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And<00:10:46.379><c> that</c><00:10:46.480><c> is</c><00:10:46.639><c> a</c><00:10:46.779><c> marvelous</c><00:10:47.100><c> byproduct</c><00:10:47.700><c> of</c><00:10:47.860><c> the</c><00:10:48.019><c> purpose</c><00:10:48.200><c> of</c><00:10:48.460><c> God.</c>

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That<00:11:51.399><c> he</c><00:11:51.559><c> could</c><00:11:51.700><c> live</c><00:11:51.919><c> without</c><00:11:52.299><c> sin</c><00:11:52.840><c> by</c><00:11:53.360><c> putting</c><00:11:53.620><c> his</c><00:11:53.879><c> faith</c>

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And<00:11:58.279><c> it's</c><00:11:58.399><c> hard</c><00:11:58.600><c> to</c><00:11:58.799><c> argue</c><00:11:59.019><c> with</c><00:11:59.259><c> that.</c>

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Verse<00:17:35.880><c> 8,</c><00:17:36.500><c> understand</c><00:17:36.740><c> ye</c><00:17:37.000><c> brutish</c><00:17:37.420><c> among</c><00:17:37.660><c> the</c><00:17:37.900><c> people</c><00:17:38.079><c> and</c>

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ye<00:17:38.519><c> fools?</c>

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Well,<00:17:39.240><c> brutish</c><00:17:39.500><c> and</c><00:17:39.680><c> fools</c><00:17:40.019><c> is</c><00:17:40.519><c> basically</c><00:17:41.059><c> the</c><00:17:41.339><c> exact</c><00:17:41.619><c> same</c><00:17:41.900><c> things.</c>

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It's<00:17:42.500><c> repeated</c><00:17:42.859><c> twice.</c>

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Verse<00:17:44.240><c> 15</c><00:17:44.859><c> talks</c><00:17:45.200><c> about</c><00:17:46.400><c> righteousness</c><00:17:47.019><c> and</c><00:17:47.500><c> upright,</c>

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repeated<00:17:48.859><c> twice.</c>

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Verse<00:17:50.299><c> 22</c><00:17:50.819><c> talks</c><00:17:51.200><c> about,</c><00:17:52.299><c> but</c><00:17:52.299><c> the</c><00:17:52.460><c> Lord</c><00:17:52.579><c> is</c><00:17:52.779><c> my</c><00:17:52.960><c> defense</c><00:17:53.539><c> and</c>

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my<00:17:54.240><c> rock</c><00:17:54.579><c> and</c><00:17:55.599><c> my</c><00:17:56.000><c> God</c><00:17:56.220><c> is</c><00:17:56.440><c> the</c><00:17:56.640><c> rock</c><00:17:56.819><c> of</c><00:17:57.039><c> my</c><00:17:57.259><c> refuge.</c>

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Well,<00:17:57.880><c> that</c><00:17:58.039><c> word</c><00:17:58.319><c> defense</c><00:17:58.759><c> means</c><00:17:59.079><c> refuge.</c>

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So<00:18:00.680><c> you</c><00:18:00.779><c> got</c><00:18:00.900><c> that</c><00:18:01.140><c> repeated</c><00:18:01.480><c> twice.</c>

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Verse<00:18:02.319><c> 23,</c><00:18:03.779><c> and</c><00:18:03.980><c> he</c><00:18:04.240><c> shall</c><00:18:04.400><c> bring</c><00:18:04.660><c> upon</c><00:18:04.980><c> them</c><00:18:05.240><c> their</c><00:18:05.559><c> own</c><00:18:05.859><c> iniquity</c><00:18:06.359><c> and</c>

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shall<00:18:06.779><c> cut</c><00:18:07.160><c> them</c><00:18:07.619><c> off</c><00:18:08.039><c> in</c><00:18:08.480><c> their</c><00:18:09.039><c> own</c><00:18:09.400><c> wickedness.</c>

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Yea,<00:18:10.240><c> the</c><00:18:10.400><c> Lord</c><00:18:10.680><c> our</c><00:18:10.880><c> God</c><00:18:11.099><c> shall</c><00:18:11.359><c> cut</c><00:18:11.640><c> them</c><00:18:11.920><c> off.</c>

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So<00:18:12.359><c> this</c><00:18:12.519><c> idea</c><00:18:12.740><c> of</c><00:18:12.900><c> being</c><00:18:13.039><c> cut</c><00:18:13.380><c> off</c><00:18:13.819><c> is</c><00:18:14.279><c> repeated</c><00:18:14.640><c> twice.</c>

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Well,<00:18:15.259><c> why</c><00:18:15.480><c> is</c><00:18:15.619><c> all</c><00:18:15.819><c> this</c><00:18:16.000><c> stuff</c><00:18:16.339><c> throughout</c><00:18:16.980><c> this</c><00:18:17.299><c> psalm</c>

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repeated<00:18:18.599><c> twice?</c>

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And<00:18:19.940><c> we</c><00:18:20.079><c> say,</c><00:18:20.339><c> well,</c><00:18:20.559><c> that's</c><00:18:20.880><c> for</c><00:18:21.039><c> emphasis.</c>

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And<00:18:22.640><c> it</c><00:18:22.839><c> is,</c><00:18:23.740><c> it</c><00:18:23.940><c> is</c><00:18:24.059><c> to</c><00:18:24.279><c> emphasize</c><00:18:24.660><c> the</c><00:18:24.920><c> point,</c><00:18:25.039><c> but</c><00:18:25.160><c> it's</c><00:18:25.339><c> more</c><00:18:25.559><c> than</c><00:18:25.680><c> just</c><00:18:25.920><c> to</c>

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emphasize<00:18:26.440><c> the</c><00:18:26.720><c> point.</c>

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It's<00:18:28.400><c> actually</c><00:18:28.819><c> to</c><00:18:29.220><c> teach</c><00:18:29.640><c> absoluteness.</c>

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In<00:18:32.240><c> other</c><00:18:32.400><c> words,</c><00:18:32.539><c> something</c><00:18:32.859><c> is</c><00:18:33.160><c> repeated</c><00:18:33.500><c> twice</c><00:18:33.880><c> because</c>

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it<00:18:34.420><c> is</c><00:18:34.819><c> absolutely</c><00:18:35.619><c> and</c><00:18:36.559><c> completely</c><00:18:37.119><c> true.</c>

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And<00:18:38.440><c> I'll</c><00:18:38.559><c> give</c><00:18:38.640><c> you</c><00:18:39.160><c> a</c><00:18:39.279><c> couple</c><00:18:39.420><c> to</c><00:18:39.619><c> a</c><00:18:39.720><c> few</c><00:18:39.880><c> examples</c><00:18:40.220><c> of</c><00:18:40.440><c> that.</c>

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Remember,<00:18:41.460><c> Joseph</c><00:18:41.940><c> interprets</c><00:18:42.819><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:18:43.299><c> dream,</c><00:18:43.619><c> right?</c>

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And<00:18:44.200><c> he</c><00:18:44.240><c> has</c><00:18:44.440><c> two</c><00:18:44.900><c> very,</c><00:18:45.240><c> very</c><00:18:45.500><c> similar</c><00:18:45.819><c> dreams,</c><00:18:46.240><c> one</c><00:18:46.480><c> about</c>

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the<00:18:47.920><c> cows</c><00:18:48.220><c> and</c><00:18:48.380><c> the</c><00:18:48.480><c> others</c><00:18:48.619><c> about</c><00:18:48.839><c> the</c><00:18:49.119><c> stock,</c><00:18:49.440><c> right?</c>

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And<00:18:51.420><c> Joseph</c><00:18:51.660><c> says</c><00:18:51.940><c> to</c><00:18:52.140><c> him,</c><00:18:52.619><c> these</c><00:18:52.759><c> dreams</c><00:18:53.099><c> are</c><00:18:53.319><c> two,</c><00:18:53.680><c> one</c><00:18:53.779><c> and</c>

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the<00:18:54.119><c> same.</c>

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And<00:18:55.200><c> the</c><00:18:55.319><c> reason</c><00:18:55.500><c> why</c><00:18:55.700><c> you've</c><00:18:55.880><c> dreamed</c><00:18:56.059><c> it</c><00:18:56.319><c> twice</c><00:18:56.559><c> is</c><00:18:56.720><c> because</c>

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this<00:18:57.160><c> is</c><00:18:57.500><c> absolutely</c><00:18:58.019><c> going</c><00:18:58.279><c> to</c><00:18:58.539><c> happen.</c>

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You're<00:18:59.960><c> going</c><00:19:00.079><c> to</c><00:19:00.259><c> have</c><00:19:00.400><c> seven</c><00:19:00.700><c> years</c><00:19:01.160><c> of</c><00:19:01.859><c> plenty</c><00:19:02.099><c> and</c><00:19:02.380><c> then</c>

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seven<00:19:03.019><c> years</c><00:19:03.220><c> of</c><00:19:03.500><c> famine.</c>

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It's<00:19:04.940><c> absolutely</c><00:19:05.460><c> going</c><00:19:05.819><c> to</c><00:19:06.079><c> happen.</c>

