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man<00:13:56.559><c> of</c><00:13:56.740><c> God</c><00:13:56.860><c> had</c><00:13:57.139><c> done</c><00:13:57.440><c> had</c><00:13:57.799><c> so</c><00:13:58.100><c> intrigued</c><00:13:58.480><c> and</c><00:13:58.759><c> inspired</c><00:13:59.179><c> them</c><00:13:59.320><c> that</c><00:13:59.399><c> he</c>

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wanted<00:13:59.720><c> to</c><00:13:59.919><c> know</c><00:14:00.039><c> more.</c>

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He<00:14:00.919><c> was</c><00:14:01.419><c> stirred</c><00:14:01.779><c> by</c><00:14:02.220><c> the</c><00:14:02.639><c> story</c><00:14:02.899><c> of</c><00:14:03.120><c> the</c><00:14:03.419><c> courage</c><00:14:03.899><c> of</c><00:14:04.659><c> the</c><00:14:04.919><c> man</c>

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of<00:14:05.320><c> God.</c>

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And<00:14:06.320><c> what</c><00:14:06.460><c> it</c><00:14:06.700><c> did,</c><00:14:06.960><c> I</c><00:14:07.259><c> believe,</c><00:14:07.700><c> is</c><00:14:07.799><c> it</c><00:14:08.200><c> fanned</c><00:14:08.580><c> the</c><00:14:08.879><c> flickering</c><00:14:09.419><c> flame</c><00:14:09.960><c> in</c>

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the<00:14:10.539><c> old</c><00:14:10.879><c> prophet's</c><00:14:11.600><c> heart.</c>

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And<00:14:13.580><c> so</c><00:14:13.720><c> he</c><00:14:13.820><c> asked</c><00:14:14.159><c> his</c><00:14:14.419><c> sons,</c><00:14:14.980><c> which</c><00:14:15.139><c> way</c><00:14:15.360><c> did</c><00:14:15.519><c> he</c><00:14:15.679><c> go?</c>

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Because,<00:14:17.320><c> says</c><00:14:17.700><c> the</c><00:14:17.919><c> verse,</c><00:14:18.320><c> his</c><00:14:18.539><c> sons</c><00:14:18.779><c> had</c><00:14:19.120><c> seen</c><00:14:19.500><c> what</c><00:14:19.879><c> way</c>

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the<00:14:20.139><c> man</c><00:14:20.299><c> of</c><00:14:20.460><c> God</c><00:14:20.600><c> went,</c><00:14:20.879><c> which</c><00:14:21.100><c> came</c><00:14:21.379><c> from</c>

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Judah.

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The<00:14:22.419><c> very</c><00:14:22.659><c> public</c><00:14:22.960><c> nature</c><00:14:23.320><c> of</c><00:14:23.500><c> his</c><00:14:23.659><c> appearance</c><00:14:24.039><c> in</c><00:14:24.220><c> his</c><00:14:24.360><c> declaration,</c><00:14:25.259><c> some,</c>

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including<00:14:26.299><c> these</c><00:14:26.700><c> sons,</c>

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had<00:14:27.539><c> watched</c><00:14:27.919><c> carefully</c><00:14:28.480><c> to</c><00:14:28.860><c> see,</c><00:14:29.440><c> in</c><00:14:29.580><c> fact,</c><00:14:29.899><c> upon</c><00:14:30.220><c> which</c><00:14:30.679><c> road</c><00:14:31.159><c> the</c>

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man<00:14:32.100><c> of</c><00:14:32.259><c> God</c><00:14:32.419><c> had</c><00:14:32.659><c> exited.</c>

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And<00:14:34.700><c> so</c><00:14:34.860><c> verse</c><00:14:35.139><c> 13</c><00:14:35.620><c> says</c><00:14:36.039><c> that</c><00:14:36.259><c> he</c><00:14:36.500><c> said</c><00:14:36.639><c> unto</c><00:14:36.879><c> his</c><00:14:37.220><c> sons,</c><00:14:39.299><c> saddle</c><00:14:39.440><c> me</c>

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the<00:14:39.899><c> ass.</c>

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So<00:14:41.080><c> they</c><00:14:41.360><c> saddled</c><00:14:41.759><c> him</c><00:14:41.919><c> the</c><00:14:42.179><c> ass,</c><00:14:43.659><c> and</c><00:14:43.779><c> he</c><00:14:43.940><c> rode</c><00:14:44.120><c> thereon.</c>

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So<00:14:45.940><c> why</c><00:14:46.139><c> did</c><00:14:46.259><c> he</c><00:14:46.399><c> ride</c><00:14:46.580><c> upon</c><00:14:46.820><c> an</c><00:14:47.019><c> ass,</c><00:14:47.440><c> brothers</c><00:14:47.580><c> and</c><00:14:47.759><c> sisters?</c>

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Why<00:14:48.419><c> did</c><00:14:48.700><c> the</c><00:14:49.080><c> old</c><00:14:49.379><c> prophet</c><00:14:49.679><c> ride</c><00:14:50.059><c> upon</c><00:14:50.279><c> an</c><00:14:50.500><c> ass?</c>

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Well,<00:14:51.200><c> I</c><00:14:51.259><c> think</c><00:14:51.399><c> there's</c><00:14:51.600><c> two</c><00:14:51.940><c> possibilities.</c>

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The<00:14:53.279><c> first</c><00:14:53.600><c> of</c><00:14:53.759><c> them</c><00:14:53.980><c> is</c><00:14:54.279><c> in</c><00:14:54.379><c> the</c><00:14:54.519><c> second</c><00:14:54.740><c> of</c><00:14:54.940><c> Samuel</c><00:14:55.220><c> chapter</c>

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19<00:14:56.179><c> and</c><00:14:56.639><c> verse</c><00:14:56.940><c> 26,</c><00:14:57.759><c> and</c><00:14:58.000><c> it</c><00:14:58.220><c> concerns</c><00:14:58.559><c> the</c>

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matter<00:14:59.000><c> or</c><00:14:59.240><c> the</c><00:14:59.559><c> story</c><00:14:59.879><c> of</c><00:15:00.200><c> Mephibosheth.</c>

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Now,<00:15:01.500><c> do</c><00:15:01.639><c> you</c><00:15:01.720><c> remember</c><00:15:02.039><c> how</c><00:15:02.279><c> in</c><00:15:02.419><c> the</c><00:15:02.559><c> second</c><00:15:02.840><c> of</c><00:15:03.179><c> Samuel</c><00:15:03.600><c> chapter</c><00:15:03.919><c> 19,</c>

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we're<00:15:05.240><c> told</c><00:15:05.440><c> this</c><00:15:05.879><c> in</c><00:15:06.279><c> the</c>

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25th<00:15:07.200><c> verse?</c>

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It<00:15:08.039><c> says</c><00:15:08.480><c> that</c><00:15:09.039><c> when</c><00:15:09.120><c> he</c><00:15:09.279><c> was</c><00:15:09.460><c> come</c><00:15:09.620><c> to</c><00:15:09.779><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:15:10.879><c> the</c><00:15:10.919><c> king</c>

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said<00:15:11.399><c> unto</c><00:15:11.620><c> him,</c><00:15:11.919><c> David</c><00:15:12.299><c> said</c><00:15:12.539><c> unto</c><00:15:12.759><c> him,</c>

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Wherefore<00:15:13.899><c> wentest</c><00:15:14.539><c> thou</c><00:15:14.899><c> not</c><00:15:15.299><c> with</c><00:15:15.659><c> me,</c><00:15:16.120><c> Mephibosheth?</c>

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And<00:15:18.200><c> Mephibosheth</c><00:15:19.279><c> says</c><00:15:19.840><c> in</c><00:15:20.200><c> the</c><00:15:20.340><c> second</c><00:15:20.600><c> of</c><00:15:20.759><c> Samuel</c><00:15:21.000><c> 19</c><00:15:21.379><c> and</c>

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verse<00:15:21.840><c> 26,</c><00:15:22.539><c> he</c><00:15:22.620><c> answered,</c><00:15:23.519><c> My</c><00:15:23.519><c> lord,</c><00:15:24.179><c> O</c><00:15:24.500><c> king,</c>

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my<00:15:26.019><c> servant</c><00:15:26.440><c> deceived</c><00:15:27.139><c> me,</c><00:15:27.620><c> for</c><00:15:27.779><c> thy</c><00:15:28.120><c> servant</c><00:15:28.440><c> said,</c><00:15:28.740><c> I</c><00:15:28.779><c> will</c>

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saddle<00:15:29.299><c> me</c><00:15:29.539><c> an</c><00:15:29.679><c> ass,</c><00:15:30.259><c> that</c><00:15:30.379><c> I</c><00:15:30.600><c> may</c><00:15:30.740><c> ride</c><00:15:31.059><c> thereon</c>

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and<00:15:31.539><c> go</c><00:15:31.740><c> to</c><00:15:31.899><c> the</c><00:15:32.039><c> king,</c><00:15:32.480><c> because</c><00:15:33.100><c> thy</c><00:15:33.559><c> servant</c><00:15:33.940><c> is</c><00:15:34.259><c> lame.</c>

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Ah,<00:15:35.000><c> so</c><00:15:35.220><c> that's</c><00:15:35.519><c> one</c><00:15:35.860><c> reason</c><00:15:36.340><c> why</c><00:15:36.700><c> the</c><00:15:36.879><c> old</c><00:15:37.080><c> prophet</c><00:15:37.320><c> could</c><00:15:37.539><c> have</c><00:15:37.700><c> ridden</c><00:15:38.159><c> an</c>

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ass,<00:15:38.799><c> because</c><00:15:39.120><c> he</c><00:15:39.299><c> was</c><00:15:40.059><c> infirm</c>

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physically<00:15:41.779><c> like</c><00:15:42.240><c> Mephibosheth,</c><00:15:42.980><c> and</c><00:15:43.139><c> therefore</c><00:15:43.659><c> needed</c><00:15:44.159><c> to</c>

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ride<00:15:44.899><c> upon</c><00:15:45.259><c> the</c><00:15:45.500><c> beast</c><00:15:45.799><c> of</c><00:15:46.120><c> burden.</c>

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He<00:15:47.200><c> was</c><00:15:47.659><c> incapable</c><00:15:48.240><c> of</c><00:15:48.620><c> walking.</c>

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That's<00:15:49.960><c> one</c><00:15:50.179><c> possibility.</c>

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But<00:15:51.500><c> there's</c><00:15:51.700><c> another</c><00:15:51.940><c> possibility</c><00:15:52.519><c> in</c><00:15:52.659><c> the</c><00:15:52.820><c> second</c><00:15:53.120><c> of</c><00:15:53.320><c> Kings</c><00:15:53.639><c> chapter</c><00:15:54.019><c> 4</c>

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and<00:15:55.080><c> verse</c><00:15:55.559><c> 24,</c><00:15:56.799><c> and</c><00:15:56.980><c> the</c><00:15:57.120><c> second</c>

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woman<00:16:00.120><c> of</c><00:16:00.419><c> Shunem</c><00:16:00.659><c> and</c><00:16:00.759><c> of</c><00:16:00.980><c> the</c><00:16:01.299><c> catastrophe</c>

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of<00:16:01.940><c> that</c><00:16:02.159><c> day</c><00:16:02.360><c> when</c><00:16:02.500><c> her</c><00:16:02.759><c> son</c><00:16:03.080><c> died,</c><00:16:04.240><c> and</c><00:16:04.360><c> in</c><00:16:04.679><c> crisis,</c><00:16:05.139><c> in</c><00:16:05.500><c> desperation,</c><00:16:06.580><c> she</c>

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decides<00:16:07.220><c> that</c><00:16:07.419><c> she</c><00:16:07.559><c> will</c>

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go<00:16:07.940><c> to</c><00:16:08.200><c> Elisha,</c><00:16:09.500><c> and</c><00:16:09.840><c> this</c><00:16:10.019><c> is</c><00:16:10.179><c> what</c><00:16:10.299><c> it</c><00:16:10.559><c> says</c><00:16:10.980><c> in</c><00:16:11.659><c> 2</c><00:16:11.879><c> Kings</c><00:16:12.220><c> 4</c>

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verse<00:16:12.799><c> 24.</c>

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It<00:16:14.679><c> says,</c><00:16:15.919><c> Then</c><00:16:16.120><c> she</c><00:16:16.600><c> saddled</c><00:16:17.220><c> an</c><00:16:17.679><c> ass,</c><00:16:19.059><c> and</c><00:16:19.320><c> said</c><00:16:19.600><c> to</c><00:16:19.940><c> her</c><00:16:20.320><c> servant,</c><00:16:21.639><c> Drive,</c><00:16:21.899><c> and</c>

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go<00:16:22.279><c> forward,</c><00:16:22.820><c> and</c>

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slap<00:16:23.179><c> not</c><00:16:23.500><c> by</c><00:16:23.779><c> riding</c><00:16:24.259><c> for</c><00:16:24.779><c> me,</c><00:16:25.120><c> except</c><00:16:25.440><c> I</c><00:16:25.899><c> bid</c><00:16:26.100><c> thee.</c>

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So<00:16:26.879><c> she</c><00:16:27.379><c> rode,</c><00:16:28.080><c> not</c><00:16:28.320><c> because</c><00:16:28.600><c> she</c><00:16:28.820><c> was</c><00:16:29.120><c> infirm,</c><00:16:29.940><c> but</c><00:16:30.059><c> because</c>

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she<00:16:30.320><c> was</c><00:16:30.539><c> desperate</c><00:16:30.940><c> to</c><00:16:31.139><c> get</c><00:16:31.299><c> there</c><00:16:31.539><c> quickly.</c>

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So<00:16:35.279><c> which</c><00:16:35.500><c> of</c><00:16:35.600><c> those</c><00:16:35.860><c> two</c><00:16:36.039><c> do</c><00:16:36.159><c> you</c><00:16:36.179><c> think</c><00:16:36.320><c> it</c><00:16:36.539><c> might</c><00:16:36.679><c> have</c><00:16:36.860><c> been</c>

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for<00:16:38.600><c> the</c><00:16:38.740><c> old</c><00:16:39.000><c> prophet</c><00:16:39.299><c> in</c><00:16:39.480><c> the</c><00:16:39.580><c> first</c>

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of<00:16:39.940><c> Kings</c><00:16:40.159><c> 13,</c><00:16:40.700><c> when</c><00:16:40.779><c> he</c><00:16:40.899><c> said</c><00:16:41.059><c> to</c><00:16:41.240><c> his</c><00:16:41.440><c> son,</c><00:16:41.740><c> Saddle</c><00:16:42.000><c> me</c><00:16:42.100><c> an</c><00:16:42.279><c> ass?</c>

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Was<00:16:42.580><c> it</c><00:16:42.700><c> because</c><00:16:42.899><c> he</c><00:16:43.000><c> was</c><00:16:43.240><c> infirm,</c><00:16:43.679><c> or</c><00:16:43.879><c> was</c><00:16:44.059><c> it</c><00:16:44.220><c> because</c><00:16:44.659><c> he</c><00:16:45.000><c> wanted</c><00:16:45.220><c> to</c>

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make<00:16:45.700><c> haste?</c>

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Well,<00:16:46.980><c> I</c><00:16:47.159><c> think</c><00:16:47.320><c> as</c><00:16:47.500><c> the</c><00:16:47.639><c> narrative</c><00:16:47.899><c> unfolds,</c><00:16:49.379><c> that</c><00:16:49.500><c> we</c><00:16:49.600><c> will</c>

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find<00:16:50.000><c> it</c><00:16:50.179><c> was</c><00:16:50.419><c> the</c><00:16:50.580><c> latter.</c>

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He<00:16:51.159><c> was</c><00:16:51.480><c> anxious</c><00:16:52.059><c> to</c><00:16:52.679><c> make</c><00:16:53.059><c> haste.</c>

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I<00:16:53.899><c> don't</c><00:16:54.139><c> think</c><00:16:54.240><c> he</c><00:16:54.360><c> was</c><00:16:54.580><c> infirm.</c>

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I<00:16:55.179><c> think</c><00:16:55.340><c> the</c><00:16:55.519><c> record</c><00:16:55.679><c> will</c><00:16:55.899><c> tell</c><00:16:56.019><c> us</c><00:16:56.179><c> that</c><00:16:56.320><c> later</c><00:16:56.559><c> on.</c>

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He<00:16:56.980><c> most</c><00:16:57.120><c> certainly</c><00:16:57.379><c> wasn't</c><00:16:57.700><c> incapable</c><00:16:58.080><c> of</c><00:16:58.360><c> walking.</c>

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But<00:16:59.399><c> he</c><00:16:59.500><c> needed</c><00:16:59.679><c> to</c><00:16:59.840><c> get</c><00:16:59.980><c> there</c><00:17:00.159><c> quickly.</c>

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Why?

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Well,<00:17:01.379><c> because</c><00:17:01.580><c> the</c><00:17:01.740><c> man</c><00:17:01.860><c> of</c><00:17:02.039><c> God</c><00:17:02.139><c> might</c><00:17:02.419><c> soon</c><00:17:02.679><c> be</c><00:17:02.899><c> gone.</c>

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He<00:17:04.339><c> knew</c><00:17:04.500><c> that</c><00:17:04.640><c> he'd</c><00:17:04.779><c> already</c><00:17:05.039><c> left.</c>

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His<00:17:05.599><c> sons</c><00:17:05.799><c> have</c><00:17:05.980><c> come</c><00:17:06.160><c> back</c><00:17:06.339><c> and</c><00:17:06.500><c> made</c><00:17:06.640><c> the</c><00:17:06.819><c> report</c><00:17:07.039><c> after</c><00:17:07.359><c> the</c>

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man<00:17:07.680><c> of</c><00:17:07.880><c> God's</c><00:17:08.119><c> already</c><00:17:08.400><c> departed,</c><00:17:08.900><c> and</c>

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by<00:17:09.460><c> the</c><00:17:09.599><c> time</c><00:17:09.759><c> the</c><00:17:10.000><c> story's</c><00:17:10.519><c> over,</c><00:17:11.019><c> the</c><00:17:11.140><c> old</c><00:17:11.319><c> prophet</c><00:17:11.519><c> says,</c><00:17:11.819><c> if</c><00:17:11.839><c> I</c>

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don't<00:17:12.119><c> get</c><00:17:12.279><c> on</c><00:17:12.440><c> this</c><00:17:12.599><c> ass</c><00:17:12.720><c> quickly,</c>

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I'll<00:17:13.299><c> miss</c><00:17:13.519><c> him</c><00:17:13.680><c> altogether.</c>

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So<00:17:14.680><c> he</c><00:17:14.940><c> rides</c><00:17:15.259><c> because</c><00:17:15.660><c> of</c><00:17:16.019><c> the</c><00:17:16.140><c> need</c><00:17:16.259><c> of</c><00:17:16.619><c> speed.</c>

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And<00:17:17.619><c> why</c><00:17:17.859><c> that's</c><00:17:18.279><c> interesting,</c><00:17:18.859><c> brothers</c><00:17:19.039><c> and</c><00:17:19.220><c> sisters,</c><00:17:19.440><c> is</c>

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I<00:17:19.640><c> think</c><00:17:19.779><c> it's</c><00:17:20.000><c> an</c><00:17:20.220><c> insight</c><00:17:20.579><c> into</c><00:17:21.039><c> the</c><00:17:21.339><c> purpose</c>

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for<00:17:21.819><c> which</c><00:17:22.119><c> the</c><00:17:22.599><c> old</c><00:17:22.920><c> prophet</c><00:17:23.200><c> rode.</c>

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He<00:17:23.920><c> wanted</c><00:17:24.180><c> to</c><00:17:24.400><c> meet</c><00:17:24.539><c> the</c><00:17:24.720><c> man</c><00:17:24.880><c> of</c><00:17:25.099><c> God.</c>

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He<00:17:25.619><c> wanted</c><00:17:25.859><c> to</c><00:17:26.059><c> have</c><00:17:26.240><c> conversation</c><00:17:26.940><c> with</c><00:17:27.180><c> him</c><00:17:27.500><c> before</c><00:17:27.900><c> the</c>

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chance<00:17:28.420><c> was</c><00:17:28.720><c> lost.</c>

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And<00:17:29.619><c> I</c><00:17:29.720><c> don't</c><00:17:29.980><c> think</c><00:17:30.079><c> he</c><00:17:30.240><c> wanted</c><00:17:30.420><c> that</c><00:17:30.740><c> conversation</c><00:17:31.259><c> to</c><00:17:31.559><c> compromise</c><00:17:32.140><c> him.</c>

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I<00:17:35.460><c> think</c><00:17:35.619><c> he</c><00:17:35.779><c> wanted</c><00:17:35.960><c> to</c><00:17:36.180><c> talk</c><00:17:36.319><c> to</c><00:17:36.539><c> someone</c><00:17:37.019><c> who</c><00:17:39.319><c> might</c><00:17:39.640><c> stir</c>

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him<00:17:40.099><c> up</c><00:17:40.299><c> in</c><00:17:40.519><c> spiritual</c><00:17:40.900><c> things.</c>

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So<00:17:44.099><c> verse</c><00:17:44.299><c> 14</c><00:17:44.779><c> says,</c><00:17:46.819><c> he</c><00:17:46.920><c> went</c><00:17:47.099><c> after</c><00:17:47.359><c> the</c><00:17:47.500><c> man</c><00:17:47.640><c> of</c><00:17:47.880><c> God.</c>

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He<00:17:49.539><c> found</c><00:17:49.859><c> him</c><00:17:50.019><c> sitting</c><00:17:50.240><c> under</c><00:17:50.519><c> an</c><00:17:50.680><c> oak,</c><00:17:51.039><c> and</c><00:17:51.079><c> he</c><00:17:51.200><c> said</c><00:17:51.359><c> unto</c>

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him,<00:17:51.839><c> Art</c><00:17:51.859><c> thou</c><00:17:51.960><c> the</c><00:17:52.079><c> man</c><00:17:52.279><c> of</c><00:17:52.420><c> God</c><00:17:52.619><c> that</c>

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came<00:17:53.200><c> us</c><00:17:53.359><c> from</c><00:17:53.619><c> Judah?</c>

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You<00:17:55.819><c> know,</c><00:17:55.940><c> there</c><00:17:56.019><c> were</c><00:17:56.160><c> several</c><00:17:56.720><c> such</c><00:17:57.079><c> trees</c><00:17:57.700><c> that</c><00:17:58.380><c> marked</c>

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out<00:17:59.259><c> certain</c><00:17:59.599><c> places</c><00:18:00.359><c> in</c><00:18:00.859><c> the</c><00:18:01.039><c> land</c><00:18:01.440><c> of</c>

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Israel.

