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 All right, very good. Please take your copy of God Word out and turn to the book of Ecclesiastes.

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 Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes chapter 2.

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 We've had some technical challenges as of late around here, so I imagine there'll be some fluctuation in the sound of my voice.

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 A couple of weeks ago, the projector literally shook itself to death.

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 And in the midst of all that time, also a piece of our soundboard, which I don't understand, went out, and it has been shipped away.

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 And we are using a tiny little mini board back there right now, and I think the guys are all, there's a cluster trying to sort out what's happening with our sound this morning.

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 At some point, we may just can it, and I'll yell a lot this morning.

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 We're going to continue our study of Ecclesiastes today in chapter 2.

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 But before we get there, before I read the text for this morning, I just want to remind you that this book is, in a sense, a sermon.

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 In fact, the title Ecclesiastes is our Anglicanized version of the Latin Vulgate of the translation of the preacher.

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 Quoholeth from Hebrew is where we get this idea, this Ecclesiastes.

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 It's a sermon preached by the preacher.

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 Most presume that the preacher is Solomon, but we don't know that for a fact,

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 and so I'm going to maintain calling him the preacher throughout our study of this text.

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 And he begins his sermon in chapter 1, verses 2 and 3 by saying,

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 Vanity of vanities.

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 Vanity of vanities.

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 All is vanity.

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 What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun, that is, on the earth?

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 And then the preacher gives us a personal biography of his search for gain under the sun.

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 We see the beginning of this in verse 13 of chapter 1 and into 14.

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 And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven.

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 It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.

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 I have seen everything that is done under the sun.

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 And behold, all this vanity or meaningless and a striving after wind.

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 He begins the story of his search with a number of self-indulgent pleasures.

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 These are his experiments in gain.

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 He looks at the things that men seem to find satisfaction in in the world.

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 And he picks up those things and he chases them out to their very end, only to find that they're all vain.

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 They're all a chasing after the wind, that none of them are ultimate gain.

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 And beloved, as we look at these things together, we need to recognize that there is no new thing.

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 New forms of the same old things.

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 And we need to let God's word speak to us about the things that we chase in this world to find pleasure and gain.

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 So I'm going to read to you the first 11 verses of chapter 2.

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 And this will be our text for some coming weeks.

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 I don't know how many it will be, but we're going to kind of take it a piece at a time.

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 So let me read to you chapter 2, beginning in verse 1.

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 I said in my heart,

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 Come now, I will test you with pleasure.

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 Enjoy yourself.

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 But behold, this was also vanity.

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 I said of laughter, it is mad.

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 And of pleasure, what use is it?

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 I searched my heart how to cheer my body with wine,

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 my heart still guiding me with wisdom,

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 and how to lay hold on folly

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 till I might see what was good for the children of man to do under heaven

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 during the few days of their life.

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 I made great works.

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 I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.

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 I made myself gardens and parks

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 and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees.

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 I made myself pools from which to water the forest of growing trees.

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 I bought male and female slaves

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 and had slaves who were born in my house.

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 I had also great possessions of herds and flocks,

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 more than any who had been before me in Jerusalem.

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 I also gathered for myself silver and gold

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 and the treasure of kings and provinces.

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 I got singers, both men and women,

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 and many concubines, the delight of the sons of man.

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 So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem.

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 Also my wisdom remained with me,

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 and whatever my eye desired, I did not keep from them.

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 I kept my heart from no pleasure,

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 for my heart found pleasure in all my toil,

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 and this was my reward for all my toil.

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 Then I considered all that my hands had done

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 and the toil I had expended in doing it,

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 and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind,

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 and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

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 This is God's word to us.

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 It was written for His glory and our good,

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 and we would all do well to listen to it

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 in order to believe its promises

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 and obey its commands.

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 Now this morning my remarks on this text

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 are going to be brief.

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 For the sake of time, I've promised

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 you'll be able to get to the Life Chain event at 1215,

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 but also because I believe it's important

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 for us to take some considerable time

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 to consider this phrase in verse 2,

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 I said of laughter, it is mad.

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 We as American people have much time for leisure,

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 much time for frivolity.

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 We don't live in a place where we're concerned

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 that we may be bombed on our way home.

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 We don't live in a place where the ravages of disease run rampant.

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 We typically live in a place that's fairly comfortable.

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 And so for us to stop and consider

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 what place does laughter have in our lives,

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 I think it's important for us this morning.

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 This is the preacher's first experiment

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 and self-indulgent pleasure.

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 Laughter.

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 This word for laughter in Hebrew

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 has a very broad and varied meaning to it.

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 It means to play,

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 to act clumsy,

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 to joke,

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 mock,

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 deride,

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 to make a laughing stock

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 of an individual.

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 It could be thought of as

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 the pleasure of comedy.

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 If there's a noun given to this pursuit

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 that he goes into,

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 the pleasure of comedy,

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 or we could think of it as just general silliness.

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 So it's an experiment with this type of thing

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 that he picks up

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 and he takes a look at

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 and he runs it out

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 and considers,

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 is this a thing to be gained

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 under the sun?

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 Comedy is often

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 an entertainment

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 that many people use

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 to make it through life.

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 It could take the form of

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 jokes that mask insecurities,

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 the abuse of others

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 for the sake of one's own esteem,

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 countless wasted hours

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 to numb boredom,

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 and the making light of grievous sin

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 in order to justify it.

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 After all,

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 something laughed at

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 can't be something serious,

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 can it?

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 It is this type of laughter

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 that the preacher calls mad.

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 Mad in Hebrew

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 does not refer

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 to being out of one's mind.

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 The late Old Testament theologian

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 Derek Kidner says

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 that it indicates

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 moral perversity

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 rather than mental oddity.

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 He's saying that this is a thing

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 not fitting to one

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 who follows God.

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 God.

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 This makes no sense

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 for the godly.

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 So,

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 it is improper

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 or misplaced

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 laughter.

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 Now, as children,

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 we all had,

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 and probably

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 even still have,

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 some form of acquaintance

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 that are always

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 misplacing

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 inappropriate jokes.

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 Being silly

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 at the wrong times.

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 they just don't seem

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 to know

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 when to stop.

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 In fact,

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 I would define maturity

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 just for the average individual.

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 Not Christian maturity,

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 but just maturity.

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 Not somebody who

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 no longer has fun,

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 but they know

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 when it's right and proper

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 to have fun

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 and when it's not

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 okay to have fun.

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 Some of you may be thinking

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 of those people

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 now in your own mind.

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 You may be

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 that person.

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 But as the people of God,

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 are we meant

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 to laugh?

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 We've already laughed

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 some together

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 this morning.

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 Here,

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 in Ecclesiastes,

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 he seems to be very

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 point blank about it though.

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 Laughter is

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 madness.

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 So, we need to

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 understand rightly.

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 It's of course okay

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 for us to laugh,

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 but we need to do

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 a bit of work

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 to suss out

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 what he means

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 by this.

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 What is the place?

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 What is the proper use

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 and proper place

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 of laughter

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 in our lives?

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 After all,

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 the preacher goes on

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 to say in Ecclesiastes 3,

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 4,

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 that there is a time

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 to laugh.

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 In Proverbs 31,

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 25,

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 it is said

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 of the excellent wife

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 that she laughs

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 at the time

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 to come.

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 You have likely

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 heard the folk wisdom

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 that laughter

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 is the best medicine

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 or maybe heard a story

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 of someone

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 who laughed

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 themselves back

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 to hell.

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 I am incredibly

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 thankful

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 for my family

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 for the laughter

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 they bring

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 to my life.

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 I tend to be

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 a bit of a dark cloud

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 and they are

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 rays of sunshine

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 in my day.

