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and<00:13:12.580><c> Savior</c><00:13:12.899><c> Jesus</c><00:13:13.360><c> Christ.</c>

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There<00:13:21.399><c> is</c><00:13:21.639><c> one</c><00:13:22.080><c> preeminent</c><00:13:22.700><c> example</c><00:13:23.279><c> of</c><00:13:23.879><c> a</c><00:13:24.320><c> recipient</c><00:13:24.740><c> of</c><00:13:25.059><c> grace</c><00:13:25.299><c> in</c>

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the<00:13:25.539><c> New</c><00:13:25.700><c> Testament.</c>

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I'm<00:13:29.139><c> speaking</c><00:13:29.440><c> of</c><00:13:29.580><c> the</c><00:13:29.759><c> apostle</c><00:13:30.080><c> Paul.</c>

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Let's<00:13:31.840><c> take</c><00:13:32.100><c> a</c><00:13:32.220><c> look</c><00:13:32.440><c> and</c><00:13:32.659><c> spend</c><00:13:32.919><c> just</c><00:13:33.240><c> a</c><00:13:33.440><c> few</c><00:13:33.580><c> minutes</c><00:13:33.919><c> thinking</c><00:13:34.259><c> about</c>

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his<00:13:35.500><c> experience</c><00:13:36.080><c> of</c><00:13:36.320><c> grace</c><00:13:36.960><c> and</c><00:13:37.559><c> how</c><00:13:37.779><c> that</c><00:13:38.100><c> molded</c><00:13:38.679><c> and</c><00:13:38.980><c> changed</c><00:13:39.360><c> him.</c>

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Let's<00:13:40.799><c> start</c><00:13:41.059><c> in</c><00:13:41.240><c> Acts</c><00:13:41.460><c> chapter</c><00:13:41.820><c> 8.</c>

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And<00:13:47.179><c> as</c><00:13:47.480><c> we</c><00:13:47.799><c> read</c><00:13:48.159><c> of</c><00:13:48.539><c> the</c><00:13:49.000><c> activities</c><00:13:49.559><c> and</c><00:13:50.059><c> of</c><00:13:50.220><c> the</c><00:13:50.500><c> attitudes</c>

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of<00:13:51.720><c> Saul,</c>

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we<00:13:54.139><c> need</c><00:13:54.500><c> to</c><00:13:54.820><c> attempt</c><00:13:55.100><c> to</c><00:13:55.580><c> imagine</c><00:13:56.179><c> what</c><00:13:57.000><c> was</c><00:13:57.279><c> going</c><00:13:57.580><c> on</c><00:13:57.820><c> in</c><00:13:57.980><c> his</c><00:13:58.340><c> mind</c><00:13:58.659><c> at</c>

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the<00:13:59.120><c> time.</c>

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Because<00:14:01.860><c> I</c><00:14:02.000><c> think</c><00:14:02.139><c> sometimes</c><00:14:02.720><c> we</c><00:14:03.179><c> read</c><00:14:03.460><c> over</c><00:14:03.759><c> these</c><00:14:04.059><c> passages</c>

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about<00:14:05.120><c> the</c>

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persecutions<00:14:06.919><c> by</c><00:14:07.679><c> Saul</c><00:14:08.159><c> against</c><00:14:08.740><c> the</c><00:14:08.980><c> church</c>

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and<00:14:10.299><c> don't</c><00:14:10.620><c> really</c><00:14:11.240><c> put</c><00:14:11.460><c> them</c><00:14:11.720><c> in</c><00:14:11.840><c> a</c><00:14:12.159><c> context</c><00:14:12.679><c> that</c><00:14:12.940><c> is</c><00:14:13.840><c> real</c>

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to<00:14:14.519><c> us.</c>

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Acts<00:14:16.299><c> chapter</c><00:14:16.600><c> 8.</c>

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On<00:14:18.740><c> the</c><00:14:18.879><c> death</c><00:14:19.059><c> of</c><00:14:19.340><c> Stephen,</c><00:14:19.820><c> Saul,</c><00:14:20.360><c> verse</c><00:14:20.559><c> 1,</c><00:14:21.000><c> was</c><00:14:21.179><c> consenting</c><00:14:21.980><c> unto</c><00:14:22.279><c> his</c><00:14:22.639><c> death.</c>

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Saul<00:14:24.299><c> was</c><00:14:24.580><c> there</c><00:14:24.940><c> in</c><00:14:25.139><c> agreement.</c>

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He<00:14:25.940><c> had</c><00:14:26.240><c> cast</c><00:14:26.639><c> his</c><00:14:26.980><c> vote</c><00:14:27.220><c> in</c><00:14:27.519><c> agreement</c><00:14:28.019><c> with</c><00:14:28.480><c> the</c><00:14:28.559><c> death</c><00:14:28.940><c> of</c><00:14:29.519><c> Stephen.</c>

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Now<00:14:32.340><c> put</c><00:14:32.480><c> that</c><00:14:32.759><c> in</c><00:14:33.580><c> the</c><00:14:34.019><c> context</c><00:14:34.460><c> of</c><00:14:34.659><c> your</c><00:14:34.799><c> own</c><00:14:35.000><c> ecclesia.</c>

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Can<00:14:37.399><c> you</c><00:14:37.600><c> imagine</c><00:14:38.220><c> a</c><00:14:38.480><c> situation</c><00:14:38.899><c> like</c><00:14:39.179><c> that</c><00:14:39.460><c> in</c><00:14:39.600><c> your</c><00:14:39.840><c> own</c><00:14:40.019><c> ecclesia</c>

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where<00:14:40.759><c> you</c><00:14:41.360><c> personally</c><00:14:42.019><c> cast</c><00:14:42.500><c> a</c><00:14:42.820><c> vote</c><00:14:43.159><c> consenting</c><00:14:43.960><c> to</c><00:14:44.139><c> the</c><00:14:44.360><c> death</c><00:14:45.139><c> of</c><00:14:46.820><c> anybody?</c>

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It's<00:14:50.259><c> a</c><00:14:50.299><c> difficult</c><00:14:50.820><c> mindset</c><00:14:51.419><c> for</c><00:14:51.679><c> us</c><00:14:51.919><c> to</c><00:14:52.120><c> really</c><00:14:52.340><c> imagine,</c>

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but<00:14:52.860><c> this</c><00:14:53.159><c> is</c><00:14:53.299><c> where</c><00:14:53.600><c> Saul</c><00:14:53.879><c> was</c><00:14:54.320><c> at</c><00:14:54.539><c> this</c><00:14:54.779><c> point</c><00:14:55.059><c> in</c><00:14:55.220><c> his</c><00:14:55.419><c> life.</c>

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And<00:14:56.980><c> at</c><00:14:57.159><c> that</c><00:14:57.399><c> time,</c><00:14:57.720><c> the</c><00:14:57.779><c> verse</c><00:14:57.980><c> continues,</c>

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there<00:14:58.799><c> was</c><00:14:59.159><c> a</c><00:14:59.340><c> great</c><00:14:59.559><c> persecution</c><00:15:00.139><c> against</c><00:15:00.539><c> the</c><00:15:00.759><c> church</c><00:15:01.039><c> which</c><00:15:01.299><c> was</c>

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at<00:15:01.799><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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and<00:15:02.980><c> they</c><00:15:03.120><c> were</c><00:15:03.320><c> all</c><00:15:03.639><c> scattered</c><00:15:03.940><c> abroad</c><00:15:04.460><c> throughout</c><00:15:04.779><c> all</c><00:15:05.080><c> the</c>

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regions<00:15:05.500><c> of</c><00:15:05.720><c> Judea</c><00:15:06.159><c> and</c><00:15:06.360><c> Samaria</c>

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except<00:15:07.279><c> the</c><00:15:07.539><c> apostles.</c>

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Verse<00:15:08.860><c> 3,</c><00:15:09.440><c> as</c><00:15:09.740><c> for</c><00:15:10.120><c> Saul,</c><00:15:10.700><c> he</c><00:15:11.000><c> made</c><00:15:11.320><c> havoc</c><00:15:11.700><c> of</c><00:15:11.879><c> the</c><00:15:12.120><c> church,</c>

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entering<00:15:13.460><c> into</c><00:15:13.779><c> every</c><00:15:14.059><c> house</c><00:15:14.480><c> and</c><00:15:14.799><c> hailing</c><00:15:15.179><c> men</c><00:15:15.419><c> and</c><00:15:15.620><c> women,</c>

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committed<00:15:16.460><c> them</c><00:15:16.799><c> to</c><00:15:17.059><c> prison.</c>

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Try<00:15:18.799><c> to</c><00:15:19.059><c> imagine</c><00:15:19.399><c> yourself</c><00:15:20.320><c> as</c><00:15:21.120><c> Saul</c><00:15:21.620><c> at</c><00:15:21.899><c> this</c><00:15:22.120><c> point</c><00:15:22.360><c> in</c><00:15:22.519><c> his</c><00:15:22.779><c> life.</c>

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Try<00:15:24.039><c> to</c><00:15:24.279><c> imagine</c><00:15:24.700><c> the</c><00:15:25.139><c> intensity</c><00:15:25.759><c> of</c><00:15:26.200><c> his</c><00:15:26.539><c> anger</c><00:15:27.019><c> and</c><00:15:27.240><c> his</c><00:15:27.539><c> hatred</c>

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and<00:15:28.080><c> his</c><00:15:28.360><c> activity</c><00:15:29.059><c> directed</c><00:15:29.840><c> against</c><00:15:30.440><c> the</c><00:15:30.740><c> brethren</c><00:15:30.980><c> and</c><00:15:31.200><c> sisters</c>

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who<00:15:32.799><c> would</c><00:15:33.059><c> become</c><00:15:33.580><c> his</c><00:15:34.100><c> brethren</c><00:15:34.440><c> and</c><00:15:34.700><c> sisters.</c>

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Chapter<00:15:38.720><c> 22</c><00:15:39.399><c> of</c><00:15:39.799><c> Acts.</c>

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And<00:15:41.840><c> now</c><00:15:42.080><c> it's</c><00:15:42.700><c> the</c><00:15:42.919><c> apostle</c><00:15:43.320><c> Paul.</c>

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But<00:15:46.320><c> curiously</c><00:15:47.019><c> enough,</c><00:15:48.539><c> that</c><00:15:48.639><c> mindset,</c><00:15:49.320><c> even</c><00:15:49.620><c> though</c><00:15:49.960><c> he</c>

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disavowed<00:15:51.100><c> it,</c>

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he<00:15:52.320><c> still</c><00:15:52.519><c> remembered</c><00:15:52.879><c> it.</c>

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And<00:15:54.539><c> he</c><00:15:54.779><c> still</c><00:15:55.039><c> used</c><00:15:55.480><c> that</c><00:15:55.860><c> memory</c><00:15:56.340><c> to</c><00:15:56.840><c> remind</c><00:15:57.360><c> himself</c><00:15:58.019><c> of</c><00:15:58.580><c> the</c><00:15:58.820><c> grace</c><00:15:59.159><c> that</c><00:15:59.379><c> he</c>

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had<00:15:59.759><c> received.</c>

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Acts<00:16:02.240><c> chapter</c><00:16:02.620><c> 22,</c><00:16:03.299><c> he</c><00:16:03.559><c> is</c><00:16:03.940><c> addressing</c><00:16:04.399><c> the</c><00:16:05.039><c> Jewish</c><00:16:05.399><c> multitude</c><00:16:06.139><c> outside</c>

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of<00:16:07.059><c> the</c><00:16:07.220><c> temple</c>

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before<00:16:08.720><c> he</c><00:16:08.940><c> would</c><00:16:09.320><c> be</c><00:16:09.679><c> taken</c><00:16:09.879><c> off</c><00:16:10.360><c> to</c><00:16:10.639><c> prison</c>

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and<00:16:12.159><c> would</c><00:16:13.019><c> stand</c><00:16:13.259><c> before</c><00:16:13.580><c> the</c><00:16:13.799><c> Sanhedrin</c><00:16:14.279><c> in</c><00:16:14.440><c> the</c><00:16:14.519><c> very</c><00:16:14.720><c> next</c><00:16:14.980><c> chapter.</c>

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Take<00:16:15.559><c> a</c><00:16:15.659><c> look</c><00:16:15.779><c> at</c><00:16:15.899><c> verses</c><00:16:16.220><c> 4</c><00:16:16.779><c> and</c><00:16:17.000><c> 5.</c>

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And<00:16:19.919><c> I</c><00:16:20.240><c> persecuted</c><00:16:20.840><c> this</c><00:16:21.179><c> way</c><00:16:21.360><c> unto</c><00:16:21.620><c> the</c><00:16:21.860><c> death,</c>

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binding<00:16:22.980><c> and</c><00:16:23.279><c> delivering</c><00:16:23.679><c> into</c><00:16:24.019><c> prisons</c><00:16:24.480><c> both</c><00:16:24.840><c> men</c><00:16:25.039><c> and</c><00:16:25.200><c> women,</c>

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as<00:16:26.820><c> also</c><00:16:27.100><c> the</c><00:16:27.200><c> high</c><00:16:27.480><c> priest</c><00:16:27.879><c> doth</c><00:16:28.139><c> bear</c><00:16:28.360><c> me</c><00:16:28.519><c> witness</c><00:16:28.919><c> in</c><00:16:29.100><c> all</c>

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the<00:16:29.600><c> estate</c><00:16:29.820><c> of</c><00:16:30.000><c> the</c><00:16:30.179><c> elders,</c>

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for<00:16:30.700><c> whom</c><00:16:30.879><c> also</c><00:16:31.200><c> I</c><00:16:31.480><c> received</c><00:16:31.759><c> letters</c><00:16:32.100><c> unto</c><00:16:32.340><c> the</c><00:16:32.580><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:16:33.600><c> went</c><00:16:33.860><c> to</c><00:16:34.080><c> Damascus</c><00:16:34.679><c> to</c><00:16:34.860><c> bring</c><00:16:35.120><c> them</c><00:16:35.500><c> which</c><00:16:35.759><c> were</c><00:16:36.120><c> there,</c>

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and<00:16:36.759><c> bound</c><00:16:37.000><c> unto</c><00:16:37.259><c> Jerusalem</c><00:16:37.940><c> for</c><00:16:38.240><c> to</c><00:16:38.419><c> be</c><00:16:38.659><c> punished.</c>

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And<00:16:39.860><c> again,</c><00:16:40.340><c> try</c><00:16:40.740><c> to</c><00:16:41.000><c> imagine</c><00:16:41.360><c> yourself</c><00:16:41.980><c> in</c><00:16:42.340><c> that</c><00:16:42.659><c> mindset</c>

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to<00:16:44.419><c> persecute</c><00:16:45.100><c> this</c><00:16:45.480><c> way</c><00:16:45.779><c> unto</c><00:16:46.620><c> the</c><00:16:46.860><c> death,</c>

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to<00:16:47.480><c> bind</c><00:16:47.940><c> and</c><00:16:48.159><c> deliver</c><00:16:48.480><c> into</c><00:16:48.759><c> prisons</c><00:16:49.220><c> both</c><00:16:49.519><c> men</c><00:16:49.740><c> and</c><00:16:49.899><c> women.</c>

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That<00:16:51.779><c> was</c><00:16:52.179><c> Saul</c><00:16:52.580><c> before</c><00:16:53.000><c> he</c><00:16:53.179><c> was</c><00:16:53.480><c> stopped</c><00:16:53.740><c> on</c><00:16:53.940><c> the</c><00:16:54.080><c> road</c><00:16:54.539><c> to</c><00:16:54.779><c> Damascus.</c>

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Same<00:16:58.019><c> chapter,</c><00:16:58.559><c> verses</c><00:16:58.919><c> 18</c><00:16:59.500><c> through</c><00:16:59.840><c> 21.</c>

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This<00:17:03.759><c> now</c><00:17:04.259><c> after</c><00:17:04.740><c> his</c><00:17:05.039><c> conversion,</c>

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and<00:17:08.259><c> saw</c><00:17:08.740><c> him</c><00:17:09.960><c> saying</c><00:17:10.400><c> unto</c><00:17:10.660><c> me,</c>

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Make<00:17:11.259><c> haste,</c><00:17:11.759><c> and</c><00:17:11.859><c> get</c><00:17:12.059><c> thee</c><00:17:12.200><c> quickly</c><00:17:12.500><c> out</c><00:17:12.740><c> of</c><00:17:12.880><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:17:13.480><c> this</c><00:17:13.660><c> is</c><00:17:13.839><c> a</c><00:17:13.920><c> vision</c><00:17:14.079><c> of</c><00:17:14.259><c> the</c><00:17:14.420><c> Lord</c><00:17:14.640><c> that</c><00:17:14.900><c> appeared</c><00:17:15.099><c> to</c><00:17:15.279><c> him.</c>

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For<00:17:16.160><c> they</c><00:17:16.359><c> will</c><00:17:16.559><c> not</c><00:17:16.799><c> receive</c><00:17:17.160><c> thy</c><00:17:17.359><c> testimony</c><00:17:17.960><c> concerning</c><00:17:18.480><c> me.</c>

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And<00:17:19.599><c> I</c><00:17:20.000><c> said,</c><00:17:20.500><c> this</c><00:17:20.700><c> is</c><00:17:20.940><c> Paul</c><00:17:21.240><c> now</c><00:17:21.599><c> speaking</c><00:17:21.920><c> to</c><00:17:22.160><c> the</c><00:17:22.339><c> Lord,</c>

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They<00:17:23.440><c> themselves</c><00:17:23.900><c> know</c><00:17:24.299><c> that</c><00:17:24.480><c> I</c><00:17:24.799><c> imprisoned</c><00:17:25.279><c> and</c><00:17:25.680><c> beat</c><00:17:25.960><c> in</c>

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every<00:17:26.539><c> synagogue</c>

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them<00:17:27.460><c> that</c><00:17:27.779><c> believed</c><00:17:28.099><c> on</c><00:17:28.440><c> thee.</c>

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And<00:17:29.420><c> when</c><00:17:29.599><c> the</c><00:17:29.759><c> blood</c><00:17:29.900><c> of</c><00:17:30.079><c> thy</c><00:17:30.220><c> martyr</c><00:17:30.480><c> Stephen</c><00:17:30.900><c> was</c><00:17:31.180><c> shed,</c>

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I<00:17:31.740><c> also</c><00:17:32.019><c> was</c><00:17:32.259><c> standing</c><00:17:32.599><c> by</c><00:17:33.039><c> and</c><00:17:33.539><c> consenting</c><00:17:34.039><c> unto</c><00:17:34.240><c> his</c><00:17:34.539><c> death,</c>

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and<00:17:35.279><c> kept</c><00:17:35.480><c> the</c><00:17:35.720><c> raiment</c><00:17:35.940><c> of</c><00:17:36.079><c> them</c><00:17:36.339><c> that</c><00:17:36.619><c> slew</c><00:17:36.839><c> him.</c>

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So<00:17:38.640><c> the</c><00:17:38.839><c> Apostle</c><00:17:39.380><c> Paul</c><00:17:39.819><c> remembered</c><00:17:40.700><c> that</c><00:17:41.259><c> mindset,</c>

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and<00:17:44.240><c> he</c><00:17:44.859><c> experienced</c><00:17:45.539><c> the</c><00:17:45.880><c> grace</c><00:17:46.240><c> and</c><00:17:46.480><c> the</c><00:17:46.660><c> mercy</c><00:17:47.000><c> of</c><00:17:47.359><c> forgiveness.</c>

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And<00:17:49.220><c> yet</c><00:17:49.339><c> he</c><00:17:49.579><c> used</c><00:17:50.019><c> that</c><00:17:50.400><c> memory</c><00:17:50.980><c> to</c><00:17:51.680><c> continue</c><00:17:52.259><c> to</c><00:17:52.680><c> allow</c><00:17:53.180><c> the</c><00:17:54.799><c> potter</c>

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to<00:17:55.559><c> soften</c><00:17:55.940><c> him</c><00:17:56.640><c> and</c><00:17:57.660><c> strengthen</c><00:17:58.119><c> him.</c>

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Chapter<00:18:01.380><c> 26</c><00:18:01.920><c> of</c><00:18:02.180><c> Acts</c><00:18:02.420><c> of</c><00:18:02.559><c> the</c><00:18:02.700><c> Apostles,</c>

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and<00:18:03.740><c> the</c><00:18:03.839><c> Apostle</c><00:18:04.220><c> now</c><00:18:04.579><c> is</c><00:18:04.819><c> standing</c><00:18:05.160><c> before</c><00:18:05.619><c> King</c><00:18:05.940><c> Agrippa.</c>

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So<00:18:08.200><c> he</c><00:18:08.420><c> took</c><00:18:08.680><c> this</c><00:18:09.039><c> experience</c><00:18:09.660><c> with</c><00:18:09.920><c> him</c><00:18:10.140><c> wherever</c><00:18:10.480><c> he</c><00:18:10.859><c> went.</c>

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Even<00:18:11.240><c> though</c><00:18:11.420><c> he</c><00:18:11.559><c> was</c><00:18:11.880><c> forgiven,</c>

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even<00:18:12.480><c> though</c><00:18:12.700><c> he</c><00:18:12.859><c> had</c><00:18:13.099><c> received</c><00:18:13.779><c> the</c><00:18:14.119><c> grace</c><00:18:14.420><c> and</c><00:18:14.619><c> the</c><00:18:14.779><c> mercy</c>

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of<00:18:15.240><c> God,</c>

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he<00:18:16.759><c> remembered</c><00:18:17.240><c> it</c><00:18:17.460><c> so</c><00:18:17.640><c> that</c><00:18:17.759><c> he</c><00:18:17.839><c> would</c><00:18:18.099><c> continue</c><00:18:18.579><c> to</c><00:18:18.819><c> be</c><00:18:19.019><c> able</c>

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to<00:18:19.460><c> be</c><00:18:19.700><c> molded</c>

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by<00:18:21.079><c> his</c><00:18:21.279><c> Heavenly</c><00:18:21.619><c> Father.</c>

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Chapter<00:18:25.099><c> 26,</c><00:18:26.319><c> starting</c><00:18:26.400><c> at</c><00:18:26.680><c> verse</c><00:18:26.920><c> 9.</c>

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I<00:18:28.539><c> verily</c><00:18:29.000><c> thought</c><00:18:29.240><c> with</c><00:18:29.460><c> myself</c><00:18:29.960><c> that</c><00:18:30.180><c> I</c><00:18:30.359><c> ought</c><00:18:30.519><c> to</c><00:18:30.680><c> do</c><00:18:30.839><c> many</c><00:18:31.180><c> things,</c>

