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 Heavenly Father,

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 we thank you

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 that you speak to us as a loving Father.

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 That you do not shy away from

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 speaking the hard truth to us

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 because you love us

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 you seek our good.

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 And Lord, this passage is a sobering passage.

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 Even a frightful passage.

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 But Lord, we pray

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 that as we cherish the word

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 you have given us,

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 that you would ignite

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 or even reignite

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 our zeal,

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 our passion

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 for your glory.

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 And that that would make us faithful

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 in our relationships.

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 That they would keep us

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 and guard us from

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 lust and adultery.

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 And that we would be freshly reminded

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 of

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 the great price that you paid

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 to reclaim

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 your adulterous bride,

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 us, your church.

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 So now lead us and speak to us.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 We're in Proverbs

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 chapter 6, verse 20

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 to chapter 7, verse 27.

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 I'll read out loud for us.

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 My son,

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 keep your father's commandment

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 and forsake not

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 your mother's teaching.

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 Bind them on your heart

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 always.

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 Tie them around your neck.

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 When you walk,

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 they will lead you.

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 When you lie down,

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 they will watch over you.

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 And when you awake,

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 they will talk with you.

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 For the commandment is a lamp

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 and the teaching a light.

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 And the reproofs of discipline

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 are the way of life.

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 To preserve you from the evil woman,

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 from the smooth tongue

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 of the adulteress.

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 Do not desire her beauty

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 in your heart.

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 And do not let her capture you

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 with her eyelashes.

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 For the price of a prostitute

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 is only a loaf of bread.

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 But a married woman

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 hunts down a precious life.

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 Can a man carry fire

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 next to his chest

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 and his clothes not be burned?

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 Or can one walk on hot coals

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 and his feet not be scorched?

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 So is he who goes

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 into his neighbor's wife.

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 None who touches her

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 will go unpunished.

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 People do not despise a thief

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 if he steals

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 to satisfy his appetite

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 when he is hungry.

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 But if he is caught,

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 he will pay sevenfold.

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 He will give all the goods

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 of his house.

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 He who commits adultery

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 lacks sense.

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 He who does it

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 destroys himself.

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 He will get wounds

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 and dishonor

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 and his disgrace

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 will not be wiped away.

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 For jealousy

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 makes the man furious

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 and he will not spare

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 when he takes revenge.

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 He will accept

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 no compensation.

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 He will refuse

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 though you multiply gifts.

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 My son,

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 keep my words

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 and treasure up

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 my commandments with you.

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 Keep my commandments

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 and live.

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 Keep my teaching

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 as the apple of your eye.

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 Bind them on your fingers.

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 Write them

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 on the tablet of your heart.

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 Say to wisdom,

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 you are my sister.

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 And call in sight

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 your intimate friend

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 to keep you

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 from the forbidden woman,

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 from the adulteress

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 with her smooth words.

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 For at the window

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 of my house

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 I have looked out

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 through my lattice

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 and I have seen

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 among the simple

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 I have perceived

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 among the youths

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 a young man

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 lacking sense

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 passing along the street

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 near her corner

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 taking the road

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 to her house

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 in the twilight

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 in the evening

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 at the time

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 of night

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 and darkness.

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 And behold,

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 the woman meets him

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 dressed as a prostitute

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 wily of heart.

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 She is loud

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 and wayward.

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 Her feet

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 do not stay at home.

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 Now in the street

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 now in the market

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 and at every corner

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 she lies in wait.

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 She seizes him

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 and kisses him

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 and with bold face

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 she says to him,

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 I have to offer sacrifices

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 and today

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 I paid my vows.

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 So now

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 I have come out

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 to meet you

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 to seek you eagerly

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 and I have found you.

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 I have spread my couch

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 with coverings,

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 colored linens

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 from Egyptian linen.

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 I perfumed my bed

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 with myrrh,

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 aloes,

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 and cinnamon.

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 Come,

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 let us take

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 our fill of love

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 till morning.

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 Let us delight

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 ourselves with love.

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 For my husband

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 is not at home.

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 He has gone

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 on a long journey.

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 He took a bag

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 of money with him.

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 At full moon

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 he will come home.

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 With much seductive speech

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 she persuades him.

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 With her smooth talk

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 she compels him.

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 All at once

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 he follows her

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 as an ox

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 goes to the slaughter.

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 Whereas a stag

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 is caught fast

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 till an arrow

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 pierces its liver.

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 As a bird

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 rushes into a snare

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 he does not know

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 that it will cost him

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 his life.

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 And now

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 O sons

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 listen to me

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 and be attentive

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 to the words

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 of my mouth.

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 Let not your heart

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 turn aside

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 to her ways.

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 Do not stray

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 into her paths.

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 For many a victim

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 has she laid low

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 and all her slain

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 are a mighty throng.

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 Her house

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 is the way to shield

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 going down

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 to the chambers

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 of death.

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 This is God's

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 holy and authoritative

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 word.

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 If someone were

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 to compile

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 a list of

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 men and women

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 whose lives

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 and careers

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 have been ruined

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 by adultery

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 that list would be

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 too long to count.

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 I still remember

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 the

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 Ashley Madison

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 data leak

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 from 2015.

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 Some of you

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 might remember that.

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 when the website

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 that promotes

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 extramarital affairs

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 was hacked.

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 And the hackers

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 leaked names

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 of 30 million

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 people

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 who had used

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 the website.

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 And some of

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 the leaked data

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 included other

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 personally identifying

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 information like

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 home addresses

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 and search

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 histories,

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 credit card records.

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 people

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 and the leaked

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 names included

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 politicians,

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 priests,

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 military members,

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 civil servants,

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 and celebrities.

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 Many resignations

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 and divorces

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 and in some cases

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 even suicides

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 followed.

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 And one of the

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 people affected

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 was a pastor

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 and a seminary

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 professor who

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 couldn't overcome

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 the deep shame

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 and fear

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 that came with

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 the exposure.

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 So he left

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 a heart-wrenching

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 apology to his

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 wife and took

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 his own life.

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 That's what

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 Satan thrives on.

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 He promises

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 pleasure

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 without pain.

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 He promises

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 sin

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 without death.

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 But Proverbs

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 620-727

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 that we just read

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 exposes

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 his malicious

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 lies.

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 Chapter 6

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 tells us

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 the price

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 of the adulteress

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 and chapter 7

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 tells us

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 the lure

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 of the adulteress.

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 And the lure

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 of the adulteress

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 is such that

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 a young man

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 liking sense

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 falls

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 headlong

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 into her trap

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 hook,

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 line,

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 and sinker.

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 And how can

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 we be fortified

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 against this

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 dangerous temptation?

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 This passage

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 teaches us

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 that we should

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 treasure up

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 the commandments

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 of God

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 so that they

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 keep us

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 from the trap

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 of the adulteress.

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 And if you're

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 single,

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 don't tune it out

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 thinking that

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 this doesn't

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 apply to you.

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 Jesus said

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 in Matthew 5

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 27-28

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 you have heard

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 that it was said

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 you shall not

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 commit adultery

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 but I tell you

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 that everyone

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 who looks

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 at a woman

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 lustfully

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 has already

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 committed adultery

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 with her

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 in his heart.

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 Physical adultery

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 is often preceded

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 by heart adultery

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 and this passage

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 has helpful insights

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 to keep us

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 from both.

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 And so first

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 let's look at

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 the price

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 of the adulteress

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 in chapter 6.

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 It says

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 in verses 20

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 and 21

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 Throughout the

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 book of Proverbs

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 the author

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 frequently assumes

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 the voice

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 of the father

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 and equates

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 his voice

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 with the commandments

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 of God himself

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 because he is

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 a spokesperson

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 for God.

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 He's relaying

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 the commandments

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 of God

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 to the future

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 generations.

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 But instructing

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 a child

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 was not

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 an exclusive

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 responsibility

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 of the father.

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 It's especially

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 appropriate

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 to note

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 today

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 on Mother's

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 Day

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 that the

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 teaching

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 of the mother

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 is mentioned

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 here also

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 as it is

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 in two other

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 places in Proverbs.

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 It says

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 forsake

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 not your

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 mother's

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 teaching.

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 The saying

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 that was

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 popularized

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 in the 1940s

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 to recognize

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 the often

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 unheralded

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 contributions

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 of women

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 is true.

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 Behind every

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 great man

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 there is

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 a great woman.

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 1 Timothy 6

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 9-10

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 teaches

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 that an

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 elderly woman

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 who desires

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 to devote

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 herself fully

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 to praying

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 for the church

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 and serving

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 the church

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 in that way

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 while receiving

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 full financial

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 care and provision

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 from the church

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 that they need

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 to be qualified

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 and that their

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 qualification is

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 that they need

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 to have a

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 reputation

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 for good works.

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 This is 1 Timothy 6

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 9-10.

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 It then lists

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 several examples

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 of what having

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 a good reputation

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 for good works

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 looks like.

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 It lists things

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 like showing

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 hospitality

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 washing the feet

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 of the saints

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 and caring

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 for the afflicted.

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 But before

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 all of those

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 things

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 what heads

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 the list

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 is this

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 surprising item

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 that she

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 has brought

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 up children.

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 Being a

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 mother

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 bringing up

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 children

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 teaching

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 your children

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 is a good

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 commendable

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 God-honoring

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 work

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 worthy of

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 praise

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 and recognition.

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 It is a

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 difficult work

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 a sacrificial

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 work

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 a worthy

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 work.

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 And since

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 the father

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 and mother

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 and you

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 here

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 have done

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 a good

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 job

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 of teaching

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 their

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 children

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 the father

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 tells the

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 son

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 to bind

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 their teaching

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 on his

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 heart

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 always

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 and to

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 tie them

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 around

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 his neck.

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 This is

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 a figurative

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 expression

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 for a

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 constant

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 devotion.

