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behavior<00:15:57.759><c> as</c><00:15:58.059><c> becomeeth</c>

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holiness.<00:15:59.259><c> And</c><00:15:59.440><c> that</c><00:15:59.539><c> is</c><00:15:59.740><c> actually</c><00:16:00.000><c> in</c><00:16:00.179><c> relation</c><00:16:00.360><c> to</c><00:16:00.659><c> aged</c><00:16:00.799><c> women.</c><00:16:01.700><c> They</c><00:16:01.860><c> should</c><00:16:02.019><c> act</c><00:16:02.519><c> as</c><00:16:02.960><c> becomeeth</c>

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holiness.<00:16:05.679><c> So</c><00:16:06.320><c> this</c><00:16:07.080><c> matter</c>

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of<00:16:09.299><c> prudent</c><00:16:10.240><c> conduct,</c><00:16:11.980><c> of</c><00:16:12.320><c> discrete</c><00:16:13.059><c> conduct</c>

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of<00:16:14.779><c> doing</c><00:16:14.960><c> that</c><00:16:15.179><c> which</c><00:16:15.320><c> is</c><00:16:15.679><c> appropriate</c><00:16:16.220><c> to</c><00:16:16.399><c> the</c><00:16:16.580><c> situation,</c>

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clearly<00:16:17.919><c> is</c><00:16:18.240><c> receiving</c>

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emphasis.<00:16:20.460><c> And</c><00:16:20.779><c> you</c><00:16:20.980><c> see</c><00:16:21.179><c> it</c><00:16:21.320><c> there</c><00:16:21.500><c> in</c><00:16:21.639><c> 1</c><00:16:21.820><c> Timothy</c><00:16:22.059><c> 2</c><00:16:22.299><c> and</c><00:16:22.419><c> verse</c><00:16:22.639><c> 15</c>

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linked<00:16:24.279><c> along</c><00:16:24.759><c> with</c><00:16:25.120><c> some</c><00:16:25.320><c> of</c><00:16:25.539><c> the</c><00:16:26.240><c> great</c><00:16:26.879><c> moral</c><00:16:27.580><c> attributes</c>

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faith,<00:16:29.879><c> charity,</c><00:16:30.879><c> holiness,</c><00:16:32.700><c> and</c><00:16:32.700><c> here</c><00:16:32.919><c> comes</c>

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discretion<00:16:34.080><c> being</c><00:16:35.100><c> linked</c><00:16:35.379><c> along</c><00:16:35.720><c> with</c><00:16:35.940><c> these</c><00:16:36.220><c> cardinal</c><00:16:36.720><c> attributes.</c>

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So<00:16:38.679><c> the</c><00:16:38.940><c> scripture,</c><00:16:39.480><c> the</c><00:16:39.679><c> spirit</c><00:16:39.940><c> is</c><00:16:40.159><c> clearly</c><00:16:40.399><c> making</c><00:16:40.700><c> it</c><00:16:40.860><c> a</c>

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matter<00:16:41.100><c> of</c><00:16:41.320><c> emphasis.</c><00:16:42.279><c> And</c><00:16:42.600><c> in</c>

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Proverbs,<00:16:43.519><c> there</c><00:16:43.620><c> is</c><00:16:43.820><c> a</c><00:16:44.019><c> Proverb,</c><00:16:44.879><c> it's</c><00:16:45.539><c> Proverbs</c><00:16:45.799><c> 19</c><00:16:46.240><c> and</c><00:16:46.399><c> verse</c><00:16:46.600><c> 14</c>

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where<00:16:47.379><c> we</c><00:16:47.539><c> are</c><00:16:47.720><c> told</c><00:16:47.980><c> that</c>

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a<00:16:48.840><c> prudent</c><00:16:49.460><c> wife</c><00:16:50.059><c> is</c><00:16:50.919><c> of</c><00:16:51.120><c> the</c><00:16:51.279><c> Lord.</c>

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Prudence<00:16:54.559><c> then,</c><00:16:55.639><c> discretion</c>

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is<00:16:56.960><c> something</c><00:16:57.320><c> that</c><00:16:57.500><c> the</c><00:16:57.720><c> spirit</c><00:16:57.899><c> is</c><00:16:58.259><c> underscoring</c><00:16:58.960><c> so</c><00:16:59.279><c> far</c>

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as<00:16:59.679><c> the</c><00:16:59.840><c> conduct</c><00:17:00.299><c> of</c><00:17:00.919><c> wives</c>

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and<00:17:02.059><c> of</c><00:17:02.539><c> all</c><00:17:02.919><c> sisters.</c><00:17:04.099><c> And</c><00:17:04.279><c> there</c><00:17:04.440><c> are</c><00:17:04.940><c> three</c><00:17:05.380><c> examples</c><00:17:06.119><c> given</c>

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of<00:17:07.799><c> prudence</c><00:17:08.420><c> in</c><00:17:09.140><c> this</c><00:17:09.400><c> section.</c><00:17:09.799><c> There</c><00:17:09.960><c> is</c><00:17:10.200><c> one</c><00:17:11.079><c> in</c>

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1<00:17:12.339><c> Timothy</c><00:17:12.619><c> 9</c><00:17:13.240><c> in</c><00:17:13.460><c> connection</c><00:17:13.819><c> with</c><00:17:14.220><c> dress</c><00:17:14.579><c> at</c><00:17:14.900><c> the</c><00:17:15.099><c> memorial</c><00:17:15.460><c> service.</c>

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apparel,<00:17:27.799><c> sensibly</c><00:17:28.299><c> with</c><00:17:29.519><c> discretion</c>

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and<00:17:31.220><c> going</c><00:17:31.400><c> on</c><00:17:31.680><c> to</c><00:17:31.839><c> say</c><00:17:32.019><c> not</c><00:17:32.319><c> with</c><00:17:32.579><c> broidered</c><00:17:32.980><c> hair</c><00:17:33.200><c> or</c><00:17:33.420><c> gold</c>

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or<00:17:33.980><c> pearls.</c>

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the<00:17:39.019><c> memorial</c><00:17:39.339><c> service,</c><00:17:40.579><c> discretion</c>

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rules<00:17:41.460><c> out</c><00:17:42.000><c> loud</c><00:17:42.460><c> and</c><00:17:42.720><c> expensive</c><00:17:43.220><c> apparel.</c><00:17:44.380><c> After</c><00:17:44.660><c> all,</c><00:17:44.980><c> at</c>

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the<00:17:45.180><c> memorial</c><00:17:45.480><c> service</c><00:17:45.799><c> we</c><00:17:45.960><c> have</c>

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all<00:17:46.779><c> economic</c><00:17:47.339><c> levels</c><00:17:47.819><c> present.</c><00:17:49.440><c> Furthermore,</c><00:17:50.000><c> we</c><00:17:50.579><c> are</c><00:17:50.819><c> gathered</c><00:17:51.180><c> to</c>

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consider<00:17:51.720><c> the</c><00:17:51.940><c> vanity</c><00:17:52.259><c> of</c><00:17:52.440><c> the</c><00:17:52.599><c> world</c><00:17:52.920><c> and</c><00:17:53.079><c> the</c><00:17:53.240><c> surpassing</c>

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value<00:17:54.039><c> of</c><00:17:54.180><c> the</c><00:17:54.319><c> kingdom.</c><00:17:55.119><c> So</c><00:17:55.220><c> in</c><00:17:55.359><c> those</c>

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circumstances,<00:17:57.420><c> it</c><00:17:57.500><c> is</c><00:17:57.660><c> not</c><00:17:57.779><c> appropriate</c><00:17:58.420><c> to</c><00:17:58.700><c> wear</c><00:17:58.980><c> expensive</c><00:17:59.660><c> or</c><00:17:59.920><c> loud</c><00:18:00.259><c> apparel.</c>

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Furthermore,<00:18:02.119><c> discretion</c><00:18:02.500><c> rules</c><00:18:02.880><c> out</c><00:18:03.940><c> being</c><00:18:04.420><c> deliberately</c>

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dowdy<00:18:05.480><c> in</c><00:18:05.720><c> one's</c>

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appearance.<00:18:07.960><c> It</c><00:18:08.000><c> is</c><00:18:08.140><c> inappropriate</c><00:18:08.779><c> to</c><00:18:08.980><c> come</c><00:18:09.180><c> to</c><00:18:09.339><c> worship</c>

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God<00:18:10.380><c> who</c><00:18:11.039><c> has</c><00:18:11.400><c> created</c>

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so<00:18:11.880><c> much</c><00:18:12.119><c> beauty</c><00:18:12.440><c> of</c><00:18:12.720><c> sight</c><00:18:12.900><c> and</c><00:18:13.180><c> sound</c><00:18:13.599><c> and</c><00:18:14.039><c> to</c><00:18:14.200><c> come</c><00:18:14.460><c> in</c><00:18:14.640><c> a</c><00:18:14.839><c> manner</c><00:18:15.140><c> that</c><00:18:15.619><c> is</c><00:18:15.920><c> very</c>

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dowdy.<00:18:17.420><c> After</c><00:18:17.660><c> all,</c><00:18:17.920><c> we</c><00:18:18.160><c> are</c><00:18:18.160><c> rejoicing</c><00:18:18.619><c> in</c><00:18:18.720><c> a</c><00:18:18.839><c> glorious</c><00:18:19.200><c> calling.</c><00:18:20.640><c> So</c>

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here<00:18:21.859><c> is</c><00:18:22.000><c> an</c><00:18:22.140><c> example</c><00:18:22.779><c> of</c><00:18:23.380><c> where</c><00:18:23.660><c> discretion</c><00:18:24.200><c> should</c><00:18:24.599><c> be</c><00:18:24.859><c> used</c>

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so<00:18:25.900><c> that</c><00:18:26.220><c> the</c>

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sister<00:18:26.680><c> does</c><00:18:26.960><c> that</c><00:18:27.259><c> which</c><00:18:27.480><c> is</c><00:18:27.839><c> appropriate</c><00:18:28.599><c> to</c><00:18:28.920><c> the</c><00:18:29.119><c> circumstance.</c><00:18:31.059><c> In</c><00:18:31.299><c> Proverbs</c>

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31,<00:18:33.259><c> there</c><00:18:33.259><c> are</c><00:18:33.660><c> two</c><00:18:34.500><c> illustrations</c><00:18:35.220><c> of</c><00:18:35.519><c> where</c><00:18:35.940><c> prudence</c><00:18:36.819><c> should</c><00:18:37.119><c> be</c>

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exercised<00:18:38.000><c> on</c><00:18:38.140><c> the</c><00:18:38.259><c> part</c><00:18:38.380><c> of</c><00:18:38.539><c> the</c><00:18:38.640><c> sister.</c><00:18:39.960><c> As</c><00:18:40.140><c> a</c><00:18:40.279><c> matter</c><00:18:40.400><c> of</c>

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fact,<00:18:41.480><c> the</c><00:18:41.740><c> first</c>

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point<00:18:42.700><c> covered</c><00:18:43.279><c> in</c><00:18:44.619><c> the</c><00:18:44.779><c> description</c><00:18:45.119><c> of</c><00:18:45.299><c> the</c><00:18:45.440><c> virtuous</c><00:18:45.759><c> woman</c><00:18:46.099><c> is</c>

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in<00:18:46.559><c> relation</c><00:18:47.019><c> to</c>

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prudence.<00:18:49.039><c> In</c><00:18:49.180><c> this</c><00:18:49.359><c> case,</c><00:18:49.779><c> it</c><00:18:49.960><c> is</c><00:18:49.960><c> prudence</c><00:18:50.440><c> in</c><00:18:50.680><c> financial</c><00:18:51.339><c> matters.</c>

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The<00:18:54.019><c> heart</c><00:18:54.559><c> of</c><00:18:54.880><c> her</c><00:18:55.119><c> husband,</c><00:18:55.720><c> Proverbs</c><00:18:56.140><c> 31,</c><00:18:56.660><c> verse</c><00:18:56.799><c> 11,</c>

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The<00:18:58.000><c> heart</c><00:18:58.160><c> of</c><00:18:58.299><c> her</c><00:18:58.500><c> husband</c><00:18:58.839><c> that</c><00:18:59.059><c> safely</c><00:18:59.559><c> trusts</c><00:19:00.000><c> in</c><00:19:00.200><c> her</c><00:19:00.880><c> so</c>

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that<00:19:01.380><c> he</c><00:19:01.539><c> shall</c><00:19:01.720><c> have</c><00:19:01.980><c> no</c><00:19:02.279><c> need</c>

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of<00:19:02.700><c> spoil.</c><00:19:03.440><c> She</c><00:19:03.619><c> shall</c><00:19:03.859><c> do</c><00:19:04.039><c> him</c><00:19:04.259><c> good</c><00:19:04.700><c> and</c><00:19:05.319><c> not</c><00:19:05.599><c> evil</c><00:19:05.900><c> all</c><00:19:06.339><c> the</c>

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days<00:19:06.720><c> of</c><00:19:06.900><c> her</c><00:19:07.079><c> life.</c>

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discreet<00:19:13.400><c> in</c><00:19:13.680><c> her</c><00:19:13.980><c> expenditures.</c><00:19:16.539><c> An</c><00:19:17.039><c> imprudent</c>

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wife<00:19:18.299><c> in</c><00:19:18.519><c> this</c><00:19:18.740><c> regard</c><00:19:19.299><c> can</c><00:19:20.259><c> drive</c><00:19:20.640><c> a</c><00:19:20.880><c> man</c><00:19:21.140><c> to</c><00:19:21.500><c> long</c><00:19:21.859><c> hours</c><00:19:22.299><c> of</c>

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work<00:19:23.059><c> as</c><00:19:23.619><c> he</c><00:19:23.839><c> attempts</c><00:19:24.180><c> to</c><00:19:24.579><c> supply</c><00:19:25.000><c> her</c><00:19:25.339><c> wants,</c><00:19:26.759><c> while</c><00:19:27.119><c> a</c><00:19:27.440><c> prudent</c>

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wife<00:19:28.279><c> seems</c><00:19:28.759><c> able</c><00:19:29.099><c> to</c><00:19:29.299><c> take</c><00:19:29.480><c> and</c><00:19:29.660><c> to</c><00:19:30.000><c> stretch</c><00:19:30.220><c> a</c><00:19:30.460><c> dollar</c><00:19:30.799><c> and</c>

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see<00:19:31.779><c> that</c><00:19:31.960><c> her</c><00:19:32.119><c> husband</c><00:19:32.420><c> is</c>

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under<00:19:32.799><c> no</c><00:19:33.140><c> strain</c><00:19:33.519><c> from</c><00:19:33.759><c> her</c><00:19:34.400><c> to</c><00:19:34.920><c> serve</c><00:19:35.160><c> the</c><00:19:35.420><c> god</c><00:19:35.759><c> mammon.</c><00:19:37.240><c> So</c><00:19:37.460><c> here,</c>

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prudence,<00:19:38.960><c> discretion</c><00:19:39.440><c> in</c><00:19:40.039><c> relation</c><00:19:40.440><c> to</c><00:19:40.680><c> financial</c><00:19:41.160><c> matters</c>

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is<00:19:41.660><c> one</c><00:19:41.819><c> of</c><00:19:41.940><c> the</c><00:19:42.119><c> characteristics</c>

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of<00:19:43.200><c> a</c><00:19:43.420><c> virtuous</c><00:19:43.740><c> woman.</c><00:19:45.259><c> Furthermore,</c><00:19:45.960><c> in</c><00:19:46.039><c> verse</c><00:19:46.240><c> 26,</c>

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sisters.<00:20:47.619><c> Prudence,</c><00:20:49.180><c> discretion,</c>

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doing<00:20:51.039><c> that,</c><00:20:51.640><c> saying</c><00:20:51.980><c> that,</c><00:20:52.779><c> which</c><00:20:53.000><c> is</c><00:20:53.460><c> appropriate</c><00:20:54.099><c> to</c><00:20:54.359><c> the</c><00:20:54.539><c> situation.</c>

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service,<00:21:01.960><c> handling</c><00:21:02.799><c> of</c><00:21:02.960><c> financial</c><00:21:03.400><c> matters</c><00:21:03.740><c> within</c><00:21:03.960><c> the</c><00:21:04.119><c> household</c><00:21:04.640><c> and</c><00:21:05.460><c> the</c>

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those<00:23:31.619><c> who</c><00:23:31.799><c> are</c><00:23:32.440><c> the</c><00:23:32.680><c> poor,</c><00:23:33.039><c> who</c><00:23:33.200><c> are</c><00:23:33.400><c> the</c><00:23:33.559><c> needy.</c><00:23:34.980><c> As</c><00:23:35.119><c> a</c><00:23:35.180><c> matter</c><00:23:35.319><c> of</c>

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fact<00:23:35.660><c> when</c><00:23:35.819><c> you</c><00:23:36.019><c> take</c>

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a<00:23:36.359><c> look</c><00:23:36.599><c> at</c><00:23:36.859><c> Proverbs</c><00:23:37.160><c> 31</c><00:23:37.759><c> you</c><00:23:39.200><c> get</c><00:23:39.460><c> the</c><00:23:39.660><c> impression</c><00:23:40.160><c> that</c><00:23:40.839><c> the</c>

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virtuous<00:23:41.660><c> woman</c><00:23:42.140><c> is</c><00:23:42.720><c> always</c><00:23:43.359><c> busy.</c><00:23:44.940><c> She,</c><00:23:45.279><c> look</c><00:23:45.559><c> at</c><00:23:45.680><c> verse</c><00:23:45.880><c> 13</c>

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in<00:23:46.880><c> Proverbs</c><00:23:47.220><c> 31,</c><00:23:48.180><c> she</c><00:23:48.640><c> worketh</c><00:23:49.200><c> willingly</c><00:23:49.599><c> with</c><00:23:49.839><c> her</c><00:23:50.059><c> hands.</c>

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She<00:23:50.960><c> worketh</c>

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with<00:23:51.480><c> her</c><00:23:51.700><c> hands.</c><00:23:52.279><c> Verse</c><00:23:52.519><c> 15,</c><00:23:53.420><c> she</c><00:23:53.680><c> riseth</c><00:23:54.220><c> while</c><00:23:54.460><c> it</c><00:23:54.640><c> is</c><00:23:54.779><c> yet</c><00:23:55.000><c> night.</c>

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She<00:23:56.400><c> girdeth</c><00:23:57.099><c> her</c><00:23:57.359><c> loins,</c><00:23:57.799><c> in</c><00:23:57.920><c> verse</c><00:23:58.079><c> 17,</c><00:23:58.940><c> girding</c><00:23:59.299><c> her</c><00:23:59.500><c> loins</c>

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for<00:24:00.039><c> the</c>

