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And<00:10:25.440><c> that's</c><00:10:25.740><c> exactly</c><00:10:26.100><c> what</c><00:10:26.379><c> Saul</c><00:10:26.600><c> was</c><00:10:26.919><c> by</c><00:10:27.200><c> now.</c>

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And<00:10:45.340><c> that's</c><00:10:45.539><c> what</c><00:10:45.700><c> Gilboa</c><00:10:46.580><c> was.</c>

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And<00:10:48.940><c> that's</c><00:10:49.100><c> probably</c><00:10:49.299><c> why</c><00:10:49.460><c> you</c><00:10:49.580><c> don't</c><00:10:49.740><c> hear</c><00:10:49.919><c> about</c><00:10:50.120><c> it</c><00:10:50.240><c> anywhere</c><00:10:50.340><c> else</c>

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wants<00:10:51.600><c> to</c><00:10:51.759><c> live</c><00:10:51.899><c> there.</c>

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So<00:10:53.240><c> nobody</c><00:10:53.399><c> wants</c><00:10:53.620><c> to</c><00:10:53.799><c> conquer</c><00:10:54.039><c> there.</c>

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But<00:10:55.299><c> Saul</c><00:10:55.580><c> set</c><00:10:55.820><c> himself</c><00:10:56.240><c> up</c><00:10:56.720><c> right</c><00:10:57.240><c> there</c><00:10:57.639><c> and</c><00:10:57.899><c> it</c><00:10:58.019><c> was</c><00:10:58.159><c> very</c><00:10:58.559><c> fitting.</c>

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But<00:10:59.519><c> the</c><00:10:59.700><c> name</c><00:10:59.860><c> means</c><00:11:00.779><c> a</c><00:11:01.299><c> gushing</c><00:11:01.539><c> out</c><00:11:01.799><c> of</c><00:11:02.080><c> water,</c><00:11:03.440><c> a</c><00:11:03.659><c> pouring</c><00:11:03.879><c> out.</c>

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And<00:11:05.820><c> that's</c><00:11:06.159><c> exactly</c><00:11:06.460><c> what</c><00:11:06.659><c> happened</c><00:11:06.879><c> at</c><00:11:07.120><c> Gilboa</c><00:11:07.639><c> as</c><00:11:07.960><c> well.</c>

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touching<00:11:31.080><c> Saul.</c>

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But<00:12:07.940><c> woe</c><00:12:08.139><c> unto</c><00:12:08.379><c> him</c><00:12:08.919><c> that</c><00:12:09.639><c> that's</c><00:12:09.980><c> the</c><00:12:10.100><c> way</c><00:12:10.240><c> that</c><00:12:10.419><c> he</c><00:12:10.559><c> was.</c>

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And<00:12:11.840><c> so</c><00:12:12.559><c> David</c><00:12:12.799><c> was</c><00:12:13.059><c> very</c><00:12:13.440><c> sensitive</c><00:12:13.940><c> not</c><00:12:14.379><c> to</c><00:12:14.539><c> be</c><00:12:14.679><c> the</c><00:12:14.820><c> one</c><00:12:14.960><c> to</c>

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Chosen<00:12:23.240><c> to</c><00:12:23.480><c> be</c><00:12:23.820><c> who</c><00:12:24.200><c> that</c><00:12:24.480><c> man</c><00:12:24.720><c> is</c><00:12:25.340><c> for</c><00:12:25.620><c> the</c><00:12:25.799><c> purpose</c><00:12:25.980><c> of</c><00:12:26.179><c> the</c><00:12:26.320><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:12:26.639><c> David</c><00:12:26.879><c> didn't</c><00:12:27.080><c> want</c><00:12:27.299><c> to</c><00:12:27.440><c> ever</c><00:12:28.039><c> go</c><00:12:28.580><c> against</c><00:12:28.940><c> that.</c>

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And<00:12:30.419><c> so</c><00:12:30.580><c> he</c><00:12:30.759><c> never</c><00:12:31.360><c> touched</c><00:12:32.080><c> the</c><00:12:32.519><c> Lord's</c><00:12:32.820><c> anointed.</c>

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Matter<00:12:33.179><c> of</c><00:12:33.299><c> fact,</c><00:12:33.340><c> remember</c><00:12:33.519><c> when</c><00:12:33.679><c> he</c><00:12:33.860><c> cut</c><00:12:33.960><c> the</c><00:12:34.159><c> garment.</c>

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Right<00:12:35.259><c> after</c><00:12:35.460><c> he</c><00:12:35.659><c> cut</c><00:12:35.759><c> the</c><00:12:35.899><c> garment</c><00:12:36.200><c> of</c><00:12:36.460><c> Saul</c><00:12:36.620><c> in</c><00:12:37.059><c> that</c><00:12:37.320><c> cave,</c>

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He<00:12:41.419><c> could</c><00:12:41.580><c> have</c><00:12:41.740><c> killed</c><00:12:41.879><c> him.</c>

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And<00:12:43.200><c> he</c><00:12:43.220><c> was</c><00:12:43.419><c> sorry</c><00:12:43.559><c> he</c><00:12:43.700><c> had</c><00:12:43.799><c> cut</c><00:12:43.919><c> the</c><00:12:44.080><c> garment.</c>

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Because<00:12:44.600><c> he</c><00:12:44.679><c> didn't</c><00:12:44.919><c> want</c><00:12:45.139><c> to</c><00:12:45.279><c> mess</c><00:12:45.639><c> with</c><00:12:46.059><c> the</c><00:12:46.240><c> Lord's</c><00:12:46.620><c> anointed.</c>

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And<00:12:47.120><c> David</c><00:12:47.399><c> was</c><00:12:47.779><c> the</c><00:12:48.460><c> Lord's</c><00:12:48.860><c> anointed</c><00:12:49.120><c> as</c><00:12:49.440><c> well.</c>

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And<00:12:50.320><c> so</c><00:12:50.539><c> Saul</c><00:12:50.799><c> is</c><00:12:51.620><c> killed</c><00:12:51.860><c> on</c><00:12:52.100><c> Mount</c><00:12:52.340><c> Gilboa.</c>

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And<00:12:52.940><c> this</c><00:12:53.120><c> chapter</c><00:12:53.419><c> tells</c><00:12:53.720><c> us</c><00:12:54.320><c> that</c><00:12:54.899><c> he</c><00:12:55.600><c> gets</c><00:12:55.759><c> shot</c><00:12:56.059><c> by</c><00:12:56.500><c> spears.</c>

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And<00:12:59.120><c> he</c><00:12:59.240><c> says</c><00:12:59.440><c> to</c><00:12:59.639><c> his</c><00:12:59.860><c> armor</c><00:13:00.080><c> bearer,</c><00:13:01.039><c> slay</c><00:13:01.360><c> me.</c>

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Because<00:13:02.419><c> if</c><00:13:02.919><c> they</c><00:13:03.220><c> catch</c><00:13:03.399><c> me</c><00:13:03.700><c> wounded,</c><00:13:04.639><c> I'm</c><00:13:05.000><c> going</c><00:13:05.159><c> to</c><00:13:05.299><c> go</c>

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through<00:13:06.159><c> terrible,</c><00:13:07.080><c> terrible</c><00:13:07.539><c> things.</c>

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And<00:13:10.240><c> the</c><00:13:10.399><c> armor</c><00:13:10.580><c> bearer</c><00:13:10.820><c> says,</c><00:13:11.139><c> I</c><00:13:11.340><c> can't</c><00:13:11.659><c> do</c><00:13:11.860><c> it.</c>

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And<00:13:13.179><c> so</c><00:13:13.519><c> Saul,</c><00:13:14.799><c> in</c><00:13:14.799><c> what</c><00:13:15.679><c> I</c><00:13:16.039><c> would</c><00:13:16.159><c> have</c><00:13:16.299><c> to</c><00:13:16.460><c> call</c><00:13:16.600><c> an</c><00:13:16.899><c> act</c><00:13:17.139><c> of</c><00:13:17.399><c> courage.</c>

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And<00:13:19.899><c> I</c><00:13:19.980><c> say</c><00:13:20.059><c> that</c><00:13:20.220><c> because</c><00:13:20.440><c> I</c><00:13:20.659><c> couldn't</c><00:13:20.779><c> do</c><00:13:20.980><c> it.</c>

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Fell<00:13:22.799><c> on</c><00:13:23.039><c> his</c><00:13:23.259><c> spear</c><00:13:23.419><c> and</c><00:13:23.639><c> killed</c><00:13:23.779><c> himself.</c>

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He<00:13:25.960><c> did</c><00:13:26.120><c> it</c><00:13:26.240><c> for</c><00:13:26.500><c> himself.</c>

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He<00:13:28.779><c> did</c><00:13:28.960><c> it</c><00:13:29.100><c> so</c><00:13:29.179><c> he</c><00:13:29.279><c> didn't</c><00:13:29.419><c> have</c><00:13:29.600><c> to</c><00:13:29.759><c> face</c><00:13:29.940><c> humiliation.</c>

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So<00:13:31.559><c> he</c><00:13:31.620><c> didn't</c><00:13:31.799><c> have</c><00:13:31.980><c> to</c><00:13:32.139><c> face</c><00:13:32.379><c> suffering.</c>

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And<00:13:34.000><c> there's</c><00:13:34.120><c> a</c><00:13:34.179><c> bit</c><00:13:34.320><c> of</c><00:13:34.539><c> irony</c><00:13:34.700><c> in</c><00:13:34.879><c> that</c><00:13:35.039><c> because</c><00:13:35.659><c> he</c><00:13:35.899><c> was</c><00:13:36.100><c> the</c>

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Lord's<00:13:36.639><c> anointed.</c>

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He<00:13:38.419><c> was</c><00:13:38.740><c> called</c><00:13:39.259><c> to</c><00:13:40.360><c> follow</c><00:13:40.759><c> the</c><00:13:41.120><c> anointed.</c>

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And<00:13:42.960><c> of</c><00:13:43.080><c> course</c><00:13:43.220><c> the</c><00:13:43.460><c> anointed</c><00:13:44.259><c> suffered</c><00:13:44.840><c> in</c><00:13:45.080><c> the</c><00:13:45.220><c> very</c><00:13:45.440><c> way</c>

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that<00:13:45.960><c> Saul</c><00:13:46.159><c> refused</c><00:13:46.879><c> to</c><00:13:47.200><c> suffer.</c>

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He<00:13:48.480><c> was</c><00:13:48.759><c> humiliated</c><00:13:49.500><c> and</c><00:13:49.799><c> scourged</c><00:13:50.320><c> and</c><00:13:50.580><c> mocked</c><00:13:51.799><c> and</c><00:13:52.120><c> crucified.</c>

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And<00:13:54.519><c> Saul,</c><00:13:54.700><c> as</c><00:13:54.840><c> the</c><00:13:55.019><c> anointed,</c><00:13:55.379><c> refused</c><00:13:55.980><c> to</c><00:13:56.259><c> follow</c><00:13:56.480><c> that</c><00:13:56.799><c> way.</c>

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And<00:13:58.360><c> so</c><00:13:58.500><c> in</c><00:13:58.659><c> an</c><00:13:58.820><c> act</c><00:13:59.000><c> of</c><00:13:59.779><c> human</c><00:14:00.159><c> courage,</c><00:14:01.759><c> he</c><00:14:01.879><c> fell</c><00:14:02.080><c> on</c><00:14:02.259><c> his</c><00:14:02.539><c> sword.</c>

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And<00:14:04.080><c> he</c><00:14:04.320><c> died</c><00:14:05.019><c> forever</c><00:14:06.120><c> to</c><00:14:06.340><c> be</c><00:14:06.580><c> remembered</c><00:14:07.080><c> really</c><00:14:07.960><c> as</c><00:14:08.220><c> a</c><00:14:08.379><c> coward</c><00:14:08.740><c> in</c>

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many<00:14:09.539><c> respects.</c>

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This<00:14:11.159><c> man</c><00:14:11.299><c> with</c><00:14:11.480><c> so</c><00:14:11.720><c> much</c><00:14:11.940><c> promise.</c>

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And<00:14:14.360><c> it</c><00:14:14.460><c> goes</c><00:14:14.659><c> on</c><00:14:15.159><c> to</c><00:14:15.360><c> talk</c><00:14:15.519><c> about</c><00:14:15.759><c> the</c><00:14:15.919><c> men</c><00:14:16.039><c> of</c><00:14:16.320><c> Jabesh</c><00:14:16.779><c>-Gilead</c>

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in<00:14:17.720><c> verse</c><00:14:18.019><c> 12</c><00:14:18.379><c> of</c><00:14:18.580><c> chapter</c><00:14:18.879><c> 10.</c>

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They<00:14:20.899><c> arose</c><00:14:21.139><c> all</c><00:14:21.440><c> valiant</c><00:14:21.740><c> men</c><00:14:21.919><c> and</c><00:14:22.019><c> took</c><00:14:22.200><c> away</c><00:14:22.399><c> the</c><00:14:22.480><c> body</c><00:14:22.759><c> of</c>

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Saul<00:14:23.500><c> and</c><00:14:23.679><c> the</c><00:14:23.899><c> bodies</c><00:14:24.059><c> of</c><00:14:24.259><c> his</c><00:14:24.500><c> sons.</c>

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And<00:14:25.679><c> brought</c><00:14:25.799><c> them</c><00:14:25.919><c> to</c><00:14:26.159><c> Jabesh</c><00:14:26.480><c> and</c><00:14:26.679><c> buried</c><00:14:26.879><c> their</c><00:14:27.259><c> bones</c><00:14:27.820><c> under</c><00:14:28.139><c> the</c>

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oak<00:14:28.580><c> tree</c><00:14:28.700><c> at</c><00:14:28.940><c> Jabesh.</c>

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And<00:14:30.139><c> fasted</c><00:14:30.559><c> seven</c><00:14:30.919><c> days.</c>

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The<00:14:34.440><c> story</c><00:14:34.740><c> of</c><00:14:35.039><c> Jabesh</c><00:14:35.340><c>-Gilead</c><00:14:35.639><c> is</c><00:14:36.039><c> very</c><00:14:36.440><c> interesting</c><00:14:37.019><c> because</c><00:14:37.740><c> it</c>

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really<00:14:38.220><c> involves</c><00:14:38.600><c> Saul.</c>

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Your<00:14:39.559><c> first</c><00:14:39.700><c> question</c><00:14:39.879><c> when</c><00:14:40.000><c> you</c><00:14:40.080><c> read</c><00:14:40.179><c> this</c><00:14:40.340><c> is</c><00:14:40.500><c> why</c><00:14:40.659><c> would</c>