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It's<00:19:07.680><c> not</c><00:19:07.799><c> one</c><00:19:07.960><c> of</c><00:19:08.039><c> those</c><00:19:08.240><c> things</c><00:19:08.480><c> where</c><00:19:08.720><c> I'm</c><00:19:08.920><c> going</c><00:19:09.000><c> to</c><00:19:09.279><c> tell</c>

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you<00:19:09.599><c> this</c><00:19:09.819><c> and</c><00:19:09.940><c> if</c><00:19:10.099><c> you</c><00:19:10.259><c> repent,</c><00:19:10.599><c> something's</c><00:19:11.000><c> going</c><00:19:11.140><c> to</c><00:19:11.319><c> change.</c>

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No,<00:19:11.960><c> this</c><00:19:12.180><c> will</c><00:19:12.420><c> happen.</c><00:19:13.519><c> It's</c><00:19:13.960><c> absolute.</c>

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Same<00:19:16.319><c> thing</c><00:19:16.500><c> when</c><00:19:16.680><c> Jesus</c><00:19:16.960><c> says,</c><00:19:17.619><c> verily,</c><00:19:17.960><c> verily,</c><00:19:18.259><c> I</c><00:19:18.380><c> say</c>

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unto<00:19:18.779><c> you.</c>

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That<00:19:20.480><c> means</c><00:19:20.660><c> this</c><00:19:20.859><c> is</c><00:19:21.279><c> absolutely</c><00:19:21.960><c> true.</c>

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So<00:19:23.519><c> when</c><00:19:23.660><c> Jesus</c><00:19:23.920><c> said</c><00:19:24.119><c> to</c><00:19:24.299><c> his</c><00:19:24.460><c> disciples,</c><00:19:25.460><c> verily,</c><00:19:25.960><c> verily,</c>

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I<00:19:26.440><c> say</c><00:19:26.619><c> unto</c><00:19:26.880><c> you,</c><00:19:27.619><c> one</c><00:19:27.880><c> of</c><00:19:28.019><c> you</c><00:19:28.140><c> shall</c><00:19:28.359><c> betray</c><00:19:28.740><c> me.</c>

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Jesus<00:19:30.460><c> is</c><00:19:30.740><c> not</c><00:19:31.000><c> saying,</c><00:19:31.640><c> I</c><00:19:31.759><c> got</c><00:19:31.960><c> the</c><00:19:32.240><c> feeling</c><00:19:32.500><c> one</c><00:19:32.700><c> of</c><00:19:32.799><c> you</c><00:19:32.880><c> is</c>

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going<00:19:33.079><c> to</c><00:19:33.240><c> betray</c><00:19:33.460><c> me.</c>

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That's<00:19:35.400><c> not</c><00:19:35.559><c> what</c><00:19:35.660><c> he's</c><00:19:35.980><c> saying.</c>

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He's<00:19:37.319><c> saying,</c><00:19:37.700><c> one</c><00:19:37.819><c> of</c><00:19:38.019><c> you</c><00:19:38.160><c> will</c><00:19:38.599><c> absolutely</c><00:19:39.779><c> betray</c><00:19:40.779><c> me.</c>

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This<00:19:41.960><c> will</c><00:19:42.759><c> happen.</c>

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So<00:19:44.279><c> if</c><00:19:44.420><c> Peter</c><00:19:44.640><c> were</c><00:19:44.839><c> to</c><00:19:45.000><c> say,</c><00:19:45.460><c> no</c><00:19:45.619><c> way,</c><00:19:46.319><c> it's</c><00:19:46.559><c> like,</c><00:19:46.680><c> no,</c><00:19:46.839><c> you</c>

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don't<00:19:47.000><c> understand.</c>

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This<00:19:47.960><c> is</c><00:19:48.380><c> absolutely</c><00:19:49.059><c> going</c><00:19:49.460><c> to</c><00:19:49.759><c> happen.</c>

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And<00:19:51.200><c> just</c><00:19:51.380><c> to</c><00:19:51.500><c> prove</c><00:19:51.599><c> that's</c><00:19:51.799><c> what</c><00:19:51.880><c> I'm</c><00:19:52.099><c> talking</c><00:19:52.279><c> about,</c><00:19:52.579><c> take</c>

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a<00:19:52.900><c> look</c><00:19:53.000><c> at</c><00:19:53.160><c> verse</c><00:19:53.420><c> three.</c>

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Notice<00:19:55.660><c> what</c><00:19:55.799><c> it</c><00:19:55.960><c> says</c><00:19:56.059><c> in</c><00:19:56.240><c> verse</c><00:19:56.400><c> three.</c>

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It<00:19:58.320><c> says,</c><00:19:59.259><c> Lord,</c><00:19:59.740><c> how</c><00:19:59.960><c> long</c><00:20:00.240><c> shall</c><00:20:00.440><c> the</c><00:20:00.680><c> wicked,</c><00:20:00.880><c> how</c><00:20:01.119><c> long</c>

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shall<00:20:01.660><c> the</c><00:20:01.900><c> wicked</c><00:20:02.200><c> triumph?</c>

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And<00:20:05.500><c> so</c><00:20:05.599><c> what's</c><00:20:05.839><c> the</c><00:20:06.160><c> absoluteness</c><00:20:06.720><c> of</c><00:20:06.940><c> it?</c>

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You<00:20:08.839><c> say,</c><00:20:09.039><c> well,</c><00:20:09.660><c> that</c><00:20:09.960><c> the</c><00:20:10.119><c> wicked</c><00:20:10.380><c> triumph.</c>

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Well,<00:20:12.019><c> actually,</c><00:20:12.460><c> that's</c><00:20:12.779><c> not</c><00:20:12.920><c> repeated</c><00:20:13.200><c> twice,</c><00:20:15.319><c> right?</c>

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The<00:20:16.480><c> word</c><00:20:16.599><c> triumph</c><00:20:16.940><c> actually</c><00:20:17.359><c> isn't</c><00:20:17.539><c> repeated</c><00:20:17.839><c> twice.</c>

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There's<00:20:19.500><c> an</c><00:20:19.759><c> absoluteness</c><00:20:20.200><c> here,</c><00:20:20.339><c> but</c><00:20:20.480><c> that's</c><00:20:20.779><c> not</c><00:20:20.920><c> it.</c>

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And<00:20:21.960><c> how</c><00:20:22.099><c> do</c><00:20:22.220><c> you</c><00:20:22.279><c> know</c><00:20:22.440><c> that?</c>

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Because<00:20:23.720><c> the</c><00:20:23.859><c> wicked</c><00:20:24.039><c> don't</c><00:20:24.279><c> always</c><00:20:24.599><c> triumph.</c>

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There<00:20:26.619><c> are</c><00:20:26.960><c> times</c><00:20:27.339><c> where</c><00:20:27.579><c> the</c><00:20:27.759><c> wicked</c><00:20:28.279><c> get</c><00:20:28.859><c> their</c><00:20:29.079><c> just</c><00:20:29.279><c> desserts.</c>

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It<00:20:30.559><c> does</c><00:20:30.819><c> happen.</c>

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So<00:20:33.480><c> it's</c><00:20:33.660><c> not</c><00:20:33.819><c> repeated</c><00:20:34.160><c> twice.</c>

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It's<00:20:36.119><c> specifically</c><00:20:36.519><c> not</c><00:20:36.900><c> repeated</c><00:20:37.180><c> twice.</c>

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But<00:20:38.299><c> the</c><00:20:38.500><c> question,</c><00:20:39.500><c> how</c><00:20:39.700><c> long</c><00:20:39.980><c> shall</c><00:20:40.160><c> the</c><00:20:40.380><c> wicked</c><00:20:40.720><c> is</c><00:20:41.460><c> repeated</c><00:20:41.880><c> twice?</c>

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So<00:20:42.920><c> what's</c><00:20:43.220><c> the</c><00:20:43.500><c> absoluteness?</c>

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And<00:20:44.160><c> it</c><00:20:44.279><c> is</c><00:20:44.460><c> this.</c>

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That<00:20:46.619><c> there</c><00:20:46.799><c> will</c><00:20:47.220><c> absolutely</c><00:20:47.940><c> be</c><00:20:48.240><c> a</c><00:20:48.440><c> time</c><00:20:49.079><c> when</c><00:20:50.500><c> the</c><00:20:50.740><c> wicked</c>

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will<00:20:51.180><c> no</c><00:20:51.359><c> longer</c><00:20:51.579><c> triumph.</c>

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That's<00:20:53.880><c> the</c><00:20:54.200><c> absoluteness</c><00:20:54.880><c> of</c><00:20:55.279><c> the</c><00:20:55.460><c> phrase,</c><00:20:55.700><c> that's</c><00:20:56.099><c> why</c>

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it's<00:20:56.420><c> repeated</c><00:20:56.680><c> twice.</c>

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psalmist<00:21:01.680><c> is</c><00:21:01.920><c> trying</c><00:21:02.059><c> to</c><00:21:02.299><c> teach</c><00:21:02.480><c> you.</c>

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the<00:21:08.339><c> wisdom</c><00:21:08.579><c> of</c><00:21:08.859><c> God.</c>

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And<00:21:11.200><c> you</c><00:21:11.299><c> have</c><00:21:11.460><c> to</c><00:21:11.720><c> understand</c><00:21:12.039><c> those</c><00:21:12.460><c> absolute</c><00:21:12.980><c> truths</c><00:21:13.400><c> in</c>

