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you<00:14:52.330><c> notice</c><00:14:52.610><c> how</c><00:14:52.789><c> he</c><00:14:52.909><c> does</c><00:14:53.129><c> it?</c><00:14:53.350><c> Verse</c><00:14:53.490><c> 13.</c><00:14:55.309><c> Therefore</c>

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was<00:15:23.850><c> bound</c><00:15:24.049><c> to</c><00:15:24.230><c> be</c><00:15:24.409><c> watchful.</c><00:15:25.350><c> He</c><00:15:25.509><c> was</c><00:15:25.730><c> bound</c><00:15:25.950><c> to</c><00:15:26.129><c> be</c>

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diligent.<00:15:27.509><c> He</c><00:15:27.610><c> was</c><00:15:27.830><c> bound</c><00:15:27.990><c> to</c><00:15:28.169><c> look</c><00:15:28.330><c> out</c><00:15:28.470><c> for</c><00:15:28.610><c> the</c><00:15:28.850><c> enemy</c><00:15:29.210><c> because</c><00:15:30.029><c> he</c>

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is<00:15:35.149><c> the</c><00:15:35.149><c> strength</c><00:15:35.429><c> and</c><00:15:35.710><c> purpose</c><00:15:35.950><c> of</c><00:15:36.110><c> the</c><00:15:36.330><c> family</c><00:15:36.669><c> unit</c><00:15:37.049><c> brethren</c><00:15:37.429><c> and</c><00:15:37.730><c> sisters</c><00:15:37.990><c> and</c><00:15:38.350><c> that</c><00:15:38.549><c> is</c>

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occurs<00:16:06.090><c> in</c><00:16:06.230><c> verse</c><00:16:06.429><c> 4,</c>

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comes<00:16:08.049><c> again</c><00:16:08.309><c> in</c><00:16:08.429><c> verse</c><00:16:08.570><c> 5</c><00:16:08.889><c> and</c><00:16:09.049><c> all</c><00:16:09.190><c> the</c><00:16:09.250><c> way</c><00:16:09.309><c> through</c><00:16:09.470><c> the</c><00:16:09.649><c> chapter.</c><00:16:12.049><c> This</c><00:16:12.210><c> is</c>

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stone.<00:16:26.889><c> Some</c><00:16:27.129><c> of</c><00:16:27.269><c> it</c><00:16:27.350><c> was</c><00:16:27.529><c> still</c><00:16:27.929><c> standing</c><00:16:28.289><c> and</c><00:16:28.490><c> had</c><00:16:28.669><c> to</c><00:16:28.889><c> be</c><00:16:29.350><c> repaired</c><00:16:29.649><c> and</c><00:16:30.509><c> so</c>

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and<00:16:33.029><c> in</c><00:16:33.149><c> doing</c><00:16:33.289><c> this</c><00:16:33.570><c> work</c><00:16:33.809><c> together</c><00:16:34.289><c> they</c><00:16:34.830><c> were</c><00:16:35.029><c> able</c><00:16:35.169><c> to</c><00:16:35.549><c> accomplish</c><00:16:35.889><c> it</c>

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spend<00:16:40.950><c> too</c><00:16:41.090><c> much</c><00:16:41.269><c> time</c><00:16:41.450><c> in</c><00:16:41.629><c> chapter</c><00:16:41.789><c> 3</c><00:16:42.029><c> because</c><00:16:42.309><c> we</c><00:16:42.490><c> have</c><00:16:42.629><c> so</c>

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not<00:16:51.629><c> only</c><00:16:51.909><c> one</c><00:16:52.309><c> portion</c><00:16:52.610><c> but</c><00:16:53.330><c> were</c><00:16:53.629><c> diligent</c><00:16:53.970><c> enough</c><00:16:54.289><c> to</c><00:16:54.470><c> go</c>

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in<00:17:07.190><c> verse</c><00:17:07.410><c> 4,</c><00:17:08.490><c> a</c><00:17:08.569><c> man</c><00:17:08.849><c> who</c><00:17:09.029><c> is</c><00:17:09.250><c> working</c><00:17:09.769><c> diligently</c><00:17:10.589><c> but</c><00:17:12.529><c> whose</c>

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daughter<00:17:14.069><c> later</c><00:17:14.809><c> is</c><00:17:16.369><c> seen</c><00:17:16.509><c> to</c><00:17:16.650><c> be</c><00:17:16.849><c> married</c><00:17:17.049><c> to</c><00:17:17.230><c> the</c>

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son<00:17:17.730><c> of</c><00:17:18.690><c> Tobiah.</c><00:17:20.750><c> The</c><00:17:20.970><c> doctrine</c><00:17:21.369><c> of</c><00:17:21.789><c> Balaam</c><00:17:22.150><c> has</c><00:17:22.690><c> infiltrated</c>

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intrigue<00:17:27.589><c> of</c><00:17:28.150><c> Balaam's</c><00:17:29.009><c> doctrine</c><00:17:29.589><c> used</c><00:17:31.390><c> by</c><00:17:31.809><c> Tobiah</c><00:17:32.730><c> is</c><00:17:33.430><c> seen</c>

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pool<00:17:52.990><c> of</c><00:17:54.190><c> Siloam.</c><00:17:57.869><c> That</c><00:17:58.430><c> is</c><00:17:58.569><c> the</c><00:17:58.769><c> pool</c><00:17:58.970><c> of</c><00:17:59.849><c> Siloam</c><00:18:00.450><c> and</c><00:18:02.970><c> that</c><00:18:03.210><c> as</c><00:18:03.410><c> you</c><00:18:03.529><c> will</c><00:18:03.750><c> note</c><00:18:04.009><c> in</c><00:18:04.549><c> John</c><00:18:04.829><c> chapter</c><00:18:05.250><c> 9</c>

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Siloam<00:18:16.930><c> which</c><00:18:17.230><c> means</c><00:18:18.910><c> sent.</c><00:18:23.950><c> You</c><00:18:24.609><c> will</c><00:18:24.829><c> also</c><00:18:25.230><c> know</c>

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chapter<00:18:37.369><c> 3,</c><00:18:38.369><c> I</c><00:18:38.430><c> think</c><00:18:38.529><c> verse</c><00:18:38.769><c> 1,</c><00:18:39.269><c> we</c><00:18:39.450><c> are</c><00:18:39.589><c> told</c><00:18:39.910><c> that</c><00:18:40.410><c> it</c><00:18:40.650><c> is</c><00:18:40.890><c> Jesus</c><00:18:41.490><c> who</c><00:18:42.650><c> is</c>

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Jesus<00:18:48.829><c> was</c><00:18:49.450><c> the</c><00:18:49.849><c> one</c><00:18:50.250><c> who</c><00:18:50.630><c> was</c><00:18:51.069><c> sent.</c><00:18:53.309><c> The</c><00:18:53.450><c> twelve</c><00:18:53.809><c> were</c><00:18:54.089><c> apostles</c><00:18:54.529><c> sent</c>

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that<00:23:39.009><c> men</c><00:23:39.250><c> put</c><00:23:39.490><c> into</c><00:23:39.730><c> their</c><00:23:39.970><c> lives</c><00:23:40.269><c> that</c><00:23:40.430><c> the</c><00:23:40.690><c> truth</c><00:23:40.930><c> might</c>

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be<00:23:41.430><c> rediscovered.</c><00:23:44.130><c> You</c><00:23:44.269><c> will</c><00:23:44.450><c> learn</c><00:23:44.589><c> of</c><00:23:44.769><c> the</c><00:23:45.009><c> selflessness.</c>

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A<00:23:47.470><c> man</c><00:23:47.650><c> who</c><00:23:47.829><c> had</c><00:23:47.970><c> a</c><00:23:48.170><c> career</c><00:23:48.430><c> but</c><00:23:48.609><c> it</c><00:23:48.789><c> meant</c><00:23:48.930><c> nothing.</c>

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That<00:23:52.670><c> he</c><00:23:52.769><c> might</c><00:23:53.009><c> disseminate</c><00:23:53.589><c> the</c><00:23:53.789><c> truth.</c><00:23:55.430><c> And</c><00:23:55.609><c> we</c><00:23:55.710><c> think</c><00:23:55.849><c> of</c>

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ourselves<00:23:56.509><c> who</c><00:23:58.750><c> are</c><00:23:58.970><c> just</c><00:23:59.809><c> sinking</c><00:24:00.210><c> into</c>

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our<00:24:01.430><c> environment</c><00:24:02.009><c> and</c><00:24:02.490><c> becoming</c><00:24:02.809><c> like</c><00:24:03.329><c> people</c><00:24:04.349><c> amongst</c><00:24:04.950><c> whom</c>

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we<00:24:05.450><c> live.</c><00:24:06.970><c> Vying</c><00:24:07.309><c> with</c><00:24:07.589><c> them</c><00:24:07.750><c> for</c><00:24:08.009><c> position</c><00:24:08.509><c> and</c>

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careers<00:24:09.450><c> and</c><00:24:09.690><c> for</c><00:24:09.829><c> wealth.</c><00:24:14.609><c> Think</c><00:24:14.750><c> of</c><00:24:14.869><c> the</c><00:24:15.089><c> house</c><00:24:15.269><c> of</c><00:24:15.450><c> the</c><00:24:15.589><c> mighty</c><00:24:15.910><c> brethren</c><00:24:16.309><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:24:17.250><c> when</c><00:24:18.609><c> you</c><00:24:18.849><c> sit</c><00:24:18.990><c> in</c><00:24:19.190><c> the</c>

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comfort<00:24:19.549><c> of</c><00:24:19.730><c> your</c><00:24:19.950><c> own</c><00:24:20.150><c> home</c><00:24:20.750><c> and</c><00:24:21.509><c> when</c><00:24:21.750><c> next</c><00:24:21.950><c> you</c><00:24:22.150><c> are</c><00:24:22.289><c> tempted</c><00:24:22.930><c> to</c><00:24:24.650><c> pursue</c><00:24:25.089><c> a</c>

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career<00:24:25.849><c> as</c><00:24:26.890><c> men</c><00:24:27.130><c> and</c><00:24:27.269><c> women</c><00:24:27.470><c> do</c>

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in<00:24:27.910><c> the</c><00:24:28.130><c> world.</c><00:24:29.910><c> Think</c><00:24:30.150><c> of</c><00:24:30.289><c> the</c><00:24:30.470><c> house</c><00:24:30.569><c> of</c><00:24:30.769><c> the</c><00:24:30.930><c> mighty</c><00:24:31.109><c> as</c><00:24:31.329><c> it</c>

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was<00:24:31.809><c> and</c><00:24:32.329><c> as</c><00:24:32.609><c> it</c><00:24:32.750><c> had</c><00:24:32.910><c> become</c><00:24:33.190><c> in</c><00:24:33.390><c> the</c><00:24:33.509><c> days</c><00:24:33.730><c> of</c>

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Let's<00:24:38.190><c> pass</c><00:24:38.309><c> on</c><00:24:38.589><c> from</c><00:24:38.930><c> chapter</c><00:24:39.349><c> three.</c><00:24:42.910><c> Chapter</c><00:24:43.210><c> four</c><00:24:44.069><c> we</c><00:24:46.549><c> have</c><00:24:46.990><c> in</c>

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fact<00:24:47.569><c> partly</c><00:24:48.170><c> looked</c><00:24:48.430><c> at.</c><00:24:52.029><c> There</c><00:24:52.210><c> is</c><00:24:52.430><c> something</c>

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I<00:24:52.950><c> wish</c><00:24:53.329><c> to</c><00:24:53.529><c> bring</c><00:24:53.690><c> out</c><00:24:53.930><c> from</c><00:24:56.390><c> round</c><00:24:56.549><c> about</c><00:24:56.730><c> verse</c><00:24:56.950><c> nine.</c><00:25:00.990><c> Nevertheless</c><00:25:01.390><c> we</c>

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made<00:25:01.930><c> our</c><00:25:02.309><c> prayer</c><00:25:02.549><c> unto</c><00:25:02.869><c> our</c><00:25:03.230><c> God</c><00:25:03.509><c> and</c>

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set<00:25:03.910><c> a</c><00:25:04.150><c> watch</c><00:25:04.369><c> against</c><00:25:04.829><c> them</c><00:25:05.049><c> day</c><00:25:05.390><c> and</c><00:25:05.789><c> night</c><00:25:06.089><c> because</c><00:25:06.470><c> of</c><00:25:06.690><c> them.</c><00:25:08.710><c> And</c>

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so<00:25:09.150><c> Nehemiah's</c><00:25:09.950><c> answer</c><00:25:10.470><c> to</c><00:25:10.849><c> the</c><00:25:11.150><c> enemy</c><00:25:11.609><c> was</c>

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twofold.<00:25:15.410><c> He</c><00:25:15.630><c> prayed</c><00:25:16.190><c> unto</c><00:25:16.670><c> God</c><00:25:17.109><c> and</c><00:25:17.549><c> he</c><00:25:17.970><c> set</c><00:25:18.190><c> a</c><00:25:18.470><c> watch.</c><00:25:21.990><c> Now</c><00:25:22.269><c> that</c><00:25:22.410><c> is</c><00:25:22.630><c> a</c>

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very<00:25:22.990><c> important</c><00:25:23.509><c> facet</c><00:25:23.910><c> of</c><00:25:24.170><c> prayer.</c><00:25:25.890><c> That</c>

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we<00:25:26.529><c> pray</c><00:25:26.529><c> and</c><00:25:26.890><c> do.</c><00:25:29.170><c> There</c><00:25:29.309><c> is</c><00:25:29.690><c> no</c><00:25:29.970><c> point</c><00:25:30.230><c> in</c><00:25:30.710><c> praying</c><00:25:30.950><c> for</c><00:25:31.230><c> the</c>

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poor<00:25:31.869><c> unless</c><00:25:32.670><c> we</c><00:25:33.049><c> ourselves</c><00:25:33.609><c> are</c><00:25:33.849><c> prepared</c><00:25:34.269><c> to</c><00:25:34.529><c> allow</c>

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ourselves<00:25:35.410><c> to</c><00:25:35.609><c> be</c><00:25:35.750><c> a</c><00:25:36.029><c> vehicle</c><00:25:36.690><c> through</c><00:25:37.170><c> whom</c><00:25:37.289><c> God</c><00:25:37.529><c> can</c><00:25:37.769><c> work.</c>