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these<00:14:40.960><c> guys</c><00:14:41.139><c> have</c><00:14:41.340><c> done</c><00:14:41.480><c> it?</c>

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And<00:14:42.700><c> there's</c><00:14:42.840><c> two</c><00:14:43.039><c> very</c><00:14:43.200><c> good</c><00:14:43.320><c> reasons</c><00:14:43.580><c> why</c><00:14:43.779><c> they</c><00:14:43.919><c> did</c><00:14:44.100><c> it.</c>

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First<00:14:44.460><c> of</c><00:14:44.639><c> all,</c><00:14:45.080><c> because</c><00:14:46.600><c> Saul</c><00:14:46.899><c> had</c><00:14:47.139><c> done</c><00:14:47.559><c> right</c><00:14:48.500><c> by</c><00:14:48.860><c> them.</c>

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Remember,<00:14:50.139><c> we</c><00:14:50.259><c> said</c><00:14:50.460><c> that</c><00:14:50.740><c> Paul,</c><00:14:51.600><c> the</c><00:14:51.799><c> apostle</c><00:14:52.139><c> Paul</c><00:14:52.519><c> said,</c><00:14:53.460><c> for</c><00:14:53.519><c> a</c>

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righteous<00:14:53.980><c> man,</c>

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how<00:14:55.799><c> does</c><00:14:55.879><c> it</c><00:14:55.919><c> go,</c><00:14:56.080><c> for</c><00:14:56.220><c> a</c><00:14:56.360><c> righteous</c><00:14:56.559><c> man</c><00:14:56.799><c> you</c><00:14:56.899><c> would</c><00:14:57.220><c> hardly</c><00:14:57.519><c> die.</c>

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And<00:14:59.440><c> I</c><00:14:59.580><c> think</c><00:14:59.779><c> this</c><00:15:00.019><c> is</c><00:15:00.259><c> a</c><00:15:00.399><c> shadow</c><00:15:00.620><c> of</c><00:15:00.840><c> that</c><00:15:01.059><c> very</c><00:15:01.320><c> type</c><00:15:01.539><c> of</c><00:15:01.779><c> thing.</c>

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Now<00:15:02.559><c> Saul</c><00:15:02.720><c> was</c><00:15:02.960><c> not</c><00:15:03.200><c> a</c><00:15:03.360><c> righteous</c><00:15:03.620><c> man,</c><00:15:03.940><c> that's</c><00:15:04.159><c> why</c><00:15:04.320><c> I</c><00:15:04.539><c> say</c><00:15:04.659><c> a</c>

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shadow<00:15:05.179><c> of</c><00:15:05.360><c> it.</c>

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And<00:15:06.559><c> yet</c><00:15:06.720><c> Saul</c><00:15:06.980><c> had</c><00:15:07.240><c> done</c><00:15:07.399><c> right</c><00:15:08.059><c> by</c><00:15:08.480><c> Jabesh</c><00:15:08.820><c>-Gilead.</c>

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In<00:15:09.700><c> a</c><00:15:09.919><c> previous</c><00:15:10.360><c> story,</c><00:15:10.899><c> what</c><00:15:10.899><c> happened</c><00:15:11.259><c> was</c><00:15:11.720><c> Jabesh</c><00:15:12.139><c>-Gilead,</c>

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the<00:15:12.840><c> city,</c><00:15:13.120><c> was</c><00:15:13.259><c> being</c><00:15:13.519><c> attacked</c><00:15:13.820><c> by</c><00:15:14.019><c> the</c><00:15:14.259><c> Ammonites.</c>

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And<00:15:15.980><c> the</c><00:15:16.139><c> Ammonites</c><00:15:16.899><c> called</c><00:15:17.440><c> for</c><00:15:17.639><c> their</c><00:15:17.820><c> surrender.</c>

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And<00:15:19.779><c> people</c><00:15:20.379><c> of</c><00:15:20.519><c> Jabesh</c><00:15:20.740><c>-Gilead</c><00:15:21.059><c> said,</c><00:15:21.519><c> what</c><00:15:21.559><c> are</c><00:15:21.700><c> the</c><00:15:21.919><c> terms?</c>

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And<00:15:23.080><c> the</c><00:15:23.200><c> Ammonites</c><00:15:23.480><c> said,</c><00:15:23.879><c> we</c><00:15:23.960><c> are</c><00:15:24.120><c> going</c><00:15:24.379><c> to</c><00:15:24.779><c> gouge</c><00:15:25.059><c> out</c><00:15:25.240><c> the</c>

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right<00:15:25.659><c> eye</c><00:15:25.799><c> of</c><00:15:26.039><c> every</c><00:15:26.279><c> man</c><00:15:26.440><c> in</c>

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the<00:15:26.759><c> city,</c><00:15:27.980><c> that's</c><00:15:28.399><c> the</c><00:15:28.580><c> terms.</c>

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And<00:15:30.220><c> Jabesh</c><00:15:30.480><c>-Gilead</c><00:15:30.799><c> said,</c><00:15:31.779><c> hold</c><00:15:31.980><c> on,</c><00:15:33.580><c> why</c><00:15:33.899><c> don't</c><00:15:34.139><c> we</c><00:15:34.559><c> wait</c><00:15:35.039><c> and</c>

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see<00:15:35.960><c> if</c><00:15:36.080><c> somebody</c><00:15:36.379><c> comes</c><00:15:36.720><c> to</c><00:15:36.940><c> help</c><00:15:37.080><c> us?</c>

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Now<00:15:39.840><c> obviously,</c><00:15:40.519><c> considering</c><00:15:41.120><c> the</c><00:15:41.759><c> character</c><00:15:42.039><c> of</c><00:15:42.220><c> the</c><00:15:42.360><c> Ammonites,</c>

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I<00:15:42.919><c> don't</c><00:15:43.159><c> think</c><00:15:43.399><c> the</c><00:15:44.100><c> men</c><00:15:44.259><c> of</c><00:15:44.399><c> Jabesh</c><00:15:44.559><c>-Gilead</c><00:15:44.879><c> were</c><00:15:45.279><c> working</c><00:15:45.539><c> at</c><00:15:45.700><c> a</c>

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bargain<00:15:46.299><c> with</c><00:15:47.120><c> the</c><00:15:47.379><c> Ammonites.</c>

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Do<00:15:47.960><c> you</c><00:15:48.019><c> mind</c><00:15:48.159><c> waiting</c><00:15:48.399><c> around</c><00:15:48.820><c> to</c><00:15:49.000><c> see</c><00:15:49.159><c> if</c><00:15:49.279><c> somebody</c><00:15:49.519><c> would</c>

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come<00:15:50.279><c> and</c><00:15:50.820><c> help</c><00:15:50.960><c> us</c><00:15:51.220><c> out?</c>

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If<00:15:51.639><c> you</c><00:15:51.759><c> don't</c><00:15:51.940><c> mind.</c>

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And<00:15:52.500><c> the</c><00:15:52.620><c> Ammonites</c><00:15:52.860><c> would</c><00:15:52.960><c> say,</c><00:15:53.039><c> yeah,</c><00:15:53.220><c> sure,</c><00:15:53.419><c> that's</c><00:15:53.600><c> fine,</c>

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we'll<00:15:53.899><c> just</c><00:15:54.039><c> sit</c><00:15:54.100><c> here</c><00:15:54.220><c> and</c><00:15:54.340><c> wait.</c>

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Obviously,<00:15:54.860><c> that's</c><00:15:55.120><c> not</c><00:15:55.259><c> what</c><00:15:55.360><c> it</c><00:15:55.519><c> was.</c>

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It<00:15:56.240><c> was</c><00:15:56.419><c> most</c><00:15:56.659><c> probably</c><00:15:57.000><c> a</c><00:15:57.240><c> besiege</c><00:15:57.580><c> of</c><00:15:57.720><c> the</c><00:15:57.899><c> city.</c>

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And<00:15:59.259><c> what</c><00:15:59.620><c> the</c><00:15:59.740><c> men</c><00:15:59.899><c> of</c><00:16:00.039><c> Jabesh</c><00:16:00.240><c>-Gilead</c><00:16:00.480><c> were</c><00:16:00.659><c> saying</c><00:16:00.879><c> was,</c><00:16:01.179><c> we</c>

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are<00:16:01.419><c> not</c><00:16:01.600><c> going</c><00:16:01.919><c> to</c><00:16:03.100><c> give</c><00:16:03.539><c> up</c>

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So<00:17:30.500><c> he</c><00:17:30.700><c> had</c><00:17:31.140><c> relatives,</c><00:17:33.259><c> most</c><00:17:33.599><c> probably,</c><00:17:34.240><c> almost</c><00:17:34.700><c> definitely,</c><00:17:35.700><c> in</c><00:17:35.920><c> Jabesh</c><00:17:36.220><c>-Gilead.</c>

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And<00:17:37.140><c> so</c><00:17:37.259><c> when</c><00:17:37.440><c> he</c><00:17:37.559><c> heard</c><00:17:37.700><c> this</c><00:17:38.059><c> story</c><00:17:38.619><c> about</c><00:17:39.380><c> what</c><00:17:39.539><c> was</c><00:17:39.700><c> happening</c><00:17:39.940><c> in</c>

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And<00:17:50.799><c> so</c><00:17:50.920><c> the</c><00:17:51.140><c> Israelites</c><00:17:51.359><c> come</c><00:17:51.660><c> to</c><00:17:51.920><c> Saul,</c><00:17:52.519><c> and</c><00:17:52.700><c> they</c><00:17:53.279><c> attack</c>

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So<00:17:56.920><c> later,</c><00:17:57.259><c> when</c><00:17:57.559><c> Saul</c><00:17:57.759><c> is</c><00:17:58.099><c> killed,</c><00:17:59.099><c> and</c><00:17:59.200><c> his</c><00:17:59.339><c> body</c><00:17:59.619><c> is</c><00:17:59.900><c> taken</c>

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talks<00:18:24.140><c> about.</c>

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good<00:18:57.420><c> turn</c><00:18:57.819><c> in</c><00:18:58.160><c> return.</c>

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And<00:18:59.099><c> this</c><00:18:59.200><c> is</c><00:18:59.279><c> what</c><00:18:59.420><c> the</c><00:18:59.440><c> men</c><00:18:59.599><c> of</c><00:18:59.779><c> Jabesh</c><00:19:00.099><c>-Gilead</c><00:19:00.519><c> did.</c>

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Now<00:19:01.140><c> it</c><00:19:01.140><c> doesn't</c><00:19:01.339><c> say</c><00:19:01.559><c> how</c><00:19:01.940><c> they</c><00:19:02.160><c> went</c><00:19:02.500><c> and</c><00:19:02.940><c> got</c><00:19:03.099><c> the</c><00:19:03.279><c> bodies</c><00:19:03.500><c> back.</c>

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It<00:19:03.920><c> doesn't</c><00:19:04.119><c> say</c><00:19:04.279><c> they</c><00:19:04.619><c> attacked</c><00:19:05.460><c> the</c><00:19:06.440><c> Philistines.</c>

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You<00:19:07.519><c> get</c><00:19:07.680><c> the</c><00:19:07.839><c> feeling</c><00:19:08.000><c> it</c><00:19:08.119><c> was</c><00:19:08.180><c> something</c><00:19:08.460><c> covert.</c>

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And<00:19:09.759><c> yet</c><00:19:09.900><c> they</c><00:19:10.119><c> could</c><00:19:10.339><c> have</c><00:19:10.619><c> died,</c><00:19:11.900><c> but</c><00:19:12.160><c> they</c><00:19:12.319><c> did</c><00:19:12.440><c> it</c><00:19:12.660><c> anyway,</c>

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as<00:19:14.339><c> this</c><00:19:14.500><c> act</c><00:19:14.740><c> of</c><00:19:15.019><c> courage.</c>

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And<00:19:16.039><c> these</c><00:19:16.940><c> same</c><00:19:17.460><c> city</c><00:19:18.200><c> and</c><00:19:18.720><c> these</c><00:19:18.940><c> same</c><00:19:19.180><c> people</c><00:19:19.480><c> who</c><00:19:19.640><c> were</c><00:19:19.880><c> once</c>

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vilified<00:19:21.279><c> by</c><00:19:21.500><c> the</c><00:19:21.599><c> country</c><00:19:21.859><c> of</c><00:19:22.039><c> Israel,</c><00:19:23.279><c> and</c><00:19:23.500><c> even</c><00:19:23.859><c> destroyed</c>

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by<00:19:25.519><c> their</c><00:19:25.720><c> brothers</c><00:19:25.980><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:19:27.319><c> now</c><00:19:27.599><c> have</c><00:19:27.839><c> in</c><00:19:28.039><c> their</c><00:19:28.299><c> history</c><00:19:28.539><c> record</c><00:19:28.819><c> this</c><00:19:29.339><c> marvelous,</c>

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valiant,<00:19:31.559><c> courageous</c><00:19:31.980><c> act</c><00:19:32.519><c> to</c><00:19:33.059><c> save</c><00:19:33.759><c> this</c><00:19:36.519><c> lousy</c><00:19:36.960><c> man.</c>

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It's<00:19:38.640><c> a</c><00:19:38.779><c> beautiful</c><00:19:39.180><c> story</c><00:19:39.579><c> about</c><00:19:40.079><c> what</c><00:19:40.299><c> these</c><00:19:40.500><c> people</c><00:19:40.720><c> have</c><00:19:40.940><c> done.</c>

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And<00:19:41.759><c> it</c><00:19:41.900><c> is</c><00:19:42.059><c> an</c><00:19:42.160><c> act</c><00:19:42.319><c> of</c><00:19:42.660><c> courage</c><00:19:43.420><c> based</c><00:19:44.619><c> upon</c><00:19:45.440><c> their</c><00:19:45.880><c> love</c><00:19:46.160><c> for</c><00:19:47.039><c> Saul,</c>

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and<00:19:47.859><c> based</c><00:19:48.019><c> upon</c><00:19:48.279><c> the</c><00:19:48.539><c> right</c><00:19:48.740><c> thing</c><00:19:48.960><c> that</c><00:19:49.180><c> Saul</c><00:19:49.299><c> had</c><00:19:49.420><c> done</c><00:19:49.599><c> for</c><00:19:49.880><c> them.</c>

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Now<00:19:51.180><c> at</c><00:19:51.299><c> the</c><00:19:51.460><c> same</c><00:19:51.660><c> time</c><00:19:51.900><c> that</c><00:19:52.299><c> this</c><00:19:52.539><c> story</c><00:19:52.799><c> is</c><00:19:53.000><c> going</c><00:19:53.240><c> on,</c><00:19:54.519><c> David</c><00:19:54.660><c> is</c>

