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 So, can I just say before we get started that this is likely to be the best sermon that you will have heard on this passage.

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 Because it seems that this is not a passage that is often preached on, and I suspect that not many of you have heard this passage preached on.

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 But it is the word of the Lord, and we expect to hear from him.

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 So let me just pray.

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 Heavenly Father, thank you that you are good.

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 Thank you for your word.

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 Thank you that it is alive and all useful for teaching.

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 Lord, speak to us and help us to really hear what you have to say.

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 I ask that anything that is just of me will quickly be forgotten, and that you will be glorified here in this place tonight.

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 So I've titled this A Deafening Silence and a Hopeless Situation.

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 Okay, maybe not a very inspiring title, but let me reassure you that there is hope.

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 There is hope at the end, at least.

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 So, a deafening silence then.

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 Verses 3 to 14.

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 Now, silence generally means that there is no communication.

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 If you are leading a discussion group, as I often do with young people, and you ask a question and you get no answer, there is just silence.

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 It can be really hard to work out what is going on.

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 It can be really difficult.

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 You know, has nobody understood what you've just asked?

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 Has nobody understood what you've been talking about?

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 Is everyone just shy or bored?

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 You know, who knows what's going on?

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 It can be really tricky when there's silence.

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 On the other hand, silence can say a lot.

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 Like for parents whose kids have gone silent, there's a good chance that they're up to something and you need to go investigate what they are up to.

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 Or in a noisy classroom, if pupils realize that their teacher is silently standing, waiting at the front of the class,

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 they should know that it's time to be quiet.

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 And if they don't watch out, there could be trouble.

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 Silence can speak volumes, and a deafening silence says a lot.

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 So let's look at this deafening silence that we see in Samuel chapter 28.

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 If you can have the passage open, that will be helpful as we go through the verses.

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 There will be some other Bible verses, but I'll put those up on the screen.

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 So right at the start of our passage, we are given two important facts to understand the rest of the chapter.

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 One, Samuel is dead and buried.

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 And two, Saul has expelled the mediums.

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 Okay, those who believe they can talk to the dead.

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 He's expelled them from the land.

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 And it quickly becomes apparent why these details are so relevant.

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 Next, we see that the Philistines, shown in red here, the enemies of God's people have assembled, ready to battle Saul and the Israelites.

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 Saul has gathered his army, shown in green here.

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 And as he looks at the enemy army, he's filled with terror.

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 He does exactly what he should do and asks God what he should do.

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 But God is silent.

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 He doesn't answer through dreams or through the Urim, which was some kind of priestly device to find God's will.

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 And he doesn't answer through prophets.

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 Saul is stuck.

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 What can he do in this situation?

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 He's tried the normal ways of getting answers from God to no avail.

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 He feels the need for guidance.

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 Somehow, he's got to find out what to do.

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 It's not that he really wanted God.

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 No, he just wanted guidance, the guidance of God, not God himself.

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 And it's tempting to want God's stuff.

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 To want that stuff without really wanting God.

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 Without really wanting him.

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 I find that even when writing a sermon,

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 instead of wanting to take the time to really wrestle with God's word and learn from it,

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 and have God change me and help me to love him more,

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 it's tempting to just want God to make it a bit easier.

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 To just give me the sermon.

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 To just simply give me the words to say.

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 So that I have a good sermon,

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 and I don't look like an idiot standing here,

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 not knowing what to say.

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 But God wants us to desire him.

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 Not just what he can give.

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 Saul just wants to know what to do.

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 How to get out of trouble.

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 And God won't give him the answer.

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 What can he do in this desperate situation?

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 Well, as far as Saul is concerned,

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 desperate times call for desperate measures.

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 Even though Saul had followed God's law,

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 and gotten rid of the mediums from his kingdom,

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 he decides he must now consult a medium to get advice.

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 So he tells the servants to find a woman who is a medium,

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 so he can inquire of her.

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 Somehow, the rules don't apply to him.

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 And here we see two things.

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 One, we see that bad rulers can do good things.

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 Saul did get rid of the mediums.

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 Our own governments can be similar.

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 Although they may be bad,

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 they can still do some good things.

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 Likewise, doing something good

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 doesn't necessarily make a government or ruler good.

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 And then secondly,

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 we see the utter hypocrisy of Saul.

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 Saul did not do it.

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 To have tried to get everyone else to stop doing something,

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 and then to go and do it himself.

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 It's like the classic bad politician.

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 Or even worse,

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 the hypocritical,

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 do as I say,

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 not as I do,

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 preacher.

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 It again shows Saul up

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 for the kind of leader he is.

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 Now,

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 even though Saul had enacted God's law on mediums,

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 his servants

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 seemed to quite easily

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 be able to tell Saul

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 of one such woman

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 not too far away

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 in Endor.

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 So,

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 he decides to go,

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 completely forgetting

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 what God says

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 in Leviticus

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 chapter 20,

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 verse 6.

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 And unfortunately,

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 that has gone off the screen.

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 But it says,

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 if a person turns to mediums

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 and necromancers

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 whoring after them,

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 I will set my face

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 against that person

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 and will cut him off

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 from among the people.

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 In his desperation

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 to have,

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 sorry,

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 in his desperation

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 to save himself,

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 Saul is helping to put

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 the final nail

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 in the coffin

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 of his kingship.

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 Saul knows

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 that as king

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 he can't be seen

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 going to a medium,

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 so he disguises himself

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 and he goes out

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 at night

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 with just two

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 of his servants.

