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sort<00:10:17.360><c> of</c><00:10:17.500><c> push</c><00:10:17.860><c> God</c><00:10:18.259><c> away,</c><00:10:19.419><c> this</c><00:10:19.600><c> idea</c><00:10:19.879><c> of</c><00:10:20.379><c> out</c><00:10:20.600><c> of</c><00:10:20.840><c> sight,</c><00:10:21.080><c> out</c>

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desperate.<00:10:36.899><c> They</c><00:10:37.179><c> cry</c><00:10:37.600><c> out,</c><00:10:37.879><c> what</c><00:10:37.919><c> do</c><00:10:38.179><c> we</c><00:10:38.220><c> do?</c>

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have<00:10:51.320><c> said</c><00:10:51.480><c> it</c><00:10:51.639><c> was</c><00:10:52.159><c> a</c><00:10:52.580><c> heroic</c><00:10:52.879><c> act,</c><00:10:54.039><c> a</c><00:10:54.320><c> selfless</c><00:10:54.879><c> act</c><00:10:55.240><c> of</c><00:10:56.000><c> Jonah</c><00:10:56.340><c> sacrificing</c><00:10:57.200><c> his</c>

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You<00:11:09.059><c> know,</c><00:11:09.200><c> what</c><00:11:09.440><c> better</c><00:11:09.820><c> way</c><00:11:10.500><c> of</c><00:11:11.139><c> getting</c><00:11:11.379><c> out</c><00:11:11.820><c> of</c><00:11:12.080><c> going</c><00:11:12.360><c> to</c><00:11:12.600><c> Nineveh?</c>

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Throw<00:11:15.419><c> me</c><00:11:15.679><c> overboard.</c><00:11:16.519><c> Immediately,</c><00:11:17.340><c> it</c><00:11:17.759><c> shifts,</c><00:11:18.220><c> and</c><00:11:18.440><c> it's</c>

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no<00:11:18.879><c> longer</c><00:11:19.360><c> an</c><00:11:20.799><c> image</c><00:11:21.080><c> of</c><00:11:21.519><c> this</c><00:11:21.879><c> selfless,</c><00:11:22.659><c> heroic</c><00:11:22.980><c> act,</c><00:11:23.559><c> but</c>

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rather<00:11:24.600><c> it's</c><00:11:25.019><c> an</c><00:11:25.139><c> act</c><00:11:25.440><c> of</c><00:11:25.980><c> selfishness.</c>

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And<00:11:27.940><c> yet</c><00:11:28.100><c> again,</c><00:11:28.720><c> Jonah</c><00:11:28.899><c> is</c><00:11:29.980><c> fleeing</c><00:11:30.460><c> from</c><00:11:31.539><c> God</c><00:11:32.179><c> and</c><00:11:33.220><c> failing</c>

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to<00:11:34.519><c> do</c><00:11:34.639><c> what</c><00:11:34.799><c> God</c><00:11:35.059><c> asked</c><00:11:35.360><c> of</c><00:11:35.480><c> him.</c>

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And<00:11:36.000><c> time</c><00:11:36.059><c> and</c><00:11:36.200><c> time</c><00:11:36.419><c> again,</c><00:11:36.700><c> that's</c><00:11:36.799><c> what</c><00:11:36.919><c> we</c><00:11:37.179><c> see</c><00:11:37.379><c> throughout</c><00:11:37.620><c> this</c><00:11:37.919><c> book,</c><00:11:39.600><c> actively</c><00:11:40.159><c> rejecting</c><00:11:40.960><c> God</c>

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And<00:11:45.879><c> yet,</c><00:11:47.759><c> God</c><00:11:48.059><c> still</c><00:11:48.399><c> provides</c><00:11:48.820><c> Jonah</c><00:11:49.139><c> with</c><00:11:49.879><c> a</c><00:11:50.200><c> fish</c><00:11:50.559><c> because</c>