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not<00:19:55.160><c> there.</c>

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David<00:19:56.420><c> is</c><00:19:56.619><c> actually</c><00:19:56.960><c> with</c><00:19:57.339><c> the</c><00:19:57.559><c> Philistines</c><00:19:58.319><c> right</c><00:19:58.680><c> now.</c>

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This<00:19:59.160><c> is</c><00:19:59.279><c> during</c><00:19:59.440><c> the</c><00:19:59.559><c> period</c><00:19:59.839><c> when</c><00:20:00.500><c> Saul</c><00:20:00.839><c> was</c><00:20:01.140><c> chasing</c><00:20:01.519><c> after</c><00:20:02.000><c> David.</c>

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And<00:20:02.900><c> David</c><00:20:03.059><c> went</c><00:20:03.259><c> down</c><00:20:03.519><c> to</c><00:20:03.779><c> Gath</c><00:20:04.380><c> and</c><00:20:04.700><c> went</c><00:20:04.859><c> to</c><00:20:04.980><c> the</c><00:20:05.220><c> king.</c>

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And<00:20:06.559><c> he</c><00:20:06.619><c> was</c><00:20:06.799><c> staying</c><00:20:07.019><c> with</c><00:20:07.200><c> the</c><00:20:07.380><c> Philistines</c><00:20:07.759><c> and</c><00:20:07.900><c> actually</c>

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serving<00:20:08.460><c> the</c><00:20:08.720><c> Philistines</c><00:20:09.359><c> and</c>

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going<00:20:10.039><c> out</c><00:20:10.279><c> and</c><00:20:10.519><c> attacking</c><00:20:11.099><c> others,</c><00:20:11.839><c> not</c><00:20:12.200><c> the</c><00:20:12.400><c> Israelites,</c>

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but<00:20:13.000><c> other</c><00:20:13.920><c> nations</c><00:20:14.259><c> around</c><00:20:14.680><c> them.</c>

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And<00:20:15.920><c> the</c><00:20:16.140><c> king</c><00:20:16.539><c> of</c><00:20:17.000><c> the</c><00:20:17.200><c> Philistines,</c><00:20:17.660><c> or</c><00:20:17.779><c> of</c><00:20:18.000><c> Gath,</c><00:20:18.480><c> gave</c><00:20:18.720><c> David</c><00:20:19.200><c> Ziklag,</c><00:20:19.819><c> a</c><00:20:20.019><c> city.</c>

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And<00:20:21.519><c> when</c><00:20:21.700><c> the</c><00:20:21.900><c> Philistines</c><00:20:22.240><c> decided</c><00:20:22.579><c> they</c><00:20:22.779><c> were</c><00:20:22.920><c> going</c><00:20:23.019><c> to</c>

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go<00:20:23.359><c> fight</c><00:20:23.579><c> Saul,</c>

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David<00:20:25.059><c> was</c><00:20:25.259><c> going</c><00:20:25.380><c> to</c><00:20:25.420><c> go</c><00:20:25.619><c> with</c><00:20:25.819><c> them,</c><00:20:26.059><c> which</c><00:20:26.220><c> would</c><00:20:26.420><c> have</c><00:20:26.480><c> raised</c><00:20:26.700><c> a</c>

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very<00:20:27.180><c> difficult</c>

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situation.

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What<00:20:28.339><c> does</c><00:20:28.559><c> David</c><00:20:28.819><c> do</c><00:20:29.079><c> as</c><00:20:29.220><c> he</c><00:20:29.339><c> comes</c><00:20:29.519><c> before</c><00:20:29.799><c> Saul?</c>

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Because<00:20:31.059><c> he</c><00:20:31.160><c> doesn't</c><00:20:31.400><c> want</c><00:20:31.599><c> to</c><00:20:31.779><c> fight</c><00:20:32.359><c> the</c><00:20:32.880><c> anointed.</c>

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No,<00:20:33.400><c> does</c><00:20:33.539><c> he</c><00:20:33.640><c> want</c><00:20:33.799><c> to</c><00:20:33.940><c> fight</c><00:20:34.079><c> his</c><00:20:34.680><c> brothers</c><00:20:35.880><c> and</c><00:20:36.160><c> sisters.</c>

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But<00:20:37.380><c> he's</c><00:20:37.579><c> taken</c><00:20:37.819><c> out</c><00:20:38.099><c> of</c><00:20:38.240><c> that</c><00:20:38.460><c> situation</c><00:20:39.059><c> by</c><00:20:39.900><c> the</c>

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Philistines<00:20:40.720><c> themselves,</c>

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who<00:20:41.539><c> say</c><00:20:41.680><c> we</c><00:20:41.819><c> don't</c><00:20:42.079><c> want</c><00:20:42.299><c> this</c><00:20:42.660><c> guy</c><00:20:42.859><c> with</c><00:20:43.119><c> us</c><00:20:43.380><c> to</c><00:20:43.559><c> fight</c><00:20:43.740><c> his</c><00:20:44.019><c> brothers.</c>

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And<00:20:45.680><c> so</c><00:20:45.859><c> the</c><00:20:46.059><c> king</c><00:20:46.220><c> who</c><00:20:46.380><c> doesn't</c><00:20:46.640><c> want</c><00:20:46.859><c> to</c><00:20:46.960><c> do</c><00:20:47.039><c> it</c><00:20:47.140><c> goes</c><00:20:47.240><c> back</c>

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to<00:20:47.640><c> David</c><00:20:47.779><c> and</c>

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says<00:20:48.000><c> you're</c><00:20:48.259><c> going</c><00:20:48.259><c> to</c><00:20:48.319><c> have</c><00:20:48.440><c> to</c><00:20:48.500><c> go</c><00:20:48.720><c> back.</c>

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Because<00:20:50.059><c> these</c><00:20:50.359><c> guys</c><00:20:50.500><c> aren't</c><00:20:50.700><c> comfortable</c><00:20:51.180><c> having</c><00:20:51.440><c> you</c><00:20:51.660><c> with</c>

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us<00:20:51.980><c> as</c><00:20:52.160><c> we</c><00:20:52.359><c> fight</c><00:20:52.779><c> Saul.</c>

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And<00:20:54.299><c> so</c><00:20:54.480><c> David</c><00:20:54.759><c> goes</c><00:20:55.079><c> back</c><00:20:55.859><c> to</c><00:20:56.539><c> Ziklag,</c><00:20:57.039><c> his</c><00:20:57.319><c> city,</c><00:20:58.339><c> where</c><00:20:58.579><c> all</c>

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of<00:20:59.160><c> his</c><00:20:59.319><c> men</c><00:20:59.519><c> and</c>

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all<00:20:59.859><c> of</c><00:20:59.960><c> their</c><00:21:00.099><c> families</c><00:21:00.519><c> and</c><00:21:00.720><c> David's</c><00:21:01.539><c> two</c><00:21:01.759><c> wives</c><00:21:02.039><c> are</c><00:21:02.279><c> all</c><00:21:02.579><c> there.</c>

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And<00:21:03.480><c> they</c><00:21:03.599><c> get</c><00:21:03.720><c> back</c><00:21:03.940><c> to</c><00:21:04.200><c> Ziklag</c><00:21:04.819><c> and</c><00:21:05.299><c> they're</c><00:21:05.500><c> all</c><00:21:05.799><c> gone.</c>

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The<00:21:07.900><c> Amalekites</c><00:21:08.420><c> had</c><00:21:08.680><c> come,</c><00:21:09.880><c> attacked</c><00:21:10.319><c> the</c><00:21:10.559><c> city</c><00:21:10.779><c> of</c><00:21:11.019><c> Ziklag</c>

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while<00:21:11.700><c> David</c><00:21:11.960><c> and</c>

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his<00:21:12.220><c> men</c><00:21:12.359><c> were</c><00:21:12.660><c> gone,</c><00:21:13.220><c> and</c><00:21:13.559><c> they</c><00:21:13.799><c> took</c><00:21:14.160><c> everything.</c>

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David's<00:21:19.859><c> army</c><00:21:20.160><c> and</c><00:21:20.299><c> David</c><00:21:20.619><c> get</c><00:21:20.779><c> back</c><00:21:21.059><c> to</c><00:21:21.240><c> the</c><00:21:21.420><c> city,</c><00:21:21.720><c> see</c><00:21:21.900><c> that</c>

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everything's<00:21:22.599><c> gone</c><00:21:22.940><c> and</c>

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they<00:21:23.460><c> are</c><00:21:24.019><c> crushed,</c><00:21:26.119><c> absolutely</c><00:21:26.700><c> mortified</c><00:21:27.859><c> that</c><00:21:28.380><c> this</c><00:21:28.619><c> could</c><00:21:28.779><c> have</c>

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happened<00:21:29.180><c> while</c>

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they<00:21:29.599><c> went</c><00:21:29.759><c> away.</c>

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And<00:21:31.259><c> then</c><00:21:31.460><c> David</c><00:21:31.720><c> does</c><00:21:32.259><c> what</c><00:21:33.019><c> I</c><00:21:33.160><c> think</c><00:21:33.259><c> is</c><00:21:33.400><c> one</c><00:21:33.559><c> of</c><00:21:33.640><c> the</c><00:21:33.740><c> most</c>

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remarkable<00:21:34.519><c> things</c><00:21:34.759><c> you</c><00:21:34.900><c> can</c><00:21:35.079><c> ever</c>

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read,<00:21:37.160><c> he</c><00:21:37.339><c> goes</c><00:21:37.940><c> to</c><00:21:38.539><c> the</c><00:21:38.759><c> Lord</c><00:21:39.140><c> and</c><00:21:40.500><c> he</c><00:21:40.759><c> says,</c>

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should<00:21:42.180><c> we</c><00:21:42.640><c> go</c><00:21:42.920><c> after</c><00:21:43.819><c> the</c><00:21:44.160><c> Amalekites?</c>

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Now<00:21:45.980><c> think</c><00:21:46.160><c> of</c><00:21:46.319><c> how</c><00:21:46.539><c> difficult</c><00:21:47.240><c> that</c><00:21:47.720><c> must</c><00:21:48.000><c> have</c><00:21:48.180><c> been</c><00:21:48.319><c> to</c><00:21:48.559><c> do.</c>

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First<00:21:49.599><c> of</c><00:21:49.779><c> all,</c><00:21:49.920><c> you</c><00:21:50.079><c> have</c><00:21:50.279><c> all</c><00:21:50.619><c> these</c><00:21:50.799><c> men</c><00:21:51.059><c> there.</c>

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They<00:21:51.460><c> must</c><00:21:51.759><c> want</c><00:21:51.940><c> to</c><00:21:52.119><c> go</c><00:21:52.380><c> right</c><00:21:52.799><c> then</c><00:21:53.000><c> and</c><00:21:53.180><c> there.</c>

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Let's<00:21:54.119><c> go.</c>

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I<00:21:54.539><c> don't</c><00:21:54.640><c> know</c><00:21:54.700><c> where</c><00:21:54.819><c> they're</c><00:21:54.980><c> going.</c>

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Let's<00:21:55.319><c> go</c><00:21:55.539><c> find</c><00:21:55.779><c> them</c><00:21:55.920><c> and</c><00:21:55.960><c> let's</c><00:21:56.200><c> get</c><00:21:56.380><c> them</c><00:21:56.619><c> back.</c>

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Had<00:21:57.440><c> to</c><00:21:57.619><c> be</c><00:21:57.740><c> that</c><00:21:57.960><c> way.</c>

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There's<00:21:59.319><c> no</c><00:21:59.579><c> record</c><00:21:59.819><c> of</c><00:21:59.980><c> that</c><00:22:00.200><c> at</c><00:22:00.380><c> all.</c>

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the<00:22:04.380><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:22:05.539><c> think</c><00:22:05.660><c> of</c><00:22:05.779><c> the</c><00:22:05.980><c> question</c><00:22:06.299><c> that</c><00:22:06.500><c> he</c><00:22:06.700><c> asked.</c>

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He<00:22:07.099><c> didn't</c><00:22:07.319><c> say,</c><00:22:07.619><c> how</c><00:22:07.779><c> are</c><00:22:07.960><c> we</c><00:22:08.019><c> going</c><00:22:08.079><c> to</c><00:22:08.140><c> do</c><00:22:08.279><c> this,</c><00:22:08.559><c> Lord?</c>

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How<00:22:08.799><c> are</c><00:22:08.920><c> we</c><00:22:08.960><c> going</c><00:22:09.019><c> to</c><00:22:09.079><c> go</c><00:22:09.240><c> get</c><00:22:09.319><c> our</c><00:22:09.519><c> stuff</c><00:22:09.660><c> back?</c>

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He<00:22:11.279><c> said,</c><00:22:12.380><c> should</c><00:22:12.680><c> we</c><00:22:13.039><c> go?</c>

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And<00:22:15.440><c> what</c><00:22:15.599><c> would</c><00:22:15.740><c> have</c><00:22:15.920><c> happened</c><00:22:16.079><c> if</c><00:22:16.240><c> the</c><00:22:16.440><c> Lord</c><00:22:16.559><c> had</c><00:22:16.819><c> said,</c>

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no,<00:22:19.339><c> you</c><00:22:19.640><c> shouldn't</c><00:22:19.859><c> go.</c>

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These<00:22:22.359><c> men</c><00:22:22.559><c> that</c><00:22:22.740><c> were</c><00:22:22.859><c> with</c><00:22:23.099><c> David</c><00:22:24.200><c> were,</c>

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when<00:22:26.940><c> they</c><00:22:27.099><c> met</c><00:22:27.319><c> David,</c><00:22:28.380><c> not</c><00:22:28.599><c> remarkable</c><00:22:29.099><c> men</c><00:22:29.299><c> at</c><00:22:29.539><c> all.</c>

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They<00:22:31.279><c> were</c><00:22:31.940><c> really</c><00:22:32.579><c> the</c><00:22:33.119><c> lowest</c><00:22:33.359><c> of</c><00:22:33.559><c> the</c><00:22:33.759><c> low.</c>

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You<00:22:34.400><c> know,</c><00:22:34.539><c> it</c><00:22:34.700><c> says</c><00:22:34.880><c> of</c><00:22:35.220><c> Saul</c><00:22:35.460><c> as</c><00:22:35.660><c> he</c><00:22:35.779><c> was</c><00:22:36.079><c> king,</c><00:22:36.740><c> that</c><00:22:36.859><c> every</c>

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time<00:22:37.180><c> he</c><00:22:37.359><c> found</c><00:22:37.519><c> a</c><00:22:37.720><c> good</c><00:22:37.880><c> man,</c>