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contrary<00:18:32.180><c> to</c><00:18:32.420><c> the</c><00:18:32.519><c> name</c><00:18:32.759><c> of</c><00:18:32.960><c> Jesus</c><00:18:33.359><c> of</c><00:18:33.640><c> Nazareth.</c>

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Which<00:18:35.059><c> thing</c><00:18:35.279><c> I</c><00:18:35.500><c> also</c><00:18:35.720><c> did</c><00:18:35.839><c> in</c><00:18:36.059><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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and<00:18:36.819><c> many</c><00:18:37.119><c> of</c><00:18:37.299><c> the</c><00:18:37.500><c> saints</c><00:18:37.759><c> did</c><00:18:37.960><c> I</c><00:18:38.140><c> shut</c><00:18:38.299><c> up</c><00:18:38.500><c> in</c><00:18:38.779><c> prisons,</c>

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having<00:18:39.819><c> received</c><00:18:40.640><c> authority</c><00:18:41.259><c> from</c><00:18:41.519><c> the</c><00:18:41.680><c> chief</c><00:18:41.980><c> priests.</c>

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And<00:18:43.259><c> when</c><00:18:43.500><c> they</c><00:18:43.859><c> were</c><00:18:44.099><c> put</c><00:18:44.359><c> to</c><00:18:44.619><c> death,</c><00:18:45.660><c> I</c><00:18:46.059><c> gave</c><00:18:46.440><c> my</c><00:18:46.900><c> voice</c>

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against<00:18:48.000><c> them.</c>

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Now<00:18:50.019><c> could</c><00:18:50.299><c> you</c><00:18:50.480><c> imagine</c><00:18:50.859><c> yourself</c><00:18:51.359><c> in</c><00:18:51.539><c> an</c><00:18:51.740><c> ecclesia,</c>

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and<00:18:53.460><c> standing</c><00:18:53.579><c> before</c><00:18:53.960><c> the</c><00:18:54.220><c> ecclesia</c><00:18:54.740><c> and</c><00:18:55.119><c> saying,</c>

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I<00:18:56.900><c> voted</c><00:18:57.460><c> to</c><00:18:58.819><c> put</c><00:18:59.240><c> some</c><00:18:59.839><c> of</c><00:19:00.039><c> my</c><00:19:00.240><c> brothers</c><00:19:00.519><c> and</c><00:19:00.779><c> sisters</c><00:19:01.119><c> to</c><00:19:01.359><c> death.</c>

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Some<00:19:01.640><c> of</c><00:19:01.759><c> the</c><00:19:01.880><c> brothers</c><00:19:02.099><c> and</c><00:19:02.359><c> sisters</c><00:19:02.539><c> who</c><00:19:02.700><c> were</c><00:19:02.859><c> of</c><00:19:02.960><c> this</c><00:19:03.140><c> meeting,</c>

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I<00:19:03.839><c> voted,</c><00:19:04.299><c> I</c><00:19:04.599><c> consented</c><00:19:05.240><c> to</c><00:19:06.519><c> put</c><00:19:06.740><c> them</c><00:19:07.079><c> to</c><00:19:07.339><c> death.</c>

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And<00:19:09.319><c> again,</c><00:19:09.579><c> he</c><00:19:09.839><c> took</c><00:19:10.079><c> that</c><00:19:10.420><c> experience</c><00:19:11.200><c> of</c><00:19:11.720><c> his</c><00:19:11.900><c> early</c><00:19:12.180><c> life</c>

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prior<00:19:13.019><c> to</c><00:19:13.279><c> his</c><00:19:13.480><c> conversion.</c>

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And<00:19:15.539><c> though</c><00:19:15.740><c> he</c><00:19:15.920><c> was</c><00:19:16.380><c> forgiven,</c>

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it<00:19:17.720><c> still</c><00:19:18.000><c> formed</c><00:19:18.500><c> a</c><00:19:18.779><c> part</c><00:19:19.019><c> of</c><00:19:19.279><c> his</c><00:19:19.660><c> mindset,</c>

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his<00:19:20.819><c> perspective</c><00:19:21.920><c> before</c><00:19:22.579><c> his</c><00:19:22.859><c> God.</c>

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That<00:19:24.619><c> experience</c><00:19:25.200><c> of</c><00:19:25.519><c> grace</c><00:19:26.079><c> was</c><00:19:26.619><c> with</c><00:19:26.839><c> him</c><00:19:27.099><c> throughout</c><00:19:27.440><c> his</c><00:19:27.720><c> life.</c>

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Take<00:19:30.859><c> a</c><00:19:31.019><c> look</c><00:19:31.140><c> how</c><00:19:31.380><c> he</c><00:19:31.799><c> looks</c><00:19:32.079><c> back</c><00:19:32.460><c> in</c><00:19:32.680><c> the</c><00:19:32.859><c> epistles</c>

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at<00:19:33.519><c> some</c><00:19:33.720><c> of</c><00:19:33.880><c> these</c><00:19:34.140><c> experiences</c><00:19:34.740><c> in</c><00:19:35.000><c> the</c><00:19:35.220><c> Acts.</c>

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1<00:19:37.039><c> Timothy</c><00:19:37.400><c> chapter</c><00:19:37.940><c> 1.</c>

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Let's<00:19:44.400><c> start</c><00:19:44.680><c> reading</c><00:19:45.000><c> at</c><00:19:45.400><c> verse</c><00:19:45.660><c> 12.</c>

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And<00:19:48.400><c> I</c><00:19:48.720><c> thank</c><00:19:48.960><c> Christ</c><00:19:49.380><c> Jesus</c><00:19:49.799><c> our</c><00:19:50.000><c> Lord,</c><00:19:50.519><c> who</c><00:19:50.539><c> hath</c><00:19:50.759><c> enabled</c><00:19:51.160><c> me,</c>

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for<00:19:51.700><c> that</c><00:19:51.839><c> he</c><00:19:52.000><c> counted</c><00:19:52.319><c> me</c><00:19:52.619><c> faithful,</c>

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putting<00:19:54.220><c> me</c><00:19:54.460><c> into</c><00:19:54.700><c> the</c><00:19:54.960><c> ministry,</c><00:19:56.460><c> who</c><00:19:56.660><c> was</c><00:19:57.000><c> before,</c>

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and<00:19:58.859><c> look</c><00:19:59.039><c> at</c><00:19:59.200><c> these</c><00:20:00.400><c> words,</c>

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a<00:20:02.019><c> blasphemer</c><00:20:02.779><c> and</c><00:20:04.079><c> a</c><00:20:04.299><c> persecutor</c><00:20:05.420><c> and</c><00:20:06.200><c> injurious.</c>

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Now<00:20:08.779><c> the</c><00:20:08.819><c> apostle</c><00:20:09.160><c> could</c><00:20:09.380><c> have</c><00:20:09.460><c> focused</c><00:20:09.839><c> just</c><00:20:10.240><c> on</c><00:20:10.519><c> those</c>

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three<00:20:11.500><c> things.</c>

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He<00:20:14.259><c> states</c><00:20:14.599><c> them,</c><00:20:16.200><c> but</c><00:20:16.420><c> then</c><00:20:16.579><c> he</c><00:20:16.680><c> goes</c><00:20:16.880><c> on,</c><00:20:17.279><c> doesn't</c><00:20:17.500><c> he?</c>

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And<00:20:20.019><c> that's</c><00:20:20.299><c> the</c><00:20:20.519><c> exhortation,</c><00:20:21.259><c> that's</c><00:20:21.740><c> the</c><00:20:21.940><c> example,</c>

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that's<00:20:22.940><c> the</c><00:20:23.140><c> challenge</c><00:20:23.599><c> for</c><00:20:23.880><c> us.</c>

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We<00:20:25.940><c> need</c><00:20:26.220><c> to</c><00:20:26.480><c> accept</c><00:20:26.980><c> the</c><00:20:27.279><c> place</c><00:20:27.579><c> from</c><00:20:27.920><c> which</c><00:20:28.140><c> we</c><00:20:28.400><c> have</c><00:20:28.720><c> come.</c>

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We<00:20:30.539><c> need</c><00:20:30.759><c> to</c><00:20:31.019><c> accept</c><00:20:31.420><c> who</c><00:20:31.759><c> we</c><00:20:32.000><c> were</c><00:20:32.259><c> and</c><00:20:32.420><c> what</c><00:20:32.660><c> we</c><00:20:32.960><c> were</c>

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before<00:20:33.940><c> we</c><00:20:34.240><c> knew</c><00:20:34.440><c> Christ,</c><00:20:35.960><c> and</c><00:20:36.119><c> then</c><00:20:36.559><c> go</c><00:20:36.900><c> on.</c>

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But<00:20:38.799><c> I</c><00:20:39.000><c> obtained</c><00:20:39.460><c> mercy.</c>

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Simple<00:20:41.779><c> words,</c><00:20:43.019><c> very</c><00:20:43.440><c> easy</c><00:20:43.779><c> to</c><00:20:44.119><c> understand,</c>

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but<00:20:45.059><c> what</c><00:20:45.420><c> profound</c><00:20:46.220><c> meaning</c><00:20:46.779><c> they</c><00:20:47.819><c> should</c><00:20:48.079><c> have</c><00:20:48.380><c> for</c><00:20:48.660><c> us</c>

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as<00:20:50.660><c> we</c><00:20:50.880><c> serve</c><00:20:51.119><c> each</c><00:20:51.420><c> other,</c>

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as<00:20:52.660><c> we</c><00:20:52.900><c> attempt</c><00:20:53.180><c> to</c><00:20:53.440><c> glorify</c><00:20:53.960><c> our</c><00:20:54.119><c> Heavenly</c><00:20:54.460><c> Father.</c>

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But<00:20:56.099><c> I</c><00:20:56.380><c> obtained</c><00:20:56.720><c> mercy,</c>

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because<00:20:58.240><c> I</c><00:20:58.440><c> did</c><00:20:58.599><c> it</c><00:20:58.839><c> ignorantly</c><00:20:59.240><c> and</c><00:20:59.400><c> unbelief,</c>

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and<00:21:00.220><c> the</c><00:21:00.420><c> grace</c><00:21:00.859><c> of</c><00:21:01.099><c> our</c><00:21:01.279><c> Lord</c><00:21:01.579><c> was</c><00:21:01.960><c> exceeding</c><00:21:02.640><c> abundant</c>

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with<00:21:03.380><c> faith</c><00:21:03.740><c> and</c><00:21:04.000><c> love,</c><00:21:04.920><c> which</c><00:21:05.240><c> is</c><00:21:05.440><c> in</c><00:21:05.619><c> Christ</c><00:21:05.940><c> Jesus.</c>

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This<00:21:07.599><c> is</c><00:21:07.799><c> a</c><00:21:07.920><c> faithful</c><00:21:08.220><c> saying</c><00:21:08.680><c> and</c><00:21:08.900><c> worthy</c><00:21:09.099><c> of</c><00:21:09.420><c> all</c><00:21:09.779><c> acceptation,</c>

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that<00:21:10.880><c> Christ</c><00:21:11.279><c> Jesus</c><00:21:11.740><c> came</c><00:21:12.079><c> into</c><00:21:12.319><c> the</c><00:21:12.539><c> world</c><00:21:12.819><c> to</c><00:21:13.140><c> save</c><00:21:13.400><c> sinners.</c>

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That's<00:21:15.640><c> a</c><00:21:15.839><c> doctrine,</c><00:21:16.240><c> that's</c><00:21:16.480><c> an</c><00:21:16.619><c> intellectual</c><00:21:17.099><c> concept,</c>

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and<00:21:17.940><c> what</c><00:21:18.079><c> does</c><00:21:18.279><c> Paul</c><00:21:18.559><c> say?</c>

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Of<00:21:21.000><c> whom</c><00:21:21.259><c> I</c><00:21:21.720><c> am</c><00:21:21.920><c> the</c><00:21:22.180><c> chief.</c>

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The<00:21:23.720><c> doctrine</c><00:21:24.200><c> of</c><00:21:24.440><c> grace</c><00:21:24.880><c> was</c><00:21:26.259><c> more</c><00:21:26.759><c> than</c><00:21:26.960><c> just</c>

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an<00:21:27.500><c> intellectual</c><00:21:27.940><c> concept</c><00:21:28.539><c> for</c><00:21:28.759><c> the</c><00:21:28.920><c> Apostle</c><00:21:29.380><c> Paul.</c>

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The<00:21:29.859><c> doctrine</c><00:21:30.200><c> of</c><00:21:30.440><c> grace</c><00:21:30.700><c> was</c><00:21:30.960><c> right</c><00:21:31.299><c> here.</c>

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Jesus<00:21:32.759><c> came</c><00:21:33.019><c> into</c><00:21:33.240><c> the</c><00:21:33.480><c> world</c><00:21:33.700><c> to</c><00:21:34.119><c> save</c><00:21:34.440><c> sinners,</c>

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and<00:21:35.059><c> I</c><00:21:35.400><c> am</c><00:21:35.559><c> the</c><00:21:35.839><c> chief</c><00:21:36.099><c> of</c><00:21:36.319><c> those</c><00:21:36.640><c> sinners.</c>

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And<00:21:38.460><c> there</c><00:21:38.579><c> is</c><00:21:38.839><c> that</c><00:21:39.119><c> beautiful</c><00:21:39.880><c> combination</c>

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of<00:21:41.160><c> head</c><00:21:41.420><c> knowledge</c><00:21:41.980><c> and</c><00:21:43.079><c> heart</c><00:21:43.339><c> knowledge.</c>

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Albeit<00:21:46.259><c> for</c><00:21:46.539><c> this</c><00:21:46.819><c> cause,</c><00:21:47.339><c> I</c><00:21:47.460><c> obtained</c><00:21:47.839><c> mercy,</c>

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that<00:21:48.440><c> in</c><00:21:48.660><c> me</c><00:21:49.079><c> first,</c><00:21:49.839><c> Jesus</c><00:21:50.339><c> Christ</c><00:21:50.779><c> might</c><00:21:51.099><c> show</c><00:21:51.440><c> forth</c>

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all<00:21:52.059><c> His</c><00:21:52.380><c> long</c><00:21:52.680><c>-suffering</c><00:21:53.480><c> for</c><00:21:53.940><c> a</c><00:21:54.160><c> pattern</c><00:21:54.380><c> to</c><00:21:54.599><c> them</c>

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which<00:21:55.160><c> should</c><00:21:55.420><c> hereafter</c><00:21:55.940><c> believe</c><00:21:56.279><c> on</c><00:21:56.579><c> Him</c>

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to<00:21:57.779><c> life</c><00:21:58.039><c> everlasting.</c>

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And<00:22:00.380><c> Paul</c><00:22:00.519><c> can't</c><00:22:00.759><c> help</c><00:22:00.980><c> himself,</c><00:22:01.599><c> verse</c><00:22:01.740><c> 17.</c>

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Now<00:22:02.480><c> unto</c><00:22:02.759><c> the</c><00:22:02.980><c> King</c><00:22:03.180><c> eternal,</c><00:22:04.019><c> immortal,</c><00:22:04.700><c> invisible,</c>

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the<00:22:06.079><c> only</c><00:22:06.480><c> wise</c><00:22:06.839><c> God,</c><00:22:07.380><c> be</c><00:22:07.519><c> honor</c><00:22:07.819><c> and</c><00:22:08.119><c> glory</c>

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forever<00:22:08.940><c> and</c><00:22:09.200><c> ever,</c><00:22:09.599><c> amen.</c>

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He<00:22:10.460><c> can't</c><00:22:10.880><c> help</c><00:22:11.200><c> but</c><00:22:11.539><c> praise</c><00:22:12.339><c> His</c><00:22:13.720><c> Father</c><00:22:14.339><c> and</c><00:22:15.359><c> the</c><00:22:15.619><c> Son</c>

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through<00:22:17.180><c> whom</c><00:22:17.440><c> that</c><00:22:17.700><c> grace</c><00:22:18.019><c> had</c><00:22:18.319><c> come.</c>

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One<00:22:21.579><c> more</c><00:22:21.859><c> quick</c><00:22:22.059><c> one</c><00:22:22.319><c> from</c><00:22:22.720><c> Ephesians,</c>

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and<00:22:23.839><c> these</c><00:22:24.059><c> are</c><00:22:24.240><c> just</c><00:22:24.500><c> a</c><00:22:24.680><c> few</c><00:22:24.819><c> passages</c>

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that<00:22:25.640><c> we</c><00:22:25.759><c> could</c><00:22:25.960><c> turn</c><00:22:26.240><c> to</c><00:22:26.539><c> that</c><00:22:27.279><c> tell</c><00:22:28.119><c> us</c>

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of<00:22:28.700><c> the</c><00:22:28.900><c> attitude</c><00:22:29.299><c> of</c><00:22:29.519><c> the</c><00:22:29.680><c> Apostle</c><00:22:30.140><c> Paul</c>

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as<00:22:30.660><c> he</c><00:22:30.960><c> experienced</c><00:22:31.420><c> that</c><00:22:31.720><c> grace</c><00:22:31.960><c> in</c><00:22:32.119><c> his</c><00:22:32.319><c> life.</c>

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Ephesians<00:22:35.160><c> chapter</c><00:22:35.539><c> 3,</c><00:22:37.940><c> verses</c><00:22:38.220><c> 7</c><00:22:38.559><c> and</c><00:22:38.720><c> 8.</c>

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Whereof<00:22:40.799><c> I</c><00:22:40.980><c> was</c><00:22:41.160><c> made</c><00:22:41.460><c> a</c><00:22:41.680><c> minister</c>

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according<00:22:42.559><c> to</c><00:22:42.880><c> the</c><00:22:43.099><c> gift</c><00:22:43.400><c> of</c><00:22:43.599><c> the</c><00:22:43.799><c> grace</c><00:22:44.099><c> of</c><00:22:44.339><c> God,</c>

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given<00:22:45.059><c> unto</c><00:22:45.319><c> me</c><00:22:45.640><c> by</c><00:22:45.859><c> the</c><00:22:46.099><c> effectual</c><00:22:46.539><c> working</c><00:22:46.819><c> of</c><00:22:47.059><c> His</c><00:22:47.359><c> power,</c>

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unto<00:22:48.900><c> me</c><00:22:49.440><c> who</c><00:22:49.640><c> am</c><00:22:49.839><c> less</c><00:22:50.319><c> than</c><00:22:50.519><c> the</c><00:22:50.700><c> least</c><00:22:51.000><c> of</c><00:22:51.259><c> all</c><00:22:51.539><c> saints</c>

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was<00:22:52.920><c> this</c><00:22:53.220><c> grace</c><00:22:53.480><c> given,</c>

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that<00:22:53.980><c> I</c><00:22:54.180><c> should</c><00:22:54.380><c> preach</c><00:22:54.700><c> among</c><00:22:55.019><c> the</c><00:22:55.220><c> Gentiles</c>

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the<00:22:56.220><c> unsearchable</c><00:22:56.819><c> riches</c><00:22:57.160><c> of</c><00:22:57.500><c> Christ.</c>

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The<00:22:59.299><c> unsearchable</c><00:23:00.019><c> riches</c><00:23:00.339><c> of</c><00:23:00.559><c> Christ</c>

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was<00:23:01.180><c> not</c><00:23:02.420><c> a</c><00:23:02.539><c> fancy</c><00:23:03.000><c> phrase,</c>

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was<00:23:03.759><c> not</c><00:23:03.940><c> an</c><00:23:04.140><c> intellectual</c><00:23:04.559><c> concept.</c>

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It<00:23:05.359><c> was</c><00:23:05.519><c> something</c><00:23:05.859><c> that</c><00:23:06.140><c> the</c><00:23:06.299><c> Apostle</c>

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had<00:23:07.019><c> experienced</c><00:23:07.720><c> in</c><00:23:07.900><c> his</c><00:23:08.140><c> life.</c>

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Maybe,<00:23:11.400><c> brethren</c><00:23:11.779><c> and</c><00:23:12.079><c> sisters,</c>

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our<00:23:13.200><c> preaching</c><00:23:13.619><c> would</c><00:23:13.900><c> be</c><00:23:14.079><c> more</c><00:23:14.460><c> vibrant</c><00:23:14.940><c> and</c><00:23:15.200><c> more</c><00:23:15.519><c> vital.</c>

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If<00:23:16.980><c> we</c><00:23:17.240><c> were</c><00:23:17.579><c> really</c><00:23:18.099><c> convinced</c><00:23:18.920><c> and</c><00:23:19.339><c> really</c><00:23:19.779><c> aware</c>

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of<00:23:21.480><c> the</c><00:23:21.700><c> exercise</c><00:23:22.140><c> of</c><00:23:22.420><c> grace</c><00:23:22.700><c> in</c><00:23:22.940><c> our</c><00:23:23.119><c> own</c><00:23:23.359><c> lives,</c>

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maybe<00:23:25.779><c> we</c><00:23:25.920><c> don't</c><00:23:26.259><c> talk</c><00:23:26.579><c> about</c><00:23:26.920><c> this</c><00:23:27.519><c> enough</c><00:23:28.000><c> as</c><00:23:28.259><c> a</c><00:23:28.460><c> community.</c>

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Maybe<00:23:30.660><c> we</c><00:23:30.859><c> don't</c><00:23:31.259><c> think</c><00:23:31.579><c> about</c><00:23:31.859><c> it</c><00:23:32.099><c> enough</c>

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as<00:23:33.039><c> brethren</c><00:23:33.319><c> and</c><00:23:33.599><c> sisters.</c>

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But<00:23:36.480><c> there</c><00:23:36.680><c> it</c><00:23:36.839><c> is,</c>

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one<00:23:38.339><c> of</c><00:23:38.500><c> the</c><00:23:38.640><c> tools</c><00:23:39.019><c> that</c><00:23:39.220><c> the</c><00:23:39.420><c> potter</c><00:23:39.700><c> uses</c>

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to<00:23:41.599><c> soften</c><00:23:41.920><c> us.</c>

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Yes,<00:23:43.099><c> we</c><00:23:43.319><c> are</c><00:23:43.680><c> purified</c><00:23:44.279><c> by</c><00:23:44.559><c> grace,</c>

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but<00:23:46.299><c> we</c><00:23:46.480><c> need</c><00:23:46.619><c> to</c><00:23:46.779><c> be</c><00:23:47.059><c> softened</c><00:23:47.420><c> by</c><00:23:47.660><c> grace</c><00:23:48.119><c> as</c><00:23:48.460><c> well.</c>

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Another<00:23:53.359><c> tool</c><00:23:53.799><c> that</c><00:23:54.220><c> the</c><00:23:54.480><c> potter</c><00:23:54.779><c> uses</c>

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we<00:23:56.819><c> might</c><00:23:57.059><c> call</c><00:23:57.440><c> the</c><00:23:57.700><c> ways</c><00:23:58.000><c> of</c><00:23:58.440><c> providence.</c>