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Unless<00:25:39.849><c> we</c><00:25:40.089><c> are</c><00:25:40.309><c> prepared</c><00:25:40.589><c> to</c><00:25:40.789><c> put</c><00:25:40.930><c> our</c><00:25:41.150><c> own</c><00:25:41.329><c> hands</c>

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in<00:25:41.809><c> our</c><00:25:42.029><c> pockets</c><00:25:42.390><c> and</c><00:25:42.950><c> help</c><00:25:43.150><c> the</c><00:25:43.410><c> poor.</c><00:25:44.869><c> Such</c><00:25:45.009><c> a</c><00:25:45.250><c> prayer</c><00:25:45.369><c> is</c><00:25:45.609><c> hypocrisy.</c><00:25:47.509><c> There's</c><00:25:47.730><c> no</c>

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point<00:25:48.150><c> in</c><00:25:48.450><c> praying</c><00:25:48.609><c> that</c><00:25:48.809><c> God</c>

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will<00:25:49.329><c> take</c><00:25:49.529><c> the</c><00:25:49.750><c> light</c><00:25:50.009><c> to</c><00:25:50.190><c> those</c><00:25:50.470><c> who</c><00:25:50.650><c> live</c><00:25:50.769><c> in</c><00:25:51.029><c> darkness</c><00:25:51.670><c> unless</c><00:25:52.210><c> we</c>

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are<00:25:52.769><c> prepared</c><00:25:53.130><c> to</c><00:25:53.470><c> open</c><00:25:53.710><c> our</c><00:25:54.049><c> mouths</c><00:25:54.470><c> and</c><00:25:54.970><c> let</c>

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the<00:25:55.430><c> message</c><00:25:55.630><c> of</c><00:25:55.829><c> God</c><00:25:56.089><c> come</c><00:25:56.410><c> out</c><00:25:57.150><c> to</c><00:25:57.549><c> those</c><00:25:57.829><c> who</c><00:25:58.029><c> live</c><00:25:58.150><c> in</c><00:25:58.390><c> darkness.</c><00:25:59.349><c> Such</c>

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is<00:26:00.009><c> mere</c><00:26:00.230><c> hypocrisy.</c><00:26:04.309><c> Whatever</c><00:26:04.470><c> we</c><00:26:04.750><c> pray</c>

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for<00:26:05.490><c> we</c><00:26:06.730><c> must</c><00:26:06.950><c> be</c><00:26:07.430><c> personally</c><00:26:08.069><c> involved</c><00:26:08.849><c> in.</c><00:26:10.650><c> And</c><00:26:10.829><c> it</c><00:26:10.930><c> is</c><00:26:11.130><c> in</c>

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that<00:26:11.609><c> involvement</c><00:26:12.269><c> that</c><00:26:12.630><c> we</c><00:26:12.849><c> ourselves</c><00:26:13.349><c> are</c><00:26:13.930><c> purged</c>

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and<00:26:15.210><c> cleansed</c><00:26:15.809><c> by</c><00:26:16.130><c> our</c><00:26:16.490><c> prayer</c><00:26:17.230><c> and</c><00:26:19.130><c> we</c><00:26:19.269><c> ourselves</c><00:26:19.549><c> become</c><00:26:19.950><c> part</c><00:26:20.250><c> and</c><00:26:20.470><c> parcel</c><00:26:20.849><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:21.789><c> atonement.</c><00:26:25.470><c> And</c><00:26:25.569><c> then</c><00:26:25.730><c> verse</c>

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ten<00:26:26.130><c> says,</c><00:26:28.890><c> Judah</c><00:26:29.069><c> said,</c><00:26:31.490><c> the</c><00:26:31.569><c> strength</c><00:26:32.329><c> of</c><00:26:33.190><c> the</c><00:26:33.430><c> bearers</c><00:26:33.950><c> of</c>

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burdens<00:26:34.789><c> is</c><00:26:35.309><c> decayed</c><00:26:37.490><c> and</c><00:26:37.950><c> there</c><00:26:38.150><c> is</c><00:26:38.269><c> much</c><00:26:38.490><c> rubbish.</c>

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There<00:26:42.289><c> are</c><00:26:42.410><c> two</c><00:26:42.589><c> points</c><00:26:42.849><c> that</c><00:26:43.009><c> come</c><00:26:43.130><c> out</c><00:26:43.289><c> of</c><00:26:43.470><c> this.</c><00:26:45.230><c> The</c><00:26:45.470><c> craftsmen</c><00:26:46.069><c> were</c>

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unable<00:26:46.690><c> to</c><00:26:47.089><c> work</c><00:26:47.890><c> because</c><00:26:49.730><c> the</c><00:26:50.029><c> strength</c>

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of<00:26:50.809><c> the</c><00:26:50.970><c> bearers</c><00:26:51.410><c> of</c><00:26:51.750><c> burdens</c><00:26:52.170><c> was</c><00:26:52.750><c> decayed.</c><00:27:00.109><c> Don't</c><00:27:00.430><c> miss</c><00:27:00.750><c> the</c>

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point.<00:27:03.630><c> The</c><00:27:04.029><c> craftsman</c><00:27:04.509><c> is</c><00:27:04.809><c> unable</c><00:27:05.269><c> to</c><00:27:06.150><c> ply</c><00:27:06.329><c> his</c><00:27:06.750><c> craft.</c>

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If<00:27:10.009><c> the</c><00:27:10.250><c> labourers</c><00:27:10.769><c> are</c><00:27:11.069><c> unable</c><00:27:11.490><c> to</c><00:27:12.690><c> do</c><00:27:13.009><c> the</c><00:27:13.289><c> work</c><00:27:13.609><c> which</c><00:27:13.950><c> is</c>

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necessary<00:27:14.670><c> first.</c><00:27:17.670><c> And</c><00:27:17.890><c> so</c><00:27:18.130><c> it</c><00:27:18.369><c> is</c><00:27:18.670><c> in</c><00:27:18.970><c> ecclesial</c><00:27:19.470><c> life</c>

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as<00:27:19.990><c> we</c><00:27:20.289><c> saw</c><00:27:20.509><c> it</c><00:27:20.710><c> is</c><00:27:20.910><c> the</c><00:27:21.230><c> rest</c><00:27:21.970><c> who</c><00:27:23.049><c> do</c><00:27:23.410><c> the</c><00:27:23.849><c> work.</c><00:27:25.890><c> And</c><00:27:26.250><c> if</c><00:27:26.970><c> the</c>

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average<00:27:28.329><c> member</c><00:27:28.990><c> of</c><00:27:29.250><c> our</c><00:27:29.630><c> community</c><00:27:30.630><c> tires</c><00:27:31.410><c> and</c><00:27:32.369><c> his</c>

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strength<00:27:33.170><c> decays</c><00:27:34.549><c> it</c><00:27:35.190><c> will</c><00:27:35.430><c> be</c><00:27:35.730><c> impossible</c><00:27:36.569><c> for</c><00:27:36.910><c> those</c><00:27:37.450><c> who</c>

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are<00:27:38.170><c> doing</c><00:27:38.470><c> the</c><00:27:38.890><c> specialist</c><00:27:39.410><c> tasks</c><00:27:40.089><c> in</c><00:27:40.549><c> our</c><00:27:40.710><c> midst</c><00:27:41.089><c> to</c><00:27:41.529><c> do</c>

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their<00:27:41.950><c> work.</c>

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Everything<00:27:44.710><c> depends</c><00:27:45.309><c> upon</c><00:27:45.769><c> you</c><00:27:46.230><c> as</c><00:27:46.690><c> an</c><00:27:47.089><c> individual,</c><00:27:48.809><c> whoever</c>

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you<00:27:49.369><c> are.</c><00:27:51.509><c> You</c><00:27:51.809><c> are</c><00:27:52.130><c> important</c><00:27:52.849><c> to</c><00:27:53.170><c> our</c><00:27:53.490><c> existence.</c>

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There<00:27:55.869><c> could</c><00:27:56.029><c> be</c><00:27:56.210><c> no</c><00:27:56.769><c> address</c><00:27:57.049><c> here</c><00:27:57.269><c> this</c><00:27:57.490><c> morning</c><00:27:57.750><c> if</c><00:27:57.869><c> there</c>

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were<00:27:58.130><c> not</c><00:27:58.269><c> an</c><00:27:58.529><c> audience.</c><00:28:01.150><c> There</c><00:28:01.269><c> will</c><00:28:01.349><c> be</c><00:28:01.430><c> no</c>

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point<00:28:01.869><c> in</c><00:28:02.069><c> producing</c><00:28:02.630><c> a</c><00:28:03.069><c> magazine</c><00:28:03.509><c> if</c><00:28:03.890><c> there</c><00:28:04.069><c> weren't</c><00:28:04.269><c> readers.</c><00:28:06.349><c> We</c><00:28:06.630><c> couldn't</c><00:28:06.890><c> hold</c><00:28:07.210><c> a</c>

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special<00:28:07.769><c> effort</c><00:28:08.309><c> if</c><00:28:08.829><c> we</c>

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didn't<00:28:09.210><c> have</c><00:28:09.450><c> those</c><00:28:09.690><c> to</c><00:28:10.269><c> distribute</c><00:28:10.670><c> the</c><00:28:10.970><c> literature</c><00:28:11.369><c> and</c><00:28:11.829><c> to</c>

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support<00:28:12.430><c> the</c><00:28:12.710><c> lecture.</c><00:28:15.289><c> It</c><00:28:15.529><c> is</c><00:28:15.789><c> the</c><00:28:15.970><c> bearers</c><00:28:16.349><c> of</c><00:28:16.690><c> burdens</c>

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who<00:28:17.950><c> carry</c><00:28:18.369><c> the</c><00:28:18.750><c> burden</c><00:28:19.150><c> of</c><00:28:19.849><c> our</c><00:28:20.190><c> ecclesial</c><00:28:20.710><c> life</c><00:28:21.170><c> and</c><00:28:21.589><c> that</c>

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and<00:28:48.130><c> reused.</c><00:28:50.210><c> It</c><00:28:50.869><c> was</c><00:28:51.069><c> useful</c><00:28:51.390><c> material</c><00:28:52.170><c> but</c><00:28:53.829><c> it</c><00:28:53.970><c> was</c><00:28:54.109><c> in</c><00:28:54.190><c> the</c>

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very<00:29:07.710><c> spiritual</c><00:29:08.230><c> significance.</c>

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and<00:29:14.670><c> useful</c><00:29:15.269><c> but</c><00:29:15.809><c> because</c><00:29:16.269><c> they</c><00:29:16.529><c> are</c><00:29:16.630><c> in</c><00:29:16.829><c> the</c>

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know<00:29:24.269><c> weeds</c><00:29:24.690><c> are</c><00:29:25.009><c> only</c><00:29:25.309><c> plants</c>

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which<00:29:25.829><c> are</c><00:29:26.049><c> growing</c><00:29:26.210><c> in</c><00:29:26.390><c> the</c><00:29:26.529><c> wrong</c><00:29:26.730><c> place.</c><00:29:28.089><c> They're</c><00:29:28.269><c> not</c><00:29:28.430><c> a</c>

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strange<00:29:28.930><c> species</c><00:29:29.430><c> of</c><00:29:29.769><c> plants.</c><00:29:30.109><c> They're</c><00:29:30.670><c> just</c><00:29:30.769><c> plants</c><00:29:31.029><c> we</c><00:29:31.190><c> don't</c>

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want<00:29:31.849><c> growing</c><00:29:32.630><c> freely</c><00:29:33.089><c> in</c><00:29:33.289><c> the</c><00:29:33.509><c> wrong</c><00:29:33.710><c> place.</c><00:29:35.650><c> And</c><00:29:35.769><c> so</c><00:29:35.869><c> it</c><00:29:35.970><c> is</c>

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in<00:29:36.289><c> our</c><00:29:36.509><c> lives.</c><00:29:37.349><c> Our</c><00:29:37.509><c> lives</c><00:29:37.809><c> become</c><00:29:38.309><c> cluttered</c><00:29:38.730><c> up</c><00:29:38.869><c> with</c>

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things<00:29:39.589><c> which</c><00:29:40.109><c> are</c><00:29:40.329><c> not</c><00:29:40.690><c> sinful</c><00:29:41.109><c> in</c><00:29:41.390><c> themselves</c><00:29:42.029><c> but</c><00:29:43.069><c> because</c>

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to<00:29:46.869><c> work.</c><00:29:48.109><c> We</c><00:29:48.329><c> get</c><00:29:48.509><c> ourselves</c><00:29:48.950><c> encumbered</c><00:29:49.769><c> about</c><00:29:50.029><c> by</c><00:29:50.349><c> so</c><00:29:50.670><c> many</c>

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things<00:29:51.309><c> which</c><00:29:51.569><c> attract</c><00:29:51.910><c> our</c><00:29:52.190><c> attention.</c><00:29:54.329><c> When</c><00:29:54.589><c> in</c>

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the<00:29:54.970><c> simplicity</c><00:29:55.630><c> of</c><00:29:56.269><c> life</c><00:29:56.910><c> we</c><00:29:58.410><c> can</c><00:29:58.630><c> give</c><00:29:58.750><c> our</c><00:29:58.970><c> attention</c><00:29:59.329><c> to</c>

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the<00:29:59.690><c> things</c><00:29:59.829><c> that</c><00:30:00.069><c> really</c><00:30:00.329><c> matter.</c><00:30:05.430><c> More</c><00:30:05.529><c> things</c><00:30:05.809><c> we</c>

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gather<00:30:06.390><c> around</c><00:30:06.890><c> ourselves</c><00:30:07.930><c> the</c><00:30:09.690><c> more</c><00:30:09.789><c> we</c><00:30:09.950><c> should</c><00:30:10.109><c> obscure</c><00:30:10.650><c> the</c><00:30:10.910><c> word</c><00:30:11.069><c> of</c>

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God<00:30:11.509><c> and</c><00:30:12.089><c> his</c><00:30:12.289><c> purpose.</c><00:30:14.210><c> And</c><00:30:14.309><c> the</c><00:30:14.430><c> things</c>

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we<00:30:14.789><c> are</c><00:30:14.869><c> gathering</c><00:30:15.210><c> around</c><00:30:15.710><c> ourselves</c><00:30:16.170><c> are</c><00:30:16.369><c> things</c><00:30:16.630><c> which</c><00:30:16.890><c> really</c><00:30:17.269><c> belong</c><00:30:17.730><c> to</c>

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man's<00:30:19.289><c> artificial</c><00:30:19.970><c> world.</c><00:30:23.049><c> You</c><00:30:23.130><c> see</c>