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he<00:22:38.180><c> would</c><00:22:38.460><c> incorporate</c><00:22:39.000><c> him</c><00:22:39.160><c> into</c><00:22:39.319><c> his</c><00:22:39.559><c> army.</c>

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And<00:22:40.819><c> it</c><00:22:41.000><c> says</c><00:22:41.140><c> of</c><00:22:41.420><c> David</c><00:22:41.700><c> as</c><00:22:41.880><c> he</c><00:22:42.019><c> was</c><00:22:42.180><c> running</c><00:22:42.400><c> from</c><00:22:42.680><c> Saul,</c><00:22:43.059><c> that</c><00:22:43.160><c> he</c>

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went<00:22:43.359><c> to</c><00:22:43.519><c> this</c><00:22:43.740><c> cave</c><00:22:43.940><c> of</c>

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Odulum,<00:22:45.319><c> and</c><00:22:45.500><c> all</c><00:22:45.740><c> these</c><00:22:45.960><c> men</c><00:22:46.259><c> came</c><00:22:46.539><c> to</c><00:22:46.720><c> them.</c>

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All<00:22:47.700><c> the</c><00:22:47.920><c> malcontents,</c><00:22:48.980><c> all</c><00:22:49.240><c> the</c><00:22:49.460><c> losers,</c><00:22:50.400><c> all</c><00:22:50.700><c> the</c><00:22:51.359><c> political</c><00:22:51.859><c> exiles,</c>

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everybody<00:22:53.500><c> that</c><00:22:53.740><c> had</c><00:22:53.859><c> a</c><00:22:54.119><c> debt.</c>

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And<00:22:55.140><c> they</c><00:22:55.319><c> all</c><00:22:55.500><c> came</c><00:22:55.759><c> and</c><00:22:56.000><c> hid</c><00:22:56.099><c> with</c><00:22:56.359><c> David</c><00:22:56.640><c> as</c><00:22:56.839><c> David</c><00:22:57.119><c> hid</c>

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with<00:22:57.759><c> Saul.</c>

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In<00:22:58.720><c> fact,</c><00:22:58.940><c> David</c><00:22:59.200><c> refers</c><00:22:59.519><c> to</c><00:22:59.680><c> him</c><00:22:59.779><c> in</c><00:22:59.819><c> one</c><00:22:59.940><c> of</c><00:23:00.059><c> the</c><00:23:00.220><c> Psalms</c><00:23:00.440><c> as</c>

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evil<00:23:01.000><c> men.</c>

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He<00:23:01.740><c> says,</c><00:23:01.980><c> I</c><00:23:01.980><c> am</c><00:23:02.259><c> encompassed</c><00:23:02.660><c> by</c><00:23:02.839><c> evil</c><00:23:03.119><c> men.</c>

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And<00:23:04.900><c> yet,</c><00:23:06.160><c> from</c><00:23:06.359><c> the</c><00:23:06.559><c> point</c><00:23:06.680><c> that</c><00:23:06.859><c> they</c><00:23:07.299><c> joined</c><00:23:07.519><c> up</c><00:23:07.720><c> with</c><00:23:07.920><c> David,</c><00:23:09.039><c> until</c><00:23:09.279><c> this</c>

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point<00:23:09.779><c> with</c>

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Ziklag,<00:23:11.400><c> they</c><00:23:11.660><c> had</c><00:23:11.880><c> been</c><00:23:12.299><c> transformed</c><00:23:13.240><c> by</c><00:23:14.079><c> the</c><00:23:14.339><c> character</c><00:23:14.680><c> of</c><00:23:15.059><c> David.</c>

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Because<00:23:17.339><c> again</c><00:23:17.740><c> and</c><00:23:17.920><c> again</c><00:23:18.140><c> and</c><00:23:18.240><c> again,</c><00:23:19.259><c> David</c><00:23:19.559><c> did</c><00:23:20.140><c> the</c><00:23:20.720><c> good</c><00:23:21.079><c> thing.</c>

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Think<00:23:22.299><c> of</c><00:23:22.480><c> all</c><00:23:22.660><c> the</c><00:23:22.859><c> times</c><00:23:23.039><c> that</c><00:23:23.180><c> they're</c><00:23:23.319><c> running</c><00:23:23.539><c> from</c><00:23:23.839><c> Saul,</c><00:23:24.640><c> and</c>

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they<00:23:25.000><c> have</c><00:23:25.099><c> the</c><00:23:25.220><c> opportunity</c><00:23:25.940><c> to</c><00:23:26.380><c> take</c><00:23:26.559><c> their</c><00:23:26.759><c> vengeance,</c>

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and<00:23:27.319><c> David</c><00:23:27.500><c> says</c><00:23:27.799><c> no.</c>

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We<00:23:29.380><c> don't</c><00:23:29.660><c> take</c><00:23:29.920><c> a</c><00:23:30.039><c> vengeance</c><00:23:30.440><c> on</c><00:23:30.839><c> the</c><00:23:31.019><c> Lord's</c><00:23:31.319><c> anointed.</c>

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All<00:23:32.319><c> the</c><00:23:32.660><c> times</c><00:23:33.240><c> that</c><00:23:33.680><c> David's</c><00:23:34.200><c> character</c><00:23:34.480><c> overwhelmed</c><00:23:35.660><c> these</c><00:23:36.319><c> men,</c>

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to<00:23:37.380><c> the</c><00:23:37.559><c> point</c><00:23:37.660><c> where</c><00:23:37.900><c> here</c><00:23:38.079><c> they</c><00:23:38.339><c> are</c><00:23:38.519><c> in</c><00:23:38.700><c> the</c><00:23:38.859><c> city</c><00:23:39.119><c> of</c><00:23:39.319><c> Ziklag.</c>

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Everything<00:23:40.660><c> they</c><00:23:40.980><c> possess,</c><00:23:42.119><c> everything</c><00:23:42.380><c> they</c><00:23:42.799><c> love</c><00:23:43.140><c> is</c><00:23:43.619><c> taken</c><00:23:43.900><c> away,</c><00:23:44.660><c> and</c>

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David<00:23:45.180><c> says,</c><00:23:46.000><c> we</c><00:23:46.079><c> should</c><00:23:46.339><c> inquire</c><00:23:46.940><c> of</c><00:23:47.079><c> the</c><00:23:47.240><c> Lord</c><00:23:47.420><c> what</c><00:23:47.640><c> to</c><00:23:47.900><c> do,</c>

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and<00:23:48.640><c> nobody</c><00:23:48.920><c> says</c><00:23:49.220><c> a</c><00:23:49.440><c> word.</c>

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And<00:23:51.759><c> everybody</c><00:23:52.119><c> waits.</c>

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And<00:23:54.319><c> David</c><00:23:54.519><c> inquires</c><00:23:55.019><c> of</c><00:23:55.259><c> the</c><00:23:55.359><c> Lord,</c><00:23:56.880><c> and</c><00:23:57.119><c> the</c><00:23:57.279><c> Lord</c><00:23:57.460><c> says</c><00:23:57.759><c> go,</c>

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and<00:23:59.500><c> off</c><00:24:00.160><c> they</c><00:24:00.460><c> went.</c>

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And<00:24:01.319><c> they</c><00:24:01.460><c> went</c><00:24:01.660><c> so</c><00:24:02.079><c> hard</c><00:24:02.400><c> and</c><00:24:02.619><c> so</c><00:24:02.940><c> fast,</c>

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that<00:24:03.740><c> along</c><00:24:03.940><c> the</c><00:24:04.059><c> way</c><00:24:04.140><c> they</c><00:24:04.220><c> had</c><00:24:04.359><c> to</c><00:24:04.460><c> leave</c><00:24:04.559><c> some</c><00:24:04.759><c> of</c><00:24:04.880><c> the</c><00:24:04.920><c> men</c><00:24:04.980><c> behind.</c>

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These<00:24:06.380><c> great</c><00:24:06.779><c> warriors</c><00:24:07.059><c> and</c><00:24:07.339><c> soldiers</c><00:24:07.599><c> got</c><00:24:07.920><c> worn</c><00:24:08.180><c> out</c><00:24:08.420><c> and</c>

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they<00:24:08.619><c> had</c><00:24:08.720><c> to</c><00:24:08.839><c> leave</c><00:24:08.920><c> some</c><00:24:09.160><c> of</c><00:24:09.299><c> them</c><00:24:09.319><c> behind.</c>

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And<00:24:10.339><c> they</c><00:24:10.519><c> finally</c><00:24:10.880><c> catch</c><00:24:11.160><c> up</c><00:24:11.359><c> to</c><00:24:11.539><c> the</c><00:24:11.660><c> Amalekites,</c><00:24:13.460><c> and</c><00:24:13.680><c> they</c>

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destroy<00:24:15.099><c> the</c><00:24:15.279><c> Amalekites,</c>

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and<00:24:17.319><c> they</c><00:24:17.539><c> get</c><00:24:17.880><c> absolutely</c><00:24:18.700><c> everything</c><00:24:19.599><c> back.</c>

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Ten<00:24:23.059><c> times</c><00:24:23.480><c> more</c><00:24:24.180><c> than</c><00:24:24.480><c> what</c><00:24:24.640><c> they</c><00:24:24.799><c> could</c><00:24:24.900><c> have</c><00:24:25.019><c> hoped</c><00:24:25.200><c> for,</c>

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because<00:24:26.400><c> that's</c><00:24:26.700><c> what</c><00:24:26.900><c> godly</c><00:24:27.259><c> courage</c><00:24:27.480><c> is</c><00:24:27.619><c> all</c><00:24:27.839><c> about.</c>

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It's<00:24:29.319><c> about</c><00:24:29.640><c> God</c><00:24:30.460><c> acting</c><00:24:31.039><c> in</c><00:24:31.339><c> your</c><00:24:31.640><c> life.</c>

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It<00:24:32.619><c> was</c><00:24:32.880><c> God's</c><00:24:33.480><c> love</c><00:24:33.720><c> that</c><00:24:33.920><c> brought</c><00:24:34.099><c> Jesus</c><00:24:34.519><c> Christ</c><00:24:34.920><c> to</c><00:24:35.220><c> the</c><00:24:35.420><c> cross.</c>

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And<00:24:37.579><c> when</c><00:24:38.180><c> God</c><00:24:38.599><c> said</c><00:24:38.940><c> go,</c><00:24:40.279><c> and</c><00:24:40.420><c> they</c><00:24:40.720><c> went</c><00:24:40.940><c> in</c><00:24:41.380><c> faith,</c>

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for<00:24:42.279><c> they</c><00:24:42.500><c> waited</c><00:24:42.720><c> for</c><00:24:42.940><c> the</c><00:24:43.099><c> Lord</c><00:24:43.279><c> to</c><00:24:43.500><c> tell</c><00:24:43.619><c> them</c><00:24:43.720><c> what</c><00:24:43.900><c> to</c><00:24:44.059><c> do,</c>

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they<00:24:45.799><c> get</c><00:24:45.920><c> everything.</c>

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Can<00:24:47.519><c> you</c><00:24:47.759><c> imagine</c><00:24:48.519><c> being</c><00:24:49.079><c> in</c><00:24:49.359><c> like</c><00:24:49.519><c> a</c><00:24:49.680><c> 20</c><00:24:49.900><c> car</c><00:24:50.160><c> accident?</c>

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Everybody<00:24:51.779><c> crashes</c><00:24:52.200><c> on</c><00:24:52.420><c> the</c><00:24:52.559><c> highway,</c><00:24:53.099><c> and</c><00:24:54.059><c> then</c><00:24:54.240><c> everybody</c>

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just<00:24:54.660><c> gets</c><00:24:54.779><c> out</c><00:24:54.980><c> of</c><00:24:55.039><c> the</c><00:24:55.200><c> car.</c>

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How<00:24:56.079><c> are</c><00:24:56.160><c> you?</c><00:24:56.500><c> Fine.</c>

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How<00:24:56.819><c> are</c><00:24:56.859><c> you?</c><00:24:57.119><c> Fine.</c>

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How's<00:24:57.380><c> your</c><00:24:57.519><c> car?</c><00:24:57.740><c> Fine.</c>

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Everything's<00:24:58.440><c> good.</c>

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These<00:25:01.579><c> terrible</c><00:25:02.000><c> people</c><00:25:02.619><c> came</c><00:25:02.980><c> and</c><00:25:03.059><c> took</c><00:25:03.220><c> away</c><00:25:03.440><c> everything</c>

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they<00:25:04.079><c> owned,</c><00:25:05.500><c> and</c>

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they<00:25:05.819><c> went</c><00:25:05.940><c> and</c><00:25:06.140><c> found</c><00:25:06.240><c> them,</c><00:25:06.420><c> and</c><00:25:06.500><c> they</c><00:25:06.640><c> got</c><00:25:06.859><c> absolutely</c>

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everything<00:25:08.200><c> back.</c>

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And<00:25:09.359><c> I</c><00:25:09.440><c> think</c><00:25:09.619><c> it</c><00:25:10.579><c> overwhelmed</c><00:25:11.440><c> everyone.</c>

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It<00:25:13.599><c> had</c><00:25:13.839><c> to.</c>

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It<00:25:15.500><c> overwhelms</c><00:25:15.839><c> me.</c>

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And<00:25:18.160><c> so</c><00:25:18.400><c> while</c><00:25:18.700><c> David</c><00:25:19.099><c> is</c><00:25:19.940><c> acting</c><00:25:20.240><c> in</c><00:25:20.599><c> courage,</c><00:25:21.079><c> and</c>

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his<00:25:21.359><c> men</c><00:25:21.539><c> are</c><00:25:21.799><c> acting</c><00:25:22.000><c> in</c><00:25:22.380><c> courage</c><00:25:23.400><c> within</c><00:25:24.079><c> the</c><00:25:24.359><c> Lord,</c>

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Saul<00:25:25.880><c> and</c><00:25:26.099><c> his</c><00:25:26.599><c> army</c><00:25:27.000><c> and</c><00:25:27.180><c> his</c><00:25:27.440><c> sons</c><00:25:27.599><c> are</c><00:25:27.799><c> all</c><00:25:27.960><c> being</c><00:25:28.200><c> destroyed</c><00:25:29.160><c> for</c>

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their<00:25:30.099><c> faithlessness.</c>

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And<00:25:33.319><c> so</c><00:25:33.440><c> in</c><00:25:33.579><c> the</c><00:25:33.700><c> 11th</c><00:25:33.980><c> chapter,</c><00:25:35.480><c> it</c><00:25:35.640><c> says</c><00:25:35.859><c> all</c><00:25:36.220><c> the</c><00:25:36.380><c> people</c><00:25:36.559><c> come</c><00:25:37.099><c> to</c>

