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he<00:33:12.049><c> said</c><00:33:12.130><c> about</c><00:33:12.450><c> Goliath</c><00:33:13.009><c> it</c><00:33:13.289><c> is</c><00:33:13.509><c> that</c><00:33:13.609><c> he</c><00:33:13.769><c> was</c><00:33:13.950><c> a</c><00:33:14.289><c> tall</c><00:33:14.569><c> man</c><00:33:15.049><c> well</c><00:33:15.450><c> who</c><00:33:15.750><c> do</c>

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David<00:33:30.650><c> if</c><00:33:31.089><c> I'm</c><00:33:32.150><c> little</c><00:33:32.329><c> just</c><00:33:32.730><c> a</c><00:33:32.869><c> little</c><00:33:33.309><c> tale</c><00:33:33.569><c> that</c><00:33:33.789><c> comes</c><00:33:33.990><c> from</c><00:33:34.210><c> I</c><00:33:34.329><c> think</c><00:33:34.430><c> was</c><00:33:34.529><c> a</c>

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might<00:33:36.089><c> even</c><00:33:36.509><c> be</c><00:33:36.890><c> a</c><00:33:37.109><c> story</c><00:33:37.289><c> here</c><00:33:37.470><c> from</c><00:33:37.670><c> America</c><00:33:38.049><c> I</c><00:33:38.210><c> don't</c><00:33:38.369><c> know</c>

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but<00:33:38.650><c> some</c><00:33:38.930><c> teacher</c><00:33:39.309><c> was</c><00:33:39.509><c> telling</c><00:33:40.250><c> the</c><00:33:40.569><c> youngsters</c>

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the<00:33:41.109><c> story</c><00:33:41.349><c> of</c><00:33:41.549><c> David</c><00:33:41.809><c> and</c><00:33:42.049><c> Goliath</c><00:33:42.730><c> spelled</c><00:33:43.230><c> it</c><00:33:43.430><c> all</c><00:33:43.589><c> out</c><00:33:44.049><c> just</c><00:33:44.369><c> as</c>

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we<00:33:44.670><c> have</c><00:33:44.829><c> it</c><00:33:45.009><c> here</c><00:33:45.990><c> after</c><00:33:46.390><c> a</c><00:33:46.630><c> moment's</c><00:33:47.089><c> pause</c>

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Lord<00:34:46.769><c> had</c><00:34:47.010><c> been</c><00:34:47.369><c> fulsome</c><00:34:48.590><c> so</c><00:34:50.130><c> like</c>

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Harry<00:35:36.989><c> Tennant</c><00:35:37.349><c> who</c><00:35:37.949><c> pointed</c><00:35:38.230><c> out</c><00:35:38.710><c> seems</c><00:35:38.949><c> to</c><00:35:39.090><c> me</c>

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of<00:36:03.909><c> power</c><00:36:04.210><c> that</c><00:36:04.409><c> he</c><00:36:04.670><c> gave</c><00:36:04.989><c> the</c><00:36:05.710><c> the</c><00:36:06.050><c> virtual</c><00:36:06.489><c> unlimited</c><00:36:07.210><c> access</c><00:36:07.670><c> to</c><00:36:07.889><c> material</c><00:36:08.409><c> things</c><00:36:09.369><c> that</c><00:36:10.150><c> it</c>

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everything<00:36:16.909><c> except</c><00:36:17.730><c> himself</c><00:36:18.570><c> so</c><00:36:22.409><c> it</c><00:36:22.510><c> was</c><00:36:22.550><c> the</c><00:36:22.750><c> people</c>

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presence<00:36:28.269><c> but</c><00:36:29.449><c> they</c><00:36:29.750><c> now</c><00:36:30.150><c> learned</c><00:36:30.530><c> that</c><00:36:31.110><c> it</c><00:36:31.289><c> is</c>

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the<00:36:41.989><c> defeat</c><00:36:42.250><c> on</c><00:36:42.469><c> Mount</c><00:36:42.710><c> Gilboa</c><00:36:43.150><c> is</c><00:36:43.329><c> not</c><00:36:43.570><c> just</c><00:36:43.789><c> the</c><00:36:44.050><c> condemnation</c><00:36:44.650><c> of</c><00:36:44.909><c> Saul</c>