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 Some of

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 you might

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 remember

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 from the

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 90s

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 it was

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 really

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 popular

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 in the

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 90s

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 these

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 WWJD

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 bracelets

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 What Would

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 Jesus Do

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 bracelets

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 I wore

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 them in

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 middle

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 school

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 proudly

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 in my

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 school

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 and

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 it's

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 kind of

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 like that

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 but in

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 a more

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 figurative

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 and less

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 literal

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 sense

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 we are

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 to keep

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 the

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 commandments

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 of God

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 always

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 near

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 our

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 minds

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 and

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 dear

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 to

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 our

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 hearts

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 we

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 should

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 read

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 God's

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 word

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 we

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 should

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 meditate

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 on

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 God's

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 word

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 we

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 should

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 memorize

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 God's

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 word

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 I

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 had a

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 zoom

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 call

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 with

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 one

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 of

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 our

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 church

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 members

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 this

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 week

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 who

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 had

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 a

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 wall

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 of

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 truth

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 in

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 the

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 room

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 with

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 whole

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 bunch

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 of

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 sticky

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 notes

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 with

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 these

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 truths

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 from

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 scripture

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 and

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 Bible

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 verses

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 to serve

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 as a

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 constant

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 reminder

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 to

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 live

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 with

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 the

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 life

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 giving

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 truths

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 of

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 God

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 in

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 mind

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 let

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 me

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 ask

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 you

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 what

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 does

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 your

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 mind

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 wander

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 to

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 is

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 your

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 mind

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 full

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 of

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 God's

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 word

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 or

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 is

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 it

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 full

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 of

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 the

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 world

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 what

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 does

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 your

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 heart

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 treasure

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 is

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 what

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 do

00:12:36.339 --> 00:12:36.439
 you

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 love

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 what

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 stirs

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 up

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 your

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 soul

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 what

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 ignites

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 your

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 passion

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 is

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 it

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 to

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 know

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 and

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 to

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 do

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 the

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 will

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 of

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 God

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 or

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 is

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 it

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 the

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 gospel

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 of

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 our

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 is

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 it

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 the

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 commandments

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 of

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 God

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 our

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 Father

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 have

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 you

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 bound

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 those

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 things

00:12:53.719 --> 00:12:53.839
 in

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 your

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 heart

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 have

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 you

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 tied

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 it

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 around

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 your

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 neck

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 and

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 here's

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 why

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 that's

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 important

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 it

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 says

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 in

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 verse

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 22

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 when you

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 walk

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 they will

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 lead

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 you

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 when you

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 lie

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 down

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 they will

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 watch

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 over

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 you

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 and when

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 you

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 awake

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 they will

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 talk

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 with

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 you

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 this

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 verse

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 personifies

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 the commandments

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 of God

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 these commandments

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 will

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 and

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 what a

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 comforting

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 thought

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 whether

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 you're

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 active

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 or

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 sedentary

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 whether

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 you're

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 outdoors

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 or

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 indoors

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 at

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 home

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 whether

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 you're

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 sleeping

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 or

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 awake

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 the

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 word

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 of

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 God

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 is

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 a

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 constant

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 and

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 faithful

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 companion

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 it

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 can

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 lead

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 guard

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 and

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 counsel

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 you

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 so

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 who

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 wouldn't

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 want

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 such

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 a

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 steady

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 and

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 reliable

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 companion

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 for

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 it

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 continues

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 in

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 verse

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 23

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 the

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 commandment

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 is a

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 lamp

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 and

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 the

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 teaching

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 a

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 light

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 and

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 the

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 reproofs

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 of

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 discipline

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 are

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 the

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 way

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 of

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 life

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 here's

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 why

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 we

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 should

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 treasure

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 up

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 the

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 commandments

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 of

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 God

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 for

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 they

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 are

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 a

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 lamp

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 and

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 a

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 light

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 they

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 are

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 the

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 way

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 of

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 life

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 we

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 will

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 never

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 drive

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 in

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 unlid

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 roads

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 without

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 our

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 headlights

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 on

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 but

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 God's

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 word

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 is

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 the

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 lamp

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 it

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 is

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 the

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 light

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 for

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 the

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 world

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 of

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 life

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 we

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 would

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 never

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 travel

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 to

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 an

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 unknown

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 region

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 without

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 a

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 map

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 well

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 God's

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 word

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 and

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 its

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 reproofs

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 of

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 discipline

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 are

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 the

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 way

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 of

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 life

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 it

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 shows

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 you

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 the

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 way

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 that

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 leads

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 to

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 abundant

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 life

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 and

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 ultimately

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 eternal

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 life

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 right

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 the

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 first

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 thing

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 that

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 people

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 who

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 wear

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 glasses

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 like

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 I

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 do

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 grab

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 in

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 the

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 morning

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 when

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 they

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 wake

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 up

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 is

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 their

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 glasses

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 because

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 they

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 can't

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 see

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 anything

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 without

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 them

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 it's

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 God's

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 word

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 that

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 helps

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 us

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 to

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 see

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 so

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 we

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 should

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 treasure

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 up

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 the

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 commandments

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 of

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 God

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 and

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 there

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 are

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 countless

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 benefits

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 to

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 treasuring

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 God's

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 word

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 but

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 this

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 passage

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 has

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 one

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 very

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 specific

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 purpose

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 in

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 mind

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 it

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 says

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 in

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 verse

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 24

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 to

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 preserve

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 you

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 from

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 the

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 evil

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 woman

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 from

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 the

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 smooth

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 tongue

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 of

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 the

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 adulteress

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 if

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 you

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 are

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 a

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 woman

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 simply

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 flip

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 the

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 gender

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 of

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 the

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 words

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 around

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 to

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 fit

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 your

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 vantage

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 point

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 the

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 warning

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 applies

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 to

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 you

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 as

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 well

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 the

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 ESV

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 the

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 English

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 standard

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 version

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 that

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 we

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 are

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 using

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 translates

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 it

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 as

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 evil

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 woman

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 but

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 the

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 new

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 international

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 version

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 translates

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 the

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 same

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 word

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 as

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 neighbor's

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 wife

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 wife

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 this

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 variation

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 in

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 translation

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 stems

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 from

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 the

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 fact

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 that

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 the

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 original

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 Hebrew

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 manuscripts

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 of

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 the

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 book

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 of

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 Proverbs

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 have

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 no

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 spaces

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 between

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 consonants

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 and

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 they

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 don't

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 have

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 any

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 vowels

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 so

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 you

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 have

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 to

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 rely

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 entirely

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 on

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 context

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 to

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 supply

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 the

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 vowels

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 so

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 the

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 vowels

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 depending

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 on

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 what

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 vowels

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 you

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 supply

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 produces

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 some

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 minor

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 discrepancies

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 that

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 do

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 not

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 substantially

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 affect

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 the

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 meaning

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 of

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 the

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 text

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 of

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 scripture

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 and

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 in

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 this

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 case

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 depending

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 on

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 what

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 vowels

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 you

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 supply

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 can

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 mean

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 evil

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 woman

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 or

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 neighbor's

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 wife

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 and

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 I

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 think

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 neighbor's

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 wife

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 is

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 a

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 better

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 translation

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 because

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 it's

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 paralleled

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 by

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 the

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 word

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 adulterous

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 which

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 literally

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 is

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 foreign

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 or

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 strange

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 woman

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 in

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 Hebrew

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 it

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 fits

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 the

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 running

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 theme

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 that

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 we've

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 observed

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 in

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 chapters

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 5

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 6

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 and

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 7

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 of

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 that

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 warning

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 about

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 meddling

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 in the

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 affairs

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 of

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 strangers

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 of

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 our

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 neighbors

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 and

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 also

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 because

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 later

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 in

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 verse

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 29

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 the

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 adultery

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 is

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 sinful

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 and

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 evil

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 indeed

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 but

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 the

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 main

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 reason

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 why

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 we

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 need

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 to

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 be

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 preserved

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 from

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 the

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 adulteress

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 is

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 not

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 because

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 she's

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 particularly

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 evil

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 but

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 because

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 she

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 belongs

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 to

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 another

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 as

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 we

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 will

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 see

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 in

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 the

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 rest

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 of

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 chapter

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 6

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 and

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 we

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 must

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 be

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 guarded

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 from

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 her

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 because

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 she

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 is

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 alluring

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 she

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 has

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 a

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 smooth

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 tongue

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 which

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 is

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 a

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 reference

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 to

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 her

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 sly

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 and

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 sensuous

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 speech

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 and

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 then

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 verses

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 25

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 to

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 35

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 the

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 father

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 dives

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 into

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 his

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 dire

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 warnings

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 he

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 says

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 in

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 verse

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 25

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 do

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 not

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 desire

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 her

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 beauty

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 in

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 your

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 heart

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 and

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 do

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 not

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 let

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 her

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 capture

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 you

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 with

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 her

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 eyelashes

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 proverbs

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 uses

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 the

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 word

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 beauty

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 exclusively

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 to

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 refer

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 to

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 outward

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 beauty

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 to

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 the

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 physical

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 appearance

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 and

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 this

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 is

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 confirmed

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 by

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 the

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 parallel

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 eyelashes

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 or

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 literally

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 the

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 eyes

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 as

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 the

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 NIV

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 translates

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 it

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 and

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 because

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 in

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 the

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 ancient

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 Near

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 Eastern

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 culture

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 eyes

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 were

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 often

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 the

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 focal

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 point

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 of

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 feminine

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 beauty

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 sparkling

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 eyes

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 were

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 a

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 prized

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 attribute

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 of

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 beautiful

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 woman

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 in

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 the

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 ancient

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 Near

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 Eastern

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 world

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 and

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 so

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 in

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 Genesis

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 29

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 17

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 in

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 describing

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 Leah

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 who

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 was

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 ugly

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 compared

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 to

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 her

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 younger

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 sister

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 Rachel

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 Bible

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 describes

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 her

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 as

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 having

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 weak

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 eyes

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 right

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 an

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 article

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 entitled

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 looking

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 and

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 loving

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 published

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 in the

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 Journal of

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 Research

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 and Personality

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 made the

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 observation

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 that the

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 simple

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 prolonged

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 eye

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 contact

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 alone

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 increases

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 significantly

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 the feelings

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 of passionate

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 love between

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 two complete

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 strangers

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 this study

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 merely

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 confirmed

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 what Solomon

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 the principal

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 author

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 of Proverbs

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 already

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 affirmed

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 nearly

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 3,000

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 years

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 earlier

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 the

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 and the

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 way

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 to do

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 that

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 is

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 not

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 by

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 avoiding

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 eye

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 contact

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 but

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 by

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 guarding

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 our

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 hearts

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 we

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 are

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 told

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 not

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 to

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 desire

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 her

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 beauty

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 in

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 our

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 heart

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 this

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 forms

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 a

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 contrast

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 with

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 verse

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 21

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 which taught us to bind God's commandments on our heart.

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 If we fortify our hearts with the beauty and the goodness of God's commandments,

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 we will not be captured by the beauty of a neighbor's wife.

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 The gaze of the adulteress will be unable to pierce our hearts.

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 Verse 26 and following supply the reasons why we ought to guard ourselves against the adulteress.

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 Four, the price of a prostitute is only a loaf of bread, but a married woman hunts down a precious life.

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 This is the price of the adulteress.

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 The price of a prostitute is a loaf, but the price of an adulteress is a life.

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 The author is not encouraging us to seek out prostitutes instead of committing adultery.

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 Sexual immorality of all shapes and form are prohibited throughout scripture,

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 and hiring a prostitute for sex is explicitly condemned in 1 Corinthians chapter 6.

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 Solomon wants us to avoid both prostitution and adultery.

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 He's merely noting that sleeping with a married woman has far worse consequences than sleeping with a prostitute.

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 In terms of economic cost, the prostitute is actually more expensive.

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 The adulteress is free.

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 But in terms of the physical and social cost, the adulteress is far more costly than a prostitute.

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 Adultery destroys marriages.

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 It wrecks homes.

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 It even takes lives.

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 In verses 27 to 35, the father then explains that this punishment for adultery is both inescapable and interminable.

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 It has no end.

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 The devastating consequence of adultery leaves no exits and has no end.

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 First, it's inescapable.

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 It says in verses 27 to 29,

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 The obvious answer to these rhetorical questions is no.

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 You cannot carry fire or walk on hot coals without being burned.

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 Likewise, none who touches his neighbor's wife will go unpunished.

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 In Hebrew, the words for man, wife, and fire all are sibilant.

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 They all have S sounds.

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 They're very similar in sounds.

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 So when you hear that sound association between the man, wife, and fire,

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 whenever it establishes the association, the connection between the sin and the consequence

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 and the punishment even more closely and tightly.

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 So whenever you feel tempted to lust after a neighbor's wife or a husband,

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 think about fire.

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 That's the association that the author of Proverbs is trying to make for us.

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 Whenever you feel a spark or a flame rising up inside you for a neighbor's wife or a husband,

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 don't think of metaphorical fire.

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 Think of real fire, fire that burns and consumes and scorches and leaves scars and kills.

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 And don't for a moment think that you can get away with it.

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 That no one will find out.

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 God sees everything and he is the ultimate judge overall.

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 And his word declares that none who touches his neighbor's wife will go unpunished.

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 None.

