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rolled,<00:12:38.909><c> they</c><00:12:38.970><c> were</c><00:12:39.210><c> shepherd</c><00:12:39.570><c> people,</c>

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they<00:12:40.809><c> were</c><00:12:41.070><c> nobody,</c><00:12:42.049><c> they</c><00:12:42.190><c> didn't</c><00:12:42.470><c> build</c><00:12:42.870><c> cities</c><00:12:43.210><c> they</c><00:12:43.429><c> just</c>

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moved<00:12:44.230><c> around.</c>

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Shepherd<00:12:46.230><c> people</c><00:12:46.549><c> just</c><00:12:46.830><c> go</c><00:12:46.990><c> from</c><00:12:47.289><c> pasture</c><00:12:47.629><c> to</c><00:12:47.929><c> pasture,</c><00:12:48.649><c> their</c><00:12:48.809><c> opportunists</c><00:12:49.629><c> are</c>

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shepherds<00:12:51.049><c> and</c><00:12:51.889><c> the</c><00:12:52.090><c> Egyptians</c>

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despised<00:12:53.429><c> people</c><00:12:53.809><c> who</c><00:12:54.230><c> rolled</c><00:12:54.909><c> and</c><00:12:57.350><c> when</c><00:12:57.509><c> they</c><00:12:57.730><c> came</c><00:12:57.950><c> to</c><00:12:58.169><c> the</c>

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land<00:12:58.870><c> the</c><00:12:59.330><c> rolling</c><00:12:59.750><c> of</c><00:13:00.110><c> the</c><00:13:00.289><c> children</c><00:13:00.529><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:13:01.830><c> ceases</c><00:13:03.990><c> and</c><00:13:06.149><c> they</c><00:13:06.389><c> are</c><00:13:06.929><c> circumcised</c><00:13:08.129><c> never</c><00:13:09.429><c> to</c><00:13:09.769><c> roll</c><00:13:09.909><c> again.</c>

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heart<00:13:23.110><c> brings</c><00:13:23.470><c> you</c><00:13:23.730><c> in</c><00:13:24.009><c> close</c>

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proximity<00:13:24.950><c> to</c><00:13:25.230><c> the</c><00:13:25.389><c> kingdom</c><00:13:25.870><c> and</c><00:13:27.389><c> the</c><00:13:27.509><c> reproach</c><00:13:28.490><c> of</c><00:13:28.669><c> all</c><00:13:28.889><c> the</c>

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earth<00:13:29.710><c> is</c><00:13:30.850><c> removed</c><00:13:31.289><c> from</c><00:13:31.590><c> you</c><00:13:32.330><c> as</c><00:13:32.909><c> you</c>

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spoken<00:13:41.590><c> of</c><00:13:41.950><c> as</c><00:13:42.330><c> keeping</c><00:13:42.649><c> the</c><00:13:43.049><c> feast</c><00:13:43.289><c> of</c>

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the<00:13:43.690><c> Passover,</c><00:13:45.409><c> eating</c><00:13:45.809><c> the</c><00:13:46.230><c> fruit</c><00:13:46.429><c> and</c><00:13:46.629><c> the</c><00:13:46.929><c> seed</c><00:13:47.110><c> of</c><00:13:47.350><c> the</c><00:13:47.529><c> kingdom</c><00:13:47.830><c> for</c><00:13:48.070><c> the</c><00:13:48.250><c> first</c><00:13:48.570><c> time</c><00:13:49.230><c> and</c><00:13:49.830><c> in</c><00:13:49.970><c> that</c>

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day<00:13:50.529><c> the</c><00:13:50.669><c> old</c><00:13:51.149><c> manner</c><00:13:51.769><c> ceased,</c><00:13:52.909><c> the</c><00:13:53.190><c> day</c><00:13:53.490><c> after</c><00:13:53.929><c> the</c><00:13:54.129><c> Sabbath</c><00:13:54.649><c> rest.</c>

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of<00:14:02.389><c> the</c><00:14:02.570><c> kingdom</c><00:14:02.870><c> and</c><00:14:03.070><c> the</c><00:14:03.250><c> land</c><00:14:03.809><c> as</c><00:14:05.750><c> the</c><00:14:05.950><c> Lord</c><00:14:06.309><c> kept</c><00:14:06.629><c> his</c><00:14:06.909><c> promise</c><00:14:07.330><c> through</c><00:14:07.590><c> Moses</c><00:14:08.009><c> to</c>

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So<00:14:11.309><c> now</c><00:14:11.570><c> the</c><00:14:11.809><c> church</c><00:14:12.509><c> eats</c><00:14:12.990><c> the</c><00:14:13.230><c> bread</c><00:14:13.570><c> for</c><00:14:13.830><c> which</c><00:14:14.070><c> it</c><00:14:14.350><c> hasn't</c>

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laboured,<00:14:17.649><c> it</c><00:14:17.889><c> eats</c><00:14:18.029><c> the</c><00:14:18.289><c> bread</c><00:14:18.710><c> of</c>

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the<00:14:19.929><c> kingdom,</c><00:14:20.610><c> the</c><00:14:20.769><c> bread</c><00:14:21.070><c> of</c><00:14:21.730><c> the</c><00:14:21.850><c> new</c><00:14:22.090><c> covenant.</c>

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occasion<00:14:31.830><c> forty</c><00:14:32.330><c> years</c><00:14:32.730><c> before</c><00:14:33.509><c> had</c>

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Now<00:15:17.450><c> he</c><00:15:17.629><c> comes</c><00:15:17.909><c> again.</c>

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He<00:15:19.549><c> lifted</c><00:15:19.809><c> up</c><00:15:20.049><c> his</c><00:15:20.250><c> eyes</c><00:15:20.529><c> and</c><00:15:20.769><c> looked</c><00:15:20.929><c> and</c><00:15:21.110><c> behold</c><00:15:21.490><c> there</c><00:15:21.789><c> stood</c><00:15:21.990><c> a</c>

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sword<00:15:23.850><c> drawn</c><00:15:24.149><c> in</c><00:15:24.370><c> his</c><00:15:24.590><c> hand.</c>

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Joshua<00:15:28.070><c> didn't</c><00:15:28.330><c> run</c><00:15:28.590><c> back</c><00:15:28.830><c> to</c><00:15:29.009><c> the</c><00:15:29.210><c> camp.</c>

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Joshua<00:15:32.029><c> went</c><00:15:32.470><c> up</c><00:15:32.889><c> to</c><00:15:33.029><c> him</c><00:15:33.490><c> and</c><00:15:33.730><c> said</c><00:15:33.929><c> unto</c><00:15:34.210><c> him,</c><00:15:36.730><c> Art</c><00:15:36.850><c> thou</c><00:15:37.129><c> for</c>

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Mark<00:15:44.090><c> the</c><00:15:44.710><c> courage</c><00:15:45.409><c> of</c><00:15:46.210><c> the</c><00:15:46.429><c> Lord's</c><00:15:47.549><c> true</c><00:15:47.769><c> man.</c>

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A<00:15:51.909><c> man</c><00:15:52.590><c> stood</c><00:15:53.409><c> with</c><00:15:53.929><c> his</c><00:15:54.269><c> sword</c><00:15:54.570><c> drawn</c><00:15:55.230><c> ready</c><00:15:56.029><c> for</c><00:15:56.330><c> battle</c><00:15:57.149><c> and</c>

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Joshua<00:15:59.230><c> walked</c><00:15:59.590><c> up</c><00:15:59.909><c> to</c><00:15:59.970><c> him,</c><00:16:03.429><c> Art</c><00:16:03.629><c> thou</c>

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And<00:16:09.509><c> momentarily</c><00:16:10.070><c> the</c><00:16:10.370><c> great</c><00:16:10.750><c> man</c><00:16:11.029><c> himself</c><00:16:11.649><c> is</c><00:16:12.009><c> unaware</c><00:16:12.570><c> that</c>

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it<00:16:13.850><c> is</c><00:16:14.049><c> the</c><00:16:14.289><c> angel</c><00:16:14.830><c> of</c><00:16:15.169><c> the</c><00:16:15.389><c> presence.</c>

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But<00:16:18.190><c> now</c><00:16:18.889><c> the</c><00:16:19.309><c> angel</c><00:16:19.669><c> of</c><00:16:19.889><c> the</c><00:16:20.049><c> presence</c><00:16:20.710><c> makes</c><00:16:21.950><c> himself</c><00:16:22.610><c> known.</c>

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Something<00:16:24.750><c> quite</c><00:16:25.129><c> ominous</c><00:16:25.570><c> in</c><00:16:25.750><c> this.</c>

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All<00:16:27.169><c> Joshua</c><00:16:27.549><c> need</c><00:16:27.809><c> not</c><00:16:28.129><c> fear</c><00:16:28.350><c> this</c><00:16:28.710><c> angel.</c>

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But<00:16:32.250><c> days</c><00:16:32.730><c> of</c><00:16:33.190><c> great</c><00:16:33.529><c> trouble</c><00:16:34.090><c> and</c><00:16:34.730><c> endurance</c><00:16:35.470><c> have</c><00:16:36.570><c> come.</c>

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It's<00:16:38.850><c> right</c><00:16:39.350><c> that</c><00:16:39.669><c> the</c><00:16:39.909><c> great</c><00:16:40.169><c> man</c><00:16:40.669><c> should</c><00:16:40.950><c> see</c><00:16:41.730><c> who</c><00:16:42.429><c> fights</c>

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Nay,<00:16:51.110><c> but</c><00:16:51.289><c> as</c><00:16:51.549><c> captain</c><00:16:51.909><c> of</c><00:16:52.110><c> the</c><00:16:52.309><c> host</c><00:16:52.590><c> of</c><00:16:52.789><c> the</c><00:16:52.970><c> Lord</c><00:16:53.289><c> am</c><00:16:53.549><c> I</c><00:16:53.690><c> now</c><00:16:53.990><c> come.</c>

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And<00:16:56.950><c> the</c><00:16:57.129><c> great</c><00:16:57.350><c> man</c><00:16:57.610><c> with</c><00:16:57.809><c> his</c><00:16:58.110><c> fearless</c><00:16:58.370><c> courage</c><00:16:59.250><c> is</c><00:17:00.830><c> bent</c>

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upon<00:17:01.470><c> the</c><00:17:01.730><c> earth,</c><00:17:02.690><c> falling</c><00:17:02.850><c> on</c><00:17:03.049><c> his</c><00:17:03.350><c> face</c>

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and<00:17:04.950><c> worshipping</c><00:17:06.329><c> what</c><00:17:07.349><c> saith</c><00:17:07.589><c> my</c><00:17:07.890><c> Lord</c><00:17:08.509><c> unto</c><00:17:09.789><c> his</c><00:17:10.089><c> servant.</c>

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The<00:17:12.609><c> man</c><00:17:13.069><c> of</c><00:17:13.529><c> greatness</c><00:17:14.269><c> who</c><00:17:15.910><c> is</c><00:17:16.170><c> a</c><00:17:16.289><c> man</c><00:17:16.789><c> at</c><00:17:17.069><c> the</c><00:17:17.289><c> same</c><00:17:17.509><c> moment</c>

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of<00:17:18.710><c> great</c><00:17:19.009><c> humility,</c>

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the<00:17:21.309><c> combination,</c><00:17:22.769><c> the</c><00:17:23.130><c> gentle</c><00:17:23.829><c> strength,</c><00:17:25.809><c> the</c><00:17:26.109><c> humble</c><00:17:26.710><c> greatness</c><00:17:27.490><c> that</c>

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stands<00:17:28.990><c> in</c><00:17:29.250><c> our</c><00:17:29.430><c> master</c>

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is<00:17:31.089><c> foreshadowed</c><00:17:32.470><c> in</c><00:17:32.710><c> the</c><00:17:32.970><c> courage</c><00:17:33.470><c> of</c><00:17:34.069><c> this</c><00:17:34.269><c> great</c><00:17:34.529><c> man</c><00:17:34.789><c> Joshua.</c>

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Nay,<00:17:37.450><c> as</c><00:17:37.789><c> captain</c><00:17:38.230><c> of</c><00:17:38.410><c> the</c><00:17:38.650><c> Lord,</c><00:17:39.269><c> host</c><00:17:39.789><c> of</c><00:17:40.009><c> the</c><00:17:40.170><c> Lord,</c><00:17:40.410><c> he</c><00:17:40.670><c> says.</c>

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We<00:17:41.690><c> turn</c><00:17:41.869><c> over</c><00:17:42.130><c> now</c><00:17:42.650><c> to</c><00:17:43.049><c> the</c><00:17:43.190><c> Acts</c><00:17:43.349><c> of</c><00:17:43.490><c> the</c><00:17:43.650><c> Apostles</c><00:17:43.990><c> and</c><00:17:44.150><c> the</c>

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fifth<00:17:44.450><c> chapter.</c>

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Very<00:17:49.849><c> interesting</c><00:17:50.369><c> to</c><00:17:50.630><c> note</c><00:17:50.809><c> that</c><00:17:50.970><c> in</c><00:17:51.170><c> the</c><00:17:51.309><c> New</c><00:17:51.509><c> Testament,</c>

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apart<00:17:54.190><c> from</c><00:17:54.430><c> the</c><00:17:54.690><c> revelation</c><00:17:55.109><c> itself</c>

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when<00:17:55.930><c> angels</c><00:17:56.369><c> are</c><00:17:56.789><c> seen,</c><00:17:57.690><c> very</c><00:17:58.130><c> busy</c><00:17:58.549><c> both</c><00:17:58.829><c> in</c><00:17:59.089><c> heaven</c><00:17:59.269><c> and</c><00:17:59.490><c> in</c><00:17:59.710><c> earth,</c>

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more<00:18:03.130><c> than</c><00:18:03.349><c> in</c><00:18:03.490><c> the</c><00:18:03.730><c> Gospels,</c><00:18:04.609><c> angels</c><00:18:05.269><c> are</c><00:18:05.670><c> seen</c><00:18:05.950><c> doing</c><00:18:06.210><c> the</c>

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Lord's<00:18:06.869><c> bidding</c><00:18:07.150><c> in</c><00:18:07.529><c> the</c><00:18:07.809><c> Acts</c><00:18:08.230><c> of</c><00:18:08.450><c> the</c><00:18:08.589><c> Apostles.</c>

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Here<00:18:10.289><c> we</c><00:18:10.549><c> have</c><00:18:10.750><c> in</c><00:18:11.009><c> chapter</c><00:18:11.309><c> 5</c><00:18:11.950><c> and</c><00:18:12.230><c> verse</c><00:18:12.410><c> 19,</c>

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the<00:18:15.869><c> angel</c><00:18:16.309><c> of</c><00:18:16.509><c> the</c><00:18:16.710><c> Lord</c><00:18:16.930><c> by</c><00:18:17.289><c> night</c><00:18:17.769><c> opened</c><00:18:18.589><c> the</c><00:18:18.849><c> prison</c><00:18:19.089><c> doors</c><00:18:19.529><c> and</c>

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brought<00:18:20.170><c> them</c><00:18:20.369><c> out.</c>

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Brought<00:18:21.990><c> who</c><00:18:22.230><c> out?</c><00:18:23.230><c> There</c><00:18:23.430><c> it</c><00:18:23.609><c> is,</c><00:18:23.789><c> verse</c><00:18:24.009><c> 18.</c>

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Brought<00:18:24.650><c> the</c><00:18:24.890><c> apostles</c><00:18:25.250><c> out</c><00:18:25.789><c> of</c><00:18:26.609><c> the</c><00:18:26.930><c> common</c><00:18:27.210><c> prison.</c>

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The<00:18:28.609><c> work</c><00:18:29.009><c> of</c><00:18:29.329><c> the</c><00:18:29.490><c> Lord</c><00:18:29.750><c> is</c><00:18:29.950><c> beginning.</c>

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The<00:18:31.609><c> land</c><00:18:31.990><c> that</c><00:18:32.269><c> is</c><00:18:32.450><c> in</c><00:18:32.710><c> captivity</c><00:18:33.250><c> is</c><00:18:33.769><c> about</c><00:18:34.089><c> to</c><00:18:34.309><c> be</c><00:18:34.509><c> set</c><00:18:34.730><c> free.</c>

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The<00:18:37.049><c> apostles</c><00:18:37.730><c> temporarily</c><00:18:38.950><c> in</c><00:18:39.890><c> the</c><00:18:40.109><c> land</c><00:18:40.390><c> that</c><00:18:40.630><c> is</c><00:18:40.829><c> imprisoned</c><00:18:41.289><c> are</c><00:18:42.450><c> released</c><00:18:43.069><c> by</c>

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the<00:18:43.869><c> angel</c><00:18:44.170><c> of</c><00:18:44.390><c> the</c><00:18:44.549><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:18:46.009><c> verse</c><00:18:46.210><c> 20,</c><00:18:46.670><c> go</c><00:18:47.009><c> stand</c><00:18:47.470><c> and</c><00:18:47.829><c> speak</c><00:18:48.150><c> in</c><00:18:48.390><c> the</c><00:18:48.589><c> temple</c><00:18:48.930><c> to</c><00:18:49.230><c> the</c>

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people<00:18:49.750><c> all</c><00:18:49.970><c> the</c><00:18:50.250><c> words</c><00:18:50.609><c> of</c><00:18:51.410><c> this</c><00:18:52.190><c> life.</c>

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The<00:18:55.490><c> actual</c><00:18:55.990><c> situations</c><00:18:56.789><c> physically</c><00:18:57.650><c> aren't</c><00:18:58.210><c> paralleled,</c>

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are<00:18:58.890><c> they?</c>

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But<00:19:00.789><c> do</c><00:19:00.990><c> you</c><00:19:00.990><c> see</c><00:19:01.170><c> how</c><00:19:01.670><c> spiritually</c><00:19:02.269><c> they</c><00:19:03.250><c> are</c><00:19:03.650><c> paralleled?</c>

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For<00:19:06.150><c> when</c><00:19:06.869><c> Joshua</c><00:19:07.470><c> fell</c><00:19:08.049><c> before</c><00:19:09.150><c> the</c><00:19:10.069><c> angel</c><00:19:10.390><c> of</c><00:19:10.589><c> the</c><00:19:10.789><c> presence,</c>

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he<00:19:11.950><c> was</c><00:19:12.250><c> told</c><00:19:12.509><c> the</c><00:19:12.750><c> place</c><00:19:13.089><c> on</c><00:19:13.329><c> which</c><00:19:13.490><c> he</c><00:19:13.750><c> stood</c><00:19:13.970><c> was</c><00:19:14.569><c> holy</c><00:19:15.049><c> ground,</c>