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Genesis<00:18:03.460><c> chapter</c><00:18:03.839><c> 13</c><00:18:04.299><c> and</c><00:18:04.500><c> verse</c><00:18:04.740><c> 18</c><00:18:05.279><c> tells</c><00:18:05.680><c> us</c><00:18:05.920><c> about</c><00:18:06.180><c> the</c><00:18:06.359><c> oak</c><00:18:06.539><c> of</c><00:18:06.859><c> Hebron.</c>

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Genesis<00:18:09.299><c> chapter</c><00:18:09.880><c> 35</c><00:18:10.880><c> and</c><00:18:11.519><c> verse</c><00:18:11.859><c> 4</c><00:18:12.319><c> tells</c><00:18:12.640><c> us</c><00:18:12.900><c> about</c><00:18:13.220><c> the</c><00:18:13.380><c> oak</c>

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of<00:18:13.920><c> Shechem.</c>

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Judges<00:18:16.299><c> chapter</c><00:18:16.619><c> 6</c><00:18:17.000><c> verse</c><00:18:17.319><c> 11</c><00:18:17.680><c> tells</c><00:18:18.019><c> us</c><00:18:18.240><c> about</c><00:18:18.519><c> the</c><00:18:18.720><c> oak</c><00:18:18.900><c> of</c><00:18:19.220><c> Ophrah.</c>

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And<00:18:21.819><c> there's</c><00:18:21.980><c> a</c><00:18:22.119><c> passage</c><00:18:22.380><c> in</c><00:18:22.640><c> Genesis</c><00:18:23.000><c> chapter</c><00:18:23.480><c> 35</c><00:18:24.599><c> and</c><00:18:25.460><c> verse</c>

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8<00:18:26.559><c> that</c><00:18:27.400><c> tells</c><00:18:27.799><c> us</c><00:18:28.720><c> that</c><00:18:29.079><c> there</c><00:18:29.339><c> was</c>

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an<00:18:29.740><c> oak</c><00:18:30.180><c> at</c><00:18:30.920><c> Bethel,</c><00:18:32.079><c> because</c><00:18:32.400><c> under</c><00:18:32.700><c> that</c><00:18:32.960><c> oak</c><00:18:33.119><c> it</c><00:18:33.339><c> says</c><00:18:33.539><c> that</c>

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Deborah,<00:18:34.259><c> Rebekah's</c><00:18:34.940><c> nurse,</c><00:18:35.279><c> died</c>

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and<00:18:35.920><c> she</c><00:18:36.140><c> was</c><00:18:36.440><c> buried</c><00:18:36.740><c> beneath</c><00:18:37.960><c> Bethel</c><00:18:38.700><c> under</c><00:18:39.140><c> an</c><00:18:39.440><c> oak,</c><00:18:39.839><c> the</c>

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name<00:18:40.359><c> of</c><00:18:40.640><c> which</c><00:18:40.880><c> was</c><00:18:41.279><c> called</c><00:18:41.720><c> Alon</c><00:18:42.619><c> Bakuth,</c>

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the<00:18:43.400><c> oak</c><00:18:43.680><c> of</c><00:18:43.920><c> weeping.</c>

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There<00:18:45.119><c> was</c><00:18:45.339><c> an</c><00:18:45.559><c> oak</c><00:18:45.859><c> tree</c><00:18:46.039><c> there.</c>

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Now<00:18:47.039><c> I'm</c><00:18:47.180><c> not</c><00:18:47.559><c> sure,</c><00:18:48.140><c> brothers</c><00:18:48.259><c> and</c><00:18:48.480><c> sisters,</c><00:18:48.779><c> that</c><00:18:48.920><c> the</c><00:18:49.119><c> oak</c>

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tree<00:18:50.119><c> of</c><00:18:50.940><c> Bethel</c><00:18:51.359><c> in</c><00:18:51.579><c> the</c><00:18:51.700><c> first</c><00:18:51.940><c> of</c><00:18:52.160><c> Kings</c>

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13<00:18:53.200><c> is</c><00:18:53.940><c> the</c><00:18:54.220><c> same</c><00:18:54.519><c> oak</c><00:18:54.980><c> tree</c><00:18:55.099><c> that</c><00:18:55.279><c> goes</c><00:18:55.539><c> all</c><00:18:55.900><c> the</c><00:18:56.000><c> way</c><00:18:56.240><c> back</c><00:18:56.480><c> to</c>

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the<00:18:56.839><c> time</c><00:18:57.200><c> of</c><00:18:57.559><c> Jacob,</c><00:18:58.500><c> but</c><00:18:59.119><c> whether</c>

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it<00:18:59.599><c> was</c><00:18:59.779><c> or</c><00:18:59.960><c> whether</c><00:19:00.180><c> it</c><00:19:00.500><c> wasn't,</c><00:19:00.859><c> it</c><00:19:00.960><c> was</c><00:19:01.259><c> clearly</c><00:19:01.740><c> a</c><00:19:02.319><c> landmark</c><00:19:02.900><c> tree</c>

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that<00:19:04.099><c> was</c><00:19:04.400><c> very</c><00:19:04.859><c> well</c><00:19:05.319><c> known.</c>

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And<00:19:08.059><c> the</c><00:19:08.220><c> reason</c><00:19:08.519><c> why</c><00:19:08.740><c> we</c><00:19:08.900><c> know</c><00:19:09.119><c> that</c><00:19:09.680><c> is</c><00:19:11.119><c> because</c><00:19:11.480><c> verse</c><00:19:11.799><c> 14</c>

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in<00:19:12.500><c> the</c><00:19:12.680><c> Hebrew</c><00:19:12.859><c> doesn't</c><00:19:13.279><c> say</c><00:19:13.559><c> that</c><00:19:13.720><c> he</c>

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found<00:19:14.039><c> them</c><00:19:14.240><c> sitting</c><00:19:14.500><c> under</c><00:19:14.799><c> an</c><00:19:14.960><c> oak</c><00:19:15.180><c> tree,</c><00:19:15.680><c> the</c><00:19:15.859><c> Hebrew</c><00:19:16.140><c> says</c>

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he<00:19:16.619><c> found</c><00:19:16.819><c> them</c><00:19:17.000><c> sitting</c><00:19:17.299><c> under</c><00:19:18.160><c> the</c>

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oak<00:19:19.559><c> tree.</c>

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Oh<00:19:21.680><c> yes,</c><00:19:21.779><c> it</c><00:19:21.880><c> was</c><00:19:22.039><c> well</c><00:19:22.299><c> known,</c><00:19:22.500><c> this</c><00:19:22.700><c> tree.</c>

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The<00:19:24.180><c> oak</c><00:19:24.339><c> of</c><00:19:24.460><c> Bethel.</c>

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You<00:19:26.160><c> see,</c><00:19:26.220><c> it</c><00:19:26.299><c> was</c><00:19:26.440><c> a</c><00:19:26.539><c> place</c><00:19:26.720><c> of</c><00:19:27.019><c> shade.</c>

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It<00:19:28.859><c> was</c><00:19:29.079><c> a</c><00:19:29.200><c> place</c><00:19:29.380><c> of</c><00:19:29.680><c> repose.</c>

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It<00:19:31.660><c> was</c><00:19:31.880><c> a</c><00:19:32.000><c> place</c><00:19:32.160><c> of</c><00:19:32.440><c> gathering.</c>

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It<00:19:33.259><c> was</c><00:19:34.319><c> a</c><00:19:34.380><c> place</c><00:19:34.640><c> of</c><00:19:34.960><c> public</c><00:19:35.299><c> conversation.</c>

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And<00:19:38.339><c> for</c><00:19:38.519><c> all</c><00:19:38.740><c> of</c><00:19:38.920><c> those</c><00:19:39.099><c> reasons,</c><00:19:41.140><c> it</c><00:19:41.359><c> was</c><00:19:41.660><c> not</c><00:19:42.000><c> a</c><00:19:42.279><c> place</c><00:19:42.640><c> suitable</c><00:19:43.140><c> for</c>

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a<00:19:43.559><c> man</c><00:19:43.700><c> of</c><00:19:43.940><c> God</c><00:19:44.160><c> who</c><00:19:44.299><c> was</c><00:19:44.559><c> supposed</c>

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to<00:19:44.900><c> be</c><00:19:45.099><c> seeking</c><00:19:45.299><c> to</c><00:19:45.559><c> make</c><00:19:45.720><c> a</c><00:19:45.940><c> quiet</c><00:19:46.160><c> and</c><00:19:46.500><c> private</c><00:19:46.819><c> and</c><00:19:47.000><c> unobtrusive</c><00:19:47.500><c> exit.</c>

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So<00:19:49.900><c> what's</c><00:19:50.220><c> he</c><00:19:50.339><c> doing</c><00:19:50.539><c> sitting</c><00:19:50.819><c> under</c><00:19:51.299><c> the</c><00:19:51.799><c> oak</c><00:19:52.039><c> of</c><00:19:52.319><c> Bethel</c><00:19:52.680><c> in</c>

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a<00:19:53.220><c> totally</c><00:19:53.500><c> public</c><00:19:53.859><c> place</c><00:19:54.299><c> for</c><00:19:54.640><c> a</c>

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man<00:19:54.900><c> of</c><00:19:55.099><c> God</c><00:19:55.220><c> who</c><00:19:55.359><c> was</c><00:19:55.539><c> supposed</c><00:19:55.740><c> to</c><00:19:55.920><c> leave</c><00:19:56.119><c> secretly?</c>

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Why<00:19:58.660><c> is</c><00:19:58.920><c> he</c><00:19:59.240><c> still</c><00:19:59.599><c> sitting</c><00:19:59.980><c> under</c><00:20:00.380><c> the</c><00:20:00.579><c> oak</c><00:20:00.880><c> near</c><00:20:01.420><c> Bethel?</c>

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Was<00:20:06.079><c> he</c><00:20:06.779><c> faint</c><00:20:07.000><c> because</c><00:20:07.279><c> he'd</c><00:20:07.519><c> not</c><00:20:07.700><c> eaten?</c>

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Was<00:20:11.460><c> he</c><00:20:11.640><c> reluctant</c><00:20:11.980><c> to</c><00:20:12.299><c> return</c><00:20:12.539><c> to</c><00:20:12.839><c> Judah?</c>

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Was<00:20:15.359><c> he</c><00:20:15.579><c> disappointed</c><00:20:16.079><c> at</c><00:20:16.400><c> the</c><00:20:17.200><c> anticlimax</c><00:20:18.200><c> of</c><00:20:18.720><c> removal</c><00:20:19.220><c> to</c><00:20:19.579><c> obscurity?</c>

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Was<00:20:21.759><c> he</c><00:20:21.960><c> resting</c><00:20:22.299><c> on</c><00:20:22.500><c> his</c><00:20:22.720><c> way</c><00:20:22.980><c> home</c><00:20:23.440><c> prematurely?</c>

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Well<00:20:27.460><c> whatever</c><00:20:27.819><c> his</c><00:20:28.160><c> motive</c><00:20:28.460><c> was,</c><00:20:29.019><c> brothers</c><00:20:29.119><c> and</c><00:20:29.299><c> sisters,</c>

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it<00:20:29.920><c> seems</c><00:20:30.220><c> certain,</c><00:20:31.019><c> at</c><00:20:31.160><c> least</c><00:20:31.440><c> this,</c>

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all<00:20:36.940><c> speed.</c>

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And<00:20:40.460><c> so</c><00:20:40.579><c> when</c><00:20:40.980><c> the</c><00:20:41.160><c> old</c><00:20:41.359><c> prophet</c><00:20:41.740><c> comes</c><00:20:42.400><c> bursting</c><00:20:42.779><c> upon</c><00:20:43.059><c> the</c>

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scene,<00:20:43.920><c> riding</c><00:20:43.980><c> his</c><00:20:44.200><c> ass</c><00:20:44.339><c> as</c><00:20:44.559><c> quickly</c>

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and<00:20:51.859><c> the</c><00:20:52.079><c> sons</c><00:20:52.240><c> had</c><00:20:52.420><c> probably</c><00:20:52.619><c> described</c>

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him<00:20:53.359><c> to</c><00:20:53.500><c> their</c><00:20:53.640><c> father.</c>

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Well<00:20:54.119><c> he</c><00:20:54.160><c> was</c><00:20:54.380><c> wearing</c><00:20:54.579><c> this.</c>

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He<00:20:54.920><c> looked</c><00:20:55.119><c> like</c><00:20:55.460><c> this.</c>

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And<00:20:55.819><c> so</c><00:20:55.900><c> he</c><00:20:55.980><c> says,</c><00:20:56.359><c> well</c><00:20:56.440><c> are</c><00:20:56.539><c> you</c><00:20:56.660><c> the</c><00:20:56.799><c> one?</c>

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Of<00:20:57.220><c> course</c><00:20:57.259><c> he</c><00:20:57.359><c> needed</c><00:20:57.579><c> to</c><00:20:57.759><c> know</c><00:20:57.859><c> for</c><00:20:58.079><c> sure</c><00:20:58.259><c> because</c><00:20:58.440><c> he's</c><00:20:58.619><c> going</c><00:20:58.799><c> to</c>

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invite<00:20:59.099><c> this</c><00:20:59.319><c> person</c><00:20:59.579><c> home.</c>

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So<00:21:00.440><c> he</c><00:21:00.619><c> certainly</c><00:21:00.859><c> needed</c><00:21:01.079><c> to</c><00:21:01.359><c> identify</c><00:21:01.940><c> him.</c>

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So<00:21:03.599><c> he</c><00:21:03.779><c> comes</c><00:21:04.019><c> upon</c><00:21:04.299><c> him</c><00:21:04.460><c> perhaps</c><00:21:04.819><c> quicker</c><00:21:05.059><c> than</c><00:21:05.240><c> he</c><00:21:05.460><c> thought.</c>

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He<00:21:07.059><c> needed</c><00:21:07.319><c> to</c><00:21:08.480><c> ask</c><00:21:08.759><c> him</c><00:21:08.900><c> who</c><00:21:09.019><c> he</c><00:21:09.279><c> was</c><00:21:09.779><c> so</c><00:21:10.200><c> that</c><00:21:10.339><c> he</c><00:21:10.460><c> can</c><00:21:10.980><c> invite</c>

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him<00:21:11.619><c> home</c><00:21:11.859><c> and</c><00:21:12.359><c> make</c><00:21:12.539><c> sure</c><00:21:12.779><c> he</c><00:21:12.859><c> had</c><00:21:13.000><c> the</c>

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right<00:21:13.460><c> person.</c>

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He<00:21:13.880><c> wanted</c><00:21:14.119><c> to</c><00:21:14.380><c> engage</c><00:21:14.839><c> in</c><00:21:15.359><c> conversation.</c>

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And<00:21:16.339><c> no</c><00:21:16.599><c> doubt</c><00:21:16.819><c> he</c><00:21:16.940><c> was</c><00:21:17.200><c> pleased</c><00:21:17.500><c> and</c><00:21:17.799><c> delighted</c><00:21:18.119><c> that</c><00:21:18.299><c> he</c><00:21:18.480><c> caught</c><00:21:18.680><c> up</c>

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And<00:21:21.519><c> so</c><00:21:21.700><c> he</c><00:21:21.859><c> says,</c><00:21:22.200><c> verse</c><00:21:22.380><c> 15,</c><00:21:23.019><c> having</c><00:21:23.220><c> discovered</c><00:21:23.680><c> him,</c><00:21:24.220><c> he</c>

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said<00:21:24.519><c> unto</c><00:21:24.819><c> him,</c><00:21:26.259><c> well</c><00:21:26.380><c> if</c><00:21:26.480><c> you</c><00:21:26.720><c> be</c><00:21:26.880><c> he,</c>

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then<00:21:27.859><c> come</c><00:21:28.079><c> home</c><00:21:28.279><c> with</c><00:21:28.480><c> me</c><00:21:28.680><c> and</c><00:21:28.920><c> eat</c><00:21:29.220><c> bread.</c>

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Now<00:21:30.240><c> I</c><00:21:30.380><c> think,</c><00:21:30.720><c> by</c><00:21:30.880><c> the</c><00:21:31.000><c> way,</c><00:21:31.140><c> that</c><00:21:31.240><c> that</c><00:21:31.359><c> was</c><00:21:31.539><c> a</c><00:21:31.680><c> totally</c>

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genuine<00:21:32.440><c> invitation.</c>

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I<00:21:33.140><c> think</c><00:21:33.279><c> that's</c><00:21:33.619><c> precisely</c><00:21:34.119><c> what</c><00:21:34.440><c> the</c><00:21:34.599><c> old</c><00:21:34.779><c> prophet</c><00:21:34.980><c> wanted.</c>

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Nothing<00:21:35.539><c> more,</c><00:21:35.779><c> nothing</c><00:21:36.000><c> less.</c>

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Come<00:21:36.759><c> home</c><00:21:37.000><c> with</c><00:21:37.180><c> me</c><00:21:37.359><c> and</c><00:21:37.460><c> eat</c><00:21:37.619><c> bread.</c>

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But<00:21:38.299><c> it</c><00:21:38.319><c> was</c><00:21:38.480><c> everything</c><00:21:38.740><c> that</c><00:21:38.900><c> eat</c><00:21:39.059><c> bread</c><00:21:39.259><c> implied.</c>

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It<00:21:39.819><c> was</c><00:21:40.059><c> conversation</c><00:21:40.759><c> as</c><00:21:41.380><c> well</c><00:21:41.539><c> as</c><00:21:41.740><c> food.</c>

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This<00:21:42.980><c> was</c><00:21:43.180><c> a</c><00:21:43.339><c> moment</c><00:21:43.480><c> that</c><00:21:43.660><c> they</c><00:21:43.839><c> might</c><00:21:44.099><c> share</c><00:21:44.519><c> together</c><00:21:44.980><c> in</c>

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the<00:21:45.599><c> things</c><00:21:45.900><c> of</c><00:21:46.220><c> the</c><00:21:46.440><c> truth.</c>

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Ah,<00:21:47.099><c> but</c><00:21:47.200><c> you</c><00:21:47.319><c> see</c><00:21:47.400><c> there</c><00:21:47.480><c> was,</c><00:21:47.980><c> you</c><00:21:48.119><c> see</c><00:21:48.200><c> what</c><00:21:48.319><c> he</c><00:21:48.500><c> says,</c><00:21:49.119><c> come</c>

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home<00:21:49.960><c> with</c><00:21:50.319><c> me.</c>

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But<00:21:51.119><c> those</c><00:21:51.619><c> are</c><00:21:52.019><c> the</c><00:21:52.200><c> very</c><00:21:52.539><c> words</c><00:21:53.220><c> that</c><00:21:53.740><c> the</c><00:21:54.000><c> king</c><00:21:54.279><c> had</c><00:21:54.539><c> uttered</c><00:21:54.779><c> back</c>

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in<00:21:55.180><c> verse</c><00:21:55.420><c> 7.</c>

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Do<00:21:56.059><c> you</c><00:21:56.140><c> notice</c><00:21:56.440><c> that?</c>

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The<00:21:57.319><c> king</c><00:21:57.700><c> said</c><00:21:57.880><c> unto</c><00:21:58.119><c> the</c><00:21:58.299><c> man</c><00:21:58.440><c> of</c><00:21:58.680><c> God,</c><00:21:59.119><c> come</c><00:21:59.579><c> home</c><00:22:00.099><c> with</c><00:22:00.460><c> me.</c>

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Same<00:22:01.619><c> phrase,</c><00:22:02.539><c> you</c><00:22:02.779><c> see.</c>

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And<00:22:03.759><c> on</c><00:22:03.940><c> that</c><00:22:04.099><c> occasion,</c><00:22:04.799><c> the</c><00:22:04.940><c> man</c><00:22:05.099><c> of</c><00:22:05.319><c> God</c><00:22:05.480><c> had</c><00:22:05.839><c> unequivocally</c><00:22:06.640><c> refused</c><00:22:07.339><c> that</c>

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invitation<00:22:08.220><c> to</c><00:22:08.519><c> come</c><00:22:08.759><c> home</c><00:22:09.180><c> with</c>

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someone.