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God<00:11:52.980><c> isn't</c><00:11:53.240><c> done</c><00:11:53.580><c> teaching</c><00:11:53.980><c> Jonah.</c>

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And<00:12:09.759><c> then</c><00:12:10.919><c> in</c><00:12:12.360><c> verse</c><00:12:12.620><c> 9</c><00:12:12.919><c> of</c><00:12:13.139><c> chapter</c><00:12:13.460><c> 2,</c><00:12:15.519><c> he</c><00:12:15.980><c> promises</c><00:12:16.679><c> to</c><00:12:18.539><c> obey</c><00:12:18.899><c> God.</c>

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But<00:16:26.860><c> this</c><00:16:27.580><c> displeased</c><00:16:28.399><c> Jonah</c><00:16:28.840><c> exceedingly,</c><00:16:29.879><c> and</c><00:16:30.100><c> he</c><00:16:30.200><c> was</c><00:16:30.519><c> angry.</c>

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And<00:16:32.360><c> he</c><00:16:32.600><c> prayed</c><00:16:32.919><c> to</c><00:16:33.139><c> the</c><00:16:33.299><c> Lord</c><00:16:33.500><c> and</c><00:16:33.759><c> said,</c><00:16:34.220><c> Oh</c><00:16:34.240><c> Lord,</c><00:16:35.179><c> isn't</c><00:16:35.360><c> this</c><00:16:35.799><c> what</c><00:16:35.980><c> I</c>

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said<00:16:36.360><c> when</c><00:16:36.500><c> I</c><00:16:36.659><c> was</c><00:16:36.779><c> in</c><00:16:36.879><c> my</c><00:16:37.039><c> country?</c><00:16:37.500><c> Isn't</c><00:16:37.720><c> this</c><00:16:38.120><c> why</c><00:16:38.320><c> I</c><00:16:38.500><c> made</c>

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haste<00:16:39.259><c> to</c><00:16:39.500><c> flee?</c>

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Jonah<00:16:41.659><c> prays</c><00:16:42.080><c> to</c><00:16:42.220><c> God</c><00:16:42.379><c> once</c><00:16:42.659><c> again,</c><00:16:42.940><c> but</c><00:16:43.299><c> he's</c><00:16:43.759><c> far</c><00:16:44.100><c> from</c><00:16:44.419><c> thankful.</c><00:16:45.580><c> He's</c><00:16:46.000><c> angry.</c>

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I<00:16:48.539><c> have</c><00:16:49.000><c> a</c><00:16:49.139><c> note</c><00:16:49.559><c> here</c><00:16:50.600><c> that</c><00:16:50.879><c> says</c><00:16:51.919><c> it</c><00:16:53.039><c> was</c><00:16:53.919><c> exceedingly</c><00:16:54.600><c> evil</c>

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to<00:16:55.580><c> Jonah</c><00:16:56.059><c> that</c><00:16:56.940><c> God</c><00:16:57.179><c> would</c><00:16:57.500><c> spare</c><00:16:57.740><c> the</c><00:16:57.960><c> Ninevites.</c>

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Jonah<00:17:01.299><c> wanted</c><00:17:01.659><c> Ninevah</c><00:17:02.179><c> to</c><00:17:02.379><c> be</c><00:17:02.519><c> destroyed.</c>

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And<00:17:04.319><c> so</c><00:17:04.500><c> Jonah</c><00:17:04.720><c> here</c><00:17:04.960><c> is</c><00:17:05.140><c> venting</c><00:17:05.519><c> his</c><00:17:05.740><c> frustration</c><00:17:06.440><c> to</c><00:17:07.200><c> God,</c>

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even<00:17:08.319><c> going</c><00:17:08.680><c> so</c><00:17:09.039><c> far</c><00:17:09.259><c> as</c><00:17:09.640><c> to</c><00:17:09.960><c> quote</c><00:17:10.279><c> Exodus</c><00:17:10.779><c> 34,</c><00:17:12.000><c> that</c><00:17:12.180><c> chapter</c>