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day's<00:24:00.859><c> activity.</c><00:24:02.019><c> In</c><00:24:02.059><c> verse</c><00:24:02.259><c> 19,</c><00:24:03.079><c> she</c><00:24:03.400><c> layeth</c><00:24:03.819><c> her</c><00:24:04.059><c> hands</c><00:24:04.539><c> to</c>

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the<00:24:04.940><c> spindle.</c>

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Verse<00:24:06.319><c> 20,</c><00:24:06.700><c> she</c><00:24:07.059><c> stretcheth</c><00:24:07.420><c> out</c><00:24:07.559><c> her</c><00:24:07.779><c> hands.</c><00:24:08.900><c> Verse</c><00:24:09.119><c> 27</c><00:24:09.700><c> summarizes</c>

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the<00:24:10.660><c> point.</c><00:24:11.240><c> She</c><00:24:11.420><c> looketh</c><00:24:11.700><c> well</c><00:24:11.980><c> to</c><00:24:12.140><c> the</c><00:24:12.279><c> ways</c><00:24:12.440><c> of</c><00:24:12.619><c> her</c><00:24:12.779><c> household</c><00:24:13.220><c> and</c><00:24:13.759><c> eateth</c><00:24:14.140><c> not</c><00:24:14.400><c> the</c><00:24:14.720><c> bread</c><00:24:14.960><c> of</c>

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idleness.<00:24:18.680><c> My</c><00:24:19.059><c> own</c><00:24:19.299><c> experience</c><00:24:19.839><c> with</c>

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women<00:24:21.240><c> in</c><00:24:21.420><c> the</c><00:24:21.559><c> household</c><00:24:21.980><c> is</c><00:24:22.480><c> that</c><00:24:22.559><c> this</c><00:24:22.740><c> is</c><00:24:22.900><c> an</c><00:24:23.019><c> exhortation</c>

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that<00:24:23.799><c> hardly</c><00:24:24.059><c> needs</c><00:24:24.279><c> to</c><00:24:24.440><c> be</c><00:24:24.599><c> made.</c>

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That<00:24:25.859><c> there</c><00:24:26.400><c> is</c><00:24:26.599><c> a</c><00:24:26.700><c> tremendous</c><00:24:27.000><c> amount</c><00:24:27.259><c> of</c><00:24:27.480><c> activity</c><00:24:27.799><c> and</c><00:24:27.920><c> work</c><00:24:28.180><c> that</c><00:24:28.319><c> goes</c><00:24:28.519><c> on</c>

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in<00:24:29.900><c> being</c>

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keepers<00:24:30.619><c> at</c><00:24:30.819><c> home.</c><00:24:31.460><c> But</c><00:24:31.660><c> again,</c><00:24:32.700><c> the</c><00:24:32.940><c> spirit</c><00:24:33.380><c> repeats</c><00:24:34.039><c> this</c>

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point<00:24:34.559><c> several</c><00:24:34.920><c> times</c>

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as<00:24:36.400><c> far</c><00:24:36.799><c> as</c><00:24:37.420><c> being</c><00:24:37.759><c> diligent,</c><00:24:38.279><c> being</c><00:24:38.519><c> active,</c><00:24:39.880><c> working</c><00:24:40.180><c> diligently,</c>

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stressing<00:24:41.619><c> the</c><00:24:41.859><c> point</c><00:24:42.059><c> that</c><00:24:42.319><c> the</c><00:24:42.559><c> virtuous</c><00:24:42.859><c> woman</c><00:24:43.079><c> is</c><00:24:43.240><c> not</c><00:24:43.400><c> a</c>

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lazy<00:24:43.839><c> woman.</c><00:24:44.759><c> And</c><00:24:45.000><c> so</c><00:24:45.220><c> I</c><00:24:45.299><c> think</c>

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we<00:24:45.900><c> do</c><00:24:46.160><c> well</c><00:24:46.519><c> to</c><00:24:46.700><c> draw</c><00:24:47.019><c> the</c><00:24:47.220><c> point</c><00:24:47.400><c> out</c><00:24:47.880><c> and</c><00:24:48.140><c> to</c><00:24:48.400><c> stress</c><00:24:48.559><c> it.</c><00:24:49.059><c> And</c><00:24:49.180><c> we</c>

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notice<00:24:49.640><c> too</c>

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the<00:24:50.900><c> attitude</c><00:24:51.700><c> with</c><00:24:52.619><c> which</c><00:24:52.859><c> the</c><00:24:53.339><c> virtuous</c><00:24:53.759><c> woman</c><00:24:54.099><c> performs</c><00:24:54.900><c> these</c>

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activities.<00:24:56.740><c> She</c><00:24:56.859><c> does</c><00:24:57.099><c> it</c><00:24:57.480><c> willingly.</c><00:24:58.759><c> In</c><00:24:58.839><c> verse</c><00:24:59.059><c> 13,</c><00:25:00.380><c> she</c>

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seeketh<00:25:00.960><c> woolen</c><00:25:01.400><c> flax</c><00:25:01.700><c> and</c><00:25:02.099><c> worketh</c><00:25:02.839><c> willingly</c><00:25:03.380><c> with</c><00:25:03.779><c> her</c><00:25:04.019><c> hands.</c><00:25:05.039><c> This</c><00:25:05.299><c> is</c><00:25:05.559><c> not</c>

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a<00:25:06.200><c> begrudging</c><00:25:06.759><c> attitude</c><00:25:07.220><c> that</c><00:25:07.359><c> is</c><00:25:07.559><c> evident</c><00:25:07.779><c> on</c><00:25:07.940><c> her</c><00:25:08.220><c> part.</c>

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Furthermore,<00:25:12.079><c> if</c><00:25:12.119><c> she</c><00:25:12.339><c> is</c><00:25:12.700><c> a</c><00:25:12.960><c> virtuous</c><00:25:13.339><c> woman</c>

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who<00:25:14.660><c> is,</c><00:25:15.539><c> when</c><00:25:15.940><c> she</c><00:25:16.119><c> opens</c><00:25:16.359><c> her</c><00:25:16.579><c> mouth,</c><00:25:17.059><c> speaking</c><00:25:17.299><c> forth</c><00:25:17.599><c> wisdom</c><00:25:18.180><c> and</c>

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if<00:25:19.000><c> in</c><00:25:19.079><c> her</c><00:25:19.299><c> tongue</c><00:25:19.480><c> is</c><00:25:19.680><c> the</c><00:25:19.759><c> law</c><00:25:19.859><c> of</c><00:25:20.160><c> kindness,</c><00:25:21.019><c> she</c><00:25:21.180><c> is</c><00:25:21.400><c> doing</c>

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much<00:25:21.960><c> spiritual</c><00:25:22.619><c> good</c>

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as<00:25:23.940><c> she</c><00:25:24.140><c> goes</c><00:25:24.339><c> about</c><00:25:24.660><c> her</c><00:25:24.960><c> good</c><00:25:25.220><c> works.</c><00:25:26.279><c> And</c><00:25:26.480><c> we</c><00:25:26.619><c> see</c><00:25:27.039><c> evidence</c>

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of<00:25:27.579><c> that</c><00:25:27.759><c> like</c><00:25:28.059><c> in</c><00:25:28.240><c> Aquila</c><00:25:28.500><c> and</c>

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Priscilla.<00:25:29.599><c> When</c><00:25:29.819><c> they</c><00:25:30.019><c> are</c><00:25:30.240><c> showing</c><00:25:30.559><c> hospitality</c><00:25:31.319><c> to</c><00:25:31.579><c> Apollos,</c><00:25:32.480><c> they</c>

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are<00:25:32.980><c> instructing</c><00:25:33.359><c> him</c><00:25:33.500><c> in</c><00:25:33.599><c> the</c>

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truth.<00:25:34.900><c> And</c><00:25:35.099><c> sisters</c><00:25:35.440><c> surely</c><00:25:35.759><c> can</c><00:25:36.000><c> apply</c><00:25:36.319><c> the</c><00:25:36.539><c> point</c><00:25:36.759><c> when</c>

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they<00:25:37.220><c> are</c><00:25:37.359><c> visiting</c><00:25:37.579><c> the</c><00:25:37.880><c> sick</c>

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or<00:25:38.579><c> caring</c><00:25:38.880><c> for</c><00:25:39.039><c> those</c><00:25:39.279><c> that</c><00:25:39.420><c> are</c><00:25:39.559><c> needy.</c><00:25:40.079><c> If</c><00:25:40.220><c> their</c><00:25:40.440><c> words</c><00:25:40.740><c> are</c><00:25:41.039><c> full</c><00:25:41.559><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:42.599><c> law</c><00:25:42.759><c> of</c><00:25:42.980><c> kindness</c>

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and<00:25:43.579><c> the</c><00:25:43.779><c> wisdom</c><00:25:44.019><c> of</c><00:25:44.220><c> the</c><00:25:44.420><c> spirit,</c><00:25:45.240><c> they</c><00:25:45.339><c> will</c><00:25:45.539><c> do</c><00:25:45.599><c> much</c><00:25:45.839><c> spiritual</c><00:25:46.359><c> good</c>

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as<00:25:47.480><c> well</c><00:25:47.680><c> as</c><00:25:47.839><c> much</c>

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practical<00:25:48.480><c> good.</c><00:25:51.539><c> Those</c><00:25:52.000><c> are</c><00:25:52.160><c> some</c><00:25:52.359><c> points</c><00:25:52.619><c> that</c><00:25:52.839><c> are</c><00:25:53.039><c> drawn</c>

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to<00:25:53.500><c> our</c>

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attention<00:25:54.039><c> by</c><00:25:54.339><c> means</c><00:25:54.579><c> of</c><00:25:55.099><c> repetition</c><00:25:55.700><c> in</c><00:25:56.740><c> these</c><00:25:57.039><c> particular</c><00:25:57.500><c> sections.</c>

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There<00:25:59.579><c> is</c><00:25:59.940><c> another</c><00:26:00.319><c> point</c><00:26:00.799><c> which</c><00:26:02.240><c> is</c><00:26:02.539><c> drawn</c><00:26:02.819><c> to</c><00:26:03.019><c> our</c><00:26:03.200><c> attention</c><00:26:03.519><c> by</c><00:26:03.759><c> the</c><00:26:03.980><c> spirit</c>

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by<00:26:04.440><c> means</c><00:26:04.759><c> of</c><00:26:05.019><c> a</c><00:26:05.359><c> unique</c><00:26:05.779><c> word</c><00:26:06.240><c> that</c><00:26:06.500><c> is</c><00:26:06.700><c> used.</c><00:26:08.119><c> In</c><00:26:08.200><c> 1</c><00:26:08.420><c> Timothy</c><00:26:08.680><c> 5</c>

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and<00:26:09.440><c> verse</c><00:26:09.680><c> 14,</c><00:26:11.500><c> we</c><00:26:11.539><c> have</c><00:26:11.740><c> a</c><00:26:11.920><c> very</c><00:26:12.240><c> unusual</c><00:26:12.819><c> and,</c><00:26:13.180><c> to</c><00:26:13.359><c> me,</c><00:26:14.019><c> disconcerting</c>

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word.<00:26:16.680><c> It</c><00:26:16.819><c> is</c><00:26:17.160><c> the</c><00:26:17.500><c> word</c><00:26:17.900><c> guide</c><00:26:18.380><c> the</c><00:26:18.619><c> house.</c>

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I<00:26:21.119><c> will</c><00:26:21.440><c> therefore</c><00:26:22.039><c> that</c><00:26:22.420><c> the</c><00:26:22.680><c> younger</c><00:26:22.900><c> women</c><00:26:23.220><c> marry,</c>

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bear<00:26:24.779><c> children</c><00:26:25.359><c> and</c><00:26:25.740><c> guide</c><00:26:26.099><c> the</c><00:26:26.339><c> house.</c>

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That<00:26:30.240><c> word</c><00:26:30.759><c> guide</c><00:26:32.000><c> the</c><00:26:32.240><c> house</c><00:26:32.799><c> is</c><00:26:33.480><c> one</c><00:26:33.799><c> Greek</c><00:26:34.079><c> word</c>

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but<00:26:35.460><c> it</c><00:26:35.660><c> is</c><00:26:35.660><c> a</c><00:26:35.759><c> Greek</c><00:26:35.920><c> word</c><00:26:36.160><c> which</c><00:26:36.359><c> is</c><00:26:36.539><c> a</c><00:26:36.720><c> combination</c><00:26:37.059><c> of</c><00:26:37.359><c> two</c>

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separate<00:26:38.339><c> words.</c>

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The<00:26:39.980><c> one</c><00:26:40.119><c> word</c><00:26:40.440><c> is</c><00:26:40.720><c> house,</c><00:26:41.920><c> oiko.</c>

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The<00:26:44.240><c> other</c><00:26:44.440><c> Greek</c><00:26:44.700><c> word</c><00:26:45.900><c> is</c><00:26:46.319><c> despotes,</c><00:26:47.579><c> despot.</c>

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House,<00:26:51.480><c> despot.</c>

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Now<00:26:53.700><c> when</c><00:26:53.920><c> Ellen</c><00:26:54.160><c> drew</c><00:26:54.359><c> that</c><00:26:54.579><c> to</c><00:26:54.740><c> my</c><00:26:55.019><c> attention,</c><00:26:57.640><c> I</c><00:26:57.759><c> said</c><00:26:57.920><c> you</c>

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can't<00:26:58.480><c> possibly</c>

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be<00:26:59.299><c> right.</c><00:27:02.200><c> But</c><00:27:02.680><c> that's</c><00:27:02.859><c> what</c><00:27:03.000><c> it</c><00:27:03.180><c> means.</c>

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As<00:27:05.019><c> a</c><00:27:05.039><c> matter</c><00:27:05.259><c> of</c><00:27:05.359><c> fact,</c><00:27:05.579><c> this</c><00:27:05.660><c> is</c><00:27:05.839><c> the</c><00:27:05.980><c> only</c><00:27:06.220><c> place</c><00:27:06.660><c> that</c><00:27:06.900><c> the</c>

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word<00:27:07.220><c> appears</c><00:27:07.680><c> in</c><00:27:07.880><c> its</c><00:27:08.079><c> verb</c><00:27:08.339><c> form</c>

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but<00:27:09.460><c> it</c><00:27:09.880><c> appears</c><00:27:10.119><c> as</c><00:27:10.380><c> a</c><00:27:10.500><c> noun</c><00:27:10.859><c> fairly</c><00:27:11.220><c> frequently.</c><00:27:13.740><c> It's</c>

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translated<00:27:14.579><c> the</c><00:27:14.819><c> good</c><00:27:15.039><c> man</c><00:27:15.539><c> of</c><00:27:15.839><c> the</c><00:27:15.980><c> house</c><00:27:16.559><c> in</c><00:27:17.660><c> its</c><00:27:18.000><c> masculine</c><00:27:18.500><c> use.</c>

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The<00:27:21.039><c> householder.</c><00:27:21.700><c> So</c><00:27:21.900><c> it</c><00:27:21.960><c> is</c><00:27:22.119><c> a</c><00:27:22.220><c> word</c><00:27:22.420><c> which</c><00:27:22.599><c> has</c><00:27:22.940><c> considerable</c><00:27:23.480><c> strength.</c>

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As<00:27:25.140><c> a</c><00:27:25.160><c> matter</c><00:27:25.380><c> of</c><00:27:25.559><c> fact,</c><00:27:25.859><c> when</c><00:27:25.940><c> you</c><00:27:26.220><c> check</c><00:27:26.460><c> out</c><00:27:26.740><c> this</c><00:27:27.000><c> word</c><00:27:27.480><c> despotes,</c><00:27:28.960><c> it</c><00:27:29.119><c> means</c>

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a<00:27:29.940><c> master,</c><00:27:30.420><c> a</c><00:27:30.660><c> ruler,</c><00:27:31.039><c> a</c><00:27:31.279><c> slave</c><00:27:31.539><c> owner.</c><00:27:32.299><c> So</c><00:27:32.460><c> it</c><00:27:32.720><c> means</c><00:27:33.200><c> somebody</c><00:27:33.859><c> who</c>

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has<00:27:35.480><c> a</c><00:27:35.519><c> great</c><00:27:35.680><c> deal</c><00:27:35.779><c> of</c><00:27:36.000><c> authority,</c><00:27:36.700><c> who</c><00:27:36.839><c> has</c><00:27:37.000><c> great</c><00:27:37.220><c> influence</c><00:27:37.740><c> on</c><00:27:37.960><c> the</c><00:27:38.200><c> circumstances</c>

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in<00:27:39.779><c> which</c><00:27:39.960><c> they</c><00:27:40.160><c> find</c><00:27:40.420><c> themselves.</c><00:27:42.299><c> Now</c><00:27:42.640><c> obviously</c>

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an<00:27:44.160><c> extreme</c><00:27:44.480><c> interpretation</c><00:27:45.200><c> is</c><00:27:45.460><c> to</c><00:27:45.599><c> be</c><00:27:45.779><c> avoided</c><00:27:46.140><c> because</c>

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the<00:27:47.420><c> divine's</c>

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structure<00:27:48.920><c> is</c><00:27:49.180><c> the</c><00:27:49.319><c> husband,</c><00:27:50.180><c> is</c><00:27:50.299><c> the</c><00:27:50.339><c> head</c><00:27:50.440><c> of</c><00:27:50.579><c> the</c><00:27:50.720><c> house.</c>

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But<00:27:52.240><c> this</c><00:27:52.980><c> word</c><00:27:53.420><c> is</c><00:27:53.720><c> not</c>

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used<00:27:54.599><c> accidentally.</c><00:27:57.380><c> The</c><00:27:57.579><c> spirit</c><00:27:57.799><c> had</c><00:27:57.980><c> to</c><00:27:58.099><c> go</c><00:27:58.259><c> out</c><00:27:58.380><c> of</c><00:27:58.480><c> its</c><00:27:58.680><c> way</c><00:27:59.019><c> to</c>

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use<00:27:59.480><c> that</c>

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word<00:28:00.079><c> because</c><00:28:00.319><c> it's</c><00:28:00.539><c> an</c><00:28:00.660><c> unusual</c><00:28:01.079><c> word.</c><00:28:02.380><c> Only</c><00:28:02.559><c> time</c><00:28:02.859><c> it</c><00:28:03.039><c> appears</c><00:28:03.299><c> in</c>

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its<00:28:03.599><c> verb</c><00:28:03.839><c> form.</c>

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So<00:28:04.259><c> we</c><00:28:04.519><c> are</c><00:28:05.180><c> not</c><00:28:05.339><c> to</c><00:28:05.680><c> minimize</c><00:28:06.480><c> the</c><00:28:07.140><c> force</c><00:28:07.359><c> of</c><00:28:07.539><c> the</c><00:28:07.660><c> word</c><00:28:07.799><c> either.</c>

