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my<00:11:06.139><c> aunt</c><00:11:06.539><c> died</c><00:11:06.820><c> last</c><00:11:07.139><c> night.</c><00:11:07.399><c> So</c><00:11:07.480><c> this</c><00:11:07.779><c> has</c><00:11:08.000><c> not</c><00:11:08.139><c> been</c><00:11:08.299><c> a</c><00:11:08.419><c> good</c>

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week.<00:11:09.159><c> And</c><00:11:09.340><c> my</c><00:11:09.460><c> aunt</c><00:11:09.600><c> was</c><00:11:09.759><c> my</c><00:11:09.940><c> mother's</c><00:11:10.340><c> sister.</c>

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She<00:11:10.840><c> was</c><00:11:10.960><c> the</c><00:11:11.100><c> only</c><00:11:11.279><c> one</c><00:11:11.360><c> in</c><00:11:11.519><c> the</c><00:11:11.639><c> family</c><00:11:11.860><c> not</c><00:11:12.059><c> in</c><00:11:12.200><c> the</c><00:11:12.379><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:11:12.720><c> her</c><00:11:12.860><c> name</c><00:11:12.980><c> was</c><00:11:13.240><c> Gilda.</c><00:11:14.519><c> And</c><00:11:14.799><c> the</c><00:11:14.940><c> reason</c>

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she<00:11:15.360><c> was</c><00:11:15.559><c> Gilda,</c><00:11:16.059><c> because</c><00:11:16.320><c> my</c><00:11:16.600><c> grandfather,</c><00:11:17.279><c> before</c><00:11:17.519><c> he</c><00:11:17.740><c> became</c><00:11:17.980><c> a</c><00:11:18.159><c> Christadelphian</c><00:11:18.779><c> in</c>

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1914,<00:11:20.279><c> he</c><00:11:20.580><c> had</c><00:11:20.799><c> three</c>

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daughters<00:11:21.379><c> already.</c><00:11:21.799><c> And</c><00:11:22.019><c> he</c><00:11:22.220><c> named</c><00:11:22.379><c> them</c><00:11:22.600><c> after</c><00:11:23.000><c> all</c><00:11:23.399><c> of</c><00:11:23.519><c> Verdi</c><00:11:23.759><c> characters.</c><00:11:24.860><c> And</c>

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Gilda<00:11:25.419><c> is</c><00:11:25.639><c> the</c><00:11:25.779><c> heroine</c><00:11:26.159><c> of</c>

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Rigoletto.<00:11:27.440><c> And</c><00:11:27.620><c> those</c><00:11:27.860><c> of</c><00:11:28.019><c> you</c><00:11:28.159><c> who</c><00:11:28.240><c> don't</c><00:11:28.539><c> know</c><00:11:28.820><c> Gilda</c><00:11:29.100><c> and</c>

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Rigoletto,<00:11:30.539><c> savages.</c><00:11:32.080><c> And</c><00:11:32.299><c> my</c><00:11:32.419><c> mother's</c>

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name<00:11:33.200><c> was</c><00:11:33.480><c> Aida.</c><00:11:34.299><c> Most</c><00:11:34.620><c> of</c><00:11:34.759><c> you</c><00:11:34.799><c> know</c><00:11:34.940><c> her</c><00:11:35.159><c> as</c><00:11:35.340><c> Catherine,</c><00:11:35.940><c> but</c>

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her<00:11:36.799><c> Italian</c><00:11:37.179><c> name,</c><00:11:37.620><c> her</c><00:11:37.820><c> first</c><00:11:38.000><c> name</c><00:11:38.159><c> was</c><00:11:38.340><c> really</c>

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Aida<00:11:39.059><c> Catherine</c><00:11:39.860><c> Bonadonna.</c><00:11:41.279><c> And</c><00:11:41.460><c> so</c><00:11:41.580><c> that</c><00:11:41.740><c> was</c><00:11:41.960><c> after,</c><00:11:42.279><c> if</c>

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you<00:11:42.620><c> haven't</c><00:11:42.840><c> heard</c><00:11:43.059><c> of</c><00:11:43.200><c> Aida,</c><00:11:43.779><c> then</c><00:11:44.080><c> you</c><00:11:44.240><c> really</c>

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don't<00:11:45.519><c> even</c><00:11:45.919><c> speak</c><00:11:46.100><c> to</c><00:11:46.299><c> me</c><00:11:46.500><c> again.</c><00:11:48.159><c> So,</c><00:11:48.980><c> and</c><00:11:49.580><c> that</c><00:11:49.740><c> was</c><00:11:49.919><c> how,</c>

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you<00:11:50.320><c> know,</c><00:11:50.379><c> it's</c><00:11:50.580><c> interesting</c><00:11:50.879><c> how</c><00:11:51.059><c> my</c>

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grandfather<00:11:51.700><c> changed</c><00:11:52.179><c> from</c><00:11:52.399><c> a</c><00:11:52.700><c> person</c><00:11:52.720><c> who</c><00:11:53.000><c> identified</c><00:11:53.500><c> with</c>

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that<00:11:54.379><c> to</c><00:11:54.740><c> a</c><00:11:54.759><c> person</c><00:11:55.059><c> who</c><00:11:55.320><c> wanted</c><00:11:55.519><c> all</c><00:11:55.980><c> his</c>

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grandchildren<00:11:56.779><c> to</c><00:11:57.000><c> be</c><00:11:57.200><c> named</c><00:11:57.460><c> after</c><00:11:57.899><c> biblical</c><00:11:58.399><c> characters.</c>

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And<00:12:00.460><c> here</c><00:12:00.580><c> is</c><00:12:00.759><c> the</c><00:12:01.000><c> calling</c><00:12:01.179><c> of</c><00:12:01.419><c> Jeremiah,</c>

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verse<00:12:02.600><c> six,</c><00:12:03.299><c> chapter</c><00:12:03.659><c> one.</c><00:12:04.440><c> Then</c><00:12:04.519><c> said</c><00:12:04.820><c> I,</c><00:12:05.860><c> ah,</c><00:12:06.879><c> Lord</c><00:12:07.139><c> God,</c><00:12:07.779><c> behold,</c><00:12:08.399><c> I</c>

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cannot<00:12:08.860><c> speak</c><00:12:09.419><c> for</c><00:12:09.700><c> I</c><00:12:10.080><c> am</c><00:12:10.320><c> a</c><00:12:10.539><c> child.</c>

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And<00:12:11.980><c> you</c><00:12:12.080><c> notice</c><00:12:12.419><c> in</c><00:12:12.879><c> the</c><00:12:13.620><c> authorized</c><00:12:14.320><c> version,</c><00:12:14.740><c> at</c><00:12:14.980><c> least,</c>

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there's<00:12:15.679><c> an</c><00:12:15.980><c> exclamation</c><00:12:16.539><c> point</c><00:12:17.120><c> after</c><00:12:17.600><c> ah,</c>

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Lord<00:12:18.919><c> God.</c><00:12:19.399><c> And</c><00:12:19.539><c> it's</c><00:12:19.779><c> absolutely</c><00:12:20.240><c> correct.</c><00:12:21.320><c> There's</c><00:12:21.480><c> no</c><00:12:21.759><c> exclamation</c><00:12:22.299><c> points,</c><00:12:22.720><c> of</c>

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course,<00:12:23.120><c> in</c><00:12:23.299><c> the</c><00:12:23.440><c> Hebrew</c>

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language.<00:12:24.519><c> But</c><00:12:24.700><c> the</c><00:12:25.340><c> ah</c><00:12:25.720><c> is</c><00:12:26.000><c> an</c><00:12:26.320><c> exclamatory</c><00:12:27.039><c> statement,</c><00:12:27.960><c> which</c><00:12:28.159><c> identifies</c><00:12:28.860><c> in</c>

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the<00:12:29.259><c> Hebrew</c><00:12:29.500><c> language,</c><00:12:29.919><c> I</c><00:12:30.059><c> am</c><00:12:30.279><c> told,</c>

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an<00:12:31.240><c> exclamatory</c><00:12:32.000><c> remark.</c><00:12:32.860><c> Just</c><00:12:33.139><c> as</c><00:12:33.500><c> in</c><00:12:34.200><c> Greek</c><00:12:34.460><c> and</c><00:12:34.659><c> in</c><00:12:34.820><c> many</c><00:12:34.980><c> European</c><00:12:35.440><c> languages,</c><00:12:36.080><c> a</c>

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repetitive<00:12:36.840><c> phrase.</c>

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Jesus<00:12:38.360><c> does</c><00:12:38.639><c> this</c><00:12:38.860><c> quite</c><00:12:39.159><c> frequently</c><00:12:39.559><c> in</c><00:12:39.720><c> the</c><00:12:39.740><c> New</c><00:12:39.940><c> Testament,</c><00:12:40.460><c> doesn't</c>

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he?<00:12:40.720><c> Where</c><00:12:40.860><c> he</c><00:12:40.899><c> says,</c>

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verily,<00:12:41.820><c> verily.</c><00:12:42.559><c> It</c><00:12:42.740><c> wasn't</c><00:12:42.960><c> that</c><00:12:43.179><c> Jesus</c><00:12:43.559><c> was</c><00:12:43.919><c> trying</c><00:12:44.139><c> to</c><00:12:44.320><c> be</c>

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redundant.<00:12:44.960><c> He</c><00:12:45.120><c> was</c><00:12:45.360><c> trying</c><00:12:45.620><c> to</c><00:12:45.960><c> put</c><00:12:46.080><c> an</c><00:12:46.360><c> exclamation</c>

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point<00:12:47.080><c> and</c><00:12:47.240><c> say,</c><00:12:47.820><c> pay</c><00:12:47.820><c> attention.</c><00:12:48.620><c> This</c><00:12:48.840><c> is</c><00:12:49.100><c> very,</c><00:12:49.620><c> very</c><00:12:50.019><c> important.</c><00:12:51.120><c> And</c>

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this<00:12:51.419><c> is</c><00:12:51.600><c> very,</c><00:12:51.919><c> very</c><00:12:52.059><c> important.</c><00:12:52.399><c> So</c>

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Jeremiah<00:12:53.080><c> is</c><00:12:53.740><c> reluctant</c><00:12:54.299><c> to</c><00:12:54.600><c> go.</c><00:12:56.460><c> But</c><00:12:56.779><c> here</c><00:12:57.139><c> is</c><00:12:57.360><c> the</c><00:12:57.539><c> message.</c>

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Whether<00:12:58.659><c> we're</c><00:12:58.919><c> reluctant</c><00:12:59.320><c> to</c><00:12:59.620><c> go</c><00:12:59.919><c> or</c><00:13:00.500><c> whether</c>

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we<00:13:00.919><c> have</c><00:13:01.080><c> the</c><00:13:01.299><c> zeal</c><00:13:01.519><c> to</c><00:13:01.759><c> go,</c><00:13:02.580><c> the</c><00:13:02.799><c> message</c><00:13:03.100><c> is</c><00:13:03.360><c> here.</c><00:13:03.639><c> But</c><00:13:03.639><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:13:04.220><c> said</c><00:13:04.539><c> unto</c><00:13:04.899><c> me,</c><00:13:05.220><c> say</c><00:13:05.379><c> not</c><00:13:05.679><c> I</c><00:13:05.799><c> am</c><00:13:05.980><c> a</c><00:13:06.259><c> child,</c>

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for<00:13:07.159><c> thou</c><00:13:07.460><c> shalt</c><00:13:07.720><c> go</c><00:13:08.039><c> to</c><00:13:08.279><c> all</c><00:13:08.639><c> that</c><00:13:08.899><c> I</c><00:13:09.320><c> shall</c><00:13:09.559><c> send</c><00:13:09.860><c> thee.</c><00:13:10.399><c> And</c>

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whatsoever<00:13:11.320><c> I</c><00:13:11.639><c> command</c><00:13:12.080><c> thee,</c><00:13:12.279><c> thou</c><00:13:12.480><c> shalt</c><00:13:12.899><c> speak.</c>

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Be<00:13:13.519><c> not</c><00:13:13.759><c> afraid</c><00:13:14.179><c> of</c><00:13:14.279><c> their</c><00:13:14.559><c> faces,</c><00:13:14.980><c> for</c><00:13:15.179><c> I</c><00:13:15.480><c> am</c><00:13:15.639><c> with</c><00:13:15.899><c> thee</c><00:13:16.179><c> to</c>

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deliver<00:13:16.980><c> thee,</c><00:13:17.399><c> saith</c><00:13:17.500><c> the</c><00:13:17.740><c> Lord.</c>

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Then<00:13:19.080><c> the</c><00:13:19.299><c> Lord</c><00:13:19.559><c> put</c><00:13:19.919><c> forth</c><00:13:20.100><c> his</c><00:13:20.320><c> hand</c><00:13:20.559><c> and</c><00:13:20.799><c> touched</c><00:13:21.200><c> my</c><00:13:21.580><c> mouth.</c><00:13:22.539><c> And</c>

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the<00:13:22.799><c> Lord</c><00:13:23.000><c> said</c><00:13:23.200><c> unto</c><00:13:23.399><c> me,</c><00:13:23.639><c> Behold,</c>

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I<00:13:24.720><c> have</c><00:13:24.919><c> put</c><00:13:25.159><c> my</c><00:13:25.559><c> words</c><00:13:26.100><c> in</c><00:13:26.600><c> thy</c><00:13:26.860><c> mouth.</c><00:13:27.820><c> And</c><00:13:28.240><c> that's</c><00:13:28.559><c> exactly</c>

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what<00:13:29.259><c> God</c><00:13:29.480><c> has</c><00:13:29.639><c> done</c><00:13:29.759><c> for</c><00:13:29.960><c> us.</c><00:13:30.100><c> He</c><00:13:30.279><c> has</c><00:13:30.480><c> put</c>

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these<00:13:31.200><c> words</c><00:13:31.600><c> in</c><00:13:31.840><c> our</c><00:13:32.039><c> mouth.</c><00:13:32.720><c> And</c><00:13:32.960><c> if</c><00:13:33.100><c> we</c><00:13:33.299><c> use</c><00:13:33.480><c> his</c><00:13:33.799><c> words,</c><00:13:34.159><c> we</c>

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need<00:13:34.500><c> not</c><00:13:34.740><c> be</c><00:13:34.960><c> afraid</c><00:13:35.460><c> of</c><00:13:35.899><c> whom</c><00:13:36.120><c> we</c><00:13:36.440><c> speak</c>

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and<00:13:37.220><c> to</c><00:13:37.460><c> whom</c><00:13:37.639><c> we</c><00:13:37.899><c> speak,</c><00:13:38.799><c> because</c><00:13:39.159><c> it</c><00:13:39.320><c> is</c><00:13:39.539><c> the</c><00:13:39.700><c> power</c><00:13:39.960><c> of</c><00:13:40.200><c> God</c>

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that<00:13:40.899><c> will</c><00:13:41.120><c> in</c><00:13:41.179><c> the</c><00:13:41.480><c> end</c><00:13:41.860><c> win.</c><00:13:42.820><c> And</c><00:13:43.000><c> I</c><00:13:43.120><c> can</c><00:13:43.340><c> guarantee</c>

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you<00:13:44.000><c> that</c><00:13:44.179><c> no</c><00:13:44.519><c> amount</c><00:13:44.919><c> of</c><00:13:45.159><c> wisdom</c><00:13:45.399><c> of</c><00:13:45.639><c> words</c><00:13:45.820><c> can</c><00:13:46.039><c> win</c><00:13:46.179><c> people</c>

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to<00:13:46.720><c> the</c><00:13:46.840><c> gospel</c><00:13:47.240><c> message.</c><00:13:48.700><c> So</c><00:13:48.980><c> many</c><00:13:49.259><c> times</c><00:13:49.600><c> in</c>

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my<00:13:50.019><c> life,</c><00:13:50.279><c> I've</c><00:13:50.539><c> preached</c><00:13:50.720><c> to</c><00:13:50.860><c> people</c><00:13:51.159><c> who</c><00:13:51.379><c> thought</c><00:13:51.620><c> would</c><00:13:51.779><c> come</c><00:13:52.039><c> into</c><00:13:52.200><c> the</c><00:13:52.500><c> truth,</c><00:13:52.779><c> and</c><00:13:52.919><c> I</c>

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was<00:13:53.419><c> wrong.</c>

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million<00:13:56.639><c> years</c><00:13:56.919><c> would</c><00:13:57.080><c> that</c><00:13:57.340><c> person</c><00:13:57.620><c> change</c>

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their<00:13:58.220><c> life</c><00:13:58.460><c> and</c><00:13:58.639><c> come</c><00:13:58.799><c> into</c><00:13:58.980><c> the</c><00:13:59.259><c> truth.</c><00:13:59.980><c> And</c><00:13:59.980><c> I</c><00:14:00.059><c> was</c><00:14:00.639><c> God</c><00:14:01.120><c> be</c>

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blessed.<00:14:02.740><c> I</c><00:14:02.899><c> was</c><00:14:03.139><c> wrong</c><00:14:03.340><c> there</c><00:14:03.659><c> too,</c>

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was<00:14:33.200><c> not</c><00:14:33.399><c> a</c><00:14:33.559><c> terribly</c><00:14:34.120><c> articulate</c><00:14:34.720><c> person.</c><00:14:35.720><c> Few</c><00:14:36.200><c> of</c><00:14:36.360><c> you</c><00:14:36.519><c> probably</c><00:14:36.940><c> know</c>

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wasn't<00:14:45.539><c> terribly</c><00:14:45.860><c> articulate.</c><00:14:46.539><c> He</c><00:14:46.720><c> was</c><00:14:47.200><c> an</c><00:14:47.299><c> Italian</c><00:14:47.419><c> immigrant.</c><00:14:47.980><c> He</c><00:14:48.059><c> only</c>

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went<00:14:48.419><c> to</c><00:14:48.659><c> fourth</c><00:14:48.820><c> grade.</c><00:14:50.320><c> He</c>

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Jewish<00:15:08.019><c> partner,</c><00:15:08.639><c> Max</c><00:15:08.879><c> Weiss.</c>

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they<00:15:13.279><c> never</c><00:15:13.500><c> had</c><00:15:13.679><c> a</c><00:15:13.879><c> contract.</c>

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It<00:15:15.559><c> was</c><00:15:15.779><c> a</c><00:15:15.940><c> shake</c><00:15:16.139><c> hands</c><00:15:16.399><c> business.</c><00:15:17.700><c> And</c><00:15:17.860><c> I</c><00:15:18.039><c> remember</c><00:15:18.279><c> one</c><00:15:18.539><c> day</c>

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Pop,<00:15:21.259><c> if</c><00:15:21.779><c> you're</c><00:15:21.960><c> in</c><00:15:22.100><c> business</c><00:15:22.320><c> with</c><00:15:22.559><c> this</c><00:15:22.759><c> Jew,</c><00:15:22.879><c> you</c><00:15:22.960><c> ought</c><00:15:23.080><c> to</c><00:15:23.159><c> have</c><00:15:23.320><c> a</c>

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contract.<00:15:23.879><c> He's</c><00:15:24.120><c> going</c><00:15:24.259><c> to</c>

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Max,<00:15:27.240><c> I</c><00:15:27.539><c> starved.</c><00:15:28.159><c> And</c><00:15:28.299><c> since</c><00:15:28.500><c> I</c><00:15:28.659><c> knew</c><00:15:28.779><c> Max,</c>

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kid.<00:16:10.759><c> There</c><00:16:10.899><c> were</c><00:16:11.039><c> some</c><00:16:11.279><c> workers</c><00:16:11.580><c> who</c><00:16:11.919><c> didn't</c><00:16:12.120><c> have</c><00:16:12.340><c> suits</c>

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wasted.<00:16:24.039><c> So</c><00:16:24.279><c> you</c><00:16:24.659><c> made</c><00:16:24.840><c> a</c><00:16:25.000><c> suit</c><00:16:25.139><c> out</c><00:16:25.320><c> of</c><00:16:25.440><c> it.</c>

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underestimated.<00:16:37.940><c> If</c><00:16:38.080><c> you</c><00:16:38.220><c> look</c><00:16:38.379><c> at</c><00:16:38.539><c> a</c><00:16:38.659><c> person</c><00:16:38.879><c> like</c>

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characters<00:16:43.879><c> in</c><00:16:44.080><c> the</c><00:16:44.240><c> scriptures,</c>

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Moreover,<00:17:18.640><c> the</c><00:17:18.720><c> Lord</c><00:17:18.940><c> said</c><00:17:19.140><c> unto</c><00:17:19.359><c> me,</c><00:17:19.740><c> Take</c><00:17:19.859><c> thee</c><00:17:20.140><c> a</c><00:17:20.359><c> great</c><00:17:20.579><c> role,</c><00:17:21.059><c> and</c><00:17:21.140><c> write</c><00:17:21.359><c> it</c>

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with<00:17:22.259><c> a</c><00:17:22.480><c> man's</c><00:17:22.920><c> pen</c>

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concerning<00:17:23.839><c> Meir</c><00:17:24.480><c> Shala</c><00:17:24.779><c> Hashbaz.</c><00:17:26.119><c> And</c><00:17:26.680><c> I</c><00:17:27.380><c> took</c><00:17:27.599><c> unto</c><00:17:27.900><c> me</c><00:17:28.160><c> faithful</c><00:17:28.599><c> witnesses</c><00:17:29.099><c> to</c>