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 He also

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 needed to hide himself

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 from the Philistines

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 whose camp

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 at Shunem

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 he had to skirt around

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 to get to Endor

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 where the medium was.

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 So Saul gets there

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 and he asks the medium

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 to consult a spirit

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 but she's concerned

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 that this is a trap.

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 She'll be found out

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 and punished.

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 Now notice the irony

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 of Saul's response.

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 He swears in God's name.

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 As surely as Yahweh lives,

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 you will not be punished

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 for this.

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 He uses God's name

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 to promise her

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 she will not be punished

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 for something God

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 has decreed

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 must be punished.

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 Then we get to the question

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 of who

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 she should bring up

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 from the dead.

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 Here we see the reason

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 that Saul

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 wanted to go to a medium.

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 Saul wants Samuel.

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 If only he could speak

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 to Samuel.

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 Samuel would tell him

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 what to do.

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 Samuel would be able

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 to get God's guidance

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 for him.

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 As far as Saul

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 is concerned,

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 this is his only hope.

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 Now,

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 no details

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 are given

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 of what exactly

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 the medium does

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 and for good reason.

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 There are two main problems

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 we tend to have

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 when thinking about

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 the occult.

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 Either

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 we write it off

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 as just

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 silly nonsense

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 or we become

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 far too

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 interested in it.

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 And if the details

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 were given,

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 no doubt

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 many would try

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 to reenact

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 the practice

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 themselves.

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 And it reminds me

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 of a time

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 in secondary school,

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 early secondary school,

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 and for some reason

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 my form class

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 at lunchtime

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 decided to get involved

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 in some of this stuff.

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 they decided

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 to play

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 with a Ouija board

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 of their own making.

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 And I can remember

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 I just laughed it off

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 as silly nonsense.

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 And it was just

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 silly nonsense.

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 But yet,

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 two of the girls

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 that were involved

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 afterwards

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 became really paranoid.

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 and for a few weeks

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 they really had

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 a hard time.

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 You know,

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 Satan had used

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 that situation

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 to really

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 affect them

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 and to

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 impose on them

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 and ruin their life

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 for just a few weeks.

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 Thankfully,

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 it was short-lived.

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 But it just shows us

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 that we

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 shouldn't take

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 these kind of things

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 lightly.

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 Then in verse 12

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 we see

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 that the woman

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 sees Samuel

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 and cries out

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 at the top of her voice

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 and said to Saul,

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 Why have you deceived me?

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 You are Saul.

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 Now these verses

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 throw up all sorts

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 of questions.

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 Is this really Samuel?

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 Did this woman

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 really know

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 how to speak

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 to the dead?

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 Why is she so scared?

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 Well,

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 last question first.

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 Why is she scared?

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 Well,

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 I believe there are

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 two main options.

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 Option one,

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 she is just a scammer,

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 a trickster,

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 and never expected

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 to really see

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 a ghostly figure.

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 So when she actually

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 sees one,

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 it scares her.

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 Or,

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 option two,

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 which I would

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 tend towards,

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 is that she did

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 believe

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 she could speak

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 to the dead,

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 but on seeing

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 Samuel

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 and realizing

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 who he was,

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 she also realized

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 who her client was.

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 Her client was Saul.

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 And that is why

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 she cried out saying,

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 Why have you deceived me?

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 You are Saul.

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 She was scared

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 that she had been

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 found out.

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 and she was going

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 to be in big

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 trouble.

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 So then,

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 do I believe

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 that this woman

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 could really speak

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 to the dead?

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 No,

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 I don't.

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 I could be wrong,

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 but I don't see

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 any reason

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 to believe

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 that anyone

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 but God

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 can bridge

00:13:20.160 --> 00:13:20.820
 the chasm

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 between the living

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 and the dead.

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 it's my belief

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 that mediums

00:13:26.179 --> 00:13:27.459
 that truly believe

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 they are contacting

00:13:28.360 --> 00:13:28.839
 the dead

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 are more than likely

00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:30.939
 being deceived

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 by evil spirits.

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 So,

00:13:35.639 --> 00:13:36.620
 was this really

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 Samuel?

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 I think so.

00:13:40.120 --> 00:13:40.860
 Some would argue

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 that it is instead

00:13:41.919 --> 00:13:42.720
 an evil spirit

00:13:42.720 --> 00:13:43.139
 or demon,

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 but given the message

00:13:45.299 --> 00:13:47.220
 that is conveyed

00:13:47.220 --> 00:13:47.819
 and the way

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 he is described,

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 I think it is

00:13:50.199 --> 00:13:50.899
 much more likely

00:13:50.899 --> 00:13:52.000
 that it really

00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:52.799
 is Samuel.

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 But would God

00:13:55.480 --> 00:13:56.439
 really use

00:13:56.439 --> 00:13:57.779
 an evil situation

00:13:57.779 --> 00:13:58.299
 like this

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 to speak?

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 I think so.

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 Just like

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 when the chief priests

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 were plotting

00:14:05.819 --> 00:14:07.299
 to kill Jesus

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 and Caiaphas,

00:14:09.620 --> 00:14:10.699
 who was the high priest

00:14:10.699 --> 00:14:11.159
 that year,

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 said,

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 you know nothing

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 at all.

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 You do not realize

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 that it is better

00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:17.799
 for you

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 that one man

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 die for the people

00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:21.539
 than that the

00:14:21.539 --> 00:14:22.240
 whole nation

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 perish.

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 He did not say

00:14:25.360 --> 00:14:26.200
 this on his own,

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 but as high priest

00:14:27.639 --> 00:14:28.019
 that year,

00:14:28.080 --> 00:14:29.019
 he prophesied

00:14:29.019 --> 00:14:30.000
 that Jesus

00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:30.840
 would die

00:14:30.840 --> 00:14:31.440
 for the Jewish

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 nation.