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But<00:22:12.059><c> you</c><00:22:12.319><c> see,</c><00:22:12.539><c> it</c><00:22:12.559><c> was</c><00:22:12.779><c> different,</c><00:22:13.279><c> wasn't</c><00:22:13.400><c> it,</c><00:22:13.619><c> verse</c><00:22:13.880><c> 15,</c>

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because,<00:22:15.519><c> well,</c><00:22:15.619><c> the</c><00:22:15.720><c> man</c><00:22:15.880><c> of</c><00:22:16.099><c> God</c><00:22:16.279><c> could</c>

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argue<00:22:17.259><c> that</c><00:22:17.779><c> now</c><00:22:18.259><c> this</c><00:22:18.960><c> invitation</c><00:22:19.539><c> had</c><00:22:19.779><c> come</c><00:22:19.960><c> from</c><00:22:20.180><c> someone</c>

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who<00:22:20.940><c> could</c><00:22:21.200><c> claim</c><00:22:21.460><c> the</c><00:22:21.759><c> status</c><00:22:22.019><c> of</c><00:22:22.240><c> a</c><00:22:22.440><c> prophet</c>

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and<00:22:22.880><c> with</c><00:22:23.019><c> a</c><00:22:23.180><c> message</c><00:22:23.400><c> from</c><00:22:23.660><c> God.</c>

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But<00:22:26.259><c> the</c><00:22:26.460><c> reality</c><00:22:26.759><c> was</c><00:22:27.599><c> it</c><00:22:29.519><c> still</c><00:22:29.960><c> represented</c><00:22:30.539><c> the</c><00:22:30.920><c> offer</c><00:22:31.660><c> of</c>

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fellowship<00:22:33.859><c> with</c><00:22:35.460><c> Bethel.</c>

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I<00:22:37.779><c> think</c><00:22:37.960><c> the</c><00:22:38.160><c> old</c><00:22:38.400><c> prophet,</c><00:22:38.660><c> by</c><00:22:38.839><c> the</c><00:22:38.920><c> way,</c><00:22:39.039><c> hadn't</c><00:22:39.240><c> considered</c><00:22:39.640><c> the</c><00:22:39.839><c> implication</c><00:22:40.299><c> of</c>

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his<00:22:40.559><c> own</c><00:22:40.720><c> request.</c>

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All<00:22:41.460><c> he</c><00:22:41.619><c> wanted</c><00:22:41.839><c> was</c><00:22:42.099><c> come</c><00:22:42.400><c> home</c><00:22:42.500><c> and</c><00:22:42.599><c> have</c><00:22:42.660><c> a</c><00:22:42.740><c> meal</c><00:22:42.839><c> with</c><00:22:43.019><c> me.</c>

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But<00:22:43.700><c> he</c><00:22:43.779><c> didn't</c><00:22:44.000><c> realize</c><00:22:44.440><c> that</c><00:22:44.599><c> what</c><00:22:44.660><c> he</c><00:22:44.779><c> was</c><00:22:44.920><c> actually</c><00:22:45.220><c> asking</c><00:22:45.819><c> the</c>

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man<00:22:46.759><c> of</c><00:22:47.000><c> God</c><00:22:47.220><c> to</c><00:22:47.599><c> do</c><00:22:48.019><c> was</c><00:22:48.440><c> to</c><00:22:48.859><c> deny</c><00:22:49.839><c> his</c>

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commission<00:22:51.420><c> from</c><00:22:51.700><c> God.</c>

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He<00:22:54.019><c> was</c><00:22:54.259><c> asking</c><00:22:54.519><c> him</c><00:22:54.680><c> to</c><00:22:54.940><c> break</c><00:22:55.240><c> what</c><00:22:55.700><c> God</c><00:22:55.940><c> had</c><00:22:56.200><c> charged</c><00:22:56.440><c> him</c>

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to<00:22:56.819><c> do.</c>

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Now,<00:22:57.500><c> do</c><00:22:57.619><c> you</c><00:22:57.740><c> think</c><00:22:57.880><c> the</c><00:22:58.079><c> old</c><00:22:58.279><c> prophet</c><00:22:58.500><c> did</c><00:22:58.680><c> that</c><00:22:58.859><c> on</c><00:22:59.200><c> purpose,</c><00:22:59.740><c> to</c><00:22:59.980><c> undermine</c><00:23:00.480><c> the</c>

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credibility<00:23:01.420><c> of</c>

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Or<00:23:02.460><c> do</c><00:23:02.920><c> you</c><00:23:02.940><c> think</c><00:23:03.079><c> he</c><00:23:03.200><c> did</c><00:23:03.380><c> it</c><00:23:03.720><c> out</c><00:23:03.880><c> of</c><00:23:04.039><c> a</c><00:23:04.200><c> genuine</c><00:23:04.720><c> desire</c><00:23:05.359><c> to</c>

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be<00:23:05.779><c> nourished</c><00:23:06.180><c> in</c><00:23:06.700><c> spiritual</c><00:23:07.180><c> things?</c>

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And<00:23:08.019><c> I</c><00:23:08.180><c> think</c><00:23:08.299><c> the</c><00:23:08.440><c> very</c><00:23:08.720><c> nature</c><00:23:09.039><c> of</c><00:23:09.240><c> his</c><00:23:09.420><c> ride</c><00:23:09.720><c> and</c><00:23:10.099><c> his</c><00:23:10.279><c> subsequent</c><00:23:10.799><c> behavior</c><00:23:11.259><c> will</c>

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tell<00:23:11.700><c> us</c><00:23:11.900><c> all</c><00:23:12.140><c> that</c>

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his<00:23:13.599><c> intentions</c><00:23:14.339><c> were</c><00:23:14.720><c> honorable</c><00:23:15.119><c> and</c><00:23:15.259><c> his</c><00:23:15.500><c> purpose</c><00:23:15.839><c> was</c><00:23:16.200><c> genuine.</c>

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But<00:23:17.740><c> the</c><00:23:17.940><c> reality</c><00:23:18.339><c> was,</c><00:23:18.859><c> brothers</c><00:23:18.960><c> and</c><00:23:19.200><c> sisters,</c><00:23:19.359><c> it</c><00:23:19.500><c> was</c><00:23:19.720><c> still</c><00:23:19.980><c> wrong,</c><00:23:21.019><c> wasn't</c><00:23:21.180><c> it?</c>

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It<00:23:22.279><c> was</c><00:23:22.500><c> something</c><00:23:22.700><c> that</c><00:23:22.900><c> he</c><00:23:23.019><c> ought</c><00:23:23.200><c> not</c><00:23:23.460><c> to</c><00:23:23.700><c> have</c><00:23:23.880><c> done.</c>

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And<00:23:25.880><c> one</c><00:23:25.980><c> of</c><00:23:26.140><c> the</c><00:23:26.200><c> lessons,</c><00:23:26.740><c> perhaps,</c><00:23:26.880><c> of</c><00:23:27.019><c> this</c><00:23:27.299><c> story</c><00:23:27.539><c> is</c><00:23:27.759><c> how</c>

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wrong<00:23:28.319><c> behavior</c><00:23:28.839><c> on</c><00:23:29.099><c> the</c><00:23:29.299><c> part</c><00:23:29.460><c> of</c><00:23:29.680><c> one</c><00:23:30.000><c> person</c>

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can<00:23:30.839><c> suddenly</c><00:23:31.200><c> lead</c><00:23:31.420><c> to</c><00:23:31.619><c> a</c><00:23:31.799><c> wrong</c><00:23:31.960><c> response</c><00:23:32.420><c> on</c><00:23:32.599><c> the</c><00:23:32.779><c> part</c><00:23:32.920><c> of</c><00:23:33.140><c> another.</c>

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And<00:23:33.740><c> suddenly</c><00:23:33.920><c> there's</c><00:23:34.200><c> a</c><00:23:34.359><c> cascade</c><00:23:34.740><c> of</c><00:23:35.099><c> wrong</c><00:23:35.319><c> behavior,</c><00:23:36.059><c> all</c>

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triggered<00:23:36.539><c> by</c><00:23:36.819><c> someone</c><00:23:37.019><c> in</c><00:23:37.200><c> the</c><00:23:37.359><c> first</c><00:23:37.619><c> instance</c>

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who<00:23:38.380><c> did</c><00:23:38.599><c> something</c><00:23:38.980><c> wrong</c><00:23:39.200><c> that</c><00:23:39.339><c> they</c><00:23:39.539><c> ought</c><00:23:39.700><c> not</c><00:23:39.920><c> to</c><00:23:40.079><c> have</c><00:23:40.279><c> done.</c>

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And<00:23:44.200><c> so</c><00:23:44.640><c> the</c><00:23:45.019><c> man</c><00:23:45.200><c> of</c><00:23:45.420><c> God,</c><00:23:45.819><c> and</c><00:23:45.960><c> rightly</c><00:23:46.279><c> so,</c><00:23:47.720><c> says</c><00:23:47.859><c> in</c><00:23:48.059><c> verse</c>

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16,<00:23:50.220><c> I</c><00:23:50.460><c> may</c><00:23:50.859><c> not</c><00:23:51.380><c> return</c><00:23:52.279><c> with</c><00:23:52.700><c> thee,</c><00:23:54.279><c> nor</c>

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go<00:23:54.700><c> in</c><00:23:54.900><c> with</c><00:23:55.200><c> thee,</c><00:23:56.259><c> neither</c><00:23:56.440><c> will</c><00:23:56.660><c> I</c><00:23:56.799><c> eat</c><00:23:56.960><c> bread</c><00:23:57.180><c> nor</c><00:23:57.420><c> drink</c>

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water<00:23:57.940><c> with</c><00:23:58.160><c> thee</c><00:23:58.339><c> in</c><00:23:58.539><c> this</c><00:23:58.859><c> place.</c>

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You<00:23:59.220><c> see</c><00:23:59.359><c> that</c><00:23:59.519><c> key</c><00:23:59.799><c> phrase,</c><00:24:00.380><c> I</c><00:24:00.500><c> may</c><00:24:00.720><c> not</c><00:24:00.900><c> return</c><00:24:01.519><c> with</c><00:24:02.039><c> thee,</c>

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nor<00:24:03.000><c> go</c><00:24:03.279><c> in</c><00:24:03.740><c> with</c><00:24:04.339><c> thee,</c><00:24:05.039><c> nor</c><00:24:05.180><c> eat</c><00:24:05.440><c> bread</c>

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nor<00:24:05.799><c> drink</c><00:24:06.000><c> water</c><00:24:06.400><c> with</c><00:24:07.019><c> thee,</c><00:24:07.480><c> you</c><00:24:07.640><c> see</c><00:24:07.660><c> it</c><00:24:07.740><c> was</c><00:24:07.839><c> all</c><00:24:08.019><c> a</c><00:24:08.119><c> question</c><00:24:08.279><c> of</c>

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fellowship,<00:24:09.299><c> all</c><00:24:09.559><c> about</c><00:24:09.839><c> the</c>

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matter<00:24:10.140><c> of</c><00:24:10.339><c> fellowship.</c>

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He<00:24:10.720><c> says,</c><00:24:10.859><c> I</c><00:24:10.920><c> can't</c><00:24:11.200><c> do</c><00:24:11.460><c> that,</c><00:24:11.660><c> he</c><00:24:11.819><c> says.</c>

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In<00:24:12.940><c> fact,</c><00:24:13.099><c> he</c><00:24:13.220><c> says,</c><00:24:13.480><c> neither</c><00:24:13.660><c> will</c><00:24:13.779><c> I</c><00:24:13.920><c> eat</c><00:24:14.039><c> bread</c><00:24:14.240><c> nor</c><00:24:14.440><c> drink</c>

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water<00:24:14.960><c> with</c><00:24:15.160><c> thee</c><00:24:15.279><c> in</c><00:24:15.460><c> this</c><00:24:15.779><c> place.</c>

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Now,<00:24:17.339><c> do</c><00:24:17.440><c> you</c><00:24:17.460><c> notice</c><00:24:17.660><c> how</c><00:24:17.940><c> significant</c><00:24:18.359><c> that</c><00:24:18.619><c> phrase,</c><00:24:18.920><c> this</c>

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place,<00:24:19.559><c> must</c><00:24:19.839><c> be</c><00:24:20.220><c> in</c><00:24:20.460><c> effect</c><00:24:20.680><c> in</c><00:24:20.880><c> verse</c><00:24:21.099><c> 16?</c>

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Because<00:24:22.039><c> when</c><00:24:22.200><c> he</c><00:24:22.380><c> says</c><00:24:22.519><c> this</c><00:24:22.819><c> place,</c><00:24:23.519><c> what</c><00:24:23.660><c> does</c><00:24:23.819><c> he</c><00:24:23.980><c> mean?</c>

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Well,<00:24:24.319><c> of</c><00:24:24.400><c> course,</c><00:24:24.519><c> he</c><00:24:24.539><c> means</c><00:24:24.759><c> Bethel,</c><00:24:25.240><c> doesn't</c><00:24:25.500><c> he?</c>

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But<00:24:28.380><c> you</c><00:24:28.500><c> wouldn't</c><00:24:28.759><c> say</c><00:24:29.059><c> this</c><00:24:29.460><c> place,</c><00:24:30.160><c> meaning</c><00:24:30.579><c> Bethel,</c><00:24:33.720><c> unless</c><00:24:33.920><c> you're</c><00:24:34.140><c> still</c><00:24:34.359><c> right</c><00:24:34.599><c> next</c><00:24:34.920><c> door</c>

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to<00:24:35.279><c> Bethel,</c><00:24:36.279><c> to</c><00:24:36.500><c> call</c><00:24:36.700><c> it</c><00:24:37.220><c> this</c><00:24:37.559><c> place.</c>

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Man<00:24:40.259><c> of</c><00:24:40.440><c> God</c><00:24:40.559><c> hasn't</c><00:24:40.740><c> gone</c><00:24:40.940><c> very</c><00:24:41.220><c> far</c><00:24:41.400><c> at</c><00:24:41.619><c> all,</c><00:24:41.940><c> has</c><00:24:42.140><c> he?</c>

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On<00:24:43.539><c> his</c><00:24:43.720><c> apparent</c><00:24:44.059><c> journey</c><00:24:44.420><c> homewards.</c>

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You<00:24:45.599><c> see</c><00:24:45.700><c> there's</c><00:24:46.220><c> inconsistencies</c><00:24:47.200><c> in</c><00:24:47.779><c> this</c><00:24:48.119><c> man's</c><00:24:48.920><c> attitude</c><00:24:49.519><c> and</c><00:24:50.460><c> conduct.</c>

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Now,<00:24:51.980><c> here's</c><00:24:52.460><c> a</c><00:24:52.559><c> couple</c><00:24:52.700><c> of</c><00:24:52.880><c> New</c><00:24:53.059><c> Testament</c><00:24:53.480><c> references</c><00:24:53.980><c> that</c>

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illustrate<00:24:55.099><c> the</c><00:24:55.339><c> principle</c><00:24:55.740><c> that</c><00:24:56.180><c> the</c><00:24:56.319><c> man</c>

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of<00:24:56.579><c> God</c><00:24:56.839><c> had</c><00:24:57.220><c> really</c><00:24:57.700><c> failed</c><00:24:58.000><c> to</c><00:24:58.299><c> understand</c><00:24:58.779><c> and</c><00:24:59.000><c> to</c><00:24:59.200><c> hold</c><00:24:59.460><c> by.</c>

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The<00:25:00.660><c> first</c><00:25:00.859><c> of</c><00:25:01.039><c> those</c><00:25:01.180><c> is</c><00:25:01.359><c> in</c><00:25:01.460><c> the</c><00:25:01.599><c> second</c><00:25:01.759><c> of</c><00:25:01.940><c> Corinthians</c><00:25:02.279><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:25:02.819><c> six,</c><00:25:03.779><c> two</c><00:25:03.940><c> New</c><00:25:04.200><c> Testament</c><00:25:04.619><c> passages</c>

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about<00:25:05.420><c> the</c><00:25:05.759><c> clarity</c><00:25:06.019><c> of</c><00:25:06.359><c> thought</c><00:25:06.559><c> needed</c><00:25:07.059><c> with</c><00:25:07.500><c> regard</c><00:25:07.839><c> to</c><00:25:08.039><c> what</c><00:25:08.279><c> we</c>

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fellowship<00:25:09.140><c> and</c><00:25:09.400><c> what</c><00:25:09.619><c> we</c><00:25:09.900><c> don't</c><00:25:10.339><c> fellowship.</c>

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Second<00:25:11.640><c> of</c><00:25:11.819><c> Corinthians</c><00:25:12.140><c> chapter</c><00:25:12.539><c> six</c><00:25:12.880><c> puts</c><00:25:13.119><c> it</c><00:25:13.319><c> this</c><00:25:13.579><c> way,</c>

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when<00:25:15.259><c> it</c><00:25:15.579><c> says</c><00:25:15.880><c> in</c><00:25:16.420><c> verse</c><00:25:16.740><c> 14</c><00:25:17.400><c> these</c><00:25:18.019><c> words,</c>

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Second<00:25:19.619><c> Corinthians</c><00:25:19.940><c> 6,</c><00:25:20.359><c> 14</c><00:25:20.859><c> says,</c>

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and<00:25:48.900><c> walk</c><00:25:49.039><c> in</c><00:25:50.140><c> them</c><00:25:50.259><c> and</c><00:25:50.380><c> I</c><00:25:50.500><c> will</c><00:25:50.619><c> be</c><00:25:50.799><c> their</c><00:25:51.000><c> God</c><00:25:51.200><c> and</c><00:25:51.359><c> they</c><00:25:51.539><c> shall</c><00:25:51.640><c> be</c>

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my<00:25:52.059><c> people.</c>

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Wherefore<00:25:53.420><c> come</c><00:25:53.920><c> out</c><00:25:54.539><c> from</c><00:25:54.839><c> among</c><00:25:55.299><c> them</c><00:25:55.460><c> and</c><00:25:55.799><c> be</c><00:25:56.220><c> ye</c><00:25:56.880><c> separate,</c><00:25:57.660><c> saith</c>

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the<00:25:58.000><c> Lord,</c><00:25:58.779><c> and</c><00:25:59.319><c> touch</c><00:25:59.799><c> not</c><00:26:00.240><c> the</c>

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unclean<00:26:01.099><c> thing</c><00:26:01.619><c> and</c><00:26:02.180><c> I</c><00:26:02.700><c> will</c><00:26:03.059><c> receive</c><00:26:03.599><c> you.</c>

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There<00:26:06.079><c> ought</c><00:26:06.220><c> to</c><00:26:06.380><c> be</c><00:26:06.539><c> no</c><00:26:06.799><c> fellowship</c><00:26:07.259><c> between</c><00:26:07.859><c> righteousness</c>

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and<00:26:08.839><c> unrighteousness</c><00:26:09.720><c> and</c><00:26:09.839><c> this</c>

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man<00:26:10.380><c> of</c><00:26:10.559><c> God</c><00:26:10.660><c> had</c><00:26:10.819><c> been</c><00:26:11.000><c> sent</c><00:26:11.180><c> on</c><00:26:11.400><c> a</c><00:26:11.460><c> mission</c><00:26:11.640><c> to</c><00:26:11.839><c> declare</c><00:26:12.099><c> that</c>

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very<00:26:12.599><c> principle</c><00:26:13.059><c> in</c><00:26:13.500><c> the</c><00:26:13.660><c> face</c><00:26:13.839><c> of</c><00:26:14.019><c> the</c><00:26:14.140><c> king.</c>