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It<00:28:09.000><c> is</c><00:28:09.220><c> telling</c><00:28:09.480><c> us</c><00:28:10.200><c> that</c><00:28:10.779><c> the</c><00:28:11.119><c> wife</c><00:28:11.579><c> is</c><00:28:12.079><c> to</c><00:28:12.180><c> be</c><00:28:12.400><c> a</c><00:28:12.759><c> powerful</c><00:28:13.380><c> force</c>

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for<00:28:14.380><c> good</c><00:28:14.900><c> in</c><00:28:15.640><c> the</c><00:28:15.819><c> home.</c>

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And<00:28:26.559><c> some</c><00:28:26.740><c> of</c><00:28:26.880><c> the</c><00:28:27.019><c> other</c><00:28:27.200><c> words</c><00:28:27.539><c> that</c><00:28:27.720><c> are</c><00:28:27.880><c> used.</c>

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In<00:28:31.019><c> Titus</c><00:28:31.539><c> 2</c><00:28:31.819><c> and</c><00:28:31.940><c> verse</c><00:28:32.200><c> 5,</c><00:28:33.559><c> the</c><00:28:33.599><c> word</c><00:28:33.839><c> that</c><00:28:34.000><c> is</c>

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used<00:28:34.480><c> for</c><00:28:35.519><c> a</c><00:28:36.019><c> keeper</c><00:28:36.319><c> at</c><00:28:36.640><c> home.</c><00:28:38.180><c> When</c><00:28:38.240><c> you</c><00:28:38.400><c> look</c><00:28:38.579><c> up</c><00:28:38.779><c> the</c><00:28:38.920><c> word</c>

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:44.579
keeper,<00:28:40.779><c> the</c><00:28:40.880><c> word</c><00:28:41.140><c> means</c><00:28:41.619><c> to</c><00:28:42.079><c> guard,</c><00:28:42.720><c> to</c><00:28:43.019><c> order,</c><00:28:43.480><c> to</c><00:28:43.720><c> govern.</c>

00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:49.400
It<00:28:45.079><c> isn't</c><00:28:45.259><c> a</c><00:28:45.400><c> matter</c><00:28:45.579><c> of</c><00:28:45.759><c> just</c><00:28:46.160><c> staying</c><00:28:46.440><c> home.</c><00:28:48.339><c> It</c><00:28:48.440><c> is</c><00:28:48.619><c> a</c><00:28:48.720><c> matter</c><00:28:48.859><c> of</c><00:28:49.000><c> being</c><00:28:49.140><c> a</c>

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keeper<00:28:49.779><c> of</c><00:28:50.140><c> the</c><00:28:50.319><c> home,</c><00:28:51.119><c> a</c><00:28:51.420><c> guard,</c><00:28:52.299><c> a</c><00:28:52.700><c> governess</c><00:28:53.160><c> over</c><00:28:53.559><c> the</c><00:28:53.759><c> home.</c>

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And<00:28:55.900><c> when</c><00:28:56.059><c> you</c><00:28:56.240><c> take</c><00:28:56.440><c> a</c><00:28:56.539><c> look</c><00:28:56.680><c> at</c><00:28:56.880><c> Proverbs</c><00:28:57.200><c> 31,</c><00:28:59.079><c> the</c><00:28:59.200><c> virtuous</c><00:28:59.640><c> woman</c>

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is<00:29:01.279><c> not</c><00:29:01.460><c> a</c><00:29:01.640><c> weak</c><00:29:01.839><c> woman.</c><00:29:03.059><c> She</c><00:29:03.200><c> is</c><00:29:03.440><c> a</c><00:29:03.519><c> strong</c><00:29:03.940><c> woman.</c>

00:29:05.859 --> 00:29:10.759
In<00:29:05.960><c> verse</c><00:29:06.160><c> 17,</c><00:29:07.759><c> she</c><00:29:07.980><c> girdeth</c><00:29:08.380><c> her</c><00:29:08.660><c> loins</c><00:29:09.039><c> with</c><00:29:09.440><c> strength</c>

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:15.259
and<00:29:12.019><c> strengtheneth</c><00:29:12.740><c> her</c><00:29:13.099><c> arms.</c><00:29:14.700><c> She</c><00:29:14.859><c> is</c><00:29:15.019><c> a</c><00:29:15.119><c> woman</c>

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:19.920
of<00:29:15.619><c> strength,</c><00:29:16.960><c> not</c><00:29:17.099><c> of</c><00:29:17.279><c> weakness.</c><00:29:18.460><c> In</c><00:29:18.619><c> verse</c><00:29:18.819><c> 25,</c>

00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:24.299
strength<00:29:21.240><c> and</c><00:29:22.380><c> honor</c><00:29:22.779><c> are</c><00:29:23.019><c> her</c><00:29:23.220><c> clothing,</c>

00:29:26.380 --> 00:29:30.700
but<00:29:27.140><c> her</c><00:29:27.900><c> strength</c><00:29:28.740><c> is</c><00:29:29.380><c> to</c><00:29:29.539><c> be</c><00:29:29.819><c> dominated</c>

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by<00:29:31.819><c> sound</c><00:29:32.440><c> scriptural</c><00:29:33.200><c> orientation</c><00:29:33.980><c> because</c>

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:39.180
it<00:29:35.200><c> is</c><00:29:35.420><c> a</c><00:29:35.579><c> law</c><00:29:35.880><c> that</c><00:29:36.079><c> is</c><00:29:36.259><c> in</c><00:29:36.319><c> her</c><00:29:36.619><c> tongue,</c><00:29:38.140><c> but</c><00:29:38.279><c> it</c><00:29:38.460><c> is</c><00:29:38.579><c> the</c><00:29:38.799><c> law</c>

00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:40.180
of<00:29:39.559><c> kindness.</c>

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:44.819
In<00:29:40.720><c> verse</c><00:29:40.940><c> 26,</c><00:29:42.059><c> it</c><00:29:43.420><c> is</c><00:29:43.599><c> to</c><00:29:43.700><c> be</c><00:29:43.900><c> wisdom</c>

00:29:44.819 --> 00:29:49.720
which<00:29:45.420><c> she</c><00:29:45.579><c> is</c><00:29:45.759><c> to</c><00:29:45.980><c> exercise</c><00:29:46.759><c> as</c><00:29:47.220><c> the</c><00:29:48.579><c> one</c><00:29:48.759><c> who</c><00:29:48.920><c> is</c><00:29:49.259><c> guarding,</c>

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ordering,<00:29:51.359><c> governing</c><00:29:51.579><c> the</c><00:29:51.920><c> home.</c>

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She<00:29:55.019><c> is</c><00:29:55.400><c> then</c><00:29:55.900><c> to</c><00:29:56.240><c> be</c><00:29:56.539><c> a</c><00:29:56.880><c> source</c><00:29:57.140><c> of</c><00:29:57.500><c> great</c><00:29:57.900><c> spiritual</c><00:29:58.859><c> strength</c>

00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:05.119
in<00:30:00.480><c> the</c><00:30:00.660><c> home,</c><00:30:02.640><c> and</c><00:30:02.819><c> her</c><00:30:03.240><c> influence</c><00:30:03.880><c> can</c><00:30:04.579><c> be</c>

00:30:05.119 --> 00:30:08.259
very<00:30:06.000><c> great</c><00:30:06.480><c> in</c><00:30:06.960><c> this</c><00:30:07.180><c> regard.</c>

00:30:09.680 --> 00:30:12.519
Do<00:30:10.359><c> you</c><00:30:10.460><c> realize</c><00:30:11.019><c> that</c><00:30:11.319><c> the</c><00:30:11.619><c> mother</c>

00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:17.839
of<00:30:13.299><c> every</c><00:30:13.920><c> king</c><00:30:14.380><c> of</c><00:30:14.660><c> Judah</c><00:30:14.900><c> is</c><00:30:15.220><c> given?</c><00:30:16.980><c> David's</c><00:30:17.359><c> mother</c><00:30:17.559><c> isn't,</c>

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but<00:30:18.740><c> Solomon's</c><00:30:19.180><c> is,</c><00:30:19.460><c> and</c><00:30:19.559><c> from</c><00:30:19.740><c> that</c><00:30:20.019><c> point</c><00:30:20.240><c> on,</c><00:30:20.980><c> the</c><00:30:21.140><c> mother</c>

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of<00:30:21.779><c> every</c><00:30:22.140><c> king,</c>

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his<00:30:24.519><c> mother's</c><00:30:25.200><c> name</c><00:30:25.619><c> was.</c>

00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:32.119
Have<00:30:28.380><c> you</c><00:30:28.480><c> ever</c><00:30:28.640><c> wondered</c><00:30:28.900><c> why</c><00:30:29.460><c> sometimes</c><00:30:30.180><c> an</c><00:30:30.799><c> utterly</c><00:30:31.299><c> faithless</c><00:30:31.779><c> king</c>

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will<00:30:32.359><c> have</c>

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a<00:30:32.980><c> dedicated</c><00:30:33.700><c> son?</c><00:30:35.440><c> How</c><00:30:35.539><c> did</c><00:30:35.700><c> Hezekiah</c><00:30:36.339><c> turn</c><00:30:36.599><c> out</c><00:30:36.839><c> the</c><00:30:36.940><c> way</c><00:30:37.079><c> he</c><00:30:37.279><c> was</c>

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:41.039
when<00:30:38.799><c> he</c><00:30:38.859><c> had</c><00:30:39.000><c> such</c><00:30:39.240><c> a</c><00:30:39.500><c> wicked</c><00:30:39.779><c> father?</c>

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:47.680
It's<00:30:44.039><c> because</c><00:30:44.259><c> his</c><00:30:44.559><c> mother's</c><00:30:45.160><c> name</c><00:30:45.539><c> was</c><00:30:46.180><c> and</c><00:30:47.079><c> had</c><00:30:47.339><c> great</c>

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:51.299
influence<00:30:48.279><c> upon</c><00:30:48.599><c> him,</c><00:30:49.359><c> and</c><00:30:49.940><c> you</c><00:30:50.099><c> consistently</c><00:30:50.660><c> see</c><00:30:50.960><c> this.</c><00:30:51.200><c> It</c>

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:52.420
can<00:30:51.460><c> be</c><00:30:51.539><c> an</c><00:30:51.740><c> influence</c><00:30:51.920><c> for</c><00:30:52.140><c> good,</c>

00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:57.140
it<00:30:52.759><c> can</c><00:30:52.920><c> be</c><00:30:53.059><c> an</c><00:30:53.220><c> influence</c><00:30:53.480><c> for</c><00:30:53.759><c> bad.</c><00:30:56.000><c> The</c><00:30:56.259><c> wife,</c><00:30:56.640><c> the</c><00:30:56.839><c> mother,</c>

00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:58.460
can<00:30:57.480><c> have</c><00:30:57.680><c> a</c><00:30:57.839><c> tremendous</c>

00:30:58.460 --> 00:31:02.279
impact<00:30:59.220><c> upon</c><00:30:59.819><c> the</c><00:31:00.099><c> atmosphere</c><00:31:00.640><c> of</c><00:31:00.819><c> the</c><00:31:00.940><c> home,</c><00:31:01.559><c> and</c><00:31:01.619><c> she</c><00:31:01.819><c> is</c><00:31:02.119><c> to</c>

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:03.519
have<00:31:02.400><c> an</c><00:31:02.640><c> impact</c><00:31:02.920><c> upon</c><00:31:03.160><c> it,</c>

00:31:03.619 --> 00:31:08.460
and<00:31:03.759><c> it</c><00:31:03.839><c> is</c><00:31:04.039><c> to</c><00:31:04.140><c> be</c><00:31:04.259><c> an</c><00:31:04.519><c> impact</c><00:31:04.759><c> for</c><00:31:05.039><c> good.</c><00:31:07.500><c> She</c><00:31:07.720><c> can</c><00:31:07.940><c> encourage</c>

00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:11.880
her<00:31:08.700><c> husband</c><00:31:09.039><c> in</c><00:31:09.240><c> spiritual</c><00:31:09.700><c> activities</c><00:31:10.200><c> and</c><00:31:10.480><c> reinforce</c><00:31:11.019><c> them.</c><00:31:11.700><c> She</c>

00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:13.400
can<00:31:12.119><c> adjust</c><00:31:12.400><c> the</c><00:31:12.660><c> atmosphere</c><00:31:13.079><c> of</c><00:31:13.259><c> the</c>

00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:16.819
home<00:31:13.779><c> so</c><00:31:14.220><c> that</c><00:31:14.400><c> its</c><00:31:14.579><c> practical</c><00:31:15.079><c> operation</c><00:31:15.640><c> is</c><00:31:15.900><c> conducive</c><00:31:16.619><c> to</c>

00:31:16.819 --> 00:31:18.799
having<00:31:17.039><c> time</c><00:31:17.400><c> to</c><00:31:17.539><c> do</c><00:31:17.640><c> the</c><00:31:17.799><c> readings,</c>

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or<00:31:19.759><c> so</c><00:31:20.000><c> that</c><00:31:20.339><c> the</c><00:31:20.559><c> family</c><00:31:20.940><c> is</c><00:31:21.140><c> ready</c><00:31:21.319><c> to</c><00:31:21.420><c> go</c><00:31:21.619><c> out</c><00:31:21.740><c> on</c><00:31:21.880><c> a</c><00:31:21.980><c> Sunday</c>

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:23.859
morning<00:31:22.680><c> without</c><00:31:23.160><c> a</c><00:31:23.400><c> hysterical</c>

00:31:23.859 --> 00:31:28.380
rush,<00:31:26.059><c> or</c><00:31:26.180><c> that</c><00:31:26.279><c> there</c><00:31:26.420><c> is</c><00:31:26.579><c> time</c><00:31:27.059><c> for</c><00:31:27.380><c> quiet</c><00:31:27.720><c> conversation</c>

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around<00:31:28.660><c> the</c><00:31:28.880><c> word,</c>

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:32.880
and<00:31:29.759><c> that</c><00:31:30.019><c> atmosphere</c><00:31:30.680><c> is</c><00:31:31.299><c> primarily</c><00:31:31.980><c> the</c><00:31:32.200><c> responsibility</c>

00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:34.079
of<00:31:33.039><c> the</c><00:31:33.180><c> one</c><00:31:33.339><c> who</c><00:31:33.519><c> is</c><00:31:33.799><c> the</c>

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:39.059
keeper<00:31:34.920><c> at</c><00:31:35.700><c> home.</c><00:31:37.700><c> So</c><00:31:38.019><c> there</c><00:31:38.140><c> is</c><00:31:38.319><c> a</c><00:31:38.500><c> word</c><00:31:38.779><c> here</c>

00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:43.880
which<00:31:39.980><c> is</c><00:31:40.200><c> a</c><00:31:40.319><c> powerful</c><00:31:40.900><c> word,</c><00:31:42.539><c> and</c><00:31:42.640><c> which</c><00:31:42.740><c> is</c><00:31:42.940><c> a</c><00:31:43.160><c> powerful</c><00:31:43.599><c> exhortation</c>

00:31:44.380 --> 00:31:49.180
to<00:31:44.619><c> the</c><00:31:45.460><c> sisters,</c><00:31:46.180><c> to</c><00:31:46.359><c> the</c><00:31:46.559><c> wives.</c><00:31:48.319><c> They</c><00:31:48.519><c> are</c><00:31:48.819><c> to</c><00:31:48.980><c> be</c>

00:31:49.180 --> 00:31:54.819
the<00:31:49.579><c> good</c><00:31:50.019><c> woman</c><00:31:50.880><c> of</c><00:31:51.220><c> the</c><00:31:51.400><c> house.</c><00:31:53.759><c> They</c><00:31:53.859><c> are</c><00:31:54.019><c> to</c><00:31:54.140><c> be</c><00:31:54.299><c> girded</c><00:31:54.500><c> with</c>

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:59.579
strength,<00:31:56.220><c> great</c><00:31:56.500><c> spiritual</c><00:31:57.180><c> strength,</c><00:31:58.180><c> having</c><00:31:58.420><c> a</c><00:31:58.599><c> powerful</c><00:31:59.140><c> spiritual</c>

00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:01.720
influence<00:32:00.180><c> upon</c><00:32:00.480><c> the</c><00:32:00.700><c> home.</c>

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:09.299
Now<00:32:05.700><c> let's</c><00:32:06.119><c> turn</c><00:32:06.700><c> out</c><00:32:07.140><c> of</c><00:32:07.680><c> this</c><00:32:08.039><c> particular</c><00:32:08.700><c> grouping</c><00:32:09.039><c> of</c>

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:14.339
scriptures<00:32:09.660><c> to</c><00:32:10.559><c> another</c><00:32:11.400><c> passage</c><00:32:11.960><c> which</c><00:32:12.420><c> provides</c><00:32:12.940><c> exhortation</c><00:32:13.519><c> to</c><00:32:13.680><c> the</c><00:32:13.819><c> sisters,</c>

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:19.839
which<00:32:15.299><c> is</c><00:32:15.299><c> 1</c><00:32:15.299><c> Peter</c><00:32:15.700><c> chapter</c><00:32:16.400><c> 3.</c><00:32:18.740><c> This</c><00:32:18.980><c> is</c><00:32:19.339><c> a</c>

00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:23.880
chapter<00:32:20.359><c> which</c><00:32:21.559><c> devotes</c><00:32:21.859><c> six</c><00:32:22.119><c> verses</c><00:32:22.500><c> to</c><00:32:22.700><c> the</c><00:32:22.819><c> matter,</c>

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:28.859
and<00:32:24.680><c> it</c><00:32:24.980><c> provides</c><00:32:25.680><c> very</c><00:32:26.279><c> useful</c><00:32:26.799><c> exhortation</c><00:32:27.960><c> in</c><00:32:28.460><c> relation</c>

00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:29.559
to<00:32:29.079><c> the</c><00:32:29.200><c> matter</c>

00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:35.000
of<00:32:30.079><c> submission.</c><00:32:32.319><c> It</c><00:32:32.440><c> makes</c><00:32:32.680><c> the</c><00:32:32.900><c> point</c><00:32:33.319><c> quite</c><00:32:33.720><c> clearly</c>

00:32:35.380 --> 00:32:38.759
in<00:32:36.200><c> 1</c><00:32:36.460><c> Peter</c><00:32:36.839><c> 3</c><00:32:37.180><c> verse</c><00:32:37.460><c> 1,</c>

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:44.279
Likewise,<00:32:40.240><c> ye</c><00:32:40.500><c> wives,</c><00:32:41.140><c> be</c><00:32:41.240><c> in</c><00:32:41.440><c> subjection</c><00:32:42.359><c> to</c><00:32:42.799><c> your</c><00:32:43.039><c> own</c><00:32:43.259><c> husbands.</c>

00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:48.900
And<00:32:45.299><c> it</c><00:32:45.859><c> basically</c><00:32:46.359><c> deals</c><00:32:46.839><c> with</c><00:32:47.059><c> that</c><00:32:47.400><c> point</c><00:32:47.960><c> throughout</c>