00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:37.180
 Now,

00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:37.759
 it is hard

00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:38.320
 to imagine

00:14:38.320 --> 00:14:39.539
 what Saul

00:14:39.539 --> 00:14:40.580
 was thinking here.

00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:42.759
 How is anything

00:14:42.759 --> 00:14:43.480
 good

00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:44.680
 going to come

00:14:44.680 --> 00:14:45.920
 from this?

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 But such

00:14:47.700 --> 00:14:48.320
 is Saul's

00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:49.659
 state of mind,

00:14:49.659 --> 00:14:51.839
 that he sees

00:14:51.839 --> 00:14:53.120
 speaking to Samuel

00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:55.459
 as his only hope.

00:14:56.919 --> 00:14:57.719
 God's silence

00:14:57.719 --> 00:14:59.059
 has driven him

00:14:59.059 --> 00:15:00.459
 to despair.

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 And there will be

00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:04.779
 times in our lives

00:15:04.779 --> 00:15:06.480
 when God

00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:07.159
 will seem

00:15:07.159 --> 00:15:07.980
 silent.

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 And we will be

00:15:10.620 --> 00:15:11.500
 in good company,

00:15:12.500 --> 00:15:13.899
 like with Job

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 and King David.

00:15:15.840 --> 00:15:19.620
 in Job

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 chapter 30

00:15:20.420 --> 00:15:21.160
 verse 20

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 it says this,

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 I cry out

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 to you

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 for help

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 and you do

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 not answer

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 me.

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 I stand

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 and you

00:15:30.180 --> 00:15:30.899
 only look

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 at me.

00:15:33.220 --> 00:15:33.740
 Job

00:15:33.740 --> 00:15:34.280
 feels

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 God's

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 silence.

00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:36.780
 And then

00:15:36.780 --> 00:15:37.280
 King David,

00:15:37.960 --> 00:15:38.519
 my God,

00:15:38.680 --> 00:15:39.259
 my God,

00:15:39.500 --> 00:15:40.300
 why have

00:15:40.300 --> 00:15:40.960
 you forsaken

00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:41.280
 me?

00:15:42.480 --> 00:15:43.259
 Why are you

00:15:43.259 --> 00:15:43.740
 so far

00:15:43.740 --> 00:15:44.340
 from saving

00:15:44.340 --> 00:15:44.639
 me,

00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:45.660
 from the words

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 of my groaning?

00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:48.759
 Oh my God,

00:15:48.920 --> 00:15:50.420
 I cry by day

00:15:50.420 --> 00:15:51.300
 but you do

00:15:51.300 --> 00:15:51.960
 not answer

00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:53.660
 and by night

00:15:53.660 --> 00:15:55.160
 but I find

00:15:55.160 --> 00:15:55.960
 no rest.

00:15:56.759 --> 00:15:57.519
 This is what

00:15:57.519 --> 00:15:57.920
 King David

00:15:57.920 --> 00:15:58.500
 writes in

00:15:58.500 --> 00:15:59.420
 Psalm 22.

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 So I say

00:16:02.139 --> 00:16:03.200
 don't despair

00:16:03.200 --> 00:16:04.560
 if God

00:16:04.560 --> 00:16:05.519
 seems silent

00:16:05.519 --> 00:16:06.500
 to you.

00:16:06.960 --> 00:16:07.580
 You are

00:16:07.580 --> 00:16:08.280
 in good company

00:16:08.279 --> 00:16:10.139
 and if we

00:16:10.139 --> 00:16:10.600
 now look

00:16:10.600 --> 00:16:11.059
 at the

00:16:11.059 --> 00:16:11.379
 hopeless

00:16:11.379 --> 00:16:12.419
 situation

00:16:12.419 --> 00:16:13.319
 that Saul

00:16:13.319 --> 00:16:13.839
 is in,

00:16:14.559 --> 00:16:14.919
 let me

00:16:14.919 --> 00:16:15.399
 reassure

00:16:15.399 --> 00:16:15.779
 you

00:16:15.779 --> 00:16:16.860
 that there

00:16:16.860 --> 00:16:17.319
 is

00:16:17.319 --> 00:16:18.319
 hope.

00:16:19.879 --> 00:16:20.079
 So

00:16:20.079 --> 00:16:21.120
 a hopeless

00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:21.699
 situation

00:16:21.699 --> 00:16:22.919
 verses 15

00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:24.500
 to 25.

00:16:29.139 --> 00:16:29.860
 So

00:16:29.860 --> 00:16:30.519
 we come

00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:31.419
 to Samuel

00:16:31.419 --> 00:16:35.219
 and verse

00:16:35.219 --> 00:16:35.979
 15

00:16:35.979 --> 00:16:38.000
 and this

00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:38.339
 is what

00:16:38.339 --> 00:16:39.059
 he says.

00:16:40.579 --> 00:16:41.159
 Why

00:16:41.159 --> 00:16:41.519
 have you

00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:42.039
 disturbed

00:16:42.039 --> 00:16:42.439
 me

00:16:42.439 --> 00:16:43.339
 by bringing

00:16:43.339 --> 00:16:43.979
 me up?

00:16:45.139 --> 00:16:45.439
 Now I

00:16:45.439 --> 00:16:45.919
 can't help

00:16:45.919 --> 00:16:47.379
 but think

00:16:47.379 --> 00:16:48.039
 that he

00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:48.539
 is not

00:16:48.539 --> 00:16:48.919
 best

00:16:48.919 --> 00:16:49.419
 pleased.