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man<00:30:23.410><c> has</c><00:30:23.690><c> no</c><00:30:23.849><c> future.</c><00:30:25.569><c> He</c><00:30:25.710><c> has</c><00:30:25.970><c> no</c><00:30:26.150><c> kingdom</c><00:30:26.450><c> of</c><00:30:26.650><c> God</c><00:30:26.829><c> to</c><00:30:26.990><c> look</c>

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to.<00:30:28.650><c> He</c><00:30:28.829><c> can't</c><00:30:29.190><c> look</c><00:30:29.410><c> beyond</c><00:30:29.829><c> the</c><00:30:30.130><c> grave</c><00:30:30.529><c> because</c>

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time.<00:30:40.269><c> Now</c><00:30:40.549><c> don't</c><00:30:40.809><c> be</c><00:30:41.130><c> envious</c><00:30:41.589><c> of</c><00:30:41.849><c> such</c><00:30:42.009><c> people.</c><00:30:43.490><c> Let</c><00:30:43.710><c> them</c>

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have<00:30:44.210><c> those</c><00:30:44.490><c> things.</c><00:30:45.369><c> That</c><00:30:45.529><c> is</c><00:30:45.750><c> all</c><00:30:46.049><c> they</c><00:30:46.390><c> ever</c><00:30:46.630><c> will</c><00:30:46.849><c> have.</c>

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We<00:30:50.589><c> are</c><00:30:50.890><c> to</c><00:30:51.029><c> regard</c><00:30:51.329><c> ourselves</c><00:30:51.890><c> as</c><00:30:52.230><c> kings</c><00:30:52.730><c> and</c><00:30:53.309><c> princes</c><00:30:53.890><c> marching</c><00:30:55.069><c> to</c><00:30:55.470><c> our</c><00:30:55.829><c> inheritance.</c><00:30:57.809><c> And</c><00:30:57.910><c> there</c><00:30:58.130><c> is</c>

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thing<00:30:59.450><c> which</c><00:30:59.710><c> God</c><00:31:00.089><c> will</c><00:31:00.470><c> withhold</c><00:31:00.930><c> from</c><00:31:01.230><c> those</c><00:31:01.809><c> whom</c><00:31:02.109><c> he</c><00:31:02.390><c> loves</c><00:31:02.769><c> and</c>

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whom<00:31:03.670><c> he</c><00:31:03.930><c> will</c><00:31:04.230><c> save.</c><00:31:06.230><c> But</c><00:31:06.410><c> if</c><00:31:06.589><c> we</c><00:31:06.869><c> meddle</c><00:31:07.150><c> with</c>

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man's<00:31:07.829><c> artificial</c><00:31:08.450><c> world</c><00:31:08.849><c> we</c><00:31:09.069><c> shall</c><00:31:09.309><c> perish</c><00:31:09.670><c> with</c><00:31:09.950><c> it.</c><00:31:11.549><c> We</c><00:31:11.809><c> shall</c><00:31:11.990><c> be</c>

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encumbered<00:31:13.089><c> about</c><00:31:13.349><c> with</c><00:31:13.930><c> much</c><00:31:14.309><c> rubbish.</c><00:31:16.089><c> Our</c>

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strength<00:31:16.769><c> will</c><00:31:17.109><c> be</c><00:31:17.529><c> decayed</c><00:31:18.730><c> by</c><00:31:19.170><c> this</c><00:31:19.609><c> much</c><00:31:19.930><c> rubbish.</c><00:31:21.609><c> And</c>

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how<00:31:22.190><c> many</c><00:31:22.450><c> men</c><00:31:22.730><c> and</c><00:31:22.930><c> women</c><00:31:23.210><c> will</c><00:31:23.549><c> allow</c><00:31:23.869><c> their</c><00:31:24.130><c> strength</c>

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to<00:31:24.630><c> be</c><00:31:24.910><c> decayed</c><00:31:25.670><c> by</c><00:31:26.130><c> business</c><00:31:26.710><c> pursuits.</c><00:31:29.369><c> By</c><00:31:29.730><c> working</c><00:31:30.130><c> long</c>

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hours<00:31:30.990><c> in</c><00:31:31.190><c> order</c><00:31:31.450><c> to</c><00:31:31.690><c> earn</c><00:31:31.910><c> money</c><00:31:32.309><c> and</c><00:31:32.630><c> to</c><00:31:32.829><c> build</c>

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up<00:31:33.230><c> business.</c><00:31:35.289><c> How</c><00:31:35.650><c> many</c><00:31:35.849><c> men</c><00:31:36.089><c> will</c><00:31:36.329><c> allow</c><00:31:36.569><c> their</c><00:31:36.849><c> families</c>

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to<00:31:37.349><c> be</c><00:31:37.549><c> broken</c><00:31:37.829><c> up.</c><00:31:38.630><c> And</c><00:31:38.829><c> broken</c><00:31:39.049><c> marriages</c><00:31:39.490><c> are</c><00:31:39.849><c> the</c>

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result<00:31:40.789><c> of</c><00:31:41.990><c> man's</c><00:31:42.410><c> greed</c><00:31:42.650><c> and</c><00:31:42.869><c> ambition</c><00:31:43.250><c> to</c><00:31:43.509><c> get</c><00:31:43.650><c> on</c><00:31:43.869><c> in</c><00:31:44.130><c> life.</c>

00:31:47.549 --> 00:31:50.890
An<00:31:47.829><c> artificial</c><00:31:48.230><c> world</c><00:31:48.650><c> that</c><00:31:48.930><c> man</c><00:31:49.230><c> has</c><00:31:49.490><c> created</c>

00:31:51.410 --> 00:31:57.309
with<00:31:51.970><c> which</c><00:31:52.150><c> we</c><00:31:52.450><c> have</c><00:31:52.990><c> nothing</c><00:31:53.529><c> at</c><00:31:53.869><c> all</c><00:31:54.190><c> to</c><00:31:54.430><c> do.</c><00:31:56.970><c> And</c><00:31:57.109><c> you'll</c>

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notice<00:31:58.089><c> how</c><00:31:59.210><c> Nehemiah</c><00:31:59.589><c> got</c><00:31:59.829><c> over</c><00:32:00.130><c> this</c><00:32:00.349><c> problem.</c>

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He<00:32:02.650><c> set</c><00:32:02.750><c> his</c><00:32:02.990><c> watch,</c><00:32:03.250><c> verse</c><00:32:03.470><c> 13.</c><00:32:03.910><c> We've</c><00:32:04.170><c> referred</c><00:32:04.390><c> to</c><00:32:04.549><c> this</c><00:32:04.750><c> verse</c><00:32:04.910><c> already.</c><00:32:06.950><c> Some</c><00:32:07.069><c> in</c>

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the<00:32:07.390><c> lower</c><00:32:07.589><c> places,</c>

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that<00:32:08.789><c> is</c><00:32:09.029><c> amongst</c><00:32:09.349><c> the</c><00:32:09.549><c> rubble</c><00:32:09.829><c> itself.</c><00:32:10.990><c> Some</c><00:32:11.329><c> in</c><00:32:11.509><c> the</c><00:32:11.690><c> higher</c>

00:32:11.910 --> 00:32:14.289
places<00:32:12.390><c> upon</c><00:32:12.750><c> the</c><00:32:13.049><c> wall,</c><00:32:13.569><c> the</c><00:32:13.630><c> embattlements</c><00:32:14.089><c> of</c>

00:32:14.289 --> 00:32:18.109
the<00:32:14.490><c> wall.</c><00:32:15.990><c> But</c><00:32:16.190><c> in</c><00:32:16.349><c> each</c><00:32:16.589><c> case</c><00:32:16.809><c> behind</c><00:32:17.210><c> their</c><00:32:17.470><c> own</c><00:32:17.730><c> families</c>

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that<00:32:18.269><c> they</c><00:32:18.450><c> might</c><00:32:18.630><c> be</c><00:32:18.910><c> diligent</c><00:32:19.250><c> and</c><00:32:19.529><c> watchful.</c>

00:32:21.390 --> 00:32:25.650
And<00:32:21.609><c> notice</c><00:32:21.970><c> now</c><00:32:22.509><c> the</c><00:32:23.170><c> motive</c><00:32:23.529><c> that</c><00:32:23.690><c> he</c><00:32:23.809><c> gives</c><00:32:24.069><c> to</c><00:32:24.269><c> them,</c><00:32:24.410><c> verse</c><00:32:24.609><c> 14.</c>

00:32:26.029 --> 00:32:28.089
And<00:32:26.170><c> I</c><00:32:26.390><c> looked</c><00:32:26.670><c> and</c><00:32:26.950><c> rose</c><00:32:27.170><c> up</c><00:32:27.490><c> and</c><00:32:27.730><c> said</c><00:32:27.890><c> unto</c>

00:32:28.089 --> 00:32:30.190
the<00:32:28.329><c> nobles</c><00:32:28.569><c> and</c><00:32:28.730><c> to</c><00:32:28.910><c> the</c><00:32:29.049><c> rulers</c><00:32:29.210><c> and</c><00:32:29.390><c> to</c><00:32:29.569><c> the</c><00:32:29.650><c> rest</c><00:32:29.869><c> of</c><00:32:30.029><c> the</c>

00:32:30.190 --> 00:32:35.670
people,<00:32:31.529><c> be</c><00:32:31.670><c> not</c><00:32:31.950><c> ye</c><00:32:32.170><c> afraid</c><00:32:32.529><c> of</c><00:32:32.710><c> them.</c><00:32:34.690><c> Remember,</c>

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the<00:32:36.509><c> Lord</c><00:32:37.009><c> which</c><00:32:37.369><c> is</c><00:32:37.710><c> great</c><00:32:38.069><c> and</c><00:32:38.529><c> terrible</c><00:32:38.930><c> and</c><00:32:40.490><c> fight</c><00:32:40.750><c> for</c>

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your<00:32:41.190><c> brethren,</c><00:32:41.809><c> your</c><00:32:41.950><c> sons</c><00:32:42.230><c> and</c><00:32:42.450><c> your</c><00:32:42.750><c> daughters,</c>

00:32:43.289 --> 00:32:50.150
your<00:32:43.430><c> wives</c><00:32:43.690><c> and</c><00:32:43.869><c> your</c><00:32:44.190><c> houses.</c><00:32:45.650><c> Two</c><00:32:46.049><c> great</c><00:32:46.450><c> sources</c><00:32:46.829><c> of</c><00:32:47.150><c> motivation.</c><00:32:49.490><c> Remember</c><00:32:49.869><c> the</c>

00:32:50.150 --> 00:32:52.549
Lord<00:32:50.509><c> which</c><00:32:50.910><c> is</c><00:32:51.309><c> great</c><00:32:51.690><c> and</c>

00:32:52.650 --> 00:32:57.089
terrible.<00:32:54.670><c> Greater</c><00:32:55.029><c> and</c><00:32:55.450><c> more</c><00:32:55.769><c> terrible</c><00:32:56.150><c> than</c><00:32:56.430><c> any</c><00:32:56.750><c> of</c><00:32:56.869><c> the</c>

00:32:57.089 --> 00:33:02.210
enemies.<00:32:58.809><c> Remember</c><00:32:59.170><c> that</c><00:32:59.410><c> he</c><00:32:59.650><c> says.</c><00:33:01.710><c> And</c><00:33:01.910><c> remember</c>

00:33:02.210 --> 00:33:05.869
also<00:33:02.609><c> your</c><00:33:02.849><c> families.</c><00:33:04.190><c> Fight</c><00:33:04.509><c> for</c><00:33:04.710><c> your</c><00:33:04.869><c> families,</c><00:33:05.670><c> your</c>

00:33:05.869 --> 00:33:07.130
brethren,<00:33:06.250><c> your</c><00:33:06.410><c> sons,</c><00:33:06.710><c> your</c><00:33:06.890><c> daughters,</c>

00:33:07.210 --> 00:33:12.470
your<00:33:07.410><c> wives,</c><00:33:07.670><c> your</c><00:33:07.890><c> houses.</c><00:33:11.549><c> And</c><00:33:11.789><c> there</c><00:33:11.849><c> couldn't</c><00:33:12.089><c> be</c><00:33:12.250><c> better</c>

00:33:12.470 --> 00:33:18.190
counsel<00:33:12.930><c> for</c><00:33:13.170><c> today.</c><00:33:16.970><c> When</c><00:33:17.369><c> a</c><00:33:17.529><c> man</c><00:33:17.710><c> is</c><00:33:17.950><c> about</c>

00:33:18.190 --> 00:33:26.609
to<00:33:18.410><c> lose</c><00:33:18.630><c> his</c><00:33:19.009><c> job,</c><00:33:20.869><c> he</c><00:33:21.089><c> has</c><00:33:21.269><c> been</c><00:33:21.650><c> wrongly</c><00:33:22.170><c> condemned.</c><00:33:26.130><c> When</c>

00:33:26.609 --> 00:33:28.829
things<00:33:26.990><c> seem</c><00:33:27.250><c> to</c><00:33:27.430><c> be</c><00:33:27.589><c> going</c><00:33:27.849><c> wrong</c><00:33:28.170><c> and</c><00:33:28.529><c> all</c>

00:33:28.829 --> 00:33:34.750
enemies<00:33:29.210><c> seem</c><00:33:29.490><c> to</c><00:33:29.690><c> be</c><00:33:30.789><c> building</c><00:33:31.089><c> up</c><00:33:31.390><c> around</c><00:33:31.789><c> him,</c><00:33:34.190><c> there</c><00:33:34.470><c> is</c>

00:33:34.750 --> 00:33:37.029
no<00:33:34.990><c> greater</c><00:33:35.250><c> thing</c><00:33:35.509><c> that</c><00:33:35.670><c> the</c><00:33:35.829><c> man</c><00:33:36.009><c> can</c><00:33:36.309><c> say</c><00:33:36.609><c> than</c>

00:33:37.029 --> 00:33:42.990
that<00:33:37.849><c> the</c><00:33:38.190><c> Lord</c><00:33:38.569><c> is</c><00:33:39.049><c> my</c><00:33:39.430><c> God.</c><00:33:39.730><c> He</c><00:33:39.970><c> is</c><00:33:40.349><c> great</c><00:33:40.690><c> and</c><00:33:41.190><c> terrible.</c><00:33:42.690><c> He</c>