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record<00:17:30.299><c> Uriah</c><00:17:31.119><c> the</c><00:17:31.299><c> priest</c>

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and<00:17:32.059><c> Zechariah</c><00:17:32.779><c> the</c><00:17:32.960><c> son</c><00:17:33.720><c> of</c><00:17:33.960><c> Jeberiakiah.</c><00:17:35.299><c> And</c><00:17:35.519><c> I</c><00:17:35.779><c> went</c><00:17:36.180><c> unto</c>

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the<00:17:36.740><c> prophetess</c><00:17:37.440><c> and</c><00:17:37.700><c> she</c><00:17:37.940><c> conceived</c><00:17:38.539><c> and</c><00:17:38.940><c> bear</c><00:17:39.160><c> a</c>

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son.<00:17:40.579><c> Then</c><00:17:41.019><c> said</c><00:17:41.400><c> the</c><00:17:41.559><c> Lord</c><00:17:41.720><c> to</c><00:17:41.920><c> me,</c><00:17:42.200><c> call</c><00:17:42.579><c> his</c><00:17:42.940><c> name,</c><00:17:44.099><c> Meir</c><00:17:44.579><c> Shala</c><00:17:44.859><c> Hashbaz,</c><00:17:46.420><c> which</c><00:17:46.779><c> means</c><00:17:47.359><c> in</c>

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the<00:17:47.880><c> margin</c><00:17:48.160><c> of</c>

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my<00:17:48.619><c> Bible,</c><00:17:49.579><c> in</c><00:17:49.940><c> making</c><00:17:50.359><c> speed</c><00:17:50.880><c> to</c><00:17:51.200><c> the</c><00:17:51.519><c> spoil</c><00:17:51.799><c> he</c><00:17:52.140><c> hastened</c><00:17:52.559><c> to</c>

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the<00:17:53.140><c> prey.</c><00:17:55.819><c> And</c><00:17:56.180><c> John</c><00:17:56.359><c> Bolelo</c><00:17:56.680><c> interpretation,</c>

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get<00:17:57.839><c> on</c><00:17:58.059><c> with</c><00:17:58.259><c> it.</c><00:18:00.279><c> And</c><00:18:00.700><c> I</c><00:18:00.819><c> think</c><00:18:00.980><c> that's</c><00:18:01.319><c> correct.</c><00:18:02.420><c> If</c><00:18:02.519><c> you</c><00:18:02.640><c> look</c><00:18:02.839><c> it</c>

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up<00:18:03.299><c> in</c><00:18:05.380><c> the</c><00:18:05.579><c> Hebrew</c><00:18:05.799><c> lexicon,</c><00:18:06.359><c> it's</c><00:18:06.460><c> like</c>

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make<00:18:06.880><c> speed.</c><00:18:07.660><c> Get</c><00:18:07.859><c> going.</c><00:18:09.519><c> Get</c><00:18:09.640><c> going.</c><00:18:10.140><c> God's</c><00:18:10.500><c> work</c><00:18:10.640><c> is</c><00:18:10.779><c> going</c>

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to<00:18:11.099><c> come</c><00:18:11.259><c> about.</c><00:18:14.079><c> And</c><00:18:14.299><c> this</c><00:18:14.700><c> son</c><00:18:15.220><c> was</c><00:18:16.059><c> a</c><00:18:16.319><c> sign</c><00:18:16.599><c> that</c>

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God<00:18:17.099><c> was</c><00:18:17.380><c> going</c><00:18:17.599><c> to</c><00:18:17.799><c> do</c><00:18:17.880><c> what</c><00:18:18.019><c> he</c><00:18:18.220><c> said</c><00:18:18.720><c> and</c><00:18:19.940><c> there</c><00:18:20.000><c> would</c><00:18:20.200><c> be</c>

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no<00:18:20.619><c> further</c><00:18:20.880><c> delay.</c><00:18:23.759><c> And</c><00:18:24.039><c> that's</c><00:18:24.920><c> exactly</c><00:18:25.240><c> what</c>

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happened.<00:18:26.960><c> And</c><00:18:27.279><c> go</c><00:18:27.500><c> back</c><00:18:27.900><c> one</c><00:18:28.240><c> chapter</c><00:18:28.700><c> to</c><00:18:29.220><c> chapter</c><00:18:29.759><c> seven.</c>

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He<00:18:32.099><c> had</c><00:18:32.279><c> another</c><00:18:32.579><c> son,</c><00:18:34.180><c> verse</c><00:18:34.400><c> three.</c><00:18:36.039><c> And</c><00:18:36.240><c> this</c><00:18:36.480><c> is</c><00:18:36.700><c> the</c>

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son<00:18:37.099><c> that</c><00:18:37.339><c> goes</c><00:18:37.559><c> with</c><00:18:37.859><c> him</c><00:18:38.519><c> to</c><00:18:39.119><c> Ahaz.</c><00:18:39.599><c> In</c><00:18:39.700><c> fact,</c><00:18:40.240><c> chapter</c><00:18:40.319><c> seven</c><00:18:40.640><c> is</c><00:18:40.900><c> a</c>

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very<00:18:41.279><c> remarkable</c><00:18:41.839><c> chapter.</c><00:18:42.259><c> And</c><00:18:42.400><c> sometimes</c>

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we<00:18:44.700><c> cite</c><00:18:45.220><c> the</c><00:18:45.539><c> prophecy</c><00:18:45.960><c> in</c><00:18:46.480><c> chapter</c><00:18:46.920><c> seven,</c><00:18:47.519><c> verse</c><00:18:47.640><c> 14,</c><00:18:48.140><c> about</c><00:18:48.380><c> Immanuel</c><00:18:49.240><c> and</c>

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we<00:18:50.880><c> forget</c><00:18:51.160><c> the</c><00:18:51.380><c> circumstance.</c>

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The<00:18:52.400><c> prophecy</c><00:18:52.700><c> was</c><00:18:52.980><c> given</c><00:18:53.220><c> to</c><00:18:53.559><c> Ahaz,</c><00:18:54.299><c> not</c><00:18:54.480><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:18:55.400><c> that</c><00:18:55.500><c> his</c><00:18:55.700><c> evil</c><00:18:56.180><c> father,</c><00:18:57.200><c> and</c><00:18:57.380><c> it</c>

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was<00:18:57.700><c> given</c><00:18:58.279><c> to</c><00:18:58.920><c> give</c>

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him<00:18:59.259><c> hope</c><00:18:59.579><c> against</c><00:19:00.140><c> very</c><00:19:00.680><c> bad</c><00:19:00.980><c> times</c><00:19:01.500><c> and</c><00:19:02.059><c> hoping</c><00:19:02.299><c> that</c><00:19:02.539><c> he'd</c>

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turn.<00:19:04.579><c> But</c><00:19:05.059><c> he</c><00:19:05.200><c> didn't.</c><00:19:06.960><c> And</c><00:19:07.079><c> here's</c><00:19:07.259><c> what</c><00:19:07.420><c> he</c><00:19:07.539><c> says,</c>

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and<00:19:07.900><c> then</c><00:19:08.099><c> said</c><00:19:08.319><c> the</c><00:19:08.519><c> Lord</c><00:19:08.759><c> unto</c><00:19:09.099><c> Isaiah,</c><00:19:09.660><c> go</c><00:19:09.839><c> forth</c><00:19:10.400><c> now</c><00:19:10.920><c> to</c>

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meet<00:19:11.359><c> Ahaz,</c><00:19:11.859><c> thou</c><00:19:12.279><c> and</c><00:19:13.160><c> Shear</c><00:19:13.420><c> Jashab,</c><00:19:14.460><c> thy</c><00:19:14.640><c> son,</c>

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at<00:19:15.700><c> the</c><00:19:15.880><c> end</c><00:19:16.039><c> of</c><00:19:16.200><c> the</c><00:19:16.400><c> conduit</c><00:19:16.700><c> of</c><00:19:16.839><c> the</c><00:19:17.019><c> upper</c><00:19:17.220><c> pool</c><00:19:17.440><c> in</c><00:19:17.619><c> the</c><00:19:17.740><c> highway</c><00:19:18.019><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:18.400><c> fullest</c><00:19:18.619><c> field.</c><00:19:18.920><c> And</c><00:19:19.119><c> apparently</c>

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Ahaz<00:19:19.839><c> must</c><00:19:20.099><c> have</c><00:19:20.240><c> been</c><00:19:20.440><c> working</c><00:19:20.839><c> at</c><00:19:21.380><c> the</c><00:19:21.619><c> conduit</c><00:19:21.980><c> near</c><00:19:22.240><c> that</c>

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pool<00:19:22.960><c> trying</c><00:19:23.559><c> to</c><00:19:23.819><c> do</c><00:19:23.960><c> something</c><00:19:24.220><c> about</c><00:19:24.440><c> the</c><00:19:24.640><c> water</c>

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supply,<00:19:25.259><c> which</c><00:19:25.599><c> later</c><00:19:26.000><c> the</c><00:19:26.339><c> problem</c><00:19:26.660><c> was</c><00:19:26.920><c> solved</c><00:19:27.220><c> by</c><00:19:27.460><c> Hezekiah</c><00:19:27.940><c> when</c><00:19:28.119><c> he</c>

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built<00:19:28.480><c> the</c><00:19:28.740><c> tunnel.</c><00:19:29.400><c> He</c><00:19:29.579><c> knew</c><00:19:29.759><c> he</c><00:19:29.920><c> had</c>

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to<00:19:30.319><c> secure</c><00:19:30.680><c> the</c><00:19:30.980><c> water</c><00:19:31.259><c> if</c><00:19:32.019><c> the</c><00:19:32.279><c> Assyrians</c><00:19:32.660><c> were</c><00:19:32.880><c> to</c><00:19:33.059><c> invade.</c>

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And<00:19:33.839><c> of</c><00:19:34.019><c> course,</c><00:19:34.339><c> Ahaz</c><00:19:34.539><c> did</c><00:19:34.700><c> one</c><00:19:34.880><c> of</c><00:19:34.980><c> the</c><00:19:35.059><c> most</c>

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terrible<00:19:35.700><c> things</c><00:19:36.039><c> of</c><00:19:36.299><c> all.</c><00:19:37.799><c> He</c><00:19:38.039><c> brought</c><00:19:38.240><c> the</c><00:19:38.480><c> Assyrians</c><00:19:38.900><c> and</c>

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his<00:19:39.279><c> allies</c><00:19:39.680><c> against</c><00:19:40.119><c> Pekah</c><00:19:40.480><c> and</c><00:19:40.700><c> Rezin,</c><00:19:41.339><c> against</c>

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Syria<00:19:42.099><c> and</c><00:19:42.240><c> Israel.</c><00:19:42.660><c> He</c><00:19:42.779><c> brought</c><00:19:42.920><c> them</c><00:19:43.119><c> in</c><00:19:43.380><c> to</c><00:19:43.720><c> ally</c><00:19:43.900><c> against</c>

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his<00:19:44.519><c> brother</c><00:19:44.759><c> and</c><00:19:44.859><c> they</c><00:19:45.079><c> turned</c><00:19:45.299><c> on</c><00:19:45.460><c> him.</c>

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And<00:19:46.759><c> they</c><00:19:46.880><c> made</c><00:19:47.339><c> him</c><00:19:47.660><c> pay</c><00:19:47.940><c> such</c><00:19:48.180><c> heavy</c><00:19:48.519><c> tribute.</c><00:19:50.339><c> And</c><00:19:50.420><c> there's</c>

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a<00:19:50.799><c> lesson</c><00:19:51.099><c> there</c><00:19:51.400><c> that</c><00:19:51.539><c> when</c><00:19:51.700><c> we</c><00:19:51.960><c> turn</c>

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often<00:19:56.539><c> get</c><00:19:56.940><c> double</c><00:19:57.359><c> pain.</c>

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And<00:19:59.539><c> Shear</c><00:19:59.880><c> Jashab,</c><00:20:01.160><c> what</c><00:20:01.400><c> does</c><00:20:01.559><c> it</c><00:20:01.740><c> mean?</c><00:20:02.339><c> On</c><00:20:02.460><c> the</c><00:20:02.480><c> margin</c><00:20:02.839><c> of</c>

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my<00:20:03.200><c> Bible,</c><00:20:03.460><c> it</c><00:20:03.660><c> says,</c>

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the<00:20:04.859><c> remnant</c><00:20:05.779><c> shall</c><00:20:06.259><c> return.</c><00:20:07.660><c> And</c><00:20:07.880><c> I</c><00:20:07.980><c> think</c><00:20:08.160><c> that's</c><00:20:08.500><c> a</c><00:20:08.660><c> very</c>

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exact<00:20:09.440><c> rendering</c><00:20:09.839><c> in</c><00:20:10.720><c> the</c><00:20:10.799><c> Oxford</c><00:20:11.599><c> margin.</c>

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The<00:20:13.799><c> name</c><00:20:14.099><c> of</c><00:20:14.359><c> that</c><00:20:14.619><c> son</c><00:20:15.019><c> was</c><00:20:15.619><c> a</c><00:20:15.880><c> name</c><00:20:16.099><c> of</c><00:20:16.400><c> hope.</c><00:20:17.799><c> Get</c><00:20:17.880><c> on</c><00:20:18.119><c> with</c>

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it,<00:20:18.480><c> but</c><00:20:18.740><c> God</c><00:20:19.160><c> will</c><00:20:19.700><c> ultimately</c><00:20:20.440><c> prevail.</c>

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This<00:20:23.140><c> is</c><00:20:23.440><c> a</c><00:20:23.680><c> quite</c><00:20:23.880><c> remarkable,</c><00:20:25.420><c> quite</c><00:20:25.759><c> remarkable</c><00:20:26.660><c> set</c><00:20:27.220><c> of</c>

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circumstances.<00:20:28.880><c> God</c><00:20:29.160><c> names</c><00:20:29.720><c> and</c><00:20:30.680><c> God</c><00:20:30.920><c> performed.</c>

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Now,<00:20:33.220><c> Isaiah</c><00:20:33.319><c> didn't</c><00:20:33.799><c> have</c><00:20:34.099><c> a</c><00:20:34.480><c> smooth</c><00:20:34.680><c> life</c><00:20:35.039><c> by</c><00:20:35.279><c> any</c><00:20:35.500><c> means.</c>

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He<00:20:36.819><c> had</c><00:20:37.240><c> lots</c><00:20:37.839><c> of</c><00:20:38.200><c> tough</c><00:20:38.380><c> times.</c>

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And<00:20:40.380><c> just</c><00:20:40.940><c> the</c><00:20:41.160><c> chapter</c><00:20:41.480><c> before,</c><00:20:42.359><c> during</c><00:20:42.359><c> the</c><00:20:42.599><c> years</c><00:20:42.819><c> of</c><00:20:43.200><c> Ahaz,</c><00:20:43.500><c> remember,</c><00:20:44.200><c> he</c>

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was<00:20:44.839><c> first</c><00:20:45.160><c> called</c><00:20:45.619><c> near</c><00:20:45.940><c> the</c><00:20:46.140><c> end</c>

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of<00:20:46.700><c> the</c><00:20:46.839><c> reign</c><00:20:47.039><c> of</c><00:20:47.299><c> Uzziah.</c><00:20:48.839><c> And</c><00:20:49.220><c> then</c><00:20:49.619><c> Ahaz</c><00:20:50.039><c> reigns</c><00:20:50.440><c> for</c><00:20:50.880><c> 16</c>

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years.<00:20:52.359><c> And</c><00:20:52.599><c> before</c><00:20:53.000><c> we</c><00:20:53.200><c> go</c><00:20:53.440><c> to</c><00:20:54.079><c> Isaiah</c><00:20:54.400><c> 6,</c><00:20:54.720><c> just</c><00:20:55.079><c> to</c>

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refresh<00:20:55.900><c> our</c><00:20:56.539><c> memories,</c><00:20:56.859><c> I'm</c><00:20:57.039><c> sure</c><00:20:57.259><c> everyone</c><00:20:57.599><c> here</c><00:20:57.819><c> has</c><00:20:58.079><c> memorized</c><00:20:58.500><c> all</c>

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in<00:21:04.799><c> Ecclesia?</c><00:21:06.279><c> Actually,</c><00:21:06.920><c> we've</c><00:21:07.859><c> simplified</c><00:21:08.359><c> it.</c>

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We<00:21:08.559><c> used</c><00:21:08.799><c> to</c><00:21:09.059><c> make</c><00:21:09.180><c> them</c><00:21:09.339><c> do</c><00:21:09.460><c> it</c><00:21:09.680><c> backwards,</c><00:21:10.359><c> but</c><00:21:10.420><c> now</c><00:21:10.599><c> they</c><00:21:10.700><c> can</c><00:21:10.920><c> start</c><00:21:11.119><c> anywhere</c><00:21:11.500><c> on</c>

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the<00:21:11.799><c> list</c><00:21:12.039><c> and</c>

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catch<00:21:12.700><c> up.</c><00:21:13.579><c> You</c><00:21:13.980><c> know,</c><00:21:14.059><c> there's</c><00:21:14.180><c> actually,</c><00:21:14.980><c> it's</c><00:21:15.180><c> kind</c><00:21:15.359><c> of</c><00:21:15.460><c> a</c>

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little<00:21:15.900><c> sad</c><00:21:16.240><c> that</c><00:21:16.440><c> we've</c><00:21:16.799><c> lost</c><00:21:17.099><c> memory.</c>

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You<00:21:19.519><c> know,</c><00:21:19.779><c> people</c><00:21:19.980><c> used</c><00:21:20.200><c> to</c><00:21:20.299><c> be</c><00:21:20.400><c> able</c><00:21:20.599><c> to</c><00:21:20.819><c> memorize</c><00:21:21.220><c> the</c><00:21:21.440><c> whole</c><00:21:21.640><c> Iliad,</c><00:21:22.200><c> 800</c>

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pages,<00:21:23.000><c> and</c><00:21:23.180><c> do</c><00:21:23.299><c> it</c><00:21:23.619><c> because</c>

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they<00:21:24.039><c> didn't</c><00:21:24.259><c> have</c><00:21:24.559><c> computers,</c><00:21:25.779><c> they</c><00:21:25.900><c> didn't</c><00:21:25.980><c> have</c><00:21:26.119><c> books,</c>

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and<00:21:28.420><c> they</c><00:21:28.619><c> used</c><00:21:28.839><c> to</c><00:21:29.039><c> have</c><00:21:29.240><c> to</c><00:21:29.440><c> memorize.</c>

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This<00:21:30.059><c> is</c><00:21:30.220><c> another</c><00:21:30.359><c> thing</c><00:21:30.519><c> I</c><00:21:30.680><c> really</c><00:21:31.119><c> admire</c><00:21:31.279><c> about</c><00:21:31.480><c> my</c><00:21:31.720><c> grandfather.</c><00:21:32.259><c> I</c><00:21:32.539><c> don't</c><00:21:32.740><c> have</c>

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memory,<00:21:34.380><c> but</c><00:21:34.539><c> he</c><00:21:34.660><c> was</c><00:21:35.240><c> near</c><00:21:35.559><c> the</c><00:21:35.640><c> end</c><00:21:35.880><c> of</c><00:21:36.000><c> his</c><00:21:36.200><c> life,</c><00:21:36.420><c> the</c><00:21:36.559><c> last</c>

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decade<00:21:37.200><c> or</c><00:21:37.420><c> so.</c><00:21:37.519><c> He</c><00:21:37.619><c> was</c><00:21:37.819><c> close</c><00:21:38.019><c> to</c><00:21:38.140><c> being</c><00:21:38.359><c> blind,</c>

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and<00:21:38.799><c> you</c><00:21:38.859><c> can</c><00:21:39.039><c> imagine</c><00:21:39.380><c> someone</c><00:21:39.680><c> who</c><00:21:39.900><c> spent</c><00:21:40.000><c> your</c><00:21:40.220><c> life</c><00:21:40.359><c> as</c><00:21:40.559><c> a</c>

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custom<00:21:40.980><c> tailor.</c><00:21:41.920><c> And</c><00:21:42.099><c> I</c><00:21:42.220><c> remember</c><00:21:42.480><c> when</c><00:21:42.599><c> he</c><00:21:42.759><c> was</c>

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about<00:21:43.839><c> my</c><00:21:44.119><c> age</c><00:21:44.319><c> that</c><00:21:44.500><c> he'd</c><00:21:44.640><c> be</c><00:21:44.759><c> in</c><00:21:44.900><c> the</c><00:21:45.059><c> shop</c><00:21:45.279><c> sometimes</c><00:21:45.859><c> fixing</c><00:21:46.279><c> something,</c><00:21:46.799><c> someone</c><00:21:47.000><c> else</c>

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botched<00:21:47.539><c> up,</c>

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and<00:21:47.859><c> he'd</c><00:21:47.900><c> have</c><00:21:47.980><c> the</c><00:21:48.220><c> magnifying</c><00:21:48.680><c> glass,</c><00:21:49.019><c> and</c><00:21:49.160><c> he'd</c><00:21:49.279><c> be</c><00:21:49.460><c> sewing</c><00:21:49.640><c> it.</c><00:21:50.200><c> And</c><00:21:50.400><c> he</c><00:21:50.480><c> had</c><00:21:50.599><c> a</c>

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Bible<00:21:51.059><c> with</c><00:21:51.359><c> print</c><00:21:51.619><c> that</c><00:21:51.799><c> was</c>