00:16:53.799 --> 00:16:54.519
 Saul

00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:55.299
 explains

00:16:55.299 --> 00:16:55.799
 his

00:16:55.799 --> 00:16:56.419
 situation.

00:16:57.179 --> 00:16:57.279
 He

00:16:57.279 --> 00:16:57.819
 explains

00:16:57.819 --> 00:16:58.839
 that God

00:16:58.839 --> 00:16:59.740
 has departed

00:16:59.740 --> 00:17:00.299
 from him

00:17:00.299 --> 00:17:01.700
 and no

00:17:01.700 --> 00:17:01.899
 longer

00:17:01.899 --> 00:17:02.519
 answers

00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:03.639
 and he

00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:03.899
 wants

00:17:03.899 --> 00:17:04.279
 Samuel

00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:04.819
 to tell

00:17:04.819 --> 00:17:05.140
 him what

00:17:05.140 --> 00:17:05.660
 to do.

00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:07.319
 Samuel

00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:07.900
 in turn

00:17:07.900 --> 00:17:08.819
 explains

00:17:08.819 --> 00:17:09.579
 that in

00:17:09.579 --> 00:17:10.200
 reality

00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:11.960
 God's

00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:12.420
 silence

00:17:12.420 --> 00:17:13.359
 is speaking

00:17:13.359 --> 00:17:14.000
 loud

00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:14.940
 and clear.

00:17:16.339 --> 00:17:16.880
 God

00:17:16.880 --> 00:17:17.859
 had already

00:17:17.859 --> 00:17:18.400
 spoken

00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:19.980
 and

00:17:19.980 --> 00:17:20.819
 this

00:17:20.819 --> 00:17:21.720
 is God

00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:22.359
 fulfilling

00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:23.519
 that prophecy

00:17:23.519 --> 00:17:24.779
 spoken

00:17:24.779 --> 00:17:25.200
 through

00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:25.660
 Samuel

00:17:25.660 --> 00:17:26.220
 in chapter

00:17:26.220 --> 00:17:26.799
 15.

00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:26.879
 18.

00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:29.559
 He

00:17:29.559 --> 00:17:30.119
 adds

00:17:30.119 --> 00:17:30.819
 that the

00:17:30.819 --> 00:17:31.639
 next day

00:17:31.639 --> 00:17:32.639
 Saul

00:17:32.639 --> 00:17:33.079
 and his

00:17:33.079 --> 00:17:33.700
 sons

00:17:33.700 --> 00:17:34.339
 would be

00:17:34.339 --> 00:17:34.819
 dead

00:17:34.819 --> 00:17:36.059
 and that

00:17:36.059 --> 00:17:36.240
 the

00:17:36.240 --> 00:17:36.940
 Philistines

00:17:36.940 --> 00:17:37.460
 will

00:17:37.460 --> 00:17:38.099
 defeat

00:17:38.099 --> 00:17:38.859
 Israel's

00:17:38.859 --> 00:17:39.220
 army.

00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:42.079
 If

00:17:42.079 --> 00:17:42.319
 Saul

00:17:42.319 --> 00:17:42.720
 was in

00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:43.200
 despair

00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:43.899
 before

00:17:43.899 --> 00:17:45.700
 he

00:17:45.700 --> 00:17:45.919
 must

00:17:45.919 --> 00:17:46.240
 now

00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:46.779
 be in

00:17:46.779 --> 00:17:47.480
 complete

00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:47.839
 and

00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:48.359
 utter

00:17:48.359 --> 00:17:49.220
 despair.

00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:51.139
 So

00:17:51.139 --> 00:17:51.500
 much for

00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:51.899
 trying to

00:17:51.899 --> 00:17:52.279
 get

00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:53.119
 guidance

00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:53.440
 through

00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:53.960
 illegitimate

00:17:53.960 --> 00:17:54.559
 means.

00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:56.859
 Saul

00:17:56.859 --> 00:17:57.639
 collapses

00:17:57.639 --> 00:17:58.359
 in

00:17:58.359 --> 00:17:59.299
 hopelessness

00:17:59.299 --> 00:18:00.419
 having

00:18:00.419 --> 00:18:00.679
 not

00:18:00.679 --> 00:18:01.099
 eaten

00:18:01.099 --> 00:18:02.480
 and

00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:03.039
 refuses

00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:03.419
 to

00:18:03.419 --> 00:18:03.799
 eat

00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:05.279
 but

00:18:05.279 --> 00:18:05.799
 is

00:18:05.799 --> 00:18:06.379
 eventually

00:18:06.379 --> 00:18:07.399
 persuaded

00:18:07.399 --> 00:18:07.879
 by the

00:18:07.879 --> 00:18:08.159
 woman

00:18:08.159 --> 00:18:08.839
 and his

00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:09.039
 two

00:18:09.039 --> 00:18:09.379
 men

00:18:09.379 --> 00:18:10.419
 to

00:18:10.419 --> 00:18:10.740
 eat

00:18:10.740 --> 00:18:11.339
 something.

00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:13.099
 They

00:18:13.099 --> 00:18:13.519
 succeed

00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:14.399
 in

00:18:14.399 --> 00:18:14.679
 making

00:18:14.679 --> 00:18:15.019
 Saul

00:18:15.019 --> 00:18:15.779
 a little

00:18:15.779 --> 00:18:16.240
 more

00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:16.819
 comfortable

00:18:16.819 --> 00:18:18.099
 as he

00:18:18.099 --> 00:18:18.460
 faces

00:18:18.460 --> 00:18:19.359
 complete

00:18:19.359 --> 00:18:20.119
 disaster.