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David<00:25:38.200><c> at</c><00:25:39.339><c> Hebron</c><00:25:39.819><c> and</c>

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say<00:25:40.359><c> you</c><00:25:40.599><c> are</c><00:25:40.940><c> our</c><00:25:41.119><c> brother,</c><00:25:41.660><c> we</c><00:25:42.480><c> should</c><00:25:42.660><c> join</c><00:25:42.819><c> up</c><00:25:42.960><c> with</c><00:25:43.059><c> you.</c>

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Well,<00:25:43.299><c> it's</c><00:25:43.400><c> really</c><00:25:43.539><c> not</c><00:25:44.339><c> that</c><00:25:44.500><c> simple.</c>

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They're<00:25:44.940><c> actually</c><00:25:45.259><c> seven</c><00:25:45.539><c> years</c><00:25:45.819><c> and</c><00:25:46.039><c> six</c><00:25:46.200><c> months</c><00:25:46.420><c> in</c><00:25:46.640><c> between.</c>

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And<00:25:47.779><c> the</c><00:25:47.940><c> accounting</c><00:25:48.140><c> of</c><00:25:48.380><c> Samuel</c><00:25:48.599><c> goes</c><00:25:48.839><c> through</c><00:25:49.019><c> the</c><00:25:49.200><c> entire</c>

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seven<00:25:49.740><c> years</c><00:25:50.099><c> and</c>

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six<00:25:50.519><c> months</c><00:25:50.799><c> with</c><00:25:51.400><c> the</c><00:25:51.619><c> rebellion</c><00:25:51.940><c> of</c><00:25:52.160><c> Benjamin</c><00:25:52.339><c> and</c><00:25:52.480><c> all</c><00:25:52.599><c> that</c><00:25:52.720><c> kind</c><00:25:52.920><c> of</c><00:25:53.000><c> stuff.</c>

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The<00:25:53.279><c> Chronicle</c><00:25:53.559><c> skips</c><00:25:53.819><c> all</c><00:25:54.079><c> that,</c><00:25:54.839><c> because</c><00:25:55.140><c> it</c><00:25:55.299><c> doesn't</c><00:25:55.460><c> serve</c><00:25:55.619><c> his</c><00:25:55.799><c> purpose.</c>

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Because<00:25:57.359><c> he's</c><00:25:57.640><c> trying</c><00:25:57.819><c> to</c><00:25:57.940><c> make</c><00:25:58.079><c> a</c><00:25:58.240><c> comparison</c><00:25:58.700><c> between</c><00:25:59.299><c> Saul</c>

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in<00:25:59.920><c> chapter</c><00:26:00.140><c> 10</c><00:26:00.720><c> and</c>

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David<00:26:01.519><c> and</c><00:26:01.680><c> his</c><00:26:01.819><c> men</c><00:26:01.960><c> in</c><00:26:02.140><c> chapter</c><00:26:02.420><c> 11.</c>

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So<00:26:03.140><c> he</c><00:26:03.259><c> jumps</c><00:26:03.480><c> right</c><00:26:03.720><c> over</c><00:26:03.880><c> the</c><00:26:04.079><c> seven</c><00:26:04.259><c> years</c><00:26:04.420><c> and</c><00:26:04.579><c> six</c><00:26:04.779><c> months,</c><00:26:05.319><c> and</c>

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he<00:26:05.579><c> says</c><00:26:05.720><c> everybody</c><00:26:06.400><c> comes</c><00:26:06.799><c> to</c><00:26:07.059><c> David</c><00:26:07.380><c> at</c><00:26:07.720><c> Hebron,</c><00:26:10.200><c> and</c><00:26:10.440><c> they</c>

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anoint<00:26:11.200><c> him</c><00:26:11.380><c> as</c><00:26:11.759><c> king.</c>

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He'd<00:26:13.039><c> already</c><00:26:13.240><c> been</c><00:26:13.440><c> anointed</c><00:26:13.720><c> by</c><00:26:14.039><c> Samuel.</c>

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Now<00:26:15.200><c> they</c><00:26:15.380><c> accept</c><00:26:15.720><c> him</c><00:26:16.380><c> as</c><00:26:16.859><c> king.</c>

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And<00:26:18.259><c> it's</c><00:26:18.420><c> interesting</c><00:26:18.819><c> to</c><00:26:19.279><c> think</c><00:26:19.460><c> of</c><00:26:19.680><c> Hebron,</c>

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because<00:26:20.140><c> that's</c><00:26:20.400><c> where</c><00:26:20.660><c> Abraham's</c><00:26:21.420><c> plot</c><00:26:21.539><c> of</c><00:26:21.740><c> land</c><00:26:21.980><c> was.</c>

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Hebron<00:26:22.920><c> really</c><00:26:23.200><c> has</c><00:26:23.380><c> a</c><00:26:23.640><c> connection</c><00:26:23.900><c> with</c><00:26:24.140><c> Abraham.</c>

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And<00:26:26.420><c> all</c><00:26:26.579><c> these</c><00:26:26.680><c> people</c><00:26:26.880><c> say</c><00:26:27.079><c> we</c><00:26:27.220><c> are</c><00:26:27.400><c> of</c><00:26:27.480><c> the</c><00:26:27.720><c> same</c><00:26:27.960><c> flesh.</c>

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We<00:26:28.680><c> are</c><00:26:28.900><c> all</c><00:26:29.140><c> children</c><00:26:29.440><c> of</c><00:26:29.700><c> Abraham.</c>

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Of<00:26:30.680><c> Abraham,</c><00:26:31.099><c> Isaac,</c><00:26:31.480><c> and</c><00:26:31.740><c> Jacob,</c><00:26:32.000><c> we're</c><00:26:32.119><c> all</c><00:26:32.339><c> together.</c>

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And<00:26:33.759><c> that's</c><00:26:33.940><c> what</c><00:26:34.140><c> David's</c><00:26:35.220><c> faith</c><00:26:35.559><c> in</c><00:26:36.119><c> courage</c><00:26:36.460><c> had</c><00:26:36.880><c> mastered</c>

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and<00:26:37.460><c> had</c><00:26:37.700><c> brought</c><00:26:37.880><c> about.</c>

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That<00:26:38.759><c> you</c><00:26:38.880><c> could</c><00:26:39.059><c> bring</c><00:26:39.220><c> an</c><00:26:39.460><c> entire</c><00:26:39.839><c> country</c><00:26:40.279><c> together.</c>

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And<00:26:41.339><c> the</c><00:26:41.500><c> first</c><00:26:41.680><c> thing</c><00:26:41.819><c> that</c><00:26:41.920><c> they</c><00:26:42.039><c> do</c><00:26:42.180><c> is</c><00:26:42.299><c> they</c><00:26:42.500><c> attack</c><00:26:42.660><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Both<00:26:44.740><c> in</c><00:26:45.079><c> the</c><00:26:45.240><c> Chronicles</c><00:26:45.559><c> account</c><00:26:45.859><c> and</c><00:26:46.079><c> the</c><00:26:46.180><c> Samuel</c><00:26:46.480><c> account,</c>

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the<00:26:47.339><c> very</c><00:26:47.680><c> first</c><00:26:47.859><c> thing</c><00:26:48.019><c> David</c><00:26:48.259><c> does</c><00:26:48.559><c> is</c><00:26:48.720><c> say,</c><00:26:49.160><c> okay,</c><00:26:49.180><c> we're</c>

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all<00:26:49.480><c> together.</c>

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We're<00:26:50.640><c> taking</c><00:26:50.799><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:26:51.920><c> or</c><00:26:52.200><c> Jebus.</c>

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Now<00:26:53.900><c> why</c><00:26:54.019><c> does</c><00:26:54.140><c> he</c><00:26:54.259><c> do</c><00:26:54.420><c> that</c><00:26:55.039><c> first?</c>

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I<00:26:57.240><c> think</c><00:26:57.359><c> there's</c><00:26:57.579><c> a</c><00:26:57.720><c> lot</c><00:26:57.960><c> of</c><00:26:58.619><c> very</c><00:26:59.000><c> good</c><00:26:59.180><c> reasons</c><00:26:59.480><c> why</c><00:26:59.680><c> he</c>

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attacks<00:27:00.140><c> Jerusalem</c><00:27:00.720><c> first.</c>

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First<00:27:01.980><c> of</c><00:27:02.099><c> all,</c><00:27:02.160><c> they</c><00:27:02.279><c> need</c><00:27:02.420><c> a</c><00:27:02.660><c> capital.</c>

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And<00:27:04.079><c> the</c><00:27:04.240><c> capital</c><00:27:04.460><c> can't</c><00:27:04.779><c> be</c><00:27:04.960><c> Hebron</c><00:27:05.619><c> because</c><00:27:06.099><c> you're</c><00:27:06.420><c> trying</c>

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to<00:27:07.000><c> incorporate</c><00:27:07.599><c> both</c><00:27:08.119><c> sides,</c>

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both<00:27:08.900><c> Benjamin</c><00:27:09.500><c> and</c><00:27:10.160><c> David's</c><00:27:10.920><c> side.</c>

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And<00:27:12.180><c> just</c><00:27:12.359><c> like,</c><00:27:12.740><c> I</c><00:27:12.940><c> don't</c><00:27:13.059><c> know</c><00:27:13.140><c> if</c><00:27:13.220><c> you</c><00:27:13.319><c> know</c><00:27:13.400><c> in</c><00:27:13.480><c> the</c><00:27:13.599><c> American</c><00:27:13.799><c> Revolution</c><00:27:14.180><c> when</c><00:27:14.339><c> they</c>

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decided<00:27:14.839><c> to</c><00:27:15.019><c> use</c><00:27:15.180><c> Washington</c><00:27:15.579><c> DC</c><00:27:15.900><c> as</c><00:27:16.079><c> their</c><00:27:16.279><c> capital,</c>

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it<00:27:17.160><c> was</c><00:27:17.339><c> because</c><00:27:17.640><c> it</c><00:27:17.740><c> was</c><00:27:17.900><c> in</c><00:27:18.059><c> between</c><00:27:18.339><c> the</c><00:27:18.559><c> south</c><00:27:18.740><c> and</c><00:27:18.900><c> the</c><00:27:19.079><c> north.</c>

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New<00:27:19.900><c> York</c><00:27:20.039><c> was</c><00:27:20.400><c> the</c><00:27:20.539><c> most</c><00:27:21.019><c> popular</c><00:27:21.559><c> and</c><00:27:22.200><c> where</c><00:27:22.380><c> the</c><00:27:22.599><c> constitutional</c><00:27:23.240><c> congresses</c><00:27:23.940><c> were</c><00:27:24.440><c> held.</c>

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But<00:27:25.279><c> you</c><00:27:25.359><c> couldn't</c><00:27:25.539><c> have</c><00:27:25.700><c> it</c><00:27:25.819><c> in</c><00:27:25.859><c> New</c><00:27:26.039><c> York</c><00:27:26.119><c> because</c><00:27:26.240><c> it</c><00:27:26.299><c> was</c>

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too<00:27:26.579><c> far</c><00:27:26.720><c> north.</c>

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It<00:27:27.420><c> would</c><00:27:27.559><c> have</c><00:27:27.640><c> upset</c><00:27:27.799><c> the</c><00:27:28.019><c> south.</c>

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And<00:27:29.059><c> you</c><00:27:29.119><c> couldn't</c><00:27:29.299><c> have</c><00:27:29.400><c> it</c><00:27:29.539><c> too</c><00:27:29.680><c> far</c><00:27:29.900><c> south</c><00:27:30.160><c> because</c><00:27:30.319><c> it</c><00:27:30.440><c> would</c><00:27:30.500><c> upset</c><00:27:30.640><c> the</c><00:27:30.839><c> north.</c>

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So<00:27:31.579><c> they</c><00:27:32.480><c> built</c><00:27:32.819><c> this</c><00:27:33.319><c> Washington</c><00:27:33.700><c> DC</c><00:27:34.160><c> to</c><00:27:34.460><c> have</c><00:27:34.599><c> a</c><00:27:34.799><c> capital.</c>

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Now<00:27:36.460><c> David,</c><00:27:36.859><c> I</c><00:27:36.859><c> think,</c><00:27:37.079><c> saw</c><00:27:37.319><c> that</c><00:27:37.759><c> as</c><00:27:38.200><c> a</c><00:27:38.460><c> political</c><00:27:38.779><c> move.</c>

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He<00:27:39.240><c> said,</c><00:27:39.900><c> we</c><00:27:39.960><c> need</c><00:27:40.160><c> a</c><00:27:40.380><c> capital.</c>

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And<00:27:41.220><c> we</c><00:27:41.359><c> need</c><00:27:41.539><c> a</c><00:27:41.720><c> capital</c><00:27:41.920><c> that's</c><00:27:42.160><c> not</c><00:27:42.339><c> going</c><00:27:42.480><c> to</c><00:27:42.579><c> be</c><00:27:42.720><c> offensive</c><00:27:43.019><c> to</c><00:27:43.240><c> either</c><00:27:43.480><c> side.</c>

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And<00:27:44.859><c> Jerusalem</c><00:27:45.119><c> was</c><00:27:45.359><c> easy</c><00:27:45.579><c> because</c><00:27:46.000><c> neither</c><00:27:46.339><c> side</c><00:27:46.720><c> had</c><00:27:46.960><c> it.</c>

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Plus,<00:27:48.220><c> it</c><00:27:48.319><c> was</c><00:27:48.500><c> centrally</c><00:27:48.819><c> located.</c>

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Plus,<00:27:49.779><c> it</c><00:27:49.880><c> was</c><00:27:50.019><c> a</c><00:27:50.119><c> beautiful</c><00:27:50.440><c> fort.</c>

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It<00:27:51.700><c> had</c><00:27:51.799><c> a</c><00:27:51.839><c> lot</c><00:27:52.000><c> of</c><00:27:52.220><c> advantages.</c>

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And<00:27:53.359><c> David</c><00:27:53.500><c> said,</c><00:27:53.720><c> we</c><00:27:53.940><c> need</c><00:27:54.220><c> a</c><00:27:54.539><c> center.</c>

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Plus,<00:27:55.599><c> it</c><00:27:55.640><c> was</c><00:27:55.960><c> probably,</c><00:27:56.460><c> most</c><00:27:56.720><c> probably,</c>

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almost<00:27:57.400><c> definitely</c><00:27:57.900><c> the</c><00:27:58.400><c> place</c><00:27:58.619><c> where</c><00:27:58.819><c> Abraham</c><00:27:59.200><c> offered</c><00:27:59.500><c> up</c><00:27:59.720><c> Isaac.</c>