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And<00:21:19.079><c> so</c><00:21:19.240><c> in</c><00:21:19.380><c> the</c><00:21:19.519><c> first</c><00:21:19.720><c> verse,</c><00:21:20.039><c> he</c><00:21:20.339><c> gives</c><00:21:20.559><c> us</c><00:21:20.839><c> an</c><00:21:21.220><c> absolute</c><00:21:21.640><c> truth.</c>

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He<00:21:24.140><c> says,</c><00:21:24.900><c> Oh,</c><00:21:25.140><c> Lord</c><00:21:25.319><c> God,</c><00:21:25.819><c> to</c><00:21:25.900><c> whom</c><00:21:26.119><c> vengeance</c><00:21:26.740><c> belongeth.</c>

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Oh,<00:21:28.559><c> God,</c><00:21:28.940><c> to</c><00:21:29.059><c> whom</c><00:21:29.259><c> vengeance</c><00:21:30.019><c> belongeth.</c>

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Show<00:21:31.740><c> thyself.</c>

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So<00:21:35.359><c> vengeance</c><00:21:36.140><c> belongs</c><00:21:37.599><c> to</c><00:21:38.460><c> God.</c>

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I've<00:21:51.420><c> told</c><00:21:51.519><c> this</c><00:21:51.740><c> story</c><00:21:51.859><c> before</c><00:21:52.200><c> and</c><00:21:52.339><c> I</c><00:21:52.539><c> apologize</c><00:21:52.819><c> for</c><00:21:53.000><c> repeating</c><00:21:53.220><c> it,</c>

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but<00:21:53.559><c> it's</c><00:21:53.819><c> so</c><00:21:54.119><c> important</c><00:21:54.279><c> to</c><00:21:54.480><c> this</c><00:21:54.680><c> point.</c>

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I<00:21:55.680><c> used</c><00:21:55.880><c> to</c><00:21:56.039><c> work</c><00:21:56.160><c> with</c><00:21:56.500><c> a</c><00:21:57.119><c> young</c><00:21:57.279><c> woman</c><00:21:57.519><c> who</c><00:21:57.759><c> said</c><00:21:57.900><c> to</c><00:21:58.039><c> me</c><00:21:58.160><c> one</c>

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time<00:21:58.640><c> about</c><00:22:00.099><c> being</c><00:22:00.940><c> right.</c>

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She<00:22:02.740><c> said,</c><00:22:02.960><c> when</c><00:22:03.119><c> I'm</c><00:22:03.299><c> wrong,</c><00:22:03.640><c> I'm</c><00:22:03.799><c> the</c><00:22:03.960><c> first</c><00:22:04.099><c> one</c><00:22:04.259><c> to</c><00:22:04.420><c> admit</c><00:22:04.599><c> it.</c>

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But<00:22:06.740><c> when</c><00:22:07.000><c> I'm</c><00:22:07.200><c> right,</c><00:22:07.559><c> I</c><00:22:07.700><c> have</c><00:22:07.880><c> an</c><00:22:08.099><c> obligation</c><00:22:08.720><c> to</c><00:22:09.259><c> defend</c><00:22:09.819><c> the</c><00:22:10.240><c> fact</c><00:22:10.380><c> that</c><00:22:10.559><c> I</c>

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am<00:22:10.859><c> right,</c><00:22:11.500><c> because</c><00:22:11.799><c> that's</c><00:22:12.259><c> what</c><00:22:12.440><c> Jesus</c><00:22:12.740><c> did.</c>

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Now,<00:22:15.680><c> there's</c><00:22:15.980><c> so</c><00:22:16.180><c> many</c><00:22:16.319><c> things</c><00:22:16.460><c> wrong</c><00:22:16.660><c> with</c><00:22:16.819><c> that</c><00:22:17.000><c> statement.</c>

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It's<00:22:17.700><c> hard</c><00:22:17.859><c> to</c><00:22:18.000><c> know</c><00:22:18.099><c> where</c><00:22:18.539><c> to</c><00:22:18.700><c> begin.</c>

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an<00:22:23.339><c> individual</c><00:22:23.819><c> who</c><00:22:24.339><c> never,</c><00:22:24.599><c> ever</c><00:22:24.779><c> thought</c><00:22:24.960><c> they</c><00:22:25.079><c> were</c><00:22:25.220><c> wrong.</c>

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Right?

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Well,<00:22:29.400><c> Jesus</c><00:22:29.660><c> was</c><00:22:29.839><c> never</c><00:22:30.039><c> wrong.</c>

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But<00:22:32.240><c> on</c><00:22:32.480><c> top</c><00:22:32.640><c> of</c><00:22:32.799><c> it,</c><00:22:34.059><c> are</c><00:22:34.299><c> we</c><00:22:34.519><c> supposed</c><00:22:34.779><c> to</c><00:22:35.220><c> defend</c><00:22:36.220><c> ourselves</c>

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if<00:22:38.099><c> we</c><00:22:38.299><c> are</c><00:22:38.579><c> absolutely</c><00:22:38.980><c> right?</c>

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First<00:22:40.619><c> of</c><00:22:40.740><c> all,</c><00:22:40.759><c> how</c><00:22:40.920><c> do</c><00:22:41.019><c> we</c><00:22:41.119><c> know</c><00:22:41.220><c> we're</c><00:22:41.420><c> absolutely</c><00:22:41.700><c> right?</c>

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But<00:22:42.839><c> secondly,</c><00:22:43.319><c> is</c><00:22:43.359><c> that</c><00:22:43.599><c> what</c><00:22:44.299><c> we're</c><00:22:44.559><c> taught?</c>

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So<00:22:47.400><c> this</c><00:22:47.579><c> is</c><00:22:47.720><c> what</c><00:22:47.799><c> Jesus</c><00:22:48.079><c> said.</c>

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If<00:22:50.539><c> a</c><00:22:50.720><c> man</c><00:22:50.880><c> slap</c><00:22:51.140><c> you</c><00:22:51.319><c> on</c><00:22:51.539><c> the</c><00:22:51.680><c> right</c><00:22:51.960><c> cheek,</c><00:22:52.420><c> turn</c><00:22:52.599><c> to</c><00:22:52.700><c> him</c><00:22:52.900><c> the</c><00:22:53.099><c> other.</c>

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Is<00:22:55.059><c> the</c><00:22:55.240><c> man</c><00:22:55.420><c> right</c><00:22:55.720><c> to</c><00:22:55.960><c> slap</c><00:22:56.079><c> you</c><00:22:56.220><c> on</c><00:22:56.299><c> the</c><00:22:56.420><c> right</c><00:22:56.599><c> cheek?</c>

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Well,<00:22:58.099><c> maybe</c><00:22:58.319><c> he</c><00:22:58.460><c> was</c><00:22:58.640><c> justified.</c>

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You<00:22:59.460><c> know</c><00:22:59.579><c> he</c><00:22:59.700><c> wasn't</c><00:22:59.980><c> justified.</c>

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You<00:23:00.640><c> know</c><00:23:00.779><c> how</c><00:23:00.859><c> you</c><00:23:01.000><c> know?</c>

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Because<00:23:03.160><c> if</c><00:23:03.380><c> you</c><00:23:03.440><c> look</c><00:23:03.579><c> it</c><00:23:03.740><c> up,</c><00:23:04.059><c> it's</c><00:23:04.279><c> always</c><00:23:04.599><c> the</c><00:23:04.779><c> right</c><00:23:05.000><c> cheek.</c>

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And<00:23:07.319><c> in</c><00:23:07.440><c> biblical</c><00:23:07.720><c> metaphor,</c><00:23:08.700><c> the</c><00:23:08.819><c> right</c><00:23:09.099><c> side</c><00:23:09.539><c> is</c><00:23:09.920><c> the</c><00:23:10.079><c> side</c>

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of<00:23:10.380><c> righteousness.</c>

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So<00:23:11.380><c> what</c><00:23:11.579><c> the</c><00:23:11.740><c> thing</c><00:23:11.839><c> is</c><00:23:11.960><c> actually</c><00:23:12.240><c> saying</c><00:23:12.500><c> is,</c><00:23:13.160><c> if</c><00:23:13.240><c> the</c><00:23:13.440><c> man</c>

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wrongfully<00:23:14.440><c> slaps</c><00:23:14.759><c> you</c><00:23:14.920><c> on</c><00:23:15.059><c> the</c><00:23:15.240><c> cheek,</c><00:23:16.720><c> turn</c><00:23:16.839><c> to</c><00:23:16.920><c> him</c><00:23:17.059><c> the</c>

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other<00:23:17.339><c> also.</c>

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Because<00:23:20.299><c> that's</c><00:23:20.819><c> the</c><00:23:20.980><c> wisdom</c><00:23:21.359><c> we're</c><00:23:21.779><c> called</c><00:23:21.980><c> to,</c><00:23:22.559><c> because</c><00:23:22.920><c> vengeance</c><00:23:23.420><c> belongs</c><00:23:24.059><c> to</c>

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God<00:23:24.859><c> and</c><00:23:25.420><c> not</c><00:23:25.619><c> me.</c>