00:18:20.119 --> 00:18:22.859
 this

00:18:22.859 --> 00:18:23.419
 food

00:18:23.419 --> 00:18:24.059
 has

00:18:24.059 --> 00:18:24.239
 been

00:18:24.239 --> 00:18:24.779
 described

00:18:24.779 --> 00:18:25.319
 as a

00:18:25.319 --> 00:18:25.639
 meal

00:18:25.639 --> 00:18:26.139
 fit

00:18:26.139 --> 00:18:26.379
 for

00:18:26.379 --> 00:18:26.639
 a

00:18:26.639 --> 00:18:27.059
 king

00:18:27.059 --> 00:18:28.899
 eaten

00:18:28.899 --> 00:18:29.459
 by a

00:18:29.459 --> 00:18:29.919
 man

00:18:29.919 --> 00:18:30.899
 not

00:18:30.899 --> 00:18:31.319
 fit

00:18:31.319 --> 00:18:31.859
 to

00:18:31.859 --> 00:18:32.139
 be

00:18:32.139 --> 00:18:32.500
 king.

00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:35.579
 This

00:18:35.579 --> 00:18:35.919
 one

00:18:35.919 --> 00:18:36.459
 hope

00:18:36.459 --> 00:18:37.359
 that

00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:37.919
 Saul

00:18:37.919 --> 00:18:38.759
 had

00:18:38.759 --> 00:18:39.979
 this

00:18:39.979 --> 00:18:40.299
 hope

00:18:40.299 --> 00:18:40.699
 that

00:18:40.699 --> 00:18:40.899
 to

00:18:40.899 --> 00:18:41.199
 speak

00:18:41.199 --> 00:18:41.439
 to

00:18:41.439 --> 00:18:41.959
 Samuel

00:18:41.959 --> 00:18:43.579
 would

00:18:43.579 --> 00:18:43.899
 fix

00:18:43.899 --> 00:18:44.279
 things

00:18:44.279 --> 00:18:44.859
 has

00:18:44.859 --> 00:18:45.059
 really

00:18:45.059 --> 00:18:45.359
 blown

00:18:45.359 --> 00:18:45.599
 up

00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:45.759
 in

00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:45.939
 his

00:18:45.939 --> 00:18:46.339
 face.

00:18:46.339 --> 00:18:48.059
 This

00:18:48.059 --> 00:18:48.199
 is

00:18:48.199 --> 00:18:48.359
 now

00:18:48.359 --> 00:18:48.599
 a

00:18:48.599 --> 00:18:49.199
 truly

00:18:49.199 --> 00:18:49.679
 hopeless

00:18:49.679 --> 00:18:50.359
 situation.

00:18:51.119 --> 00:18:51.299
 It

00:18:51.299 --> 00:18:51.459
 is

00:18:51.459 --> 00:18:51.740
 clear

00:18:51.740 --> 00:18:51.919
 for

00:18:51.919 --> 00:18:52.119
 all

00:18:52.119 --> 00:18:52.299
 to

00:18:52.299 --> 00:18:52.599
 see.

00:18:53.859 --> 00:18:54.079
 The

00:18:54.079 --> 00:18:54.699
 hopelessness

00:18:54.699 --> 00:18:54.959
 has

00:18:54.959 --> 00:18:55.240
 been

00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:55.879
 laid

00:18:55.879 --> 00:18:56.579
 bare.

00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:00.819
 Now

00:19:00.819 --> 00:19:01.220
 let me

00:19:01.220 --> 00:19:01.480
 just

00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:01.779
 say

00:19:01.779 --> 00:19:02.919
 there

00:19:02.919 --> 00:19:03.179
 are

00:19:03.179 --> 00:19:03.679
 two

00:19:03.679 --> 00:19:04.359
 kinds

00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:04.759
 of

00:19:04.759 --> 00:19:05.159
 hopeless

00:19:05.159 --> 00:19:06.000
 situation.

00:19:06.919 --> 00:19:07.619
 There

00:19:07.619 --> 00:19:07.899
 are

00:19:07.899 --> 00:19:08.539
 the

00:19:08.539 --> 00:19:08.919
 truly

00:19:08.919 --> 00:19:09.299
 hopeless

00:19:09.299 --> 00:19:10.059
 situations

00:19:10.059 --> 00:19:10.740
 like

00:19:10.740 --> 00:19:11.459
 Saul's

00:19:11.459 --> 00:19:13.119
 and

00:19:13.119 --> 00:19:13.259
 there

00:19:13.259 --> 00:19:13.399
 are

00:19:13.399 --> 00:19:13.939
 situations

00:19:13.939 --> 00:19:14.480
 that

00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:14.799
 merely

00:19:14.799 --> 00:19:15.599
 seem

00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:15.859
 to

00:19:15.859 --> 00:19:16.039
 be

00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:16.500
 hopeless.

00:19:19.339 --> 00:19:20.039
 Often

00:19:20.039 --> 00:19:20.399
 though

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 the

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 problem

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 is

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 that

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 one

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 appears

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 to be

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 the

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 other

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 and

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 vice

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 versa.

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 Often

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 people

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 are

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 lured

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 into

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 a

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 false

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 sense

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 of

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 security

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 feeling

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 that

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 everything

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 is fine

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 and

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 dandy.

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 And

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 Jesus

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 gave

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 an

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 example

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 in

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 the

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 parable

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 of

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 the

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 foolish

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 rich

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 farmer.