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 And the adulterer has no excuse.

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 There is no mitigating circumstance that makes adultery more acceptable.

00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:15.939
 It says in verses 30 to 32,

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 If you steal to satisfy your hunger, it's still wrong.

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 And if you're caught, you will be held accountable.

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 However, at least people will pity you.

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 But not so with the adulterer.

00:22:46.359 --> 00:22:48.279
 He who commits adultery lacks sense.

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 He who does it destroys himself.

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 No one will pity you.

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 Instead, they will say that you destroyed yourself.

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 The thief might end up losing everything he has, all of his possessions.

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 But the adulterer will lose his life itself.

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 Adultery is senseless and its destructive consequences inescapable.

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 And not only is the ruin inescapable, it's also interminable.

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 It says in verse 33,

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 He will get wounds and dishonor and his disgrace will not be wiped away.

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 In much of the ancient world, adultery was legally punishable,

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 either by whipping or by the death penalty.

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 So the adulterer might literally end up with wounds and literally lose his life.

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 And the word wound is a noun form of the same word touch that was used in verse 29.

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 So this wordplay reinforces the inevitable consequence of adultery.

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 Whoever touches a married woman sexually will be touched with violence.

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 But the physical punishment is not the end of it.

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 He will also get dishonor.

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 There is no way to make restitution for adultery.

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 Because you can't undo it.

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 You can't repay a wrong spouse.

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 The wounds and dishonor and disgrace that befall the adulterer are therefore permanent.

00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:13.620
 They will not be wiped away.

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 It will be a permanent blotch on your record.

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 And here's why the punishment is so severe.

00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:23.380
 It says in verses 34 to 35,

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 You can put a price tag on all of your property.

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 Their loss can be compensated.

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 But your wife, your husband, their loyalty, their affection,

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 these are priceless things,

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 and there is no adequate compensation for their loss.

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 Even if you try to appease the cuckold,

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 the grieved husband,

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 with bribes,

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:05.699
 his jealous anger will not be pacified,

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 and he will exact revenge.

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 We are to consider this high price of the adulteress

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 and treasure up the commandments of God.

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 And having spoken of the price,

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 now the stage turns in chapter 7

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 to the lure of the adulteress in chapter 7.

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 The tactics used by the adulteress

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 to capture foolish men,

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 to trap them.

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 But before he does,

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 he reiterates the importance

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 of treasuring up the commandments of God again

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 in verses 1 to 5.

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 As I read it,

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 please listen for the repetition of the word keep.

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 It says,

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 My son, keep my words

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 and treasure up my commandments with you.

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 Keep my commandments and live.

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 Keep my teaching as the apple of your eye.

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 Bind them on your fingers.

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 Write them on the tablet of your heart.

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 Say to wisdom,

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 You are my sister

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 and call inside your intimate friend

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 to keep you from the forbidden woman,

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 from the adulteress with her smooth words.

00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:07.920
 The repetition of the word keep

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:09.960
 emphasizes the main point of this passage

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 that the only way to be kept from the adulteress

00:26:14.100 --> 00:26:17.840
 is to keep the commandments of God in our hearts.

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:22.160
 If you want to be guarded from the adulteress,

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:25.200
 you must guard God's word within you.

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 The commandments of God should be cherished

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 and guarded like the apple of your eye

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:32.559
 that are so delicate and essential,

00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:34.319
 important that we protect.

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:35.919
 It's instinctive, right?

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:38.000
 I think that's why it's so hard.

00:26:38.159 --> 00:26:41.079
 I don't know how people who wear contacts do it.

00:26:41.159 --> 00:26:43.319
 I can't keep my eyes open even when I try

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:45.759
 because it's our instinct to protect it.

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 Likewise, we're to keep, guard,

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:52.519
 God's word in our hearts

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 as the apple of our eye.

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:58.039
 Verses four to five contrast

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:59.259
 befriending wisdom

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 with befriending the adulteress.

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 It says,

00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:03.820
 Say to wisdom, you are my sister.

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:06.300
 Call inside your intimate friend

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 or your relative.

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 And the word forbidden woman

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:13.360
 is once again,

00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:15.100
 literally it means strange woman.

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:16.580
 It's a reference to the woman

00:27:16.580 --> 00:27:18.279
 that does not belong to your family,

00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:19.980
 the person that is not your wife,

00:27:20.080 --> 00:27:21.640
 but your neighbor's wife,

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 a strange woman.

00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:24.320
 If you want to be protected

00:27:24.320 --> 00:27:26.460
 from the seduction of the strange woman,

00:27:26.600 --> 00:27:28.660
 make wisdom your familial

00:27:29.340 --> 00:27:31.160
 and familiar woman.

00:27:31.580 --> 00:27:33.640
 If you want to remain estranged

00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:34.720
 from the adulteress,

00:27:34.820 --> 00:27:37.759
 make God's wisdom familiar to yourself.

00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:41.120
 And as a cautionary tale,

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:42.840
 the father uses an example

00:27:42.840 --> 00:27:44.060
 of a foolish man

00:27:44.060 --> 00:27:46.240
 who succumbs to the lure of the adulteress

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:47.759
 in the rest of the chapter.

00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:50.100
 He says in verses six to eight,

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 For at the window of my house,

00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:54.000
 I have looked out through my lattice

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:55.639
 and I've seen among the simple,

00:27:55.939 --> 00:27:57.500
 I perceived among the youths,

00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:59.159
 a young man lacking sense,

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:02.559
 passing along the street near her corner,

00:28:03.119 --> 00:28:04.519
 taking the road to her house

00:28:04.519 --> 00:28:05.539
 in the twilight,

00:28:05.959 --> 00:28:06.859
 in the evening,

00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:09.279
 at the time of night and darkness.

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:12.839
 These verses contrast the father

00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:14.879
 who is looking out

00:28:14.879 --> 00:28:16.919
 from the window of my house,

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:19.519
 from the senseless young man

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:22.640
 who takes the road to her house.

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:26.120
 The father is safe

00:28:26.120 --> 00:28:29.060
 where every faithful, stable man

00:28:29.060 --> 00:28:30.160
 should be a knight

00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:32.240
 at his own house.

00:28:33.580 --> 00:28:35.279
 But the foolish young man

00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:37.860
 is roaming the streets near her house.

00:28:38.840 --> 00:28:40.140
 He's at the wrong place.

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:43.300
 Earlier in Proverbs chapter five,

00:28:43.340 --> 00:28:44.360
 verse eight warned us,

00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:47.539
 Keep your way far from the adulteress

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:50.740
 and do not go near the door of her house.

00:28:50.919 --> 00:28:53.159
 We're supposed to stay far away

00:28:53.159 --> 00:28:54.339
 from the adulteress.

00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:57.539
 We are not even to go near the door of her house,

00:28:57.659 --> 00:28:58.639
 let alone go in.

00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:01.459
 Ray helpfully used two weeks ago

00:29:01.459 --> 00:29:04.119
 the illustration of Joseph

00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:05.919
 in Genesis chapter 39.

00:29:06.199 --> 00:29:09.039
 He literally fled the advances

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:10.299
 of Potiphar's wife

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:13.119
 and he refused even to be in her presence

00:29:13.119 --> 00:29:14.839
 because she was trying to seduce him.

00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:17.919
 Likewise, we're to flee the temptress.

00:29:19.479 --> 00:29:22.619
 Maybe you don't outright look at pornography,

00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:25.139
 but are you going near it?

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:28.979
 Are you looking at certain Facebook

00:29:28.979 --> 00:29:31.219
 or Instagram profiles

00:29:31.219 --> 00:29:33.839
 where you know you will find pictures

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:36.179
 of scantily clad people?

00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:41.080
 Are you watching suggestive

00:29:41.080 --> 00:29:43.279
 or sensuous videos on YouTube?

00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:47.100
 The stage warns us,

00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:49.660
 Don't even go near her house.

00:29:50.660 --> 00:29:52.100
 Is there a co-worker

00:29:52.100 --> 00:29:54.660
 that is throwing inappropriate gazes

00:29:54.660 --> 00:29:55.620
 in your direction

00:29:55.620 --> 00:29:58.560
 or making overt advances toward you?

00:29:58.980 --> 00:30:00.519
 Don't go wandering

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:02.560
 near his or her cubicle

00:30:02.560 --> 00:30:04.500
 to indulge your curiosity.

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:06.720
 Stay far away from her.

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:09.640
 Transfer to another department.

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:10.799
 Get another office.

00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:12.799
 Maybe get even another job.

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:15.279
 Don't even go near her house.

00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.779
 Stay in your house

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.839
 with your spouse.

00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:19.000
 Are you traveling?

00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:23.559
 Don't go to the nude beach.

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:28.420
 Don't wander around the swimming pool

00:30:28.420 --> 00:30:29.980
 trying to check out who is there.

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:33.160
 Don't go to the bar alone.

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:35.579
 Ask the hotel staff

00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:37.319
 to disconnect your cable

00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:38.819
 or remove the TV from your room

00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:39.940
 beforehand if necessary.

00:30:40.799 --> 00:30:43.779
 Don't even go near her house.

00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:46.599
 Not only was this young man

00:30:46.599 --> 00:30:47.700
 in the wrong place,

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:49.059
 he was also there

00:30:49.059 --> 00:30:50.420
 at the wrong time.

00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:52.120
 It says in verse 90,

00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:53.360
 He was taking the road to her house

00:30:53.360 --> 00:30:54.220
 in the twilight,

00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:55.360
 in the evening,

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:57.680
 at the time of night and darkness.

00:30:57.680 --> 00:31:00.080
 Notice that repetition of words

00:31:00.080 --> 00:31:01.480
 that suggest night time

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:02.620
 and darkness.

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:03.720
 It's the opposite

00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:05.840
 of following the commandments of God

00:31:05.840 --> 00:31:06.560
 which was described

00:31:06.560 --> 00:31:07.960
 in chapter 6, verse 23

00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:09.640
 as a lamp and a light.

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:14.100
 As John chapter 3, verses 19 to 20 put it,

00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:16.039
 People love the darkness

00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:17.059
 rather than the light

00:31:17.059 --> 00:31:18.480
 because their works were evil.

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:20.879
 For everyone who does wicked things

00:31:20.879 --> 00:31:21.759
 hates the light

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:23.240
 and does not come to the light

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:25.779
 lest his works should be exposed.

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:28.379
 What does this mean for us?

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:29.719
 Secrecy.

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:31.419
 Shame.

00:31:32.419 --> 00:31:33.419
 Hiding from others.

00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:36.419
 Shirking responsibility.

00:31:36.719 --> 00:31:37.759
 Fleeing accountability.

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:40.079
 Finding cover at night.

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:42.039
 This is the environment

00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:43.359
 that incubates sin.

00:31:43.359 --> 00:31:46.959
 We are to avoid such darkness.

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:49.399
 We are to instead live in the light.

00:31:49.639 --> 00:31:51.419
 Confess our sins to one another.

00:31:52.399 --> 00:31:54.519
 Expose our sins to the light of Christ.

00:31:54.879 --> 00:31:55.699
 Be transparent.

00:31:56.159 --> 00:31:56.859
 Be vulnerable.

00:31:57.119 --> 00:31:59.059
 Seek accountability from one another.

00:31:59.439 --> 00:32:00.879
 In such an environment,

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:01.579
 in the light,

00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:02.859
 sin suffocates.

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:04.179
 It withers away.

00:32:05.699 --> 00:32:07.259
 When you're in the wrong place

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:08.219
 at the wrong time,

00:32:08.219 --> 00:32:09.079
 it's no surprise

00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:10.659
 that you encounter the adulteress.