00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:52.940
the<00:32:49.680><c> following</c><00:32:50.059><c> verses.</c><00:32:51.519><c> And</c><00:32:51.779><c> there</c><00:32:51.920><c> are</c><00:32:52.099><c> certain</c><00:32:52.319><c> things</c><00:32:52.619><c> that</c><00:32:52.819><c> we</c>

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:54.059
can<00:32:53.140><c> see</c><00:32:53.319><c> quite</c><00:32:53.619><c> clearly</c>

00:32:54.059 --> 00:32:58.720
that<00:32:54.680><c> are</c><00:32:54.920><c> to</c><00:32:55.259><c> characterize</c><00:32:56.000><c> the</c><00:32:56.920><c> subjection</c><00:32:57.519><c> or</c><00:32:57.640><c> the</c><00:32:57.859><c> submission</c><00:32:58.200><c> of</c><00:32:58.480><c> the</c>

00:32:58.720 --> 00:33:03.839
sister<00:32:58.920><c> in</c><00:32:59.079><c> the</c><00:32:59.220><c> home.</c><00:33:00.799><c> She</c><00:33:01.400><c> is</c><00:33:01.619><c> to</c><00:33:01.799><c> take</c><00:33:02.180><c> Sarah</c><00:33:02.720><c> as</c><00:33:03.099><c> an</c><00:33:03.380><c> example,</c>

00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:08.940
and<00:33:04.859><c> her</c><00:33:05.700><c> attitude</c><00:33:06.460><c> of</c><00:33:06.720><c> subjection</c><00:33:07.240><c> is</c><00:33:07.460><c> not</c><00:33:07.599><c> to</c><00:33:07.740><c> be</c><00:33:07.880><c> artificial,</c>

00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:14.319
it<00:33:09.400><c> is</c><00:33:09.619><c> to</c><00:33:09.740><c> be</c><00:33:09.920><c> real.</c><00:33:10.759><c> Because</c><00:33:10.940><c> you</c><00:33:11.099><c> see</c><00:33:12.539><c> verses</c><00:33:13.059><c> 5</c><00:33:13.559><c> and</c><00:33:13.720><c> 6</c>

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:18.059
set<00:33:14.740><c> forth</c><00:33:15.079><c> Sarah</c><00:33:15.359><c> as</c><00:33:15.579><c> an</c><00:33:15.799><c> example</c><00:33:16.059><c> in</c><00:33:16.200><c> this</c><00:33:16.380><c> regard,</c><00:33:17.660><c> after</c>

00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:18.960
this<00:33:18.660><c> manner</c>

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:22.799
in<00:33:19.200><c> the</c><00:33:19.359><c> old</c><00:33:19.619><c> time,</c><00:33:20.819><c> the</c><00:33:20.940><c> holy</c><00:33:21.180><c> women</c><00:33:21.400><c> also</c><00:33:21.880><c> who</c><00:33:22.180><c> trusted</c><00:33:22.500><c> in</c>

00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:23.880
God<00:33:23.559><c> adorned</c>

00:33:24.380 --> 00:33:29.519
themselves<00:33:24.880><c> being</c><00:33:25.299><c> in</c><00:33:25.579><c> subjection</c><00:33:26.240><c> unto</c><00:33:26.480><c> their</c><00:33:26.720><c> own</c><00:33:26.920><c> husbands.</c><00:33:27.940><c> Even</c><00:33:28.279><c> as</c><00:33:28.700><c> Sarah</c>

00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:34.039
obeyed<00:33:30.140><c> Abraham,</c><00:33:31.079><c> calling</c><00:33:31.380><c> him</c><00:33:31.700><c> Lord,</c><00:33:32.839><c> whose</c><00:33:33.059><c> daughters</c><00:33:33.460><c> ye</c><00:33:33.799><c> are</c>

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:38.500
as<00:33:34.240><c> long</c><00:33:34.480><c> as</c><00:33:34.619><c> ye</c><00:33:34.740><c> do</c><00:33:34.920><c> well,</c><00:33:35.759><c> and</c><00:33:35.980><c> are</c><00:33:36.160><c> not</c><00:33:36.339><c> afraid</c><00:33:36.759><c> with</c><00:33:37.019><c> any</c><00:33:37.259><c> amazement.</c>

00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:42.779
Did<00:33:40.079><c> you</c><00:33:40.119><c> ever</c><00:33:40.299><c> look</c><00:33:40.440><c> that</c><00:33:40.640><c> up</c><00:33:40.859><c> in</c><00:33:41.039><c> Genesis</c><00:33:41.440><c> where</c><00:33:42.440><c> Sarah</c>

00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:44.380
called<00:33:43.079><c> Abraham</c><00:33:43.519><c> Lord?</c>

00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:48.339
Maybe<00:33:45.900><c> we</c><00:33:46.059><c> should</c><00:33:46.200><c> do</c><00:33:46.400><c> that.</c><00:33:47.519><c> Let's</c><00:33:47.660><c> have</c><00:33:47.779><c> a</c><00:33:47.799><c> look</c><00:33:47.900><c> at</c><00:33:48.000><c> Genesis</c>

00:33:48.339 --> 00:33:49.480
18<00:33:48.720><c> and</c><00:33:48.880><c> verse</c><00:33:49.099><c> 15.</c>

00:33:49.660 --> 00:33:54.160
Keep<00:33:50.200><c> some</c><00:33:50.480><c> marker</c><00:33:50.720><c> there</c><00:33:50.940><c> in</c><00:33:51.079><c> 1</c><00:33:51.220><c> Peter</c><00:33:51.420><c> 3</c><00:33:52.539><c> because</c><00:33:53.240><c> it's</c><00:33:53.859><c> very</c>

00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:59.839
interesting<00:33:55.359><c> where</c><00:33:57.279><c> Sarah</c><00:33:57.720><c> called</c><00:33:58.299><c> Abraham</c><00:33:58.819><c> Lord.</c>

00:34:07.579 --> 00:34:11.619
It's<00:34:08.480><c> in</c><00:34:08.739><c> Genesis</c><00:34:09.119><c> 18</c><00:34:09.639><c> and</c><00:34:09.800><c> verse</c><00:34:10.059><c> 12.</c>

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.920
Therefore

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:20.519
Sarah<00:34:16.900><c> laughed</c><00:34:17.420><c> within</c><00:34:17.639><c> herself</c><00:34:18.079><c> saying,</c><00:34:19.199><c> after</c><00:34:19.599><c> I</c><00:34:19.920><c> am</c><00:34:20.119><c> waxed</c>

00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:21.199
old,<00:34:20.880><c> shall</c><00:34:21.000><c> I</c>

00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:26.659
have<00:34:21.420><c> pleasure,</c><00:34:22.579><c> my</c><00:34:22.860><c> Lord</c><00:34:23.260><c> being</c><00:34:23.659><c> old</c><00:34:24.039><c> also?</c><00:34:25.820><c> Who</c><00:34:26.059><c> is</c><00:34:26.199><c> she</c><00:34:26.320><c> talking</c>

00:34:26.659 --> 00:34:31.340
to?<00:34:28.159><c> Herself.</c><00:34:30.139><c> Did</c><00:34:30.260><c> she</c><00:34:30.400><c> say</c><00:34:30.539><c> this</c><00:34:30.800><c> out</c><00:34:31.079><c> loud?</c>

00:34:31.780 --> 00:34:35.820
No,<00:34:32.019><c> she</c><00:34:32.119><c> didn't.</c><00:34:33.320><c> She</c><00:34:33.579><c> laughed</c><00:34:33.940><c> within</c><00:34:34.239><c> herself</c><00:34:34.780><c> saying.</c>

00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:41.099
She<00:34:37.039><c> wasn't</c><00:34:37.260><c> trying</c><00:34:37.500><c> to</c><00:34:37.679><c> impress</c><00:34:37.920><c> anybody</c><00:34:38.440><c> with</c><00:34:39.360><c> her</c><00:34:39.539><c> attitude</c><00:34:39.840><c> towards</c><00:34:40.179><c> Abraham.</c>

00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:47.400
This<00:34:41.699><c> was</c><00:34:42.000><c> her</c><00:34:42.239><c> attitude.</c><00:34:43.599><c> This</c><00:34:43.780><c> was</c><00:34:43.960><c> in</c><00:34:44.139><c> her</c><00:34:44.400><c> heart.</c><00:34:45.980><c> This</c><00:34:46.139><c> was</c><00:34:46.420><c> a</c><00:34:46.699><c> real</c>

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:52.460
attitude<00:34:48.099><c> that</c><00:34:48.679><c> she</c><00:34:48.820><c> had</c><00:34:49.059><c> towards</c><00:34:49.420><c> Abraham,</c><00:34:50.940><c> calling</c><00:34:51.239><c> him</c><00:34:51.760><c> Lord</c>

00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:56.659
in<00:34:52.679><c> her</c><00:34:52.980><c> heart.</c><00:34:54.619><c> Now</c><00:34:54.880><c> that</c><00:34:55.179><c> doesn't</c><00:34:55.840><c> mean</c><00:34:56.079><c> she</c><00:34:56.199><c> never</c><00:34:56.420><c> talked</c>

00:34:56.659 --> 00:34:57.360
anything<00:34:56.920><c> over</c><00:34:57.179><c> with</c>

00:34:57.360 --> 00:35:02.380
Abraham<00:34:57.820><c> or</c><00:34:58.340><c> never</c><00:34:58.579><c> had</c><00:34:58.699><c> any</c><00:34:58.920><c> input.</c><00:35:00.739><c> The</c><00:35:00.980><c> other</c><00:35:01.179><c> day</c><00:35:01.460><c> we</c><00:35:02.019><c> showed</c><00:35:02.219><c> the</c>

00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:07.340
illustration<00:35:02.920><c> of</c><00:35:03.500><c> Abraham</c><00:35:03.960><c> and</c><00:35:04.300><c> Sarah</c><00:35:04.639><c> in</c><00:35:05.860><c> connection</c><00:35:06.239><c> with</c><00:35:06.480><c> Hagar.</c>

00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:11.440
There<00:35:07.800><c> was</c><00:35:07.980><c> an</c><00:35:08.179><c> exchange,</c><00:35:09.659><c> but</c><00:35:09.719><c> she</c><00:35:09.800><c> had</c><00:35:09.940><c> a</c><00:35:10.079><c> relationship</c><00:35:10.679><c> with</c><00:35:10.900><c> Abraham</c><00:35:11.219><c> in</c>

00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:12.260
her<00:35:11.739><c> heart</c>

00:35:12.260 --> 00:35:16.300
where<00:35:12.820><c> she</c><00:35:13.000><c> viewed</c><00:35:13.239><c> him</c><00:35:13.699><c> as</c><00:35:14.099><c> the</c><00:35:14.380><c> head</c><00:35:14.800><c> of</c><00:35:15.219><c> the</c><00:35:15.340><c> household.</c>

00:35:18.519 --> 00:35:22.440
But<00:35:18.679><c> there's</c><00:35:18.880><c> something</c><00:35:19.179><c> else</c><00:35:19.480><c> we</c><00:35:19.639><c> should</c><00:35:19.800><c> notice</c><00:35:20.340><c> about</c><00:35:21.460><c> Sarah.</c>

00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:27.619
And<00:35:24.639><c> that</c><00:35:24.760><c> is</c><00:35:25.159><c> that</c><00:35:26.239><c> she</c><00:35:26.840><c> had</c><00:35:27.300><c> this</c>

00:35:27.619 --> 00:35:33.380
attitude<00:35:28.059><c> towards</c><00:35:28.460><c> Abraham</c><00:35:29.019><c> because</c><00:35:30.360><c> she</c><00:35:30.880><c> trusted</c><00:35:31.400><c> in</c><00:35:32.340><c> God.</c>

00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:37.179
And<00:35:34.039><c> this</c><00:35:34.179><c> was</c><00:35:34.400><c> a</c><00:35:34.599><c> key</c><00:35:35.000><c> to</c><00:35:35.500><c> her</c><00:35:35.739><c> ability</c><00:35:36.079><c> to</c><00:35:36.380><c> maintain</c><00:35:36.900><c> this</c>

00:35:37.179 --> 00:35:37.599
attitude<00:35:37.440><c> and</c>

00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:41.739
put<00:35:37.719><c> it</c><00:35:37.800><c> into</c><00:35:38.000><c> practice.</c><00:35:40.699><c> Furthermore,</c>

00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:46.380
not<00:35:43.280><c> only</c><00:35:43.559><c> does</c><00:35:43.920><c> the</c><00:35:44.719><c> apostle</c><00:35:45.119><c> draw</c><00:35:45.460><c> to</c><00:35:45.659><c> our</c><00:35:45.840><c> attention</c><00:35:46.159><c> the</c>

00:35:46.380 --> 00:35:47.619
fact<00:35:46.519><c> that</c><00:35:46.800><c> Sarah</c><00:35:46.940><c> trusted</c><00:35:47.300><c> in</c>

00:35:47.619 --> 00:35:53.360
God,<00:35:48.880><c> but</c><00:35:49.039><c> that</c><00:35:49.420><c> she</c><00:35:50.179><c> did</c><00:35:50.480><c> so</c><00:35:50.800><c> and</c><00:35:50.900><c> was</c><00:35:51.139><c> not</c><00:35:51.320><c> afraid</c><00:35:51.800><c> with</c><00:35:52.039><c> any</c><00:35:52.280><c> amazement.</c>

00:35:55.719 --> 00:35:58.099
Now<00:35:56.000><c> I</c><00:35:56.079><c> think</c><00:35:56.400><c> the</c><00:35:56.639><c> reason</c><00:35:57.059><c> why</c>

00:35:58.659 --> 00:36:02.900
Peter<00:35:59.300><c> puts</c><00:35:59.619><c> his</c><00:35:59.860><c> finger</c><00:36:00.320><c> on</c><00:36:00.880><c> those</c><00:36:01.280><c> two</c><00:36:01.619><c> aspects</c><00:36:02.260><c> of</c><00:36:02.579><c> Sarah's</c>

00:36:02.900 --> 00:36:07.920
attitude<00:36:03.539><c> is</c><00:36:05.900><c> because</c><00:36:06.199><c> of</c><00:36:06.360><c> the</c><00:36:06.559><c> circumstances</c>

00:36:08.579 --> 00:36:11.280
which<00:36:09.219><c> Abraham</c><00:36:09.619><c> subjected</c><00:36:10.139><c> her</c><00:36:10.400><c> to.</c>

00:36:13.179 --> 00:36:16.059
How<00:36:13.480><c> would</c><00:36:13.639><c> you</c><00:36:13.820><c> like</c><00:36:14.000><c> to</c><00:36:14.139><c> be</c><00:36:14.280><c> put</c><00:36:14.380><c> in</c><00:36:14.619><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:36:15.019><c> household</c>

00:36:17.679 --> 00:36:20.039
or<00:36:18.320><c> the</c><00:36:18.639><c> Lord</c><00:36:18.760><c> of</c><00:36:18.920><c> the</c><00:36:19.039><c> Philistines?</c>

00:36:22.820 --> 00:36:27.539
But<00:36:23.400><c> Sarah,</c><00:36:24.019><c> she</c><00:36:25.340><c> was</c><00:36:25.579><c> not</c><00:36:25.760><c> afraid</c><00:36:26.320><c> with</c><00:36:26.539><c> any</c><00:36:26.780><c> amazement.</c>

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:31.539
She<00:36:28.360><c> trusted</c><00:36:29.019><c> that</c><00:36:29.699><c> she</c><00:36:29.880><c> would</c><00:36:30.139><c> not</c><00:36:30.400><c> be</c><00:36:30.639><c> tempted</c><00:36:30.940><c> beyond</c><00:36:31.320><c> that</c>

00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:33.119
which<00:36:31.639><c> she</c><00:36:31.760><c> was</c><00:36:31.960><c> able</c><00:36:32.139><c> to</c><00:36:32.320><c> bear.</c>

00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:38.699
She<00:36:35.119><c> realized</c><00:36:35.719><c> that</c><00:36:36.019><c> here</c><00:36:36.139><c> was</c><00:36:36.340><c> a</c><00:36:36.440><c> command</c><00:36:36.739><c> of</c><00:36:36.920><c> God</c><00:36:37.199><c> to</c><00:36:37.360><c> be</c><00:36:37.559><c> kept.</c>

00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:42.760
And<00:36:40.719><c> she</c><00:36:41.039><c> relied</c><00:36:41.400><c> upon</c><00:36:41.800><c> God</c><00:36:42.139><c> to</c><00:36:42.380><c> provide</c>

00:36:42.760 --> 00:36:46.960
special<00:36:43.340><c> help</c><00:36:43.659><c> in</c><00:36:43.800><c> the</c><00:36:44.019><c> circumstance</c><00:36:44.659><c> because</c><00:36:45.860><c> God</c><00:36:46.139><c> had</c><00:36:46.380><c> provided</c><00:36:46.639><c> no</c>

00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:47.599
reasonable<00:36:47.400><c> way</c>

00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:53.239
to<00:36:47.780><c> escape.</c><00:36:48.800><c> What</c><00:36:49.019><c> could</c><00:36:49.219><c> she</c><00:36:49.440><c> do</c><00:36:49.920><c> if</c><00:36:51.039><c> Abraham</c><00:36:51.719><c> was</c><00:36:52.380><c> her</c><00:36:52.739><c> Lord</c>

00:36:53.239 --> 00:36:56.739
and<00:36:53.840><c> she</c><00:36:53.980><c> was</c><00:36:54.219><c> to</c><00:36:54.400><c> view</c><00:36:54.559><c> him</c><00:36:54.739><c> in</c><00:36:54.900><c> that</c><00:36:55.039><c> regard</c><00:36:55.659><c> and</c><00:36:56.079><c> it</c><00:36:56.179><c> was</c><00:36:56.380><c> his</c>

00:36:56.739 --> 00:36:58.320
idea<00:36:57.559><c> that</c><00:36:58.019><c> she</c><00:36:58.179><c> should</c>

00:36:58.320 --> 00:37:02.059
be<00:36:58.539><c> so</c><00:36:58.760><c> exposed</c><00:36:59.619><c> as</c><00:37:00.099><c> being</c><00:37:00.300><c> considered</c><00:37:00.679><c> his</c><00:37:00.920><c> sister.</c><00:37:01.880><c> And</c><00:37:01.980><c> if</c>

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:03.440
that<00:37:02.300><c> should</c><00:37:02.519><c> result</c><00:37:02.940><c> in</c><00:37:03.079><c> her</c><00:37:03.199><c> being</c>

00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:05.340
taken<00:37:03.739><c> into</c><00:37:03.940><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:37:04.320><c> household,</c><00:37:04.719><c> what</c><00:37:04.860><c> was</c><00:37:05.019><c> she</c><00:37:05.119><c> going</c><00:37:05.239><c> to</c>