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I<00:23:28.440><c> might</c><00:23:28.700><c> want</c><00:23:29.079><c> God</c><00:23:29.740><c> to</c><00:23:30.400><c> take</c><00:23:30.599><c> vengeance</c><00:23:30.940><c> on</c><00:23:31.200><c> my</c><00:23:31.440><c> enemies.</c>

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Somebody<00:23:33.920><c> wrongs</c><00:23:34.539><c> me.</c>

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I<00:23:36.200><c> might</c><00:23:36.400><c> want</c><00:23:36.619><c> God</c><00:23:36.839><c> to</c><00:23:37.039><c> take</c><00:23:37.180><c> vengeance</c><00:23:37.519><c> on</c><00:23:37.680><c> that</c><00:23:37.880><c> person</c><00:23:38.000><c> and</c>

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say,<00:23:38.220><c> well,</c><00:23:38.339><c> I</c><00:23:38.420><c> can't</c><00:23:38.680><c> take</c><00:23:38.819><c> vengeance</c><00:23:39.059><c> on,</c><00:23:39.660><c> but</c><00:23:40.339><c> God,</c><00:23:40.700><c> I</c><00:23:40.900><c> need</c>

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you<00:23:41.819><c> to</c><00:23:42.279><c> take</c><00:23:42.440><c> vengeance</c><00:23:42.799><c> on</c><00:23:43.000><c> that</c><00:23:43.259><c> person</c><00:23:43.680><c> for</c><00:23:44.420><c> me</c><00:23:44.599><c> because</c>

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vengeance<00:23:45.579><c> is</c><00:23:45.859><c> yours.</c>

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That's<00:23:46.859><c> not</c><00:23:47.039><c> what</c><00:23:47.160><c> this</c><00:23:47.400><c> is</c><00:23:47.539><c> teaching.</c>

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And<00:23:49.279><c> you'll</c><00:23:49.460><c> even</c><00:23:49.599><c> see</c><00:23:49.759><c> that</c><00:23:50.019><c> in</c><00:23:50.200><c> the</c><00:23:50.380><c> Psalms,</c><00:23:50.640><c> right?</c>

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God<00:23:51.180><c> allows</c><00:23:51.700><c> you</c><00:23:51.920><c> to</c><00:23:52.119><c> say,</c><00:23:52.299><c> I've</c><00:23:52.579><c> been</c><00:23:52.759><c> wrong.</c>

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I've<00:23:53.380><c> been</c><00:23:53.500><c> mistreated.</c>

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Do<00:23:55.920><c> something</c><00:23:56.240><c> about</c><00:23:56.640><c> it.</c>

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And<00:23:58.359><c> then</c><00:23:58.460><c> it</c><00:23:58.640><c> always</c><00:23:59.019><c> comes</c><00:23:59.240><c> back</c><00:23:59.500><c> to</c><00:23:59.680><c> God.</c>

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Because<00:24:02.339><c> maybe</c><00:24:02.680><c> that</c><00:24:02.940><c> person</c><00:24:03.640><c> is</c><00:24:05.900><c> not</c><00:24:06.180><c> wrong.</c>

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Or<00:24:07.420><c> maybe</c><00:24:07.640><c> he</c><00:24:07.920><c> is</c><00:24:08.220><c> not</c><00:24:08.519><c> going</c><00:24:08.980><c> to</c><00:24:09.619><c> feel</c><00:24:09.799><c> God's</c><00:24:10.680><c> vengeance.</c>

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Maybe<00:24:12.299><c> that's</c><00:24:12.619><c> not</c><00:24:12.960><c> the</c><00:24:13.140><c> plan</c><00:24:13.240><c> and</c><00:24:13.420><c> purpose</c><00:24:13.619><c> of</c><00:24:13.880><c> God.</c>

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Of<00:24:15.640><c> course,</c><00:24:15.740><c> the</c><00:24:15.839><c> ultimate</c><00:24:16.059><c> example</c><00:24:16.400><c> is</c><00:24:16.640><c> Adolf</c><00:24:16.900><c> Hitler,</c><00:24:17.299><c> right?</c>

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We<00:24:17.900><c> all</c><00:24:18.380><c> want</c><00:24:18.599><c> that</c><00:24:18.920><c> day</c><00:24:19.079><c> to</c><00:24:19.299><c> come</c><00:24:19.599><c> when</c><00:24:19.940><c> Hitler</c><00:24:20.220><c> will</c><00:24:20.500><c> pay</c><00:24:20.980><c> for</c>

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the<00:24:21.480><c> things</c><00:24:21.619><c> that</c><00:24:21.819><c> he's</c><00:24:22.099><c> done.</c>

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Do<00:24:24.259><c> we</c><00:24:24.400><c> know</c><00:24:25.160><c> that</c><00:24:26.460><c> God</c><00:24:26.720><c> is</c><00:24:26.859><c> going</c><00:24:27.019><c> to</c><00:24:27.180><c> raise</c><00:24:27.740><c> Adolf</c><00:24:28.140><c> Hitler?</c>

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We<00:24:28.660><c> presume</c><00:24:28.900><c> he</c><00:24:29.019><c> is,</c><00:24:29.220><c> but</c><00:24:29.400><c> we</c><00:24:29.579><c> don't</c><00:24:29.839><c> know.</c>

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We<00:24:31.140><c> have</c><00:24:31.319><c> no</c><00:24:31.539><c> idea.</c>

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Vengeance<00:24:34.559><c> is</c><00:24:34.759><c> God's.</c>

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Where<00:24:37.420><c> vengeance</c><00:24:37.740><c> is</c><00:24:38.039><c> taken</c><00:24:38.400><c> is</c><00:24:39.140><c> God's</c><00:24:39.819><c> prerogative.</c>

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We<00:24:42.160><c> are</c><00:24:42.420><c> called</c><00:24:42.519><c> to</c><00:24:42.720><c> be</c><00:24:42.819><c> like</c><00:24:43.039><c> Jesus</c><00:24:43.480><c> Christ,</c><00:24:45.759><c> who</c><00:24:45.859><c> said,</c><00:24:46.359><c> forgive</c><00:24:46.359><c> them,</c><00:24:47.859><c> for</c>

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they<00:24:48.220><c> know</c><00:24:48.339><c> not</c><00:24:48.539><c> what</c><00:24:48.660><c> they</c><00:24:48.880><c> do.</c>

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If<00:24:51.220><c> there</c><00:24:51.400><c> were</c><00:24:51.559><c> anybody</c><00:24:51.799><c> that</c><00:24:52.019><c> we</c><00:24:52.240><c> should</c><00:24:52.400><c> say,</c><00:24:52.980><c> there's</c><00:24:53.180><c> vengeance.</c>

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It's<00:24:53.880><c> those</c><00:24:54.099><c> that</c><00:24:54.299><c> crucified</c><00:24:54.759><c> Christ.</c>

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There<00:24:55.440><c> ought</c><00:24:55.559><c> to</c><00:24:55.680><c> be</c><00:24:55.880><c> vengeance</c><00:24:56.180><c> for</c><00:24:56.400><c> those</c><00:24:56.640><c> people.</c>

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Jesus<00:25:00.279><c> says,</c><00:25:00.619><c> forgive</c><00:25:00.779><c> them.</c>

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So<00:25:03.079><c> vengeance</c><00:25:03.599><c> is</c><00:25:04.859><c> God's.</c>

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So<00:25:06.079><c> why</c><00:25:06.299><c> is</c><00:25:06.480><c> that</c><00:25:06.980><c> here</c><00:25:07.420><c> at</c><00:25:07.799><c> the</c><00:25:07.920><c> very</c><00:25:08.220><c> start</c><00:25:08.359><c> of</c><00:25:08.539><c> this</c><00:25:08.740><c> psalm?</c>

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Because<00:25:12.299><c> there's</c><00:25:12.599><c> two</c><00:25:12.799><c> ways</c><00:25:13.019><c> to</c><00:25:13.140><c> think</c><00:25:13.319><c> about</c><00:25:13.579><c> life,</c><00:25:13.960><c> and</c><00:25:14.119><c> that</c><00:25:14.319><c> is</c>

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the<00:25:15.119><c> things</c><00:25:15.299><c> that</c><00:25:15.559><c> I</c><00:25:15.819><c> need,</c>

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the<00:25:17.619><c> things</c><00:25:17.779><c> that</c><00:25:18.119><c> I</c><00:25:18.200><c> want,</c><00:25:19.039><c> the</c><00:25:19.160><c> things</c><00:25:19.319><c> that</c><00:25:19.599><c> place</c><00:25:19.759><c> me</c><00:25:20.039><c> in</c>

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the<00:25:20.339><c> center</c><00:25:20.519><c> of</c><00:25:20.779><c> things,</c><00:25:22.319><c> and</c><00:25:22.460><c> the</c><00:25:22.599><c> ways</c><00:25:22.740><c> of</c><00:25:22.980><c> God.</c>

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And<00:25:24.559><c> there's</c><00:25:24.740><c> no</c><00:25:24.920><c> better</c><00:25:25.160><c> example</c><00:25:25.539><c> of</c><00:25:25.660><c> that</c><00:25:25.779><c> than</c><00:25:26.019><c> vengeance.</c>

