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child<00:12:15.940><c> revived.</c><00:12:18.139><c> And</c><00:12:18.279><c> Elijah</c><00:12:18.559><c> carries</c><00:12:18.919><c> him,</c>

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no<00:12:19.919><c> longer</c><00:12:21.159><c> lifeless,</c><00:12:22.940><c> but</c><00:12:23.139><c> living</c><00:12:23.580><c> down</c><00:12:24.840><c> his</c><00:12:25.240><c> stairs</c><00:12:25.919><c> from</c>

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And<00:12:33.340><c> Elijah</c><00:12:33.620><c> said,</c><00:12:34.980><c> See,</c><00:12:37.580><c> thy</c><00:12:37.759><c> son</c><00:12:38.080><c> liveth.</c><00:12:41.000><c> Now</c><00:12:41.480><c> make</c><00:12:41.700><c> a</c><00:12:41.840><c> note</c>

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of<00:12:42.100><c> the</c><00:12:42.240><c> answer.</c><00:12:44.779><c> She</c><00:12:45.100><c> doesn't</c><00:12:45.440><c> mention</c><00:12:45.799><c> the</c><00:12:46.000><c> son.</c>

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And<00:12:49.580><c> the</c><00:12:49.639><c> woman</c><00:12:49.899><c> said</c><00:12:50.100><c> to</c><00:12:50.279><c> Elijah,</c><00:12:51.419><c> Now</c><00:12:51.940><c> by</c><00:12:52.259><c> this</c><00:12:52.500><c> I</c><00:12:52.799><c> know</c><00:12:53.480><c> that</c>

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thou<00:12:54.019><c> art</c><00:12:54.179><c> a</c><00:12:54.340><c> man</c><00:12:54.480><c> of</c><00:12:54.700><c> God,</c><00:12:55.600><c> and</c><00:12:55.700><c> that</c><00:12:55.840><c> the</c><00:12:56.000><c> word</c><00:12:56.159><c> of</c>

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Lord<00:12:56.759><c> in</c><00:12:56.980><c> thy</c><00:12:57.220><c> mouth</c><00:12:57.519><c> is</c><00:12:57.860><c> truth.</c><00:13:00.539><c> Totally</c><00:13:00.899><c> unexpected</c><00:13:01.639><c> answer.</c><00:13:02.159><c> No,</c>

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thankfulness<00:13:03.200><c> for</c><00:13:03.340><c> the</c><00:13:03.559><c> child.</c><00:13:04.539><c> God's</c>

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carried<00:13:05.100><c> her</c><00:13:05.320><c> beyond</c><00:13:05.700><c> her</c><00:13:06.019><c> suffering,</c><00:13:06.720><c> which</c><00:13:07.600><c> happens</c><00:13:07.879><c> out</c>

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of<00:13:08.259><c> all</c><00:13:08.559><c> true</c><00:13:08.779><c> suffering.</c><00:13:09.779><c> Whom</c><00:13:09.899><c> the</c><00:13:10.039><c> Lord</c><00:13:10.240><c> loveth,</c>

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he<00:13:10.860><c> chasteneth.</c><00:13:11.580><c> And</c><00:13:11.840><c> we</c><00:13:11.980><c> go</c><00:13:12.120><c> beyond</c><00:13:12.500><c> our</c><00:13:12.820><c> chastening,</c><00:13:13.740><c> well</c>

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beyond<00:13:14.559><c> it,</c><00:13:15.740><c> beyond</c><00:13:16.000><c> the</c><00:13:16.379><c> stripes</c><00:13:16.700><c> and</c><00:13:16.860><c> the</c>

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affliction<00:13:17.440><c> and</c><00:13:17.620><c> the</c><00:13:17.899><c> darkness</c><00:13:18.519><c> and</c><00:13:19.399><c> the</c><00:13:19.639><c> valley</c><00:13:19.840><c> of</c><00:13:20.000><c> the</c><00:13:20.200><c> shadow</c><00:13:20.440><c> of</c>

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death<00:13:21.059><c> into</c><00:13:21.759><c> a</c><00:13:22.120><c> new</c><00:13:22.460><c> relationship.</c>

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And<00:13:23.419><c> she's</c><00:13:23.700><c> now</c><00:13:23.860><c> reached</c><00:13:24.059><c> the</c><00:13:24.240><c> position</c><00:13:24.500><c> of</c><00:13:24.740><c> faith.</c><00:13:27.700><c> Well,</c><00:13:27.779><c> let's</c><00:13:27.919><c> go</c>

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back<00:13:28.299><c> for</c><00:13:28.480><c> a</c><00:13:28.600><c> moment</c><00:13:28.779><c> because</c><00:13:29.039><c> there's</c>

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more<00:13:29.519><c> in</c><00:13:29.679><c> this</c><00:13:29.820><c> little</c><00:13:30.019><c> record</c><00:13:30.559><c> for</c><00:13:32.120><c> every</c><00:13:32.379><c> mother.</c><00:13:36.000><c> And</c><00:13:36.100><c> God</c>

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says<00:13:36.519><c> to</c><00:13:36.740><c> every</c><00:13:37.080><c> mother</c><00:13:37.639><c> in</c><00:13:38.399><c> Israel,</c>

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Give<00:13:41.720><c> me</c><00:13:41.960><c> thy</c><00:13:42.159><c> son.</c><00:13:46.879><c> And</c><00:13:47.320><c> it's</c><00:13:47.480><c> not</c><00:13:47.600><c> an</c><00:13:47.720><c> easy</c><00:13:47.899><c> thing</c><00:13:48.059><c> to</c><00:13:48.259><c> do.</c>

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There<00:13:50.899><c> is</c><00:13:51.159><c> this</c><00:13:52.080><c> bond</c><00:13:52.500><c> between</c><00:13:53.039><c> a</c><00:13:53.320><c> woman</c><00:13:53.519><c> and</c><00:13:53.740><c> her</c><00:13:54.120><c> son,</c><00:13:57.179><c> an</c><00:13:57.299><c> indescribable</c><00:13:58.220><c> bond</c><00:13:58.919><c> between</c><00:14:00.240><c> a</c>

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woman<00:14:00.639><c> and</c><00:14:00.799><c> her</c><00:14:01.080><c> son.</c>

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Even<00:14:04.500><c> if</c><00:14:04.659><c> her</c><00:14:04.860><c> son</c><00:14:05.080><c> turns</c><00:14:05.360><c> out</c><00:14:05.600><c> to</c><00:14:05.700><c> be</c><00:14:05.899><c> a</c><00:14:06.080><c> murderer</c><00:14:06.419><c> and</c><00:14:06.580><c> he</c><00:14:06.740><c> comes</c><00:14:07.019><c> home,</c><00:14:07.399><c> there's</c><00:14:07.679><c> a</c><00:14:07.860><c> bond.</c>

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And<00:14:10.860><c> it</c><00:14:10.960><c> will</c><00:14:11.059><c> be</c><00:14:11.139><c> made</c><00:14:11.340><c> manifest</c><00:14:11.740><c> even</c><00:14:11.980><c> at</c><00:14:12.139><c> that</c><00:14:12.299><c> moment.</c>

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Now,<00:14:17.179><c> when</c><00:14:17.299><c> God</c><00:14:17.559><c> says,</c><00:14:18.399><c> Give</c><00:14:18.419><c> me</c><00:14:18.980><c> thy</c><00:14:19.279><c> son,</c><00:14:19.759><c> he's</c><00:14:20.559><c> asking</c><00:14:20.980><c> every</c><00:14:21.379><c> sister</c><00:14:21.659><c> to</c><00:14:21.919><c> become</c><00:14:22.120><c> a</c><00:14:22.360><c> Hannah.</c>

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Now<00:14:26.059><c> a</c><00:14:26.080><c> lot</c><00:14:26.240><c> of</c><00:14:26.419><c> sisters</c><00:14:26.639><c> hang</c><00:14:26.899><c> on</c><00:14:27.179><c> to</c><00:14:27.360><c> their</c><00:14:27.580><c> sons</c><00:14:27.879><c> too</c><00:14:28.299><c> long.</c>

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I<00:14:31.240><c> don't</c><00:14:31.399><c> mean</c><00:14:31.500><c> they</c><00:14:31.679><c> keep</c><00:14:31.840><c> them</c><00:14:32.000><c> at</c><00:14:32.200><c> home,</c>

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but<00:14:34.960><c> they</c><00:14:35.220><c> don't</c><00:14:35.720><c> bring</c><00:14:36.000><c> them</c><00:14:36.360><c> into</c><00:14:36.720><c> that</c><00:14:37.059><c> relationship</c><00:14:37.740><c> with</c>

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God,<00:14:39.820><c> which</c><00:14:40.059><c> as</c><00:14:40.220><c> he</c><00:14:40.679><c> has</c><00:14:41.179><c> an</c><00:14:41.600><c> eternal</c><00:14:42.220><c> fellowship</c>

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about<00:14:43.580><c> it.</c><00:14:45.899><c> And</c><00:14:46.120><c> this</c><00:14:46.240><c> has</c><00:14:46.379><c> got</c><00:14:46.480><c> to</c><00:14:46.620><c> be</c><00:14:46.799><c> done.</c><00:14:49.519><c> The</c><00:14:49.860><c> one</c><00:14:50.179><c> thing</c>

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that<00:14:51.259><c> every</c><00:14:51.759><c> Christadelphian</c><00:14:52.679><c> parent</c>

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should<00:14:54.019><c> seek</c><00:14:54.379><c> to</c><00:14:54.659><c> do</c><00:14:55.139><c> with</c><00:14:55.659><c> a</c><00:14:55.940><c> child</c><00:14:56.580><c> that</c><00:14:57.299><c> issues</c><00:14:57.639><c> from</c><00:14:57.899><c> the</c>

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womb<00:14:58.519><c> is</c><00:14:59.539><c> to</c><00:14:59.879><c> take</c><00:15:00.039><c> it</c><00:15:01.240><c> from</c><00:15:01.759><c> the</c><00:15:02.159><c> bosom</c><00:15:02.659><c> of</c><00:15:03.159><c> the</c><00:15:03.320><c> mother</c>

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and<00:15:05.559><c> to</c><00:15:06.000><c> stretch</c><00:15:06.240><c> it</c><00:15:07.320><c> upon</c><00:15:07.539><c> the</c><00:15:07.860><c> place</c><00:15:08.820><c> where</c><00:15:09.620><c> Christ</c><00:15:10.039><c> died.</c>

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And<00:15:13.620><c> to</c><00:15:13.799><c> bring</c><00:15:13.940><c> it</c><00:15:14.159><c> to</c><00:15:14.320><c> a</c><00:15:14.519><c> newness</c><00:15:14.759><c> of</c><00:15:14.980><c> life</c><00:15:15.240><c> in</c><00:15:15.500><c> Christ.</c><00:15:16.220><c> That's</c><00:15:16.740><c> the</c><00:15:16.940><c> process.</c><00:15:18.379><c> Now</c><00:15:18.639><c> a</c>

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mother<00:15:19.000><c> particularly</c>

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is<00:15:19.940><c> able</c><00:15:20.080><c> to</c><00:15:20.259><c> do</c><00:15:20.399><c> this.</c><00:15:23.259><c> And</c><00:15:23.639><c> no</c><00:15:24.419><c> doubt</c><00:15:24.639><c> one</c><00:15:24.840><c> or</c><00:15:24.980><c> two</c><00:15:26.220><c> here</c><00:15:26.679><c> are</c>

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hoping<00:15:27.480><c> to</c><00:15:28.259><c> be</c><00:15:29.039><c> mothers.</c><00:15:30.340><c> And</c><00:15:30.379><c> will</c><00:15:30.580><c> between</c><00:15:30.879><c> now</c>

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and<00:15:31.379><c> next</c><00:15:31.559><c> Wilbraham,</c><00:15:32.139><c> should</c><00:15:32.259><c> the</c><00:15:32.480><c> Lord</c><00:15:32.779><c> remain</c><00:15:33.179><c> away</c><00:15:33.519><c> and</c>

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God<00:15:33.919><c> willing,</c><00:15:34.460><c> so</c><00:15:34.779><c> become.</c><00:15:36.100><c> And</c><00:15:36.279><c> this</c><00:15:36.559><c> process</c>

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can't<00:15:37.879><c> begin</c><00:15:38.179><c> too</c><00:15:38.620><c> soon.</c><00:15:40.320><c> Indeed,</c><00:15:42.700><c> the</c><00:15:42.759><c> hindrance</c><00:15:43.379><c> lies</c><00:15:43.840><c> mostly</c><00:15:44.679><c> in</c>

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the<00:15:46.279><c> mother</c><00:15:46.559><c> very</c><00:15:46.919><c> often.</c>

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A<00:15:49.320><c> desire</c><00:15:49.600><c> to</c><00:15:49.799><c> contain.</c><00:15:50.419><c> It's</c><00:15:50.620><c> a</c><00:15:50.720><c> natural</c><00:15:51.100><c> instinct.</c><00:15:52.639><c> And</c><00:15:52.779><c> that</c><00:15:53.059><c> natural</c><00:15:53.500><c> instinct</c><00:15:53.899><c> is</c>

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to<00:15:54.320><c> be</c><00:15:55.000><c> overcome.</c>

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And<00:15:56.620><c> our</c><00:15:56.799><c> child</c><00:15:57.139><c> placed</c><00:15:57.500><c> in</c><00:15:57.659><c> God's</c><00:15:58.059><c> lap.</c><00:15:59.820><c> Give</c><00:16:00.000><c> me</c><00:16:00.240><c> thy</c><00:16:00.460><c> son.</c>

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And<00:16:03.940><c> we</c><00:16:04.340><c> are</c><00:16:04.639><c> reluctant.</c><00:16:05.080><c> After</c><00:16:05.360><c> all,</c><00:16:05.620><c> God</c><00:16:05.799><c> couldn't</c><00:16:06.039><c> look</c><00:16:06.240><c> after</c><00:16:06.519><c> our</c><00:16:06.799><c> son</c><00:16:06.940><c> as</c>

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well<00:16:07.259><c> as</c><00:16:07.360><c> we</c><00:16:07.480><c> can</c><00:16:07.580><c> look</c><00:16:07.779><c> after</c><00:16:07.980><c> him.</c>

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Of<00:16:10.600><c> course,</c><00:16:10.799><c> put</c><00:16:10.919><c> that</c><00:16:11.139><c> way</c><00:16:11.360><c> round,</c><00:16:11.600><c> it's</c><00:16:11.840><c> ridiculous.</c><00:16:12.620><c> But</c>

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that's<00:16:13.279><c> how</c><00:16:13.460><c> we</c><00:16:13.639><c> hang</c><00:16:13.799><c> on.</c>

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And<00:16:16.340><c> we</c><00:16:16.740><c> tie</c><00:16:16.940><c> two</c><00:16:17.220><c> knots</c><00:16:17.440><c> in</c><00:16:17.620><c> the</c><00:16:17.779><c> apron</c><00:16:17.960><c> string</c><00:16:18.240><c> and</c><00:16:18.379><c> make</c>

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sure<00:16:18.740><c> they're</c><00:16:19.080><c> tight</c><00:16:19.259><c> every</c><00:16:19.539><c> morning.</c>

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We<00:16:21.919><c> have</c><00:16:22.080><c> to</c><00:16:22.159><c> let</c><00:16:22.279><c> him</c><00:16:22.460><c> go.</c><00:16:24.259><c> As</c><00:16:24.460><c> I've</c><00:16:24.659><c> had</c><00:16:24.720><c> to</c><00:16:24.899><c> say</c><00:16:25.000><c> before,</c><00:16:25.580><c> in</c>

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another<00:16:25.840><c> connection,</c><00:16:26.419><c> in</c><00:16:26.519><c> another</c><00:16:26.679><c> part</c><00:16:26.919><c> of</c><00:16:27.120><c> Scripture,</c>

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give<00:16:28.019><c> me</c><00:16:28.240><c> thy</c><00:16:28.440><c> son.</c><00:16:28.820><c> And</c><00:16:28.960><c> the</c><00:16:29.139><c> child</c><00:16:29.379><c> will</c><00:16:29.620><c> revive.</c>

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And<00:16:32.600><c> you</c><00:16:32.980><c> who</c><00:16:33.279><c> have</c><00:16:33.480><c> had</c><00:16:33.679><c> a</c><00:16:33.960><c> child</c><00:16:34.419><c> who</c><00:16:34.899><c> has</c><00:16:35.179><c> become</c><00:16:35.440><c> a</c><00:16:35.639><c> child</c>

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of<00:16:36.100><c> God</c><00:16:36.460><c> instead</c><00:16:36.919><c> of</c><00:16:37.059><c> your</c><00:16:37.299><c> own</c><00:16:37.580><c> child,</c>

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know<00:16:38.600><c> what</c><00:16:38.799><c> this</c><00:16:39.179><c> process</c><00:16:39.639><c> is.</c><00:16:40.440><c> And</c><00:16:40.659><c> that</c><00:16:40.799><c> the</c><00:16:41.039><c> bond</c><00:16:41.299><c> that</c><00:16:41.480><c> you</c>

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That<00:16:46.340><c> death</c><00:16:46.620><c> can't</c><00:16:47.019><c> break.</c><00:16:48.200><c> Nothing</c><00:16:48.500><c> matters</c><00:16:49.299><c> after</c><00:16:50.200><c> this</c><00:16:50.379><c> new</c><00:16:50.600><c> relationship.</c><00:16:51.100><c> After</c><00:16:51.360><c> we've</c><00:16:51.580><c> given</c><00:16:51.740><c> to</c>

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the<00:16:52.120><c> Lord,</c>

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offered<00:16:52.980><c> to</c><00:16:53.220><c> him,</c><00:16:53.700><c> he</c><00:16:53.879><c> returns</c><00:16:54.240><c> him</c><00:16:54.460><c> to</c><00:16:54.539><c> us</c><00:16:54.720><c> alive,</c><00:16:55.820><c> brings</c><00:16:56.059><c> him</c><00:16:56.279><c> down</c><00:16:56.559><c> and</c><00:16:56.700><c> gives</c><00:16:56.879><c> him</c><00:16:57.059><c> to</c>

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us<00:16:57.519><c> with</c><00:16:57.740><c> a</c>

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newness<00:16:58.120><c> of</c><00:16:58.340><c> life.</c><00:17:00.159><c> And</c><00:17:00.419><c> if</c><00:17:00.480><c> we</c><00:17:00.759><c> seek</c><00:17:01.179><c> anything</c><00:17:01.659><c> else,</c><00:17:02.539><c> if</c><00:17:02.700><c> we</c>

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seek<00:17:03.039><c> to</c><00:17:03.220><c> make</c><00:17:03.340><c> them</c><00:17:03.539><c> beautiful,</c>

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if<00:17:04.940><c> we</c><00:17:05.160><c> seek</c><00:17:05.279><c> to</c><00:17:05.460><c> make</c><00:17:05.539><c> them</c><00:17:05.799><c> educated,</c><00:17:06.920><c> if</c><00:17:07.180><c> we</c><00:17:07.400><c> seek</c><00:17:07.500><c> to</c><00:17:07.680><c> give</c>

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them<00:17:07.920><c> opportunity</c><00:17:08.559><c> or</c><00:17:08.900><c> advancement,</c>

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or<00:17:10.759><c> if</c><00:17:10.839><c> you</c><00:17:11.019><c> try</c><00:17:11.140><c> to</c><00:17:11.299><c> make</c><00:17:11.400><c> them</c><00:17:11.799><c> socialites</c><00:17:12.380><c> in</c><00:17:12.579><c> our</c><00:17:12.880><c> world,</c>

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if<00:17:14.279><c> it's</c><00:17:14.519><c> Harvard</c><00:17:14.960><c> or</c><00:17:15.259><c> Yale</c><00:17:15.819><c> that</c><00:17:16.359><c> matters</c>

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more<00:17:16.940><c> than</c><00:17:17.059><c> the</c><00:17:17.359><c> school</c><00:17:17.599><c> of</c><00:17:17.839><c> learning</c><00:17:18.299><c> in</c><00:17:19.079><c> Scripture,</c><00:17:20.119><c> then</c>

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let's<00:17:20.599><c> come</c><00:17:20.859><c> right</c><00:17:21.220><c> back</c><00:17:21.500><c> to</c><00:17:21.720><c> it.</c><00:17:22.299><c> There</c><00:17:22.559><c> is</c><00:17:22.819><c> no</c>