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like<00:21:52.400><c> this</c><00:21:53.019><c> to</c><00:21:54.299><c> do</c><00:21:54.500><c> his</c><00:21:54.740><c> readings.</c><00:21:55.180><c> In</c><00:21:55.339><c> fact,</c><00:21:55.579><c> he</c><00:21:56.259><c> did</c><00:21:56.420><c> his</c><00:21:56.619><c> readings</c><00:21:56.880><c> really</c><00:21:57.099><c> extraordinary.</c><00:21:57.599><c> He</c>

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had<00:21:57.759><c> the</c>

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Italian<00:21:58.359><c> Bible</c><00:21:58.700><c> here,</c><00:21:59.059><c> and</c><00:21:59.160><c> he</c><00:21:59.180><c> had</c><00:21:59.319><c> the</c><00:21:59.500><c> English</c><00:21:59.799><c> Bible</c><00:22:00.099><c> here.</c><00:22:00.980><c> So</c>

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he'd<00:22:01.579><c> make</c><00:22:01.680><c> sure</c><00:22:01.880><c> he</c><00:22:02.460><c> caught</c><00:22:02.740><c> both</c><00:22:03.059><c> because</c><00:22:03.279><c> he</c>

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learned<00:22:04.200><c> English</c><00:22:04.500><c> later</c><00:22:04.799><c> in</c><00:22:05.019><c> life.</c><00:22:06.039><c> And</c><00:22:06.519><c> he</c><00:22:07.480><c> eventually</c><00:22:07.779><c> decided</c><00:22:08.299><c> that</c>

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his<00:22:09.119><c> eyes</c><00:22:09.339><c> were</c><00:22:09.500><c> going</c><00:22:09.619><c> so</c><00:22:09.920><c> bad</c><00:22:10.000><c> he</c><00:22:10.099><c> might</c>

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as<00:22:10.339><c> well</c><00:22:10.420><c> just</c><00:22:10.660><c> memorize</c><00:22:11.039><c> stuff.</c><00:22:12.500><c> And</c><00:22:12.680><c> he</c><00:22:12.740><c> got</c><00:22:12.940><c> so</c><00:22:13.279><c> good</c><00:22:13.440><c> at</c><00:22:13.660><c> it</c>

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that<00:22:13.980><c> in</c><00:22:14.079><c> his</c><00:22:14.200><c> late</c><00:22:14.460><c> 70s</c><00:22:15.059><c> I'd</c><00:22:15.460><c> start</c><00:22:15.619><c> a</c><00:22:15.759><c> verse</c><00:22:15.920><c> and</c>

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he'd<00:22:16.279><c> finish</c><00:22:16.480><c> it.</c><00:22:17.759><c> And</c><00:22:18.019><c> we</c><00:22:18.119><c> used</c><00:22:18.279><c> to</c><00:22:18.400><c> be</c><00:22:18.559><c> a</c><00:22:18.700><c> game</c><00:22:19.019><c> with</c><00:22:19.420><c> his</c><00:22:19.680><c> grandchildren</c><00:22:20.180><c> to</c>

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see<00:22:22.180><c> if</c><00:22:22.279><c> we</c><00:22:22.339><c> could</c><00:22:22.500><c> catch</c><00:22:22.740><c> grandpa.</c>

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And<00:22:23.559><c> you</c><00:22:23.720><c> know,</c><00:22:24.119><c> it's</c><00:22:24.279><c> pretty</c><00:22:24.500><c> tough.</c><00:22:26.559><c> He'd</c><00:22:26.740><c> say,</c><00:22:26.839><c> open</c><00:22:27.039><c> anywhere</c><00:22:27.460><c> and</c>

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do<00:22:28.079><c> it.</c><00:22:29.019><c> We</c><00:22:29.259><c> used</c><00:22:29.420><c> to</c><00:22:29.539><c> get</c><00:22:29.619><c> him</c><00:22:29.700><c> once</c><00:22:29.920><c> in</c>

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a<00:22:30.119><c> while</c><00:22:30.220><c> in</c><00:22:30.380><c> Revelation.</c><00:22:31.980><c> But</c><00:22:32.160><c> you</c><00:22:32.799><c> know,</c><00:22:32.920><c> you</c><00:22:32.920><c> can</c><00:22:33.740><c> learn</c><00:22:34.019><c> a</c>

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lot.<00:22:34.380><c> And</c><00:22:34.400><c> I</c><00:22:34.500><c> think</c><00:22:34.619><c> it's</c><00:22:34.859><c> almost,</c>

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I<00:22:36.039><c> know</c><00:22:36.160><c> the</c><00:22:36.359><c> kids</c><00:22:36.500><c> resist</c><00:22:36.940><c> this,</c><00:22:37.160><c> but</c><00:22:37.279><c> it's</c><00:22:37.420><c> not</c><00:22:37.599><c> a</c><00:22:37.759><c> bad</c><00:22:37.980><c> idea.</c>

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that<00:22:40.819><c> I</c><00:22:41.000><c> had</c><00:22:41.160><c> to</c><00:22:41.339><c> do</c><00:22:41.480><c> on</c><00:22:41.660><c> the</c><00:22:41.900><c> platform</c><00:22:42.460><c> for</c><00:22:43.279><c> a</c><00:22:43.279><c> Sunday</c><00:22:43.559><c> school</c>

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program<00:22:44.119><c> where</c><00:22:44.460><c> at</c><00:22:44.599><c> the</c><00:22:44.960><c> time</c><00:22:45.279><c> they</c><00:22:45.400><c> had</c><00:22:45.559><c> to</c><00:22:45.880><c> drag</c>

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me<00:22:46.220><c> on</c><00:22:46.440><c> with</c><00:22:46.680><c> three</c><00:22:46.940><c> chains</c><00:22:47.440><c> that</c><00:22:48.160><c> still</c><00:22:48.940><c> stick</c><00:22:49.259><c> in</c><00:22:49.500><c> my</c><00:22:49.720><c> head.</c>

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The<00:22:51.539><c> Lord</c><00:22:51.700><c> is</c><00:22:51.900><c> my</c><00:22:52.099><c> shepherd.</c><00:22:52.400><c> I</c><00:22:52.559><c> shall</c><00:22:52.799><c> not</c><00:22:53.059><c> want.</c>

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It<00:22:54.660><c> comes</c><00:22:54.920><c> back</c><00:22:55.220><c> to</c><00:22:55.240><c> you</c><00:22:55.380><c> sometimes</c><00:22:55.859><c> when</c><00:22:56.039><c> you're</c><00:22:56.480><c> wanting.</c>

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And<00:22:57.819><c> it's</c><00:22:58.200><c> interesting</c><00:22:58.700><c> how</c><00:22:58.880><c> things</c><00:22:59.160><c> that</c><00:22:59.420><c> get</c>

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in<00:23:00.400><c> you</c><00:23:01.539><c> come</c><00:23:01.980><c> out</c><00:23:02.279><c> when</c><00:23:02.480><c> you</c><00:23:02.660><c> need</c><00:23:02.900><c> them.</c><00:23:03.599><c> And</c><00:23:03.859><c> when</c><00:23:04.019><c> we</c><00:23:04.299><c> feed</c>

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ourselves<00:23:05.099><c> to</c><00:23:05.359><c> get</c><00:23:06.279><c> physical</c><00:23:06.859><c> energy,</c>

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it'd<00:23:08.079><c> be</c><00:23:08.200><c> nice</c><00:23:08.440><c> to</c><00:23:08.819><c> feed</c><00:23:08.960><c> ourselves</c><00:23:09.460><c> with</c><00:23:09.720><c> permanent</c><00:23:10.259><c> spiritual</c><00:23:11.059><c> energy.</c>

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And<00:23:15.460><c> this</c><00:23:16.059><c> Ahaz,</c><00:23:18.140><c> there's</c><00:23:18.599><c> a</c><00:23:18.700><c> little</c><00:23:18.839><c> bit</c><00:23:18.960><c> of</c><00:23:19.079><c> a</c><00:23:19.339><c> problem</c><00:23:19.640><c> about</c><00:23:19.940><c> him</c>

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actually.<00:23:20.619><c> It's</c><00:23:20.740><c> quite</c><00:23:20.940><c> an</c>

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interesting<00:23:22.420><c> little</c><00:23:22.759><c> problem.</c><00:23:23.160><c> If</c><00:23:23.259><c> you</c><00:23:23.380><c> go</c><00:23:23.579><c> to</c><00:23:23.759><c> chapter</c><00:23:24.059><c> 28,</c>

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second<00:23:26.259><c> chronicles,</c><00:23:28.240><c> it</c><00:23:28.380><c> says,</c><00:23:28.980><c> verse,</c><00:23:29.299><c> verse,</c>

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that<00:23:29.599><c> Ahaz</c><00:23:30.000><c> was</c><00:23:30.259><c> 20</c><00:23:30.579><c> years</c><00:23:30.960><c> old</c><00:23:31.079><c> when</c><00:23:31.200><c> he</c><00:23:31.380><c> began</c><00:23:31.680><c> to</c><00:23:32.019><c> reign.</c><00:23:32.660><c> And</c><00:23:32.960><c> he</c>

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reigned<00:23:33.299><c> 16</c><00:23:33.740><c> years</c><00:23:34.039><c> in</c><00:23:34.259><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:23:34.720><c> And</c><00:23:35.200><c> he</c><00:23:35.359><c> did</c>

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not<00:23:36.359><c> that</c><00:23:36.720><c> which</c><00:23:36.880><c> was</c><00:23:37.240><c> right</c><00:23:37.519><c> in</c><00:23:37.720><c> the</c><00:23:37.980><c> sight</c><00:23:38.180><c> of</c><00:23:38.460><c> the</c><00:23:38.619><c> Lord,</c>

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like<00:23:39.440><c> David,</c><00:23:39.900><c> his</c><00:23:40.119><c> father.</c>

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Go<00:23:47.660><c> to</c><00:23:47.900><c> chapter</c><00:23:48.200><c> 29,</c><00:23:49.099><c> verse</c><00:23:49.319><c> one.</c><00:23:50.900><c> Hezekiah</c><00:23:51.380><c> began</c><00:23:51.700><c> to</c><00:23:52.000><c> reign</c>

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when<00:23:52.240><c> he</c><00:23:52.339><c> was</c><00:23:52.579><c> five</c><00:23:52.900><c> and</c><00:23:53.119><c> 20</c><00:23:53.319><c> years</c><00:23:53.740><c> old,</c>

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and<00:23:54.200><c> he</c><00:23:54.440><c> reigned</c><00:23:54.839><c> nine</c><00:23:55.440><c> and</c><00:23:55.720><c> 20</c><00:23:55.940><c> years</c><00:23:56.200><c> in</c><00:23:56.359><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:23:57.599><c> Now,</c><00:23:58.700><c> being</c><00:23:58.920><c> a</c>

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mathematical<00:24:00.000><c> physicist,</c><00:24:00.599><c> numbers</c><00:24:00.920><c> just</c>

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come<00:24:01.400><c> to</c><00:24:01.500><c> me</c><00:24:01.680><c> like</c><00:24:01.980><c> that.</c><00:24:02.700><c> I</c><00:24:02.799><c> can't</c><00:24:03.059><c> remember</c><00:24:03.440><c> names,</c><00:24:04.519><c> but</c><00:24:04.579><c> I</c><00:24:04.700><c> can</c><00:24:05.220><c> remember.</c><00:24:05.839><c> When</c><00:24:05.960><c> I</c>

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was<00:24:07.220><c> dean</c><00:24:07.500><c> of</c><00:24:07.619><c> the</c><00:24:07.819><c> college,</c>

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I<00:24:08.380><c> used</c><00:24:08.740><c> to</c><00:24:08.980><c> drive</c><00:24:09.200><c> faggly</c><00:24:09.619><c> crazy</c><00:24:10.039><c> because</c><00:24:10.319><c> I</c><00:24:10.539><c> knew</c><00:24:10.700><c> the</c><00:24:10.880><c> phone</c>

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number<00:24:11.299><c> of</c><00:24:11.519><c> every</c><00:24:11.779><c> single</c><00:24:12.140><c> one</c><00:24:12.279><c> of</c><00:24:12.440><c> 300</c>

00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:16.119
faggly<00:24:13.279><c> in</c><00:24:13.400><c> the</c><00:24:13.579><c> college.</c><00:24:14.759><c> But</c><00:24:15.119><c> if</c><00:24:15.240><c> he</c><00:24:15.359><c> asked</c><00:24:15.500><c> me</c><00:24:15.680><c> their</c><00:24:15.859><c> name,</c>

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I<00:24:16.400><c> didn't</c><00:24:16.539><c> know</c><00:24:16.680><c> their</c><00:24:16.859><c> name.</c>

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And<00:24:18.619><c> it's</c><00:24:18.720><c> very</c><00:24:18.960><c> tough</c><00:24:19.160><c> sometimes</c><00:24:19.579><c> with</c><00:24:19.779><c> a</c><00:24:19.960><c> class.</c><00:24:21.000><c> I</c><00:24:21.140><c> told</c>

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the<00:24:21.579><c> class</c><00:24:21.759><c> upstairs,</c><00:24:22.220><c> please</c><00:24:22.380><c> keep</c><00:24:22.599><c> saying</c>

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your<00:24:23.039><c> name.</c><00:24:23.180><c> By</c><00:24:23.380><c> the</c><00:24:23.519><c> end</c><00:24:23.640><c> of</c><00:24:23.779><c> the</c><00:24:23.900><c> week,</c><00:24:24.240><c> I'll</c><00:24:24.440><c> try</c><00:24:24.619><c> to</c><00:24:24.779><c> know</c>

00:24:24.880 --> 00:24:26.960
all<00:24:25.119><c> of</c><00:24:25.200><c> you.</c><00:24:25.259><c> You</c><00:24:25.380><c> only</c><00:24:25.519><c> have</c><00:24:25.680><c> to</c><00:24:25.799><c> know</c><00:24:25.920><c> one</c><00:24:26.099><c> of</c><00:24:26.279><c> me,</c>

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:31.380
but<00:24:27.480><c> I</c><00:24:27.579><c> got</c><00:24:27.700><c> to</c><00:24:27.819><c> know</c><00:24:27.880><c> all</c><00:24:28.119><c> of</c><00:24:28.279><c> you.</c><00:24:29.099><c> And</c><00:24:29.180><c> if</c><00:24:29.940><c> you</c><00:24:30.119><c> think</c><00:24:30.259><c> it's</c><00:24:30.440><c> easy</c><00:24:30.720><c> to</c><00:24:30.960><c> remember</c><00:24:31.180><c> a</c>

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class,<00:24:31.500><c> this</c><00:24:31.740><c> is</c><00:24:32.480><c> actually</c><00:24:32.900><c> a</c>

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small<00:24:34.359><c> class</c><00:24:34.779><c> compared</c><00:24:35.140><c> to</c><00:24:35.339><c> some</c><00:24:35.500><c> of</c><00:24:35.640><c> the</c><00:24:35.740><c> classes</c><00:24:35.980><c> I've</c><00:24:36.279><c> taught</c><00:24:36.380><c> at</c>

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the<00:24:36.579><c> university.</c><00:24:36.880><c> I've</c><00:24:37.000><c> had</c><00:24:37.079><c> classes</c><00:24:37.359><c> up</c><00:24:37.579><c> to</c>

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600.<00:24:39.039><c> So</c><00:24:39.180><c> you</c><00:24:39.240><c> can't</c><00:24:39.539><c> remember</c><00:24:39.960><c> everybody's</c><00:24:40.599><c> name.</c><00:24:42.259><c> Here,</c><00:24:43.039><c> I</c>

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do<00:24:43.440><c> remember</c><00:24:43.720><c> the</c><00:24:43.940><c> number.</c><00:24:44.339><c> And</c><00:24:44.660><c> you</c><00:24:44.839><c> all</c><00:24:45.019><c> caught</c><00:24:45.180><c> the</c>

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number<00:24:45.599><c> here,</c><00:24:45.819><c> right?</c><00:24:46.420><c> What's</c><00:24:46.859><c> the</c><00:24:47.039><c> number?</c><00:24:47.779><c> Ahaz</c><00:24:48.220><c> was</c><00:24:48.740><c> 20</c><00:24:49.019><c> years</c><00:24:49.319><c> old</c><00:24:49.440><c> when</c><00:24:49.640><c> he</c>

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began<00:24:49.740><c> to</c><00:24:49.940><c> reign.</c><00:24:50.119><c> He</c><00:24:50.299><c> reigned</c><00:24:50.480><c> 16</c>

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years.<00:24:51.240><c> Therefore,</c><00:24:51.579><c> he</c><00:24:51.579><c> died</c><00:24:51.799><c> at</c><00:24:51.980><c> the</c><00:24:52.059><c> age</c><00:24:52.200><c> of</c><00:24:52.400><c> 36.</c><00:24:54.119><c> And</c><00:24:54.279><c> Hezekiah</c><00:24:54.839><c> was</c>

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25<00:24:55.740><c> years</c><00:24:56.039><c> old</c><00:24:56.140><c> when</c><00:24:56.259><c> he</c><00:24:56.440><c> became</c><00:24:56.720><c> king.</c><00:24:57.119><c> So</c>

00:24:57.420 --> 00:25:04.460
guess<00:24:57.660><c> how</c><00:24:57.920><c> old</c><00:24:58.640><c> Ahaz</c><00:24:58.960><c> must</c><00:24:59.299><c> have</c><00:24:59.519><c> been</c><00:25:00.019><c> when</c><00:25:00.339><c> he</c><00:25:00.519><c> had</c><00:25:00.799><c> Hezekiah?</c><00:25:02.779><c> 11</c><00:25:03.220><c> years</c><00:25:03.619><c> old.</c>

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Now,<00:25:04.799><c> there's</c><00:25:04.940><c> some</c><00:25:05.220><c> teenagers</c>

00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:14.200
in<00:25:05.839><c> here.</c><00:25:06.480><c> Don't</c><00:25:06.980><c> do</c><00:25:07.240><c> this.</c><00:25:09.339><c> Now,</c><00:25:10.380><c> is</c><00:25:10.599><c> there</c><00:25:12.380><c> a</c><00:25:12.920><c> problem?</c><00:25:13.279><c> Well,</c><00:25:13.779><c> some</c>

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commentaries<00:25:14.819><c> like</c><00:25:15.000><c> Matthew</c><00:25:15.339><c> Henry</c><00:25:15.599><c> say,</c>

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wow,<00:25:16.160><c> the</c><00:25:16.259><c> people</c><00:25:16.420><c> had</c><00:25:16.680><c> children</c><00:25:17.019><c> at</c><00:25:17.259><c> that</c><00:25:17.420><c> age.</c><00:25:18.380><c> I</c><00:25:18.539><c> guess</c><00:25:18.839><c> it</c>

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may<00:25:19.859><c> be</c><00:25:20.339><c> barely</c><00:25:20.640><c> physically</c><00:25:21.059><c> possible.</c><00:25:21.500><c> I</c><00:25:21.640><c> don't</c><00:25:21.880><c> know.</c>

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I<00:25:22.339><c> don't</c><00:25:22.500><c> know</c><00:25:22.619><c> anything</c><00:25:22.920><c> about</c><00:25:23.240><c> medicine.</c><00:25:23.819><c> Is</c><00:25:23.920><c> that</c><00:25:24.099><c> possible?</c><00:25:26.920><c> Not</c><00:25:27.279><c> usually.</c><00:25:27.960><c> Okay.</c><00:25:29.839><c> If</c>

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Jimmy<00:25:30.660><c> were</c><00:25:30.859><c> here,</c>

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he'd<00:25:31.259><c> probably</c><00:25:31.440><c> help</c><00:25:31.619><c> me</c><00:25:31.839><c> out.</c><00:25:32.039><c> I</c><00:25:32.240><c> don't</c><00:25:32.440><c> really</c><00:25:32.640><c> know.</c><00:25:34.460><c> The</c>

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Septuagen<00:25:36.160><c> says</c><00:25:36.839><c> that</c><00:25:38.920><c> Ahaz</c><00:25:40.960><c> was</c><00:25:41.240><c> 20</c><00:25:41.940><c> and</c><00:25:42.279><c> five</c><00:25:42.559><c> years</c>

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old.<00:25:43.880><c> And</c><00:25:44.380><c> so</c><00:25:44.559><c> there's</c><00:25:44.880><c> some</c><00:25:45.240><c> indication</c><00:25:45.680><c> that</c><00:25:45.900><c> maybe</c><00:25:46.200><c> other</c>

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manuscripts<00:25:47.119><c> that</c><00:25:47.339><c> were</c><00:25:47.599><c> still</c><00:25:48.240><c> available</c><00:25:48.980><c> at</c>

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the<00:25:49.420><c> time</c><00:25:49.619><c> that</c><00:25:49.839><c> the</c><00:25:49.940><c> Septuagen</c><00:25:50.440><c> was</c><00:25:50.640><c> translated</c><00:25:51.279><c> in</c><00:25:52.039><c> the</c><00:25:52.259><c> first</c><00:25:52.900><c> century</c><00:25:53.400><c> BC,</c>

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that<00:25:54.799><c> there</c><00:25:56.019><c> might</c><00:25:56.240><c> have</c><00:25:56.380><c> been</c><00:25:56.500><c> a</c>