00:33:42.990 --> 00:33:46.670
is<00:33:43.410><c> greater</c><00:33:43.630><c> than</c><00:33:43.869><c> any</c><00:33:44.269><c> of</c><00:33:44.490><c> my</c><00:33:44.710><c> enemies.</c><00:33:45.990><c> He</c><00:33:46.309><c> can</c>

00:33:46.670 --> 00:33:51.130
overcome<00:33:47.309><c> where</c><00:33:47.650><c> I</c><00:33:48.029><c> can't.</c><00:33:49.990><c> And</c><00:33:50.190><c> similarly</c><00:33:50.490><c> where</c><00:33:50.710><c> we</c><00:33:51.130><c> are</c>

00:33:51.130 --> 00:33:56.509
suffering<00:33:51.490><c> from</c><00:33:51.890><c> some</c><00:33:52.690><c> disease,</c><00:33:55.109><c> some</c><00:33:55.349><c> disability.</c>

00:33:57.589 --> 00:34:03.069
God<00:33:58.190><c> can</c><00:33:58.650><c> take</c><00:33:59.089><c> over.</c><00:34:00.690><c> Not</c><00:34:00.789><c> necessarily</c><00:34:01.410><c> cure</c><00:34:01.650><c> us.</c><00:34:02.710><c> We're</c><00:34:02.970><c> not</c>

00:34:03.069 --> 00:34:05.829
promised<00:34:03.369><c> that</c><00:34:03.549><c> we</c><00:34:03.650><c> shall</c><00:34:03.789><c> be</c><00:34:04.029><c> cured.</c><00:34:05.390><c> He</c><00:34:05.529><c> can</c><00:34:05.670><c> do</c>

00:34:05.829 --> 00:34:12.170
more<00:34:06.210><c> than</c><00:34:06.470><c> that.</c><00:34:06.609><c> He</c><00:34:06.710><c> can</c><00:34:06.950><c> save</c><00:34:07.170><c> us</c><00:34:08.269><c> and</c><00:34:08.969><c> might</c><00:34:09.210><c> very</c><00:34:09.530><c> well</c><00:34:09.730><c> use</c><00:34:10.090><c> that</c><00:34:10.389><c> disability</c><00:34:10.949><c> as</c>

00:34:12.170 --> 00:34:13.550
a<00:34:12.349><c> kind</c><00:34:12.530><c> of</c><00:34:12.849><c> anvil</c><00:34:13.250><c> upon</c>

00:34:13.550 --> 00:34:16.989
which<00:34:13.730><c> to</c><00:34:14.010><c> work</c><00:34:14.210><c> out</c><00:34:14.469><c> our</c><00:34:14.789><c> characters</c><00:34:15.210><c> and</c><00:34:16.130><c> to</c><00:34:16.329><c> work</c><00:34:16.530><c> out</c><00:34:16.769><c> our</c>

00:34:16.989 --> 00:34:21.130
salvation.<00:34:18.809><c> Remember</c><00:34:19.150><c> the</c><00:34:19.389><c> Lord</c><00:34:19.769><c> which</c><00:34:20.550><c> is</c><00:34:20.849><c> great</c>

00:34:21.130 --> 00:34:24.570
and<00:34:21.369><c> which</c><00:34:21.530><c> is</c><00:34:21.750><c> terrible.</c><00:34:23.010><c> Another</c><00:34:23.289><c> facet</c><00:34:23.730><c> of</c><00:34:23.849><c> that</c><00:34:24.090><c> is</c><00:34:24.389><c> that</c>

00:34:24.570 --> 00:34:28.210
when<00:34:24.690><c> we</c><00:34:24.969><c> attempted</c><00:34:25.409><c> to</c><00:34:26.269><c> go</c><00:34:26.670><c> into</c><00:34:27.090><c> man's</c><00:34:27.610><c> artificial</c>

00:34:28.210 --> 00:34:32.130
world<00:34:28.869><c> and</c><00:34:29.670><c> vie</c><00:34:29.869><c> with</c><00:34:30.110><c> him</c><00:34:30.329><c> for</c><00:34:30.510><c> the</c><00:34:30.670><c> things</c><00:34:30.829><c> that</c><00:34:30.989><c> he</c><00:34:31.190><c> wants,</c>

00:34:32.369 --> 00:34:34.289
that<00:34:32.550><c> we</c><00:34:32.769><c> should</c><00:34:32.929><c> remember</c><00:34:33.409><c> the</c><00:34:33.610><c> Lord</c><00:34:33.869><c> our</c><00:34:34.090><c> God</c>

00:34:34.289 --> 00:34:38.409
who<00:34:34.570><c> is</c><00:34:34.929><c> great</c><00:34:35.250><c> and</c><00:34:35.650><c> terrible.</c><00:34:36.989><c> And</c><00:34:37.269><c> the</c><00:34:37.349><c> day</c><00:34:37.489><c> of</c><00:34:37.750><c> judgment</c><00:34:38.050><c> is</c>

00:34:38.409 --> 00:34:42.389
coming.<00:34:40.449><c> If</c><00:34:40.650><c> we</c><00:34:40.869><c> choose</c><00:34:41.150><c> for</c><00:34:41.349><c> ourselves</c><00:34:41.690><c> the</c><00:34:42.010><c> world,</c>

00:34:42.469 --> 00:34:46.429
we<00:34:42.690><c> shall</c><00:34:42.849><c> have</c><00:34:43.010><c> it.</c><00:34:44.630><c> If</c><00:34:44.849><c> we</c><00:34:45.030><c> want</c><00:34:45.170><c> to</c><00:34:45.329><c> be</c><00:34:45.530><c> successful</c><00:34:46.030><c> in</c><00:34:46.210><c> the</c>

00:34:46.429 --> 00:34:48.909
world,<00:34:46.949><c> we</c><00:34:47.190><c> can</c><00:34:47.449><c> be</c><00:34:47.710><c> successful</c><00:34:48.210><c> in</c><00:34:48.429><c> the</c><00:34:48.630><c> world.</c>

00:34:48.909 --> 00:34:53.989
There's<00:34:49.369><c> no</c><00:34:49.530><c> question</c><00:34:49.869><c> about</c><00:34:50.230><c> that.</c><00:34:52.269><c> With</c><00:34:52.489><c> diligence</c><00:34:52.969><c> and</c><00:34:53.349><c> discipline</c><00:34:53.730><c> we</c>

00:34:53.989 --> 00:34:56.010
can<00:34:54.250><c> be</c><00:34:54.489><c> successful</c><00:34:55.050><c> in</c><00:34:55.269><c> the</c><00:34:55.510><c> world,</c>

00:34:56.309 --> 00:34:59.829
but<00:34:56.449><c> remember</c><00:34:56.929><c> the</c><00:34:57.090><c> Lord</c><00:34:57.369><c> your</c><00:34:57.610><c> God</c><00:34:57.909><c> who</c><00:34:58.190><c> is</c><00:34:58.769><c> dreadful,</c><00:34:59.690><c> who</c>

00:34:59.829 --> 00:35:02.469
is<00:35:00.190><c> terrible,</c><00:35:01.210><c> and</c><00:35:01.389><c> that</c><00:35:01.550><c> the</c><00:35:01.750><c> judgments</c><00:35:02.050><c> of</c><00:35:02.269><c> God</c>

00:35:02.469 --> 00:35:06.710
will<00:35:02.769><c> begin</c><00:35:03.210><c> at</c><00:35:03.489><c> the</c><00:35:03.730><c> household.</c><00:35:05.489><c> That</c><00:35:05.650><c> if</c><00:35:05.829><c> we</c><00:35:06.070><c> have</c><00:35:06.389><c> traded</c>

00:35:06.710 --> 00:35:10.449
in<00:35:07.989><c> the</c><00:35:08.469><c> inestimable</c><00:35:09.269><c> riches</c><00:35:09.769><c> of</c><00:35:10.010><c> the</c><00:35:10.170><c> kingdom</c>

00:35:10.449 --> 00:35:16.230
of<00:35:10.710><c> God</c><00:35:10.969><c> for</c><00:35:11.230><c> the</c><00:35:12.050><c> flippant</c><00:35:12.610><c> transient</c><00:35:13.309><c> things</c><00:35:13.730><c> of</c><00:35:13.949><c> this</c><00:35:14.250><c> world,</c><00:35:16.090><c> the</c>

00:35:16.230 --> 00:35:18.090
day<00:35:16.369><c> will</c><00:35:16.610><c> come</c><00:35:16.889><c> when</c><00:35:17.110><c> we</c><00:35:17.289><c> shall</c><00:35:17.429><c> be</c><00:35:17.769><c> called</c>

00:35:18.090 --> 00:35:25.389
into<00:35:18.429><c> account.</c><00:35:20.789><c> Remember</c><00:35:21.190><c> the</c><00:35:21.409><c> Lord</c><00:35:21.650><c> your</c><00:35:21.889><c> God.</c><00:35:24.309><c> And</c><00:35:24.849><c> fight</c>

00:35:25.389 --> 00:35:30.469
for<00:35:25.909><c> your</c><00:35:26.269><c> brethren,</c><00:35:28.090><c> your</c><00:35:28.369><c> sons</c><00:35:28.789><c> and</c><00:35:29.150><c> your</c><00:35:29.489><c> daughters,</c>

00:35:31.230 --> 00:35:40.610
your<00:35:31.590><c> wives</c><00:35:32.070><c> and</c><00:35:32.650><c> your</c><00:35:33.050><c> houses.</c><00:35:38.530><c> And</c><00:35:39.250><c> we</c><00:35:39.369><c> are</c><00:35:39.429><c> to</c><00:35:39.590><c> think</c><00:35:39.809><c> of</c><00:35:39.969><c> the</c><00:35:40.110><c> kingdom</c><00:35:40.369><c> of</c>

00:35:40.610 --> 00:35:48.070
God<00:35:40.849><c> and</c><00:35:41.030><c> of</c><00:35:41.170><c> the</c><00:35:41.409><c> future,</c><00:35:47.909><c> the</c>

00:35:48.070 --> 00:35:53.110
do<00:35:48.650><c> with</c><00:35:48.849><c> our</c><00:35:49.110><c> lives</c><00:35:49.670><c> will</c><00:35:50.250><c> affect</c><00:35:50.550><c> our</c><00:35:50.849><c> children.</c><00:35:52.650><c> And</c><00:35:52.869><c> it</c><00:35:52.929><c> is</c>

00:35:53.110 --> 00:35:56.750
our<00:35:53.309><c> responsibility</c><00:35:53.869><c> to</c><00:35:54.210><c> fight</c><00:35:54.690><c> for</c><00:35:55.489><c> our</c><00:35:55.769><c> children.</c>

00:35:58.829 --> 00:36:03.769
How<00:35:59.130><c> do</c><00:35:59.269><c> we</c><00:35:59.369><c> meet</c><00:35:59.530><c> together</c><00:35:59.869><c> as</c><00:36:00.050><c> a</c><00:36:00.210><c> family?</c><00:36:02.170><c> Do</c><00:36:02.610><c> we</c><00:36:02.809><c> meet</c><00:36:03.010><c> together</c><00:36:03.389><c> as</c><00:36:03.570><c> a</c>

00:36:03.769 --> 00:36:05.570
family<00:36:04.090><c> around</c><00:36:04.449><c> the</c><00:36:04.690><c> television?</c>

00:36:08.690 --> 00:36:13.610
Do<00:36:09.070><c> we</c><00:36:09.210><c> meet</c><00:36:09.349><c> together</c><00:36:09.710><c> as</c><00:36:09.889><c> a</c><00:36:10.130><c> family</c><00:36:10.710><c> around</c><00:36:11.210><c> the</c><00:36:11.550><c> social</c><00:36:12.690><c> pleasantries</c><00:36:13.429><c> of</c>

00:36:13.610 --> 00:36:16.369
the<00:36:13.849><c> world?</c><00:36:15.730><c> Or</c><00:36:16.010><c> do</c><00:36:16.190><c> we</c>

00:36:16.369 --> 00:36:26.090
meet<00:36:16.530><c> together</c><00:36:16.869><c> as</c><00:36:17.090><c> a</c><00:36:17.289><c> family</c><00:36:17.610><c> around</c><00:36:17.989><c> the</c><00:36:18.170><c> word</c><00:36:18.309><c> of</c><00:36:18.530><c> God?</c><00:36:25.909><c> By</c>

00:36:26.090 --> 00:36:31.510
becoming<00:36:26.969><c> a</c><00:36:27.250><c> career</c><00:36:27.630><c> person,</c><00:36:29.929><c> we</c><00:36:30.409><c> are</c><00:36:30.610><c> not</c><00:36:30.849><c> fighting</c>

00:36:31.510 --> 00:36:36.469
for<00:36:32.750><c> our</c><00:36:32.989><c> sons</c><00:36:33.230><c> and</c><00:36:33.449><c> our</c><00:36:33.670><c> daughters.</c><00:36:35.570><c> We</c><00:36:35.809><c> are</c><00:36:35.889><c> letting</c><00:36:36.110><c> them</c>

00:36:36.469 --> 00:36:42.110
slip<00:36:36.949><c> from</c><00:36:37.469><c> our</c><00:36:37.809><c> grasp.</c><00:36:40.630><c> We</c><00:36:40.869><c> are</c><00:36:40.949><c> not</c><00:36:41.190><c> exposing</c><00:36:41.769><c> them</c>

00:36:42.110 --> 00:36:47.710
to<00:36:42.750><c> the</c><00:36:42.750><c> influences</c><00:36:43.369><c> of</c><00:36:43.630><c> the</c><00:36:43.849><c> truth.</c><00:36:46.170><c> But</c><00:36:46.269><c> we</c><00:36:46.449><c> are</c><00:36:46.590><c> showing</c><00:36:46.789><c> them</c><00:36:47.010><c> the</c><00:36:47.230><c> way</c><00:36:47.469><c> of</c>

00:36:47.710 --> 00:36:50.949
ambition.<00:36:49.750><c> We</c><00:36:50.030><c> are</c><00:36:50.210><c> teaching</c><00:36:50.590><c> them</c>

00:36:50.949 --> 00:36:56.110
to<00:36:51.190><c> be</c><00:36:51.469><c> career</c><00:36:51.769><c> people</c><00:36:52.130><c> themselves.</c><00:36:54.130><c> And</c><00:36:54.409><c> then</c><00:36:54.530><c> we</c><00:36:54.630><c> are</c><00:36:54.829><c> surprised</c><00:36:55.389><c> that</c>