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 Apart from my wife

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 and my two children,

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 my home is a really

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 dreary place.

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 I don't need to be

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 left there by myself

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 for very long

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 because they are

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 constantly filling

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 our home

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 with laughter.

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 This is one of the

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 great blessings

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 of children.

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 Judah now is a little

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 over three and a half

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 months

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 and maybe six,

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 six to eight months

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 ago,

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 we learned that he

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 knows how to cross

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 his eyes and nobody

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 taught him how to do

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 that.

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 He calls them crazy

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 eyes.

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 Judah, will you do

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 crazy eyes for everybody?

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 Will you stand up

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 and do it?

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 Stand up and do it.

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 Will you?

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 Okay.

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 Going to be shy

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 this morning?

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 We discovered this

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 at dinner one night

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 where he said,

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 look, crazy eyes.

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 He crosses his eyes

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 and he opens his mouth

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 really wide.

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 It's really,

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 really cute.

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 And we laughed

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 and laughed

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 and laughed

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 and laughed

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 as he did it

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 over and over

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 until we became

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 concerned that they

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 would stick that way

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 and we made him

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 stop.

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 It was so precious.

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 I still can think

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 about it.

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 It just brings me joy.

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 Try to get him to do

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 it for you individually

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 later on.

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 But healthy laughter

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 is a timely laughter

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 put in its proper place.

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 Ecclesiastes 3, 4

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 I'll reference again.

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 Healthy laughter

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 has its source

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 in the goodness of God.

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 Proverbs 31, 25

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 Healthy laughter

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 does not have

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 as its source

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 coarse joking.

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 There's so much comedy

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 in our day

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 that is entirely inappropriate.

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 Have you ever watched a show

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 and found yourself

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 laughing at something?

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 You're going,

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 I shouldn't be laughing at that.

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 Stop watching such things.

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 Stop laughing at such things.

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 Ephesians 5, 4 says

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 let there be no filthiness

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 nor foolish talk

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 nor crude joking.

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 We ought not joke

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 in that way

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 and we ought not laugh

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 at those who drew.

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 But the trouble

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 with laughter

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 the madness of it

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 is when we try

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 to find our gain in it.

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 When we look to frivolity

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 for ultimate satisfaction

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 we will come up lacking.

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 We will say with the preacher

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 laughter is meaningless.

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 The preacher talks more

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 in the book of Ecclesiastes

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 about laughter.

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 Turn with me

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 a few pages over

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 to Ecclesiastes chapter 7.

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 Beginning in verse 2.

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 It is better

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 to go to the house

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 of mourning

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 than to go to the house

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 of feasting.

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 For this is the end

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 of all mankind

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 and the living

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 will lay it

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 to heart.

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 Sorrow

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 is better

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 than laughter.

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 For by sadness

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 of face

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 the heart

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 is made glad.

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 The heart

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 of the wise

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 is in the house

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 of mourning

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 but the heart

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 of fools

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 is in the house

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 of mirth.

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 It is better

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 for a man

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 to hear

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 the rebuke

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 of the wise

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 than to hear

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 the song

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 of fools.

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 For as the

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 crackling

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 of thorns

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 under a pot

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 so is the laughter

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 of the fools.

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 This

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 is also

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 vanity.

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 It's sobering words

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 that he's saying

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 to us here.

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 It's better

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 to mourn

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 than to laugh.

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 It's better

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 to be around

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 people who

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 are mourning.

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 The house

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 of mourning

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 as was the

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 constant

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 and likely

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 habit of visiting

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 one who had

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 somebody die

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 in a household

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 they would gather

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 there at the house

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 to pay their respects.

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 This is the house

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 of mourning

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 a home in which

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 someone has died.

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 It's better

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 to be there

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 than to go

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 to the place

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 where feasting

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 is taking place.

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 It's better

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 to have sorrow

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 than laughter.

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 He says

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 by sadness

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 of face

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 the heart

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 is made

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 glad.

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 Why?

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 What is he

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 talking about

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 here?

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 What he's saying

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 is that for us

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 to be around

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 the reality

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 of this life

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 this once

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 Eden

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 the place

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 in which we live

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 that has been

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 corrupted by sin

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 and the major

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 corruption

00:14:35.139 --> 00:14:36.300
 the final

00:14:36.300 --> 00:14:37.500
 corruptive work

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 is death.

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 To be around

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 that and to be

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 reminded

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 that this is

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 a place

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 of lesser

00:14:44.320 --> 00:14:45.560
 joy.

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 That the house

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 of mourning

00:14:47.540 --> 00:14:48.320
 teaches us

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 to be wise

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 in the way

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 we live

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 and in the way

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 we prepare

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 to die.

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 If you go to

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 the house

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 of feasting

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 you go to

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 a birthday

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 party

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 people never

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 talk about

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 the serious

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 things.

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 You never

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 at a birthday

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 party

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 celebrate

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 somebody's

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 birth

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 and also

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 mourn

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 their coming

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 death.

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 It's a reality

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 that still exists

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 but we don't

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 talk about

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 these things.

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 It's light

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 and it's

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 jovial.

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 Rather than

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 being in a

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 place where

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 people say

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 this is

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 the reality

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 of life

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 someday

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 like a

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 vapor

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 passes

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 I will

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 pass

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 and do I

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 live my

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 life wisely

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 now for

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 the kingdom

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 of God

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 preparing

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 myself

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 for the

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 coming

00:15:30.539 --> 00:15:31.159
 day

00:15:31.159 --> 00:15:31.899
 when I

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 will die.