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God's<00:23:59.640><c> arranging</c><00:24:00.140><c> of</c><00:24:00.359><c> the</c><00:24:00.539><c> events</c><00:24:00.740><c> of</c><00:24:00.960><c> our</c><00:24:01.140><c> lives</c>

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is<00:24:01.720><c> another</c><00:24:01.960><c> way</c><00:24:02.240><c> in</c><00:24:02.380><c> which</c><00:24:02.599><c> we</c><00:24:02.779><c> are</c><00:24:03.059><c> softened</c>

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and<00:24:03.759><c> strengthened</c><00:24:04.180><c> by</c><00:24:04.559><c> Him.</c>

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Of<00:24:06.940><c> course,</c><00:24:07.180><c> Brother</c><00:24:07.319><c> Roberts</c><00:24:07.640><c> has</c><00:24:07.880><c> written</c>

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that<00:24:08.339><c> wonderful</c><00:24:08.700><c> book,</c><00:24:09.059><c> The</c><00:24:09.140><c> Ways</c><00:24:09.420><c> of</c><00:24:09.779><c> Providence,</c>

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which<00:24:10.759><c> details</c><00:24:11.559><c> this</c><00:24:12.799><c> tool</c><00:24:13.119><c> in</c><00:24:13.299><c> the</c><00:24:13.480><c> hand</c><00:24:13.640><c> of</c><00:24:13.819><c> the</c><00:24:14.019><c> potter.</c>

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And<00:24:16.240><c> as</c><00:24:16.519><c> our</c><00:24:16.880><c> mind</c><00:24:17.240><c> wanders</c><00:24:17.740><c> through</c><00:24:18.019><c> scripture,</c>

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time<00:24:18.980><c> and</c><00:24:19.099><c> time</c><00:24:19.319><c> again</c><00:24:19.680><c> we</c><00:24:19.900><c> see</c><00:24:20.200><c> examples</c>

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of<00:24:21.240><c> the</c><00:24:21.400><c> ways</c><00:24:21.740><c> of</c><00:24:22.099><c> providence.</c>

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And<00:24:23.680><c> we</c><00:24:23.759><c> would</c><00:24:23.940><c> like</c><00:24:24.019><c> to</c><00:24:24.200><c> spend</c><00:24:24.380><c> just</c><00:24:24.619><c> a</c><00:24:24.799><c> brief</c><00:24:24.960><c> time</c>

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meditating<00:24:25.799><c> on</c><00:24:26.039><c> just</c><00:24:26.339><c> one</c><00:24:26.539><c> example</c><00:24:27.000><c> of</c><00:24:27.200><c> this</c><00:24:27.420><c> tool</c>

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in<00:24:27.740><c> the</c><00:24:27.799><c> life</c><00:24:28.039><c> of</c><00:24:28.319><c> Abraham,</c>

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and<00:24:30.140><c> make</c><00:24:30.380><c> reference</c><00:24:30.779><c> to</c><00:24:31.440><c> two</c><00:24:31.619><c> others</c><00:24:31.839><c> very</c><00:24:32.200><c> briefly,</c>

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and<00:24:33.740><c> then</c><00:24:34.400><c> share</c><00:24:34.900><c> with</c><00:24:35.160><c> your</c><00:24:35.380><c> permission</c>

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a<00:24:36.579><c> personal</c><00:24:36.960><c> example.</c>

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Genesis<00:24:39.019><c> chapter</c><00:24:39.480><c> 24.</c>

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The<00:24:44.420><c> chapter</c><00:24:44.660><c> begins</c><00:24:45.259><c> with</c><00:24:46.180><c> the</c><00:24:46.380><c> verse,</c>

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Abraham<00:24:47.359><c> was</c><00:24:47.720><c> old</c><00:24:48.099><c> and</c><00:24:48.339><c> well</c><00:24:48.680><c>-stricken</c><00:24:49.000><c> in</c><00:24:49.200><c> age,</c>

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and<00:24:49.700><c> the</c><00:24:49.819><c> Lord</c><00:24:50.059><c> had</c><00:24:50.299><c> blessed</c><00:24:50.619><c> Abraham</c><00:24:51.259><c> in</c><00:24:51.619><c> all</c><00:24:51.900><c> things.</c>

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He's<00:24:55.039><c> 140</c><00:24:55.640><c> years</c><00:24:56.039><c> old</c><00:24:56.420><c> at</c><00:24:56.700><c> this</c><00:24:57.000><c> point,</c>

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Genesis<00:24:58.339><c> chapter</c><00:24:58.740><c> 24.</c>

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He<00:25:01.140><c> had</c><00:25:01.339><c> walked</c><00:25:01.640><c> with</c><00:25:01.859><c> his</c><00:25:02.099><c> God</c><00:25:02.400><c> for</c><00:25:02.740><c> 70</c><00:25:03.140><c> years.</c>

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He<00:25:05.339><c> had</c><00:25:05.559><c> been</c><00:25:05.779><c> softened</c><00:25:06.420><c> and</c><00:25:06.700><c> strengthened</c>

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and<00:25:07.559><c> molded.</c>

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And<00:25:09.380><c> He</c><00:25:09.500><c> presents</c><00:25:09.980><c> to</c><00:25:10.259><c> us</c><00:25:10.720><c> in</c><00:25:11.480><c> chapter</c><00:25:11.819><c> 24</c>

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a<00:25:12.519><c> man</c><00:25:12.880><c> of</c><00:25:13.099><c> tremendous</c><00:25:13.579><c> faith.</c>

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:18.400
He's<00:25:16.900><c> at</c><00:25:17.019><c> a</c><00:25:17.140><c> vulnerable</c><00:25:17.519><c> stage</c><00:25:17.839><c> in</c><00:25:18.000><c> his</c><00:25:18.180><c> life</c>

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because<00:25:18.759><c> Sarah</c><00:25:19.119><c> is</c><00:25:19.359><c> dead.</c>

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He's<00:25:20.960><c> alone.</c>

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And<00:25:23.700><c> yet</c><00:25:23.880><c> we</c><00:25:24.240><c> see</c><00:25:25.279><c> in</c><00:25:26.140><c> verses</c><00:25:26.420><c> 7</c><00:25:26.740><c> and</c><00:25:26.900><c> 8</c>

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a<00:25:28.980><c> wonderful</c><00:25:29.940><c> acceptance</c><00:25:30.900><c> of</c><00:25:32.519><c> God's</c><00:25:32.960><c> will</c><00:25:33.119><c> for</c><00:25:33.319><c> his</c><00:25:33.539><c> life,</c>

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a<00:25:34.039><c> wonderful</c><00:25:34.400><c> trust</c><00:25:35.039><c> in</c><00:25:35.319><c> the</c><00:25:35.519><c> God</c><00:25:35.720><c> that</c><00:25:35.880><c> he</c><00:25:35.980><c> had</c><00:25:36.200><c> known</c>

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now<00:25:36.720><c> for</c><00:25:37.059><c> 70</c><00:25:37.400><c> years.</c>

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Genesis<00:25:39.480><c> chapter</c><00:25:39.859><c> 24</c><00:25:40.279><c> tells</c><00:25:40.700><c> us</c><00:25:41.059><c> the</c><00:25:41.319><c> story</c>

00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:44.940
of<00:25:41.920><c> the</c><00:25:42.240><c> finding</c><00:25:42.599><c> of</c><00:25:43.240><c> the</c><00:25:43.460><c> wife</c><00:25:43.720><c> for</c><00:25:44.019><c> Isaac.</c>

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:48.079
It's<00:25:45.720><c> a</c><00:25:45.880><c> story</c><00:25:46.140><c> in</c><00:25:46.380><c> which</c><00:25:46.779><c> repetition</c><00:25:47.400><c> occurs,</c>

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and<00:25:48.700><c> that</c><00:25:48.819><c> should</c><00:25:48.980><c> make</c><00:25:49.180><c> us</c><00:25:49.460><c> step</c><00:25:49.740><c> up</c><00:25:50.059><c> and</c><00:25:50.400><c> listen</c>

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and<00:25:51.059><c> ask</c><00:25:51.400><c> why.</c>

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Take<00:25:52.779><c> a</c><00:25:52.880><c> look</c><00:25:52.980><c> at</c><00:25:53.119><c> verses</c><00:25:53.359><c> 7</c><00:25:53.680><c> and</c><00:25:53.839><c> 8.</c>

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Abraham<00:25:56.279><c> is</c><00:25:56.579><c> speaking</c><00:25:56.940><c> to</c><00:25:57.440><c> the</c>

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eldest<00:25:59.019><c> servant</c><00:25:59.380><c> of</c><00:25:59.559><c> his</c><00:25:59.740><c> house.</c>

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We<00:26:00.480><c> would</c><00:26:00.680><c> suggest</c><00:26:01.200><c> it's</c><00:26:01.539><c> Eleazar.</c>

00:26:03.099 --> 00:26:04.880
Verse<00:26:03.319><c> 7,</c><00:26:03.720><c> the</c><00:26:03.839><c> Lord</c><00:26:04.200><c> God</c><00:26:04.420><c> of</c><00:26:04.599><c> heaven,</c>

00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:06.880
which<00:26:05.140><c> took</c><00:26:05.420><c> me</c><00:26:05.640><c> from</c><00:26:05.799><c> my</c><00:26:06.019><c> father's</c><00:26:06.480><c> house</c>

00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:09.039
and<00:26:07.079><c> from</c><00:26:07.259><c> the</c><00:26:07.420><c> land</c><00:26:07.640><c> of</c><00:26:07.839><c> my</c><00:26:08.079><c> kindred.</c>

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And<00:26:09.799><c> Abraham</c><00:26:10.059><c> goes</c><00:26:10.359><c> back</c>

00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:12.980
and<00:26:11.079><c> thinks</c><00:26:11.380><c> of</c><00:26:11.700><c> the</c><00:26:11.960><c> exercise</c><00:26:12.420><c> of</c><00:26:12.740><c> grace</c>

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in<00:26:13.160><c> his</c><00:26:13.319><c> own</c><00:26:13.500><c> life.</c>

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This<00:26:13.940><c> was</c><00:26:14.119><c> 70</c><00:26:14.400><c> years</c><00:26:14.740><c> ago.</c>

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Notice<00:26:16.220><c> how</c><00:26:16.559><c> that</c><00:26:16.940><c> has</c><00:26:17.259><c> become</c>

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part<00:26:18.220><c> of</c><00:26:18.420><c> his</c><00:26:18.700><c> thinking,</c>

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part<00:26:19.460><c> of</c><00:26:19.619><c> his</c><00:26:19.839><c> mentality.</c>

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The<00:26:22.079><c> Lord</c><00:26:22.259><c> God</c><00:26:22.440><c> of</c><00:26:22.619><c> heaven,</c>

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which<00:26:23.119><c> took</c><00:26:23.319><c> me</c><00:26:23.539><c> from</c><00:26:23.700><c> my</c><00:26:23.920><c> father's</c><00:26:24.380><c> house</c>

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:25.859
and<00:26:24.740><c> from</c><00:26:24.920><c> the</c><00:26:25.079><c> land</c><00:26:25.220><c> of</c><00:26:25.400><c> my</c><00:26:25.599><c> kindred,</c>

00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:28.039
in<00:26:26.039><c> which</c><00:26:26.299><c> spake</c><00:26:26.619><c> unto</c><00:26:26.799><c> me</c><00:26:27.059><c> and</c><00:26:27.180><c> that</c><00:26:27.440><c> swear</c><00:26:27.579><c> unto</c><00:26:27.799><c> me,</c>

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saying,<00:26:28.799><c> unto</c><00:26:29.079><c> thy</c><00:26:29.559><c> seed</c><00:26:29.859><c> will</c><00:26:30.059><c> I</c><00:26:30.220><c> give</c><00:26:30.359><c> this</c><00:26:30.660><c> land.</c>

00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:34.720
He<00:26:32.140><c> shall</c><00:26:32.480><c> send</c><00:26:32.779><c> his</c><00:26:33.079><c> angel</c><00:26:33.420><c> before</c><00:26:33.920><c> thee,</c>

00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:37.740
and<00:26:35.119><c> thou</c><00:26:35.259><c> shalt</c><00:26:35.380><c> take</c><00:26:35.640><c> a</c><00:26:35.819><c> wife</c><00:26:36.019><c> unto</c><00:26:36.240><c> my</c><00:26:36.559><c> son</c><00:26:36.819><c> from</c><00:26:37.160><c> thence.</c>

00:26:37.880 --> 00:26:40.380
And<00:26:37.980><c> if</c><00:26:38.099><c> the</c><00:26:38.279><c> woman</c><00:26:38.480><c> will</c><00:26:38.720><c> not</c><00:26:38.900><c> be</c><00:26:39.099><c> willing</c><00:26:39.319><c> to</c><00:26:39.619><c> follow</c><00:26:39.839><c> thee,</c>

00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:43.539
then<00:26:40.980><c> thou</c><00:26:41.180><c> shalt</c><00:26:41.380><c> be</c><00:26:41.759><c> clear</c><00:26:42.059><c> from</c><00:26:42.359><c> this</c><00:26:42.900><c> my</c><00:26:43.259><c> oath.</c>

00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:46.940
Only<00:26:44.039><c> bring</c><00:26:44.400><c> not</c><00:26:44.700><c> my</c><00:26:45.079><c> son</c><00:26:45.500><c> thither</c><00:26:45.839><c> again.</c>

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:51.400
My<00:26:49.099><c> God</c><00:26:49.400><c> will</c><00:26:49.660><c> send</c><00:26:49.799><c> his</c><00:26:50.079><c> angel</c><00:26:50.339><c> before</c><00:26:50.779><c> thee,</c>

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:55.180
and<00:26:51.920><c> thou</c><00:26:52.059><c> shalt</c><00:26:52.259><c> take</c><00:26:52.539><c> a</c><00:26:52.680><c> wife</c><00:26:52.880><c> unto</c><00:26:53.099><c> my</c><00:26:53.440><c> son</c><00:26:53.740><c> from</c><00:26:54.059><c> thence.</c>

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:57.339
And<00:26:55.799><c> so</c><00:26:55.940><c> Eleazar</c><00:26:56.400><c> goes,</c>

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and<00:26:57.779><c> in</c><00:26:57.900><c> verses</c><00:26:58.200><c> 12</c><00:26:58.640><c> through</c><00:26:58.940><c> 20</c>

00:26:59.240 --> 00:27:02.460
we<00:26:59.960><c> find</c><00:27:00.500><c> the</c><00:27:01.319><c> prayer</c>

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:05.539
of<00:27:03.000><c> this</c><00:27:03.460><c> faithful</c><00:27:03.920><c> servant</c><00:27:04.299><c> of</c><00:27:04.500><c> Abraham.</c>

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:08.799
And<00:27:06.240><c> listen</c><00:27:06.400><c> to</c><00:27:06.599><c> the</c><00:27:06.859><c> prayer</c><00:27:07.220><c> of</c><00:27:07.720><c> Eleazar.</c>

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And<00:27:09.799><c> he</c><00:27:09.920><c> said,</c>

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O<00:27:11.579><c> Lord</c><00:27:11.940><c> God</c><00:27:12.160><c> of</c><00:27:12.319><c> my</c><00:27:12.480><c> master</c><00:27:12.859><c> Abraham,</c>

00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:15.740
I<00:27:13.619><c> pray</c><00:27:13.920><c> thee,</c><00:27:14.140><c> send</c><00:27:14.420><c> me</c><00:27:14.640><c> good</c><00:27:14.900><c> speed</c><00:27:15.160><c> this</c><00:27:15.480><c> day</c>

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:18.579
and<00:27:15.960><c> show</c><00:27:16.160><c> kindness</c><00:27:16.599><c> unto</c><00:27:16.900><c> my</c><00:27:17.099><c> master</c><00:27:17.460><c> Abraham.</c>

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Behold,<00:27:19.480><c> I</c><00:27:19.759><c> stand</c><00:27:20.099><c> here</c><00:27:20.619><c> by</c><00:27:21.039><c> the</c><00:27:21.240><c> well</c><00:27:21.359><c> of</c><00:27:21.640><c> water,</c>

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:23.380
and<00:27:22.079><c> the</c><00:27:22.220><c> daughters</c><00:27:22.460><c> of</c><00:27:22.640><c> the</c><00:27:22.740><c> men</c><00:27:22.859><c> of</c><00:27:23.019><c> the</c><00:27:23.180><c> city</c>

00:27:23.380 --> 00:27:24.660
come<00:27:23.599><c> out</c><00:27:23.839><c> to</c><00:27:24.019><c> draw</c><00:27:24.200><c> water.</c>

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And<00:27:25.279><c> let</c><00:27:25.440><c> it</c><00:27:25.599><c> come</c><00:27:25.759><c> to</c><00:27:26.000><c> pass</c><00:27:26.259><c> that</c><00:27:26.420><c> the</c><00:27:26.619><c> damsel</c><00:27:26.960><c> to</c><00:27:27.119><c> whom</c><00:27:27.259><c> I</c>

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shall<00:27:27.599><c> say,</c>

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Let<00:27:28.039><c> down</c><00:27:28.440><c> thy</c><00:27:28.740><c> pitcher,</c><00:27:29.099><c> I</c><00:27:29.339><c> pray</c><00:27:29.559><c> thee,</c>

00:27:30.140 --> 00:27:31.000
that<00:27:30.279><c> I</c><00:27:30.440><c> may</c><00:27:30.599><c> drink.</c>

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And<00:27:31.319><c> she</c><00:27:31.519><c> shall</c><00:27:31.839><c> say,</c>

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Drink,<00:27:32.700><c> and</c><00:27:32.779><c> I</c><00:27:32.859><c> will</c><00:27:33.019><c> give</c><00:27:33.200><c> thy</c><00:27:33.400><c> camel's</c><00:27:33.920><c> drink</c><00:27:34.099><c> also.</c>

00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:37.599
Let<00:27:35.319><c> the</c><00:27:35.599><c> same</c><00:27:35.900><c> be</c><00:27:36.259><c> she</c><00:27:36.519><c> that</c><00:27:36.700><c> thou</c><00:27:36.900><c> hast</c><00:27:37.180><c> appointed</c>

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for<00:27:37.859><c> thy</c><00:27:38.039><c> servant</c><00:27:38.319><c> Isaac.</c>

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And<00:27:39.500><c> thereby</c><00:27:39.839><c> shall</c><00:27:40.119><c> I</c><00:27:40.339><c> know</c><00:27:40.599><c> that</c><00:27:40.759><c> thou</c><00:27:40.940><c> hast</c><00:27:41.160><c> showed</c><00:27:41.400><c> kindness</c>

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unto<00:27:42.680><c> my</c><00:27:42.940><c> master.</c>

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Now<00:27:44.640><c> he's</c><00:27:44.980><c> setting</c><00:27:45.240><c> up</c><00:27:45.579><c> a</c><00:27:45.839><c> situation</c>

00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:48.920
in<00:27:46.579><c> which</c><00:27:46.759><c> he</c><00:27:46.980><c> is</c><00:27:47.180><c> asking</c><00:27:47.500><c> for</c><00:27:47.799><c> direction</c><00:27:48.220><c> from</c><00:27:48.519><c> God,</c>

00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:50.500
from<00:27:49.140><c> the</c><00:27:49.259><c> God</c><00:27:49.380><c> of</c><00:27:49.559><c> Abraham.</c>

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And<00:27:51.339><c> in</c><00:27:51.619><c> my</c><00:27:51.960><c> mind's</c><00:27:52.480><c> eye,</c>

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:55.519
I<00:27:53.440><c> stand</c><00:27:53.779><c> way</c><00:27:54.079><c> above</c><00:27:54.359><c> the</c><00:27:54.660><c> scene</c><00:27:54.859><c> and</c><00:27:55.220><c> watch</c>

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:59.980
how<00:27:55.740><c> these</c><00:27:56.259><c> two</c><00:27:57.220><c> groups</c><00:27:57.680><c> are</c><00:27:58.000><c> somehow</c><00:27:58.480><c> brought</c><00:27:58.880><c> together.</c>

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And<00:28:00.380><c> I</c><00:28:00.579><c> wonder,</c>

00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:03.759
what<00:28:01.099><c> was</c><00:28:01.339><c> going</c><00:28:01.559><c> through</c><00:28:01.819><c> the</c><00:28:02.019><c> mind</c><00:28:02.299><c> of</c><00:28:02.559><c> Rebecca</c><00:28:02.880><c> that</c><00:28:03.259><c> morning?</c>

00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:06.640
Why<00:28:04.480><c> did</c><00:28:04.680><c> she</c><00:28:04.920><c> leave</c><00:28:05.119><c> at</c><00:28:05.299><c> the</c><00:28:05.599><c> time</c><00:28:05.920><c> that</c><00:28:06.140><c> she</c><00:28:06.299><c> left</c>

00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:09.039
and<00:28:06.779><c> not</c><00:28:06.980><c> an</c><00:28:07.180><c> hour</c><00:28:07.400><c> earlier</c><00:28:07.920><c> or</c><00:28:08.160><c> an</c><00:28:08.339><c> hour</c><00:28:08.559><c> later?</c>

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:11.920
Why<00:28:10.000><c> was</c><00:28:10.259><c> it</c><00:28:10.380><c> that</c><00:28:10.480><c> she</c><00:28:10.640><c> had</c><00:28:10.880><c> that</c><00:28:11.160><c> willing</c><00:28:11.440><c> attitude</c>

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:13.559
when<00:28:12.200><c> she</c><00:28:12.440><c> saw</c><00:28:12.779><c> this</c><00:28:13.079><c> stranger</c>

00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:18.119
to<00:28:14.420><c> say</c><00:28:14.779><c> what</c><00:28:15.099><c> needed</c><00:28:15.400><c> to</c><00:28:15.579><c> be</c><00:28:15.779><c> said</c><00:28:15.920><c> at</c><00:28:16.240><c> that</c><00:28:16.539><c> precise</c><00:28:17.039><c> time?</c>

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:20.119
And<00:28:18.980><c> what</c><00:28:19.099><c> it</c><00:28:19.259><c> is,</c><00:28:19.599><c> brethren</c><00:28:19.740><c> and</c><00:28:19.900><c> sisters,</c>

00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:22.240
is<00:28:20.400><c> the</c><00:28:20.640><c> picture</c><00:28:21.019><c> of</c><00:28:21.500><c> the</c><00:28:21.779><c> potter</c>

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:25.059
as<00:28:22.539><c> he</c><00:28:23.380><c> arranges</c><00:28:24.359><c> events</c>

00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:27.680
to<00:28:25.799><c> do</c><00:28:26.420><c> what</c><00:28:26.740><c> needs</c><00:28:27.099><c> to</c><00:28:27.299><c> be</c><00:28:27.460><c> done</c>

00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:30.279
in<00:28:27.859><c> the</c><00:28:28.000><c> lives</c><00:28:28.299><c> of</c><00:28:28.500><c> his</c><00:28:28.660><c> faithful</c><00:28:29.019><c> people.</c>

00:28:32.140 --> 00:28:34.119
And<00:28:32.400><c> when</c><00:28:32.640><c> it</c><00:28:32.799><c> is</c><00:28:33.079><c> done,</c>

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:36.019
take<00:28:34.900><c> a</c><00:28:35.019><c> look</c><00:28:35.140><c> at</c><00:28:35.299><c> the</c><00:28:35.480><c> response</c>

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:39.779
of<00:28:36.720><c> that</c><00:28:37.019><c> faithful</c><00:28:37.460><c> steward</c><00:28:37.900><c> in</c><00:28:38.059><c> verse</c><00:28:38.319><c> 26.</c>

00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:42.559
And<00:28:40.920><c> the</c><00:28:40.940><c> man</c><00:28:41.279><c> bowed</c><00:28:41.539><c> down</c><00:28:41.940><c> his</c><00:28:42.279><c> head</c>

00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:44.279
and<00:28:42.779><c> worshiped</c><00:28:43.259><c> the</c><00:28:43.420><c> Lord.</c>

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:47.920
And<00:28:45.220><c> when</c><00:28:45.420><c> those</c><00:28:45.660><c> things</c><00:28:45.880><c> happen</c><00:28:46.259><c> in</c><00:28:46.460><c> our</c><00:28:46.839><c> lives,</c>

00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:50.579
and<00:28:48.700><c> you've</c><00:28:49.119><c> experienced</c><00:28:49.599><c> that,</c><00:28:50.079><c> I</c><00:28:50.079><c> know,</c>

00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:52.480
what<00:28:51.119><c> is</c><00:28:51.319><c> the</c><00:28:51.440><c> feeling</c><00:28:51.740><c> that</c><00:28:51.960><c> you</c><00:28:52.220><c> have?</c>

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It's,<00:28:53.660><c> whoa.</c>

00:28:56.400 --> 00:28:58.700
What<00:28:56.779><c> is</c><00:28:57.019><c> it</c><00:28:57.140><c> that</c><00:28:57.259><c> has</c><00:28:57.460><c> just</c><00:28:57.720><c> happened?</c>

00:28:59.059 --> 00:29:00.720
I<00:28:59.299><c> have</c><00:28:59.640><c> prayed</c><00:28:59.960><c> for</c><00:29:00.279><c> guidance,</c>

00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:03.019
I<00:29:01.019><c> have</c><00:29:01.299><c> prayed</c><00:29:01.579><c> for</c><00:29:01.920><c> direction,</c>

00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:04.900
and<00:29:03.420><c> it</c><00:29:03.599><c> has</c><00:29:03.880><c> come.</c>

00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:06.640
Whoa.