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we<00:17:12.859><c> looked</c><00:17:13.000><c> at</c><00:17:13.180><c> earlier</c><00:17:13.559><c> where</c><00:17:13.779><c> God</c><00:17:14.299><c> proclaims</c><00:17:15.000><c> his</c><00:17:15.220><c> name</c><00:17:15.559><c> to</c><00:17:15.779><c> Moses.</c>

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Only<00:17:17.700><c> this</c><00:17:17.980><c> time</c><00:17:18.160><c> he's</c><00:17:18.740><c> throwing</c><00:17:19.000><c> it</c><00:17:19.299><c> in</c><00:17:19.539><c> a</c><00:17:20.039><c> negative</c><00:17:20.420><c> light,</c>

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essentially<00:17:21.859><c> kind</c><00:17:22.059><c> of</c><00:17:22.240><c> using</c><00:17:22.420><c> it</c><00:17:22.660><c> as</c><00:17:22.740><c> an</c><00:17:23.000><c> insult.</c>

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And<00:17:25.579><c> God,</c><00:17:25.819><c> of</c><00:17:25.920><c> course,</c><00:17:26.440><c> responds</c><00:17:26.819><c> to</c><00:17:27.099><c> Jonah's</c><00:17:27.559><c> second</c><00:17:27.740><c> prayer</c>

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as<00:17:28.599><c> well.</c>

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This<00:17:29.619><c> time</c><00:17:29.839><c> God</c><00:17:30.160><c> creates</c><00:17:30.700><c> a</c><00:17:31.059><c> plant,</c><00:17:32.019><c> again</c><00:17:32.579><c> in</c><00:17:32.720><c> kind</c><00:17:32.920><c> of</c><00:17:33.000><c> an</c><00:17:33.220><c> odd</c><00:17:33.519><c> story.</c><00:17:33.960><c> He</c>

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creates<00:17:34.440><c> a</c><00:17:34.720><c> plant</c><00:17:34.859><c> that</c><00:17:35.039><c> acts</c><00:17:35.319><c> as</c><00:17:35.500><c> an</c><00:17:35.779><c> object</c><00:17:36.099><c> lesson</c><00:17:36.500><c> for</c><00:17:36.900><c> Jonah.</c>

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And<00:17:39.740><c> at</c><00:17:40.299><c> its</c><00:17:40.640><c> root,</c><00:17:40.859><c> at</c><00:17:41.019><c> its</c><00:17:41.339><c> core,</c><00:17:42.339><c> what</c><00:17:42.559><c> this</c><00:17:42.980><c> lesson</c><00:17:43.500><c> is,</c><00:17:45.380><c> is</c><00:17:45.740><c> this.</c>

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Jonah,<00:17:48.099><c> you're</c><00:17:48.220><c> upset</c><00:17:48.660><c> that</c><00:17:48.859><c> this</c><00:17:49.200><c> plant</c><00:17:49.839><c> that</c><00:17:51.460><c> was</c><00:17:51.779><c> giving</c>

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you<00:17:52.200><c> shade,</c><00:17:53.579><c> that</c><00:17:54.619><c> it</c><00:17:54.880><c> withered</c><00:17:55.180><c> and</c><00:17:55.420><c> died.</c>

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You<00:17:56.700><c> would</c><00:17:56.900><c> have</c><00:17:57.039><c> rather</c><00:17:57.319><c> that</c><00:17:57.480><c> this</c><00:17:57.759><c> plant</c><00:17:57.960><c> lived</c><00:17:58.720><c> than</c><00:17:59.240><c> it</c>

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be<00:17:59.539><c> destroyed.</c>

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And<00:18:01.619><c> keep</c><00:18:01.759><c> in</c><00:18:01.960><c> mind</c><00:18:02.119><c> you</c><00:18:02.460><c> have</c><00:18:02.680><c> had</c><00:18:02.839><c> no</c><00:18:03.200><c> prior</c><00:18:03.599><c> relationship</c>