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scribal<00:25:57.079><c> error</c><00:25:57.319><c> that</c><00:25:57.660><c> cropped</c><00:25:57.920><c> in</c><00:25:58.319><c> later.</c><00:26:00.119><c> That's</c><00:26:00.619><c> probably</c>

00:26:01.119 --> 00:26:03.920
more<00:26:01.400><c> reasonable.</c><00:26:02.240><c> 16</c><00:26:02.640><c> years</c><00:26:02.960><c> old</c><00:26:03.140><c> was</c><00:26:03.380><c> not</c>

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unusual<00:26:04.460><c> to</c><00:26:04.700><c> have</c><00:26:04.859><c> children</c><00:26:05.240><c> in</c><00:26:05.480><c> that</c><00:26:05.839><c> day</c><00:26:05.960><c> and</c><00:26:06.019><c> age.</c><00:26:06.160><c> People</c>

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matured<00:26:06.940><c> earlier.</c><00:26:08.180><c> And</c><00:26:08.180><c> so</c><00:26:08.359><c> this</c><00:26:08.519><c> is</c><00:26:08.759><c> a</c><00:26:08.900><c> problem</c>

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some<00:26:09.519><c> Bible</c><00:26:09.900><c> critics</c><00:26:10.180><c> have</c><00:26:10.400><c> brought</c><00:26:10.500><c> up.</c><00:26:10.720><c> I</c><00:26:10.759><c> don't</c><00:26:10.940><c> really</c><00:26:11.140><c> think</c><00:26:11.240><c> it's</c><00:26:11.420><c> a</c>

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problem.<00:26:12.559><c> Nevertheless,</c>

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the<00:26:13.480><c> thing</c><00:26:13.599><c> I</c><00:26:13.759><c> want</c><00:26:14.259><c> to</c><00:26:15.019><c> point</c><00:26:15.200><c> out</c><00:26:15.579><c> from</c><00:26:15.819><c> the</c><00:26:16.039><c> spiritual</c><00:26:16.380><c> point</c><00:26:16.660><c> of</c>

00:26:16.819 --> 00:26:21.079
view<00:26:17.059><c> is</c><00:26:17.740><c> that</c><00:26:18.519><c> for</c><00:26:19.039><c> 25</c><00:26:20.140><c> years,</c>

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Hezekiah<00:26:26.039><c> had</c><00:26:26.420><c> Ahaz</c><00:26:26.819><c> as</c><00:26:27.119><c> a</c><00:26:27.460><c> father</c><00:26:27.759><c> through</c><00:26:28.019><c> his</c><00:26:28.380><c> entire</c><00:26:28.940><c> formative</c><00:26:29.460><c> life</c>

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:32.319
until<00:26:30.619><c> he</c><00:26:30.759><c> was</c><00:26:31.000><c> 25</c><00:26:31.599><c> years</c><00:26:31.960><c> old.</c>

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And<00:26:32.779><c> this</c><00:26:33.079><c> father</c><00:26:33.519><c> was</c><00:26:33.839><c> one</c><00:26:34.039><c> of</c><00:26:34.180><c> the</c><00:26:34.440><c> worst</c><00:26:34.859><c> fathers,</c><00:26:36.019><c> worst</c>

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kings<00:26:36.599><c> in</c><00:26:36.839><c> the</c><00:26:37.019><c> scripture.</c>

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And<00:26:38.599><c> I</c><00:26:39.299><c> enjoyed</c><00:26:39.759><c> reading</c><00:26:40.160><c> Matthew</c><00:26:40.559><c> Henry's</c><00:26:41.059><c> commentary</c><00:26:41.539><c> on</c>

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this<00:26:41.880><c> where</c><00:26:42.039><c> he</c><00:26:42.279><c> said,</c>

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the<00:26:43.299><c> fact</c><00:26:43.619><c> that</c><00:26:43.799><c> such</c><00:26:44.000><c> a</c><00:26:44.180><c> good</c><00:26:44.359><c> son</c><00:26:44.579><c> could</c><00:26:44.779><c> come</c><00:26:44.960><c> from</c><00:26:45.140><c> such</c><00:26:45.400><c> a</c>

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:47.640
bad<00:26:45.779><c> father</c><00:26:46.079><c> is</c><00:26:46.339><c> almost</c><00:26:46.680><c> inexplicable</c><00:26:47.400><c> only</c>

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by<00:26:47.880><c> the</c><00:26:48.059><c> grace</c><00:26:48.220><c> of</c><00:26:48.440><c> God.</c><00:26:49.740><c> But</c><00:26:49.940><c> I</c><00:26:50.119><c> don't</c><00:26:50.380><c> think</c><00:26:50.559><c> that's</c><00:26:50.960><c> totally</c>

00:26:51.359 --> 00:26:55.480
true.<00:26:53.180><c> Sometimes</c><00:26:53.700><c> very,</c><00:26:54.420><c> very</c><00:26:54.779><c> good</c><00:26:55.039><c> children</c>

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:59.700
come<00:26:55.819><c> out</c><00:26:56.000><c> of</c><00:26:56.119><c> bad</c><00:26:56.359><c> situations.</c><00:26:57.680><c> And</c><00:26:57.880><c> sometimes</c><00:26:58.279><c> very</c><00:26:58.599><c> bad</c><00:26:58.839><c> children</c><00:26:59.200><c> come</c><00:26:59.400><c> out</c><00:26:59.579><c> of</c>

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good<00:26:59.880><c> situations.</c>

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I<00:27:02.140><c> mean,</c><00:27:02.599><c> just</c><00:27:02.920><c> point</c><00:27:03.160><c> to</c><00:27:03.420><c> Samuel.</c><00:27:04.779><c> I</c><00:27:04.839><c> don't</c><00:27:05.000><c> think</c><00:27:05.119><c> anyone</c><00:27:05.420><c> could</c><00:27:05.619><c> say</c><00:27:05.819><c> that</c><00:27:06.099><c> Samuel</c><00:27:06.359><c> was</c><00:27:06.619><c> not</c><00:27:06.900><c> a</c><00:27:07.180><c> spiritual</c>

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parent.<00:27:09.380><c> He</c><00:27:09.799><c> did</c><00:27:10.000><c> everything</c><00:27:10.319><c> he</c><00:27:10.559><c> could.</c><00:27:12.119><c> And</c><00:27:12.259><c> when</c><00:27:12.440><c> his</c><00:27:12.619><c> children</c><00:27:12.940><c> grew</c>

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up<00:27:13.619><c> and</c><00:27:13.859><c> did</c><00:27:14.119><c> not</c><00:27:14.299><c> grow</c><00:27:14.500><c> up</c><00:27:14.720><c> well,</c>

00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:19.180
God<00:27:15.960><c> did</c><00:27:16.140><c> not</c><00:27:16.279><c> blame</c><00:27:16.519><c> Samuel</c><00:27:16.940><c> for</c><00:27:17.220><c> it.</c><00:27:18.480><c> I</c><00:27:18.720><c> mean,</c><00:27:18.720><c> I</c><00:27:18.859><c> think</c><00:27:19.019><c> in</c>

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the<00:27:19.319><c> end,</c><00:27:19.559><c> we</c><00:27:19.559><c> have</c><00:27:19.759><c> to</c><00:27:19.940><c> realize</c><00:27:20.220><c> that</c><00:27:20.480><c> every</c><00:27:20.819><c> single</c>

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:23.940
individual<00:27:21.720><c> is</c><00:27:22.079><c> really</c><00:27:22.400><c> responsible</c><00:27:22.900><c> for</c><00:27:23.079><c> themselves.</c><00:27:23.539><c> I</c><00:27:23.619><c> think</c><00:27:23.740><c> it's</c><00:27:23.859><c> a</c>

00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:25.440
little<00:27:24.079><c> bit</c><00:27:24.279><c> of</c><00:27:24.740><c> the</c><00:27:24.900><c> sort</c><00:27:25.000><c> of</c><00:27:25.180><c> the</c>

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:28.240
social<00:27:25.799><c> and</c><00:27:26.119><c> psychological</c><00:27:26.559><c> thinking</c><00:27:26.859><c> of</c><00:27:27.059><c> our</c><00:27:27.259><c> age</c><00:27:27.500><c> that</c><00:27:27.680><c> everyone</c><00:27:28.000><c> has</c>

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an<00:27:28.440><c> excuse.</c><00:27:29.380><c> And</c><00:27:29.519><c> it's</c><00:27:29.700><c> always,</c>

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:32.799
if<00:27:30.700><c> they're</c><00:27:31.380><c> repressed</c><00:27:31.680><c> in</c><00:27:31.799><c> one</c><00:27:31.960><c> way,</c><00:27:32.180><c> the</c><00:27:32.259><c> mother</c><00:27:32.480><c> did</c><00:27:32.700><c> it.</c>

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If<00:27:32.900><c> they're</c><00:27:33.140><c> repressed</c><00:27:33.400><c> in</c><00:27:33.539><c> another</c><00:27:33.660><c> way,</c>

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the<00:27:34.000><c> father</c><00:27:34.259><c> did</c><00:27:34.500><c> it.</c><00:27:34.960><c> And</c><00:27:35.059><c> if</c><00:27:35.119><c> they're</c><00:27:35.339><c> repressed</c><00:27:35.599><c> in</c><00:27:35.839><c> some</c>

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:38.339
other<00:27:36.180><c> way,</c><00:27:36.700><c> the</c><00:27:36.740><c> mother</c><00:27:36.900><c> and</c><00:27:37.140><c> father</c><00:27:37.440><c> did</c><00:27:37.680><c> it.</c>

00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:43.980
But<00:27:38.660><c> I</c><00:27:38.759><c> don't</c><00:27:39.000><c> think,</c><00:27:40.240><c> yes,</c><00:27:40.920><c> it</c><00:27:41.160><c> may</c><00:27:41.420><c> be.</c><00:27:42.700><c> And</c><00:27:42.900><c> certainly</c><00:27:43.220><c> being</c><00:27:43.500><c> brought</c><00:27:43.759><c> up</c>

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:45.599
well<00:27:44.240><c> is</c><00:27:44.519><c> important.</c>

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But<00:27:46.740><c> in</c><00:27:47.220><c> the</c><00:27:47.380><c> end,</c><00:27:49.339><c> it</c><00:27:49.579><c> is</c><00:27:49.859><c> going</c><00:27:50.039><c> to</c><00:27:50.279><c> be</c><00:27:50.460><c> each</c><00:27:50.759><c> individual's</c>

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responsibility<00:27:52.220><c> before</c><00:27:52.599><c> God.</c>

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At<00:27:54.619><c> some</c><00:27:54.900><c> time,</c><00:27:55.079><c> you</c><00:27:55.220><c> become</c><00:27:55.519><c> an</c><00:27:55.759><c> adult.</c><00:27:57.380><c> And</c><00:27:57.539><c> at</c><00:27:57.680><c> some</c><00:27:57.980><c> time,</c>

00:27:58.380 --> 00:28:01.500
you<00:27:58.480><c> have</c><00:27:58.740><c> to</c><00:27:59.500><c> grasp</c><00:27:59.799><c> the</c><00:28:00.039><c> word</c><00:28:00.500><c> yourself.</c><00:28:01.380><c> And</c>

00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:03.900
you<00:28:01.599><c> know,</c><00:28:01.819><c> it</c><00:28:02.000><c> is</c><00:28:02.259><c> interesting</c><00:28:02.619><c> that</c><00:28:02.799><c> I</c><00:28:02.960><c> have</c><00:28:03.140><c> seen</c><00:28:03.480><c> children</c>

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whose,<00:28:04.519><c> presumably,</c><00:28:05.839><c> parent</c><00:28:06.039><c> thought</c><00:28:06.259><c> they</c>

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were<00:28:06.799><c> brought</c><00:28:06.940><c> up</c><00:28:07.160><c> bad</c><00:28:07.279><c> and</c><00:28:07.339><c> they</c><00:28:07.579><c> turned</c><00:28:07.759><c> away</c><00:28:07.980><c> from</c><00:28:08.160><c> the</c><00:28:08.359><c> truth.</c><00:28:09.220><c> And</c>

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:12.180
on<00:28:10.440><c> at</c><00:28:10.799><c> least</c><00:28:11.039><c> a</c><00:28:11.220><c> half</c><00:28:11.380><c> a</c><00:28:11.539><c> dozen</c><00:28:11.759><c> occasions</c>

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that<00:28:12.319><c> I</c><00:28:12.440><c> was</c><00:28:12.579><c> thinking</c><00:28:12.839><c> of</c><00:28:13.059><c> last</c><00:28:13.359><c> night,</c><00:28:14.240><c> they</c><00:28:14.440><c> came</c><00:28:14.619><c> back</c><00:28:14.900><c> to</c>

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:18.480
the<00:28:15.240><c> truth</c><00:28:15.380><c> after</c><00:28:15.660><c> the</c><00:28:15.920><c> parent</c><00:28:16.099><c> died.</c><00:28:17.720><c> What</c><00:28:17.859><c> a</c><00:28:18.039><c> wonderful</c>

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:29.200
thing<00:28:19.240><c> to</c><00:28:20.720><c> meet</c><00:28:20.900><c> in</c><00:28:21.079><c> the</c><00:28:21.200><c> kingdom.</c><00:28:27.660><c> It</c><00:28:27.720><c> took</c><00:28:27.980><c> the</c><00:28:28.180><c> death</c><00:28:28.339><c> of</c><00:28:28.480><c> that</c><00:28:28.720><c> parent</c><00:28:28.880><c> to</c>

00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:31.839
shake<00:28:29.440><c> them</c><00:28:29.759><c> to</c><00:28:29.980><c> the</c><00:28:30.180><c> reality</c><00:28:30.559><c> of</c><00:28:30.799><c> life.</c>

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So<00:28:32.039><c> we</c><00:28:32.180><c> really</c><00:28:32.500><c> never</c><00:28:32.799><c> know.</c><00:28:34.019><c> And</c><00:28:34.359><c> I</c><00:28:34.680><c> hope</c><00:28:34.859><c> that</c><00:28:35.019><c> in</c><00:28:35.180><c> this</c><00:28:35.400><c> audience,</c><00:28:35.960><c> you</c>

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:38.079
know,<00:28:36.900><c> when</c><00:28:37.079><c> talking</c><00:28:37.359><c> to</c><00:28:37.720><c> a</c><00:28:37.720><c> large</c><00:28:37.920><c> enough</c>

00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:44.200
group<00:28:38.279><c> of</c><00:28:38.480><c> people,</c><00:28:39.039><c> that</c><00:28:39.039><c> every</c><00:28:40.539><c> side</c><00:28:40.859><c> of</c><00:28:41.000><c> the</c><00:28:41.140><c> issue</c><00:28:41.279><c> can</c><00:28:41.519><c> happen.</c><00:28:43.359><c> Remember</c><00:28:43.759><c> that</c><00:28:43.940><c> God</c>

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knows<00:28:44.599><c> the</c><00:28:44.859><c> best.</c><00:28:45.299><c> And</c><00:28:45.500><c> in</c>

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we<00:28:49.539><c> have</c><00:28:49.700><c> to</c><00:28:49.819><c> have</c><00:28:49.960><c> absolute</c><00:28:50.380><c> faith</c><00:28:50.700><c> in</c><00:28:50.940><c> that</c><00:28:51.140><c> because</c><00:28:51.779><c> it</c><00:28:52.220><c> happens.</c><00:28:53.579><c> And</c>

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:56.259
because<00:28:54.480><c> the</c><00:28:54.880><c> past</c><00:28:55.099><c> proves</c><00:28:55.519><c> that</c><00:28:55.779><c> God</c><00:28:55.960><c> does</c>

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perform.<00:28:57.380><c> It</c><00:28:57.500><c> is</c><00:28:57.740><c> absolutely</c><00:28:58.140><c> provable.</c><00:28:58.680><c> This</c><00:28:58.859><c> is</c><00:28:59.099><c> not</c><00:28:59.400><c> a</c><00:28:59.599><c> doubting</c><00:28:59.900><c> thing.</c><00:29:01.380><c> So</c>

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Ahaz<00:29:02.420><c> was</c><00:29:03.000><c> just</c><00:29:04.059><c> a</c><00:29:04.299><c> terrible</c><00:29:04.660><c> king.</c>

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Let's<00:29:05.119><c> go</c><00:29:05.359><c> to</c><00:29:05.619><c> 2</c><00:29:06.019><c> Kings</c><00:29:07.579><c> chapter</c><00:29:08.119><c> 16</c><00:29:08.779><c> and</c><00:29:09.500><c> see</c><00:29:09.779><c> a</c><00:29:09.839><c> little</c><00:29:10.079><c> bit</c>

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:12.519
about<00:29:10.480><c> how</c><00:29:10.720><c> Hezekiah</c><00:29:11.220><c> was</c><00:29:11.460><c> brought</c><00:29:11.720><c> up.</c>

00:29:13.920 --> 00:29:19.420
Now,<00:29:14.700><c> never</c><00:29:15.000><c> was</c><00:29:15.240><c> there</c><00:29:15.460><c> a</c><00:29:15.660><c> parent</c><00:29:15.980><c> this</c><00:29:17.200><c> bad.</c><00:29:18.480><c> I</c><00:29:18.859><c> think</c><00:29:19.059><c> it</c><00:29:19.200><c> would</c><00:29:19.259><c> be</c>

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pretty<00:29:19.640><c> hard</c><00:29:19.900><c> pressed</c><00:29:20.160><c> in</c><00:29:20.559><c> even</c><00:29:21.359><c> anywhere</c>

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else<00:29:22.039><c> in</c><00:29:22.279><c> scripture</c><00:29:22.619><c> to</c><00:29:22.940><c> find</c><00:29:23.299><c> a</c><00:29:23.660><c> parent</c><00:29:24.000><c> that</c><00:29:24.960><c> was</c><00:29:25.240><c> as</c><00:29:25.579><c> bad</c><00:29:25.880><c> as</c>

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Ahaz.<00:29:28.799><c> And</c><00:29:29.059><c> it</c><00:29:29.200><c> is</c><00:29:29.640><c> remarkable</c><00:29:30.299><c> how</c><00:29:31.000><c> well</c><00:29:31.319><c> Hezekiah</c>

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turned<00:29:32.140><c> out.</c><00:29:33.279><c> And</c><00:29:33.420><c> there</c><00:29:33.720><c> were</c><00:29:33.839><c> some</c><00:29:34.039><c> hints</c><00:29:34.279><c> why,</c><00:29:34.599><c> and</c><00:29:34.759><c> I'll</c><00:29:35.259><c> tell</c><00:29:35.440><c> you</c><00:29:35.559><c> those</c><00:29:35.819><c> in</c><00:29:35.940><c> a</c>

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few<00:29:36.180><c> moments,</c><00:29:36.579><c> but</c><00:29:36.680><c> they're</c>

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suggestions.<00:29:38.799><c> Verse</c><00:29:39.099><c> 2,</c><00:29:41.339><c> we</c><00:29:41.400><c> already</c><00:29:41.720><c> read</c><00:29:42.140><c> in</c><00:29:42.980><c> Chronicles,</c>

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it's<00:29:43.740><c> repeated</c><00:29:44.059><c> here,</c><00:29:44.900><c> 20</c><00:29:44.980><c> years</c><00:29:45.240><c> old</c><00:29:45.400><c> was</c>

00:29:45.619 --> 00:29:47.839
Ahaz<00:29:45.839><c> when</c><00:29:45.980><c> he</c><00:29:46.059><c> began</c><00:29:46.299><c> to</c><00:29:46.539><c> reign</c><00:29:46.680><c> and</c><00:29:46.859><c> reigned</c><00:29:47.039><c> 16</c><00:29:47.460><c> years</c><00:29:47.680><c> in</c>

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Jerusalem,<00:29:48.319><c> and</c><00:29:48.400><c> did</c><00:29:48.539><c> not</c><00:29:48.799><c> that</c><00:29:48.920><c> which</c><00:29:49.079><c> was</c><00:29:49.339><c> right</c><00:29:49.579><c> in</c>

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:52.339
the<00:29:49.920><c> sight</c><00:29:50.059><c> of</c><00:29:50.200><c> the</c><00:29:50.319><c> Lord</c><00:29:50.480><c> as</c><00:29:50.619><c> God</c><00:29:50.799><c> like</c><00:29:50.980><c> David</c><00:29:51.299><c> his</c><00:29:51.460><c> father.</c>

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But<00:29:52.500><c> he</c><00:29:52.880><c> walked</c><00:29:53.319><c> in</c><00:29:53.519><c> the</c><00:29:53.660><c> way</c><00:29:53.859><c> of</c><00:29:54.019><c> the</c><00:29:54.160><c> kings</c><00:29:54.339><c> of</c><00:29:54.539><c> Israel,</c>

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yea,<00:29:56.299><c> and</c><00:29:56.700><c> made</c><00:29:56.980><c> his</c><00:29:57.359><c> son</c><00:29:57.599><c> to</c><00:29:57.940><c> pass</c><00:29:58.319><c> through</c><00:29:58.660><c> the</c><00:29:59.000><c> fire</c><00:29:59.559><c> according</c><00:30:00.740><c> to</c><00:30:01.000><c> the</c>

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abomination<00:30:01.960><c> of</c><00:30:02.880><c> the</c><00:30:03.079><c> heathen.</c><00:30:03.339><c> Now</c>