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:10.279
Now<00:29:08.220><c> part</c><00:29:08.440><c> of</c><00:29:09.119><c> praying</c><00:29:09.400><c> for</c><00:29:09.680><c> guidance</c>

00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:12.119
and<00:29:10.660><c> asking</c><00:29:11.039><c> for</c><00:29:11.319><c> direction</c>

00:29:12.119 --> 00:29:14.779
implies<00:29:13.259><c> that</c><00:29:13.640><c> we</c><00:29:13.859><c> need</c><00:29:14.140><c> to</c><00:29:14.339><c> be</c><00:29:14.480><c> willing</c>

00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:16.940
to<00:29:15.140><c> accept</c><00:29:15.559><c> that</c><00:29:15.900><c> guidance</c>

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:20.440
and<00:29:17.519><c> accept</c><00:29:18.000><c> that</c><00:29:18.259><c> direction</c><00:29:18.740><c> when</c><00:29:18.920><c> it</c><00:29:19.200><c> comes.</c>

00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:23.119
And<00:29:21.539><c> that</c><00:29:21.680><c> sometimes</c><00:29:22.200><c> becomes</c><00:29:22.579><c> a</c><00:29:22.740><c> challenge</c>

00:29:23.119 --> 00:29:25.559
for<00:29:23.359><c> faith</c><00:29:23.660><c> as</c><00:29:23.960><c> well,</c><00:29:24.259><c> doesn't</c><00:29:24.420><c> it?</c>

00:29:26.660 --> 00:29:29.099
The<00:29:26.940><c> response</c><00:29:27.400><c> of</c><00:29:27.839><c> this</c><00:29:28.140><c> faithful</c><00:29:28.559><c> steward</c>

00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:32.759
is<00:29:29.920><c> an</c><00:29:30.160><c> exhortation</c><00:29:30.740><c> for</c><00:29:31.000><c> us,</c><00:29:31.240><c> verse</c><00:29:31.400><c> 27.</c>

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:34.440
And<00:29:33.319><c> he</c><00:29:33.500><c> said,</c>

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:37.539
Blessed<00:29:34.880><c> be</c><00:29:35.140><c> the</c><00:29:35.319><c> Lord</c><00:29:35.559><c> God</c><00:29:35.759><c> of</c><00:29:35.940><c> my</c><00:29:36.099><c> master</c><00:29:36.480><c> Abraham,</c>

00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:40.579
who<00:29:38.039><c> hath</c><00:29:38.259><c> not</c><00:29:38.740><c> left</c><00:29:39.059><c> destitute</c><00:29:39.839><c> my</c><00:29:40.119><c> master</c>

00:29:40.579 --> 00:29:42.940
of<00:29:40.819><c> his</c><00:29:41.099><c> mercy</c><00:29:41.559><c> and</c><00:29:41.779><c> his</c><00:29:42.079><c> truth.</c>

00:29:43.160 --> 00:29:45.880
As<00:29:43.759><c> for</c><00:29:44.000><c> me,</c><00:29:44.920><c> I</c><00:29:45.220><c> have</c><00:29:45.279><c> been</c><00:29:45.380><c> in</c><00:29:45.539><c> the</c><00:29:45.680><c> way</c>

00:29:45.880 --> 00:29:47.980
the<00:29:46.019><c> Lord</c><00:29:46.440><c> hath</c><00:29:46.700><c> led</c><00:29:46.980><c> me</c><00:29:47.380><c> to</c><00:29:47.539><c> the</c><00:29:47.700><c> house</c>

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:49.779
of<00:29:48.200><c> my</c><00:29:48.380><c> master's</c><00:29:48.980><c> brethren.</c>

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:53.359
And<00:29:51.440><c> as</c><00:29:51.720><c> he</c><00:29:52.220><c> retells</c><00:29:52.720><c> the</c><00:29:53.059><c> story,</c>

00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:56.240
he<00:29:53.799><c> retells</c><00:29:54.480><c> that</c><00:29:54.900><c> time</c><00:29:55.339><c> of</c><00:29:55.779><c> silent</c>

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:57.460
and<00:29:56.599><c> quiet</c><00:29:56.900><c> worship</c>

00:29:57.460 --> 00:30:00.700
as<00:29:58.660><c> he</c><00:29:59.039><c> realized</c><00:29:59.599><c> that</c><00:29:59.859><c> his</c><00:30:00.140><c> prayer</c>

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:03.960
and<00:30:01.599><c> Abraham's</c><00:30:02.220><c> prayer</c><00:30:02.519><c> had</c><00:30:02.700><c> been</c><00:30:02.920><c> answered.</c>

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Verses<00:30:05.500><c> 48</c><00:30:06.119><c> and</c><00:30:06.480><c> 49,</c>

00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:08.680
now<00:30:07.460><c> in</c><00:30:07.640><c> the</c><00:30:07.700><c> house</c><00:30:08.000><c> of</c><00:30:08.220><c> Laban.</c>

00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:11.640
And<00:30:09.359><c> I</c><00:30:09.579><c> bowed</c><00:30:09.940><c> down</c><00:30:10.079><c> my</c><00:30:10.400><c> head</c><00:30:10.579><c> and</c><00:30:10.799><c> worshiped</c><00:30:11.279><c> the</c><00:30:11.400><c> Lord</c>

00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:14.160
and<00:30:11.859><c> blessed</c><00:30:12.220><c> the</c><00:30:12.440><c> Lord</c><00:30:12.680><c> God</c><00:30:12.900><c> of</c><00:30:13.079><c> my</c><00:30:13.220><c> master</c><00:30:13.599><c> Abraham,</c>

00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:16.220
which<00:30:14.799><c> had</c><00:30:15.039><c> led</c><00:30:15.140><c> me</c><00:30:15.380><c> in</c><00:30:15.480><c> the</c><00:30:15.700><c> right</c><00:30:15.960><c> way</c>

00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:19.259
to<00:30:16.359><c> take</c><00:30:16.599><c> my</c><00:30:16.819><c> master's</c><00:30:18.440><c> brother's</c><00:30:19.000><c> daughter</c>

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:20.500
unto<00:30:19.539><c> his</c><00:30:20.099><c> son.</c>

00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:22.519
And<00:30:20.819><c> now,</c><00:30:21.200><c> if</c><00:30:21.420><c> you</c><00:30:21.619><c> will</c><00:30:21.799><c> deal</c><00:30:22.039><c> kindly</c>

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:24.680
and<00:30:22.799><c> truly</c><00:30:22.980><c> with</c><00:30:23.279><c> my</c><00:30:23.519><c> master,</c><00:30:24.019><c> tell</c><00:30:24.200><c> me.</c>

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:26.900
And<00:30:25.240><c> if</c><00:30:25.460><c> not,</c><00:30:25.859><c> tell</c><00:30:25.960><c> me</c><00:30:26.140><c> that</c><00:30:26.240><c> I</c><00:30:26.440><c> may</c><00:30:26.579><c> turn</c>

00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:28.500
to<00:30:27.079><c> the</c><00:30:27.240><c> right</c><00:30:27.460><c> hand</c><00:30:27.660><c> or</c><00:30:27.880><c> to</c><00:30:28.099><c> the</c><00:30:28.259><c> left.</c>

00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:30.559
There<00:30:29.200><c> is</c><00:30:29.519><c> a</c><00:30:29.700><c> willing</c><00:30:29.940><c> acceptance</c>

00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:32.579
of<00:30:30.839><c> whatever</c><00:30:31.200><c> direction</c>

00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:36.579
the<00:30:33.200><c> Father</c><00:30:33.539><c> would</c><00:30:33.779><c> have</c><00:30:34.079><c> this</c><00:30:34.480><c> faithful</c><00:30:34.980><c> servant</c><00:30:35.440><c> to</c><00:30:35.759><c> go.</c>

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:38.400
And<00:30:37.140><c> that</c><00:30:37.359><c> attitude</c><00:30:37.779><c> of</c><00:30:38.079><c> mine</c>

00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:40.700
needs<00:30:38.759><c> to</c><00:30:39.000><c> be</c><00:30:39.299><c> formed</c><00:30:39.579><c> within</c><00:30:39.900><c> us</c><00:30:40.200><c> as</c><00:30:40.480><c> well,</c>

00:30:40.839 --> 00:30:41.740
brethren<00:30:41.000><c> and</c><00:30:41.240><c> sisters,</c>

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:45.420
as<00:30:42.599><c> we</c><00:30:42.759><c> see</c><00:30:42.940><c> the</c><00:30:43.140><c> hand</c><00:30:43.319><c> of</c><00:30:43.519><c> God</c><00:30:43.779><c> in</c><00:30:43.940><c> our</c><00:30:44.140><c> own</c><00:30:44.359><c> lives.</c>

00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:50.640
We<00:30:48.099><c> could</c><00:30:48.359><c> spend</c><00:30:48.599><c> some</c><00:30:48.940><c> time</c><00:30:49.420><c> trying</c><00:30:49.859><c> to</c><00:30:50.220><c> imagine</c>

00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:54.059
what<00:30:51.039><c> went</c><00:30:51.380><c> through</c><00:30:51.779><c> the</c><00:30:52.079><c> minds</c><00:30:52.380><c> of</c><00:30:52.579><c> the</c><00:30:52.740><c> two</c><00:30:52.960><c> spies</c>

00:30:54.420 --> 00:30:57.240
as<00:30:54.759><c> they</c><00:30:55.099><c> come</c><00:30:55.339><c> into</c><00:30:55.960><c> Jericho.</c>

00:30:58.819 --> 00:31:01.119
Somehow,<00:31:00.099><c> they</c><00:31:00.259><c> were</c><00:31:00.500><c> led</c>

00:31:01.119 --> 00:31:04.259
to<00:31:01.700><c> the</c><00:31:02.400><c> only</c><00:31:02.819><c> house</c><00:31:03.259><c> in</c><00:31:03.559><c> that</c><00:31:03.799><c> city</c>

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:06.720
where<00:31:05.279><c> they</c><00:31:05.559><c> found</c><00:31:05.980><c> a</c><00:31:06.380><c> believer</c>

00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:08.759
in<00:31:07.099><c> Yahweh,</c><00:31:07.599><c> God</c><00:31:07.660><c> of</c><00:31:07.799><c> Israel.</c>

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:10.799
How<00:31:09.839><c> did</c><00:31:10.000><c> they</c><00:31:10.200><c> do</c><00:31:10.460><c> that?</c>

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:12.380
How<00:31:11.000><c> did</c><00:31:11.140><c> that</c><00:31:11.319><c> happen?</c>

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:14.140
Did<00:31:12.819><c> they</c><00:31:12.940><c> go</c><00:31:13.160><c> door</c><00:31:13.339><c> to</c><00:31:13.519><c> door</c><00:31:13.779><c> and</c><00:31:14.000><c> say,</c>

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:15.559
are<00:31:14.259><c> you</c><00:31:14.460><c> a</c><00:31:14.599><c> believer</c><00:31:14.799><c> in</c><00:31:14.980><c> Yahweh,</c><00:31:15.380><c> God</c><00:31:15.519><c> of</c><00:31:15.559><c> Israel?</c>

00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:17.759
No,<00:31:15.940><c> they</c><00:31:16.059><c> didn't</c><00:31:16.279><c> do</c><00:31:16.559><c> that.</c>

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:20.720
They<00:31:18.180><c> were</c><00:31:18.579><c> somehow</c><00:31:19.339><c> unbeknownst</c><00:31:20.180><c> to</c><00:31:20.339><c> them</c>

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:23.700
led<00:31:21.259><c> step</c><00:31:21.680><c> by</c><00:31:22.039><c> step</c><00:31:22.500><c> to</c><00:31:22.859><c> the</c><00:31:23.079><c> one</c><00:31:23.259><c> house</c>

00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:25.500
in<00:31:23.980><c> the</c><00:31:23.980><c> city</c><00:31:24.279><c> of</c><00:31:24.559><c> Jericho</c>

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:29.039
where<00:31:26.599><c> there</c><00:31:26.759><c> was</c><00:31:26.940><c> a</c><00:31:27.119><c> believer</c><00:31:27.339><c> in</c><00:31:27.519><c> the</c><00:31:27.640><c> God</c><00:31:27.799><c> of</c><00:31:27.960><c> Israel.</c>

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:34.799
How<00:31:30.900><c> did</c><00:31:31.200><c> Ruth</c><00:31:31.599><c> just</c><00:31:32.180><c> happen</c><00:31:32.559><c> to</c><00:31:32.920><c> find</c><00:31:33.380><c> the</c><00:31:33.700><c> field</c><00:31:33.980><c> of</c><00:31:34.299><c> Boaz</c>

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:37.900
as<00:31:35.140><c> she</c><00:31:35.519><c> went</c><00:31:35.880><c> from</c><00:31:36.799><c> the</c><00:31:37.039><c> house</c><00:31:37.259><c> of</c><00:31:37.519><c> Naomi</c>

00:31:37.900 --> 00:31:39.599
that<00:31:38.299><c> first</c><00:31:38.700><c> day?</c>

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:42.079
How<00:31:40.700><c> did</c><00:31:41.039><c> she</c><00:31:41.359><c> decide?</c>

00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:43.880
Was<00:31:42.359><c> it</c><00:31:42.519><c> this</c><00:31:42.819><c> one</c><00:31:43.019><c> or</c><00:31:43.220><c> that</c><00:31:43.619><c> one?</c>

00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:45.680
We<00:31:44.720><c> don't</c><00:31:45.079><c> know.</c>

00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:50.380
But<00:31:46.380><c> somehow,</c><00:31:47.480><c> and</c><00:31:47.640><c> again,</c><00:31:48.440><c> unbeknownst</c><00:31:49.119><c> to</c><00:31:49.279><c> her,</c>

00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:54.740
she<00:31:50.680><c> was</c><00:31:50.980><c> led</c><00:31:51.339><c> step</c><00:31:51.779><c> by</c><00:31:52.180><c> step</c><00:31:52.700><c> to</c><00:31:53.319><c> that</c><00:31:53.720><c> field</c>

00:31:55.099 --> 00:31:57.920
of<00:31:55.500><c> the</c><00:31:55.759><c> one</c><00:31:56.099><c> who</c><00:31:56.400><c> would</c><00:31:56.740><c> become</c><00:31:57.079><c> her</c><00:31:57.359><c> husband</c>

00:31:57.920 --> 00:32:00.920
and<00:31:59.059><c> who</c><00:31:59.460><c> with</c><00:31:59.700><c> her</c><00:32:00.059><c> would</c><00:32:00.339><c> share</c>

00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:04.480
a<00:32:01.880><c> place</c><00:32:02.099><c> of</c><00:32:02.420><c> honor</c><00:32:02.599><c> in</c><00:32:02.799><c> the</c><00:32:02.920><c> lineage</c><00:32:03.200><c> of</c><00:32:03.420><c> the</c><00:32:03.559><c> Messiah.</c>

00:32:06.039 --> 00:32:09.480
And<00:32:06.640><c> God</c><00:32:06.880><c> does</c><00:32:07.119><c> those</c><00:32:07.359><c> things</c><00:32:07.619><c> in</c><00:32:07.759><c> our</c><00:32:08.000><c> lives</c><00:32:08.339><c> as</c><00:32:08.680><c> well.</c>

00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:12.000
I'm<00:32:10.599><c> sure</c><00:32:10.779><c> you</c><00:32:10.980><c> can</c><00:32:11.359><c> look</c><00:32:11.599><c> back</c>

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:13.960
in<00:32:12.279><c> certain</c><00:32:12.480><c> periods</c><00:32:12.920><c> of</c><00:32:13.359><c> your</c><00:32:13.619><c> life</c>

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:16.559
where<00:32:14.900><c> somehow</c><00:32:15.619><c> certain</c><00:32:16.059><c> people</c>

00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:18.900
or<00:32:16.940><c> certain</c><00:32:17.200><c> situations</c><00:32:17.940><c> were</c><00:32:18.200><c> brought</c><00:32:18.440><c> to</c><00:32:18.640><c> you</c>

00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:22.920
that<00:32:19.380><c> led</c><00:32:19.839><c> you</c><00:32:20.339><c> to</c><00:32:20.960><c> an</c><00:32:21.220><c> awareness</c><00:32:21.500><c> of</c><00:32:21.740><c> the</c><00:32:22.000><c> truth.</c>

00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:25.660
The<00:32:23.680><c> meeting</c><00:32:23.920><c> of</c><00:32:24.339><c> a</c><00:32:24.579><c> special</c><00:32:24.859><c> person.</c>

00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:29.680
The<00:32:27.839><c> awareness</c><00:32:28.319><c> of</c><00:32:28.579><c> a</c><00:32:28.680><c> new</c><00:32:28.880><c> idea.</c>

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.880
And<00:32:31.059><c> with</c><00:32:31.299><c> your</c><00:32:31.440><c> permission,</c>

00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:34.259
I<00:32:31.980><c> would</c><00:32:32.140><c> like</c><00:32:32.359><c> to</c><00:32:32.619><c> share</c><00:32:33.019><c> one</c><00:32:33.359><c> such</c><00:32:33.660><c> experience</c>

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:38.000
in<00:32:35.000><c> something</c><00:32:36.240><c> that</c><00:32:36.519><c> happened</c><00:32:36.720><c> to</c><00:32:36.980><c> us.</c>

00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:40.660
As<00:32:39.180><c> most</c><00:32:39.559><c> of</c><00:32:39.720><c> you</c><00:32:39.839><c> know,</c>

00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:43.279
Sister<00:32:41.460><c> Paul</c><00:32:41.720><c> and</c><00:32:41.859><c> I</c><00:32:42.039><c> spent</c><00:32:42.420><c> three</c><00:32:42.940><c> years</c>

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:45.220
in<00:32:43.460><c> mission</c><00:32:43.680><c> work</c><00:32:43.880><c> in</c><00:32:44.059><c> Costa</c><00:32:44.380><c> Rica.</c>

00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:50.460
At<00:32:46.940><c> that</c><00:32:47.240><c> time,</c><00:32:48.640><c> the</c><00:32:48.839><c> missionaries</c><00:32:49.480><c> were</c><00:32:50.000><c> expected</c>

00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:52.400
and<00:32:50.759><c> were</c><00:32:50.960><c> required</c><00:32:51.440><c> to</c><00:32:51.700><c> find</c><00:32:51.920><c> jobs,</c>

00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:54.819
and<00:32:52.640><c> so</c><00:32:52.740><c> that</c><00:32:52.900><c> became</c><00:32:53.160><c> a</c><00:32:53.299><c> bit</c><00:32:53.500><c> of</c><00:32:53.960><c> a</c><00:32:54.079><c> worry.</c>

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:58.500
The<00:32:55.660><c> first</c><00:32:56.000><c> three</c><00:32:56.440><c> months</c><00:32:56.799><c> of</c><00:32:57.079><c> our</c><00:32:57.460><c> time</c><00:32:57.700><c> in</c><00:32:57.839><c> Costa</c><00:32:58.220><c> Rica</c>

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.920
was<00:32:58.720><c> spent</c><00:32:58.960><c> learning</c><00:32:59.299><c> Spanish.</c>

00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:02.220
It<00:33:00.839><c> was</c><00:33:01.180><c> six</c><00:33:01.420><c> days</c><00:33:01.740><c> a</c><00:33:01.880><c> week,</c>

00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:03.960
four<00:33:02.640><c> to</c><00:33:02.759><c> six</c><00:33:03.000><c> hours</c><00:33:03.359><c> a</c><00:33:03.559><c> day,</c>

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:05.619
extremely<00:33:04.539><c> difficult.</c>

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:08.599
At<00:33:06.220><c> the</c><00:33:06.420><c> end</c><00:33:06.619><c> of</c><00:33:06.940><c> that</c><00:33:07.319><c> time</c><00:33:07.640><c> period,</c>