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:12.419
 Verses 10 to 12

00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:13.580
 describe her this way.

00:32:14.060 --> 00:32:14.640
 And behold,

00:32:14.860 --> 00:32:16.100
 the woman meets him

00:32:16.100 --> 00:32:17.519
 dressed as a prostitute,

00:32:17.920 --> 00:32:18.800
 wily of heart.

00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:20.400
 She is loud and wayward.

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:21.820
 Her feet do not stay at home.

00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:22.779
 Now in the street,

00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:23.660
 now in the market,

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:24.759
 and at every corner,

00:32:25.300 --> 00:32:26.700
 she lies in wait.

00:32:27.840 --> 00:32:29.460
 As if she had been waiting

00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:31.019
 to pounce on him.

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:31.660
 It says,

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.279
 behold,

00:32:32.700 --> 00:32:34.120
 she's just right there.

00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:34.519
 All of a sudden,

00:32:34.579 --> 00:32:35.959
 the woman meets him.

00:32:36.699 --> 00:32:38.739
 And she's dressed as a prostitute,

00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:40.679
 probably revealing clothes

00:32:40.679 --> 00:32:42.219
 intended to seduce.

00:32:42.939 --> 00:32:43.579
 And it says,

00:32:43.679 --> 00:32:44.959
 she is wily of heart.

00:32:45.159 --> 00:32:46.279
 She is not genuine.

00:32:46.459 --> 00:32:47.259
 She's not authentic.

00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:49.279
 She hides the true intentions

00:32:49.279 --> 00:32:49.979
 of her heart.

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:52.459
 She is loud and wayward,

00:32:52.879 --> 00:32:54.879
 both in the sounds she makes

00:32:54.879 --> 00:32:56.839
 and in the places she goes.

00:32:56.839 --> 00:32:58.459
 She is out of bounds.

00:32:58.979 --> 00:32:59.879
 She is disruptive.

00:33:00.840 --> 00:33:02.560
 Her feet do not stay at home.

00:33:02.840 --> 00:33:03.760
 Now in the street,

00:33:03.880 --> 00:33:04.680
 now in the market,

00:33:04.780 --> 00:33:05.540
 and every corner,

00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:06.680
 she lies in wait.

00:33:06.780 --> 00:33:08.480
 Unlike the father who was home,

00:33:08.780 --> 00:33:10.400
 this woman is never home.

00:33:10.800 --> 00:33:12.700
 She's not an industrious woman

00:33:12.700 --> 00:33:14.240
 who works busily at home.

00:33:14.320 --> 00:33:15.860
 She is rather a busy body,

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:17.700
 scurrying about to meddle

00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:18.760
 in the affairs of others.

00:33:20.080 --> 00:33:22.000
 Instead of the wife who is praised

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:23.880
 in 1 Peter 3, verse 4,

00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:26.420
 for possessing the imperishable beauty,

00:33:26.620 --> 00:33:28.340
 imperishable beauty of a gentle

00:33:28.340 --> 00:33:29.540
 and quiet spirit,

00:33:29.880 --> 00:33:32.020
 the adulteress is loud and wayward.

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:34.560
 Unlike godly young women

00:33:34.560 --> 00:33:36.360
 who are commanded in Titus 2,

00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:37.420
 verses 3-5,

00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:38.900
 and 1 Timothy 5,

00:33:39.120 --> 00:33:40.360
 verses 11-14,

00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:42.600
 to love their husbands and children

00:33:42.600 --> 00:33:44.880
 and to manage their households,

00:33:45.300 --> 00:33:46.840
 the adulteress' feet

00:33:47.180 --> 00:33:48.420
 do not stay at home.

00:33:49.040 --> 00:33:50.600
 She does not love her husband

00:33:50.600 --> 00:33:51.160
 and children.

00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:52.920
 She's not dedicated

00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:53.960
 to her household.

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:57.560
 And the adulteress' actions

00:33:57.560 --> 00:33:59.600
 and speech in verses 13-21,

00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:02.120
 provide uncanny insight

00:34:02.120 --> 00:34:04.280
 into how the temptations

00:34:04.280 --> 00:34:06.420
 of lust and adultery function.

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:10.660
 If I could summarize the insights,

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:14.079
 I can summarize it into four things.

00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:16.599
 First, the adulteress creates a pretext.

00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:20.720
 Second, the adulteress appeals to pride.

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:24.240
 Third, the adulteress entices with pleasure.

00:34:24.239 --> 00:34:25.479
 And fourth,

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:27.739
 she promises impunity.

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:29.419
 This is her tactic.

00:34:31.279 --> 00:34:33.779
 First, it says in verses 13-15,

00:34:34.779 --> 00:34:36.199
 that the adulteress seizes him

00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:37.219
 and kisses him,

00:34:37.279 --> 00:34:39.059
 and with bold face she says to him,

00:34:39.479 --> 00:34:40.839
 I had to offer sacrifices,

00:34:40.839 --> 00:34:42.539
 and today I paid my vows.

00:34:42.919 --> 00:34:44.659
 So now I have come out to meet you.

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:48.739
 She's first creating a pretext.

00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:52.139
 She claims to be a religious person

00:34:52.139 --> 00:34:54.339
 and claims that she has made a vow

00:34:54.339 --> 00:34:56.619
 to offer a sacrifice to her deity

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:59.599
 and that today she has finally fulfilled her vow.

00:35:00.239 --> 00:35:01.399
 Now what does that have to do

00:35:01.399 --> 00:35:02.179
 with anything here?

00:35:02.759 --> 00:35:04.759
 The Canaanite fertility cult

00:35:04.759 --> 00:35:07.099
 required fellowship sacrifices

00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:09.819
 where the worshiper sacrifices an animal

00:35:09.819 --> 00:35:13.219
 and shares a meal with his or her deity.

00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:16.779
 Now a female who offers such sacrifice

00:35:16.779 --> 00:35:20.039
 as a part of that communal meal

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:23.159
 were required to have sexual intercourse

00:35:23.159 --> 00:35:23.980
 with the male partner.

00:35:24.239 --> 00:35:25.719
 This is the Canaanite fertility cult.

00:35:26.599 --> 00:35:30.319
 So she claims that she needs this young man.

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:33.599
 However, since the adulteress

00:35:33.599 --> 00:35:35.880
 has been described already in verse 5

00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:37.360
 as having smooth words

00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:38.260
 and in verse 10

00:35:38.260 --> 00:35:40.200
 as being wily of heart,

00:35:40.320 --> 00:35:41.420
 I'm inclined to think

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:43.539
 that this is merely a pretext

00:35:43.539 --> 00:35:45.460
 and not a genuine religious concern.

00:35:46.740 --> 00:35:48.980
 The seductress creates a pretext for intimacy.

00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:52.860
 Think about how people might do that.

00:35:53.720 --> 00:35:55.360
 Hey, I've been really depressed

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:56.480
 and lonely lately.

00:35:57.900 --> 00:35:59.900
 My husband has been traveling

00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:01.099
 too much for work.

00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:03.140
 He doesn't care about me at all.

00:36:04.059 --> 00:36:05.519
 Hey, do you want to come over to my house

00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:06.300
 and keep me company

00:36:06.300 --> 00:36:07.460
 and have a drink?

00:36:10.360 --> 00:36:11.840
 I could really use some

00:36:11.840 --> 00:36:15.179
 company, friendship.

00:36:17.800 --> 00:36:19.059
 Or someone else might say,

00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:20.420
 well, we've been so overworked

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:21.400
 by our boss, haven't we?

00:36:22.400 --> 00:36:24.059
 Do you want to go to a spa together

00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:25.259
 this weekend to relax,

00:36:25.739 --> 00:36:26.340
 let off steam?

00:36:26.340 --> 00:36:29.720
 The adulteress first creates

00:36:29.720 --> 00:36:30.880
 a pretext.

00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:33.840
 Second, she appeals to pride.

00:36:35.059 --> 00:36:36.160
 Look at how the adulteress

00:36:36.160 --> 00:36:37.280
 butters up the young man

00:36:37.280 --> 00:36:38.320
 before eating him alive.

00:36:39.380 --> 00:36:39.920
 She says,

00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:41.600
 I have come to meet you,

00:36:42.260 --> 00:36:44.200
 to seek you eagerly,

00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:46.380
 and I have found you.

00:36:47.840 --> 00:36:48.480
 She's saying,

00:36:48.539 --> 00:36:49.700
 I need a male partner

00:36:49.700 --> 00:36:50.840
 to complete my sacrifice,

00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:51.660
 and you,

00:36:52.120 --> 00:36:53.780
 you handsome hunk of a man.

00:36:54.180 --> 00:36:55.820
 You are just the right person.

00:36:56.860 --> 00:36:58.740
 I've been eagerly looking for you.

00:37:00.059 --> 00:37:01.120
 And finally,

00:37:01.280 --> 00:37:02.360
 I have found you.

00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:05.360
 Can you imagine how special

00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:06.480
 this young man felt?

00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:08.960
 She's appealing to his vanity.

00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:11.380
 You are special.

00:37:12.620 --> 00:37:14.660
 What woman can refuse you?

00:37:15.420 --> 00:37:17.120
 Why be tied down by someone

00:37:17.120 --> 00:37:18.300
 who doesn't appreciate you?

00:37:18.300 --> 00:37:20.200
 Oh, but I appreciate you.

00:37:20.360 --> 00:37:21.920
 I know your true value.

00:37:22.860 --> 00:37:24.400
 This is far from the truth,

00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:24.880
 of course.

00:37:26.120 --> 00:37:26.640
 There is, in fact,

00:37:26.720 --> 00:37:28.000
 nothing especially impressive

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:29.120
 about this young man

00:37:29.120 --> 00:37:30.240
 except he is dim-witted.

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:31.920
 And his adulteress

00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:34.120
 is anything but discriminating.

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:36.100
 We were told in verse 12,

00:37:36.220 --> 00:37:36.920
 now in the street,

00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:37.620
 now in the market,

00:37:37.720 --> 00:37:38.820
 in every corner

00:37:38.820 --> 00:37:39.760
 she lies in wait.

00:37:40.640 --> 00:37:42.080
 Later it says in verse 26,

00:37:42.220 --> 00:37:43.400
 many a victim

00:37:43.400 --> 00:37:45.000
 has she laid low,

00:37:45.260 --> 00:37:46.300
 and all her slain

00:37:46.300 --> 00:37:47.280
 are a mighty throng.

00:37:47.280 --> 00:37:48.220
 This adulteress

00:37:48.220 --> 00:37:49.340
 is not discriminating.

00:37:49.700 --> 00:37:50.500
 She's not picky.

00:37:51.040 --> 00:37:52.000
 She is everywhere,

00:37:52.420 --> 00:37:53.280
 and she solicits everyone

00:37:53.820 --> 00:37:55.300
 who is foolish enough

00:37:55.300 --> 00:37:56.100
 to come near her.

00:37:57.240 --> 00:37:58.060
 We should be wary

00:37:58.060 --> 00:37:59.320
 of flatterers in general,

00:37:59.460 --> 00:38:00.700
 but let us beware,

00:38:01.080 --> 00:38:01.920
 lest we duped

00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:03.200
 by the adulteress.

00:38:05.620 --> 00:38:07.140
 So she appeals to pride,

00:38:07.180 --> 00:38:08.019
 and her third tactic

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:08.960
 is that she entices

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.660
 with pleasure.