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 Recall the

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 preacher's

00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:35.839
 conclusion

00:15:35.839 --> 00:15:37.000
 in Ecclesiastes

00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:37.539
 12

00:15:37.539 --> 00:15:38.419
 verse 13

00:15:38.419 --> 00:15:54.379
 fear God

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 understand

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 who he

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 is

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 and his

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 created

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 order

00:15:58.699 --> 00:15:59.620
 understand

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 your place

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 in that

00:16:01.339 --> 00:16:02.059
 created

00:16:02.059 --> 00:16:02.799
 order

00:16:02.799 --> 00:16:04.179
 see yourself

00:16:04.179 --> 00:16:04.719
 rightly

00:16:04.719 --> 00:16:05.219
 as his

00:16:05.219 --> 00:16:05.839
 creation

00:16:05.839 --> 00:16:06.360
 made

00:16:06.360 --> 00:16:07.179
 to worship

00:16:07.179 --> 00:16:07.980
 him

00:16:07.980 --> 00:16:08.720
 and the

00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:09.039
 proper

00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:09.740
 response

00:16:09.740 --> 00:16:10.200
 of that

00:16:10.200 --> 00:16:10.840
 is then

00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:11.480
 the keeping

00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:12.100
 of his

00:16:12.100 --> 00:16:13.200
 commandments

00:16:13.200 --> 00:16:14.440
 to recognize

00:16:14.440 --> 00:16:14.820
 this

00:16:14.820 --> 00:16:15.180
 the house

00:16:15.180 --> 00:16:15.580
 of mourning

00:16:15.580 --> 00:16:16.200
 is a benefit

00:16:16.200 --> 00:16:16.759
 to us

00:16:16.759 --> 00:16:17.340
 in that

00:16:17.340 --> 00:16:17.980
 sorrow

00:16:17.980 --> 00:16:18.620
 the sorrow

00:16:18.620 --> 00:16:19.440
 of the heart

00:16:19.440 --> 00:16:20.100
 that looks

00:16:20.100 --> 00:16:20.519
 at this

00:16:20.519 --> 00:16:20.860
 world

00:16:20.860 --> 00:16:21.440
 and says

00:16:21.440 --> 00:16:22.019
 it is

00:16:22.019 --> 00:16:22.820
 broken

00:16:22.820 --> 00:16:23.920
 serves us

00:16:23.920 --> 00:16:24.740
 in this

00:16:24.740 --> 00:16:25.120
 way

00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:27.460
 so what

00:16:27.460 --> 00:16:27.860
 do we do

00:16:27.860 --> 00:16:28.600
 with the

00:16:28.600 --> 00:16:29.320
 joy of

00:16:29.320 --> 00:16:29.740
 the scripture

00:16:29.740 --> 00:16:31.620
 because it's

00:16:31.620 --> 00:16:32.220
 everywhere

00:16:32.220 --> 00:16:33.580
 in the

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 scripture

00:16:33.860 --> 00:16:34.820
 one fantastic

00:16:34.820 --> 00:16:35.399
 example

00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:36.100
 psalm

00:16:36.100 --> 00:16:36.840
 34

00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:37.220
 8

00:16:37.220 --> 00:16:37.800
 says

00:16:37.800 --> 00:16:38.540
 oh

00:16:38.540 --> 00:16:39.100
 taste

00:16:39.100 --> 00:16:40.399
 and see

00:16:40.399 --> 00:16:41.399
 that the

00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:41.820
 lord

00:16:41.820 --> 00:16:42.379
 is

00:16:42.379 --> 00:16:42.980
 good

00:16:42.980 --> 00:16:44.379
 blessed

00:16:44.379 --> 00:16:44.779
 which is

00:16:44.779 --> 00:16:45.259
 to say

00:16:45.259 --> 00:16:46.300
 happy

00:16:46.300 --> 00:16:47.060
 truly

00:16:47.060 --> 00:16:47.639
 and

00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:48.519
 lastingly

00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:49.320
 happy

00:16:49.320 --> 00:16:50.139
 is the

00:16:50.139 --> 00:16:50.540
 man

00:16:50.540 --> 00:16:51.080
 who

00:16:51.080 --> 00:16:51.300
 takes

00:16:51.300 --> 00:16:52.120
 refuge

00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:53.220
 in

00:16:53.220 --> 00:16:53.680
 him

00:16:53.680 --> 00:16:55.480
 there's

00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:56.139
 much

00:16:56.139 --> 00:16:56.519
 language

00:16:56.519 --> 00:16:56.820
 in the

00:16:56.820 --> 00:16:57.080
 scripture

00:16:57.080 --> 00:16:57.920
 about this

00:16:57.920 --> 00:16:58.160
 I came

00:16:58.160 --> 00:16:58.500
 across a

00:16:58.500 --> 00:16:58.980
 fun article

00:16:58.980 --> 00:16:59.960
 this week

00:16:59.960 --> 00:17:00.480
 that asked

00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:01.080
 the question

00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:01.960
 what was

00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:02.480
 Jonathan

00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:02.899
 Edwards

00:17:02.899 --> 00:17:03.600
 favorite

00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:04.140
 word

00:17:04.140 --> 00:17:05.160
 and this

00:17:05.160 --> 00:17:05.360
 man

00:17:05.360 --> 00:17:05.600
 had done

00:17:05.600 --> 00:17:05.960
 quite a

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 bit of

00:17:06.180 --> 00:17:06.480
 studying

00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:07.120
 to realize

00:17:07.120 --> 00:17:07.400
 that it

00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:07.560
 was

00:17:07.560 --> 00:17:08.220
 the word

00:17:08.220 --> 00:17:08.960
 joy

00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:09.580
 or some

00:17:09.580 --> 00:17:10.320
 variation

00:17:10.320 --> 00:17:11.720
 of it

00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:13.220
 to rightly

00:17:13.220 --> 00:17:13.800
 see

00:17:13.800 --> 00:17:14.440
 that the

00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:15.100
 response

00:17:15.100 --> 00:17:15.400
 of the

00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:15.880
 Christian

00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:17.240
 to the

00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:17.640
 gospel

00:17:17.640 --> 00:17:18.060
 of Jesus

00:17:18.060 --> 00:17:18.700
 Christ

00:17:18.700 --> 00:17:20.120
 is joy

00:17:20.120 --> 00:17:21.400
 so we've

00:17:21.400 --> 00:17:21.640
 got to

00:17:21.640 --> 00:17:22.160
 make some

00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:22.620
 reconciliation

00:17:22.620 --> 00:17:23.940
 of all

00:17:23.940 --> 00:17:24.520
 of this

00:17:24.520 --> 00:17:25.300
 let me

00:17:25.300 --> 00:17:25.600
 read to

00:17:25.600 --> 00:17:25.820
 you the

00:17:25.820 --> 00:17:26.040
 quote

00:17:26.040 --> 00:17:26.200
 that's

00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:26.380
 on the

00:17:26.380 --> 00:17:26.560
 front of

00:17:26.560 --> 00:17:26.660
 your

00:17:26.660 --> 00:17:26.960
 bulletin

00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:27.120
 this

00:17:27.120 --> 00:17:27.340
 morning

00:17:27.340 --> 00:17:27.620
 by

00:17:27.620 --> 00:17:28.060
 Edwards

00:17:28.059 --> 00:17:28.639
 he says

00:17:28.639 --> 00:17:29.519
 God

00:17:29.519 --> 00:17:30.379
 is the

00:17:30.379 --> 00:17:30.799
 highest

00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:31.419
 good

00:17:31.419 --> 00:17:32.519
 of the

00:17:32.519 --> 00:17:32.960
 reasonable

00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:33.559
 creature

00:17:33.559 --> 00:17:34.579
 the

00:17:34.579 --> 00:17:35.079
 enjoyment

00:17:35.079 --> 00:17:35.899
 of him

00:17:35.899 --> 00:17:36.299
 is our

00:17:36.299 --> 00:17:36.819
 proper

00:17:36.819 --> 00:17:37.440
 and is

00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:37.919
 the only

00:17:37.919 --> 00:17:38.500
 happiness

00:17:38.500 --> 00:17:38.919
 with which

00:17:38.919 --> 00:17:39.659
 our souls

00:17:39.659 --> 00:17:40.480
 can be

00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:40.980
 satisfied

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 to go

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 to heaven

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 fully

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 to enjoy

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 God

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 is infinitely

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 better

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 than the

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 most pleasant

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 accommodations

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 here

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 better than

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 fathers

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 and mothers

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 husbands

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 wives

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 or children

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 or the

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 company

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 of any

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 or all

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 earthly

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 friends

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 these

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 are but

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 shadows

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 but the

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 enjoyment

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 of God

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 is the

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 substance

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 these

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 are but

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 scattered

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 beams

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 but God

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 is the

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 sun

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 these

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 are but

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 streams

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 but God

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 is the

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 fountain

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 these

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 are but

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 drops

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 but God

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 is the

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 ocean