00:36:56.110 --> 00:36:58.269
they<00:36:56.289><c> do</c><00:36:56.489><c> not</c><00:36:56.710><c> accept</c><00:36:57.070><c> the</c><00:36:57.349><c> truth.</c>

00:37:00.909 --> 00:37:08.210
To<00:37:01.469><c> fight</c><00:37:02.030><c> for</c><00:37:02.409><c> our</c><00:37:02.670><c> families</c><00:37:03.210><c> is</c><00:37:04.949><c> to</c><00:37:05.190><c> do</c><00:37:05.389><c> what</c><00:37:05.650><c> is</c><00:37:06.050><c> right</c><00:37:06.710><c> and</c>

00:37:08.210 --> 00:37:12.269
to<00:37:08.369><c> let</c><00:37:08.550><c> the</c><00:37:08.869><c> world</c><00:37:09.070><c> go</c><00:37:09.369><c> by</c><00:37:10.050><c> and</c><00:37:11.489><c> do</c><00:37:11.690><c> what</c><00:37:11.829><c> it</c><00:37:11.989><c> wants</c>

00:37:12.269 --> 00:37:21.070
to<00:37:12.449><c> do.</c><00:37:14.769><c> Verse</c><00:37:14.889><c> 18.</c><00:37:18.010><c> For</c><00:37:18.250><c> the</c><00:37:18.429><c> builders,</c><00:37:20.050><c> every</c><00:37:20.289><c> one</c><00:37:20.550><c> had</c><00:37:20.750><c> his</c>

00:37:21.070 --> 00:37:23.750
sword<00:37:21.349><c> girded</c><00:37:21.789><c> by</c><00:37:22.030><c> his</c><00:37:22.329><c> side</c><00:37:22.530><c> and</c><00:37:22.789><c> so</c><00:37:22.969><c> builded.</c>

00:37:27.769 --> 00:37:41.190
I<00:37:28.289><c> want</c><00:37:28.349><c> you</c><00:37:28.510><c> to</c><00:37:28.670><c> notice</c><00:37:29.050><c> how</c><00:37:29.550><c> Nehemiah</c><00:37:30.369><c> dealt</c><00:37:30.809><c> with</c><00:37:31.250><c> this</c><00:37:31.610><c> situation.</c><00:37:37.449><c> There</c><00:37:37.469><c> were</c><00:37:37.730><c> enemies,</c><00:37:40.130><c> but</c>

00:37:41.190 --> 00:37:42.630
he<00:37:41.389><c> did</c><00:37:41.690><c> not</c><00:37:42.130><c> stop</c>

00:37:42.630 --> 00:37:50.050
the<00:37:42.989><c> building</c><00:37:43.489><c> in</c><00:37:44.050><c> order</c><00:37:44.349><c> to</c><00:37:44.610><c> deal</c><00:37:44.889><c> with</c><00:37:45.190><c> the</c><00:37:45.409><c> enemies.</c><00:37:49.650><c> The</c>

00:37:50.050 --> 00:37:54.530
defense<00:37:50.489><c> was</c><00:37:50.989><c> necessary,</c><00:37:53.510><c> but</c><00:37:53.650><c> only</c><00:37:53.989><c> necessary</c>

00:37:54.530 --> 00:38:02.489
because<00:37:55.010><c> the</c><00:37:55.369><c> building</c><00:37:55.710><c> had</c><00:37:56.050><c> to</c><00:37:56.250><c> go</c><00:37:56.449><c> on.</c><00:38:00.769><c> And</c><00:38:01.409><c> there</c><00:38:01.530><c> is</c><00:38:01.650><c> a</c><00:38:01.750><c> great</c><00:38:01.929><c> lesson</c><00:38:02.289><c> in</c>

00:38:02.489 --> 00:38:06.210
that.<00:38:04.809><c> There</c><00:38:04.909><c> are</c><00:38:05.070><c> those</c><00:38:05.269><c> today</c><00:38:05.570><c> who</c><00:38:05.949><c> say</c>

00:38:06.210 --> 00:38:09.269
that<00:38:06.409><c> we</c><00:38:06.590><c> should</c><00:38:06.829><c> stop</c><00:38:07.210><c> preaching</c><00:38:07.690><c> to</c><00:38:07.949><c> other</c><00:38:08.230><c> people</c><00:38:08.829><c> and</c><00:38:09.150><c> we</c>

00:38:09.269 --> 00:38:13.750
should<00:38:09.389><c> spend</c><00:38:09.829><c> our</c><00:38:10.250><c> time</c><00:38:11.389><c> cleansing</c><00:38:12.570><c> ourselves,</c>

00:38:15.449 --> 00:38:19.869
rooting<00:38:15.670><c> out</c><00:38:16.110><c> false</c><00:38:16.349><c> teaching</c><00:38:16.809><c> from</c><00:38:17.530><c> amongst</c><00:38:17.849><c> ourselves</c><00:38:18.550><c> and</c>

00:38:19.869 --> 00:38:24.050
making<00:38:20.130><c> sure</c><00:38:20.289><c> that</c><00:38:20.429><c> we</c><00:38:20.550><c> are</c><00:38:20.670><c> dedicated.</c><00:38:23.429><c> But</c><00:38:23.789><c> true</c>

00:38:24.050 --> 00:38:30.389
defense<00:38:24.349><c> is</c><00:38:25.369><c> only</c><00:38:26.090><c> there</c><00:38:26.670><c> because</c><00:38:27.210><c> we</c><00:38:27.610><c> want</c><00:38:27.989><c> to</c><00:38:28.289><c> build.</c><00:38:30.210><c> And</c>

00:38:30.389 --> 00:38:32.909
if<00:38:30.550><c> we</c><00:38:30.769><c> stop</c><00:38:31.070><c> building,</c><00:38:31.610><c> there</c><00:38:31.710><c> is</c><00:38:31.909><c> no</c><00:38:32.230><c> point</c><00:38:32.510><c> in</c><00:38:32.730><c> there</c>

00:38:32.909 --> 00:38:40.869
being<00:38:33.130><c> defense.</c><00:38:38.130><c> And</c><00:38:38.429><c> so</c><00:38:38.590><c> while</c><00:38:38.710><c> we</c><00:38:38.909><c> must</c><00:38:39.130><c> resist</c><00:38:39.690><c> the</c><00:38:40.050><c> world,</c>

00:38:41.510 --> 00:38:43.710
we<00:38:41.670><c> must</c><00:38:41.829><c> at</c><00:38:41.989><c> the</c><00:38:42.130><c> same</c><00:38:42.329><c> time</c><00:38:42.630><c> be</c><00:38:42.829><c> building.</c>

00:38:44.869 --> 00:38:47.889
And<00:38:45.090><c> there</c><00:38:45.190><c> is</c><00:38:45.309><c> another</c><00:38:45.530><c> thing</c><00:38:45.730><c> that</c><00:38:45.869><c> goes</c><00:38:46.050><c> hand</c><00:38:46.329><c> in</c><00:38:46.489><c> hand</c><00:38:46.670><c> with</c><00:38:46.889><c> this.</c><00:38:47.610><c> The</c>

00:38:47.889 --> 00:38:49.829
wall<00:38:48.309><c> had</c><00:38:48.630><c> gates.</c>

00:38:53.570 --> 00:39:00.210
Now<00:38:54.130><c> a</c><00:38:54.289><c> city</c><00:38:54.510><c> without</c><00:38:54.909><c> gates</c><00:38:55.250><c> would</c><00:38:55.469><c> be</c><00:38:56.190><c> a</c><00:38:56.329><c> cemetery.</c><00:39:00.110><c> There</c>

00:39:00.210 --> 00:39:01.730
have<00:39:00.349><c> got</c><00:39:00.449><c> to</c><00:39:00.570><c> be</c><00:39:00.750><c> gates</c><00:39:00.889><c> so</c><00:39:01.070><c> that</c><00:39:01.190><c> people</c><00:39:01.409><c> can</c>

00:39:01.730 --> 00:39:06.230
get<00:39:01.969><c> in</c><00:39:02.250><c> and</c><00:39:02.369><c> get</c><00:39:02.630><c> out</c><00:39:02.869><c> of</c><00:39:03.010><c> the</c><00:39:03.150><c> city.</c><00:39:05.369><c> But</c><00:39:05.530><c> those</c><00:39:05.769><c> gates</c><00:39:06.030><c> have</c>

00:39:06.230 --> 00:39:09.750
to<00:39:06.389><c> be</c><00:39:06.610><c> watched</c><00:39:06.989><c> and</c><00:39:07.510><c> carefully</c><00:39:07.929><c> guarded.</c><00:39:09.369><c> And</c><00:39:09.610><c> so</c>

00:39:09.750 --> 00:39:15.530
with<00:39:10.110><c> ecclesial</c><00:39:10.690><c> life,</c><00:39:11.769><c> there</c><00:39:12.030><c> have</c><00:39:12.409><c> to</c><00:39:12.730><c> be</c><00:39:13.010><c> gates,</c><00:39:14.409><c> doors</c><00:39:14.769><c> through</c><00:39:15.070><c> which</c><00:39:15.230><c> we</c>

00:39:15.530 --> 00:39:18.690
pass,<00:39:16.750><c> because</c><00:39:17.110><c> we</c><00:39:17.389><c> have</c><00:39:17.570><c> to</c><00:39:17.789><c> be</c><00:39:18.030><c> in</c><00:39:18.349><c> the</c>

00:39:18.690 --> 00:39:24.389
world<00:39:19.449><c> even</c><00:39:20.110><c> though</c><00:39:20.389><c> not</c><00:39:20.630><c> of</c><00:39:20.809><c> it.</c><00:39:23.190><c> But</c><00:39:23.369><c> you</c><00:39:23.510><c> know</c><00:39:23.730><c> there</c><00:39:23.889><c> is</c><00:39:24.090><c> no</c>

00:39:24.389 --> 00:39:29.670
point<00:39:24.829><c> in</c><00:39:25.710><c> guarding</c><00:39:26.210><c> the</c><00:39:26.570><c> gates</c><00:39:27.170><c> if</c><00:39:28.969><c> the</c><00:39:29.269><c> wall</c><00:39:29.409><c> is</c>

00:39:29.670 --> 00:39:34.969
still<00:39:29.829><c> broken</c><00:39:30.210><c> down.</c><00:39:33.289><c> There</c><00:39:33.409><c> is</c><00:39:33.530><c> no</c><00:39:33.750><c> point</c><00:39:33.989><c> in</c><00:39:34.289><c> standing</c><00:39:34.670><c> up</c>

00:39:34.969 --> 00:39:39.710
for<00:39:35.510><c> certain</c><00:39:36.050><c> principles</c><00:39:36.789><c> of</c><00:39:37.329><c> the</c><00:39:37.630><c> truth</c><00:39:38.150><c> if</c><00:39:39.130><c> we</c><00:39:39.489><c> have</c>

00:39:39.710 --> 00:39:47.070
allowed<00:39:40.130><c> the</c><00:39:40.349><c> more</c><00:39:40.630><c> fundamental</c><00:39:41.269><c> things</c><00:39:41.690><c> of</c><00:39:41.929><c> our</c><00:39:42.190><c> faith</c><00:39:42.630><c> to</c><00:39:43.869><c> be</c><00:39:44.110><c> disregarded.</c><00:39:46.809><c> And</c><00:39:46.969><c> I</c>

00:39:47.070 --> 00:39:48.030
mentioned<00:39:47.329><c> already</c><00:39:47.750><c> many,</c>

00:39:48.030 --> 00:39:52.190
many<00:39:48.230><c> times,</c><00:39:48.730><c> and</c><00:39:48.829><c> you</c><00:39:48.909><c> may</c><00:39:49.090><c> be</c><00:39:49.809><c> rather</c><00:39:50.110><c> tired</c><00:39:50.369><c> of</c><00:39:50.530><c> my</c><00:39:50.730><c> mentioning</c><00:39:51.090><c> it,</c><00:39:52.030><c> but</c>

00:39:52.190 --> 00:39:54.389
if<00:39:52.329><c> we</c><00:39:52.690><c> are</c><00:39:53.250><c> exposing</c><00:39:53.730><c> ourselves</c>

00:39:54.389 --> 00:40:01.469
to<00:39:54.630><c> the</c><00:39:54.869><c> world</c><00:39:55.130><c> by</c><00:39:55.510><c> careers,</c><00:39:57.329><c> there</c><00:39:57.510><c> is</c><00:39:57.690><c> no</c><00:39:58.130><c> point</c><00:39:58.530><c> in</c><00:39:58.849><c> our</c><00:40:00.090><c> talking</c><00:40:00.429><c> about</c><00:40:00.989><c> the</c>

00:40:01.469 --> 00:40:03.349
fundamentals<00:40:01.969><c> of</c><00:40:02.289><c> our</c><00:40:02.550><c> faith.</c>

00:40:04.869 --> 00:40:08.590
There's<00:40:05.230><c> no</c><00:40:05.469><c> point</c><00:40:05.710><c> about</c><00:40:06.010><c> arguing</c><00:40:06.690><c> about</c><00:40:07.429><c> our</c><00:40:07.849><c> statement</c><00:40:08.250><c> of</c>

00:40:08.590 --> 00:40:12.510
faith<00:40:08.909><c> if</c><00:40:09.929><c> we</c><00:40:10.190><c> are</c><00:40:10.489><c> already</c><00:40:10.989><c> mixed</c><00:40:11.530><c> with</c><00:40:11.750><c> the</c><00:40:11.989><c> world</c><00:40:12.170><c> in</c>

00:40:12.510 --> 00:40:20.949
our<00:40:12.510><c> daily</c><00:40:12.690><c> lives.</c><00:40:15.530><c> Pure</c><00:40:16.170><c> hypocrisy.</c><00:40:19.150><c> It's</c><00:40:19.210><c> only</c><00:40:19.409><c> when</c><00:40:19.610><c> we</c><00:40:19.769><c> are</c><00:40:20.090><c> dedicated</c><00:40:20.710><c> to</c>

00:40:20.949 --> 00:40:23.449
the<00:40:21.190><c> truth</c><00:40:21.449><c> in</c><00:40:21.769><c> our</c><00:40:21.969><c> daily</c><00:40:22.250><c> lives</c><00:40:22.929><c> that</c>