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to<00:19:17.470><c> take</c><00:19:17.730><c> his</c><00:19:18.009><c> shoes</c><00:19:18.210><c> therefore</c><00:19:18.650><c> from</c><00:19:18.910><c> off</c><00:19:19.069><c> his</c><00:19:19.329><c> feet.</c>

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When<00:19:21.230><c> the</c><00:19:21.509><c> apostles,</c><00:19:22.490><c> freed</c><00:19:22.829><c> by</c><00:19:23.150><c> their</c><00:19:23.450><c> angel</c><00:19:23.829><c> from</c><00:19:24.170><c> this</c>

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common<00:19:25.009><c> house</c><00:19:25.309><c> prison,</c>

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where<00:19:26.069><c> were</c><00:19:26.210><c> they</c><00:19:26.390><c> sent?</c><00:19:27.349><c> To</c><00:19:27.589><c> the</c><00:19:27.789><c> place</c><00:19:28.269><c> that</c><00:19:28.430><c> was</c><00:19:28.789><c> described</c>

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as<00:19:29.650><c> holy.</c>

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There<00:19:32.210><c> is</c><00:19:32.450><c> a</c><00:19:32.630><c> beautiful</c><00:19:33.349><c> parallel.</c>

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We<00:19:34.750><c> are</c><00:19:35.150><c> about</c><00:19:35.430><c> to</c><00:19:35.750><c> witness</c><00:19:36.329><c> in</c><00:19:37.049><c> Joshua</c><00:19:37.589><c> the</c><00:19:37.930><c> destruction</c><00:19:38.589><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:39.009><c> kings</c><00:19:39.230><c> of</c><00:19:39.430><c> the</c><00:19:39.650><c> Amorites,</c>

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the<00:19:40.650><c> oldest</c><00:19:41.049><c> city</c><00:19:41.390><c> in</c><00:19:41.589><c> the</c><00:19:41.750><c> world,</c>

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and<00:19:42.549><c> in</c><00:19:42.769><c> the</c><00:19:42.890><c> Acts</c><00:19:43.049><c> of</c><00:19:43.190><c> the</c><00:19:43.369><c> Apostles</c><00:19:43.670><c> you</c><00:19:43.809><c> are</c><00:19:44.049><c> about</c><00:19:44.309><c> to</c><00:19:44.529><c> witness</c><00:19:44.809><c> the</c>

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rout<00:19:45.690><c> of</c><00:19:46.470><c> the</c><00:19:46.670><c> law</c><00:19:46.869><c> of</c><00:19:47.170><c> Moses</c>

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and<00:19:48.109><c> those</c><00:19:48.490><c> who</c><00:19:48.869><c> hadn't</c><00:19:49.230><c> kept</c><00:19:49.529><c> to</c><00:19:49.750><c> the</c><00:19:49.890><c> law</c><00:19:50.009><c> of</c><00:19:50.269><c> Moses.</c>

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You<00:19:51.009><c> are</c><00:19:51.069><c> going</c><00:19:51.250><c> to</c><00:19:51.430><c> see</c><00:19:51.549><c> the</c><00:19:51.890><c> walls</c><00:19:52.349><c> of</c><00:19:52.589><c> the</c><00:19:52.730><c> law</c><00:19:52.890><c> of</c><00:19:53.250><c> Moses</c><00:19:53.829><c> fall</c><00:19:54.630><c> flat</c><00:19:55.390><c> in</c>

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their<00:19:55.990><c> place.</c>

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These<00:19:57.309><c> two</c><00:19:57.710><c> great</c><00:19:58.150><c> battles</c><00:19:58.589><c> that</c><00:19:58.809><c> are</c><00:19:59.029><c> about</c><00:19:59.250><c> to</c><00:19:59.430><c> be</c><00:19:59.670><c> joined</c>

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are<00:20:00.589><c> perfectly</c><00:20:01.569><c> paralleled</c>

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in<00:20:04.410><c> Joshua</c><00:20:04.849><c> and</c><00:20:05.490><c> the</c><00:20:05.690><c> Acts</c><00:20:05.910><c> of</c><00:20:06.130><c> the</c><00:20:06.289><c> Apostles.</c>

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Let<00:20:07.369><c> us</c><00:20:07.549><c> see</c><00:20:07.829><c> now</c><00:20:08.269><c> as</c><00:20:08.650><c> the</c><00:20:08.849><c> battle</c><00:20:09.369><c> takes</c><00:20:09.950><c> its</c><00:20:10.289><c> place.</c>

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We<00:20:11.369><c> return</c><00:20:11.789><c> now</c><00:20:12.150><c> to</c><00:20:12.390><c> Joshua</c><00:20:12.849><c> chapter</c><00:20:13.250><c> 6.</c>

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Jericho<00:20:27.410><c> was</c><00:20:27.730><c> straightly</c><00:20:28.130><c> shut</c><00:20:28.369><c> up</c><00:20:28.890><c> because</c><00:20:29.329><c> of</c><00:20:29.569><c> all</c><00:20:29.769><c> the</c><00:20:29.910><c> children</c><00:20:30.170><c> of</c><00:20:30.329><c> Israel.</c>

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This<00:20:31.769><c> great</c><00:20:32.109><c> city</c><00:20:32.470><c> that</c><00:20:32.730><c> had</c><00:20:32.990><c> trusted</c><00:20:33.250><c> in</c><00:20:33.529><c> its</c><00:20:33.710><c> walls</c><00:20:34.049><c> 25</c><00:20:34.750><c> to</c><00:20:35.009><c> 30</c><00:20:35.369><c> feet</c><00:20:35.630><c> high</c><00:20:35.910><c> and</c><00:20:36.150><c> 6</c>

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foot<00:20:36.650><c> thick.</c>

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A<00:20:37.990><c> city</c><00:20:38.309><c> that</c><00:20:38.569><c> had</c><00:20:38.849><c> double</c><00:20:39.230><c> walls,</c><00:20:39.769><c> an</c><00:20:39.869><c> inner</c><00:20:40.109><c> circle</c><00:20:40.490><c> and</c><00:20:40.710><c> an</c>

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outer<00:20:41.210><c> circle,</c><00:20:41.789><c> 12</c><00:20:42.130><c> feet</c><00:20:42.509><c> thick.</c>

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The<00:20:43.470><c> oldest</c><00:20:43.990><c> city</c><00:20:44.369><c> in</c><00:20:44.569><c> the</c><00:20:44.750><c> world</c><00:20:45.670><c> is</c><00:20:46.910><c> already</c><00:20:49.029><c> creaking</c><00:20:50.170><c> at</c>

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its<00:20:50.670><c> heart</c><00:20:51.230><c> and</c><00:20:52.390><c> the</c><00:20:52.569><c> city</c><00:20:52.849><c> is</c><00:20:53.170><c> shut</c><00:20:53.329><c> up.</c>

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Do<00:20:53.869><c> you</c><00:20:54.069><c> see?</c><00:20:54.930><c> The</c><00:20:55.109><c> enemies</c><00:20:55.670><c> of</c><00:20:56.170><c> God's</c><00:20:56.650><c> people</c><00:20:57.490><c> are</c><00:20:58.950><c> trusting</c>

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in<00:20:59.609><c> their</c><00:20:59.869><c> walls.</c>

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They<00:21:01.289><c> have</c><00:21:01.609><c> shut</c><00:21:01.789><c> themselves</c><00:21:02.329><c> in.</c>

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These<00:21:03.430><c> are</c><00:21:03.609><c> the</c><00:21:03.750><c> walls</c><00:21:03.950><c> that</c><00:21:04.190><c> have</c><00:21:04.410><c> preserved</c><00:21:04.730><c> the</c><00:21:05.009><c> oldest</c><00:21:05.509><c> city</c><00:21:05.869><c> in</c>

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the<00:21:06.170><c> world.</c>

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Nobody<00:21:06.769><c> has</c><00:21:07.049><c> ever</c><00:21:07.289><c> breached</c><00:21:07.589><c> these</c><00:21:07.890><c> walls</c><00:21:08.190><c> before.</c>

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Here<00:21:10.450><c> is</c><00:21:10.650><c> the</c><00:21:10.890><c> trust</c><00:21:11.069><c> of</c><00:21:11.269><c> the</c><00:21:11.410><c> world</c><00:21:12.049><c> and</c><00:21:13.410><c> see</c><00:21:14.009><c> how</c><00:21:14.390><c> the</c><00:21:14.609><c> ramparts</c><00:21:15.089><c> are</c>

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mounted<00:21:15.569><c> against</c><00:21:16.009><c> it.</c>

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In<00:21:17.589><c> verse</c><00:21:18.250><c> 6</c><00:21:20.470><c> of</c><00:21:20.910><c> this</c><00:21:21.130><c> sixth</c><00:21:21.470><c> chapter,</c><00:21:23.150><c> Joshua</c><00:21:23.470><c> conveys</c><00:21:24.589><c> the</c>

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Lord's<00:21:25.430><c> commands.</c>

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Now<00:21:27.150><c> it's</c><00:21:27.250><c> not</c><00:21:27.470><c> the</c><00:21:27.710><c> specific</c><00:21:28.170><c> wording</c><00:21:28.589><c> of</c><00:21:28.809><c> the</c><00:21:29.009><c> commands</c><00:21:29.309><c> that</c><00:21:29.750><c> strike</c><00:21:29.950><c> me</c>

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as<00:21:30.309><c> being</c><00:21:30.549><c> crucial.</c>

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It's<00:21:32.410><c> the</c><00:21:32.630><c> fact</c><00:21:32.930><c> that</c><00:21:33.609><c> strict</c><00:21:34.250><c> obedience</c><00:21:35.349><c> is</c><00:21:35.950><c> called</c><00:21:36.269><c> for.</c>

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Whatever<00:21:38.289><c> the</c><00:21:38.529><c> Lord</c><00:21:38.789><c> bids</c><00:21:39.170><c> you</c><00:21:39.490><c> do,</c><00:21:39.930><c> do</c><00:21:40.150><c> it.</c>

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That<00:21:40.609><c> was</c><00:21:40.829><c> the</c><00:21:41.029><c> counsel</c><00:21:41.329><c> of</c><00:21:41.569><c> Mary,</c><00:21:42.369><c> the</c><00:21:42.549><c> mother</c><00:21:42.730><c> of</c><00:21:42.930><c> our</c><00:21:43.089><c> Lord.</c>

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What<00:21:44.410><c> a</c><00:21:44.670><c> watchword</c><00:21:45.089><c> for</c><00:21:45.329><c> every</c><00:21:45.609><c> disciple</c><00:21:46.029><c> of</c><00:21:46.210><c> the</c><00:21:46.349><c> Lord</c><00:21:46.529><c> Jesus.</c>

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Whatever<00:21:47.609><c> he</c><00:21:48.049><c> bids</c><00:21:48.349><c> you</c><00:21:48.690><c> do,</c><00:21:49.289><c> do</c><00:21:49.549><c> it.</c>

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It<00:21:51.869><c> isn't</c><00:21:52.130><c> that</c><00:21:52.369><c> we</c><00:21:52.690><c> reason</c><00:21:53.089><c> out</c><00:21:53.470><c> the</c><00:21:53.769><c> commands</c><00:21:54.150><c> of</c><00:21:54.369><c> the</c><00:21:54.549><c> Lord.</c>

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It's<00:21:55.490><c> that</c><00:21:55.630><c> whatever</c><00:21:56.049><c> he</c><00:21:56.490><c> says,</c><00:21:57.029><c> it's</c><00:21:57.190><c> right</c><00:21:57.509><c> and</c><00:21:57.690><c> I</c><00:21:57.869><c> will</c><00:21:58.089><c> do</c><00:21:58.329><c> it.</c>

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And<00:21:59.910><c> Mary,</c><00:22:00.210><c> the</c><00:22:00.410><c> mother</c><00:22:00.589><c> of</c><00:22:00.789><c> our</c><00:22:00.950><c> Lord,</c><00:22:01.470><c> had</c><00:22:01.630><c> learnt</c><00:22:02.029><c> that</c><00:22:02.410><c> lesson.</c>

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And<00:22:03.190><c> she</c><00:22:03.470><c> gives</c><00:22:03.730><c> it</c><00:22:04.009><c> as</c><00:22:04.289><c> a</c><00:22:04.470><c> token</c><00:22:04.750><c> upon</c><00:22:05.029><c> the</c><00:22:05.289><c> breast</c><00:22:05.509><c> of</c><00:22:05.769><c> every</c>

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faithful<00:22:06.490><c> disciple.</c>

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Whatever<00:22:07.829><c> he</c><00:22:08.230><c> tells</c><00:22:08.490><c> you</c><00:22:08.730><c> to</c><00:22:08.950><c> do,</c><00:22:09.809><c> do</c><00:22:10.069><c> it.</c>

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And<00:22:12.190><c> even</c><00:22:12.509><c> your</c><00:22:12.849><c> water</c><00:22:13.390><c> will</c><00:22:13.950><c> be</c><00:22:14.250><c> turned</c><00:22:14.470><c> into</c><00:22:14.809><c> wine.</c>

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The<00:22:20.289><c> obedience</c><00:22:20.809><c> that</c><00:22:20.990><c> is</c><00:22:21.250><c> called</c><00:22:21.529><c> for,</c><00:22:21.869><c> verse</c><00:22:22.109><c> 6.</c>

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Joshua,<00:22:23.089><c> the</c><00:22:23.170><c> son</c><00:22:23.329><c> of</c><00:22:23.509><c> Nun,</c><00:22:23.869><c> called</c><00:22:24.029><c> the</c><00:22:24.289><c> priests,</c><00:22:25.549><c> said</c><00:22:25.670><c> unto</c><00:22:25.890><c> them,</c>

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Take<00:22:26.369><c> up</c><00:22:26.529><c> the</c><00:22:26.670><c> ark</c><00:22:26.829><c> of</c><00:22:27.009><c> the</c><00:22:27.150><c> covenant</c><00:22:27.410><c> and</c><00:22:27.609><c> let</c><00:22:28.029><c> seven</c><00:22:28.609><c> priests</c>

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bear<00:22:29.430><c> seven</c><00:22:29.849><c> trumpets</c><00:22:30.210><c> of</c><00:22:30.470><c> ram's</c><00:22:30.809><c> horns</c><00:22:31.009><c> before</c><00:22:31.329><c> the</c><00:22:31.609><c> ark</c><00:22:31.769><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:32.109><c> Lord.</c>

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The<00:22:33.490><c> shofar,</c><00:22:33.970><c> not</c><00:22:34.130><c> the</c><00:22:34.269><c> silver</c><00:22:34.609><c> trumpets.</c>

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You'd<00:22:35.849><c> have</c><00:22:35.849><c> thought</c><00:22:36.009><c> going</c><00:22:36.269><c> to</c><00:22:36.509><c> war</c><00:22:36.650><c> they'd</c><00:22:36.849><c> have</c><00:22:36.950><c> had</c><00:22:37.089><c> the</c>

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silver<00:22:38.069><c> trumpets.</c>

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These<00:22:39.069><c> were</c><00:22:39.250><c> the</c><00:22:39.410><c> trumpets</c><00:22:39.730><c> to</c><00:22:39.990><c> sound</c><00:22:40.130><c> the</c><00:22:40.390><c> alarm.</c>

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Why<00:22:41.549><c> the</c><00:22:41.789><c> ram's</c><00:22:42.250><c> horn?</c><00:22:42.549><c> Why</c><00:22:42.869><c> the</c><00:22:43.130><c> shofar?</c>

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That<00:22:45.529><c> we</c><00:22:45.710><c> will</c><00:22:45.930><c> see.</c>

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But<00:22:47.069><c> the</c><00:22:47.450><c> obedience</c><00:22:47.950><c> is</c><00:22:48.349><c> called</c><00:22:48.650><c> for.</c>

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Whatever<00:22:49.410><c> he</c><00:22:49.730><c> tells</c><00:22:50.009><c> you</c><00:22:50.230><c> to</c><00:22:50.490><c> do,</c><00:22:51.089><c> do</c><00:22:51.349><c> it.</c>

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And<00:22:52.630><c> here</c><00:22:52.890><c> the</c><00:22:53.130><c> priests</c><00:22:53.450><c> are</c><00:22:53.670><c> given</c><00:22:53.769><c> their</c><00:22:54.130><c> instructions</c><00:22:54.609><c> and</c>

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the<00:22:55.369><c> people</c><00:22:55.630><c> are</c><00:22:55.869><c> given</c><00:22:55.970><c> their</c><00:22:56.269><c> instructions.</c>

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Verse<00:22:57.049><c> 10.</c>

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Joshua<00:22:57.829><c> commanded</c><00:22:58.349><c> the</c><00:22:58.589><c> people</c><00:22:58.869><c> saying,</c>

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Ye<00:22:59.670><c> shall</c><00:22:59.890><c> not</c><00:23:00.210><c> shout,</c><00:23:01.569><c> nor</c><00:23:01.670><c> make</c><00:23:01.970><c> any</c><00:23:02.390><c> noise</c><00:23:02.650><c> with</c><00:23:02.829><c> your</c><00:23:03.049><c> voice,</c>

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neither<00:23:04.410><c> shall</c><00:23:04.670><c> any</c><00:23:05.089><c> word</c><00:23:05.349><c> proceed</c><00:23:05.710><c> out</c><00:23:05.950><c> of</c><00:23:06.049><c> your</c><00:23:06.269><c> mouth</c><00:23:06.549><c> until</c><00:23:06.769><c> the</c>

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day<00:23:07.210><c> I</c><00:23:07.509><c> bid</c><00:23:07.690><c> you</c><00:23:08.009><c> shout.</c>

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Then<00:23:08.750><c> shall</c><00:23:08.990><c> ye</c><00:23:09.230><c> shout.</c>

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Whatever<00:23:10.309><c> I</c><00:23:10.750><c> tell</c><00:23:10.910><c> you</c><00:23:11.109><c> to</c><00:23:11.349><c> do,</c><00:23:11.529><c> you</c><00:23:11.769><c> are</c><00:23:12.029><c> to</c><00:23:12.269><c> do</c><00:23:12.470><c> it.</c>

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I'm<00:23:14.730><c> not</c><00:23:14.950><c> here</c><00:23:15.190><c> concerned</c><00:23:15.809><c> with</c><00:23:16.309><c> the</c><00:23:16.589><c> actual</c><00:23:16.950><c> requirement</c><00:23:17.490><c> of</c>

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what<00:23:17.750><c> they</c><00:23:17.950><c> had</c><00:23:18.069><c> to</c><00:23:18.309><c> do.</c>

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It's<00:23:19.069><c> the</c><00:23:19.250><c> fact</c><00:23:19.430><c> that</c><00:23:19.650><c> in</c><00:23:19.970><c> this</c><00:23:20.170><c> situation</c><00:23:21.029><c> I</c><00:23:21.990><c> call</c><00:23:22.309><c> for</c><00:23:22.809><c> strict</c><00:23:23.250><c> and</c>