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 so recognize

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 we look at

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 psalm 34

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 8 and

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 then hear

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 what

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 Edwards

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 has to

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 say about

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 the high

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 good of

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 enjoyment

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 in God

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 is that

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 for us

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 as we

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 walk in

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 this

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 world

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 and we're

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 sorrowful

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 in it

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 we see

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 the broken

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 nature

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 of it

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 we see

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 this

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 once

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 eaten

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 place

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 in which

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 we live

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 that we

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 can be

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 blessed

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 we can

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 be happy

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 truly

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 and

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 lastingly

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 happy

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 because

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 we take

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 refuge

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 in

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 God

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 because

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 we take

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 refuge

00:18:47.060 --> 00:18:47.820
 in the

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 promises

00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:49.519
 of God

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 to us

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 in Christ

00:18:51.619 --> 00:18:53.519
 that

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 happy

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 person

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 the

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 one

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 who

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 laughs

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 out

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 of

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 joy

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 because

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 of

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 their

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 happiness

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 does

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 so

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 because

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 of

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 the

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 goodness

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 of

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 God

00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:04.099
 in

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 Christ

00:19:04.579 --> 00:19:05.599
 we

00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:06.239
 rest

00:19:06.239 --> 00:19:06.899
 from

00:19:06.899 --> 00:19:07.159
 our

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 sorrow

00:19:07.679 --> 00:19:08.819
 in

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 him

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 most

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 of

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 you

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 are

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 probably

00:19:11.159 --> 00:19:11.599
 familiar

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 with

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 Jesus

00:19:13.159 --> 00:19:13.819
 title

00:19:13.819 --> 00:19:14.419
 the

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 man

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 of

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 sorrows

00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:17.599
 and this

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 comes from

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 Isaiah

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 53

00:19:19.279 --> 00:19:20.259
 3

00:19:20.259 --> 00:19:20.500
 which

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 reads

00:19:20.980 --> 00:19:21.700
 he

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 was

00:19:21.879 --> 00:19:22.779
 despised

00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:23.039
 and

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 rejected

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 by

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 men

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 a

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 man

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 of

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 sorrows

00:19:26.539 --> 00:19:27.299
 and

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 acquainted

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 with

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 grief

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 and

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 as

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 one

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 from

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 whom

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 men

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 hide

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 their

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 faces

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 he

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 was

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 despised

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 and

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 we

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 esteemed

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 him

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 not

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 and

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 then

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 verse

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 4

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 says

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 surely

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 he

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 has

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 borne

00:19:39.379 --> 00:19:40.160
 our

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 griefs

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 and

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 carried

00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:43.259
 our

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 sorrows

00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:45.480
 yet

00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:45.639
 we

00:19:45.639 --> 00:19:45.940
 esteemed

00:19:45.940 --> 00:19:46.099
 him

00:19:46.099 --> 00:19:46.500
 stricken

00:19:46.500 --> 00:19:46.839
 smitten

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 by

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 God

00:19:47.539 --> 00:19:48.420
 and

00:19:48.420 --> 00:19:49.079
 afflicted

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 John

00:19:50.099 --> 00:19:50.359
 Calvin

00:19:50.359 --> 00:19:50.599
 wrote

00:19:50.599 --> 00:19:50.900
 verse

00:19:50.900 --> 00:19:51.220
 4

00:19:51.220 --> 00:19:51.779
 Christ

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 has

00:19:52.319 --> 00:19:52.680
 put

00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:52.980
 on

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 our

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 feelings

00:19:54.220 --> 00:19:55.640
 along

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 with

00:19:56.140 --> 00:19:57.180
 our

00:19:57.180 --> 00:19:57.700
 flesh

00:19:57.700 --> 00:19:59.039
 and

00:19:59.039 --> 00:19:59.279
 as

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 people

00:19:59.900 --> 00:20:00.160
 made

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 aware

00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:00.740
 of

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 the

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 state

00:20:01.319 --> 00:20:01.599
 of

00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:01.900
 this

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 once

00:20:02.539 --> 00:20:02.960
 eaten

00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:03.299
 in

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 which

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 we

00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:04.559
 live

00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:05.700
 we

00:20:05.700 --> 00:20:05.859
 are

00:20:05.859 --> 00:20:06.480
 apt

00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:06.740
 to