00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:10.539
there<00:33:08.920><c> were</c><00:33:09.200><c> a</c><00:33:09.339><c> group</c><00:33:09.519><c> of</c><00:33:09.819><c> six</c><00:33:10.099><c> of</c><00:33:10.299><c> us</c>

00:33:10.539 --> 00:33:12.339
who<00:33:10.799><c> were</c><00:33:11.599><c> sitting</c><00:33:11.819><c> around</c>

00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:14.019
after<00:33:12.900><c> our</c><00:33:13.160><c> Spanish</c><00:33:13.579><c> class</c>

00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:15.920
with<00:33:14.259><c> our</c><00:33:14.460><c> Spanish</c><00:33:14.880><c> teacher.</c>

00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:19.259
And<00:33:16.740><c> his</c><00:33:16.980><c> name</c><00:33:17.339><c> was</c><00:33:17.900><c> Jorge</c><00:33:18.480><c> Charpentier.</c>

00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:21.640
He<00:33:19.500><c> was</c><00:33:19.880><c> a</c><00:33:20.099><c> professor</c><00:33:20.579><c> of</c><00:33:20.819><c> Spanish</c><00:33:21.180><c> literature</c>

00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:23.640
at<00:33:21.900><c> the</c><00:33:22.079><c> National</c><00:33:22.460><c> University.</c>

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:25.180
He<00:33:24.440><c> was</c><00:33:24.599><c> asking</c><00:33:24.839><c> us,</c>

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:27.000
what<00:33:25.519><c> do</c><00:33:25.640><c> you</c><00:33:25.759><c> people</c><00:33:25.980><c> do</c><00:33:26.140><c> for</c><00:33:26.380><c> jobs</c><00:33:26.720><c> now?</c>

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:28.960
Where<00:33:27.339><c> do</c><00:33:27.480><c> you</c><00:33:27.599><c> go</c><00:33:27.799><c> from</c><00:33:28.019><c> here?</c>

00:33:29.619 --> 00:33:33.960
And<00:33:30.140><c> it</c><00:33:30.660><c> seemed</c><00:33:31.160><c> like</c><00:33:31.599><c> idle</c><00:33:31.819><c> conversation</c><00:33:32.579><c> at</c><00:33:32.819><c> the</c><00:33:33.019><c> time.</c>

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:35.500
And<00:33:34.740><c> we</c><00:33:34.960><c> told</c><00:33:35.220><c> him,</c>

00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:37.779
all<00:33:36.019><c> of</c><00:33:36.220><c> us</c><00:33:36.440><c> would</c><00:33:36.680><c> like</c><00:33:36.940><c> to</c><00:33:37.200><c> find</c><00:33:37.400><c> jobs</c>

00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:41.019
in<00:33:37.960><c> the</c><00:33:38.119><c> countries</c><00:33:38.440><c> where</c><00:33:38.660><c> we</c><00:33:38.799><c> were</c><00:33:38.960><c> finally</c><00:33:39.240><c> going</c><00:33:39.559><c> to</c><00:33:39.779><c> end</c><00:33:40.000><c> up.</c>

00:33:41.140 --> 00:33:42.640
And<00:33:41.500><c> he</c><00:33:41.640><c> asked</c><00:33:41.900><c> around</c><00:33:42.200><c> the</c><00:33:42.420><c> group,</c>

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:44.539
and<00:33:43.059><c> one</c><00:33:43.240><c> couple</c><00:33:43.500><c> was</c><00:33:43.720><c> going</c><00:33:43.880><c> to</c><00:33:44.119><c> Panama,</c>

00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:47.660
one<00:33:45.279><c> single</c><00:33:45.640><c> sister</c><00:33:45.920><c> was</c><00:33:46.180><c> going</c><00:33:46.460><c> to</c><00:33:46.740><c> Colombia,</c>

00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:49.720
another<00:33:47.980><c> brother</c><00:33:48.279><c> was</c><00:33:48.539><c> going</c><00:33:48.700><c> to</c><00:33:48.839><c> be</c><00:33:48.980><c> doing</c><00:33:49.140><c> some</c><00:33:49.460><c> traveling,</c>

00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:51.880
and<00:33:49.880><c> we</c><00:33:50.059><c> were</c><00:33:50.180><c> to</c><00:33:50.420><c> stay</c><00:33:50.539><c> in</c><00:33:50.759><c> Costa</c><00:33:51.059><c> Rica.</c>

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:55.119
He<00:33:53.039><c> said,</c><00:33:54.299><c> would</c><00:33:54.480><c> you</c><00:33:54.759><c> like</c><00:33:54.940><c> it</c>

00:33:55.119 --> 00:33:57.019
if<00:33:55.240><c> I</c><00:33:55.400><c> asked</c><00:33:55.660><c> around</c><00:33:56.059><c> at</c><00:33:56.299><c> the</c><00:33:56.500><c> university</c>

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:59.279
if<00:33:57.440><c> there</c><00:33:57.700><c> are</c><00:33:57.819><c> any</c><00:33:58.019><c> job</c><00:33:58.359><c> openings?</c>

00:33:59.819 --> 00:34:01.220
Now,<00:34:00.079><c> we</c><00:34:00.279><c> hadn't</c><00:34:00.539><c> asked</c><00:34:00.900><c> him,</c>

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:03.019
he<00:34:01.460><c> had</c><00:34:01.700><c> asked</c><00:34:01.940><c> us.</c>

00:34:03.359 --> 00:34:05.299
Of<00:34:03.640><c> course,</c><00:34:04.460><c> my</c><00:34:04.619><c> answer</c><00:34:04.859><c> was</c><00:34:05.079><c> yes.</c>

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:07.579
I<00:34:05.519><c> would</c><00:34:05.759><c> appreciate</c><00:34:06.099><c> that</c><00:34:06.359><c> very</c><00:34:06.660><c> much.</c>

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.980
He<00:34:08.099><c> said,</c><00:34:08.179><c> by</c><00:34:08.340><c> the</c><00:34:08.519><c> way,</c><00:34:08.780><c> Zaya,</c>

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:12.340
I<00:34:09.019><c> have</c><00:34:09.280><c> three</c><00:34:09.579><c> very</c><00:34:09.960><c> close</c><00:34:10.179><c> friends</c><00:34:10.719><c> in</c><00:34:11.119><c> the</c><00:34:11.340><c> university.</c>

00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:14.159
One<00:34:13.119><c> of</c><00:34:13.260><c> my</c><00:34:13.480><c> close</c><00:34:13.760><c> friends</c>

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:17.079
is<00:34:14.559><c> the</c><00:34:14.860><c> head</c><00:34:15.000><c> of</c><00:34:15.159><c> the</c><00:34:15.320><c> Department</c><00:34:15.679><c> of</c><00:34:15.940><c> Personnel.</c>

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:18.840
Another<00:34:17.820><c> very</c><00:34:18.199><c> close</c><00:34:18.539><c> friend</c>

00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:21.300
is<00:34:19.079><c> the</c><00:34:19.239><c> head</c><00:34:19.380><c> of</c><00:34:19.539><c> the</c><00:34:19.659><c> Department</c><00:34:20.039><c> of</c><00:34:20.320><c> Biology.</c>

00:34:21.719 --> 00:34:23.199
And<00:34:21.880><c> one</c><00:34:22.000><c> of</c><00:34:22.119><c> my</c><00:34:22.400><c> closest</c><00:34:22.760><c> friends</c>

00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:25.639
is<00:34:23.440><c> the</c><00:34:23.619><c> head</c><00:34:23.860><c> of</c><00:34:24.139><c> the</c><00:34:24.300><c> Department</c><00:34:24.699><c> of</c><00:34:24.920><c> Physical</c><00:34:25.139><c> Education.</c>

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:28.539
And<00:34:25.679><c> I'll</c><00:34:25.880><c> talk</c><00:34:26.099><c> to</c><00:34:26.280><c> them</c><00:34:26.559><c> and</c><00:34:26.840><c> see</c><00:34:27.059><c> what</c><00:34:27.300><c> happens.</c>

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:32.340
He<00:34:30.139><c> came</c><00:34:30.239><c> back</c><00:34:30.440><c> the</c><00:34:30.619><c> next</c><00:34:30.900><c> day</c><00:34:31.099><c> and</c><00:34:31.199><c> he</c><00:34:31.420><c> said,</c>

00:34:33.199 --> 00:34:34.099
there's<00:34:33.440><c> an</c><00:34:33.739><c> opening</c>

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:37.219
in<00:34:34.440><c> the</c><00:34:34.659><c> Department</c><00:34:35.139><c> of</c><00:34:35.599><c> Physical</c><00:34:35.960><c> Education.</c>

00:34:37.840 --> 00:34:39.420
But<00:34:38.219><c> to</c><00:34:38.460><c> get</c><00:34:38.679><c> that</c><00:34:39.000><c> job,</c>

00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:40.639
you<00:34:39.559><c> really</c><00:34:39.840><c> need</c><00:34:39.980><c> to</c><00:34:40.260><c> interview</c>

00:34:40.639 --> 00:34:43.199
with<00:34:41.119><c> Department</c><00:34:41.579><c> of</c><00:34:41.820><c> Personnel,</c>

00:34:43.260 --> 00:34:44.920
with<00:34:43.619><c> Department</c><00:34:44.159><c> of</c><00:34:44.460><c> Biology,</c>

00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:46.659
which<00:34:45.260><c> is</c><00:34:45.539><c> actually</c><00:34:45.980><c> the</c><00:34:46.440><c> head</c>

00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:48.239
of<00:34:46.880><c> the</c><00:34:47.059><c> Department</c><00:34:47.340><c> of</c><00:34:47.559><c> Physical</c><00:34:47.800><c> Education,</c>

00:34:48.300 --> 00:34:50.980
and<00:34:48.539><c> with</c><00:34:48.739><c> the</c><00:34:48.900><c> head</c><00:34:49.079><c> of</c><00:34:49.500><c> Physical</c><00:34:49.840><c> Education.</c>

00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:53.420
So<00:34:51.699><c> he</c><00:34:51.860><c> set</c><00:34:52.019><c> up</c><00:34:52.179><c> all</c><00:34:52.380><c> the</c><00:34:52.579><c> interviews.</c>

00:34:54.780 --> 00:34:57.280
I<00:34:55.239><c> finally</c><00:34:55.699><c> had</c><00:34:56.639><c> the</c><00:34:56.920><c> interview</c>

00:34:57.280 --> 00:35:00.619
with<00:34:57.659><c> the</c><00:34:57.860><c> head</c><00:34:58.079><c> of</c><00:34:58.239><c> the</c><00:34:58.340><c> Department</c><00:34:58.820><c> of</c><00:34:59.159><c> Physical</c><00:34:59.400><c> Education.</c>

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:03.480
Her<00:35:01.179><c> name</c><00:35:01.440><c> was</c><00:35:01.840><c> Clemencia</c><00:35:02.400><c> Conejo.</c>

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:06.940
And<00:35:04.380><c> she</c><00:35:04.719><c> had</c><00:35:05.099><c> the</c><00:35:05.880><c> summary</c><00:35:06.260><c> of</c><00:35:06.440><c> the</c><00:35:06.659><c> class,</c>

00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:09.500
and<00:35:07.079><c> it</c><00:35:07.219><c> was</c><00:35:07.559><c> a</c><00:35:08.000><c> position</c><00:35:08.400><c> teaching</c><00:35:08.860><c> first</c><00:35:09.280><c> aid.</c>

00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:11.159
She<00:35:09.679><c> said,</c><00:35:09.800><c> are</c><00:35:09.880><c> you</c><00:35:10.139><c> qualified</c><00:35:10.500><c> to</c><00:35:10.679><c> do</c><00:35:10.840><c> that?</c>

00:35:11.179 --> 00:35:12.300
And<00:35:11.340><c> I</c><00:35:11.519><c> said,</c><00:35:11.780><c> yes,</c><00:35:12.000><c> I</c><00:35:12.159><c> am.</c>

00:35:12.300 --> 00:35:14.099
I<00:35:12.400><c> do</c><00:35:12.579><c> have</c><00:35:12.800><c> training</c><00:35:13.079><c> in</c><00:35:13.320><c> that.</c>

00:35:14.360 --> 00:35:16.199
And<00:35:14.579><c> we</c><00:35:14.780><c> talked</c><00:35:14.980><c> a</c><00:35:15.119><c> little</c><00:35:15.280><c> bit</c><00:35:15.420><c> about</c><00:35:15.679><c> that.</c>

00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:18.719
And<00:35:16.760><c> I</c><00:35:16.800><c> said,</c><00:35:17.000><c> well,</c><00:35:17.420><c> could</c><00:35:17.539><c> I</c><00:35:17.800><c> just</c><00:35:18.139><c> kind</c><00:35:18.340><c> of</c><00:35:18.559><c> look</c>

00:35:18.719 --> 00:35:20.760
at<00:35:19.000><c> what</c><00:35:19.239><c> else</c><00:35:19.420><c> is</c><00:35:19.659><c> involved</c><00:35:19.940><c> in</c><00:35:20.099><c> the</c><00:35:20.380><c> curriculum</c>

00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:22.260
for<00:35:21.199><c> physical</c><00:35:21.619><c> education?</c>

00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:23.760
And<00:35:22.440><c> she</c><00:35:22.500><c> said,</c><00:35:22.679><c> sure,</c><00:35:23.099><c> please,</c><00:35:23.380><c> here</c><00:35:23.519><c> it</c><00:35:23.659><c> is.</c>

00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:25.179
Take<00:35:23.960><c> a</c><00:35:24.099><c> look</c><00:35:24.199><c> at</c><00:35:24.420><c> it.</c>

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:26.940
Turned<00:35:25.619><c> over</c><00:35:25.820><c> the</c><00:35:26.019><c> first</c><00:35:26.320><c> page,</c>

00:35:27.260 --> 00:35:31.019
and<00:35:27.539><c> the</c><00:35:28.059><c> class</c><00:35:28.460><c> that</c><00:35:28.659><c> was</c><00:35:28.880><c> listed</c><00:35:29.159><c> was</c><00:35:29.639><c> kinesiology.</c>

00:35:31.860 --> 00:35:34.400
I<00:35:32.059><c> said,</c><00:35:32.199><c> oh,</c><00:35:33.039><c> that's</c><00:35:33.440><c> interesting.</c>

00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:37.699
Who's<00:35:36.400><c> teaching</c><00:35:36.719><c> that?</c>

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:40.219
And<00:35:38.659><c> her</c><00:35:38.820><c> eyes</c><00:35:39.000><c> got</c><00:35:39.340><c> very</c><00:35:39.940><c> big,</c>

00:35:40.239 --> 00:35:42.340
and<00:35:40.420><c> she</c><00:35:40.739><c> said,</c><00:35:41.219><c> well,</c>

00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:45.179
the<00:35:42.739><c> professor</c><00:35:43.119><c> that</c><00:35:43.559><c> was</c><00:35:43.880><c> teaching</c><00:35:44.320><c> that</c>

00:35:45.179 --> 00:35:47.760
had<00:35:45.739><c> to</c><00:35:45.980><c> leave</c><00:35:46.119><c> suddenly</c><00:35:46.539><c> to</c><00:35:46.679><c> go</c><00:35:46.880><c> back</c><00:35:47.079><c> to</c><00:35:47.320><c> Germany</c>

00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:49.139
two<00:35:48.280><c> weeks</c><00:35:48.579><c> ago,</c>

00:35:49.139 --> 00:35:52.159
and<00:35:49.900><c> she</c><00:35:50.039><c> won't</c><00:35:50.219><c> be</c><00:35:50.440><c> back</c><00:35:50.619><c> for</c><00:35:50.840><c> three</c><00:35:51.119><c> years.</c>

00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:54.300
I<00:35:52.619><c> don't</c><00:35:52.800><c> have</c><00:35:53.019><c> anybody</c><00:35:53.320><c> to</c><00:35:53.579><c> teach</c><00:35:53.800><c> that</c><00:35:54.059><c> class.</c>

00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:56.239
Do<00:35:54.480><c> you</c><00:35:54.539><c> know</c><00:35:54.699><c> something</c><00:35:55.000><c> about</c><00:35:55.340><c> that?</c>

00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:57.880
I<00:35:56.920><c> said,</c><00:35:57.300><c> well,</c>

00:35:58.059 --> 00:36:01.079
my<00:35:58.699><c> formal</c><00:35:59.099><c> training</c><00:35:59.539><c> is</c><00:35:59.800><c> in</c><00:36:00.019><c> that.</c>

00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:04.320
And<00:36:02.159><c> that</c><00:36:02.320><c> was</c><00:36:02.500><c> actually</c><00:36:02.760><c> one</c><00:36:02.920><c> of</c><00:36:03.039><c> my</c><00:36:03.239><c> favorite</c><00:36:03.780><c> subjects</c>

00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:05.739
in<00:36:04.739><c> school.</c>

00:36:06.300 --> 00:36:08.599
Yes,<00:36:06.579><c> I</c><00:36:06.739><c> think</c><00:36:06.920><c> I</c><00:36:07.039><c> can</c><00:36:07.260><c> teach</c><00:36:07.519><c> that.</c>

00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:10.679
And<00:36:09.300><c> she</c><00:36:09.480><c> said</c><00:36:09.659><c> to</c><00:36:09.920><c> me,</c>

00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:14.019
Dennis,<00:36:11.599><c> usted</c><00:36:12.219><c> se</c><00:36:12.500><c> cayo</c><00:36:12.860><c> del</c><00:36:13.119><c> cielo,</c>

00:36:15.119 --> 00:36:17.119
which<00:36:15.440><c> is</c><00:36:15.780><c> a</c><00:36:15.960><c> Spanish</c><00:36:16.300><c> idiom</c><00:36:16.639><c> that</c><00:36:16.880><c> means</c>

00:36:17.119 --> 00:36:19.000
you<00:36:17.260><c> were</c><00:36:17.519><c> sent</c><00:36:17.699><c> by</c><00:36:17.960><c> heaven.</c>

00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:22.599
And<00:36:20.059><c> I</c><00:36:20.119><c> thought</c><00:36:20.320><c> to</c><00:36:20.539><c> myself,</c><00:36:21.639><c> whoa.</c>

00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:27.920
Whatever<00:36:25.260><c> else</c><00:36:25.719><c> happened</c><00:36:26.119><c> in</c><00:36:26.400><c> Costa</c><00:36:26.760><c> Rica</c><00:36:27.019><c> to</c><00:36:27.340><c> us,</c>

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:30.099
and<00:36:28.579><c> there</c><00:36:28.719><c> were</c><00:36:28.880><c> some</c><00:36:29.119><c> wonderful</c><00:36:29.619><c> things</c>

00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:32.099
and<00:36:30.219><c> there</c><00:36:30.300><c> were</c><00:36:30.480><c> some</c><00:36:30.659><c> very</c><00:36:31.019><c> difficult</c><00:36:31.539><c> things,</c>

00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:35.920
we<00:36:32.940><c> knew</c><00:36:33.420><c> that</c><00:36:34.300><c> we</c><00:36:34.480><c> were</c><00:36:34.719><c> supposed</c><00:36:34.940><c> to</c><00:36:35.139><c> be</c><00:36:35.340><c> there</c>

00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:41.519
because<00:36:36.699><c> of</c><00:36:36.920><c> the</c><00:36:37.039><c> way</c><00:36:37.639><c> that</c><00:36:38.559><c> particular</c><00:36:39.099><c> thing</c><00:36:39.480><c> happened</c><00:36:39.800><c> to</c><00:36:40.119><c> us.</c>

00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:45.500
At<00:36:44.260><c> one</c><00:36:44.500><c> and</c><00:36:44.719><c> the</c><00:36:44.780><c> same</c><00:36:45.039><c> time,</c>

00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:49.980
we<00:36:45.780><c> felt</c><00:36:46.360><c> elated</c><00:36:47.519><c> and</c><00:36:48.980><c> humbled.</c>

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:52.940
It<00:36:50.619><c> was</c><00:36:50.840><c> one</c><00:36:51.000><c> of</c><00:36:51.079><c> those</c><00:36:51.340><c> experiences</c><00:36:51.900><c> that</c><00:36:52.119><c> you</c><00:36:52.320><c> step</c><00:36:52.539><c> back</c>

00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:54.840
and<00:36:53.099><c> say,</c><00:36:53.860><c> whoa,</c>

00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:57.019
we<00:36:55.300><c> asked</c><00:36:55.619><c> for</c><00:36:55.920><c> direction,</c>

00:36:57.340 --> 00:36:59.559
and<00:36:57.659><c> he</c><00:36:57.860><c> gave</c><00:36:58.159><c> it.</c>

00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:04.320
We<00:37:01.039><c> asked</c><00:37:01.400><c> in</c><00:37:01.800><c> faith</c><00:37:02.119><c> and</c><00:37:02.380><c> in</c><00:37:02.619><c> trust</c><00:37:02.880><c> for</c><00:37:03.199><c> direction,</c>

00:37:04.659 --> 00:37:08.000
and<00:37:04.820><c> he</c><00:37:05.019><c> answered</c><00:37:05.400><c> us</c><00:37:05.820><c> in</c><00:37:06.139><c> faith</c><00:37:06.579><c> and</c><00:37:06.880><c> in</c><00:37:07.119><c> trust.</c>

00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:10.039
And<00:37:08.760><c> that's</c><00:37:09.019><c> scary.</c>

00:37:11.260 --> 00:37:13.920
That's<00:37:11.780><c> really</c><00:37:12.059><c> scary,</c><00:37:12.659><c> isn't</c><00:37:12.840><c> it?</c>

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:19.800
Because<00:37:15.039><c> the</c><00:37:15.320><c> God</c><00:37:15.639><c> that</c><00:37:15.900><c> we</c><00:37:17.380><c> love</c><00:37:18.019><c> and</c><00:37:18.380><c> believe</c><00:37:18.760><c> in</c>

00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:22.199
really<00:37:20.739><c> is</c><00:37:20.980><c> there.</c>

00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:24.039
And<00:37:23.199><c> every</c><00:37:23.360><c> once</c><00:37:23.599><c> in</c><00:37:23.739><c> a</c><00:37:23.840><c> while,</c>

00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:25.860
he<00:37:24.280><c> reminds</c><00:37:24.780><c> us</c><00:37:25.119><c> of</c><00:37:25.380><c> that</c>

00:37:25.860 --> 00:37:28.920
by<00:37:26.639><c> stepping</c><00:37:27.099><c> in</c><00:37:27.599><c> and</c><00:37:27.840><c> arranging</c><00:37:28.320><c> events</c>

00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:33.099
in<00:37:29.340><c> ways</c><00:37:29.780><c> that</c><00:37:30.760><c> can</c><00:37:31.139><c> only</c><00:37:31.340><c> be</c><00:37:31.579><c> arranged</c><00:37:31.960><c> by</c><00:37:32.239><c> him.</c>