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greater<00:17:23.599><c> teacher</c><00:17:24.180><c> than</c><00:17:25.500><c> the</c><00:17:25.720><c> son</c><00:17:25.880><c> of</c><00:17:26.119><c> God</c><00:17:26.599><c> and</c><00:17:27.759><c> his</c><00:17:28.019><c> father.</c><00:17:28.819><c> None</c><00:17:28.980><c> at</c><00:17:29.279><c> all.</c><00:17:30.079><c> And</c><00:17:30.200><c> a</c>

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man<00:17:30.400><c> who</c><00:17:30.599><c> has</c><00:17:30.759><c> this</c><00:17:30.980><c> education</c><00:17:31.539><c> has</c>

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all<00:17:32.559><c> that</c><00:17:32.700><c> is</c><00:17:32.839><c> necessary.</c><00:17:33.740><c> The</c><00:17:33.900><c> rest</c><00:17:34.119><c> will</c><00:17:34.299><c> fit</c><00:17:34.440><c> into</c><00:17:34.640><c> its</c><00:17:34.900><c> place.</c><00:17:35.579><c> God</c>

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says,<00:17:36.039><c> I'll</c><00:17:36.039><c> look</c><00:17:36.240><c> after</c><00:17:36.460><c> that</c><00:17:36.640><c> for</c><00:17:36.859><c> you.</c>

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You<00:17:37.640><c> seek</c><00:17:37.900><c> first</c><00:17:38.140><c> the</c><00:17:38.299><c> kingdom</c><00:17:38.500><c> of</c><00:17:38.700><c> God,</c><00:17:39.140><c> all</c><00:17:39.359><c> other</c><00:17:39.599><c> things</c>

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shall<00:17:39.940><c> be</c><00:17:40.119><c> added</c><00:17:40.259><c> unto</c><00:17:40.500><c> you.</c>

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Doesn't<00:17:41.980><c> mean</c><00:17:42.140><c> a</c><00:17:42.279><c> man's</c><00:17:42.460><c> got</c><00:17:42.539><c> to</c><00:17:42.640><c> be</c><00:17:42.799><c> lazy</c><00:17:43.200><c> about</c><00:17:43.440><c> his</c><00:17:43.640><c> daily</c>

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work.<00:17:44.539><c> He'll</c><00:17:44.819><c> do</c><00:17:44.960><c> it</c><00:17:45.200><c> diligently.</c><00:17:46.059><c> But</c><00:17:46.180><c> God</c><00:17:46.380><c> says,</c>

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don't<00:17:46.720><c> fret</c><00:17:46.980><c> about</c><00:17:47.279><c> it.</c><00:17:47.420><c> Leave</c><00:17:47.519><c> it</c><00:17:47.660><c> to</c><00:17:47.819><c> me.</c><00:17:50.700><c> And</c><00:17:50.839><c> many</c><00:17:50.980><c> of</c><00:17:51.240><c> us,</c>

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brethren,<00:17:53.400><c> fret</c><00:17:53.500><c> about</c><00:17:53.819><c> our</c><00:17:54.180><c> work,</c><00:17:54.480><c> our</c><00:17:54.740><c> business,</c>

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and<00:17:56.000><c> involve</c><00:17:56.319><c> ourselves</c><00:17:56.859><c> in</c><00:17:57.059><c> it</c><00:17:57.240><c> and</c><00:17:57.440><c> neglect</c><00:17:57.880><c> our</c><00:17:58.160><c> Bible</c><00:17:58.539><c> class</c><00:17:58.779><c> or</c>

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our<00:17:59.279><c> daily</c><00:17:59.579><c> readings</c><00:18:00.099><c> or</c><00:18:00.880><c> our</c><00:18:01.200><c> devotion</c><00:18:01.559><c> to</c>

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God<00:18:02.140><c> in</c><00:18:02.539><c> order</c><00:18:02.779><c> to</c><00:18:03.000><c> untangle</c><00:18:03.640><c> some</c><00:18:04.000><c> problem</c><00:18:04.440><c> that</c><00:18:04.779><c> God</c><00:18:05.119><c> says,</c>

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leave<00:18:05.720><c> it</c><00:18:06.000><c> alone.</c><00:18:08.880><c> Leave</c><00:18:09.099><c> it</c><00:18:09.279><c> to</c><00:18:09.440><c> me.</c>

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That's<00:18:10.400><c> all</c><00:18:10.579><c> you've</c><00:18:10.799><c> got</c><00:18:10.900><c> to</c><00:18:11.039><c> do.</c><00:18:12.579><c> And</c><00:18:12.980><c> I'll</c><00:18:13.240><c> solve</c><00:18:13.440><c> it</c><00:18:13.640><c> for</c>

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you<00:18:14.359><c> and</c><00:18:14.759><c> give</c><00:18:14.880><c> you</c><00:18:15.019><c> guidance.</c>

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Well,<00:18:16.539><c> the</c><00:18:16.660><c> break</c><00:18:16.819><c> between</c><00:18:17.099><c> 17</c><00:18:17.420><c> and</c><00:18:17.539><c> 18</c><00:18:17.880><c> here</c><00:18:18.299><c> in</c><00:18:18.500><c> this</c><00:18:18.839><c> 1</c><00:18:19.099><c> Kings</c><00:18:19.680><c> is</c><00:18:20.299><c> complete.</c><00:18:22.220><c> We</c><00:18:22.319><c> move</c><00:18:22.500><c> onward</c><00:18:22.759><c> to</c><00:18:22.920><c> a</c><00:18:23.119><c> third</c>

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year<00:18:23.839><c> whenever</c><00:18:24.119><c> that</c><00:18:24.460><c> third</c><00:18:24.640><c> year</c><00:18:24.859><c> is.</c><00:18:26.960><c> Whether</c><00:18:27.099><c> it's</c><00:18:27.299><c> the</c><00:18:27.460><c> third</c><00:18:27.640><c> year</c><00:18:27.839><c> without</c><00:18:28.140><c> rain,</c><00:18:28.480><c> after</c><00:18:28.640><c> all,</c><00:18:28.740><c> it</c><00:18:28.740><c> was</c>

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three<00:18:29.119><c> years</c><00:18:29.359><c> and</c><00:18:29.519><c> six</c><00:18:29.720><c> months.</c><00:18:30.480><c> This</c><00:18:30.819><c> third</c><00:18:31.079><c> year</c><00:18:31.259><c> is</c><00:18:31.480><c> a</c><00:18:32.160><c> little</c><00:18:32.279><c> bit</c>

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of<00:18:33.220><c> a</c><00:18:33.400><c> problem</c><00:18:33.599><c> as</c><00:18:33.839><c> to</c><00:18:34.119><c> just</c><00:18:34.400><c> where</c><00:18:34.539><c> it's</c>

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dated<00:18:35.099><c> from.</c><00:18:36.680><c> But</c><00:18:36.839><c> the</c><00:18:36.980><c> word</c><00:18:37.160><c> of</c><00:18:37.279><c> the</c><00:18:37.400><c> Lord</c><00:18:37.559><c> comes</c><00:18:37.839><c> unto</c><00:18:38.039><c> Elijah</c><00:18:38.519><c> now</c>

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and<00:18:39.200><c> out</c><00:18:39.460><c> of</c><00:18:39.859><c> his</c><00:18:40.059><c> obscurity,</c>

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out<00:18:41.920><c> of</c><00:18:42.140><c> tire</c><00:18:42.359><c> and</c><00:18:42.660><c> siden,</c><00:18:42.980><c> he's</c><00:18:43.140><c> now</c><00:18:43.420><c> called</c><00:18:43.819><c> to</c><00:18:44.660><c> go</c><00:18:44.839><c> and</c><00:18:45.039><c> show</c>

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himself<00:18:45.759><c> to</c><00:18:47.099><c> Ahab.</c><00:18:48.299><c> This</c><00:18:48.460><c> was</c><00:18:48.660><c> like</c><00:18:48.980><c> asking</c><00:18:49.380><c> him</c>

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to<00:18:50.440><c> place</c><00:18:50.579><c> himself</c><00:18:50.940><c> at</c><00:18:51.140><c> the</c><00:18:51.339><c> end</c><00:18:51.460><c> of</c><00:18:51.660><c> a</c><00:18:51.799><c> sword,</c><00:18:52.200><c> the</c><00:18:52.400><c> wrong</c><00:18:52.619><c> end.</c>

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When<00:18:56.980><c> his</c><00:18:57.180><c> enemy</c><00:18:57.339><c> was</c><00:18:57.599><c> seeking</c><00:18:57.839><c> his</c><00:18:58.160><c> life</c><00:18:58.420><c> and</c><00:18:58.599><c> had</c><00:18:58.819><c> done</c>

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and<00:19:00.640><c> without</c><00:19:00.940><c> hesitation,</c><00:19:03.299><c> Elijah</c><00:19:03.539><c> went.</c><00:19:04.980><c> It's</c><00:19:05.319><c> interesting</c>

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to<00:19:05.759><c> see</c><00:19:05.900><c> that</c><00:19:06.079><c> God</c><00:19:06.319><c> says,</c><00:19:06.640><c> I</c><00:19:06.660><c> will</c><00:19:06.900><c> send</c><00:19:07.160><c> rain</c>

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upon<00:19:07.599><c> the</c><00:19:07.819><c> earth.</c><00:19:10.440><c> The</c><00:19:10.559><c> New</c><00:19:10.759><c> Testament</c><00:19:11.140><c> says</c><00:19:11.400><c> it</c><00:19:11.559><c> came</c><00:19:11.859><c> and</c><00:19:12.000><c> went</c><00:19:12.380><c> at</c>

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Elijah's<00:19:13.619><c> word.</c><00:19:15.400><c> The</c><00:19:15.539><c> two</c><00:19:15.660><c> things</c><00:19:15.839><c> were</c>

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bound<00:19:16.240><c> up</c><00:19:16.460><c> together.</c><00:19:16.859><c> What</c><00:19:17.119><c> God</c><00:19:18.119><c> wanted</c><00:19:18.700><c> to</c><00:19:19.079><c> do</c><00:19:19.539><c> was</c><00:19:20.440><c> bound</c><00:19:20.839><c> up</c>

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with<00:19:21.359><c> the</c><00:19:21.579><c> prophet's</c><00:19:22.259><c> own</c><00:19:22.779><c> fervency</c><00:19:23.400><c> in</c><00:19:23.759><c> prayer.</c>

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I'm<00:19:25.160><c> sure</c><00:19:25.359><c> this</c><00:19:25.519><c> is</c><00:19:25.660><c> true</c><00:19:25.779><c> about</c><00:19:25.960><c> the</c><00:19:26.140><c> miracles</c><00:19:26.380><c> of</c><00:19:26.619><c> the</c><00:19:26.619><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:19:27.339><c> Christ,</c><00:19:27.660><c> by</c><00:19:27.880><c> the</c><00:19:28.019><c> way.</c>

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They<00:19:29.259><c> didn't</c><00:19:29.519><c> just</c><00:19:29.940><c> come</c><00:19:30.420><c> like</c><00:19:31.039><c> a</c><00:19:31.220><c> pocketful</c><00:19:31.579><c> of</c><00:19:31.799><c> diamonds</c><00:19:32.160><c> that</c><00:19:32.339><c> he</c>

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distributes<00:19:34.140><c> and</c><00:19:34.480><c> they</c><00:19:34.700><c> cost</c><00:19:34.859><c> him</c><00:19:35.079><c> nothing.</c>

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He<00:19:37.160><c> perceives</c><00:19:37.599><c> that</c><00:19:37.880><c> virtue</c><00:19:38.140><c> has</c><00:19:38.339><c> gone</c><00:19:38.460><c> out</c><00:19:38.700><c> of</c><00:19:38.779><c> him.</c><00:19:39.880><c> He's</c><00:19:40.119><c> aware</c><00:19:40.440><c> of</c>

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it.<00:19:41.079><c> Himself</c><00:19:41.559><c> there</c><00:19:41.880><c> are</c><00:19:42.279><c> infirmities.</c>

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And<00:19:43.579><c> when</c><00:19:43.680><c> he</c><00:19:43.920><c> healed,</c><00:19:44.160><c> he</c><00:19:44.400><c> felt.</c><00:19:45.299><c> And</c><00:19:45.440><c> he</c><00:19:45.519><c> took</c><00:19:45.640><c> a</c><00:19:45.900><c> burden</c><00:19:46.119><c> upon</c><00:19:46.359><c> himself.</c><00:19:48.000><c> And</c>

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when<00:19:48.180><c> it</c><00:19:48.240><c> comes</c><00:19:48.420><c> to</c><00:19:48.579><c> the</c><00:19:48.759><c> great</c>

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healing<00:19:49.319><c> of</c><00:19:49.559><c> Lazarus,</c><00:19:49.920><c> it</c><00:19:50.039><c> takes</c><00:19:50.259><c> him</c><00:19:50.480><c> two</c><00:19:50.660><c> days.</c><00:19:51.420><c> When</c><00:19:51.599><c> he</c><00:19:51.799><c> abode</c><00:19:52.079><c> two</c><00:19:52.339><c> days</c><00:19:52.599><c> in</c>

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the<00:19:52.960><c> place</c><00:19:53.259><c> where</c><00:19:53.539><c> he</c><00:19:53.880><c> was,</c>

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he<00:19:54.559><c> wasn't</c><00:19:54.819><c> just</c><00:19:55.059><c> waiting</c><00:19:55.299><c> for</c><00:19:55.559><c> Lazarus</c><00:19:55.880><c> to</c><00:19:56.180><c> die.</c><00:19:57.539><c> He</c><00:19:58.019><c> was</c><00:19:58.220><c> wrestling</c><00:19:58.759><c> with</c><00:19:59.619><c> the</c>

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resurrection<00:20:00.200><c> of</c><00:20:00.420><c> Lazarus.</c>

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thank<00:20:05.160><c> thee</c><00:20:05.380><c> that</c><00:20:05.480><c> thou</c><00:20:05.940><c> hast</c><00:20:06.359><c> heard</c><00:20:06.720><c> me.</c>

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And<00:20:07.559><c> I</c><00:20:07.799><c> knew</c><00:20:08.000><c> that</c><00:20:08.180><c> thou</c><00:20:08.299><c> hearest</c><00:20:08.660><c> me</c><00:20:08.859><c> always.</c><00:20:09.720><c> But</c><00:20:09.859><c> because</c><00:20:10.119><c> of</c><00:20:10.240><c> the</c><00:20:10.420><c> people</c><00:20:10.579><c> that</c><00:20:10.859><c> stand</c><00:20:11.019><c> by,</c><00:20:11.339><c> I</c>

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said<00:20:11.700><c> it.</c>

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So<00:20:13.440><c> he</c><00:20:13.579><c> wrestled</c><00:20:14.160><c> for</c><00:20:14.640><c> two</c><00:20:14.859><c> days</c><00:20:15.160><c> in</c><00:20:15.539><c> prayer</c><00:20:15.859><c> so</c><00:20:16.039><c> that</c><00:20:16.099><c> when</c><00:20:16.240><c> he</c>

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came<00:20:16.920><c> on</c><00:20:17.559><c> that</c><00:20:18.160><c> third</c><00:20:18.480><c> day,</c><00:20:19.660><c> there</c><00:20:19.880><c> would</c><00:20:20.039><c> be</c>

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a<00:20:20.339><c> resurrection</c><00:20:20.799><c> by</c><00:20:21.160><c> his</c><00:20:21.380><c> own</c><00:20:21.619><c> faith</c><00:20:22.019><c> and</c><00:20:22.440><c> by</c><00:20:22.640><c> the</c><00:20:22.799><c> power</c><00:20:22.940><c> of</c>

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God.<00:20:23.380><c> And</c><00:20:23.539><c> so</c><00:20:23.640><c> it</c><00:20:23.720><c> was</c><00:20:23.819><c> going</c><00:20:23.940><c> to</c><00:20:24.119><c> be</c><00:20:24.220><c> with</c><00:20:24.400><c> the</c><00:20:24.500><c> coming</c>

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of<00:20:24.839><c> the</c><00:20:25.000><c> rain.</c><00:20:25.259><c> And</c><00:20:25.420><c> Elijah</c><00:20:25.759><c> moves</c><00:20:26.039><c> to</c><00:20:26.220><c> meet</c><00:20:26.380><c> Ahab.</c><00:20:26.779><c> And</c><00:20:26.900><c> on</c><00:20:27.039><c> the</c><00:20:27.180><c> way,</c><00:20:28.200><c> as</c>

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he<00:20:28.420><c> comes</c><00:20:28.680><c> down,</c><00:20:29.160><c> because</c><00:20:29.380><c> the</c>

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saw<00:20:30.380><c> in</c><00:20:30.740><c> Samaria,</c><00:20:32.160><c> a</c><00:20:32.380><c> desolate</c><00:20:32.740><c> sight</c><00:20:33.059><c> it</c><00:20:33.180><c> must</c><00:20:33.400><c> have</c><00:20:33.599><c> been,</c>

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with<00:20:34.180><c> the</c><00:20:34.380><c> wild</c><00:20:34.680><c> asses</c><00:20:35.079><c> sniffing</c><00:20:35.440><c> in</c><00:20:35.599><c> the</c><00:20:35.720><c> wind,</c>

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trying<00:20:36.519><c> to</c><00:20:36.819><c> find</c><00:20:37.279><c> just</c><00:20:38.079><c> any</c><00:20:38.559><c> scent</c><00:20:38.799><c> of</c><00:20:39.019><c> water</c><00:20:39.619><c> or</c><00:20:40.079><c> of</c><00:20:40.400><c> sustenance,</c><00:20:41.240><c> with</c><00:20:41.420><c> all</c>

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the<00:20:41.859><c> ground</c><00:20:42.140><c> withered</c><00:20:42.539><c> as</c><00:20:42.839><c> far</c>

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as<00:20:43.180><c> I</c><00:20:43.359><c> could</c><00:20:43.680><c> see,</c><00:20:44.440><c> with</c><00:20:44.660><c> no</c><00:20:44.940><c> fields</c><00:20:45.259><c> to</c><00:20:45.519><c> reap,</c><00:20:46.460><c> with</c><00:20:46.660><c> people</c>

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emaciated,<00:20:48.519><c> with</c><00:20:48.779><c> death</c><00:20:49.079><c> as</c><00:20:49.220><c> he</c><00:20:49.359><c> went</c><00:20:49.559><c> through</c>

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the<00:20:50.599><c> lanes</c><00:20:51.019><c> and</c><00:20:51.460><c> streets</c><00:20:51.779><c> of</c><00:20:52.019><c> Samaria.</c><00:20:53.920><c> And</c><00:20:54.279><c> comes</c><00:20:54.819><c> in</c><00:20:56.359><c> confrontation</c><00:20:57.000><c> with</c>

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the<00:20:57.579><c> man</c><00:20:57.799><c> whose</c><00:20:58.059><c> name</c><00:20:58.299><c> is</c>

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the<00:20:59.519><c> servant</c><00:20:59.519><c> of</c><00:20:59.740><c> the</c><00:20:59.880><c> Lord,</c><00:21:01.519><c> Obadiah.</c><00:21:03.900><c> How</c><00:21:04.319><c> did</c><00:21:04.460><c> he</c><00:21:04.539><c> meet</c><00:21:04.660><c> Obadiah?</c><00:21:05.279><c> Only</c><00:21:05.519><c> because</c><00:21:05.880><c> as</c>

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a<00:21:06.759><c> servant</c><00:21:06.920><c> of</c><00:21:07.119><c> the</c><00:21:07.279><c> Lord,</c>

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Ahab<00:21:07.859><c> has</c><00:21:08.160><c> sent</c><00:21:08.299><c> him</c><00:21:09.059><c> to</c><00:21:09.559><c> look</c><00:21:09.759><c> for</c><00:21:10.000><c> water.</c><00:21:10.440><c> And</c><00:21:10.640><c> Ahab</c><00:21:10.960><c> personally,</c><00:21:11.779><c> this</c><00:21:12.079><c> shows</c><00:21:12.440><c> the</c><00:21:13.099><c> dire</c><00:21:13.539><c> distress</c><00:21:14.160><c> in</c><00:21:14.279><c> which</c>