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Amalekites<00:41:09.889><c> the</c><00:41:10.469><c> two</c><00:41:10.789><c> are</c><00:41:11.090><c> meant</c><00:41:11.250><c> to</c><00:41:11.449><c> be</c><00:41:11.630><c> balanced</c><00:41:12.130><c> together</c>

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I<00:41:14.030><c> just</c><00:41:14.190><c> get</c><00:41:14.309><c> the</c><00:41:14.570><c> feeling</c><00:41:14.849><c> reading</c><00:41:15.210><c> it</c><00:41:15.489><c> in</c>

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in<00:41:18.869><c> a</c><00:41:18.969><c> way</c><00:41:19.269><c> David's</c><00:41:19.929><c> victory</c><00:41:20.289><c> over</c><00:41:20.510><c> the</c><00:41:20.690><c> Amalekites</c>

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given<00:41:21.750><c> greater</c><00:41:22.190><c> prominence</c><00:41:23.610><c> than</c><00:41:24.469><c> Saul's</c><00:41:24.969><c> defeat</c><00:41:25.250><c> and</c><00:41:25.449><c> Mount</c>

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Gilboa<00:41:26.670><c> as</c><00:41:27.530><c> though</c><00:41:27.750><c> it</c><00:41:27.909><c> was</c><00:41:28.530><c> more</c><00:41:28.969><c> significant</c>

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in<00:41:30.690><c> the</c><00:41:30.909><c> long</c><00:41:31.150><c> run</c><00:41:31.710><c> in</c><00:41:33.110><c> other</c><00:41:33.329><c> words</c><00:41:33.530><c> the</c><00:41:33.809><c> future</c><00:41:34.150><c> now</c><00:41:34.510><c> lies</c><00:41:34.690><c> with</c><00:41:35.050><c> David</c><00:41:35.449><c> and</c><00:41:36.110><c> his</c><00:41:36.389><c> victory</c><00:41:36.969><c> is</c>

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set<00:41:37.750><c> alongside</c>

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Saul's<00:41:38.949><c> death</c><00:41:39.710><c> on</c><00:41:42.329><c> the</c><00:41:42.630><c> whole</c><00:41:42.789><c> the</c><00:41:43.050><c> Philistine</c><00:41:43.429><c> victory</c><00:41:43.889><c> at</c>

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Mount<00:41:44.309><c> Gilboa</c><00:41:45.150><c> seems</c><00:41:45.489><c> to</c><00:41:45.769><c> have</c><00:41:45.869><c> put</c><00:41:45.989><c> the</c><00:41:46.250><c> nation</c><00:41:46.769><c> back</c>

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where<00:41:47.650><c> they</c><00:41:47.869><c> were</c><00:41:48.469><c> before</c><00:41:49.110><c> ever</c><00:41:49.349><c> they</c><00:41:49.510><c> had</c><00:41:49.730><c> a</c><00:41:49.929><c> monarchy</c><00:41:50.730><c> a</c><00:41:51.829><c> lesson</c><00:41:52.230><c> in</c><00:41:53.070><c> itself</c>

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last<00:41:56.090><c> of</c><00:41:56.349><c> all</c><00:41:57.010><c> come</c><00:41:57.329><c> with</c><00:41:57.570><c> me</c><00:41:57.789><c> to</c><00:41:58.050><c> Hosea</c><00:41:59.050><c> you</c><00:42:00.489><c> see</c><00:42:00.610><c> the</c><00:42:00.969><c> essential</c><00:42:01.429><c> thing</c>

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was<00:42:02.710><c> for</c><00:42:02.909><c> the</c><00:42:03.289><c> Israelites</c>

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to<00:42:04.510><c> have</c><00:42:04.869><c> learned</c><00:42:05.329><c> that</c><00:42:05.750><c> if</c><00:42:05.929><c> they</c><00:42:06.329><c> want</c><00:42:06.630><c> a</c><00:42:06.949><c> king</c><00:42:07.230><c> they've</c><00:42:07.989><c> got</c>