00:37:33.760 --> 00:37:37.739
Now,<00:37:34.820><c> can</c><00:37:35.099><c> you</c><00:37:35.619><c> look</c><00:37:35.880><c> back</c><00:37:36.179><c> on</c><00:37:36.360><c> your</c><00:37:36.519><c> own</c><00:37:36.739><c> life</c>

00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:40.360
and<00:37:38.380><c> see</c><00:37:38.659><c> some</c><00:37:38.960><c> times</c><00:37:39.300><c> when</c><00:37:39.480><c> the</c><00:37:39.679><c> hand</c><00:37:39.880><c> of</c><00:37:40.059><c> the</c><00:37:40.219><c> pot</c>

00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:42.179
are<00:37:40.500><c> operated</c><00:37:40.980><c> in</c><00:37:41.260><c> ways</c><00:37:41.519><c> to</c><00:37:41.800><c> change</c>

00:37:42.179 --> 00:37:44.360
and<00:37:42.619><c> direct</c><00:37:42.619><c> the</c><00:37:42.920><c> circumstances</c><00:37:43.579><c> of</c><00:37:43.900><c> your</c><00:37:44.099><c> life?</c>

00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:45.980
And<00:37:44.519><c> I</c><00:37:44.579><c> know</c><00:37:44.739><c> you</c><00:37:44.980><c> can.</c>

00:37:47.659 --> 00:37:49.800
The<00:37:47.840><c> ways</c><00:37:48.239><c> of</c><00:37:48.679><c> providence</c>

00:37:50.139 --> 00:37:53.519
is<00:37:50.739><c> still</c><00:37:51.019><c> being</c><00:37:51.320><c> written</c><00:37:51.639><c> in</c><00:37:52.000><c> our</c><00:37:52.320><c> lives</c><00:37:52.800><c> right</c><00:37:53.199><c> now,</c>

00:37:53.719 --> 00:37:54.980
brothers<00:37:53.800><c> and</c><00:37:54.039><c> sisters.</c>

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:56.840
The<00:37:55.139><c> book's</c><00:37:55.420><c> not</c><00:37:55.619><c> finished</c><00:37:55.920><c> yet.</c>

00:37:57.219 --> 00:37:59.699
That<00:37:57.539><c> still</c><00:37:57.860><c> is</c><00:37:58.099><c> a</c><00:37:58.219><c> work</c><00:37:58.380><c> in</c><00:37:58.719><c> progress.</c>

00:38:00.739 --> 00:38:02.800
He<00:38:01.000><c> still</c><00:38:01.219><c> works</c><00:38:01.519><c> in</c><00:38:01.699><c> the</c><00:38:01.880><c> lives</c><00:38:02.079><c> of</c><00:38:02.260><c> his</c><00:38:02.480><c> people</c>

00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:06.719
to<00:38:03.099><c> soften</c><00:38:03.440><c> us</c><00:38:03.980><c> and</c><00:38:04.139><c> to</c><00:38:04.400><c> strengthen</c><00:38:04.659><c> us</c><00:38:05.239><c> in</c><00:38:05.460><c> his</c><00:38:05.679><c> service.</c>

00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:10.920
A<00:38:09.300><c> final</c><00:38:09.519><c> tool</c><00:38:09.820><c> we</c><00:38:10.039><c> will</c><00:38:10.219><c> consider</c><00:38:10.559><c> today</c>

00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:13.820
has<00:38:11.219><c> to</c><00:38:11.480><c> do</c><00:38:11.659><c> with</c><00:38:12.019><c> the</c><00:38:12.340><c> trial</c><00:38:12.619><c> of</c><00:38:12.940><c> faith.</c>

00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:17.519
Three<00:38:15.119><c> apostles</c><00:38:15.639><c> tell</c><00:38:15.940><c> us</c><00:38:16.179><c> of</c><00:38:16.320><c> the</c><00:38:16.599><c> importance</c><00:38:16.840><c> of</c><00:38:17.039><c> this</c><00:38:17.260><c> tool,</c>

00:38:17.639 --> 00:38:21.400
and<00:38:17.719><c> their</c><00:38:17.960><c> testimony</c><00:38:18.460><c> needs</c><00:38:18.800><c> to</c><00:38:19.000><c> be</c><00:38:19.280><c> understood</c><00:38:19.800><c> in</c><00:38:20.139><c> our</c><00:38:20.340><c> heads</c>

00:38:21.739 --> 00:38:23.500
and<00:38:22.300><c> applied</c><00:38:22.559><c> in</c><00:38:22.780><c> our</c><00:38:22.940><c> hearts.</c>

00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:26.420
Romans<00:38:24.199><c> 5,</c><00:38:25.099><c> verse</c><00:38:25.340><c> 3.</c>

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:43.420
Where<00:38:41.199><c> the</c><00:38:41.340><c> Apostle</c><00:38:41.739><c> Paul</c><00:38:42.039><c> says,</c>

00:38:44.719 --> 00:38:48.599
Let<00:38:44.760><c> us</c><00:38:45.139><c> rejoice</c><00:38:45.780><c> in</c><00:38:46.039><c> the</c><00:38:46.219><c> hope</c><00:38:46.519><c> of</c><00:38:46.760><c> the</c><00:38:46.960><c> glory</c><00:38:47.340><c> of</c><00:38:47.579><c> God,</c>

00:38:49.340 --> 00:38:52.920
and<00:38:49.440><c> not</c><00:38:49.619><c> only</c><00:38:49.900><c> so,</c><00:38:50.500><c> but</c><00:38:50.579><c> we</c><00:38:50.900><c> glory</c><00:38:51.340><c> in</c><00:38:51.699><c> tribulations</c><00:38:52.400><c> also,</c>

00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:55.900
knowing<00:38:53.380><c> that</c><00:38:53.659><c> tribulation</c><00:38:54.340><c> worketh</c><00:38:54.800><c> patience,</c>

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:58.880
and<00:38:56.239><c> patience</c><00:38:56.659><c> experience,</c><00:38:57.719><c> and</c><00:38:58.039><c> experience</c><00:38:58.519><c> hope,</c>

00:38:59.000 --> 00:39:01.599
and<00:38:59.159><c> hope</c><00:38:59.380><c> maketh</c><00:38:59.719><c> not</c><00:39:00.179><c> to</c><00:39:00.420><c> be</c><00:39:00.659><c> ashamed,</c>

00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:04.619
because<00:39:02.179><c> the</c><00:39:02.440><c> love</c><00:39:02.599><c> of</c><00:39:02.780><c> God</c><00:39:03.159><c> is</c><00:39:03.380><c> shut</c><00:39:03.559><c> abroad</c><00:39:03.900><c> in</c><00:39:04.119><c> our</c><00:39:04.260><c> hearts</c>

00:39:04.619 --> 00:39:07.619
by<00:39:04.880><c> the</c><00:39:05.019><c> Holy</c><00:39:05.260><c> Spirit</c><00:39:05.619><c> which</c><00:39:05.820><c> is</c><00:39:06.019><c> given</c><00:39:06.260><c> unto</c><00:39:06.500><c> us.</c>

00:39:09.619 --> 00:39:16.860
There's<00:39:10.420><c> a</c><00:39:10.619><c> process</c><00:39:11.019><c> involved</c><00:39:11.579><c> as</c><00:39:11.940><c> we</c><00:39:14.599><c> walk</c><00:39:15.179><c> through</c><00:39:15.840><c> our</c><00:39:16.320><c> lives</c>

00:39:16.860 --> 00:39:19.059
holding<00:39:17.380><c> the</c><00:39:17.639><c> hand</c><00:39:17.760><c> of</c><00:39:18.079><c> God.</c>

00:39:19.559 --> 00:39:22.340
Tribulation<00:39:20.099><c> worketh</c><00:39:20.519><c> patience,</c><00:39:21.340><c> patience</c><00:39:21.619><c> experience,</c>

00:39:22.579 --> 00:39:25.119
experience<00:39:23.099><c> hope,</c><00:39:23.500><c> and</c><00:39:23.719><c> hope</c><00:39:23.960><c> maketh</c><00:39:24.300><c> not</c><00:39:24.699><c> ashamed.</c>

00:39:25.539 --> 00:39:28.719
James<00:39:26.340><c> speaks</c><00:39:26.960><c> of</c><00:39:27.519><c> this</c><00:39:27.840><c> same</c><00:39:28.139><c> process.</c>

00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:32.139
Turn<00:39:29.039><c> over</c><00:39:29.239><c> quickly</c><00:39:29.539><c> to</c><00:39:29.780><c> James,</c><00:39:30.099><c> chapter</c><00:39:30.500><c> 1.</c>

00:39:42.599 --> 00:39:45.039
James,<00:39:43.400><c> chapter</c><00:39:43.539><c> 1,</c><00:39:44.059><c> verses</c><00:39:44.139><c> 2</c><00:39:44.480><c> through</c><00:39:44.679><c> 4.</c>

00:39:45.059 --> 00:39:47.260
My<00:39:45.199><c> brethren,</c><00:39:45.659><c> count</c><00:39:45.880><c> it</c><00:39:46.079><c> all</c><00:39:46.300><c> joy</c><00:39:46.619><c> when</c><00:39:46.840><c> you</c><00:39:47.019><c> fall</c>

00:39:47.260 --> 00:39:49.400
into<00:39:47.519><c> divers</c><00:39:47.920><c> temptations.</c>

00:39:49.579 --> 00:39:52.719
Knowing<00:39:49.840><c> this,</c><00:39:50.340><c> the</c><00:39:50.519><c> trial</c><00:39:50.860><c> of</c><00:39:51.079><c> your</c><00:39:51.320><c> faith</c><00:39:51.619><c> worketh</c><00:39:52.119><c> patience,</c>

00:39:53.059 --> 00:39:55.539
but<00:39:53.199><c> let</c><00:39:53.460><c> patience</c><00:39:53.920><c> have</c><00:39:54.519><c> her</c><00:39:54.820><c> perfect</c><00:39:55.199><c> work,</c>

00:39:55.579 --> 00:39:58.079
that<00:39:55.719><c> you</c><00:39:55.880><c> may</c><00:39:56.019><c> be</c><00:39:56.300><c> perfect</c><00:39:56.659><c> and</c><00:39:56.880><c> entire</c><00:39:57.300><c> wanting</c><00:39:57.699><c> nothing.</c>

00:39:58.500 --> 00:40:01.440
And<00:39:58.760><c> again,</c><00:39:58.960><c> it's</c><00:39:59.159><c> that</c><00:39:59.460><c> process</c><00:40:00.079><c> that's</c><00:40:00.460><c> going</c><00:40:00.679><c> on</c>

00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:05.260
as<00:40:02.000><c> our</c><00:40:02.300><c> faith</c><00:40:02.599><c> is</c><00:40:02.960><c> challenged</c><00:40:03.539><c> and</c><00:40:03.739><c> we</c><00:40:03.880><c> are</c><00:40:04.199><c> stretched.</c>

00:40:06.360 --> 00:40:10.280
1<00:40:06.900><c> Peter,</c><00:40:07.320><c> chapter</c><00:40:07.639><c> 1,</c><00:40:08.320><c> verses</c><00:40:08.400><c> 6</c><00:40:08.820><c> through</c><00:40:08.980><c> 9.</c>

00:40:10.840 --> 00:40:13.360
Again,<00:40:11.139><c> these</c><00:40:11.340><c> are</c><00:40:11.519><c> just</c><00:40:11.780><c> a</c><00:40:11.980><c> few</c><00:40:12.119><c> passages</c><00:40:12.639><c> that</c><00:40:13.139><c> speak</c>

00:40:13.360 --> 00:40:16.000
of<00:40:13.619><c> the</c><00:40:13.980><c> importance</c><00:40:14.340><c> of</c><00:40:14.780><c> the</c><00:40:15.039><c> trial</c><00:40:15.360><c> of</c><00:40:15.739><c> faith</c>

00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:19.780
that<00:40:16.219><c> each</c><00:40:16.420><c> of</c><00:40:16.579><c> us</c><00:40:16.940><c> experiences</c><00:40:17.579><c> as</c><00:40:18.500><c> a</c><00:40:18.659><c> son</c><00:40:18.820><c> or</c><00:40:18.920><c> daughter</c><00:40:19.179><c> of</c><00:40:19.400><c> God.</c>

00:40:19.840 --> 00:40:23.719
1<00:40:20.039><c> Peter,</c><00:40:20.360><c> chapter</c><00:40:20.679><c> 1,</c><00:40:21.599><c> starting</c><00:40:21.840><c> at</c><00:40:22.039><c> verse</c><00:40:22.239><c> 6.</c>

00:40:25.179 --> 00:40:28.820
After<00:40:25.599><c> speaking</c><00:40:25.960><c> of</c><00:40:26.300><c> the</c><00:40:26.619><c> salvation</c><00:40:27.239><c> that</c><00:40:27.500><c> is</c><00:40:27.780><c> ready</c><00:40:28.019><c> to</c><00:40:28.260><c> be</c><00:40:28.500><c> revealed</c>

00:40:28.820 --> 00:40:31.679
in<00:40:29.000><c> the</c><00:40:29.159><c> last</c><00:40:29.500><c> time,</c><00:40:30.559><c> the</c><00:40:30.719><c> Apostle</c><00:40:31.119><c> Peter</c><00:40:31.380><c> says,</c>

00:40:31.679 --> 00:40:35.579
Wherein<00:40:32.159><c> ye</c><00:40:32.380><c> greatly</c><00:40:32.820><c> rejoice,</c><00:40:34.019><c> though</c><00:40:34.340><c> now</c><00:40:34.780><c> for</c><00:40:35.059><c> a</c><00:40:35.280><c> season,</c>

00:40:35.679 --> 00:40:39.360
if<00:40:35.860><c> need</c><00:40:36.099><c> be,</c><00:40:36.400><c> ye</c><00:40:36.599><c> are</c><00:40:36.780><c> in</c><00:40:37.000><c> heaviness</c><00:40:37.400><c> through</c><00:40:37.619><c> manifold</c><00:40:38.219><c> temptations,</c>

00:40:39.599 --> 00:40:43.880
that<00:40:39.860><c> the</c><00:40:40.219><c> trial</c><00:40:40.559><c> of</c><00:40:40.739><c> your</c><00:40:40.960><c> faith</c><00:40:41.300><c> being</c><00:40:41.500><c> much</c><00:40:43.079><c> more</c><00:40:43.559><c> precious</c>

00:40:43.880 --> 00:40:47.579
than<00:40:44.139><c> of</c><00:40:44.440><c> gold</c><00:40:44.719><c> that</c><00:40:45.059><c> perisheth,</c><00:40:46.119><c> though</c><00:40:46.260><c> it</c><00:40:46.380><c> be</c><00:40:46.599><c> tried</c><00:40:46.920><c> with</c><00:40:47.219><c> fire,</c>

00:40:47.760 --> 00:40:50.440
might<00:40:47.900><c> be</c><00:40:48.199><c> found</c><00:40:48.460><c> unto</c><00:40:48.760><c> praise</c><00:40:49.239><c> and</c><00:40:49.460><c> honor</c><00:40:49.719><c> and</c><00:40:49.980><c> glory</c>

00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:53.719
at<00:40:51.340><c> the</c><00:40:51.539><c> appearing</c><00:40:51.820><c> of</c><00:40:52.000><c> Jesus</c><00:40:52.380><c> Christ.</c>

00:40:53.880 --> 00:40:56.380
The<00:40:54.179><c> trial</c><00:40:54.380><c> of</c><00:40:54.539><c> your</c><00:40:54.800><c> faith</c><00:40:55.079><c> being</c><00:40:55.360><c> much</c><00:40:55.679><c> more</c><00:40:56.039><c> precious</c>

00:40:56.380 --> 00:41:01.679
than<00:40:56.519><c> of</c><00:40:56.800><c> gold,</c><00:40:57.219><c> and</c><00:40:57.420><c> gold</c><00:40:57.739><c> is</c><00:40:58.079><c> refined</c><00:40:58.780><c> by</c><00:40:59.920><c> fire,</c><00:41:00.440><c> isn't</c><00:41:00.539><c> it?</c>

00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:05.900
And<00:41:02.320><c> the</c><00:41:02.820><c> metal</c><00:41:03.099><c> worker</c><00:41:03.559><c> puts</c><00:41:03.980><c> the</c><00:41:04.280><c> lump</c><00:41:04.420><c> of</c><00:41:04.619><c> gold</c><00:41:04.980><c> and</c><00:41:05.219><c> heats</c><00:41:05.500><c> it</c>

00:41:05.900 --> 00:41:09.639
until<00:41:06.980><c> the</c><00:41:07.420><c> dross</c><00:41:07.719><c> comes</c><00:41:08.019><c> to</c><00:41:08.199><c> the</c><00:41:08.380><c> surface</c><00:41:08.639><c> and</c><00:41:08.820><c> pours</c><00:41:09.260><c> a</c><00:41:09.300><c> little</c><00:41:09.480><c> bit</c>

00:41:09.639 --> 00:41:10.320
of<00:41:09.699><c> that</c><00:41:10.019><c> off</c>

00:41:10.320 --> 00:41:12.940
and<00:41:10.440><c> then</c><00:41:10.780><c> continues</c><00:41:11.139><c> to</c><00:41:11.440><c> heat</c><00:41:11.559><c> it</c><00:41:11.739><c> until</c><00:41:12.000><c> more</c><00:41:12.400><c> and</c><00:41:12.559><c> more</c><00:41:12.800><c> of</c>

00:41:12.940 --> 00:41:13.539
the<00:41:13.119><c> impurity</c>

00:41:13.539 --> 00:41:16.079
comes<00:41:13.800><c> to</c><00:41:14.000><c> the</c><00:41:14.179><c> surface,</c><00:41:15.059><c> pours</c><00:41:15.500><c> that</c><00:41:15.699><c> off.</c>

00:41:16.420 --> 00:41:20.559
He<00:41:16.699><c> knows</c><00:41:17.159><c> that</c><00:41:17.380><c> the</c><00:41:17.579><c> gold</c><00:41:17.780><c> is</c><00:41:18.139><c> pure</c><00:41:18.719><c> when</c><00:41:19.420><c> he</c><00:41:19.539><c> can</c><00:41:19.739><c> look</c><00:41:19.960><c> down</c>

00:41:20.559 --> 00:41:25.579
and<00:41:20.860><c> see</c><00:41:21.179><c> reflected</c><00:41:21.980><c> on</c><00:41:22.659><c> the</c><00:41:22.920><c> top</c><00:41:23.440><c> his</c><00:41:24.119><c> own</c><00:41:24.460><c> face.</c>

00:41:25.739 --> 00:41:29.119
And<00:41:26.380><c> that's</c><00:41:26.880><c> the</c><00:41:27.079><c> process</c><00:41:27.519><c> that's</c><00:41:28.039><c> going</c><00:41:28.260><c> on</c><00:41:28.440><c> in</c><00:41:28.599><c> our</c><00:41:28.860><c> lives</c>

00:41:29.119 --> 00:41:30.460
as<00:41:29.460><c> well.</c>

00:41:30.619 --> 00:41:34.659
The<00:41:30.880><c> trial</c><00:41:31.159><c> of</c><00:41:31.380><c> our</c><00:41:31.619><c> faith</c><00:41:31.840><c> is</c><00:41:32.199><c> designed</c><00:41:32.719><c> so</c><00:41:33.039><c> that</c><00:41:33.239><c> when</c><00:41:33.820><c> the</c><00:41:34.340><c> Father</c>

00:41:34.659 --> 00:41:39.179
looks<00:41:35.000><c> into</c><00:41:35.380><c> our</c><00:41:35.699><c> lives,</c><00:41:36.380><c> he</c><00:41:37.239><c> sees</c><00:41:37.760><c> a</c><00:41:38.159><c> reflection.</c>

00:41:40.300 --> 00:41:43.059
And<00:41:40.940><c> it</c><00:41:41.079><c> will</c><00:41:41.280><c> not</c><00:41:41.440><c> be</c><00:41:41.639><c> a</c><00:41:41.820><c> perfect</c><00:41:42.300><c> reflection</c>

00:41:43.059 --> 00:41:46.559
until<00:41:43.840><c> the</c><00:41:44.199><c> appearing</c><00:41:44.539><c> of</c><00:41:44.760><c> our</c><00:41:44.920><c> Lord</c><00:41:45.159><c> Jesus</c><00:41:45.559><c> Christ.</c>

00:41:48.440 --> 00:41:51.599
Let's<00:41:49.079><c> consider</c><00:41:49.360><c> very</c><00:41:49.679><c> briefly,</c><00:41:50.159><c> we</c><00:41:50.420><c> have</c><00:41:50.579><c> just</c><00:41:50.820><c> a</c><00:41:50.960><c> few</c><00:41:51.039><c> more</c><00:41:51.260><c> minutes,</c>

00:41:51.599 --> 00:41:54.599
the<00:41:51.860><c> example</c><00:41:52.380><c> again</c><00:41:52.920><c> of</c><00:41:53.480><c> Abraham.</c>

00:41:55.639 --> 00:41:58.699
I<00:41:55.860><c> used</c><00:41:56.059><c> to</c><00:41:56.219><c> think</c><00:41:56.380><c> of</c><00:41:56.559><c> Abraham</c><00:41:56.960><c> as</c><00:41:57.139><c> an</c><00:41:57.340><c> example</c><00:41:57.659><c> of</c><00:41:57.860><c> a</c><00:41:58.019><c> faithful</c><00:41:58.320><c> man</c>

00:41:58.699 --> 00:42:00.960
whose<00:41:58.920><c> faith</c><00:41:59.219><c> was</c><00:41:59.539><c> always</c><00:41:59.940><c> strong.</c>

00:42:01.440 --> 00:42:06.539
I<00:42:01.579><c> imagined</c><00:42:01.920><c> that</c><00:42:02.119><c> if</c><00:42:02.559><c> I</c><00:42:02.719><c> could</c><00:42:03.019><c> graph</c><00:42:03.960><c> his</c><00:42:04.840><c> faith,</c><00:42:05.420><c> his</c><00:42:05.699><c> growth</c><00:42:05.980><c> of</c><00:42:06.320><c> faith,</c>

00:42:06.579 --> 00:42:10.099
it<00:42:06.639><c> would</c><00:42:06.820><c> be</c><00:42:07.019><c> a</c><00:42:07.320><c> constantly</c><00:42:07.820><c> upward</c><00:42:08.320><c> moving</c><00:42:08.679><c> line,</c>

00:42:11.400 --> 00:42:15.260
culminating<00:42:11.880><c> in</c><00:42:12.099><c> the</c><00:42:12.260><c> supreme</c><00:42:12.820><c> test</c><00:42:13.139><c> of</c><00:42:13.300><c> his</c><00:42:13.559><c> faith</c><00:42:13.800><c> in</c><00:42:14.000><c> Genesis</c><00:42:14.400><c> 22</c>