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We<00:25:29.000><c> believe</c><00:25:29.559><c> that</c><00:25:30.019><c> we</c><00:25:30.200><c> are</c><00:25:30.480><c> justified</c><00:25:31.299><c> to</c><00:25:32.220><c> punish</c><00:25:32.539><c> those</c><00:25:32.839><c> who</c>

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are<00:25:33.279><c> wrong</c><00:25:33.759><c> in</c><00:25:34.500><c> whatever</c><00:25:34.839><c> way</c><00:25:35.079><c> we</c><00:25:35.359><c> do</c><00:25:35.500><c> it.</c>

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And<00:25:38.140><c> God</c><00:25:38.359><c> says,</c><00:25:38.819><c> no,</c><00:25:38.980><c> that's</c><00:25:39.380><c> mine.</c>

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That's<00:25:41.599><c> my</c><00:25:41.859><c> job.</c>

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I<00:25:43.339><c> will</c><00:25:43.539><c> punish</c><00:25:43.839><c> the</c><00:25:44.059><c> wicked.</c>

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You<00:25:45.740><c> try</c><00:25:46.059><c> not</c><00:25:46.279><c> to</c><00:25:46.400><c> be</c><00:25:46.480><c> the</c><00:25:46.660><c> wicked.</c>

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That's<00:25:48.759><c> your</c><00:25:48.960><c> job.</c>

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So<00:25:51.119><c> that's</c><00:25:51.359><c> why</c><00:25:51.519><c> it's</c><00:25:51.759><c> first.</c>

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The<00:25:53.660><c> second</c><00:25:53.839><c> verse</c><00:25:54.039><c> says,</c><00:25:54.599><c> lift</c><00:25:54.599><c> up</c><00:25:54.859><c> thyself,</c><00:25:55.440><c> thou</c><00:25:55.599><c> judge</c><00:25:55.859><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:56.180><c> earth.</c>

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Render<00:25:58.759><c> a</c><00:25:59.079><c> reward</c><00:25:59.720><c> to</c><00:26:01.019><c> the</c><00:26:01.220><c> proud.</c>

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Now<00:26:04.299><c> notice,</c><00:26:05.200><c> judge</c><00:26:05.240><c> of</c><00:26:05.420><c> the</c><00:26:05.519><c> earth</c><00:26:05.720><c> is</c><00:26:05.980><c> not</c><00:26:06.519><c> repeated.</c>

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There's<00:26:08.599><c> all</c><00:26:08.819><c> kinds</c><00:26:08.980><c> of</c><00:26:09.160><c> repetitions</c><00:26:09.559><c> in</c><00:26:09.740><c> the</c><00:26:09.900><c> psalm,</c><00:26:10.200><c> and</c>

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yet<00:26:10.319><c> that</c><00:26:10.500><c> one's</c><00:26:10.700><c> not</c><00:26:10.839><c> repeated.</c><00:26:11.160><c> Why</c><00:26:11.420><c> not?</c>

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It's<00:26:14.059><c> because</c><00:26:14.240><c> we</c><00:26:14.420><c> are</c><00:26:14.579><c> called</c><00:26:14.680><c> to</c><00:26:14.859><c> be</c><00:26:15.059><c> judged,</c><00:26:16.420><c> judges.</c>

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God's<00:26:18.140><c> not</c><00:26:18.380><c> the</c><00:26:18.480><c> only</c><00:26:18.579><c> judge.</c><00:26:18.960><c> God</c><00:26:19.200><c> is</c><00:26:19.440><c> the</c><00:26:19.599><c> ultimate</c><00:26:19.960><c> judge.</c>

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And<00:26:21.799><c> we</c><00:26:21.900><c> are</c><00:26:22.059><c> called</c><00:26:22.119><c> to</c><00:26:22.299><c> make</c><00:26:22.420><c> righteous</c><00:26:22.839><c> judgments.</c>

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We<00:26:24.960><c> are</c><00:26:25.059><c> called</c><00:26:25.099><c> to</c><00:26:25.200><c> make</c><00:26:25.319><c> judgments</c><00:26:25.640><c> based</c><00:26:25.960><c> upon</c><00:26:26.220><c> our</c><00:26:26.500><c> understanding</c><00:26:27.099><c> of</c><00:26:27.740><c> the</c>

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wisdom<00:26:28.099><c> of</c><00:26:28.339><c> God.</c>

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But<00:26:30.579><c> Jesus</c><00:26:30.799><c> tells</c><00:26:31.039><c> his</c><00:26:31.220><c> disciples,</c><00:26:31.980><c> you're</c><00:26:32.099><c> going</c><00:26:32.119><c> to</c><00:26:32.240><c> be</c><00:26:32.680><c> 12</c>

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seats<00:26:33.519><c> in</c><00:26:33.680><c> the</c><00:26:33.819><c> kingdom</c><00:26:34.059><c> judging</c><00:26:34.380><c> the</c><00:26:34.599><c> 12</c><00:26:34.759><c> tribes</c><00:26:34.960><c> of</c><00:26:35.119><c> Israel.</c>

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So<00:26:37.599><c> it's</c><00:26:37.839><c> not</c><00:26:37.980><c> repeated,</c><00:26:38.279><c> but</c><00:26:38.880><c> God</c><00:26:39.380><c> is</c><00:26:40.400><c> the</c><00:26:41.299><c> true</c><00:26:41.500><c> judge</c><00:26:41.700><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:42.059><c> earth.</c>

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And<00:26:42.960><c> all</c><00:26:43.160><c> judgment</c><00:26:43.460><c> is</c><00:26:43.720><c> made</c><00:26:44.279><c> through</c><00:26:44.700><c> him.</c>

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But<00:26:45.099><c> then</c><00:26:45.279><c> it</c><00:26:45.380><c> says,</c><00:26:46.359><c> render</c><00:26:46.680><c> a</c><00:26:47.079><c> reward</c><00:26:47.559><c> to</c><00:26:48.680><c> the</c><00:26:48.920><c> proud.</c>

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Before<00:26:49.539><c> we</c><00:26:49.660><c> get</c><00:26:49.799><c> to</c><00:26:50.039><c> pride,</c><00:26:51.339><c> the</c><00:26:51.559><c> important</c><00:26:51.839><c> word</c><00:26:52.059><c> there</c><00:26:52.299><c> is</c><00:26:52.559><c> reward.</c>

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Because<00:26:56.460><c> this</c><00:26:56.720><c> sounds</c><00:26:57.000><c> to</c><00:26:57.200><c> me</c><00:26:57.319><c> like</c><00:26:57.559><c> punishment.</c>

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Does<00:26:58.640><c> it</c><00:26:58.740><c> sound</c><00:26:58.839><c> like</c><00:26:59.039><c> punishment</c><00:26:59.279><c> to</c><00:26:59.480><c> you?</c>

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Render<00:27:01.279><c> a</c><00:27:01.640><c> reward</c><00:27:01.980><c> to</c><00:27:02.160><c> the</c><00:27:02.400><c> proud.</c>

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In<00:27:03.799><c> other</c><00:27:03.940><c> words,</c><00:27:04.279><c> God,</c><00:27:04.480><c> you</c><00:27:04.819><c> punish</c><00:27:05.440><c> the</c><00:27:07.000><c> proud.</c>

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You<00:27:09.700><c> make</c><00:27:09.839><c> them</c><00:27:10.079><c> pay</c><00:27:10.960><c> for</c><00:27:11.799><c> their</c><00:27:12.039><c> pride.</c>

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And<00:27:14.920><c> that</c><00:27:15.119><c> scares</c><00:27:15.460><c> me.</c><00:27:16.039><c> You</c><00:27:16.200><c> know</c><00:27:16.299><c> why?</c>

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Because<00:27:19.059><c> I'm</c><00:27:19.339><c> proud.</c>

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And<00:27:21.940><c> so</c><00:27:22.200><c> are</c><00:27:22.259><c> you.</c>

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And<00:27:24.619><c> the</c><00:27:24.799><c> one</c><00:27:24.960><c> thing</c><00:27:25.099><c> I</c><00:27:25.400><c> have</c><00:27:25.579><c> in</c><00:27:25.740><c> my</c><00:27:26.000><c> hope</c><00:27:26.539><c> is</c><00:27:28.140><c> that</c><00:27:28.319><c> God</c><00:27:28.599><c> will</c>

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not<00:27:30.039><c> render</c><00:27:30.579><c> a</c><00:27:30.900><c> reward</c><00:27:31.299><c> for</c><00:27:32.099><c> my</c><00:27:32.359><c> pride.</c>

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That<00:27:34.700><c> the</c><00:27:34.880><c> other</c><00:27:35.019><c> shoe</c><00:27:35.140><c> will</c><00:27:35.420><c> not</c><00:27:35.680><c> fall.</c>

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I<00:27:36.640><c> keep</c><00:27:36.900><c> waiting</c><00:27:37.319><c> for</c><00:27:38.160><c> the</c><00:27:38.339><c> other</c><00:27:38.500><c> shoe</c><00:27:38.619><c> to</c><00:27:38.880><c> fall.</c>

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So<00:27:43.380><c> then</c><00:27:43.539><c> what</c><00:27:43.660><c> does</c><00:27:43.839><c> this</c><00:27:44.119><c> mean?</c>