00:38:09.860 --> 00:38:10.660
 She knows that

00:38:10.660 --> 00:38:12.040
 human beings

00:38:12.040 --> 00:38:13.660
 are creatures of desire,

00:38:14.340 --> 00:38:15.880
 of the senses.

00:38:15.880 --> 00:38:18.780
 So she says in verses 16-18,

00:38:19.140 --> 00:38:20.500
 I have spread my couch

00:38:20.500 --> 00:38:21.519
 with coverings,

00:38:21.920 --> 00:38:22.780
 colored linens

00:38:22.780 --> 00:38:23.840
 from Egyptian linen.

00:38:24.140 --> 00:38:25.579
 I have perfumed my bed

00:38:25.579 --> 00:38:26.240
 with myrrh,

00:38:26.420 --> 00:38:26.860
 aloes,

00:38:26.900 --> 00:38:27.440
 and cinnamon.

00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:28.220
 Come,

00:38:28.820 --> 00:38:30.059
 let us take our fill

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:30.940
 of love till morning.

00:38:31.320 --> 00:38:32.440
 Let us delight ourselves

00:38:32.440 --> 00:38:33.059
 with love.

00:38:34.220 --> 00:38:35.079
 The adulteress

00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:37.160
 arouses the man's senses

00:38:37.160 --> 00:38:38.420
 in order to take advantage

00:38:38.420 --> 00:38:38.880
 of him.

00:38:38.880 --> 00:38:40.940
 She has already seized him

00:38:40.940 --> 00:38:41.519
 and kissed him

00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:42.240
 in verse 13.

00:38:42.559 --> 00:38:43.619
 Now she entices him

00:38:43.619 --> 00:38:44.680
 with even more pleasure.

00:38:44.820 --> 00:38:46.559
 The couch is parallel to bed.

00:38:46.680 --> 00:38:48.180
 It refers not to where you sit,

00:38:48.260 --> 00:38:49.940
 but to where you sleep,

00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:51.300
 where you recline.

00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:53.960
 And she has covered her bed

00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:55.680
 with soft, luxurious,

00:38:56.460 --> 00:38:57.860
 imported linen

00:38:57.860 --> 00:38:58.980
 from Egypt

00:38:58.980 --> 00:39:00.559
 for tactile pleasure.

00:39:01.860 --> 00:39:02.420
 Soft.

00:39:02.420 --> 00:39:04.680
 She has perfumed her bed

00:39:04.680 --> 00:39:05.180
 with myrrh,

00:39:05.340 --> 00:39:05.780
 aloes,

00:39:05.860 --> 00:39:06.340
 and cinnamon

00:39:06.340 --> 00:39:07.800
 for olfactory pressure

00:39:07.800 --> 00:39:09.139
 for her to delight

00:39:09.139 --> 00:39:11.019
 the smell.

00:39:11.700 --> 00:39:12.420
 These are spices

00:39:12.420 --> 00:39:13.039
 that are mentioned

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:13.840
 in Song of Songs

00:39:13.840 --> 00:39:14.480
 chapter 4,

00:39:14.539 --> 00:39:15.019
 verse 14

00:39:15.019 --> 00:39:16.559
 as arousing romantic love.

00:39:17.400 --> 00:39:18.099
 She continues,

00:39:18.240 --> 00:39:19.760
 let us take our fill.

00:39:19.860 --> 00:39:20.139
 Literally,

00:39:20.380 --> 00:39:22.019
 that means drink our fill

00:39:22.019 --> 00:39:23.440
 of love till morning.

00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:24.800
 Let us delight ourselves

00:39:24.800 --> 00:39:25.480
 with love.

00:39:25.559 --> 00:39:27.059
 She's now even offering

00:39:27.059 --> 00:39:28.180
 gustatory pleasure,

00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:28.920
 taste,

00:39:29.400 --> 00:39:30.820
 even if it's only euphemism

00:39:30.820 --> 00:39:31.920
 for sexual intercourse.

00:39:32.420 --> 00:39:32.960
 In short,

00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:34.099
 the adulteress arouses

00:39:34.099 --> 00:39:35.460
 all of the man's

00:39:35.460 --> 00:39:36.480
 sensual desires.

00:39:38.240 --> 00:39:39.559
 We need to learn

00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:40.420
 to control,

00:39:41.099 --> 00:39:42.240
 to have self-control,

00:39:42.340 --> 00:39:43.559
 to control these desires

00:39:43.559 --> 00:39:44.680
 if we are not

00:39:44.680 --> 00:39:45.840
 to be overcome

00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:46.599
 by the tactics

00:39:46.599 --> 00:39:47.380
 of the adulteress.

00:39:48.700 --> 00:39:49.860
 And fourth,

00:39:50.280 --> 00:39:50.659
 finally,

00:39:50.780 --> 00:39:51.500
 the adulteress

00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:52.960
 promises impunity.

00:39:54.119 --> 00:39:55.000
 She says in verses

00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:55.880
 9 to 20,

00:39:56.380 --> 00:39:57.059
 for my husband

00:39:57.059 --> 00:39:57.940
 is not at home.

00:39:58.599 --> 00:39:59.079
 He has gone

00:39:59.079 --> 00:40:00.099
 on a long journey.

00:40:00.800 --> 00:40:01.960
 He took a bag of money

00:40:01.960 --> 00:40:02.380
 with him

00:40:02.380 --> 00:40:03.079
 at full moon

00:40:03.079 --> 00:40:04.059
 and he will come home.

00:40:04.640 --> 00:40:05.500
 In other words,

00:40:05.740 --> 00:40:06.380
 she's saying,

00:40:06.519 --> 00:40:07.500
 you have nothing

00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:08.960
 to worry about

00:40:08.960 --> 00:40:10.440
 because my husband's

00:40:10.440 --> 00:40:10.980
 not home

00:40:10.980 --> 00:40:12.039
 and he won't be home

00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:13.539
 for a long time.

00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:14.820
 I saw him

00:40:14.820 --> 00:40:15.960
 take a full bag

00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:16.380
 of money,

00:40:16.559 --> 00:40:17.019
 which means

00:40:17.019 --> 00:40:18.119
 he took a lot

00:40:18.119 --> 00:40:18.579
 of provisions,

00:40:18.800 --> 00:40:19.420
 which suggests

00:40:19.420 --> 00:40:20.180
 a long journey.

00:40:20.680 --> 00:40:21.480
 He won't be back

00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:22.539
 till full moon,

00:40:22.640 --> 00:40:23.079
 which is probably

00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:25.160
 referring to 14 days

00:40:25.159 --> 00:40:29.699
 if she made her

00:40:29.699 --> 00:40:30.219
 sacrifices

00:40:30.219 --> 00:40:30.799
 in new moon.

00:40:31.739 --> 00:40:32.480
 But this too

00:40:32.480 --> 00:40:33.039
 is a lie

00:40:33.039 --> 00:40:34.099
 since the father

00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:34.940
 already told us

00:40:34.940 --> 00:40:35.659
 in verse 29

00:40:35.659 --> 00:40:36.440
 that none

00:40:36.440 --> 00:40:37.319
 who touches her

00:40:37.319 --> 00:40:38.379
 will go unpunished.

00:40:39.239 --> 00:40:40.000
 And verse 34

00:40:40.000 --> 00:40:40.619
 warned us

00:40:40.619 --> 00:40:42.799
 that the jealousy

00:40:42.799 --> 00:40:43.779
 in chapter 6,

00:40:43.879 --> 00:40:44.359
 verse 34,

00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:45.099
 jealousy makes

00:40:45.099 --> 00:40:45.899
 a man furious

00:40:45.899 --> 00:40:47.179
 and he will not

00:40:47.179 --> 00:40:47.940
 spare when he

00:40:47.940 --> 00:40:48.879
 takes revenge.

00:40:49.299 --> 00:40:50.440
 But that's the devil's

00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:51.319
 deceptive tactic,

00:40:51.420 --> 00:40:51.779
 isn't it?

00:40:51.780 --> 00:40:53.300
 He always makes us

00:40:53.300 --> 00:40:54.140
 think that we can

00:40:54.140 --> 00:40:55.120
 get away with it.

00:40:55.940 --> 00:40:56.940
 No one will see.

00:40:57.440 --> 00:40:59.240
 No one will know.

00:41:00.519 --> 00:41:01.240
 In the secret

00:41:01.240 --> 00:41:02.420
 of her apartment,

00:41:03.040 --> 00:41:04.220
 in the secret

00:41:04.220 --> 00:41:06.140
 of your private browser,

00:41:06.700 --> 00:41:08.519
 no one will know.

00:41:09.080 --> 00:41:10.700
 But all these things

00:41:10.700 --> 00:41:11.519
 have a way

00:41:11.519 --> 00:41:12.480
 of being revealed.

00:41:13.500 --> 00:41:14.519
 It's just a matter

00:41:14.519 --> 00:41:15.060
 of time

00:41:15.060 --> 00:41:16.620
 because the all-seeing

00:41:16.620 --> 00:41:17.820
 and all-knowing God

00:41:17.820 --> 00:41:18.460
 will hold you

00:41:18.460 --> 00:41:18.900
 to account.

00:41:20.260 --> 00:41:21.460
 And notice how

00:41:21.460 --> 00:41:22.820
 blunt and shameless

00:41:22.820 --> 00:41:24.019
 this adulteress is.

00:41:24.539 --> 00:41:25.740
 She plainly says

00:41:25.740 --> 00:41:26.420
 that her husband

00:41:26.420 --> 00:41:27.300
 is coming back.

00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:28.840
 She's implying

00:41:28.840 --> 00:41:29.460
 that, hey,

00:41:29.619 --> 00:41:30.800
 by the time she comes

00:41:30.800 --> 00:41:31.340
 back, you better

00:41:31.340 --> 00:41:31.980
 be out of here.

00:41:33.619 --> 00:41:34.800
 She's not offering

00:41:34.800 --> 00:41:35.699
 this young man

00:41:35.699 --> 00:41:37.000
 love and commitment.

00:41:37.539 --> 00:41:38.460
 She's blatantly

00:41:38.460 --> 00:41:40.320
 soliciting casual

00:41:40.320 --> 00:41:41.440
 sex without commitment.

00:41:42.840 --> 00:41:44.119
 But that, too,

00:41:44.220 --> 00:41:45.220
 appeals to the folly

00:41:45.220 --> 00:41:45.960
 of the young man.

00:41:46.500 --> 00:41:47.240
 Not only is this

00:41:47.240 --> 00:41:48.099
 adulteress promising

00:41:48.099 --> 00:41:48.599
 impunity,

00:41:48.720 --> 00:41:49.699
 she also guarantees

00:41:49.699 --> 00:41:51.039
 immunity from any

00:41:51.039 --> 00:41:52.159
 sort of responsibility.

00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:55.259
 You mean I can have you

00:41:55.259 --> 00:41:56.179
 without giving you

00:41:56.179 --> 00:41:56.579
 anything?

00:41:58.679 --> 00:42:00.320
 You mean I can use you

00:42:00.320 --> 00:42:00.900
 for pleasure

00:42:00.900 --> 00:42:01.980
 without taking any

00:42:01.980 --> 00:42:02.739
 responsibility

00:42:02.739 --> 00:42:04.099
 to take care of you?

00:42:05.259 --> 00:42:06.320
 In this way,

00:42:06.980 --> 00:42:08.840
 with much seductive speech,

00:42:09.000 --> 00:42:10.179
 she persuades him.

00:42:10.500 --> 00:42:11.599
 With her smooth talk,

00:42:11.699 --> 00:42:12.579
 she compels him.