00:20:06.740 --> 00:20:06.960
 be

00:20:06.960 --> 00:20:07.680
 sorrowful

00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:08.160
 rightly

00:20:08.160 --> 00:20:09.579
 but

00:20:09.579 --> 00:20:10.980
 we

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 can

00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:11.599
 err

00:20:11.599 --> 00:20:12.140
 toward

00:20:12.140 --> 00:20:13.299
 hopelessness

00:20:13.299 --> 00:20:14.740
 as

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 we

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 are

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 people

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 of

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 the

00:20:15.700 --> 00:20:16.079
 cross

00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:16.079


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 and

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 we

00:20:16.740 --> 00:20:17.240
 consider

00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:17.460
 the

00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:17.919
 cross

00:20:17.919 --> 00:20:18.819
 the

00:20:18.819 --> 00:20:19.299
 darkest

00:20:19.299 --> 00:20:19.779
 moment

00:20:19.779 --> 00:20:20.099
 in

00:20:20.099 --> 00:20:20.539
 all

00:20:20.539 --> 00:20:20.720
 of

00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:21.159
 history

00:20:21.159 --> 00:20:22.779
 we

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 can

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 be

00:20:23.019 --> 00:20:23.279
 apt

00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:23.399
 to

00:20:23.399 --> 00:20:23.579
 that

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 we

00:20:23.740 --> 00:20:23.899
 can

00:20:23.899 --> 00:20:24.159
 err

00:20:24.159 --> 00:20:24.299
 in

00:20:24.299 --> 00:20:24.480
 that

00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:24.779
 way

00:20:24.779 --> 00:20:25.199
 to

00:20:25.199 --> 00:20:25.359
 be

00:20:25.359 --> 00:20:25.939
 hopeless

00:20:25.939 --> 00:20:26.939
 to

00:20:26.939 --> 00:20:27.139
 see

00:20:27.139 --> 00:20:27.299
 the

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 brokenness

00:20:27.779 --> 00:20:27.899
 of

00:20:27.899 --> 00:20:28.039
 the

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 world

00:20:28.379 --> 00:20:28.819
 and

00:20:28.819 --> 00:20:28.960
 to

00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:29.099
 see

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 the

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 great

00:20:29.579 --> 00:20:30.039
 high

00:20:30.039 --> 00:20:30.539
 climax

00:20:30.539 --> 00:20:30.859
 of

00:20:30.859 --> 00:20:30.980
 the

00:20:30.980 --> 00:20:31.460
 brokenness

00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:31.559
 of

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 the

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 world

00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:32.240
 the

00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:33.059
 death

00:20:33.059 --> 00:20:33.439
 of

00:20:33.439 --> 00:20:33.619
 the

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 Savior

00:20:33.980 --> 00:20:34.480
 Jesus

00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:35.199
 Christ

00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:36.360
 we

00:20:36.360 --> 00:20:36.440
 can

00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:36.600
 be

00:20:36.600 --> 00:20:37.019
 hopeless

00:20:37.019 --> 00:20:37.319
 if

00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:37.480
 we

00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:37.960
 fail

00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:38.160
 to

00:20:38.160 --> 00:20:38.519
 look

00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:39.460
 beyond

00:20:39.460 --> 00:20:40.519
 the

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 cross

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 if

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 we

00:20:42.120 --> 00:20:42.360
 fail

00:20:42.360 --> 00:20:42.539
 to

00:20:42.539 --> 00:20:42.920
 remember

00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:43.200
 on

00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:43.360
 the

00:20:43.360 --> 00:20:43.799
 third

00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:44.259
 day

00:20:44.259 --> 00:20:45.380
 Jesus

00:20:45.380 --> 00:20:46.160
 rose

00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:47.440
 from

00:20:47.440 --> 00:20:47.580
 the

00:20:47.580 --> 00:20:48.059
 grave

00:20:48.059 --> 00:20:48.900
 an

00:20:48.900 --> 00:20:49.220
 old

00:20:49.220 --> 00:20:49.539
 Latin

00:20:49.539 --> 00:20:50.220
 phrase

00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:50.539
 says

00:20:50.539 --> 00:20:51.279
 post

00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:52.420
 tenebrous

00:20:52.420 --> 00:20:53.360
 lux

00:20:53.360 --> 00:20:54.140
 which

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 means

00:20:54.319 --> 00:20:54.779
 after

00:20:54.779 --> 00:20:55.480
 darkness

00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:57.039
 light

00:20:57.039 --> 00:20:58.140
 if

00:20:58.140 --> 00:20:58.279
 we

00:20:58.279 --> 00:20:58.559
 fail

00:20:58.559 --> 00:20:58.740
 to

00:20:58.740 --> 00:20:59.299
 remember

00:20:59.299 --> 00:20:59.559
 the

00:20:59.559 --> 00:20:59.980
 light

00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:00.299
 of the

00:21:00.299 --> 00:21:00.900
 resurrection

00:21:00.900 --> 00:21:02.380
 the

00:21:02.380 --> 00:21:02.560
 death

00:21:02.560 --> 00:21:02.660
 of

00:21:02.660 --> 00:21:02.759
 the

00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:03.019
 cross

00:21:03.019 --> 00:21:03.320
 leaves

00:21:03.320 --> 00:21:03.500
 us

00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:03.640
 with

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 no

00:21:03.820 --> 00:21:04.140
 hope

00:21:04.140 --> 00:21:04.840
 at

00:21:04.840 --> 00:21:05.320
 all

00:21:05.320 --> 00:21:06.580
 John

00:21:06.580 --> 00:21:06.860
 says

00:21:06.860 --> 00:21:06.980
 of

00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:07.160
 Jesus

00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:07.500
 Christ

00:21:07.500 --> 00:21:07.680
 in

00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:07.860
 John

00:21:07.860 --> 00:21:08.040
 1

00:21:08.040 --> 00:21:08.340
 5

00:21:08.340 --> 00:21:08.519
 the

00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:08.860
 light

00:21:08.860 --> 00:21:09.540
 shines

00:21:09.540 --> 00:21:10.220
 in

00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:10.360
 the

00:21:10.360 --> 00:21:10.720
 darkness

00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:11.860
 and

00:21:11.860 --> 00:21:12.000
 the

00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:12.360
 darkness

00:21:12.360 --> 00:21:12.820
 has

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 not

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 overcome

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 it

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 so

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 as

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 followers

00:21:17.440 --> 00:21:17.680
 of

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 Jesus

00:21:17.900 --> 00:21:18.460
 Christ

00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:19.600
 we

00:21:19.600 --> 00:21:19.740
 need

00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:19.880
 to

00:21:19.880 --> 00:21:20.340
 recognize

00:21:20.340 --> 00:21:20.720
 that

00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:20.940
 this

00:21:20.940 --> 00:21:21.259
 broken

00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:21.600
 world

00:21:21.600 --> 00:21:21.759
 in

00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:21.940
 which

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 we

00:21:22.120 --> 00:21:22.600
 walk

00:21:22.600 --> 00:21:23.700
 will

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 rightly

00:21:23.940 --> 00:21:24.240
 bring

00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:24.420
 us

00:21:24.420 --> 00:21:24.720
 sorrow

00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:26.060
 we

00:21:26.060 --> 00:21:26.440
 know

00:21:26.440 --> 00:21:26.600
 what

00:21:26.600 --> 00:21:26.740
 this

00:21:26.740 --> 00:21:27.000
 world

00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:27.200
 was

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 meant

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 to

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 be

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 we

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 have

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 had

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 this

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 restored

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 ability

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 to

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 love

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 and

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 to

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 worship

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 God

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 and

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 be

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 brought

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 into

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 relationship

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 with

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 him

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 and

00:21:35.880 --> 00:21:36.180
 everything

00:21:36.180 --> 00:21:36.660
 around

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 us

00:21:36.840 --> 00:21:37.040
 is

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 spiraling

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 down

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 to

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 rightly

00:21:39.440 --> 00:21:39.740
 bring

00:21:39.740 --> 00:21:39.920
 us

00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:40.260
 sorrow

00:21:40.260 --> 00:21:41.100
 but

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 we

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 have

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 great

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 reason

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 for

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 great

00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:43.980
 joy