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with<00:18:04.559><c> this</c><00:18:04.819><c> plant.</c>

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So<00:18:07.839><c> shouldn't</c><00:18:08.119><c> God</c><00:18:08.980><c> desire</c><00:18:09.859><c> that</c><00:18:10.339><c> the</c><00:18:10.559><c> Ninevites</c><00:18:11.079><c> repent</c><00:18:11.599><c> and</c>

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live<00:18:12.680><c> rather</c><00:18:13.680><c> than</c><00:18:13.880><c> be</c><00:18:14.099><c> destroyed?</c>

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I<00:18:15.740><c> mean</c><00:18:15.920><c> Nineveh,</c><00:18:16.619><c> it's</c><00:18:16.920><c> a</c><00:18:17.119><c> great</c><00:18:17.319><c> city.</c><00:18:17.779><c> It's</c><00:18:17.859><c> filled</c><00:18:18.039><c> with</c>

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more<00:18:18.480><c> than</c><00:18:18.640><c> 120</c><00:18:19.299><c>,000</c><00:18:19.960><c> people</c><00:18:20.539><c> that</c><00:18:21.079><c> God</c><00:18:21.519><c> created.</c>

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And<00:18:25.019><c> the</c><00:18:25.119><c> book</c><00:18:25.299><c> ends</c><00:18:25.720><c> with</c><00:18:25.940><c> this</c><00:18:26.319><c> rhetorical</c><00:18:27.000><c> question,</c><00:18:28.640><c> but</c>

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we<00:18:28.900><c> know</c><00:18:29.079><c> the</c><00:18:29.240><c> answer.</c><00:18:29.799><c> Of</c><00:18:29.819><c> course,</c><00:18:33.299><c> of</c><00:18:33.440><c> course</c><00:18:33.880><c> God</c><00:18:34.079><c> should.</c>

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And<00:18:35.099><c> we</c><00:18:35.220><c> know</c><00:18:35.440><c> that</c><00:18:35.680><c> that</c><00:18:35.859><c> is</c><00:18:36.259><c> God's</c><00:18:36.680><c> desire,</c><00:18:36.940><c> that</c><00:18:37.079><c> he</c><00:18:37.200><c> doesn't</c><00:18:37.799><c> have</c>

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any<00:18:38.359><c> joy,</c><00:18:38.920><c> doesn't</c><00:18:39.079><c> take</c><00:18:39.359><c> any</c><00:18:39.680><c> pleasure</c><00:18:40.019><c> in</c><00:18:40.220><c> the</c><00:18:40.339><c> death</c><00:18:40.500><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:40.819><c> wicked,</c>

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but<00:18:41.900><c> would</c><00:18:42.099><c> rather</c><00:18:42.279><c> that</c><00:18:42.619><c> all</c><00:18:43.299><c> of</c><00:18:44.019><c> his</c><00:18:44.259><c> creation</c><00:18:44.700><c> turn</c><00:18:45.140><c> to</c><00:18:45.319><c> him.</c>

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And<00:18:51.660><c> so</c><00:18:51.799><c> when</c><00:18:51.920><c> we</c><00:18:52.039><c> get</c><00:18:52.140><c> to</c><00:18:52.380><c> the</c><00:18:52.619><c> end</c><00:18:52.799><c> of</c><00:18:52.940><c> the</c><00:18:53.059><c> book</c><00:18:53.220><c> of</c><00:18:53.440><c> Jonah,</c><00:18:53.900><c> we</c><00:18:54.140><c> see</c><00:18:55.220><c> that</c><00:18:55.400><c> this</c><00:18:55.660><c> whole</c><00:18:56.119><c> book,</c><00:18:56.359><c> it's</c><00:18:56.539><c> a</c>

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short<00:18:56.980><c> book,</c><00:18:57.319><c> but</c><00:18:57.539><c> it</c><00:18:58.019><c> packs</c><00:18:58.259><c> a</c><00:18:58.460><c> lot.</c>