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And<00:26:14.579><c> yet</c><00:26:14.799><c> now</c><00:26:15.119><c> he</c><00:26:15.319><c> seems</c><00:26:15.599><c> to</c><00:26:15.779><c> be</c><00:26:15.920><c> unclear</c><00:26:16.400><c> about</c><00:26:16.859><c> the</c><00:26:17.099><c> dimensions</c><00:26:17.700><c> of</c><00:26:18.700><c> the</c>

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charge<00:26:19.380><c> given</c><00:26:19.700><c> to</c><00:26:20.099><c> him.</c>

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And<00:26:22.960><c> now</c><00:26:23.180><c> Ephesians</c><00:26:23.619><c> chapter</c><00:26:24.039><c> five</c><00:26:24.980><c> and</c><00:26:25.519><c> reading</c><00:26:25.779><c> from</c><00:26:26.059><c> verses</c><00:26:26.359><c> six</c>

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to<00:26:27.019><c> 11.</c>

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And<00:26:28.660><c> Ephesians</c><00:26:29.059><c> five</c><00:26:29.559><c> says</c><00:26:29.799><c> something</c><00:26:30.200><c> very</c><00:26:30.599><c> similar</c><00:26:31.039><c> and</c><00:26:31.579><c> it</c>

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captures<00:26:32.059><c> the</c><00:26:32.339><c> same</c>

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spirit<00:26:33.359><c> of</c><00:26:33.660><c> determination</c><00:26:34.339><c> and</c><00:26:34.740><c> decisiveness.</c>

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Ephesians<00:26:36.099><c> five</c><00:26:36.440><c> verse</c><00:26:36.680><c> six</c><00:26:37.079><c> says,</c>

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Because<00:26:44.539><c> of</c><00:26:44.880><c> these</c><00:26:45.200><c> things</c><00:26:45.519><c> cometh</c><00:26:45.859><c> the</c><00:26:46.039><c> wrath</c><00:26:46.140><c> of</c><00:26:46.380><c> God</c><00:26:46.660><c> upon</c>

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the<00:26:47.160><c> children</c><00:26:47.400><c> of</c><00:26:47.700><c> disobedience.</c>

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Be<00:26:49.980><c> not</c><00:26:50.259><c> ye</c><00:26:50.500><c> therefore</c><00:26:50.920><c> partakers</c><00:26:51.539><c> with</c><00:26:51.920><c> them.</c>

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For<00:26:53.420><c> ye</c><00:26:53.599><c> were</c><00:26:53.819><c> sometimes</c><00:26:54.559><c> darkness,</c><00:26:55.720><c> but</c><00:26:55.859><c> now</c><00:26:56.299><c> are</c><00:26:56.539><c> ye</c><00:26:56.680><c> light</c>

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in<00:26:57.119><c> the</c><00:26:57.279><c> Lord,</c><00:26:58.519><c> walkers</c><00:26:59.059><c> children</c><00:26:59.539><c> of</c><00:26:59.960><c> light.</c>

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For<00:27:01.140><c> the</c><00:27:01.380><c> fruit</c><00:27:01.480><c> of</c><00:27:01.660><c> the</c><00:27:01.900><c> spirit</c><00:27:02.079><c> is</c><00:27:02.259><c> in</c><00:27:02.400><c> all</c><00:27:02.660><c> goodness</c><00:27:02.980><c> and</c>

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righteousness<00:27:03.779><c> and</c><00:27:04.279><c> truth,</c>

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proving<00:27:05.460><c> what</c><00:27:05.680><c> is</c><00:27:06.119><c> acceptable</c><00:27:06.480><c> unto</c><00:27:06.759><c> the</c><00:27:07.019><c> Lord,</c><00:27:08.140><c> and</c><00:27:08.500><c> have</c><00:27:08.779><c> no</c>

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fellowship<00:27:09.819><c> with</c><00:27:10.099><c> the</c><00:27:10.359><c> unfruitful</c><00:27:11.140><c> works</c><00:27:11.480><c> of</c>

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darkness,<00:27:13.500><c> but</c><00:27:13.880><c> rather</c><00:27:14.920><c> reprove</c><00:27:15.920><c> them.</c>

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Have<00:27:16.460><c> no</c><00:27:17.319><c> fellowship</c><00:27:18.000><c> with</c><00:27:18.579><c> the</c><00:27:18.880><c> unfruitful</c><00:27:19.759><c> works</c><00:27:20.200><c> of</c><00:27:20.619><c> darkness.</c>

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You<00:27:21.440><c> see</c><00:27:21.519><c> part</c><00:27:21.819><c> of</c><00:27:21.960><c> the</c><00:27:22.079><c> wisdom</c><00:27:22.319><c> of</c><00:27:22.500><c> the</c><00:27:22.720><c> truth,</c><00:27:23.059><c> brothers</c><00:27:23.200><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:27:23.859><c> is</c><00:27:24.039><c> to</c><00:27:24.259><c> learn</c><00:27:24.400><c> what</c><00:27:24.700><c> things</c>

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:29.140
we<00:27:25.380><c> need</c><00:27:25.519><c> to</c><00:27:25.740><c> stand</c><00:27:25.920><c> apart</c><00:27:26.299><c> from</c><00:27:26.619><c> and</c><00:27:27.019><c> remember</c><00:27:27.359><c> that</c><00:27:27.539><c> this</c><00:27:27.740><c> imperative</c><00:27:28.259><c> for</c><00:27:28.519><c> him</c><00:27:28.640><c> not</c><00:27:28.859><c> to</c>

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associate<00:27:29.559><c> back</c>

00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:31.460
in<00:27:29.960><c> the</c><00:27:30.059><c> first</c><00:27:30.259><c> of</c><00:27:30.420><c> Kings</c><00:27:30.619><c> chapter</c><00:27:30.960><c> 13.</c>

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:33.980
This<00:27:32.119><c> wasn't</c><00:27:32.400><c> of</c><00:27:32.579><c> the</c><00:27:32.680><c> man</c><00:27:32.799><c> of</c><00:27:32.960><c> God's</c><00:27:33.200><c> own</c><00:27:33.480><c> direction.</c>

00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:37.779
This<00:27:34.599><c> is</c><00:27:35.019><c> laid</c><00:27:35.299><c> upon</c><00:27:35.640><c> him</c><00:27:35.819><c> by</c><00:27:36.420><c> Almighty</c><00:27:36.900><c> God</c><00:27:37.200><c> himself.</c>

00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:40.279
I<00:27:38.079><c> think</c><00:27:38.259><c> there's</c><00:27:38.440><c> a</c><00:27:38.599><c> problem</c><00:27:38.839><c> here,</c><00:27:39.160><c> brothers</c><00:27:39.319><c> and</c><00:27:39.559><c> sisters,</c>

00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:42.299
in<00:27:40.519><c> the</c><00:27:40.680><c> life</c><00:27:40.880><c> of</c><00:27:41.680><c> the</c><00:27:41.779><c> man</c><00:27:41.960><c> of</c><00:27:42.160><c> God,</c>

00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:44.299
and<00:27:42.440><c> I</c><00:27:42.500><c> think</c><00:27:42.660><c> the</c><00:27:42.799><c> problem</c><00:27:43.039><c> is</c><00:27:43.240><c> this.</c>

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:52.079
It's<00:27:47.039><c> about</c><00:27:47.640><c> the</c><00:27:48.359><c> matter</c><00:27:49.220><c> of</c><00:27:50.579><c> procrastination.</c>

00:27:53.940 --> 00:27:58.160
You<00:27:54.160><c> see</c><00:27:54.299><c> the</c><00:27:54.420><c> man</c><00:27:54.680><c> of</c><00:27:54.920><c> God</c><00:27:55.259><c> procrastinated</c><00:27:56.579><c> in</c><00:27:57.440><c> expediting</c>

00:27:58.160 --> 00:28:00.000
his<00:27:58.440><c> return</c><00:27:58.859><c> to</c><00:27:59.160><c> Judah,</c>

00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:03.960
and<00:28:00.380><c> he</c><00:28:00.599><c> lost</c><00:28:00.900><c> his</c><00:28:01.220><c> life</c><00:28:01.680><c> in</c><00:28:02.079><c> the</c><00:28:02.420><c> circumstances</c><00:28:02.980><c> which</c><00:28:03.380><c> followed</c><00:28:03.680><c> his</c>

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:06.019
return<00:28:04.579><c> to</c><00:28:04.859><c> that</c><00:28:05.140><c> place.</c>

00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:08.740
And<00:28:06.420><c> it's</c><00:28:06.660><c> all</c><00:28:06.859><c> because</c><00:28:07.160><c> he</c><00:28:07.259><c> didn't</c><00:28:07.500><c> get</c><00:28:07.700><c> away</c><00:28:07.920><c> quickly</c><00:28:08.339><c> enough.</c>

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:12.160
Not<00:28:09.319><c> so</c><00:28:09.599><c> much</c><00:28:09.779><c> on</c><00:28:09.980><c> his</c><00:28:10.279><c> feet,</c><00:28:10.539><c> but</c><00:28:10.700><c> in</c><00:28:10.880><c> his</c><00:28:11.140><c> mind.</c>

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:15.579
He<00:28:13.759><c> held</c><00:28:14.000><c> back,</c><00:28:14.440><c> didn't</c><00:28:14.519><c> he?</c>

00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:17.839
He<00:28:16.119><c> really</c><00:28:16.420><c> must</c><00:28:16.660><c> have</c><00:28:16.740><c> because</c><00:28:16.880><c> he's</c><00:28:17.140><c> sitting</c><00:28:17.299><c> under</c><00:28:17.599><c> that</c>

00:28:17.839 --> 00:28:18.359
oak<00:28:18.079><c> tree,</c>

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:21.720
not<00:28:18.839><c> too</c><00:28:19.200><c> far</c><00:28:19.400><c> away</c><00:28:19.619><c> from</c><00:28:19.880><c> Bethel</c><00:28:20.299><c> at</c><00:28:20.599><c> all.</c>

00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:25.759
The<00:28:22.700><c> old</c><00:28:22.880><c> prophet</c><00:28:23.299><c> almost</c><00:28:23.799><c> comes</c><00:28:24.039><c> upon</c><00:28:24.240><c> him</c><00:28:24.359><c> before</c><00:28:24.539><c> he's</c><00:28:25.119><c> gone</c><00:28:25.299><c> on</c>

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.900
the<00:28:25.940><c> ass.</c>

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He<00:28:29.240><c> procrastinated.</c>

00:28:32.599 --> 00:28:36.240
We're<00:28:33.079><c> told</c><00:28:33.299><c> in</c><00:28:33.960><c> Genesis</c><00:28:34.279><c> chapter</c><00:28:34.619><c> 19</c><00:28:35.000><c> and</c><00:28:35.220><c> verse</c><00:28:35.440><c> 26</c><00:28:36.000><c> that</c>

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:38.119
Lot's<00:28:36.619><c> wife</c><00:28:37.099><c> procrastinated</c>

00:28:38.119 --> 00:28:40.279
in<00:28:38.819><c> her</c><00:28:39.059><c> flight</c><00:28:39.240><c> from</c><00:28:39.539><c> Sodom.</c>

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:43.880
She<00:28:41.400><c> lost</c><00:28:41.680><c> her</c><00:28:41.880><c> life</c><00:28:42.059><c> in</c><00:28:42.240><c> the</c><00:28:42.480><c> catastrophe</c><00:28:42.940><c> which</c><00:28:43.460><c> overthrew</c>

00:28:43.880 --> 00:28:45.099
that<00:28:44.200><c> place.</c>

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:46.839
You'll<00:28:45.519><c> remember</c><00:28:45.740><c> what</c><00:28:45.900><c> the</c><00:28:46.180><c> record</c><00:28:46.460><c> says.</c>

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:49.480
The<00:28:47.279><c> record</c><00:28:47.539><c> says</c><00:28:47.779><c> in</c><00:28:47.980><c> the</c><00:28:48.160><c> Genesis</c><00:28:48.519><c> version,</c><00:28:49.000><c> of</c><00:28:49.160><c> course,</c>

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:51.059
and<00:28:50.160><c> rather</c><00:28:50.460><c> vividly</c><00:28:50.880><c> so,</c>

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:52.519
that<00:28:51.200><c> she</c><00:28:51.400><c> became</c><00:28:51.640><c> a</c><00:28:51.839><c> pillar</c><00:28:52.019><c> of</c><00:28:52.279><c> salt.</c>

00:28:52.819 --> 00:28:56.119
But<00:28:52.920><c> when</c><00:28:53.079><c> the</c><00:28:53.220><c> Lord</c><00:28:53.359><c> takes</c><00:28:53.700><c> up</c><00:28:53.920><c> the</c><00:28:54.140><c> teaching,</c><00:28:54.680><c> the</c><00:28:54.920><c> implication</c><00:28:55.440><c> of</c><00:28:55.880><c> the</c>

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:56.920
story<00:28:56.339><c> of</c><00:28:56.500><c> Lot's</c><00:28:56.779><c> wife,</c>

00:28:56.920 --> 00:29:00.839
he<00:28:57.039><c> says</c><00:28:57.299><c> this</c><00:28:57.700><c> in</c><00:28:57.920><c> the</c><00:28:58.079><c> Gospel</c><00:28:58.400><c> of</c><00:28:58.599><c> Luke</c><00:28:58.819><c> in</c><00:28:59.140><c> chapter</c><00:28:59.400><c> 18</c><00:28:59.859><c> verse</c><00:29:00.180><c> 31.</c>

00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:03.980
He<00:29:01.019><c> says,</c><00:29:01.240><c> in</c><00:29:01.240><c> that</c><00:29:01.559><c> day,</c><00:29:02.259><c> he</c><00:29:02.259><c> which</c><00:29:02.579><c> shall</c><00:29:02.759><c> be</c><00:29:02.960><c> upon</c><00:29:03.160><c> the</c><00:29:03.420><c> housetop</c><00:29:03.799><c> and</c>

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.980
has<00:29:04.200><c> stuff</c><00:29:04.299><c> in</c><00:29:04.480><c> the</c><00:29:04.680><c> house,</c>

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:07.259
let<00:29:05.460><c> him</c><00:29:05.720><c> not</c><00:29:05.940><c> come</c><00:29:06.259><c> down</c><00:29:06.480><c> to</c><00:29:06.700><c> take</c><00:29:06.839><c> it</c><00:29:07.000><c> away.</c>

00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:10.000
And<00:29:07.720><c> he</c><00:29:07.839><c> that</c><00:29:07.940><c> is</c><00:29:08.079><c> in</c><00:29:08.180><c> the</c><00:29:08.339><c> field,</c><00:29:08.680><c> let</c><00:29:08.759><c> him</c><00:29:09.039><c> likewise</c><00:29:09.579><c> not</c>

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return<00:29:10.420><c> back.</c>

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Do<00:29:11.019><c> not</c><00:29:11.240><c> loiter.</c>

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Do<00:29:11.819><c> not</c><00:29:12.079><c> delay.</c>

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Do<00:29:12.880><c> not</c><00:29:13.140><c> procrastinate,</c><00:29:13.940><c> says</c><00:29:14.000><c> the</c><00:29:14.240><c> Lord.</c>

00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:16.940
And<00:29:14.759><c> then</c><00:29:14.880><c> he</c><00:29:15.000><c> says,</c><00:29:15.460><c> remember</c><00:29:15.740><c> Lot's</c><00:29:16.079><c> wife.</c>

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That's<00:29:18.380><c> what</c><00:29:18.519><c> she</c><00:29:18.720><c> did.</c>

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:23.200
She<00:29:21.440><c> lost</c><00:29:21.680><c> her</c><00:29:21.859><c> life</c><00:29:22.019><c> because</c><00:29:22.279><c> of</c><00:29:22.480><c> that.</c>

00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:28.880
In<00:29:25.099><c> the</c><00:29:25.220><c> second</c><00:29:25.440><c> of</c><00:29:25.640><c> Samuel</c><00:29:25.960><c> chapter</c><00:29:26.299><c> 20</c><00:29:26.660><c> in</c><00:29:26.859><c> verse</c><00:29:27.380><c> 5,</c><00:29:28.579><c> we're</c>

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told<00:29:29.059><c> that</c><00:29:29.259><c> Amasa,</c>

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who'd<00:29:30.740><c> been</c><00:29:30.940><c> appointed</c><00:29:31.279><c> as</c><00:29:31.559><c> captain</c><00:29:31.799><c> of</c><00:29:31.960><c> the</c><00:29:32.099><c> host,</c><00:29:32.380><c> was</c><00:29:32.460><c> sent</c>

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:34.819
off<00:29:32.880><c> by</c><00:29:33.200><c> David</c><00:29:33.400><c> to</c><00:29:33.660><c> assemble</c><00:29:34.079><c> the</c><00:29:34.400><c> army</c>

00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:37.900
within<00:29:35.059><c> a</c><00:29:35.319><c> specified</c><00:29:35.799><c> time</c><00:29:36.200><c> period,</c><00:29:36.720><c> but</c><00:29:36.859><c> he</c><00:29:37.160><c> procrastinated</c>

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to<00:29:38.359><c> get</c><00:29:38.559><c> them</c><00:29:38.680><c> all</c><00:29:38.900><c> together.</c>

00:29:39.400 --> 00:29:41.079
In<00:29:39.519><c> fact,</c><00:29:39.599><c> he</c><00:29:39.740><c> went</c><00:29:39.880><c> beyond</c><00:29:40.220><c> the</c><00:29:40.420><c> appointed</c><00:29:40.700><c> time.</c>

00:29:41.380 --> 00:29:43.779
And<00:29:41.619><c> David,</c><00:29:41.920><c> in</c><00:29:42.019><c> his</c><00:29:42.259><c> frustration</c><00:29:42.839><c> at</c><00:29:43.019><c> the</c><00:29:43.180><c> urgency</c><00:29:43.539><c> of</c><00:29:43.720><c> the</c>

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:45.220
matter,<00:29:44.220><c> made</c><00:29:44.319><c> other</c><00:29:44.619><c> arrangements.</c>

00:29:45.660 --> 00:29:50.119
And<00:29:45.900><c> because</c><00:29:46.119><c> of</c><00:29:46.279><c> that</c><00:29:46.500><c> change</c><00:29:46.799><c> of</c><00:29:47.059><c> plan,</c><00:29:48.000><c> Joab</c><00:29:48.180><c> took</c><00:29:48.400><c> opportunity</c><00:29:49.019><c> to</c><00:29:49.400><c> slay</c><00:29:49.779><c> Amasa.</c>

00:29:50.119 --> 00:29:56.200
He<00:29:50.259><c> lost</c><00:29:50.579><c> his</c><00:29:50.940><c> life</c><00:29:51.440><c> partly</c><00:29:51.859><c> because</c><00:29:52.619><c> he</c><00:29:53.200><c> delayed</c><00:29:53.740><c> to</c><00:29:55.619><c> do</c><00:29:55.819><c> something</c><00:29:56.059><c> he'd</c>

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:58.299
been<00:29:56.400><c> asked</c><00:29:56.660><c> to</c><00:29:56.839><c> do.</c>

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Whatever<00:30:00.019><c> the</c><00:30:00.240><c> reasons</c><00:30:00.500><c> behind</c><00:30:01.259><c> what</c><00:30:01.599><c> happened,</c><00:30:02.920><c> there</c><00:30:02.960><c> was</c>

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procrastination<00:30:04.240><c> here.</c>

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And<00:30:07.059><c> in</c><00:30:07.240><c> Jeremiah</c><00:30:07.619><c> chapter</c><00:30:07.940><c> 38</c><00:30:08.380><c> in</c><00:30:08.579><c> verses</c><00:30:08.880><c> 16</c><00:30:09.420><c> to</c><00:30:09.579><c> 21,</c><00:30:10.579><c> we're</c>

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:12.720
told<00:30:11.160><c> that</c><00:30:11.400><c> the</c><00:30:11.599><c> prophet</c><00:30:11.779><c> Jeremiah</c><00:30:12.259><c> said</c><00:30:12.539><c> to</c>

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:16.900
Zedekiah,<00:30:13.740><c> you</c><00:30:13.900><c> ought</c><00:30:14.180><c> to</c><00:30:14.359><c> go</c><00:30:14.579><c> out</c><00:30:14.799><c> and</c><00:30:15.059><c> surrender</c><00:30:15.660><c> to</c><00:30:16.160><c> the</c><00:30:16.299><c> king</c><00:30:16.640><c> of</c>

00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:18.200
the<00:30:17.059><c> Babylonians,</c><00:30:17.640><c> and</c><00:30:17.740><c> if</c><00:30:17.920><c> you</c><00:30:18.079><c> do,</c>

