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And<00:17:36.970><c> they</c><00:17:37.069><c> were</c><00:17:37.230><c> very</c><00:17:38.269><c> concerned</c><00:17:38.930><c> about</c><00:17:39.430><c> this</c><00:17:39.809><c> storm</c><00:17:40.349><c> because</c>

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the<00:17:41.769><c> ships</c><00:17:41.910><c> were</c><00:17:42.250><c> relatively</c><00:17:42.630><c> small</c>

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and<00:17:44.150><c> the</c><00:17:44.529><c> waves</c><00:17:44.769><c> were</c><00:17:45.390><c> very</c><00:17:46.250><c> big</c><00:17:46.930><c> and</c><00:17:47.690><c> it</c><00:17:47.829><c> was</c><00:17:48.089><c> getting</c><00:17:48.470><c> kind</c>

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And<00:17:52.470><c> Jesus</c><00:17:52.730><c> comes</c><00:17:53.069><c> to</c><00:17:53.250><c> them</c><00:17:53.869><c> on</c><00:17:54.250><c> the</c><00:17:54.470><c> water.</c>

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Before<00:17:56.910><c> He</c><00:17:57.210><c> enters</c><00:17:57.470><c> the</c><00:17:57.930><c> ship,</c><00:17:58.849><c> He</c><00:17:59.089><c> says</c><00:17:59.349><c> to</c><00:17:59.490><c> them,</c><00:17:59.950><c> Be</c><00:17:59.950><c> of</c>

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good<00:18:00.390><c> cheer.</c>

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That<00:18:07.230><c> comment,</c><00:18:07.710><c> be</c><00:18:07.930><c> of</c><00:18:08.069><c> good</c><00:18:08.349><c> cheer,</c><00:18:08.869><c> is</c><00:18:09.150><c> used</c><00:18:09.410><c> several</c><00:18:09.849><c> times</c>

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in<00:18:10.990><c> the</c><00:18:11.089><c> New</c><00:18:11.269><c> Testament</c>

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to<00:18:12.769><c> encourage,</c><00:18:14.190><c> be</c><00:18:14.269><c> not</c><00:18:14.529><c> afraid.</c>

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They<00:18:15.849><c> were</c><00:18:16.130><c> afraid</c><00:18:16.730><c> as</c><00:18:18.029><c> much</c><00:18:18.250><c> as</c><00:18:18.390><c> they</c><00:18:18.509><c> were</c><00:18:18.789><c> astonished</c><00:18:19.430><c> and</c>

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they<00:18:19.750><c> were</c><00:18:20.049><c> amazed</c>

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and<00:18:21.250><c> they</c><00:18:21.390><c> were</c><00:18:21.670><c> perplexed,</c><00:18:23.150><c> they</c><00:18:23.650><c> still</c><00:18:24.309><c> were</c><00:18:24.970><c> afraid.</c>

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Jesus<00:18:26.509><c> comforts</c><00:18:27.089><c> them.</c><00:18:27.789><c> Be</c><00:18:28.029><c> of</c><00:18:28.190><c> good</c><00:18:28.410><c> cheer.</c>

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Now<00:18:31.009><c> Jesus</c><00:18:31.329><c> went</c><00:18:31.630><c> up</c><00:18:32.130><c> into</c><00:18:32.549><c> the</c><00:18:32.809><c> boat</c><00:18:32.950><c> to</c><00:18:33.170><c> them</c><00:18:33.670><c> and</c><00:18:34.289><c> the</c><00:18:34.470><c> wind</c><00:18:34.650><c> ceased.</c>

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And<00:18:36.390><c> they</c><00:18:36.509><c> were</c><00:18:36.690><c> greatly</c><00:18:37.009><c> amazed</c><00:18:37.509><c> in</c><00:18:37.710><c> themselves</c><00:18:38.109><c> beyond</c><00:18:38.630><c> measure</c><00:18:39.130><c> and</c><00:18:39.710><c> marveled.</c>

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So<00:18:41.230><c> I</c><00:18:41.289><c> mean,</c><00:18:41.970><c> they</c><00:18:42.130><c> go</c><00:18:42.309><c> from</c><00:18:42.809><c> being</c><00:18:43.130><c> amazed</c><00:18:43.470><c> to</c><00:18:45.410><c> beyond</c><00:18:45.789><c> measure.</c>

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How<00:18:47.509><c> amazed</c><00:18:47.809><c> can</c><00:18:48.009><c> you</c><00:18:48.190><c> be?</c>

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But<00:18:49.789><c> now</c><00:18:50.069><c> it</c><00:18:50.150><c> was</c><00:18:50.329><c> something</c><00:18:50.650><c> that</c><00:18:50.990><c> they</c><00:18:51.289><c> were</c><00:18:51.549><c> used</c><00:18:51.849><c> to,</c>

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that<00:18:54.009><c> they</c><00:18:54.210><c> have</c><00:18:54.509><c> never</c><00:18:54.829><c> seen</c><00:18:55.589><c> quieted</c><00:18:57.130><c> and</c><00:18:57.809><c> given</c><00:18:58.130><c> peace</c><00:18:59.109><c> and</c>

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tranquility<00:19:00.730><c> in</c><00:19:01.490><c> an</c><00:19:01.690><c> instant.</c>

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It's<00:19:03.329><c> not</c><00:19:03.569><c> usual.</c><00:19:04.289><c> It's</c><00:19:04.609><c> unusual.</c>

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For<00:19:06.029><c> these</c><00:19:06.349><c> things,</c><00:19:06.970><c> storms,</c><00:19:07.890><c> do</c><00:19:08.329><c> not</c><00:19:08.589><c> usually</c><00:19:09.109><c> quickly</c><00:19:09.910><c> abate</c>

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and<00:19:11.369><c> the</c><00:19:11.589><c> seas</c><00:19:11.690><c> do</c><00:19:11.950><c> not</c><00:19:12.130><c> quickly</c><00:19:12.430><c> stop.</c><00:19:12.970><c> They're</c><00:19:13.529><c> roaring.</c>

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Nor<00:19:15.049><c> the</c><00:19:15.230><c> wind</c><00:19:15.509><c> cease.</c>

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And<00:19:23.769><c> that's</c><00:19:24.369><c> in</c><00:19:24.589><c> chapter</c><00:19:25.130><c> 6,</c><00:19:25.869><c> 15,</c><00:19:26.349><c> 51.</c>

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Previous<00:19:28.589><c> to</c><00:19:28.890><c> this,</c><00:19:29.829><c> in</c><00:19:29.970><c> chapter</c><00:19:30.269><c> 4</c><00:19:30.769><c> of</c><00:19:31.109><c> Mark,</c>

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there<00:19:32.589><c> was</c><00:19:32.849><c> another</c><00:19:33.210><c> occasion</c><00:19:33.950><c> where</c><00:19:35.230><c> they</c><00:19:35.609><c> were</c><00:19:35.849><c> together</c><00:19:36.549><c> in</c><00:19:37.549><c> a</c>

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boat<00:19:38.230><c> on</c><00:19:38.769><c> the</c><00:19:39.009><c> sea</c>

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and<00:19:39.670><c> a</c><00:19:39.890><c> tempest</c><00:19:40.210><c> arose.</c>

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He<00:19:45.569><c> rebuked</c><00:19:46.009><c> the</c><00:19:46.170><c> wind</c><00:19:46.569><c> and</c><00:19:47.609><c> it</c><00:19:47.750><c> was</c><00:19:47.990><c> quiet.</c>

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He<00:19:51.369><c> says,</c><00:19:51.829><c> Mark</c><00:19:52.049><c> 4,</c><00:19:52.450><c> 40,</c><00:19:53.309><c> why</c><00:19:53.589><c> are</c><00:19:53.769><c> you</c><00:19:53.890><c> so</c><00:19:54.190><c> fearful?</c>

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How<00:19:56.009><c> is</c><00:19:56.269><c> it</c><00:19:56.390><c> that</c><00:19:56.490><c> you</c><00:19:56.750><c> have</c><00:19:57.069><c> no</c><00:19:57.390><c> faith?</c>

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Certainly<00:20:00.309><c> faith</c><00:20:00.789><c> was</c><00:20:01.269><c> something</c><00:20:01.769><c> that</c><00:20:02.150><c> was</c><00:20:02.410><c> to</c><00:20:02.650><c> be</c><00:20:03.089><c> developed.</c>

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It<00:20:04.809><c> was</c><00:20:05.109><c> not</c><00:20:05.349><c> instantaneous.</c>

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Although<00:20:07.309><c> they</c><00:20:07.529><c> were</c><00:20:07.789><c> amazed,</c><00:20:09.210><c> although</c><00:20:09.450><c> they</c><00:20:09.750><c> were</c><00:20:10.430><c> intrigued,</c>

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these<00:20:12.430><c> lessons</c><00:20:12.910><c> were</c><00:20:13.710><c> new</c><00:20:14.289><c> and</c><00:20:15.049><c> instrumental</c><00:20:15.630><c> and</c><00:20:16.730><c> vital</c><00:20:16.990><c> to</c>

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them<00:20:17.769><c> and</c><00:20:18.670><c> made</c><00:20:18.990><c> sense,</c>

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that<00:20:21.309><c> faith</c><00:20:21.589><c> was</c><00:20:21.910><c> still</c><00:20:22.230><c> not</c><00:20:22.549><c> there.</c>

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It<00:20:24.089><c> was</c><00:20:24.369><c> not</c><00:20:24.630><c> whole.</c>

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Be<00:20:26.789><c> not</c><00:20:27.250><c> afraid.</c><00:20:28.750><c> Be</c><00:20:28.970><c> not</c><00:20:29.230><c> afraid.</c>

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Be<00:20:30.970><c> of</c><00:20:31.089><c> good</c><00:20:31.329><c> cheer.</c>

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That's<00:20:33.529><c> what</c><00:20:33.670><c> Jesus</c><00:20:34.029><c> tells</c><00:20:34.369><c> them</c><00:20:34.970><c> in</c><00:20:36.069><c> the</c><00:20:36.609><c> opportunity</c><00:20:37.269><c> of</c><00:20:37.609><c> Peter</c><00:20:37.769><c> to</c>

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walk<00:20:38.549><c> towards</c><00:20:39.029><c> him</c><00:20:39.930><c> on</c><00:20:40.769><c> the</c><00:20:41.009><c> water.</c>