00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:44.660
 beyond

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 it

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 in

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 the

00:21:45.520 --> 00:21:45.780
 goodness

00:21:45.780 --> 00:21:45.980
 of

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 God

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 to

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 us

00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:47.620
 in

00:21:47.620 --> 00:21:48.120
 Christ

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 so

00:21:50.580 --> 00:21:50.740
 we

00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:50.960
 must

00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:51.220
 walk

00:21:51.220 --> 00:21:51.660
 wisely

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 we

00:21:52.660 --> 00:21:52.940
 must

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 consider

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 how

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 we

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 are

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 to

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 spend

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 our

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 time

00:21:56.140 --> 00:21:57.760
 are

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 we

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 a

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 people

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 entertained

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 by the

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 frivolity

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 of the

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 world

00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:02.220
 or are

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 we

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 a

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 people

00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:03.000
 who

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 fear

00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:04.359
 God

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 and keep

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 his

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 commandments

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 are we

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 a

00:22:08.839 --> 00:22:09.019
 people

00:22:09.019 --> 00:22:09.180
 who

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 live

00:22:09.359 --> 00:22:09.519
 for

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 today

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.480
 in the

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 momentary

00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:11.579
 fleeting

00:22:11.579 --> 00:22:11.980
 joy

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 of

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 today

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:14.740
 or are

00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:14.839
 we

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 a

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 people

00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:15.420
 who

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 live

00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:17.139
 for

00:22:17.139 --> 00:22:17.619
 eternity

00:22:17.619 --> 00:22:19.619
 and in the

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 coming weeks

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 I'm going to read

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 to you

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 probably a

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 fair amount

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 from a book

00:22:24.339 --> 00:22:24.700
 called

00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:25.680
 the pilgrim's

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 progress

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 progress

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 I hope

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 as I say

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 that title

00:22:29.080 --> 00:22:29.460
 you're very

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 familiar

00:22:29.840 --> 00:22:30.680
 with this

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 I want

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 you

00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:33.559
 as a

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 person

00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:35.200
 of Christ

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:35.880
 to read

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 the word

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 of Christ

00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:37.340
 more than

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 anything

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 else

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 absolutely

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 wear the

00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:41.140
 pages of

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 your scripture

00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:42.480
 thin

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:43.759
 if you're

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 going to

00:22:44.019 --> 00:22:44.600
 read another

00:22:44.600 --> 00:22:45.080
 book

00:22:45.080 --> 00:22:45.700
 this is the

00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:45.960
 one

00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:46.660
 I think

00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:46.920
 you should

00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:47.200
 read

00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:47.860
 I know

00:22:47.860 --> 00:22:48.100
 many of

00:22:48.100 --> 00:22:48.240
 you are

00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:48.420
 not

00:22:48.420 --> 00:22:48.799
 readers

00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:49.140
 read

00:22:49.140 --> 00:22:49.340
 these

00:22:49.340 --> 00:22:49.640
 two

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 well

00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:52.240
 reading

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:52.660
 Bunyan

00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:53.319
 and reading

00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:53.980
 this story

00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.460
 which is an

00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:55.140
 allegory

00:22:55.140 --> 00:22:55.620
 of the

00:22:55.620 --> 00:22:56.300
 journey

00:22:56.300 --> 00:22:57.200
 of a

00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:57.680
 character

00:22:57.680 --> 00:22:58.060
 called

00:22:58.060 --> 00:22:58.580
 Christian

00:22:58.580 --> 00:22:59.220
 to the

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 celestial

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 city

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 is much

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 like

00:23:01.520 --> 00:23:01.800
 reading

00:23:01.800 --> 00:23:01.980
 the

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 scripture

00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:02.620
 as it

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 is just

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 full

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 and full

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:04.980
 of

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:05.520
 quotes

00:23:05.520 --> 00:23:06.540
 from it

00:23:06.540 --> 00:23:07.840
 as we

00:23:07.840 --> 00:23:08.100
 look at

00:23:08.100 --> 00:23:08.759
 chapter 2

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.420
 I'm going

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 to drive

00:23:10.320 --> 00:23:10.759
 you to

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:10.980
 I'm going

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.240
 to pull

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:11.740
 you into

00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:12.120
 a bit

00:23:12.120 --> 00:23:12.320
 of the

00:23:12.320 --> 00:23:12.660
 story

00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:13.240
 where

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:13.900
 Christian

00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:14.580
 and his

00:23:14.580 --> 00:23:15.259
 travel mate

00:23:15.259 --> 00:23:15.460
 at the

00:23:15.460 --> 00:23:15.720
 time

00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:16.160
 faithful

00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:16.600
 into a

00:23:16.600 --> 00:23:16.820
 place

00:23:16.820 --> 00:23:17.040
 called

00:23:17.040 --> 00:23:17.500
 Vanity

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:17.900
 Fair

00:23:17.900 --> 00:23:18.360
 where

00:23:18.360 --> 00:23:19.100
 all of

00:23:19.100 --> 00:23:19.200
 the

00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:19.420
 things

00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:19.580
 the

00:23:19.580 --> 00:23:19.780
 world

00:23:19.780 --> 00:23:20.020
 has

00:23:20.020 --> 00:23:20.160
 to

00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:20.460
 offer

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:20.620
 is

00:23:20.620 --> 00:23:20.840
 there

00:23:20.840 --> 00:23:21.480
 being

00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:21.920
 sold

00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:23.300
 but before

00:23:23.300 --> 00:23:23.620
 we get

00:23:23.620 --> 00:23:23.960
 that I want

00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:24.220
 to read

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:24.460
 you a

00:23:25.140 --> 00:23:25.280
 story

00:23:25.280 --> 00:23:26.020
 when

00:23:26.020 --> 00:23:26.620
 Christian

00:23:26.620 --> 00:23:27.100
 goes to

00:23:27.100 --> 00:23:27.240
 the

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:27.500
 house

00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:27.680
 of

00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:28.360
 interpreter

00:23:28.360 --> 00:23:29.240
 it's

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:29.400
 very

00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:29.759