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Because<00:27:46.079><c> I</c><00:27:46.220><c> don't</c><00:27:46.400><c> want</c><00:27:46.500><c> it</c><00:27:46.640><c> to</c><00:27:46.819><c> mean</c><00:27:47.319><c> that</c><00:27:48.380><c> I</c><00:27:48.460><c> have</c><00:27:48.599><c> to</c><00:27:48.720><c> pay</c><00:27:48.880><c> a</c>

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price<00:27:49.299><c> for</c><00:27:49.519><c> my</c><00:27:49.740><c> pride.</c>

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Because<00:27:51.420><c> we</c><00:27:51.640><c> all</c><00:27:51.839><c> have</c><00:27:52.079><c> pride.</c>

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Oh,<00:27:53.400><c> we</c><00:27:53.500><c> might</c><00:27:53.700><c> want</c><00:27:53.859><c> to</c><00:27:54.000><c> say</c><00:27:54.099><c> somebody's</c><00:27:54.420><c> more</c><00:27:54.700><c> proud</c><00:27:55.099><c> than</c>

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we<00:27:55.819><c> are,</c><00:27:56.500><c> right?</c>

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That's<00:27:57.839><c> the</c><00:27:57.900><c> way</c><00:27:57.980><c> we</c><00:27:58.140><c> look</c><00:27:58.319><c> at</c><00:27:58.519><c> pride</c><00:27:58.740><c> oftentimes.</c>

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We<00:27:59.460><c> look</c><00:27:59.640><c> at</c><00:27:59.799><c> pride</c><00:27:59.940><c> oftentimes</c><00:28:00.339><c> and</c><00:28:00.519><c> say,</c><00:28:00.839><c> well,</c><00:28:00.940><c> I</c><00:28:01.079><c> know</c><00:28:01.200><c> what</c><00:28:01.380><c> the</c>

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proud<00:28:01.819><c> is.</c>

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We<00:28:02.200><c> know</c><00:28:02.359><c> people</c><00:28:02.619><c> who</c><00:28:02.859><c> are</c><00:28:03.220><c> arrogantly</c><00:28:03.660><c> proud.</c>

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We're<00:28:05.019><c> getting</c><00:28:05.240><c> lessons</c><00:28:05.839><c> on</c><00:28:06.119><c> it</c><00:28:06.759><c> every</c><00:28:07.160><c> day</c><00:28:07.619><c> of</c><00:28:08.559><c> people</c><00:28:08.799><c> who</c>

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are<00:28:09.339><c> arrogantly</c><00:28:09.759><c> proud.</c>

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But<00:28:12.359><c> we</c><00:28:12.559><c> all</c><00:28:12.740><c> have</c><00:28:13.019><c> pride.</c>

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We<00:28:15.539><c> all</c><00:28:15.960><c> trust</c><00:28:16.559><c> in</c><00:28:17.339><c> our</c><00:28:17.640><c> way</c><00:28:18.119><c> to</c><00:28:18.839><c> walk</c><00:28:19.019><c> through</c><00:28:19.259><c> the</c><00:28:19.440><c> woods.</c>

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That's<00:28:20.900><c> our</c><00:28:21.119><c> pride.</c>

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And<00:28:22.859><c> I</c><00:28:22.940><c> don't</c><00:28:23.079><c> want</c><00:28:23.200><c> to</c><00:28:23.400><c> pay</c><00:28:23.700><c> for</c><00:28:24.240><c> that</c><00:28:24.480><c> pride.</c>

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x
And<00:28:26.220><c> our</c><00:28:26.380><c> challenge</c><00:28:26.599><c> is</c><00:28:26.799><c> to</c><00:28:26.980><c> recognize</c><00:28:27.740><c> that</c><00:28:28.539><c> we</c><00:28:28.720><c> are</c><00:28:28.960><c> proud.</c>

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And<00:28:31.180><c> so</c><00:28:31.259><c> what</c><00:28:31.400><c> I</c><00:28:31.640><c> need</c><00:28:32.299><c> is</c><00:28:33.359><c> I</c><00:28:33.400><c> need</c><00:28:33.619><c> guidance.</c>

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talking<00:28:54.000><c> to?</c>

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are<00:29:13.279><c> the</c><00:29:13.480><c> other</c><00:29:13.720><c> fool.</c>

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The<00:29:21.799><c> Lord</c><00:29:22.099><c> knoweth</c><00:29:22.519><c> the</c><00:29:22.700><c> thoughts</c><00:29:22.880><c> of</c><00:29:23.079><c> a</c><00:29:23.259><c> man</c><00:29:23.839><c> that</c><00:29:24.440><c> they</c><00:29:24.660><c> are</c><00:29:24.880><c> vanity.</c>

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That's<00:29:26.819><c> what</c><00:29:26.940><c> Solomon</c><00:29:27.480><c> was</c><00:29:28.279><c> teaching.</c>

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I<00:29:33.980><c> did</c><00:29:34.140><c> them</c><00:29:34.400><c> all.</c>

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I<00:29:36.859><c> did</c><00:29:37.079><c> them</c><00:29:37.299><c> all.</c>

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And<00:29:39.000><c> they</c><00:29:39.160><c> are</c><00:29:39.440><c> all</c><00:29:40.259><c> vanity.</c>

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Verse<00:29:42.460><c> 12.</c>

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Blessed<00:29:43.799><c> is</c><00:29:44.039><c> the</c><00:29:44.259><c> man</c><00:29:44.900><c> whom</c><00:29:45.180><c> thou</c><00:29:45.619><c> chastest.</c>

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That's<00:29:48.339><c> the</c><00:29:48.480><c> reward.</c>

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O<00:29:50.099><c> Lord,</c><00:29:50.740><c> and</c><00:29:51.059><c> teachest</c><00:29:51.599><c> him</c><00:29:52.039><c> out</c><00:29:52.440><c> of</c><00:29:52.640><c> thy</c><00:29:52.839><c> law</c><00:29:53.259><c> that</c><00:29:53.420><c> thou</c><00:29:53.660><c> mayest</c><00:29:54.019><c> give</c><00:29:54.240><c> him</c>

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rest<00:29:54.859><c> from</c><00:29:55.339><c> the</c><00:29:55.559><c> days</c><00:29:55.779><c> of</c><00:29:56.019><c> adversity.</c>

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That's<00:29:57.900><c> what</c><00:29:58.039><c> I</c><00:29:58.240><c> need.</c>

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And<00:30:10.480><c> not</c><00:30:10.660><c> in</c><00:30:10.859><c> my</c><00:30:11.160><c> own.</c>

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And<00:30:22.240><c> that</c><00:30:22.380><c> his</c><00:30:22.640><c> wisdom</c><00:30:23.000><c> is</c><00:30:23.559><c> greater</c><00:30:23.980><c> and</c><00:30:24.359><c> more</c><00:30:24.759><c> powerful</c><00:30:25.220><c> and</c>

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Verse<00:30:37.240><c> 16</c><00:30:37.640><c> says,</c><00:30:38.039><c> Who</c><00:30:38.140><c> will</c><00:30:38.420><c> rise</c><00:30:38.740><c> up</c><00:30:39.160><c> for</c><00:30:39.319><c> me</c><00:30:39.640><c> against</c><00:30:40.000><c> the</c><00:30:40.319><c> evildoers?</c>

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Who's<00:30:46.539><c> he</c><00:30:46.740><c> talking</c><00:30:46.980><c> about?</c>

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Is<00:30:49.319><c> he</c><00:30:49.480><c> talking</c><00:30:49.619><c> about</c><00:30:49.819><c> that</c><00:30:50.059><c> other</c><00:30:50.259><c> person</c><00:30:50.759><c> at</c><00:30:51.559><c> my</c><00:30:51.859><c> job</c><00:30:52.140><c> who</c>

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speaks<00:30:52.599><c> against</c><00:30:53.000><c> me?</c>

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Is<00:30:53.839><c> he</c><00:30:54.039><c> talking</c><00:30:54.259><c> about</c><00:30:54.539><c> that</c><00:30:54.779><c> other</c><00:30:55.039><c> person</c><00:30:55.299><c> that</c><00:30:55.480><c> I</c><00:30:55.599><c> knew</c><00:30:55.960><c> 15</c>

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years<00:30:56.839><c> ago</c><00:30:57.039><c> that</c><00:30:57.259><c> fired</c><00:30:57.519><c> me?</c>

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When<00:30:58.799><c> are</c><00:30:58.960><c> you</c><00:30:59.039><c> going</c><00:30:59.140><c> to</c><00:30:59.319><c> take</c><00:30:59.720><c> something</c><00:31:00.220><c> on</c><00:31:00.579><c> him?</c>

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Well,<00:31:02.500><c> he</c><00:31:02.640><c> answers</c><00:31:02.799><c> it</c><00:31:02.960><c> in</c><00:31:03.059><c> the</c><00:31:03.099><c> very</c><00:31:03.299><c> next</c><00:31:03.500><c> verse.</c>

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And<00:31:06.099><c> lest</c><00:31:06.400><c> the</c><00:31:06.680><c> Lord</c><00:31:06.859><c> had</c><00:31:07.079><c> been</c><00:31:07.259><c> my</c><00:31:07.619><c> help,</c><00:31:07.819><c> my</c><00:31:08.119><c> soul</c><00:31:08.359><c> had</c><00:31:08.599><c> almost</c><00:31:08.960><c> dwelt</c>