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total<00:23:24.230><c> obedience.</c>

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In<00:23:25.069><c> the</c><00:23:25.250><c> whole</c><00:23:25.410><c> of</c><00:23:25.609><c> this</c><00:23:25.789><c> house</c><00:23:26.150><c> there</c><00:23:26.609><c> is</c><00:23:26.869><c> not</c><00:23:27.089><c> to</c><00:23:27.269><c> be</c><00:23:27.509><c> one</c><00:23:27.849><c> voice.</c>

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There<00:23:30.809><c> is</c><00:23:30.930><c> to</c><00:23:31.049><c> be</c><00:23:31.450><c> absolute</c><00:23:31.950><c> silence.</c>

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The<00:23:37.250><c> church</c><00:23:38.329><c> preparing</c><00:23:39.250><c> its</c><00:23:39.809><c> war</c><00:23:40.549><c> against</c><00:23:41.309><c> the</c><00:23:41.569><c> barbarian</c>

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was<00:23:43.809><c> commanded</c><00:23:44.430><c> exactly</c><00:23:45.289><c> the</c><00:23:45.569><c> same.</c>

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Acts<00:23:47.150><c> chapter</c><00:23:47.509><c> 4,</c><00:23:50.269><c> verse</c><00:23:50.309><c> 19</c><00:23:51.089><c> to</c><00:23:51.309><c> 21.</c>

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Though<00:23:58.369><c> the</c><00:23:58.589><c> counsel</c><00:23:58.950><c> of</c><00:23:59.150><c> men</c><00:23:59.329><c> may</c><00:23:59.609><c> say</c><00:23:59.829><c> different,</c><00:24:00.569><c> Peter</c>

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and<00:24:01.049><c> John</c><00:24:01.230><c> answered</c><00:24:01.569><c> and</c><00:24:01.750><c> said</c><00:24:01.910><c> unto</c><00:24:02.150><c> them,</c>

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Whether<00:24:03.289><c> it</c><00:24:03.470><c> be</c><00:24:03.630><c> right</c><00:24:03.849><c> in</c><00:24:04.029><c> the</c><00:24:04.210><c> sight</c><00:24:04.349><c> of</c><00:24:04.529><c> God</c><00:24:04.750><c> to</c><00:24:04.990><c> hearken</c>

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unto<00:24:05.509><c> you</c><00:24:05.849><c> more</c><00:24:06.089><c> than</c><00:24:06.230><c> unto</c><00:24:06.430><c> God,</c><00:24:07.609><c> you</c><00:24:07.849><c> judge.</c>

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For<00:24:09.329><c> we</c><00:24:09.630><c> cannot</c><00:24:09.990><c> but</c><00:24:10.349><c> speak</c><00:24:10.589><c> the</c><00:24:10.789><c> things</c><00:24:11.069><c> which</c><00:24:11.250><c> we</c><00:24:11.410><c> have</c><00:24:11.650><c> seen</c>

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and<00:24:12.309><c> heard.</c>

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So<00:24:14.009><c> then</c><00:24:14.269><c> they</c><00:24:14.450><c> had</c><00:24:14.670><c> further</c><00:24:15.069><c> entreated</c><00:24:15.509><c> them.</c>

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They<00:24:16.690><c> let</c><00:24:16.869><c> them</c><00:24:17.109><c> go</c><00:24:17.410><c> finding</c><00:24:17.769><c> nothing</c><00:24:18.150><c> how</c><00:24:18.410><c> they</c><00:24:18.589><c> might</c><00:24:18.829><c> punish</c><00:24:19.190><c> them.</c>

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There<00:24:21.730><c> are</c><00:24:21.890><c> Peter</c><00:24:22.130><c> and</c><00:24:22.390><c> John</c><00:24:22.829><c> under</c><00:24:23.650><c> political</c><00:24:24.390><c> pressure</c><00:24:25.230><c> to</c>

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change<00:24:27.289><c> their</c><00:24:27.690><c> tune.</c>

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And<00:24:29.130><c> you</c><00:24:29.390><c> see</c><00:24:29.829><c> the</c><00:24:30.390><c> strict</c><00:24:30.690><c> obedience</c><00:24:31.490><c> under</c><00:24:31.930><c> which</c><00:24:32.150><c> the</c><00:24:32.390><c> apostles</c><00:24:32.789><c> find</c><00:24:33.109><c> themselves.</c>

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And<00:24:35.349><c> that</c><00:24:35.470><c> is</c><00:24:35.670><c> the</c><00:24:35.829><c> only</c><00:24:36.170><c> defense</c><00:24:36.529><c> they</c><00:24:36.710><c> will</c><00:24:36.970><c> make.</c>

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It's<00:24:37.769><c> mentioned</c><00:24:38.029><c> again</c><00:24:38.430><c> in</c><00:24:38.630><c> chapter</c><00:24:38.910><c> 5</c><00:24:39.329><c> and</c><00:24:39.509><c> verse</c><00:24:39.690><c> 28.</c>

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There<00:24:40.829><c> is</c><00:24:41.089><c> heavy</c><00:24:41.390><c> emphasis</c><00:24:41.890><c> on</c><00:24:42.150><c> this.</c>

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Acts<00:24:43.309><c> chapter</c><00:24:43.630><c> 5,</c><00:24:44.230><c> verse</c><00:24:44.329><c> 28.</c>

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Again<00:24:48.930><c> the</c><00:24:49.089><c> high</c><00:24:49.349><c> priest</c><00:24:49.549><c> asked</c><00:24:49.829><c> them</c><00:24:50.049><c> saying,</c>

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Did<00:24:51.529><c> not</c><00:24:51.769><c> we</c><00:24:52.049><c> straightly</c><00:24:52.410><c> command</c><00:24:52.789><c> you</c><00:24:53.029><c> that</c><00:24:53.170><c> you</c><00:24:53.349><c> should</c><00:24:53.549><c> not</c>

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teach<00:24:54.089><c> in</c><00:24:54.250><c> this</c><00:24:54.490><c> name?</c>

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Behold<00:24:55.630><c> you</c><00:24:55.950><c> filled</c><00:24:56.230><c> Jerusalem</c><00:24:56.750><c> with</c><00:24:56.950><c> your</c><00:24:57.190><c> doctrine</c><00:24:57.490><c> and</c><00:24:57.789><c> intend</c><00:24:58.069><c> to</c>

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bring<00:24:58.410><c> this</c><00:24:58.670><c> man's</c><00:24:59.009><c> blood</c><00:24:59.170><c> upon</c><00:24:59.430><c> us.</c>

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Then<00:25:01.109><c> Peter</c><00:25:01.309><c> and</c><00:25:01.430><c> the</c><00:25:01.589><c> other</c><00:25:01.789><c> apostles</c><00:25:02.130><c> answered</c><00:25:02.529><c> and</c><00:25:02.809><c> said,</c>

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We<00:25:04.089><c> must,</c><00:25:05.210><c> revised</c><00:25:05.630><c> version,</c><00:25:06.809><c> we</c><00:25:06.990><c> must</c><00:25:07.609><c> obey</c><00:25:08.089><c> God</c><00:25:08.890><c> rather</c>

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than<00:25:09.829><c> men.</c>

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The<00:25:11.950><c> political</c><00:25:12.470><c> pressures</c><00:25:12.910><c> were</c><00:25:13.170><c> trying</c><00:25:13.450><c> to</c><00:25:15.029><c> change</c><00:25:15.869><c> the</c><00:25:16.190><c> voice</c><00:25:16.910><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:18.309><c> Lord's</c><00:25:18.710><c> command.</c>

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In<00:25:21.150><c> the</c><00:25:21.349><c> same</c><00:25:21.589><c> way</c><00:25:21.869><c> as</c><00:25:22.109><c> there</c><00:25:22.230><c> were</c><00:25:22.470><c> political</c><00:25:22.990><c> pressures</c><00:25:23.569><c> trying</c><00:25:24.190><c> to</c>

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change<00:25:25.309><c> Israel.</c>

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I<00:25:26.170><c> mean</c><00:25:26.349><c> why</c><00:25:26.710><c> walk</c><00:25:27.109><c> around</c><00:25:27.390><c> the</c><00:25:27.589><c> walls</c><00:25:27.829><c> of</c><00:25:28.089><c> Jericho</c><00:25:28.410><c> and</c><00:25:28.670><c> be</c><00:25:28.930><c> silent?</c>

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When<00:25:31.329><c> every</c><00:25:31.769><c> natural</c><00:25:32.230><c> impulse</c><00:25:32.710><c> in</c><00:25:32.930><c> them</c><00:25:33.089><c> would</c><00:25:33.289><c> be</c><00:25:33.509><c> to</c><00:25:33.809><c> come</c>

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on<00:25:34.329><c> let's</c><00:25:34.690><c> get</c><00:25:34.890><c> at</c><00:25:35.210><c> them.</c>

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You<00:25:37.930><c> are</c><00:25:38.029><c> to</c><00:25:38.230><c> hold</c><00:25:38.549><c> yourself</c><00:25:39.109><c> in</c><00:25:39.569><c> perfect</c><00:25:39.990><c> control,</c><00:25:42.930><c> in</c><00:25:42.990><c> perfect</c><00:25:43.150><c> obedience</c><00:25:43.950><c> and</c>

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in<00:25:45.769><c> silence.</c>

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Wouldn't<00:25:49.609><c> you</c><00:25:49.849><c> have</c><00:25:49.950><c> thought</c><00:25:50.049><c> the</c><00:25:50.210><c> children</c><00:25:50.390><c> of</c><00:25:50.569><c> Israel</c><00:25:50.829><c> would</c><00:25:51.029><c> have</c><00:25:51.109><c> said,</c>

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Come<00:25:51.569><c> on</c><00:25:51.750><c> let's</c><00:25:52.049><c> live</c><00:25:52.309><c> up</c><00:25:52.490><c> to</c><00:25:52.609><c> the</c><00:25:52.849><c> terror</c><00:25:53.089><c> that's</c><00:25:53.430><c> gone</c><00:25:53.609><c> before</c><00:25:54.029><c> us.</c>

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We'll<00:25:55.230><c> put</c><00:25:55.369><c> the</c><00:25:55.750><c> fear</c><00:25:55.930><c> of</c><00:25:56.190><c> God</c><00:25:56.329><c> in</c><00:25:56.549><c> them.</c>

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The<00:26:00.049><c> natural</c><00:26:00.410><c> man</c><00:26:00.690><c> just</c><00:26:00.950><c> doesn't</c><00:26:01.130><c> do</c><00:26:01.349><c> things</c><00:26:01.609><c> the</c><00:26:01.789><c> way</c><00:26:01.910><c> God's</c>

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men<00:26:02.430><c> do.</c>

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Imagine<00:26:05.269><c> the</c><00:26:05.589><c> effect</c><00:26:06.130><c> it</c><00:26:06.549><c> had</c><00:26:06.869><c> when</c><00:26:07.230><c> this</c><00:26:07.609><c> people</c><00:26:08.150><c> disciplined</c><00:26:08.950><c> and</c><00:26:09.609><c> controlled</c>

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and<00:26:10.450><c> utterly</c><00:26:11.009><c> under</c><00:26:11.450><c> the</c><00:26:11.750><c> obedience</c><00:26:12.210><c> of</c><00:26:12.509><c> Joshua</c><00:26:12.990><c> made</c><00:26:14.670><c> a</c><00:26:14.970><c> silent</c><00:26:15.349><c> procession</c><00:26:17.089><c> around</c><00:26:17.609><c> the</c>

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whole<00:26:18.289><c> wall</c><00:26:18.650><c> of</c><00:26:18.890><c> the</c><00:26:19.029><c> city.</c>

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Had<00:26:21.549><c> ever</c><00:26:22.109><c> a</c><00:26:22.529><c> siege</c><00:26:22.750><c> in</c><00:26:22.950><c> the</c><00:26:23.230><c> world</c><00:26:23.450><c> taken</c><00:26:23.809><c> place</c><00:26:24.190><c> like</c><00:26:24.549><c> this,</c>

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no<00:26:25.769><c> rolling</c><00:26:26.349><c> engines</c><00:26:26.930><c> of</c><00:26:27.269><c> war.</c>

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But<00:26:29.130><c> the</c><00:26:29.369><c> faithful</c><00:26:29.809><c> bearing</c><00:26:30.349><c> of</c><00:26:30.589><c> the</c><00:26:30.809><c> Ark</c><00:26:30.990><c> of</c><00:26:31.190><c> the</c><00:26:31.349><c> Lord.</c>

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No<00:26:33.490><c> men</c><00:26:33.930><c> mounted</c><00:26:34.430><c> with</c><00:26:34.910><c> breast</c><00:26:35.250><c> plates</c><00:26:35.529><c> of</c><00:26:35.849><c> armor.</c>

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But<00:26:37.869><c> the</c><00:26:38.150><c> brilliance</c><00:26:38.589><c> of</c><00:26:38.769><c> the</c><00:26:38.970><c> garments</c><00:26:39.349><c> of</c><00:26:39.609><c> the</c><00:26:39.829><c> priests</c><00:26:40.190><c> of</c>

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God's<00:26:41.130><c> holy</c><00:26:41.329><c> men.</c>

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And<00:26:43.670><c> an</c><00:26:43.990><c> army</c><00:26:44.250><c> of</c><00:26:44.589><c> people</c><00:26:44.950><c> that</c><00:26:45.150><c> had</c><00:26:45.390><c> never</c><00:26:45.630><c> known</c><00:26:45.890><c> a</c><00:26:46.190><c> parade</c>

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ground<00:26:46.869><c> except</c><00:26:47.210><c> the</c><00:26:47.430><c> wilderness.</c>

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But<00:26:50.150><c> marched</c><00:26:50.750><c> in</c><00:26:51.269><c> perfect</c><00:26:51.769><c> silence</c><00:26:52.789><c> around</c><00:26:53.509><c> the</c><00:26:53.750><c> wall.</c>

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What<00:26:54.430><c> a</c><00:26:54.869><c> terrifying</c><00:26:55.410><c> sight,</c><00:26:57.049><c> a</c><00:26:57.230><c> devastating</c><00:26:57.930><c> sight.</c>

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The<00:27:01.210><c> natural</c><00:27:01.470><c> man</c><00:27:01.670><c> wouldn't</c><00:27:01.910><c> have</c><00:27:02.170><c> conceived</c><00:27:02.869><c> the</c><00:27:03.150><c> reaction.</c>

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But<00:27:05.609><c> the</c><00:27:05.730><c> men</c><00:27:06.009><c> of</c><00:27:06.250><c> God</c><00:27:06.509><c> were</c><00:27:06.750><c> to</c><00:27:06.950><c> witness</c><00:27:07.589><c> that</c><00:27:08.769><c> the</c><00:27:09.029><c> battle</c><00:27:09.490><c> is</c>

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the<00:27:10.069><c> Lord's.</c>

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Be<00:27:11.970><c> still</c><00:27:12.630><c> and</c><00:27:13.569><c> see</c><00:27:13.849><c> the</c><00:27:14.069><c> victory</c><00:27:14.630><c> of</c><00:27:14.990><c> the</c><00:27:15.150><c> Lord.</c>

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The<00:27:17.690><c> power</c><00:27:18.230><c> of</c><00:27:18.809><c> tried</c><00:27:19.170><c> faith</c><00:27:19.910><c> brethren</c><00:27:20.569><c> and</c><00:27:21.630><c> sisters.</c>

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That<00:27:23.210><c> is</c><00:27:23.670><c> what</c><00:27:24.170><c> daunts</c><00:27:24.710><c> and</c><00:27:25.190><c> terrifies</c><00:27:25.890><c> the</c><00:27:26.170><c> world</c><00:27:26.609><c> more</c><00:27:27.109><c> than</c><00:27:27.269><c> anything.</c>

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A<00:27:29.470><c> man</c><00:27:29.890><c> that</c><00:27:30.130><c> is</c><00:27:30.369><c> not</c><00:27:30.529><c> afraid</c><00:27:31.210><c> to</c><00:27:31.609><c> die.</c>

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The<00:27:34.089><c> world</c><00:27:34.529><c> can't</c><00:27:35.150><c> handle</c><00:27:35.630><c> such</c><00:27:35.910><c> a</c><00:27:36.089><c> man.</c>

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Pilate<00:27:39.029><c> didn't</c><00:27:39.289><c> know</c><00:27:39.670><c> what</c><00:27:40.049><c> to</c><00:27:40.430><c> do</c><00:27:40.670><c> with</c><00:27:40.829><c> him.</c>

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The<00:27:42.869><c> Jews</c><00:27:43.170><c> found</c><00:27:43.509><c> a</c><00:27:43.789><c> problem</c><00:27:44.190><c> that</c><00:27:44.390><c> they</c><00:27:44.730><c> called</c><00:27:45.049><c> upon</c><00:27:45.329><c> themselves</c><00:27:45.990><c> his</c>

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blood<00:27:46.970><c> upon</c><00:27:47.470><c> their</c><00:27:47.789><c> own</c><00:27:48.049><c> children.</c>

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The<00:27:49.910><c> high</c><00:27:50.289><c> priest</c><00:27:50.549><c> who</c><00:27:50.789><c> should</c><00:27:51.069><c> rather</c><00:27:51.269><c> have</c><00:27:51.470><c> given</c><00:27:51.630><c> his</c><00:27:51.930><c> life</c>

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for<00:27:52.369><c> the</c><00:27:52.569><c> people</c><00:27:53.210><c> was</c><00:27:53.789><c> so</c><00:27:54.150><c> enmeshed</c><00:27:54.690><c> in</c><00:27:54.930><c> his</c><00:27:55.369><c> political</c><00:27:55.990><c> hatred</c><00:27:56.569><c> of</c><00:27:56.829><c> the</c><00:27:56.970><c> Son</c><00:27:57.150><c> of</c><00:27:57.369><c> God.</c>

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They<00:27:58.430><c> were</c><00:27:58.789><c> mesmerized</c><00:27:59.609><c> to</c><00:27:59.829><c> see</c><00:27:59.990><c> a</c><00:28:00.250><c> man</c><00:28:00.690><c> who</c><00:28:01.049><c> was</c><00:28:01.210><c> not</c><00:28:01.390><c> afraid</c>

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to<00:28:02.069><c> die.</c>

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And<00:28:06.049><c> all</c><00:28:06.490><c> Israel</c><00:28:07.049><c> are</c><00:28:07.430><c> called</c><00:28:07.829><c> to</c><00:28:08.410><c> disobedience.</c>

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But<00:28:11.309><c> in</c><00:28:11.950><c> chapter</c><00:28:12.190><c> 6</c><00:28:12.690><c> and</c><00:28:12.869><c> verse</c><00:28:13.109><c> 16.</c>