00:37:05.340 --> 00:37:06.820
do<00:37:05.460><c> about</c><00:37:05.719><c> this?</c>

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:13.800
And<00:37:08.360><c> so</c><00:37:08.480><c> God</c><00:37:08.719><c> provided</c><00:37:09.260><c> special</c><00:37:09.820><c> help</c><00:37:10.219><c> in</c><00:37:10.420><c> the</c><00:37:10.539><c> situation.</c><00:37:11.900><c> She</c><00:37:12.300><c> trusted</c><00:37:12.840><c> in</c><00:37:13.360><c> God</c>

00:37:13.800 --> 00:37:19.159
and<00:37:14.639><c> was</c><00:37:14.880><c> not</c><00:37:15.079><c> afraid</c><00:37:15.500><c> with</c><00:37:15.739><c> any</c><00:37:15.980><c> amazement.</c><00:37:17.780><c> So</c><00:37:18.219><c> there</c><00:37:18.599><c> is</c>

00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:22.920
more<00:37:20.159><c> that</c><00:37:20.639><c> Peter</c><00:37:21.079><c> is</c><00:37:21.340><c> directing</c><00:37:21.719><c> our</c><00:37:22.019><c> attention</c><00:37:22.380><c> to</c><00:37:22.599><c> in</c><00:37:22.760><c> this</c>

00:37:22.920 --> 00:37:23.699
record<00:37:23.159><c> of</c><00:37:23.380><c> Sarah</c>

00:37:23.699 --> 00:37:29.219
than<00:37:24.760><c> what</c><00:37:25.119><c> appears</c><00:37:25.380><c> on</c><00:37:25.579><c> the</c><00:37:25.699><c> surface.</c><00:37:27.059><c> This</c><00:37:27.400><c> attitude</c><00:37:28.019><c> of</c><00:37:28.460><c> submission,</c><00:37:29.000><c> of</c>

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:33.320
subjection<00:37:29.739><c> was</c><00:37:30.019><c> something</c><00:37:30.320><c> that</c><00:37:30.440><c> was</c><00:37:30.719><c> real</c><00:37:31.079><c> and</c><00:37:31.300><c> not</c><00:37:31.480><c> artificial.</c><00:37:32.800><c> It</c><00:37:32.980><c> was</c>

00:37:33.320 --> 00:37:34.500
in<00:37:33.599><c> her</c><00:37:33.960><c> heart.</c>

00:37:34.900 --> 00:37:38.260
It<00:37:35.000><c> was</c><00:37:35.219><c> something</c><00:37:35.500><c> that</c><00:37:35.699><c> she</c><00:37:35.840><c> was</c><00:37:36.059><c> able</c><00:37:36.239><c> to</c><00:37:36.539><c> implement,</c><00:37:38.139><c> not</c>

00:37:38.260 --> 00:37:39.780
necessarily<00:37:38.780><c> because</c><00:37:39.079><c> of</c>

00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:43.960
Abraham's<00:37:40.639><c> constant</c><00:37:41.059><c> wisdom,</c><00:37:41.940><c> but</c><00:37:42.099><c> because</c><00:37:42.360><c> she</c><00:37:42.719><c> trusted</c><00:37:43.059><c> in</c><00:37:43.380><c> God</c>

00:37:43.960 --> 00:37:48.340
and<00:37:44.599><c> because</c><00:37:44.940><c> God</c><00:37:45.360><c> supplied</c><00:37:46.219><c> for</c><00:37:46.480><c> her</c><00:37:46.699><c> needs</c><00:37:47.199><c> and</c><00:37:47.920><c> protected</c>

00:37:48.340 --> 00:37:48.980
her<00:37:48.559><c> when</c><00:37:48.719><c> the</c><00:37:48.860><c> need</c>

00:37:48.980 --> 00:37:53.860
arose.<00:37:52.860><c> Furthermore,</c>

00:37:54.139 --> 00:37:59.280
when<00:37:54.199><c> we</c><00:37:54.320><c> go</c><00:37:54.500><c> back</c><00:37:54.780><c> to</c><00:37:54.960><c> 1</c><00:37:55.139><c> Peter</c><00:37:55.360><c> 3,</c><00:37:56.880><c> we</c><00:37:57.119><c> see</c><00:37:57.360><c> the</c><00:37:57.579><c> point</c><00:37:57.780><c> being</c><00:37:58.199><c> stressed</c>

00:37:59.360 --> 00:38:04.139
that<00:37:59.920><c> this</c><00:38:00.480><c> attitude</c><00:38:01.019><c> on</c><00:38:01.260><c> the</c><00:38:01.440><c> part</c><00:38:01.579><c> of</c><00:38:01.760><c> the</c><00:38:01.860><c> woman</c><00:38:02.280><c> is</c><00:38:03.739><c> not</c>

00:38:04.139 --> 00:38:08.980
a<00:38:04.400><c> function</c><00:38:04.780><c> of</c><00:38:05.139><c> the</c><00:38:05.440><c> worthiness</c><00:38:05.960><c> of</c><00:38:06.239><c> the</c><00:38:06.380><c> husband.</c><00:38:08.719><c> Because</c>

00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:09.400
you<00:38:09.119><c> see,</c>

00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:14.559
the<00:38:09.619><c> specific</c><00:38:10.280><c> case</c><00:38:11.000><c> that</c><00:38:11.559><c> Peter</c><00:38:11.820><c> sets</c><00:38:12.139><c> forth</c><00:38:12.780><c> is</c><00:38:13.940><c> that</c>

00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:18.900
in<00:38:14.840><c> verse</c><00:38:15.119><c> 1,</c><00:38:16.039><c> if</c><00:38:16.139><c> any</c><00:38:16.599><c> obey</c><00:38:17.139><c> not</c><00:38:17.559><c> the</c><00:38:17.780><c> word,</c><00:38:18.159><c> they</c><00:38:18.239><c> also</c><00:38:18.639><c> may</c>

00:38:18.900 --> 00:38:19.820
without<00:38:19.219><c> the</c><00:38:19.480><c> word</c>

00:38:19.820 --> 00:38:24.239
be<00:38:20.239><c> won</c><00:38:20.460><c> by</c><00:38:20.679><c> the</c><00:38:20.940><c> conversation</c><00:38:21.400><c> of</c><00:38:21.579><c> the</c><00:38:21.739><c> wives.</c><00:38:23.480><c> While</c><00:38:23.619><c> they</c><00:38:23.900><c> behold</c>

00:38:24.239 --> 00:38:27.800
your<00:38:24.559><c> chaste</c><00:38:24.880><c> conversation</c><00:38:25.539><c> coupled</c><00:38:25.840><c> with</c><00:38:26.059><c> fear.</c><00:38:27.179><c> Here</c><00:38:27.340><c> is</c><00:38:27.539><c> a</c>

00:38:27.800 --> 00:38:28.980
specific<00:38:28.360><c> case</c>

00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:32.280
where<00:38:29.500><c> the</c><00:38:29.639><c> woman</c><00:38:29.800><c> might</c><00:38:30.079><c> very</c><00:38:30.380><c> well</c><00:38:30.539><c> have</c><00:38:30.739><c> good</c><00:38:31.039><c> grounds</c><00:38:31.780><c> for</c>

00:38:32.280 --> 00:38:34.199
not<00:38:32.519><c> having</c><00:38:32.820><c> a</c><00:38:33.679><c> respectful</c>

00:38:34.199 --> 00:38:37.099
attitude<00:38:34.659><c> towards</c><00:38:35.000><c> her</c><00:38:35.199><c> husband.</c><00:38:35.739><c> She</c><00:38:35.900><c> has</c><00:38:36.179><c> seen</c><00:38:36.460><c> the</c><00:38:36.719><c> truth.</c>

00:38:37.420 --> 00:38:39.320
She<00:38:37.619><c> has</c><00:38:37.840><c> come</c><00:38:38.000><c> to</c><00:38:38.139><c> an</c><00:38:38.300><c> understanding</c><00:38:38.800><c> of</c><00:38:38.980><c> it,</c><00:38:39.059><c> but</c><00:38:39.159><c> her</c>

00:38:39.320 --> 00:38:42.139
husband<00:38:39.539><c> has</c><00:38:39.820><c> not.</c><00:38:40.559><c> He</c><00:38:40.820><c> obviously</c><00:38:41.159><c> has</c><00:38:41.340><c> been</c><00:38:41.500><c> exposed</c><00:38:41.880><c> to</c><00:38:42.039><c> it</c>

00:38:42.139 --> 00:38:44.260
because<00:38:42.360><c> his</c><00:38:42.519><c> wife</c><00:38:42.739><c> knows</c><00:38:43.039><c> it.</c>

00:38:44.500 --> 00:38:47.079
But<00:38:44.679><c> either</c><00:38:44.940><c> through</c><00:38:45.280><c> dullness</c><00:38:45.699><c> of</c><00:38:45.920><c> mind</c><00:38:46.280><c> or</c><00:38:46.539><c> stubbornness</c>

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:49.219
of<00:38:47.280><c> temperament,</c><00:38:47.920><c> he</c><00:38:48.079><c> is</c><00:38:48.320><c> not</c><00:38:48.519><c> submitted</c><00:38:48.860><c> to</c><00:38:49.079><c> the</c>

00:38:49.219 --> 00:38:54.340
things<00:38:49.400><c> of</c><00:38:49.639><c> God.</c><00:38:52.300><c> He</c><00:38:52.480><c> is</c><00:38:53.579><c> a</c><00:38:53.860><c> candidate</c>

00:38:54.340 --> 00:39:04.179
for<00:38:55.019><c> the</c><00:38:55.119><c> woman</c><00:38:55.400><c> to</c><00:38:55.920><c> feel</c><00:38:56.119><c> he</c><00:38:56.260><c> is</c><00:38:56.480><c> not</c><00:38:56.719><c> worthy</c><00:38:57.039><c> of</c><00:38:57.199><c> her</c><00:38:57.380><c> respect.</c><00:38:58.960><c> But</c><00:38:59.340><c> the</c>

00:39:04.179 --> 00:39:08.760
point<00:39:04.320><c> is,</c><00:39:04.340><c> you</c><00:39:04.340><c> see,</c><00:39:05.800><c> this</c><00:39:06.099><c> really</c><00:39:06.980><c> is</c><00:39:07.460><c> not</c><00:39:07.639><c> a</c><00:39:07.800><c> matter</c>

00:39:08.920 --> 00:39:13.619
between<00:39:09.219><c> wife</c><00:39:09.739><c> and</c><00:39:10.159><c> husband.</c><00:39:12.460><c> It</c><00:39:12.599><c> is</c><00:39:12.800><c> a</c><00:39:12.920><c> matter</c>

00:39:13.619 --> 00:39:19.119
between<00:39:14.159><c> the</c><00:39:14.340><c> woman</c><00:39:14.820><c> and</c><00:39:15.380><c> God.</c><00:39:17.659><c> Because</c><00:39:18.079><c> it</c><00:39:18.159><c> isn't</c><00:39:18.400><c> the</c><00:39:18.559><c> husband</c>

00:39:19.119 --> 00:39:23.960
who<00:39:19.559><c> designed</c><00:39:19.860><c> the</c><00:39:20.099><c> structure.</c><00:39:21.300><c> It</c><00:39:21.420><c> is</c><00:39:21.639><c> God</c><00:39:21.920><c> who</c><00:39:22.139><c> did.</c><00:39:23.059><c> It</c><00:39:23.219><c> is</c><00:39:23.519><c> God</c>

00:39:23.960 --> 00:39:28.300
who<00:39:24.219><c> ordained</c><00:39:24.480><c> the</c><00:39:24.760><c> structure.</c><00:39:26.039><c> Let's</c><00:39:26.300><c> just</c><00:39:27.360><c> refresh</c><00:39:27.699><c> our</c><00:39:27.940><c> minds</c><00:39:28.159><c> in</c>

00:39:28.300 --> 00:39:28.980
that<00:39:28.539><c> point.</c>

00:39:28.980 --> 00:39:32.300
First<00:39:29.800><c> Corinthians</c><00:39:30.239><c> 11,</c>

00:39:33.320 --> 00:39:38.579
verse<00:39:33.539><c> 3</c><00:39:34.739><c> we</c><00:39:35.039><c> noted</c><00:39:35.360><c> yesterday,</c><00:39:38.199><c> where</c><00:39:38.340><c> God</c>

00:39:38.579 --> 00:39:43.079
created<00:39:38.940><c> the</c><00:39:39.179><c> structure.</c><00:39:41.320><c> We</c><00:39:41.559><c> noted</c><00:39:41.820><c> that</c><00:39:42.420><c> it</c><00:39:42.699><c> was</c><00:39:42.860><c> something</c>

00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:43.679
that<00:39:43.320><c> was</c>

00:39:43.679 --> 00:39:49.159
implemented,<00:39:45.800><c> verse</c><00:39:46.099><c> 9,</c><00:39:47.440><c> before</c><00:39:47.840><c> the</c><00:39:48.119><c> fall.</c>

00:39:50.320 --> 00:39:54.199
And<00:39:50.659><c> that</c><00:39:51.059><c> is</c><00:39:51.460><c> the</c><00:39:51.679><c> reason</c><00:39:52.139><c> why,</c><00:39:53.380><c> because</c><00:39:53.739><c> of</c><00:39:53.960><c> the</c>

00:39:54.199 --> 00:39:57.440
divine<00:39:54.719><c> implementation</c><00:39:55.500><c> of</c><00:39:55.719><c> the</c><00:39:55.900><c> structure,</c><00:39:56.699><c> that</c><00:39:57.019><c> is</c><00:39:57.260><c> the</c>

00:39:57.440 --> 00:39:59.400
reason<00:39:57.800><c> why</c><00:39:58.460><c> it</c><00:39:58.599><c> should</c><00:39:58.820><c> be</c>

00:39:59.400 --> 00:40:04.860
respected<00:40:00.039><c> by</c><00:40:00.320><c> the</c><00:40:00.480><c> sister,</c><00:40:01.679><c> by</c><00:40:01.880><c> the</c><00:40:02.099><c> wife.</c><00:40:03.699><c> For</c><00:40:03.960><c> that</c>

00:40:05.239 --> 00:40:09.199
cause<00:40:05.940><c> ought</c><00:40:06.639><c> the</c><00:40:06.840><c> woman</c><00:40:07.059><c> to</c><00:40:07.320><c> have</c><00:40:07.519><c> power</c><00:40:07.820><c> on</c><00:40:08.019><c> her</c><00:40:08.159><c> head</c><00:40:08.360><c> because</c><00:40:08.739><c> of</c><00:40:08.960><c> the</c>

00:40:09.199 --> 00:40:13.820
angels.<00:40:10.219><c> Because</c><00:40:10.559><c> this</c><00:40:10.840><c> was</c><00:40:11.219><c> a</c><00:40:11.679><c> divinely</c><00:40:12.139><c> established</c><00:40:12.719><c> ordinance</c>

00:40:14.070 --> 00:40:18.599
implemented<00:40:14.420><c> by</c><00:40:14.820><c> the</c><00:40:15.039><c> angelic</c><00:40:15.519><c> host.</c><00:40:17.940><c> It</c><00:40:18.099><c> isn't</c><00:40:18.280><c> something</c>

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between<00:40:18.980><c> her</c>

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and<00:40:19.380><c> her</c><00:40:19.440><c> husband.</c><00:40:21.039><c> It's</c><00:40:21.119><c> something</c><00:40:21.360><c> between</c><00:40:21.619><c> her</c><00:40:21.860><c> and</c><00:40:21.940><c> God.</c>

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And<00:40:23.460><c> that</c><00:40:23.579><c> is</c><00:40:23.780><c> why</c>

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the<00:40:25.880><c> women's</c><00:40:26.300><c> liberation</c><00:40:26.780><c> movement</c><00:40:27.360><c> and</c><00:40:28.420><c> all</c><00:40:28.840><c> the</c><00:40:29.000><c> efforts</c>

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in<00:40:29.340><c> that</c><00:40:29.519><c> regard</c><00:40:30.179><c> are</c><00:40:31.019><c> not</c><00:40:31.159><c> an</c><00:40:31.480><c> attack</c><00:40:31.820><c> upon</c><00:40:32.139><c> male</c><00:40:32.380><c> superiority.</c>

00:40:34.139 --> 00:40:38.239
They<00:40:34.420><c> are</c><00:40:34.739><c> attacked</c><00:40:35.179><c> upon</c><00:40:35.619><c> the</c><00:40:35.940><c> divinely</c><00:40:36.440><c> subscribed</c><00:40:37.119><c> structure.</c><00:40:37.800><c> They</c><00:40:37.960><c> are</c><00:40:38.239><c> a</c>

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direct<00:40:38.820><c> attack</c>

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against<00:40:40.340><c> God</c><00:40:41.039><c> and</c><00:40:42.000><c> His</c><00:40:42.280><c> will.</c>

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And<00:40:45.960><c> perhaps</c><00:40:46.480><c> we</c><00:40:46.639><c> should</c><00:40:46.800><c> look</c><00:40:47.019><c> at</c><00:40:47.219><c> one</c><00:40:47.440><c> other</c><00:40:47.699><c> point</c>

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that<00:40:48.239><c> is</c><00:40:48.420><c> made</c><00:40:48.639><c> by</c><00:40:48.900><c> the</c><00:40:49.119><c> Spirit</c><00:40:49.340><c> in</c><00:40:49.559><c> regard</c><00:40:49.900><c> to</c><00:40:50.440><c> this</c><00:40:50.659><c> matter</c>

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of<00:40:51.880><c> submission</c><00:40:52.260><c> or</c>

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subjection.<00:40:54.039><c> It's</c><00:40:54.179><c> a</c><00:40:54.320><c> word</c><00:40:54.440><c> that's</c><00:40:54.760><c> used</c><00:40:54.960><c> in</c><00:40:55.159><c> Ephesians</c><00:40:55.619><c> 5.</c>

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The<00:40:57.320><c> point</c><00:40:57.539><c> here</c>

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is<00:40:58.380><c> one</c><00:40:58.659><c> that</c><00:40:59.659><c> is</c><00:41:00.440><c> not</c><00:41:00.699><c> as</c><00:41:00.900><c> detailed</c><00:41:01.280><c> a</c><00:41:01.519><c> development</c><00:41:01.800><c> of</c><00:41:01.980><c> the</c>

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matter<00:41:02.420><c> as</c>

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is<00:41:03.599><c> the</c><00:41:03.659><c> case</c><00:41:03.960><c> in</c><00:41:04.500><c> Peter.</c><00:41:06.559><c> But</c><00:41:06.820><c> there</c><00:41:06.960><c> is</c><00:41:07.119><c> a</c><00:41:07.239><c> word</c><00:41:07.500><c> used</c>