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 in

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 Luke

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 chapter

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 12

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 and

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 this

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 is

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 what

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 he

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 said

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 and

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 he

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 told

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 them

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 this

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 parable

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 the

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 ground

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 of a

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 certain

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 rich

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 man

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 yielded

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 an

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 abundant

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 harvest.

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 He

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 thought

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 to

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 himself

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 what

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 shall

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 I

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 do?

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 I

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 have

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 no

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 place

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 to

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 store

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 my

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 crops.

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 Then

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 he

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 said

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 this

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 is

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 what

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 I'll

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 do

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 I'll

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 tear

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 down

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 my

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 barns

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 and

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 build

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 bigger

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 ones

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 and

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 there

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 I

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 will

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 store

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 my

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 surplus

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 grain

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 and

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 I'll

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 say

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 to

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 myself

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 you

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 have

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 plenty

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 of

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 grain

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 laid

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 up

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 for

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 many

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 years

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 take

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 life

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 easy

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 eat

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 drink

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 and

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 be

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 merry

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 but

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 God

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 said

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 to

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 him

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 you

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 fool

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 this

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 very

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 night

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 your

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 life

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 will

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 be

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 demanded

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 from

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 you

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 then

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 who

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 will

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 get

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 what

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 you

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 have

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 prepared

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 for

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 yourself

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 he

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 thought

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 he

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 had

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 it

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 all

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 but

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 without

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 God

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 his

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 situation

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 was

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 truly

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 hopeless

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 as

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 Jesus

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 said

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 in

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 Mark

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 chapter

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 8

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 verse

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 36

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 what

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 good

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 is

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 it

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 for

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 someone

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 to

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 gain

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 the

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 whole

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 world

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 yet

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 forfeit

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 his

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 soul

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 so

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 those

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 are

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 situations

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 that

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 are

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 truly

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 hopeless

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 that

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 appear

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 like

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 they

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 are

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 not

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 hopeless

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 but

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 on

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 the

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 other

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 hand

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 we

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 have

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 what

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 appear

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 to be

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 hopeless

00:21:09.299 --> 00:21:10.080
 situations

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 that

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 are

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 actually

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 far

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 from

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 it

00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:14.899
 in

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 Acts

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 chapter

00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:16.460
 7

00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:18.240
 we

00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:18.480
 see

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 Stephen

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 preaching

00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:20.879
 to the

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 members

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 of the

00:21:21.399 --> 00:21:21.879