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Came<00:28:30.289><c> to</c><00:28:30.930><c> pass</c><00:28:31.130><c> at</c><00:28:31.329><c> the</c><00:28:31.650><c> seventh</c><00:28:31.950><c> time</c><00:28:32.869><c> on</c><00:28:33.130><c> the</c><00:28:33.450><c> seventh</c><00:28:33.730><c> day.</c>

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With<00:28:35.309><c> the</c><00:28:35.630><c> seven</c><00:28:35.930><c> priests</c><00:28:36.450><c> and</c><00:28:36.690><c> their</c><00:28:36.990><c> seven</c><00:28:37.289><c> trumpets.</c>

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When<00:28:38.950><c> the</c><00:28:39.309><c> priests</c><00:28:39.690><c> blew</c><00:28:40.190><c> with</c><00:28:40.430><c> the</c><00:28:40.650><c> trumpets.</c>

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Joshua<00:28:42.289><c> said</c><00:28:42.589><c> unto</c><00:28:42.829><c> the</c><00:28:43.069><c> people.</c>

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Shout<00:28:45.970><c> for</c><00:28:46.769><c> the</c><00:28:46.990><c> Lord</c><00:28:47.450><c> has</c><00:28:47.849><c> given</c><00:28:48.190><c> you</c><00:28:48.529><c> the</c><00:28:48.750><c> city.</c>

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The<00:28:51.250><c> time</c><00:28:51.369><c> of</c><00:28:51.710><c> silence</c><00:28:52.089><c> is</c><00:28:52.470><c> over.</c>

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Now<00:28:54.329><c> you</c><00:28:54.589><c> will</c><00:28:55.009><c> shout.</c>

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And<00:28:58.750><c> how</c><00:28:58.890><c> they</c><00:28:59.109><c> shouted.</c>

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And<00:29:01.009><c> the</c><00:29:01.190><c> victory</c><00:29:01.809><c> was</c><00:29:02.430><c> seen.</c>

00:29:02.849 --> 00:29:07.690
Will<00:29:03.390><c> you</c><00:29:03.569><c> turn</c><00:29:03.769><c> with</c><00:29:03.970><c> me</c><00:29:04.269><c> please</c><00:29:04.589><c> to</c><00:29:04.869><c> Acts</c><00:29:05.170><c> chapter</c><00:29:05.529><c> 4</c><00:29:06.029><c> again.</c>

00:29:10.569 --> 00:29:13.650
Do<00:29:10.630><c> we</c><00:29:10.849><c> realize</c><00:29:11.309><c> that</c><00:29:11.529><c> when</c><00:29:11.769><c> these</c><00:29:12.069><c> apostles</c><00:29:12.710><c> liberated</c><00:29:13.369><c> from</c>

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their<00:29:13.849><c> prison.</c>

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Liberated<00:29:15.529><c> from</c><00:29:15.809><c> this</c><00:29:16.230><c> council</c><00:29:16.750><c> of</c><00:29:16.950><c> the</c><00:29:17.190><c> priests.</c>

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The<00:29:19.170><c> walls</c><00:29:19.750><c> of</c><00:29:20.170><c> the</c><00:29:20.369><c> law</c><00:29:20.529><c> of</c><00:29:20.750><c> the</c><00:29:20.930><c> temple.</c>

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Were<00:29:23.009><c> doomed.</c>

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And<00:29:25.009><c> so</c><00:29:25.230><c> it</c><00:29:25.490><c> was</c><00:29:26.069><c> verse</c><00:29:26.509><c> 23.</c>

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Being<00:29:28.390><c> let</c><00:29:28.670><c> go</c><00:29:28.890><c> they</c><00:29:29.089><c> went</c><00:29:29.450><c> to</c><00:29:29.789><c> their</c><00:29:30.049><c> own</c><00:29:30.509><c> company.</c>

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And<00:29:31.930><c> reported</c><00:29:32.410><c> all</c><00:29:32.769><c> that</c><00:29:32.970><c> the</c><00:29:33.150><c> chief</c><00:29:33.369><c> priests</c><00:29:33.630><c> and</c><00:29:33.849><c> elders</c>

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had<00:29:34.309><c> said</c><00:29:34.450><c> unto</c><00:29:34.690><c> them.</c>

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When<00:29:35.930><c> they</c><00:29:36.230><c> heard</c><00:29:36.549><c> that</c><00:29:36.890><c> they</c><00:29:37.230><c> lifted</c><00:29:37.569><c> up</c><00:29:37.789><c> their</c><00:29:38.029><c> voice</c><00:29:38.269><c> to</c>

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God<00:29:38.789><c> with</c><00:29:39.369><c> one</c><00:29:40.369><c> accord.</c>

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Here<00:29:42.849><c> is</c><00:29:43.069><c> the</c><00:29:43.369><c> shouting</c><00:29:43.750><c> with</c><00:29:44.170><c> one</c><00:29:44.490><c> accord.</c>

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And<00:29:46.009><c> they</c><00:29:46.289><c> said</c><00:29:46.490><c> Lord</c><00:29:47.170><c> thou</c><00:29:47.490><c> art</c><00:29:47.809><c> God</c><00:29:48.170><c> which</c><00:29:48.369><c> has</c><00:29:48.589><c> made</c><00:29:48.809><c> heaven</c>

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and<00:29:49.450><c> earth.</c>

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And<00:29:50.190><c> the</c><00:29:50.450><c> sea</c><00:29:50.630><c> and</c><00:29:50.869><c> all</c><00:29:51.230><c> that</c><00:29:51.390><c> in</c><00:29:51.509><c> them</c><00:29:51.670><c> is.</c>

00:29:52.369 --> 00:29:55.809
Who<00:29:52.589><c> by</c><00:29:52.930><c> the</c><00:29:53.130><c> mouth</c><00:29:53.349><c> of</c><00:29:53.569><c> thy</c><00:29:54.029><c> servant</c><00:29:54.529><c> David</c><00:29:55.029><c> has</c><00:29:55.349><c> said.</c>

00:29:56.289 --> 00:29:59.730
Why<00:29:56.710><c> did</c><00:29:56.970><c> the</c><00:29:57.250><c> heathen</c><00:29:57.670><c> rage</c><00:29:57.910><c> and</c><00:29:58.089><c> the</c><00:29:58.309><c> people</c><00:29:58.509><c> imagine</c><00:29:59.029><c> vain</c><00:29:59.309><c> things.</c>

00:29:59.730 --> 00:30:02.430
The<00:30:00.089><c> kings</c><00:30:00.470><c> of</c><00:30:00.670><c> the</c><00:30:00.849><c> earth</c><00:30:00.990><c> stood</c><00:30:01.269><c> up</c><00:30:01.509><c> and</c><00:30:01.630><c> the</c><00:30:01.829><c> rulers</c><00:30:02.130><c> were</c>

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gathered<00:30:02.710><c> together</c><00:30:03.170><c> against</c><00:30:03.509><c> the</c><00:30:03.769><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:30:04.369><c> against</c><00:30:04.430><c> his</c><00:30:04.769><c> anointed.</c>

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For<00:30:05.950><c> of</c><00:30:06.150><c> a</c><00:30:06.430><c> truth</c><00:30:06.670><c> against</c><00:30:07.089><c> thy</c><00:30:07.430><c> holy</c><00:30:07.869><c> servant</c><00:30:08.190><c> Jesus</c><00:30:08.670><c> whom</c>

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thou<00:30:09.130><c> didst</c><00:30:09.470><c> anoint.</c>

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Both<00:30:10.369><c> Herod</c><00:30:10.690><c> and</c><00:30:10.910><c> Pontius</c><00:30:11.369><c> Pilate</c><00:30:11.730><c> with</c><00:30:11.930><c> the</c><00:30:12.109><c> Gentiles</c><00:30:12.509><c> and</c>

00:30:12.730 --> 00:30:13.589
the<00:30:12.869><c> people</c><00:30:13.069><c> of</c><00:30:13.210><c> Israel.</c>

00:30:13.789 --> 00:30:17.549
Were<00:30:14.150><c> gathered</c><00:30:14.589><c> together</c><00:30:15.250><c> to</c><00:30:15.829><c> do</c><00:30:16.130><c> whatsoever</c><00:30:16.630><c> thy</c><00:30:17.029><c> hand</c><00:30:17.410><c> and</c>

00:30:17.549 --> 00:30:19.529
thy<00:30:17.809><c> council</c><00:30:18.269><c> for</c><00:30:18.589><c> ordain</c><00:30:19.009><c> to</c><00:30:19.289><c> come.</c>

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And<00:30:20.230><c> now</c><00:30:20.630><c> Lord.</c>

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Behold<00:30:23.069><c> their</c><00:30:23.490><c> threatenings</c><00:30:24.029><c> and</c><00:30:24.269><c> grant</c><00:30:24.549><c> thy</c><00:30:24.890><c> servants</c><00:30:25.210><c> to</c>

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speak<00:30:25.809><c> thy</c><00:30:26.109><c> word</c><00:30:26.329><c> with</c><00:30:26.569><c> all</c><00:30:26.930><c> boldness.</c>

00:30:27.609 --> 00:30:32.769
The<00:30:28.190><c> word</c><00:30:28.589><c> of</c><00:30:28.829><c> the</c><00:30:29.029><c> Lord</c><00:30:29.269><c> now</c><00:30:29.829><c> shouted</c><00:30:30.210><c> was</c><00:30:30.609><c> already</c><00:30:31.309><c> victorious.</c>

00:30:32.869 --> 00:30:36.450
The<00:30:33.049><c> walls</c><00:30:33.390><c> of</c><00:30:33.609><c> the</c><00:30:33.789><c> temple</c><00:30:34.089><c> in</c><00:30:34.349><c> which</c><00:30:34.670><c> all</c><00:30:35.029><c> the</c><00:30:35.329><c> priests</c><00:30:35.609><c> had</c><00:30:35.970><c> trusted.</c>

00:30:36.890 --> 00:30:39.990
Were<00:30:37.049><c> about</c><00:30:37.410><c> to</c><00:30:37.690><c> be</c><00:30:38.049><c> routed</c><00:30:38.549><c> and</c><00:30:38.869><c> collapsed.</c>

00:30:40.130 --> 00:30:43.309
The<00:30:40.349><c> place</c><00:30:40.809><c> that</c><00:30:41.049><c> was</c><00:30:41.329><c> holy</c><00:30:41.690><c> and</c><00:30:42.069><c> devoted</c><00:30:42.430><c> to</c><00:30:42.690><c> the</c><00:30:42.890><c> Lord.</c>

00:30:43.690 --> 00:30:46.930
Was<00:30:43.829><c> to</c><00:30:44.069><c> become</c><00:30:44.529><c> an</c><00:30:45.069><c> heap</c><00:30:45.549><c> spiritually.</c>

00:30:48.269 --> 00:30:51.029
And<00:30:48.410><c> the</c><00:30:48.609><c> church</c><00:30:48.910><c> of</c><00:30:49.130><c> our</c><00:30:49.329><c> Lord</c><00:30:49.650><c> was</c><00:30:49.849><c> to</c><00:30:50.130><c> take</c><00:30:50.369><c> the</c><00:30:50.650><c> possession.</c>

00:30:51.369 --> 00:30:53.589
Not<00:30:51.670><c> to</c><00:30:51.990><c> take</c><00:30:52.269><c> ought</c><00:30:52.630><c> from</c><00:30:52.910><c> the</c><00:30:53.130><c> city.</c>

00:30:53.589 --> 00:30:58.089
Not<00:30:54.690><c> to</c><00:30:55.089><c> steal</c><00:30:55.369><c> ought</c><00:30:55.890><c> from</c><00:30:56.170><c> the</c><00:30:56.430><c> word</c><00:30:56.650><c> of</c><00:30:56.849><c> the</c><00:30:57.049><c> law.</c>

00:30:58.589 --> 00:31:02.970
For<00:30:58.730><c> all</c><00:30:59.210><c> was</c><00:30:59.529><c> devoted</c><00:31:00.289><c> unto</c><00:31:01.130><c> the</c><00:31:01.369><c> Lord</c><00:31:01.670><c> our</c><00:31:02.029><c> God.</c>

00:31:03.569 --> 00:31:07.329
And<00:31:03.789><c> so</c><00:31:03.990><c> the</c><00:31:04.210><c> great</c><00:31:04.470><c> victory</c><00:31:05.089><c> is</c><00:31:05.710><c> seen</c><00:31:06.029><c> in</c><00:31:06.390><c> Joshua.</c>

00:31:07.849 --> 00:31:10.930
As<00:31:08.109><c> it</c><00:31:08.390><c> is</c><00:31:08.730><c> emerging</c><00:31:09.309><c> in</c><00:31:09.750><c> the</c><00:31:09.990><c> acts</c><00:31:10.190><c> of</c><00:31:10.430><c> the</c><00:31:10.589><c> apostles.</c>

00:31:11.250 --> 00:31:15.849
This<00:31:11.549><c> great</c><00:31:12.130><c> triumph</c><00:31:12.650><c> brothers</c><00:31:12.950><c> and</c><00:31:13.170><c> sisters</c><00:31:13.390><c> should</c><00:31:13.710><c> not</c><00:31:14.009><c> be</c><00:31:14.289><c> underestimated.</c>

00:31:16.410 --> 00:31:20.789
That<00:31:16.549><c> the</c><00:31:16.849><c> priest</c><00:31:17.130><c> who</c><00:31:17.450><c> had</c><00:31:17.829><c> the</c><00:31:18.490><c> heart</c><00:31:18.849><c> of</c><00:31:19.089><c> the</c><00:31:19.269><c> people</c><00:31:19.750><c> entirely</c><00:31:20.529><c> in</c>

00:31:20.789 --> 00:31:22.170
their<00:31:21.069><c> grasp.</c>

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That<00:31:23.289><c> grasp</c><00:31:23.750><c> was</c><00:31:24.210><c> broken</c><00:31:24.809><c> from</c><00:31:25.609><c> the</c><00:31:25.789><c> day</c><00:31:26.130><c> of</c><00:31:26.410><c> Acts</c><00:31:26.710><c> chapter</c><00:31:27.130><c> 4.</c>

00:31:28.849 --> 00:31:32.109
And<00:31:29.009><c> the</c><00:31:29.250><c> law</c><00:31:29.569><c> was</c><00:31:30.089><c> already</c><00:31:30.849><c> a</c><00:31:31.089><c> cripple.</c>

00:31:32.250 --> 00:31:34.089
We<00:31:32.490><c> turn</c><00:31:32.710><c> to</c><00:31:32.930><c> Joshua</c><00:31:33.289><c> chapter</c><00:31:33.630><c> 7.</c>

00:31:34.329 --> 00:31:36.269
Our<00:31:34.430><c> time</c><00:31:34.690><c> is</c><00:31:34.910><c> passing</c><00:31:35.269><c> quickly.</c>

00:31:37.549 --> 00:31:41.970
We<00:31:37.829><c> must</c><00:31:38.069><c> be</c><00:31:39.329><c> careful</c><00:31:39.789><c> and</c><00:31:40.190><c> sketchy</c><00:31:40.589><c> in</c><00:31:40.730><c> our</c><00:31:40.950><c> thinking.</c>

00:31:42.890 --> 00:31:46.069
Chapter<00:31:43.650><c> 7</c><00:31:44.410><c> verse</c><00:31:44.930><c> 1.</c>

00:31:46.349 --> 00:31:49.109
The<00:31:46.430><c> children</c><00:31:46.890><c> of</c><00:31:47.069><c> Israel</c><00:31:47.470><c> committed</c><00:31:47.869><c> a</c><00:31:48.150><c> trespass</c><00:31:48.630><c> in</c><00:31:48.849><c> the</c>

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devoted<00:31:49.430><c> thing.</c>

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For<00:31:50.390><c> Achan</c><00:31:50.869><c> the</c><00:31:51.009><c> son</c><00:31:51.250><c> of</c><00:31:51.490><c> Kami</c><00:31:51.730><c> the</c><00:31:51.869><c> son</c><00:31:52.130><c> of</c><00:31:52.329><c> Zabdi</c><00:31:52.630><c> the</c><00:31:52.769><c> son</c><00:31:53.009><c> of</c>

00:31:53.210 --> 00:31:57.349
Zerah<00:31:53.470><c> of</c><00:31:53.609><c> the</c><00:31:53.769><c> tribe</c><00:31:53.990><c> of</c><00:31:54.230><c> Judah</c><00:31:54.529><c> took</c><00:31:55.289><c> of</c><00:31:55.650><c> the</c><00:31:55.930><c> devoted</c><00:31:56.289><c> thing.</c>

00:31:57.369 --> 00:32:00.430
Very<00:31:57.650><c> interesting</c><00:31:58.230><c> isn't</c><00:31:58.529><c> it</c><00:31:58.869><c> to</c><00:31:59.109><c> look</c><00:31:59.289><c> at</c><00:31:59.470><c> the</c><00:31:59.869><c> last</c><00:32:00.210><c> verse</c>

00:32:00.430 --> 00:32:02.369
of<00:32:00.609><c> the</c><00:32:00.789><c> previous</c><00:32:01.130><c> chapter.</c>

00:32:03.089 --> 00:32:06.269
So<00:32:03.230><c> the</c><00:32:03.529><c> Lord</c><00:32:03.990><c> was</c><00:32:04.470><c> with</c><00:32:05.170><c> Joshua.</c>

00:32:06.589 --> 00:32:10.789
And<00:32:06.750><c> his</c><00:32:07.069><c> fame</c><00:32:07.369><c> was</c><00:32:07.809><c> noised</c><00:32:08.250><c> throughout</c><00:32:08.829><c> all</c><00:32:09.490><c> the</c><00:32:09.710><c> country.</c>

00:32:10.890 --> 00:32:15.930
The<00:32:11.109><c> result</c><00:32:11.430><c> of</c><00:32:11.630><c> this</c><00:32:11.829><c> great</c><00:32:12.130><c> victory</c><00:32:12.829><c> enhanced</c><00:32:13.950><c> the</c><00:32:14.309><c> reputation</c><00:32:14.950><c> of</c><00:32:15.470><c> Joshua.</c>

00:32:15.930 --> 00:32:21.250
In<00:32:17.190><c> the</c><00:32:17.470><c> same</c><00:32:17.730><c> way</c><00:32:18.190><c> as</c><00:32:18.470><c> the</c><00:32:18.769><c> saving</c><00:32:19.069><c> of</c><00:32:19.369><c> that</c><00:32:19.750><c> cripple</c><00:32:20.390><c> that</c><00:32:20.569><c> had</c><00:32:20.829><c> been</c><00:32:21.009><c> at</c>