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But<00:20:43.170><c> he</c><00:20:43.289><c> looked</c><00:20:43.490><c> about</c><00:20:44.150><c> and</c><00:20:45.009><c> was</c><00:20:45.289><c> scared.</c>

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They<00:20:48.450><c> all,</c><00:20:50.369><c> all</c><00:20:50.650><c> these</c><00:20:50.890><c> disciples,</c>

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undoubtedly<00:20:52.930><c> went</c><00:20:53.269><c> to</c><00:20:53.490><c> synagogue</c><00:20:53.809><c> and</c><00:20:54.009><c> they</c><00:20:54.210><c> heard</c><00:20:54.750><c> the</c><00:20:55.470><c> words</c><00:20:56.009><c> spoken</c><00:20:56.549><c> to</c><00:20:56.789><c> them.</c>

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But<00:20:58.430><c> the</c><00:20:58.690><c> application</c><00:20:59.490><c> was</c><00:21:00.849><c> more</c><00:21:01.089><c> to</c><00:21:01.269><c> the</c><00:21:01.529><c> point</c><00:21:02.049><c> and</c><00:21:02.950><c> more</c><00:21:03.130><c> to</c>

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their<00:21:03.529><c> encouragement.</c>

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The<00:21:05.710><c> rabbi</c><00:21:06.029><c> spoke</c><00:21:06.390><c> of</c><00:21:06.630><c> miracles</c><00:21:06.950><c> past,</c>

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Passover,<00:21:10.529><c> dividing</c><00:21:10.789><c> of</c><00:21:10.970><c> the</c><00:21:11.029><c> Red</c><00:21:11.349><c> Sea,</c>

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armies<00:21:13.869><c> that</c><00:21:14.150><c> were</c><00:21:14.589><c> overcome</c><00:21:15.269><c> by</c><00:21:15.910><c> God.</c>

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But<00:21:17.609><c> this</c><00:21:17.910><c> was</c><00:21:18.269><c> now.</c><00:21:19.150><c> This</c><00:21:19.369><c> was</c><00:21:19.710><c> present.</c>

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This<00:21:20.450><c> was</c><00:21:20.809><c> today.</c><00:21:21.289><c> This</c><00:21:21.410><c> was</c><00:21:21.670><c> yesterday.</c>

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We<00:21:23.430><c> know</c><00:21:23.650><c> that</c><00:21:23.890><c> this</c><00:21:24.170><c> is</c><00:21:24.549><c> unique.</c>

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This<00:21:25.390><c> is</c><00:21:25.690><c> something</c><00:21:25.970><c> very</c><00:21:26.470><c> unique.</c>

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Since<00:21:30.769><c> the</c><00:21:31.130><c> disciples</c><00:21:31.470><c> were</c><00:21:31.829><c> followers,</c><00:21:32.349><c> it</c><00:21:32.430><c> is</c><00:21:32.710><c> reason</c><00:21:33.230><c> that</c>

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he<00:21:34.650><c> led</c><00:21:34.829><c> them</c><00:21:35.470><c> by</c><00:21:36.069><c> example.</c>

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And<00:21:38.269><c> I</c><00:21:38.390><c> think</c><00:21:38.549><c> even</c><00:21:38.829><c> in</c><00:21:39.049><c> one</c><00:21:39.630><c> point</c><00:21:39.869><c> in</c><00:21:40.089><c> scripture</c><00:21:40.329><c> it</c><00:21:40.509><c> says</c><00:21:40.809><c> that</c><00:21:41.049><c> he</c>

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went<00:21:41.470><c> forward</c><00:21:42.150><c> and</c><00:21:43.029><c> they</c><00:21:43.250><c> behind</c><00:21:43.670><c> him.</c>

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I've<00:21:45.250><c> often</c><00:21:45.529><c> wondered</c><00:21:45.890><c> what</c><00:21:46.170><c> the</c><00:21:46.589><c> conversations</c><00:21:47.210><c> were</c><00:21:47.650><c> like</c>

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and<00:21:48.650><c> those</c><00:21:49.049><c> that</c><00:21:49.450><c> troop</c><00:21:49.750><c> of</c><00:21:50.269><c> men</c><00:21:51.069><c> following</c><00:21:51.849><c> after.</c>

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They<00:21:54.690><c> followed</c><00:21:54.970><c> after</c><00:21:55.329><c> him.</c>

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Not<00:21:57.710><c> really</c><00:21:58.089><c> having</c><00:21:58.309><c> a</c><00:21:58.609><c> schedule,</c><00:21:58.930><c> you</c><00:21:59.069><c> might</c><00:21:59.289><c> say,</c>

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but<00:22:00.910><c> going</c><00:22:01.210><c> about</c><00:22:02.349><c> preaching</c><00:22:02.910><c> as</c><00:22:03.369><c> he</c><00:22:03.609><c> went</c><00:22:03.849><c> and</c><00:22:04.490><c> teaching</c><00:22:04.869><c> and</c><00:22:05.390><c> healing.</c>

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They<00:22:07.670><c> followed</c><00:22:07.990><c> him</c><00:22:08.250><c> for</c><00:22:08.569><c> over</c><00:22:09.029><c> three</c><00:22:09.529><c> years.</c>

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Really<00:22:12.609><c> not</c><00:22:13.349><c> knowing</c><00:22:13.910><c> in</c><00:22:15.309><c> a</c><00:22:15.410><c> surety,</c>

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unless<00:22:16.589><c> they</c><00:22:16.970><c> really</c><00:22:17.309><c> understood</c><00:22:17.990><c> that</c><00:22:18.269><c> 70</c><00:22:18.549><c> weeks</c><00:22:18.890><c> prophecy</c>

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which<00:22:23.529><c> represented</c><00:22:24.109><c> Christ's</c><00:22:24.710><c> life</c><00:22:25.210><c> and</c><00:22:26.009><c> his</c><00:22:26.789><c> time</c><00:22:27.569><c> at</c><00:22:27.930><c> the</c>

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end<00:22:28.289><c> of</c><00:22:28.490><c> that</c>

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to<00:22:29.009><c> fulfill</c><00:22:29.809><c> those</c><00:22:30.529><c> things</c><00:22:30.910><c> of</c><00:22:31.170><c> bringing</c><00:22:31.430><c> about</c><00:22:32.789><c> everlasting</c><00:22:33.410><c> righteousness.</c>

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They<00:22:37.769><c> followed</c><00:22:38.150><c> him</c><00:22:38.329><c> for</c><00:22:38.569><c> three</c><00:22:38.829><c> and</c><00:22:39.009><c> a</c><00:22:39.049><c> half</c><00:22:39.250><c> years,</c>

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walking<00:22:40.730><c> behind,</c><00:22:42.170><c> watching,</c><00:22:43.490><c> talking</c><00:22:43.869><c> with</c><00:22:44.109><c> one</c><00:22:44.329><c> another.</c>

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How<00:22:49.750><c> long</c><00:22:50.049><c> would</c><00:22:50.210><c> they</c><00:22:50.470><c> wait?</c>

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What<00:22:51.470><c> were</c><00:22:51.630><c> they</c><00:22:51.829><c> waiting</c><00:22:52.150><c> for?</c>

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Well,<00:22:53.569><c> Jesus</c><00:22:53.930><c> says</c><00:22:54.509><c> what</c><00:22:54.809><c> they're</c><00:22:55.029><c> waiting</c><00:22:55.369><c> for.</c>

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The<00:22:55.829><c> time</c><00:22:56.069><c> is</c><00:22:56.289><c> fulfilled</c><00:22:56.630><c> and</c><00:22:56.789><c> the</c><00:22:56.930><c> kingdom</c><00:22:57.109><c> of</c><00:22:57.349><c> God</c><00:22:57.450><c> is</c><00:22:57.630><c> at</c><00:22:57.829><c> hand.</c>

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Repent<00:22:59.109><c> and</c><00:22:59.430><c> believe</c><00:22:59.869><c> the</c><00:23:00.109><c> gospel.</c>

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That's<00:23:01.730><c> what</c><00:23:01.829><c> he</c><00:23:02.049><c> tells</c><00:23:02.329><c> them.</c>

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He<00:23:02.809><c> told</c><00:23:03.089><c> them.</c>

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Where<00:23:05.109><c> were</c><00:23:05.390><c> they</c><00:23:05.569><c> in</c><00:23:05.849><c> that?</c>

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They<00:23:10.609><c> had</c><00:23:10.829><c> lots</c><00:23:11.069><c> of</c><00:23:11.349><c> questions.</c>

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They<00:23:13.509><c> had</c><00:23:13.630><c> a</c><00:23:13.750><c> lot</c><00:23:13.890><c> of</c><00:23:14.150><c> things</c><00:23:14.349><c> that</c><00:23:14.569><c> were</c><00:23:15.369><c> before</c><00:23:15.769><c> them.</c>

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A<00:23:16.950><c> lot</c><00:23:17.069><c> of</c><00:23:17.269><c> things</c><00:23:17.470><c> that</c><00:23:17.690><c> might</c><00:23:17.829><c> have</c><00:23:17.990><c> troubled</c><00:23:18.329><c> them.</c>

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A<00:23:21.730><c> lot</c><00:23:21.809><c> of</c><00:23:21.990><c> things</c><00:23:22.170><c> that</c><00:23:22.529><c> they</c><00:23:23.210><c> thought</c><00:23:23.789><c> about.</c>

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Jesus<00:23:26.670><c> in</c><00:23:27.230><c> Mark</c><00:23:27.730><c> 3</c><00:23:28.049><c> verse</c><00:23:28.349><c> 14,</c><00:23:29.069><c> it</c><00:23:29.069><c> says,</c>

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And<00:23:29.470><c> he</c><00:23:29.710><c> ordained</c><00:23:30.269><c> twelve</c><00:23:31.009><c> that</c><00:23:32.569><c> they</c><00:23:32.809><c> should</c><00:23:32.970><c> be</c><00:23:33.190><c> with</c><00:23:33.390><c> him,</c>

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that<00:23:35.150><c> he</c><00:23:35.309><c> might</c><00:23:35.609><c> send</c><00:23:35.930><c> them</c><00:23:36.329><c> forth</c><00:23:36.750><c> to</c><00:23:37.009><c> preach.</c>