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And<00:28:01.039><c> the</c><00:28:01.180><c> place</c><00:28:01.319><c> where</c><00:28:01.500><c> the</c><00:28:01.720><c> temple</c><00:28:03.000><c> needed</c><00:28:03.400><c> to</c><00:28:03.660><c> go.</c>

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And<00:28:05.019><c> I</c><00:28:05.200><c> think</c><00:28:05.339><c> if</c><00:28:05.559><c> we</c><00:28:05.720><c> can</c><00:28:05.880><c> understand</c><00:28:06.240><c> it,</c><00:28:06.400><c> certainly</c><00:28:06.740><c> David</c>

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can<00:28:07.259><c> understand</c><00:28:07.619><c> that.</c>

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And<00:28:08.900><c> so</c><00:28:09.039><c> David</c><00:28:09.279><c> saw</c><00:28:09.579><c> everything</c><00:28:10.039><c> revolving</c><00:28:10.599><c> around</c><00:28:10.960><c> this</c><00:28:11.279><c> city.</c>

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And<00:28:12.140><c> he</c><00:28:12.259><c> said,</c><00:28:12.400><c> the</c><00:28:12.519><c> first</c><00:28:12.779><c> thing</c><00:28:12.920><c> we</c><00:28:13.059><c> gotta</c><00:28:13.160><c> do</c><00:28:13.579><c> is</c><00:28:13.940><c> take</c><00:28:14.180><c> this</c><00:28:14.480><c> city.</c>

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And<00:28:16.059><c> they</c><00:28:16.200><c> go</c><00:28:16.299><c> to</c><00:28:16.440><c> the</c><00:28:16.599><c> city,</c><00:28:17.140><c> and</c><00:28:17.279><c> a</c><00:28:17.380><c> very</c><00:28:17.660><c> courageous</c><00:28:18.500><c> act</c><00:28:18.900><c> is</c><00:28:19.160><c> made.</c>

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And<00:28:20.200><c> this</c><00:28:20.380><c> courageous</c><00:28:20.660><c> act</c><00:28:20.940><c> is</c><00:28:21.099><c> made</c><00:28:21.279><c> by</c><00:28:21.619><c> Joab,</c><00:28:23.299><c> of</c><00:28:23.559><c> all</c><00:28:23.799><c> people.</c>

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Now<00:28:24.299><c> Joab</c><00:28:24.579><c> was</c><00:28:24.819><c> a</c><00:28:25.079><c> courageous</c><00:28:25.599><c> man.</c>

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He<00:28:27.259><c> was</c><00:28:27.480><c> not</c><00:28:27.660><c> a</c><00:28:27.819><c> godly</c><00:28:28.160><c> man,</c><00:28:29.200><c> but</c><00:28:29.380><c> he</c><00:28:29.480><c> was</c><00:28:29.720><c> certainly</c><00:28:30.099><c> a</c><00:28:30.400><c> man</c><00:28:30.599><c> of</c><00:28:30.859><c> war.</c>

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And<00:28:31.720><c> he</c><00:28:31.839><c> was</c><00:28:32.000><c> certainly</c><00:28:32.200><c> a</c><00:28:32.279><c> man</c><00:28:32.480><c> who</c><00:28:32.900><c> was</c><00:28:33.059><c> willing</c><00:28:33.259><c> to</c><00:28:33.420><c> take</c><00:28:33.559><c> a</c><00:28:33.819><c> chance,</c>

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as<00:28:34.839><c> long</c><00:28:35.019><c> as</c><00:28:35.140><c> that</c><00:28:35.319><c> chance</c><00:28:35.619><c> serves</c><00:28:36.000><c> him.</c>

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And<00:28:37.140><c> that's</c><00:28:37.380><c> exactly</c><00:28:37.680><c> what</c><00:28:37.960><c> happens</c><00:28:38.279><c> in</c><00:28:38.859><c> this</c><00:28:39.160><c> story.</c>

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Because<00:28:40.240><c> David</c><00:28:40.599><c> says,</c><00:28:42.079><c> whoever</c><00:28:42.440><c> goes</c><00:28:42.839><c> into</c><00:28:43.059><c> the</c><00:28:43.240><c> city</c><00:28:43.480><c> first</c>

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becomes<00:28:44.200><c> my</c><00:28:44.799><c> captain,</c>

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becomes<00:28:45.539><c> the</c><00:28:45.720><c> leader</c><00:28:45.859><c> of</c><00:28:46.039><c> my</c><00:28:46.220><c> army.</c>

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Joab's<00:28:47.480><c> not</c><00:28:47.640><c> going</c><00:28:47.740><c> to</c><00:28:47.819><c> miss</c><00:28:47.920><c> an</c><00:28:48.039><c> opportunity</c><00:28:48.480><c> like</c><00:28:48.799><c> that.</c>

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As<00:28:49.799><c> courageous</c><00:28:50.380><c> as</c><00:28:50.579><c> it</c><00:28:50.700><c> must</c><00:28:50.960><c> have</c><00:28:51.200><c> been</c><00:28:51.619><c> to</c><00:28:52.079><c> climb</c><00:28:52.359><c> up</c><00:28:52.559><c> through</c><00:28:52.720><c> that</c>

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water<00:28:53.400><c> port</c><00:28:53.599><c> and</c>

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come<00:28:53.940><c> out</c><00:28:54.200><c> on</c><00:28:54.339><c> the</c><00:28:54.420><c> other</c><00:28:54.660><c> side</c><00:28:55.319><c> and</c><00:28:55.980><c> not</c><00:28:56.200><c> know</c><00:28:56.339><c> what</c><00:28:56.859><c> you're</c>

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going<00:28:57.099><c> to</c><00:28:57.220><c> find</c><00:28:57.299><c> when</c><00:28:57.440><c> you</c><00:28:57.539><c> get</c>

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there,<00:28:58.660><c> Joab</c><00:28:58.880><c> was</c><00:28:59.079><c> willing</c><00:28:59.339><c> to</c><00:28:59.539><c> do</c><00:28:59.680><c> it.</c>

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And<00:29:01.099><c> yet</c><00:29:01.259><c> this</c><00:29:01.480><c> 11th</c><00:29:01.960><c> chapter</c><00:29:02.180><c> of</c><00:29:02.859><c> Chronicles</c><00:29:03.240><c> does</c><00:29:03.460><c> a</c><00:29:03.619><c> remarkable</c><00:29:04.099><c> thing</c>

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in<00:29:04.759><c> that</c>

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it<00:29:05.960><c> tells</c><00:29:06.220><c> you</c><00:29:06.380><c> what</c><00:29:06.680><c> Joab</c><00:29:06.900><c> did,</c><00:29:07.779><c> it</c><00:29:07.980><c> explains</c><00:29:08.259><c> to</c><00:29:08.420><c> you</c><00:29:08.819><c> the</c><00:29:09.160><c> courage</c><00:29:09.380><c> of</c><00:29:09.559><c> it.</c>

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And<00:29:10.359><c> then</c><00:29:10.480><c> it</c><00:29:10.539><c> gives</c><00:29:10.759><c> all</c><00:29:11.319><c> the</c><00:29:11.579><c> credit</c><00:29:12.160><c> to</c><00:29:12.640><c> David.</c>

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It's<00:29:13.900><c> called</c><00:29:14.359><c> the</c><00:29:14.759><c> City</c><00:29:15.000><c> of</c><00:29:15.220><c> David.</c>

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And<00:29:16.500><c> yet</c><00:29:16.640><c> Joab's</c><00:29:17.039><c> the</c><00:29:17.119><c> one</c><00:29:17.220><c> that</c><00:29:17.440><c> conquered</c><00:29:17.660><c> the</c><00:29:17.940><c> city.</c>

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It<00:29:19.160><c> says</c><00:29:19.599><c> that</c><00:29:19.980><c> David</c><00:29:20.279><c> lived</c><00:29:20.640><c> in</c><00:29:21.240><c> the</c><00:29:21.460><c> castle</c><00:29:21.900><c> and</c><00:29:23.460><c> fixed</c><00:29:23.680><c> up</c>

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the<00:29:23.940><c> castle.</c>

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And<00:29:24.579><c> Joab</c><00:29:24.859><c> fixed</c><00:29:25.079><c> up</c><00:29:25.279><c> the</c><00:29:25.400><c> rest</c><00:29:25.539><c> of</c><00:29:25.700><c> the</c><00:29:25.839><c> city,</c><00:29:27.440><c> but</c><00:29:27.579><c> it's</c><00:29:27.799><c> called</c><00:29:27.900><c> the</c>

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City<00:29:28.180><c> of</c><00:29:28.400><c> David.</c>

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Because<00:29:30.160><c> it</c><00:29:30.299><c> was</c><00:29:30.559><c> really</c><00:29:31.339><c> David's</c><00:29:32.039><c> city.</c>

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It<00:29:32.940><c> couldn't</c><00:29:33.160><c> be</c><00:29:33.500><c> Joab's</c><00:29:34.160><c> city,</c><00:29:35.099><c> because</c><00:29:35.380><c> it</c><00:29:35.480><c> was</c><00:29:35.660><c> the</c><00:29:35.779><c> city</c>

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of<00:29:36.099><c> the</c><00:29:36.299><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:29:37.420><c> Joab</c><00:29:37.619><c> was</c><00:29:37.839><c> not</c><00:29:38.079><c> a</c><00:29:38.279><c> servant</c><00:29:38.819><c> of</c><00:29:39.660><c> the</c><00:29:39.859><c> Lord.</c>

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Joab<00:29:41.160><c> was</c><00:29:41.400><c> the</c><00:29:41.680><c> servant</c><00:29:42.200><c> of</c><00:29:43.079><c> Joab.</c>

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And<00:29:44.579><c> of</c><00:29:44.700><c> course,</c><00:29:44.779><c> we</c><00:29:44.940><c> all</c><00:29:45.119><c> know</c><00:29:45.599><c> what</c><00:29:45.900><c> the</c><00:29:46.099><c> end</c><00:29:46.279><c> of</c><00:29:46.480><c> Joab</c><00:29:46.920><c> was.</c>

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It<00:29:48.019><c> was</c><00:29:48.259><c> in</c><00:29:48.960><c> humiliation</c><00:29:49.559><c> and</c><00:29:50.700><c> in</c><00:29:50.920><c> death.</c>

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And<00:29:52.500><c> then</c><00:29:52.839><c> from</c><00:29:53.339><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:29:54.500><c> we</c><00:29:54.740><c> come</c><00:29:54.980><c> to</c><00:29:56.140><c> the</c><00:29:56.539><c> story</c><00:29:56.759><c> of</c><00:29:56.960><c> the</c>

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three<00:29:57.440><c> mighty</c><00:29:58.019><c> men.</c>

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There's<00:29:59.579><c> a</c><00:29:59.680><c> whole</c><00:29:59.859><c> list</c><00:30:00.380><c> at</c><00:30:01.039><c> the</c><00:30:01.099><c> end</c><00:30:01.220><c> of</c><00:30:01.339><c> this</c><00:30:01.480><c> chapter</c><00:30:01.779><c> of</c><00:30:02.000><c> the</c><00:30:02.279><c> 30</c>

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mighty<00:30:03.599><c> men</c><00:30:03.799><c> of</c><00:30:04.000><c> David.</c>

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And<00:30:06.500><c> then</c><00:30:06.839><c> there's</c><00:30:07.079><c> this</c><00:30:07.380><c> small</c><00:30:07.599><c> story</c><00:30:08.099><c> about</c><00:30:08.640><c> the</c><00:30:08.940><c> three</c><00:30:09.099><c> men</c>

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who<00:30:09.920><c> were</c><00:30:10.140><c> mightier</c><00:30:10.720><c> than</c><00:30:11.039><c> the</c><00:30:11.299><c> 30.</c>

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We<00:30:12.339><c> spared</c><00:30:12.539><c> Andrew</c><00:30:12.900><c> the</c><00:30:13.579><c> problem</c><00:30:13.960><c> of</c><00:30:14.160><c> having</c><00:30:14.299><c> to</c><00:30:14.480><c> go</c><00:30:14.660><c> through</c>

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what<00:30:15.700><c> is</c><00:30:15.880><c> actually</c><00:30:16.180><c> 37</c><00:30:16.700><c> names</c>

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that<00:30:17.599><c> I</c><00:30:17.759><c> certainly</c><00:30:17.960><c> would</c><00:30:18.160><c> not</c><00:30:18.339><c> want</c><00:30:18.440><c> to</c><00:30:18.559><c> have</c><00:30:18.740><c> to</c><00:30:18.839><c> pronounce.</c>

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But<00:30:20.339><c> the</c><00:30:20.539><c> story</c><00:30:20.680><c> is</c><00:30:20.819><c> really</c><00:30:21.019><c> about</c><00:30:21.180><c> the</c><00:30:21.460><c> three</c><00:30:21.660><c> men.</c>

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Because<00:30:23.299><c> I</c><00:30:23.440><c> think</c><00:30:23.619><c> the</c><00:30:23.940><c> 30</c><00:30:24.160><c> men</c><00:30:24.960><c> represent</c><00:30:25.579><c> the</c><00:30:25.920><c> second</c><00:30:26.119><c> part</c>

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of<00:30:27.059><c> what</c><00:30:27.220><c> Paul</c><00:30:27.480><c> discussed.</c>

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That<00:30:29.900><c> for</c><00:30:30.380><c> a</c><00:30:30.599><c> good</c><00:30:30.779><c> man,</c><00:30:31.819><c> you</c><00:30:32.019><c> might</c><00:30:32.299><c> dare</c><00:30:32.539><c> to</c><00:30:32.819><c> die.</c>

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And<00:30:34.359><c> the</c><00:30:34.519><c> good</c><00:30:34.680><c> man</c><00:30:34.880><c> was</c><00:30:35.140><c> David.</c>

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And<00:30:37.359><c> these</c><00:30:37.599><c> men</c><00:30:38.579><c> would</c><00:30:39.079><c> dare</c><00:30:39.319><c> to</c><00:30:39.539><c> die</c><00:30:39.700><c> with</c><00:30:39.920><c> David.</c>

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They<00:30:41.940><c> went</c><00:30:42.059><c> to</c><00:30:42.279><c> battle</c><00:30:42.440><c> with</c><00:30:42.619><c> him</c><00:30:42.759><c> all</c><00:30:42.980><c> the</c><00:30:43.140><c> time.</c>

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They<00:30:44.839><c> understood</c><00:30:45.420><c> as</c><00:30:45.859><c> they</c><00:30:46.039><c> went</c><00:30:46.160><c> along</c><00:30:46.500><c> and</c><00:30:46.720><c> saw</c><00:30:46.920><c> all</c><00:30:47.200><c> the</c>