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he's<00:21:14.700><c> found.</c><00:21:16.960><c> Ahab</c><00:21:17.400><c> and</c><00:21:17.619><c> Obadiah</c><00:21:18.200><c> personally</c><00:21:19.039><c> are</c><00:21:19.440><c> in</c><00:21:19.720><c> search</c>

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of<00:21:20.180><c> water.</c><00:21:21.240><c> Now</c><00:21:21.440><c> Obadiah</c><00:21:21.819><c> feared</c><00:21:22.119><c> the</c><00:21:22.299><c> Lord</c>

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greatly.<00:21:23.599><c> For</c><00:21:23.779><c> it</c><00:21:23.900><c> was</c><00:21:24.079><c> so</c><00:21:24.299><c> when</c><00:21:24.519><c> Jezebel</c><00:21:24.859><c> cut</c><00:21:25.039><c> off</c><00:21:25.180><c> the</c><00:21:25.380><c> prophets</c><00:21:25.539><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:25.859><c> Lord</c><00:21:26.000><c> that</c><00:21:26.140><c> Obadiah</c><00:21:26.579><c> took</c>

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a<00:21:26.779><c> hundred</c><00:21:27.000><c> prophets</c><00:21:27.440><c> and</c><00:21:27.599><c> hid</c><00:21:27.660><c> them</c><00:21:27.839><c> by</c><00:21:28.099><c> fifty</c><00:21:28.339><c> in</c><00:21:28.480><c> a</c><00:21:28.660><c> cave</c>

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and<00:21:29.759><c> fed</c><00:21:29.960><c> them</c><00:21:30.140><c> with</c><00:21:30.319><c> bread</c><00:21:30.500><c> and</c><00:21:30.640><c> water.</c>

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And<00:21:31.680><c> Obadiah,</c><00:21:32.380><c> Ahab</c><00:21:32.700><c> said</c><00:21:32.880><c> unto</c><00:21:33.099><c> Obadiah,</c><00:21:34.039><c> go</c><00:21:34.140><c> into</c><00:21:34.339><c> the</c><00:21:34.579><c> land</c>

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unto<00:21:35.019><c> all</c><00:21:35.319><c> the</c><00:21:35.500><c> fountains</c><00:21:35.819><c> of</c><00:21:36.059><c> water</c>

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and<00:21:38.259><c> unto</c><00:21:38.440><c> all</c><00:21:38.720><c> the</c><00:21:38.920><c> brooks.</c><00:21:40.400><c> Peradventure</c><00:21:40.880><c> we</c><00:21:41.000><c> may</c><00:21:41.180><c> find</c><00:21:41.480><c> grass</c><00:21:42.000><c> to</c>

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save<00:21:42.839><c> the</c><00:21:43.099><c> horses</c><00:21:43.420><c> and</c><00:21:43.720><c> mules</c><00:21:44.079><c> alive,</c>

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not<00:21:44.720><c> the</c><00:21:44.940><c> people.</c><00:21:47.819><c> That</c><00:21:47.940><c> we</c><00:21:48.140><c> lose</c><00:21:48.299><c> not</c><00:21:48.519><c> all</c><00:21:48.819><c> the</c><00:21:48.980><c> beasts.</c><00:21:49.259><c> And</c>

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that<00:21:49.619><c> word</c><00:21:49.839><c> all</c><00:21:50.200><c> shows</c><00:21:50.799><c> already</c><00:21:51.519><c> that</c><00:21:52.119><c> the</c>

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of<00:21:56.920><c> the</c><00:21:57.039><c> king</c><00:21:57.680><c> and</c><00:21:58.160><c> his</c><00:21:58.339><c> precious</c><00:21:58.859><c> beasts</c><00:21:59.359><c> that</c><00:21:59.539><c> he</c><00:21:59.700><c> took</c><00:21:59.859><c> at</c><00:22:00.059><c> a</c>

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cost<00:22:00.400><c> from</c><00:22:00.579><c> Egypt</c><00:22:01.140><c> were</c><00:22:02.079><c> being</c><00:22:02.319><c> taken</c><00:22:02.599><c> from</c><00:22:02.819><c> him.</c>

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So<00:22:03.519><c> they</c><00:22:03.759><c> divided</c><00:22:03.980><c> the</c><00:22:04.200><c> land</c><00:22:04.400><c> and</c><00:22:04.519><c> one</c><00:22:04.740><c> went</c><00:22:04.920><c> one</c><00:22:05.180><c> way</c><00:22:05.299><c> and</c><00:22:05.380><c> one</c>

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went<00:22:05.700><c> the</c><00:22:05.920><c> other.</c>

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And<00:22:07.839><c> as</c><00:22:08.000><c> Ahab</c><00:22:08.140><c> went</c><00:22:08.380><c> his</c><00:22:08.660><c> way,</c><00:22:09.619><c> so</c><00:22:09.799><c> Obadiah</c><00:22:10.259><c> went</c><00:22:10.480><c> the</c><00:22:10.640><c> way</c><00:22:10.799><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:11.059><c> prophet</c><00:22:11.279><c> of</c><00:22:11.500><c> God.</c>

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And<00:22:13.220><c> as</c><00:22:13.380><c> it</c><00:22:13.559><c> was</c><00:22:13.660><c> with</c><00:22:13.880><c> Jacob</c><00:22:14.279><c> who</c><00:22:14.539><c> as</c><00:22:14.660><c> he</c><00:22:14.799><c> went</c><00:22:14.940><c> on</c><00:22:15.099><c> his</c><00:22:15.259><c> way</c><00:22:15.380><c> met</c><00:22:15.519><c> an</c>

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angel,<00:22:16.500><c> so</c><00:22:16.819><c> Obadiah</c><00:22:17.440><c> comes</c><00:22:17.839><c> face</c><00:22:18.200><c> to</c><00:22:18.380><c> face</c>

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with<00:22:20.480><c> Elijah</c><00:22:20.920><c> striding</c><00:22:21.519><c> down</c><00:22:21.819><c> the</c><00:22:22.000><c> road.</c>

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And<00:22:24.579><c> as</c><00:22:24.839><c> Obadiah</c><00:22:25.240><c> was</c><00:22:25.400><c> in</c><00:22:25.579><c> the</c><00:22:25.720><c> way,</c><00:22:26.039><c> behold</c><00:22:26.799><c> Elijah</c><00:22:28.180><c> met</c><00:22:28.420><c> him,</c>

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and<00:22:28.680><c> he</c><00:22:28.839><c> knew</c><00:22:29.039><c> him.</c><00:22:29.460><c> Why?</c><00:22:30.299><c> No</c><00:22:30.480><c> doubt</c><00:22:30.599><c> by</c><00:22:30.779><c> his</c><00:22:30.980><c> garment.</c>

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They<00:22:32.740><c> went</c><00:22:32.940><c> about</c><00:22:33.180><c> in</c><00:22:33.460><c> sheepskins,</c><00:22:34.079><c> in</c><00:22:34.279><c> goatskins,</c><00:22:34.920><c> and</c><00:22:35.039><c> hid</c>

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in<00:22:35.380><c> dens</c><00:22:35.599><c> and</c><00:22:35.819><c> caves</c><00:22:36.079><c> of</c><00:22:36.259><c> the</c><00:22:36.420><c> earth.</c><00:22:36.680><c> This</c><00:22:36.960><c> was</c><00:22:37.180><c> the</c>

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time<00:22:37.900><c> of</c><00:22:38.200><c> which</c><00:22:38.539><c> Hebrews</c><00:22:38.819><c> 11</c><00:22:39.299><c> is</c><00:22:39.779><c> speaking.</c><00:22:40.799><c> And</c><00:22:40.960><c> no</c><00:22:41.119><c> doubt</c><00:22:41.279><c> the</c><00:22:41.480><c> mantle</c><00:22:41.740><c> of</c>

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Elijah<00:22:42.299><c> was</c><00:22:42.619><c> well</c><00:22:42.940><c> identifiable,</c>

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as<00:22:44.480><c> well</c><00:22:44.779><c> as</c><00:22:45.019><c> the,</c><00:22:46.180><c> well</c><00:22:46.460><c> one</c><00:22:46.599><c> likes</c><00:22:46.839><c> to</c><00:22:47.160><c> think,</c><00:22:47.799><c> fierce</c><00:22:48.359><c> Mian</c>

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of<00:22:48.980><c> this</c><00:22:49.299><c> man.</c><00:22:51.259><c> His</c><00:22:51.559><c> forbidding</c>

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exterior,<00:22:54.779><c> his</c><00:22:54.940><c> tremendous</c><00:22:56.200><c> godly</c><00:22:57.420><c> strength,</c><00:22:59.299><c> his</c><00:22:59.500><c> apparent</c><00:23:00.079><c> fearlessness.</c>

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But<00:23:03.099><c> beneath</c><00:23:03.460><c> there</c><00:23:03.619><c> was</c><00:23:03.799><c> something</c><00:23:03.980><c> else</c><00:23:04.240><c> that</c><00:23:04.400><c> we</c><00:23:04.500><c> shall</c><00:23:04.619><c> meet</c><00:23:04.819><c> as</c>

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we<00:23:05.140><c> go</c><00:23:05.500><c> a</c><00:23:05.599><c> little</c><00:23:05.740><c> later</c><00:23:06.000><c> into</c><00:23:06.200><c> the</c><00:23:06.359><c> record.</c>

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And<00:23:08.259><c> without</c><00:23:08.440><c> any</c><00:23:09.339><c> further</c><00:23:09.880><c> ado,</c><00:23:11.500><c> Obadiah</c><00:23:11.960><c> shows</c><00:23:12.319><c> his</c><00:23:12.660><c> spirit.</c>

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Art<00:23:15.779><c> thou</c><00:23:16.140><c> that,</c><00:23:17.099><c> my</c><00:23:17.539><c> lord</c><00:23:17.819><c> Elijah,</c><00:23:21.880><c> on</c><00:23:22.180><c> his</c><00:23:22.420><c> face</c><00:23:22.680><c> before</c><00:23:22.960><c> the</c>

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prophet<00:23:23.339><c> of</c><00:23:23.559><c> God?</c>

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It's<00:23:26.900><c> a</c><00:23:27.039><c> strange</c><00:23:27.319><c> setting,</c><00:23:27.819><c> brethren</c><00:23:28.000><c> and</c><00:23:28.180><c> sisters.</c><00:23:30.380><c> I'm</c><00:23:30.859><c> quite</c><00:23:31.200><c> certain</c><00:23:31.500><c> that</c><00:23:31.700><c> if</c>

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Obadiah<00:23:33.339><c> had</c><00:23:33.500><c> come</c><00:23:33.680><c> to</c>

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Wilbraham,<00:23:35.259><c> despite</c><00:23:35.619><c> the</c><00:23:35.859><c> fact</c><00:23:35.980><c> that</c><00:23:36.099><c> there</c><00:23:36.279><c> isn't</c><00:23:36.539><c> to</c><00:23:36.680><c> be</c><00:23:36.900><c> controversy</c><00:23:37.420><c> on</c>

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the<00:23:37.920><c> campus</c><00:23:38.200><c> at</c><00:23:38.359><c> Wilbraham,</c>

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there<00:23:39.619><c> would</c><00:23:39.799><c> have</c><00:23:39.900><c> been</c><00:23:40.000><c> a</c><00:23:40.119><c> couple</c><00:23:40.279><c> of</c><00:23:40.500><c> brethren</c><00:23:40.660><c> under</c><00:23:40.900><c> a</c><00:23:41.140><c> tree</c><00:23:41.259><c> saying,</c><00:23:41.779><c> that</c><00:23:41.799><c> man's</c><00:23:42.119><c> got</c><00:23:42.259><c> no</c>

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right<00:23:42.539><c> to</c><00:23:42.700><c> be</c>

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in<00:23:43.720><c> Wilbraham.</c><00:23:44.960><c> I</c><00:23:45.099><c> think</c><00:23:45.220><c> we'll</c><00:23:45.319><c> have</c><00:23:45.440><c> to</c><00:23:45.519><c> speak</c><00:23:45.700><c> to</c><00:23:45.819><c> him.</c><00:23:47.980><c> He's</c><00:23:48.240><c> in</c>

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the<00:23:48.400><c> wrong</c><00:23:48.539><c> place,</c><00:23:48.799><c> you</c><00:23:48.960><c> know.</c>

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It's<00:23:51.519><c> all</c><00:23:51.640><c> right</c><00:23:51.759><c> when</c><00:23:51.859><c> you're</c><00:23:52.019><c> in</c><00:23:52.039><c> the</c><00:23:52.180><c> right</c><00:23:52.380><c> place</c><00:23:52.559><c> to</c><00:23:52.680><c> talk</c>

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about<00:23:53.099><c> somebody</c><00:23:53.380><c> in</c><00:23:53.480><c> the</c><00:23:53.619><c> wrong</c><00:23:53.799><c> place.</c>

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But<00:23:58.640><c> we'd</c><00:23:58.839><c> have</c><00:23:58.940><c> certainly</c><00:23:59.119><c> taken</c><00:23:59.400><c> Obadiah</c><00:23:59.880><c> to</c><00:24:00.140><c> task,</c><00:24:02.319><c> or</c><00:24:02.420><c> maybe.</c><00:24:04.500><c> But</c>

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as<00:24:04.880><c> Job</c><00:24:05.019><c> said</c><00:24:05.240><c> later</c><00:24:05.539><c> on,</c>

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it'd<00:24:06.039><c> be</c><00:24:06.200><c> all</c><00:24:06.359><c> right.</c><00:24:06.859><c> I'd</c><00:24:07.079><c> feel</c><00:24:07.279><c> fine</c><00:24:07.519><c> if</c><00:24:07.680><c> I</c><00:24:07.779><c> were</c><00:24:07.859><c> in</c><00:24:07.940><c> your</c><00:24:08.160><c> shoes.</c><00:24:08.700><c> If</c>

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my<00:24:09.240><c> soul</c><00:24:09.359><c> were</c><00:24:09.519><c> in</c><00:24:09.599><c> your</c><00:24:09.980><c> soul's</c><00:24:10.339><c> stead,</c>

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I<00:24:11.900><c> could</c><00:24:12.099><c> say</c><00:24:12.259><c> what</c><00:24:12.380><c> you're</c><00:24:12.720><c> saying.</c><00:24:14.579><c> The</c><00:24:14.660><c> fact</c><00:24:14.799><c> is,</c><00:24:14.980><c> for</c><00:24:15.119><c> a</c><00:24:15.200><c> man</c><00:24:15.339><c> who</c><00:24:15.579><c> lived</c><00:24:15.819><c> in</c>

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Samaria,<00:24:16.599><c> there</c><00:24:16.619><c> wasn't</c><00:24:16.900><c> much</c><00:24:17.160><c> that</c>

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he<00:24:17.339><c> could</c><00:24:17.579><c> do.</c><00:24:19.339><c> And</c><00:24:19.460><c> quite</c><00:24:19.720><c> clearly,</c><00:24:20.299><c> this</c><00:24:20.400><c> man</c><00:24:20.599><c> had</c><00:24:20.880><c> not</c><00:24:21.019><c> in</c>

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any<00:24:21.319><c> way</c><00:24:21.460><c> compromised</c><00:24:22.079><c> his</c><00:24:22.359><c> principles.</c><00:24:23.039><c> He</c><00:24:23.279><c> wasn't</c>

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worshipping<00:24:24.059><c> the</c><00:24:24.240><c> God</c><00:24:24.380><c> of</c><00:24:24.619><c> Ahab.</c><00:24:25.859><c> Indeed,</c><00:24:26.160><c> it</c><00:24:26.240><c> may</c><00:24:26.420><c> very</c><00:24:26.640><c> well</c>

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be<00:24:26.940><c> that</c><00:24:27.099><c> Ahab</c><00:24:27.339><c> knew</c><00:24:27.839><c> what</c><00:24:28.420><c> this</c><00:24:28.660><c> man's</c><00:24:28.940><c> religion</c>

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truly<00:24:29.599><c> was,</c><00:24:30.640><c> and</c><00:24:30.839><c> had</c><00:24:31.420><c> a</c><00:24:31.880><c> sneaking</c><00:24:32.279><c> regard</c><00:24:32.980><c> for</c><00:24:33.200><c> him.</c><00:24:34.680><c> After</c>

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all,<00:24:35.539><c> he</c><00:24:35.819><c> trusted</c><00:24:36.180><c> him</c><00:24:36.380><c> to</c><00:24:36.539><c> go</c><00:24:36.700><c> and</c><00:24:36.880><c> find</c><00:24:37.039><c> water.</c>

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And<00:24:38.279><c> there</c><00:24:38.400><c> wasn't</c><00:24:38.660><c> another</c><00:24:38.940><c> man</c><00:24:39.160><c> that</c><00:24:39.279><c> he</c><00:24:39.420><c> chose</c><00:24:39.619><c> to</c><00:24:39.819><c> trust</c>

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him,<00:24:40.500><c> to</c><00:24:40.720><c> trust.</c>

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And<00:24:43.039><c> so</c><00:24:43.160><c> this</c><00:24:43.400><c> servant</c><00:24:43.579><c> of</c><00:24:43.759><c> the</c><00:24:43.900><c> Lord</c><00:24:44.099><c> was,</c><00:24:46.019><c> despite</c><00:24:46.420><c> what</c><00:24:46.680><c> appeared</c><00:24:46.980><c> to</c>

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be<00:24:47.420><c> a</c><00:24:47.819><c> compromising</c><00:24:48.460><c> situation,</c>

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wasn't<00:24:50.700><c> compromised.</c><00:24:52.240><c> Maybe</c><00:24:52.480><c> for</c><00:24:52.660><c> you</c><00:24:52.799><c> it</c><00:24:52.880><c> would</c><00:24:53.039><c> be</c><00:24:53.299><c> compromised,</c><00:24:53.759><c> or</c><00:24:53.880><c> for</c>

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me.<00:24:54.880><c> Maybe</c><00:24:55.119><c> for</c><00:24:55.299><c> the</c><00:24:55.480><c> three</c>

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brethren<00:24:55.859><c> under</c><00:24:56.079><c> the</c><00:24:56.339><c> tree,</c><00:24:56.559><c> it</c><00:24:56.559><c> would</c><00:24:56.700><c> have</c><00:24:56.819><c> been</c><00:24:57.079><c> compromised.</c><00:24:58.099><c> But</c><00:24:58.240><c> for</c>

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this<00:24:58.599><c> man,</c><00:24:58.740><c> it</c><00:24:58.859><c> wasn't.</c>

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And<00:25:00.319><c> at</c><00:25:00.460><c> the</c><00:25:00.660><c> moment</c><00:25:00.940><c> of</c><00:25:01.099><c> his</c><00:25:01.259><c> great</c><00:25:01.579><c> trial,</c><00:25:02.000><c> as</c><00:25:02.099><c> he's</c><00:25:02.220><c> now</c><00:25:02.420><c> going</c><00:25:02.539><c> to</c>

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say,<00:25:03.460><c> he</c><00:25:03.579><c> took</c><00:25:03.759><c> a</c><00:25:03.960><c> hundred</c><00:25:04.259><c> of</c><00:25:04.440><c> the</c><00:25:04.640><c> Lord's</c>

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prophets<00:25:05.339><c> and</c><00:25:05.599><c> hid</c><00:25:05.740><c> them</c><00:25:05.920><c> by</c><00:25:06.220><c> fifty</c><00:25:06.460><c> in</c><00:25:06.619><c> a</c><00:25:06.819><c> cave.</c><00:25:07.220><c> And</c><00:25:07.519><c> that</c><00:25:07.740><c> took</c><00:25:07.980><c> some</c><00:25:08.220><c> doing.</c><00:25:09.519><c> He</c>

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was<00:25:09.839><c> laying</c><00:25:10.079><c> his</c><00:25:10.359><c> neck</c><00:25:10.519><c> down</c>

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for<00:25:11.279><c> the</c><00:25:11.440><c> work</c><00:25:11.559><c> of</c><00:25:11.720><c> the</c><00:25:11.839><c> Lord,</c><00:25:12.819><c> and</c><00:25:12.940><c> it</c><00:25:13.019><c> could</c><00:25:13.180><c> well</c><00:25:13.319><c> have</c><00:25:13.500><c> cost</c>

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him<00:25:13.779><c> his</c><00:25:13.980><c> life.</c><00:25:17.640><c> And</c><00:25:17.920><c> Elijah</c><00:25:18.220><c> said,</c>