00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:20.460
you<00:30:18.299><c> will</c><00:30:18.440><c> be</c><00:30:18.680><c> safe,</c><00:30:18.960><c> and</c><00:30:19.019><c> you</c><00:30:19.079><c> will</c><00:30:19.259><c> be</c><00:30:19.420><c> well,</c><00:30:19.640><c> and</c><00:30:19.759><c> your</c><00:30:19.940><c> family</c><00:30:20.259><c> will</c>

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:21.240
be<00:30:20.579><c> looked</c><00:30:20.779><c> after,</c>

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and<00:30:21.619><c> all</c><00:30:21.859><c> will</c><00:30:22.039><c> be</c><00:30:22.220><c> well</c><00:30:22.339><c> if</c><00:30:22.500><c> you</c><00:30:22.779><c> surrender</c><00:30:23.160><c> to</c><00:30:23.359><c> the</c><00:30:23.599><c> reality</c>

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:25.420
that<00:30:24.339><c> the</c><00:30:24.480><c> king</c><00:30:24.640><c> of</c><00:30:24.819><c> Babylon's</c><00:30:25.240><c> coming</c>

00:30:25.420 --> 00:30:28.480
is<00:30:25.819><c> God</c><00:30:26.160><c> ordained.</c><00:30:27.000><c> And</c><00:30:27.099><c> the</c><00:30:27.200><c> king</c><00:30:27.319><c> said,</c><00:30:27.500><c> oh,</c><00:30:27.799><c> I'm</c><00:30:27.980><c> not</c><00:30:28.259><c> sure.</c>

00:30:28.660 --> 00:30:32.339
I<00:30:28.759><c> can't</c><00:30:29.500><c> decide.</c><00:30:30.160><c> And</c><00:30:30.279><c> so</c><00:30:30.420><c> he</c><00:30:30.720><c> procrastinated.</c>

00:30:34.140 --> 00:30:38.920
Because<00:30:34.420><c> he</c><00:30:34.779><c> procrastinated,</c><00:30:36.279><c> he</c><00:30:36.519><c> lost</c><00:30:36.779><c> his</c><00:30:37.000><c> kingdom,</c><00:30:37.579><c> he</c><00:30:37.680><c> lost</c><00:30:37.980><c> his</c><00:30:38.200><c> family,</c><00:30:38.740><c> he</c>

00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:40.559
lost<00:30:39.240><c> his</c><00:30:39.500><c> eyes.</c>

00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:44.359
You<00:30:42.299><c> see,</c><00:30:42.680><c> procrastination</c><00:30:43.220><c> affects</c><00:30:43.519><c> all</c><00:30:43.759><c> of</c><00:30:43.839><c> us</c><00:30:43.940><c> at</c><00:30:44.160><c> times,</c>

00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:46.180
doesn't<00:30:44.680><c> it,</c><00:30:44.900><c> brothers</c><00:30:45.059><c> and</c><00:30:45.240><c> sisters?</c>

00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:53.619
But<00:30:48.559><c> when</c><00:30:48.720><c> it</c><00:30:48.880><c> comes</c><00:30:49.140><c> to</c><00:30:49.359><c> matters</c><00:30:49.599><c> of</c><00:30:49.900><c> divine</c><00:30:50.220><c> principle,</c><00:30:53.500><c> we</c>

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:55.819
ought<00:30:53.819><c> never</c><00:30:54.380><c> to</c><00:30:54.759><c> procrastinate.</c>

00:30:58.339 --> 00:31:04.700
The<00:30:58.579><c> longer</c><00:30:59.019><c> we</c><00:30:59.559><c> wait</c><00:31:00.019><c> to</c><00:31:01.440><c> live</c><00:31:01.599><c> out</c><00:31:01.759><c> a</c><00:31:01.960><c> principle,</c><00:31:04.380><c> probably</c>

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:06.720
the<00:31:04.980><c> harder</c><00:31:05.240><c> it</c><00:31:05.400><c> will</c><00:31:05.599><c> become.</c>

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:11.279
And<00:31:08.740><c> I</c><00:31:08.859><c> think</c><00:31:08.960><c> this</c><00:31:09.140><c> was</c><00:31:09.319><c> a</c><00:31:09.559><c> problem</c><00:31:09.920><c> in</c><00:31:10.500><c> the</c><00:31:10.660><c> life</c><00:31:10.799><c> of</c><00:31:11.000><c> the</c><00:31:11.119><c> man</c>

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:12.440
of<00:31:11.480><c> God.</c>

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:17.180
And<00:31:14.720><c> so</c><00:31:15.119><c> the</c><00:31:15.220><c> man</c><00:31:15.359><c> of</c><00:31:15.500><c> God</c><00:31:15.660><c> says</c><00:31:15.960><c> this</c><00:31:16.220><c> in</c><00:31:16.339><c> the</c><00:31:16.460><c> first</c><00:31:16.640><c> of</c><00:31:16.859><c> Kings</c>

00:31:17.180 --> 00:31:20.059
13<00:31:17.779><c> in</c><00:31:18.019><c> verse</c><00:31:18.279><c> 17.</c><00:31:18.960><c> He</c><00:31:18.960><c> says,</c>

00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:23.460
I<00:31:20.579><c> can't</c><00:31:20.900><c> return</c><00:31:21.140><c> with</c><00:31:21.339><c> thee,</c><00:31:21.440><c> verse</c><00:31:21.660><c> 16,</c><00:31:22.200><c> because,</c><00:31:22.700><c> verse</c><00:31:22.940><c> 17,</c><00:31:23.339><c> it</c>

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:25.420
was<00:31:23.640><c> said</c><00:31:23.799><c> to</c><00:31:23.980><c> me</c><00:31:24.099><c> by</c><00:31:24.319><c> the</c><00:31:24.480><c> word</c><00:31:24.599><c> of</c><00:31:24.759><c> the</c><00:31:24.920><c> Lord</c>

00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:28.119
that<00:31:25.799><c> thou</c><00:31:25.940><c> shalt</c><00:31:26.180><c> not</c><00:31:26.500><c> eat,</c><00:31:26.819><c> thou</c><00:31:27.000><c> shalt</c><00:31:27.200><c> eat</c><00:31:27.400><c> no</c><00:31:27.660><c> bread,</c><00:31:28.000><c> nor</c>

00:31:28.119 --> 00:31:30.779
drink<00:31:28.380><c> water</c><00:31:28.700><c> there,</c><00:31:29.339><c> nor</c><00:31:29.480><c> turn</c><00:31:29.799><c> again</c><00:31:30.019><c> by</c><00:31:30.299><c> the</c><00:31:30.480><c> way</c>

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:35.619
that<00:31:31.039><c> thou</c><00:31:31.299><c> camest.</c><00:31:33.359><c> Now,</c><00:31:33.680><c> it</c><00:31:33.880><c> sounds</c><00:31:34.319><c> as</c><00:31:34.640><c> if</c><00:31:34.740><c> he's</c><00:31:35.039><c> restating</c>

00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:37.859
what<00:31:35.799><c> he's</c><00:31:36.000><c> been</c><00:31:36.500><c> told</c><00:31:36.799><c> earlier</c><00:31:37.279><c> in</c><00:31:37.599><c> the</c>

00:31:37.859 --> 00:31:42.420
chapter.<00:31:38.960><c> And</c><00:31:39.400><c> it</c><00:31:39.519><c> is</c><00:31:39.740><c> almost</c><00:31:40.099><c> exactly</c><00:31:40.640><c> the</c><00:31:40.880><c> same.</c><00:31:42.039><c> When</c><00:31:42.160><c> it</c>

00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:44.880
says,<00:31:43.140><c> thou</c><00:31:43.140><c> shalt</c><00:31:43.339><c> eat</c><00:31:43.519><c> no</c><00:31:43.819><c> bread,</c><00:31:44.160><c> nor</c><00:31:44.299><c> drink</c><00:31:44.539><c> water</c>

00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:47.619
there,<00:31:45.440><c> nor</c><00:31:45.619><c> turn</c><00:31:45.920><c> again</c><00:31:46.180><c> to</c><00:31:46.339><c> go</c><00:31:46.500><c> by</c><00:31:46.700><c> the</c><00:31:46.759><c> way</c><00:31:46.960><c> thou</c><00:31:47.180><c> camest,</c>

00:31:47.859 --> 00:31:50.279
those<00:31:48.140><c> words</c><00:31:48.380><c> come</c><00:31:48.619><c> out</c><00:31:48.740><c> of</c><00:31:48.880><c> verse</c><00:31:49.079><c> 9,</c><00:31:49.500><c> eat</c><00:31:49.740><c> no</c><00:31:50.059><c> bread,</c>

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:52.900
nor<00:31:50.539><c> drink</c><00:31:50.779><c> water,</c><00:31:51.480><c> nor</c><00:31:51.579><c> turn</c><00:31:51.839><c> again</c><00:31:52.099><c> by</c><00:31:52.299><c> the</c><00:31:52.420><c> way</c><00:31:52.579><c> that</c><00:31:52.740><c> thou</c>

00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:54.640
camest.<00:31:53.359><c> It's</c><00:31:53.539><c> almost</c><00:31:53.700><c> as</c><00:31:53.799><c> if</c><00:31:53.940><c> he</c><00:31:54.059><c> quotes</c><00:31:54.240><c> it</c><00:31:54.460><c> word</c>

00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:59.140
for<00:31:54.859><c> word,</c><00:31:55.480><c> apart</c><00:31:55.660><c> from</c><00:31:55.859><c> one</c><00:31:56.059><c> little</c><00:31:56.400><c> subtle</c><00:31:56.660><c> change.</c><00:31:57.539><c> And</c><00:31:57.680><c> you</c><00:31:57.839><c> wonder,</c><00:31:58.720><c> well,</c><00:31:59.019><c> we</c>

00:31:59.140 --> 00:32:00.059
can't<00:31:59.319><c> be</c><00:31:59.539><c> sure,</c><00:31:59.819><c> brothers</c><00:31:59.940><c> and</c>

00:32:00.059 --> 00:32:03.420
sisters,<00:32:00.299><c> but</c><00:32:00.559><c> he</c><00:32:00.700><c> leaves</c><00:32:00.900><c> one</c><00:32:01.160><c> word</c><00:32:01.339><c> out,</c><00:32:01.640><c> you</c><00:32:01.839><c> see,</c><00:32:02.519><c> from</c><00:32:02.740><c> verse</c><00:32:03.019><c> 9,</c>

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:06.180
which<00:32:03.640><c> he</c><00:32:03.819><c> no</c><00:32:04.019><c> longer</c><00:32:04.279><c> quotes</c><00:32:04.599><c> in</c><00:32:04.819><c> verse</c><00:32:05.039><c> 17.</c>

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:15.039
And<00:32:07.220><c> the</c><00:32:07.359><c> word</c><00:32:07.500><c> he</c><00:32:07.640><c> leaves</c><00:32:07.920><c> out</c><00:32:08.240><c> is,</c><00:32:11.460><c> it</c><00:32:11.460><c> was</c><00:32:11.900><c> charged</c><00:32:12.680><c> me</c><00:32:13.400><c> by</c><00:32:13.880><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:23.160
But<00:32:17.680><c> now</c><00:32:17.819><c> in</c><00:32:17.960><c> verse</c><00:32:18.119><c> 17,</c><00:32:18.640><c> he</c><00:32:18.799><c> simply</c><00:32:19.119><c> says,</c><00:32:21.359><c> it</c><00:32:21.380><c> was</c><00:32:21.680><c> said</c><00:32:21.900><c> to</c><00:32:22.140><c> me.</c>

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:27.640
Now,<00:32:24.720><c> we</c><00:32:24.819><c> can't</c><00:32:25.019><c> be</c><00:32:25.240><c> sure,</c><00:32:25.500><c> but</c><00:32:26.099><c> I</c><00:32:26.400><c> wonder</c><00:32:26.559><c> whether</c><00:32:26.720><c> we</c><00:32:26.940><c> read</c><00:32:27.079><c> into</c><00:32:27.259><c> that,</c><00:32:27.539><c> a</c>

00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:29.079
weakening<00:32:27.960><c> of</c><00:32:28.140><c> his</c><00:32:28.319><c> stand</c><00:32:28.539><c> already,</c>

00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:37.380
it's<00:32:29.259><c> no</c><00:32:29.420><c> longer</c><00:32:29.700><c> a</c><00:32:29.900><c> charge,</c><00:32:31.880><c> just</c><00:32:32.140><c> what</c><00:32:32.319><c> God</c><00:32:32.619><c> said.</c><00:32:34.660><c> See,</c><00:32:34.779><c> that's</c><00:32:34.940><c> what</c><00:32:35.160><c> procrastination</c><00:32:35.839><c> does,</c><00:32:36.740><c> isn't</c><00:32:36.880><c> it?</c>

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:38.269
You<00:32:37.539><c> see,</c>

00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:42.720
suddenly<00:32:39.539><c> the</c><00:32:39.839><c> clarity</c><00:32:40.099><c> of</c><00:32:40.279><c> the</c><00:32:40.440><c> demand</c><00:32:40.700><c> and</c><00:32:40.900><c> the</c><00:32:41.160><c> decisiveness</c><00:32:41.599><c> of</c><00:32:41.799><c> the</c><00:32:41.960><c> issue</c><00:32:42.119><c> is</c><00:32:42.339><c> weakened,</c>

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:47.660
precisely<00:32:43.359><c> because</c><00:32:43.700><c> we've</c><00:32:44.019><c> delayed.</c><00:32:46.440><c> Well,</c><00:32:46.720><c> the</c><00:32:46.900><c> old</c><00:32:47.099><c> prophet</c><00:32:47.279><c> had</c><00:32:47.460><c> an</c>

00:32:47.660 --> 00:32:48.680
answer,<00:32:47.920><c> you</c><00:32:48.079><c> see,</c><00:32:48.220><c> because</c><00:32:48.420><c> he</c><00:32:48.579><c> says</c>

00:32:48.680 --> 00:32:53.240
in<00:32:48.839><c> verse</c><00:32:49.119><c> 18,</c><00:32:50.180><c> it</c><00:32:50.240><c> says</c><00:32:50.380><c> he</c><00:32:50.539><c> said</c><00:32:50.759><c> unto</c><00:32:51.059><c> him,</c><00:32:51.859><c> well,</c><00:32:52.420><c> he</c><00:32:52.559><c> said,</c>

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:56.619
I'm<00:32:53.920><c> a</c><00:32:54.140><c> prophet</c><00:32:54.319><c> also</c><00:32:54.740><c> as</c><00:32:54.960><c> thou</c><00:32:55.380><c> art.</c><00:32:56.299><c> Actually,</c>

00:32:56.619 --> 00:33:00.599
Brodahim<00:32:57.039><c> says,</c><00:32:57.839><c> I</c><00:32:57.839><c> also</c><00:32:58.240><c> am</c><00:32:58.440><c> a</c><00:32:58.579><c> prophet</c><00:32:58.759><c> like</c><00:32:59.019><c> unto</c><00:32:59.279><c> thee,</c><00:32:59.900><c> meaning</c><00:33:00.200><c> I'm</c><00:33:00.460><c> a</c>

00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:02.200
prophet<00:33:00.779><c> of</c><00:33:01.000><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:07.799
And<00:33:03.460><c> he</c><00:33:03.720><c> said,</c><00:33:04.579><c> an</c><00:33:04.940><c> angel</c><00:33:05.500><c> spake</c><00:33:05.920><c> unto</c><00:33:06.200><c> me</c><00:33:06.420><c> by</c><00:33:06.680><c> the</c><00:33:06.980><c> word</c><00:33:07.460><c> of</c>

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:10.059
Yahweh,<00:33:08.460><c> saying,</c><00:33:08.740><c> bring</c><00:33:08.920><c> him</c><00:33:09.160><c> back</c><00:33:09.380><c> with</c><00:33:09.640><c> thee</c><00:33:09.799><c> into</c>

00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:12.500
thine<00:33:10.279><c> house,</c><00:33:10.940><c> that</c><00:33:11.019><c> he</c><00:33:11.180><c> may</c><00:33:11.359><c> eat</c><00:33:11.619><c> bread</c><00:33:11.799><c> and</c><00:33:11.940><c> drink</c><00:33:12.180><c> water,</c>

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:16.380
but<00:33:12.700><c> he</c><00:33:12.940><c> lied</c><00:33:13.140><c> unto</c><00:33:13.420><c> him.</c><00:33:14.660><c> An</c><00:33:14.960><c> angel</c><00:33:15.279><c> spake</c><00:33:15.559><c> unto</c><00:33:15.799><c> me,</c>

00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:18.900
says<00:33:16.640><c> the</c><00:33:16.880><c> old</c><00:33:17.099><c> prophet,</c><00:33:17.339><c> by</c><00:33:17.559><c> the</c><00:33:17.720><c> word</c><00:33:17.880><c> of</c><00:33:18.119><c> Yahweh,</c><00:33:18.660><c> saying,</c>

00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:21.559
bring<00:33:19.480><c> this</c><00:33:19.720><c> man</c><00:33:19.920><c> back</c><00:33:20.160><c> into</c><00:33:20.380><c> thine</c><00:33:20.559><c> house.</c>

00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:24.420
But<00:33:22.000><c> you</c><00:33:22.119><c> see,</c><00:33:22.259><c> the</c><00:33:22.339><c> man</c><00:33:22.519><c> of</c><00:33:22.680><c> God</c><00:33:22.819><c> had</c><00:33:23.059><c> received</c><00:33:23.319><c> his</c><00:33:23.640><c> commission</c><00:33:23.980><c> directly</c>

00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:26.119
by<00:33:24.720><c> the</c><00:33:25.079><c> word</c><00:33:25.380><c> of</c><00:33:25.640><c> Yahweh</c><00:33:25.900><c> in</c>

00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:30.460
verse<00:33:26.279><c> 1.</c><00:33:26.660><c> It</c><00:33:26.660><c> came</c><00:33:26.880><c> directly</c><00:33:27.319><c> from</c><00:33:27.559><c> God</c><00:33:27.779><c> to</c><00:33:27.960><c> him.</c><00:33:29.519><c> And</c><00:33:29.720><c> now</c><00:33:29.960><c> this</c><00:33:30.180><c> is</c>

00:33:30.460 --> 00:33:32.299
a<00:33:30.559><c> suggestion</c><00:33:30.920><c> that</c><00:33:31.180><c> that</c><00:33:31.339><c> be</c><00:33:31.539><c> turned</c><00:33:31.839><c> aside</c>

00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:34.859
from,<00:33:32.599><c> but</c><00:33:32.680><c> it</c><00:33:32.859><c> hasn't</c><00:33:33.019><c> come</c><00:33:33.299><c> directly</c><00:33:33.720><c> from</c><00:33:33.940><c> God.</c><00:33:34.259><c> It's</c><00:33:34.700><c> come</c>

00:33:34.859 --> 00:33:36.680
from<00:33:35.039><c> another</c><00:33:35.279><c> man</c><00:33:35.519><c> who</c><00:33:35.779><c> claims</c><00:33:35.980><c> that</c><00:33:36.180><c> he's</c><00:33:36.400><c> had</c><00:33:36.559><c> a</c>

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:42.000
mission<00:33:36.960><c> or</c><00:33:37.339><c> a</c><00:33:37.519><c> message</c><00:33:37.720><c> from</c><00:33:37.980><c> God</c><00:33:38.740><c> via</c><00:33:39.539><c> an</c><00:33:39.839><c> angel.</c><00:33:41.420><c> But</c><00:33:41.700><c> there</c>

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:44.400
wasn't<00:33:42.259><c> really</c><00:33:42.740><c> any</c><00:33:43.099><c> proper</c><00:33:43.319><c> basis</c><00:33:43.619><c> to</c><00:33:43.960><c> deviate</c>

00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:47.359
from<00:33:44.839><c> the</c><00:33:45.220><c> charge</c><00:33:45.500><c> that</c><00:33:45.740><c> had</c><00:33:45.900><c> been</c><00:33:46.160><c> put</c><00:33:46.339><c> upon</c><00:33:46.579><c> him,</c><00:33:46.759><c> and</c><00:33:46.900><c> certainly</c><00:33:47.099><c> not</c>

00:33:47.359 --> 00:33:48.660
simply<00:33:47.579><c> by</c><00:33:47.880><c> accepting</c><00:33:48.140><c> the</c><00:33:48.339><c> words</c><00:33:48.500><c> of</c>

00:33:48.660 --> 00:33:50.960
another<00:33:48.819><c> person.</c><00:33:49.559><c> Now,</c><00:33:49.759><c> a</c><00:33:49.900><c> couple</c><00:33:50.019><c> of</c><00:33:50.200><c> other</c><00:33:50.380><c> passages</c><00:33:50.680><c> that</c>