00:32:21.250 --> 00:32:25.930
the<00:32:21.470><c> temple</c><00:32:21.750><c> gate</c><00:32:22.150><c> beautiful</c><00:32:22.829><c> for</c><00:32:23.609><c> 40</c><00:32:24.130><c> years.</c>

00:32:26.390 --> 00:32:30.109
Glorified<00:32:27.109><c> the</c><00:32:27.349><c> name</c><00:32:27.670><c> of</c><00:32:28.029><c> Jesus</c><00:32:28.609><c> of</c><00:32:29.009><c> Nazareth.</c>

00:32:30.410 --> 00:32:35.130
Whom<00:32:30.529><c> you</c><00:32:30.849><c> slew</c><00:32:31.690><c> but</c><00:32:32.230><c> God</c><00:32:32.769><c> hath</c><00:32:33.130><c> raised</c><00:32:33.609><c> from</c><00:32:33.890><c> the</c><00:32:34.069><c> dead.</c>

00:32:36.890 --> 00:32:39.430
The<00:32:37.150><c> Lord</c><00:32:37.549><c> was</c><00:32:37.890><c> with</c><00:32:38.309><c> Joshua.</c>

00:32:40.049 --> 00:32:41.890
But<00:32:40.190><c> you</c><00:32:40.329><c> notice</c><00:32:40.650><c> in</c><00:32:40.849><c> chapter</c><00:32:41.150><c> 7.</c>

00:32:41.890 --> 00:32:46.289
The<00:32:42.549><c> Lord</c><00:32:42.990><c> was</c><00:32:43.549><c> not</c><00:32:44.210><c> with</c><00:32:45.029><c> Israel.</c>

00:32:46.329 --> 00:32:49.369
Now<00:32:47.130><c> there's</c><00:32:47.529><c> a</c><00:32:47.670><c> very</c><00:32:48.049><c> interesting</c><00:32:48.650><c> situation.</c>

00:32:49.730 --> 00:32:54.789
How<00:32:49.970><c> could</c><00:32:50.230><c> the</c><00:32:50.450><c> Lord</c><00:32:50.690><c> now</c><00:32:51.089><c> be</c><00:32:51.430><c> with</c><00:32:51.750><c> Joshua</c><00:32:52.329><c> and</c><00:32:52.990><c> not</c><00:32:53.230><c> be</c><00:32:53.450><c> with</c><00:32:53.650><c> Israel?</c>

00:32:55.349 --> 00:32:58.990
And<00:32:55.650><c> we</c><00:32:55.809><c> notice</c><00:32:56.109><c> we're</c><00:32:56.490><c> entering</c><00:32:56.829><c> into</c><00:32:57.509><c> a</c><00:32:57.809><c> great</c><00:32:58.029><c> dilemma.</c>

00:32:59.309 --> 00:33:05.829
Well<00:32:59.630><c> this</c><00:32:59.910><c> dilemma</c><00:33:00.390><c> is</c><00:33:00.869><c> prefigured</c><00:33:01.750><c> as</c><00:33:02.109><c> we</c><00:33:02.630><c> intimated</c><00:33:03.210><c> yesterday</c><00:33:03.670><c> in</c><00:33:04.069><c> Acts</c><00:33:04.349><c> chapter</c><00:33:04.690><c> 5.</c>

00:33:05.829 --> 00:33:12.470
That<00:33:06.390><c> when</c><00:33:07.730><c> this</c><00:33:08.029><c> great</c><00:33:08.329><c> church</c><00:33:09.410><c> came</c><00:33:11.109><c> together.</c>

00:33:13.690 --> 00:33:15.470
And<00:33:13.690><c> were</c><00:33:13.809><c> of</c><00:33:14.009><c> one</c><00:33:14.250><c> heart</c><00:33:14.569><c> and</c><00:33:14.769><c> of</c><00:33:14.950><c> one</c><00:33:15.170><c> soul.</c>

00:33:15.549 --> 00:33:17.970
Neither<00:33:15.789><c> said</c><00:33:15.970><c> any</c><00:33:16.309><c> of</c><00:33:16.430><c> them</c><00:33:16.569><c> that</c><00:33:16.809><c> ought</c><00:33:17.029><c> of</c><00:33:17.170><c> the</c><00:33:17.369><c> things</c><00:33:17.569><c> which</c><00:33:17.750><c> he</c>

00:33:17.970 --> 00:33:18.869
possessed<00:33:18.289><c> was</c><00:33:18.490><c> his</c><00:33:18.730><c> own.</c>

00:33:18.910 --> 00:33:21.250
But<00:33:19.029><c> they</c><00:33:19.609><c> had</c><00:33:19.890><c> all</c><00:33:20.349><c> things</c><00:33:20.690><c> common.</c>

00:33:21.670 --> 00:33:25.170
And<00:33:21.849><c> with</c><00:33:22.130><c> great</c><00:33:22.509><c> power</c><00:33:22.990><c> gave</c><00:33:23.269><c> the</c><00:33:23.509><c> apostles</c><00:33:23.849><c> witness</c><00:33:24.390><c> to</c><00:33:24.869><c> the</c>

00:33:25.170 --> 00:33:26.710
resurrection<00:33:25.650><c> of</c><00:33:25.869><c> the</c><00:33:26.009><c> Lord</c><00:33:26.190><c> Jesus.</c>

00:33:27.029 --> 00:33:29.750
We<00:33:27.269><c> notice</c><00:33:27.609><c> in</c><00:33:27.829><c> chapter</c><00:33:28.150><c> 5</c><00:33:28.569><c> and</c><00:33:28.769><c> verse</c><00:33:28.970><c> 1.</c>

00:33:29.750 --> 00:33:36.589
But<00:33:30.670><c> a</c><00:33:31.690><c> certain</c><00:33:32.089><c> man</c><00:33:32.470><c> named</c><00:33:32.869><c> Ananias</c><00:33:34.069><c> with</c><00:33:34.730><c> Sapphira</c><00:33:35.490><c> his</c><00:33:35.769><c> wife.</c>

00:33:36.589 --> 00:33:43.269
Sold<00:33:37.289><c> a</c><00:33:37.509><c> possession</c><00:33:38.009><c> and</c><00:33:39.089><c> kept</c><00:33:39.470><c> back</c><00:33:40.150><c> part</c><00:33:41.210><c> of</c><00:33:41.369><c> the</c><00:33:41.589><c> price.</c>

00:33:43.609 --> 00:33:47.990
Achan<00:33:44.029><c> stole</c><00:33:44.630><c> and</c><00:33:45.130><c> took</c><00:33:45.670><c> the</c><00:33:46.329><c> devoted</c><00:33:46.730><c> thing.</c>

00:33:48.250 --> 00:33:54.329
Ananias<00:33:48.910><c> and</c><00:33:49.069><c> Sapphira</c><00:33:50.470><c> withheld</c><00:33:51.710><c> the</c><00:33:52.670><c> devoted</c><00:33:53.109><c> thing.</c>

00:33:55.269 --> 00:33:57.190
Here<00:33:55.490><c> is</c><00:33:55.690><c> the</c><00:33:55.849><c> perfect</c><00:33:56.210><c> parallel.</c>

00:33:57.750 --> 00:34:00.730
The<00:33:58.329><c> Lord</c><00:33:58.789><c> was</c><00:33:59.069><c> with</c><00:33:59.309><c> his</c><00:33:59.690><c> faithful.</c>

00:34:01.369 --> 00:34:05.049
But<00:34:01.529><c> the</c><00:34:01.690><c> Lord</c><00:34:01.990><c> was</c><00:34:02.289><c> not</c><00:34:02.529><c> with</c><00:34:02.769><c> Ananias</c><00:34:03.549><c> and</c><00:34:03.829><c> Sapphira.</c>

00:34:07.250 --> 00:34:09.809
The<00:34:07.430><c> explanation</c><00:34:08.070><c> for</c><00:34:08.309><c> this</c><00:34:08.550><c> is</c><00:34:08.869><c> clear.</c>

00:34:09.849 --> 00:34:12.570
In<00:34:10.010><c> the</c><00:34:10.150><c> book</c><00:34:10.329><c> of</c><00:34:10.610><c> Joshua</c><00:34:10.909><c> we</c><00:34:11.170><c> are</c><00:34:11.389><c> seeing</c><00:34:11.550><c> the</c><00:34:11.809><c> destiny</c><00:34:12.329><c> of</c>

00:34:12.570 --> 00:34:14.170
God's<00:34:13.030><c> people.</c>

00:34:14.929 --> 00:34:17.309
Through<00:34:15.010><c> the</c><00:34:15.190><c> life</c><00:34:15.409><c> of</c><00:34:15.650><c> one</c><00:34:15.829><c> man.</c>

00:34:18.469 --> 00:34:22.869
So<00:34:18.829><c> in</c><00:34:19.190><c> the</c><00:34:19.409><c> Acts</c><00:34:19.590><c> of</c><00:34:19.809><c> the</c><00:34:19.989><c> apostles</c><00:34:20.409><c> one</c><00:34:20.869><c> man</c><00:34:21.530><c> is</c><00:34:22.489><c> controlling</c>

00:34:22.869 --> 00:34:24.489
the<00:34:23.150><c> destiny</c><00:34:23.610><c> of</c><00:34:23.829><c> this</c><00:34:24.010><c> church.</c>

00:34:24.489 --> 00:34:29.909
But<00:34:25.610><c> individuals</c><00:34:26.610><c> also</c><00:34:27.750><c> have</c><00:34:28.190><c> a</c><00:34:28.469><c> devastating</c><00:34:29.050><c> effect</c><00:34:29.550><c> on</c><00:34:29.750><c> the</c>

00:34:29.909 --> 00:34:30.969
Lord's<00:34:30.309><c> church.</c>

00:34:31.429 --> 00:34:33.070
Do<00:34:31.530><c> we</c><00:34:31.670><c> not</c><00:34:31.889><c> learn</c><00:34:32.050><c> this?</c>

00:34:33.389 --> 00:34:35.369
Do<00:34:33.550><c> we</c><00:34:33.769><c> not</c><00:34:33.949><c> learn</c><00:34:34.110><c> it</c><00:34:34.289><c> in</c><00:34:34.489><c> life?</c>

00:34:35.969 --> 00:34:39.130
Then<00:34:36.190><c> let</c><00:34:36.409><c> us</c><00:34:36.570><c> see</c><00:34:36.849><c> how</c><00:34:37.369><c> both</c><00:34:37.650><c> in</c><00:34:37.889><c> the</c><00:34:38.090><c> Acts</c><00:34:38.269><c> of</c><00:34:38.469><c> the</c><00:34:38.650><c> apostles</c>

00:34:39.130 --> 00:34:41.889
and<00:34:40.590><c> in</c><00:34:40.869><c> Joshua.</c>

00:34:42.070 --> 00:34:48.110
We<00:34:42.510><c> handle</c><00:34:43.210><c> the</c><00:34:43.710><c> situations</c><00:34:44.429><c> of</c><00:34:45.090><c> ecclesial</c><00:34:45.750><c> problem</c><00:34:46.269><c> and</c><00:34:46.929><c> difficulty.</c>

00:34:50.510 --> 00:34:55.110
Well<00:34:50.989><c> we</c><00:34:51.469><c> look</c><00:34:51.949><c> at</c><00:34:52.170><c> chapter</c><00:34:52.429><c> 7</c><00:34:52.809><c> and</c><00:34:53.070><c> verse</c><00:34:54.150><c> 3.</c>

00:34:58.469 --> 00:35:00.849
All<00:34:58.469><c> the</c><00:34:58.710><c> battle</c><00:34:58.949><c> of</c><00:34:59.190><c> Jericho</c><00:34:59.630><c> hadn't</c><00:34:59.929><c> really</c><00:35:00.269><c> needed</c><00:35:00.570><c> the</c>

00:35:00.849 --> 00:35:02.909
spies<00:35:01.090><c> after</c><00:35:01.449><c> all</c><00:35:01.650><c> had</c><00:35:01.869><c> it.</c>

00:35:03.170 --> 00:35:06.250
They<00:35:03.349><c> had</c><00:35:03.429><c> sent</c><00:35:03.570><c> two</c><00:35:03.849><c> spies</c><00:35:04.150><c> but</c><00:35:04.349><c> the</c><00:35:04.550><c> battle</c><00:35:04.750><c> was</c><00:35:04.969><c> the</c><00:35:05.150><c> Lord's.</c>

00:35:06.650 --> 00:35:09.710
It<00:35:06.869><c> could</c><00:35:07.150><c> have</c><00:35:07.389><c> been</c><00:35:07.630><c> brothers</c><00:35:07.869><c> and</c><00:35:08.110><c> sisters</c><00:35:08.329><c> that</c><00:35:08.510><c> they</c><00:35:08.670><c> would</c><00:35:08.750><c> have</c><00:35:08.789><c> said</c><00:35:08.949><c> well</c><00:35:09.510><c> if</c>

00:35:09.710 --> 00:35:12.289
the<00:35:09.849><c> battle</c><00:35:10.070><c> is</c><00:35:10.210><c> the</c><00:35:10.329><c> Lord's</c><00:35:10.550><c> we</c><00:35:10.670><c> don't</c><00:35:10.909><c> need</c><00:35:11.090><c> to</c><00:35:11.289><c> send</c><00:35:11.550><c> spies.</c>

00:35:13.309 --> 00:35:15.329
But<00:35:13.570><c> you</c><00:35:13.869><c> note</c><00:35:14.150><c> that</c><00:35:14.349><c> they</c><00:35:14.590><c> did.</c>

00:35:16.789 --> 00:35:19.570
They<00:35:17.469><c> did</c><00:35:17.909><c> send</c><00:35:18.250><c> spies.</c>

00:35:20.530 --> 00:35:21.170
Verse<00:35:20.530><c> 2.</c>

00:35:21.349 --> 00:35:24.130
Joshua<00:35:21.610><c> sent</c><00:35:21.949><c> men</c><00:35:22.530><c> from</c><00:35:23.050><c> Jericho</c><00:35:23.550><c> to</c><00:35:23.869><c> Ai.</c>

00:35:24.190 --> 00:35:24.829
Verse<00:35:24.449><c> 3.</c>

00:35:24.989 --> 00:35:26.949
They<00:35:24.989><c> returned</c><00:35:25.429><c> to</c><00:35:25.690><c> Joshua</c><00:35:25.949><c> and</c><00:35:26.090><c> said</c><00:35:26.250><c> unto</c><00:35:26.489><c> him.</c>

00:35:27.150 --> 00:35:32.050
Let<00:35:27.269><c> not</c><00:35:27.530><c> all</c><00:35:28.110><c> the</c><00:35:28.329><c> people</c><00:35:28.510><c> go</c><00:35:28.809><c> up</c><00:35:29.030><c> but</c><00:35:29.329><c> let</c><00:35:29.590><c> about</c><00:35:30.190><c> two</c><00:35:30.590><c> or</c><00:35:30.889><c> three</c><00:35:31.190><c> thousand</c><00:35:31.590><c> men</c>

00:35:32.050 --> 00:35:34.469
go<00:35:32.289><c> up</c><00:35:32.730><c> and</c><00:35:33.030><c> smite</c><00:35:33.389><c> Ai.</c>

00:35:35.690 --> 00:35:40.190
To<00:35:36.070><c> which</c><00:35:36.670><c> a</c><00:35:37.969><c> faithful</c><00:35:38.349><c> man</c><00:35:38.690><c> would</c><00:35:38.869><c> have</c><00:35:39.030><c> said.</c>

00:35:41.530 --> 00:35:42.849
What<00:35:42.010><c> do</c><00:35:42.250><c> you</c><00:35:42.389><c> mean?</c>

00:35:42.849 --> 00:35:45.710
Do<00:35:44.010><c> you</c><00:35:44.170><c> mean</c><00:35:44.389><c> two</c><00:35:44.730><c> thousand?</c>

00:35:46.449 --> 00:35:48.210
Or<00:35:46.590><c> do</c><00:35:46.969><c> you</c><00:35:46.969><c> mean</c><00:35:46.969><c> three</c><00:35:47.170><c> thousand?</c>

00:35:49.230 --> 00:35:51.389
Come<00:35:49.429><c> on</c><00:35:49.530><c> you</c><00:35:49.730><c> sisters</c><00:35:50.050><c> would</c><00:35:50.309><c> know</c><00:35:50.409><c> if</c><00:35:50.530><c> you're</c><00:35:50.769><c> catering</c><00:35:51.110><c> for</c>

00:35:51.389 --> 00:35:54.070
three<00:35:51.630><c> thousand</c><00:35:51.929><c> people</c><00:35:52.429><c> it's</c><00:35:52.829><c> no</c><00:35:53.050><c> good</c><00:35:53.250><c> only</c><00:35:53.530><c> having</c><00:35:53.789><c> food</c>

00:35:54.070 --> 00:35:55.010
for<00:35:54.309><c> two</c><00:35:54.530><c> thousand.</c>

00:35:55.409 --> 00:35:59.550
There's<00:35:55.650><c> a</c><00:35:55.869><c> whole</c><00:35:56.329><c> big</c><00:35:56.650><c> difference</c><00:35:57.030><c> between</c><00:35:57.409><c> two</c><00:35:57.809><c> and</c><00:35:58.010><c> three</c><00:35:58.349><c> thousand.</c>

00:36:00.929 --> 00:36:05.769
Observe<00:36:01.369><c> then</c><00:36:01.590><c> how</c><00:36:02.010><c> careless,</c><00:36:03.550><c> how</c><00:36:03.969><c> careless</c><00:36:04.650><c> the</c><00:36:05.269><c> people</c><00:36:05.550><c> of</c>

00:36:05.769 --> 00:36:07.329
God<00:36:05.929><c> have</c><00:36:06.250><c> become.</c>

00:36:08.289 --> 00:36:12.409
Observe<00:36:09.050><c> for</c><00:36:09.269><c> the</c><00:36:09.449><c> moment</c><00:36:09.750><c> the</c><00:36:10.190><c> figure</c><00:36:10.469><c> of</c><00:36:10.769><c> Christ</c><00:36:11.230><c> now</c><00:36:11.610><c> in</c><00:36:11.929><c> Joshua.</c>

00:36:12.849 --> 00:36:21.210
That<00:36:13.090><c> Joshua</c><00:36:13.429><c> also</c><00:36:14.110><c> is</c><00:36:14.590><c> tainted</c><00:36:15.070><c> by</c><00:36:15.469><c> this</c><00:36:17.449><c> judgment</c><00:36:18.130><c> of</c><00:36:18.750><c> carelessness</c><00:36:19.610><c> about</c>

00:36:21.210 --> 00:36:23.170
two<00:36:22.010><c> or</c><00:36:22.190><c> three</c><00:36:22.469><c> thousand</c><00:36:22.750><c> men.</c>