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things<00:30:47.460><c> that</c><00:30:47.720><c> David</c><00:30:47.960><c> did.</c>

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They<00:30:48.799><c> saw</c><00:30:48.980><c> the</c><00:30:49.279><c> character</c><00:30:49.660><c> of</c><00:30:49.940><c> David.</c>

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And<00:30:50.900><c> they</c><00:30:51.019><c> said,</c><00:30:51.319><c> this</c><00:30:51.339><c> is</c><00:30:51.579><c> a</c><00:30:51.759><c> good</c><00:30:51.920><c> man.</c>

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I<00:30:53.700><c> would</c><00:30:53.960><c> die</c><00:30:54.559><c> for</c><00:30:54.940><c> a</c><00:30:55.039><c> good</c><00:30:55.200><c> man.</c>

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Just<00:30:56.079><c> like</c><00:30:56.400><c> Peter,</c><00:30:58.099><c> when</c><00:30:58.279><c> he</c><00:30:58.420><c> cuts</c><00:30:58.619><c> off</c><00:30:58.940><c> the</c><00:30:59.339><c> ear</c><00:30:59.660><c> of</c><00:30:59.759><c> the</c><00:30:59.839><c> high</c><00:31:00.119><c> priest,</c>

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he<00:31:00.900><c> dared</c><00:31:01.279><c> to</c><00:31:01.579><c> die</c><00:31:02.160><c> for</c><00:31:02.640><c> Jesus</c><00:31:03.160><c> because</c><00:31:04.319><c> he</c><00:31:04.460><c> knew</c><00:31:04.619><c> Jesus</c><00:31:05.019><c> was</c><00:31:05.299><c> a</c>

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good<00:31:05.559><c> man.</c>

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But<00:31:07.160><c> just</c><00:31:07.400><c> like</c><00:31:07.640><c> Peter</c><00:31:07.920><c> had</c><00:31:08.119><c> something</c><00:31:08.400><c> to</c><00:31:08.680><c> learn,</c><00:31:10.140><c> these</c><00:31:10.539><c> 30</c>

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men<00:31:11.039><c> had</c><00:31:11.200><c> something</c><00:31:11.460><c> to</c><00:31:11.720><c> learn.</c>

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And<00:31:12.700><c> I</c><00:31:12.839><c> think</c><00:31:13.019><c> the</c><00:31:13.279><c> three</c><00:31:13.480><c> men</c><00:31:13.779><c> learned</c><00:31:14.059><c> it.</c>

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x
And<00:31:15.059><c> it's</c><00:31:15.240><c> the</c><00:31:15.460><c> story</c><00:31:15.740><c> of</c><00:31:15.940><c> them</c><00:31:16.119><c> going</c><00:31:16.400><c> down</c><00:31:16.720><c> to</c><00:31:16.900><c> the</c><00:31:17.099><c> well</c><00:31:17.240><c> in</c>

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Bethlehem<00:31:18.359><c> and</c><00:31:18.799><c> getting</c><00:31:18.960><c> the</c><00:31:19.259><c> water.</c>

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And<00:31:21.220><c> you</c><00:31:21.319><c> look</c><00:31:21.500><c> at</c><00:31:21.680><c> it</c><00:31:21.960><c> from</c><00:31:22.140><c> the</c><00:31:22.279><c> outside</c><00:31:22.619><c> and</c>

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say,<00:31:23.099><c> that's</c><00:31:23.460><c> definitely</c><00:31:24.380><c> doing</c><00:31:24.920><c> something</c><00:31:25.279><c> daring</c><00:31:25.680><c> for</c><00:31:25.940><c> a</c>

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good<00:31:26.140><c> man.</c>

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You<00:31:26.980><c> certainly</c><00:31:27.240><c> would</c><00:31:27.420><c> think</c><00:31:27.599><c> that,</c><00:31:27.779><c> and</c><00:31:28.079><c> I've</c><00:31:28.440><c> always</c><00:31:28.740><c> thought</c><00:31:28.980><c> that.</c>

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But<00:31:29.859><c> I</c><00:31:30.220><c> don't</c><00:31:30.400><c> think</c><00:31:30.480><c> that's</c><00:31:30.680><c> what</c><00:31:30.839><c> it</c><00:31:31.039><c> is.</c>

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And<00:31:31.720><c> the</c><00:31:31.799><c> reason</c><00:31:31.960><c> I</c><00:31:32.039><c> don't</c><00:31:32.200><c> think</c><00:31:32.319><c> that's</c><00:31:32.539><c> what</c><00:31:32.720><c> it</c><00:31:32.900><c> is,</c>

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is<00:31:33.500><c> because</c><00:31:33.720><c> they</c><00:31:33.880><c> don't</c><00:31:34.099><c> complain</c><00:31:34.460><c> when</c><00:31:34.619><c> David</c><00:31:34.880><c> pours</c><00:31:35.200><c> the</c>

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water<00:31:35.460><c> out.</c>

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If<00:31:37.380><c> it</c><00:31:37.599><c> were</c><00:31:37.740><c> me,</c><00:31:38.859><c> and</c><00:31:39.339><c> Bob's</c><00:31:39.700><c> a</c><00:31:39.799><c> good</c><00:31:39.960><c> man,</c><00:31:41.079><c> and</c>

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Bob<00:31:41.579><c> said,</c><00:31:42.420><c> I'm</c><00:31:42.660><c> so</c><00:31:42.980><c> thirsty,</c><00:31:43.359><c> get</c><00:31:43.420><c> me</c><00:31:43.599><c> a</c><00:31:43.680><c> glass</c><00:31:43.839><c> of</c><00:31:44.039><c> water.</c>

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x
And<00:31:44.339><c> I</c><00:31:44.420><c> got</c><00:31:44.500><c> him</c><00:31:44.640><c> a</c><00:31:44.660><c> glass</c><00:31:44.839><c> of</c><00:31:45.019><c> water</c><00:31:45.140><c> and</c><00:31:45.220><c> he</c><00:31:45.359><c> said</c><00:31:45.480><c> thank</c><00:31:45.700><c> you</c>

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and<00:31:45.920><c> dumped</c><00:31:46.099><c> it</c><00:31:46.200><c> on</c><00:31:46.319><c> the</c><00:31:46.519><c> floor.</c>

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I<00:31:48.519><c> have</c><00:31:48.700><c> to</c><00:31:48.839><c> say</c><00:31:48.920><c> my</c><00:31:49.079><c> first</c><00:31:49.279><c> reaction</c><00:31:49.599><c> would</c><00:31:49.799><c> be,</c><00:31:50.319><c> you're</c><00:31:50.640><c> welcome.</c>

00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:54.140
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That<00:31:52.200><c> was</c><00:31:52.420><c> not</c><00:31:52.660><c> their</c><00:31:52.880><c> reaction,</c><00:31:53.200><c> because</c><00:31:53.500><c> they</c><00:31:53.700><c> understood</c>

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what<00:31:54.400><c> David</c><00:31:54.680><c> did.</c>

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David<00:31:56.299><c> poured</c><00:31:56.819><c> the</c><00:31:57.059><c> water</c><00:31:57.259><c> off</c><00:31:57.519><c> to</c><00:31:57.680><c> serve</c><00:31:57.880><c> the</c><00:31:58.099><c> Lord.</c>

00:31:58.660 --> 00:32:00.339
x
This<00:31:58.900><c> is</c><00:31:59.099><c> an</c><00:31:59.319><c> offering</c><00:31:59.619><c> to</c><00:31:59.819><c> the</c><00:32:00.019><c> Lord.</c>

00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:02.480
x
And<00:32:00.799><c> that's</c><00:32:01.000><c> just</c><00:32:01.240><c> what</c><00:32:01.380><c> those</c><00:32:01.720><c> three</c><00:32:01.920><c> men</c><00:32:02.220><c> did.</c>

00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:04.619
x
Now<00:32:02.740><c> why</c><00:32:02.880><c> do</c><00:32:03.420><c> I</c><00:32:03.480><c> say</c><00:32:03.740><c> that?</c>

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Because<00:32:06.480><c> it</c><00:32:06.720><c> says</c><00:32:07.339><c> that</c><00:32:07.759><c> David</c><00:32:09.079><c> yearned</c><00:32:09.799><c> or</c><00:32:11.000><c> urged.</c>

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x
Said,<00:32:12.880><c> if</c><00:32:12.960><c> I</c><00:32:13.140><c> could</c><00:32:13.359><c> just</c><00:32:13.660><c> get</c><00:32:14.380><c> a</c><00:32:14.880><c> glass</c><00:32:15.119><c> of</c><00:32:15.460><c> water.</c>

00:32:18.120 --> 00:32:22.259
x
Now,<00:32:19.599><c> they</c><00:32:19.839><c> are</c><00:32:20.180><c> surrounded</c><00:32:20.660><c> by</c><00:32:20.920><c> the</c><00:32:21.079><c> Philistines.</c>

00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:27.519
x
I'm<00:32:23.200><c> thirsty</c><00:32:23.519><c> too,</c><00:32:24.019><c> David,</c><00:32:25.039><c> but</c><00:32:25.680><c> the</c><00:32:25.920><c> water's</c><00:32:26.140><c> on</c><00:32:26.259><c> the</c><00:32:26.319><c> other</c><00:32:26.539><c> side.</c>

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:33.920
x
And<00:32:28.440><c> I</c><00:32:28.559><c> love</c><00:32:28.740><c> you</c><00:32:28.960><c> a</c><00:32:29.119><c> lot,</c><00:32:30.619><c> but</c><00:32:30.980><c> I</c><00:32:31.259><c> don't</c><00:32:31.559><c> see</c><00:32:31.859><c> how</c><00:32:33.220><c> going</c><00:32:33.420><c> there</c>

00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:36.299
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is<00:32:34.500><c> worth</c><00:32:34.720><c> getting</c><00:32:34.960><c> you</c><00:32:35.160><c> a</c><00:32:35.240><c> glass</c><00:32:35.400><c> of</c><00:32:35.640><c> water,</c><00:32:35.819><c> I'm</c><00:32:36.140><c> sorry</c>

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you're<00:32:36.480><c> thirsty.</c>

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But<00:32:37.759><c> this</c><00:32:37.960><c> is</c><00:32:38.119><c> the</c><00:32:38.200><c> thing</c><00:32:38.319><c> about</c><00:32:38.519><c> David.</c>

00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:42.500
x
For<00:32:39.819><c> all</c><00:32:40.059><c> the</c><00:32:40.180><c> years</c><00:32:40.319><c> that</c><00:32:40.480><c> they</c><00:32:40.619><c> were</c><00:32:40.740><c> with</c><00:32:41.000><c> David,</c><00:32:42.180><c> David</c>

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never<00:32:42.779><c> asked</c><00:32:43.240><c> for</c><00:32:43.799><c> anything.</c>

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x
And<00:32:45.299><c> for</c><00:32:45.500><c> all</c><00:32:45.759><c> the</c><00:32:45.859><c> years</c><00:32:45.980><c> that</c><00:32:46.160><c> they</c><00:32:46.299><c> were</c><00:32:46.420><c> with</c><00:32:46.640><c> David,</c><00:32:47.319><c> David</c><00:32:47.640><c> taught</c><00:32:47.880><c> them</c>

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x
again<00:32:48.539><c> and</c>

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again<00:32:48.960><c> and</c><00:32:49.160><c> again</c><00:32:49.640><c> what</c><00:32:50.299><c> the</c><00:32:50.539><c> meaning</c><00:32:50.720><c> of</c><00:32:50.880><c> the</c><00:32:51.059><c> Lord's</c><00:32:51.440><c> anointed</c><00:32:51.680><c> was</c>

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all<00:32:52.160><c> about.</c>

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That<00:32:53.420><c> the</c><00:32:53.759><c> anointed</c><00:32:54.880><c> serves</c><00:32:55.519><c> the</c><00:32:55.799><c> Lord.</c>

00:32:56.799 --> 00:32:59.680
x
That<00:32:57.039><c> if</c><00:32:57.660><c> you</c><00:32:57.940><c> have</c><00:32:58.160><c> the</c><00:32:58.400><c> anointed,</c><00:32:58.759><c> then</c><00:32:58.960><c> you</c><00:32:59.119><c> have</c><00:32:59.339><c> the</c><00:32:59.559><c> will</c>

00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:01.460
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of<00:32:59.859><c> the</c><00:33:00.019><c> Lord</c><00:33:00.220><c> being</c><00:33:00.559><c> done.</c>

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x
And<00:33:02.240><c> here</c><00:33:02.359><c> are</c><00:33:02.500><c> these</c><00:33:02.819><c> three</c><00:33:03.119><c> mighty</c><00:33:03.420><c> men.</c>

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:06.700
x
And<00:33:04.339><c> they</c><00:33:04.480><c> don't</c><00:33:04.640><c> just</c><00:33:04.900><c> see</c><00:33:05.059><c> the</c><00:33:05.319><c> goodness</c><00:33:05.579><c> of</c><00:33:05.920><c> David,</c>

00:33:07.180 --> 00:33:11.720
x
they<00:33:07.700><c> see</c><00:33:08.220><c> the</c><00:33:08.779><c> role</c><00:33:08.980><c> of</c><00:33:09.200><c> the</c><00:33:09.380><c> anointed,</c><00:33:10.799><c> and</c><00:33:11.160><c> they</c><00:33:11.380><c> see</c><00:33:11.519><c> the</c>

00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:13.819
x
will<00:33:11.839><c> of</c><00:33:12.059><c> God</c><00:33:12.420><c> being</c><00:33:12.779><c> done.</c>

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:19.299
x
And<00:33:14.680><c> one</c><00:33:15.119><c> time,</c><00:33:17.200><c> David</c><00:33:17.460><c> has</c><00:33:18.240><c> need.</c>

00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:23.140
x
All<00:33:20.099><c> the</c><00:33:20.279><c> other</c><00:33:20.519><c> time,</c><00:33:20.839><c> David</c><00:33:21.160><c> served</c><00:33:21.539><c> these</c><00:33:21.980><c> 400</c><00:33:22.400><c> men,</c><00:33:22.819><c> these</c>

00:33:23.140 --> 00:33:24.559
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30<00:33:23.440><c> men,</c><00:33:23.700><c> these</c><00:33:24.000><c> three</c><00:33:24.240><c> men.</c>

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:29.559
x
And<00:33:25.039><c> one</c><00:33:25.400><c> time,</c><00:33:25.819><c> David</c><00:33:26.119><c> said,</c><00:33:27.160><c> if</c><00:33:27.299><c> somebody</c><00:33:27.700><c> could</c><00:33:27.980><c> just</c><00:33:28.299><c> serve</c><00:33:28.539><c> me.</c>