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to<00:42:08.489><c> have</c><00:42:08.829><c> the</c><00:42:09.409><c> right</c><00:42:09.909><c> king</c><00:42:10.469><c> and</c><00:42:11.469><c> here's</c><00:42:12.170><c> a</c><00:42:12.269><c> little</c>

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comment<00:42:13.030><c> about</c><00:42:13.530><c> all</c><00:42:13.929><c> that</c><00:42:14.110><c> we've</c><00:42:14.389><c> been</c><00:42:14.530><c> looking</c><00:42:14.849><c> at</c><00:42:15.050><c> this</c><00:42:15.329><c> week</c><00:42:16.150><c> Hosea</c><00:42:17.150><c> chapter</c><00:42:17.690><c> 13</c>

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you<00:42:19.130><c> know</c><00:42:19.389><c> the</c><00:42:19.610><c> passage</c><00:42:19.809><c> I'm</c>

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quite<00:42:20.269><c> sure</c><00:42:20.510><c> of</c><00:42:20.630><c> this</c><00:42:22.409><c> Hosea</c><00:42:25.650><c> chapter</c><00:42:25.969><c> 13</c><00:42:26.449><c> look</c><00:42:26.610><c> at</c><00:42:26.829><c> verse</c><00:42:27.030><c> 10</c>

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verse<00:42:29.010><c> 11</c><00:42:29.210><c> I</c><00:42:29.429><c> beg</c><00:42:29.429><c> your</c><00:42:29.590><c> pardon</c><00:42:30.429><c> I</c><00:42:31.570><c> gave</c><00:42:31.869><c> thee</c><00:42:32.150><c> a</c><00:42:32.389><c> king</c>

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in<00:42:33.710><c> mine</c><00:42:33.909><c> anger</c><00:42:34.710><c> I</c><00:42:36.730><c> took</c><00:42:36.889><c> him</c><00:42:37.090><c> away</c><00:42:37.650><c> in</c><00:42:38.230><c> my</c><00:42:38.489><c> wrath</c>

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and<00:42:40.989><c> then</c><00:42:41.130><c> look</c><00:42:41.230><c> at</c><00:42:41.329><c> verse</c><00:42:41.510><c> 9</c><00:42:41.929><c> oh</c><00:42:42.250><c> Israel</c><00:42:43.070><c> thou</c><00:42:44.130><c> hast</c><00:42:44.769><c> destroyed</c><00:42:46.090><c> thyself</c>

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but<00:42:48.550><c> in</c><00:42:48.929><c> me</c><00:42:49.449><c> is</c><00:42:49.829><c> thine</c><00:42:50.070><c> help</c><00:42:50.610><c> I</c><00:42:51.250><c> will</c><00:42:51.510><c> be</c><00:42:51.789><c> thy</c><00:42:52.150><c> king</c><00:42:52.889><c> where</c><00:42:54.429><c> is</c>

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any<00:42:55.349><c> other</c><00:42:55.869><c> that</c><00:42:56.829><c> may</c><00:42:57.210><c> save</c><00:42:57.670><c> thee</c><00:42:58.010><c> in</c><00:42:58.289><c> all</c><00:42:58.630><c> thy</c><00:42:58.849><c> cities</c>

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that's<00:43:04.010><c> just</c><00:43:04.710><c> it</c><00:43:05.389><c> isn't</c><00:43:06.630><c> it</c>

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well<00:43:08.929><c> all</c><00:43:10.289><c> that</c><00:43:10.550><c> remains</c><00:43:11.250><c> in</c><00:43:12.710><c> second</c><00:43:13.030><c> Samuel</c><00:43:13.409><c> 1</c><00:43:14.010><c> is</c><00:43:15.050><c> for</c><00:43:15.530><c> the</c>

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people<00:43:16.650><c> to</c><00:43:17.449><c> formally</c><00:43:17.849><c> recognize</c>