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it<00:25:21.579><c> is</c><00:25:21.819><c> I,</c><00:25:22.259><c> I</c><00:25:22.579><c> am.</c><00:25:24.720><c> Go</c><00:25:24.960><c> tell</c><00:25:25.180><c> thy</c><00:25:25.339><c> Lord,</c><00:25:27.019><c> behold</c><00:25:27.279><c> Elijah</c><00:25:27.880><c> is</c><00:25:29.400><c> here.</c>

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And<00:25:32.319><c> Obediah</c><00:25:32.759><c> said,</c><00:25:33.599><c> and</c><00:25:33.859><c> I</c><00:25:34.039><c> suppose</c><00:25:34.220><c> in</c><00:25:34.359><c> our</c><00:25:34.579><c> very</c><00:25:35.500><c> modern</c>

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parlance,<00:25:37.680><c> something</c><00:25:37.859><c> the</c><00:25:38.099><c> teenagers</c><00:25:38.500><c> would</c>

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understand,<00:25:40.960><c> you</c><00:25:41.220><c> must</c><00:25:41.440><c> be</c><00:25:41.680><c> joking.</c><00:25:44.140><c> What</c><00:25:44.700><c> have</c><00:25:45.259><c> I</c><00:25:45.539><c> sinned</c>

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that<00:25:46.039><c> thou</c><00:25:46.240><c> shouldest,</c><00:25:46.539><c> thou</c><00:25:46.680><c> wouldest</c><00:25:47.059><c> deliver</c><00:25:47.319><c> thy</c>

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servant<00:25:48.019><c> into</c><00:25:48.220><c> the</c><00:25:48.539><c> hand</c><00:25:48.759><c> of</c><00:25:48.980><c> Ahab</c><00:25:49.200><c> to</c><00:25:49.539><c> slay</c><00:25:49.779><c> me?</c><00:25:51.920><c> As</c><00:25:52.059><c> the</c><00:25:52.220><c> Lord</c>

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thy<00:25:52.599><c> God</c><00:25:52.859><c> liveth,</c><00:25:53.140><c> there</c><00:25:53.259><c> is</c><00:25:53.539><c> no</c><00:25:53.859><c> nation</c><00:25:54.259><c> or</c><00:25:54.599><c> kingdom</c>

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whither<00:25:55.539><c> my</c><00:25:55.799><c> Lord</c><00:25:56.000><c> hath</c><00:25:56.220><c> not</c><00:25:56.500><c> sent</c><00:25:56.740><c> to</c><00:25:56.960><c> seek</c><00:25:57.119><c> thee.</c><00:25:59.180><c> And</c><00:25:59.519><c> when</c>

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they<00:25:59.819><c> said</c><00:25:59.960><c> he's</c><00:26:00.119><c> not</c><00:26:00.339><c> there,</c><00:26:00.519><c> he</c><00:26:00.579><c> took</c><00:26:00.720><c> an</c><00:26:00.920><c> oath</c>

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of<00:26:01.240><c> the</c><00:26:01.400><c> kingdom</c><00:26:01.599><c> and</c><00:26:01.779><c> nation</c><00:26:02.079><c> that</c><00:26:02.220><c> they</c><00:26:02.500><c> found</c><00:26:02.779><c> thee</c><00:26:02.980><c> not.</c>

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And<00:26:03.880><c> now</c><00:26:04.279><c> thou</c><00:26:04.539><c> sayest,</c><00:26:04.980><c> go</c><00:26:05.279><c> tell</c><00:26:05.559><c> thy</c><00:26:05.799><c> Lord,</c>

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behold<00:26:06.440><c> Elijah</c><00:26:06.920><c> is</c><00:26:07.180><c> here.</c><00:26:08.140><c> She</c><00:26:08.259><c> came</c><00:26:08.359><c> to</c><00:26:08.539><c> pass</c><00:26:08.700><c> as</c><00:26:08.759><c> soon</c><00:26:08.880><c> as</c><00:26:08.940><c> I'm</c><00:26:09.160><c> gone,</c><00:26:09.500><c> that</c><00:26:09.599><c> the</c><00:26:09.740><c> Spirit</c><00:26:09.839><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:10.019><c> Lord</c>

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will<00:26:10.579><c> carry</c><00:26:10.759><c> you</c><00:26:10.960><c> away.</c><00:26:11.660><c> And</c><00:26:11.819><c> his</c><00:26:12.019><c> mind</c><00:26:12.299><c> was</c><00:26:12.460><c> obviously</c><00:26:12.839><c> with</c>

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incidents<00:26:14.680><c> of</c><00:26:15.019><c> Scripture</c><00:26:15.759><c> right</c><00:26:16.539><c> back</c><00:26:17.019><c> and</c><00:26:18.019><c> way</c>

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as<00:26:19.180><c> to</c><00:26:19.299><c> how</c><00:26:19.980><c> the</c><00:26:20.579><c> Spirit</c><00:26:20.900><c> of</c><00:26:21.059><c> the</c><00:26:21.200><c> Lord</c><00:26:21.359><c> could</c><00:26:21.579><c> take</c><00:26:21.839><c> a</c><00:26:22.019><c> man</c><00:26:22.240><c> and</c>

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move<00:26:22.660><c> him,</c><00:26:23.880><c> as</c><00:26:24.000><c> to</c><00:26:24.140><c> how</c><00:26:24.240><c> it</c><00:26:24.440><c> moved</c><00:26:24.819><c> prophets</c><00:26:25.200><c> later</c>

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on.<00:26:26.640><c> It</c><00:26:26.700><c> was</c><00:26:26.700><c> to</c><00:26:26.880><c> take</c><00:26:27.140><c> Philip</c><00:26:27.359><c> later</c><00:26:27.740><c> on,</c><00:26:27.960><c> you</c><00:26:28.160><c> remember,</c><00:26:28.859><c> after</c><00:26:29.160><c> the</c>

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conversion<00:26:30.200><c> of</c><00:26:30.559><c> the</c><00:26:31.019><c> eunuch.</c><00:26:33.039><c> And</c><00:26:33.259><c> so</c><00:26:33.359><c> he</c>

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said,<00:26:33.700><c> I'll</c><00:26:33.839><c> go</c><00:26:33.960><c> and</c><00:26:34.180><c> tell</c><00:26:34.440><c> Ahab,</c><00:26:35.339><c> and</c><00:26:35.519><c> Ahab</c><00:26:35.779><c> will</c><00:26:35.960><c> say,</c><00:26:36.200><c> where</c>

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is<00:26:36.640><c> he?</c><00:26:36.819><c> And</c><00:26:36.940><c> will</c><00:26:37.099><c> turn</c><00:26:37.380><c> round</c><00:26:37.660><c> and</c>

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he<00:26:39.339><c> won't</c><00:26:39.500><c> be</c><00:26:39.720><c> there.</c><00:26:41.380><c> And</c><00:26:41.700><c> then</c><00:26:41.799><c> what</c><00:26:41.980><c> about</c><00:26:42.180><c> me?</c><00:26:44.859><c> He</c><00:26:44.960><c> says,</c><00:26:45.119><c> remember</c><00:26:45.400><c> that</c><00:26:45.579><c> I've</c><00:26:45.720><c> been</c><00:26:45.880><c> a</c>

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servant<00:26:46.299><c> of</c><00:26:46.559><c> God</c>

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from<00:26:47.059><c> my</c><00:26:47.400><c> youth.</c><00:26:49.759><c> And</c><00:26:49.880><c> so</c><00:26:50.259><c> some</c><00:26:50.500><c> mother</c><00:26:50.759><c> had</c><00:26:50.940><c> done</c><00:26:51.160><c> well</c><00:26:51.420><c> with</c>

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her<00:26:51.819><c> child</c><00:26:52.240><c> in</c><00:26:53.859><c> Samaria.</c><00:26:56.339><c> He'd</c><00:26:56.680><c> been</c><00:26:56.900><c> brought</c><00:26:57.200><c> up</c>

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in<00:26:58.079><c> idolatrous</c><00:26:59.140><c> Samaria</c><00:26:59.920><c> in</c><00:27:01.279><c> the</c><00:27:01.519><c> place</c><00:27:01.859><c> of</c><00:27:02.200><c> Jeroboam</c><00:27:02.779><c> the</c><00:27:02.900><c> son</c><00:27:03.099><c> of</c>

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Nebat<00:27:03.839><c> who</c><00:27:04.299><c> made</c><00:27:04.539><c> Israel</c><00:27:05.000><c> to</c><00:27:05.319><c> sin.</c><00:27:05.740><c> There</c>

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were<00:27:06.180><c> mothers</c><00:27:06.700><c> who</c><00:27:07.099><c> were</c><00:27:07.299><c> looking</c><00:27:07.480><c> after</c><00:27:07.799><c> their</c><00:27:08.119><c> sons</c><00:27:08.779><c> and</c><00:27:10.980><c> teaching</c><00:27:11.240><c> them</c><00:27:11.400><c> how</c><00:27:11.559><c> to</c>

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fear<00:27:11.960><c> the</c><00:27:12.160><c> Lord.</c>

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And,<00:27:16.119><c> brethren,</c><00:27:17.000><c> sisters,</c><00:27:17.460><c> it</c><00:27:17.740><c> took</c><00:27:18.079><c> some</c><00:27:18.480><c> courage</c><00:27:19.079><c> when</c><00:27:20.259><c> somebody</c><00:27:20.619><c> came</c><00:27:20.960><c> along</c><00:27:21.259><c> and</c>

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said,<00:27:21.660><c> what</c><00:27:21.700><c> are</c><00:27:21.900><c> you</c><00:27:21.900><c> going</c>

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to<00:27:22.240><c> call</c><00:27:22.359><c> your</c><00:27:22.640><c> baby?</c><00:27:24.420><c> She</c><00:27:25.019><c> said,</c><00:27:25.180><c> I'm</c><00:27:25.339><c> going</c><00:27:25.519><c> to</c><00:27:25.700><c> call</c><00:27:25.799><c> him</c><00:27:25.960><c> the</c><00:27:26.220><c> servant</c><00:27:26.460><c> of</c>

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Yahweh<00:27:27.799><c> in</c><00:27:28.339><c> Samaria.</c>

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He<00:27:33.299><c> had</c><00:27:33.480><c> a</c><00:27:33.619><c> very</c><00:27:34.660><c> faithful</c><00:27:35.079><c> mother</c><00:27:35.380><c> in</c><00:27:35.579><c> Israel.</c><00:27:38.779><c> She's</c><00:27:39.380><c> not</c><00:27:39.559><c> mentioned,</c>

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except<00:27:42.799><c> in</c><00:27:42.960><c> the</c><00:27:43.059><c> name</c><00:27:43.180><c> of</c><00:27:43.339><c> her</c><00:27:43.500><c> son.</c><00:27:44.680><c> And</c><00:27:45.000><c> she'd</c><00:27:45.400><c> done</c><00:27:46.160><c> what</c><00:27:46.559><c> the</c><00:27:46.700><c> end</c><00:27:46.859><c> of</c>

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chapter<00:27:47.220><c> 17</c><00:27:47.640><c> invites</c><00:27:48.000><c> us</c><00:27:48.259><c> to</c><00:27:48.420><c> do.</c>

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And<00:27:51.319><c> so</c><00:27:51.500><c> this</c><00:27:52.200><c> young</c><00:27:52.759><c> man</c><00:27:53.180><c> now</c><00:27:53.539><c> grown</c><00:27:53.720><c> older</c><00:27:54.460><c> and</c><00:27:55.119><c> faithful</c><00:27:55.619><c> in</c>

00:27:56.039 --> 00:28:00.240
age<00:27:56.960><c> brings</c><00:27:57.920><c> to</c><00:27:58.460><c> Elijah's</c><00:27:59.019><c> notice</c><00:27:59.440><c> how</c><00:27:59.779><c> he'd</c><00:28:00.019><c> taken</c>

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care<00:28:00.480><c> of</c><00:28:00.619><c> the</c><00:28:00.759><c> 50</c><00:28:00.980><c> prophets</c><00:28:01.539><c> and</c><00:28:02.539><c> 50</c><00:28:02.880><c> prophets</c><00:28:03.500><c> in</c><00:28:04.180><c> two</c><00:28:04.460><c> caves</c>

00:28:04.819 --> 00:28:06.660
and<00:28:05.119><c> fed</c><00:28:05.240><c> them</c><00:28:05.380><c> at</c><00:28:05.519><c> a</c><00:28:05.640><c> time</c><00:28:05.759><c> of</c><00:28:06.019><c> famine</c><00:28:06.220><c> with</c><00:28:06.460><c> bread</c>

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and<00:28:07.099><c> water.</c><00:28:07.220><c> And</c><00:28:07.319><c> that</c><00:28:07.980><c> too</c><00:28:08.220><c> must</c><00:28:08.460><c> have</c><00:28:08.640><c> been</c><00:28:09.559><c> on</c><00:28:09.859><c> very</c><00:28:10.119><c> slender</c><00:28:10.519><c> resources.</c><00:28:11.799><c> And</c>

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now<00:28:12.279><c> you</c><00:28:12.539><c> say,</c>

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go<00:28:12.900><c> and</c><00:28:13.099><c> say,</c><00:28:13.339><c> behold,</c><00:28:13.660><c> Elijah</c><00:28:14.019><c> is</c><00:28:14.279><c> here.</c><00:28:15.119><c> You'll</c><00:28:15.500><c> slay</c><00:28:15.680><c> me.</c>

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Then<00:28:17.799><c> Elijah</c><00:28:18.160><c> uses</c><00:28:18.500><c> that</c><00:28:18.940><c> mighty</c><00:28:19.319><c> word,</c>

00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:28.079
as<00:28:21.400><c> the</c><00:28:21.619><c> Lord</c><00:28:21.859><c> of</c><00:28:22.059><c> hosts</c><00:28:23.420><c> liveth.</c><00:28:25.299><c> And</c><00:28:25.680><c> that</c><00:28:25.940><c> tells</c><00:28:26.140><c> us</c><00:28:26.420><c> something</c><00:28:26.900><c> about</c>

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Elijah's<00:28:28.880><c> outlook</c><00:28:29.160><c> on</c><00:28:29.480><c> life.</c>

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Not<00:28:31.460><c> merely</c><00:28:31.779><c> the</c><00:28:32.299><c> hosts</c><00:28:32.619><c> that</c><00:28:33.039><c> shall</c><00:28:33.380><c> be,</c><00:28:34.220><c> but</c><00:28:34.440><c> he</c><00:28:34.579><c> was</c><00:28:34.779><c> aware,</c>

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as<00:28:35.460><c> was</c><00:28:35.680><c> Elijah</c><00:28:36.019><c> later</c><00:28:36.400><c> on,</c>

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that<00:28:37.220><c> he</c><00:28:37.359><c> was</c><00:28:37.519><c> surrounded</c><00:28:38.019><c> by</c><00:28:38.380><c> the</c><00:28:38.640><c> angels</c><00:28:38.859><c> of</c><00:28:39.099><c> God.</c><00:28:40.180><c> And</c><00:28:40.279><c> when</c>

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he<00:28:40.480><c> came</c><00:28:40.660><c> down</c><00:28:40.859><c> to</c><00:28:40.980><c> meet</c><00:28:41.119><c> Elijah,</c>

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:45.400
he<00:28:41.920><c> wasn't</c><00:28:42.259><c> alone,</c><00:28:42.940><c> for</c><00:28:43.099><c> God</c><00:28:43.319><c> was</c><00:28:43.539><c> with</c><00:28:43.720><c> him</c><00:28:44.240><c> in</c><00:28:44.859><c> the</c><00:28:45.119><c> person</c>

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of<00:28:45.579><c> his</c><00:28:45.799><c> angels.</c><00:28:47.319><c> And</c><00:28:47.519><c> now</c><00:28:47.660><c> he</c><00:28:47.740><c> makes</c><00:28:47.960><c> his</c><00:28:48.140><c> promise</c><00:28:48.400><c> as</c><00:28:48.579><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:28:49.240><c> of</c><00:28:49.680><c> hosts</c><00:28:49.980><c> liveth</c><00:28:50.220><c> before</c><00:28:50.539><c> whom</c><00:28:50.720><c> I</c><00:28:51.119><c> stand,</c><00:28:51.440><c> the</c><00:28:51.619><c> same</c><00:28:51.819><c> expression</c><00:28:52.359><c> I</c>

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will<00:28:54.160><c> surely</c><00:28:54.480><c> show</c><00:28:54.700><c> myself</c><00:28:55.099><c> to</c><00:28:55.220><c> him</c><00:28:55.579><c> today.</c>

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And<00:28:59.079><c> so</c><00:28:59.259><c> Obadiah</c><00:29:00.059><c> accepts</c><00:29:00.940><c> the</c><00:29:01.160><c> word</c><00:29:01.339><c> of</c><00:29:01.460><c> the</c><00:29:01.599><c> prophet,</c><00:29:02.140><c> turns</c>

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on<00:29:03.259><c> his</c><00:29:03.420><c> heel,</c><00:29:04.859><c> and</c><00:29:04.980><c> goes</c><00:29:05.160><c> to</c><00:29:05.339><c> tell</c><00:29:05.500><c> Ahab.</c>

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Well,<00:29:08.079><c> let's</c><00:29:08.299><c> look.</c><00:29:09.079><c> So</c><00:29:09.259><c> Obadiah</c><00:29:10.180><c> went</c><00:29:10.500><c> to</c><00:29:10.720><c> meet</c><00:29:10.920><c> Ahab</c><00:29:11.200><c> and</c><00:29:11.420><c> told</c><00:29:11.759><c> him,</c><00:29:14.500><c> and</c><00:29:14.740><c> Ahab</c><00:29:15.900><c> went</c><00:29:16.900><c> to</c>

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meet<00:29:17.220><c> Elijah.</c>

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And<00:29:19.859><c> in</c><00:29:20.019><c> any</c><00:29:20.200><c> well</c><00:29:20.460><c>-written</c><00:29:20.619><c> book,</c><00:29:20.940><c> that</c><00:29:21.140><c> would</c><00:29:21.319><c> be</c><00:29:21.440><c> the</c><00:29:21.519><c> end</c>

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of<00:29:21.779><c> the</c><00:29:21.920><c> chapter.</c><00:29:22.740><c> And</c><00:29:22.980><c> we'd</c><00:29:23.119><c> have</c><00:29:23.220><c> to</c><00:29:23.380><c> turn</c><00:29:23.559><c> over</c><00:29:23.700><c> to</c>

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the<00:29:24.400><c> next</c><00:29:24.400><c> to</c><00:29:24.960><c> see</c><00:29:25.059><c> the</c><00:29:25.420><c> drama</c><00:29:25.980><c> as</c><00:29:26.400><c> it</c><00:29:26.559><c> unfolds.</c><00:29:27.839><c> But</c><00:29:28.079><c> here,</c><00:29:28.420><c> in</c>

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:31.359
that<00:29:29.119><c> simplicity</c><00:29:29.640><c> of</c><00:29:29.839><c> the</c><00:29:29.960><c> word</c><00:29:30.119><c> of</c><00:29:30.319><c> God,</c>

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they<00:29:32.559><c> meet.</c><00:29:34.720><c> And</c><00:29:35.119><c> the</c><00:29:35.440><c> impudence,</c><00:29:36.200><c> the</c><00:29:36.599><c> effuntery,</c>

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the<00:29:40.180><c> inverted</c><00:29:40.599><c> mind</c><00:29:41.119><c> of</c><00:29:41.339><c> this</c><00:29:41.660><c> man,</c><00:29:42.440><c> Ahab,</c><00:29:44.099><c> are</c><00:29:44.299><c> thou</c><00:29:45.039><c> he</c><00:29:45.579><c> that</c>

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troubleth<00:29:46.460><c> Israel?</c>

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Are<00:29:49.980><c> thou</c><00:29:50.460><c> he</c><00:29:50.960><c> that</c><00:29:51.380><c> troubleth</c><00:29:51.839><c> Israel?</c><00:29:54.720><c> Think</c><00:29:55.200><c> about</c><00:29:55.440><c> it,</c><00:29:55.579><c> brethren</c><00:29:55.759><c> and</c><00:29:55.980><c> sisters,</c><00:29:56.099><c> for</c><00:29:56.259><c> a</c>

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moment<00:29:56.599><c> or</c><00:29:56.779><c> two.</c>