 early

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:29.900
 in

00:23:29.900 --> 00:23:30.000
 his

00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:30.400
 Christian

00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:31.060
 journey

00:23:31.060 --> 00:23:31.280
 and

00:23:31.280 --> 00:23:31.480
 there

00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:31.740
 he's

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.100
 taught

00:23:32.100 --> 00:23:32.420
 many

00:23:32.420 --> 00:23:32.580
 of

00:23:32.580 --> 00:23:32.740
 the

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.200
 basic

00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:33.759
 things

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.160
 of

00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:34.660
 Christian

00:23:34.660 --> 00:23:35.480
 faith

00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:35.620
 and

00:23:35.620 --> 00:23:35.780
 there's

00:23:35.780 --> 00:23:35.920
 this

00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:36.259
 wonderful

00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:36.680
 little

00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:38.860
 interchange

00:23:38.860 --> 00:23:40.040
 as they're

00:23:40.040 --> 00:23:40.300
 in this

00:23:40.300 --> 00:23:40.500
 house

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:40.660
 of the

00:23:40.660 --> 00:23:40.920
 interpreter

00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:41.320
 looking

00:23:41.320 --> 00:23:41.560
 at

00:23:41.560 --> 00:23:42.060
 scenes

00:23:42.060 --> 00:23:42.400
 and

00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:42.560
 the

00:23:42.560 --> 00:23:42.860
 interpreter

00:23:42.860 --> 00:23:43.120
 is

00:23:43.120 --> 00:23:43.520
 interpreting

00:23:43.520 --> 00:23:44.120
 for him

00:23:44.120 --> 00:23:44.560
 what

00:23:44.560 --> 00:23:44.920
 these

00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:45.740
 things

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.580
 mean

00:23:46.580 --> 00:23:48.200
 and so

00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:48.540
 I read

00:23:48.540 --> 00:23:49.300
 then I

00:23:49.300 --> 00:23:49.680
 saw in

00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:50.240
 my dream

00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:50.920
 that the

00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:51.280
 interpreter

00:23:51.280 --> 00:23:51.560
 took

00:23:51.560 --> 00:23:52.040
 Christian

00:23:52.040 --> 00:23:52.400
 by the

00:23:52.400 --> 00:23:52.680
 hand

00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:53.100
 and led

00:23:53.100 --> 00:23:53.300
 him

00:23:53.300 --> 00:23:53.660
 into a

00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:54.080
 place

00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:54.679
 where

00:23:54.679 --> 00:23:54.879
 was

00:23:54.879 --> 00:23:55.059
 a

00:23:55.059 --> 00:23:55.359
 fire

00:23:55.359 --> 00:23:55.679
 burning

00:23:55.679 --> 00:23:56.079
 against

00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:56.279
 a

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:56.619
 wall

00:23:56.619 --> 00:23:57.460
 that is

00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:57.740
 not the

00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:57.879
 right

00:23:57.879 --> 00:23:58.119
 page

00:23:58.119 --> 00:23:58.259
 I'm

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:58.419
 so

00:23:58.419 --> 00:23:58.659
 sorry

00:23:58.659 --> 00:23:59.919
 that is

00:23:59.919 --> 00:24:00.179
 also

00:24:00.179 --> 00:24:00.359
 a

00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:00.500
 really

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:00.679
 good

00:24:00.679 --> 00:24:00.980
 part

00:24:00.980 --> 00:24:01.519
 of the

00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:01.720
 interpreter

00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:01.939
 singing

00:24:01.939 --> 00:24:02.799
 I

00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:03.319
 bookmarked

00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:03.399
 it

00:24:03.399 --> 00:24:03.639
 and I

00:24:03.639 --> 00:24:04.000
 missed my

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:04.299
 bookmark

00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:04.539
 by a

00:24:04.539 --> 00:24:04.740
 page

00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:05.159
 all right

00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:06.580
 I

00:24:06.580 --> 00:24:06.880
 saw

00:24:06.880 --> 00:24:07.380
 moreover

00:24:07.380 --> 00:24:07.820
 in my

00:24:07.820 --> 00:24:08.180
 dream

00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:08.980
 that the

00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:09.340
 interpreter

00:24:09.340 --> 00:24:09.900
 took him

00:24:09.900 --> 00:24:10.240
 by the

00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:10.640
 hand

00:24:10.640 --> 00:24:11.640
 and had

00:24:11.640 --> 00:24:11.900
 him

00:24:11.900 --> 00:24:12.340
 into a

00:24:12.340 --> 00:24:12.600
 little

00:24:12.600 --> 00:24:12.960
 room

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:13.440
 where sat

00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:13.860
 two

00:24:13.860 --> 00:24:14.420
 children

00:24:14.420 --> 00:24:15.120
 each

00:24:15.120 --> 00:24:15.500
 one

00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:15.779
 in

00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:15.960
 his

00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:16.380
 chair

00:24:16.380 --> 00:24:17.380
 the

00:24:17.380 --> 00:24:17.600
 name

00:24:17.600 --> 00:24:17.740
 of

00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:17.900
 the

00:24:17.900 --> 00:24:18.200
 eldest

00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:18.759
 was

00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:19.340
 passion

00:24:19.340 --> 00:24:20.180
 and the

00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:20.320
 name

00:24:20.320 --> 00:24:20.460
 of

00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:20.600
 the

00:24:20.600 --> 00:24:21.040
 other

00:24:21.040 --> 00:24:22.259
 patience

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:23.279
 passion

00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:23.800
 seemed

00:24:23.800 --> 00:24:24.080
 to be

00:24:24.080 --> 00:24:24.519
 much

00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:25.620
 discontented

00:24:25.620 --> 00:24:26.420
 but

00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:26.960
 patience

00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:27.380
 was

00:24:27.380 --> 00:24:27.660
 very

00:24:27.660 --> 00:24:28.160
 quiet

00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:29.320
 then

00:24:29.320 --> 00:24:29.880
 Christian

00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:30.560
 asked

00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:31.659
 what is

00:24:31.659 --> 00:24:31.839
 the

00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:32.240
 reason

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:32.559
 of

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:32.720
 the

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.480
 discontent

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:34.139
 of

00:24:34.139 --> 00:24:34.539
 passion

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.839
 interpreter

00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:36.200
 says

00:24:36.200 --> 00:24:36.779
 the

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.139
 governor

00:24:37.139 --> 00:24:37.359
 of

00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:37.599
 them

00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:37.839
 would

00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:38.059
 have

00:24:38.059 --> 00:24:38.220
 him

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:38.720
 stay

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.019
 for

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.220
 his

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:39.599
 best

00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:40.159
 things

00:24:40.159 --> 00:24:40.720
 till

00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:40.859
 the

00:24:40.859 --> 00:24:41.240
 beginning

00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:41.639
 of

00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:42.000
 next

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.480
 year

00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:43.079
 but

00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:43.220
 he

00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:43.379
 will

00:24:43.379 --> 00:24:43.639
 have

00:24:43.639 --> 00:24:44.119
 all

00:24:44.119 --> 00:24:44.619
 now

00:24:44.619 --> 00:24:45.379
 but

00:24:45.379 --> 00:24:45.879
 patience

00:24:45.879 --> 00:24:46.440
 is

00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:46.740
 willing

00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:47.279
 to

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:47.700
 wait

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.899
 then

00:24:48.899 --> 00:24:49.079
 I

00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:49.379
 saw

00:24:49.379 --> 00:24:49.579
 that

00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:49.899
 one

00:24:49.899 --> 00:24:50.259
 came

00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:50.440
 to

00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:50.839
 passion

00:24:50.839 --> 00:24:51.099
 and

00:24:51.099 --> 00:24:51.379
 brought

00:24:51.379 --> 00:24:51.579
 him

00:24:51.579 --> 00:24:51.740
 a

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.159
 bag

00:24:52.159 --> 00:24:52.319
 of

00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:52.720
 treasure

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:53.319
 and

00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:53.599
 poured

00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:53.759
 it

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.079
 down

00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:54.220
 at

00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:54.399
 his

00:24:54.399 --> 00:24:54.740
 feet

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.279
 the

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:55.599
 which

00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:55.799
 he

00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:56.179
 took

00:24:56.179 --> 00:24:56.559
 up

00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:56.899
 and

00:24:56.899 --> 00:24:57.559
 rejoiced

00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:58.299
 therein

00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:58.319
!