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come<00:33:51.079><c> to</c><00:33:51.319><c> mind</c><00:33:51.640><c> at</c><00:33:52.019><c> this</c><00:33:52.200><c> particular</c><00:33:52.619><c> moment.</c>

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In<00:33:53.519><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:33:54.180><c> chapter</c><00:33:54.559><c> 13,</c><00:33:55.500><c> there's</c><00:33:55.700><c> an</c><00:33:56.059><c> excellent</c><00:33:56.480><c> section</c><00:33:56.960><c> at</c><00:33:57.180><c> the</c><00:33:57.220><c> very</c><00:33:57.599><c> start</c><00:33:57.819><c> of</c>

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the<00:33:58.160><c> chapter,</c>

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Deuteronomy<00:33:59.279><c> 13</c><00:33:59.779><c> verses</c><00:34:00.079><c> 1</c><00:34:00.420><c> to</c><00:34:00.539><c> 5,</c><00:34:01.339><c> that</c><00:34:01.420><c> I</c><00:34:01.500><c> think,</c><00:34:01.900><c> again,</c><00:34:02.000><c> is</c>

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:04.599
pertinent<00:34:02.640><c> to</c><00:34:02.799><c> the</c><00:34:03.099><c> spirit</c><00:34:03.319><c> of</c><00:34:03.740><c> this</c><00:34:04.119><c> interchange</c>

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between<00:34:05.039><c> the</c><00:34:05.319><c> old</c><00:34:05.660><c> prophet</c><00:34:06.019><c> and</c><00:34:06.400><c> the</c><00:34:06.559><c> man</c><00:34:06.700><c> of</c><00:34:06.960><c> God.</c><00:34:07.519><c> I</c><00:34:07.619><c> cannot</c>

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:10.420
go<00:34:08.360><c> with</c><00:34:08.679><c> thee</c><00:34:08.840><c> by</c><00:34:09.139><c> the</c><00:34:09.320><c> way</c><00:34:09.559><c> thou</c><00:34:09.900><c> camest,</c>

00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:13.780
and<00:34:10.800><c> he</c><00:34:11.059><c> said,</c><00:34:11.380><c> I</c><00:34:11.420><c> am</c><00:34:11.519><c> a</c><00:34:11.719><c> prophet</c><00:34:11.860><c> as</c><00:34:12.059><c> thou</c><00:34:12.360><c> art.</c><00:34:12.679><c> An</c><00:34:12.820><c> angel</c><00:34:13.280><c> spake</c><00:34:13.599><c> to</c>

00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:15.539
me,<00:34:13.940><c> saying,</c><00:34:14.260><c> do</c><00:34:14.539><c> this,</c><00:34:14.860><c> and</c><00:34:14.960><c> it</c><00:34:15.059><c> will</c>

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be<00:34:15.719><c> all</c><00:34:16.119><c> right.</c><00:34:17.380><c> Now,</c><00:34:17.599><c> do</c><00:34:17.739><c> you</c><00:34:17.780><c> see</c><00:34:17.840><c> what</c><00:34:18.219><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:34:18.699><c> 13</c><00:34:19.199><c> says,</c><00:34:19.739><c> verse</c><00:34:20.000><c> 1,</c>

00:34:21.780 --> 00:34:25.780
If<00:34:22.000><c> there</c><00:34:22.280><c> arise</c><00:34:22.760><c> among</c><00:34:23.139><c> you</c><00:34:23.340><c> a</c><00:34:23.519><c> prophet</c><00:34:23.739><c> or</c><00:34:23.980><c> a</c><00:34:24.139><c> dreamer</c><00:34:24.420><c> of</c><00:34:24.579><c> dreams,</c><00:34:25.019><c> and</c><00:34:25.159><c> giveth</c><00:34:25.340><c> thee</c><00:34:25.579><c> a</c>

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sign<00:34:26.000><c> or</c><00:34:26.199><c> a</c><00:34:26.340><c> wonder,</c>

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and<00:34:27.099><c> the</c><00:34:27.360><c> sign</c><00:34:27.539><c> or</c><00:34:27.699><c> the</c><00:34:27.820><c> wonder</c><00:34:28.000><c> come</c><00:34:28.239><c> to</c><00:34:28.519><c> pass,</c><00:34:28.960><c> whereof</c><00:34:29.119><c> he</c>

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spake<00:34:29.500><c> unto</c><00:34:29.719><c> thee,</c><00:34:30.219><c> saying,</c>

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Let<00:34:31.199><c> us</c><00:34:31.320><c> go</c><00:34:31.500><c> after</c><00:34:31.780><c> other</c><00:34:32.019><c> gods</c><00:34:32.440><c> which</c><00:34:32.699><c> thou</c><00:34:32.900><c> hast</c><00:34:33.119><c> not</c><00:34:33.380><c> known,</c>

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and<00:34:33.599><c> let</c><00:34:33.780><c> us</c><00:34:34.019><c> serve</c><00:34:34.320><c> them.</c>

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Thou<00:34:35.980><c> shalt</c><00:34:36.380><c> not</c><00:34:36.760><c> hearken</c><00:34:37.119><c> unto</c><00:34:37.420><c> the</c><00:34:37.599><c> words</c><00:34:37.800><c> of</c><00:34:37.960><c> that</c><00:34:38.179><c> prophet</c>

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or<00:34:38.639><c> that</c><00:34:38.920><c> dreamer</c><00:34:39.239><c> of</c><00:34:39.380><c> dreams.</c>

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For<00:34:40.840><c> Yahweh</c><00:34:41.280><c> your</c><00:34:41.460><c> God</c><00:34:41.780><c> proveth</c><00:34:42.400><c> you</c><00:34:43.219><c> to</c><00:34:43.480><c> know</c><00:34:43.679><c> whether</c><00:34:43.920><c> ye</c>

00:34:44.159 --> 00:34:46.760
love<00:34:44.659><c> Yahweh</c><00:34:45.300><c> your</c><00:34:45.519><c> God</c><00:34:45.699><c> with</c><00:34:45.900><c> all</c><00:34:46.119><c> your</c><00:34:46.320><c> heart</c><00:34:46.599><c> and</c>

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with<00:34:47.000><c> all</c><00:34:47.300><c> your</c><00:34:47.659><c> soul.</c><00:34:49.000><c> Ye</c><00:34:49.219><c> shall</c><00:34:49.400><c> walk</c><00:34:49.739><c> after</c><00:34:50.179><c> Yahweh</c><00:34:50.639><c> your</c>

00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:54.719
God,<00:34:51.739><c> and</c><00:34:51.920><c> fear</c><00:34:52.260><c> him,</c><00:34:53.059><c> and</c><00:34:53.260><c> keep</c><00:34:53.619><c> his</c><00:34:54.099><c> commandments,</c>

00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:59.940
and<00:34:55.300><c> obey</c><00:34:55.699><c> his</c><00:34:56.239><c> voice,</c><00:34:56.820><c> and</c><00:34:57.079><c> ye</c><00:34:57.239><c> shall</c><00:34:57.460><c> serve</c><00:34:57.940><c> him,</c><00:34:58.860><c> and</c><00:34:59.199><c> cleave</c><00:34:59.539><c> unto</c>

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:02.159
him.<00:35:00.860><c> And</c><00:35:01.139><c> that</c><00:35:01.400><c> prophet</c><00:35:01.699><c> or</c><00:35:01.880><c> that</c>

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:05.019
dreamer<00:35:02.480><c> of</c><00:35:02.639><c> dreams</c><00:35:03.139><c> shall</c><00:35:03.519><c> be</c><00:35:03.739><c> put</c><00:35:03.900><c> to</c><00:35:04.139><c> death,</c><00:35:04.599><c> because</c><00:35:04.860><c> he</c>

00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:08.619
hath<00:35:05.179><c> spoken</c><00:35:05.539><c> to</c><00:35:05.820><c> turn</c><00:35:06.099><c> you</c><00:35:06.579><c> away</c><00:35:07.340><c> from</c><00:35:07.900><c> Yahweh</c><00:35:08.400><c> your</c>

00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:10.639
God,<00:35:08.739><c> which</c><00:35:09.039><c> brought</c><00:35:09.280><c> you</c><00:35:09.420><c> out</c><00:35:09.579><c> of</c><00:35:09.639><c> the</c><00:35:09.719><c> land</c><00:35:09.900><c> of</c><00:35:10.119><c> Egypt,</c><00:35:10.539><c> and</c>

00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:12.619
redeemed<00:35:10.920><c> you</c><00:35:11.340><c> out</c><00:35:11.559><c> of</c><00:35:11.679><c> the</c><00:35:11.820><c> house</c><00:35:11.980><c> of</c><00:35:12.179><c> bondage,</c>

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:18.460
to<00:35:13.500><c> thrust</c><00:35:13.980><c> thee</c><00:35:14.699><c> out</c><00:35:15.219><c> of</c><00:35:15.480><c> the</c><00:35:15.719><c> way</c><00:35:16.119><c> which</c><00:35:16.639><c> Yahweh</c><00:35:17.019><c> thy</c><00:35:17.260><c> God</c><00:35:17.599><c> commanded</c><00:35:18.039><c> thee</c><00:35:18.280><c> to</c>

00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:19.800
walk<00:35:18.659><c> in.</c><00:35:19.039><c> Now,</c><00:35:19.340><c> isn't</c><00:35:19.539><c> that</c>

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exactly<00:35:20.199><c> what's</c><00:35:20.500><c> happening</c><00:35:20.820><c> in</c><00:35:21.139><c> the</c><00:35:21.280><c> first</c><00:35:21.480><c> of</c><00:35:21.659><c> Kings?</c><00:35:22.059><c> This</c>

00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:24.739
man<00:35:22.780><c> with</c><00:35:23.239><c> other</c><00:35:23.539><c> thoughts</c><00:35:23.820><c> and</c><00:35:24.000><c> other</c><00:35:24.219><c> suggestions</c>

00:35:24.739 --> 00:35:28.059
is<00:35:25.219><c> there</c><00:35:25.380><c> to</c><00:35:25.639><c> try</c><00:35:25.780><c> and</c><00:35:26.159><c> thrust</c><00:35:26.519><c> you</c><00:35:26.920><c> out</c><00:35:27.219><c> of</c><00:35:27.400><c> the</c><00:35:27.579><c> way</c><00:35:27.780><c> which</c>

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:31.019
God<00:35:28.400><c> commanded</c><00:35:29.039><c> you</c><00:35:29.320><c> to</c><00:35:29.539><c> walk</c><00:35:29.800><c> in.</c><00:35:30.679><c> Well,</c><00:35:30.860><c> that's</c>

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:33.820
how<00:35:31.159><c> the</c><00:35:31.280><c> man</c><00:35:31.400><c> of</c><00:35:31.539><c> God</c><00:35:31.719><c> starts.</c><00:35:32.139><c> He</c><00:35:32.179><c> says,</c><00:35:32.480><c> I</c><00:35:32.699><c> may</c><00:35:33.000><c> not</c><00:35:33.280><c> go</c><00:35:33.639><c> back</c>

00:35:33.820 --> 00:35:36.920
by<00:35:34.099><c> the</c><00:35:34.260><c> way</c><00:35:34.460><c> thou</c><00:35:34.840><c> camest,</c><00:35:36.380><c> but</c><00:35:36.579><c> you</c><00:35:36.800><c> see,</c>

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he<00:35:37.039><c> hadn't</c><00:35:37.320><c> understood</c><00:35:37.880><c> the</c><00:35:38.139><c> fullness</c><00:35:38.440><c> of</c><00:35:38.699><c> that</c><00:35:39.219><c> passage</c><00:35:39.619><c> in</c>

00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:41.900
Deuteronomy.<00:35:40.559><c> And</c><00:35:40.639><c> here's</c><00:35:40.800><c> another</c><00:35:40.980><c> one</c><00:35:41.139><c> in</c><00:35:41.340><c> Galatians.</c>

00:35:42.099 --> 00:35:44.539
If<00:35:42.199><c> you</c><00:35:42.300><c> come</c><00:35:42.440><c> to</c><00:35:42.579><c> Galatians</c><00:35:43.019><c> chapter</c><00:35:43.340><c> 1,</c><00:35:44.059><c> and</c><00:35:44.260><c> you</c><00:35:44.380><c> remember</c>

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:46.099
the<00:35:44.699><c> memorable</c><00:35:45.059><c> words</c><00:35:45.320><c> of</c><00:35:45.500><c> the</c><00:35:45.679><c> apostle</c>

00:35:46.099 --> 00:35:51.159
when<00:35:46.719><c> he</c><00:35:47.780><c> exhibited</c><00:35:48.219><c> such</c><00:35:48.719><c> astonishment</c><00:35:49.539><c> that</c><00:35:49.800><c> the</c><00:35:50.000><c> Galatians</c><00:35:50.400><c> had</c><00:35:50.639><c> so</c>

00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:52.960
soon<00:35:51.400><c> been</c><00:35:51.860><c> moved</c><00:35:52.119><c> away</c><00:35:52.460><c> from</c><00:35:52.679><c> the</c>

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:57.440
truth<00:35:53.119><c> of</c><00:35:53.320><c> the</c><00:35:53.480><c> gospel,</c><00:35:54.280><c> and</c><00:35:54.480><c> he</c><00:35:54.619><c> puts</c><00:35:54.719><c> it</c><00:35:54.900><c> this</c><00:35:55.119><c> way</c><00:35:55.280><c> in</c><00:35:55.440><c> Galatians</c><00:35:55.940><c> chapter</c><00:35:56.280><c> 1</c><00:35:57.059><c> and</c>

00:35:57.440 --> 00:36:00.659
verses<00:35:57.900><c> 6</c><00:35:58.559><c> to</c><00:35:58.719><c> 10.</c><00:36:00.099><c> He</c><00:36:00.340><c> says,</c>

00:36:00.659 --> 00:36:04.480
I<00:36:01.079><c> marvel</c><00:36:01.679><c> that</c><00:36:02.139><c> ye</c><00:36:02.360><c> are</c><00:36:02.519><c> so</c><00:36:03.019><c> soon</c><00:36:03.260><c> removed</c><00:36:03.780><c> from</c><00:36:03.980><c> him</c><00:36:04.179><c> that</c>

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:07.659
called<00:36:04.760><c> you</c><00:36:05.940><c> into</c><00:36:06.800><c> another</c><00:36:07.059><c> gospel,</c>

00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:10.940
which<00:36:08.360><c> is</c><00:36:08.619><c> not</c><00:36:08.840><c> another,</c><00:36:09.719><c> but</c><00:36:09.880><c> there</c><00:36:10.119><c> be</c><00:36:10.219><c> some</c><00:36:10.480><c> that</c><00:36:10.760><c> trouble</c>

00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:12.760
you<00:36:11.179><c> that</c><00:36:11.300><c> would</c><00:36:11.579><c> pervert</c><00:36:11.980><c> the</c><00:36:12.139><c> gospel</c><00:36:12.500><c> of</c>

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Christ.<00:36:13.760><c> But</c><00:36:13.940><c> though</c><00:36:14.460><c> we</c><00:36:15.119><c> or</c><00:36:15.739><c> an</c><00:36:16.519><c> angel</c><00:36:17.079><c> from</c><00:36:17.639><c> heaven</c><00:36:18.239><c> preach</c>

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:21.400
any<00:36:19.820><c> other</c><00:36:20.119><c> gospel</c><00:36:20.539><c> unto</c><00:36:20.760><c> you,</c><00:36:20.980><c> then</c><00:36:21.099><c> that</c><00:36:21.219><c> which</c>

00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:24.500
we<00:36:21.679><c> have</c><00:36:21.860><c> preached</c><00:36:22.159><c> unto</c><00:36:22.400><c> you,</c><00:36:22.619><c> let</c><00:36:22.679><c> him</c><00:36:22.840><c> be</c><00:36:23.039><c> accursed.</c><00:36:24.000><c> As</c><00:36:24.280><c> we</c>

00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:27.159
said<00:36:24.639><c> before,</c><00:36:25.159><c> so</c><00:36:25.340><c> say</c><00:36:25.539><c> I</c><00:36:25.719><c> now</c><00:36:25.900><c> again,</c><00:36:26.460><c> if</c><00:36:26.659><c> any</c><00:36:26.900><c> man</c>

00:36:27.159 --> 00:36:29.380
preach<00:36:27.480><c> any</c><00:36:27.760><c> other</c><00:36:28.019><c> gospel</c><00:36:28.360><c> unto</c><00:36:28.639><c> you,</c><00:36:28.840><c> then</c><00:36:28.900><c> that</c><00:36:29.019><c> you</c><00:36:29.159><c> have</c>

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:31.860
received,<00:36:29.780><c> let</c><00:36:29.900><c> him</c><00:36:30.039><c> be</c><00:36:30.280><c> accursed.</c><00:36:30.679><c> For</c><00:36:30.900><c> do</c><00:36:31.420><c> I</c><00:36:31.619><c> now</c>

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persuade<00:36:32.199><c> men</c><00:36:32.619><c> or</c><00:36:32.960><c> God,</c><00:36:33.500><c> or</c><00:36:33.719><c> do</c><00:36:33.900><c> I</c><00:36:34.079><c> seek</c><00:36:34.239><c> to</c><00:36:34.500><c> please</c><00:36:34.659><c> men?</c><00:36:35.360><c> If</c><00:36:35.539><c> I</c>

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seek<00:36:35.900><c> to</c><00:36:36.139><c> please</c><00:36:36.300><c> men,</c><00:36:36.820><c> I</c><00:36:37.039><c> should</c><00:36:37.239><c> not</c><00:36:37.420><c> be</c><00:36:37.599><c> the</c><00:36:37.820><c> servant</c>

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of<00:36:38.300><c> Christ.</c><00:36:38.739><c> Well,</c><00:36:38.960><c> that's</c><00:36:39.260><c> the</c><00:36:39.480><c> challenge,</c><00:36:40.099><c> isn't</c><00:36:40.260><c> it,</c><00:36:40.400><c> back</c>

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:43.260
in<00:36:40.739><c> the</c><00:36:40.840><c> first</c><00:36:41.059><c> of</c><00:36:41.460><c> Kings</c><00:36:41.679><c> chapter</c><00:36:42.039><c> 13.</c><00:36:42.659><c> That's</c><00:36:43.079><c> the</c>

00:36:43.260 --> 00:36:47.019
very<00:36:43.519><c> challenge</c><00:36:44.039><c> that</c><00:36:44.420><c> the</c><00:36:44.579><c> man</c><00:36:44.739><c> of</c><00:36:44.920><c> God</c><00:36:45.139><c> faces</c><00:36:45.539><c> on</c><00:36:45.840><c> this</c><00:36:46.039><c> occasion,</c><00:36:46.679><c> brothers</c><00:36:46.780><c> and</c>

00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:49.000
sisters,<00:36:47.599><c> because</c><00:36:48.179><c> the</c><00:36:48.760><c> old</c>

00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:54.280
prophet<00:36:49.300><c> has</c><00:36:49.579><c> suggested</c><00:36:50.199><c> that</c><00:36:50.400><c> he</c><00:36:50.559><c> has</c><00:36:51.039><c> angelic</c><00:36:51.719><c> evidence,</c><00:36:52.599><c> but</c><00:36:52.940><c> actually</c><00:36:53.340><c> none</c><00:36:53.559><c> of</c><00:36:53.739><c> that</c><00:36:53.880><c> was</c><00:36:54.079><c> a</c>

00:36:54.280 --> 00:36:55.179
good<00:36:54.440><c> enough</c><00:36:54.699><c> reason</c>

00:36:55.179 --> 00:36:59.920
for<00:36:55.619><c> the</c><00:36:55.840><c> man</c><00:36:56.039><c> of</c><00:36:56.320><c> God</c><00:36:56.639><c> to</c><00:36:57.079><c> change</c><00:36:57.860><c> what</c><00:36:58.579><c> he</c><00:36:58.840><c> should</c><00:36:59.000><c> have</c><00:36:59.159><c> done.</c>

00:37:01.719 --> 00:37:05.340
You<00:37:01.800><c> see</c><00:37:01.840><c> what</c><00:37:01.960><c> verse</c><00:37:02.199><c> 18</c><00:37:02.559><c> says</c><00:37:02.900><c> in</c><00:37:03.039><c> the</c><00:37:03.139><c> first</c><00:37:03.340><c> of</c><00:37:03.519><c> Kings</c><00:37:03.760><c> 13.</c>

00:37:06.119 --> 00:37:08.719
An<00:37:06.119><c> angel</c><00:37:06.460><c> spoke</c><00:37:06.780><c> unto</c><00:37:06.980><c> me</c><00:37:07.199><c> saying,</c><00:37:08.219><c> bring</c><00:37:08.260><c> him</c><00:37:08.480><c> back</c>