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So<00:23:38.970><c> in</c><00:23:39.130><c> Mark</c><00:23:39.430><c> the</c><00:23:39.589><c> third</c><00:23:39.829><c> chapter,</c><00:23:40.890><c> which</c><00:23:40.890><c> if</c><00:23:41.289><c> we</c><00:23:41.490><c> read</c><00:23:41.730><c> those</c>

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verses<00:23:42.509><c> 16</c><00:23:43.049><c> to</c><00:23:43.230><c> 19</c><00:23:43.690><c> lists,</c>

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the<00:23:45.049><c> disciples</c><00:23:45.529><c> there,</c><00:23:47.630><c> they</c><00:23:47.970><c> are</c><00:23:48.369><c> then</c><00:23:49.670><c> ordained,</c><00:23:51.109><c> it</c><00:23:51.390><c> says,</c>

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in<00:23:51.970><c> Mark</c><00:23:52.269><c> the</c><00:23:52.490><c> third</c><00:23:52.710><c> chapter,</c><00:23:53.170><c> the</c><00:23:53.369><c> fourteenth</c><00:23:53.809><c> verse.</c>

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He<00:23:56.029><c> chose</c><00:23:56.349><c> twelve</c><00:23:56.730><c> men,</c><00:23:57.390><c> disciples</c><00:23:57.849><c> of</c><00:23:58.509><c> Galilee,</c><00:23:59.089><c> to</c><00:23:59.150><c> follow</c><00:23:59.450><c> him.</c>

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Four<00:24:00.690><c> fishermen,</c><00:24:01.710><c> two</c><00:24:01.990><c> cousins,</c><00:24:03.650><c> James</c><00:24:03.930><c> and</c><00:24:04.170><c> John,</c><00:24:04.829><c> a</c><00:24:05.049><c> tax</c><00:24:05.329><c> collector.</c>

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Namely,<00:24:07.569><c> James</c><00:24:08.029><c> and</c><00:24:08.250><c> John</c><00:24:08.589><c> left</c><00:24:08.990><c> their</c><00:24:09.289><c> father</c><00:24:09.650><c> and</c><00:24:09.950><c> dropped</c>

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their<00:24:10.470><c> nets,</c>

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left<00:24:13.309><c> their</c><00:24:13.670><c> nets</c><00:24:13.930><c> to</c><00:24:14.130><c> be</c><00:24:14.329><c> fishers</c><00:24:14.750><c> of</c><00:24:14.890><c> men.</c>

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They<00:24:16.589><c> left</c><00:24:16.809><c> their</c><00:24:17.009><c> family</c><00:24:17.349><c> business.</c>

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They<00:24:19.869><c> left</c><00:24:20.349><c> their</c><00:24:21.430><c> father</c><00:24:21.710><c> with</c><00:24:22.009><c> the</c><00:24:22.170><c> hired</c><00:24:22.390><c> help</c><00:24:22.910><c> to</c><00:24:23.529><c> continue</c><00:24:23.950><c> the</c><00:24:24.210><c> work.</c>

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They<00:24:25.990><c> walked</c><00:24:26.289><c> away</c><00:24:26.890><c> from</c><00:24:27.430><c> that</c><00:24:27.990><c> to</c><00:24:29.490><c> fulfill</c><00:24:30.349><c> what</c><00:24:30.990><c> they</c><00:24:31.430><c> thought</c><00:24:31.789><c> was</c>

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their<00:24:32.769><c> calling.</c>

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And<00:24:33.970><c> it</c><00:24:34.490><c> was.</c>

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So<00:24:37.210><c> there's</c><00:24:37.410><c> twelve</c><00:24:37.710><c> men</c><00:24:38.009><c> that</c><00:24:38.230><c> were</c><00:24:39.210><c> ordained.</c>

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Judas<00:24:40.289><c> Iscariah</c><00:24:40.890><c> possibly</c><00:24:41.430><c> was</c><00:24:41.789><c> from</c><00:24:42.130><c> Judea.</c>

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Maybe<00:24:43.769><c> we</c><00:24:43.950><c> just</c><00:24:44.170><c> say</c><00:24:44.369><c> that</c><00:24:44.630><c> because</c><00:24:44.970><c> that's</c><00:24:45.450><c> where</c><00:24:45.569><c> the</c><00:24:45.789><c> temple</c><00:24:46.029><c> was</c>

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and<00:24:46.390><c> we</c><00:24:46.509><c> have</c><00:24:46.650><c> so</c><00:24:46.950><c> much</c><00:24:47.150><c> heat</c><00:24:47.410><c> which</c><00:24:47.710><c> was</c><00:24:48.029><c> raised</c><00:24:48.369><c> down</c><00:24:48.730><c> there.</c>

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But<00:24:50.269><c> it's</c><00:24:50.710><c> a</c><00:24:50.869><c> possibility</c><00:24:51.490><c> that</c><00:24:53.210><c> Judas</c><00:24:53.529><c> was</c><00:24:54.269><c> from</c><00:24:54.670><c> Judea.</c>

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But<00:24:56.950><c> none</c><00:24:57.150><c> of</c><00:24:57.309><c> these</c><00:24:57.509><c> men</c><00:24:57.849><c> were</c><00:24:58.289><c> of</c><00:24:58.589><c> the</c><00:24:59.089><c> elite.</c>

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None<00:25:01.009><c> were</c><00:25:01.750><c> well</c><00:25:02.089><c> educated.</c>

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None<00:25:04.609><c> were</c><00:25:04.990><c> wise</c><00:25:05.349><c> in</c><00:25:05.569><c> the</c><00:25:05.769><c> law.</c>

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They<00:25:07.849><c> were</c><00:25:08.049><c> familiar</c><00:25:08.450><c> with</c><00:25:08.670><c> scripture.</c>

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They<00:25:11.569><c> knew</c><00:25:11.950><c> the</c><00:25:12.130><c> things</c><00:25:12.549><c> which</c><00:25:12.990><c> were</c><00:25:13.730><c> in</c><00:25:13.990><c> there.</c>

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They<00:25:18.329><c> were</c><00:25:18.670><c> all</c><00:25:19.150><c> amazed</c><00:25:19.769><c> and</c><00:25:21.109><c> knew</c><00:25:21.630><c> not</c><00:25:22.750><c> what</c><00:25:23.009><c> was</c><00:25:23.210><c> happening.</c>

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What<00:25:25.509><c> is</c><00:25:25.789><c> this</c><00:25:26.049><c> thing?</c><00:25:27.089><c> What</c><00:25:27.289><c> is</c><00:25:27.589><c> this?</c>

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They<00:25:28.950><c> asked</c><00:25:29.250><c> one</c><00:25:29.490><c> another.</c>

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All<00:25:32.789><c> this</c><00:25:33.109><c> excitement</c><00:25:33.910><c> that</c><00:25:36.410><c> was</c><00:25:36.710><c> coming</c><00:25:36.950><c> upon</c><00:25:37.390><c> them.</c>

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And<00:25:38.690><c> at</c><00:25:38.910><c> one</c><00:25:39.210><c> point,</c><00:25:41.730><c> they</c><00:25:44.450><c> think</c><00:25:44.829><c> about</c><00:25:45.109><c> these</c><00:25:45.450><c> things.</c>

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And<00:25:46.609><c> in</c><00:25:46.950><c> Mark</c><00:25:47.250><c> 1,</c><00:25:47.529><c> 29</c><00:25:48.130><c> and</c><00:25:48.230><c> 30,</c><00:25:49.029><c> they</c><00:25:49.369><c> entered</c><00:25:49.670><c> the</c><00:25:49.849><c> house</c><00:25:50.049><c> of</c>

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Simon<00:25:50.589><c> and</c><00:25:50.829><c> Andrew</c>

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and<00:25:51.809><c> James</c><00:25:52.190><c> and</c><00:25:52.410><c> John.</c>

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But<00:25:53.410><c> Simon's</c><00:25:54.069><c> mother</c><00:25:54.369><c> lay</c><00:25:55.690><c> sick</c><00:25:56.009><c> with</c><00:25:56.230><c> a</c><00:25:56.410><c> fever.</c>

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And<00:25:57.130><c> they</c><00:25:57.369><c> told</c><00:25:57.650><c> him</c><00:25:57.890><c> about</c><00:25:58.210><c> her</c><00:25:58.450><c> at</c><00:25:58.670><c> once.</c>

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So<00:25:59.710><c> he</c><00:25:59.829><c> came</c><00:26:00.150><c> and</c><00:26:00.329><c> took</c><00:26:00.529><c> her</c><00:26:00.690><c> by</c><00:26:00.930><c> the</c><00:26:01.150><c> hand</c><00:26:01.390><c> and</c><00:26:01.630><c> lifted</c><00:26:01.869><c> her</c><00:26:02.109><c> up</c>

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and<00:26:02.470><c> immediately</c><00:26:02.950><c> the</c><00:26:04.650><c> fever</c><00:26:04.789><c> left</c><00:26:05.130><c> her.</c>

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And<00:26:06.069><c> she</c><00:26:06.289><c> served</c><00:26:06.549><c> him.</c>

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It<00:26:08.549><c> was</c><00:26:08.769><c> a</c><00:26:08.930><c> great</c><00:26:09.170><c> deal</c><00:26:09.690><c> happening</c><00:26:10.289><c> very</c><00:26:10.890><c> early,</c><00:26:11.269><c> very</c><00:26:11.670><c> quickly.</c>

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And<00:26:13.470><c> you</c><00:26:13.589><c> could</c><00:26:13.809><c> see</c><00:26:14.009><c> that</c><00:26:14.269><c> even</c><00:26:14.529><c> Jesus</c><00:26:15.630><c> could</c><00:26:16.269><c> be</c><00:26:17.589><c> concerned</c>

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about<00:26:20.210><c> so</c><00:26:20.670><c> much</c><00:26:21.430><c> being</c><00:26:21.809><c> done</c><00:26:22.410><c> and</c><00:26:23.130><c> such</c><00:26:23.430><c> a</c><00:26:24.609><c> revolutionary,</c>

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if<00:26:25.509><c> you</c><00:26:25.710><c> might</c><00:26:26.069><c> pardon</c><00:26:26.589><c> my</c><00:26:26.809><c> use</c><00:26:27.049><c> of</c><00:26:27.210><c> the</c><00:26:27.410><c> word,</c>

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of<00:26:28.670><c> actions</c><00:26:29.309><c> and</c><00:26:29.849><c> things</c><00:26:30.150><c> which</c><00:26:30.390><c> were</c><00:26:30.690><c> happening</c>