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As<00:30:01.000><c> Elijah's</c><00:30:01.359><c> going</c><00:30:01.480><c> to</c><00:30:01.660><c> reply</c><00:30:02.220><c> concerning</c><00:30:02.900><c> all</c><00:30:03.180><c> the</c><00:30:03.299><c> sins</c><00:30:03.440><c> of</c>

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Jezebel<00:30:04.059><c> and</c><00:30:04.180><c> of</c><00:30:04.420><c> Ahab,</c><00:30:04.900><c> that's</c><00:30:05.279><c> well</c><00:30:05.460><c> understood.</c>

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But<00:30:06.299><c> think</c><00:30:06.539><c> of</c><00:30:06.579><c> it</c><00:30:06.720><c> the</c><00:30:06.859><c> other</c><00:30:07.019><c> way</c><00:30:07.180><c> round</c><00:30:07.420><c> for</c><00:30:07.619><c> a</c><00:30:07.759><c> moment</c><00:30:07.960><c> and</c>

00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:10.500
take<00:30:08.539><c> the</c><00:30:08.740><c> meaning</c><00:30:08.980><c> to</c><00:30:09.140><c> be</c><00:30:09.400><c> true.</c>

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Ahab<00:30:11.380><c> is</c><00:30:11.720><c> now</c><00:30:12.140><c> attributing</c><00:30:12.839><c> to</c><00:30:13.140><c> this</c><00:30:13.500><c> one</c><00:30:13.819><c> man</c><00:30:14.279><c> the</c><00:30:14.839><c> whole</c><00:30:15.200><c> of</c>

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the<00:30:15.599><c> distress</c><00:30:16.059><c> of</c><00:30:16.240><c> Samaria,</c>

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:22.619
and<00:30:19.259><c> by</c><00:30:19.420><c> that</c><00:30:19.579><c> he</c><00:30:19.740><c> condemns</c><00:30:20.059><c> himself.</c><00:30:21.480><c> Can</c><00:30:22.000><c> a</c><00:30:22.200><c> man</c><00:30:22.299><c> withhold</c>

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the<00:30:22.880><c> rain?</c><00:30:24.700><c> Can</c><00:30:25.220><c> he,</c><00:30:25.480><c> for</c><00:30:25.619><c> three</c><00:30:25.900><c> years,</c>

00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:32.279
six<00:30:27.839><c> months,</c><00:30:28.380><c> withhold</c><00:30:28.680><c> the</c><00:30:29.000><c> rain,</c><00:30:29.779><c> just</c><00:30:29.980><c> Elijah</c><00:30:30.359><c> in</c><00:30:30.539><c> a</c><00:30:30.720><c> sheepskin</c><00:30:31.059><c> or</c><00:30:31.259><c> a</c><00:30:31.400><c> goatskin,</c>

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wandering<00:30:32.839><c> around</c><00:30:33.460><c> in</c><00:30:33.940><c> dens</c><00:30:34.180><c> and</c><00:30:34.359><c> caves</c><00:30:34.619><c> of</c><00:30:34.799><c> the</c><00:30:34.980><c> earth,</c><00:30:36.640><c> a</c><00:30:36.740><c> man</c><00:30:36.940><c> not</c><00:30:37.339><c> seen</c><00:30:37.500><c> by</c>

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anyone<00:30:37.960><c> at</c><00:30:38.220><c> all,</c>

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trouble<00:30:39.839><c> the</c><00:30:40.119><c> whole</c><00:30:40.319><c> of</c><00:30:40.559><c> Israel,</c><00:30:41.500><c> rock</c><00:30:41.680><c> the</c><00:30:41.900><c> ten</c><00:30:42.119><c> tribes</c><00:30:42.720><c> on</c>

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:46.059
their<00:30:43.700><c> very</c><00:30:43.839><c> foundation</c><00:30:44.599><c> as</c><00:30:45.119><c> they</c><00:30:45.420><c> move</c><00:30:45.579><c> about</c><00:30:45.839><c> their</c>

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worship<00:30:46.319><c> of</c><00:30:46.599><c> Baal?</c><00:30:48.640><c> And</c><00:30:48.900><c> Elijah's</c><00:30:49.339><c> answer</c><00:30:49.539><c> is</c><00:30:49.640><c> without</c><00:30:50.000><c> compromise,</c><00:30:53.279><c> I</c><00:30:53.980><c> have</c><00:30:54.220><c> not</c>

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troubled<00:30:54.619><c> Israel,</c>

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but<00:30:57.619><c> thou</c><00:30:57.960><c> and</c><00:30:58.099><c> thy</c><00:30:58.400><c> father's</c><00:30:58.940><c> house,</c><00:30:59.319><c> in</c><00:30:59.400><c> that</c><00:30:59.460><c> ye</c><00:30:59.599><c> have</c><00:30:59.779><c> forsaken</c><00:31:00.099><c> the</c>

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commandments<00:31:00.619><c> of</c><00:31:00.799><c> the</c><00:31:00.980><c> Lord,</c>

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and<00:31:01.359><c> thou</c><00:31:01.559><c> hast</c><00:31:01.859><c> followed</c><00:31:02.359><c> the</c><00:31:02.940><c> Baal</c><00:31:03.279><c> in.</c><00:31:05.039><c> And</c><00:31:05.240><c> then,</c><00:31:06.200><c> with</c><00:31:06.400><c> a</c>

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:09.900
kind<00:31:06.779><c> of</c><00:31:07.019><c> authority</c><00:31:07.400><c> that</c><00:31:07.720><c> lay</c><00:31:08.119><c> in</c><00:31:08.319><c> the</c><00:31:08.539><c> one</c><00:31:08.799><c> man,</c>

00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:13.240
as<00:31:10.240><c> now</c><00:31:10.460><c> he</c><00:31:10.839><c> speaks</c><00:31:11.160><c> with</c><00:31:11.380><c> the</c><00:31:11.519><c> word</c><00:31:11.680><c> of</c><00:31:11.880><c> God</c><00:31:12.079><c> and</c><00:31:12.180><c> with</c><00:31:12.319><c> a</c><00:31:12.559><c> depth</c><00:31:12.859><c> of</c>

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:15.220
faith.<00:31:13.619><c> And</c><00:31:13.920><c> let's</c><00:31:14.359><c> understand,</c><00:31:14.960><c> brethren,</c>

00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:18.660
what<00:31:15.619><c> now</c><00:31:16.079><c> is</c><00:31:16.339><c> going</c><00:31:16.480><c> to</c><00:31:16.700><c> happen</c><00:31:17.019><c> wasn't</c><00:31:17.480><c> merely</c><00:31:17.799><c> because</c><00:31:18.119><c> God</c>

00:31:18.660 --> 00:31:21.279
whispered<00:31:19.779><c> into</c><00:31:20.059><c> Elijah's</c><00:31:20.819><c> ear.</c>

00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:25.220
He<00:31:21.819><c> was</c><00:31:22.039><c> moving</c><00:31:22.420><c> on</c><00:31:22.579><c> the</c><00:31:23.140><c> direction</c><00:31:23.779><c> of</c><00:31:24.200><c> the</c><00:31:24.380><c> Spirit</c><00:31:24.619><c> of</c><00:31:24.779><c> God,</c>

00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:28.619
but<00:31:26.259><c> he's</c><00:31:26.779><c> moving</c><00:31:27.059><c> also</c><00:31:27.619><c> on</c><00:31:27.960><c> the</c><00:31:28.059><c> very</c><00:31:28.339><c> wings</c>

00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:33.740
of<00:31:28.799><c> his</c><00:31:29.099><c> prayer.</c><00:31:31.240><c> And</c><00:31:31.799><c> he</c><00:31:31.920><c> gives</c><00:31:32.039><c> a</c><00:31:32.180><c> command</c><00:31:32.480><c> to</c><00:31:32.680><c> a</c><00:31:32.859><c> king,</c><00:31:33.599><c> not</c>

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:35.059
the<00:31:33.940><c> only</c><00:31:34.160><c> command</c><00:31:34.420><c> he</c><00:31:34.500><c> gives</c><00:31:34.640><c> to</c><00:31:34.880><c> Ahab.</c>

00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:38.440
And<00:31:35.279><c> Ahab</c><00:31:35.519><c> replies</c><00:31:36.039><c> and</c><00:31:36.339><c> responds</c><00:31:36.799><c> and</c><00:31:36.940><c> does</c><00:31:37.059><c> what</c><00:31:37.180><c> he</c><00:31:37.380><c> says.</c>

00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:42.599
He<00:31:39.940><c> knows</c><00:31:40.240><c> that</c><00:31:40.500><c> where</c><00:31:41.500><c> the</c><00:31:42.140><c> word</c><00:31:42.319><c> of</c><00:31:42.460><c> the</c>

00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:48.539
Lord<00:31:42.640><c> is,</c><00:31:43.119><c> there</c><00:31:43.119><c> is</c><00:31:43.319><c> power.</c><00:31:45.059><c> And</c><00:31:45.440><c> in</c><00:31:45.819><c> his</c><00:31:46.039><c> inner</c><00:31:46.400><c> heart,</c><00:31:46.819><c> he</c><00:31:47.000><c> knew</c><00:31:47.480><c> that</c><00:31:47.700><c> Elijah</c><00:31:48.119><c> was</c><00:31:48.359><c> a</c>

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:49.900
true<00:31:48.700><c> prophet.</c>

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:55.400
For<00:31:51.359><c> Elijah</c><00:31:52.140><c> wasn't</c><00:31:53.680><c> dressed</c><00:31:53.980><c> in</c><00:31:54.200><c> royal</c><00:31:54.420><c> apparel,</c><00:31:55.160><c> for</c><00:31:55.200><c> they</c>

00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:57.359
are<00:31:55.500><c> in</c><00:31:55.660><c> king's</c><00:31:56.079><c> palaces.</c><00:31:56.660><c> What</c><00:31:56.799><c> wentest</c><00:31:57.200><c> thou</c>

00:31:57.359 --> 00:32:07.480
out<00:31:57.680><c> for</c><00:31:57.819><c> to</c><00:31:58.180><c> see?</c><00:32:00.579><c> Ahab,</c><00:32:02.380><c> a</c><00:32:02.640><c> reed</c><00:32:03.059><c> shaken</c><00:32:03.440><c> with</c><00:32:03.680><c> the</c><00:32:03.900><c> wind.</c><00:32:05.079><c> What</c><00:32:05.299><c> wentest</c><00:32:05.700><c> thou</c><00:32:05.859><c> out</c><00:32:06.140><c> for</c><00:32:06.259><c> to</c><00:32:06.539><c> see?</c>

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:13.059
And<00:32:09.759><c> he</c><00:32:09.859><c> came</c><00:32:10.019><c> out</c><00:32:10.180><c> to</c><00:32:10.240><c> see</c><00:32:10.380><c> this</c><00:32:10.680><c> man,</c><00:32:12.079><c> mighty</c><00:32:12.660><c> in</c><00:32:12.819><c> the</c><00:32:12.940><c> word</c>

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:14.859
of<00:32:13.220><c> God.</c><00:32:13.740><c> Now</c><00:32:13.960><c> he</c><00:32:14.160><c> says,</c><00:32:14.819><c> therefore,</c>

00:32:15.140 --> 00:32:18.740
send<00:32:15.299><c> and</c><00:32:15.559><c> gather</c><00:32:15.779><c> to</c><00:32:15.940><c> me</c><00:32:16.059><c> all</c><00:32:16.259><c> Israel</c><00:32:16.859><c> unto</c><00:32:17.220><c> Mount</c><00:32:17.579><c> Carmel,</c>

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:21.339
and<00:32:19.099><c> the</c><00:32:19.259><c> prophets</c><00:32:19.460><c> of</c><00:32:19.700><c> Baal,</c><00:32:20.079><c> 450,</c>

00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:25.079
and<00:32:21.799><c> the</c><00:32:21.960><c> prophets</c><00:32:22.220><c> of</c><00:32:22.420><c> the</c><00:32:22.680><c> Asherah,</c><00:32:23.480><c> the</c><00:32:23.640><c> female</c><00:32:24.059><c> goddess,</c>

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:28.180
400,<00:32:26.039><c> which</c><00:32:26.240><c> eat</c><00:32:26.420><c> at</c><00:32:26.660><c> Jezebel's</c><00:32:27.299><c> table.</c>

00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:31.940
So<00:32:28.640><c> it</c><00:32:28.819><c> took</c><00:32:29.000><c> some</c><00:32:29.339><c> food</c><00:32:29.579><c> in</c><00:32:29.740><c> that</c><00:32:29.960><c> palace</c><00:32:30.279><c> every</c><00:32:30.660><c> day</c><00:32:31.259><c> to</c><00:32:31.619><c> feed</c>

00:32:31.940 --> 00:32:34.740
850<00:32:32.839><c> people</c><00:32:33.220><c> apart</c><00:32:33.559><c> from</c><00:32:33.740><c> the</c><00:32:34.019><c> retainers.</c>

00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:40.900
These<00:32:35.720><c> parasites</c><00:32:36.359><c> of</c><00:32:36.720><c> Baal</c><00:32:37.059><c> that</c><00:32:37.619><c> lived</c><00:32:37.960><c> on</c><00:32:38.420><c> Jezebel</c><00:32:38.839><c> and</c><00:32:39.019><c> Israel.</c><00:32:40.759><c> And</c>

00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:42.960
so<00:32:41.019><c> Ahab</c><00:32:41.220><c> sent</c><00:32:41.480><c> out</c><00:32:41.680><c> the</c><00:32:41.859><c> message,</c>

00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:46.059
come<00:32:43.500><c> to</c><00:32:43.700><c> Mount</c><00:32:43.920><c> Carmel.</c><00:32:45.099><c> Must</c><00:32:45.200><c> have</c><00:32:45.259><c> been</c><00:32:45.359><c> a</c><00:32:45.619><c> strange</c><00:32:45.880><c> thing</c>

00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:49.299
to<00:32:46.279><c> do</c><00:32:46.720><c> with</c><00:32:47.099><c> the</c><00:32:47.259><c> people</c><00:32:47.500><c> decimated</c><00:32:48.039><c> by</c><00:32:48.380><c> famine,</c>

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:52.400
with<00:32:49.920><c> women</c><00:32:50.099><c> concerned</c><00:32:50.619><c> about</c><00:32:50.900><c> their</c><00:32:51.160><c> children,</c><00:32:51.539><c> to</c><00:32:51.759><c> hear</c><00:32:51.940><c> a</c>

00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:55.599
command<00:32:52.859><c> to</c><00:32:53.200><c> come</c><00:32:53.420><c> to</c><00:32:53.640><c> Carmel</c><00:32:54.140><c> and</c><00:32:54.980><c> to</c><00:32:55.220><c> meet</c><00:32:55.380><c> and</c>

00:32:55.599 --> 00:33:00.619
assemble<00:32:55.900><c> there.</c><00:32:57.839><c> But</c><00:32:58.099><c> they</c><00:32:58.339><c> came</c><00:32:58.619><c> because</c><00:32:59.200><c> when</c><00:32:59.660><c> Ahab</c><00:33:00.000><c> commands,</c><00:33:00.519><c> the</c>

00:33:00.619 --> 00:33:03.740
people<00:33:00.859><c> dance.</c><00:33:02.660><c> When</c><00:33:02.960><c> the</c><00:33:03.140><c> prophets</c><00:33:03.440><c> of</c>

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:08.920
Baal<00:33:03.960><c> are</c><00:33:04.099><c> going</c><00:33:04.220><c> to</c><00:33:04.359><c> be</c><00:33:04.539><c> there,</c><00:33:04.819><c> then</c><00:33:05.119><c> those</c><00:33:05.440><c> who</c><00:33:05.700><c> worship</c><00:33:05.980><c> Baal</c><00:33:06.559><c> must</c><00:33:06.839><c> attend.</c><00:33:08.680><c> And</c><00:33:08.819><c> so</c>

00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:09.440
Ahab<00:33:09.140><c> brought</c>

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:12.240
all<00:33:09.720><c> the</c><00:33:09.900><c> children</c><00:33:10.119><c> of</c><00:33:10.319><c> Israel</c><00:33:10.880><c> and</c><00:33:11.359><c> all</c><00:33:11.599><c> the</c><00:33:11.819><c> prophets</c><00:33:12.019><c> unto</c>

00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:17.900
Mount<00:33:12.579><c> Carmel.</c><00:33:14.579><c> And</c><00:33:15.220><c> there</c><00:33:15.799><c> with</c><00:33:17.099><c> the</c><00:33:17.279><c> nation</c>

00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:22.920
all<00:33:18.359><c> around</c><00:33:18.880><c> and</c><00:33:19.619><c> with</c><00:33:19.759><c> this</c><00:33:20.079><c> mighty</c><00:33:20.400><c> array</c><00:33:20.740><c> of</c><00:33:21.119><c> prophets,</c><00:33:22.059><c> priests</c><00:33:22.599><c> of</c>

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:27.599
Baal<00:33:23.880><c> in</c><00:33:24.900><c> their</c><00:33:25.420><c> vestments</c><00:33:26.160><c> of</c><00:33:26.539><c> idolatry,</c>

00:33:28.940 --> 00:33:41.539
one<00:33:29.759><c> strange,</c><00:33:31.720><c> un</c><00:33:31.799><c>-priest</c><00:33:32.180><c>-like</c><00:33:32.680><c> figure</c><00:33:33.319><c> comes</c><00:33:34.599><c> utterly</c><00:33:36.039><c> alone.</c><00:33:38.279><c> I</c><00:33:39.099><c> only</c><00:33:40.220><c> am</c><00:33:40.500><c> left.</c>

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:48.259
Without<00:33:43.859><c> hesitation,</c><00:33:46.180><c> without</c><00:33:46.500><c> any</c><00:33:46.799><c> kind</c><00:33:47.059><c> of</c><00:33:47.259><c> introduction,</c>

00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:51.440
without<00:33:49.200><c> any</c><00:33:50.119><c> compromising</c>

00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:54.619
utterances<00:33:52.480><c> that</c><00:33:52.779><c> might</c><00:33:53.119><c> have</c><00:33:53.380><c> brought</c><00:33:53.559><c> the</c><00:33:53.799><c> people</c><00:33:54.099><c> nearer</c>

00:33:54.619 --> 00:33:57.220
to<00:33:54.779><c> him,</c><00:33:55.480><c> he</c><00:33:55.880><c> begins</c><00:33:56.160><c> to</c><00:33:56.420><c> speak.</c>

00:33:57.839 --> 00:34:04.279
How<00:33:58.400><c> long</c><00:33:58.960><c> halting</c><00:33:59.720><c> between</c><00:34:01.079><c> two</c><00:34:01.720><c> opinions?</c><00:34:03.559><c> If</c><00:34:03.640><c> the</c><00:34:03.859><c> Lord</c><00:34:04.059><c> be</c>

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:06.019
God,<00:34:04.519><c> follow</c><00:34:04.839><c> him.</c>

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:09.780
But<00:34:06.420><c> if</c><00:34:06.740><c> Baal,</c><00:34:07.140><c> then</c><00:34:07.559><c> follow</c><00:34:07.880><c> him.</c><00:34:08.559><c> And</c><00:34:08.719><c> this</c><00:34:08.880><c> tells</c><00:34:09.119><c> us</c><00:34:09.280><c> something</c><00:34:09.519><c> about</c>

00:34:09.780 --> 00:34:10.519
the<00:34:09.920><c> nation</c><00:34:10.139><c> of</c><00:34:10.320><c> Israel,</c>

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:16.699
brothers<00:34:10.820><c> and</c><00:34:11.019><c> sisters.</c><00:34:11.460><c> They</c><00:34:11.619><c> hadn't</c><00:34:11.880><c> gone</c><00:34:12.119><c> wholly</c><00:34:12.440><c> to</c><00:34:12.679><c> Baal.</c><00:34:15.519><c> Despite</c><00:34:16.079><c> the</c>

00:34:16.699 --> 00:34:19.800
70<00:34:17.059><c> years</c><00:34:17.659><c> or</c><00:34:17.980><c> so</c><00:34:18.519><c> in</c><00:34:19.239><c> which</c>

00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:23.980
all<00:34:20.639><c> these</c><00:34:20.960><c> evil</c><00:34:21.480><c> influences</c><00:34:22.039><c> has</c><00:34:22.320><c> been</c><00:34:22.519><c> at</c><00:34:22.760><c> work,</c><00:34:23.159><c> they</c><00:34:23.440><c> hadn't</c><00:34:23.739><c> gone</c>