00:36:23.349 --> 00:36:26.929
I<00:36:23.570><c> know</c><00:36:23.789><c> you're</c><00:36:24.010><c> rounding</c><00:36:24.349><c> up</c><00:36:24.610><c> the</c><00:36:24.829><c> figures</c><00:36:25.050><c> but</c><00:36:25.349><c> there's</c>

00:36:26.929 --> 00:36:29.030
fifty<00:36:27.329><c> percent</c><00:36:27.750><c> difference.</c>

00:36:30.750 --> 00:36:32.650
Two<00:36:30.949><c> or</c><00:36:31.130><c> three</c><00:36:31.510><c> will</c><00:36:31.789><c> do</c><00:36:31.909><c> it.</c>

00:36:32.650 --> 00:36:36.530
And<00:36:33.610><c> in</c><00:36:33.769><c> verse</c><00:36:34.010><c> five</c><00:36:34.530><c> the</c><00:36:34.710><c> men</c><00:36:35.050><c> of</c><00:36:35.409><c> Ai.</c>

00:36:36.889 --> 00:36:40.570
Oh,<00:36:38.510><c> oh</c><00:36:38.969><c> see</c><00:36:39.230><c> what's</c><00:36:39.690><c> happened.</c>

00:36:40.730 --> 00:36:43.489
The<00:36:40.969><c> enemy</c><00:36:41.230><c> of</c><00:36:41.489><c> God</c><00:36:41.670><c> hasn't</c><00:36:42.030><c> gone</c><00:36:42.289><c> in</c><00:36:42.489><c> and</c><00:36:42.730><c> retreated</c><00:36:43.230><c> behind</c>

00:36:43.489 --> 00:36:44.269
his<00:36:43.789><c> walls.</c>

00:36:44.469 --> 00:36:46.429
He's<00:36:44.829><c> come</c><00:36:45.030><c> out</c><00:36:45.309><c> fighting.</c>

00:36:47.289 --> 00:36:51.469
Do<00:36:47.449><c> you</c><00:36:47.610><c> see</c><00:36:47.789><c> how</c><00:36:48.030><c> the</c><00:36:48.289><c> children</c><00:36:48.550><c> of</c><00:36:48.849><c> God</c><00:36:49.150><c> misjudged</c><00:36:50.150><c> the</c><00:36:50.429><c> world?</c>

00:36:53.809 --> 00:36:57.070
Aren't<00:36:54.190><c> even</c><00:36:54.510><c> the</c><00:36:54.789><c> children</c><00:36:55.050><c> of</c><00:36:55.349><c> darkness</c><00:36:55.809><c> warned</c><00:36:56.250><c> never</c>

00:36:57.070 --> 00:36:59.010
underestimate<00:36:58.030><c> your</c><00:36:58.429><c> enemy.</c>

00:36:59.010 --> 00:37:02.449
And<00:37:00.250><c> isn't</c><00:37:00.489><c> that</c><00:37:00.670><c> what</c><00:37:00.809><c> they</c><00:37:01.010><c> had</c><00:37:01.210><c> done</c><00:37:01.389><c> here?</c>

00:37:02.769 --> 00:37:06.150
Had<00:37:02.929><c> they</c><00:37:03.130><c> expected</c><00:37:03.550><c> the</c><00:37:03.750><c> men</c><00:37:03.889><c> of</c><00:37:04.030><c> Israel</c><00:37:04.389><c> to</c><00:37:04.750><c> cringe</c><00:37:05.429><c> and</c><00:37:05.889><c> to</c>

00:37:06.150 --> 00:37:07.929
hide<00:37:06.349><c> behind</c><00:37:06.710><c> their</c><00:37:06.949><c> walls?</c>

00:37:08.269 --> 00:37:11.449
They<00:37:08.469><c> thought</c><00:37:08.590><c> well</c><00:37:09.050><c> small</c><00:37:09.710><c> walls</c><00:37:10.269><c> two</c><00:37:10.889><c> or</c><00:37:11.030><c> three</c><00:37:11.190><c> thousand</c>

00:37:11.449 --> 00:37:13.210
can<00:37:11.670><c> knock</c><00:37:11.809><c> this</c><00:37:12.070><c> lot</c><00:37:12.170><c> over.</c>

00:37:14.070 --> 00:37:20.289
That's<00:37:14.769><c> the</c><00:37:15.030><c> mind</c><00:37:15.269><c> of</c><00:37:15.469><c> the</c><00:37:15.630><c> natural</c><00:37:16.010><c> man</c><00:37:16.570><c> carelessly</c><00:37:17.570><c> and</c><00:37:18.610><c> not</c><00:37:18.909><c> trustingly.</c>

00:37:20.750 --> 00:37:27.030
And<00:37:21.110><c> the</c><00:37:21.389><c> enemy</c><00:37:21.989><c> of</c><00:37:22.630><c> God's</c><00:37:23.090><c> people</c><00:37:24.130><c> suddenly</c><00:37:25.230><c> opened</c><00:37:25.989><c> the</c><00:37:26.269><c> gates</c><00:37:26.590><c> and</c>

00:37:27.030 --> 00:37:28.590
came<00:37:27.250><c> out</c><00:37:27.610><c> fighting.</c>

00:37:28.750 --> 00:37:32.269
The<00:37:29.269><c> enemies</c><00:37:29.789><c> of</c><00:37:30.010><c> the</c><00:37:30.210><c> Lord</c><00:37:30.409><c> don't</c><00:37:30.730><c> all</c><00:37:31.070><c> fight</c><00:37:31.389><c> in</c><00:37:31.590><c> the</c><00:37:31.750><c> same</c><00:37:31.969><c> way.</c>

00:37:32.309 --> 00:37:34.929
They<00:37:32.510><c> fight</c><00:37:32.829><c> in</c><00:37:33.130><c> different</c><00:37:33.429><c> ways</c><00:37:33.750><c> as</c><00:37:34.110><c> you</c><00:37:34.289><c> will</c><00:37:34.489><c> see</c><00:37:34.630><c> in</c><00:37:34.809><c> the</c>

00:37:34.929 --> 00:37:36.590
Acts<00:37:35.110><c> of</c><00:37:35.309><c> the</c><00:37:35.449><c> Apostles.</c>

00:37:37.510 --> 00:37:41.110
Just<00:37:37.610><c> because</c><00:37:38.090><c> Gamaliel</c><00:37:38.750><c> and</c><00:37:38.869><c> the</c><00:37:39.030><c> children</c><00:37:39.289><c> of</c><00:37:39.530><c> Israel</c><00:37:40.010><c> rested</c><00:37:40.849><c> in</c>

00:37:41.110 --> 00:37:45.449
the<00:37:41.329><c> walls</c><00:37:41.570><c> of</c><00:37:41.809><c> the</c><00:37:41.969><c> law</c><00:37:42.150><c> that</c><00:37:42.329><c> they</c><00:37:42.650><c> were</c><00:37:43.130><c> sacred</c><00:37:43.769><c> and</c><00:37:44.030><c> therefore</c><00:37:44.329><c> ever.</c>

00:37:45.650 --> 00:37:48.090
Don't<00:37:45.929><c> imagine</c><00:37:46.309><c> that</c><00:37:46.570><c> all</c><00:37:46.849><c> the</c><00:37:47.030><c> enemies</c><00:37:47.269><c> of</c><00:37:47.489><c> the</c><00:37:47.670><c> Lord</c><00:37:47.869><c> will</c>

00:37:48.090 --> 00:37:48.730
do<00:37:48.369><c> so.</c>

00:37:48.929 --> 00:37:51.130
Some<00:37:49.250><c> will</c><00:37:49.489><c> come</c><00:37:49.710><c> out</c><00:37:50.050><c> fighting.</c>

00:37:51.969 --> 00:37:55.130
And<00:37:52.530><c> we</c><00:37:52.829><c> read</c><00:37:53.110><c> the</c><00:37:53.389><c> sad</c><00:37:53.570><c> record</c><00:37:53.929><c> in</c><00:37:54.130><c> verse</c><00:37:54.349><c> five</c><00:37:54.630><c> and</c><00:37:54.809><c> the</c><00:37:54.909><c> men</c>

00:37:55.130 --> 00:38:00.710
of<00:37:55.349><c> Ai</c><00:37:55.670><c> smote</c><00:37:56.130><c> of</c><00:37:56.309><c> them</c><00:37:56.769><c> about</c><00:37:57.570><c> again</c><00:37:58.469><c> mark</c><00:37:58.829><c> the</c><00:37:59.349><c> heavy</c><00:37:59.849><c> irony</c>

00:38:00.710 --> 00:38:04.449
about<00:38:01.670><c> thirty</c><00:38:02.449><c> and</c><00:38:02.829><c> six</c><00:38:03.110><c> men.</c>

00:38:06.329 --> 00:38:08.190
I'm<00:38:06.889><c> not</c><00:38:06.989><c> going</c><00:38:07.110><c> to</c><00:38:07.289><c> argue</c><00:38:07.530><c> with</c><00:38:07.730><c> the</c><00:38:07.929><c> scripture.</c>

00:38:08.230 --> 00:38:11.730
If<00:38:08.409><c> it</c><00:38:08.610><c> had</c><00:38:08.750><c> said</c><00:38:08.929><c> about</c><00:38:09.329><c> forty</c><00:38:10.010><c> you</c><00:38:10.869><c> could</c><00:38:11.050><c> have</c><00:38:11.150><c> said</c><00:38:11.349><c> well</c>

00:38:11.730 --> 00:38:13.369
plus<00:38:12.030><c> or</c><00:38:12.230><c> minus</c><00:38:12.489><c> three</c><00:38:12.730><c> or</c><00:38:12.909><c> four.</c>

00:38:13.570 --> 00:38:16.869
But<00:38:14.070><c> it</c><00:38:14.409><c> said</c><00:38:14.769><c> about</c><00:38:15.849><c> thirty</c><00:38:16.590><c> six.</c>

00:38:16.869 --> 00:38:20.030
Well<00:38:17.050><c> that's</c><00:38:17.329><c> an</c><00:38:17.469><c> exact</c><00:38:17.769><c> figure.</c><00:38:18.030><c> That</c><00:38:18.170><c> isn't</c><00:38:18.369><c> even</c><00:38:18.650><c> a</c><00:38:18.710><c> round</c><00:38:18.949><c> figure.</c>

00:38:20.889 --> 00:38:23.090
You<00:38:21.010><c> see</c><00:38:21.289><c> the</c><00:38:21.489><c> heavy</c><00:38:21.769><c> irony.</c>

00:38:23.469 --> 00:38:26.590
The<00:38:23.750><c> carelessness</c><00:38:24.349><c> with</c><00:38:24.630><c> which</c><00:38:24.809><c> they</c><00:38:25.010><c> went</c><00:38:25.230><c> into</c><00:38:25.550><c> battle</c><00:38:26.030><c> was</c>

00:38:26.590 --> 00:38:30.210
marked<00:38:27.010><c> by</c><00:38:27.269><c> the</c><00:38:27.610><c> carelessness</c><00:38:28.170><c> with</c><00:38:28.510><c> which</c><00:38:28.710><c> they</c><00:38:28.909><c> were</c><00:38:29.130><c> judged.</c>

00:38:30.610 --> 00:38:36.750
And<00:38:30.730><c> the</c><00:38:30.909><c> Lord</c><00:38:31.230><c> who</c><00:38:31.429><c> was</c><00:38:31.789><c> with</c><00:38:32.289><c> Joshua</c><00:38:32.869><c> was</c><00:38:34.409><c> not</c><00:38:34.869><c> with</c><00:38:35.269><c> his</c><00:38:35.590><c> people.</c>

00:38:37.329 --> 00:38:41.110
And<00:38:37.690><c> Joshua</c><00:38:38.170><c> was</c><00:38:39.150><c> not</c><00:38:39.929><c> there.</c>

00:38:43.110 --> 00:38:47.010
I<00:38:43.710><c> bet</c><00:38:43.889><c> you're</c><00:38:44.210><c> wondering</c><00:38:44.590><c> now</c><00:38:44.989><c> wherever</c><00:38:45.550><c> is</c><00:38:45.909><c> there</c><00:38:46.110><c> a</c><00:38:46.349><c> parallel</c><00:38:46.610><c> like</c>

00:38:47.010 --> 00:38:49.250
that<00:38:47.269><c> in</c><00:38:47.510><c> the</c><00:38:47.650><c> Acts</c><00:38:47.769><c> of</c><00:38:47.929><c> the</c><00:38:48.090><c> Apostles.</c>

00:38:49.570 --> 00:38:53.090
Well<00:38:49.889><c> it</c><00:38:50.070><c> doesn't</c><00:38:50.429><c> conform</c><00:38:50.829><c> to</c><00:38:51.130><c> all</c><00:38:51.409><c> the</c><00:38:51.710><c> configurations</c><00:38:52.409><c> but</c>

00:38:53.090 --> 00:38:54.949
you<00:38:53.289><c> will</c><00:38:53.530><c> see</c><00:38:53.769><c> a</c><00:38:54.050><c> parallel.</c>

00:38:54.969 --> 00:38:58.789
And<00:38:55.210><c> here</c><00:38:55.349><c> it</c><00:38:55.510><c> is</c><00:38:55.670><c> in</c><00:38:56.010><c> Acts</c><00:38:56.670><c> chapter</c><00:38:57.250><c> seven.</c>

00:39:01.190 --> 00:39:05.969
The<00:39:01.949><c> church</c><00:39:02.250><c> was</c><00:39:02.510><c> to</c><00:39:02.750><c> learn</c><00:39:03.269><c> that</c><00:39:03.929><c> the</c><00:39:04.150><c> victory</c><00:39:04.670><c> over</c><00:39:05.170><c> the</c><00:39:05.409><c> law</c>

00:39:05.969 --> 00:39:13.610
over<00:39:07.030><c> the</c><00:39:07.409><c> bastion</c><00:39:08.110><c> cities</c><00:39:08.969><c> was</c><00:39:10.510><c> not</c><00:39:10.889><c> going</c><00:39:11.130><c> to</c><00:39:11.389><c> be</c><00:39:11.889><c> a</c><00:39:12.130><c> walk</c><00:39:12.369><c> over.</c>

00:39:14.710 --> 00:39:20.190
And<00:39:14.829><c> the</c><00:39:15.070><c> great</c><00:39:15.349><c> man</c><00:39:16.150><c> the</c><00:39:17.449><c> first</c><00:39:17.829><c> of</c><00:39:18.030><c> our</c><00:39:18.230><c> Lord's</c><00:39:18.670><c> martyrs</c><00:39:19.849><c> the</c>

00:39:20.190 --> 00:39:24.250
first<00:39:20.650><c> great</c><00:39:21.289><c> stones</c><00:39:21.769><c> of</c><00:39:22.030><c> witness</c><00:39:22.449><c> to</c><00:39:22.769><c> be</c><00:39:22.969><c> laid</c><00:39:23.150><c> in</c><00:39:23.329><c> the</c><00:39:23.550><c> church.</c>

00:39:24.250 --> 00:39:31.530
Here<00:39:25.110><c> he</c><00:39:25.349><c> is</c><00:39:25.630><c> Acts</c><00:39:26.030><c> chapter</c><00:39:26.469><c> seven</c><00:39:27.489><c> and</c><00:39:28.170><c> verse</c><00:39:29.250><c> fifty</c><00:39:30.030><c> seven.</c>

00:39:35.550 --> 00:39:39.010
Then<00:39:35.550><c> they</c><00:39:35.989><c> cried</c><00:39:36.250><c> out</c><00:39:36.650><c> with</c><00:39:36.909><c> a</c><00:39:37.050><c> loud</c><00:39:37.250><c> voice</c><00:39:38.090><c> stopped</c><00:39:38.650><c> their</c>

00:39:39.010 --> 00:39:44.710
ears<00:39:39.909><c> ran</c><00:39:40.969><c> upon</c><00:39:41.329><c> him</c><00:39:41.530><c> with</c><00:39:41.769><c> one</c><00:39:41.989><c> accord</c><00:39:42.969><c> casting</c><00:39:44.130><c> him</c><00:39:44.389><c> out</c><00:39:44.570><c> of</c>

00:39:44.710 --> 00:39:49.630
the<00:39:44.889><c> city</c><00:39:45.590><c> and</c><00:39:47.269><c> stoned</c><00:39:47.670><c> him.</c>

00:39:51.750 --> 00:39:54.469
Hold<00:39:53.030><c> that</c><00:39:53.329><c> scripture.</c>

00:39:55.630 --> 00:39:58.989
Think<00:39:55.730><c> of</c><00:39:55.949><c> the</c><00:39:56.150><c> men</c><00:39:56.869><c> routed</c><00:39:57.690><c> at</c><00:39:57.989><c> Ai.</c>

00:39:59.349 --> 00:40:06.989
They<00:39:59.510><c> were</c><00:39:59.829><c> driven</c><00:40:00.110><c> back</c><00:40:00.849><c> to</c><00:40:01.489><c> Shebarim</c><00:40:02.409><c> the</c><00:40:03.510><c> name</c><00:40:04.230><c> of</c><00:40:05.150><c> the</c><00:40:05.409><c> quarry.</c>

00:40:07.349 --> 00:40:13.510
Shebarim<00:40:08.010><c> that</c><00:40:08.250><c> means</c><00:40:09.489><c> crushing</c><00:40:10.250><c> the</c><00:40:11.630><c> place</c><00:40:12.130><c> of</c><00:40:12.429><c> the</c><00:40:12.670><c> going</c><00:40:12.969><c> down.</c>

00:40:13.510 --> 00:40:18.130
There<00:40:14.550><c> was</c><00:40:14.809><c> a</c><00:40:15.090><c> stream</c><00:40:15.289><c> that</c><00:40:15.590><c> ran</c><00:40:15.789><c> through</c><00:40:16.090><c> the</c><00:40:16.329><c> quarry</c><00:40:17.510><c> and</c>

00:40:18.130 --> 00:40:20.530
pitched<00:40:18.590><c> over</c><00:40:18.949><c> the</c><00:40:19.190><c> wall.</c>

00:40:24.550 --> 00:40:25.650
There's<00:40:24.829><c> Ai.</c>

00:40:28.050 --> 00:40:29.869
Look<00:40:28.489><c> to</c><00:40:28.670><c> knock</c><00:40:28.929><c> over</c><00:40:29.170><c> didn't</c><00:40:29.449><c> it.</c>

00:40:30.150 --> 00:40:31.630
There's<00:40:30.489><c> the</c><00:40:30.690><c> quarry.</c>