00:30:03.619 --> 00:30:07.099
the<00:30:03.839><c> word</c><00:30:04.079><c> here</c><00:30:04.380><c> is</c><00:30:04.920><c> singular</c><00:30:05.420><c> in</c><00:30:05.859><c> Kings,</c><00:30:06.140><c> I</c><00:30:06.180><c> think</c><00:30:06.319><c> it's</c><00:30:06.599><c> plural</c><00:30:06.839><c> in</c>

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Chronicles,<00:30:07.859><c> but</c><00:30:08.119><c> it</c><00:30:08.299><c> implies</c><00:30:08.539><c> that</c><00:30:08.720><c> he</c>

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actually<00:30:09.619><c> sacrificed</c><00:30:10.660><c> one</c><00:30:11.000><c> son.</c><00:30:11.259><c> And</c><00:30:11.339><c> I</c><00:30:11.339><c> think</c><00:30:11.539><c> tomorrow</c><00:30:11.819><c> night,</c><00:30:12.559><c> I</c>

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have<00:30:13.299><c> something</c><00:30:13.559><c> to</c><00:30:13.740><c> actually</c><00:30:14.019><c> show</c><00:30:14.279><c> you</c><00:30:14.480><c> that.</c>

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Now<00:30:15.380><c> when</c><00:30:15.480><c> he</c><00:30:15.700><c> says</c><00:30:15.859><c> he</c><00:30:16.000><c> made</c><00:30:16.180><c> him</c><00:30:16.359><c> pass</c><00:30:16.599><c> through</c><00:30:16.759><c> the</c><00:30:16.980><c> fire,</c>

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this<00:30:17.380><c> isn't</c><00:30:17.619><c> just</c><00:30:17.859><c> some</c><00:30:18.099><c> ritual</c><00:30:18.619><c> where</c><00:30:19.259><c> there</c>

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were<00:30:19.579><c> hot</c><00:30:19.839><c> coals</c><00:30:20.099><c> or</c><00:30:20.319><c> something</c><00:30:20.640><c> and</c><00:30:21.000><c> he</c><00:30:21.200><c> walked</c><00:30:21.400><c> along.</c><00:30:21.700><c> This</c>

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:26.420
is<00:30:22.059><c> not</c><00:30:22.180><c> what</c><00:30:22.359><c> happened.</c><00:30:24.200><c> The</c><00:30:24.319><c> way</c><00:30:24.599><c> the</c><00:30:25.819><c> sacrifices</c>

00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:29.839
to<00:30:26.740><c> Moloch,</c><00:30:27.200><c> the</c><00:30:27.359><c> way</c><00:30:27.539><c> they</c><00:30:27.740><c> were</c><00:30:27.980><c> done</c><00:30:28.279><c> was</c><00:30:28.660><c> that</c><00:30:29.299><c> the</c><00:30:29.599><c> young</c>

00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:32.559
person<00:30:30.319><c> was</c><00:30:30.940><c> slain</c><00:30:31.339><c> and</c><00:30:31.559><c> his</c><00:30:31.759><c> blood</c><00:30:32.039><c> poured</c><00:30:32.319><c> out</c>

00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:37.980
on<00:30:32.619><c> the</c><00:30:32.779><c> altar.</c><00:30:33.720><c> And</c><00:30:33.880><c> then</c><00:30:34.000><c> the</c><00:30:34.140><c> body</c><00:30:34.359><c> was</c><00:30:34.579><c> put</c><00:30:34.799><c> in</c><00:30:34.960><c> the</c><00:30:35.259><c> arms</c><00:30:35.579><c> of</c><00:30:35.880><c> this</c><00:30:36.700><c> pagan</c><00:30:37.019><c> god</c><00:30:37.279><c> that</c><00:30:37.480><c> had</c><00:30:37.839><c> a</c>

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head<00:30:38.119><c> of</c><00:30:38.299><c> an</c><00:30:38.480><c> animal</c>

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and<00:30:39.460><c> they</c><00:30:39.640><c> had</c><00:30:39.779><c> various</c><00:30:40.220><c> ones.</c><00:30:40.900><c> And</c><00:30:41.079><c> then</c><00:30:41.259><c> a</c><00:30:41.440><c> fire</c><00:30:41.660><c> was</c><00:30:41.900><c> lit</c>

00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:44.019
underneath<00:30:42.440><c> the</c><00:30:42.680><c> arms</c><00:30:42.819><c> and</c><00:30:42.960><c> the</c><00:30:43.099><c> body</c><00:30:43.279><c> was</c><00:30:43.579><c> completely</c>

00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:48.059
consumed.<00:30:44.519><c> There</c><00:30:44.559><c> was</c><00:30:44.819><c> a</c><00:30:45.119><c> total</c><00:30:45.799><c> perversion</c><00:30:46.640><c> of</c><00:30:47.619><c> the</c><00:30:47.839><c> animal</c>

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sacrifices<00:30:48.740><c> in</c><00:30:48.960><c> the</c><00:30:49.119><c> temple.</c><00:30:50.519><c> And</c><00:30:50.680><c> so</c><00:30:50.759><c> this</c><00:30:50.940><c> is</c>

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:54.119
what<00:30:51.339><c> Ahaz</c><00:30:51.500><c> did</c><00:30:51.759><c> and</c><00:30:52.180><c> Hezekiah</c><00:30:52.740><c> must</c><00:30:53.000><c> have</c><00:30:53.119><c> seen</c><00:30:53.359><c> his</c><00:30:53.660><c> brother</c>

00:30:54.119 --> 00:30:57.359
sacrificed<00:30:54.920><c> in</c><00:30:55.099><c> this</c><00:30:55.319><c> way.</c><00:30:56.599><c> I</c><00:30:56.680><c> have</c><00:30:56.859><c> absolutely</c>

00:30:57.359 --> 00:31:00.759
no<00:30:58.079><c> doubt</c><00:30:58.460><c> that</c><00:30:58.740><c> that</c><00:30:58.960><c> information</c><00:30:59.460><c> is</c><00:30:59.660><c> there</c><00:30:59.900><c> for</c><00:30:59.980><c> us</c><00:31:00.160><c> to</c><00:31:00.480><c> see</c>

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:03.500
and<00:31:01.279><c> to</c><00:31:01.559><c> realize</c><00:31:02.019><c> what</c><00:31:02.359><c> Ahaz</c><00:31:02.680><c> did</c>

00:31:05.880 --> 00:31:09.799
and<00:31:06.519><c> made</c><00:31:06.839><c> his</c><00:31:07.099><c> son</c><00:31:07.359><c> to</c><00:31:07.619><c> pass</c><00:31:07.779><c> through</c><00:31:07.980><c> the</c><00:31:08.160><c> fire.</c><00:31:09.160><c> It's</c>

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:11.759
almost<00:31:10.359><c> completely</c>

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stullifying<00:31:12.619><c> to</c><00:31:12.900><c> think</c><00:31:13.079><c> a</c><00:31:13.400><c> parent</c><00:31:13.640><c> could</c><00:31:13.819><c> do</c><00:31:13.980><c> this</c><00:31:14.099><c> to</c><00:31:14.259><c> their</c>

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:16.579
child.<00:31:15.359><c> And</c><00:31:15.539><c> yet</c><00:31:15.740><c> pagan</c>

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:21.240
religions<00:31:17.460><c> have</c><00:31:17.700><c> been</c><00:31:17.940><c> consumed</c><00:31:18.440><c> with</c><00:31:18.720><c> this.</c><00:31:20.220><c> Paganism</c><00:31:20.859><c> and</c>

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:24.299
false<00:31:21.539><c> religion</c><00:31:21.900><c> today</c><00:31:22.339><c> sacrifices</c><00:31:23.180><c> their</c><00:31:23.480><c> children.</c>

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:31.380
They<00:31:26.119><c> sacrifice</c><00:31:26.720><c> them</c><00:31:26.859><c> for</c><00:31:27.059><c> eternity.</c><00:31:29.059><c> The</c><00:31:29.180><c> morality</c><00:31:29.700><c> and</c><00:31:30.039><c> the</c><00:31:30.380><c> level</c><00:31:30.720><c> of</c>

00:31:31.380 --> 00:31:33.859
life<00:31:31.700><c> that</c><00:31:32.599><c> most</c><00:31:33.079><c> people</c><00:31:33.460><c> lead</c>

00:31:33.859 --> 00:31:41.359
is<00:31:34.299><c> just</c><00:31:34.579><c> as</c><00:31:34.779><c> good</c><00:31:34.900><c> as</c><00:31:35.099><c> dead.</c><00:31:36.299><c> It's</c><00:31:36.680><c> a</c><00:31:36.859><c> sad,</c><00:31:37.460><c> sad</c><00:31:38.200><c> thing.</c><00:31:41.319><c> And</c>

00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:43.400
children<00:31:41.720><c> are</c><00:31:42.019><c> sacrificed</c><00:31:42.480><c> in</c><00:31:42.660><c> even</c><00:31:42.880><c> worst</c><00:31:43.099><c> ways,</c>

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:48.440
by<00:31:43.680><c> neglect,</c><00:31:44.259><c> by</c><00:31:44.559><c> abuse.</c><00:31:45.700><c> I</c><00:31:46.000><c> think</c><00:31:46.220><c> we're</c><00:31:46.380><c> all</c><00:31:46.599><c> aware</c><00:31:46.839><c> that</c><00:31:47.279><c> those</c><00:31:47.559><c> problems</c><00:31:47.940><c> occur</c><00:31:48.299><c> in</c>

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:48.940
the<00:31:48.559><c> world</c><00:31:48.740><c> and</c>

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:51.640
unfortunately<00:31:49.500><c> at</c><00:31:49.720><c> times</c><00:31:49.960><c> even</c><00:31:50.200><c> in</c><00:31:50.339><c> the</c><00:31:50.480><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:31:51.420><c> Things</c>

00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:53.779
have<00:31:51.880><c> to</c><00:31:52.019><c> be</c><00:31:52.160><c> done</c><00:31:52.339><c> about</c><00:31:52.640><c> them</c><00:31:52.839><c> or</c><00:31:53.079><c> we're</c>

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:58.319
sacrificing<00:31:53.960><c> our</c><00:31:54.220><c> children.</c><00:31:56.819><c> And</c><00:31:57.140><c> He</c><00:31:57.400><c> sacrificed</c><00:31:57.859><c> and</c><00:31:58.119><c> burnt</c>

00:31:58.319 --> 00:32:00.440
incense<00:31:58.759><c> in</c><00:31:59.019><c> high</c><00:31:59.279><c> places</c><00:31:59.640><c> and</c><00:31:59.839><c> on</c><00:32:00.019><c> hills</c>

00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:06.720
and<00:32:00.779><c> under</c><00:32:01.140><c> every</c><00:32:01.680><c> green</c><00:32:02.019><c> tree.</c><00:32:04.000><c> And</c><00:32:04.119><c> evergreen</c><00:32:04.779><c> trees,</c><00:32:05.259><c> as</c><00:32:05.880><c> you</c><00:32:06.119><c> know,</c><00:32:06.359><c> are</c><00:32:06.619><c> a</c>

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:08.480
symbol<00:32:07.059><c> of</c><00:32:07.460><c> fertility.</c>

00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:13.500
And<00:32:09.299><c> they</c><00:32:09.400><c> were</c><00:32:09.599><c> used</c><00:32:09.819><c> in</c><00:32:10.019><c> high</c><00:32:10.240><c> places</c><00:32:10.700><c> throughout</c><00:32:11.400><c> the</c><00:32:11.740><c> ancient</c><00:32:12.000><c> world</c><00:32:12.619><c> because</c><00:32:13.180><c> they</c>

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:14.460
stayed<00:32:13.720><c> green</c><00:32:14.019><c> all</c><00:32:14.259><c> year</c>

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:18.519
long.<00:32:14.680><c> Unlike</c><00:32:15.000><c> Florida,</c><00:32:15.559><c> that's</c><00:32:15.779><c> about</c><00:32:16.000><c> the</c><00:32:16.200><c> only</c><00:32:16.519><c> thing</c><00:32:16.740><c> that</c><00:32:16.920><c> stays</c><00:32:17.079><c> green</c><00:32:17.779><c> in</c>

00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:19.259
northern<00:32:18.839><c> climes.</c>

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:23.619
Everything<00:32:19.779><c> else,</c><00:32:21.299><c> the</c><00:32:21.339><c> leaves</c><00:32:21.539><c> fall</c><00:32:21.980><c> and</c><00:32:22.299><c> it</c><00:32:22.359><c> gets</c><00:32:22.599><c> gray.</c>

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:31.579
And<00:32:25.480><c> so</c><00:32:25.700><c> this</c><00:32:26.200><c> king</c><00:32:26.619><c> did</c><00:32:27.160><c> this</c><00:32:27.420><c> to</c><00:32:27.559><c> his</c><00:32:27.819><c> own</c><00:32:28.359><c> children.</c><00:32:30.039><c> And</c><00:32:30.099><c> look</c><00:32:31.119><c> what</c><00:32:31.299><c> else</c><00:32:31.460><c> he</c>

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:33.680
did.<00:32:32.400><c> Verse</c><00:32:32.619><c> 10.</c><00:32:33.079><c> And</c><00:32:33.099><c> King</c><00:32:33.400><c> Ahaz</c>

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:39.220
went<00:32:34.039><c> to</c><00:32:34.319><c> Damascus</c><00:32:34.839><c> to</c><00:32:35.039><c> meet</c><00:32:35.839><c> Tiglath</c><00:32:36.619><c>-Pilesa,</c><00:32:37.599><c> king</c><00:32:37.799><c> of</c><00:32:38.019><c> Assyria.</c><00:32:38.940><c> And</c>

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:41.839
he<00:32:39.400><c> saw</c><00:32:39.599><c> an</c><00:32:39.819><c> altar</c><00:32:40.019><c> that</c><00:32:40.220><c> was</c><00:32:40.460><c> at</c><00:32:40.660><c> Damascus.</c>

00:32:41.900 --> 00:32:44.339
So<00:32:42.079><c> here</c><00:32:42.279><c> he</c><00:32:42.380><c> was.</c><00:32:42.500><c> He</c><00:32:42.599><c> went</c><00:32:42.759><c> up</c><00:32:43.000><c> to</c><00:32:43.119><c> Damascus</c><00:32:43.539><c> as</c><00:32:43.759><c> a</c><00:32:43.920><c> tourist,</c>

00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:47.259
took<00:32:45.000><c> out</c><00:32:45.279><c> his</c><00:32:46.000><c> brownie</c><00:32:46.359><c> and</c><00:32:46.539><c> took</c><00:32:46.759><c> a</c><00:32:46.900><c> picture</c><00:32:47.119><c> of</c>

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:51.359
his<00:32:47.380><c> altar.</c><00:32:48.279><c> And</c><00:32:48.359><c> he</c><00:32:48.460><c> sends</c><00:32:48.700><c> it</c><00:32:48.980><c> back</c><00:32:49.380><c> and</c><00:32:49.980><c> he</c><00:32:50.099><c> says,</c><00:32:51.079><c> and</c><00:32:51.160><c> King</c>

00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:53.240
Hezekiah<00:32:51.859><c> sent</c><00:32:52.160><c> to</c><00:32:52.359><c> Uriah</c><00:32:52.700><c> the</c><00:32:52.859><c> priest,</c>

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:56.380
the<00:32:53.700><c> fashion</c><00:32:54.079><c> of</c><00:32:54.279><c> the</c><00:32:54.440><c> altar.</c><00:32:54.660><c> Okay,</c><00:32:54.940><c> he</c><00:32:55.019><c> didn't</c><00:32:55.200><c> have</c><00:32:55.400><c> a</c><00:32:55.599><c> brownie.</c><00:32:56.380><c> Sue</c>

00:32:56.380 --> 00:32:58.819
me.<00:32:57.480><c> What</c><00:32:57.660><c> did</c><00:32:57.799><c> he</c><00:32:57.900><c> do?</c><00:32:58.059><c> He</c><00:32:58.259><c> probably</c><00:32:58.539><c> had</c>

00:32:58.819 --> 00:33:01.059
a<00:32:59.099><c> sketcher</c><00:32:59.400><c> with</c><00:32:59.599><c> him.</c><00:32:59.759><c> They</c><00:32:59.980><c> sketched</c><00:33:00.319><c> it</c><00:33:00.500><c> out.</c><00:33:00.680><c> If</c><00:33:00.819><c> he</c><00:33:00.880><c> had</c>

00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:02.539
a<00:33:01.200><c> brownie,</c><00:33:01.440><c> he</c><00:33:01.460><c> would</c><00:33:01.619><c> have</c><00:33:01.700><c> used</c><00:33:01.920><c> it.</c>

00:33:02.900 --> 00:33:05.920
And<00:33:03.119><c> they</c><00:33:03.299><c> sketched</c><00:33:03.640><c> it.</c><00:33:04.140><c> He</c><00:33:04.440><c> sent</c><00:33:04.579><c> it</c><00:33:04.819><c> back.</c><00:33:05.460><c> And</c><00:33:05.680><c> he</c><00:33:05.799><c> sends</c>

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:07.859
it<00:33:06.180><c> back</c><00:33:06.319><c> to</c><00:33:06.519><c> the</c><00:33:06.660><c> high</c><00:33:06.900><c> priest.</c>

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:12.779
Israel<00:33:09.380><c> was</c><00:33:09.619><c> not</c><00:33:09.839><c> blessed</c><00:33:10.079><c> with</c><00:33:10.240><c> good</c><00:33:10.400><c> high</c><00:33:10.660><c> priests.</c><00:33:12.200><c> In</c><00:33:12.400><c> fact,</c><00:33:12.579><c> I'm</c>

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:14.440
very<00:33:13.160><c> hard</c><00:33:13.440><c> pressed</c><00:33:13.619><c> to</c><00:33:13.839><c> think</c><00:33:14.000><c> of</c><00:33:14.180><c> one</c>

00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:17.460
high<00:33:14.880><c> priest.</c><00:33:15.319><c> I'm</c><00:33:15.660><c> probably</c><00:33:16.059><c> wrong,</c><00:33:16.460><c> but</c><00:33:16.680><c> I</c><00:33:16.900><c> can't</c><00:33:17.140><c> think</c><00:33:17.299><c> of</c>

00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:18.480
one<00:33:17.660><c> single</c><00:33:17.960><c> high</c><00:33:18.180><c> priest</c>

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:21.640
who<00:33:18.880><c> is</c><00:33:19.119><c> recorded</c><00:33:19.480><c> in</c><00:33:19.680><c> the</c><00:33:19.839><c> scripture</c><00:33:20.019><c> as</c><00:33:20.279><c> truly</c><00:33:20.619><c> spiritual.</c>

00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:24.380
This<00:33:22.220><c> man</c><00:33:22.420><c> does</c><00:33:22.779><c> exactly</c><00:33:23.259><c> what</c><00:33:23.519><c> Uriah,</c>

00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:27.400
I<00:33:25.460><c> mean,</c><00:33:25.640><c> I'm</c><00:33:25.759><c> sorry,</c><00:33:25.980><c> Uriah</c><00:33:26.299><c> does</c><00:33:26.500><c> exactly</c><00:33:26.920><c> what</c><00:33:27.079><c> the</c><00:33:27.240><c> king</c>

00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:29.740
says<00:33:27.819><c> for</c><00:33:27.940><c> him</c><00:33:28.019><c> to</c><00:33:28.220><c> do.</c><00:33:28.640><c> And</c><00:33:28.880><c> he</c><00:33:29.019><c> does</c><00:33:29.220><c> exactly</c>

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:32.200
what<00:33:29.980><c> Aaron</c><00:33:30.119><c> did</c><00:33:30.279><c> in</c><00:33:30.400><c> the</c><00:33:30.519><c> wilderness.</c><00:33:31.380><c> They</c><00:33:31.559><c> caved</c><00:33:31.740><c> into</c><00:33:31.980><c> the</c>

00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:34.680
people.<00:33:33.019><c> Instead</c><00:33:33.299><c> of</c><00:33:33.420><c> being</c><00:33:33.680><c> the</c><00:33:33.900><c> spiritual</c><00:33:34.279><c> leaders,</c>

00:33:34.940 --> 00:33:37.680
they<00:33:35.160><c> became</c><00:33:35.480><c> the</c><00:33:35.799><c> followers.</c><00:33:36.559><c> Instead</c><00:33:36.859><c> of</c><00:33:37.019><c> being</c><00:33:37.240><c> the</c><00:33:37.460><c> moral</c>

00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:41.940
example,<00:33:38.779><c> they</c><00:33:39.079><c> became</c><00:33:39.980><c> perverted</c><00:33:41.299><c> in</c><00:33:41.500><c> every</c><00:33:41.720><c> way</c>

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:47.119
they<00:33:42.119><c> should</c><00:33:42.380><c> have</c><00:33:42.599><c> stopped.</c><00:33:45.619><c> He</c><00:33:45.700><c> sent</c><00:33:45.940><c> it</c><00:33:46.079><c> to</c><00:33:46.200><c> Uriah</c><00:33:46.480><c> the</c><00:33:46.640><c> priest,</c><00:33:47.099><c> the</c>

00:33:47.119 --> 00:33:48.299
fashion<00:33:47.359><c> of</c><00:33:47.480><c> the</c><00:33:47.640><c> altar,</c><00:33:47.740><c> and</c><00:33:47.940><c> the</c><00:33:48.140><c> pattern</c>