00:42:12.639 --> 00:42:13.519
 It says in verse 21,

00:42:13.519 --> 00:42:15.800
 The young man is by this

00:42:15.800 --> 00:42:16.900
 point completely taken.

00:42:17.440 --> 00:42:19.340
 It says in verses 22-23,

00:42:19.480 --> 00:42:21.139
 All at once he follows

00:42:21.139 --> 00:42:22.699
 her, as an ox goes

00:42:22.699 --> 00:42:23.480
 to the slaughter,

00:42:23.920 --> 00:42:25.099
 whereas a stag is caught

00:42:25.099 --> 00:42:26.259
 fast till an arrow

00:42:26.259 --> 00:42:27.440
 pierces its liver.

00:42:27.840 --> 00:42:29.099
 As a bird rushes

00:42:29.099 --> 00:42:29.780
 into a snare,

00:42:29.860 --> 00:42:30.659
 he does not know

00:42:30.659 --> 00:42:31.679
 that it will cost him

00:42:31.679 --> 00:42:32.460
 his life.

00:42:33.739 --> 00:42:35.079
 Already in chapter 6,

00:42:35.179 --> 00:42:36.380
 verses 25-26,

00:42:36.800 --> 00:42:38.460
 the sage used words

00:42:38.460 --> 00:42:39.659
 like hunt and capture

00:42:39.659 --> 00:42:40.480
 to refer to what

00:42:40.480 --> 00:42:41.460
 the adulteress does.

00:42:41.860 --> 00:42:42.500
 And here he is

00:42:42.500 --> 00:42:43.920
 expanding that image.

00:42:44.599 --> 00:42:46.820
 The adulteress is a predator

00:42:46.820 --> 00:42:49.019
 and the foolish man

00:42:49.019 --> 00:42:49.980
 who engages her

00:42:49.980 --> 00:42:50.699
 is a prey.

00:42:52.440 --> 00:42:54.240
 Men who commit adultery

00:42:54.240 --> 00:42:55.559
 sometimes describe

00:42:55.559 --> 00:42:57.679
 the thrill of the hunt.

00:42:59.199 --> 00:43:00.659
 They say that there is

00:43:00.659 --> 00:43:01.579
 something exciting

00:43:01.579 --> 00:43:02.539
 about pursuing

00:43:02.539 --> 00:43:03.880
 a forbidden woman,

00:43:04.420 --> 00:43:05.360
 of stealing

00:43:05.360 --> 00:43:08.460
 a woman from a neighbor.

00:43:09.199 --> 00:43:10.420
 But the wise man

00:43:10.420 --> 00:43:11.800
 knows that the feeling

00:43:11.800 --> 00:43:13.079
 of hunting

00:43:13.079 --> 00:43:14.780
 is an illusion.

00:43:15.960 --> 00:43:17.019
 You are actually

00:43:17.019 --> 00:43:19.039
 the prey being hunted.

00:43:22.420 --> 00:43:23.960
 Your supposed

00:43:23.960 --> 00:43:25.400
 supposed conquest

00:43:25.400 --> 00:43:26.940
 is actually

00:43:26.940 --> 00:43:29.139
 your fatal defeat.

00:43:30.019 --> 00:43:31.440
 Like an ox

00:43:31.440 --> 00:43:32.720
 going to the slaughter.

00:43:33.039 --> 00:43:34.019
 Like a stag

00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:34.820
 caught

00:43:34.820 --> 00:43:36.099
 and pierced

00:43:36.099 --> 00:43:36.700
 by an arrow.

00:43:36.920 --> 00:43:37.480
 Bird rushing

00:43:37.480 --> 00:43:38.039
 into a snare.

00:43:38.039 --> 00:43:40.460
 The adulteress

00:43:40.460 --> 00:43:41.679
 has set a death trap.

00:43:43.380 --> 00:43:44.139
 And the father

00:43:44.139 --> 00:43:45.099
 closes his lesson

00:43:45.099 --> 00:43:45.880
 on the price

00:43:45.880 --> 00:43:46.279
 and lure

00:43:46.279 --> 00:43:47.059
 of the adulteress

00:43:47.059 --> 00:43:47.699
 the same way

00:43:47.699 --> 00:43:48.840
 he opened his teaching

00:43:48.840 --> 00:43:50.559
 by exhorting them,

00:43:50.699 --> 00:43:51.199
 his sons,

00:43:51.320 --> 00:43:52.400
 to heed his words.

00:43:52.699 --> 00:43:53.440
 He says in verses

00:43:53.440 --> 00:43:54.639
 24-27,

00:43:54.639 --> 00:43:55.239
 And now,

00:43:55.239 --> 00:43:55.699
 O sons,

00:43:55.799 --> 00:43:56.699
 listen to me

00:43:56.699 --> 00:43:57.779
 and be attentive

00:43:57.779 --> 00:43:58.519
 to the words

00:43:58.519 --> 00:43:59.059
 of my mouth.

00:43:59.440 --> 00:44:00.319
 Let not your heart

00:44:00.319 --> 00:44:00.920
 turn aside

00:44:00.920 --> 00:44:01.759
 to her ways.

00:44:02.079 --> 00:44:03.019
 Do not stray

00:44:03.019 --> 00:44:04.019
 into her paths.

00:44:04.219 --> 00:44:05.239
 For many a victim

00:44:05.239 --> 00:44:06.319
 has she laid low

00:44:06.319 --> 00:44:07.319
 and all her slain

00:44:07.319 --> 00:44:08.259
 are a mighty throng.

00:44:08.599 --> 00:44:09.279
 Her house

00:44:09.279 --> 00:44:10.319
 is the way to shield

00:44:10.319 --> 00:44:10.980
 going down

00:44:10.980 --> 00:44:11.799
 to the chambers

00:44:11.799 --> 00:44:13.119
 of death.

00:44:13.579 --> 00:44:14.739
 The adulteress's

00:44:14.739 --> 00:44:15.460
 bedchamber

00:44:15.460 --> 00:44:16.219
 of pleasure

00:44:16.219 --> 00:44:17.379
 is in reality

00:44:17.379 --> 00:44:18.000
 a foyer

00:44:18.000 --> 00:44:18.500
 that leads

00:44:18.500 --> 00:44:19.139
 to the chamber

00:44:19.139 --> 00:44:19.699
 of death.

00:44:20.679 --> 00:44:21.839
 Far from being

00:44:21.839 --> 00:44:22.519
 her only

00:44:22.519 --> 00:44:23.619
 extramarital lover,

00:44:23.619 --> 00:44:24.579
 she has laid low

00:44:24.579 --> 00:44:25.059
 and slain

00:44:25.059 --> 00:44:26.019
 a mighty throng

00:44:26.019 --> 00:44:29.799
 of virile men.

00:44:32.599 --> 00:44:33.460
 And throughout

00:44:33.460 --> 00:44:34.179
 chapter 7,

00:44:34.259 --> 00:44:34.859
 the father has

00:44:34.859 --> 00:44:35.359
 emphasized

00:44:35.359 --> 00:44:36.039
 the importance

00:44:36.039 --> 00:44:36.579
 of words,

00:44:36.659 --> 00:44:37.039
 hasn't he?

00:44:37.839 --> 00:44:39.039
 He said in verse 1,

00:44:39.159 --> 00:44:39.579
 My son,

00:44:39.659 --> 00:44:40.599
 keep my words.

00:44:40.799 --> 00:44:41.420
 And in verse 2,

00:44:41.500 --> 00:44:42.440
 keep my teaching.

00:44:43.139 --> 00:44:44.019
 He says again

00:44:44.019 --> 00:44:44.799
 in verse 24,

00:44:45.000 --> 00:44:45.679
 Listen to me,

00:44:45.699 --> 00:44:46.319
 be attentive

00:44:46.319 --> 00:44:47.299
 to my words.

00:44:47.699 --> 00:44:48.759
 And this father's

00:44:48.759 --> 00:44:49.420
 teaching

00:44:49.420 --> 00:44:50.440
 on the one hand

00:44:50.440 --> 00:44:51.559
 is contrasted

00:44:51.559 --> 00:44:52.659
 with the seductive

00:44:52.659 --> 00:44:53.319
 speech,

00:44:53.320 --> 00:44:54.940
 literally seductive

00:44:54.940 --> 00:44:55.680
 teaching

00:44:55.680 --> 00:44:57.140
 and smooth

00:44:57.140 --> 00:44:57.980
 talk of the

00:44:57.980 --> 00:44:58.400
 adulteress

00:44:58.400 --> 00:44:59.140
 in verse 21.

00:45:01.980 --> 00:45:02.840
 So we are

00:45:02.840 --> 00:45:03.519
 faced with the

00:45:03.519 --> 00:45:04.460
 choice of

00:45:04.460 --> 00:45:04.920
 listening to

00:45:04.920 --> 00:45:05.500
 the father,

00:45:05.980 --> 00:45:06.840
 his teaching,

00:45:06.940 --> 00:45:07.900
 or the adulterer's

00:45:07.900 --> 00:45:08.260
 teaching.

00:45:09.100 --> 00:45:10.120
 These competing

00:45:10.120 --> 00:45:11.260
 words are always

00:45:11.260 --> 00:45:12.720
 circulating around us.

00:45:12.760 --> 00:45:13.140
 They're really

00:45:13.140 --> 00:45:14.120
 actually competing

00:45:14.120 --> 00:45:15.100
 worldviews.

00:45:15.099 --> 00:45:16.920
 And we have to

00:45:16.920 --> 00:45:17.679
 choose to believe

00:45:17.679 --> 00:45:18.259
 the commandments

00:45:18.259 --> 00:45:18.960
 of God.

00:45:19.299 --> 00:45:20.460
 Because the reality

00:45:20.460 --> 00:45:21.219
 is underneath

00:45:21.219 --> 00:45:22.299
 every sin,

00:45:22.420 --> 00:45:22.940
 there is

00:45:22.940 --> 00:45:23.759
 unbelief.

00:45:24.799 --> 00:45:25.759
 Behind every

00:45:25.759 --> 00:45:26.319
 sin,

00:45:26.440 --> 00:45:27.039
 behind every

00:45:27.039 --> 00:45:27.599
 adultery,

00:45:27.699 --> 00:45:28.360
 there is the

00:45:28.360 --> 00:45:29.360
 lie of the

00:45:29.360 --> 00:45:30.420
 enemy that we

00:45:30.420 --> 00:45:31.059
 have believed

00:45:31.059 --> 00:45:31.980
 instead of the

00:45:31.980 --> 00:45:32.719
 word of God.

00:45:32.719 --> 00:45:34.000
 The lie that

00:45:34.000 --> 00:45:35.519
 God is withholding

00:45:35.519 --> 00:45:36.980
 something desirable

00:45:36.980 --> 00:45:38.239
 and good from us

00:45:38.239 --> 00:45:39.239
 that you should

00:45:39.239 --> 00:45:40.059
 take into your

00:45:40.059 --> 00:45:40.639
 own hands.

00:45:40.639 --> 00:45:41.759
 the lie that

00:45:41.759 --> 00:45:43.219
 we can enjoy

00:45:43.219 --> 00:45:44.839
 sin and escape

00:45:44.839 --> 00:45:45.639
 its inevitable

00:45:45.639 --> 00:45:46.679
 consequences of

00:45:46.679 --> 00:45:47.079
 death.

00:45:48.400 --> 00:45:49.659
 We must expose

00:45:49.659 --> 00:45:50.559
 these lies with

00:45:50.559 --> 00:45:51.079
 the truths of

00:45:51.079 --> 00:45:51.279
 God.