00:40:23.449 --> 00:40:27.389
we<00:40:23.590><c> can</c><00:40:23.829><c> begin</c><00:40:24.130><c> to</c><00:40:24.429><c> talk</c><00:40:24.769><c> about</c><00:40:25.090><c> the</c><00:40:25.670><c> finer</c><00:40:26.050><c> points</c><00:40:26.510><c> which</c><00:40:26.829><c> are</c>

00:40:27.389 --> 00:40:33.010
also<00:40:27.650><c> essential</c><00:40:28.210><c> to</c><00:40:28.769><c> our</c><00:40:29.010><c> salvation.</c><00:40:31.690><c> So</c><00:40:31.889><c> defense,</c>

00:40:34.070 --> 00:40:40.909
defense<00:40:34.650><c> is</c><00:40:35.230><c> necessary</c><00:40:36.010><c> only</c><00:40:37.750><c> because</c><00:40:38.590><c> we</c><00:40:39.190><c> want</c><00:40:39.530><c> to</c><00:40:39.849><c> build.</c>

00:40:41.650 --> 00:40:44.269
And<00:40:41.889><c> if</c><00:40:41.969><c> we</c><00:40:42.230><c> stop</c><00:40:42.489><c> building</c><00:40:42.909><c> to</c><00:40:43.250><c> defend,</c>

00:40:44.590 --> 00:40:53.889
we<00:40:44.829><c> become</c><00:40:45.170><c> negative.</c><00:40:46.809><c> We</c><00:40:47.110><c> become</c><00:40:47.429><c> critical.</c><00:40:52.510><c> Gates</c><00:40:52.789><c> are</c><00:40:53.130><c> necessary</c><00:40:53.610><c> in</c>

00:40:53.889 --> 00:40:55.550
the<00:40:54.150><c> wall</c><00:40:54.409><c> so</c><00:40:54.630><c> that</c><00:40:54.769><c> we</c><00:40:54.969><c> can</c><00:40:55.269><c> go</c>

00:40:55.550 --> 00:40:59.530
from<00:40:55.889><c> the</c><00:40:56.130><c> city</c><00:40:56.329><c> and</c><00:40:56.550><c> come</c><00:40:56.789><c> back</c><00:40:57.070><c> to</c><00:40:57.369><c> the</c><00:40:57.550><c> city.</c><00:40:59.130><c> But</c><00:40:59.269><c> there</c><00:40:59.429><c> is</c>

00:40:59.530 --> 00:41:01.369
no<00:40:59.750><c> point</c><00:40:59.949><c> in</c><00:41:00.190><c> setting</c><00:41:00.389><c> a</c><00:41:00.650><c> watch</c><00:41:00.849><c> over</c><00:41:01.170><c> the</c>

00:41:01.369 --> 00:41:11.750
gates<00:41:01.829><c> if</c><00:41:03.309><c> the</c><00:41:03.489><c> wall</c><00:41:03.630><c> itself</c><00:41:04.309><c> is</c><00:41:05.369><c> broken</c><00:41:05.710><c> down.</c><00:41:11.130><c> Verse</c><00:41:11.190><c> 23</c><00:41:11.630><c> of</c>

00:41:11.750 --> 00:41:14.369
chapter<00:41:12.010><c> 4,</c><00:41:12.429><c> So</c><00:41:12.570><c> neither</c><00:41:12.869><c> I</c><00:41:13.269><c> nor</c><00:41:13.429><c> my</c><00:41:13.690><c> brethren</c><00:41:14.050><c> nor</c>

00:41:14.369 --> 00:41:19.309
my<00:41:14.670><c> servants,</c><00:41:17.550><c> nor</c><00:41:17.670><c> the</c><00:41:17.809><c> men</c><00:41:17.949><c> of</c><00:41:18.090><c> the</c><00:41:18.289><c> guard</c><00:41:18.630><c> which</c><00:41:18.989><c> followed</c>

00:41:19.309 --> 00:41:21.829
me,<00:41:19.829><c> none</c><00:41:20.070><c> of</c><00:41:20.210><c> us</c><00:41:20.369><c> put</c><00:41:20.550><c> off</c><00:41:20.769><c> our</c><00:41:21.030><c> clothes,</c>

00:41:23.030 --> 00:41:31.289
saving<00:41:23.590><c> that</c><00:41:23.909><c> everyone</c><00:41:24.269><c> put</c><00:41:24.530><c> them</c><00:41:24.690><c> off</c><00:41:24.869><c> for</c><00:41:25.050><c> washing.</c><00:41:28.110><c> A</c><00:41:28.210><c> lovely</c><00:41:28.409><c> little</c><00:41:28.610><c> reference.</c><00:41:31.070><c> They</c>

00:41:31.289 --> 00:41:32.210
were<00:41:31.469><c> so</c><00:41:31.710><c> diligent</c>

00:41:32.210 --> 00:41:36.550
in<00:41:32.650><c> work</c><00:41:32.969><c> and</c><00:41:33.250><c> in</c><00:41:33.489><c> defense</c><00:41:34.050><c> that</c><00:41:35.469><c> they</c><00:41:35.650><c> kept</c><00:41:35.829><c> their</c><00:41:36.150><c> clothes</c>

00:41:36.550 --> 00:41:40.670
on<00:41:37.190><c> for</c><00:41:37.469><c> readiness.</c><00:41:40.070><c> But</c><00:41:40.150><c> you</c><00:41:40.250><c> will</c><00:41:40.409><c> notice</c>

00:41:40.670 --> 00:41:49.849
they<00:41:40.789><c> were</c><00:41:41.030><c> not</c><00:41:41.289><c> too</c><00:41:41.570><c> busy</c><00:41:42.469><c> for</c><00:41:43.869><c> personal</c><00:41:44.570><c> cleansing.</c><00:41:49.190><c> And</c><00:41:49.510><c> there</c><00:41:49.670><c> is</c>

00:41:49.849 --> 00:41:51.860
a<00:41:49.969><c> very</c><00:41:50.170><c> real</c><00:41:50.389><c> problem</c><00:41:50.809><c> in</c><00:41:51.050><c> ecclesial</c><00:41:51.449><c> life</c>

00:41:52.190 --> 00:41:58.949
amongst<00:41:52.909><c> those</c><00:41:53.369><c> who</c><00:41:54.349><c> really</c><00:41:54.789><c> become</c><00:41:55.090><c> involved.</c><00:41:57.389><c> We</c><00:41:57.750><c> can</c><00:41:58.030><c> become</c><00:41:58.429><c> so</c>

00:41:58.949 --> 00:42:04.269
involved<00:41:59.909><c> in</c><00:42:00.469><c> committee</c><00:42:00.849><c> work</c><00:42:01.710><c> in</c><00:42:03.389><c> the</c>

00:42:04.519 --> 00:42:09.929
running<00:42:04.969><c> of</c><00:42:05.590><c> ecclesial</c><00:42:06.250><c> life</c><00:42:06.889><c> that</c><00:42:08.329><c> we</c><00:42:08.510><c> forget</c><00:42:08.989><c> the</c><00:42:09.289><c> need</c><00:42:09.570><c> for</c>

00:42:09.929 --> 00:42:15.710
personal<00:42:10.750><c> cleansing.</c><00:42:14.130><c> We</c><00:42:14.929><c> must</c><00:42:15.250><c> never,</c>

00:42:15.789 --> 00:42:23.329
never<00:42:16.250><c> be</c><00:42:16.690><c> so</c><00:42:17.150><c> busy</c><00:42:17.690><c> that</c><00:42:19.090><c> we</c><00:42:19.309><c> can't</c><00:42:19.730><c> stop</c><00:42:20.409><c> to</c><00:42:21.869><c> cleanse</c><00:42:22.210><c> ourselves</c><00:42:22.730><c> by</c><00:42:23.050><c> the</c>

00:42:23.329 --> 00:42:24.849
influence<00:42:23.670><c> of</c><00:42:23.909><c> the</c><00:42:24.050><c> Word</c><00:42:24.210><c> of</c><00:42:24.469><c> God</c>

00:42:24.849 --> 00:42:32.949
and<00:42:25.289><c> in</c><00:42:25.829><c> prayer.</c><00:42:29.469><c> Our</c><00:42:29.690><c> organization</c><00:42:30.349><c> in</c><00:42:31.349><c> running</c><00:42:31.670><c> things</c><00:42:32.429><c> in</c>

00:42:32.949 --> 00:42:36.469
our<00:42:33.210><c> community</c><00:42:33.650><c> will</c><00:42:33.829><c> not</c><00:42:34.010><c> save</c><00:42:34.190><c> us.</c><00:42:35.769><c> Very</c><00:42:35.969><c> good</c><00:42:36.250><c> work,</c>

00:42:36.630 --> 00:42:41.949
it<00:42:36.630><c> is</c><00:42:36.849><c> necessary</c><00:42:37.309><c> work.</c><00:42:38.409><c> But</c><00:42:38.550><c> unless</c><00:42:38.809><c> we</c><00:42:39.469><c> personally</c><00:42:40.250><c> are</c><00:42:41.269><c> cleansed</c><00:42:41.710><c> by</c>

00:42:41.949 --> 00:42:43.789
the<00:42:42.269><c> influence</c><00:42:42.610><c> of</c><00:42:42.809><c> the</c><00:42:42.989><c> Word</c><00:42:43.150><c> of</c><00:42:43.409><c> God,</c>

00:42:44.269 --> 00:42:51.650
we<00:42:44.429><c> might</c><00:42:44.650><c> as</c><00:42:44.829><c> well</c><00:42:44.989><c> be</c><00:42:45.369><c> organizing</c><00:42:45.829><c> some</c><00:42:46.230><c> charity</c><00:42:46.650><c> in</c><00:42:46.869><c> the</c><00:42:47.070><c> world.</c><00:42:51.429><c> And</c><00:42:51.550><c> so</c>

00:42:51.650 --> 00:42:53.849
let<00:42:51.730><c> us</c><00:42:51.829><c> remember</c><00:42:52.210><c> verse</c><00:42:52.429><c> 23,</c>

00:42:56.170 --> 00:43:02.210
however<00:42:56.730><c> busy</c><00:42:57.289><c> we</c><00:42:57.730><c> might</c><00:42:58.170><c> be,</c><00:43:00.090><c> there</c><00:43:00.130><c> must</c><00:43:00.429><c> always</c><00:43:01.070><c> be</c><00:43:01.349><c> time</c>

00:43:02.210 --> 00:43:05.010
for<00:43:02.730><c> personal</c><00:43:03.690><c> cleansing.</c>

00:43:07.750 --> 00:43:11.030
And<00:43:07.889><c> now</c><00:43:08.070><c> very</c><00:43:08.349><c> quickly</c><00:43:08.570><c> into</c><00:43:08.809><c> chapter</c><00:43:09.130><c> five.</c><00:43:10.550><c> Nehemiah</c><00:43:10.829><c> has</c>

00:43:11.030 --> 00:43:14.309
run<00:43:11.230><c> here</c><00:43:11.389><c> into</c><00:43:11.610><c> quite</c><00:43:11.889><c> a</c><00:43:12.170><c> different</c><00:43:12.349><c> problem.</c><00:43:14.110><c> So</c>

00:43:14.309 --> 00:43:17.170
far<00:43:14.489><c> we've</c><00:43:14.690><c> seen</c><00:43:14.869><c> the</c><00:43:15.150><c> problems</c><00:43:15.349><c> which</c><00:43:15.570><c> come</c><00:43:15.730><c> from</c><00:43:15.929><c> outside.</c>

00:43:17.570 --> 00:43:20.690
Sanballat,<00:43:18.210><c> Tobiah,</c><00:43:18.869><c> Gesham,</c><00:43:20.210><c> a</c><00:43:20.230><c> terrible</c>

00:43:20.690 --> 00:43:25.210
trio<00:43:21.030><c> of</c><00:43:21.309><c> men</c><00:43:21.849><c> whose</c><00:43:22.610><c> interests</c><00:43:23.449><c> were</c><00:43:23.929><c> being</c><00:43:24.289><c> undermined</c><00:43:24.949><c> by</c>

00:43:25.210 --> 00:43:29.150
the<00:43:25.369><c> work</c><00:43:25.690><c> of</c><00:43:26.010><c> Nehemiah.</c><00:43:28.190><c> We've</c><00:43:28.329><c> seen</c><00:43:28.469><c> the</c><00:43:28.889><c> influence</c>

00:43:29.150 --> 00:43:33.269
of<00:43:29.409><c> the</c><00:43:29.909><c> council</c><00:43:30.369><c> or</c><00:43:30.550><c> the</c><00:43:30.730><c> doctrine</c><00:43:31.050><c> of</c><00:43:31.349><c> Balaam.</c><00:43:32.989><c> Now</c><00:43:33.150><c> there's</c>

00:43:33.269 --> 00:43:36.210
something<00:43:33.570><c> quite</c><00:43:33.829><c> different.</c><00:43:35.670><c> There</c><00:43:35.869><c> is</c>

00:43:36.210 --> 00:43:39.630
poverty,<00:43:36.769><c> there</c><00:43:36.949><c> is</c><00:43:37.190><c> a</c><00:43:37.369><c> dearth,</c><00:43:37.690><c> the</c><00:43:37.769><c> end</c><00:43:37.929><c> of</c><00:43:38.110><c> verse</c><00:43:38.329><c> three.</c>

00:43:40.130 --> 00:43:44.719
And<00:43:40.590><c> the</c><00:43:40.769><c> people</c><00:43:41.090><c> need</c><00:43:41.469><c> to</c><00:43:41.789><c> buy</c><00:43:42.010><c> corn</c><00:43:42.409><c> to</c><00:43:42.670><c> live.</c><00:43:44.110><c> And</c><00:43:44.409><c> the</c>

00:43:44.719 --> 00:43:47.719
unfortunate<00:43:45.019><c> thing</c><00:43:45.320><c> is</c><00:43:45.739><c> that</c><00:43:46.460><c> some</c><00:43:46.739><c> of</c><00:43:46.900><c> the</c><00:43:47.079><c> poorer</c><00:43:47.260><c> people</c>

00:43:47.719 --> 00:43:50.840
have<00:43:48.719><c> mortgaged</c><00:43:49.519><c> their</c><00:43:49.900><c> lands,</c><00:43:50.340><c> their</c><00:43:50.440><c> vineyards</c>

00:43:50.840 --> 00:43:54.099
and<00:43:51.000><c> their</c><00:43:51.159><c> houses</c><00:43:51.699><c> in</c><00:43:52.579><c> order</c><00:43:52.840><c> to</c><00:43:53.099><c> buy</c><00:43:53.340><c> corn.</c><00:43:53.519><c> They've</c><00:43:53.619><c> been</c><00:43:53.800><c> in</c><00:43:53.920><c> a</c>