00:33:48.299 --> 00:33:51.019
of<00:33:48.440><c> it</c><00:33:48.599><c> according</c><00:33:48.900><c> to</c><00:33:49.180><c> all</c><00:33:49.440><c> the</c><00:33:49.640><c> workmanship</c><00:33:50.079><c> thereof.</c><00:33:50.799><c> So</c><00:33:50.799><c> he</c>

00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:52.859
did<00:33:51.200><c> more</c><00:33:51.480><c> than</c><00:33:51.599><c> just</c><00:33:51.839><c> send</c><00:33:51.960><c> the</c><00:33:52.220><c> pattern.</c><00:33:52.460><c> He</c><00:33:52.619><c> sent</c>

00:33:52.859 --> 00:33:57.119
working<00:33:53.279><c> instructions,</c><00:33:54.059><c> architectural</c><00:33:54.640><c> plans,</c><00:33:55.500><c> what</c><00:33:55.680><c> materials</c><00:33:56.240><c> to</c><00:33:56.519><c> use.</c><00:33:57.019><c> I</c>

00:33:57.119 --> 00:33:58.339
mean,<00:33:57.200><c> he</c><00:33:57.380><c> went</c><00:33:57.599><c> into</c><00:33:57.839><c> this</c><00:33:58.099><c> in</c><00:33:58.220><c> a</c>

00:33:58.339 --> 00:34:04.259
big<00:33:58.519><c> way.</c><00:33:59.700><c> And</c><00:34:00.180><c> Uriah</c><00:34:00.720><c> the</c><00:34:00.980><c> priest,</c><00:34:02.160><c> whose</c><00:34:02.440><c> name</c><00:34:02.700><c> unfortunately</c><00:34:03.200><c> also</c><00:34:03.559><c> has</c><00:34:03.759><c> the</c><00:34:03.839><c> name</c><00:34:04.079><c> of</c>

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:04.839
God<00:34:04.359><c> in</c><00:34:04.460><c> it,</c>

00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:07.859
the<00:34:05.339><c> priest</c><00:34:05.619><c> built</c><00:34:05.960><c> an</c><00:34:06.160><c> altar</c><00:34:06.380><c> according</c><00:34:06.799><c> to</c><00:34:07.119><c> all</c><00:34:07.400><c> that</c><00:34:07.579><c> King</c>

00:34:07.859 --> 00:34:10.340
Ahaz<00:34:08.079><c> had</c><00:34:08.280><c> sent</c><00:34:08.539><c> from</c><00:34:08.820><c> Damascus.</c><00:34:09.340><c> So</c><00:34:09.599><c> Uriah</c><00:34:10.079><c> the</c>

00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:14.099
priest<00:34:10.519><c> made</c><00:34:11.000><c> it</c><00:34:11.559><c> against</c><00:34:11.900><c> King</c><00:34:12.480><c> Ahaz</c><00:34:13.159><c> came</c><00:34:13.559><c> from</c><00:34:13.800><c> Damascus.</c>

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:15.619
So<00:34:14.300><c> he</c><00:34:14.360><c> did</c><00:34:14.519><c> it</c><00:34:14.659><c> so</c><00:34:14.980><c> quickly</c><00:34:15.179><c> to</c><00:34:15.340><c> have</c><00:34:15.480><c> it</c>

00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:19.300
up<00:34:15.719><c> by</c><00:34:15.940><c> the</c><00:34:16.139><c> time</c><00:34:16.579><c> Ahaz</c><00:34:17.119><c> came</c><00:34:17.380><c> back,</c><00:34:17.659><c> otherwise</c><00:34:18.019><c> he</c><00:34:18.199><c> would</c><00:34:18.480><c> have</c><00:34:18.679><c> displeased</c><00:34:19.079><c> the</c>

00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:21.199
king.<00:34:20.280><c> And</c><00:34:20.480><c> when</c><00:34:20.679><c> the</c><00:34:20.840><c> king</c><00:34:20.960><c> was</c>

00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:24.360
come<00:34:21.360><c> from</c><00:34:21.519><c> Damascus,</c><00:34:22.079><c> the</c><00:34:22.199><c> king</c><00:34:22.380><c> saw</c><00:34:22.639><c> the</c><00:34:22.900><c> altar.</c><00:34:23.980><c> And</c><00:34:24.260><c> the</c>

00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:26.659
king<00:34:24.519><c> approached</c><00:34:25.039><c> to</c><00:34:25.219><c> the</c><00:34:25.400><c> altar</c><00:34:25.579><c> and</c><00:34:25.920><c> offered</c><00:34:26.179><c> thereon.</c>

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:31.840
And<00:34:27.199><c> so</c><00:34:27.380><c> now</c><00:34:27.619><c> not</c><00:34:27.780><c> only</c><00:34:27.940><c> he</c><00:34:28.099><c> built</c><00:34:28.239><c> a</c><00:34:28.400><c> pagan</c><00:34:28.619><c> altar,</c><00:34:29.039><c> he</c><00:34:29.519><c> now</c><00:34:29.940><c> subsumes</c><00:34:30.380><c> the</c><00:34:30.599><c> role</c><00:34:30.719><c> of</c><00:34:30.920><c> priest,</c>

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:36.119
something<00:34:32.320><c> that</c><00:34:32.500><c> was</c><00:34:32.940><c> strictly</c><00:34:33.300><c> forbidden</c><00:34:34.019><c> to</c><00:34:34.559><c> the</c><00:34:34.719><c> kings</c><00:34:34.900><c> of</c><00:34:35.079><c> Israel.</c>

00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:42.599
This<00:34:38.380><c> was</c><00:34:38.659><c> Hezekiah's</c><00:34:39.239><c> father.</c><00:34:41.019><c> Hezekiah</c><00:34:41.440><c> was</c><00:34:41.659><c> already</c><00:34:42.039><c> alive.</c><00:34:42.380><c> Now</c>

00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:44.340
even<00:34:42.699><c> if</c><00:34:42.860><c> this</c><00:34:43.119><c> happened</c><00:34:43.460><c> in</c><00:34:43.699><c> the</c><00:34:43.780><c> very</c><00:34:44.079><c> first</c>

00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:50.179
few<00:34:44.639><c> years</c><00:34:45.420><c> of</c><00:34:46.199><c> the</c><00:34:46.420><c> reign</c><00:34:46.760><c> of</c><00:34:48.559><c> Ahaz,</c><00:34:49.420><c> Hezekiah</c><00:34:49.920><c> would</c><00:34:50.099><c> have</c>

00:34:50.179 --> 00:34:52.320
been<00:34:50.340><c> old</c><00:34:50.599><c> enough</c><00:34:50.860><c> already</c><00:34:51.260><c> since</c><00:34:51.480><c> he</c><00:34:51.559><c> was</c><00:34:51.780><c> 25</c>

00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:56.460
when<00:34:52.519><c> Ahaz</c><00:34:52.780><c> died,</c><00:34:53.500><c> and</c><00:34:53.739><c> Ahaz</c><00:34:54.119><c> ruled</c><00:34:54.480><c> 16</c><00:34:54.980><c> years.</c><00:34:55.760><c> You</c><00:34:55.880><c> can</c><00:34:56.239><c> see</c>

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:58.539
that<00:34:56.679><c> Hezekiah</c><00:34:57.599><c> must</c><00:34:57.760><c> have</c><00:34:57.860><c> been</c><00:34:57.940><c> at</c><00:34:58.000><c> least</c><00:34:58.260><c> nine</c>

00:34:58.539 --> 00:35:01.119
years<00:34:58.780><c> or</c><00:34:58.980><c> older.</c><00:34:59.559><c> And</c><00:34:59.719><c> I</c><00:34:59.800><c> think</c><00:34:59.960><c> once</c><00:35:00.219><c> you</c><00:35:00.400><c> get</c><00:35:00.599><c> above</c><00:35:00.840><c> five</c>

00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:03.420
or<00:35:01.239><c> six,</c><00:35:01.659><c> you</c><00:35:01.940><c> start</c><00:35:02.199><c> becoming</c><00:35:02.639><c> aware</c><00:35:03.019><c> of</c><00:35:03.239><c> things</c>

00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:08.219
and<00:35:03.519><c> they</c><00:35:03.780><c> stick</c><00:35:03.940><c> in</c><00:35:04.079><c> your</c><00:35:04.260><c> memory.</c><00:35:05.760><c> At</c><00:35:05.800><c> least</c><00:35:06.059><c> I</c><00:35:06.400><c> find</c><00:35:06.659><c> that</c><00:35:06.820><c> with</c><00:35:07.019><c> myself.</c><00:35:08.099><c> I</c>

00:35:08.219 --> 00:35:09.639
mean<00:35:08.219><c> the</c><00:35:08.300><c> things</c><00:35:08.519><c> that</c><00:35:09.340><c> I</c><00:35:09.440><c> did</c>

00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:14.079
before<00:35:10.099><c> I</c><00:35:10.320><c> went</c><00:35:10.500><c> to</c><00:35:11.159><c> grade</c><00:35:11.420><c> school,</c><00:35:11.760><c> five</c><00:35:11.920><c> or</c><00:35:12.019><c> six,</c><00:35:12.099><c> I</c><00:35:12.219><c> don't</c><00:35:12.380><c> remember</c><00:35:12.679><c> at</c><00:35:12.840><c> all.</c><00:35:13.579><c> Or</c><00:35:13.719><c> if</c><00:35:13.960><c> I</c>

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:14.840
do<00:35:14.320><c> remember</c><00:35:14.599><c> it's</c><00:35:14.739><c> only</c>

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:16.960
because<00:35:15.119><c> some</c><00:35:15.380><c> relatives</c><00:35:15.699><c> says</c><00:35:15.860><c> I</c><00:35:16.119><c> dribbled</c><00:35:16.420><c> all</c><00:35:16.639><c> over</c><00:35:16.820><c> them</c>

00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:18.360
or<00:35:17.079><c> something</c><00:35:17.300><c> like</c><00:35:17.519><c> that.</c><00:35:17.920><c> It's</c><00:35:18.119><c> not</c><00:35:18.239><c> something</c>

00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:21.719
I<00:35:18.699><c> personally</c><00:35:19.059><c> remember.</c><00:35:19.719><c> But</c><00:35:19.860><c> I</c><00:35:19.980><c> do</c><00:35:20.199><c> remember</c><00:35:20.880><c> things</c><00:35:21.300><c> after</c>

00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:24.019
a<00:35:21.900><c> certain</c><00:35:22.039><c> age.</c><00:35:22.579><c> And</c><00:35:22.699><c> my</c><00:35:23.119><c> dad</c><00:35:23.360><c> who's</c><00:35:23.599><c> 90</c><00:35:23.860><c> says</c>

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:26.300
the<00:35:24.199><c> older</c><00:35:24.440><c> you</c><00:35:24.679><c> get,</c><00:35:24.980><c> the</c><00:35:25.119><c> more</c><00:35:25.320><c> you</c><00:35:25.599><c> remember</c><00:35:25.820><c> what</c><00:35:25.980><c> you</c><00:35:26.179><c> did</c>

00:35:26.300 --> 00:35:28.019
when<00:35:26.420><c> you</c><00:35:26.559><c> were</c><00:35:26.699><c> small</c><00:35:27.059><c> and</c><00:35:27.460><c> you</c><00:35:27.599><c> don't</c><00:35:27.780><c> remember</c>

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:33.119
anything<00:35:28.280><c> you</c><00:35:28.440><c> did</c><00:35:28.599><c> yesterday.</c><00:35:30.079><c> So</c><00:35:30.519><c> this</c><00:35:31.099><c> is</c><00:35:32.099><c> something</c><00:35:32.579><c> that</c>

00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:35.820
formed<00:35:33.719><c> Hezekiah's</c><00:35:34.940><c> character.</c>

00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:41.280
Now<00:35:37.260><c> I</c><00:35:37.420><c> tend</c><00:35:37.659><c> to</c><00:35:37.900><c> think</c><00:35:38.039><c> it</c><00:35:38.340><c> formed</c><00:35:38.559><c> it</c><00:35:38.739><c> two</c><00:35:38.880><c> ways.</c><00:35:40.260><c> One</c><00:35:40.460><c> you</c><00:35:40.599><c> can</c><00:35:40.860><c> learn</c><00:35:41.059><c> by</c>

00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:42.880
negative<00:35:41.679><c> example.</c><00:35:42.440><c> You</c><00:35:42.579><c> know</c><00:35:42.719><c> you</c><00:35:42.719><c> see</c>

00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:44.820
something<00:35:43.179><c> really</c><00:35:43.539><c> terrible</c><00:35:43.739><c> and</c><00:35:43.800><c> say</c><00:35:43.940><c> I</c><00:35:44.159><c> am</c><00:35:44.400><c> never</c><00:35:44.599><c> going</c><00:35:44.719><c> to</c>

00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:48.239
be<00:35:44.920><c> like</c><00:35:45.159><c> that.</c><00:35:46.119><c> But</c><00:35:46.300><c> I</c><00:35:46.420><c> think</c><00:35:46.619><c> he</c><00:35:46.780><c> had</c><00:35:47.139><c> around</c><00:35:47.739><c> him</c><00:35:48.000><c> two</c>

00:35:48.239 --> 00:35:52.840
things<00:35:48.579><c> that</c><00:35:48.880><c> changed</c><00:35:49.219><c> that</c><00:35:49.500><c> influence</c><00:35:49.880><c> then</c><00:35:50.119><c> that</c><00:35:50.420><c> reinforced</c><00:35:50.980><c> continually</c><00:35:51.539><c> that</c><00:35:51.900><c> don't</c><00:35:52.460><c> you</c>

00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:53.400
do<00:35:53.099><c> that.</c>

00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:58.219
That<00:35:54.139><c> is</c><00:35:54.420><c> not</c><00:35:54.840><c> the</c><00:35:54.980><c> way</c><00:35:55.099><c> to</c><00:35:55.340><c> act</c><00:35:55.500><c> and</c><00:35:55.719><c> behave.</c><00:35:57.440><c> And</c><00:35:57.440><c> the</c><00:35:57.860><c> king</c>

00:35:58.219 --> 00:36:01.119
sacrificed<00:35:59.179><c> one</c><00:35:59.420><c> of</c><00:35:59.579><c> his</c><00:35:59.719><c> sons</c><00:35:59.860><c> and</c><00:36:00.119><c> probably</c>

00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:03.880
was<00:36:01.480><c> the</c><00:36:01.699><c> firstborn</c><00:36:02.179><c> maybe</c><00:36:02.599><c> if</c><00:36:02.780><c> not</c><00:36:02.900><c> his</c><00:36:03.039><c> first</c><00:36:03.340><c> wife.</c><00:36:03.880><c> You</c>

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:05.559
didn't,<00:36:04.260><c> when</c><00:36:04.440><c> you</c><00:36:04.639><c> sacrifice,</c><00:36:05.039><c> you're</c><00:36:05.380><c> often,</c>

00:36:05.739 --> 00:36:08.760
to<00:36:05.980><c> Moloch,</c><00:36:06.300><c> you're</c><00:36:06.340><c> supposed</c><00:36:06.519><c> to</c><00:36:06.860><c> sacrifice</c><00:36:07.079><c> the</c><00:36:07.320><c> firstborn.</c><00:36:08.340><c> But</c><00:36:08.559><c> the</c>

00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:09.980
king,<00:36:09.179><c> people</c><00:36:09.380><c> cheated.</c><00:36:09.840><c> They</c>

00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:14.280
didn't<00:36:10.179><c> make</c><00:36:10.360><c> the</c><00:36:10.599><c> firstborn</c><00:36:10.980><c> of</c><00:36:11.119><c> their</c><00:36:11.280><c> first</c><00:36:11.579><c> wife.</c><00:36:13.460><c> Okay.</c>

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:17.780
It's<00:36:16.440><c> tough</c><00:36:16.679><c> being</c><00:36:16.880><c> a</c><00:36:17.059><c> firstborn,</c><00:36:17.519><c> right?</c><00:36:17.639><c> How</c>

00:36:17.780 --> 00:36:23.380
many<00:36:17.900><c> here</c><00:36:18.119><c> are</c><00:36:18.280><c> firstborn?</c><00:36:20.199><c> We're</c><00:36:20.440><c> all</c><00:36:20.679><c> dead.</c><00:36:22.480><c> Under</c><00:36:22.679><c> paganism</c><00:36:23.239><c> we're</c>

00:36:23.380 --> 00:36:26.380
all<00:36:23.619><c> dead.</c><00:36:24.500><c> I'm</c><00:36:24.739><c> not</c><00:36:25.039><c> sure</c><00:36:25.280><c> why</c><00:36:25.599><c> it's</c>

00:36:26.380 --> 00:36:28.739
the<00:36:26.579><c> firstborn.</c><00:36:27.019><c> Personally</c><00:36:27.480><c> the</c><00:36:27.739><c> secondborn</c><00:36:28.219><c> is</c><00:36:28.380><c> fine</c><00:36:28.539><c> with</c>

00:36:28.739 --> 00:36:34.019
me.<00:36:30.059><c> You</c><00:36:30.059><c> know</c><00:36:30.300><c> it</c><00:36:31.300><c> is</c><00:36:31.980><c> strange</c><00:36:32.400><c> that</c><00:36:33.460><c> these</c><00:36:33.780><c> things</c>

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:36.400
come<00:36:34.280><c> about</c><00:36:34.539><c> and</c><00:36:34.780><c> you</c><00:36:35.019><c> wonder</c><00:36:35.239><c> if</c><00:36:35.420><c> some</c><00:36:35.619><c> of</c><00:36:35.699><c> this</c><00:36:35.840><c> is</c><00:36:36.000><c> just</c><00:36:36.239><c> a</c>

00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:41.599
perversion<00:36:36.920><c> of</c><00:36:38.440><c> the</c><00:36:39.159><c> memory</c><00:36:39.519><c> of</c><00:36:39.860><c> Abraham</c><00:36:40.360><c> and</c><00:36:40.719><c> Isaac.</c>

00:36:41.820 --> 00:36:46.599
That<00:36:42.119><c> the</c><00:36:42.360><c> story</c><00:36:42.639><c> got</c><00:36:43.000><c> perverted</c><00:36:43.619><c> and</c><00:36:44.900><c> it</c><00:36:45.039><c> got</c><00:36:45.239><c> perverted</c><00:36:45.780><c> not</c>

00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:50.139
as<00:36:47.099><c> a</c><00:36:47.539><c> spiritual</c><00:36:48.000><c> thing</c><00:36:48.340><c> but</c><00:36:48.559><c> as</c><00:36:48.840><c> an</c><00:36:49.079><c> appeasement</c><00:36:49.719><c> to</c>

00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:53.679
a<00:36:50.320><c> god.</c><00:36:51.880><c> Because</c><00:36:51.980><c> otherwise</c><00:36:52.260><c> it</c><00:36:52.440><c> almost</c><00:36:52.679><c> makes</c><00:36:52.920><c> no</c><00:36:53.139><c> sense</c><00:36:53.420><c> at</c>

00:36:53.679 --> 00:36:55.400
all<00:36:53.820><c> that</c><00:36:54.000><c> people</c><00:36:54.280><c> would</c><00:36:54.500><c> go</c><00:36:54.639><c> and</c><00:36:54.840><c> kill</c><00:36:54.960><c> their</c><00:36:55.199><c> own</c>

00:36:55.400 --> 00:37:00.860
children.<00:36:57.139><c> And</c><00:36:57.320><c> here</c><00:36:57.800><c> a</c><00:36:58.099><c> king</c><00:36:58.679><c> sets</c><00:36:59.179><c> up</c><00:36:59.400><c> an</c><00:36:59.619><c> altar,</c><00:37:00.320><c> a</c><00:37:00.539><c> pagan</c>

00:37:00.860 --> 00:37:03.500
altar,<00:37:01.400><c> and</c><00:37:01.480><c> he</c><00:37:01.800><c> sacrifices</c><00:37:02.360><c> on</c><00:37:02.579><c> it.</c><00:37:02.880><c> And</c><00:37:03.019><c> he</c><00:37:03.280><c> burnt</c>

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:05.880
offerings<00:37:03.960><c> and</c><00:37:04.199><c> meat</c><00:37:04.420><c> offerings</c><00:37:04.760><c> and</c><00:37:05.039><c> poured</c><00:37:05.179><c> out</c><00:37:05.400><c> his</c><00:37:05.619><c> drink</c>

00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:08.199
offerings<00:37:06.219><c> and</c><00:37:06.800><c> sprinkled</c><00:37:07.260><c> the</c><00:37:07.500><c> blood</c><00:37:07.659><c> of</c><00:37:07.840><c> peace</c>

00:37:08.199 --> 00:37:11.539
upon<00:37:08.460><c> the</c><00:37:08.760><c> altar</c><00:37:09.000><c> and</c><00:37:09.519><c> brought</c><00:37:09.760><c> also</c><00:37:10.039><c> the</c><00:37:10.340><c> brazen</c><00:37:10.639><c> altar</c><00:37:10.920><c> before</c><00:37:11.320><c> the</c>

00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:13.659
Lord<00:37:11.860><c> and</c><00:37:12.340><c> from</c><00:37:12.880><c> the</c><00:37:13.059><c> house.</c><00:37:13.219><c> So</c><00:37:13.360><c> he</c><00:37:13.420><c> takes</c>