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in<00:31:09.539><c> silence.</c>

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When<00:31:10.680><c> I</c><00:31:10.940><c> said,</c><00:31:11.279><c> My</c><00:31:11.579><c> foot</c><00:31:11.920><c> slippeth,</c><00:31:12.839><c> thy</c><00:31:13.160><c> mercy,</c><00:31:13.640><c> O</c><00:31:13.799><c> Lord,</c><00:31:14.359><c> held</c><00:31:14.400><c> me</c><00:31:14.720><c> up.</c>

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The<00:31:15.640><c> evildoers</c><00:31:16.720><c> and</c><00:31:17.700><c> the</c><00:31:17.859><c> workers</c><00:31:18.059><c> of</c><00:31:18.259><c> iniquity,</c><00:31:19.420><c> that's</c><00:31:19.819><c> the</c>

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guy<00:31:20.180><c> in</c><00:31:20.420><c> here.</c>

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That's<00:31:24.740><c> the</c><00:31:24.859><c> man</c><00:31:25.019><c> Paul</c><00:31:25.259><c> talks</c><00:31:25.579><c> about</c><00:31:25.799><c> when</c><00:31:25.960><c> he</c><00:31:26.180><c> says,</c><00:31:26.839><c> It's</c><00:31:26.900><c> no</c>

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longer<00:31:27.380><c> you</c><00:31:27.740><c> who</c><00:31:28.039><c> sin,</c><00:31:28.720><c> it's</c><00:31:28.980><c> sin</c><00:31:29.240><c> dwelling</c><00:31:29.599><c> in</c><00:31:29.859><c> you.</c>

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That's<00:31:32.140><c> the</c><00:31:32.359><c> evildoer</c><00:31:32.759><c> I</c><00:31:32.980><c> need</c><00:31:33.140><c> work</c><00:31:33.380><c> from.</c>

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The<00:31:34.980><c> guy</c><00:31:35.160><c> who</c><00:31:35.359><c> wronged</c><00:31:35.539><c> me</c><00:31:35.720><c> 15</c><00:31:36.059><c> years</c><00:31:36.380><c> ago,</c><00:31:36.720><c> I</c><00:31:36.980><c> need</c><00:31:37.140><c> to</c><00:31:37.259><c> get</c>

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over<00:31:37.619><c> it.</c>

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I<00:31:42.480><c> need</c><00:31:42.720><c> God</c><00:31:43.019><c> to</c><00:31:43.259><c> step</c><00:31:43.440><c> in.</c>

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I<00:31:45.579><c> need</c><00:31:45.779><c> his</c><00:31:46.079><c> help</c><00:31:46.559><c> to</c><00:31:46.920><c> step</c><00:31:47.200><c> in.</c>

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Who<00:31:49.700><c> will</c><00:31:50.000><c> rise</c><00:31:50.299><c> up</c><00:31:50.680><c> for</c><00:31:50.859><c> me</c><00:31:51.180><c> against</c><00:31:51.480><c> the</c><00:31:51.779><c> evildoers?</c>

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That's<00:31:55.420><c> the</c><00:31:55.640><c> covenant</c><00:31:55.960><c> father.</c>

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That's<00:31:59.079><c> the</c><00:31:59.240><c> God</c><00:31:59.400><c> who</c><00:31:59.539><c> has</c><00:31:59.740><c> a</c><00:31:59.940><c> plan</c><00:32:00.119><c> and</c><00:32:00.400><c> purpose</c><00:32:00.680><c> for</c><00:32:00.900><c> this</c><00:32:01.119><c> earth.</c>

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And<00:32:01.839><c> he</c><00:32:02.039><c> says,</c><00:32:02.299><c> Jim,</c><00:32:02.539><c> get</c><00:32:02.779><c> on</c><00:32:03.039><c> the</c><00:32:03.299><c> train.</c>

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And<00:32:05.180><c> I</c><00:32:05.359><c> say,</c><00:32:05.480><c> I'll</c><00:32:05.680><c> get</c><00:32:05.759><c> on</c><00:32:05.960><c> the</c><00:32:06.180><c> train,</c><00:32:06.339><c> but</c><00:32:06.500><c> I</c><00:32:06.720><c> have</c><00:32:06.900><c> to</c><00:32:07.099><c> sit</c>

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in<00:32:07.440><c> first</c><00:32:07.700><c> class.</c>

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He<00:32:09.880><c> said,</c><00:32:09.920><c> No,</c><00:32:10.099><c> no,</c><00:32:10.240><c> no,</c><00:32:10.480><c> this</c><00:32:10.779><c> is</c><00:32:11.000><c> my</c><00:32:11.240><c> train.</c>

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You<00:32:12.839><c> get</c><00:32:13.059><c> on.</c>

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And<00:32:15.700><c> don't</c><00:32:15.900><c> get</c><00:32:16.160><c> off.</c>

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And<00:32:18.440><c> I</c><00:32:18.539><c> will</c><00:32:18.720><c> take</c><00:32:18.920><c> you</c><00:32:19.099><c> to</c><00:32:19.240><c> the</c><00:32:19.460><c> kingdom</c><00:32:19.740><c> of</c><00:32:20.019><c> God.</c>

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All<00:32:21.380><c> you</c><00:32:21.539><c> have</c><00:32:21.740><c> to</c><00:32:21.920><c> do</c><00:32:22.079><c> is</c><00:32:22.480><c> stay</c><00:32:22.720><c> on</c><00:32:22.960><c> the</c><00:32:23.180><c> train.</c>

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And<00:32:24.980><c> all</c><00:32:25.140><c> I</c><00:32:25.339><c> want</c><00:32:25.500><c> to</c><00:32:25.680><c> do</c><00:32:25.980><c> is</c><00:32:26.420><c> keep</c><00:32:26.660><c> getting</c><00:32:26.960><c> off.</c>

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Keep<00:32:28.359><c> saying,</c><00:32:28.960><c> I</c><00:32:29.279><c> don't</c><00:32:29.579><c> belong</c><00:32:29.940><c> on</c><00:32:30.119><c> this</c><00:32:30.339><c> train.</c>

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Get<00:32:31.960><c> me</c><00:32:32.140><c> off</c><00:32:32.339><c> this</c><00:32:32.619><c> train.</c>

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Stay<00:32:34.920><c> on</c><00:32:35.119><c> the</c><00:32:35.359><c> train.</c>

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Verse<00:32:41.420><c> 19.</c>

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Brothers<00:32:45.380><c> and</c><00:32:45.619><c> sisters,</c><00:32:45.759><c> this</c><00:32:45.960><c> is</c><00:32:46.099><c> one</c><00:32:46.240><c> of</c><00:32:46.299><c> the</c><00:32:46.359><c> most</c><00:32:46.599><c> powerful</c><00:32:46.940><c> verses</c>

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you<00:32:48.119><c> could</c><00:32:48.299><c> ever</c><00:32:48.539><c> read.</c>

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Because<00:32:52.119><c> it</c><00:32:52.339><c> speaks</c><00:32:52.559><c> of</c><00:32:52.740><c> the</c><00:32:52.960><c> love</c><00:32:53.099><c> of</c><00:32:53.380><c> God.</c>

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It's<00:32:55.759><c> overwhelming.</c>

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In<00:32:58.839><c> the</c><00:32:59.059><c> multitude</c><00:32:59.440><c> of</c><00:32:59.680><c> my</c><00:32:59.940><c> thoughts</c><00:33:00.160><c> within</c><00:33:00.440><c> me,</c><00:33:00.839><c> thy</c><00:33:00.980><c> comforts</c><00:33:01.519><c> delight</c><00:33:01.700><c> my</c><00:33:02.059><c> soul.</c>

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You<00:33:04.180><c> know</c><00:33:04.299><c> what</c><00:33:04.380><c> that's</c><00:33:04.720><c> saying?</c>

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What<00:33:07.079><c> are</c><00:33:07.240><c> the</c><00:33:07.559><c> multitude</c><00:33:08.119><c> of</c><00:33:08.839><c> my</c><00:33:09.200><c> thoughts</c><00:33:10.019><c> within</c><00:33:10.680><c> me?</c>

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That<00:33:14.880><c> is</c><00:33:15.099><c> just</c><00:33:15.380><c> what</c><00:33:15.559><c> you</c><00:33:15.839><c> know</c><00:33:16.039><c> it</c><00:33:16.279><c> is.</c>

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That<00:33:17.940><c> is</c><00:33:18.259><c> all</c><00:33:18.640><c> those</c><00:33:19.000><c> thoughts</c><00:33:19.299><c> that</c><00:33:19.579><c> want</c><00:33:19.740><c> to</c><00:33:19.980><c> pull</c><00:33:20.099><c> you</c><00:33:20.359><c> away</c>

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from<00:33:20.900><c> God.</c>

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They<00:33:22.099><c> are</c><00:33:22.519><c> your</c><00:33:22.880><c> thoughts</c><00:33:23.460><c> within</c><00:33:24.079><c> you.</c>