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that<00:26:32.029><c> they</c><00:26:32.369><c> became</c><00:26:32.609><c> aware</c><00:26:32.930><c> of</c><00:26:33.150><c> this</c><00:26:33.390><c> man.</c>

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And<00:26:33.730><c> he</c><00:26:34.210><c> became</c><00:26:35.309><c> the</c><00:26:36.650><c> thing</c><00:26:36.970><c> to</c><00:26:37.289><c> be</c><00:26:38.029><c> honored</c>

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and<00:26:38.730><c> the</c><00:26:38.730><c> thing</c><00:26:38.970><c> to</c><00:26:39.190><c> be</c><00:26:39.369><c> chased</c><00:26:39.670><c> after.</c>

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So<00:26:45.329><c> Jesus</c><00:26:46.049><c> perceived</c><00:26:46.650><c> all</c><00:26:46.930><c> this</c><00:26:47.190><c> excitement</c>

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and<00:26:47.950><c> separated</c><00:26:48.250><c> himself</c><00:26:48.730><c> away</c><00:26:49.509><c> and</c><00:26:50.009><c> went</c><00:26:50.230><c> to</c><00:26:50.529><c> pray.</c>

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There<00:26:53.730><c> was</c><00:26:53.990><c> a</c><00:26:54.150><c> temptation</c><00:26:54.890><c> of</c><00:26:55.930><c> accepting</c><00:26:56.450><c> too</c><00:26:56.809><c> much</c><00:26:57.029><c> too</c><00:26:57.390><c> fast.</c>

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His<00:26:58.650><c> power</c><00:26:58.930><c> was</c><00:26:59.269><c> not</c><00:26:59.589><c> of</c><00:26:59.789><c> himself</c><00:27:00.309><c> but</c><00:27:00.549><c> of</c><00:27:00.750><c> God.</c>

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The<00:27:02.930><c> disciples</c><00:27:03.490><c> sought</c><00:27:03.869><c> Jesus.</c>

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But<00:27:06.450><c> Jesus</c><00:27:06.769><c> sought</c><00:27:07.069><c> God.</c>

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Men<00:27:09.529><c> were</c><00:27:09.789><c> not</c><00:27:10.109><c> seeking</c><00:27:10.450><c> God</c><00:27:11.089><c> but</c><00:27:12.210><c> were</c><00:27:12.509><c> seeking</c><00:27:13.009><c> cures.</c>

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They<00:27:16.430><c> were</c><00:27:17.750><c> intrigued</c><00:27:18.670><c> by</c><00:27:20.410><c> this.</c>

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They<00:27:21.690><c> were</c><00:27:22.049><c> intrigued</c><00:27:22.430><c> by</c><00:27:22.730><c> this.</c>

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So<00:27:24.549><c> Jesus</c><00:27:25.089><c> went</c><00:27:25.470><c> away</c><00:27:26.230><c> and</c><00:27:27.069><c> prayed</c><00:27:27.509><c> and</c><00:27:28.650><c> approached</c><00:27:29.930><c> his</c><00:27:30.210><c> father</c>

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to<00:27:32.130><c> reunite</c><00:27:32.670><c> his</c><00:27:33.029><c> thoughts</c><00:27:33.269><c> and</c><00:27:33.589><c> minds</c><00:27:33.970><c> with</c><00:27:34.390><c> his</c><00:27:34.670><c> father.</c>

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It<00:27:36.329><c> was</c><00:27:36.890><c> significant</c><00:27:37.609><c> to</c><00:27:39.089><c> what</c><00:27:39.670><c> we</c><00:27:39.890><c> would</c><00:27:40.069><c> say</c><00:27:40.289><c> center</c><00:27:40.690><c> himself</c><00:27:41.329><c> on</c><00:27:42.690><c> God.</c>

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Not<00:27:44.250><c> on</c><00:27:44.430><c> the</c><00:27:44.650><c> events</c><00:27:44.910><c> which</c><00:27:45.109><c> he</c><00:27:45.250><c> was</c><00:27:45.450><c> doing.</c>

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Not<00:27:47.609><c> on</c><00:27:47.789><c> the</c><00:27:48.029><c> attention</c><00:27:48.549><c> that</c><00:27:48.829><c> he</c><00:27:48.910><c> was</c><00:27:49.109><c> giving.</c>

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Not<00:27:50.589><c> on</c><00:27:50.769><c> the</c><00:27:51.009><c> parables</c><00:27:51.309><c> that</c><00:27:51.529><c> he</c><00:27:51.609><c> was</c><00:27:51.809><c> giving.</c>

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But<00:27:53.410><c> centered</c><00:27:53.789><c> himself</c><00:27:54.269><c> on</c><00:27:54.609><c> God</c><00:27:55.109><c> to</c><00:27:56.150><c> do</c><00:27:56.309><c> what</c><00:27:56.509><c> is</c><00:27:56.730><c> right.</c>

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There<00:28:04.089><c> was</c><00:28:04.289><c> certainly</c><00:28:04.569><c> a</c><00:28:04.769><c> lot</c><00:28:04.829><c> of</c><00:28:05.089><c> questions</c><00:28:05.490><c> I'm</c><00:28:05.769><c> sure</c>

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that<00:28:06.470><c> the</c><00:28:08.150><c> disciples</c><00:28:09.009><c> had.</c>

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A<00:28:11.569><c> lot</c><00:28:11.710><c> of</c><00:28:11.910><c> questions.</c>

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What<00:28:13.650><c> does</c><00:28:13.869><c> it</c><00:28:14.029><c> all</c><00:28:14.250><c> mean?</c>

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When<00:28:15.190><c> is</c><00:28:15.410><c> it</c><00:28:15.549><c> going</c><00:28:15.630><c> to</c><00:28:15.809><c> come</c><00:28:16.009><c> to</c><00:28:16.210><c> an</c><00:28:16.390><c> end?</c>

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What<00:28:16.930><c> is</c><00:28:17.170><c> going</c><00:28:17.470><c> on</c><00:28:17.809><c> here?</c>

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What<00:28:19.289><c> are</c><00:28:19.450><c> we</c><00:28:19.650><c> doing?</c>

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What<00:28:20.410><c> is</c><00:28:20.630><c> our</c><00:28:20.930><c> part?</c>

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Really<00:28:21.710><c> you</c><00:28:21.930><c> wonder</c><00:28:22.109><c> what</c><00:28:22.470><c> did</c><00:28:22.910><c> they</c><00:28:23.250><c> think</c><00:28:23.470><c> their</c><00:28:23.910><c> part</c><00:28:24.150><c> was</c>

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except<00:28:24.910><c> to</c><00:28:26.049><c> stand</c><00:28:27.190><c> behind</c><00:28:27.730><c> him</c><00:28:28.009><c> as</c><00:28:28.329><c> he</c><00:28:28.630><c> walked,</c><00:28:28.950><c> as</c><00:28:29.089><c> he</c><00:28:29.349><c> taught,</c>

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listened,<00:28:30.750><c> learned.</c>

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That<00:28:31.809><c> all</c><00:28:32.029><c> was</c><00:28:32.349><c> part</c><00:28:32.650><c> of</c><00:28:32.809><c> what</c><00:28:32.950><c> they</c><00:28:33.210><c> were</c><00:28:33.349><c> to</c><00:28:33.569><c> do.</c>

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It<00:28:34.609><c> was</c><00:28:34.849><c> part</c><00:28:35.089><c> of</c><00:28:35.230><c> it</c><00:28:35.369><c> to</c><00:28:35.529><c> be</c><00:28:35.750><c> instructed.</c>

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Part<00:28:37.750><c> of</c><00:28:37.910><c> it</c><00:28:38.009><c> to</c><00:28:38.170><c> be</c><00:28:38.369><c> encouraged.</c>

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To<00:28:40.589><c> get</c><00:28:40.829><c> a</c><00:28:41.009><c> hold</c><00:28:41.170><c> of</c><00:28:41.390><c> their</c><00:28:41.650><c> fears</c><00:28:42.069><c> as</c><00:28:42.849><c> I</c><00:28:42.990><c> guess</c><00:28:43.190><c> we</c><00:28:43.450><c> all</c><00:28:43.710><c> can</c>

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and<00:28:44.210><c> should.</c>

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It's<00:28:46.029><c> important</c><00:28:46.509><c> that</c><00:28:46.769><c> we</c><00:28:48.430><c> control</c><00:28:49.089><c> our</c><00:28:49.650><c> fears.</c>

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And<00:28:50.670><c> certainly</c><00:28:51.009><c> we</c><00:28:51.569><c> do</c><00:28:51.809><c> have</c><00:28:52.109><c> some.</c>

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There<00:29:00.509><c> was</c><00:29:00.670><c> an</c><00:29:00.910><c> interesting</c><00:29:01.609><c> verse</c><00:29:02.049><c> in</c><00:29:03.210><c> Mark</c><00:29:03.950><c> 9</c><00:29:04.589><c> verses</c><00:29:05.049><c> 33</c>

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and<00:29:06.049><c> 34.</c>

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When<00:29:08.670><c> he</c><00:29:08.829><c> came</c><00:29:09.089><c> to</c><00:29:09.329><c> Capernaum,</c><00:29:10.529><c> when</c><00:29:10.710><c> he</c><00:29:10.809><c> was</c><00:29:10.970><c> in</c><00:29:11.210><c> the</c><00:29:11.430><c> house,</c>

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he<00:29:12.750><c> asked</c><00:29:13.069><c> them,</c>

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What<00:29:15.789><c> is</c><00:29:16.549><c> it,</c><00:29:17.349><c> what</c><00:29:17.730><c> was</c><00:29:18.170><c> it</c><00:29:18.390><c> you</c><00:29:18.650><c> disputed</c><00:29:19.369><c> among</c><00:29:19.690><c> yourselves</c>

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on<00:29:21.970><c> the</c><00:29:22.190><c> road?</c>

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Well,<00:29:25.809><c> I</c><00:29:26.170><c> don't</c><00:29:26.430><c> think</c><00:29:26.609><c> anybody</c><00:29:27.329><c> spoke</c><00:29:28.009><c> up</c><00:29:28.309><c> real</c><00:29:28.670><c> quickly</c>

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about<00:29:29.470><c> this.</c>

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They<00:29:31.529><c> kept</c><00:29:31.769><c> silent</c><00:29:32.250><c> on</c><00:29:32.410><c> the</c><00:29:32.569><c> road</c><00:29:32.710><c> because</c><00:29:32.950><c> they</c><00:29:33.230><c> disputed</c>

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among<00:29:34.190><c> themselves</c>

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who<00:29:34.990><c> would</c><00:29:35.210><c> be</c><00:29:35.410><c> the</c><00:29:35.670><c> greatest.</c>

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Wow.