00:37:13.659 --> 00:37:18.880
stuff<00:37:13.900><c> out</c><00:37:14.099><c> of</c><00:37:14.199><c> the</c><00:37:14.380><c> temple</c><00:37:14.840><c> and</c><00:37:16.500><c> he</c><00:37:16.719><c> sets</c><00:37:16.840><c> it</c><00:37:17.019><c> up</c><00:37:17.260><c> as</c><00:37:18.059><c> a</c><00:37:18.260><c> pagan</c>

00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:21.639
worship.<00:37:20.380><c> And</c><00:37:20.480><c> between</c><00:37:20.820><c> the</c><00:37:21.059><c> altar</c><00:37:21.219><c> and</c><00:37:21.360><c> the</c><00:37:21.420><c> house</c>

00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:24.039
of<00:37:21.860><c> the</c><00:37:21.960><c> Lord</c><00:37:22.119><c> and</c><00:37:22.260><c> put</c><00:37:22.400><c> it</c><00:37:22.539><c> on</c><00:37:22.679><c> the</c><00:37:22.820><c> north</c><00:37:23.000><c> side</c><00:37:23.260><c> of</c><00:37:23.440><c> the</c><00:37:23.559><c> altar,</c><00:37:23.920><c> he</c>

00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:25.679
brings<00:37:24.239><c> this</c><00:37:24.519><c> altar</c><00:37:24.719><c> right</c><00:37:25.179><c> into</c><00:37:25.480><c> the</c>

00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:30.360
tabernacle,<00:37:26.320><c> into</c><00:37:26.480><c> the</c><00:37:26.679><c> temple</c><00:37:27.000><c> precincts.</c><00:37:29.639><c> And</c><00:37:29.820><c> King</c><00:37:30.059><c> Ahaz</c>

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:31.880
commanded<00:37:30.860><c> you,</c><00:37:31.099><c> writes</c><00:37:31.239><c> the</c><00:37:31.460><c> priest,</c><00:37:31.800><c> saying,</c>

00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:35.400
upon<00:37:32.199><c> the</c><00:37:32.400><c> great</c><00:37:32.579><c> altar</c><00:37:32.860><c> burn</c><00:37:33.260><c> the</c><00:37:33.480><c> morning</c><00:37:33.780><c> sacrifice,</c><00:37:35.239><c> the</c>

00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:37.179
morning<00:37:35.760><c> burnt</c><00:37:35.960><c> offering</c><00:37:36.280><c> and</c><00:37:36.480><c> the</c><00:37:36.619><c> evening</c><00:37:36.900><c> burnt</c>

00:37:37.179 --> 00:37:40.219
offering<00:37:37.559><c> and</c><00:37:37.719><c> so</c><00:37:37.719><c> on.</c><00:37:37.960><c> So</c><00:37:38.179><c> he</c><00:37:38.280><c> now</c><00:37:38.519><c> takes</c><00:37:38.800><c> the</c><00:37:39.079><c> offerings</c><00:37:39.360><c> that</c><00:37:39.480><c> were</c><00:37:39.659><c> supposed</c><00:37:40.059><c> to</c>

00:37:40.219 --> 00:37:42.239
be<00:37:40.460><c> offered</c><00:37:40.980><c> to</c><00:37:41.380><c> Yahweh</c>

00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:51.260
and<00:37:43.280><c> says</c><00:37:43.480><c> do</c><00:37:43.820><c> it</c><00:37:43.960><c> on</c><00:37:44.079><c> the</c><00:37:44.260><c> pagan</c><00:37:44.500><c> altar.</c><00:37:45.960><c> So</c><00:37:46.119><c> he's</c><00:37:46.500><c> totally</c><00:37:47.739><c> totally</c><00:37:48.000><c> perverted</c><00:37:48.420><c> the</c><00:37:49.500><c> religion</c><00:37:49.960><c> that</c><00:37:50.300><c> he</c><00:37:50.659><c> was</c>

00:37:51.260 --> 00:37:55.719
commissioned<00:37:51.780><c> as</c><00:37:52.800><c> the</c><00:37:53.219><c> leader</c><00:37:53.380><c> of</c><00:37:53.559><c> the</c><00:37:53.719><c> people</c><00:37:54.219><c> to</c><00:37:55.119><c> respect</c>

00:37:55.719 --> 00:38:01.960
and<00:37:56.360><c> to</c><00:37:57.800><c> persevere.</c><00:37:59.760><c> It's</c><00:38:00.400><c> just</c><00:38:00.659><c> totally</c><00:38:00.940><c> shocking.</c>

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:07.199
But<00:38:02.519><c> you</c><00:38:02.699><c> know</c><00:38:02.800><c> when</c><00:38:02.960><c> we</c><00:38:03.159><c> read</c><00:38:03.380><c> about</c><00:38:03.699><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:38:04.539><c> we</c><00:38:04.820><c> read</c><00:38:05.099><c> little</c><00:38:05.380><c> things</c><00:38:05.719><c> that</c><00:38:06.639><c> give</c><00:38:06.920><c> us</c>

00:38:07.199 --> 00:38:08.400
some<00:38:07.440><c> insight</c><00:38:07.860><c> into</c>

00:38:08.400 --> 00:38:12.699
why<00:38:09.239><c> he</c><00:38:09.300><c> didn't</c><00:38:09.539><c> turn</c><00:38:09.780><c> out</c><00:38:09.940><c> so</c><00:38:10.199><c> bad.</c><00:38:11.300><c> That</c><00:38:11.320><c> turned</c><00:38:11.500><c> out</c><00:38:11.719><c> to</c><00:38:11.920><c> chapter</c><00:38:12.199><c> 18</c>

00:38:12.699 --> 00:38:14.000
of<00:38:12.960><c> Kings.</c>

00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:18.679
Now<00:38:15.420><c> it</c><00:38:15.579><c> came</c><00:38:15.900><c> to</c><00:38:16.099><c> pass</c><00:38:16.360><c> in</c><00:38:16.539><c> the</c><00:38:16.679><c> third</c><00:38:16.960><c> year</c><00:38:17.239><c> of</c><00:38:17.460><c> Hosea,</c><00:38:18.440><c> son</c>

00:38:18.679 --> 00:38:21.119
of<00:38:19.239><c> Elah,</c><00:38:19.619><c> king</c><00:38:19.840><c> of</c><00:38:19.980><c> Israel,</c><00:38:20.460><c> that</c><00:38:20.579><c> Hezekiah,</c>

00:38:21.179 --> 00:38:25.159
the<00:38:21.300><c> son</c><00:38:21.480><c> of</c><00:38:21.619><c> Ahaz,</c><00:38:21.900><c> king</c><00:38:22.119><c> of</c><00:38:22.280><c> Judah,</c><00:38:22.440><c> began</c><00:38:22.760><c> to</c><00:38:23.039><c> reign.</c><00:38:24.500><c> Twenty</c><00:38:24.860><c> and</c>

00:38:25.159 --> 00:38:27.360
five<00:38:25.440><c> years</c><00:38:25.719><c> was</c><00:38:25.940><c> he</c><00:38:26.500><c> when</c><00:38:26.639><c> he</c><00:38:26.820><c> began</c><00:38:27.079><c> to</c>

00:38:27.360 --> 00:38:31.639
reign,<00:38:27.719><c> and</c><00:38:27.840><c> he</c><00:38:28.099><c> reigned</c><00:38:28.519><c> twenty</c><00:38:28.980><c> and</c><00:38:29.300><c> nine</c><00:38:29.539><c> years</c><00:38:29.840><c> in</c><00:38:30.059><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:38:31.320><c> His</c>

00:38:31.639 --> 00:38:34.119
mother's<00:38:32.099><c> name</c><00:38:32.280><c> also</c><00:38:32.780><c> was</c><00:38:33.119><c> Abai,</c>

00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:40.099
the<00:38:35.280><c> daughter</c><00:38:36.000><c> of</c><00:38:36.800><c> Zechariah.</c><00:38:38.539><c> And</c><00:38:39.099><c> he</c><00:38:39.260><c> did</c><00:38:39.460><c> that</c><00:38:39.679><c> which</c><00:38:39.800><c> was</c>

00:38:40.099 --> 00:38:41.119
right<00:38:40.260><c> in</c><00:38:40.460><c> the</c><00:38:40.619><c> sight</c><00:38:40.719><c> of</c><00:38:40.960><c> the</c><00:38:40.960><c> Lord,</c>

00:38:41.179 --> 00:38:44.619
according<00:38:41.460><c> to</c><00:38:41.679><c> all</c><00:38:41.940><c> that</c><00:38:42.179><c> David,</c><00:38:42.539><c> his</c><00:38:42.800><c> father,</c><00:38:43.440><c> did.</c><00:38:44.260><c> Notice</c>

00:38:44.619 --> 00:38:46.760
the<00:38:44.820><c> subtle</c><00:38:45.139><c> little</c><00:38:45.420><c> difference</c><00:38:45.739><c> here?</c>

00:38:46.920 --> 00:38:52.360
When<00:38:47.099><c> we</c><00:38:47.239><c> were</c><00:38:47.400><c> talking</c><00:38:47.780><c> about</c><00:38:48.739><c> Ahaz,</c><00:38:50.619><c> we're</c><00:38:50.820><c> not</c><00:38:51.039><c> told</c><00:38:51.320><c> anything</c><00:38:51.800><c> about</c>

00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:55.800
his<00:38:52.639><c> mother.</c><00:38:54.639><c> His</c><00:38:54.900><c> mother</c><00:38:55.099><c> is</c><00:38:55.380><c> never</c>

00:38:55.800 --> 00:39:00.440
mentioned.<00:38:57.340><c> And</c><00:38:57.619><c> we</c><00:38:57.780><c> read</c><00:38:57.960><c> in</c><00:38:58.159><c> another</c><00:38:58.380><c> place</c><00:38:58.800><c> that</c><00:38:59.000><c> Zechariah,</c><00:39:00.199><c> and</c><00:39:00.340><c> I</c>

00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:01.820
think<00:39:00.599><c> it's</c><00:39:00.800><c> the</c><00:39:00.940><c> same</c><00:39:01.199><c> Zechariah,</c>

00:39:01.820 --> 00:39:07.039
this<00:39:02.059><c> one</c><00:39:02.239><c> here,</c><00:39:03.239><c> was</c><00:39:03.380><c> a</c><00:39:03.579><c> priest.</c><00:39:05.400><c> So</c><00:39:05.699><c> Abai</c><00:39:06.039><c> was</c><00:39:06.380><c> the</c><00:39:06.820><c> daughter</c>

00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:09.059
of<00:39:07.300><c> a</c><00:39:07.639><c> priest.</c><00:39:08.079><c> Now</c><00:39:08.219><c> nothing</c><00:39:08.460><c> necessarily,</c>

00:39:09.059 --> 00:39:14.079
as<00:39:09.260><c> we</c><00:39:09.420><c> know,</c><00:39:10.500><c> convey</c><00:39:10.800><c> spiritual</c><00:39:11.440><c> because</c><00:39:11.760><c> Uriah</c><00:39:12.760><c> was</c><00:39:13.000><c> a</c><00:39:13.119><c> priest.</c><00:39:13.860><c> But</c>

00:39:14.079 --> 00:39:16.099
not<00:39:14.320><c> all</c><00:39:14.539><c> priests</c><00:39:14.880><c> were</c><00:39:15.179><c> bad,</c>

00:39:16.280 --> 00:39:19.440
and<00:39:16.739><c> they</c><00:39:16.980><c> did</c><00:39:17.280><c> have</c><00:39:17.719><c> a</c><00:39:17.860><c> knowledge</c><00:39:18.079><c> of</c><00:39:18.260><c> the</c><00:39:18.380><c> word</c><00:39:18.539><c> of</c><00:39:18.780><c> God.</c><00:39:19.139><c> And</c>

00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:22.599
I<00:39:19.639><c> also</c><00:39:20.179><c> think</c><00:39:20.760><c> that</c><00:39:21.059><c> Isaiah</c><00:39:21.679><c> must</c><00:39:22.260><c> have</c><00:39:22.420><c> had</c>

00:39:22.599 --> 00:39:27.219
something<00:39:22.900><c> to</c><00:39:23.219><c> do</c><00:39:23.480><c> with</c><00:39:23.679><c> the</c><00:39:23.860><c> upbringing</c><00:39:24.460><c> of</c><00:39:24.880><c> Hezekiah.</c><00:39:26.099><c> Because</c><00:39:26.619><c> Isaiah</c><00:39:26.980><c> was</c>

00:39:27.219 --> 00:39:29.000
already<00:39:27.599><c> a</c><00:39:27.800><c> mature</c><00:39:28.119><c> man,</c><00:39:28.500><c> as</c><00:39:28.659><c> we</c><00:39:28.880><c> see.</c>

00:39:29.039 --> 00:39:33.539
He<00:39:29.119><c> was</c><00:39:29.480><c> called</c><00:39:29.800><c> in</c><00:39:30.400><c> the</c><00:39:30.519><c> last</c><00:39:30.860><c> year</c><00:39:31.280><c> of</c><00:39:31.719><c> Uzziah.</c><00:39:32.920><c> And</c><00:39:33.059><c> so</c><00:39:33.159><c> he</c><00:39:33.260><c> was</c><00:39:33.460><c> a</c>

00:39:33.539 --> 00:39:36.039
mature<00:39:33.960><c> man</c><00:39:34.219><c> through</c><00:39:34.440><c> the</c><00:39:34.619><c> whole</c><00:39:35.360><c> period</c>

00:39:36.039 --> 00:39:40.980
of<00:39:36.760><c> Ahaz,</c><00:39:37.400><c> and</c><00:39:37.480><c> he</c><00:39:37.599><c> was</c><00:39:37.860><c> a</c><00:39:38.019><c> court</c><00:39:38.800><c> historian.</c><00:39:40.119><c> And</c><00:39:40.400><c> so</c><00:39:40.539><c> he</c><00:39:40.699><c> had</c>

00:39:40.980 --> 00:39:43.420
access<00:39:41.579><c> to</c><00:39:41.800><c> the</c><00:39:42.019><c> court,</c><00:39:42.619><c> and</c><00:39:42.840><c> he</c><00:39:42.940><c> would</c><00:39:43.099><c> have</c><00:39:43.219><c> had</c>

00:39:43.420 --> 00:39:49.440
access<00:39:44.079><c> to</c><00:39:44.420><c> Abai</c><00:39:44.780><c> and</c><00:39:44.940><c> Zechariah.</c><00:39:46.480><c> And</c><00:39:46.639><c> so</c><00:39:46.920><c> I</c><00:39:48.559><c> would</c><00:39:48.739><c> suggest</c>

00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:53.480
that<00:39:50.119><c> Hezekiah</c><00:39:50.800><c> learn</c><00:39:52.239><c> two</c><00:39:52.539><c> ways.</c><00:39:52.840><c> He</c><00:39:53.079><c> learned</c>

00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:56.280
by<00:39:53.880><c> bad</c><00:39:54.079><c> example,</c><00:39:54.519><c> which</c><00:39:54.679><c> is</c><00:39:54.920><c> a</c><00:39:55.079><c> terrible</c><00:39:55.320><c> way</c><00:39:55.539><c> to</c><00:39:55.719><c> learn</c><00:39:55.880><c> things,</c><00:39:56.179><c> but</c>

00:39:56.280 --> 00:39:59.380
he<00:39:56.440><c> also</c><00:39:56.860><c> learned</c><00:39:57.340><c> by</c><00:39:57.820><c> having</c><00:39:58.219><c> close</c><00:39:58.519><c> to</c><00:39:58.639><c> him</c>

00:39:59.780 --> 00:40:05.139
spiritual<00:40:00.260><c> people</c><00:40:00.739><c> who</c><00:40:01.800><c> said</c><00:40:02.000><c> that.</c><00:40:02.300><c> Now</c><00:40:02.559><c> I</c><00:40:02.699><c> think</c><00:40:02.940><c> this</c><00:40:03.139><c> is</c><00:40:03.280><c> so</c><00:40:03.500><c> important</c><00:40:03.940><c> because</c><00:40:04.199><c> sometimes</c><00:40:04.679><c> I</c>

00:40:05.139 --> 00:40:05.559
was<00:40:05.380><c> brought</c>

00:40:05.559 --> 00:40:08.099
up<00:40:05.739><c> in</c><00:40:05.820><c> the</c><00:40:06.059><c> truth</c><00:40:06.360><c> by</c><00:40:06.980><c> a</c><00:40:07.119><c> mother</c><00:40:07.300><c> who</c><00:40:07.460><c> was</c><00:40:07.579><c> in</c><00:40:07.659><c> the</c><00:40:07.840><c> truth</c><00:40:07.960><c> and</c>

00:40:08.099 --> 00:40:09.739
a<00:40:08.219><c> father</c><00:40:08.460><c> who</c><00:40:08.699><c> wasn't.</c><00:40:09.000><c> And</c><00:40:09.119><c> I'll</c><00:40:09.300><c> tell</c><00:40:09.400><c> you</c><00:40:09.539><c> right</c>

00:40:09.739 --> 00:40:12.840
now<00:40:10.000><c> that</c><00:40:10.539><c> if</c><00:40:10.699><c> it</c><00:40:10.800><c> wasn't</c><00:40:11.079><c> for</c><00:40:11.260><c> my</c><00:40:11.460><c> mother's</c><00:40:11.820><c> influence,</c><00:40:12.159><c> my</c><00:40:12.320><c> brother</c><00:40:12.559><c> and</c><00:40:12.699><c> I</c>

00:40:12.840 --> 00:40:14.099
probably<00:40:13.300><c> wouldn't</c><00:40:13.519><c> be</c><00:40:13.699><c> in</c><00:40:13.820><c> the</c><00:40:13.960><c> truth</c>

00:40:14.099 --> 00:40:17.159
because<00:40:14.519><c> when</c><00:40:14.880><c> my</c><00:40:15.099><c> father</c><00:40:15.320><c> was</c><00:40:15.559><c> a</c><00:40:15.679><c> young</c><00:40:15.820><c> man,</c><00:40:16.019><c> he</c><00:40:16.179><c> was</c><00:40:16.380><c> a</c><00:40:16.599><c> really</c><00:40:16.920><c> bad</c>

00:40:17.159 --> 00:40:18.900
example.<00:40:18.179><c> And</c><00:40:18.280><c> I</c><00:40:18.340><c> hope</c><00:40:18.480><c> he</c><00:40:18.559><c> doesn't</c><00:40:18.780><c> hear</c>

00:40:18.900 --> 00:40:21.320
this<00:40:19.119><c> tape</c><00:40:19.280><c> because</c><00:40:19.539><c> he's</c><00:40:19.840><c> got</c><00:40:20.019><c> baptized</c><00:40:20.400><c> 15</c><00:40:20.760><c> years</c><00:40:21.039><c> ago,</c><00:40:21.219><c> and</c>

00:40:21.320 --> 00:40:23.639
he'd<00:40:21.380><c> probably</c><00:40:21.579><c> kill</c><00:40:21.800><c> me.</c><00:40:22.940><c> He</c><00:40:23.119><c> wouldn't</c><00:40:23.300><c> do</c><00:40:23.440><c> that</c>

00:40:23.639 --> 00:40:27.539
today,<00:40:23.880><c> but</c><00:40:24.059><c> he</c><00:40:24.199><c> might</c><00:40:24.380><c> have</c><00:40:24.679><c> 30</c><00:40:25.000><c> years</c><00:40:25.300><c> ago.</c><00:40:26.880><c> And</c><00:40:27.099><c> there</c><00:40:27.460><c> are</c>

00:40:27.539 --> 00:40:29.559
lots<00:40:27.739><c> of</c><00:40:27.880><c> people</c><00:40:28.159><c> who</c><00:40:28.320><c> are</c><00:40:28.400><c> in</c><00:40:28.559><c> situations</c><00:40:29.119><c> like</c><00:40:29.400><c> this</c>

00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:36.380
where<00:40:30.000><c> you</c><00:40:30.400><c> be</c><00:40:30.619><c> the</c><00:40:30.760><c> good</c><00:40:30.980><c> example.</c><00:40:35.420><c> Sometimes</c><00:40:35.860><c> it's</c><00:40:36.159><c> another</c>

00:40:36.380 --> 00:40:39.460
relative<00:40:36.980><c> or</c><00:40:38.039><c> another</c><00:40:38.300><c> friend.</c><00:40:38.679><c> I</c><00:40:38.820><c> know</c><00:40:39.039><c> there</c>

00:40:39.460 --> 00:40:43.300
in<00:40:39.679><c> our</c><00:40:39.860><c> own</c><00:40:40.099><c> meeting</c><00:40:40.280><c> there's</c><00:40:40.539><c> a</c><00:40:40.659><c> sister</c><00:40:40.900><c> who</c><00:40:41.099><c> brings</c><00:40:41.300><c> her</c><00:40:41.559><c> grandson</c><00:40:41.960><c> every</c><00:40:42.320><c> week.</c><00:40:43.079><c> And</c><00:40:43.079><c> I</c>

00:40:43.300 --> 00:40:44.079
know<00:40:43.599><c> that</c><00:40:43.840><c> there's</c>

00:40:44.079 --> 00:40:45.820
been<00:40:44.300><c> other</c><00:40:44.460><c> meetings</c><00:40:44.699><c> I've</c><00:40:44.940><c> been</c><00:40:45.039><c> in</c><00:40:45.079><c> where</c><00:40:45.260><c> grandchildren</c>