00:42:15.260 --> 00:42:17.340
in<00:42:15.519><c> the</c><00:42:15.699><c> sacrifice</c><00:42:16.199><c> of</c><00:42:16.480><c> Isaac.</c>

00:42:18.059 --> 00:42:20.300
I've<00:42:18.619><c> come</c><00:42:18.820><c> to</c><00:42:18.960><c> believe</c><00:42:19.239><c> differently.</c>

00:42:21.579 --> 00:42:24.840
I<00:42:21.699><c> still</c><00:42:22.039><c> stand</c><00:42:22.400><c> in</c><00:42:22.719><c> awe</c><00:42:23.000><c> of</c><00:42:23.199><c> his</c><00:42:23.400><c> wonderful</c><00:42:23.880><c> faith.</c>

00:42:25.980 --> 00:42:28.260
I<00:42:26.079><c> still</c><00:42:26.400><c> reverence</c><00:42:26.739><c> him</c><00:42:27.019><c> as</c><00:42:27.340><c> Father</c><00:42:27.659><c> of</c><00:42:27.820><c> the</c><00:42:27.960><c> faithful,</c>

00:42:28.320 --> 00:42:31.039
but<00:42:28.480><c> I</c><00:42:28.679><c> now</c><00:42:28.940><c> see</c><00:42:29.159><c> him</c><00:42:29.440><c> as</c><00:42:29.599><c> a</c><00:42:29.780><c> man</c><00:42:30.099><c> whose</c><00:42:30.380><c> faith</c><00:42:30.699><c> grew</c>

00:42:31.039 --> 00:42:34.699
as<00:42:31.239><c> he</c><00:42:31.539><c> responded</c><00:42:31.840><c> to</c><00:42:32.099><c> the</c><00:42:32.320><c> trials</c><00:42:32.579><c> of</c><00:42:32.860><c> faith</c><00:42:33.139><c> in</c><00:42:33.340><c> his</c><00:42:33.579><c> own</c><00:42:33.800><c> life.</c>

00:42:35.619 --> 00:42:39.500
We<00:42:35.880><c> won't</c><00:42:36.159><c> turn</c><00:42:36.460><c> up</c><00:42:36.800><c> all</c><00:42:37.059><c> the</c><00:42:37.340><c> passages,</c><00:42:38.400><c> but</c><00:42:38.780><c> we'll</c><00:42:39.300><c> note</c>

00:42:39.500 --> 00:42:40.159
them<00:42:39.800><c> down</c>

00:42:40.159 --> 00:42:43.420
and<00:42:40.360><c> I</c><00:42:40.539><c> would</c><00:42:41.400><c> suggest</c><00:42:41.940><c> that</c><00:42:42.159><c> it</c><00:42:42.300><c> would</c><00:42:42.539><c> be</c><00:42:42.739><c> beneficial</c><00:42:43.159><c> for</c>

00:42:43.420 --> 00:42:43.880
all<00:42:43.619><c> of</c><00:42:43.719><c> us</c>

00:42:43.880 --> 00:42:48.840
to<00:42:44.019><c> go</c><00:42:44.340><c> and</c><00:42:45.300><c> meditate</c><00:42:45.699><c> on</c><00:42:46.000><c> these</c><00:42:46.500><c> examples</c><00:42:47.039><c> of</c><00:42:48.000><c> the</c><00:42:48.340><c> Father</c><00:42:48.639><c> of</c>

00:42:48.840 --> 00:42:49.380
the<00:42:49.039><c> faithful</c>

00:42:49.380 --> 00:42:51.280
as<00:42:49.659><c> his</c><00:42:49.920><c> faith</c><00:42:50.239><c> grew.</c>

00:42:52.440 --> 00:42:55.559
Genesis<00:42:52.599><c> chapter</c><00:42:53.039><c> 12,</c><00:42:53.480><c> the</c><00:42:53.619><c> last</c><00:42:53.920><c> half</c><00:42:54.159><c> of</c><00:42:54.300><c> that</c><00:42:54.519><c> chapter,</c>

00:42:55.699 --> 00:42:59.300
speaks<00:42:55.900><c> of</c><00:42:56.139><c> that</c><00:42:56.460><c> time</c><00:42:57.000><c> when</c><00:42:57.820><c> in</c><00:42:58.219><c> Egypt,</c>

00:43:00.039 --> 00:43:06.820
he<00:43:00.619><c> with</c><00:43:01.179><c> Sarah</c><00:43:01.920><c> decided</c><00:43:03.659><c> to</c><00:43:05.340><c> do</c><00:43:05.760><c> and</c><00:43:06.019><c> say</c><00:43:06.239><c> something</c>

00:43:06.820 --> 00:43:09.539
that<00:43:07.519><c> put</c><00:43:07.760><c> less</c><00:43:08.099><c> trust</c><00:43:08.480><c> in</c><00:43:08.739><c> God</c>

00:43:09.539 --> 00:43:12.300
than<00:43:10.500><c> it</c><00:43:10.699><c> did</c><00:43:10.800><c> in</c><00:43:11.000><c> something</c><00:43:11.280><c> that</c><00:43:11.420><c> was</c><00:43:11.639><c> not</c><00:43:11.900><c> true.</c>

00:43:12.300 --> 00:43:14.800
She<00:43:13.139><c> is</c><00:43:13.320><c> my</c><00:43:13.519><c> sister.</c>

00:43:15.500 --> 00:43:18.900
And<00:43:15.579><c> the</c><00:43:15.760><c> half</c><00:43:15.940><c>-truth</c><00:43:16.199><c> was</c><00:43:16.440><c> found</c><00:43:16.760><c> out,</c><00:43:17.059><c> wasn't</c><00:43:17.260><c> it?</c>

00:43:19.179 --> 00:43:21.699
And<00:43:19.420><c> he</c><00:43:19.619><c> escaped</c><00:43:20.079><c> from</c><00:43:20.420><c> Egypt.</c>

00:43:23.980 --> 00:43:29.360
Chapter<00:43:24.659><c> 14,</c><00:43:26.099><c> after</c><00:43:26.539><c> the</c><00:43:27.019><c> destruction</c><00:43:27.599><c> of</c><00:43:28.000><c> the</c><00:43:28.260><c> Gentile</c><00:43:28.900><c> kings</c>

00:43:29.360 --> 00:43:33.539
and<00:43:29.579><c> after</c><00:43:30.000><c> his</c><00:43:31.019><c> declaration</c><00:43:31.780><c> that</c><00:43:32.019><c> he</c><00:43:32.219><c> would</c><00:43:32.480><c> not</c><00:43:32.739><c> be</c><00:43:33.019><c> indebted</c>

00:43:33.539 --> 00:43:39.719
to<00:43:33.940><c> the</c><00:43:34.519><c> King</c><00:43:34.800><c> of</c><00:43:35.119><c> Sodom,</c><00:43:35.960><c> we</c><00:43:36.219><c> find</c><00:43:36.619><c> in</c><00:43:36.800><c> chapter</c><00:43:37.139><c> 15,</c><00:43:37.940><c> verse</c><00:43:38.139><c> 1,</c>

00:43:40.820 --> 00:43:43.920
that<00:43:41.360><c> the</c><00:43:41.900><c> word</c><00:43:42.079><c> of</c><00:43:42.219><c> the</c><00:43:42.300><c> Lord</c><00:43:42.460><c> comes</c><00:43:42.760><c> to</c><00:43:42.860><c> him</c><00:43:43.000><c> in</c><00:43:43.159><c> a</c><00:43:43.260><c> vision</c><00:43:43.480><c> saying,</c>

00:43:44.280 --> 00:43:46.820
Fear<00:43:44.280><c> not,</c><00:43:44.800><c> Abram,</c><00:43:45.000><c> I</c><00:43:45.199><c> am</c><00:43:45.340><c> thy</c><00:43:45.599><c> shield</c><00:43:45.980><c> and</c><00:43:46.119><c> thy</c><00:43:46.360><c> exceeding</c>

00:43:46.820 --> 00:43:48.280
great<00:43:47.099><c> reward.</c>

00:43:48.440 --> 00:43:50.760
The<00:43:48.639><c> Lord</c><00:43:48.860><c> wouldn't</c><00:43:49.119><c> have</c><00:43:49.400><c> said</c><00:43:49.599><c> that</c><00:43:49.900><c> had</c><00:43:50.139><c> there</c><00:43:50.340><c> not</c><00:43:50.519><c> been</c>

00:43:50.760 --> 00:43:51.559
some<00:43:51.199><c> fear</c>

00:43:51.559 --> 00:43:54.159
and<00:43:51.860><c> concern</c><00:43:52.500><c> and</c><00:43:52.860><c> perhaps</c><00:43:53.199><c> lack</c><00:43:53.440><c> of</c><00:43:53.760><c> trust</c>

00:43:54.159 --> 00:43:57.920
in<00:43:54.840><c> the</c><00:43:55.039><c> mind</c><00:43:55.239><c> and</c><00:43:55.420><c> in</c><00:43:55.539><c> the</c><00:43:55.659><c> heart</c><00:43:55.920><c> of</c><00:43:56.199><c> Abram.</c>

00:43:58.800 --> 00:44:02.380
So<00:43:59.039><c> there</c><00:43:59.199><c> is</c><00:43:59.340><c> another</c><00:43:59.599><c> example</c><00:44:00.219><c> of</c><00:44:00.579><c> a</c><00:44:00.719><c> tremendous</c><00:44:01.179><c> act</c><00:44:01.480><c> of</c><00:44:01.820><c> faith</c>

00:44:02.380 --> 00:44:05.780
and<00:44:03.019><c> a</c><00:44:03.059><c> tremendous</c><00:44:03.460><c> declaration</c><00:44:04.219><c> of</c><00:44:04.579><c> trust</c><00:44:04.960><c> and</c><00:44:05.340><c> confidence</c>

00:44:05.780 --> 00:44:07.239
in<00:44:06.000><c> God</c>

00:44:07.239 --> 00:44:11.260
followed<00:44:07.880><c> by</c><00:44:08.880><c> perhaps</c><00:44:09.340><c> a</c><00:44:09.559><c> step</c><00:44:09.719><c> or</c><00:44:09.900><c> two</c><00:44:10.059><c> backwards.</c>

00:44:13.300 --> 00:44:18.039
Genesis<00:44:13.500><c> chapter</c><00:44:13.980><c> 16,</c><00:44:15.760><c> the</c><00:44:16.000><c> concern</c><00:44:16.539><c> that</c><00:44:16.800><c> that</c><00:44:17.059><c> couple</c><00:44:17.440><c> shared</c>

00:44:18.039 --> 00:44:21.219
about<00:44:18.519><c> the</c><00:44:19.320><c> barrenness</c><00:44:19.900><c> of</c><00:44:20.260><c> Sarah.</c>

00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:25.840
And<00:44:22.739><c> we</c><00:44:22.980><c> find</c><00:44:23.579><c> no</c><00:44:24.099><c> reference</c><00:44:24.579><c> in</c><00:44:24.860><c> Genesis</c><00:44:25.219><c> 16</c>

00:44:25.840 --> 00:44:28.900
as<00:44:26.639><c> Abram</c><00:44:27.179><c> and</c><00:44:27.440><c> Sarai</c><00:44:27.940><c> speak</c><00:44:28.360><c> together</c>

00:44:28.900 --> 00:44:31.139
and<00:44:29.659><c> make</c><00:44:29.820><c> this</c><00:44:30.099><c> arrangement</c><00:44:30.460><c> with</c><00:44:30.739><c> Hagar</c>

00:44:31.139 --> 00:44:35.440
and<00:44:31.920><c> the</c><00:44:32.119><c> birth</c><00:44:32.380><c> of</c><00:44:32.820><c> Ishmael</c><00:44:33.300><c> as</c><00:44:33.440><c> the</c><00:44:33.699><c> result</c><00:44:34.079><c> of</c><00:44:34.440><c> prayer.</c>

00:44:35.920 --> 00:44:40.659
There<00:44:36.380><c> are</c><00:44:37.000><c> prayerless</c><00:44:37.679><c> plans</c><00:44:38.300><c> that</c><00:44:38.880><c> are</c><00:44:39.000><c> being</c><00:44:39.219><c> made</c><00:44:39.519><c> here.</c>

00:44:41.099 --> 00:44:44.559
We<00:44:41.340><c> are</c><00:44:41.619><c> told</c><00:44:41.960><c> he</c><00:44:42.460><c> hearkened</c><00:44:43.019><c> to</c><00:44:43.219><c> the</c><00:44:43.360><c> voice</c><00:44:43.760><c> of</c><00:44:44.119><c> Sarah</c>

00:44:44.559 --> 00:44:49.820
just<00:44:45.760><c> as</c><00:44:46.159><c> Adam</c><00:44:46.539><c> hearkened</c><00:44:47.039><c> to</c><00:44:47.199><c> the</c><00:44:47.320><c> voice</c><00:44:47.679><c> of</c><00:44:48.039><c> Eve</c><00:44:48.300><c> in</c><00:44:48.460><c> the</c><00:44:48.639><c> garden.</c>

00:44:51.280 --> 00:44:56.519
Genesis<00:44:51.539><c> chapter</c><00:44:52.019><c> 18,</c><00:44:54.199><c> verse</c><00:44:54.739><c> 33,</c>

00:44:57.139 --> 00:45:02.539
concludes<00:44:57.639><c> the</c><00:44:57.920><c> chapter</c><00:44:58.400><c> where</c><00:44:59.119><c> Abraham</c><00:44:59.780><c> pleads</c><00:45:00.480><c> for</c><00:45:00.719><c> the</c><00:45:00.900><c> salvation</c><00:45:01.380><c> of</c><00:45:01.780><c> Lot.</c>

00:45:02.739 --> 00:45:07.000
And<00:45:03.360><c> the</c><00:45:03.739><c> number</c><00:45:04.039><c> starts</c><00:45:04.480><c> high</c><00:45:04.900><c> at</c><00:45:05.119><c> 50</c><00:45:05.500><c> and</c><00:45:05.659><c> comes</c><00:45:05.940><c> down</c><00:45:06.239><c> to</c><00:45:06.460><c> 10</c>

00:45:07.000 --> 00:45:12.750
and<00:45:07.400><c> he</c><00:45:07.699><c> pleads</c><00:45:08.159><c> for</c><00:45:08.340><c> the</c><00:45:08.519><c> salvation</c><00:45:08.980><c> of</c><00:45:09.360><c> Lot</c><00:45:09.440><c> from</c><00:45:09.659><c> the</c><00:45:09.880><c> destruction</c><00:45:10.300><c> of</c><00:45:11.940><c> Sodom.</c>

00:45:13.739 --> 00:45:15.239
Verse<00:45:13.860><c> 33</c><00:45:14.360><c> of</c><00:45:14.539><c> chapter</c><00:45:14.840><c> 18,</c>

00:45:15.239 --> 00:45:18.400
And<00:45:15.400><c> the</c><00:45:15.400><c> Lord</c><00:45:15.639><c> went</c><00:45:15.880><c> his</c><00:45:16.119><c> way</c><00:45:16.360><c> as</c><00:45:16.519><c> soon</c><00:45:16.739><c> as</c><00:45:16.880><c> he</c><00:45:16.980><c> had</c><00:45:17.119><c> left</c><00:45:17.340><c> communing</c><00:45:17.679><c> with</c><00:45:17.860><c> Abraham</c>

00:45:18.400 --> 00:45:22.119
and<00:45:19.260><c> Abraham</c><00:45:19.760><c> returned</c><00:45:20.440><c> unto</c><00:45:20.739><c> his</c><00:45:21.059><c> place.</c>

00:45:22.860 --> 00:45:25.599
So<00:45:23.119><c> Abraham</c><00:45:23.559><c> spent</c><00:45:24.039><c> that</c><00:45:24.480><c> night</c>

00:45:25.900 --> 00:45:29.300
resting<00:45:26.519><c> in</c><00:45:26.800><c> the</c><00:45:27.039><c> confidence</c><00:45:27.519><c> that</c><00:45:27.940><c> Lot</c><00:45:28.300><c> and</c><00:45:28.559><c> his</c><00:45:28.820><c> family</c>

00:45:29.300 --> 00:45:33.599
would<00:45:29.500><c> be</c><00:45:29.860><c> saved</c><00:45:30.119><c> from</c><00:45:30.340><c> the</c><00:45:30.500><c> destruction</c><00:45:31.119><c> of</c><00:45:31.960><c> Sodom</c><00:45:32.199><c> and</c><00:45:32.320><c> Gomorrah.</c>

00:45:33.900 --> 00:45:37.000
And<00:45:34.079><c> when</c><00:45:34.239><c> he</c><00:45:34.719><c> rises</c><00:45:35.280><c> the</c><00:45:35.559><c> next</c><00:45:35.880><c> morning,</c>

00:45:37.440 --> 00:45:42.780
take<00:45:37.679><c> a</c><00:45:37.800><c> look</c><00:45:38.000><c> at</c><00:45:38.199><c> chapter</c><00:45:38.880><c> 19,</c><00:45:40.880><c> verse</c><00:45:41.239><c> 27,</c>

00:45:43.460 --> 00:45:45.199
Abraham<00:45:43.920><c> got</c><00:45:44.199><c> up</c><00:45:44.400><c> early</c><00:45:44.659><c> in</c><00:45:44.800><c> the</c><00:45:44.920><c> morning</c>

00:45:45.199 --> 00:45:47.579
to<00:45:45.360><c> the</c><00:45:45.579><c> place</c><00:45:45.820><c> where</c><00:45:46.019><c> he</c><00:45:46.139><c> had</c><00:45:46.440><c> stood</c><00:45:46.579><c> before</c><00:45:46.920><c> the</c><00:45:47.139><c> Lord</c>

00:45:47.579 --> 00:45:49.840
and<00:45:48.159><c> he</c><00:45:48.380><c> looked</c><00:45:48.539><c> toward</c><00:45:48.880><c> Sodom</c><00:45:49.300><c> and</c><00:45:49.420><c> Gomorrah</c>

00:45:49.840 --> 00:45:51.460
and<00:45:50.079><c> toward</c><00:45:50.239><c> all</c><00:45:50.559><c> the</c><00:45:50.719><c> land</c><00:45:50.920><c> of</c><00:45:51.099><c> the</c><00:45:51.300><c> plain</c>

00:45:51.460 --> 00:45:53.199
and<00:45:51.679><c> behold</c><00:45:52.099><c> and</c><00:45:52.440><c> lo!</c>

00:45:53.420 --> 00:45:57.719
The<00:45:53.980><c> smoke</c><00:45:54.420><c> of</c><00:45:54.659><c> the</c><00:45:54.860><c> country</c><00:45:55.179><c> went</c><00:45:55.480><c> up</c><00:45:55.699><c> as</c><00:45:55.960><c> the</c><00:45:56.139><c> smoke</c><00:45:56.340><c> of</c><00:45:56.579><c> a</c><00:45:56.679><c> furnace.</c>

00:45:59.679 --> 00:46:02.320
And<00:45:59.820><c> we're</c><00:45:59.980><c> never</c><00:46:00.260><c> told</c><00:46:00.619><c> that</c><00:46:00.860><c> he</c><00:46:00.980><c> and</c><00:46:01.320><c> Lot</c><00:46:01.320><c> ever</c><00:46:01.739><c> have</c><00:46:02.000><c> any</c>

00:46:02.320 --> 00:46:04.099
communication<00:46:02.960><c> again.</c>

00:46:04.539 --> 00:46:08.280
What<00:46:04.780><c> was</c><00:46:05.400><c> in</c><00:46:05.880><c> Abraham's</c><00:46:06.500><c> mind</c><00:46:06.840><c> as</c><00:46:06.960><c> he</c><00:46:07.099><c> got</c><00:46:07.280><c> up</c><00:46:07.519><c> that</c><00:46:07.840><c> morning?</c>

00:46:08.659 --> 00:46:10.619
He<00:46:08.800><c> had</c><00:46:09.019><c> gone</c><00:46:09.320><c> to</c><00:46:09.659><c> sleep</c><00:46:09.860><c> that</c><00:46:10.260><c> night</c>

00:46:10.619 --> 00:46:13.420
confident<00:46:11.360><c> in</c><00:46:11.559><c> the</c><00:46:11.800><c> mercy</c><00:46:12.119><c> of</c><00:46:12.380><c> God,</c>

00:46:13.559 --> 00:46:16.480
confident<00:46:14.000><c> that</c><00:46:14.320><c> the</c><00:46:14.559><c> salvation</c><00:46:15.239><c> of</c><00:46:15.559><c> Lot</c><00:46:15.780><c> and</c><00:46:15.960><c> his</c><00:46:16.139><c> family</c>

00:46:16.480 --> 00:46:19.880
from<00:46:16.719><c> the</c><00:46:16.840><c> destruction</c><00:46:17.300><c> of</c><00:46:18.440><c> Sodom</c><00:46:18.739><c> and</c><00:46:18.820><c> Gomorrah</c><00:46:19.119><c> had</c><00:46:19.400><c> been</c><00:46:19.719><c> won.</c>

00:46:19.900 --> 00:46:21.280
And<00:46:20.059><c> he</c><00:46:20.179><c> wakes</c><00:46:20.400><c> up</c><00:46:20.619><c> the</c><00:46:20.760><c> next</c><00:46:21.000><c> morning</c>

00:46:21.280 --> 00:46:24.960
and<00:46:21.420><c> all</c><00:46:21.500><c> he</c><00:46:21.719><c> sees</c><00:46:22.119><c> is</c><00:46:22.940><c> smoke</c><00:46:23.559><c> and</c><00:46:23.820><c> destruction.</c>

00:46:26.119 --> 00:46:30.820
And<00:46:26.300><c> perhaps</c><00:46:26.599><c> this</c><00:46:26.980><c> explains</c><00:46:27.760><c> the</c><00:46:28.420><c> events</c><00:46:28.820><c> of</c><00:46:29.280><c> the</c><00:46:29.420><c> next</c><00:46:29.760><c> year</c>

00:46:31.059 --> 00:46:33.139
because<00:46:31.539><c> it</c><00:46:31.739><c> is</c><00:46:31.960><c> after</c><00:46:32.360><c> this</c>

00:46:33.139 --> 00:46:39.300
that<00:46:33.760><c> we</c><00:46:33.960><c> find</c><00:46:34.360><c> the</c><00:46:34.860><c> example</c><00:46:35.380><c> of</c><00:46:36.079><c> Abraham</c><00:46:36.780><c> in</c><00:46:38.260><c> Giroar</c>