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So<00:29:39.069><c> what</c><00:29:39.769><c> was</c><00:29:40.009><c> on</c><00:29:40.190><c> their</c><00:29:40.430><c> mind?</c>

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Perhaps<00:29:43.650><c> it</c><00:29:43.809><c> was</c><00:29:44.009><c> not</c><00:29:44.250><c> getting</c><00:29:44.529><c> closer</c><00:29:44.950><c> to</c><00:29:45.250><c> God,</c>

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but<00:29:47.970><c> picking</c><00:29:48.609><c> an</c><00:29:49.269><c> order</c><00:29:49.869><c> of</c><00:29:50.829><c> authority</c><00:29:51.369><c> within</c><00:29:51.970><c> this</c><00:29:52.430><c> group.</c>

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It's<00:29:55.089><c> kind</c><00:29:55.250><c> of</c><00:29:55.390><c> one</c><00:29:55.569><c> of</c><00:29:55.650><c> those</c><00:29:55.890><c> things</c><00:29:56.150><c> that</c><00:29:56.430><c> happens.</c>

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I've<00:30:00.589><c> gone</c><00:30:00.789><c> to</c><00:30:01.390><c> Block</c><00:30:01.569><c> Island</c><00:30:01.970><c> and</c><00:30:02.190><c> there's</c><00:30:02.430><c> a</c><00:30:02.490><c> man</c><00:30:02.710><c> who</c><00:30:02.910><c> has</c><00:30:03.109><c> a</c><00:30:03.289><c> farm.</c>

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And<00:30:05.049><c> he</c><00:30:05.210><c> has</c><00:30:06.250><c> donkeys,</c><00:30:07.450><c> a</c><00:30:07.549><c> parka,</c><00:30:09.470><c> different</c><00:30:09.869><c> things</c><00:30:10.410><c> in</c>

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there,<00:30:11.230><c> whatever.</c>

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And<00:30:12.509><c> if</c><00:30:12.789><c> he</c><00:30:13.049><c> introduces</c><00:30:13.470><c> another</c><00:30:13.869><c> animal,</c><00:30:15.670><c> they</c><00:30:15.910><c> all</c><00:30:16.150><c> go</c><00:30:16.269><c> in</c><00:30:16.369><c> a</c>

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big<00:30:16.670><c> circle</c>

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and<00:30:17.990><c> they</c><00:30:18.170><c> kind</c><00:30:18.289><c> of</c><00:30:18.470><c> figure</c><00:30:18.609><c> out</c><00:30:18.809><c> who's</c><00:30:19.890><c> in</c><00:30:20.109><c> charge</c><00:30:20.410><c> here.</c>

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And<00:30:21.650><c> they</c><00:30:21.809><c> all</c><00:30:22.029><c> figure</c><00:30:22.269><c> it</c><00:30:22.490><c> out.</c>

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Who's<00:30:24.309><c> this</c><00:30:24.549><c> guy</c><00:30:24.769><c> doing</c><00:30:25.029><c> here?</c>

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Where<00:30:25.910><c> does</c><00:30:26.089><c> he</c><00:30:26.309><c> fit?</c>

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Where<00:30:26.769><c> does</c><00:30:26.890><c> he</c><00:30:27.069><c> go</c><00:30:27.210><c> in</c><00:30:27.329><c> the</c><00:30:27.529><c> line?</c>

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And<00:30:28.690><c> I</c><00:30:28.750><c> think</c><00:30:28.910><c> that's</c><00:30:29.190><c> what</c><00:30:29.329><c> they</c><00:30:29.549><c> were</c><00:30:29.710><c> trying</c><00:30:29.910><c> to</c><00:30:30.029><c> do.</c>

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What<00:30:30.970><c> is</c><00:30:31.230><c> the</c><00:30:31.430><c> pecking</c><00:30:31.730><c> order</c><00:30:31.950><c> here?</c>

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But<00:30:33.109><c> they</c><00:30:33.269><c> were</c><00:30:33.369><c> making</c><00:30:33.589><c> a</c><00:30:33.829><c> mistake</c><00:30:34.170><c> in</c><00:30:34.369><c> trying</c><00:30:34.569><c> to</c><00:30:34.750><c> think</c><00:30:34.869><c> of</c>

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who<00:30:35.190><c> is</c><00:30:35.410><c> the</c><00:30:35.650><c> greatest.</c>

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So<00:30:37.730><c> when</c><00:30:37.849><c> we</c><00:30:37.990><c> think</c><00:30:38.170><c> of</c><00:30:38.569><c> disciples</c><00:30:39.069><c> to</c><00:30:39.369><c> apostles,</c>

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this<00:30:41.170><c> wasn't</c><00:30:41.410><c> on</c><00:30:41.670><c> their</c><00:30:41.970><c> mind,</c><00:30:42.549><c> but</c><00:30:42.730><c> who</c><00:30:43.309><c> was</c><00:30:43.490><c> going</c><00:30:43.569><c> to</c><00:30:43.650><c> be</c>

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the<00:30:43.990><c> chief?</c>

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Who<00:30:44.650><c> was</c><00:30:44.849><c> going</c><00:30:44.930><c> to</c><00:30:45.009><c> be</c><00:30:45.130><c> the</c><00:30:45.269><c> chief</c><00:30:45.509><c> apostle?</c>

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x
There<00:30:51.670><c> were</c><00:30:51.849><c> things</c><00:30:52.089><c> that</c><00:30:52.250><c> were</c><00:30:52.390><c> going</c><00:30:52.529><c> to</c><00:30:52.750><c> happen.</c>

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There<00:30:54.730><c> were</c><00:30:54.990><c> warnings</c><00:30:55.390><c> they</c><00:30:55.650><c> were</c><00:30:55.829><c> going</c><00:30:56.009><c> to</c><00:30:56.170><c> give</c><00:30:56.309><c> them.</c>

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The<00:30:58.210><c> issue</c><00:30:58.470><c> was</c><00:30:58.750><c> not</c><00:30:58.950><c> who</c><00:30:59.089><c> was</c><00:30:59.289><c> going</c><00:30:59.390><c> to</c><00:30:59.490><c> be</c><00:30:59.609><c> the</c><00:30:59.829><c> greatest</c>

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among<00:31:01.309><c> them,</c>

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among<00:31:02.849><c> us,</c><00:31:03.849><c> among</c><00:31:04.109><c> anyone.</c>

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This<00:31:05.450><c> was</c><00:31:05.670><c> not</c><00:31:05.869><c> the</c><00:31:06.109><c> point.</c>

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There<00:31:07.089><c> was</c><00:31:07.309><c> something</c><00:31:07.609><c> bigger</c><00:31:07.950><c> here</c><00:31:08.289><c> than</c><00:31:08.609><c> simply</c><00:31:09.710><c> doing</c><00:31:10.690><c> miracles,</c>

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curing,<00:31:12.450><c> touching</c><00:31:13.109><c> lepers,</c><00:31:15.170><c> dismissing</c><00:31:16.329><c> those</c><00:31:16.890><c> with</c><00:31:17.430><c> demons</c>

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and<00:31:18.569><c> evil</c><00:31:18.869><c> spirits.</c>

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It<00:31:21.029><c> was</c><00:31:21.230><c> more</c><00:31:21.450><c> than</c><00:31:21.650><c> healing</c><00:31:21.990><c> a</c><00:31:22.250><c> fever.</c>

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There<00:31:23.750><c> were</c><00:31:23.930><c> things</c><00:31:24.269><c> that</c><00:31:24.450><c> were</c><00:31:24.670><c> going</c><00:31:24.930><c> on</c><00:31:25.309><c> here</c>

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that<00:31:25.690><c> he</c><00:31:26.450><c> had</c><00:31:26.609><c> to</c><00:31:26.809><c> get</c><00:31:26.970><c> to</c><00:31:27.150><c> their</c><00:31:27.390><c> attention.</c>

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x
And<00:31:27.970><c> this</c><00:31:28.150><c> was</c><00:31:28.390><c> not</c><00:31:28.609><c> easy.</c>

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In<00:31:30.349><c> Mark</c><00:31:30.650><c> 10,</c><00:31:31.329><c> verses</c><00:31:31.769><c> 33</c><00:31:32.509><c> to</c><00:31:32.710><c> 34,</c>

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Behold,<00:31:34.589><c> we</c><00:31:34.769><c> are</c><00:31:34.890><c> going</c><00:31:35.109><c> up</c><00:31:35.349><c> to</c><00:31:35.529><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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x
and<00:31:37.809><c> the</c><00:31:38.009><c> Son</c><00:31:38.170><c> of</c><00:31:38.349><c> Man</c><00:31:38.609><c> will</c><00:31:38.869><c> be</c><00:31:39.089><c> betrayed</c><00:31:39.589><c> to</c><00:31:39.809><c> the</c><00:31:40.009><c> chief</c><00:31:40.250><c> priests</c><00:31:40.529><c> and</c>

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the<00:31:40.930><c> scribes,</c>

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and<00:31:42.390><c> they</c><00:31:42.569><c> will</c><00:31:42.990><c> condemn</c><00:31:43.390><c> him</c><00:31:43.609><c> to</c><00:31:43.910><c> death</c><00:31:44.470><c> and</c><00:31:45.089><c> deliver</c><00:31:45.410><c> him</c><00:31:45.609><c> to</c>

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the<00:31:45.990><c> Gentiles.</c>

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And<00:31:47.509><c> they</c><00:31:47.670><c> will</c><00:31:47.910><c> mock</c><00:31:48.190><c> him</c><00:31:48.390><c> and</c><00:31:48.549><c> scourge</c><00:31:48.910><c> him</c><00:31:49.029><c> and</c><00:31:49.210><c> spit</c><00:31:49.430><c> on</c>

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him<00:31:49.789><c> and</c><00:31:49.930><c> kill</c><00:31:50.210><c> him,</c>