 Sanhedrin

00:21:21.879 --> 00:21:23.740
 after

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 being

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 falsely

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 accused

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 of

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 speaking

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 blasphemous

00:21:27.259 --> 00:21:27.759
 words

00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:28.599
 against

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 Moses

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 and

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 against

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 God

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 okay

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 and this

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 is what

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 it says

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 in

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 Acts

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 chapter

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 7

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 verse

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 30

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 sorry

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 verse

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 54

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 when

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 the

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 members

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 of the

00:21:42.140 --> 00:21:42.559
 Sanhedrin

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 heard

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 this

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 they

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 were

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 furious

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 and gnashed

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 their teeth

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 at him

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 but

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 Stephen

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 full of

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 the Holy

00:21:50.080 --> 00:21:50.620
 Spirit

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 looked up

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 to heaven

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 and saw

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 the glory

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 of God

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 and Jesus

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 standing at the

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 right hand

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 of God

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 look

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 he said

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 I see

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 heaven

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 open

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 and the

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 Son of

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 Man

00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:05.620
 standing

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 at the

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 right

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 hand

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 of

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 God

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 at this

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 they

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 covered

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 their

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 ears

00:22:10.479 --> 00:22:10.939
 and

00:22:10.939 --> 00:22:11.319
 yelling

00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:11.619
 at the

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 top

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 of

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 their

00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:12.379
 voices

00:22:12.379 --> 00:22:12.839
 they

00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:13.059
 all

00:22:13.059 --> 00:22:13.379
 rushed

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 at him

00:22:13.699 --> 00:22:14.519
 dragged

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 him

00:22:14.679 --> 00:22:14.779
 out

00:22:14.779 --> 00:22:14.879
 of

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 the

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 city

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 and

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 began

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 to

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 stone

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 him

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 meanwhile

00:22:18.779 --> 00:22:19.139
 the

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 witnesses

00:22:19.439 --> 00:22:19.779
 laid

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:19.939
 their

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 coats

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:20.739
 at the

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 feet

00:22:20.879 --> 00:22:21.079
 of a

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 young

00:22:21.259 --> 00:22:21.539
 man

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 named

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 Saul

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 a

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 different

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 Saul

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 while

00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:26.739
 they

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 were

00:22:26.879 --> 00:22:27.179
 stoning

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 him

00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:28.519
 Stephen

00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:29.059
 prayed

00:22:29.059 --> 00:22:29.799
 Lord

00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:30.399
 Jesus

00:22:30.399 --> 00:22:31.500
 receive

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:31.939
 my

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 spirit

00:22:32.439 --> 00:22:33.779
 then he

00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:33.979
 fell

00:22:33.979 --> 00:22:34.259
 on his

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 knees

00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:34.939
 and cried

00:22:34.939 --> 00:22:35.259
 out

00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:36.379
 Lord

00:22:36.379 --> 00:22:37.220
 do not

00:22:37.220 --> 00:22:37.500
 hold

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:37.740
 this

00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:37.960
 sin

00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:38.299
 against

00:22:38.299 --> 00:22:38.640
 them

00:22:38.640 --> 00:22:39.980
 when

00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:40.079
 he

00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:40.200
 had

00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:40.420
 said

00:22:40.420 --> 00:22:40.759
 this

00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:41.680
 he

00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:42.079
 fell

00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:42.720
 asleep

00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:44.220
 humanly

00:22:44.220 --> 00:22:44.660
 speaking

00:22:44.660 --> 00:22:46.440
 Stephen's

00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:48.200
 situation

00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:48.740
 was hopeless

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:50.319
 he was

00:22:50.319 --> 00:22:50.640
 about to

00:22:50.640 --> 00:22:51.160
 be stoned

00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:51.700
 to death

00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:52.379
 for simply

00:22:52.379 --> 00:22:52.759
 speaking

00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:53.319
 the truth

00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:54.640
 there was

00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:55.379
 no possibility

00:22:55.379 --> 00:22:56.279
 of escape

00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:58.500
 but we

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 don't see

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 someone filled

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 with fear

00:23:01.059 --> 00:23:02.319
 and hopelessness

00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:03.359
 like Saul

00:23:03.359 --> 00:23:05.479
 instead

00:23:05.479 --> 00:23:06.799
 we see

00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:07.419
 Stephen

00:23:07.419 --> 00:23:08.479
 is filled

00:23:08.479 --> 00:23:08.779
 with

00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:09.479
 forgiveness

00:23:09.479 --> 00:23:11.459
 and hope

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 this is

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 the difference

00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:16.199
 God

00:23:16.199 --> 00:23:17.099
 makes

00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:18.799
 this is

00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:19.419
 the difference

00:23:19.419 --> 00:23:20.359
 Jesus

00:23:20.359 --> 00:23:21.240
 makes

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:22.719
 and there

00:23:22.719 --> 00:23:23.199
 are Christians

00:23:23.199 --> 00:23:23.659
 in these

00:23:23.659 --> 00:23:24.479
 times today

00:23:24.479 --> 00:23:25.579
 who face

00:23:25.579 --> 00:23:26.240
 persecution

00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:27.619
 and death

00:23:27.619 --> 00:23:28.599
 in a similar

00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:29.079
 way to

00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:29.479
 Stephen

00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:31.299
 Jesus

00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:32.079
 is still

00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:32.620
 making

00:23:32.620 --> 00:23:33.339
 that

00:23:33.339 --> 00:23:34.120
 difference

00:23:34.120 --> 00:23:38.799
 so as we

00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:39.259
 look at

00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:39.620
 Saul

00:23:39.620 --> 00:23:41.019
 at the

00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:41.400
 very end

00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:41.599
 of our

00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:41.920
 passage

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:44.039
 we see

00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:44.599
 a man

00:23:44.599 --> 00:23:46.160