00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:16.199
with<00:37:09.000><c> thee</c><00:37:09.980><c> into</c><00:37:10.800><c> thine</c><00:37:11.559><c> house.</c><00:37:14.599><c> Perhaps</c><00:37:14.940><c> that</c><00:37:15.139><c> was</c><00:37:15.340><c> the</c><00:37:15.539><c> emphasis,</c><00:37:15.940><c> you</c>

00:37:16.199 --> 00:37:19.579
see.<00:37:17.699><c> An</c><00:37:17.920><c> angel</c><00:37:18.179><c> said,</c><00:37:18.539><c> come</c><00:37:18.659><c> back</c><00:37:18.900><c> to</c><00:37:19.179><c> my</c>

00:37:19.579 --> 00:37:23.099
house.<00:37:20.659><c> And</c><00:37:20.900><c> the</c><00:37:21.059><c> implication</c><00:37:21.480><c> being</c><00:37:21.780><c> that</c><00:37:21.920><c> to</c><00:37:22.139><c> eat</c><00:37:22.300><c> with</c><00:37:22.539><c> this</c><00:37:22.760><c> old</c>

00:37:23.099 --> 00:37:25.460
man,<00:37:23.599><c> an</c><00:37:23.980><c> old</c><00:37:24.280><c> prophet,</c><00:37:24.659><c> was</c><00:37:24.820><c> not</c><00:37:25.000><c> at</c><00:37:25.119><c> all</c><00:37:25.260><c> the</c>

00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:27.880
same<00:37:25.639><c> thing</c><00:37:25.840><c> as</c><00:37:26.239><c> sitting</c><00:37:26.519><c> down</c><00:37:26.800><c> to</c><00:37:26.940><c> eat</c><00:37:27.139><c> with</c><00:37:27.360><c> Jeroboam.</c><00:37:27.820><c> It</c>

00:37:27.880 --> 00:37:29.280
was<00:37:27.940><c> all</c><00:37:28.079><c> about</c><00:37:28.239><c> the</c><00:37:28.340><c> question</c><00:37:28.519><c> of</c><00:37:28.679><c> which</c><00:37:28.880><c> house,</c>

00:37:29.300 --> 00:37:32.760
you<00:37:29.500><c> see.</c><00:37:30.219><c> Oh,</c><00:37:30.380><c> no,</c><00:37:30.519><c> no,</c><00:37:30.619><c> no,</c><00:37:30.659><c> not</c><00:37:30.800><c> the</c><00:37:30.960><c> king's</c><00:37:31.280><c> house.</c><00:37:32.000><c> I</c><00:37:32.280><c> understand</c><00:37:32.599><c> why</c>

00:37:32.760 --> 00:37:35.059
you<00:37:32.880><c> couldn't</c><00:37:33.059><c> eat</c><00:37:33.239><c> there.</c><00:37:34.780><c> No,</c><00:37:35.000><c> no,</c>

00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:39.340
come<00:37:35.219><c> to</c><00:37:35.340><c> my</c><00:37:35.639><c> house.</c><00:37:36.960><c> That's</c><00:37:37.280><c> a</c><00:37:37.440><c> different</c><00:37:37.619><c> house.</c><00:37:38.440><c> We</c><00:37:38.699><c> can</c><00:37:38.900><c> eat</c><00:37:39.019><c> and</c><00:37:39.199><c> be</c>

00:37:39.340 --> 00:37:42.579
in<00:37:39.539><c> fellowship.</c><00:37:40.960><c> But</c><00:37:41.119><c> he</c><00:37:41.340><c> lied</c><00:37:41.820><c> unto</c><00:37:42.219><c> him.</c>

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:45.019
So<00:37:43.099><c> why</c><00:37:43.300><c> did</c><00:37:43.420><c> the</c><00:37:43.559><c> old</c><00:37:43.739><c> prophet</c><00:37:43.960><c> lie,</c><00:37:44.260><c> do</c><00:37:44.440><c> you</c><00:37:44.519><c> think,</c><00:37:44.639><c> in</c><00:37:44.800><c> this</c>

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:47.280
chapter?<00:37:45.880><c> Well,</c><00:37:46.119><c> again,</c><00:37:46.480><c> there</c><00:37:46.599><c> seems</c><00:37:46.860><c> to</c><00:37:47.000><c> be</c><00:37:47.079><c> only</c>

00:37:47.280 --> 00:37:51.659
two<00:37:47.460><c> main</c><00:37:48.039><c> alternatives.</c><00:37:48.860><c> The</c><00:37:49.079><c> first</c><00:37:49.420><c> is</c><00:37:49.840><c> that</c><00:37:50.219><c> he</c><00:37:50.300><c> was</c><00:37:50.460><c> trying</c><00:37:50.619><c> to</c><00:37:50.860><c> corrupt</c><00:37:51.099><c> the</c><00:37:51.300><c> man</c><00:37:51.420><c> of</c>

00:37:51.659 --> 00:37:52.880
God<00:37:51.820><c> and</c><00:37:52.139><c> subvert</c><00:37:52.559><c> his</c>

00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:58.960
testimony,<00:37:54.940><c> or</c><00:37:55.059><c> that</c><00:37:55.159><c> he</c><00:37:55.179><c> was</c><00:37:55.440><c> trying</c><00:37:55.579><c> to</c><00:37:55.960><c> gain</c><00:37:56.159><c> time</c><00:37:56.679><c> for</c><00:37:56.960><c> conversation,</c><00:37:58.820><c> but</c>

00:37:58.960 --> 00:38:00.159
was<00:37:59.179><c> oblivious</c><00:37:59.599><c> to</c><00:37:59.780><c> the</c><00:37:59.940><c> moral</c>

00:38:00.159 --> 00:38:03.679
implications<00:38:00.820><c> of</c><00:38:01.039><c> his</c><00:38:01.280><c> lie.</c><00:38:02.159><c> I</c><00:38:02.360><c> think</c><00:38:02.480><c> we've</c><00:38:02.599><c> got</c><00:38:02.639><c> to</c><00:38:02.760><c> be</c><00:38:02.980><c> careful</c><00:38:03.360><c> with</c>

00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:05.340
the<00:38:03.800><c> first</c><00:38:03.980><c> of</c><00:38:04.159><c> Kings</c><00:38:04.360><c> 13,</c><00:38:05.099><c> brother</c><00:38:05.199><c> and</c>

00:38:05.340 --> 00:38:08.940
sisters,<00:38:05.559><c> because</c><00:38:05.699><c> what</c><00:38:05.920><c> I</c><00:38:06.059><c> think</c><00:38:06.159><c> we</c><00:38:06.320><c> do</c><00:38:06.380><c> is</c><00:38:06.559><c> we</c><00:38:06.659><c> read</c><00:38:06.840><c> the</c><00:38:07.079><c> final</c><00:38:07.320><c> result,</c><00:38:08.559><c> which</c><00:38:08.739><c> is</c>

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.659
that<00:38:09.019><c> the</c><00:38:09.059><c> man</c><00:38:09.219><c> of</c><00:38:09.380><c> God's</c><00:38:09.559><c> going</c>

00:38:09.659 --> 00:38:15.500
to<00:38:09.860><c> die,</c><00:38:10.219><c> and</c><00:38:10.440><c> then</c><00:38:10.559><c> we're</c><00:38:10.780><c> shocked</c><00:38:10.980><c> at</c><00:38:11.119><c> the</c><00:38:11.260><c> lie,</c><00:38:12.119><c> you</c><00:38:12.599><c> see,</c><00:38:13.360><c> which</c><00:38:13.619><c> is</c><00:38:13.860><c> true.</c><00:38:15.300><c> But</c><00:38:15.460><c> I</c>

00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:16.460
think<00:38:15.599><c> it's</c><00:38:15.800><c> also</c><00:38:16.079><c> true</c><00:38:16.239><c> to</c>

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:23.079
that<00:38:16.739><c> the</c><00:38:17.219><c> old</c><00:38:17.500><c> prophet</c><00:38:17.900><c> had</c><00:38:18.519><c> no</c><00:38:19.199><c> idea</c><00:38:20.139><c> at</c><00:38:20.559><c> this</c><00:38:20.880><c> moment</c><00:38:21.179><c> in</c><00:38:21.360><c> verse</c><00:38:21.639><c> 18,</c><00:38:22.719><c> no</c>

00:38:23.079 --> 00:38:26.139
idea<00:38:23.539><c> what</c><00:38:24.019><c> a</c><00:38:24.559><c> terrible</c><00:38:25.320><c> outcome</c>

00:38:26.139 --> 00:38:30.320
his<00:38:26.719><c> lie</c><00:38:27.119><c> would</c><00:38:27.440><c> bring</c><00:38:27.880><c> upon</c><00:38:28.360><c> the</c><00:38:28.619><c> man</c><00:38:28.780><c> of</c><00:38:28.940><c> God.</c><00:38:29.699><c> It</c><00:38:29.920><c> was</c><00:38:30.099><c> just</c>

00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:32.260
a<00:38:30.460><c> little</c><00:38:30.659><c> lie.</c><00:38:31.340><c> Come</c><00:38:31.460><c> over</c><00:38:31.599><c> and</c><00:38:31.739><c> have</c><00:38:31.880><c> a</c><00:38:31.940><c> meal</c><00:38:32.019><c> with</c>

00:38:32.260 --> 00:38:35.340
me.<00:38:32.920><c> He</c><00:38:33.119><c> didn't</c><00:38:33.400><c> realize</c><00:38:33.880><c> how</c><00:38:34.219><c> the</c><00:38:34.440><c> implications</c><00:38:34.880><c> would.</c><00:38:35.179><c> He</c>

00:38:35.340 --> 00:38:37.519
could<00:38:35.760><c> never</c><00:38:36.199><c> have</c><00:38:36.539><c> imagined,</c><00:38:37.159><c> brother</c><00:38:37.199><c> and</c><00:38:37.360><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:37.639 --> 00:38:41.380
could<00:38:37.739><c> he,</c><00:38:37.920><c> what</c><00:38:38.079><c> a</c><00:38:38.280><c> calamitous</c><00:38:39.260><c> outcome</c><00:38:39.900><c> would</c><00:38:40.360><c> come</c><00:38:40.559><c> to</c><00:38:40.780><c> pass</c><00:38:40.960><c> because</c><00:38:41.239><c> of</c>

00:38:41.380 --> 00:38:42.800
what<00:38:41.519><c> he</c><00:38:41.760><c> said</c><00:38:41.960><c> on</c><00:38:42.300><c> this</c><00:38:42.440><c> occasion.</c>

00:38:42.800 --> 00:38:45.280
Never<00:38:43.260><c> thought</c><00:38:43.559><c> that</c><00:38:43.719><c> that</c><00:38:43.820><c> would</c><00:38:43.980><c> be</c><00:38:44.139><c> possible.</c><00:38:44.760><c> He</c><00:38:44.980><c> just</c>

00:38:45.280 --> 00:38:47.179
short<00:38:45.679><c>-sought</c><00:38:45.920><c> spiritual</c><00:38:46.519><c> conversation.</c>

00:38:47.679 --> 00:38:50.300
He<00:38:47.820><c> wanted</c><00:38:48.019><c> the</c><00:38:48.320><c> keen</c><00:38:48.480><c> edge</c><00:38:48.719><c> of</c><00:38:48.980><c> iron</c><00:38:49.340><c> sharpening</c><00:38:49.980><c> iron,</c><00:38:50.179><c> and</c>

00:38:50.300 --> 00:38:52.179
he<00:38:50.400><c> couldn't</c><00:38:50.599><c> get</c><00:38:50.780><c> it</c><00:38:50.920><c> in</c><00:38:51.079><c> Bethel</c><00:38:51.500><c> anymore</c><00:38:51.860><c> in</c><00:38:52.039><c> the</c>

00:38:52.179 --> 00:38:54.980
city<00:38:52.360><c> of</c><00:38:52.519><c> the</c><00:38:52.760><c> calves.</c><00:38:53.460><c> And</c><00:38:53.639><c> it</c><00:38:53.699><c> wasn't</c><00:38:53.980><c> too</c><00:38:54.400><c> hard,</c><00:38:54.619><c> was</c><00:38:54.840><c> it,</c>

00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:57.739
to<00:38:55.199><c> rationalize</c><00:38:55.840><c> his</c><00:38:56.079><c> words</c><00:38:56.440><c> by</c><00:38:57.119><c> the</c><00:38:57.360><c> thought</c><00:38:57.500><c> that</c><00:38:57.659><c> he</c>

00:38:57.739 --> 00:39:01.280
was<00:38:58.000><c> engaging</c><00:38:58.360><c> in</c><00:38:58.559><c> an</c><00:38:58.699><c> act</c><00:38:58.840><c> of</c><00:38:59.159><c> hospitality,</c><00:38:59.739><c> and</c><00:39:00.460><c> that</c><00:39:00.659><c> perhaps</c><00:39:01.019><c> good</c>

00:39:01.280 --> 00:39:02.900
could<00:39:01.559><c> come</c><00:39:01.800><c> of</c><00:39:01.980><c> their</c><00:39:02.179><c> conversation</c>

00:39:02.900 --> 00:39:05.579
together.<00:39:03.599><c> The</c><00:39:03.840><c> human</c><00:39:04.019><c> mind</c><00:39:04.300><c> is</c><00:39:04.519><c> capable</c><00:39:04.800><c> of</c><00:39:04.980><c> all</c><00:39:05.219><c> such</c>

00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:07.280
subtle<00:39:06.000><c> considerations.</c>

00:39:10.500 --> 00:39:13.760
And<00:39:10.980><c> so</c><00:39:11.460><c> this</c><00:39:11.599><c> is</c><00:39:11.820><c> how</c><00:39:11.900><c> verse</c><00:39:12.340><c> 18</c><00:39:12.780><c> finishes,</c><00:39:13.179><c> and</c><00:39:13.400><c> how</c><00:39:13.519><c> verse</c>

00:39:13.760 --> 00:39:17.360
19<00:39:14.440><c> starts,</c><00:39:15.159><c> and</c><00:39:15.780><c> I'm</c><00:39:16.460><c> reading</c><00:39:16.699><c> it</c><00:39:16.880><c> with</c><00:39:17.059><c> regard</c>

00:39:17.360 --> 00:39:21.980
to<00:39:17.539><c> the</c><00:39:17.719><c> emphasis</c><00:39:18.019><c> that</c><00:39:18.260><c> I</c><00:39:18.480><c> think</c><00:39:18.860><c> perhaps</c><00:39:19.440><c> is</c><00:39:20.039><c> there.</c><00:39:21.820><c> Bring</c>

00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:23.460
him<00:39:22.139><c> back</c><00:39:22.300><c> with</c><00:39:22.480><c> thee</c><00:39:22.559><c> into</c><00:39:22.820><c> thine</c><00:39:23.159><c> house,</c>

00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:27.179
that<00:39:23.619><c> he</c><00:39:23.719><c> may</c><00:39:23.820><c> eat</c><00:39:24.059><c> bread</c><00:39:24.219><c> and</c><00:39:24.360><c> drink</c><00:39:24.599><c> water,</c><00:39:24.940><c> but</c><00:39:25.079><c> he</c><00:39:25.300><c> lied</c><00:39:25.500><c> unto</c><00:39:25.760><c> him.</c><00:39:26.699><c> So</c>

00:39:27.179 --> 00:39:30.179
he<00:39:28.099><c> went</c><00:39:28.239><c> back</c><00:39:28.519><c> with</c><00:39:28.699><c> him.</c>

00:39:32.019 --> 00:39:37.559
He<00:39:32.480><c> went</c><00:39:32.699><c> back</c><00:39:32.920><c> with</c><00:39:33.039><c> him,</c><00:39:33.880><c> just</c><00:39:34.059><c> like</c><00:39:34.219><c> that.</c><00:39:36.460><c> It's</c><00:39:36.840><c> almost</c><00:39:37.199><c> as</c>

00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:41.059
if<00:39:37.940><c> the</c><00:39:38.179><c> man</c><00:39:38.360><c> of</c><00:39:38.619><c> God</c><00:39:38.780><c> was</c><00:39:39.179><c> just</c><00:39:40.039><c> waiting</c>

00:39:41.360 --> 00:39:45.760
for<00:39:41.820><c> a</c><00:39:42.079><c> justification</c><00:39:42.639><c> to</c><00:39:42.860><c> go</c><00:39:43.079><c> back.</c><00:39:44.980><c> Was</c><00:39:45.059><c> he</c><00:39:45.199><c> wanting</c><00:39:45.440><c> some</c>

00:39:45.760 --> 00:39:49.760
form<00:39:46.000><c> of</c><00:39:46.239><c> recognition?</c><00:39:49.119><c> And</c><00:39:49.219><c> in</c><00:39:49.380><c> going</c><00:39:49.539><c> back,</c>

00:39:49.780 --> 00:39:53.340
he<00:39:49.880><c> broke</c><00:39:50.119><c> God's</c><00:39:50.559><c> command</c><00:39:50.780><c> not</c><00:39:50.980><c> to</c><00:39:51.199><c> travel</c><00:39:51.360><c> on</c><00:39:51.519><c> the</c><00:39:51.719><c> same</c><00:39:51.920><c> road,</c><00:39:52.340><c> verse</c><00:39:52.599><c> nine,</c><00:39:53.119><c> and</c>

00:39:53.340 --> 00:39:54.239
in<00:39:53.500><c> going</c><00:39:53.659><c> back</c><00:39:53.880><c> and</c><00:39:54.039><c> eating</c>

00:39:54.239 --> 00:39:57.739
bread,<00:39:54.880><c> he</c><00:39:54.980><c> broke</c><00:39:55.260><c> command,</c><00:39:55.820><c> God's</c><00:39:56.239><c> command</c><00:39:56.460><c> not</c><00:39:56.719><c> to</c><00:39:56.920><c> fellowship</c><00:39:57.260><c> in</c><00:39:57.559><c> food</c>

00:39:57.739 --> 00:39:59.539
and<00:39:57.960><c> drink,</c><00:39:58.340><c> verse</c><00:39:58.579><c> nine.</c><00:39:59.239><c> Now,</c>

00:39:59.539 --> 00:40:01.739
there's<00:39:59.920><c> a</c><00:40:00.059><c> lesson</c><00:40:00.239><c> here,</c><00:40:00.639><c> brothers</c><00:40:00.699><c> and</c><00:40:00.820><c> sisters.</c><00:40:01.539><c> There's</c>

00:40:01.739 --> 00:40:03.260
a<00:40:01.880><c> lesson</c><00:40:02.099><c> in</c><00:40:02.239><c> the</c><00:40:02.440><c> story</c><00:40:02.639><c> from</c><00:40:02.820><c> the</c><00:40:02.960><c> man</c><00:40:03.079><c> of</c>

00:40:03.260 --> 00:40:05.840
God,<00:40:03.400><c> and</c><00:40:03.519><c> the</c><00:40:03.639><c> lesson</c><00:40:03.820><c> is</c><00:40:04.039><c> this.</c><00:40:04.820><c> I</c><00:40:05.039><c> want</c><00:40:05.219><c> you</c><00:40:05.360><c> to</c><00:40:05.440><c> see</c><00:40:05.579><c> if</c><00:40:05.679><c> you</c>

00:40:05.840 --> 00:40:08.460
can<00:40:06.019><c> see</c><00:40:06.179><c> a</c><00:40:06.460><c> common</c><00:40:06.599><c> element</c><00:40:06.940><c> in</c><00:40:07.380><c> all</c><00:40:07.739><c> of</c><00:40:07.960><c> these</c>

00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:14.500
Bible<00:40:08.860><c> passages.</c><00:40:10.159><c> It's</c><00:40:10.599><c> about</c><00:40:10.860><c> the</c><00:40:11.199><c> entanglement</c><00:40:11.800><c> of</c><00:40:12.239><c> sin,</c><00:40:13.980><c> but</c><00:40:14.119><c> there's</c><00:40:14.340><c> a</c>

00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:15.800
key<00:40:14.659><c> idea</c><00:40:15.099><c> here</c><00:40:15.380><c> that's</c>

00:40:15.800 --> 00:40:21.860
common<00:40:15.980><c> to</c><00:40:16.219><c> these</c><00:40:16.519><c> stories.</c><00:40:20.380><c> You</c><00:40:20.820><c> see,</c><00:40:20.940><c> the</c><00:40:21.000><c> man</c><00:40:21.159><c> of</c><00:40:21.380><c> God</c><00:40:21.519><c> went</c>

00:40:21.860 --> 00:40:28.639
back,<00:40:23.300><c> I</c><00:40:24.559><c> think,</c><00:40:26.579><c> because</c><00:40:27.500><c> he</c><00:40:27.659><c> wanted</c><00:40:27.920><c> to.</c>

