42:27.730><c> to</c><00:42:27.829><c> leave</c><00:42:27.949><c> you</c><00:42:28.150><c> with</c>

00:42:28.309 --> 00:42:29.630
this<00:42:28.570><c> thought.</c>

00:42:30.449 --> 00:42:37.030
Martha,<00:42:32.909><c> Martha,</c><00:42:33.849><c> and</c><00:42:34.010><c> I</c><00:42:34.150><c> read</c><00:42:34.449><c> that</c><00:42:35.110><c> rapidly</c><00:42:35.530><c> on</c><00:42:35.909><c> purpose.</c>

00:42:37.670 --> 00:42:42.690
Martha,<00:42:38.130><c> in</c><00:42:38.670><c> effect,</c><00:42:39.849><c> says,</c><00:42:41.349><c> Why</c><00:42:41.869><c> should</c>

00:42:42.690 --> 00:42:52.570
I<00:42:43.510><c> do</c><00:42:44.210><c> this</c><00:42:44.889><c> work</c><00:42:45.150><c> of</c><00:42:45.429><c> serving</c><00:42:45.710><c> you</c><00:42:46.489><c> and</c><00:42:46.949><c> those</c><00:42:47.550><c> with</c><00:42:48.190><c> you</c><00:42:49.269><c> alone?</c><00:42:52.010><c> Why</c>

00:42:52.570 --> 00:42:58.230
me?<00:42:54.630><c> I</c><00:42:55.250><c> need</c><00:42:55.929><c> my</c><00:42:56.670><c> sister's</c><00:42:57.289><c> help.</c>

00:42:58.650 --> 00:43:04.690
I<00:42:58.989><c> think</c><00:42:59.230><c> I</c><00:42:59.389><c> have</c><00:42:59.590><c> a</c><00:42:59.690><c> legitimate</c><00:43:00.210><c> gripe.</c><00:43:02.730><c> You</c><00:43:02.869><c> know</c><00:43:03.050><c> this</c><00:43:03.250><c> family</c><00:43:03.590><c> well,</c><00:43:03.949><c> Jesus.</c><00:43:04.489><c> And</c>

00:43:04.690 --> 00:43:05.929
by<00:43:04.829><c> the</c><00:43:04.969><c> way,</c><00:43:05.210><c> in</c><00:43:05.349><c> John</c>

00:43:05.929 --> 00:43:09.389
chapter<00:43:06.449><c> 11</c><00:43:06.710><c> verse</c><00:43:07.010><c> 5</c><00:43:07.349><c> we're</c><00:43:07.590><c> told,</c><00:43:08.110><c> Now</c><00:43:08.110><c> Jesus</c><00:43:08.429><c> loved</c><00:43:08.769><c> Martha</c>

00:43:09.389 --> 00:43:12.989
and<00:43:09.789><c> her</c><00:43:10.010><c> sister</c><00:43:10.949><c> and</c><00:43:11.570><c> Lazarus.</c><00:43:12.389><c> So</c><00:43:12.670><c> Martha's</c>

00:43:12.989 --> 00:43:19.369
saying,<00:43:13.409><c> You</c><00:43:13.650><c> know</c><00:43:14.570><c> our</c><00:43:15.349><c> situation</c><00:43:16.010><c> very</c><00:43:16.570><c> well,</c><00:43:17.190><c> Jesus.</c><00:43:18.889><c> So</c>

00:43:19.369 --> 00:43:24.449
please,<00:43:20.010><c> please,</c><00:43:20.829><c> will</c><00:43:21.010><c> you</c><00:43:21.650><c> redress</c><00:43:22.289><c> this</c><00:43:23.030><c> unbalanced</c>

00:43:24.690 --> 00:43:31.610
situation?<00:43:27.230><c> Now</c><00:43:27.829><c> let</c><00:43:27.989><c> that</c><00:43:28.630><c> thought</c><00:43:28.969><c> linger</c><00:43:29.530><c> on</c><00:43:30.130><c> in</c><00:43:30.570><c> your</c><00:43:30.829><c> mind,</c><00:43:31.349><c> and</c>

00:43:31.610 --> 00:43:33.289
we'll<00:43:31.809><c> try</c><00:43:32.050><c> to</c><00:43:32.230><c> deal</c><00:43:32.349><c> with</c><00:43:32.550><c> it,</c><00:43:32.690><c> God</c><00:43:32.929><c> willing,</c>

00:43:33.289 --> 00:43:35.489
on<00:43:33.809><c> the</c><00:43:34.030><c> morrow.</c>