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here.<00:41:09.780><c> It's</c><00:41:09.900><c> the</c><00:41:09.980><c> word</c><00:41:10.440><c> everything.</c><00:41:12.460><c> That</c><00:41:12.619><c> is</c>

00:41:13.340 --> 00:41:18.619
significant<00:41:13.980><c> in</c><00:41:14.179><c> this</c><00:41:14.360><c> regard.</c><00:41:17.239><c> Verse</c><00:41:17.440><c> 24.</c>

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As<00:41:19.179><c> the</c><00:41:19.599><c> church</c><00:41:19.900><c> is</c><00:41:20.579><c> subject</c><00:41:20.860><c> unto</c><00:41:21.059><c> Christ,</c><00:41:22.579><c> so</c><00:41:22.820><c> let</c>

00:41:23.079 --> 00:41:27.320
the<00:41:23.840><c> wives</c><00:41:24.199><c> be</c><00:41:24.519><c> to</c><00:41:24.659><c> their</c><00:41:24.840><c> own</c><00:41:25.079><c> husbands</c><00:41:25.559><c> in</c><00:41:26.360><c> everything.</c>

00:41:28.019 --> 00:41:33.179
And<00:41:28.159><c> it</c><00:41:28.280><c> is</c><00:41:28.420><c> an</c><00:41:28.539><c> exhortation</c><00:41:29.159><c> to</c><00:41:29.340><c> the</c><00:41:29.519><c> wife</c><00:41:30.000><c> that</c><00:41:31.679><c> she</c><00:41:32.099><c> is</c><00:41:32.340><c> not</c><00:41:32.619><c> to</c>

00:41:33.179 --> 00:41:38.099
practice<00:41:33.659><c> this</c><00:41:33.900><c> principle</c><00:41:34.380><c> on</c><00:41:35.480><c> an</c><00:41:35.699><c> erratic</c><00:41:36.579><c> once</c><00:41:37.099><c> in</c><00:41:37.239><c> a</c><00:41:37.400><c> lifetime</c><00:41:37.780><c> or</c>

00:41:38.099 --> 00:41:42.019
once<00:41:38.360><c> in</c><00:41:38.500><c> a</c><00:41:38.559><c> while</c><00:41:38.820><c> basis,</c><00:41:39.860><c> but</c><00:41:39.980><c> on</c><00:41:40.179><c> a</c><00:41:40.280><c> consistent</c><00:41:40.679><c> basis.</c><00:41:41.880><c> It</c>

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isn't<00:41:42.239><c> only</c><00:41:42.719><c> when</c><00:41:42.900><c> there</c><00:41:43.079><c> are</c>

00:41:43.239 --> 00:41:47.260
major<00:41:43.579><c> decisions</c><00:41:44.039><c> to</c><00:41:44.199><c> be</c><00:41:44.380><c> made</c><00:41:44.940><c> that</c><00:41:45.920><c> she</c><00:41:46.159><c> is</c><00:41:46.440><c> to</c><00:41:46.860><c> submit</c><00:41:47.099><c> to</c>

00:41:47.260 --> 00:41:47.820
the<00:41:47.400><c> husband</c>

00:41:47.820 --> 00:41:53.000
and<00:41:48.380><c> to</c><00:41:48.519><c> have</c><00:41:48.619><c> this</c><00:41:48.840><c> attitude</c><00:41:49.099><c> of</c><00:41:49.340><c> mine.</c><00:41:50.460><c> It</c><00:41:50.699><c> is</c><00:41:50.940><c> on</c><00:41:51.219><c> the</c><00:41:52.760><c> day</c>

00:41:53.000 --> 00:41:53.639
-to<00:41:53.239><c>-day</c>

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circumstances<00:41:54.360><c> of</c><00:41:54.659><c> life.</c><00:41:56.019><c> You</c><00:41:56.119><c> know,</c><00:41:56.260><c> it</c><00:41:56.380><c> used</c><00:41:56.559><c> to</c><00:41:56.679><c> be</c><00:41:57.059><c> kind</c><00:41:57.239><c> of</c><00:41:57.380><c> a</c>

00:41:57.500 --> 00:41:58.380
joke<00:41:57.739><c> that</c>

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I'll<00:41:58.780><c> let</c><00:41:58.900><c> my</c><00:41:59.179><c> husband</c><00:41:59.460><c> decide</c><00:41:59.980><c> whether</c><00:42:00.239><c> or</c><00:42:00.400><c> not</c><00:42:00.559><c> we</c><00:42:00.679><c> should</c>

00:42:00.960 --> 00:42:02.639
establish<00:42:01.420><c> relationships</c><00:42:01.940><c> with</c><00:42:02.179><c> China</c>

00:42:02.639 --> 00:42:05.719
or<00:42:03.260><c> whether</c><00:42:03.460><c> or</c><00:42:03.619><c> not</c><00:42:03.719><c> we</c><00:42:03.820><c> should</c><00:42:04.000><c> pull</c><00:42:04.179><c> out</c><00:42:04.300><c> of</c><00:42:04.460><c> the</c><00:42:04.719><c> United</c><00:42:04.940><c> Nations,</c><00:42:05.320><c> but</c><00:42:05.460><c> when</c><00:42:05.599><c> it</c>

00:42:05.719 --> 00:42:07.800
comes<00:42:05.920><c> to</c><00:42:06.179><c> the</c><00:42:06.760><c> minor</c><00:42:07.019><c> things</c><00:42:07.380><c> like</c>

00:42:07.800 --> 00:42:09.940
what<00:42:08.179><c> kind</c><00:42:08.340><c> of</c><00:42:08.440><c> car</c><00:42:08.619><c> we</c><00:42:08.780><c> should</c><00:42:08.920><c> get</c><00:42:09.139><c> or</c><00:42:09.280><c> the</c><00:42:09.480><c> house</c><00:42:09.619><c> we</c><00:42:09.739><c> should</c>

00:42:09.940 --> 00:42:13.480
buy,<00:42:10.500><c> well,</c><00:42:10.599><c> I'll</c><00:42:10.760><c> make</c><00:42:10.980><c> those.</c><00:42:12.199><c> Well,</c><00:42:12.760><c> this</c><00:42:13.019><c> is</c><00:42:13.199><c> not</c>

00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:16.880
the<00:42:13.780><c> wisdom</c><00:42:13.940><c> of</c><00:42:14.139><c> the</c><00:42:14.280><c> Spirit.</c><00:42:15.679><c> This</c><00:42:15.980><c> is</c><00:42:16.119><c> to</c><00:42:16.199><c> be</c><00:42:16.300><c> an</c><00:42:16.500><c> attitude</c>

00:42:16.880 --> 00:42:18.400
which<00:42:17.099><c> is</c><00:42:17.320><c> to</c><00:42:17.480><c> prevail</c><00:42:17.960><c> in</c><00:42:18.199><c> the</c>

00:42:18.400 --> 00:42:22.579
relationship.<00:42:19.659><c> And</c><00:42:19.900><c> it</c><00:42:20.019><c> is</c><00:42:20.199><c> not</c><00:42:20.380><c> something</c><00:42:20.719><c> that</c><00:42:21.019><c> is</c><00:42:21.239><c> to</c><00:42:21.440><c> be</c>

00:42:22.579 --> 00:42:23.860
done<00:42:23.159><c> only</c>

00:42:23.860 --> 00:42:27.980
after<00:42:24.760><c> defiance</c><00:42:25.460><c> and</c><00:42:25.719><c> resentment</c><00:42:26.079><c> are</c><00:42:26.260><c> to</c><00:42:26.360><c> be</c><00:42:26.679><c> expressed,</c><00:42:27.800><c> but</c><00:42:27.880><c> it</c>

00:42:27.980 --> 00:42:28.760
is<00:42:28.099><c> to</c><00:42:28.219><c> be</c><00:42:28.420><c> done</c>

00:42:28.760 --> 00:42:33.139
in<00:42:29.099><c> the</c><00:42:29.239><c> manner</c><00:42:29.559><c> of</c><00:42:29.860><c> the</c><00:42:30.119><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:42:30.760><c> submitting</c><00:42:30.980><c> to</c><00:42:31.239><c> the</c><00:42:31.380><c> Lord</c><00:42:31.820><c> willingly</c>

00:42:33.380 --> 00:42:36.119
as<00:42:34.019><c> the</c><00:42:34.179><c> Ecclesia</c><00:42:34.539><c> does</c><00:42:34.760><c> to</c><00:42:35.019><c> Christ.</c>

00:42:37.900 --> 00:42:42.719
So<00:42:38.539><c> there</c><00:42:38.920><c> are</c><00:42:39.179><c> some</c><00:42:39.380><c> of</c><00:42:39.599><c> the</c><00:42:39.599><c> points</c><00:42:39.920><c> which</c><00:42:40.280><c> the</c><00:42:40.820><c> Spirit</c><00:42:41.099><c> stresses</c><00:42:41.739><c> in</c>

00:42:42.719 --> 00:42:43.719
relation<00:42:43.099><c> to</c>

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an<00:42:43.940><c> exhortation</c><00:42:44.539><c> to</c><00:42:44.860><c> wives.</c>

00:42:48.900 --> 00:42:50.599
Now,<00:42:49.500><c> yesterday</c>

00:42:51.179 --> 00:42:55.599
I<00:42:51.780><c> took</c><00:42:52.000><c> just</c><00:42:52.320><c> about</c><00:42:52.619><c> this</c><00:42:52.920><c> much</c><00:42:53.199><c> time</c><00:42:54.000><c> in</c><00:42:54.380><c> an</c><00:42:54.559><c> exhortation</c><00:42:55.000><c> to</c><00:42:55.119><c> husbands</c>

00:42:55.599 --> 00:43:01.039
and<00:42:56.719><c> I</c><00:42:56.880><c> have</c><00:42:57.059><c> taken</c><00:42:57.400><c> just</c><00:42:57.900><c> about</c><00:42:58.199><c> this</c><00:42:58.420><c> much</c><00:42:58.679><c> time</c><00:42:59.119><c> in</c><00:42:59.260><c> an</c><00:42:59.400><c> exhortation</c><00:42:59.820><c> to</c><00:43:00.019><c> wives.</c>

00:43:01.360 --> 00:43:04.619
Now<00:43:01.599><c> what</c><00:43:01.739><c> I</c><00:43:01.840><c> would</c><00:43:01.980><c> like</c><00:43:02.139><c> to</c><00:43:02.340><c> cover</c><00:43:02.559><c> is</c><00:43:02.780><c> a</c><00:43:03.000><c> point</c><00:43:03.179><c> that</c><00:43:03.320><c> is</c><00:43:03.539><c> applicable</c><00:43:03.920><c> to</c>

00:43:04.619 --> 00:43:06.059
us<00:43:04.880><c> both.</c>

00:43:07.420 --> 00:43:11.659
And<00:43:07.760><c> that</c><00:43:07.960><c> is</c><00:43:09.019><c> something</c><00:43:09.699><c> that</c><00:43:10.019><c> is</c><00:43:10.380><c> drawn</c><00:43:10.599><c> to</c><00:43:10.800><c> our</c><00:43:11.059><c> attention</c>

00:43:11.659 --> 00:43:15.980
in<00:43:13.320><c> Proverbs</c><00:43:14.019><c> and</c><00:43:14.719><c> by</c><00:43:15.159><c> Job.</c>

00:43:17.420 --> 00:43:22.039
Perhaps<00:43:17.699><c> we</c><00:43:17.840><c> could</c><00:43:17.980><c> turn</c><00:43:18.219><c> over</c><00:43:18.360><c> to</c><00:43:18.559><c> Job</c><00:43:18.719><c> 31</c><00:43:19.539><c> because</c>

00:43:22.039 --> 00:43:26.500
husbands<00:43:22.800><c> and</c><00:43:23.159><c> wives</c><00:43:23.619><c> today</c><00:43:24.539><c> live</c><00:43:25.500><c> in</c><00:43:25.639><c> an</c><00:43:25.860><c> atmosphere</c>

00:43:26.500 --> 00:43:31.960
where<00:43:27.639><c> unions</c><00:43:28.139><c> are</c><00:43:28.500><c> entered</c><00:43:28.679><c> into</c><00:43:29.400><c> and</c><00:43:30.800><c> are</c><00:43:31.260><c> escaped</c><00:43:31.559><c> from</c>

00:43:31.960 --> 00:43:36.340
very<00:43:32.599><c> readily.</c><00:43:34.039><c> Divorce</c><00:43:34.460><c> is</c><00:43:34.699><c> something</c><00:43:35.000><c> which</c><00:43:35.320><c> is</c><00:43:35.840><c> common,</c>

00:43:36.340 --> 00:43:40.639
something<00:43:37.579><c> which</c><00:43:37.960><c> has</c><00:43:38.500><c> troubled</c><00:43:38.780><c> the</c><00:43:38.940><c> brotherhood.</c><00:43:40.360><c> It's</c>

00:43:40.639 --> 00:43:41.400
something<00:43:40.980><c> which</c>

00:43:41.900 --> 00:43:46.539
we<00:43:42.480><c> want</c><00:43:42.900><c> to</c><00:43:44.059><c> make</c><00:43:44.480><c> a</c><00:43:45.960><c> deliberate</c>

00:43:46.539 --> 00:43:51.780
effort<00:43:47.019><c> to</c><00:43:47.280><c> avoid.</c><00:43:49.300><c> And</c><00:43:49.619><c> there</c><00:43:49.780><c> are</c><00:43:50.099><c> certain</c><00:43:50.559><c> practical</c><00:43:51.360><c> steps</c>

00:43:51.780 --> 00:43:57.239
we<00:43:52.019><c> can</c><00:43:52.300><c> take.</c><00:43:53.519><c> The</c><00:43:53.739><c> Spirit</c><00:43:53.960><c> sets</c><00:43:54.239><c> before</c><00:43:54.619><c> us</c><00:43:54.980><c> to</c><00:43:55.360><c> help</c><00:43:55.800><c> our</c><00:43:56.260><c> marriages</c>

00:43:57.599 --> 00:44:01.280
persevere<00:43:58.440><c> and</c><00:43:59.219><c> keep</c><00:43:59.500><c> them</c><00:43:59.679><c> from</c><00:43:59.920><c> breaking</c><00:44:00.179><c> down.</c>

00:44:01.900 --> 00:44:05.519
You<00:44:02.539><c> have</c><00:44:02.820><c> one</c><00:44:03.059><c> of</c><00:44:03.159><c> these</c><00:44:03.400><c> practical</c><00:44:03.860><c> steps</c><00:44:04.179><c> being</c><00:44:04.920><c> set</c><00:44:05.300><c> forth</c>

00:44:05.519 --> 00:44:06.659
by<00:44:05.820><c> Job.</c>

00:44:07.079 --> 00:44:10.599
You<00:44:07.179><c> can</c><00:44:07.420><c> see</c><00:44:07.539><c> in</c><00:44:07.679><c> verse</c><00:44:07.960><c> 9</c><00:44:09.079><c> where</c>

00:44:10.599 --> 00:44:16.260
the<00:44:11.460><c> subject</c><00:44:11.780><c> matter</c><00:44:12.099><c> is</c><00:44:13.780><c> adultery</c><00:44:14.500><c> with</c><00:44:14.699><c> his</c><00:44:14.900><c> neighbor's</c><00:44:15.280><c> wife.</c>

00:44:17.579 --> 00:44:20.980
And<00:44:17.800><c> he</c><00:44:17.920><c> notes</c><00:44:18.219><c> that</c><00:44:19.019><c> the</c><00:44:19.500><c> situation</c><00:44:20.179><c> didn't</c><00:44:20.659><c> develop</c>

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when<00:44:22.039><c> he</c><00:44:22.199><c> was</c><00:44:22.440><c> laying</c><00:44:22.719><c> with</c><00:44:22.940><c> the</c><00:44:23.059><c> woman.</c><00:44:24.300><c> That</c><00:44:24.619><c> is</c><00:44:24.860><c> not</c><00:44:25.079><c> when</c>

00:44:25.219 --> 00:44:26.400
it<00:44:25.480><c> started.</c>

00:44:26.639 --> 00:44:30.980
It<00:44:27.159><c> started</c><00:44:27.579><c> in</c><00:44:27.780><c> his</c><00:44:27.960><c> heart.</c><00:44:29.340><c> If</c><00:44:29.659><c> my</c><00:44:30.119><c> heart</c>

00:44:30.980 --> 00:44:35.880
have<00:44:31.880><c> been</c><00:44:32.099><c> deceived</c><00:44:32.619><c> by</c><00:44:32.880><c> a</c><00:44:33.019><c> woman</c><00:44:33.420><c> or</c><00:44:34.300><c> if</c><00:44:34.460><c> I</c><00:44:34.679><c> have</c><00:44:34.800><c> laid</c><00:44:35.099><c> weight</c><00:44:35.420><c> at</c><00:44:35.619><c> my</c>

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neighbor's<00:44:36.320><c> door,</c><00:44:37.679><c> his</c><00:44:37.860><c> heart</c><00:44:38.480><c> is</c><00:44:38.719><c> where</c><00:44:38.900><c> the</c><00:44:39.079><c> matter</c><00:44:39.239><c> had</c><00:44:39.460><c> begun.</c>

00:44:41.579 --> 00:44:45.900
But<00:44:41.719><c> it</c><00:44:41.940><c> actually</c><00:44:42.159><c> hadn't</c><00:44:42.380><c> even</c><00:44:42.639><c> begun</c><00:44:42.880><c> there.</c><00:44:44.179><c> Because</c><00:44:44.440><c> if</c><00:44:44.619><c> we</c><00:44:44.699><c> go</c><00:44:44.860><c> back</c><00:44:45.159><c> to</c><00:44:45.280><c> verse</c><00:44:45.460><c> 7</c>

00:44:45.900 --> 00:44:50.599
we<00:44:46.360><c> find</c><00:44:46.780><c> that</c><00:44:47.300><c> it</c><00:44:47.480><c> began</c><00:44:47.659><c> with</c><00:44:47.860><c> his</c><00:44:48.119><c> eyes.</c><00:44:49.119><c> And</c><00:44:49.280><c> his</c><00:44:49.400><c> eyes</c><00:44:49.699><c> looking</c><00:44:50.219><c> at</c>

00:44:50.599 --> 00:44:51.380
his<00:44:50.840><c> neighbor's</c>

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wife.<00:44:52.219><c> That's</c><00:44:52.500><c> where</c><00:44:52.719><c> it</c><00:44:52.780><c> would</c><00:44:53.019><c> begin.</c><00:44:54.059><c> If</c><00:44:54.179><c> my</c><00:44:54.599><c> step</c><00:44:54.840><c> had</c><00:44:55.019><c> turned</c><00:44:55.320><c> out</c>