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And<00:18:59.539><c> the</c><00:18:59.680><c> whole</c><00:18:59.940><c> thing</c><00:19:00.180><c> presents</c><00:19:00.579><c> us</c><00:19:00.880><c> with</c><00:19:01.140><c> a</c><00:19:01.420><c> series</c><00:19:01.920><c> of</c>

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second<00:19:03.220><c> chances.</c>

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You<00:19:05.059><c> know,</c><00:19:05.059><c> even</c><00:19:05.259><c> going</c><00:19:05.539><c> so</c><00:19:05.900><c> far</c><00:19:06.059><c> as</c><00:19:06.279><c> to</c><00:19:06.400><c> give</c><00:19:06.500><c> the</c><00:19:06.740><c> entire</c><00:19:07.259><c> story</c><00:19:07.920><c> and</c>

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structure<00:19:08.740><c> another</c><00:19:09.180><c> chance</c><00:19:09.579><c> in</c><00:19:09.799><c> its</c><00:19:10.079><c> repetition.</c>

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But<00:19:11.720><c> most</c><00:19:12.160><c> notably,</c><00:19:13.299><c> though,</c><00:19:13.460><c> we</c><00:19:13.839><c> see</c><00:19:14.059><c> it</c><00:19:14.220><c> with</c><00:19:14.480><c> Jonah,</c><00:19:15.900><c> right,</c><00:19:16.119><c> where</c>

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the<00:19:16.640><c> word</c><00:19:17.039><c> of</c><00:19:17.259><c> the</c><00:19:17.460><c> Lord</c><00:19:17.720><c> came</c><00:19:18.119><c> to</c><00:19:18.420><c> Jonah</c><00:19:18.700><c> a</c><00:19:19.160><c> second</c><00:19:19.460><c> time.</c>

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Only<00:19:22.019><c> Jonah</c><00:19:22.740><c> doesn't</c><00:19:23.160><c> quite</c><00:19:23.779><c> make</c><00:19:24.240><c> the</c><00:19:24.599><c> most</c><00:19:25.160><c> of</c><00:19:25.700><c> this</c><00:19:25.920><c> opportunity.</c>

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He<00:19:28.980><c> does</c><00:19:29.220><c> go</c><00:19:29.460><c> to</c><00:19:29.640><c> Nineveh.</c><00:19:30.319><c> That's</c><00:19:30.640><c> true.</c><00:19:30.819><c> He</c><00:19:30.980><c> does</c><00:19:31.460><c> preach</c>

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God's<00:19:32.200><c> message.</c>

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But<00:19:34.380><c> he</c><00:19:34.619><c> still</c><00:19:34.960><c> clings</c><00:19:35.339><c> to</c><00:19:35.660><c> his</c><00:19:36.079><c> selfish,</c><00:19:38.559><c> his</c><00:19:38.819><c> angry,</c><00:19:40.160><c> resentful</c><00:19:41.200><c> and</c>

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sinful<00:19:42.079><c> attitude.</c>

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But<00:19:46.799><c> on</c><00:19:47.000><c> the</c><00:19:47.079><c> flip</c><00:19:47.259><c> side,</c><00:19:48.380><c> we</c><00:19:49.640><c> see</c><00:19:49.880><c> the</c><00:19:51.420><c> unexpected</c><00:19:52.339><c> repentance</c><00:19:53.420><c> of</c><00:19:55.259><c> pagan</c>

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idolaters<00:19:56.799><c> two</c><00:19:57.440><c> times.</c>

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First,<00:19:59.880><c> we</c><00:20:00.160><c> see</c><00:20:00.880><c> it</c><00:20:01.220><c> with</c><00:20:01.420><c> the</c><00:20:01.700><c> sailors</c><00:20:02.180><c> who</c><00:20:03.359><c> were</c><00:20:03.640><c> all</c><00:20:04.160><c> crying</c>

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out<00:20:05.059><c> to</c><00:20:05.200><c> their</c><00:20:05.500><c> own</c><00:20:05.779><c> gods,</c><00:20:06.180><c> these</c><00:20:06.500><c> idols.</c>