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a<00:43:19.909><c> new</c><00:43:20.190><c> king</c><00:43:21.170><c> David</c><00:43:22.349><c> step</c><00:43:23.269><c> by</c><00:43:23.650><c> step</c><00:43:24.210><c> God's</c><00:43:24.909><c> will</c><00:43:25.190><c> for</c><00:43:25.449><c> David</c><00:43:25.949><c> is</c>

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becoming<00:43:27.050><c> clearer</c><00:43:27.690><c> to</c><00:43:28.530><c> the</c><00:43:28.769><c> nation</c>

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but<00:43:30.909><c> there</c><00:43:31.090><c> is</c><00:43:31.289><c> a</c><00:43:31.469><c> greater</c><00:43:31.710><c> parable</c><00:43:32.170><c> here</c><00:43:32.489><c> altogether</c><00:43:33.230><c> and</c><00:43:34.429><c> the</c><00:43:34.610><c> great</c><00:43:34.829><c> comfort</c><00:43:35.250><c> I'd</c><00:43:35.489><c> like</c><00:43:35.590><c> to</c><00:43:35.849><c> suggest</c>

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that<00:43:37.369><c> those</c><00:43:37.789><c> who</c><00:43:38.190><c> rule</c><00:43:38.510><c> and</c><00:43:38.889><c> oppose</c><00:43:39.489><c> the</c><00:43:40.030><c> will</c><00:43:40.309><c> of</c><00:43:40.610><c> God</c><00:43:41.050><c> will</c>

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finally<00:43:42.309><c> be</c><00:43:42.610><c> removed</c><00:43:43.469><c> all</c><00:43:44.309><c> who</c><00:43:44.769><c> oppose</c><00:43:45.150><c> the</c><00:43:45.389><c> will</c>

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of<00:43:45.809><c> God</c><00:43:46.349><c> will</c><00:43:46.909><c> be</c><00:43:47.269><c> finally</c><00:43:47.590><c> removed</c><00:43:48.130><c> and</c><00:43:48.829><c> that</c><00:43:49.010><c> on</c><00:43:49.429><c> the</c><00:43:49.610><c> mountains</c><00:43:49.969><c> of</c><00:43:50.190><c> Israel</c><00:43:50.610><c> there</c><00:43:50.989><c> will</c><00:43:51.309><c> yet</c>

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be<00:43:51.789><c> a</c><00:43:52.010><c> king</c>

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whose<00:43:52.690><c> heart</c><00:43:53.090><c> and</c><00:43:53.530><c> indeed</c><00:43:53.949><c> whose</c><00:43:54.510><c> whole</c><00:43:54.949><c> being</c><00:43:55.469><c> is</c><00:43:55.949><c> after</c><00:43:56.309><c> the</c>

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almighty's<00:43:58.489><c> one</c><00:43:58.750><c> greater</c><00:43:59.170><c> than</c><00:43:59.409><c> David</c>

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and<00:44:01.349><c> yet</c><00:44:01.510><c> of</c><00:44:01.849><c> his</c><00:44:01.969><c> seed</c><00:44:02.449><c> and</c><00:44:03.889><c> who</c><00:44:04.150><c> one</c><00:44:04.690><c> day</c><00:44:05.010><c> soon</c><00:44:05.449><c> we</c><00:44:05.710><c> believe</c>

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and<00:44:06.570><c> pray</c><00:44:06.909><c> will</c><00:44:07.449><c> bring</c><00:44:07.809><c> consolation</c>

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to<00:44:09.469><c> his</c><00:44:09.769><c> people</c><00:44:10.369><c> once</c><00:44:11.030><c> and</c><00:44:11.449><c> for</c><00:44:11.750><c> all</c><00:44:12.630><c> and</c><00:44:14.150><c> in</c><00:44:14.349><c> their</c><00:44:14.610><c> peace</c><00:44:15.389><c> we</c>

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shall<00:44:16.849><c> find</c><00:44:17.110><c> our</c><00:44:17.349><c> eternal</c><00:44:17.690><c> rest</c>