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of<00:44:55.619><c> the</c><00:44:55.760><c> way</c>

00:44:56.320 --> 00:45:00.300
and<00:44:56.619><c> my</c><00:44:56.800><c> heart</c><00:44:57.179><c> walked</c><00:44:57.800><c> after</c><00:44:58.719><c> mine</c><00:44:59.099><c> eyes.</c>

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That's<00:45:01.599><c> where</c><00:45:01.780><c> the</c><00:45:01.880><c> problem</c><00:45:02.199><c> would</c><00:45:02.440><c> begin</c><00:45:03.019><c> of</c><00:45:03.860><c> adultery</c><00:45:04.239><c> with</c>

00:45:04.360 --> 00:45:06.420
his<00:45:04.539><c> neighbor's</c><00:45:04.880><c> wife.</c><00:45:05.760><c> It</c><00:45:05.840><c> would</c><00:45:06.059><c> begin</c><00:45:06.239><c> with</c>

00:45:06.420 --> 00:45:11.039
his<00:45:06.699><c> eyes.</c><00:45:08.840><c> Now</c><00:45:09.340><c> Job</c><00:45:09.559><c> had</c><00:45:09.780><c> made</c><00:45:09.920><c> up</c><00:45:10.099><c> his</c><00:45:10.260><c> mind</c><00:45:10.559><c> and</c><00:45:10.599><c> he</c><00:45:10.719><c> did</c><00:45:10.880><c> not</c>

00:45:11.039 --> 00:45:11.280
want<00:45:11.179><c> to</c>

00:45:11.280 --> 00:45:16.519
commit<00:45:11.480><c> that</c><00:45:11.760><c> sin.</c><00:45:13.519><c> And</c><00:45:13.800><c> he</c><00:45:13.960><c> had</c><00:45:14.119><c> decided</c><00:45:14.679><c> if</c><00:45:15.800><c> it</c><00:45:16.059><c> starts</c><00:45:16.280><c> with</c>

00:45:16.519 --> 00:45:21.599
his<00:45:17.219><c> eyes,</c><00:45:18.260><c> that's</c><00:45:18.920><c> the</c><00:45:19.079><c> place</c><00:45:19.380><c> to</c><00:45:19.679><c> stop</c><00:45:19.920><c> it.</c>

00:45:21.659 --> 00:45:27.199
So<00:45:21.940><c> therefore,</c><00:45:22.840><c> verse</c><00:45:23.099><c> 1,</c><00:45:24.559><c> I</c><00:45:24.760><c> made</c><00:45:24.960><c> a</c><00:45:25.280><c> covenant</c><00:45:25.519><c> with</c><00:45:25.840><c> mine</c><00:45:26.019><c> eyes.</c>

00:45:27.739 --> 00:45:30.539
Mine<00:45:27.980><c> eyes</c><00:45:28.360><c> and</c><00:45:28.519><c> I</c><00:45:28.900><c> entered</c><00:45:29.159><c> into</c><00:45:29.460><c> agreement.</c>

00:45:31.820 --> 00:45:35.639
Why<00:45:32.219><c> then</c><00:45:32.519><c> should</c><00:45:32.639><c> I</c><00:45:32.800><c> look</c><00:45:33.000><c> upon</c><00:45:33.260><c> it?</c><00:45:33.400><c> Why</c><00:45:33.659><c> then</c><00:45:33.920><c> should</c><00:45:34.019><c> I</c><00:45:34.199><c> think</c><00:45:34.400><c> upon</c><00:45:34.659><c> a</c><00:45:35.139><c> maid?</c>

00:45:35.820 --> 00:45:39.199
I<00:45:36.340><c> made</c><00:45:36.519><c> a</c><00:45:36.820><c> covenant</c><00:45:36.980><c> with</c><00:45:37.239><c> mine</c><00:45:37.440><c> eyes.</c><00:45:38.239><c> I</c><00:45:38.440><c> made</c><00:45:38.599><c> a</c><00:45:38.800><c> covenant</c><00:45:38.960><c> that</c><00:45:39.079><c> I</c>

00:45:39.199 --> 00:45:41.280
would<00:45:39.380><c> not</c><00:45:39.559><c> start</c><00:45:39.820><c> looking</c>

00:45:42.019 --> 00:45:43.659
at<00:45:42.539><c> the</c><00:45:42.780><c> maid.</c>

00:45:46.079 --> 00:45:50.119
You<00:45:46.239><c> saw</c><00:45:46.380><c> in</c><00:45:46.500><c> the</c><00:45:46.599><c> readings</c><00:45:46.800><c> today,</c><00:45:49.260><c> David</c><00:45:49.400><c> failed</c><00:45:49.860><c> because</c>

00:45:50.119 --> 00:45:51.260
he<00:45:50.340><c> looked.</c>

00:45:52.480 --> 00:45:55.179
If<00:45:52.599><c> he</c><00:45:52.699><c> had</c><00:45:52.860><c> implemented</c><00:45:53.420><c> Job's</c><00:45:53.960><c> advice</c><00:45:54.300><c> in</c><00:45:54.460><c> this</c><00:45:54.659><c> regard,</c>

00:45:55.539 --> 00:45:55.900
the<00:45:55.599><c> problem</c>

00:45:55.900 --> 00:46:00.960
would<00:45:56.079><c> not</c><00:45:56.179><c> have</c><00:45:56.380><c> occurred.</c><00:45:57.579><c> But</c><00:45:57.780><c> here</c><00:45:57.960><c> is</c><00:45:58.099><c> a</c><00:45:58.239><c> matter</c><00:45:58.440><c> of</c><00:45:58.880><c> practical</c><00:45:59.400><c> advice</c><00:46:00.139><c> given</c><00:46:00.380><c> to</c><00:46:00.619><c> us.</c>

00:46:01.440 --> 00:46:06.000
Let<00:46:01.780><c> us</c><00:46:02.119><c> not</c><00:46:02.340><c> let</c><00:46:02.559><c> the</c><00:46:02.880><c> problem</c><00:46:03.119><c> start.</c><00:46:04.780><c> Let</c><00:46:04.960><c> it</c><00:46:05.260><c> not</c><00:46:05.519><c> get</c><00:46:05.780><c> into</c>

00:46:06.000 --> 00:46:11.579
our<00:46:06.179><c> hearts</c><00:46:06.800><c> or</c><00:46:07.739><c> the</c><00:46:07.820><c> danger</c><00:46:08.219><c> that</c><00:46:08.420><c> it</c><00:46:08.539><c> will</c><00:46:08.820><c> lead</c><00:46:09.019><c> us</c><00:46:09.320><c> to</c><00:46:09.920><c> commitment</c><00:46:10.280><c> of</c><00:46:10.559><c> sin.</c>

00:46:11.800 --> 00:46:13.599
Either<00:46:11.860><c> through</c><00:46:12.039><c> the</c><00:46:12.179><c> lust</c><00:46:12.300><c> of</c><00:46:12.519><c> our</c><00:46:12.639><c> hearts</c><00:46:12.980><c> or</c><00:46:13.179><c> through</c><00:46:13.400><c> the</c>

00:46:13.599 --> 00:46:16.179
actual<00:46:13.880><c> commission.</c><00:46:15.159><c> Let</c><00:46:15.300><c> us</c><00:46:15.480><c> make</c><00:46:15.659><c> a</c><00:46:15.980><c> covenant</c>

00:46:16.179 --> 00:46:21.380
with<00:46:16.400><c> our</c><00:46:16.639><c> eyes</c><00:46:17.079><c> that</c><00:46:17.420><c> we</c><00:46:17.619><c> do</c><00:46:17.840><c> not</c><00:46:18.039><c> begin</c><00:46:18.260><c> to</c><00:46:18.659><c> look</c><00:46:19.860><c> beyond</c><00:46:20.920><c> the</c><00:46:21.179><c> scope</c>

00:46:21.380 --> 00:46:26.239
of<00:46:21.639><c> our</c><00:46:21.840><c> own</c><00:46:22.639><c> partners.</c><00:46:24.659><c> And</c><00:46:24.800><c> the</c><00:46:25.079><c> same</c><00:46:25.420><c> point</c><00:46:25.699><c> is</c><00:46:25.820><c> made</c><00:46:26.000><c> in</c>

00:46:26.239 --> 00:46:31.179
Proverbs.<00:46:27.539><c> Over</c><00:46:27.780><c> in</c><00:46:28.000><c> Proverbs</c><00:46:28.340><c> chapter</c><00:46:28.679><c> 4,</c><00:46:30.579><c> a</c><00:46:30.599><c> good</c><00:46:30.699><c> deal</c><00:46:30.980><c> said</c>

00:46:31.179 --> 00:46:36.880
about<00:46:31.579><c> the</c><00:46:32.539><c> dangers</c><00:46:33.179><c> of</c><00:46:33.679><c> falling</c><00:46:33.880><c> into</c><00:46:34.199><c> the</c><00:46:34.460><c> trap</c><00:46:34.760><c> of</c><00:46:35.340><c> the</c><00:46:36.380><c> seducement</c>

00:46:36.880 --> 00:46:42.280
in<00:46:37.019><c> this</c><00:46:37.199><c> regard.</c><00:46:39.460><c> And</c><00:46:39.820><c> the</c><00:46:40.239><c> advice</c><00:46:40.599><c> given</c><00:46:40.860><c> in</c><00:46:41.199><c> Proverbs,</c>

00:46:42.940 --> 00:46:46.059
as<00:46:43.039><c> you</c><00:46:43.159><c> know</c><00:46:43.440><c> where</c><00:46:43.639><c> the</c><00:46:43.760><c> way</c><00:46:44.139><c> of</c><00:46:44.300><c> the</c><00:46:44.460><c> harlot's</c><00:46:44.800><c> house</c><00:46:44.940><c> is,</c>

00:46:46.360 --> 00:46:52.179
you<00:46:46.500><c> know</c><00:46:46.679><c> the</c><00:46:46.880><c> path</c><00:46:47.079><c> to</c><00:46:47.280><c> her</c><00:46:47.400><c> house,</c><00:46:50.260><c> well</c><00:46:50.460><c> don't</c><00:46:50.599><c> go</c><00:46:50.860><c> down</c><00:46:51.039><c> it.</c>

00:46:52.239 --> 00:46:56.480
Proverbs<00:46:52.659><c> 4</c><00:46:53.059><c> verse</c><00:46:53.340><c> 14,</c><00:46:55.760><c> enter</c><00:46:56.159><c> not</c>

00:46:56.480 --> 00:47:00.760
into<00:46:56.699><c> the</c><00:46:57.000><c> path</c><00:46:57.260><c> of</c><00:46:57.440><c> the</c><00:46:57.579><c> wicked.</c><00:46:58.780><c> Go</c><00:46:58.960><c> not</c><00:46:59.159><c> in</c><00:46:59.300><c> the</c><00:46:59.400><c> way</c><00:46:59.619><c> of</c><00:46:59.880><c> evil.</c>

00:47:01.480 --> 00:47:07.079
Evil<00:47:01.679><c> men.</c><00:47:03.059><c> Avoid</c><00:47:03.480><c> it.</c><00:47:05.019><c> You</c><00:47:05.179><c> know</c><00:47:05.340><c> the</c><00:47:05.539><c> path</c><00:47:05.820><c> is</c><00:47:06.079><c> there.</c>

00:47:07.460 --> 00:47:09.960
Don't<00:47:07.719><c> start</c><00:47:08.019><c> down</c><00:47:08.239><c> it.</c><00:47:08.380><c> As</c><00:47:08.519><c> a</c><00:47:08.579><c> matter</c><00:47:08.800><c> of</c><00:47:09.000><c> fact,</c><00:47:09.440><c> go</c><00:47:09.639><c> across</c>

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the<00:47:10.219><c> street.</c>

00:47:12.280 --> 00:47:15.179
Even<00:47:12.659><c> do</c><00:47:12.820><c> better</c><00:47:12.920><c> than</c><00:47:13.159><c> that.</c><00:47:14.440><c> When</c><00:47:14.559><c> you</c><00:47:14.699><c> see</c><00:47:14.820><c> you're</c><00:47:14.960><c> coming</c>

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to<00:47:15.380><c> it,</c><00:47:16.219><c> turn</c><00:47:16.519><c> from</c><00:47:16.719><c> it</c>

00:47:16.860 --> 00:47:20.900
and<00:47:16.900><c> go</c><00:47:17.099><c> a</c><00:47:17.219><c> different</c><00:47:17.360><c> way</c><00:47:17.599><c> altogether.</c><00:47:19.940><c> Don't</c><00:47:20.239><c> get</c><00:47:20.440><c> as</c><00:47:20.739><c> close</c>

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as<00:47:21.039><c> you</c><00:47:21.340><c> can</c>

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to<00:47:21.940><c> the</c><00:47:22.039><c> commission</c><00:47:22.360><c> of</c><00:47:22.639><c> sin.</c><00:47:24.199><c> Avoid</c><00:47:24.800><c> the</c><00:47:25.179><c> steps</c><00:47:25.559><c> that</c><00:47:25.880><c> lead</c>

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to<00:47:26.480><c> it</c>

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is<00:47:28.019><c> the</c><00:47:28.199><c> advice</c><00:47:28.500><c> that</c><00:47:28.619><c> is</c><00:47:28.800><c> given</c><00:47:29.000><c> here.</c><00:47:30.840><c> And</c><00:47:31.000><c> that's</c><00:47:31.179><c> good</c><00:47:31.340><c> advice.</c>

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It's<00:47:33.480><c> the</c><00:47:33.639><c> advice</c><00:47:33.940><c> of</c><00:47:34.139><c> God</c><00:47:34.460><c> in</c><00:47:34.639><c> this</c><00:47:34.860><c> matter.</c><00:47:35.900><c> Of</c><00:47:36.239><c> practical</c>

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steps<00:47:37.579><c> that</c><00:47:38.139><c> we</c><00:47:38.360><c> should</c><00:47:38.539><c> take</c><00:47:38.840><c> in</c><00:47:39.039><c> this</c><00:47:39.219><c> regard.</c><00:47:41.599><c> There's</c>

00:47:41.860 --> 00:47:45.559
another<00:47:42.139><c> point</c><00:47:42.500><c> too</c><00:47:42.840><c> that</c><00:47:43.000><c> perhaps</c><00:47:43.380><c> should</c><00:47:43.559><c> be</c><00:47:43.780><c> commented</c><00:47:44.059><c> on.</c><00:47:45.000><c> It's</c><00:47:45.139><c> over</c><00:47:45.360><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:47:45.880><c> 5.</c>

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It's<00:47:47.760><c> one</c><00:47:48.019><c> that</c><00:47:48.559><c> all</c><00:47:50.179><c> husbands</c><00:47:50.639><c> and</c><00:47:50.920><c> wives</c><00:47:51.380><c> should</c>

00:47:51.920 --> 00:47:56.900
take<00:47:52.219><c> note</c><00:47:52.460><c> of.</c><00:47:53.579><c> It's</c><00:47:53.699><c> put</c><00:47:53.880><c> in</c><00:47:54.079><c> the</c><00:47:54.500><c> language</c><00:47:54.900><c> of</c><00:47:55.079><c> the</c><00:47:55.239><c> husband,</c><00:47:56.159><c> but</c><00:47:56.239><c> it's</c><00:47:56.480><c> applicable</c><00:47:56.719><c> to</c>

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both.<00:47:58.099><c> Because</c><00:47:58.480><c> there</c><00:47:58.639><c> is</c><00:47:58.800><c> a</c><00:47:59.019><c> problem</c><00:47:59.360><c> that</c><00:47:59.579><c> sometimes</c><00:48:00.219><c> can</c>

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take<00:48:01.380><c> both</c>

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man<00:48:02.420><c> and</c><00:48:02.619><c> woman</c><00:48:02.860><c> by</c><00:48:03.159><c> surprise</c><00:48:03.699><c> in</c><00:48:03.860><c> their</c><00:48:04.000><c> middle</c><00:48:04.219><c> years.</c><00:48:05.800><c> Where</c><00:48:05.980><c> they</c>

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find<00:48:06.739><c> themselves</c>

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after<00:48:07.679><c> having</c><00:48:07.900><c> been</c><00:48:08.079><c> married</c><00:48:08.460><c> for</c><00:48:08.699><c> 15,</c><00:48:09.199><c> 20,</c><00:48:09.599><c> 25</c><00:48:10.119><c> years,</c><00:48:11.239><c> all</c><00:48:11.420><c> of</c><00:48:11.579><c> a</c>

00:48:11.639 --> 00:48:12.079
sudden<00:48:11.780><c> being</c>

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attracted<00:48:12.739><c> to</c><00:48:13.739><c> somebody</c><00:48:13.960><c> else.</c><00:48:15.460><c> To</c><00:48:15.579><c> someone</c><00:48:15.820><c> much</c><00:48:16.079><c> younger</c>

00:48:16.340 --> 00:48:17.699
than<00:48:16.480><c> themselves</c><00:48:16.960><c> perhaps.</c>

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It<00:48:19.000><c> may</c><00:48:19.280><c> come</c><00:48:19.480><c> to</c><00:48:19.559><c> them</c><00:48:19.780><c> as</c><00:48:20.000><c> a</c><00:48:20.059><c> surprise</c><00:48:20.559><c> that</c><00:48:20.739><c> such</c><00:48:20.960><c> a</c><00:48:21.079><c> thing</c>

00:48:21.179 --> 00:48:22.719
is<00:48:21.320><c> going</c><00:48:21.599><c> on.</c>

00:48:22.920 --> 00:48:25.940
But<00:48:23.059><c> it's</c><00:48:23.159><c> no</c><00:48:23.360><c> surprise</c><00:48:23.780><c> to</c><00:48:23.940><c> the</c><00:48:24.099><c> spirit.</c><00:48:25.400><c> Because</c><00:48:25.500><c> God</c><00:48:25.699><c> has</c>

00:48:25.940 --> 00:48:26.860
seen<00:48:26.019><c> this</c><00:48:26.239><c> before.</c>

00:48:27.340 --> 00:48:31.139
So<00:48:27.460><c> there</c><00:48:27.639><c> is</c><00:48:27.719><c> specific</c><00:48:28.159><c> advice</c><00:48:28.559><c> in</c><00:48:28.699><c> this</c><00:48:28.940><c> regard.</c><00:48:30.900><c> Verses</c>

00:48:31.139 --> 00:48:33.099
18,<00:48:31.579><c> 19,</c><00:48:32.079><c> and</c><00:48:32.219><c> 20.</c>

00:48:33.400 --> 00:48:36.800
Where<00:48:33.519><c> the</c><00:48:33.659><c> husband</c><00:48:34.000><c> could</c><00:48:34.639><c> be</c><00:48:34.880><c> applied</c><00:48:35.079><c> to</c><00:48:35.199><c> the</c><00:48:35.320><c> wife</c><00:48:35.519><c> as</c><00:48:35.800><c> well.</c>