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And<00:20:08.500><c> then</c><00:20:08.799><c> finally,</c><00:20:09.140><c> when</c><00:20:09.299><c> they</c><00:20:09.599><c> see</c><00:20:09.819><c> how</c><00:20:10.059><c> God</c><00:20:10.779><c> calmed</c><00:20:11.279><c> the</c><00:20:11.640><c> storm,</c><00:20:14.019><c> they</c><00:20:14.440><c> sacrificed</c><00:20:15.099><c> to</c>

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God.<00:20:15.440><c> They</c><00:20:15.599><c> made</c><00:20:15.839><c> vows</c><00:20:16.480><c> to</c><00:20:16.859><c> the</c><00:20:17.059><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:20:18.559><c> it</c><00:20:18.740><c> says</c><00:20:18.980><c> in</c><00:20:19.240><c> chapter</c><00:20:19.539><c> one</c><00:20:19.759><c> in</c><00:20:19.920><c> verse</c><00:20:20.200><c> 16,</c><00:20:20.799><c> then</c><00:20:20.960><c> the</c><00:20:21.160><c> men</c>

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feared<00:20:21.839><c> the</c><00:20:22.119><c> Lord</c><00:20:22.319><c> exceedingly</c><00:20:23.380><c> and</c><00:20:23.880><c> they</c><00:20:24.160><c> offered</c><00:20:24.319><c> a</c><00:20:24.599><c> sacrifice</c><00:20:25.160><c> to</c><00:20:25.380><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:20:25.880><c> and</c><00:20:26.200><c> made</c><00:20:26.359><c> vows.</c>

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And<00:20:29.559><c> secondly,</c><00:20:30.940><c> we</c><00:20:31.220><c> see</c><00:20:31.559><c> it</c><00:20:31.700><c> with</c><00:20:31.859><c> the</c><00:20:32.000><c> Ninevites</c><00:20:32.660><c> who</c><00:20:33.740><c> humbled</c><00:20:34.119><c> themselves,</c><00:20:36.440><c> who</c><00:20:36.720><c> turned</c><00:20:37.019><c> from</c><00:20:37.220><c> their</c><00:20:37.500><c> evil</c><00:20:37.720><c> ways,</c><00:20:38.859><c> and</c><00:20:39.180><c> we</c>

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Paul<00:21:10.200><c> writes</c><00:21:10.460><c> about</c><00:21:10.740><c> this</c><00:21:11.019><c> in</c><00:21:11.240><c> Romans,</c><00:21:13.099><c> so</c><00:21:13.819><c> let's</c><00:21:14.039><c> turn</c><00:21:14.279><c> now</c>

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will<00:21:50.660><c> also</c><00:21:51.519><c> live</c><00:21:52.140><c> with</c><00:21:52.559><c> him.</c>

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never<00:21:57.180><c> die</c><00:21:57.480><c> again.</c><00:21:58.339><c> Death</c><00:21:58.640><c> no</c><00:21:58.900><c> longer</c><00:21:59.259><c> has</c><00:21:59.740><c> dominion</c><00:22:00.279><c> over</c><00:22:00.599><c> him.</c>

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death<00:23:05.339><c> to</c><00:23:06.059><c> life,</c><00:23:06.980><c> and</c><00:23:08.019><c> your</c><00:23:08.200><c> members</c><00:23:08.700><c> to</c><00:23:09.039><c> God</c><00:23:09.579><c> as</c><00:23:10.240><c> instruments</c>

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for<00:23:11.480><c> righteousness.</c>

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our<00:23:32.519><c> God</c><00:23:32.920><c> is</c><00:23:33.799><c> eternal</c><00:23:34.220><c> life</c><00:23:34.839><c> in</c><00:23:35.220><c> Christ</c><00:23:35.500><c> Jesus</c><00:23:35.859><c> our</c><00:23:36.119><c> Lord.</c>