00:43:54.099 --> 00:43:59.000
dreadful<00:43:54.420><c> situation.</c><00:43:57.840><c> A</c><00:43:57.960><c> home</c><00:43:58.099><c> is</c><00:43:58.320><c> no</c><00:43:58.500><c> use</c><00:43:58.679><c> to</c><00:43:58.880><c> you</c>

00:43:59.000 --> 00:44:04.159
if<00:43:59.119><c> you</c><00:43:59.260><c> have</c><00:43:59.360><c> no</c><00:43:59.559><c> food</c><00:43:59.860><c> to</c><00:44:00.119><c> live.</c><00:44:02.880><c> And</c><00:44:03.179><c> so</c><00:44:03.300><c> they've</c><00:44:03.739><c> mortgaged</c>

00:44:04.159 --> 00:44:08.280
their<00:44:04.400><c> homes</c><00:44:04.940><c> in</c><00:44:06.500><c> order</c><00:44:06.699><c> to</c><00:44:06.920><c> buy</c><00:44:07.099><c> corn.</c>

00:44:09.260 --> 00:44:14.039
They've<00:44:09.900><c> mortgaged</c><00:44:10.280><c> their</c><00:44:10.659><c> livelihood,</c><00:44:12.719><c> their</c><00:44:12.880><c> vineyards,</c>

00:44:14.360 --> 00:44:16.699
that<00:44:14.400><c> they</c><00:44:14.559><c> might</c><00:44:14.800><c> have</c><00:44:15.079><c> corn</c><00:44:15.400><c> immediately</c><00:44:16.260><c> rather</c>

00:44:16.699 --> 00:44:20.480
than<00:44:17.000><c> wait</c><00:44:17.199><c> for</c><00:44:17.400><c> the</c><00:44:17.619><c> harvest</c><00:44:18.059><c> to</c><00:44:18.480><c> live.</c><00:44:20.039><c> There</c><00:44:20.079><c> were</c><00:44:20.280><c> others</c>

00:44:20.480 --> 00:44:24.059
in<00:44:20.699><c> verse</c><00:44:20.980><c> five</c><00:44:21.719><c> who</c><00:44:22.059><c> had</c><00:44:22.380><c> even</c><00:44:23.059><c> sold</c><00:44:23.579><c> their</c>

00:44:24.059 --> 00:44:30.920
children<00:44:24.780><c> in</c><00:44:27.619><c> order</c><00:44:27.860><c> to</c><00:44:28.119><c> live.</c><00:44:29.579><c> That</c><00:44:29.860><c> means</c><00:44:30.139><c> the</c><00:44:30.440><c> dearth</c><00:44:30.679><c> was</c>

00:44:30.920 --> 00:44:34.920
so<00:44:31.219><c> dreadful</c><00:44:32.199><c> that</c><00:44:32.780><c> they</c><00:44:32.940><c> would</c><00:44:33.099><c> have</c><00:44:33.340><c> died</c><00:44:33.659><c> anyway.</c>

00:44:35.219 --> 00:44:41.820
But<00:44:35.699><c> as</c><00:44:35.900><c> a</c><00:44:36.000><c> means</c><00:44:36.159><c> of</c><00:44:36.480><c> saving</c><00:44:36.780><c> both</c><00:44:37.179><c> children</c><00:44:37.480><c> and</c><00:44:37.679><c> themselves,</c><00:44:38.719><c> they</c><00:44:38.920><c> had</c><00:44:39.519><c> sold</c><00:44:39.860><c> their</c><00:44:40.239><c> children.</c><00:44:41.519><c> And</c><00:44:41.739><c> I</c>

00:44:41.820 --> 00:44:45.719
don't<00:44:42.099><c> think</c><00:44:42.260><c> for</c><00:44:42.500><c> one</c><00:44:42.659><c> moment</c><00:44:42.980><c> they</c><00:44:43.179><c> did</c><00:44:43.360><c> that</c><00:44:43.679><c> lightly.</c><00:44:45.199><c> There</c><00:44:45.340><c> would</c><00:44:45.519><c> be</c>

00:44:45.719 --> 00:44:47.460
grief,<00:44:46.179><c> there</c><00:44:46.179><c> will</c><00:44:46.400><c> be</c><00:44:46.559><c> sorrow</c><00:44:46.920><c> of</c><00:44:47.239><c> heart</c>

00:44:47.460 --> 00:44:53.000
as<00:44:47.619><c> they</c><00:44:47.880><c> did</c><00:44:48.039><c> it,</c><00:44:48.239><c> but</c><00:44:48.420><c> it</c><00:44:48.599><c> was</c><00:44:48.880><c> necessary.</c><00:44:52.079><c> The</c><00:44:52.239><c> end</c><00:44:52.440><c> of</c><00:44:52.579><c> verse</c><00:44:52.760><c> four</c>

00:44:53.000 --> 00:44:56.800
says,<00:44:54.599><c> some</c><00:44:55.139><c> of</c><00:44:55.380><c> our</c><00:44:55.619><c> daughters</c><00:44:56.000><c> are</c><00:44:56.360><c> brought</c>

00:44:56.800 --> 00:45:02.340
unto<00:44:57.300><c> bondage</c><00:44:58.480><c> already.</c><00:45:00.539><c> Neither</c><00:45:00.719><c> is</c><00:45:01.000><c> it</c><00:45:01.239><c> in</c><00:45:01.480><c> our</c><00:45:01.780><c> powers</c><00:45:02.079><c> to</c>

00:45:02.340 --> 00:45:07.920
redeem<00:45:02.800><c> them,</c><00:45:04.860><c> for</c><00:45:05.059><c> other</c><00:45:05.260><c> men</c><00:45:05.460><c> have</c><00:45:05.679><c> our</c><00:45:05.920><c> lands</c><00:45:06.159><c> and</c><00:45:06.420><c> our</c><00:45:06.639><c> vineyards.</c>

00:45:09.739 --> 00:45:15.659
And<00:45:10.340><c> now</c><00:45:10.539><c> we</c><00:45:10.739><c> see</c><00:45:10.880><c> the</c><00:45:11.099><c> real</c><00:45:11.360><c> Nehemiah.</c><00:45:13.199><c> I</c><00:45:13.659><c> was</c><00:45:14.079><c> very</c><00:45:14.539><c> angry.</c>

00:45:17.519 --> 00:45:21.199
This<00:45:17.820><c> was</c><00:45:17.940><c> one</c><00:45:18.099><c> of</c><00:45:18.219><c> those</c><00:45:18.440><c> occasions</c><00:45:18.900><c> when</c><00:45:19.539><c> the</c><00:45:19.880><c> true</c><00:45:20.159><c> humility</c><00:45:20.860><c> in</c><00:45:21.079><c> the</c>

00:45:21.199 --> 00:45:23.380
biblical<00:45:21.519><c> sense</c><00:45:21.960><c> showed</c><00:45:22.280><c> itself.</c>

00:45:25.980 --> 00:45:32.900
God<00:45:26.500><c> had</c><00:45:26.739><c> no</c><00:45:27.059><c> time</c><00:45:27.320><c> for</c><00:45:27.480><c> people</c><00:45:27.760><c> who</c><00:45:28.179><c> exploited</c><00:45:28.579><c> the</c><00:45:28.940><c> poor.</c><00:45:32.739><c> In</c>

00:45:32.900 --> 00:45:34.079
Exodus<00:45:33.139><c> the</c><00:45:33.280><c> law</c><00:45:33.420><c> is</c><00:45:33.519><c> very</c><00:45:33.880><c> clear,</c>

00:45:34.139 --> 00:45:41.199
they<00:45:34.239><c> were</c><00:45:34.420><c> not</c><00:45:34.599><c> to</c><00:45:34.800><c> lend</c><00:45:35.119><c> unusually</c><00:45:36.239><c> to</c><00:45:36.679><c> those</c><00:45:36.920><c> who</c><00:45:37.099><c> were</c><00:45:37.340><c> poor.</c><00:45:41.099><c> And</c>

00:45:41.199 --> 00:45:42.559
when<00:45:41.320><c> the</c><00:45:41.519><c> time</c><00:45:41.699><c> came</c><00:45:42.039><c> round</c><00:45:42.280><c> those</c>

00:45:42.559 --> 00:45:47.739
who<00:45:42.739><c> had</c><00:45:42.920><c> been</c><00:45:43.260><c> bought</c><00:45:43.559><c> as</c><00:45:43.940><c> slaves</c><00:45:44.280><c> had</c><00:45:44.699><c> to</c><00:45:44.840><c> be</c><00:45:45.059><c> released.</c><00:45:47.519><c> You</c>

00:45:47.739 --> 00:45:49.000
couldn't<00:45:48.059><c> take</c><00:45:48.380><c> away</c><00:45:48.639><c> a</c><00:45:48.739><c> man's</c>

00:45:49.000 --> 00:45:53.699
inheritance,<00:45:49.699><c> his</c><00:45:49.800><c> livelihood.</c><00:45:51.539><c> God</c><00:45:51.780><c> was</c><00:45:51.940><c> very</c><00:45:52.280><c> strict</c><00:45:52.519><c> about</c><00:45:52.820><c> those</c><00:45:53.099><c> things</c><00:45:53.460><c> and</c>

00:45:53.699 --> 00:45:56.860
so<00:45:53.940><c> Nehemiah</c><00:45:54.480><c> was</c><00:45:55.159><c> justly</c><00:45:55.880><c> angry.</c>

00:45:58.579 --> 00:46:02.579
Now<00:45:58.739><c> there's</c><00:45:58.860><c> nothing</c><00:45:59.039><c> wrong</c><00:45:59.300><c> with</c><00:45:59.599><c> anger.</c><00:46:01.980><c> The</c><00:46:02.119><c> counsel</c><00:46:02.360><c> in</c>

00:46:02.579 --> 00:46:07.679
scripture<00:46:02.840><c> to</c><00:46:03.019><c> be</c><00:46:03.300><c> angry,</c><00:46:03.960><c> but</c><00:46:04.219><c> to</c><00:46:04.539><c> sin</c><00:46:04.760><c> not.</c><00:46:07.539><c> The</c>

00:46:07.679 --> 00:46:13.119
bishop<00:46:07.880><c> is</c><00:46:08.119><c> counseled</c><00:46:08.420><c> not</c><00:46:08.679><c> to</c><00:46:08.840><c> be</c><00:46:09.139><c> soon</c><00:46:09.579><c> angry.</c><00:46:12.480><c> But</c><00:46:12.719><c> anger</c>

00:46:13.119 --> 00:46:18.559
is<00:46:14.219><c> an</c><00:46:14.719><c> intensity</c><00:46:15.400><c> of</c><00:46:15.960><c> feeling,</c><00:46:17.699><c> which</c><00:46:17.960><c> can</c><00:46:18.219><c> be</c>

00:46:18.559 --> 00:46:23.079
quite<00:46:19.059><c> a</c><00:46:20.400><c> good</c><00:46:20.579><c> thing</c><00:46:20.940><c> used</c><00:46:21.320><c> correctly.</c><00:46:22.000><c> Turn</c><00:46:22.239><c> over</c><00:46:22.500><c> to</c><00:46:22.739><c> Psalm</c>

00:46:23.079 --> 00:46:29.260
4.<00:46:26.860><c> Now</c><00:46:27.000><c> we</c><00:46:27.119><c> can't</c><00:46:27.500><c> be</c><00:46:27.679><c> out</c><00:46:27.800><c> of</c><00:46:27.920><c> the</c><00:46:28.099><c> Psalms</c><00:46:28.420><c> very</c><00:46:28.760><c> long</c>

00:46:29.260 --> 00:46:34.860
because<00:46:30.320><c> they're</c><00:46:30.719><c> so</c><00:46:31.440><c> real</c><00:46:31.900><c> in</c><00:46:32.960><c> all</c><00:46:33.320><c> these</c><00:46:33.539><c> things.</c><00:46:34.440><c> And</c><00:46:34.659><c> just</c>

00:46:34.860 --> 00:46:39.699
look<00:46:35.119><c> at</c><00:46:35.360><c> this</c><00:46:35.760><c> simple</c><00:46:36.300><c> counsel</c><00:46:36.780><c> in</c><00:46:37.139><c> Psalm</c><00:46:37.519><c> 4,</c><00:46:38.480><c> verse</c><00:46:38.840><c> 4.</c>

00:46:44.539 --> 00:46:50.460
This<00:46:45.599><c> verse</c><00:46:45.900><c> is</c><00:46:46.539><c> quoted</c><00:46:46.800><c> in</c><00:46:47.000><c> the</c><00:46:47.059><c> New</c><00:46:47.219><c> Testament.</c><00:46:48.920><c> Stand</c><00:46:49.840><c> in</c>

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awe,<00:46:52.579><c> that</c><00:46:52.940><c> is</c><00:46:53.239><c> be</c><00:46:53.639><c> angry,</c><00:46:56.039><c> and</c><00:46:56.739><c> sin</c><00:46:57.099><c> not.</c>

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This<00:46:59.920><c> is</c><00:47:00.079><c> the</c><00:47:00.280><c> counsel.</c><00:47:02.000><c> Commune</c><00:47:02.639><c> with</c><00:47:03.219><c> your</c><00:47:03.699><c> own</c><00:47:04.179><c> heart</c><00:47:04.659><c> upon</c>

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your<00:47:05.500><c> bed</c><00:47:05.860><c> and</c><00:47:06.519><c> be</c><00:47:07.300><c> still.</c>

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When<00:47:11.980><c> there</c><00:47:12.260><c> is</c><00:47:12.579><c> this</c><00:47:13.099><c> intensity</c><00:47:14.099><c> of</c><00:47:14.739><c> feeling</c><00:47:15.199><c> about</c><00:47:15.940><c> something,</c><00:47:16.699><c> don't</c>

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be<00:47:17.619><c> hasty.</c><00:47:19.420><c> Don't</c><00:47:19.860><c> jump</c><00:47:20.239><c> in</c><00:47:20.539><c> with</c>

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both<00:47:21.179><c> feet.</c><00:47:22.780><c> Don't</c><00:47:23.159><c> make</c><00:47:23.440><c> a</c><00:47:23.679><c> fool</c><00:47:23.800><c> of</c><00:47:24.000><c> yourself</c><00:47:24.480><c> and</c><00:47:24.760><c> say</c><00:47:24.940><c> things</c><00:47:25.260><c> that</c>