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and<00:31:51.230><c> on</c><00:31:51.349><c> the</c><00:31:51.529><c> third</c><00:31:51.789><c> day</c><00:31:52.509><c> he</c><00:31:52.910><c> will</c><00:31:53.089><c> rise</c><00:31:53.430><c> again.</c>

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Well,<00:31:57.370><c> that's</c><00:31:57.970><c> not</c><00:31:58.309><c> as</c><00:31:58.549><c> much</c><00:31:59.009><c> fun</c><00:31:59.410><c> as</c><00:31:59.930><c> curing</c><00:32:00.329><c> a</c><00:32:00.509><c> leper</c>

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or<00:32:01.349><c> seeing</c><00:32:01.650><c> evil</c><00:32:02.029><c> spirits</c><00:32:02.950><c> dismissed</c><00:32:04.029><c> or</c><00:32:04.829><c> fevers</c><00:32:05.390><c> or,</c><00:32:06.109><c> you</c><00:32:06.109><c> know,</c>

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this<00:32:06.609><c> is</c><00:32:06.849><c> just</c><00:32:07.130><c> not</c><00:32:07.349><c> fun</c><00:32:07.670><c> stuff.</c>

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What<00:32:08.430><c> is</c><00:32:08.789><c> this?</c>

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x
And<00:32:09.990><c> he's</c><00:32:10.210><c> going</c><00:32:10.390><c> to</c><00:32:10.670><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Well,<00:32:11.970><c> Jerusalem</c><00:32:12.490><c> is</c><00:32:12.710><c> where</c><00:32:12.829><c> the</c><00:32:13.049><c> temple</c><00:32:13.349><c> is,</c>

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so<00:32:13.809><c> he's</c><00:32:15.490><c> going</c><00:32:15.569><c> into</c><00:32:15.849><c> the</c><00:32:16.130><c> furnace,</c><00:32:16.470><c> you</c><00:32:16.690><c> might</c><00:32:16.890><c> say.</c>

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He's<00:32:17.670><c> going</c><00:32:17.930><c> into</c><00:32:18.650><c> those</c><00:32:19.809><c> that</c><00:32:20.890><c> proclaimed</c><00:32:21.609><c> as</c><00:32:22.029><c> best</c><00:32:22.210><c> they</c><00:32:22.490><c> understood</c>

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what<00:32:24.950><c> God</c><00:32:25.230><c> was</c><00:32:25.670><c> trying</c><00:32:25.930><c> to</c><00:32:26.150><c> get</c><00:32:26.309><c> across.</c>

00:32:30.670 --> 00:32:32.970
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Could<00:32:30.869><c> they</c><00:32:31.089><c> listen</c><00:32:31.349><c> to</c><00:32:31.589><c> this</c><00:32:31.730><c> hard</c><00:32:32.089><c> news?</c>

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It<00:32:33.390><c> was</c><00:32:33.630><c> difficult.</c>

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x
It<00:32:35.349><c> was</c><00:32:35.549><c> difficult.</c>

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I<00:32:36.230><c> think</c><00:32:36.430><c> they</c><00:32:36.670><c> were</c><00:32:36.950><c> more</c><00:32:37.690><c> fixed</c><00:32:38.069><c> on</c><00:32:38.630><c> the</c><00:32:39.029><c> miracles</c><00:32:39.509><c> and</c><00:32:39.950><c> the</c><00:32:40.450><c> teaching,</c>

00:32:43.029 --> 00:32:45.170
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and<00:32:43.670><c> there</c><00:32:43.849><c> was</c><00:32:44.049><c> something</c><00:32:44.369><c> to</c><00:32:44.609><c> do</c><00:32:44.750><c> with</c><00:32:45.009><c> that.</c>

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x
There<00:32:45.289><c> was</c><00:32:45.509><c> something</c><00:32:45.809><c> very</c><00:32:46.269><c> vital</c><00:32:46.470><c> to</c><00:32:46.730><c> that,</c><00:32:46.990><c> but</c><00:32:47.130><c> this</c><00:32:47.410><c> was</c><00:32:47.670><c> important.</c>

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This<00:32:49.529><c> was</c><00:32:49.890><c> part</c><00:32:50.210><c> of</c><00:32:50.349><c> what</c><00:32:50.509><c> the</c><00:32:50.690><c> Seventy</c><00:32:50.970><c> Weeks</c><00:32:51.349><c> Prophecy</c>

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talked<00:32:52.089><c> about,</c>

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fulfilling<00:32:54.650><c> all</c><00:32:54.950><c> righteousness</c><00:32:55.609><c> to</c><00:32:56.650><c> anointing</c><00:32:57.089><c> the</c><00:32:57.210><c> most</c><00:32:57.490><c> holy.</c>

00:32:58.309 --> 00:33:00.250
x
That's<00:32:58.730><c> what</c><00:32:58.890><c> had</c><00:32:59.049><c> to</c><00:32:59.250><c> be</c><00:32:59.410><c> done.</c>

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I<00:33:01.369><c> guess</c><00:33:01.769><c> they</c><00:33:02.250><c> just</c><00:33:02.490><c> kind</c><00:33:02.650><c> of</c><00:33:02.809><c> let</c><00:33:03.150><c> that</c><00:33:03.990><c> pass</c><00:33:04.529><c> and</c><00:33:05.210><c> just</c><00:33:05.490><c> went</c>

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on<00:33:06.170><c> with</c><00:33:06.509><c> what</c><00:33:06.789><c> they</c><00:33:07.509><c> wanted.</c>

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But<00:33:12.990><c> much</c><00:33:13.230><c> of</c><00:33:13.410><c> the</c><00:33:13.589><c> Gospel</c><00:33:13.950><c> certainly</c><00:33:14.369><c> has</c><00:33:14.789><c> many,</c><00:33:15.210><c> many</c><00:33:15.470><c> lessons</c><00:33:15.849><c> of</c><00:33:16.190><c> miracles,</c>

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many<00:33:17.490><c> things</c><00:33:17.750><c> that</c><00:33:17.950><c> Jesus</c><00:33:18.269><c> taught,</c>

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and<00:33:19.349><c> we</c><00:33:19.569><c> certainly</c><00:33:19.769><c> don't</c><00:33:20.029><c> have</c><00:33:20.250><c> time</c><00:33:20.609><c> to</c><00:33:20.769><c> go</c><00:33:20.970><c> through</c><00:33:21.769><c> Matthew,</c><00:33:22.769><c> Luke,</c>

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and<00:33:23.170><c> John.</c>

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But<00:33:25.829><c> Jesus,</c><00:33:26.789><c> things</c><00:33:27.109><c> happened</c><00:33:27.509><c> when</c><00:33:27.650><c> he</c><00:33:27.809><c> went</c><00:33:27.990><c> to</c><00:33:28.230><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:33:30.769 --> 00:33:33.829
x
Things<00:33:31.289><c> were</c><00:33:31.650><c> coming</c><00:33:32.009><c> to</c><00:33:32.730><c> a</c><00:33:32.910><c> focus.</c>

00:33:34.430 --> 00:33:36.210
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Things<00:33:34.710><c> were</c><00:33:34.930><c> coming</c><00:33:35.150><c> to</c><00:33:35.390><c> a</c><00:33:35.470><c> head.</c>

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Jesus<00:33:37.029><c> rode</c><00:33:37.369><c> in</c><00:33:38.230><c> on</c><00:33:38.890><c> the</c><00:33:39.150><c> ass.</c>

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They<00:33:40.930><c> took</c><00:33:41.170><c> this</c><00:33:41.470><c> as</c><00:33:41.730><c> a</c><00:33:41.829><c> sign.</c>

00:33:42.190 --> 00:33:44.529
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The<00:33:42.309><c> people</c><00:33:42.589><c> looked</c><00:33:42.829><c> at</c><00:33:43.009><c> it</c><00:33:43.210><c> as</c><00:33:43.450><c> a</c><00:33:43.630><c> sign.</c>

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There<00:33:45.930><c> was</c><00:33:46.130><c> an</c><00:33:46.349><c> arrest.</c>

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He<00:33:47.470><c> was</c><00:33:47.710><c> arrested.</c>

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x
There<00:33:48.609><c> was</c><00:33:48.789><c> a</c><00:33:49.009><c> trial.</c>

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There<00:33:50.809><c> was</c><00:33:51.009><c> a</c><00:33:51.150><c> crucifixion.</c>

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Yes,<00:33:54.069><c> and</c><00:33:54.210><c> a</c><00:33:54.329><c> resurrection.</c>

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So<00:33:56.549><c> much</c><00:33:56.890><c> happened</c><00:33:57.390><c> so</c><00:33:58.069><c> fast.</c>

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It<00:33:59.089><c> was</c><00:33:59.269><c> three</c><00:33:59.490><c> and</c><00:33:59.630><c> a</c><00:33:59.670><c> half</c><00:33:59.869><c> years</c><00:34:00.289><c> they</c><00:34:00.549><c> spent</c><00:34:01.069><c> trudging</c><00:34:01.670><c> along</c><00:34:02.170><c> through</c><00:34:02.430><c> the</c><00:34:02.609><c> dust,</c>

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through<00:34:04.490><c> the</c><00:34:04.970><c> dirty</c><00:34:05.490><c> trails.</c>

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And<00:34:06.650><c> who</c><00:34:06.809><c> knows</c><00:34:07.069><c> how</c><00:34:07.269><c> they</c><00:34:07.529><c> lived</c><00:34:07.769><c> and</c><00:34:08.090><c> ate</c><00:34:08.530><c> and</c><00:34:09.230><c> how</c><00:34:09.409><c> they</c><00:34:10.170><c> slept.</c>

00:34:12.309 --> 00:34:14.650
x
But<00:34:12.610><c> this</c><00:34:12.929><c> happened</c><00:34:13.349><c> very</c><00:34:13.789><c> quickly.</c>

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These<00:34:15.269><c> events</c><00:34:15.650><c> happened</c><00:34:15.989><c> very</c><00:34:16.389><c> quickly.</c>

00:34:18.610 --> 00:34:20.829
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Everything<00:34:19.090><c> was</c><00:34:19.389><c> turned</c><00:34:19.570><c> upside</c><00:34:19.929><c> down.</c>

00:34:21.670 --> 00:34:23.630
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What<00:34:21.929><c> happened</c><00:34:22.190><c> to</c><00:34:22.409><c> all</c><00:34:22.530><c> the</c><00:34:22.690><c> miracles?</c>