00:46:39.300 --> 00:46:44.340
and<00:46:39.960><c> Abraham</c><00:46:40.639><c> and</c><00:46:41.239><c> Sarah</c><00:46:41.760><c> again</c><00:46:42.539><c> agreeing</c><00:46:43.260><c> to</c><00:46:43.539><c> tell</c><00:46:43.800><c> this</c><00:46:44.019><c> story</c>

00:46:44.340 --> 00:46:48.460
that<00:46:44.500><c> was</c><00:46:44.760><c> not</c><00:46:45.079><c> completely</c><00:46:45.559><c> true</c><00:46:46.139><c> to</c><00:46:46.880><c> Abimelech,</c><00:46:47.480><c> king</c><00:46:47.639><c> of</c><00:46:47.780><c> Giroar.</c>

00:46:48.460 --> 00:46:51.659
And<00:46:49.420><c> it's</c><00:46:49.699><c> curious,</c><00:46:50.260><c> isn't</c><00:46:50.380><c> it,</c><00:46:50.559><c> that</c><00:46:50.699><c> there</c><00:46:51.000><c> is</c><00:46:51.380><c> barrenness</c>

00:46:52.039 --> 00:46:56.119
in<00:46:52.260><c> the</c><00:46:52.460><c> house</c><00:46:52.900><c> of</c><00:46:53.420><c> Abimelech</c><00:46:53.980><c> during</c><00:46:54.440><c> this</c><00:46:54.820><c> time</c><00:46:55.099><c> period.</c>

00:46:56.460 --> 00:46:59.059
And<00:46:56.940><c> that</c><00:46:57.099><c> would</c><00:46:57.280><c> seem</c><00:46:57.500><c> to</c><00:46:57.679><c> imply</c><00:46:58.019><c> that</c><00:46:58.260><c> at</c><00:46:58.360><c> least</c><00:46:58.619><c> a</c><00:46:58.840><c> month</c>

00:46:59.059 --> 00:47:01.400
or<00:46:59.179><c> two</c><00:46:59.460><c> or</c><00:46:59.619><c> three</c><00:46:59.920><c> had</c><00:47:00.199><c> passed</c>

00:47:01.659 --> 00:47:05.920
and<00:47:02.219><c> Sarah</c><00:47:02.679><c> was</c><00:47:02.940><c> still</c><00:47:03.199><c> in</c><00:47:03.420><c> the</c><00:47:03.539><c> house</c><00:47:03.820><c> of</c><00:47:04.019><c> Abimelech</c><00:47:04.440><c> at</c><00:47:04.659><c> that</c><00:47:04.920><c> time.</c>

00:47:06.519 --> 00:47:09.960
And<00:47:06.699><c> so</c><00:47:06.860><c> perhaps</c><00:47:07.440><c> Isaac</c><00:47:07.920><c> was</c><00:47:08.260><c> not</c><00:47:08.619><c> conceived</c>

00:47:10.500 --> 00:47:17.119
until<00:47:11.139><c> that</c><00:47:11.780><c> time</c><00:47:12.260><c> period</c><00:47:12.679><c> of</c><00:47:13.059><c> trial</c><00:47:13.400><c> of</c><00:47:13.619><c> the</c><00:47:13.780><c> faith</c><00:47:13.960><c> of</c><00:47:14.199><c> Abraham</c><00:47:14.679><c> was</c><00:47:16.300><c> over.</c>

00:47:21.739 --> 00:47:27.360
All<00:47:21.900><c> of</c><00:47:22.079><c> this</c><00:47:22.300><c> leads</c><00:47:22.619><c> up</c><00:47:23.000><c> to</c><00:47:24.219><c> the</c><00:47:25.000><c> example</c><00:47:25.420><c> of</c><00:47:25.659><c> Genesis</c><00:47:26.039><c> 22,</c>

00:47:27.719 --> 00:47:30.940
that<00:47:27.920><c> supreme</c><00:47:28.360><c> example</c><00:47:29.460><c> of</c><00:47:29.940><c> faith.</c>

00:47:31.099 --> 00:47:33.940
And<00:47:31.300><c> if</c><00:47:31.380><c> we</c><00:47:31.539><c> could</c><00:47:31.760><c> chart</c><00:47:32.079><c> the</c><00:47:32.340><c> growth</c><00:47:32.699><c> of</c><00:47:32.980><c> Abraham's</c><00:47:33.679><c> faith,</c>

00:47:34.019 --> 00:47:36.860
perhaps<00:47:34.400><c> we</c><00:47:34.579><c> could</c><00:47:34.760><c> recognize</c><00:47:35.500><c> the</c><00:47:35.820><c> chart</c><00:47:35.980><c> of</c><00:47:36.280><c> the</c><00:47:36.440><c> growth</c><00:47:36.619><c> of</c>

00:47:36.860 --> 00:47:37.599
our<00:47:37.000><c> own</c><00:47:37.280><c> faith.</c>

00:47:37.599 --> 00:47:42.440
We<00:47:37.599><c> see</c><00:47:37.880><c> ups</c><00:47:38.559><c> and</c><00:47:38.840><c> downs,</c><00:47:40.000><c> steps</c><00:47:40.260><c> forward</c><00:47:40.739><c> and</c><00:47:40.980><c> steps</c><00:47:41.320><c> backwards.</c>

00:47:44.760 --> 00:47:46.539
And<00:47:44.940><c> as</c><00:47:45.019><c> we</c><00:47:45.199><c> come</c><00:47:45.380><c> to</c><00:47:45.500><c> Genesis</c><00:47:45.860><c> 22,</c>

00:47:46.920 --> 00:47:49.400
we<00:47:47.039><c> need</c><00:47:47.260><c> to</c><00:47:47.480><c> realize</c><00:47:47.880><c> that</c><00:47:48.079><c> in</c><00:47:48.300><c> fact</c><00:47:48.539><c> we</c><00:47:48.739><c> have</c><00:47:48.960><c> been</c><00:47:49.179><c> leading</c>

00:47:49.400 --> 00:47:50.099
up<00:47:49.699><c> to</c><00:47:49.900><c> that</c>

00:47:50.099 --> 00:47:54.119
as<00:47:50.380><c> he</c><00:47:51.460><c> has</c><00:47:51.800><c> grown</c><00:47:52.099><c> in</c><00:47:52.420><c> faith</c><00:47:52.739><c> and</c><00:47:53.019><c> in</c><00:47:53.260><c> trust.</c>

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In<00:47:54.900><c> fact,</c><00:47:55.539><c> his</c><00:47:55.619><c> previous</c><00:47:56.119><c> 60</c><00:47:56.539><c> to</c><00:47:56.699><c> 70</c><00:47:57.099><c> years</c>

00:47:57.579 --> 00:47:59.900
have<00:47:57.780><c> been</c><00:47:57.980><c> used</c><00:47:58.280><c> by</c><00:47:58.539><c> the</c><00:47:58.760><c> potter</c><00:47:59.019><c> to</c><00:47:59.320><c> prepare</c><00:47:59.619><c> him</c>

00:47:59.900 --> 00:48:03.760
for<00:48:00.139><c> the</c><00:48:00.340><c> events</c><00:48:00.800><c> of</c><00:48:01.800><c> Genesis</c><00:48:02.179><c> chapter</c><00:48:02.599><c> 22.</c>

00:48:05.639 --> 00:48:09.300
A<00:48:06.159><c> final</c><00:48:06.420><c> quote</c><00:48:06.739><c> from</c><00:48:06.980><c> Nazareth</c><00:48:07.460><c> revisited</c><00:48:07.940><c> by</c><00:48:08.099><c> Brother</c><00:48:08.360><c> Roberts.</c>

00:48:10.159 --> 00:48:13.320
How<00:48:10.420><c> was</c><00:48:10.619><c> a</c><00:48:10.800><c> man</c><00:48:11.000><c> tested</c><00:48:11.460><c> but</c><00:48:11.699><c> by</c><00:48:11.880><c> a</c><00:48:12.099><c> difficult</c><00:48:12.460><c> feat?</c>

00:48:13.440 --> 00:48:16.480
How<00:48:13.639><c> was</c><00:48:13.820><c> he</c><00:48:14.059><c> trained</c><00:48:14.420><c> but</c><00:48:14.659><c> by</c><00:48:14.920><c> difficult</c><00:48:15.280><c> exercises?</c>

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When<00:48:17.639><c> God</c><00:48:17.880><c> would</c><00:48:18.159><c> prove</c><00:48:18.340><c> Abraham,</c>

00:48:19.019 --> 00:48:22.219
did<00:48:19.159><c> he</c><00:48:19.320><c> ask</c><00:48:19.579><c> him</c><00:48:19.880><c> to</c><00:48:20.360><c> make</c><00:48:20.539><c> a</c><00:48:20.760><c> feast</c><00:48:20.940><c> for</c><00:48:21.199><c> his</c><00:48:21.360><c> servants?</c>

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No,<00:48:23.199><c> he</c><00:48:23.420><c> asked</c><00:48:23.699><c> him</c><00:48:23.880><c> to</c><00:48:24.159><c> offer</c><00:48:24.360><c> up</c><00:48:24.579><c> his</c><00:48:24.739><c> only</c><00:48:25.099><c> son</c><00:48:25.360><c> Isaac,</c><00:48:26.760><c> whom</c>

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he<00:48:27.079><c> loved.</c>

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When<00:48:29.000><c> God</c><00:48:29.260><c> would</c><00:48:29.519><c> prove</c><00:48:29.679><c> men</c><00:48:29.920><c> in</c><00:48:30.179><c> advance</c>

00:48:30.519 --> 00:48:33.940
for<00:48:30.719><c> the</c><00:48:30.940><c> unspeakable</c><00:48:31.699><c> exaltation</c><00:48:32.519><c> of</c><00:48:32.659><c> his</c><00:48:32.900><c> kingdom,</c>

00:48:34.519 --> 00:48:37.920
should<00:48:34.659><c> it</c><00:48:34.840><c> be</c><00:48:35.079><c> by</c><00:48:35.519><c> exercises</c><00:48:36.239><c> that</c><00:48:36.639><c> leave</c><00:48:37.000><c> pride</c><00:48:37.559><c> and</c>

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willfulness<00:48:38.440><c> untouched</c>

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or<00:48:40.619><c> by</c><00:48:40.920><c> those</c><00:48:41.239><c> which</c><00:48:41.539><c> test</c><00:48:41.860><c> obedience</c><00:48:42.500><c> to</c><00:48:42.739><c> the</c><00:48:42.900><c> utmost</c>

00:48:43.340 --> 00:48:47.019
and<00:48:44.380><c> give</c><00:48:44.559><c> opportunity</c><00:48:45.239><c> for</c><00:48:45.659><c> that</c><00:48:45.900><c> humbling</c><00:48:46.260><c> of</c><00:48:46.480><c> ourselves</c>

00:48:47.019 --> 00:48:48.320
as<00:48:47.340><c> little</c><00:48:47.599><c> children</c>

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without<00:48:49.300><c> which,</c><00:48:49.800><c> Jesus</c><00:48:50.199><c> said,</c><00:48:50.940><c> we</c><00:48:51.159><c> shall</c><00:48:51.400><c> in</c><00:48:51.559><c> no</c><00:48:51.800><c> case</c><00:48:52.280><c> enter</c>

00:48:52.579 --> 00:48:53.760
the<00:48:52.820><c> kingdom.</c>

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And<00:48:55.039><c> we</c><00:48:55.159><c> know</c><00:48:55.519><c> the</c><00:48:55.699><c> answers</c><00:48:56.179><c> to</c><00:48:56.420><c> those</c><00:48:56.659><c> questions,</c><00:48:57.159><c> don't</c><00:48:57.460><c> we?</c>

00:49:00.340 --> 00:49:02.000
We<00:49:00.679><c> have</c><00:49:00.920><c> shared,</c><00:49:01.480><c> brothers</c><00:49:01.480><c> and</c><00:49:01.699><c> sisters,</c>

00:49:02.179 --> 00:49:05.340
some<00:49:02.320><c> thoughts</c><00:49:02.679><c> on</c><00:49:02.880><c> the</c><00:49:03.119><c> potter</c><00:49:03.400><c> and</c><00:49:03.559><c> the</c><00:49:03.760><c> clay</c><00:49:03.920><c> this</c><00:49:04.199><c> week.</c>

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And<00:49:06.659><c> we've</c><00:49:06.940><c> left</c><00:49:07.159><c> some</c><00:49:07.579><c> parts</c><00:49:08.119><c> out</c><00:49:08.780><c> of</c><00:49:08.980><c> the</c><00:49:09.139><c> discussion,</c><00:49:09.780><c> haven't</c><00:49:10.000><c> we?</c>

00:49:10.460 --> 00:49:12.159
And<00:49:10.639><c> I've</c><00:49:10.780><c> done</c><00:49:10.880><c> that</c><00:49:11.219><c> purposely.</c>

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Because<00:49:14.179><c> each</c><00:49:14.460><c> of</c><00:49:14.639><c> us</c><00:49:14.940><c> must</c><00:49:16.059><c> learn,</c>

00:49:17.039 --> 00:49:23.280
each<00:49:18.199><c> of</c><00:49:18.380><c> us</c><00:49:19.000><c> must</c><00:49:19.519><c> discover</c><00:49:20.340><c> those</c><00:49:21.380><c> processes</c><00:49:21.960><c> in</c><00:49:22.280><c> our</c><00:49:22.539><c> own</c><00:49:22.800><c> lives</c>

00:49:23.280 --> 00:49:27.260
as<00:49:24.260><c> the</c><00:49:24.500><c> potter</c><00:49:24.760><c> works</c><00:49:25.059><c> with</c><00:49:25.340><c> us.</c>

00:49:27.920 --> 00:49:31.659
Hopefully<00:49:28.280><c> our</c><00:49:28.760><c> consideration</c><00:49:29.480><c> has</c><00:49:29.960><c> helped</c><00:49:30.179><c> us</c><00:49:30.480><c> renew</c><00:49:30.760><c> our</c><00:49:31.079><c> perspective</c>

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of<00:49:32.119><c> what</c><00:49:32.320><c> is</c><00:49:32.559><c> happening</c><00:49:32.840><c> in</c><00:49:33.059><c> our</c><00:49:33.260><c> lives.</c>

00:49:35.480 --> 00:49:38.480
And<00:49:35.739><c> hopefully</c><00:49:35.980><c> our</c><00:49:36.239><c> remarks</c><00:49:36.619><c> have</c><00:49:36.880><c> helped</c><00:49:37.099><c> us</c><00:49:37.500><c> to</c><00:49:37.760><c> answer</c><00:49:38.059><c> again</c>

00:49:38.480 --> 00:49:41.739
the<00:49:38.800><c> questions</c><00:49:39.239><c> that</c><00:49:39.539><c> sometimes</c><00:49:40.199><c> puzzle</c><00:49:40.539><c> us.</c>

00:49:44.320 --> 00:49:47.280
Let's<00:49:44.920><c> conclude</c><00:49:45.340><c> by</c><00:49:45.579><c> looking</c><00:49:45.800><c> at</c><00:49:46.000><c> a</c><00:49:46.119><c> few</c><00:49:46.239><c> verses</c><00:49:46.619><c> from</c><00:49:46.880><c> Romans</c>

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chapter<00:49:47.760><c> 8.</c>

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Verse<00:49:55.460><c> 18,</c><00:49:56.039><c> For</c><00:49:56.179><c> I</c><00:49:56.480><c> reckon</c><00:49:56.739><c> that</c><00:49:57.000><c> the</c><00:49:57.260><c> sufferings</c><00:49:57.579><c> of</c><00:49:57.760><c> this</c>

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present<00:49:58.380><c> time</c>

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are<00:49:58.980><c> not</c><00:49:59.280><c> worthy</c><00:49:59.619><c> to</c><00:49:59.860><c> be</c><00:50:00.019><c> compared</c><00:50:00.519><c> with</c><00:50:00.800><c> the</c><00:50:01.019><c> glory</c><00:50:01.320><c> which</c><00:50:01.599><c> shall</c><00:50:01.820><c> be</c>

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revealed<00:50:02.579><c> in</c><00:50:02.880><c> us.</c>

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Verse<00:50:05.739><c> 28,</c><00:50:06.360><c> We</c><00:50:06.639><c> know,</c><00:50:08.260><c> we</c><00:50:08.739><c> know</c><00:50:09.579><c> that</c><00:50:10.480><c> in</c><00:50:10.880><c> all</c><00:50:11.380><c> things</c>

00:50:14.940 --> 00:50:18.340
God<00:50:15.559><c> works</c><00:50:15.900><c> together</c><00:50:16.300><c> for</c><00:50:16.579><c> good</c><00:50:16.780><c> to</c><00:50:17.000><c> them</c><00:50:17.300><c> that</c><00:50:17.599><c> love</c><00:50:17.860><c> him</c>

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according<00:50:18.920><c> to</c><00:50:19.360><c> them</c><00:50:19.719><c> who</c><00:50:20.000><c> are</c><00:50:20.139><c> the</c><00:50:20.400><c> called</c><00:50:20.739><c> according</c><00:50:21.280><c> to</c><00:50:21.539><c> his</c><00:50:21.719><c> purpose.</c>

00:50:24.400 --> 00:50:29.760
Verse<00:50:25.019><c> 32,</c><00:50:26.880><c> He</c><00:50:27.099><c> that</c><00:50:27.360><c> spared</c><00:50:27.579><c> not</c><00:50:27.860><c> his</c><00:50:28.079><c> own</c><00:50:28.400><c> son,</c><00:50:28.880><c> but</c><00:50:29.059><c> delivered</c><00:50:29.320><c> him</c><00:50:29.539><c> up</c>

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for<00:50:29.960><c> us</c><00:50:30.260><c> all,</c>

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how<00:50:30.840><c> shall</c><00:50:31.139><c> he</c><00:50:31.380><c> not</c><00:50:31.659><c> with</c><00:50:31.960><c> him</c><00:50:32.340><c> also</c><00:50:32.940><c> freely</c><00:50:33.360><c> give</c><00:50:33.659><c> us</c><00:50:34.699><c> all</c><00:50:35.260><c> things?</c>

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Finally,<00:50:38.159><c> verse</c><00:50:38.320><c> 35,</c><00:50:40.139><c> Who</c><00:50:40.519><c> shall</c><00:50:40.840><c> separate</c><00:50:41.239><c> us</c><00:50:41.539><c> from</c><00:50:41.739><c> the</c><00:50:41.900><c> love</c><00:50:42.019><c> of</c><00:50:42.260><c> Christ?</c>

00:50:43.800 --> 00:50:48.679
Shall<00:50:43.980><c> tribulation</c><00:50:44.840><c> or</c><00:50:45.099><c> distress</c><00:50:45.739><c> or</c><00:50:46.059><c> persecution</c><00:50:46.739><c> or</c><00:50:47.239><c> famine</c><00:50:47.659><c> or</c><00:50:48.139><c> nakedness</c>

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or<00:50:49.059><c> peril</c><00:50:49.400><c> or</c><00:50:49.820><c> sword?</c>

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Verse<00:50:52.019><c> 37,</c><00:50:52.980><c> No,</c><00:50:54.159><c> in</c><00:50:54.480><c> all</c><00:50:54.860><c> these</c><00:50:55.199><c> things</c>

00:50:55.519 --> 00:50:59.639
we<00:50:55.679><c> are</c><00:50:56.000><c> more</c><00:50:56.539><c> than</c><00:50:56.880><c> conquerors</c><00:50:57.460><c> through</c><00:50:57.699><c> him</c><00:50:57.900><c> that</c><00:50:58.179><c> loved</c><00:50:58.360><c> us.</c>

00:51:00.639 --> 00:51:03.420
We<00:51:00.920><c> need</c><00:51:01.199><c> to</c><00:51:01.440><c> be</c><00:51:01.619><c> persuaded,</c><00:51:02.179><c> brothers</c><00:51:02.519><c> and</c><00:51:02.760><c> sisters,</c><00:51:03.119><c> just</c>

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as<00:51:03.679><c> Paul</c><00:51:04.019><c> was,</c>

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that<00:51:06.900><c> neither</c><00:51:07.199><c> death</c><00:51:07.780><c> nor</c><00:51:08.219><c> life</c><00:51:08.820><c> nor</c><00:51:09.300><c> angels</c><00:51:09.880><c> nor</c><00:51:10.199><c> principalities</c><00:51:11.239><c> nor</c><00:51:11.539><c> powers</c>

00:51:12.119 --> 00:51:16.159
nor<00:51:12.739><c> things</c><00:51:13.179><c> present</c><00:51:13.519><c> nor</c><00:51:13.760><c> things</c><00:51:14.079><c> to</c><00:51:14.400><c> come</c><00:51:14.900><c> nor</c><00:51:15.400><c> height</c><00:51:15.800><c> nor</c>

00:51:16.159 --> 00:51:18.239
depth<00:51:16.599><c> nor</c><00:51:16.900><c> any</c><00:51:17.219><c> other</c><00:51:17.539><c> creature</c>

00:51:18.239 --> 00:51:23.039
shall<00:51:19.159><c> be</c><00:51:19.400><c> able</c><00:51:19.619><c> to</c><00:51:19.960><c> separate</c><00:51:20.280><c> us</c><00:51:21.119><c> from</c><00:51:21.440><c> the</c><00:51:21.599><c> love</c><00:51:21.739><c> of</c><00:51:22.019><c> God</c>

00:51:23.159 --> 00:51:26.780
which<00:51:23.480><c> is</c><00:51:23.679><c> in</c><00:51:23.900><c> Christ</c><00:51:24.139><c> Jesus</c><00:51:25.019><c> our</c><00:51:25.860><c> Lord.</c>

00:51:27.960 --> 00:51:30.179
We<00:51:28.280><c> are</c><00:51:28.500><c> work</c><00:51:28.659><c> in</c><00:51:28.960><c> progress.</c>

00:51:31.440 --> 00:51:38.079
Let<00:51:31.599><c> us</c><00:51:31.840><c> learn</c><00:51:32.280><c> to</c><00:51:33.139><c> willingly</c><00:51:33.599><c> and</c><00:51:35.940><c> lovingly</c>

00:51:38.079 --> 00:51:42.739
submit<00:51:39.059><c> to</c><00:51:39.340><c> the</c><00:51:39.539><c> hand</c><00:51:39.800><c> of</c><00:51:40.320><c> the</c><00:51:40.559><c> potter</c><00:51:40.800><c> as</c><00:51:40.980><c> he</c><00:51:41.159><c> works</c><00:51:41.420><c> in</c><00:51:41.619><c> our</c><00:51:41.800><c> lives.</c>

00:51:42.840 --> 00:51:44.079
Thank<00:51:43.139><c> you.</c>

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Thank<00:51:59.139><c> you.</c>