00:48:36.820 --> 00:48:40.340
Let<00:48:37.219><c> him</c><00:48:37.400><c> rejoice</c><00:48:37.980><c> with</c><00:48:38.179><c> the</c><00:48:38.360><c> wife</c><00:48:38.519><c> of</c><00:48:38.699><c> his</c><00:48:38.860><c> youth.</c><00:48:40.099><c> Let</c><00:48:40.219><c> her</c>

00:48:40.340 --> 00:48:41.920
be<00:48:40.480><c> as</c><00:48:40.639><c> the</c><00:48:40.780><c> loving</c><00:48:40.960><c> hind</c><00:48:41.380><c> in</c><00:48:41.539><c> the</c><00:48:41.699><c> present</c>

00:48:41.920 --> 00:48:45.440
role.<00:48:42.539><c> Let</c><00:48:42.679><c> her</c><00:48:42.860><c> breast</c><00:48:43.059><c> satisfy</c><00:48:43.619><c> thee</c><00:48:43.760><c> at</c><00:48:43.900><c> all</c><00:48:44.099><c> times.</c><00:48:45.260><c> And</c>

00:48:45.440 --> 00:48:46.980
be<00:48:45.559><c> thou</c><00:48:45.739><c> ravished</c><00:48:46.199><c> always</c><00:48:46.639><c> with</c><00:48:46.820><c> her</c>

00:48:46.980 --> 00:48:52.300
love.<00:48:48.380><c> Make</c><00:48:48.559><c> a</c><00:48:48.940><c> conscious</c><00:48:49.300><c> effort</c><00:48:49.619><c> to</c><00:48:49.800><c> be</c><00:48:50.139><c> always</c><00:48:50.960><c> satisfied</c>

00:48:52.599 --> 00:48:57.079
with<00:48:53.000><c> her.</c><00:48:53.960><c> With</c><00:48:54.239><c> her</c><00:48:54.420><c> love.</c><00:48:56.019><c> So</c><00:48:56.199><c> there</c><00:48:56.340><c> is</c><00:48:56.500><c> a</c><00:48:56.659><c> warning</c><00:48:56.880><c> note</c>

00:48:57.079 --> 00:49:00.300
from<00:48:57.280><c> the</c><00:48:57.500><c> spirit</c><00:48:57.760><c> to</c><00:48:57.900><c> those</c><00:48:58.119><c> of</c><00:48:58.239><c> us</c><00:48:58.360><c> who</c><00:48:58.480><c> are</c><00:48:58.599><c> in</c><00:48:58.719><c> middle</c><00:48:58.920><c> years.</c><00:49:00.139><c> To</c>

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be<00:49:00.539><c> aware.</c>

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That<00:49:02.079><c> sometimes,</c><00:49:02.679><c> quite</c><00:49:02.920><c> unexpectedly,</c><00:49:04.440><c> problems</c><00:49:04.880><c> can</c><00:49:05.159><c> occur</c><00:49:05.480><c> at</c>

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that<00:49:05.900><c> time.</c>

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And<00:49:07.860><c> there</c><00:49:07.980><c> is</c><00:49:07.980><c> one</c><00:49:08.159><c> other</c><00:49:08.380><c> point</c><00:49:08.840><c> that</c><00:49:09.699><c> perhaps</c><00:49:10.079><c> we</c><00:49:10.300><c> should</c><00:49:10.639><c> consider.</c>

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It's<00:49:11.639><c> in</c><00:49:11.780><c> 1</c><00:49:11.980><c> Corinthians</c><00:49:12.440><c> 7</c><00:49:13.639><c> and</c><00:49:14.079><c> verse</c><00:49:14.360><c> 5.</c>

00:49:15.940 --> 00:49:20.340
It's<00:49:16.219><c> a</c><00:49:16.380><c> point</c><00:49:16.599><c> that</c><00:49:16.800><c> is</c><00:49:17.019><c> treated</c><00:49:17.320><c> so</c><00:49:18.059><c> delicately</c><00:49:19.000><c> in</c><00:49:19.659><c> the</c><00:49:19.820><c> language</c><00:49:20.159><c> of</c>

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the<00:49:20.539><c> spirit</c>

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that<00:49:21.300><c> we</c><00:49:21.480><c> are</c><00:49:21.659><c> liable</c><00:49:21.900><c> to</c><00:49:22.119><c> pass</c><00:49:22.400><c> right</c><00:49:22.639><c> over</c><00:49:22.900><c> it.</c><00:49:24.659><c> It's</c><00:49:24.900><c> a</c><00:49:25.039><c> point</c><00:49:25.199><c> about</c><00:49:25.539><c> not</c><00:49:26.000><c> defrauding</c>

00:49:26.599 --> 00:49:29.599
one<00:49:26.820><c> another</c><00:49:27.420><c> of</c><00:49:27.820><c> our</c><00:49:28.039><c> conjugal</c><00:49:28.539><c> rights.</c>

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When<00:49:32.239><c> we</c><00:49:32.480><c> read</c><00:49:32.719><c> the</c><00:49:32.860><c> matter</c><00:49:33.039><c> carefully,</c><00:49:34.219><c> it</c><00:49:34.219><c> is</c><00:49:34.380><c> very</c><00:49:34.900><c> clear</c>

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that<00:49:36.500><c> that</c><00:49:36.639><c> is</c><00:49:36.719><c> what</c><00:49:36.940><c> the</c>

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apostle<00:49:37.440><c> is</c><00:49:37.619><c> talking</c><00:49:37.900><c> about.</c><00:49:39.360><c> Verse</c><00:49:39.500><c> 5.</c><00:49:40.800><c> Defraud</c><00:49:41.280><c> ye</c><00:49:41.480><c> not</c>

00:49:42.099 --> 00:49:45.960
one<00:49:42.960><c> the</c><00:49:43.159><c> other.</c><00:49:44.340><c> What</c><00:49:44.539><c> is</c><00:49:44.659><c> he</c><00:49:44.780><c> talking</c><00:49:45.059><c> about?</c><00:49:45.440><c> Defraud</c><00:49:45.820><c> not</c>

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one<00:49:46.139><c> the</c><00:49:46.260><c> other</c><00:49:46.420><c> what?</c>

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In<00:49:46.840><c> our</c><00:49:47.059><c> bank</c><00:49:47.260><c> accounts?</c><00:49:48.320><c> He's</c><00:49:48.420><c> not</c><00:49:48.619><c> talking</c><00:49:48.840><c> about</c><00:49:49.119><c> that.</c><00:49:49.760><c> Verse</c><00:49:50.039><c> 4.</c>

00:49:50.940 --> 00:49:51.980
The<00:49:51.099><c> wife</c><00:49:51.420><c> hath</c><00:49:51.659><c> not</c>

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power<00:49:52.340><c> of</c><00:49:52.500><c> her</c><00:49:52.559><c> own</c><00:49:52.840><c> body</c><00:49:53.099><c> but</c><00:49:53.280><c> the</c><00:49:53.380><c> husband.</c><00:49:54.539><c> Likewise</c><00:49:54.900><c> also</c>

00:49:55.360 --> 00:49:56.980
the<00:49:55.460><c> husband</c><00:49:55.780><c> hath</c><00:49:56.019><c> not</c><00:49:56.139><c> power</c><00:49:56.360><c> of</c><00:49:56.500><c> his</c><00:49:56.599><c> own</c><00:49:56.800><c> body</c>

00:49:56.980 --> 00:49:59.519
but<00:49:57.139><c> the</c><00:49:57.300><c> wife.</c><00:49:57.880><c> He's</c><00:49:58.059><c> talking</c><00:49:58.300><c> about</c><00:49:58.519><c> the</c><00:49:58.679><c> conjugal</c><00:49:59.119><c> rights</c>

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of<00:49:59.760><c> marriage.</c>

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You<00:50:01.860><c> can</c><00:50:02.039><c> see</c><00:50:02.119><c> that</c><00:50:02.340><c> clearly.</c><00:50:02.699><c> Verse</c><00:50:02.920><c> 2.</c><00:50:03.559><c> To</c><00:50:03.559><c> avoid</c><00:50:03.920><c> fornication.</c><00:50:04.880><c> Let</c><00:50:04.960><c> every</c>

00:50:05.139 --> 00:50:06.980
man<00:50:05.460><c> have</c><00:50:05.619><c> his</c><00:50:05.800><c> own</c><00:50:06.000><c> wife</c><00:50:06.320><c> and</c><00:50:06.480><c> let</c><00:50:06.599><c> every</c><00:50:06.800><c> woman</c>

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have<00:50:07.119><c> her</c><00:50:07.300><c> own</c><00:50:07.420><c> husband.</c><00:50:10.460><c> In</c><00:50:10.599><c> the</c><00:50:10.800><c> wisdom</c><00:50:11.019><c> of</c><00:50:11.199><c> God</c>

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he<00:50:13.059><c> has</c><00:50:13.340><c> built</c><00:50:13.619><c> certain</c><00:50:14.039><c> pleasures</c><00:50:14.780><c> into</c><00:50:15.400><c> our</c><00:50:15.659><c> bodies.</c>

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And<00:50:17.519><c> he</c><00:50:17.679><c> has</c><00:50:17.940><c> endorsed</c><00:50:18.519><c> the</c><00:50:18.900><c> satisfaction</c><00:50:19.519><c> of</c><00:50:19.679><c> them</c>

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but<00:50:21.219><c> in</c><00:50:21.380><c> a</c><00:50:21.619><c> very</c><00:50:22.119><c> exclusive</c><00:50:22.820><c> manner,</c><00:50:24.480><c> only</c><00:50:24.880><c> with</c><00:50:25.179><c> husband</c><00:50:25.460><c> and</c><00:50:25.699><c> wife.</c>

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Now<00:50:26.960><c> he</c><00:50:26.980><c> didn't</c><00:50:27.179><c> have</c><00:50:27.400><c> to</c><00:50:27.500><c> do</c><00:50:27.679><c> that.</c><00:50:28.820><c> He</c><00:50:29.000><c> could</c><00:50:29.179><c> have</c><00:50:29.260><c> permitted</c><00:50:29.559><c> the</c><00:50:29.880><c> satisfaction</c><00:50:30.480><c> of</c>

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this<00:50:30.900><c> pleasure</c>

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of<00:50:31.300><c> these</c><00:50:31.539><c> drives</c><00:50:31.980><c> with</c><00:50:32.400><c> other</c><00:50:32.599><c> people.</c><00:50:33.860><c> But</c><00:50:34.019><c> it</c><00:50:34.119><c> was</c><00:50:34.280><c> his</c><00:50:34.539><c> wisdom</c><00:50:34.920><c> that</c><00:50:35.320><c> he</c>

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made<00:50:35.699><c> them</c>

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exclusively<00:50:37.420><c> appropriate,</c><00:50:38.719><c> exclusively</c><00:50:39.039><c> right,</c><00:50:39.639><c> only</c><00:50:40.099><c> in</c>

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the<00:50:40.559><c> confines</c><00:50:40.920><c> of</c><00:50:41.159><c> marriage.</c>

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And<00:50:42.940><c> if</c><00:50:43.480><c> we</c><00:50:43.719><c> follow</c><00:50:44.079><c> his</c><00:50:44.320><c> command</c><00:50:44.679><c> in</c><00:50:44.860><c> this</c><00:50:45.019><c> regard</c>

00:50:46.739 --> 00:50:51.880
we<00:50:47.539><c> see</c><00:50:47.800><c> why.</c><00:50:50.099><c> Because</c><00:50:50.360><c> the</c><00:50:50.900><c> rightful</c><00:50:51.480><c> exercise</c>

00:50:52.159 --> 00:50:57.000
of<00:50:52.380><c> these</c><00:50:52.579><c> desires</c><00:50:53.519><c> periodically</c><00:50:54.900><c> it</c><00:50:55.340><c> supersedes</c><00:50:56.000><c> all</c><00:50:56.599><c> other</c>

00:50:57.000 --> 00:51:01.340
problems<00:50:57.800><c> in</c><00:50:58.699><c> a</c><00:50:58.800><c> marriage.</c><00:51:00.099><c> And</c><00:51:00.260><c> it</c><00:51:00.559><c> binds</c>

00:51:01.340 --> 00:51:05.019
the<00:51:01.840><c> marital</c><00:51:02.159><c> union</c><00:51:02.460><c> together.</c><00:51:03.079><c> It</c><00:51:03.239><c> acts</c><00:51:03.500><c> as</c><00:51:03.760><c> a</c><00:51:03.780><c> cementing</c><00:51:04.460><c> influence</c><00:51:04.860><c> in</c>

00:51:05.019 --> 00:51:06.780
the<00:51:05.179><c> marriage.</c><00:51:06.039><c> But</c><00:51:06.179><c> if</c><00:51:06.380><c> we</c>

00:51:06.780 --> 00:51:10.840
defraud<00:51:07.199><c> our</c><00:51:07.480><c> partner</c><00:51:07.860><c> in</c><00:51:08.000><c> this</c><00:51:08.239><c> regard,</c><00:51:09.440><c> because</c><00:51:09.619><c> of</c><00:51:09.780><c> our</c><00:51:09.940><c> own</c><00:51:10.159><c> convenience</c><00:51:10.639><c> or</c>

00:51:10.840 --> 00:51:11.780
because<00:51:11.079><c> other</c><00:51:11.360><c> problems</c>

00:51:11.780 --> 00:51:16.739
have<00:51:11.980><c> entered</c><00:51:12.119><c> in,</c><00:51:13.099><c> we</c><00:51:13.360><c> have</c><00:51:13.519><c> to</c><00:51:13.679><c> deprive</c><00:51:14.360><c> that</c><00:51:14.760><c> union</c><00:51:15.260><c> of</c><00:51:16.500><c> a</c>

00:51:16.739 --> 00:51:21.119
divinely<00:51:17.300><c> provided</c><00:51:17.760><c> ordinance</c><00:51:18.239><c> for</c><00:51:19.380><c> cementing</c><00:51:19.900><c> it</c><00:51:20.059><c> together.</c>

00:51:22.480 --> 00:51:26.840
So<00:51:22.679><c> there</c><00:51:22.800><c> are</c><00:51:23.019><c> certain</c><00:51:23.480><c> practical</c><00:51:24.320><c> steps</c><00:51:25.019><c> that</c><00:51:25.860><c> can</c><00:51:26.059><c> be</c><00:51:26.340><c> taken</c>

00:51:26.840 --> 00:51:30.420
to<00:51:27.480><c> preserve</c><00:51:28.199><c> our</c><00:51:28.559><c> marriages.</c><00:51:29.380><c> And</c><00:51:29.559><c> they</c><00:51:29.679><c> are</c><00:51:29.840><c> steps</c><00:51:30.059><c> to</c><00:51:30.260><c> be</c>

00:51:30.420 --> 00:51:31.780
taken<00:51:30.599><c> by</c><00:51:30.900><c> both</c><00:51:31.159><c> husband</c><00:51:31.440><c> and</c>

00:51:31.780 --> 00:51:34.539
wife.<00:51:32.739><c> And</c><00:51:32.800><c> they</c><00:51:32.880><c> are</c><00:51:33.019><c> the</c><00:51:33.280><c> Spirit's</c><00:51:33.699><c> exhortation</c><00:51:34.239><c> in</c><00:51:34.360><c> this</c>

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regard<00:51:34.980><c> to</c><00:51:35.300><c> husband</c><00:51:35.619><c> and</c><00:51:35.840><c> wife.</c>

00:51:37.239 --> 00:51:41.300
Let<00:51:37.380><c> us</c><00:51:37.519><c> make</c><00:51:37.679><c> a</c><00:51:38.019><c> covenant</c><00:51:38.280><c> with</c><00:51:38.480><c> our</c><00:51:38.760><c> eyes</c><00:51:39.619><c> that</c><00:51:40.579><c> the</c><00:51:40.719><c> problem</c><00:51:41.119><c> of</c>

00:51:41.300 --> 00:51:46.820
unfaithfulness<00:51:41.900><c> will</c><00:51:42.079><c> not</c><00:51:42.219><c> get</c><00:51:42.679><c> started.</c><00:51:45.300><c> And</c><00:51:45.400><c> let</c><00:51:45.519><c> us</c>

00:51:46.820 --> 00:51:51.539
heed<00:51:47.159><c> the</c><00:51:47.400><c> advice</c><00:51:47.719><c> of</c><00:51:47.860><c> the</c><00:51:48.019><c> Apostle.</c><00:51:49.739><c> Let</c><00:51:49.860><c> us</c><00:51:50.019><c> not</c><00:51:50.219><c> defraud</c><00:51:50.760><c> one</c><00:51:50.940><c> another</c><00:51:51.199><c> in</c><00:51:51.340><c> the</c>

00:51:51.539 --> 00:51:56.840
relation<00:51:51.820><c> of</c><00:51:52.019><c> conjugal</c><00:51:52.400><c> rights.</c><00:51:54.340><c> That</c><00:51:54.539><c> we</c><00:51:54.699><c> might,</c><00:51:56.360><c> as</c>

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husband<00:51:57.139><c> in</c><00:51:57.320><c> the</c><00:51:57.440><c> Lord</c><00:51:57.940><c> and</c><00:51:58.719><c> wife</c><00:51:59.099><c> in</c><00:51:59.260><c> the</c><00:51:59.360><c> Lord,</c><00:52:01.019><c> seek</c>

00:52:01.400 --> 00:52:05.900
the<00:52:02.559><c> great</c><00:52:02.820><c> objective</c><00:52:03.360><c> that</c><00:52:03.539><c> God</c><00:52:03.800><c> has</c><00:52:03.980><c> put</c><00:52:04.099><c> before</c><00:52:04.440><c> us.</c><00:52:05.820><c> That</c>

00:52:05.900 --> 00:52:06.739
we<00:52:06.039><c> might</c><00:52:06.280><c> save</c>

00:52:06.739 --> 00:52:10.360
one<00:52:06.920><c> another.</c><00:52:08.420><c> And</c><00:52:08.500><c> that</c><00:52:08.579><c> we</c><00:52:08.639><c> might</c><00:52:08.860><c> together</c><00:52:09.639><c> be</c><00:52:10.059><c> presented</c>

00:52:10.360 --> 00:52:11.480
in<00:52:10.539><c> that</c><00:52:10.780><c> day</c>

00:52:11.480 --> 00:52:17.440
holy<00:52:12.179><c> and</c><00:52:13.059><c> cleansed</c><00:52:14.239><c> and</c><00:52:14.559><c> without</c><00:52:14.820><c> blame</c><00:52:15.219><c> before</c><00:52:15.659><c> him</c><00:52:16.099><c> in</c><00:52:16.480><c> love.</c>

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Amen.