00:34:24.409 --> 00:34:28.289
x
What<00:34:24.710><c> happened</c><00:34:25.090><c> to</c><00:34:25.389><c> the</c><00:34:25.630><c> things</c><00:34:25.929><c> which</c><00:34:26.250><c> were</c><00:34:26.750><c> to</c><00:34:27.190><c> be</c><00:34:27.429><c> done?</c>

00:34:28.869 --> 00:34:30.769
x
How<00:34:29.110><c> is</c><00:34:29.309><c> this</c><00:34:29.449><c> going</c><00:34:29.650><c> to</c><00:34:29.849><c> accomplish?</c>

00:34:31.050 --> 00:34:33.909
x
I<00:34:31.610><c> think</c><00:34:31.829><c> we</c><00:34:32.070><c> all</c><00:34:32.190><c> have</c><00:34:32.389><c> a</c><00:34:32.469><c> little</c><00:34:32.630><c> bit</c><00:34:32.789><c> of</c><00:34:32.969><c> a</c><00:34:33.070><c> mystery</c><00:34:33.449><c> as</c><00:34:33.789><c> to</c>

00:34:33.909 --> 00:34:35.570
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how<00:34:34.190><c> that</c><00:34:34.469><c> happened.</c>

00:34:36.630 --> 00:34:39.349
x
We<00:34:36.869><c> know</c><00:34:37.130><c> this</c><00:34:37.489><c> much,</c><00:34:38.150><c> basically,</c>

00:34:40.110 --> 00:34:45.349
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that<00:34:40.289><c> these</c><00:34:40.530><c> men</c><00:34:40.809><c> were</c><00:34:41.150><c> not</c><00:34:42.289><c> apostles</c><00:34:43.050><c> until</c><00:34:43.570><c> after</c><00:34:44.849><c> the</c><00:34:45.170><c> Day</c>

00:34:45.349 --> 00:34:45.989
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of<00:34:45.389><c> Pentecost.</c>

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I<00:34:46.230><c> think</c><00:34:46.409><c> that's</c><00:34:46.750><c> basically</c><00:34:47.269><c> what</c><00:34:47.789><c> goes</c><00:34:48.130><c> on</c><00:34:48.469><c> here.</c>

00:34:49.150 --> 00:34:53.289
x
They<00:34:49.309><c> were</c><00:34:49.469><c> disciples,</c><00:34:51.409><c> but</c><00:34:51.550><c> there</c><00:34:51.730><c> was</c><00:34:51.849><c> something</c><00:34:52.190><c> that</c>

00:34:53.289 --> 00:34:54.289
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electrified<00:34:54.050><c> them,</c>

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something<00:34:54.989><c> which</c><00:34:55.389><c> really</c><00:34:57.289><c> put</c><00:34:57.510><c> a</c><00:34:57.670><c> bee</c><00:34:57.809><c> in</c><00:34:57.889><c> their</c><00:34:58.150><c> bonnet.</c>

00:34:58.429 --> 00:35:03.829
x
But<00:34:58.650><c> they</c><00:34:59.570><c> really</c><00:35:00.269><c> started</c><00:35:00.650><c> to</c><00:35:01.010><c> think,</c><00:35:01.670><c> what's</c><00:35:02.550><c> going</c><00:35:02.809><c> on?</c>

00:35:06.110 --> 00:35:09.570
x
They<00:35:06.909><c> received</c><00:35:07.329><c> the</c><00:35:07.510><c> Holy</c><00:35:07.710><c> Spirit,</c><00:35:08.070><c> that's</c><00:35:08.469><c> true.</c>

00:35:10.489 --> 00:35:14.110
x
But<00:35:10.789><c> there</c><00:35:10.989><c> was</c><00:35:11.230><c> something</c><00:35:11.650><c> within</c><00:35:12.170><c> them,</c><00:35:13.449><c> their</c><00:35:13.730><c> flesh,</c>

00:35:14.250 --> 00:35:15.809
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their<00:35:14.550><c> mind,</c>

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to<00:35:17.530><c> instigate</c><00:35:18.090><c> them</c><00:35:18.929><c> to</c><00:35:19.269><c> go</c><00:35:19.510><c> ahead,</c>

00:35:21.489 --> 00:35:25.590
x
to<00:35:21.909><c> go</c><00:35:22.210><c> ahead</c><00:35:22.769><c> further</c><00:35:23.550><c> than</c><00:35:24.070><c> no</c><00:35:24.429><c> man</c><00:35:24.690><c> has</c><00:35:24.949><c> ever</c><00:35:25.190><c> gone.</c>

00:35:25.590 --> 00:35:29.090
x
In<00:35:26.889><c> 2</c><00:35:27.130><c> Corinthians</c><00:35:27.630><c> 12,</c><00:35:28.449><c> it</c><00:35:28.869><c> says,</c>

00:35:29.369 --> 00:35:33.090
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truly<00:35:29.469><c> the</c><00:35:29.769><c> signs</c><00:35:30.010><c> of</c><00:35:30.190><c> an</c><00:35:30.429><c> apostle</c><00:35:30.809><c> were</c><00:35:31.150><c> accomplished</c><00:35:31.630><c> among</c><00:35:32.050><c> you</c>

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It<00:35:48.369><c> was</c><00:35:49.010><c> perseverance</c><00:35:49.809><c> in</c><00:35:51.170><c> signs</c><00:35:51.530><c> and</c><00:35:51.789><c> wonders</c><00:35:52.110><c> and</c><00:35:52.389><c> mighty</c><00:35:52.630><c> deeds.</c>

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They<00:35:55.410><c> spent</c><00:35:56.050><c> many</c><00:35:56.869><c> years</c><00:35:57.750><c> struggling</c><00:35:58.329><c> to</c><00:35:59.690><c> proclaim</c><00:36:00.070><c> the</c><00:36:00.369><c> Gospel,</c>

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to<00:36:01.070><c> learn,</c><00:36:01.650><c> to</c><00:36:01.710><c> teach,</c><00:36:03.030><c> to</c><00:36:03.170><c> live,</c><00:36:04.269><c> to</c><00:36:04.369><c> walk</c><00:36:04.670><c> in</c><00:36:04.989><c> the</c><00:36:05.170><c> Word,</c>

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truly<00:36:06.349><c> walk</c><00:36:06.710><c> in</c><00:36:06.869><c> the</c><00:36:07.030><c> Word,</c><00:36:09.369><c> not</c><00:36:09.670><c> handle</c><00:36:10.250><c> it,</c><00:36:10.409><c> not</c><00:36:10.630><c> hold</c><00:36:10.929><c> it,</c>

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but<00:36:11.429><c> live</c><00:36:11.650><c> it.</c>

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The<00:36:15.010><c> focus,</c><00:36:15.389><c> of</c><00:36:15.630><c> course,</c><00:36:15.949><c> of</c><00:36:16.190><c> their</c><00:36:16.489><c> direction</c><00:36:17.170><c> was</c><00:36:17.969><c> in</c><00:36:18.190><c> Mark</c>

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16,<00:36:19.909><c> 16.</c>

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Go<00:36:21.090><c> into</c><00:36:21.409><c> all</c><00:36:21.650><c> the</c><00:36:21.849><c> world</c><00:36:22.030><c> and</c><00:36:22.269><c> preach</c><00:36:22.489><c> the</c><00:36:22.710><c> Gospel</c><00:36:23.010><c> to</c><00:36:23.389><c> every</c><00:36:24.309><c> creature.</c>

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Every<00:36:29.590><c> creature,</c><00:36:30.309><c> go</c><00:36:30.449><c> into</c><00:36:30.730><c> all</c><00:36:30.949><c> the</c><00:36:31.190><c> world.</c>

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So<00:36:33.170><c> they</c><00:36:33.750><c> went</c><00:36:33.989><c> into</c><00:36:34.309><c> all</c><00:36:34.530><c> the</c><00:36:34.630><c> world,</c><00:36:34.869><c> but</c><00:36:34.969><c> they</c><00:36:35.309><c> also</c><00:36:36.230><c> wrote</c>

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the<00:36:36.869><c> Gospels.</c>

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Paul<00:36:38.449><c> wrote</c><00:36:39.030><c> epistles,</c><00:36:40.409><c> which</c><00:36:40.630><c> we</c><00:36:40.969><c> have</c><00:36:41.429><c> and</c><00:36:41.849><c> we</c><00:36:42.070><c> encourage</c>

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to<00:36:43.409><c> see.</c>

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This<00:36:49.210><c> was</c><00:36:49.590><c> an</c><00:36:50.070><c> interesting</c><00:36:50.690><c> time,</c><00:36:51.769><c> but</c><00:36:51.969><c> the</c><00:36:52.170><c> question</c><00:36:52.510><c> becomes</c><00:36:52.889><c> where</c>

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am<00:36:53.429><c> I?</c>

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The<00:36:54.809><c> question</c><00:36:55.150><c> becomes</c><00:36:55.650><c> is</c><00:36:56.489><c> where</c><00:36:56.909><c> am</c><00:36:57.230><c> I?</c>

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What<00:36:57.570><c> have</c><00:36:57.769><c> I</c><00:36:57.969><c> done?</c>

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What<00:36:58.369><c> am</c><00:36:58.570><c> I</c><00:36:58.789><c> doing?</c>

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Where<00:37:00.130><c> do</c><00:37:00.349><c> I</c><00:37:00.550><c> feel?</c>

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What<00:37:02.230><c> application</c><00:37:02.909><c> have</c><00:37:03.110><c> I</c><00:37:03.269><c> made</c><00:37:03.489><c> to</c><00:37:03.829><c> myself?</c>

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I've<00:37:06.630><c> heard</c><00:37:06.769><c> the</c><00:37:07.010><c> Word,</c><00:37:07.250><c> read</c><00:37:07.469><c> the</c><00:37:07.710><c> Word</c><00:37:07.949><c> of</c><00:37:08.170><c> excitations</c><00:37:08.889><c> for</c>

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many<00:37:09.369><c> years.</c>

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You<00:37:11.090><c> ask</c><00:37:11.389><c> yourself,</c><00:37:11.869><c> am</c><00:37:11.969><c> I</c><00:37:12.150><c> a</c><00:37:12.329><c> disciple</c><00:37:12.769><c> or</c><00:37:12.949><c> an</c><00:37:13.130><c> apostle?</c>

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An<00:37:15.389><c> ambassador</c><00:37:15.969><c> for</c><00:37:16.289><c> Christ?</c>