00:40:31.630 --> 00:40:37.610
And<00:40:32.630><c> where</c><00:40:32.829><c> the</c><00:40:33.090><c> water</c><00:40:33.429><c> went</c><00:40:33.769><c> down</c><00:40:34.809><c> on</c><00:40:35.349><c> the</c><00:40:35.550><c> corpses</c><00:40:36.030><c> of</c><00:40:36.269><c> Israel</c><00:40:36.769><c> lay</c>

00:40:37.610 --> 00:40:44.210
36<00:40:38.750><c> valiant</c><00:40:39.829><c> men</c><00:40:40.210><c> of</c><00:40:40.429><c> the</c><00:40:40.550><c> Lord's</c><00:40:40.969><c> army</c><00:40:41.730><c> lay</c><00:40:42.230><c> slain.</c>

00:40:45.170 --> 00:40:49.849
The<00:40:45.250><c> water</c><00:40:45.690><c> course</c><00:40:46.050><c> flowing</c><00:40:46.449><c> down</c><00:40:47.130><c> is</c><00:40:47.510><c> described</c><00:40:48.230><c> as</c><00:40:49.110><c> the</c><00:40:49.309><c> spirit</c><00:40:49.650><c> of</c>

00:40:49.849 --> 00:40:54.550
Israel<00:40:50.489><c> their</c><00:40:51.309><c> hearts</c><00:40:52.210><c> melted</c><00:40:52.989><c> within</c><00:40:53.489><c> them.</c>

00:40:54.550 --> 00:41:01.849
And<00:40:55.949><c> at</c><00:40:56.110><c> the</c><00:40:56.329><c> death</c><00:40:57.150><c> of</c><00:40:57.849><c> Stephen</c><00:40:58.389><c> a</c><00:40:59.550><c> man</c><00:40:59.909><c> upon</c><00:41:00.349><c> whom</c><00:41:00.750><c> the</c><00:41:01.190><c> evil</c>

00:41:01.849 --> 00:41:06.610
rushed<00:41:02.530><c> upon</c><00:41:02.869><c> him</c><00:41:03.110><c> headlong</c><00:41:03.989><c> dragging</c><00:41:04.690><c> him</c><00:41:04.949><c> down</c><00:41:05.190><c> to</c><00:41:05.369><c> the</c><00:41:05.650><c> quarry</c><00:41:05.889><c> outside</c><00:41:06.369><c> the</c>

00:41:06.610 --> 00:41:09.570
city<00:41:06.889><c> and</c><00:41:07.809><c> stoning</c><00:41:08.130><c> him</c><00:41:08.429><c> to</c><00:41:08.650><c> death.</c>

00:41:09.869 --> 00:41:14.389
And<00:41:09.869><c> again</c><00:41:10.429><c> the</c><00:41:11.030><c> valiant</c><00:41:11.530><c> man</c><00:41:12.030><c> full</c><00:41:12.409><c> of</c><00:41:12.610><c> the</c><00:41:12.769><c> Holy</c><00:41:12.989><c> Spirit</c><00:41:13.630><c> and</c>

00:41:14.389 --> 00:41:18.250
the<00:41:14.610><c> church</c><00:41:14.869><c> was</c><00:41:15.070><c> to</c><00:41:15.329><c> learn</c><00:41:16.090><c> that</c><00:41:16.949><c> the</c><00:41:17.210><c> battle</c><00:41:17.550><c> against</c><00:41:17.989><c> the</c>

00:41:18.250 --> 00:41:21.929
foe<00:41:19.590><c> was</c><00:41:19.829><c> not</c><00:41:20.030><c> to</c><00:41:20.210><c> be</c><00:41:20.349><c> with</c><00:41:20.630><c> likeness.</c>

00:41:21.929 --> 00:41:26.369
We<00:41:23.030><c> would</c><00:41:23.289><c> like</c><00:41:23.469><c> to</c><00:41:23.670><c> have</c><00:41:23.829><c> spoken</c><00:41:24.190><c> wouldn't</c><00:41:24.530><c> we</c><00:41:24.989><c> about</c><00:41:26.070><c> their</c>

00:41:26.369 --> 00:41:33.110
return<00:41:26.969><c> when</c><00:41:28.030><c> they</c><00:41:28.269><c> did</c><00:41:28.530><c> come</c><00:41:28.769><c> against</c><00:41:29.150><c> Ai</c><00:41:29.610><c> and</c><00:41:31.150><c> all</c><00:41:31.849><c> the</c><00:41:32.110><c> men</c>

00:41:33.110 --> 00:41:37.329
fight<00:41:33.989><c> against</c><00:41:35.349><c> the</c><00:41:35.869><c> city</c><00:41:36.130><c> of</c><00:41:36.369><c> Ai.</c>

00:41:37.570 --> 00:41:38.829
They<00:41:37.769><c> came</c><00:41:38.090><c> by</c><00:41:38.429><c> night.</c>

00:41:39.190 --> 00:41:41.090
They<00:41:39.349><c> were</c><00:41:39.550><c> well</c><00:41:39.869><c> prepared.</c>

00:41:41.849 --> 00:41:44.329
Men<00:41:42.090><c> were</c><00:41:42.389><c> pitched</c><00:41:42.590><c> behind</c><00:41:43.030><c> this</c><00:41:43.349><c> hill.</c>

00:41:44.710 --> 00:41:46.730
Thirty<00:41:44.909><c> thousand</c><00:41:45.309><c> there.</c>

00:41:46.769 --> 00:41:49.650
Five<00:41:47.010><c> thousand</c><00:41:47.369><c> of</c><00:41:47.590><c> them</c><00:41:47.789><c> behind</c><00:41:48.110><c> the</c><00:41:48.329><c> city</c><00:41:48.550><c> here.</c>

00:41:50.909 --> 00:41:55.929
And<00:41:51.469><c> when</c><00:41:51.789><c> Joshua</c><00:41:52.409><c> gave</c><00:41:53.170><c> the</c><00:41:53.429><c> command</c><00:41:54.050><c> he</c><00:41:54.829><c> was</c><00:41:55.150><c> upon</c><00:41:55.409><c> a</c><00:41:55.690><c> high</c>

00:41:55.929 --> 00:41:57.909
land<00:41:56.469><c> here.</c>

00:41:58.610 --> 00:42:03.269
The<00:41:58.829><c> army</c><00:41:59.210><c> that</c><00:41:59.489><c> came</c><00:41:59.730><c> out</c><00:41:59.969><c> through</c><00:42:00.230><c> the</c><00:42:00.429><c> ravine</c><00:42:01.969><c> showed</c><00:42:02.510><c> themselves</c><00:42:03.050><c> in</c>

00:42:03.269 --> 00:42:10.650
the<00:42:03.489><c> plain</c><00:42:03.989><c> and</c><00:42:05.070><c> now</c><00:42:05.349><c> the</c><00:42:05.510><c> men</c><00:42:05.710><c> of</c><00:42:05.989><c> Ai</c><00:42:06.250><c> thinking</c><00:42:07.090><c> great</c><00:42:08.170><c> Israelites</c><00:42:09.309><c> for</c><00:42:09.590><c> breakfast.</c>

00:42:11.550 --> 00:42:15.050
And<00:42:11.869><c> out</c><00:42:12.070><c> they</c><00:42:12.289><c> came</c><00:42:12.489><c> again</c><00:42:13.090><c> and</c><00:42:13.889><c> there</c><00:42:14.150><c> wasn't</c><00:42:14.429><c> a</c><00:42:14.710><c> man</c><00:42:14.869><c> of</c>

00:42:15.050 --> 00:42:15.769
them<00:42:15.289><c> left.</c>

00:42:15.769 --> 00:42:19.449
We've<00:42:17.030><c> got</c><00:42:17.110><c> the</c><00:42:17.369><c> disciples</c><00:42:17.929><c> on</c><00:42:18.230><c> the</c><00:42:18.429><c> run.</c>

00:42:19.710 --> 00:42:24.590
They<00:42:19.889><c> took</c><00:42:20.190><c> James</c><00:42:20.769><c> and</c><00:42:21.110><c> John</c><00:42:22.110><c> and</c><00:42:23.150><c> slew</c><00:42:23.349><c> them.</c>

00:42:25.190 --> 00:42:27.869
They<00:42:25.409><c> thought</c><00:42:25.630><c> we're</c><00:42:25.949><c> going</c><00:42:26.050><c> to</c><00:42:26.449><c> stop</c><00:42:26.809><c> this</c><00:42:27.150><c> Nazarene</c><00:42:27.690><c> and</c>

00:42:27.869 --> 00:42:30.829
all<00:42:28.050><c> his</c><00:42:28.289><c> followers</c><00:42:28.590><c> and</c><00:42:28.789><c> we'll</c><00:42:29.070><c> stop</c><00:42:29.170><c> him</c><00:42:29.449><c> dead</c><00:42:29.989><c> and</c><00:42:30.570><c> out</c>

00:42:30.829 --> 00:42:32.130
they<00:42:31.150><c> came.</c>

00:42:33.250 --> 00:42:39.630
The<00:42:33.889><c> barbarians</c><00:42:34.530><c> and</c><00:42:36.510><c> the</c><00:42:36.730><c> men</c><00:42:36.969><c> behind</c><00:42:37.329><c> the</c><00:42:37.610><c> city</c><00:42:37.869><c> came</c><00:42:38.170><c> in</c><00:42:38.949><c> set</c><00:42:39.449><c> it</c>

00:42:39.630 --> 00:42:42.010
on<00:42:39.929><c> fire</c><00:42:40.230><c> and</c><00:42:40.530><c> destroyed</c><00:42:40.949><c> it.</c>

00:42:42.010 --> 00:42:48.670
Out<00:42:42.610><c> came</c><00:42:42.989><c> the</c><00:42:43.309><c> three</c><00:42:43.570><c> thirty</c><00:42:43.869><c> thousand</c><00:42:44.429><c> down</c><00:42:44.829><c> across</c><00:42:45.190><c> the</c><00:42:45.409><c> ravine</c><00:42:46.230><c> joining</c><00:42:46.710><c> their</c><00:42:47.030><c> fellows</c><00:42:47.349><c> that</c><00:42:47.610><c> had</c><00:42:47.829><c> retreated</c><00:42:48.530><c> to</c>

00:42:48.670 --> 00:42:54.469
the<00:42:48.889><c> quarry</c><00:42:49.570><c> and</c><00:42:49.909><c> the</c><00:42:50.010><c> men</c><00:42:50.190><c> of</c><00:42:50.489><c> Ai</c><00:42:50.969><c> turned</c><00:42:51.690><c> and</c><00:42:51.949><c> saw</c><00:42:52.110><c> their</c><00:42:52.429><c> city</c><00:42:52.829><c> in</c><00:42:53.269><c> flames.</c>

00:42:55.710 --> 00:42:59.869
When<00:42:55.869><c> you</c><00:42:56.190><c> do</c><00:42:56.570><c> and</c><00:42:57.050><c> fight</c><00:42:57.309><c> the</c><00:42:57.530><c> battle</c><00:42:57.789><c> the</c><00:42:58.050><c> Lord's</c><00:42:58.489><c> way</c><00:42:58.989><c> then</c>

00:42:59.869 --> 00:43:01.389
the<00:43:00.130><c> battle</c><00:43:00.550><c> is</c><00:43:00.949><c> won.</c>

00:43:01.389 --> 00:43:08.630
We<00:43:02.710><c> turn</c><00:43:03.250><c> to</c><00:43:04.010><c> Acts</c><00:43:04.489><c> chapter</c><00:43:04.889><c> nine.</c>

00:43:10.849 --> 00:43:15.150
Israel<00:43:10.849><c> mounted</c><00:43:11.329><c> on</c><00:43:11.670><c> Ebal</c><00:43:12.010><c> and</c><00:43:12.269><c> Gerizim</c><00:43:13.289><c> after</c><00:43:13.889><c> the</c><00:43:14.170><c> great</c><00:43:14.449><c> conquest</c><00:43:14.949><c> of</c>

00:43:15.150 --> 00:43:19.650
the<00:43:15.349><c> early</c><00:43:15.630><c> battles</c><00:43:16.329><c> have</c><00:43:16.969><c> moved</c><00:43:17.349><c> right</c><00:43:17.710><c> into</c><00:43:17.989><c> the</c><00:43:18.329><c> hinterland</c><00:43:18.849><c> of</c><00:43:19.050><c> the</c><00:43:19.230><c> kingdom.</c>

00:43:20.070 --> 00:43:24.710
They've<00:43:20.349><c> cut</c><00:43:20.650><c> right</c><00:43:21.190><c> the</c><00:43:21.349><c> way</c><00:43:21.570><c> through</c><00:43:22.469><c> the</c><00:43:22.909><c> land</c><00:43:23.190><c> of</c><00:43:23.409><c> the</c><00:43:23.570><c> kingdom</c><00:43:23.989><c> and</c>

00:43:24.710 --> 00:43:27.909
taken<00:43:24.929><c> it</c><00:43:25.369><c> in</c><00:43:25.789><c> their</c><00:43:26.210><c> military</c><00:43:26.730><c> possession.</c>

00:43:28.050 --> 00:43:34.929
In<00:43:28.690><c> Acts</c><00:43:28.949><c> chapter</c><00:43:29.409><c> nine</c><00:43:30.269><c> and</c><00:43:30.690><c> verse</c><00:43:30.929><c> 19</c><00:43:31.670><c> we</c><00:43:32.070><c> read</c><00:43:32.650><c> when</c><00:43:34.469><c> he</c><00:43:34.730><c> had</c>

00:43:34.929 --> 00:43:37.210
received<00:43:35.349><c> meat</c><00:43:35.630><c> he</c><00:43:35.829><c> was</c><00:43:36.070><c> strengthened.</c>

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Then<00:43:37.909><c> was</c><00:43:38.230><c> Saul</c><00:43:38.469><c> certain</c><00:43:38.849><c> days</c><00:43:39.150><c> with</c><00:43:39.369><c> the</c><00:43:39.670><c> disciples</c><00:43:40.070><c> which</c>

00:43:40.369 --> 00:43:41.909
were<00:43:40.550><c> at</c><00:43:40.730><c> Damascus.</c>

00:43:42.309 --> 00:43:45.710
Straightway<00:43:42.949><c> he</c><00:43:43.250><c> preached</c><00:43:43.530><c> Christ</c><00:43:43.989><c> in</c><00:43:44.210><c> the</c><00:43:44.409><c> synagogues</c><00:43:45.530><c> that</c>

00:43:45.710 --> 00:43:48.289
he<00:43:46.030><c> is</c><00:43:46.570><c> the</c><00:43:46.809><c> son</c><00:43:46.989><c> of</c><00:43:47.289><c> God.</c>

00:43:48.989 --> 00:43:51.250
Who<00:43:49.389><c> would</c><00:43:49.650><c> have</c><00:43:49.909><c> believed</c><00:43:50.489><c> it?</c>

00:43:51.250 --> 00:43:58.730
The<00:43:52.469><c> route</c><00:43:52.869><c> of</c><00:43:53.469><c> Ai</c><00:43:54.230><c> if</c><00:43:56.230><c> you</c><00:43:56.630><c> blend</c><00:43:57.010><c> that</c><00:43:57.530><c> originally</c><00:43:58.050><c> with</c><00:43:58.429><c> the</c>

00:43:58.730 --> 00:44:10.210
destruction<00:43:59.369><c> of</c><00:44:00.210><c> Stephen</c><00:44:00.530><c> the</c><00:44:00.789><c> martyr</c><00:44:01.349><c> remember</c><00:44:02.570><c> the</c><00:44:04.010><c> man</c><00:44:04.389><c> that</c><00:44:04.750><c> stood</c><00:44:04.909><c> over</c><00:44:05.510><c> Stephen</c><00:44:06.530><c> was</c><00:44:07.789><c> Saul</c><00:44:08.369><c> of</c><00:44:08.690><c> Tarsus.</c>

00:44:11.530 --> 00:44:16.829
The<00:44:11.769><c> great</c><00:44:12.250><c> enemy</c><00:44:12.929><c> and</c><00:44:13.449><c> tactician</c><00:44:14.150><c> of</c><00:44:14.469><c> the</c><00:44:14.690><c> law</c><00:44:15.469><c> stood</c><00:44:16.489><c> over</c>

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the<00:44:17.070><c> dead.</c>

00:44:18.889 --> 00:44:22.510
But<00:44:19.530><c> you</c><00:44:19.849><c> know</c><00:44:20.070><c> very</c><00:44:20.409><c> well</c><00:44:20.590><c> what</c><00:44:20.809><c> was</c><00:44:21.050><c> to</c><00:44:21.230><c> happen</c><00:44:21.449><c> to</c><00:44:21.769><c> Saul.</c>

00:44:22.969 --> 00:44:27.389
In<00:44:23.130><c> the</c><00:44:23.329><c> next</c><00:44:23.690><c> battle</c><00:44:24.369><c> the</c><00:44:25.530><c> pricks</c><00:44:25.969><c> that</c><00:44:26.329><c> goaded</c><00:44:26.650><c> his</c><00:44:27.030><c> heart</c>

00:44:27.389 --> 00:44:33.670
were<00:44:27.690><c> going</c><00:44:27.869><c> to</c><00:44:28.170><c> bring</c><00:44:28.369><c> him</c><00:44:28.650><c> to</c><00:44:28.869><c> his</c><00:44:29.110><c> knees</c><00:44:29.690><c> as</c><00:44:30.929><c> he</c><00:44:31.230><c> was</c><00:44:31.429><c> to</c><00:44:31.670><c> stand</c><00:44:31.929><c> before</c><00:44:32.329><c> the</c><00:44:32.550><c> Lord.</c>

00:44:33.889 --> 00:44:38.389
Because<00:44:34.250><c> the</c><00:44:34.449><c> second</c><00:44:34.829><c> battle</c><00:44:35.170><c> of</c><00:44:35.409><c> Ai</c><00:44:35.710><c> Joshua</c><00:44:36.349><c> stood</c><00:44:36.650><c> upon</c><00:44:37.030><c> high</c><00:44:37.369><c> ground</c><00:44:37.809><c> and</c>

00:44:38.389 --> 00:44:41.750
at<00:44:38.510><c> the</c><00:44:38.750><c> given</c><00:44:38.929><c> moment</c><00:44:39.369><c> raised</c><00:44:39.989><c> his</c><00:44:40.429><c> spear.</c>

00:44:43.570 --> 00:44:46.750
And<00:44:44.170><c> the</c><00:44:44.289><c> man</c><00:44:44.590><c> of</c><00:44:44.889><c> Ai</c><00:44:45.190><c> saw</c><00:44:45.570><c> it.</c>