00:33:30.059 --> 00:33:32.559
x
And<00:33:30.339><c> the</c><00:33:30.420><c> three</c><00:33:30.559><c> men</c><00:33:30.759><c> said,</c><00:33:31.180><c> serve</c><00:33:31.460><c> the</c><00:33:31.720><c> anointed.</c>

00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:36.400
x
The<00:33:33.400><c> Lord</c><00:33:33.700><c> is</c><00:33:34.059><c> always</c><00:33:34.619><c> with</c><00:33:35.059><c> the</c><00:33:35.500><c> anointed.</c>

00:33:36.619 --> 00:33:38.859
x
The<00:33:36.859><c> Lord</c><00:33:37.140><c> is</c><00:33:37.400><c> always</c><00:33:37.680><c> with</c><00:33:38.000><c> David.</c>

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:42.779
x
And<00:33:39.220><c> now</c><00:33:39.460><c> David's</c><00:33:40.079><c> saying,</c><00:33:40.680><c> somebody</c><00:33:41.099><c> get</c><00:33:41.279><c> me</c><00:33:41.480><c> a</c><00:33:41.539><c> glass</c><00:33:41.740><c> of</c><00:33:42.039><c> water.</c>

00:33:43.340 --> 00:33:49.140
x
They<00:33:43.900><c> went</c><00:33:44.200><c> down</c><00:33:45.039><c> through</c><00:33:45.460><c> the</c><00:33:45.660><c> Philistines</c><00:33:46.460><c> as</c><00:33:47.619><c> you</c><00:33:47.859><c> go</c><00:33:48.140><c> boldly</c><00:33:48.640><c> before</c><00:33:48.980><c> the</c>

00:33:49.140 --> 00:33:50.640
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throne<00:33:49.319><c> of</c><00:33:49.599><c> grace.</c>

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And<00:33:51.180><c> they</c><00:33:51.359><c> said,</c><00:33:52.220><c> that</c><00:33:52.440><c> is</c><00:33:52.660><c> the</c><00:33:52.940><c> Lord's</c><00:33:53.519><c> call.</c>

00:33:55.859 --> 00:33:58.940
x
And<00:33:56.279><c> down</c><00:33:56.500><c> they</c><00:33:56.779><c> went,</c><00:33:57.519><c> and</c><00:33:57.799><c> through</c><00:33:58.019><c> that</c><00:33:58.299><c> line</c><00:33:58.500><c> they</c><00:33:58.740><c> went,</c>

00:33:59.160 --> 00:34:00.980
x
and<00:33:59.539><c> back</c><00:33:59.799><c> they</c><00:34:00.099><c> came.</c>

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:03.920
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This<00:34:01.519><c> is</c><00:34:01.740><c> the</c><00:34:01.960><c> Lord's</c><00:34:03.079><c> water.</c>

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:06.420
x
And<00:34:04.500><c> they</c><00:34:04.660><c> gave</c><00:34:04.859><c> it</c><00:34:05.019><c> to</c><00:34:05.220><c> David,</c><00:34:05.480><c> and</c><00:34:05.640><c> David</c><00:34:05.839><c> looked</c><00:34:06.059><c> at</c><00:34:06.259><c> it</c><00:34:06.400><c> and</c>

00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:09.019
x
thought,<00:34:07.319><c> in</c><00:34:07.519><c> my</c><00:34:07.779><c> one</c><00:34:07.980><c> weakness,</c>

00:34:09.219 --> 00:34:13.480
x
there<00:34:09.500><c> was</c><00:34:09.820><c> somebody</c><00:34:10.239><c> there,</c><00:34:10.780><c> three</c><00:34:11.119><c> men,</c><00:34:12.159><c> who</c><00:34:12.219><c> were</c><00:34:12.460><c> strong.</c>

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:16.219
x
You<00:34:14.119><c> know,</c><00:34:14.280><c> Jesus</c><00:34:14.559><c> never</c><00:34:14.820><c> had</c><00:34:15.139><c> that.</c>

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:18.940
x
Jesus<00:34:17.340><c> never</c><00:34:17.960><c> had</c><00:34:18.340><c> that.</c>

00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:25.519
x
Short<00:34:19.599><c> of</c><00:34:19.739><c> that</c><00:34:19.960><c> one</c><00:34:20.179><c> guy</c><00:34:20.440><c> on</c><00:34:20.639><c> the</c><00:34:20.900><c> cross,</c><00:34:22.760><c> he</c><00:34:22.960><c> never</c><00:34:23.239><c> had</c><00:34:23.579><c> anybody</c><00:34:24.019><c> there</c><00:34:24.860><c> to</c>

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:26.619
x
help<00:34:25.739><c> him</c><00:34:25.940><c> when</c><00:34:26.039><c> he</c><00:34:26.219><c> was</c><00:34:26.440><c> weak.</c>

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:30.880
x
He<00:34:26.760><c> was</c><00:34:27.099><c> always</c><00:34:27.599><c> alone,</c><00:34:28.860><c> all</c><00:34:29.119><c> the</c><00:34:29.199><c> way</c><00:34:29.320><c> up</c><00:34:29.460><c> to</c><00:34:29.599><c> his</c><00:34:29.840><c> death.</c>

00:34:32.199 --> 00:34:34.840
x
And<00:34:32.539><c> these</c><00:34:32.760><c> three</c><00:34:32.960><c> men</c><00:34:33.159><c> are</c><00:34:33.480><c> considered</c><00:34:33.840><c> mightier</c><00:34:34.260><c> than</c><00:34:34.460><c> all</c>

00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:36.000
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these<00:34:35.039><c> other</c><00:34:35.320><c> brave</c><00:34:35.599><c> men,</c>

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:38.980
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all<00:34:36.500><c> these</c><00:34:36.699><c> other</c><00:34:37.019><c> valiant</c><00:34:37.380><c> men</c><00:34:37.539><c> that</c><00:34:37.880><c> killed</c><00:34:38.139><c> so</c><00:34:38.460><c> many,</c><00:34:38.860><c> that</c>

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:41.219
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fought<00:34:39.159><c> so</c><00:34:39.559><c> hard,</c><00:34:39.840><c> that</c><00:34:40.079><c> served</c><00:34:40.239><c> David</c><00:34:40.519><c> so</c><00:34:40.860><c> willingly.</c>

00:34:41.719 --> 00:34:46.280
x
These<00:34:42.039><c> three</c><00:34:42.539><c> men</c><00:34:43.099><c> are</c><00:34:43.699><c> considered</c><00:34:44.099><c> mightier</c><00:34:45.239><c> than</c><00:34:45.599><c> the</c><00:34:45.840><c> rest</c>

00:34:46.280 --> 00:34:49.519
x
for<00:34:47.519><c> this</c><00:34:47.780><c> one</c><00:34:48.000><c> act</c><00:34:48.179><c> of</c><00:34:48.400><c> courage.</c>

00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:51.960
x
Because<00:34:50.019><c> it</c><00:34:50.159><c> was</c><00:34:50.320><c> the</c><00:34:50.500><c> one</c><00:34:50.739><c> time</c><00:34:50.940><c> where</c><00:34:51.119><c> it</c><00:34:51.280><c> wasn't</c><00:34:51.500><c> about</c><00:34:51.760><c> the</c>

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goodness<00:34:52.219><c> of</c><00:34:52.519><c> David.</c>

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It<00:34:54.460><c> was</c><00:34:54.659><c> about</c><00:34:54.900><c> the</c><00:34:55.079><c> will</c><00:34:55.199><c> of</c><00:34:55.420><c> the</c><00:34:55.519><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:34:57.820><c> here</c><00:34:57.980><c> we</c><00:34:58.139><c> are</c><00:34:58.280><c> this</c><00:34:58.539><c> morning,</c><00:34:59.820><c> and</c><00:34:59.980><c> we</c><00:35:00.179><c> have</c><00:35:00.320><c> this</c>

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incredible<00:35:01.780><c> sacrifice,</c>

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this<00:35:04.599><c> remarkable</c><00:35:05.119><c> offering</c><00:35:05.519><c> of</c><00:35:05.760><c> a</c><00:35:05.860><c> life</c><00:35:06.039><c> on</c><00:35:06.280><c> our</c><00:35:06.500><c> behalf,</c><00:35:07.420><c> that</c><00:35:07.539><c> we</c>

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can<00:35:08.019><c> be</c><00:35:08.579><c> a</c><00:35:09.000><c> servant</c><00:35:09.260><c> of</c><00:35:09.559><c> the</c><00:35:09.760><c> anointed.</c>

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And<00:35:12.440><c> he</c><00:35:12.539><c> comes</c><00:35:12.780><c> and</c><00:35:12.940><c> he</c><00:35:13.059><c> says,</c><00:35:13.500><c> do</c><00:35:13.599><c> this</c><00:35:13.940><c> in</c><00:35:14.199><c> remembrance</c><00:35:14.500><c> of</c><00:35:14.760><c> me.</c>

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And<00:35:16.239><c> we</c><00:35:16.400><c> don't</c><00:35:16.659><c> come.</c>

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And<00:35:18.940><c> he</c><00:35:19.019><c> comes</c><00:35:19.320><c> and</c><00:35:19.579><c> says,</c><00:35:20.940><c> lest</c><00:35:21.039><c> you</c><00:35:21.219><c> be</c><00:35:21.440><c> born</c><00:35:21.659><c> again.</c>

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We<00:35:23.079><c> have</c><00:35:23.320><c> to</c><00:35:23.480><c> be</c><00:35:23.639><c> born</c><00:35:23.820><c> again.</c>

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We<00:35:25.380><c> have</c><00:35:25.659><c> to</c><00:35:25.900><c> die</c><00:35:26.260><c> to</c><00:35:26.500><c> this</c><00:35:26.780><c> flesh,</c><00:35:27.199><c> to</c><00:35:27.380><c> our</c><00:35:27.619><c> own</c><00:35:27.940><c> courage,</c><00:35:28.420><c> to</c>

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our<00:35:28.699><c> own</c><00:35:28.980><c> will.</c>

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And<00:35:30.920><c> put</c><00:35:31.179><c> aside</c><00:35:31.639><c> all</c><00:35:32.059><c> the</c><00:35:32.280><c> things</c><00:35:32.480><c> that</c><00:35:32.659><c> we</c><00:35:32.900><c> think</c><00:35:33.059><c> make</c><00:35:33.380><c> us</c><00:35:33.599><c> who</c><00:35:33.820><c> we</c>

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are,<00:35:35.219><c> and</c><00:35:35.460><c> become</c><00:35:35.719><c> a</c><00:35:35.960><c> part</c><00:35:36.099><c> of</c><00:35:36.260><c> who</c><00:35:36.420><c> he</c><00:35:36.659><c> is.</c>

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Because<00:35:37.820><c> he</c><00:35:37.980><c> did</c><00:35:38.219><c> everything</c><00:35:38.679><c> his</c><00:35:38.960><c> father</c><00:35:39.199><c> told</c><00:35:39.440><c> him</c><00:35:39.619><c> to</c><00:35:39.780><c> do.</c>

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Because<00:35:41.539><c> the</c><00:35:41.920><c> love</c><00:35:42.079><c> of</c><00:35:42.219><c> his</c><00:35:42.400><c> father</c><00:35:42.659><c> was</c><00:35:42.940><c> so</c><00:35:43.340><c> great</c><00:35:43.500><c> in</c><00:35:43.659><c> his</c><00:35:43.900><c> heart,</c><00:35:45.159><c> that</c><00:35:45.280><c> while</c><00:35:45.559><c> you</c><00:35:45.840><c> and</c><00:35:46.019><c> I</c>

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were<00:35:46.360><c> still</c><00:35:46.699><c> sinners,</c><00:35:47.800><c> he</c><00:35:47.960><c> was</c><00:35:48.300><c> willing</c><00:35:48.619><c> to</c><00:35:48.900><c> die.</c>

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He<00:35:50.360><c> was</c><00:35:50.579><c> willing</c><00:35:50.719><c> to</c><00:35:51.000><c> do</c><00:35:51.400><c> the</c><00:35:51.699><c> greatest</c><00:35:52.039><c> act</c><00:35:52.420><c> of</c><00:35:52.699><c> courage,</c><00:35:54.980><c> because</c><00:35:55.280><c> of</c><00:35:55.519><c> love.</c>

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And<00:35:58.440><c> we</c><00:35:58.619><c> find</c><00:35:58.920><c> ourselves</c><00:35:59.500><c> so</c><00:35:59.880><c> often</c><00:36:00.199><c> doing</c><00:36:00.920><c> the</c><00:36:01.619><c> least</c><00:36:01.920><c> act</c><00:36:02.119><c> of</c>

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courage,<00:36:03.860><c> because</c><00:36:03.940><c> of</c><00:36:04.219><c> pride.</c>

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And<00:36:06.840><c> yet</c><00:36:06.940><c> we</c><00:36:07.099><c> come</c><00:36:07.300><c> here</c><00:36:07.519><c> every</c><00:36:07.719><c> week,</c><00:36:08.820><c> and</c><00:36:08.920><c> we</c><00:36:09.039><c> have</c><00:36:09.159><c> the</c><00:36:09.400><c> bread</c><00:36:09.539><c> and</c>

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the<00:36:09.920><c> wine,</c>

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in<00:36:12.000><c> remembrance</c><00:36:12.360><c> of</c><00:36:12.539><c> a</c><00:36:12.679><c> man</c><00:36:12.900><c> who</c><00:36:13.159><c> was</c><00:36:13.559><c> the</c><00:36:13.820><c> most</c><00:36:14.139><c> courageous</c>

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man<00:36:15.000><c> who</c><00:36:15.219><c> ever</c><00:36:15.519><c> lives.</c>

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And<00:36:17.739><c> he</c><00:36:17.860><c> says,</c><00:36:18.260><c> do</c><00:36:18.360><c> this</c><00:36:19.280><c> in</c><00:36:19.699><c> remembrance</c><00:36:20.079><c> of</c><00:36:20.340><c> me.</c>

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And<00:36:21.960><c> Paul</c><00:36:22.179><c> says,</c><00:36:22.719><c> examine</c><00:36:23.039><c> yourself.</c>

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And<00:36:25.440><c> then</c><00:36:25.760><c> still</c><00:36:25.980><c> do</c><00:36:26.179><c> it,</c><00:36:27.199><c> in</c><00:36:27.300><c> remembrance</c><00:36:27.559><c> of</c><00:36:27.800><c> him.</c>