00:47:25.420 --> 00:47:28.360
you<00:47:25.940><c> are</c><00:47:26.019><c> going</c><00:47:26.139><c> to</c><00:47:26.380><c> regret</c><00:47:26.780><c> a</c><00:47:27.059><c> little</c><00:47:27.280><c> later.</c>

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Take<00:47:30.219><c> counsel</c><00:47:30.860><c> with</c><00:47:31.260><c> yourself</c><00:47:32.239><c> upon</c><00:47:32.940><c> your</c><00:47:33.420><c> sleep</c><00:47:33.679><c> on</c><00:47:33.880><c> it.</c><00:47:35.559><c> It's</c><00:47:35.699><c> what</c><00:47:35.719><c> we're</c><00:47:35.860><c> being</c><00:47:36.099><c> told</c><00:47:36.380><c> in</c>

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the<00:47:36.760><c> Psalms.</c>

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And<00:47:38.820><c> then</c><00:47:39.019><c> take</c><00:47:39.300><c> action.</c><00:47:40.739><c> Now</c><00:47:40.860><c> look</c><00:47:41.079><c> back</c><00:47:41.340><c> in</c><00:47:41.539><c> Nehemiah</c><00:47:42.239><c> chapter</c><00:47:42.579><c> 5.</c><00:47:49.900><c> I</c>

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was<00:47:50.320><c> angry,</c><00:47:51.400><c> very</c><00:47:51.780><c> angry,</c><00:47:52.739><c> when</c><00:47:52.860><c> I</c><00:47:53.099><c> heard</c>

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their<00:47:53.760><c> cry</c><00:47:54.039><c> and</c><00:47:54.239><c> these</c><00:47:54.460><c> words.</c><00:47:57.320><c> And</c><00:47:57.719><c> I</c><00:47:59.000><c> consulted</c><00:48:00.119><c> with</c><00:48:01.579><c> myself.</c><00:48:04.139><c> Just</c>

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what<00:48:04.619><c> the</c><00:48:04.860><c> psalmist</c><00:48:05.139><c> had</c><00:48:05.440><c> said.</c>

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After<00:48:08.019><c> consulting</c><00:48:08.639><c> with</c><00:48:08.940><c> himself,</c><00:48:09.739><c> he</c><00:48:09.960><c> rebuked</c><00:48:10.380><c> the</c><00:48:10.679><c> nobles</c>

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and<00:48:11.340><c> the</c><00:48:11.579><c> rulers.</c><00:48:13.059><c> And</c><00:48:13.260><c> you</c><00:48:13.400><c> will</c><00:48:13.539><c> notice</c><00:48:13.780><c> now</c>

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how<00:48:14.139><c> he</c><00:48:14.300><c> deals</c><00:48:14.599><c> with</c><00:48:14.800><c> the</c><00:48:14.980><c> situation.</c><00:48:16.760><c> He</c><00:48:17.260><c> confronts</c><00:48:18.000><c> the</c><00:48:18.179><c> people</c><00:48:18.460><c> who</c>

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are<00:48:18.980><c> responsible</c><00:48:19.679><c> to</c><00:48:20.019><c> their</c><00:48:20.360><c> faces.</c>

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He<00:48:22.679><c> tells</c><00:48:23.039><c> them</c><00:48:23.340><c> precisely</c><00:48:24.099><c> what</c><00:48:24.360><c> they</c><00:48:24.539><c> are</c><00:48:24.840><c> doing</c><00:48:25.079><c> that</c><00:48:25.280><c> is</c>

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wrong.<00:48:27.039><c> He</c><00:48:27.340><c> quotes</c><00:48:27.719><c> unto</c><00:48:28.039><c> them</c><00:48:28.340><c> the</c><00:48:28.619><c> law</c><00:48:28.960><c> of</c><00:48:29.360><c> God</c><00:48:29.599><c> to</c>

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show<00:48:30.059><c> how</c><00:48:30.400><c> wrong</c><00:48:30.639><c> they</c><00:48:30.900><c> really</c><00:48:31.440><c> are.</c><00:48:32.659><c> And</c><00:48:33.000><c> then</c><00:48:33.199><c> he</c><00:48:33.619><c> involves</c>

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them<00:48:34.699><c> in</c><00:48:35.099><c> the</c><00:48:35.360><c> making</c><00:48:35.699><c> of</c><00:48:36.139><c> a</c><00:48:36.460><c> covenant</c><00:48:36.900><c> that</c>

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they<00:48:37.619><c> will</c><00:48:37.800><c> not</c><00:48:37.980><c> do</c><00:48:38.159><c> it</c><00:48:38.360><c> again.</c><00:48:40.099><c> Verse</c><00:48:40.239><c> 8.</c><00:48:42.360><c> We,</c><00:48:42.679><c> after</c><00:48:43.000><c> our</c><00:48:43.280><c> ability,</c><00:48:43.840><c> have</c><00:48:44.019><c> redeemed</c><00:48:44.679><c> our</c>

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brethren<00:48:45.360><c> the</c><00:48:45.659><c> Jews.</c>

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He's<00:48:46.659><c> come</c><00:48:46.900><c> all</c><00:48:47.179><c> this</c><00:48:47.420><c> way</c><00:48:47.679><c> from</c><00:48:48.539><c> the</c><00:48:48.840><c> palace</c><00:48:49.239><c> in</c><00:48:49.519><c> Shushan</c><00:48:51.340><c> to</c>

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redeem<00:48:52.099><c> these</c><00:48:53.119><c> people</c><00:48:53.639><c> who</c><00:48:53.940><c> are</c><00:48:54.519><c> downtrodden</c><00:48:55.159><c> and</c>

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despised.<00:48:57.019><c> And</c><00:48:57.199><c> now</c><00:48:57.599><c> their</c><00:48:58.079><c> own</c><00:48:58.460><c> people</c><00:48:58.980><c> are</c><00:48:59.860><c> pying</c><00:49:00.159><c> them</c><00:49:00.460><c> back</c><00:49:00.679><c> into</c><00:49:01.019><c> bondage.</c><00:49:02.599><c> What's</c><00:49:02.739><c> the</c>

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point<00:49:03.159><c> in</c><00:49:03.420><c> being</c>

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redeemed<00:49:05.039><c> and</c><00:49:05.300><c> delivered</c><00:49:05.659><c> from</c><00:49:06.079><c> the</c><00:49:06.460><c> enemy</c><00:49:06.860><c> if</c><00:49:07.500><c> they're</c><00:49:07.699><c> going</c><00:49:07.860><c> to</c>

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be<00:49:08.239><c> in</c><00:49:08.360><c> bondage</c><00:49:08.639><c> to</c><00:49:08.780><c> their</c><00:49:08.940><c> own</c><00:49:09.219><c> people?</c>

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We<00:49:12.260><c> have</c><00:49:12.519><c> redeemed</c><00:49:12.940><c> our</c><00:49:13.159><c> brethren</c><00:49:13.460><c> and</c><00:49:13.679><c> Jews</c><00:49:13.840><c> which</c><00:49:14.079><c> were</c><00:49:14.280><c> sold</c><00:49:14.579><c> unto</c><00:49:14.820><c> the</c>

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brethren.<00:49:16.079><c> And</c><00:49:16.340><c> will</c><00:49:16.579><c> ye</c><00:49:16.800><c> even</c>

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sell<00:49:17.460><c> your</c><00:49:17.739><c> brethren?</c><00:49:19.159><c> Or</c><00:49:19.380><c> shall</c><00:49:19.639><c> they</c><00:49:21.199><c> be</c><00:49:21.480><c> sold</c><00:49:21.599><c> unto</c><00:49:21.820><c> us?</c><00:49:24.000><c> Then</c><00:49:24.300><c> he</c>

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points<00:49:24.699><c> out</c><00:49:24.880><c> that</c><00:49:25.019><c> they</c><00:49:25.179><c> ought</c><00:49:25.320><c> not</c><00:49:25.539><c> to</c><00:49:25.739><c> do</c>

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this.<00:49:26.639><c> And</c><00:49:26.880><c> he</c><00:49:27.079><c> quotes</c><00:49:27.300><c> the</c><00:49:27.539><c> law.</c><00:49:28.480><c> And</c><00:49:28.539><c> now</c><00:49:28.719><c> they</c><00:49:28.840><c> have</c><00:49:28.980><c> to</c><00:49:29.159><c> make</c><00:49:29.400><c> good.</c><00:49:29.679><c> Verse</c><00:49:30.119><c> 11.</c>

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Restore,<00:49:31.800><c> I</c><00:49:31.820><c> pray</c><00:49:32.059><c> you,</c><00:49:32.260><c> to</c><00:49:32.400><c> them,</c>

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even<00:49:33.000><c> this</c><00:49:33.340><c> day.</c><00:49:33.880><c> Start</c><00:49:34.440><c> now</c><00:49:34.860><c> immediately.</c><00:49:37.019><c> And</c><00:49:37.320><c> you'll</c><00:49:37.559><c> notice</c><00:49:37.820><c> how</c>

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in<00:49:38.420><c> the</c><00:49:38.579><c> end</c><00:49:39.039><c> he</c><00:49:39.960><c> produces</c><00:49:40.539><c> a</c><00:49:41.420><c> very</c><00:49:41.659><c> telling</c>

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visual<00:49:42.440><c> aid.</c><00:49:44.400><c> Verse</c><00:49:44.539><c> 13.</c><00:49:46.199><c> Also</c><00:49:46.579><c> I</c><00:49:47.179><c> shook</c><00:49:47.719><c> my</c><00:49:48.400><c> lap</c><00:49:48.860><c> and</c><00:49:49.460><c> said,</c>

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So<00:49:51.079><c> God</c><00:49:51.539><c> shake</c><00:49:51.980><c> out</c><00:49:52.380><c> every</c><00:49:52.760><c> man</c><00:49:53.059><c> from</c><00:49:53.300><c> his</c><00:49:53.619><c> house</c><00:49:53.960><c> and</c>

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from<00:49:54.739><c> his</c><00:49:55.000><c> labour</c><00:49:55.440><c> that</c><00:49:56.059><c> performeth</c><00:49:56.639><c> not</c><00:49:56.960><c> this</c><00:49:57.239><c> promise,</c><00:49:58.139><c> even</c><00:49:58.619><c> thus</c><00:49:59.019><c> be</c>

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shaken<00:49:59.559><c> out</c><00:50:00.099><c> and</c><00:50:00.820><c> emptied.</c><00:50:02.400><c> And</c><00:50:02.639><c> all</c><00:50:02.800><c> the</c>

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congregation<00:50:03.440><c> said,</c><00:50:03.739><c> Amen.</c><00:50:05.260><c> And</c><00:50:05.500><c> they</c><00:50:05.659><c> restored</c><00:50:06.199><c> to</c><00:50:07.000><c> the</c><00:50:07.179><c> poor</c><00:50:07.699><c> their</c><00:50:08.159><c> goods.</c><00:50:10.059><c> That</c><00:50:10.340><c> is</c>

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a<00:50:10.639><c> wonderful</c><00:50:11.159><c> object</c>

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lesson<00:50:12.099><c> in</c><00:50:12.239><c> how</c><00:50:12.460><c> to</c><00:50:12.760><c> deal</c><00:50:13.320><c> with</c><00:50:13.760><c> a</c><00:50:13.940><c> difficult</c><00:50:14.280><c> situation.</c><00:50:15.780><c> To</c>

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meet<00:50:16.440><c> the</c><00:50:16.739><c> people</c><00:50:17.039><c> and</c><00:50:17.199><c> the</c><00:50:17.440><c> problem</c><00:50:17.820><c> head</c><00:50:18.179><c>-on.</c><00:50:19.679><c> But</c><00:50:19.820><c> to</c>

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show<00:50:20.260><c> them</c><00:50:20.619><c> how</c><00:50:21.079><c> from</c><00:50:21.559><c> Scripture</c><00:50:22.079><c> what</c><00:50:22.460><c> they</c><00:50:22.800><c> are</c><00:50:23.139><c> doing</c><00:50:23.420><c> is</c>

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wrong.<00:50:26.159><c> To</c><00:50:26.480><c> involve</c><00:50:27.000><c> them</c><00:50:27.280><c> in</c><00:50:27.460><c> repentance,</c><00:50:28.380><c> in</c><00:50:28.539><c> turning.</c>

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And<00:50:30.840><c> then</c><00:50:31.119><c> to</c><00:50:31.440><c> involve</c><00:50:31.940><c> God</c><00:50:32.340><c> in</c><00:50:32.599><c> that</c><00:50:32.900><c> repentance.</c><00:50:34.840><c> That</c><00:50:34.980><c> if</c>

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we<00:50:35.420><c> do</c><00:50:35.679><c> not</c><00:50:35.960><c> truly</c><00:50:36.380><c> repent</c><00:50:36.940><c> and</c><00:50:37.760><c> turn,</c><00:50:39.280><c> so</c><00:50:39.599><c> God</c><00:50:40.139><c> shake</c>

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every<00:50:41.059><c> man</c><00:50:41.420><c> out</c><00:50:42.119><c> as</c><00:50:43.000><c> Nehemiah</c><00:50:43.599><c> shook</c><00:50:43.840><c> out</c><00:50:44.119><c> his</c><00:50:44.380><c> lap.</c><00:50:45.920><c> He</c><00:50:45.940><c> was</c>

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living<00:50:46.519><c> as</c><00:50:46.980><c> always</c><00:50:47.420><c> in</c><00:50:48.320><c> the</c><00:50:48.539><c> presence</c><00:50:48.760><c> of</c><00:50:49.059><c> God.</c><00:50:50.579><c> And</c><00:50:50.699><c> so</c>

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chapter<00:50:51.199><c> 5</c><00:50:51.539><c> ends.</c><00:50:53.199><c> Think</c><00:50:53.280><c> upon</c><00:50:53.539><c> me,</c><00:50:53.860><c> my</c><00:50:54.019><c> God,</c><00:50:54.940><c> for</c><00:50:55.219><c> good</c><00:50:55.820><c> according</c><00:50:57.000><c> to</c><00:50:57.320><c> all</c><00:50:57.639><c> that</c><00:50:57.840><c> I</c>

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have<00:50:58.219><c> done</c><00:50:58.699><c> for</c><00:50:59.940><c> this</c><00:51:00.119><c> people.</c>