00:45:51.379 --> 00:45:52.079
 We must treasure

00:45:52.079 --> 00:45:52.739
 up the commandments

00:45:52.739 --> 00:45:53.679
 of God so that

00:45:53.679 --> 00:45:54.519
 they keep us

00:45:54.519 --> 00:45:55.379
 from the trap

00:45:55.379 --> 00:45:56.179
 of the adulteress.

00:45:58.279 --> 00:45:59.599
 But what are

00:45:59.599 --> 00:46:00.199
 we to do

00:46:00.199 --> 00:46:02.159
 since we have

00:46:02.159 --> 00:46:03.940
 already fallen

00:46:03.940 --> 00:46:04.679
 for the trap

00:46:04.679 --> 00:46:05.480
 of the adulteress?

00:46:09.059 --> 00:46:10.019
 What are we to

00:46:10.019 --> 00:46:10.619
 do when we are

00:46:10.619 --> 00:46:11.359
 already in the

00:46:11.359 --> 00:46:12.039
 foyer that leads

00:46:12.039 --> 00:46:12.599
 to the chamber

00:46:12.599 --> 00:46:12.960
 of death?

00:46:14.420 --> 00:46:15.000
 Throughout the

00:46:15.000 --> 00:46:15.739
 book of Hosea,

00:46:15.839 --> 00:46:16.739
 God compares

00:46:16.739 --> 00:46:18.380
 himself to an

00:46:18.380 --> 00:46:19.480
 aggrieved husband

00:46:19.480 --> 00:46:21.019
 and his people

00:46:21.019 --> 00:46:22.619
 to an adulterous

00:46:22.619 --> 00:46:23.099
 wife.

00:46:24.019 --> 00:46:25.259
 He contends

00:46:25.259 --> 00:46:25.900
 with his people

00:46:25.900 --> 00:46:26.420
 in the book of

00:46:26.420 --> 00:46:27.519
 Hosea that in

00:46:27.519 --> 00:46:28.400
 spite of having

00:46:28.400 --> 00:46:29.440
 made a covenant

00:46:29.440 --> 00:46:31.199
 with him,

00:46:31.559 --> 00:46:32.159
 that they have

00:46:32.159 --> 00:46:33.319
 whored after

00:46:33.319 --> 00:46:34.380
 other gods.

00:46:37.079 --> 00:46:38.119
 That's what we

00:46:38.119 --> 00:46:38.799
 have done to

00:46:38.799 --> 00:46:39.079
 God.

00:46:39.079 --> 00:46:40.900
 all of humanity

00:46:40.900 --> 00:46:42.199
 belongs to what

00:46:42.199 --> 00:46:43.219
 Jesus described

00:46:43.219 --> 00:46:44.539
 in Mark 8, 38

00:46:44.539 --> 00:46:46.519
 as an adulterous

00:46:46.519 --> 00:46:48.059
 generation.

00:46:49.619 --> 00:46:50.860
 We are all

00:46:50.860 --> 00:46:51.420
 guilty,

00:46:52.900 --> 00:46:53.699
 deserving of

00:46:53.699 --> 00:46:54.380
 death and

00:46:54.380 --> 00:46:55.239
 condemnation.

00:46:56.500 --> 00:46:56.880
 And as

00:46:56.880 --> 00:46:57.920
 Proverbs 6,

00:46:58.039 --> 00:46:58.980
 verse 35

00:46:58.980 --> 00:46:59.500
 said,

00:46:59.500 --> 00:47:01.000
 the husband

00:47:01.000 --> 00:47:01.579
 who was cheated

00:47:01.579 --> 00:47:02.739
 on will

00:47:02.739 --> 00:47:03.880
 accept no

00:47:03.880 --> 00:47:05.199
 compensation.

00:47:06.480 --> 00:47:07.519
 The word that

00:47:07.519 --> 00:47:08.139
 is translated

00:47:08.139 --> 00:47:09.340
 compensation is

00:47:09.340 --> 00:47:10.119
 the same Hebrew

00:47:10.119 --> 00:47:10.679
 word that is

00:47:10.679 --> 00:47:11.360
 translated in

00:47:11.360 --> 00:47:12.239
 multiple places

00:47:12.239 --> 00:47:13.239
 throughout the

00:47:13.239 --> 00:47:13.739
 Old Testament

00:47:13.739 --> 00:47:14.980
 as ransom.

00:47:16.980 --> 00:47:18.239
 Ransom is

00:47:18.239 --> 00:47:19.800
 the price of

00:47:19.800 --> 00:47:20.360
 redemption.

00:47:20.980 --> 00:47:21.559
 It is the

00:47:21.559 --> 00:47:22.679
 payment for

00:47:22.679 --> 00:47:23.679
 wrongdoing to

00:47:23.679 --> 00:47:25.159
 settle grievances

00:47:25.159 --> 00:47:26.679
 of the

00:47:26.679 --> 00:47:26.980
 injured

00:47:26.980 --> 00:47:27.399
 party.

00:47:28.679 --> 00:47:29.440
 But there

00:47:29.440 --> 00:47:30.319
 is no

00:47:30.319 --> 00:47:31.099
 adequate

00:47:31.099 --> 00:47:31.799
 ransom

00:47:31.799 --> 00:47:32.519
 for

00:47:32.519 --> 00:47:33.059
 adultery.

00:47:33.619 --> 00:47:34.519
 And the

00:47:34.519 --> 00:47:35.019
 same is

00:47:35.019 --> 00:47:35.460
 true for

00:47:35.460 --> 00:47:36.099
 spiritual

00:47:36.099 --> 00:47:36.539
 adultery.

00:47:36.699 --> 00:47:37.139
 Only

00:47:37.139 --> 00:47:37.819
 punishment

00:47:37.819 --> 00:47:38.399
 that

00:47:38.399 --> 00:47:39.179
 suffices

00:47:39.179 --> 00:47:40.420
 is death.

00:47:40.920 --> 00:47:41.399
 How do

00:47:41.399 --> 00:47:42.159
 you put a

00:47:42.159 --> 00:47:42.980
 price tag on

00:47:42.980 --> 00:47:43.519
 the loyalty

00:47:43.519 --> 00:47:43.940
 of your

00:47:43.940 --> 00:47:44.379
 spouse,

00:47:44.599 --> 00:47:45.079
 on the

00:47:45.079 --> 00:47:45.579
 love of

00:47:45.579 --> 00:47:46.219
 your spouse?

00:47:46.500 --> 00:47:46.940
 How do

00:47:46.940 --> 00:47:47.359
 you put a

00:47:47.359 --> 00:47:48.139
 price tag

00:47:48.139 --> 00:47:48.579
 on

00:47:48.579 --> 00:47:49.579
 faithfulness?

00:47:49.579 --> 00:47:50.840
 And we

00:47:50.840 --> 00:47:51.299
 have been

00:47:51.299 --> 00:47:52.079
 unfaithful

00:47:52.079 --> 00:47:52.739
 to God.

00:47:55.159 --> 00:47:55.960
 There is

00:47:55.960 --> 00:47:56.759
 no ransom

00:47:56.759 --> 00:47:57.679
 that can

00:47:57.679 --> 00:47:58.199
 pay for

00:47:58.199 --> 00:47:58.759
 that sin.

00:48:00.759 --> 00:48:01.539
 But in

00:48:01.539 --> 00:48:02.119
 that same

00:48:02.119 --> 00:48:02.920
 book of

00:48:02.920 --> 00:48:03.400
 Hosea,

00:48:04.559 --> 00:48:05.299
 when God

00:48:05.299 --> 00:48:05.900
 is indicting

00:48:05.900 --> 00:48:06.360
 His people

00:48:06.360 --> 00:48:07.019
 of adultery,

00:48:07.440 --> 00:48:07.799
 in chapter

00:48:07.799 --> 00:48:08.460
 11 verses

00:48:08.460 --> 00:48:09.019
 8 to 9,

00:48:09.099 --> 00:48:09.579
 God also

00:48:09.579 --> 00:48:10.259
 says this.

00:48:10.759 --> 00:48:11.159
 This was

00:48:11.159 --> 00:48:11.679
 our assurance

00:48:11.679 --> 00:48:12.139
 of pardon

00:48:12.139 --> 00:48:12.920
 this morning.

00:48:13.719 --> 00:48:14.239
 God says,

00:48:14.380 --> 00:48:15.159
 How can I

00:48:15.159 --> 00:48:15.599
 give you

00:48:15.599 --> 00:48:16.099
 up, O

00:48:16.099 --> 00:48:16.539
 Ephraim?

00:48:17.099 --> 00:48:18.019
 How can I

00:48:18.019 --> 00:48:18.500
 hand you

00:48:18.500 --> 00:48:19.099
 over, O

00:48:19.099 --> 00:48:19.519
 Israel?

00:48:20.159 --> 00:48:21.019
 How can I

00:48:21.019 --> 00:48:21.619
 make you

00:48:21.619 --> 00:48:22.360
 like Adma?

00:48:22.920 --> 00:48:24.059
 How can I

00:48:24.059 --> 00:48:24.679
 treat you

00:48:24.679 --> 00:48:25.579
 like Zeboim?

00:48:26.099 --> 00:48:26.920
 My heart

00:48:26.920 --> 00:48:27.719
 recoils

00:48:27.719 --> 00:48:28.279
 within me.

00:48:28.900 --> 00:48:29.920
 My compassion

00:48:29.920 --> 00:48:30.880
 grows warm

00:48:30.880 --> 00:48:31.539
 and tender.

00:48:32.279 --> 00:48:33.199
 I will not

00:48:33.199 --> 00:48:34.739
 execute my

00:48:34.739 --> 00:48:35.599
 burning anger.

00:48:35.960 --> 00:48:36.779
 I will not

00:48:36.779 --> 00:48:38.000
 again destroy

00:48:38.000 --> 00:48:38.599
 Ephraim,

00:48:38.900 --> 00:48:39.920
 for I am

00:48:39.920 --> 00:48:40.759
 God and

00:48:40.759 --> 00:48:41.679
 not a man,

00:48:42.019 --> 00:48:42.779
 the Holy

00:48:42.779 --> 00:48:43.400
 One in

00:48:43.400 --> 00:48:44.000
 your midst.

00:48:46.639 --> 00:48:47.559
 And I

00:48:47.559 --> 00:48:48.139
 will not

00:48:48.139 --> 00:48:48.880
 come in

00:48:48.880 --> 00:48:49.279
 wrath.

00:48:49.579 --> 00:48:54.159
 Even as

00:48:54.159 --> 00:48:54.599
 our Holy

00:48:54.599 --> 00:48:55.279
 God is

00:48:55.279 --> 00:48:56.360
 repulsed

00:48:56.360 --> 00:48:57.219
 by our

00:48:57.219 --> 00:48:57.759
 adultery,

00:48:58.000 --> 00:48:58.799
 His very

00:48:58.799 --> 00:48:59.299
 heart

00:48:59.299 --> 00:49:00.139
 recoils

00:49:00.139 --> 00:49:00.779
 within Him.

00:49:01.539 --> 00:49:02.259
 It draws

00:49:02.259 --> 00:49:02.739
 back

00:49:02.739 --> 00:49:04.139
 from severe

00:49:04.139 --> 00:49:04.599
 judgment.