00:40:31.079 --> 00:40:35.519
And<00:40:31.539><c> the</c><00:40:31.780><c> opportunity</c><00:40:32.360><c> arose</c><00:40:33.079><c> through</c><00:40:34.539><c> an</c><00:40:34.760><c> invitation</c><00:40:35.280><c> which</c>

00:40:35.519 --> 00:40:36.590
he<00:40:35.639><c> couldn't</c><00:40:35.860><c> resist.</c>

00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:48.780
In<00:40:42.119><c> Joshua</c><00:40:42.639><c> chapter</c><00:40:43.099><c> seven</c><00:40:43.679><c> and</c><00:40:44.219><c> verses</c><00:40:44.539><c> 20</c><00:40:45.000><c> to</c><00:40:45.500><c> 21,</c><00:40:46.480><c> we're</c><00:40:46.760><c> told</c><00:40:47.000><c> that</c><00:40:47.440><c> Achan</c><00:40:47.820><c> noticed</c><00:40:48.539><c> a</c>

00:40:48.780 --> 00:40:49.599
Babylonian<00:40:49.239><c> garment</c>

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and<00:40:50.099><c> silver</c><00:40:50.440><c> and</c><00:40:50.980><c> gold,</c><00:40:51.639><c> but</c><00:40:51.800><c> it</c><00:40:51.980><c> wasn't</c><00:40:52.099><c> just</c><00:40:52.440><c> that.</c><00:40:52.639><c> It</c><00:40:52.699><c> was</c>

00:40:52.900 --> 00:40:54.099
the<00:40:53.019><c> fact</c><00:40:53.139><c> that</c><00:40:53.300><c> in</c><00:40:53.440><c> the</c><00:40:53.500><c> midst</c><00:40:53.719><c> of</c><00:40:53.960><c> battle,</c>

00:40:54.119 --> 00:40:56.000
there<00:40:54.179><c> was</c><00:40:54.340><c> a</c><00:40:54.500><c> moment</c><00:40:54.679><c> alone</c><00:40:54.980><c> when</c><00:40:55.099><c> he</c><00:40:55.159><c> was</c><00:40:55.300><c> all</c><00:40:55.480><c> by</c><00:40:55.679><c> himself.</c>

00:40:56.000 --> 00:40:59.519
He<00:40:56.139><c> could</c><00:40:56.300><c> gather</c><00:40:56.440><c> stuff</c><00:40:56.719><c> up</c><00:40:56.860><c> and</c><00:40:57.039><c> wrap</c><00:40:57.139><c> it</c><00:40:57.300><c> in</c>

00:40:59.519 --> 00:41:02.440
and<00:41:00.079><c> he</c><00:41:00.199><c> took</c><00:41:00.360><c> the</c><00:41:00.500><c> opportunity</c><00:41:00.940><c> to</c><00:41:01.179><c> take</c><00:41:01.340><c> the</c><00:41:01.559><c> spoil</c><00:41:01.719><c> and</c><00:41:02.079><c> take</c><00:41:02.300><c> it</c>

00:41:02.440 --> 00:41:04.179
home<00:41:02.599><c> and</c><00:41:02.860><c> hide</c><00:41:03.019><c> it</c><00:41:03.159><c> in</c><00:41:03.239><c> his</c><00:41:03.460><c> tent.</c>

00:41:08.699 --> 00:41:13.360
In<00:41:08.780><c> the</c><00:41:08.920><c> second</c><00:41:09.139><c> of</c><00:41:09.320><c> Samuel</c><00:41:09.920><c> chapter</c><00:41:10.519><c> 11</c><00:41:10.780><c> and</c><00:41:10.980><c> verse</c><00:41:11.179><c> 5,</c><00:41:13.019><c> David</c>

00:41:13.360 --> 00:41:15.260
tarried<00:41:13.699><c> at</c><00:41:13.920><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:41:16.280 --> 00:41:23.360
while<00:41:16.719><c> his</c><00:41:16.920><c> army</c><00:41:17.119><c> was</c><00:41:17.320><c> out</c><00:41:17.539><c> fighting.</c><00:41:20.139><c> He</c><00:41:20.320><c> walks</c><00:41:20.559><c> upon</c><00:41:20.800><c> his</c><00:41:21.000><c> rooftop</c><00:41:21.639><c> and</c><00:41:23.179><c> he</c>

00:41:23.360 --> 00:41:25.219
sees<00:41:23.500><c> Bathsheba</c><00:41:24.099><c> washing</c><00:41:24.400><c> herself.</c>

00:41:26.739 --> 00:41:34.199
And<00:41:27.260><c> one</c><00:41:27.519><c> of</c><00:41:27.599><c> his</c><00:41:27.760><c> valiant</c><00:41:28.139><c> warriors</c><00:41:29.000><c> was</c><00:41:30.980><c> Uriah</c><00:41:31.519><c> the</c><00:41:31.679><c> Hittite,</c><00:41:33.980><c> who's</c>

00:41:34.199 --> 00:41:35.820
away<00:41:34.599><c> at</c><00:41:34.900><c> the</c><00:41:35.059><c> time.</c>

00:41:37.699 --> 00:41:39.800
And<00:41:37.920><c> precisely</c><00:41:38.179><c> because</c><00:41:38.480><c> he</c><00:41:38.579><c> was</c><00:41:38.800><c> the</c><00:41:39.000><c> king</c><00:41:39.159><c> and</c><00:41:39.360><c> could</c><00:41:39.559><c> do</c><00:41:39.659><c> as</c>

00:41:39.800 --> 00:41:41.280
the<00:41:39.920><c> king</c><00:41:40.119><c> pleased,</c>

00:41:43.000 --> 00:41:46.880
he<00:41:43.239><c> yielded</c><00:41:43.559><c> to</c><00:41:43.659><c> an</c><00:41:43.820><c> opportunity</c><00:41:44.320><c> which</c><00:41:44.579><c> is</c><00:41:44.820><c> very</c><00:41:45.139><c> kingship</c><00:41:45.559><c> enabled.</c>

00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:55.659
And<00:41:50.960><c> John</c><00:41:51.480><c> chapter</c><00:41:52.760><c> 12</c><00:41:53.059><c> verse</c><00:41:53.300><c> 6</c><00:41:53.659><c> says</c><00:41:54.079><c> that</c><00:41:54.739><c> Judas</c><00:41:55.039><c> was</c><00:41:55.340><c> the</c>

00:41:55.659 --> 00:41:58.059
treasurer<00:41:56.079><c> for</c><00:41:56.340><c> the</c><00:41:56.480><c> Lord's</c><00:41:56.960><c> band.</c>

00:41:59.119 --> 00:42:02.460
Because<00:41:59.360><c> he</c><00:41:59.619><c> bore</c><00:41:59.840><c> the</c><00:42:00.119><c> bag,</c><00:42:00.980><c> he</c><00:42:01.139><c> had</c><00:42:01.320><c> opportunity</c><00:42:01.840><c> to</c><00:42:02.199><c> steal</c>

00:42:02.460 --> 00:42:04.219
the<00:42:02.739><c> contributions,</c><00:42:03.480><c> which</c><00:42:03.639><c> is</c><00:42:03.920><c> precisely</c>

00:42:04.219 --> 00:42:08.619
what<00:42:04.460><c> John</c><00:42:04.739><c> says.</c><00:42:05.039><c> It</c><00:42:05.059><c> says</c><00:42:05.320><c> he</c><00:42:05.679><c> had</c><00:42:05.880><c> the</c><00:42:07.539><c> bag</c><00:42:07.699><c> and</c><00:42:08.019><c> bear</c><00:42:08.360><c> what</c>

00:42:08.619 --> 00:42:10.800
was<00:42:08.960><c> carried</c><00:42:09.219><c> therein.</c><00:42:09.880><c> But</c><00:42:10.019><c> another</c><00:42:10.260><c> translation</c>

00:42:10.800 --> 00:42:13.280
says<00:42:11.019><c> he</c><00:42:11.159><c> used</c><00:42:11.400><c> to</c><00:42:11.579><c> help</c><00:42:11.699><c> himself</c><00:42:12.159><c> to</c><00:42:12.300><c> the</c><00:42:12.500><c> contributions</c><00:42:13.139><c> and</c>

00:42:13.280 --> 00:42:15.579
that's<00:42:13.599><c> the</c><00:42:13.719><c> meaning</c><00:42:13.900><c> of</c><00:42:14.079><c> the</c><00:42:14.260><c> Greek.</c><00:42:14.579><c> He</c><00:42:14.820><c> stole</c>

00:42:15.840 --> 00:42:19.039
precisely<00:42:16.320><c> because</c><00:42:16.659><c> he</c><00:42:16.780><c> had</c><00:42:16.960><c> the</c><00:42:17.139><c> bag</c><00:42:17.260><c> under</c><00:42:17.500><c> his</c><00:42:17.699><c> control</c><00:42:18.039><c> and</c><00:42:18.199><c> had</c><00:42:18.360><c> opportunity</c><00:42:18.820><c> to</c>

00:42:19.039 --> 00:42:19.480
do<00:42:19.199><c> so.</c>

00:42:19.639 --> 00:42:22.719
See<00:42:19.820><c> the</c><00:42:19.940><c> key</c><00:42:20.099><c> idea,</c><00:42:20.559><c> brethren</c><00:42:20.679><c> and</c><00:42:20.699><c> sisters,</c><00:42:21.559><c> here's</c><00:42:21.780><c> the</c><00:42:21.980><c> lesson.</c>

00:42:27.380 --> 00:42:34.300
Sin<00:42:27.860><c> comes</c><00:42:28.340><c> when</c><00:42:30.219><c> weakness</c><00:42:31.119><c> meets</c><00:42:32.340><c> opportunity.</c>

00:42:39.000 --> 00:42:41.320
Sometimes<00:42:39.440><c> we</c><00:42:39.679><c> see</c><00:42:39.840><c> others</c><00:42:40.159><c> sin</c>

00:42:42.500 --> 00:42:45.300
and<00:42:42.900><c> we're</c><00:42:43.300><c> shocked</c><00:42:43.559><c> that</c><00:42:43.820><c> they</c><00:42:43.980><c> have</c><00:42:44.239><c> fallen.</c>

00:42:47.380 --> 00:42:50.260
And<00:42:47.760><c> that</c><00:42:47.900><c> could</c><00:42:48.079><c> be</c><00:42:48.300><c> partly</c><00:42:48.500><c> because</c><00:42:48.780><c> that</c><00:42:49.019><c> particular</c><00:42:49.440><c> weakness</c><00:42:49.780><c> is</c><00:42:49.980><c> not</c><00:42:50.119><c> a</c>

00:42:50.260 --> 00:42:51.420
weakness<00:42:50.440><c> that</c><00:42:50.679><c> we</c><00:42:50.900><c> have.</c><00:42:51.159><c> And</c><00:42:51.280><c> so</c>

00:42:51.420 --> 00:42:54.019
we<00:42:51.639><c> in</c><00:42:51.760><c> the</c><00:42:51.940><c> same</c><00:42:52.139><c> circumstance</c><00:42:52.780><c> would</c><00:42:52.980><c> never</c><00:42:53.179><c> have</c><00:42:53.380><c> done</c><00:42:53.500><c> that</c><00:42:53.699><c> because</c><00:42:53.840><c> it</c>

00:42:54.019 --> 00:42:55.320
wasn't<00:42:54.199><c> our</c><00:42:54.420><c> weakness.</c>

00:42:57.219 --> 00:43:00.659
Or<00:42:57.619><c> it</c><00:42:57.780><c> could</c><00:42:57.920><c> be</c><00:42:58.119><c> that</c><00:42:58.260><c> we</c><00:42:58.480><c> have</c><00:42:58.679><c> precisely</c><00:42:59.159><c> the</c><00:42:59.400><c> same</c><00:42:59.599><c> weakness,</c>

00:43:02.159 --> 00:43:04.559
but<00:43:02.559><c> we've</c><00:43:02.820><c> never</c><00:43:03.000><c> been</c><00:43:03.219><c> given</c><00:43:03.380><c> the</c><00:43:03.619><c> same</c><00:43:03.780><c> opportunity</c><00:43:04.360><c> that</c>

00:43:04.559 --> 00:43:06.159
they<00:43:04.760><c> had</c><00:43:04.880><c> to</c><00:43:05.159><c> fall.</c>

00:43:08.059 --> 00:43:13.940
But<00:43:08.659><c> the</c><00:43:08.900><c> lesson</c><00:43:09.179><c> is</c><00:43:10.159><c> that</c><00:43:11.139><c> we</c><00:43:11.260><c> need</c><00:43:11.420><c> to</c><00:43:11.579><c> become</c><00:43:11.780><c> aware</c><00:43:12.340><c> of</c><00:43:12.679><c> our</c><00:43:12.920><c> weaknesses</c>

00:43:15.059 --> 00:43:19.980
and<00:43:15.659><c> make</c><00:43:15.960><c> sure</c><00:43:16.719><c> that</c><00:43:17.340><c> we</c><00:43:17.519><c> never</c><00:43:17.719><c> permit</c><00:43:18.000><c> opportunity</c><00:43:18.599><c> to</c><00:43:18.880><c> arise</c>

00:43:21.119 --> 00:43:23.860
because<00:43:21.719><c> when</c><00:43:22.019><c> weakness</c><00:43:22.340><c> and</c><00:43:22.559><c> opportunity</c><00:43:23.059><c> meet,</c>

00:43:25.820 --> 00:43:31.500
sin<00:43:25.880><c> will</c><00:43:26.059><c> be</c><00:43:26.199><c> the</c><00:43:26.380><c> result.</c><00:43:28.820><c> And</c><00:43:29.199><c> that's</c><00:43:29.440><c> what</c><00:43:29.719><c> happened</c><00:43:30.119><c> in</c>

00:43:31.500 --> 00:43:34.340
the<00:43:31.659><c> life</c><00:43:31.820><c> of</c><00:43:32.000><c> the</c><00:43:32.099><c> man</c><00:43:32.219><c> of</c><00:43:32.460><c> God</c><00:43:32.760><c> on</c><00:43:33.119><c> this</c><00:43:33.280><c> occasion</c>

00:43:34.559 --> 00:43:39.199
when<00:43:35.000><c> the</c><00:43:35.219><c> record</c><00:43:35.480><c> says</c><00:43:36.039><c> in</c><00:43:36.619><c> verse</c><00:43:36.860><c> 19</c><00:43:37.260><c> that</c><00:43:37.400><c> he</c><00:43:37.500><c> went</c><00:43:37.780><c> back</c><00:43:38.039><c> with</c><00:43:38.219><c> him</c><00:43:38.360><c> and</c><00:43:38.480><c> did</c><00:43:38.619><c> eat</c><00:43:38.840><c> bread</c><00:43:39.039><c> in</c>

00:43:39.199 --> 00:43:39.699
his<00:43:39.420><c> house.</c>

00:43:39.880 --> 00:43:41.719
Perhaps<00:43:40.159><c> he</c><00:43:40.420><c> thought</c><00:43:40.579><c> that</c><00:43:40.760><c> to</c><00:43:40.920><c> eat</c><00:43:41.019><c> with</c><00:43:41.179><c> the</c><00:43:41.320><c> old</c><00:43:41.500><c> prophet</c>

00:43:41.719 --> 00:43:44.139
was<00:43:42.000><c> acceptable</c><00:43:42.559><c> and</c><00:43:43.119><c> given</c><00:43:43.280><c> his</c><00:43:43.500><c> invitation</c>

00:43:44.139 --> 00:43:48.019
that<00:43:44.599><c> had</c><00:43:44.780><c> an</c><00:43:45.260><c> angelic</c><00:43:46.239><c> support</c><00:43:46.699><c> and</c><00:43:47.019><c> that</c><00:43:47.340><c> the</c><00:43:47.480><c> old</c><00:43:47.639><c> man</c><00:43:47.780><c> was</c>

00:43:48.019 --> 00:43:49.880
clearly<00:43:48.239><c> not</c><00:43:48.460><c> a</c><00:43:48.719><c> supporter</c><00:43:48.980><c> of</c><00:43:49.219><c> Jeroboam.</c>

00:43:50.059 --> 00:43:51.579
You<00:43:50.159><c> see</c><00:43:50.260><c> that's</c><00:43:50.480><c> what</c><00:43:50.599><c> we</c><00:43:50.780><c> all</c><00:43:50.960><c> do,</c><00:43:51.260><c> brothers</c><00:43:51.400><c> and</c><00:43:51.579><c> sisters,</c>

00:43:51.599 --> 00:43:53.300
we<00:43:51.780><c> take</c><00:43:52.000><c> a</c><00:43:52.219><c> clear</c><00:43:52.360><c> principle</c><00:43:52.760><c> of</c><00:43:52.980><c> scripture</c>

00:43:53.300 --> 00:43:56.780
and<00:43:53.699><c> then</c><00:43:53.920><c> we</c><00:43:54.239><c> start</c><00:43:54.460><c> to</c><00:43:54.800><c> rationalize</c><00:43:55.380><c> to</c><00:43:55.599><c> ourselves</c><00:43:55.980><c> why</c><00:43:56.239><c> perhaps</c><00:43:56.559><c> on</c>

00:43:56.780 --> 00:44:01.960
this<00:43:56.960><c> occasion</c><00:43:57.519><c> it</c><00:43:57.880><c> might</c><00:43:58.079><c> not</c><00:44:01.219><c> be</c>

00:44:02.019 --> 00:44:08.000
to<00:44:02.280><c> do</c><00:44:02.500><c> what</c><00:44:02.699><c> the</c><00:44:02.920><c> Bible</c><00:44:03.199><c> says.</c><00:44:04.860><c> But</c><00:44:05.079><c> the</c><00:44:05.239><c> reality</c><00:44:05.679><c> was</c><00:44:06.199><c> that</c><00:44:06.519><c> he</c><00:44:06.639><c> had</c><00:44:06.900><c> never</c><00:44:07.260><c> had</c><00:44:07.659><c> a</c>

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rescinding<00:44:08.739><c> of</c><00:44:09.139><c> the</c><00:44:09.519><c> charge</c>

00:44:10.000 --> 00:44:14.840
by<00:44:10.539><c> direct</c><00:44:10.860><c> instruction</c><00:44:11.440><c> from</c><00:44:11.699><c> the</c><00:44:11.860><c> word</c><00:44:11.980><c> of</c><00:44:12.219><c> God</c><00:44:12.400><c> to</c><00:44:12.659><c> him,</c><00:44:13.780><c> which</c><00:44:13.860><c> was</c><00:44:14.019><c> how</c><00:44:14.159><c> he'd</c><00:44:14.500><c> received</c><00:44:14.659><c> it</c>

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in<00:44:14.940><c> the</c><00:44:15.059><c> first</c><00:44:15.300><c> place.</c>

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Oh<00:44:17.840><c> yes,</c><00:44:17.940><c> it</c><00:44:18.019><c> was</c><00:44:18.219><c> a</c><00:44:18.360><c> mistake</c><00:44:18.780><c> for</c><00:44:20.119><c> the</c><00:44:20.239><c> man</c><00:44:20.380><c> of</c><00:44:20.519><c> God</c><00:44:20.619><c> to</c><00:44:20.760><c> go</c><00:44:20.960><c> back.</c>

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But<00:44:23.440><c> how</c><00:44:23.739><c> serious</c><00:44:24.079><c> was</c><00:44:24.360><c> it?</c><00:44:25.840><c> What</c><00:44:26.099><c> harm</c><00:44:26.360><c> could</c><00:44:26.579><c> there</c><00:44:26.800><c> be</c><00:44:27.119><c> in</c><00:44:27.480><c> a</c>

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meal<00:44:28.039><c> with</c><00:44:28.400><c> a</c><00:44:28.579><c> like</c><00:44:28.800><c>-minded</c><00:44:29.099><c> man?</c>

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And<00:44:31.039><c> if</c><00:44:31.179><c> he</c><00:44:31.239><c> just</c><00:44:31.539><c> ate</c><00:44:31.739><c> and</c><00:44:31.920><c> then</c><00:44:32.039><c> left,</c><00:44:32.780><c> what</c><00:44:32.860><c> negative</c><00:44:33.260><c> consequences</c><00:44:33.940><c> could</c>

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there<00:44:34.440><c> be?</c>

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Well<00:44:36.659><c> that,</c><00:44:36.980><c> brothers</c><00:44:37.079><c> and</c><00:44:37.340><c> sisters,</c><00:44:38.860><c> is</c><00:44:39.039><c> the</c><00:44:39.199><c> subject</c><00:44:39.519><c> of</c>

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our<00:44:40.059><c> next</c><00:44:40.300><c> study.</c>