00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:26.059
entirely<00:34:24.599><c> over</c><00:34:25.019><c> to</c><00:34:25.280><c> Baal.</c>

00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:29.840
They<00:34:27.179><c> were</c><00:34:27.619><c> sitting</c><00:34:27.960><c> on</c><00:34:28.179><c> the</c><00:34:28.380><c> fence,</c><00:34:28.699><c> facing</c><00:34:29.059><c> sometimes</c><00:34:29.579><c> this</c>

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:31.219
way<00:34:30.000><c> and</c><00:34:30.159><c> sometimes</c><00:34:30.639><c> that.</c>

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:33.559
And<00:34:31.719><c> when</c><00:34:31.840><c> they</c><00:34:32.039><c> thought</c><00:34:32.219><c> of</c><00:34:32.539><c> Baal,</c><00:34:32.719><c> even</c><00:34:33.019><c> then</c><00:34:33.219><c> they</c><00:34:33.380><c> thought</c>

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:36.460
of<00:34:33.719><c> God.</c><00:34:35.019><c> And</c><00:34:35.360><c> for</c><00:34:35.480><c> many</c><00:34:35.679><c> of</c><00:34:35.800><c> them</c><00:34:35.880><c> to</c><00:34:36.079><c> go</c><00:34:36.280><c> to</c>

00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:41.039
worship<00:34:36.699><c> Baal</c><00:34:37.119><c> was</c><00:34:37.380><c> another</c><00:34:37.960><c> way</c><00:34:38.280><c> of</c><00:34:38.579><c> worshipping</c><00:34:38.960><c> God.</c><00:34:40.400><c> It</c><00:34:40.599><c> was</c><00:34:40.840><c> a</c>

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:46.619
compromise.<00:34:43.260><c> But</c><00:34:43.639><c> this</c><00:34:45.380><c> word</c><00:34:45.659><c> halt.</c>

00:34:48.760 --> 00:34:50.519
If<00:34:48.880><c> you've</c><00:34:49.019><c> got</c><00:34:49.119><c> other</c><00:34:49.360><c> versions,</c><00:34:49.820><c> you'll</c><00:34:50.039><c> see</c><00:34:50.139><c> it's</c><00:34:50.400><c> the</c>

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:51.739
word<00:34:50.739><c> limp.</c>

00:34:54.260 --> 00:34:58.659
How<00:34:54.860><c> long</c><00:34:55.460><c> limp</c><00:34:55.820><c> ye</c><00:34:56.340><c> between</c><00:34:57.139><c> two</c><00:34:57.480><c> opinions?</c>

00:35:00.579 --> 00:35:06.000
That<00:35:00.880><c> takes</c><00:35:01.139><c> them</c><00:35:01.280><c> back</c><00:35:01.460><c> to</c><00:35:01.699><c> Jacob,</c><00:35:04.300><c> their</c><00:35:04.619><c> father,</c>

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:13.659
who<00:35:07.760><c> limped</c><00:35:08.699><c> after</c><00:35:09.940><c> his</c><00:35:10.139><c> wrestling</c><00:35:10.440><c> with</c><00:35:10.639><c> the</c><00:35:10.800><c> angel.</c><00:35:11.900><c> No</c><00:35:12.159><c> longer</c><00:35:12.559><c> halting</c><00:35:13.079><c> between</c><00:35:13.380><c> two</c>

00:35:13.659 --> 00:35:14.619
opinions.<00:35:14.179><c> Then</c>

00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:18.940
this<00:35:15.239><c> man</c><00:35:15.500><c> of</c><00:35:15.679><c> God</c><00:35:15.860><c> who</c><00:35:16.000><c> became</c><00:35:16.239><c> a</c><00:35:16.460><c> prince</c><00:35:16.659><c> with</c><00:35:16.920><c> God.</c><00:35:17.739><c> But</c><00:35:17.920><c> this</c><00:35:18.119><c> word</c><00:35:18.480><c> limp</c><00:35:18.780><c> has</c>

00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:21.519
got<00:35:19.079><c> other</c><00:35:19.260><c> meaning.</c><00:35:20.420><c> It's</c>

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:27.559
to<00:35:22.820><c> tell</c><00:35:23.280><c> them</c><00:35:23.579><c> something.</c><00:35:24.260><c> It's</c><00:35:24.500><c> got</c><00:35:24.639><c> the</c><00:35:24.760><c> idea</c><00:35:25.059><c> of</c><00:35:25.420><c> staggering,</c><00:35:27.079><c> of</c><00:35:27.300><c> an</c>

00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:29.079
erratic<00:35:28.000><c> movement</c><00:35:28.440><c> about</c><00:35:28.760><c> it.</c>

00:35:29.199 --> 00:35:33.579
And<00:35:29.300><c> it</c><00:35:29.420><c> comes</c><00:35:29.639><c> down</c><00:35:29.860><c> a</c><00:35:29.980><c> little</c><00:35:30.119><c> bit</c><00:35:30.260><c> later</c><00:35:30.500><c> on</c><00:35:30.840><c> in</c><00:35:31.039><c> the</c><00:35:31.239><c> record.</c><00:35:32.440><c> However,</c><00:35:32.780><c> the</c><00:35:32.980><c> challenge</c><00:35:33.340><c> is</c>

00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:34.280
now<00:35:33.780><c> issued</c><00:35:34.039><c> and</c>

00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:37.880
Elijah<00:35:35.079><c> throws</c><00:35:35.380><c> down</c><00:35:35.679><c> the</c><00:35:35.920><c> gauntlet</c><00:35:36.480><c> as</c><00:35:37.059><c> the</c><00:35:37.280><c> knights</c><00:35:37.579><c> used</c>

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:40.079
to<00:35:38.019><c> do</c><00:35:38.119><c> in</c><00:35:38.340><c> Britain.</c><00:35:39.099><c> And</c><00:35:39.300><c> when</c><00:35:39.420><c> they</c><00:35:39.679><c> threw</c><00:35:39.820><c> down</c>

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:43.079
the<00:35:40.260><c> gauntlet,</c><00:35:40.599><c> that</c><00:35:40.800><c> was</c><00:35:40.980><c> the</c><00:35:41.199><c> challenge.</c><00:35:42.000><c> And</c><00:35:42.179><c> a</c><00:35:42.300><c> man</c><00:35:42.440><c> of</c><00:35:42.639><c> metal,</c><00:35:43.000><c> of</c>

00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:45.000
courage,<00:35:44.000><c> when</c><00:35:44.119><c> looked</c><00:35:44.300><c> in</c><00:35:44.460><c> the</c><00:35:44.579><c> eye</c><00:35:44.719><c> by</c>

00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:48.739
another<00:35:45.579><c> knight</c><00:35:46.139><c> would</c><00:35:46.380><c> take</c><00:35:46.559><c> it</c><00:35:46.719><c> up</c><00:35:47.199><c> and</c><00:35:48.099><c> they</c><00:35:48.219><c> would</c><00:35:48.440><c> fight</c>

00:35:48.739 --> 00:35:51.579
to<00:35:48.920><c> the</c><00:35:49.079><c> death.</c><00:35:50.219><c> And</c><00:35:50.300><c> so</c><00:35:50.480><c> Elijah</c><00:35:50.880><c> throws</c><00:35:51.239><c> down</c>

00:35:51.579 --> 00:35:54.619
the<00:35:51.800><c> challenge.</c><00:35:52.079><c> How</c><00:35:52.239><c> long</c><00:35:52.579><c> halt</c><00:35:52.800><c> ye</c><00:35:52.980><c> between</c><00:35:53.260><c> two</c><00:35:53.500><c> opinions?</c>

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:57.739
And<00:35:56.440><c> without</c><00:35:56.619><c> any</c><00:35:56.820><c> answer,</c><00:35:57.340><c> because</c><00:35:57.440><c> they</c>

00:35:57.739 --> 00:36:07.019
notice<00:35:57.960><c> this</c><00:35:58.460><c> in</c><00:35:58.679><c> verse</c><00:35:58.880><c> 21,</c><00:36:00.159><c> they</c><00:36:00.340><c> were</c><00:36:00.760><c> dead</c><00:36:01.199><c> silent.</c><00:36:04.280><c> And</c><00:36:04.880><c> there's</c><00:36:05.019><c> nothing</c><00:36:05.199><c> like</c><00:36:05.480><c> speaking</c><00:36:05.760><c> to</c><00:36:05.960><c> a</c><00:36:06.139><c> silent,</c>

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:11.860
unresponsive<00:36:08.519><c> audience.</c><00:36:10.079><c> He</c><00:36:10.659><c> wouldn't</c><00:36:10.900><c> know</c><00:36:11.219><c> whether</c><00:36:11.460><c> this</c>

00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:13.559
was<00:36:12.219><c> threatening,</c><00:36:13.000><c> whether</c><00:36:13.059><c> it</c><00:36:13.159><c> was</c>

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:17.920
under<00:36:13.800><c> building</c><00:36:14.059><c> up,</c><00:36:16.860><c> whether</c><00:36:16.900><c> there</c><00:36:17.039><c> was</c><00:36:17.260><c> doubt</c><00:36:17.519><c> in</c><00:36:17.679><c> their</c>

00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:20.360
mind<00:36:18.260><c> and</c><00:36:18.519><c> conscience</c><00:36:18.940><c> was</c><00:36:19.119><c> at</c><00:36:19.340><c> work.</c>

00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:26.599
There<00:36:20.639><c> were</c><00:36:20.960><c> sealed</c><00:36:21.380><c> lips</c><00:36:22.119><c> because</c><00:36:23.699><c> there</c><00:36:23.840><c> were</c><00:36:24.000><c> 850</c><00:36:24.619><c> prophets</c><00:36:24.940><c> of</c><00:36:25.199><c> Baal</c><00:36:25.420><c> there.</c>

00:36:27.139 --> 00:36:32.000
And<00:36:27.679><c> it's</c><00:36:27.820><c> better</c><00:36:27.980><c> to</c><00:36:28.219><c> stand</c><00:36:28.360><c> with</c><00:36:28.539><c> the</c><00:36:28.659><c> majority,</c><00:36:30.480><c> especially</c><00:36:31.019><c> if</c><00:36:31.239><c> you're</c>

00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:33.820
not<00:36:32.360><c> certain</c><00:36:32.559><c> of</c><00:36:32.800><c> yourself.</c>

00:36:35.699 --> 00:36:41.539
Then<00:36:36.099><c> said</c><00:36:36.239><c> Elijah</c><00:36:36.739><c> unto</c><00:36:37.039><c> the</c><00:36:37.239><c> people,</c><00:36:38.179><c> I,</c><00:36:39.119><c> even</c><00:36:39.400><c> I</c><00:36:39.679><c> only</c><00:36:40.460><c> remain</c><00:36:41.019><c> a</c><00:36:41.239><c> prophet</c><00:36:41.380><c> of</c>

00:36:41.539 --> 00:36:43.010
the<00:36:41.699><c> Lord.</c><00:36:41.840><c> It</c><00:36:41.960><c> wasn't</c><00:36:42.239><c> true.</c>

00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:48.519
Oddly<00:36:44.559><c> enough,</c><00:36:47.059><c> he</c><00:36:47.099><c> certainly</c><00:36:47.480><c> was</c><00:36:47.739><c> the</c><00:36:47.900><c> one</c><00:36:48.079><c> who</c><00:36:48.159><c> was</c><00:36:48.360><c> giving</c>

00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:51.079
the<00:36:48.780><c> utterances.</c><00:36:50.059><c> But</c><00:36:50.360><c> there</c><00:36:50.579><c> were</c><00:36:50.800><c> other</c>

00:36:51.079 --> 00:36:54.639
people,<00:36:51.500><c> those</c><00:36:51.780><c> 50,</c><00:36:52.880><c> who</c><00:36:52.940><c> were</c><00:36:53.099><c> sons</c><00:36:53.380><c> of</c><00:36:53.559><c> the</c><00:36:53.800><c> prophets.</c><00:36:54.539><c> They</c>

00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:56.300
didn't<00:36:54.900><c> necessarily</c><00:36:55.400><c> have</c><00:36:55.599><c> the</c><00:36:55.780><c> word</c><00:36:55.920><c> of</c><00:36:56.119><c> God,</c>

00:36:56.500 --> 00:37:00.239
but<00:36:56.659><c> they</c><00:36:56.800><c> were</c><00:36:56.940><c> brought</c><00:36:57.159><c> up</c><00:36:57.460><c> in</c><00:36:57.699><c> the</c><00:36:57.920><c> prophet's</c><00:36:58.480><c> school.</c><00:36:59.900><c> As</c>

00:37:00.239 --> 00:37:03.559
Samuel<00:37:00.539><c> began</c><00:37:01.460><c> schools</c><00:37:02.760><c> of</c><00:37:02.940><c> the</c><00:37:03.199><c> prophets,</c>

00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:06.639
and<00:37:04.159><c> they</c><00:37:04.400><c> went</c><00:37:04.579><c> on</c><00:37:04.800><c> from</c><00:37:04.980><c> that</c><00:37:05.219><c> time</c><00:37:05.460><c> onwards.</c><00:37:06.159><c> It</c><00:37:06.280><c> looks</c><00:37:06.500><c> as</c>

00:37:06.639 --> 00:37:08.559
though<00:37:06.780><c> young</c><00:37:07.000><c> men</c><00:37:07.420><c> who</c><00:37:07.719><c> wanted</c><00:37:07.920><c> to</c><00:37:08.119><c> have</c><00:37:08.260><c> a</c>

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:13.480
life<00:37:09.380><c> went</c><00:37:09.800><c> to</c><00:37:10.059><c> live</c><00:37:10.400><c> in</c><00:37:11.059><c> company</c><00:37:11.340><c> with</c><00:37:11.559><c> the</c><00:37:11.760><c> prophet.</c><00:37:12.760><c> And</c><00:37:12.980><c> from</c><00:37:13.139><c> time</c><00:37:13.320><c> to</c>

00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:15.159
time,<00:37:14.000><c> the</c><00:37:14.059><c> breath</c><00:37:14.260><c> of</c><00:37:14.420><c> God</c><00:37:14.639><c> moved</c>

00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:17.599
through<00:37:15.460><c> these</c><00:37:15.699><c> companies</c><00:37:16.000><c> of</c><00:37:16.280><c> prophets,</c><00:37:17.079><c> and</c><00:37:17.239><c> all</c><00:37:17.460><c> of</c><00:37:17.539><c> them</c>

00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:19.480
were<00:37:17.800><c> possessed</c><00:37:18.199><c> for</c><00:37:18.539><c> a</c><00:37:18.739><c> moment</c><00:37:18.880><c> by</c><00:37:19.119><c> the</c><00:37:19.280><c> spirit</c>

00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:22.659
of<00:37:19.659><c> God.</c><00:37:20.440><c> That</c><00:37:20.639><c> happened</c><00:37:20.840><c> in</c><00:37:20.980><c> the</c><00:37:21.099><c> time</c><00:37:21.239><c> of</c><00:37:21.440><c> David,</c><00:37:21.659><c> you</c><00:37:21.820><c> remember,</c><00:37:22.280><c> and</c>

00:37:22.659 --> 00:37:24.420
when<00:37:22.920><c> Saul</c><00:37:23.159><c> went</c><00:37:23.400><c> down</c><00:37:23.920><c> and</c><00:37:24.219><c> the</c>

00:37:24.420 --> 00:37:26.659
spirit<00:37:24.579><c> of</c><00:37:24.699><c> God</c><00:37:25.059><c> blew</c><00:37:25.500><c> through</c><00:37:25.719><c> the</c><00:37:25.920><c> camp</c><00:37:26.059><c> of</c><00:37:26.219><c> the</c><00:37:26.420><c> prophets.</c>

00:37:26.820 --> 00:37:29.000
And<00:37:27.039><c> for</c><00:37:27.179><c> a</c><00:37:27.300><c> moment,</c><00:37:27.820><c> Saul</c><00:37:28.199><c> was</c><00:37:28.579><c> seized,</c>

00:37:29.260 --> 00:37:32.079
so<00:37:29.440><c> that</c><00:37:29.559><c> they</c><00:37:29.739><c> said,</c><00:37:30.019><c> is</c><00:37:30.079><c> Saul</c><00:37:30.380><c> also</c><00:37:30.719><c> among</c><00:37:30.960><c> the</c><00:37:31.239><c> prophets?</c>

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:35.079
But<00:37:33.199><c> as</c><00:37:33.460><c> far</c><00:37:33.719><c> as</c><00:37:33.900><c> witness</c><00:37:34.159><c> was</c><00:37:34.460><c> concerned,</c>

00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:38.760
and<00:37:35.460><c> in</c><00:37:35.579><c> this</c><00:37:35.820><c> dramatic</c><00:37:36.219><c> moment,</c><00:37:36.719><c> Elijah</c><00:37:37.380><c> was</c><00:37:37.800><c> utterly</c><00:37:38.300><c> and</c>

00:37:38.760 --> 00:37:40.519
completely<00:37:39.340><c> alone.</c>

00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:44.179
And<00:37:41.159><c> the</c><00:37:41.300><c> prophets</c><00:37:41.460><c> of</c><00:37:41.699><c> Baal,</c><00:37:42.039><c> he</c><00:37:42.039><c> said,</c><00:37:42.139><c> are</c><00:37:42.400><c> 450</c><00:37:43.019><c> men.</c>

00:37:45.420 --> 00:37:49.639
Now<00:37:45.840><c> he</c><00:37:45.980><c> makes</c><00:37:46.199><c> his</c><00:37:46.460><c> challenge</c><00:37:46.940><c> not</c><00:37:47.199><c> to</c><00:37:47.360><c> the</c><00:37:47.519><c> people</c><00:37:48.679><c> who</c><00:37:49.500><c> are</c>

00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:53.320
dead<00:37:49.880><c> silent,</c><00:37:50.639><c> but</c><00:37:50.840><c> turns</c><00:37:51.099><c> upon</c><00:37:51.380><c> the</c><00:37:51.880><c> 450</c><00:37:52.719><c> and</c><00:37:53.079><c> the</c>

00:37:53.320 --> 00:37:56.880
400<00:37:53.800><c> and</c><00:37:54.179><c> says,</c><00:37:54.480><c> choose</c><00:37:54.619><c> you</c><00:37:54.820><c> two</c><00:37:55.099><c> bullocks</c><00:37:55.760><c> and</c><00:37:56.559><c> bring</c><00:37:56.719><c> them</c>

00:37:56.880 --> 00:37:58.750
along<00:37:57.079><c> and</c><00:37:57.219><c> let's</c><00:37:57.519><c> sacrifice</c><00:37:57.980><c> them.</c>

00:38:00.190 --> 00:38:04.590
And<00:38:00.829><c> so</c><00:38:00.969><c> they</c><00:38:01.150><c> bring</c><00:38:01.349><c> them,</c><00:38:02.170><c> and</c><00:38:02.369><c> they</c><00:38:02.690><c> cut,</c><00:38:03.210><c> and</c><00:38:03.269><c> they</c><00:38:03.449><c> prepare,</c><00:38:04.389><c> and</c>

00:38:04.590 --> 00:38:08.130
they<00:38:04.889><c> make</c><00:38:05.329><c> without</c><00:38:06.130><c> fire</c><00:38:06.670><c> their</c><00:38:07.030><c> altar,</c>

00:38:08.449 --> 00:38:15.130
and<00:38:08.570><c> these</c><00:38:09.190><c> 450</c><00:38:10.110><c> and</c><00:38:11.090><c> the</c><00:38:11.289><c> 400</c><00:38:11.829><c> begin</c><00:38:12.690><c> their</c><00:38:13.329><c> gyrations</c><00:38:14.230><c> around</c><00:38:14.809><c> the</c>

00:38:15.130 --> 00:38:19.230
altar<00:38:15.510><c> of</c><00:38:16.150><c> death.</c><00:38:17.530><c> And</c><00:38:17.909><c> unresponsive</c><00:38:18.989><c> they</c>

00:38:19.230 --> 00:38:22.349
have<00:38:19.550><c> eyes,</c><00:38:20.050><c> but</c><00:38:20.150><c> they</c><00:38:20.510><c> see</c><00:38:20.789><c> not,</c><00:38:21.170><c> and</c><00:38:21.329><c> ears,</c><00:38:21.750><c> but</c><00:38:21.869><c> they</c><00:38:22.130><c> hear</c>