00:40:45.820 --> 00:40:49.260
got<00:40:46.099><c> back.</c><00:40:46.380><c> Joe</c><00:40:46.599><c> Hill's</c><00:40:46.900><c> a</c><00:40:47.000><c> famous</c><00:40:47.260><c> case.</c><00:40:48.440><c> His</c><00:40:48.900><c> whole</c>

00:40:49.260 --> 00:40:52.639
generation<00:40:49.880><c> ahead</c><00:40:50.159><c> of</c><00:40:50.300><c> him</c><00:40:50.659><c> skipped.</c><00:40:52.099><c> I</c><00:40:52.219><c> don't</c><00:40:52.340><c> know</c><00:40:52.400><c> how</c><00:40:52.500><c> many</c><00:40:52.639><c> of</c>

00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:54.400
you<00:40:52.780><c> know</c><00:40:52.960><c> Joe</c><00:40:53.199><c> Hill,</c><00:40:53.480><c> but</c><00:40:53.679><c> his</c><00:40:53.960><c> grandmother</c>

00:40:54.400 --> 00:40:57.719
was<00:40:54.840><c> a</c><00:40:54.960><c> really</c><00:40:55.260><c> dedicated</c><00:40:55.719><c> Christodolphin.</c><00:40:56.579><c> She's</c><00:40:56.719><c> in</c><00:40:56.900><c> close</c>

00:40:57.719 --> 00:41:01.559
to<00:40:57.960><c> late</c><00:40:58.119><c> 90s.</c><00:40:59.320><c> And</c><00:40:59.340><c> Joe,</c><00:40:59.860><c> when</c><00:41:00.019><c> he</c><00:41:00.179><c> was</c><00:41:00.380><c> a</c><00:41:00.519><c> teenager,</c>

00:41:02.300 --> 00:41:04.340
started<00:41:02.539><c> really</c><00:41:02.880><c> getting</c><00:41:03.079><c> curious</c><00:41:03.380><c> about</c><00:41:03.679><c> religion,</c><00:41:04.079><c> and</c><00:41:04.219><c> he</c>

00:41:04.340 --> 00:41:05.940
wrote<00:41:04.519><c> a</c><00:41:04.659><c> letter</c><00:41:04.760><c> to</c><00:41:04.940><c> his</c><00:41:05.099><c> grandmother</c><00:41:05.480><c> who</c><00:41:05.659><c> was</c>

00:41:05.940 --> 00:41:09.079
living<00:41:06.239><c> about</c><00:41:06.659><c> 2</c><00:41:06.880><c>,000</c><00:41:07.119><c> miles</c><00:41:07.360><c> away.</c><00:41:08.000><c> And</c><00:41:08.139><c> she</c><00:41:08.340><c> sent</c><00:41:08.440><c> him</c><00:41:08.579><c> a</c><00:41:08.639><c> whole</c><00:41:08.860><c> box</c>

00:41:09.079 --> 00:41:11.760
of<00:41:09.440><c> old</c><00:41:10.039><c> Christodolphin</c><00:41:10.639><c> literature.</c>

00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:16.219
Elpis<00:41:12.219><c> Israel</c><00:41:12.760><c> and</c><00:41:13.440><c> the</c><00:41:13.739><c> 13</c><00:41:14.079><c> lectures.</c><00:41:15.420><c> And</c><00:41:15.519><c> the</c><00:41:15.599><c> 16</c><00:41:15.940><c>-year</c><00:41:16.139><c>-old</c>

00:41:16.219 --> 00:41:18.940
started<00:41:16.579><c> reading</c><00:41:16.880><c> them.</c><00:41:17.980><c> And</c><00:41:18.179><c> eventually</c><00:41:18.659><c> he</c>

00:41:18.940 --> 00:41:24.880
went<00:41:19.280><c> to</c><00:41:20.219><c> college</c><00:41:20.539><c> and</c><00:41:20.780><c> Joe</c><00:41:21.019><c> Banta</c><00:41:21.380><c> in</c><00:41:21.659><c> Austin,</c><00:41:22.000><c> Texas</c><00:41:22.440><c> took</c><00:41:22.900><c> him</c><00:41:23.039><c> under</c><00:41:23.260><c> his</c><00:41:23.460><c> wing</c><00:41:23.579><c> and</c><00:41:23.719><c> he</c><00:41:23.880><c> became</c><00:41:24.099><c> a</c><00:41:24.280><c> Christodolphin.</c>

00:41:24.900 --> 00:41:27.019
His<00:41:25.059><c> father,</c><00:41:25.400><c> his</c><00:41:25.599><c> mother,</c><00:41:25.940><c> his</c><00:41:26.000><c> brother,</c><00:41:26.079><c> no</c><00:41:26.239><c> one</c><00:41:26.360><c> else</c><00:41:26.480><c> in</c><00:41:26.559><c> his</c><00:41:26.659><c> family</c><00:41:26.820><c> is</c><00:41:26.920><c> a</c>

00:41:27.019 --> 00:41:28.139
Christodolphin.<00:41:27.380><c> It</c><00:41:27.659><c> skipped</c><00:41:27.880><c> one</c>

00:41:28.139 --> 00:41:31.440
whole<00:41:28.340><c> generation.</c><00:41:29.719><c> But</c><00:41:29.900><c> he</c><00:41:30.099><c> always</c><00:41:30.360><c> had</c><00:41:30.559><c> great</c><00:41:30.840><c> respect</c><00:41:31.239><c> for</c>

00:41:31.440 --> 00:41:34.199
his<00:41:31.619><c> grandmother</c><00:41:32.079><c> and</c><00:41:32.719><c> her.</c><00:41:33.219><c> And</c><00:41:33.219><c> please</c><00:41:33.679><c> forgive</c><00:41:33.980><c> me,</c>

00:41:34.199 --> 00:41:36.960
Joe,<00:41:34.420><c> for</c><00:41:34.519><c> telling</c><00:41:34.739><c> this</c><00:41:34.960><c> story.</c><00:41:35.980><c> But</c><00:41:35.980><c> by</c><00:41:36.360><c> personalizing,</c><00:41:36.960><c> I</c>

00:41:36.960 --> 00:41:39.219
think<00:41:37.079><c> we</c><00:41:37.199><c> can</c><00:41:37.440><c> realize</c><00:41:37.780><c> how</c><00:41:38.079><c> powerful</c><00:41:38.599><c> that</c><00:41:38.780><c> can</c><00:41:39.019><c> be.</c>

00:41:39.519 --> 00:41:43.880
And<00:41:39.719><c> that's</c><00:41:40.000><c> how</c><00:41:40.219><c> it</c><00:41:40.300><c> must</c><00:41:40.579><c> have</c><00:41:40.739><c> been</c><00:41:40.820><c> with</c><00:41:41.019><c> Hezekiah.</c><00:41:41.739><c> I</c><00:41:42.019><c> suggest</c><00:41:42.420><c> that</c><00:41:43.300><c> because</c><00:41:43.679><c> I</c>

00:41:43.880 --> 00:41:45.360
think<00:41:44.179><c> we</c><00:41:44.599><c> can</c><00:41:44.940><c> see</c><00:41:45.159><c> here</c>

00:41:45.360 --> 00:41:49.099
that<00:41:45.500><c> the</c><00:41:45.679><c> hand</c><00:41:45.880><c> of</c><00:41:46.019><c> God</c><00:41:46.280><c> will</c><00:41:46.619><c> work</c><00:41:46.860><c> if</c><00:41:47.079><c> we</c><00:41:47.400><c> let</c><00:41:47.619><c> it</c><00:41:47.860><c> work.</c><00:41:48.059><c> Never</c><00:41:48.380><c> give</c><00:41:48.619><c> up.</c>

00:41:49.280 --> 00:41:50.659
Never<00:41:49.559><c> assume</c><00:41:49.900><c> that</c><00:41:50.099><c> something</c><00:41:50.340><c> can't</c>

00:41:50.659 --> 00:41:55.260
be<00:41:50.880><c> done.</c><00:41:52.280><c> Never,</c><00:41:52.760><c> never</c><00:41:53.000><c> at</c><00:41:53.179><c> all</c><00:41:53.480><c> worry</c><00:41:53.960><c> about</c><00:41:54.699><c> doing</c><00:41:55.099><c> the</c>

00:41:55.260 --> 00:41:57.500
right<00:41:55.500><c> thing</c><00:41:55.699><c> because</c><00:41:55.980><c> God</c><00:41:56.320><c> will</c><00:41:56.579><c> persevere.</c>

00:41:57.679 --> 00:42:02.019
And<00:41:57.940><c> in</c><00:41:58.119><c> this</c><00:41:58.360><c> case,</c><00:41:58.780><c> even</c><00:41:58.980><c> under</c><00:41:59.519><c> any</c><00:41:59.980><c> normal</c><00:42:00.340><c> worldly</c><00:42:00.639><c> circumstance,</c>

00:42:02.300 --> 00:42:05.480
Isaiah<00:42:02.739><c> would</c><00:42:02.960><c> have</c><00:42:03.099><c> had</c><00:42:03.239><c> nothing</c><00:42:03.480><c> to</c><00:42:03.679><c> work</c><00:42:03.900><c> with</c><00:42:04.139><c> in</c><00:42:04.699><c> this</c><00:42:04.900><c> period</c><00:42:05.159><c> of</c>

00:42:05.480 --> 00:42:06.760
great<00:42:05.679><c> crisis,</c><00:42:06.139><c> which</c><00:42:06.260><c> we're</c><00:42:06.420><c> going</c><00:42:06.500><c> to</c><00:42:06.619><c> see</c>

00:42:06.760 --> 00:42:10.300
tomorrow<00:42:07.420><c> when</c><00:42:07.840><c> we</c><00:42:07.940><c> see</c><00:42:08.119><c> the</c><00:42:08.300><c> Assyrians</c><00:42:08.659><c> are</c><00:42:08.900><c> at</c><00:42:09.059><c> the</c><00:42:09.260><c> door.</c>

00:42:10.940 --> 00:42:12.679
And<00:42:11.079><c> what</c><00:42:11.260><c> is</c><00:42:11.420><c> Hezekiah</c><00:42:11.920><c> going</c><00:42:12.119><c> to</c><00:42:12.239><c> do</c><00:42:12.340><c> when</c><00:42:12.480><c> he</c>

00:42:12.679 --> 00:42:16.380
becomes<00:42:13.000><c> king?</c><00:42:13.639><c> He</c><00:42:13.820><c> is</c><00:42:14.019><c> going</c><00:42:14.139><c> to</c><00:42:14.340><c> take</c><00:42:14.559><c> Isaiah</c><00:42:15.199><c> as</c><00:42:15.559><c> his</c><00:42:15.880><c> chief</c>

00:42:16.380 --> 00:42:19.179
minister.<00:42:17.539><c> He's</c><00:42:17.980><c> going</c><00:42:18.179><c> to</c><00:42:18.340><c> lean</c><00:42:18.460><c> on</c><00:42:18.619><c> him</c><00:42:18.780><c> every</c>

00:42:19.179 --> 00:42:22.360
time<00:42:19.400><c> he's</c><00:42:19.639><c> in</c><00:42:19.860><c> trouble.</c><00:42:20.739><c> He's</c><00:42:21.159><c> going</c><00:42:21.280><c> to</c><00:42:21.440><c> call</c><00:42:21.639><c> for</c><00:42:21.840><c> him</c><00:42:21.980><c> for</c>

00:42:22.360 --> 00:42:27.619
every<00:42:22.719><c> bit</c><00:42:22.940><c> of</c><00:42:23.179><c> advice.</c><00:42:26.559><c> Isaiah</c><00:42:26.860><c> is</c><00:42:27.039><c> not</c><00:42:27.280><c> going</c><00:42:27.480><c> to</c>

00:42:27.619 --> 00:42:30.400
be<00:42:27.679><c> the</c><00:42:27.800><c> kind</c><00:42:28.099><c> of</c><00:42:28.400><c> prophet</c><00:42:28.699><c> during</c><00:42:29.139><c> Isaiah's</c><00:42:29.820><c> ministry</c><00:42:30.099><c> like</c>

00:42:30.400 --> 00:42:32.760
Odette,<00:42:31.059><c> like</c><00:42:31.400><c> Nathan,</c><00:42:31.760><c> and</c><00:42:31.920><c> other</c><00:42:32.199><c> prophets</c><00:42:32.559><c> of</c>

00:42:32.760 --> 00:42:37.780
old<00:42:32.960><c> Jeremiah</c><00:42:33.460><c> who</c><00:42:33.900><c> had</c><00:42:34.059><c> to</c><00:42:34.119><c> go</c><00:42:34.260><c> to</c><00:42:34.440><c> the</c><00:42:34.539><c> king</c><00:42:34.699><c> and</c><00:42:34.900><c> say,</c><00:42:35.320><c> you're</c><00:42:35.420><c> in</c><00:42:35.519><c> big</c><00:42:35.699><c> trouble.</c><00:42:37.579><c> In</c>

00:42:37.780 --> 00:42:39.059
fact,<00:42:38.039><c> we</c><00:42:38.199><c> find</c><00:42:38.579><c> most</c>

00:42:39.059 --> 00:42:41.679
interesting<00:42:39.460><c> that</c><00:42:39.659><c> most</c><00:42:39.940><c> often</c><00:42:40.219><c> it's</c><00:42:40.460><c> Hezekiah</c><00:42:41.000><c> who</c><00:42:41.199><c> goes</c><00:42:41.480><c> to</c>

00:42:41.679 --> 00:42:44.360
the<00:42:41.880><c> prophet</c><00:42:42.119><c> or</c><00:42:42.400><c> sends</c><00:42:42.900><c> his</c><00:42:43.679><c> ministers</c><00:42:44.000><c> and</c><00:42:44.239><c> say,</c>

00:42:44.420 --> 00:42:49.800
what<00:42:44.619><c> does</c><00:42:44.800><c> the</c><00:42:45.059><c> prophet</c><00:42:45.320><c> say?</c><00:42:46.960><c> It's</c><00:42:47.239><c> a</c><00:42:47.340><c> very</c><00:42:47.599><c> odd</c><00:42:47.780><c> relationship</c><00:42:48.400><c> only</c><00:42:48.760><c> in</c><00:42:48.960><c> that</c><00:42:49.059><c> it's</c><00:42:49.239><c> the</c><00:42:49.320><c> way</c><00:42:49.460><c> it</c><00:42:49.699><c> should</c>

00:42:49.800 --> 00:42:56.139
have<00:42:49.880><c> been</c><00:42:50.039><c> for</c><00:42:50.300><c> everybody</c><00:42:50.639><c> else.</c><00:42:54.099><c> But</c><00:42:54.300><c> Isaiah,</c><00:42:54.739><c> in</c><00:42:55.019><c> his</c><00:42:55.280><c> upbringing,</c><00:42:56.119><c> I</c>

00:42:56.139 --> 00:42:58.699
think<00:42:56.519><c> already</c><00:42:57.199><c> had</c><00:42:57.500><c> drawn</c><00:42:57.739><c> close</c>

00:42:59.199 --> 00:43:02.739
to<00:42:59.940><c> Isaiah</c><00:43:00.440><c> and</c><00:43:00.659><c> was</c><00:43:00.960><c> used</c><00:43:01.119><c> to</c><00:43:01.320><c> that.</c><00:43:01.460><c> He</c><00:43:01.579><c> was</c><00:43:01.820><c> his</c><00:43:02.119><c> spiritual</c>

00:43:02.739 --> 00:43:07.320
father.<00:43:04.360><c> And</c><00:43:04.559><c> Isaiah</c><00:43:05.900><c> became</c><00:43:06.679><c> then,</c>

00:43:07.440 --> 00:43:20.219
in<00:43:07.679><c> a</c><00:43:07.840><c> sense,</c><00:43:09.519><c> virtually</c><00:43:09.800><c> the</c><00:43:12.800><c> staff</c><00:43:13.239><c> on</c><00:43:13.599><c> which</c><00:43:13.940><c> Hezekiah</c><00:43:15.139><c> rested.</c><00:43:16.539><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:43:17.639><c> Jehovah</c><00:43:18.119><c> is</c><00:43:19.199><c> strength.</c>

00:43:20.579 --> 00:43:25.659
And<00:43:20.920><c> he</c><00:43:21.039><c> was</c><00:43:21.340><c> strengthened</c><00:43:21.739><c> by</c><00:43:22.059><c> leaning</c><00:43:22.400><c> on</c><00:43:22.739><c> this</c><00:43:23.000><c> man,</c><00:43:24.159><c> Isaiah.</c><00:43:25.500><c> And</c>

00:43:25.659 --> 00:43:28.260
during<00:43:26.460><c> this</c><00:43:27.159><c> time,</c>

00:43:29.420 --> 00:43:33.619
he<00:43:29.519><c> became</c><00:43:30.059><c> one</c><00:43:31.000><c> of</c><00:43:31.099><c> the</c><00:43:31.300><c> greatest</c><00:43:31.579><c> kings</c><00:43:31.860><c> of</c><00:43:32.039><c> Israel</c><00:43:32.500><c> and</c><00:43:33.400><c> one</c>

00:43:33.619 --> 00:43:35.300
of<00:43:33.739><c> the</c><00:43:33.940><c> greatest</c><00:43:34.219><c> examples</c><00:43:34.679><c> in</c><00:43:34.960><c> Scripture</c>

00:43:35.300 --> 00:43:42.719
to<00:43:35.659><c> inspire</c><00:43:36.099><c> us.</c><00:43:37.059><c> Thank</c><00:43:37.280><c> you.</c><00:43:39.300><c> Bow</c><00:43:39.460><c> in</c><00:43:39.619><c> thy</c><00:43:39.800><c> presence</c><00:43:40.219><c> once</c><00:43:40.780><c> more.</c><00:43:42.420><c> Give</c><00:43:42.519><c> me</c>

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thanks<00:43:43.219><c> for</c><00:43:43.639><c> the</c><00:43:43.820><c> blessings</c><00:43:44.119><c> we've</c><00:43:44.440><c> had</c>

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this<00:43:44.780><c> morning,</c><00:43:46.400><c> this</c><00:43:46.639><c> opportunity</c><00:43:47.260><c> we</c><00:43:47.480><c> have</c><00:43:47.719><c> heard</c><00:43:48.679><c> of</c><00:43:49.079><c> the</c>

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word<00:43:49.400><c> of</c><00:43:49.679><c> truth,</c><00:43:50.340><c> this</c><00:43:50.579><c> opportunity</c><00:43:51.199><c> to</c><00:43:51.900><c> grow</c><00:43:52.260><c> in</c>

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our<00:43:52.699><c> faith</c><00:43:53.119><c> and</c><00:43:53.719><c> to</c><00:43:53.940><c> grow</c><00:43:54.079><c> in</c><00:43:54.340><c> our</c><00:43:54.539><c> understanding</c><00:43:55.159><c> of</c><00:43:55.480><c> thy</c><00:43:55.659><c> plan</c><00:43:55.940><c> and</c>

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purpose.<00:43:57.460><c> And</c><00:43:57.739><c> we</c><00:43:57.920><c> pray</c><00:43:58.179><c> that,</c><00:43:58.860><c> me,</c>

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we<00:43:59.059><c> will</c><00:43:59.280><c> become</c><00:43:59.579><c> a</c><00:43:59.800><c> part</c><00:43:59.960><c> of</c><00:44:00.059><c> it.</c><00:44:01.599><c> We</c><00:44:01.880><c> thank</c><00:44:02.059><c> thee,</c><00:44:02.219><c> heavenly</c>

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Father,<00:44:03.079><c> for</c><00:44:03.440><c> the</c><00:44:03.639><c> food</c><00:44:03.880><c> that</c><00:44:04.059><c> we're</c><00:44:04.199><c> about</c>

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to<00:44:04.639><c> partake</c><00:44:05.079><c> of</c><00:44:05.559><c> and</c><00:44:06.300><c> that</c><00:44:06.480><c> thou</c><00:44:06.639><c> wilt</c><00:44:06.840><c> rest</c><00:44:07.059><c> thy</c><00:44:07.280><c> blessings</c>

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upon<00:44:08.079><c> us.</c><00:44:08.960><c> We</c><00:44:09.300><c> thank</c><00:44:09.480><c> thee</c><00:44:09.639><c> for</c><00:44:09.820><c> all</c><00:44:10.039><c> good</c>

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things<00:44:10.559><c> that</c><00:44:10.780><c> come</c><00:44:10.920><c> from</c><00:44:11.119><c> thy</c><00:44:11.320><c> bountiful</c><00:44:11.719><c> hand.</c><00:44:12.840><c> We</c><00:44:13.119><c> ask</c><00:44:13.400><c> forgiveness</c><00:44:13.780><c> of</c>

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our<00:44:14.239><c> sins</c><00:44:14.460><c> and</c><00:44:14.739><c> trespasses</c>

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as<00:44:16.139><c> we</c><00:44:16.320><c> offer</c><00:44:16.539><c> this</c><00:44:16.820><c> prayer</c><00:44:17.199><c> in</c><00:44:17.420><c> Jesus'</c><00:44:18.260><c> name.</c><00:44:18.579><c> Amen.</c><00:44:19.780><c> Thank</c>

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you,<00:44:22.059><c> John.</c>

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Amen.