00:24:58.319 --> 00:24:58.899
 and

00:24:58.900 --> 00:24:59.560
 withal

00:24:59.560 --> 00:25:00.140
 laughed

00:25:00.140 --> 00:25:00.940
 patience

00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:01.519
 to

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.080
 scorn

00:25:02.080 --> 00:25:03.140
 but

00:25:03.140 --> 00:25:03.300
 I

00:25:03.300 --> 00:25:03.759
 beheld

00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:03.940
 but

00:25:03.940 --> 00:25:04.080
 a

00:25:04.080 --> 00:25:04.420
 while

00:25:04.420 --> 00:25:04.680
 and

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:04.780
 he

00:25:04.780 --> 00:25:04.920
 had

00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:05.480
 lavished

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:06.060
 all

00:25:06.060 --> 00:25:06.480
 away

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:06.700
 and

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:06.860
 had

00:25:06.860 --> 00:25:07.220
 nothing

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:07.600
 left

00:25:07.600 --> 00:25:07.920
 him

00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:08.720
 but

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.380
 rags

00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:10.540
 and

00:25:10.540 --> 00:25:10.780
 Christian

00:25:10.780 --> 00:25:11.180
 says

00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:12.019
 expound

00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:12.280
 this

00:25:12.280 --> 00:25:12.640
 matter

00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:12.920
 more

00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:13.280
 fully

00:25:13.280 --> 00:25:13.580
 to

00:25:13.580 --> 00:25:13.960
 me

00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:15.120
 interpreter

00:25:15.120 --> 00:25:15.680
 responds

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:16.380
 these

00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:16.680
 two

00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:17.160
 lads

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:17.440
 are

00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:18.100
 figures

00:25:18.100 --> 00:25:19.220
 passion

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.480
 of

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:19.620
 the

00:25:19.620 --> 00:25:19.780
 men

00:25:19.780 --> 00:25:19.900
 of

00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:20.080
 this

00:25:20.080 --> 00:25:20.440
 world

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:20.800
 and

00:25:20.800 --> 00:25:21.360
 patience

00:25:21.360 --> 00:25:21.620
 of

00:25:21.620 --> 00:25:21.780
 the

00:25:21.780 --> 00:25:22.040
 men

00:25:22.040 --> 00:25:22.240
 of

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:22.580
 that

00:25:22.580 --> 00:25:22.860
 which

00:25:22.860 --> 00:25:23.220
 is

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:23.940
 to

00:25:23.940 --> 00:25:24.320
 come

00:25:24.320 --> 00:25:25.340
 as

00:25:25.340 --> 00:25:25.600
 here

00:25:25.600 --> 00:25:25.860
 thou

00:25:25.860 --> 00:25:26.380
 seest

00:25:26.380 --> 00:25:26.900
 passion

00:25:26.900 --> 00:25:27.120
 will

00:25:27.120 --> 00:25:27.360
 have

00:25:27.360 --> 00:25:27.880
 all

00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:28.440
 now

00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:29.160
 this

00:25:29.160 --> 00:25:29.580
 year

00:25:29.580 --> 00:25:30.039
 that

00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:30.220
 is

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:30.380
 to

00:25:30.380 --> 00:25:30.700
 say

00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:31.000
 in

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:31.259
 this

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:31.680
 world

00:25:31.680 --> 00:25:32.299
 so

00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:32.660
 are

00:25:32.660 --> 00:25:32.820
 the

00:25:32.820 --> 00:25:33.140
 men

00:25:33.140 --> 00:25:33.360
 of

00:25:33.360 --> 00:25:33.580
 this

00:25:33.580 --> 00:25:33.960
 world

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.660
 they

00:25:34.660 --> 00:25:34.920
 must

00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:35.120
 have

00:25:35.120 --> 00:25:35.559
 all

00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:35.740
 their

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.080
 good

00:25:36.080 --> 00:25:36.420
 things

00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:36.799
 now

00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:37.299
 they

00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:37.740
 cannot

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.320
 stay

00:25:38.320 --> 00:25:38.559
 till

00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:38.720
 the

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:38.940
 next

00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:39.320
 year

00:25:39.320 --> 00:25:39.940
 that

00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:40.340
 is

00:25:40.340 --> 00:25:40.720
 until

00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:40.940
 the

00:25:40.940 --> 00:25:41.320
 next

00:25:41.320 --> 00:25:41.860
 world

00:25:41.860 --> 00:25:42.460
 for

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:42.640
 their

00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:43.100
 portion

00:25:43.100 --> 00:25:43.700
 of

00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:44.080
 good

00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:45.240
 that

00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:45.240


00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:45.240


00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:45.240


00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:45.879
 proverb

00:25:45.879 --> 00:25:46.220
 a

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:46.519
 bird

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:46.679
 in

00:25:46.679 --> 00:25:46.819
 the

00:25:46.819 --> 00:25:47.159
 hand

00:25:47.159 --> 00:25:47.299
 is

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:47.480
 worth

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:47.720
 two

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:47.839
 in

00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:47.960
 the

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:48.279
 bush

00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:48.819
 is

00:25:48.819 --> 00:25:48.939
 of

00:25:48.939 --> 00:25:49.159
 more

00:25:49.159 --> 00:25:49.559
 authority

00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:49.799
 with

00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:50.039
 them

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:50.199
 than

00:25:50.199 --> 00:25:50.599
 all

00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:50.779
 the

00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.199
 divine

00:25:51.199 --> 00:25:52.000
 testimonies

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:52.199
 of

00:25:52.199 --> 00:25:52.379
 the

00:25:52.379 --> 00:25:52.720
 good

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:52.899
 of

00:25:52.899 --> 00:25:53.019
 the

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.240
 world

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:53.419
 to

00:25:53.419 --> 00:25:53.740
 come

00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:54.699
 but

00:25:54.699 --> 00:25:54.919
 as

00:25:54.919 --> 00:25:55.139
 thou

00:25:55.139 --> 00:25:55.679
 sawst

00:25:55.679 --> 00:25:55.819
 that

00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:55.960
 he

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.099
 had

00:25:56.099 --> 00:25:56.439
 quickly

00:25:56.439 --> 00:25:56.980
 lavished

00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:57.179
 all

00:25:57.179 --> 00:25:57.539
 away

00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:58.039
 and

00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:58.179
 had

00:25:58.179 --> 00:25:58.659
 presently

00:25:58.659 --> 00:25:58.980
 left

00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.179
 him

00:25:59.179 --> 00:25:59.559
 nothing

00:25:59.559 --> 00:25:59.859
 but

00:25:59.859 --> 00:26:00.299
 rags

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:01.000
 so

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:01.279
 will

00:26:01.279 --> 00:26:01.419
 it

00:26:01.419 --> 00:26:01.559
 be

00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:01.759
 with

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.119
 all

00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:02.439
 such

00:26:02.439 --> 00:26:02.839
 men

00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:03.419
 at

00:26:03.419 --> 00:26:03.559
 the

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:03.899
 end

00:26:03.899 --> 00:26:04.179
 of

00:26:04.179 --> 00:26:04.379
 this

00:26:04.379 --> 00:26:04.819
 world

00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:06.339
 Christian

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:06.720
 says

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:06.720


00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.440
 now I

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:07.819
 see

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.539
 that

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.059
 patience

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:09.660
 has

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:09.880
 the

00:26:09.880 --> 00:26:10.299
 best

00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:10.839
 wisdom

00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:11.440
 and

00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:11.539
 that

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:11.799
 upon

00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:12.140
 many

00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:12.740
 accounts

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.620
 first

00:26:13.620 --> 00:26:14.180
 because

00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:14.380
 he

00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:14.920
 stays

00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:15.120
 for

00:26:15.120 --> 00:26:15.259
 the

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:15.559
 best

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:16.100
 things

00:26:16.100 --> 00:26:16.539
 and

00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:17.079
 second

00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:18.160
 also

00:26:18.160 --> 00:26:18.779
 because

00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:19.000
 he

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.120
 will

00:26:19.120 --> 00:26:19.380
 have

00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:19.600
 the

00:26:19.600 --> 00:26:20.059
 glory

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:20.319
 of

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:20.759
 his

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.339
 when

00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:21.519
 the

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:21.940
 other

00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:22.519
 has

00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:22.960
 nothing

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:23.759
 but

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:24.400
 rags

00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:25.620
 interpreter

00:26:25.620 --> 00:26:26.160
 says

00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:26.960
 nay

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:27.440
 you

00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:27.640
 may

00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:28.200
 add

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:28.920
 another

00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:29.240
 to

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:29.620
 wit

00:26:29.620 --> 00:26:29.940
 the

00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:30.440
 glory

00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:30.700
 of

00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:30.860
 the

00:26:30.860 --> 00:26:31.120
 next

00:26:31.120 --> 00:26:31.500
 world

00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:31.720
 will

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.160
 never

00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:32.680
 wear

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:33.380
 out

00:26:33.380 --> 00:26:33.860
 but

00:26:33.860 --> 00:26:34.339
 these

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:34.839
 are

00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:35.259
 suddenly

00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:35.740
 gone

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:36.680
 therefore

00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:37.259
 passion

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.500
 had

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:37.799
 not

00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:38.059
 so

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:38.279
 much

00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:38.420
 a

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:38.660
 reason

00:26:38.660 --> 00:26:38.900
 to

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:39.220
 laugh

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:39.359
 at

00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:39.859
 patience

00:26:39.859 --> 00:26:40.620
 because

00:26:40.620 --> 00:26:40.839
 he

00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:41.099
 had

00:26:41.099 --> 00:26:41.240
 his

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:41.420
 good

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:41.700
 things

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:42.220
 first

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:42.900
 as

00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:43.380
 patience

00:26:43.380 --> 00:26:43.579
 will

00:26:43.579 --> 00:26:43.740
 have

00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:43.900
 to

00:26:43.900 --> 00:26:44.259
 laugh

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:44.400
 at

00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:44.880
 passion

00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:45.480
 because

00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:45.640
 he

00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:45.859
 had

00:26:45.859 --> 00:26:46.019
 his

00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:46.319
 best

00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:46.759
 things

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.680
 last

00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:48.480
 for

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:49.120
 first

00:26:49.120 --> 00:26:49.539
 must

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:49.740
 give

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.279
 place

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:50.799
 to

00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:51.319
 last

00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:51.900
 because

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:52.460
 last

00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:52.799
 must

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:53.059
 have

00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:53.200
 his

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:53.559
 time

00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:53.740
 to

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.180
 come

00:26:54.180 --> 00:26:54.700
 but

00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:55.259
 last

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:55.779
 gives

00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:56.279
 place

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:56.519
 to

00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:56.940
 nothing

00:26:56.940 --> 00:26:57.680
 for

00:26:57.680 --> 00:26:57.880
 there

00:26:57.880 --> 00:26:58.160
 is

00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:58.380
 not

00:26:58.380 --> 00:26:58.779
 another

00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:59.579
 to

00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:00.120
 succeed

00:27:00.120 --> 00:27:01.400
 he

00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:01.779
 therefore

00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:02.039
 that

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:02.380
 half

00:27:02.380 --> 00:27:02.559
 his

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:02.960
 portion

00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:03.599
 first

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:03.599


00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:04.539


00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:04.819
 need

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:04.920
 to

00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:05.059
 have

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:05.940
 to

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:06.319
 spend

00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:06.640
 it

00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:07.259
 but

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:07.420
 he

00:27:07.420 --> 00:27:07.579
 that

00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:07.799
 hath

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:07.960
 his

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 said

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 of him

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 in thy

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 lifetime

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 receivest

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 thy

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 things

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 and

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 likewise

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 Lazarus

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 evil

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 things

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 but

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 now

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 he

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 is

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 comforted

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 and

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 thou

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 art

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 tormented

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!

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 Christian

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 says

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 then

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 I

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 perceive

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!

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 it is

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 not

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 best

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 to

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 covet

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 things

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 that

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 now

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 to

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 wait

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 things

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 to

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 come

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 interpreter

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 responds

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 you

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 say

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 truth

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 for

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 the

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 things

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 that

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 are

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 seen

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 are

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 temporal

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 the

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 things

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 that

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 not

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 seen

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 are

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 eternal

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 let's

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 pray

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 together

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