00:49:05.420 --> 00:49:06.039
 Even as

00:49:06.039 --> 00:49:06.500
 our Holy

00:49:06.500 --> 00:49:07.019
 God,

00:49:07.400 --> 00:49:08.199
 our just

00:49:08.199 --> 00:49:08.819
 God,

00:49:09.860 --> 00:49:10.779
 is burning

00:49:10.779 --> 00:49:11.960
 with righteous

00:49:11.960 --> 00:49:12.739
 anger and

00:49:12.739 --> 00:49:13.539
 wrath against

00:49:13.539 --> 00:49:14.019
 sinners,

00:49:14.599 --> 00:49:15.799
 His compassion

00:49:15.799 --> 00:49:16.440
 at the same

00:49:16.440 --> 00:49:17.200
 time grows

00:49:17.200 --> 00:49:18.300
 warm and

00:49:18.300 --> 00:49:18.700
 tender.

00:49:20.260 --> 00:49:21.159
 And God

00:49:21.159 --> 00:49:21.659
 says that

00:49:21.659 --> 00:49:22.200
 He does

00:49:22.200 --> 00:49:22.720
 this,

00:49:23.220 --> 00:49:24.039
 for I am

00:49:24.039 --> 00:49:24.720
 God and

00:49:24.720 --> 00:49:25.400
 not a man,

00:49:25.619 --> 00:49:26.300
 the Holy

00:49:26.300 --> 00:49:26.880
 One in your

00:49:26.880 --> 00:49:27.139
 midst,

00:49:27.179 --> 00:49:27.539
 and I will

00:49:27.539 --> 00:49:28.220
 not come

00:49:28.220 --> 00:49:28.820
 in wrath.

00:49:28.820 --> 00:49:28.920
 God,

00:49:29.420 --> 00:49:33.100
 we don't

00:49:33.100 --> 00:49:33.740
 deserve this.

00:49:33.840 --> 00:49:34.920
 It is like

00:49:34.920 --> 00:49:36.200
 a man to

00:49:36.200 --> 00:49:37.140
 be vengeful

00:49:37.140 --> 00:49:38.140
 and wrathful

00:49:38.140 --> 00:49:38.580
 and to be

00:49:38.580 --> 00:49:39.260
 severe in

00:49:39.260 --> 00:49:39.580
 judgment,

00:49:40.019 --> 00:49:40.680
 but it is

00:49:40.680 --> 00:49:41.559
 like God

00:49:41.559 --> 00:49:42.200
 to be

00:49:42.200 --> 00:49:42.840
 merciful,

00:49:43.460 --> 00:49:43.960
 slow to

00:49:43.960 --> 00:49:44.300
 anger,

00:49:44.700 --> 00:49:45.160
 forgiving,

00:49:45.660 --> 00:49:46.280
 wickedness,

00:49:46.440 --> 00:49:47.200
 and rebellion.

00:49:47.980 --> 00:49:48.539
 And yes,

00:49:48.620 --> 00:49:49.019
 God is

00:49:49.019 --> 00:49:49.519
 holy.

00:49:50.280 --> 00:49:50.539
 Yes,

00:49:50.600 --> 00:49:50.960
 God is

00:49:50.960 --> 00:49:51.559
 just,

00:49:51.920 --> 00:49:52.420
 and His

00:49:52.420 --> 00:49:53.280
 judgment day

00:49:53.280 --> 00:49:54.080
 will come,

00:49:54.200 --> 00:49:54.519
 but His

00:49:54.519 --> 00:49:55.860
 heart of hearts,

00:49:55.920 --> 00:49:56.600
 in His heart of

00:49:56.600 --> 00:49:56.820
 hearts,

00:49:56.820 --> 00:49:57.820
 He recoils,

00:49:58.240 --> 00:49:59.260
 He melts

00:49:59.260 --> 00:50:00.220
 with compassion

00:50:00.220 --> 00:50:01.840
 for undeserving

00:50:01.840 --> 00:50:03.260
 sinners like us,

00:50:03.340 --> 00:50:04.019
 and so the

00:50:04.019 --> 00:50:04.840
 Lord God

00:50:04.840 --> 00:50:06.200
 Himself makes

00:50:06.200 --> 00:50:07.100
 a way for

00:50:07.100 --> 00:50:08.240
 our redemption,

00:50:08.880 --> 00:50:09.340
 and He

00:50:09.340 --> 00:50:10.019
 sends

00:50:10.019 --> 00:50:11.360
 His only

00:50:11.360 --> 00:50:11.880
 Son,

00:50:12.620 --> 00:50:13.300
 the Son of

00:50:13.300 --> 00:50:13.680
 God,

00:50:14.000 --> 00:50:14.860
 to take on

00:50:14.860 --> 00:50:15.519
 human flesh,

00:50:15.580 --> 00:50:16.140
 to become

00:50:16.140 --> 00:50:16.760
 the Son of

00:50:16.760 --> 00:50:17.039
 Man.

00:50:18.480 --> 00:50:18.880
 And it

00:50:18.880 --> 00:50:19.340
 says in

00:50:19.340 --> 00:50:20.080
 Matthew 20,

00:50:20.160 --> 00:50:20.680
 28,

00:50:21.059 --> 00:50:21.880
 that even

00:50:21.880 --> 00:50:22.920
 the Son of

00:50:22.920 --> 00:50:23.559
 Man came

00:50:23.559 --> 00:50:24.640
 not to be

00:50:24.640 --> 00:50:25.260
 served,

00:50:25.539 --> 00:50:26.039
 but to

00:50:26.039 --> 00:50:26.620
 serve,

00:50:26.820 --> 00:50:27.440
 and to

00:50:27.440 --> 00:50:28.300
 give His

00:50:28.300 --> 00:50:29.559
 life as

00:50:29.559 --> 00:50:30.640
 a ransom

00:50:30.640 --> 00:50:32.620
 for many.

00:50:37.260 --> 00:50:38.019
 Jesus,

00:50:38.820 --> 00:50:39.360
 our

00:50:39.360 --> 00:50:40.180
 bridegroom,

00:50:41.600 --> 00:50:42.380
 the one

00:50:42.380 --> 00:50:42.780
 we were

00:50:42.780 --> 00:50:43.440
 betrothed

00:50:43.440 --> 00:50:43.700
 to,

00:50:44.920 --> 00:50:45.780
 the husband

00:50:45.780 --> 00:50:47.100
 we cheated

00:50:47.100 --> 00:50:47.539
 on,

00:50:48.500 --> 00:50:48.980
 takes

00:50:48.980 --> 00:50:49.720
 upon

00:50:49.720 --> 00:50:50.500
 Himself

00:50:50.500 --> 00:50:51.800
 the penalty

00:50:51.800 --> 00:50:52.400
 of death

00:50:52.400 --> 00:50:53.059
 that we

00:50:53.059 --> 00:50:53.840
 deserve for

00:50:53.840 --> 00:50:55.059
 our infidelity.

00:50:55.059 --> 00:50:58.239
 and He

00:50:58.239 --> 00:50:58.779
 dies on

00:50:58.779 --> 00:50:59.340
 the cross

00:50:59.340 --> 00:51:00.480
 for our

00:51:00.480 --> 00:51:00.880
 sins.

00:51:03.799 --> 00:51:04.759
 And that's

00:51:04.759 --> 00:51:05.079
 why He

00:51:05.079 --> 00:51:05.480
 says in

00:51:05.480 --> 00:51:06.279
 Ephesians 5,

00:51:06.340 --> 00:51:06.920
 25 to

00:51:06.920 --> 00:51:07.420
 27,

00:51:07.420 --> 00:51:07.980
 husband,

00:51:07.980 --> 00:51:09.260
 love your

00:51:09.260 --> 00:51:10.559
 wives as

00:51:10.559 --> 00:51:11.619
 Christ loved

00:51:11.619 --> 00:51:12.240
 the church

00:51:12.240 --> 00:51:13.360
 and gave

00:51:13.360 --> 00:51:14.059
 Himself up

00:51:14.059 --> 00:51:14.680
 for her,

00:51:16.440 --> 00:51:16.940
 that He

00:51:16.940 --> 00:51:17.880
 might sanctify

00:51:17.880 --> 00:51:18.240
 her,

00:51:18.720 --> 00:51:18.940
 having

00:51:18.940 --> 00:51:19.900
 cleansed her

00:51:19.900 --> 00:51:20.360
 by the

00:51:20.360 --> 00:51:20.960
 washing of

00:51:20.960 --> 00:51:21.460
 water with

00:51:21.460 --> 00:51:21.880
 the word,

00:51:22.260 --> 00:51:22.659
 so that He

00:51:22.659 --> 00:51:23.320
 might present

00:51:23.320 --> 00:51:23.880
 the church

00:51:23.880 --> 00:51:24.800
 to Himself

00:51:24.800 --> 00:51:26.320
 in splendor

00:51:26.320 --> 00:51:27.159
 without spot

00:51:27.159 --> 00:51:27.680
 or wrinkle

00:51:27.680 --> 00:51:28.500
 or any such

00:51:28.500 --> 00:51:28.860
 thing,

00:51:29.240 --> 00:51:29.639
 that she

00:51:29.639 --> 00:51:30.000
 might be

00:51:30.000 --> 00:51:30.639
 holy and

00:51:30.639 --> 00:51:31.159
 without

00:51:31.159 --> 00:51:32.200
 blemish.

00:51:32.199 --> 00:51:35.279
 our

00:51:35.279 --> 00:51:35.679
 Heavenly

00:51:35.679 --> 00:51:36.159
 Father

00:51:36.159 --> 00:51:36.939
 paid the

00:51:36.939 --> 00:51:37.679
 bright price

00:51:37.679 --> 00:51:38.179
 of our

00:51:38.179 --> 00:51:38.639
 redemption

00:51:38.639 --> 00:51:39.960
 and our

00:51:39.960 --> 00:51:40.379
 eternal

00:51:40.379 --> 00:51:41.079
 bridegroom

00:51:41.079 --> 00:51:42.059
 Jesus Christ

00:51:42.059 --> 00:51:43.000
 was the

00:51:43.000 --> 00:51:43.980
 ransom price

00:51:43.980 --> 00:51:45.059
 He paid.

00:51:46.099 --> 00:51:47.019
 And it is

00:51:47.019 --> 00:51:47.859
 through this

00:51:47.859 --> 00:51:48.759
 wonderful news

00:51:48.759 --> 00:51:49.399
 that we call

00:51:49.399 --> 00:51:49.980
 the gospel

00:51:49.980 --> 00:51:52.039
 that we

00:51:52.039 --> 00:51:53.279
 are sanctified

00:51:53.279 --> 00:51:54.059
 as God's

00:51:54.059 --> 00:51:54.319
 people,

00:51:54.399 --> 00:51:54.819
 the church,

00:51:54.980 --> 00:51:55.659
 that we

00:51:55.659 --> 00:51:56.480
 are prepared

00:51:56.480 --> 00:51:57.559
 for our

00:51:57.559 --> 00:51:58.039
 heavenly

00:51:58.039 --> 00:51:59.359
 glorious

00:51:59.359 --> 00:52:00.519
 wedding day

00:52:00.519 --> 00:52:01.380
 when we

00:52:01.380 --> 00:52:02.320
 as God's

00:52:02.320 --> 00:52:02.980
 people will

00:52:02.980 --> 00:52:03.780
 be presented

00:52:03.780 --> 00:52:04.719
 to Jesus

00:52:04.719 --> 00:52:06.719
 in splendor

00:52:06.719 --> 00:52:08.360
 without spot

00:52:08.360 --> 00:52:09.559
 or wrinkle

00:52:09.559 --> 00:52:10.759
 or any

00:52:10.759 --> 00:52:11.480
 such thing.