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What<00:37:17.650><c> am</c><00:37:17.869><c> I?</c>

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Where<00:37:18.389><c> am</c><00:37:18.650><c> I?</c>

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Do<00:37:20.349><c> I</c><00:37:20.550><c> have</c><00:37:20.789><c> fears?</c>

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Am<00:37:21.989><c> I</c><00:37:22.190><c> as</c><00:37:22.489><c> enlightened</c><00:37:22.949><c> as</c><00:37:23.289><c> they</c><00:37:23.730><c> or</c><00:37:24.170><c> encouraged</c><00:37:24.710><c> as</c><00:37:25.010><c> they</c><00:37:25.510><c> by</c>

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these<00:37:26.090><c> miracles?</c>

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They<00:37:27.710><c> were</c><00:37:27.929><c> amazed.</c>

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They<00:37:29.550><c> were</c><00:37:29.789><c> amazed</c><00:37:30.230><c> by</c><00:37:30.449><c> what</c><00:37:30.809><c> happened,</c><00:37:31.329><c> amazed</c><00:37:31.929><c> at</c><00:37:32.170><c> these</c><00:37:32.389><c> things.</c>

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He<00:37:33.150><c> touched</c><00:37:33.590><c> a</c><00:37:33.849><c> leper.</c>

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He<00:37:35.090><c> cured</c><00:37:35.349><c> a</c><00:37:35.630><c> fever.</c>

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He<00:37:36.389><c> calmed</c><00:37:36.670><c> the</c><00:37:36.929><c> waters.</c>

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That<00:37:38.389><c> was</c><00:37:38.570><c> just</c><00:37:38.809><c> the</c><00:37:38.949><c> beginning.</c>

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That<00:37:40.750><c> was</c><00:37:40.949><c> just</c><00:37:41.190><c> the</c><00:37:41.510><c> start.</c>

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But<00:37:43.849><c> Jesus</c><00:37:44.190><c> did</c><00:37:44.510><c> so</c><00:37:44.849><c> much</c><00:37:45.090><c> more</c><00:37:45.769><c> than</c><00:37:47.429><c> we</c><00:37:47.690><c> have</c><00:37:47.849><c> him</c><00:37:48.070><c> riding</c><00:37:48.329><c> on</c>

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the<00:37:48.789><c> ass</c><00:37:48.989><c> into</c><00:37:49.250><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:37:50.949><c> the</c><00:37:51.230><c> trial,</c>

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the<00:37:52.989><c> arrest,</c><00:37:55.230><c> the</c><00:37:55.469><c> crucifixion,</c><00:37:58.670><c> the</c><00:37:58.889><c> resurrection.</c>

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They<00:38:01.170><c> all</c><00:38:01.449><c> fled.</c>

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They<00:38:02.369><c> all</c><00:38:02.730><c> fled.</c>

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They<00:38:03.130><c> were</c><00:38:03.510><c> afraid.</c>

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They<00:38:04.110><c> didn't</c><00:38:04.309><c> know</c><00:38:04.510><c> what</c><00:38:04.630><c> to</c><00:38:04.789><c> do.</c>

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Be<00:38:06.469><c> of</c><00:38:06.650><c> good</c><00:38:06.889><c> cheer,</c><00:38:07.110><c> he</c><00:38:07.409><c> says,</c><00:38:07.809><c> but</c><00:38:09.050><c> in</c><00:38:09.730><c> the</c><00:38:09.789><c> middle</c><00:38:09.929><c> of</c><00:38:10.190><c> a</c><00:38:10.289><c> storm,</c><00:38:11.250><c> it's</c><00:38:11.550><c> kind</c><00:38:11.670><c> of</c>

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hard<00:38:11.949><c> to</c><00:38:12.190><c> see</c><00:38:12.329><c> that</c>

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and<00:38:12.789><c> hard</c><00:38:13.309><c> to</c><00:38:13.550><c> appreciate</c><00:38:14.030><c> that.</c>

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As<00:38:19.530><c> the</c><00:38:19.710><c> Word</c><00:38:19.929><c> of</c><00:38:20.130><c> God</c><00:38:20.570><c> removed</c><00:38:21.090><c> my</c><00:38:21.489><c> fears,</c><00:38:22.449><c> do</c><00:38:22.570><c> I</c><00:38:22.730><c> trust</c><00:38:23.030><c> in</c>

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him<00:38:23.469><c> wholeheartedly?</c>

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Being<00:38:26.150><c> faithful</c><00:38:26.530><c> to</c><00:38:26.750><c> the</c><00:38:26.909><c> memorial</c><00:38:27.309><c> table</c><00:38:27.750><c> helps</c><00:38:28.130><c> us</c><00:38:28.369><c> to</c><00:38:28.650><c> remember</c><00:38:28.889><c> the</c>

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work<00:38:29.849><c> of</c><00:38:30.750><c> salvation,</c>

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but<00:38:32.309><c> doing</c><00:38:32.590><c> the</c><00:38:32.869><c> Word</c><00:38:33.050><c> of</c><00:38:33.369><c> God</c><00:38:33.909><c> is</c><00:38:34.610><c> our</c><00:38:34.929><c> deed.</c>

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Work,<00:38:38.550><c> walk</c><00:38:38.849><c> in</c><00:38:38.989><c> the</c><00:38:39.170><c> world,</c><00:38:39.449><c> being</c><00:38:39.809><c> transformed</c><00:38:40.429><c> by</c><00:38:40.670><c> the</c><00:38:40.730><c> renewing</c><00:38:41.070><c> of</c>

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our<00:38:41.429><c> mind.</c>

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I<00:38:43.090><c> think</c><00:38:43.269><c> these</c><00:38:43.570><c> men</c><00:38:44.469><c> had</c><00:38:44.829><c> a</c><00:38:45.070><c> mind</c><00:38:45.389><c> which</c><00:38:45.670><c> was</c><00:38:46.050><c> filled</c><00:38:46.570><c> with</c>

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instruction<00:38:48.750><c> and</c><00:38:49.789><c> miracles</c><00:38:50.369><c> and</c><00:38:50.829><c> signs,</c>

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and<00:38:52.929><c> all</c><00:38:53.130><c> of</c><00:38:53.349><c> a</c><00:38:53.469><c> sudden,</c><00:38:54.489><c> it</c><00:38:54.690><c> came</c><00:38:54.949><c> together.</c>

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It<00:38:56.829><c> came</c><00:38:57.070><c> together</c><00:38:57.809><c> to</c><00:38:58.250><c> do,</c><00:38:59.769><c> to</c><00:39:00.030><c> be</c><00:39:00.730><c> all</c><00:39:01.190><c> that</c><00:39:01.409><c> he</c><00:39:01.550><c> could.</c>

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Now<00:39:03.610><c> Mark,</c><00:39:04.369><c> at</c><00:39:04.590><c> one</c><00:39:04.909><c> point,</c><00:39:05.190><c> the</c><00:39:05.369><c> Gospel,</c><00:39:05.969><c> the</c><00:39:06.050><c> man,</c><00:39:07.469><c> was</c><00:39:07.710><c> rebuffed</c><00:39:08.070><c> by</c><00:39:08.369><c> Paul.</c>

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I<00:39:09.369><c> think</c><00:39:09.510><c> that's</c><00:39:09.849><c> kind</c><00:39:10.050><c> of</c><00:39:10.250><c> interesting,</c><00:39:10.929><c> but</c><00:39:11.230><c> was</c><00:39:11.570><c> later</c><00:39:11.809><c> summoned</c><00:39:12.250><c> by</c><00:39:12.570><c> Paul.</c>

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Summoned<00:39:14.809><c> by</c><00:39:15.010><c> Paul.</c>

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For<00:39:16.269><c> he</c><00:39:16.429><c> is</c><00:39:16.690><c> profitable</c><00:39:17.010><c> to</c><00:39:17.230><c> me</c><00:39:17.409><c> for</c><00:39:17.590><c> ministry.</c>

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Mark<00:39:21.369><c> was</c><00:39:21.989><c> steadfast,</c><00:39:22.829><c> and</c><00:39:23.409><c> he</c><00:39:23.489><c> was</c><00:39:23.750><c> recognized</c><00:39:24.170><c> by</c><00:39:24.449><c> Paul.</c>

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We<00:39:26.550><c> hope</c><00:39:26.849><c> that</c><00:39:27.469><c> we</c><00:39:27.829><c> too</c><00:39:28.570><c> might</c><00:39:29.429><c> be</c><00:39:29.750><c> steadfast</c><00:39:30.289><c> and</c><00:39:30.630><c> recognized.</c>

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We<00:39:32.670><c> celebrate</c><00:39:33.050><c> the</c><00:39:33.329><c> work</c><00:39:34.070><c> if</c><00:39:35.989><c> Christ</c><00:39:36.289><c> strengthens</c><00:39:36.909><c> us</c><00:39:37.170><c> by</c><00:39:37.349><c> the</c>

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bread<00:39:37.670><c> and</c><00:39:37.849><c> the</c><00:39:38.090><c> wine.</c>

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We<00:39:39.750><c> are</c><00:39:39.949><c> reminded</c><00:39:40.409><c> and</c><00:39:40.829><c> are</c><00:39:40.989><c> partake</c><00:39:41.969><c> of</c><00:39:42.429><c> this</c><00:39:43.489><c> bread</c><00:39:43.929><c> and</c>

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this<00:39:44.469><c> blood.</c>

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Not<00:39:46.690><c> to</c><00:39:46.909><c> miss</c><00:39:47.730><c> just</c><00:39:48.869><c> to</c><00:39:49.110><c> listen</c><00:39:49.289><c> to</c><00:39:49.510><c> the</c><00:39:49.750><c> words</c><00:39:50.090><c> which</c><00:39:50.349><c> we</c><00:39:50.630><c> read</c>

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in<00:39:51.070><c> Scripture,</c>

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but<00:39:52.210><c> actually</c><00:39:52.710><c> to</c><00:39:52.989><c> do</c><00:39:53.170><c> them.</c>

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They<00:39:58.809><c> change</c><00:39:59.130><c> their</c><00:39:59.389><c> lives,</c><00:40:01.510><c> and</c><00:40:01.730><c> we</c><00:40:01.909><c> are</c><00:40:02.070><c> to</c><00:40:02.230><c> change</c><00:40:02.590><c> our</c><00:40:02.949><c> lives.</c>

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