 forsaken

00:23:46.160 --> 00:23:46.779
 by God

00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:49.319
 going out

00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:49.860
 into the

00:23:49.860 --> 00:23:50.160
 dark

00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:50.480
 of the

00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:50.779
 night

00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:55.660
 I hope

00:23:55.660 --> 00:23:55.960
 we can

00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:56.319
 see

00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:57.339
 how easily

00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:58.879
 this could

00:23:58.879 --> 00:23:59.459
 be us

00:23:59.459 --> 00:24:00.299
 without

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:00.859
 Jesus

00:24:00.859 --> 00:24:03.500
 and I

00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:03.819
 wonder

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:05.259
 what kind

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:05.839
 of situation

00:24:05.839 --> 00:24:06.659
 you are

00:24:06.659 --> 00:24:06.959
 in

00:24:06.959 --> 00:24:09.299
 if God

00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:09.679
 seems

00:24:09.679 --> 00:24:10.259
 silent

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:11.720
 or you

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:12.059
 feel

00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:12.779
 forsaken

00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:14.899
 let me

00:24:14.899 --> 00:24:15.480
 point you

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:16.399
 to Jesus

00:24:16.399 --> 00:24:18.819
 God

00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:19.339
 has

00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:19.839
 spoken

00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:21.539
 through

00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:22.179
 his word

00:24:22.179 --> 00:24:23.939
 and through

00:24:23.939 --> 00:24:24.299
 sending

00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:24.899
 Jesus

00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:27.680
 those

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:27.980
 same

00:24:27.980 --> 00:24:28.380
 words

00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:30.300
 we

00:24:30.300 --> 00:24:30.759
 saw

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:31.680
 King

00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:32.000
 David

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:32.380
 using

00:24:32.380 --> 00:24:32.860
 earlier

00:24:32.860 --> 00:24:34.380
 Jesus

00:24:34.380 --> 00:24:35.780
 cried

00:24:35.780 --> 00:24:36.180
 out

00:24:36.180 --> 00:24:39.420
 my

00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:39.860
 God

00:24:39.860 --> 00:24:40.360
 my

00:24:40.360 --> 00:24:40.800
 God

00:24:40.800 --> 00:24:42.080
 why

00:24:42.080 --> 00:24:42.620
 have

00:24:42.620 --> 00:24:42.759
 you

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.280
 forsaken

00:24:43.280 --> 00:24:43.640
 me

00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:48.040
 if

00:24:48.040 --> 00:24:48.300
 we are

00:24:48.300 --> 00:24:48.680
 trusting

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:48.960
 in

00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:49.259
 Jesus

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:51.900
 we will

00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:52.259
 never

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:52.620
 be

00:24:52.620 --> 00:24:53.200
 forsaken

00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:55.340
 because

00:24:55.340 --> 00:24:55.819
 he

00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.680
 was

00:24:56.680 --> 00:25:00.080
 let me

00:25:00.080 --> 00:25:00.259
 just

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:00.580
 finish

00:25:00.580 --> 00:25:01.580
 with some

00:25:01.580 --> 00:25:01.779
 of the

00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:02.100
 words

00:25:02.100 --> 00:25:02.779
 of the

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.000
 song

00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:03.160
 we'll

00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:03.279
 be

00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:03.539
 singing

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.120
 next

00:25:04.120 --> 00:25:08.019
 I'm

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.380
 forgiven

00:25:08.380 --> 00:25:09.980
 because

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.600
 he

00:25:10.600 --> 00:25:10.980
 was

00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:11.500
 forsaken

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:14.059
 I'm

00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:14.600
 accepted

00:25:14.600 --> 00:25:16.920
 he

00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:17.559
 was

00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:18.140
 condemned

00:25:18.140 --> 00:25:20.580
 I'm

00:25:20.580 --> 00:25:20.920
 alive

00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:21.420
 and well

00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:22.500
 his

00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:23.060
 spirit

00:25:23.060 --> 00:25:23.880
 is

00:25:23.880 --> 00:25:24.259
 within

00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:24.620
 me

00:25:24.620 --> 00:25:26.060
 because

00:25:26.060 --> 00:25:26.460
 he

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:27.100
 died

00:25:27.100 --> 00:25:27.960
 and

00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:28.460
 rose

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:29.160
 again

00:25:29.160 --> 00:25:30.800
 let

00:25:30.800 --> 00:25:30.860
 me

00:25:30.860 --> 00:25:31.039
 just

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:31.340
 pray

00:25:31.340 --> 00:25:34.200
 Lord

00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:34.400
 I

00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:34.660
 thank

00:25:34.660 --> 00:25:34.840
 you

00:25:34.840 --> 00:25:35.539
 for

00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:35.700
 your

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:36.000
 word

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:37.700
 Lord

00:25:37.700 --> 00:25:37.880
 I

00:25:37.880 --> 00:25:38.140
 thank

00:25:38.140 --> 00:25:38.259
 you

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:38.420
 for

00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:38.779
 Jesus

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:41.340
 I

00:25:41.340 --> 00:25:41.500
 thank

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:41.600
 you

00:25:41.600 --> 00:25:41.720
 that

00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:41.880
 he

00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:42.279
 came

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:44.100
 he

00:25:44.100 --> 00:25:44.480
 died

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:44.660
 and

00:25:44.660 --> 00:25:44.820
 he

00:25:44.820 --> 00:25:45.080
 rose

00:25:45.080 --> 00:25:45.560
 again

00:25:45.560 --> 00:25:47.880
 Lord

00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:48.019
 I

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.180
 thank

00:25:48.180 --> 00:25:48.259
 you

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:48.400
 that

00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:48.539
 he

00:25:48.539 --> 00:25:48.720
 was

00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:49.080
 willing

00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:51.199
 to

00:25:51.199 --> 00:25:51.379
 be

00:25:51.379 --> 00:25:51.960
 forsaken

00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:54.419
 so

00:25:54.419 --> 00:25:54.559
 that

00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:54.740
 we

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.019
 don't

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.299
 have

00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:55.439
 to

00:25:55.439 --> 00:25:55.720
 be

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:58.899
 and

00:25:58.899 --> 00:25:59.019
 Lord

00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.139
 I

00:25:59.139 --> 00:25:59.319
 thank

00:25:59.319 --> 00:25:59.419
 you

00:25:59.419 --> 00:25:59.579
 that

00:25:59.579 --> 00:25:59.779
 we

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.240
 can

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.779
 put

00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:00.960
 our

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.240
 trust

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:01.419
 in

00:26:01.419 --> 00:26:01.679
 Jesus

00:26:01.679 --> 00:26:06.819
 and

00:26:06.819 --> 00:26:06.960
 we

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:07.159
 can

00:26:07.159 --> 00:26:07.480
 know

00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:08.259
 that

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:08.379
 we

00:26:08.379 --> 00:26:08.519
 will

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:08.699
 never

00:26:08.699 --> 00:26:08.960
 be

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.460
 forsaken

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:11.139
 and

00:26:11.139 --> 00:26:11.240
 Lord

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:11.359
 I

00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:11.480
 pray

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:11.599
 that

00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:11.720
 that

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:11.859
 would

00:26:11.859 --> 00:26:11.980
 be

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.159
 true

00:26:12.159 --> 00:26:12.299
 of

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:12.519
 every

00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:12.679
 one

00:26:12.679 --> 00:26:12.799
 of

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:12.939
 us

00:26:12.939 --> 00:26:13.179
 here

00:26:13.179 --> 00:26:13.579
 tonight

00:26:13.579 --> 00:26:13.919
 Lord

00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:19.140
 help

00:26:19.140 --> 00:26:19.259
 us

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:19.440
 to

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:19.779
 know

00:26:19.779 --> 00:26:21.019
 Jesus

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:22.600
 help

00:26:22.600 --> 00:26:22.720
 us

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:22.880
 to

00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:23.140
 know

00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:23.400
 your

00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:23.820
 word

00:26:23.820 --> 00:26:26.580
 alive

00:26:26.580 --> 00:26:26.880
 in

00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:27.240
 our

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:28.220
 lives

00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:29.800
 we

00:26:29.800 --> 00:26:29.960
 pray

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.160
 this

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:30.300
 in

00:26:30.300 --> 00:26:30.640
 Jesus

00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:31.519
 precious

00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:32.160
 name

00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:33.539
 Amen