00:38:22.349 --> 00:38:25.469
not,<00:38:22.909><c> mouths</c><00:38:23.349><c> have</c><00:38:23.650><c> they,</c><00:38:23.769><c> but</c><00:38:23.909><c> they</c><00:38:24.289><c> speak</c><00:38:24.530><c> not.</c>

00:38:25.829 --> 00:38:30.489
And<00:38:26.130><c> so</c><00:38:26.489><c> the</c><00:38:26.809><c> cry</c><00:38:27.010><c> went</c><00:38:27.210><c> up</c><00:38:27.429><c> to</c><00:38:27.650><c> Baal,</c><00:38:28.309><c> a</c><00:38:28.510><c> chant</c><00:38:28.849><c> of</c><00:38:29.090><c> 850,</c><00:38:30.289><c> the</c>

00:38:30.489 --> 00:38:33.829
kind<00:38:30.769><c> of</c><00:38:31.150><c> strange</c><00:38:31.809><c> rhythmic</c><00:38:32.630><c> beating</c>

00:38:34.369 --> 00:38:38.010
that<00:38:34.969><c> young</c><00:38:35.170><c> people</c><00:38:35.429><c> have</c><00:38:35.650><c> taken</c><00:38:35.809><c> up</c><00:38:36.050><c> today</c><00:38:36.449><c> and</c><00:38:36.869><c> in</c><00:38:37.190><c> that</c><00:38:37.530><c> kind</c><00:38:37.710><c> of</c>

00:38:38.010 --> 00:38:39.469
jungle<00:38:38.469><c> eloquence,</c>

00:38:40.429 --> 00:38:44.289
a<00:38:40.690><c> beat</c><00:38:41.130><c> that</c><00:38:41.630><c> begins</c><00:38:41.929><c> to</c><00:38:42.230><c> take</c><00:38:42.369><c> hold</c><00:38:42.489><c> of</c><00:38:42.690><c> the</c><00:38:42.909><c> heart</c><00:38:43.469><c> and</c><00:38:44.050><c> the</c>

00:38:44.289 --> 00:38:46.809
nerves<00:38:44.650><c> of</c><00:38:44.849><c> the</c><00:38:45.050><c> body,</c><00:38:45.449><c> so</c><00:38:45.570><c> that</c><00:38:46.030><c> everyone's</c><00:38:46.550><c> body</c>

00:38:46.809 --> 00:38:52.210
responds<00:38:47.510><c> to</c><00:38:47.789><c> it</c><00:38:48.230><c> in</c><00:38:48.349><c> a</c><00:38:48.550><c> kind</c><00:38:48.809><c> of</c><00:38:48.989><c> way,</c><00:38:50.570><c> the</c><00:38:50.829><c> kind</c><00:38:51.130><c> of</c><00:38:51.329><c> involuntary</c><00:38:51.909><c> tapping</c>

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of<00:38:52.429><c> the</c><00:38:52.670><c> foot,</c>

00:38:54.369 --> 00:38:57.369
but<00:38:54.610><c> this</c><00:38:54.869><c> would</c><00:38:55.070><c> be</c><00:38:55.210><c> deeper</c><00:38:55.489><c> than</c><00:38:55.750><c> that</c><00:38:56.309><c> because</c><00:38:56.750><c> the</c><00:38:56.989><c> heat</c>

00:38:57.369 --> 00:39:00.849
and<00:38:58.010><c> fever</c><00:38:58.389><c> of</c><00:38:58.650><c> it</c><00:38:58.989><c> will</c><00:38:59.289><c> begin</c><00:38:59.510><c> to</c><00:38:59.769><c> rise.</c>

00:39:01.210 --> 00:39:09.150
But<00:39:01.329><c> there</c><00:39:01.530><c> lay</c><00:39:01.690><c> the</c><00:39:01.889><c> bullock,</c><00:39:04.809><c> unresponsive,</c><00:39:07.230><c> not</c><00:39:07.489><c> a</c><00:39:07.750><c> glimmer</c><00:39:07.949><c> of</c><00:39:08.250><c> fire.</c><00:39:09.030><c> Now</c>

00:39:09.150 --> 00:39:10.309
the<00:39:09.349><c> men</c><00:39:09.349><c> at</c><00:39:09.449><c> the</c><00:39:09.590><c> prophets</c><00:39:09.750><c> of</c><00:39:10.070><c> Baal</c>

00:39:10.309 --> 00:39:13.150
were<00:39:10.510><c> like</c><00:39:11.010><c> some</c><00:39:11.329><c> of</c><00:39:11.489><c> the</c><00:39:11.670><c> prophets</c><00:39:12.110><c> of</c><00:39:12.489><c> the</c><00:39:12.570><c> Roman</c><00:39:12.829><c> Catholic</c>

00:39:13.150 --> 00:39:15.590
Church,<00:39:13.650><c> and</c><00:39:13.809><c> they</c><00:39:14.090><c> worked</c><00:39:14.349><c> miracles.</c>

00:39:15.869 --> 00:39:19.030
As<00:39:16.429><c> the</c><00:39:16.610><c> Catholic</c><00:39:16.889><c> Church</c><00:39:17.449><c> makes</c><00:39:17.769><c> the</c><00:39:17.949><c> Madonna</c><00:39:18.269><c> weep</c><00:39:18.570><c> as</c><00:39:18.670><c> it's</c>

00:39:19.030 --> 00:39:20.429
carried<00:39:19.170><c> through</c><00:39:19.409><c> the</c><00:39:19.650><c> streets</c>

00:39:21.329 --> 00:39:26.610
of<00:39:21.889><c> a</c><00:39:22.050><c> village</c><00:39:22.389><c> before</c><00:39:22.829><c> the</c><00:39:23.929><c> people,</c><00:39:25.130><c> so</c><00:39:25.409><c> they</c><00:39:25.829><c> from</c><00:39:26.150><c> time</c><00:39:26.409><c> to</c>

00:39:26.610 --> 00:39:28.550
time<00:39:26.929><c> brought</c><00:39:27.530><c> fire.</c>

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My,<00:39:30.070><c> of</c><00:39:30.070><c> course,</c><00:39:30.349><c> having</c><00:39:30.489><c> a</c><00:39:31.210><c> prophet,</c><00:39:31.909><c> a</c><00:39:32.250><c> priest</c><00:39:32.510><c> somewhere</c>

00:39:32.849 --> 00:39:34.750
beneath<00:39:33.329><c> to</c><00:39:33.610><c> light</c><00:39:33.809><c> it</c><00:39:33.969><c> at</c><00:39:34.070><c> the</c><00:39:34.230><c> right</c><00:39:34.510><c> time,</c>

00:39:34.750 --> 00:39:37.690
but<00:39:34.889><c> there</c><00:39:35.010><c> was</c><00:39:35.130><c> no</c><00:39:35.349><c> time</c><00:39:35.449><c> for</c><00:39:35.630><c> that</c><00:39:35.789><c> now</c><00:39:36.289><c> because</c><00:39:36.690><c> all</c><00:39:36.989><c> was</c><00:39:37.230><c> prepared</c><00:39:37.530><c> in</c>

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the<00:39:37.889><c> open</c><00:39:38.130><c> on</c><00:39:38.489><c> Mount</c><00:39:38.769><c> Carmel.</c>

00:39:40.190 --> 00:39:43.989
And<00:39:40.750><c> so</c><00:39:40.949><c> when</c><00:39:41.289><c> noon</c><00:39:41.530><c> arrived</c><00:39:42.030><c> Elijah</c><00:39:42.510><c> begins</c><00:39:42.869><c> to</c><00:39:43.210><c> mock,</c>

00:39:45.909 --> 00:39:51.030
O<00:39:45.929><c> Baal</c><00:39:46.329><c> hear</c><00:39:46.570><c> us,</c><00:39:47.110><c> O</c><00:39:47.429><c> Baal</c><00:39:47.829><c> hear</c><00:39:48.090><c> us,</c><00:39:48.489><c> the</c><00:39:48.710><c> throb</c><00:39:48.989><c> going</c><00:39:49.289><c> through,</c><00:39:49.710><c> O</c><00:39:50.050><c> Baal</c><00:39:50.429><c> hear</c><00:39:50.670><c> us,</c>

00:39:51.250 --> 00:39:52.630
O<00:39:51.550><c> Baal</c><00:39:51.869><c> hear</c><00:39:52.190><c> us.</c>

00:39:52.949 --> 00:39:56.190
They<00:39:53.070><c> wanted</c><00:39:53.269><c> a</c><00:39:53.469><c> response</c><00:39:54.190><c> and</c><00:39:55.070><c> they</c><00:39:55.329><c> thought</c><00:39:55.489><c> that</c><00:39:55.650><c> they</c><00:39:55.789><c> should</c><00:39:55.929><c> be</c>

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heard<00:39:56.389><c> for</c><00:39:56.590><c> their</c><00:39:56.809><c> much</c><00:39:57.110><c> speaking,</c>

00:39:58.710 --> 00:40:02.090
but<00:39:58.989><c> there</c><00:39:59.170><c> was</c><00:39:59.289><c> no</c><00:39:59.510><c> voice</c><00:40:00.190><c> or</c><00:40:00.610><c> any</c><00:40:00.750><c> that</c><00:40:00.929><c> answered</c><00:40:01.329><c> and</c><00:40:01.650><c> they</c>

00:40:02.090 --> 00:40:05.710
leaped<00:40:03.449><c> upon</c><00:40:04.050><c> the</c><00:40:04.309><c> altar</c><00:40:04.510><c> and</c><00:40:04.610><c> it's</c><00:40:04.889><c> the</c><00:40:05.030><c> word</c><00:40:05.250><c> halt</c>

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of<00:40:06.429><c> how</c><00:40:06.710><c> long</c><00:40:06.929><c> halt</c><00:40:07.230><c> ye</c><00:40:07.349><c> between</c><00:40:07.690><c> two</c><00:40:07.969><c> opinions.</c><00:40:08.409><c> It's</c><00:40:08.690><c> this</c><00:40:09.150><c> wild</c><00:40:09.670><c> dance</c><00:40:10.190><c> that</c><00:40:10.349><c> they</c><00:40:10.610><c> had,</c><00:40:11.610><c> a</c>

00:40:11.969 --> 00:40:12.829
strange<00:40:12.429><c> dance</c>

00:40:12.829 --> 00:40:16.849
of<00:40:12.969><c> the</c><00:40:13.070><c> people.</c><00:40:13.130><c> You</c><00:40:13.329><c> follow</c><00:40:13.510><c> it</c><00:40:13.690><c> up</c><00:40:13.829><c> in</c><00:40:14.389><c> Young's</c><00:40:14.730><c> Concordance.</c><00:40:16.190><c> They</c><00:40:16.389><c> leaped</c><00:40:16.610><c> upon</c>

00:40:16.849 --> 00:40:17.369
the<00:40:17.050><c> altar</c><00:40:17.210><c> which</c>

00:40:17.369 --> 00:40:26.070
was<00:40:17.630><c> made</c><00:40:17.869><c> and</c><00:40:18.010><c> it</c><00:40:18.150><c> came</c><00:40:18.250><c> to</c><00:40:18.389><c> pass</c><00:40:18.550><c> at</c><00:40:18.829><c> noon</c><00:40:19.150><c> that</c><00:40:19.349><c> Elijah</c><00:40:19.849><c> alone</c><00:40:21.050><c> begins</c><00:40:21.349><c> to</c><00:40:21.510><c> say,</c><00:40:21.929><c> cry</c><00:40:22.130><c> aloud,</c><00:40:24.170><c> for</c><00:40:24.329><c> he</c><00:40:24.650><c> is</c><00:40:24.869><c> a</c><00:40:25.110><c> god.</c>

00:40:26.590 --> 00:40:36.010
And<00:40:27.110><c> there</c><00:40:27.289><c> was</c><00:40:27.550><c> now</c><00:40:28.269><c> in</c><00:40:29.349><c> his</c><00:40:29.590><c> voice</c><00:40:29.969><c> that</c><00:40:31.030><c> tantalizing</c><00:40:33.150><c> provocation</c><00:40:34.269><c> of</c><00:40:34.730><c> the</c><00:40:34.869><c> prophet</c><00:40:35.030><c> of</c><00:40:35.250><c> God.</c>

00:40:36.690 --> 00:40:44.030
Perhaps<00:40:37.289><c> he's</c><00:40:37.510><c> talking.</c><00:40:41.030><c> Perhaps</c><00:40:41.349><c> he's</c><00:40:42.409><c> on</c><00:40:42.690><c> the</c><00:40:42.889><c> word</c><00:40:43.110><c> actually</c><00:40:43.510><c> here</c><00:40:43.750><c> if</c><00:40:43.869><c> I</c>

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might<00:40:44.190><c> just</c>

00:40:45.230 --> 00:40:49.289
without<00:40:45.969><c> offending</c><00:40:46.349><c> you,</c><00:40:47.070><c> the</c><00:40:47.250><c> idea</c><00:40:47.550><c> here</c><00:40:47.929><c> perhaps</c><00:40:48.530><c> he's</c><00:40:48.829><c> gone</c><00:40:49.110><c> to</c>

00:40:49.289 --> 00:40:50.409
the<00:40:49.489><c> restroom.</c>

00:40:52.929 --> 00:40:58.530
That's<00:40:53.530><c> what's</c><00:40:54.130><c> behind</c><00:40:54.389><c> this</c><00:40:54.670><c> expression.</c><00:40:56.489><c> Or</c><00:40:56.750><c> maybe</c><00:40:56.929><c> he's</c><00:40:57.090><c> on</c><00:40:57.289><c> a</c><00:40:57.389><c> journey.</c>

00:41:00.650 --> 00:41:07.429
And<00:41:01.170><c> they</c><00:41:01.690><c> thought</c><00:41:02.530><c> that</c><00:41:03.110><c> that</c><00:41:03.789><c> might</c><00:41:04.210><c> be</c><00:41:04.550><c> possible.</c><00:41:06.030><c> They</c><00:41:06.150><c> didn't</c><00:41:06.510><c> worship</c><00:41:06.949><c> the</c><00:41:07.110><c> God</c><00:41:07.289><c> of</c>

00:41:07.429 --> 00:41:08.530
Israel<00:41:07.750><c> that</c><00:41:08.030><c> slumbereth</c>

00:41:08.530 --> 00:41:12.789
not,<00:41:09.070><c> neither</c><00:41:09.309><c> doth</c><00:41:09.489><c> he</c><00:41:09.769><c> sleep.</c><00:41:11.630><c> They</c><00:41:11.929><c> had</c><00:41:12.110><c> a</c><00:41:12.289><c> God</c><00:41:12.429><c> that</c><00:41:12.570><c> could</c>

00:41:12.789 --> 00:41:15.429
go<00:41:12.989><c> off</c><00:41:13.110><c> for</c><00:41:13.269><c> the</c><00:41:13.510><c> afternoon</c><00:41:14.090><c> and</c><00:41:15.170><c> they</c><00:41:15.250><c> had</c><00:41:15.309><c> to</c>

00:41:15.429 --> 00:41:18.769
wait<00:41:15.550><c> till</c><00:41:15.670><c> he</c><00:41:15.730><c> came</c><00:41:16.010><c> back</c><00:41:16.590><c> or</c><00:41:16.949><c> had</c><00:41:17.050><c> gone</c><00:41:17.170><c> hunting</c><00:41:17.809><c> and</c><00:41:18.469><c> had</c><00:41:18.590><c> to</c>

00:41:18.769 --> 00:41:21.150
wait<00:41:18.929><c> until</c><00:41:19.110><c> he</c><00:41:19.289><c> returned</c><00:41:19.650><c> with</c><00:41:19.869><c> a</c><00:41:20.269><c> spoil.</c>

00:41:21.150 --> 00:41:26.630
And<00:41:21.449><c> so</c><00:41:21.949><c> then,</c><00:41:23.010><c> or</c><00:41:23.010><c> perhaps</c><00:41:23.349><c> he's</c><00:41:23.650><c> asleep</c><00:41:24.230><c> and</c><00:41:25.849><c> must</c><00:41:26.050><c> be</c><00:41:26.269><c> awake</c>

00:41:26.630 --> 00:41:29.630
and<00:41:27.469><c> they</c><00:41:27.630><c> now</c><00:41:27.829><c> cried</c><00:41:28.090><c> aloud</c><00:41:28.329><c> and</c><00:41:28.610><c> cut</c><00:41:28.730><c> themselves</c>

00:41:29.630 --> 00:41:34.510
until<00:41:30.329><c> the</c><00:41:30.630><c> blood</c><00:41:30.889><c> ran</c><00:41:31.170><c> down</c><00:41:31.550><c> with</c><00:41:32.650><c> lancets</c><00:41:33.110><c> with</c><00:41:33.429><c> swords</c><00:41:34.010><c> and</c>

00:41:34.510 --> 00:41:37.190
now<00:41:34.710><c> the</c><00:41:35.030><c> gory</c><00:41:35.369><c> sight</c><00:41:35.710><c> of</c><00:41:35.889><c> these</c><00:41:36.130><c> men</c><00:41:36.329><c> as</c><00:41:36.429><c> they</c><00:41:36.710><c> danced</c>

00:41:37.190 --> 00:41:42.650
in<00:41:37.610><c> the</c><00:41:37.789><c> midday</c><00:41:38.230><c> sun</c><00:41:38.610><c> as</c><00:41:38.909><c> mad</c><00:41:39.110><c> and</c><00:41:39.449><c> mad</c><00:41:39.889><c> as</c><00:41:40.230><c> people</c><00:41:40.429><c> can</c><00:41:40.710><c> be</c><00:41:41.110><c> until</c><00:41:42.349><c> the</c>

00:41:42.650 --> 00:41:44.409
blood<00:41:42.929><c> gushed</c><00:41:43.190><c> out</c><00:41:43.409><c> upon</c><00:41:43.610><c> them.</c>

00:41:45.030 --> 00:41:48.150
Midday<00:41:45.230><c> was</c><00:41:45.510><c> passed</c><00:41:45.809><c> and</c><00:41:46.010><c> they</c><00:41:46.289><c> prophesied</c><00:41:47.170><c> until</c><00:41:47.590><c> the</c><00:41:47.889><c> time</c>

00:41:48.150 --> 00:41:50.469
of<00:41:48.389><c> the</c><00:41:48.630><c> evening</c><00:41:49.110><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:41:51.050 --> 00:42:00.909
But<00:41:51.530><c> there</c><00:41:51.730><c> was</c><00:41:53.010><c> no</c><00:41:54.010><c> voice,</c><00:41:56.989><c> no</c><00:41:57.230><c> answer,</c><00:41:59.329><c> nor</c><00:41:59.489><c> any</c><00:41:59.809><c> that</c><00:42:00.090><c> regarded.</c>

00:42:02.710 --> 00:42:07.130
And<00:42:03.190><c> we're</c><00:42:03.670><c> going</c><00:42:03.789><c> to</c><00:42:04.510><c> hold</c><00:42:04.769><c> it</c><00:42:04.929><c> at</c><00:42:05.070><c> that,</c><00:42:05.389><c> brethren</c><00:42:05.469><c> and</c><00:42:05.710><c> sisters,</c><00:42:06.010><c> for</c><00:42:06.130><c> tomorrow.</c>

00:42:07.309 --> 00:42:10.590
Just<00:42:07.789><c> a</c><00:42:07.989><c> point</c><00:42:08.349><c> before</c><00:42:08.909><c> we</c><00:42:09.349><c> close</c><00:42:09.530><c> our</c><00:42:09.730><c> Bibles.</c>

00:42:12.670 --> 00:42:15.289
Where<00:42:12.849><c> would</c><00:42:13.010><c> you</c><00:42:13.130><c> have</c><00:42:13.289><c> been</c><00:42:13.869><c> if</c><00:42:14.489><c> you'd</c><00:42:14.690><c> lived</c><00:42:14.809><c> with</c><00:42:14.989><c> the</c><00:42:15.150><c> ten</c>

00:42:15.289 --> 00:42:17.409
tribes?<00:42:15.590><c> I</c><00:42:15.710><c> often</c><00:42:15.909><c> go</c><00:42:16.090><c> through</c><00:42:16.289><c> this.</c>