00:44:47.489 --> 00:44:52.050
Saul<00:44:47.590><c> of</c><00:44:47.849><c> Tarsus</c><00:44:48.250><c> had</c><00:44:48.570><c> come</c><00:44:49.050><c> to</c><00:44:49.369><c> capture</c><00:44:49.889><c> every</c><00:44:50.389><c> man</c><00:44:50.730><c> woman</c><00:44:51.070><c> and</c><00:44:51.449><c> child</c><00:44:51.809><c> of</c>

00:44:52.050 --> 00:44:56.530
the<00:44:52.210><c> disciples</c><00:44:52.949><c> and</c><00:44:53.969><c> he</c><00:44:54.130><c> was</c><00:44:54.590><c> stopped</c><00:44:54.829><c> in</c><00:44:55.030><c> his</c><00:44:55.369><c> tracks.</c>

00:44:57.090 --> 00:45:01.250
Saul<00:44:57.329><c> of</c><00:44:57.610><c> Tarsus</c><00:44:58.070><c> and</c><00:44:58.469><c> all</c><00:44:58.730><c> the</c><00:44:58.989><c> party</c><00:44:59.250><c> that</c><00:44:59.449><c> were</c><00:44:59.670><c> sent</c><00:44:59.929><c> to</c><00:45:00.289><c> make</c><00:45:00.469><c> the</c><00:45:00.750><c> arrest</c><00:45:01.050><c> of</c>

00:45:01.250 --> 00:45:05.050
the<00:45:01.449><c> church</c><00:45:01.670><c> to</c><00:45:02.230><c> wipe</c><00:45:02.650><c> out</c><00:45:03.010><c> the</c><00:45:03.269><c> people</c><00:45:03.510><c> of</c><00:45:03.710><c> the</c><00:45:03.889><c> way.</c>

00:45:05.550 --> 00:45:10.190
He<00:45:06.010><c> was</c><00:45:06.389><c> routed</c><00:45:07.449><c> wasn't</c><00:45:07.949><c> he?</c>

00:45:10.730 --> 00:45:15.010
Blinded<00:45:11.610><c> and</c><00:45:12.369><c> the</c><00:45:12.469><c> life</c><00:45:12.809><c> of</c><00:45:13.090><c> the</c><00:45:13.309><c> Pharisee</c><00:45:13.789><c> in</c><00:45:13.909><c> him</c><00:45:14.230><c> already</c>

00:45:15.010 --> 00:45:17.929
was<00:45:15.610><c> crumbling</c><00:45:16.110><c> and</c><00:45:16.510><c> it</c><00:45:16.849><c> broke.</c>

00:45:18.989 --> 00:45:23.050
You're<00:45:19.150><c> seeing</c><00:45:19.469><c> in</c><00:45:20.030><c> the</c><00:45:21.250><c> deliverance</c><00:45:21.909><c> the</c><00:45:22.269><c> transformation</c>

00:45:23.050 --> 00:45:26.389
of<00:45:23.349><c> Saul</c><00:45:23.550><c> of</c><00:45:23.809><c> Tarsus</c><00:45:24.289><c> the</c><00:45:24.670><c> taking</c><00:45:25.010><c> of</c><00:45:25.409><c> Ai.</c>

00:45:26.849 --> 00:45:30.670
And<00:45:27.489><c> now</c><00:45:27.909><c> the</c><00:45:28.269><c> giving</c><00:45:28.489><c> of</c><00:45:28.730><c> the</c><00:45:28.889><c> word</c><00:45:29.090><c> of</c><00:45:29.269><c> the</c><00:45:29.429><c> Lord</c><00:45:29.789><c> is</c><00:45:30.250><c> given</c>

00:45:30.670 --> 00:45:32.969
to<00:45:31.349><c> not</c><00:45:31.650><c> Saul</c><00:45:31.909><c> of</c><00:45:32.130><c> Tarsus.</c>

00:45:33.309 --> 00:45:37.989
But<00:45:33.449><c> a</c><00:45:33.670><c> man</c><00:45:33.989><c> who</c><00:45:34.230><c> is</c><00:45:34.349><c> to</c><00:45:34.530><c> be</c><00:45:34.829><c> the</c><00:45:35.130><c> great</c><00:45:35.329><c> apostle</c><00:45:36.010><c> to</c><00:45:36.869><c> the</c><00:45:37.110><c> church</c><00:45:37.510><c> and</c>

00:45:37.989 --> 00:45:40.670
to<00:45:38.170><c> all</c><00:45:38.389><c> the</c><00:45:38.570><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:45:41.289 --> 00:45:45.949
Verse<00:45:41.409><c> 22</c><00:45:41.989><c> Saul</c><00:45:42.610><c> increased</c><00:45:43.329><c> the</c><00:45:43.650><c> more</c><00:45:43.829><c> in</c><00:45:44.150><c> strength</c><00:45:44.550><c> and</c><00:45:45.030><c> confounded</c><00:45:45.670><c> the</c>

00:45:45.949 --> 00:45:50.190
Jews<00:45:46.150><c> which</c><00:45:46.469><c> dwelt</c><00:45:46.730><c> at</c><00:45:46.949><c> Damascus</c><00:45:47.670><c> proving</c><00:45:48.389><c> that</c><00:45:48.789><c> this</c><00:45:49.230><c> is</c><00:45:49.789><c> the</c>

00:45:50.190 --> 00:45:51.849
very<00:45:50.510><c> Christ.</c>

00:45:52.750 --> 00:45:58.550
And<00:45:53.469><c> as</c><00:45:53.690><c> the</c><00:45:53.909><c> word</c><00:45:54.170><c> of</c><00:45:54.369><c> the</c><00:45:54.550><c> Lord</c><00:45:54.809><c> was</c><00:45:55.190><c> spoken</c><00:45:55.789><c> some</c><00:45:57.349><c> cried</c><00:45:58.190><c> the</c>

00:45:58.550 --> 00:46:01.889
blessing<00:45:59.190><c> and</c><00:46:00.210><c> some</c><00:46:00.530><c> cried</c><00:46:00.989><c> the</c><00:46:01.369><c> curse.</c>

00:46:02.389 --> 00:46:05.550
And<00:46:02.489><c> in</c><00:46:02.670><c> Damascus</c><00:46:03.250><c> there</c><00:46:03.449><c> were</c><00:46:03.590><c> those</c><00:46:04.130><c> who</c><00:46:04.690><c> heeded</c><00:46:05.130><c> the</c><00:46:05.409><c> call</c>

00:46:05.550 --> 00:46:12.130
of<00:46:05.730><c> the</c><00:46:05.889><c> gospel</c><00:46:06.530><c> and</c><00:46:08.449><c> there</c><00:46:08.590><c> were</c><00:46:08.730><c> those</c><00:46:09.210><c> who</c><00:46:09.610><c> lay</c><00:46:09.849><c> their</c><00:46:10.329><c> curse</c><00:46:10.630><c> upon</c><00:46:10.889><c> it.</c>

00:46:14.710 --> 00:46:18.429
Here<00:46:14.989><c> we're</c><00:46:15.369><c> seeing</c><00:46:15.570><c> the</c><00:46:15.889><c> configuration</c><00:46:16.570><c> of</c><00:46:16.909><c> these</c><00:46:17.110><c> great</c><00:46:17.389><c> books.</c>

00:46:18.829 --> 00:46:21.809
We<00:46:19.389><c> should</c><00:46:19.690><c> of</c><00:46:19.809><c> course</c><00:46:20.030><c> expect</c><00:46:20.610><c> that</c><00:46:20.809><c> the</c><00:46:20.949><c> hand</c><00:46:21.210><c> of</c><00:46:21.429><c> the</c><00:46:21.550><c> Lord</c>

00:46:21.809 --> 00:46:25.269
is<00:46:22.090><c> consistent</c><00:46:22.730><c> in</c><00:46:22.949><c> his</c><00:46:23.190><c> working</c><00:46:23.510><c> with</c><00:46:23.809><c> his</c><00:46:24.030><c> people.</c>

00:46:25.829 --> 00:46:30.429
But<00:46:26.170><c> what</c><00:46:26.389><c> wonders</c><00:46:26.769><c> we</c><00:46:27.170><c> see,</c><00:46:28.150><c> what</c><00:46:28.469><c> powerful</c><00:46:28.969><c> deliverance.</c>

00:46:30.510 --> 00:46:33.769
And<00:46:30.710><c> oh</c><00:46:30.949><c> brethren</c><00:46:31.269><c> and</c><00:46:31.610><c> sisters</c><00:46:31.989><c> when</c><00:46:32.610><c> the</c><00:46:32.829><c> word</c><00:46:33.090><c> of</c><00:46:33.329><c> the</c><00:46:33.489><c> Lord</c>

00:46:33.769 --> 00:46:35.349
went<00:46:34.210><c> forth.</c>

00:46:35.889 --> 00:46:38.570
The<00:46:35.969><c> Lord</c><00:46:36.250><c> gave</c><00:46:36.530><c> the</c><00:46:36.809><c> word</c><00:46:37.050><c> and</c><00:46:37.449><c> great</c><00:46:37.650><c> was</c><00:46:37.889><c> the</c><00:46:38.090><c> company</c><00:46:38.369><c> of</c>

00:46:38.570 --> 00:46:40.170
those<00:46:38.829><c> that</c><00:46:39.170><c> published</c><00:46:39.429><c> it.</c>

00:46:40.570 --> 00:46:43.809
Kings<00:46:40.909><c> of</c><00:46:41.210><c> armies</c><00:46:41.489><c> did</c><00:46:41.829><c> flee</c><00:46:42.110><c> apace</c><00:46:42.590><c> and</c><00:46:42.849><c> she</c><00:46:43.050><c> that</c><00:46:43.329><c> tired</c><00:46:43.590><c> at</c>

00:46:43.809 --> 00:46:45.250
home<00:46:44.090><c> divided</c><00:46:44.570><c> the</c><00:46:44.929><c> spoil.</c>

00:46:45.250 --> 00:46:50.710
Though<00:46:46.530><c> ye</c><00:46:46.929><c> have</c><00:46:47.269><c> lain</c><00:46:47.590><c> among</c><00:46:47.929><c> the</c><00:46:48.269><c> pots</c><00:46:48.730><c> yet</c><00:46:49.570><c> shall</c><00:46:49.929><c> ye</c><00:46:50.250><c> be</c><00:46:50.469><c> as</c>

00:46:50.710 --> 00:46:55.730
the<00:46:51.010><c> wings</c><00:46:51.309><c> of</c><00:46:51.550><c> a</c><00:46:51.670><c> dove</c><00:46:52.289><c> covered</c><00:46:52.889><c> with</c><00:46:53.250><c> silver</c><00:46:53.869><c> and</c><00:46:54.650><c> her</c><00:46:54.969><c> feathers</c><00:46:55.409><c> with</c>

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yellow<00:46:56.090><c> gold.</c>

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The<00:46:57.969><c> law</c><00:46:58.409><c> echoes</c><00:46:59.010><c> across</c><00:46:59.510><c> the</c><00:46:59.809><c> plains</c><00:47:00.309><c> as</c><00:47:01.150><c> the</c><00:47:01.429><c> gospel</c><00:47:01.889><c> now</c><00:47:02.389><c> was</c><00:47:02.730><c> carried</c><00:47:02.989><c> from</c><00:47:03.429><c> city</c><00:47:03.710><c> to</c><00:47:03.949><c> city.</c>

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The<00:47:05.269><c> mountains</c><00:47:05.710><c> rang</c><00:47:06.050><c> with</c><00:47:06.289><c> the</c><00:47:06.429><c> reply</c><00:47:06.889><c> and</c><00:47:07.110><c> the</c><00:47:07.329><c> people</c><00:47:07.590><c> have</c>

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known<00:47:08.230><c> triumph</c><00:47:08.789><c> and</c><00:47:09.070><c> disaster.</c>

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To<00:47:10.869><c> the</c><00:47:11.090><c> blessings</c><00:47:11.590><c> and</c><00:47:11.829><c> the</c><00:47:12.070><c> cursings</c><00:47:12.690><c> they</c><00:47:13.050><c> say</c><00:47:13.869><c> Amen.</c>

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Wherefore<00:47:19.369><c> take</c><00:47:20.030><c> unto</c><00:47:20.349><c> you</c><00:47:20.809><c> the</c><00:47:21.369><c> whole</c><00:47:21.690><c> armor</c><00:47:21.929><c> of</c><00:47:22.210><c> God</c><00:47:22.710><c> that</c>

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ye<00:47:23.650><c> may</c><00:47:23.829><c> be</c><00:47:24.070><c> able</c><00:47:24.670><c> to</c><00:47:25.130><c> withstand</c><00:47:25.650><c> in</c><00:47:26.250><c> the</c><00:47:26.510><c> evil</c><00:47:26.789><c> day</c><00:47:27.530><c> and</c><00:47:28.130><c> having</c><00:47:28.369><c> done</c>

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all<00:47:29.170><c> to</c><00:47:29.849><c> stand.</c>

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On<00:47:31.610><c> your</c><00:47:31.750><c> behalf</c><00:47:32.110><c> brethren</c><00:47:32.449><c> and</c><00:47:32.690><c> sisters</c><00:47:32.989><c> I'd</c><00:47:33.269><c> like</c><00:47:33.369><c> to</c><00:47:33.570><c> thank</c>

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brother<00:47:34.070><c> Jim</c><00:47:34.230><c> for</c><00:47:34.570><c> his</c><00:47:35.170><c> ministry</c><00:47:35.510><c> to</c><00:47:35.710><c> us</c><00:47:35.849><c> this</c><00:47:36.130><c> morning.</c>

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By<00:47:37.489><c> request</c><00:47:38.030><c> of</c><00:47:38.650><c> brother</c><00:47:38.929><c> Jim</c><00:47:39.190><c> we</c><00:47:39.789><c> shall</c><00:47:40.269><c> conclude</c><00:47:40.889><c> now</c><00:47:41.570><c> with</c>

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a<00:47:42.309><c> hymn</c><00:47:43.110><c> and</c><00:47:43.429><c> then</c><00:47:43.909><c> remain</c><00:47:44.250><c> standing</c><00:47:44.809><c> for</c><00:47:45.389><c> prayer.</c>

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Hymn<00:47:46.929><c> number</c><00:47:47.510><c> 114.</c>

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Hymn<00:47:50.690><c> 114</c><00:47:51.909><c> through</c><00:47:52.230><c> all</c><00:47:52.570><c> the</c><00:47:52.889><c> changing</c><00:47:53.369><c> scenes</c><00:47:53.829><c> of</c><00:47:54.170><c> life</c><00:47:54.630><c> in</c>

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trouble<00:47:55.929><c> and</c><00:47:56.690><c> in</c><00:47:57.030><c> joy.</c>

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The<00:47:58.210><c> praises</c><00:47:58.570><c> of</c><00:47:58.909><c> my</c><00:47:59.190><c> God</c><00:47:59.429><c> shall</c><00:47:59.889><c> still</c><00:48:00.429><c> my</c><00:48:01.050><c> heart</c><00:48:01.510><c> and</c><00:48:02.010><c> tongue</c><00:48:02.389><c> employ.</c>

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Hymn<00:48:25.949><c> number</c><00:48:25.949><c> 114</c><00:48:25.949><c> through</c><00:48:25.949><c> all</c><00:48:25.949><c> the</c><00:48:25.949><c> changing</c><00:48:25.949><c> scenes</c><00:48:28.570><c> of</c><00:48:28.570><c> life</c><00:48:30.010><c> in</c>

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trouble<00:48:33.010><c> and</c><00:48:34.750><c> in</c><00:48:35.849><c> joy.</c>

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The<00:48:38.869><c> praise</c><00:48:40.809><c> of</c><00:48:42.170><c> my</c><00:48:43.269><c> God</c><00:48:44.650><c> shall</c><00:48:45.489><c> still</c><00:48:46.730><c> my</c><00:48:48.110><c> heart</c><00:48:49.809><c> and</c><00:48:50.670><c> tongue</c><00:48:51.849><c> employ.</c>

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For<00:48:56.429><c> there</c><00:48:57.570><c> am</c><00:48:58.309><c> I</c><00:48:59.849><c> the</c><00:49:00.389><c> Lord</c><00:49:02.230><c> with</c><00:49:03.090><c> Thee,</c><00:49:04.789><c> with</c><00:49:05.690><c> Thee</c><00:49:07.650><c> exalt</c>

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with<00:49:10.409><c> Thee.</c>

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Pray<00:49:13.969><c> in</c><00:49:14.909><c> this</c><00:49:15.730><c> place</c><00:49:16.670><c> to</c><00:49:18.090><c> hear</c><00:49:19.289><c> my</c><00:49:20.130><c> call,</c><00:49:22.409><c> may</c><00:49:22.969><c> You</c><00:49:24.369><c> my</c><00:49:25.170><c> refuge</c><00:49:27.010><c> pay.</c>

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The<00:49:30.809><c> whole</c><00:49:32.190><c> of</c><00:49:33.150><c> now</c><00:49:34.389><c> they</c><00:49:35.389><c> fathom</c><00:49:37.570><c> now,</c><00:49:39.550><c> the</c><00:49:40.210><c> well</c><00:49:41.590><c>-being</c><00:49:42.429><c> of</c>

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the<00:49:44.730><c> Jews.</c>

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The<00:49:48.309><c> angels</c><00:49:49.730><c> sing</c><00:49:51.150><c> the</c><00:49:52.349><c> song</c><00:49:53.349><c> to</c><00:49:54.369><c> the</c><00:49:55.489><c> whole,</c><00:49:56.489><c> the</c><00:49:57.190><c> world</c><00:49:58.389><c> is</c>

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under<00:50:01.269><c> trust.</c>

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May<00:50:05.429><c> He</c><00:50:07.070><c> be</c><00:50:07.710><c> saved</c><00:50:08.809><c> and</c><00:50:09.929><c> you</c><00:50:11.349><c> will</c><00:50:12.369><c> well,</c><00:50:14.030><c> and</c><00:50:14.590><c> nothing</c><00:50:16.690><c> else</c>

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will<00:50:19.409><c> be</c><00:50:20.329><c> done.</c>

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Pray<00:50:22.329><c> through</c><00:50:23.690><c> His</c><00:50:24.610><c> service,</c><00:50:27.170><c> God</c><00:50:28.309><c> in</c><00:50:29.130><c> life,</c><00:50:31.369><c> no</c><00:50:31.869><c> one</c><00:50:32.849><c> shall</c>

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heed<00:50:35.329><c> His</c><00:50:36.590><c> prayer.</c>

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O<00:50:40.909><c> Yahweh</c><00:50:41.269><c> Elohim</c><00:50:41.750><c> of</c><00:50:41.909><c> Israel,</c><00:50:43.250><c> our</c><00:50:43.309><c> Merciful</c><00:50:43.849><c> Heavenly</c><00:50:44.389><c> Father.</c>