00:42:18.550 --> 00:42:22.150
I<00:42:19.070><c> often</c><00:42:19.409><c> go</c><00:42:19.710><c> through</c><00:42:20.230><c> the</c><00:42:20.630><c> experiences</c><00:42:21.309><c> of</c><00:42:21.429><c> Israel</c><00:42:21.849><c> as</c><00:42:21.869><c> they</c>

00:42:22.150 --> 00:42:24.110
traveled<00:42:22.409><c> in</c><00:42:22.590><c> the</c><00:42:22.710><c> wilderness</c><00:42:23.010><c> and</c><00:42:23.289><c> saw</c><00:42:23.630><c> how</c><00:42:23.849><c> many</c>

00:42:24.110 --> 00:42:28.929
were<00:42:24.849><c> faithless</c><00:42:25.449><c> and</c><00:42:25.530><c> how</c><00:42:25.869><c> few</c><00:42:26.110><c> were</c><00:42:26.449><c> faithful</c><00:42:27.050><c> and</c><00:42:27.889><c> wonder</c><00:42:28.389><c> how</c><00:42:28.750><c> I</c>

00:42:28.929 --> 00:42:31.389
would<00:42:29.050><c> have</c><00:42:29.130><c> been</c><00:42:29.329><c> caught</c><00:42:29.550><c> up</c><00:42:29.730><c> in</c><00:42:29.889><c> that</c><00:42:30.269><c> time.</c>

00:42:32.550 --> 00:42:36.010
Where<00:42:32.710><c> would</c><00:42:32.789><c> you</c><00:42:32.909><c> have</c><00:42:33.070><c> been?</c><00:42:34.349><c> With</c><00:42:34.690><c> Baal</c><00:42:35.110><c> or</c><00:42:35.329><c> with</c><00:42:35.610><c> Elijah?</c>

00:42:36.449 --> 00:42:39.010
Would<00:42:36.610><c> you</c><00:42:36.710><c> have</c><00:42:36.809><c> been</c><00:42:36.929><c> with</c><00:42:37.050><c> those</c><00:42:37.329><c> that</c><00:42:37.469><c> were</c><00:42:37.730><c> silent</c>

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until<00:42:39.929><c> you</c><00:42:40.130><c> took</c><00:42:40.309><c> up</c><00:42:40.510><c> the</c><00:42:40.670><c> cry</c><00:42:40.829><c> of,</c><00:42:41.190><c> Oh</c><00:42:41.190><c> Baal</c><00:42:41.530><c> hear</c><00:42:41.769><c> us,</c><00:42:42.170><c> oh</c><00:42:42.349><c> Baal</c><00:42:42.690><c> hear</c><00:42:42.909><c> us?</c>

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Or<00:42:44.570><c> how?</c>

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Or<00:42:48.210><c> have</c><00:42:48.389><c> you</c><00:42:48.510><c> got</c><00:42:48.670><c> a</c><00:42:48.849><c> little</c><00:42:49.110><c> Baal</c><00:42:49.409><c> at</c><00:42:49.630><c> home</c><00:42:50.309><c> that</c><00:42:53.190><c> you'll</c><00:42:53.429><c> go</c>

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to<00:42:53.690><c> worship?</c><00:42:54.730><c> Only</c><00:42:55.110><c> a</c><00:42:55.289><c> little</c><00:42:55.469><c> one,</c>

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just<00:42:57.409><c> a</c><00:42:57.590><c> household</c><00:42:57.949><c> God</c><00:42:58.449><c> of</c><00:42:59.010><c> your</c><00:42:59.210><c> own</c><00:42:59.469><c> kind.</c><00:43:01.170><c> Something</c><00:43:01.550><c> that</c>

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isn't<00:43:02.030><c> God</c><00:43:02.510><c> that</c><00:43:03.710><c> can</c><00:43:03.889><c> be</c><00:43:04.130><c> conveniently</c>

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tucked<00:43:04.909><c> away</c><00:43:05.250><c> in</c><00:43:05.510><c> one's</c><00:43:05.909><c> heart</c><00:43:06.250><c> or</c><00:43:06.610><c> one's</c><00:43:06.969><c> mind.</c><00:43:08.010><c> And</c><00:43:08.150><c> a</c><00:43:08.269><c> little</c><00:43:08.449><c> room</c>

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of<00:43:08.909><c> thought</c><00:43:09.110><c> to</c><00:43:09.289><c> which</c><00:43:09.429><c> we</c><00:43:09.710><c> go</c>

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and<00:43:10.610><c> prostrate</c><00:43:11.110><c> our</c><00:43:11.389><c> souls</c><00:43:11.610><c> before</c><00:43:12.050><c> it.</c><00:43:12.710><c> Some</c><00:43:12.989><c> pursuit,</c><00:43:14.630><c> some</c>

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way<00:43:15.230><c> of</c><00:43:15.530><c> life,</c><00:43:16.550><c> something</c><00:43:16.949><c> done</c><00:43:17.429><c> or</c><00:43:17.849><c> not</c><00:43:18.190><c> done,</c>

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some<00:43:19.349><c> ambition,</c><00:43:21.369><c> some</c><00:43:21.570><c> behavior</c><00:43:22.110><c> with</c><00:43:22.349><c> our</c><00:43:22.570><c> children,</c><00:43:23.969><c> some</c>

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lack<00:43:24.610><c> or</c><00:43:24.909><c> omission,</c><00:43:25.909><c> some</c><00:43:26.110><c> attitude</c><00:43:26.610><c> to</c><00:43:26.809><c> the</c>

00:43:27.030 --> 00:43:33.889
Ecclesia.<00:43:28.309><c> Have</c><00:43:28.610><c> we</c><00:43:28.769><c> got</c><00:43:28.969><c> a</c><00:43:29.190><c> little</c><00:43:29.429><c> God</c><00:43:30.130><c> that</c><00:43:32.449><c> we</c><00:43:32.909><c> worship?</c>

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And<00:43:34.989><c> does</c><00:43:35.110><c> he</c><00:43:35.150><c> sometimes</c><00:43:35.570><c> become</c><00:43:35.909><c> so</c><00:43:36.250><c> big</c><00:43:36.389><c> that</c><00:43:36.489><c> he's</c><00:43:36.710><c> just</c>

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five<00:43:37.309><c> foot</c><00:43:37.750><c> ten</c><00:43:38.010><c> and</c><00:43:38.210><c> a</c><00:43:38.309><c> half</c><00:43:38.730><c> and</c><00:43:40.150><c> he</c><00:43:40.329><c> bears</c><00:43:40.510><c> my</c><00:43:40.789><c> own</c><00:43:40.989><c> name.</c><00:43:43.510><c> And</c><00:43:43.510><c> I</c>

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worship<00:43:44.050><c> him</c><00:43:44.650><c> from</c><00:43:45.150><c> morning</c><00:43:45.530><c> till</c><00:43:45.710><c> evening.</c>

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Ah<00:43:48.269><c> well,</c><00:43:48.510><c> when</c><00:43:48.530><c> we</c><00:43:48.650><c> look</c><00:43:48.789><c> at</c><00:43:48.869><c> it,</c><00:43:49.070><c> brethren</c><00:43:49.230><c> and</c><00:43:49.369><c> sisters,</c>

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we've<00:43:49.829><c> all</c><00:43:49.969><c> got</c><00:43:50.150><c> our</c><00:43:50.349><c> little</c><00:43:50.610><c> gods</c><00:43:51.030><c> with</c><00:43:51.550><c> every</c><00:43:51.949><c> idol</c>

00:43:52.329 --> 00:43:58.949
bid<00:43:52.489><c> us</c><00:43:52.750><c> part,</c><00:43:53.530><c> little</c><00:43:53.809><c> children.</c><00:43:55.929><c> That's</c><00:43:56.489><c> it.</c><00:43:57.329><c> Cleanse</c><00:43:57.710><c> yourselves.</c><00:43:58.650><c> Take</c>

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them<00:43:59.150><c> away.</c><00:44:00.289><c> They</c><00:44:00.469><c> can't</c><00:44:00.909><c> hear.</c>

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They<00:44:01.829><c> can</c><00:44:02.010><c> do</c><00:44:02.289><c> nothing</c><00:44:02.590><c> in</c><00:44:02.789><c> the</c><00:44:02.869><c> day</c><00:44:03.010><c> of</c><00:44:03.190><c> distress.</c><00:44:04.730><c> And</c><00:44:04.849><c> the</c>

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word,<00:44:05.409><c> the</c><00:44:05.650><c> word</c><00:44:06.070><c> in</c><00:44:06.329><c> the</c><00:44:06.489><c> Old</c><00:44:06.630><c> Testament</c>

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for<00:44:07.690><c> these,</c><00:44:08.170><c> for</c><00:44:08.429><c> these</c><00:44:09.010><c> devils,</c><00:44:09.630><c> these</c><00:44:10.090><c> demons,</c><00:44:11.489><c> these</c><00:44:11.829><c> things,</c><00:44:12.190><c> these</c><00:44:12.409><c> idols,</c><00:44:13.250><c> you're</c><00:44:13.590><c> looking</c><00:44:13.590><c> at</c>

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margin<00:44:14.110><c> for</c><00:44:14.309><c> the</c><00:44:14.469><c> word</c><00:44:14.650><c> for</c><00:44:14.929><c> idol.</c><00:44:15.369><c> What</c><00:44:15.550><c> does</c><00:44:15.670><c> it</c><00:44:15.889><c> say?</c><00:44:16.969><c> It</c><00:44:17.190><c> says</c><00:44:17.349><c> it's</c><00:44:17.690><c> a</c>

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thing<00:44:18.030><c> of</c><00:44:18.269><c> naught.</c>

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It<00:44:21.789><c> isn't</c><00:44:22.070><c> there.</c><00:44:22.889><c> It's</c><00:44:23.289><c> just</c><00:44:23.409><c> what</c><00:44:23.530><c> we</c><00:44:23.789><c> imagine.</c><00:44:24.230><c> That's</c><00:44:24.530><c> all.</c><00:44:26.150><c> It</c>

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can<00:44:26.530><c> do</c><00:44:26.690><c> nothing</c><00:44:26.889><c> for</c><00:44:27.170><c> us.</c>

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And<00:44:29.289><c> tomorrow,</c><00:44:29.909><c> when</c><00:44:30.110><c> we</c><00:44:30.170><c> come</c><00:44:30.369><c> to</c><00:44:30.409><c> this</c><00:44:31.030><c> meeting,</c><00:44:32.469><c> God</c><00:44:32.570><c> willing,</c><00:44:34.030><c> we</c>

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shall<00:44:34.530><c> assemble</c><00:44:35.449><c> around</c><00:44:36.349><c> another</c><00:44:36.630><c> altar</c>

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with<00:44:38.530><c> one</c><00:44:38.989><c> priest,</c><00:44:40.349><c> one</c><00:44:40.730><c> prophet,</c><00:44:42.269><c> in</c><00:44:42.349><c> the</c><00:44:42.489><c> name</c><00:44:42.630><c> of</c><00:44:42.869><c> God</c><00:44:43.050><c> the</c>

00:44:43.190 --> 00:44:46.789
King,<00:44:44.309><c> and</c><00:44:44.570><c> see</c><00:44:44.789><c> how</c><00:44:44.989><c> God</c><00:44:45.230><c> delivers</c><00:44:45.530><c> his</c><00:44:45.750><c> people.</c>

00:44:47.230 --> 00:44:51.829
If<00:44:47.369><c> you'd</c><00:44:47.630><c> like</c><00:44:47.769><c> very</c><00:44:48.269><c> quickly,</c><00:44:49.269><c> just</c><00:44:49.550><c> to</c><00:44:49.750><c> sing</c><00:44:50.210><c> a</c><00:44:51.090><c> word</c><00:44:51.469><c> from</c>

00:44:51.829 --> 00:44:53.829
hymn<00:44:52.090><c> 179.</c>

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Just<00:45:08.349><c> one</c><00:45:08.710><c> verse,</c><00:45:10.070><c> verse</c><00:45:10.489><c> two</c><00:45:11.469><c> of</c><00:45:12.510><c> 179</c><00:45:13.469><c> of</c><00:45:13.849><c> O,</c><00:45:14.289><c> thy</c><00:45:14.550><c> prophet</c><00:45:15.050><c> Moses.</c>

00:45:34.710 --> 00:45:46.210
O,<00:45:37.269><c> thy</c><00:45:37.969><c> prophet</c><00:45:39.150><c> Moses,</c><00:45:41.230><c> with</c><00:45:42.050><c> all</c><00:45:42.570><c> thy</c><00:45:43.349><c> people</c><00:45:44.190><c> praise,</c>

00:45:47.829 --> 00:45:56.210
Alleluia,<00:45:49.230><c> eternal</c><00:45:50.630><c> paradise</c><00:45:53.090><c> of</c><00:45:54.210><c> the</c><00:45:54.690><c> rain,</c>

00:45:56.510 --> 00:46:05.789
In<00:45:57.110><c> thy</c><00:45:57.550><c> breast</c><00:45:58.170><c> where</c><00:45:58.929><c> our</c><00:45:59.650><c> earth</c><00:46:00.590><c> is,</c><00:46:01.309><c> to</c><00:46:02.030><c> host</c><00:46:02.570><c> and</c><00:46:03.349><c> open</c><00:46:04.250><c> air.</c>

00:46:05.789 --> 00:46:15.250
O,<00:46:06.929><c> alleluia,</c><00:46:09.269><c> eternal</c><00:46:10.329><c> paradise,</c><00:46:11.809><c> to</c><00:46:12.530><c> host</c><00:46:13.170><c> and</c><00:46:13.809><c> open</c><00:46:14.750><c> air.</c>

00:46:21.329 --> 00:46:26.389
Our<00:46:21.909><c> heavenly</c><00:46:23.070><c> Father,</c><00:46:23.510><c> hear</c><00:46:23.690><c> us.</c><00:46:25.230><c> We</c><00:46:25.329><c> pray</c><00:46:25.570><c> of</c><00:46:25.730><c> thee</c><00:46:25.889><c> as</c><00:46:26.090><c> we</c>

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cry<00:46:26.570><c> unto</c><00:46:26.789><c> thee.</c>

00:46:28.480 --> 00:46:33.389
A<00:46:28.809><c> God</c><00:46:29.110><c> whose</c><00:46:29.389><c> slumber</c><00:46:29.670><c> is</c><00:46:29.869><c> not,</c><00:46:31.409><c> neither</c><00:46:31.610><c> dost</c><00:46:31.849><c> thou</c><00:46:32.130><c> sleep.</c>

00:46:34.449 --> 00:46:37.010
O,<00:46:34.710><c> thou</c><00:46:34.889><c> that</c><00:46:35.289><c> hearest</c><00:46:35.809><c> prayer,</c>

00:46:37.590 --> 00:46:43.590
unto<00:46:37.730><c> thee</c><00:46:38.170><c> shall</c><00:46:38.489><c> all</c><00:46:39.090><c> flesh</c><00:46:39.429><c> come.</c><00:46:41.349><c> Grant</c><00:46:41.570><c> us</c><00:46:42.190><c> in</c><00:46:43.130><c> the</c><00:46:43.329><c> day</c>

00:46:43.590 --> 00:46:46.110
when<00:46:43.849><c> the</c><00:46:44.110><c> sacrifice</c><00:46:44.710><c> of</c><00:46:44.909><c> the</c><00:46:45.010><c> Lord</c><00:46:45.269><c> Jesus</c>

00:46:46.809 --> 00:46:52.110
shall<00:46:47.469><c> have</c><00:46:47.650><c> all</c><00:46:47.809><c> its</c><00:46:48.130><c> fulfillment,</c><00:46:50.210><c> when</c><00:46:50.750><c> the</c><00:46:50.969><c> old</c><00:46:51.190><c> altars</c>

00:46:52.110 --> 00:46:54.789
shall<00:46:52.710><c> be</c><00:46:53.010><c> repaired</c><00:46:53.409><c> and</c><00:46:53.630><c> Christ</c><00:46:54.130><c> himself</c>

00:46:54.789 --> 00:46:58.429
shall<00:46:55.130><c> be</c><00:46:55.369><c> present</c><00:46:55.690><c> in</c><00:46:55.869><c> the</c><00:46:56.070><c> land,</c><00:46:57.530><c> when</c><00:46:57.610><c> thy</c><00:46:57.829><c> glory</c><00:46:58.210><c> shall</c>

00:46:58.429 --> 00:47:01.030
unite<00:46:58.869><c> the</c><00:46:59.150><c> ten</c><00:46:59.369><c> and</c><00:46:59.590><c> the</c><00:46:59.769><c> two</c><00:46:59.929><c> tribes,</c>

00:47:01.369 --> 00:47:05.210
when<00:47:01.489><c> the</c><00:47:01.710><c> earth</c><00:47:02.090><c> shall</c><00:47:02.389><c> know</c><00:47:03.090><c> and</c><00:47:03.849><c> be</c><00:47:04.130><c> assured</c><00:47:04.489><c> that</c><00:47:04.630><c> thou</c><00:47:04.869><c> art</c><00:47:05.070><c> a</c>

00:47:05.210 --> 00:47:06.889
God<00:47:05.429><c> that</c><00:47:05.670><c> hearest,</c>

00:47:06.909 --> 00:47:11.610
and<00:47:07.170><c> when</c><00:47:07.389><c> thy</c><00:47:07.590><c> glory</c><00:47:07.969><c> shall</c><00:47:08.929><c> spill</c><00:47:09.389><c> forth</c><00:47:09.789><c> from</c><00:47:10.050><c> Zion</c><00:47:10.789><c> until</c>

00:47:11.610 --> 00:47:13.829
it<00:47:11.929><c> envelops</c><00:47:12.510><c> the</c><00:47:12.750><c> whole</c><00:47:12.989><c> of</c><00:47:13.210><c> this</c>

00:47:13.829 --> 00:47:18.150
fair<00:47:14.170><c> earth</c><00:47:14.510><c> which</c><00:47:14.730><c> thou</c><00:47:14.889><c> hast</c><00:47:15.110><c> created.</c><00:47:16.489><c> O,</c><00:47:16.849><c> Lord,</c><00:47:17.090><c> until</c><00:47:17.389><c> that</c><00:47:17.670><c> day</c><00:47:17.909><c> do</c>

00:47:18.150 --> 00:47:21.110
thou<00:47:18.849><c> in</c><00:47:19.230><c> thy</c><00:47:19.369><c> love</c><00:47:19.789><c> sustain</c><00:47:20.329><c> us</c>

00:47:21.119 --> 00:47:25.050
and<00:47:21.469><c> keep</c><00:47:21.710><c> us</c><00:47:21.929><c> through</c><00:47:22.090><c> every</c><00:47:22.449><c> trial</c><00:47:22.849><c> and</c><00:47:23.070><c> tribulation,</c><00:47:23.949><c> through</c><00:47:23.969><c> every</c><00:47:24.429><c> joy</c>

00:47:25.050 --> 00:47:27.610
and<00:47:25.869><c> every</c><00:47:26.170><c> happiness</c><00:47:26.690><c> that</c>

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leaning<00:47:27.849><c> upon</c><00:47:28.150><c> thee</c><00:47:28.889><c> are</c><00:47:29.510><c> not</c><00:47:29.769><c> halting</c><00:47:30.070><c> between</c><00:47:30.409><c> two</c><00:47:30.650><c> opinions.</c><00:47:32.349><c> We</c><00:47:32.349><c> might</c><00:47:32.630><c> finally</c><00:47:33.030><c> come</c>

00:47:33.309 --> 00:47:34.190
to<00:47:33.489><c> that</c><00:47:33.690><c> rest</c>

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which<00:47:34.969><c> thou</c><00:47:35.150><c> hast</c><00:47:35.369><c> promised</c><00:47:36.190><c> unto</c><00:47:37.349><c> thy</c><00:47:37.610><c> people.</c><00:47:39.329><c> For</c><00:47:39.489><c> this</c><00:47:39.929><c> we</c>

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ask<00:47:40.690><c> and</c><00:47:40.849><c> give</c><00:47:41.030><c> thee</c><00:47:41.190><c> thanks</c>

00:47:41.849 --> 00:47:46.710
in<00:47:43.050><c> the</c><00:47:43.210><c> name</c><00:47:43.409><c> of</c><00:47:43.610><c> our</c><00:47:43.730><c> Lord</c><00:47:43.909><c> Jesus</c><00:47:44.250><c> Christ.</c><00:47:45.889><c> Amen.</c>