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They<00:33:25.000><c> are</c><00:33:25.380><c> your</c><00:33:25.779><c> wisdom</c><00:33:26.259><c> of</c><00:33:26.859><c> this</c><00:33:27.240><c> world.</c>

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And<00:33:27.880><c> he</c><00:33:28.059><c> says,</c><00:33:28.460><c> in</c><00:33:28.500><c> the</c><00:33:28.740><c> multitude</c><00:33:29.180><c> of</c><00:33:29.440><c> my</c><00:33:29.759><c> thoughts</c><00:33:30.039><c> within</c><00:33:30.380><c> me,</c>

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in<00:33:31.500><c> the</c><00:33:31.700><c> midst</c><00:33:31.880><c> of</c><00:33:32.259><c> all</c><00:33:32.559><c> those</c><00:33:32.880><c> struggles</c><00:33:33.380><c> that</c><00:33:33.819><c> I</c><00:33:34.099><c> go</c><00:33:34.380><c> through,</c>

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with<00:33:35.779><c> my</c><00:33:36.279><c> own</c><00:33:36.660><c> will</c><00:33:36.900><c> and</c><00:33:37.160><c> with</c><00:33:37.319><c> my</c><00:33:37.599><c> own</c><00:33:37.839><c> wisdom,</c><00:33:39.319><c> thy</c><00:33:39.660><c> comforts</c>

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delight<00:33:41.480><c> my</c><00:33:41.839><c> soul.</c>

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The<00:33:45.720><c> comforts</c><00:33:46.160><c> of</c><00:33:46.319><c> God,</c><00:33:47.099><c> the</c><00:33:47.319><c> wisdom</c><00:33:47.640><c> of</c><00:33:47.880><c> God,</c><00:33:48.559><c> for</c><00:33:48.720><c> those,</c><00:33:49.099><c> like</c><00:33:49.240><c> it</c>

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says<00:33:49.640><c> in</c><00:33:49.819><c> verse</c><00:33:50.039><c> 12,</c>

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who<00:33:50.480><c> are</c><00:33:50.759><c> chastened</c><00:33:51.140><c> thereby</c><00:33:51.740><c> and</c><00:33:52.240><c> who</c><00:33:52.440><c> are</c><00:33:52.700><c> taught</c><00:33:52.880><c> from</c><00:33:53.140><c> the</c><00:33:53.380><c> law,</c>

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I<00:33:54.839><c> can</c><00:33:55.079><c> always</c><00:33:55.640><c> turn</c><00:33:56.079><c> to</c><00:33:56.279><c> God</c><00:33:56.900><c> who</c><00:33:58.200><c> says</c><00:33:58.480><c> this</c><00:33:58.859><c> is</c><00:33:59.299><c> true</c><00:33:59.579><c> wisdom.</c>

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Put<00:34:02.000><c> your</c><00:34:02.259><c> faith</c><00:34:02.519><c> in</c><00:34:02.759><c> me.</c>

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In<00:34:06.500><c> the</c><00:34:06.740><c> multitude</c><00:34:07.140><c> of</c><00:34:07.440><c> my</c><00:34:07.720><c> thoughts</c><00:34:08.000><c> within</c><00:34:08.340><c> me,</c><00:34:10.820><c> thy</c><00:34:10.980><c> comforts</c><00:34:12.699><c> delight</c><00:34:12.940><c> my</c><00:34:13.400><c> soul.</c>

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Shall<00:34:16.460><c> the</c><00:34:16.760><c> throne</c><00:34:16.960><c> of</c><00:34:17.159><c> iniquity</c><00:34:17.579><c> have</c><00:34:17.820><c> fellowship</c><00:34:18.280><c> with</c><00:34:18.559><c> thee</c><00:34:18.719><c> which</c><00:34:19.000><c> frameth</c><00:34:19.360><c> mischief</c><00:34:19.760><c> by</c>

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a<00:34:20.219><c> law?</c>

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Brother<00:34:21.860><c> Scott,</c><00:34:22.119><c> that's</c><00:34:22.440><c> just</c><00:34:22.679><c> what</c><00:34:22.820><c> we</c><00:34:22.960><c> were</c><00:34:23.079><c> talking</c><00:34:23.360><c> about.</c>

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Because<00:34:25.559><c> you</c><00:34:25.760><c> see,</c><00:34:25.920><c> you</c><00:34:26.039><c> know</c><00:34:26.139><c> what</c><00:34:26.239><c> law</c><00:34:26.500><c> does?</c>

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A<00:34:27.780><c> law</c><00:34:27.940><c> gives</c><00:34:28.199><c> me</c><00:34:28.440><c> the</c><00:34:28.699><c> rules</c><00:34:28.980><c> that</c><00:34:29.159><c> I</c><00:34:29.360><c> can</c><00:34:29.619><c> follow.</c>

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Just<00:34:30.780><c> give</c><00:34:30.960><c> me</c><00:34:31.099><c> those</c><00:34:31.420><c> rules</c><00:34:31.760><c> and</c><00:34:31.860><c> I'll</c><00:34:32.119><c> follow</c><00:34:32.460><c> those</c><00:34:32.820><c> rules,</c>

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and<00:34:33.239><c> as</c><00:34:33.360><c> long</c><00:34:33.500><c> as</c><00:34:33.579><c> I</c><00:34:33.800><c> follow</c><00:34:33.980><c> those</c><00:34:34.239><c> rules</c><00:34:34.400><c> I'll</c><00:34:34.659><c> be</c><00:34:34.900><c> okay.</c>

00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:37.480
x
And<00:34:35.860><c> that's</c><00:34:36.039><c> like</c><00:34:36.260><c> getting</c><00:34:36.500><c> on</c><00:34:36.719><c> the</c><00:34:36.920><c> train</c><00:34:37.059><c> and</c><00:34:37.300><c> saying,</c>

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just<00:34:38.039><c> teach</c><00:34:38.340><c> me</c><00:34:38.519><c> how</c><00:34:38.679><c> to</c><00:34:39.219><c> shovel</c><00:34:39.420><c> the</c><00:34:39.639><c> coal</c><00:34:39.900><c> into</c><00:34:40.079><c> the</c><00:34:40.340><c> engine</c>

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and<00:34:40.960><c> we'll</c><00:34:41.239><c> be</c><00:34:41.480><c> fine.</c>

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Just<00:34:42.960><c> let</c><00:34:43.179><c> me</c><00:34:43.480><c> steer</c><00:34:43.679><c> the</c><00:34:43.920><c> bus</c><00:34:44.260><c> and</c><00:34:44.519><c> we</c><00:34:44.679><c> won't</c><00:34:44.880><c> kill</c><00:34:45.119><c> ourselves.</c>

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And<00:34:48.460><c> God</c><00:34:48.699><c> says,</c><00:34:49.039><c> no,</c><00:34:49.099><c> no,</c><00:34:50.539><c> no,</c><00:34:50.800><c> I'm</c><00:34:51.519><c> the</c><00:34:51.679><c> bus</c><00:34:51.820><c> driver.</c>

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I'm<00:34:52.920><c> the</c><00:34:53.099><c> bus.</c>

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You<00:34:55.340><c> don't</c><00:34:55.500><c> get</c><00:34:55.659><c> to</c><00:34:55.820><c> drive</c><00:34:55.980><c> the</c><00:34:56.159><c> bus.</c>

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So<00:35:06.539><c> as</c><00:35:07.019><c> we</c><00:35:07.300><c> prepare</c><00:35:07.539><c> ourselves</c><00:35:08.159><c> to</c><00:35:08.679><c> partake</c><00:35:09.480><c> of</c><00:35:10.320><c> this</c><00:35:10.559><c> bread</c>

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and<00:35:10.840><c> of</c><00:35:10.980><c> this</c><00:35:11.219><c> wine,</c>

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in<00:35:12.800><c> remembrance</c><00:35:13.099><c> of</c><00:35:13.320><c> the</c><00:35:13.480><c> man</c><00:35:13.699><c> who</c><00:35:14.639><c> was</c><00:35:14.840><c> the</c><00:35:15.039><c> wisest</c><00:35:15.340><c> man</c><00:35:15.559><c> who</c>

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ever<00:35:15.980><c> lives,</c>

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that's<00:35:18.059><c> the</c><00:35:18.219><c> difference</c><00:35:18.420><c> between</c><00:35:18.719><c> him</c><00:35:18.920><c> and</c><00:35:19.099><c> Solomon.</c>

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Solomon<00:35:21.079><c> was</c><00:35:21.280><c> the</c><00:35:21.460><c> wisest</c><00:35:21.719><c> man</c><00:35:21.900><c> who</c><00:35:22.019><c> ever</c><00:35:22.199><c> lived,</c><00:35:23.380><c> and</c><00:35:23.619><c> he</c><00:35:23.800><c> died.</c>

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Jesus<00:35:26.219><c> is</c><00:35:26.420><c> the</c><00:35:26.599><c> wisest</c><00:35:26.920><c> man</c><00:35:27.119><c> who</c><00:35:27.219><c> ever</c><00:35:27.420><c> lives,</c><00:35:28.780><c> and</c><00:35:28.960><c> he</c><00:35:29.139><c> lives.</c>

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One<00:35:32.059><c> of</c><00:35:32.199><c> the</c><00:35:32.340><c> things</c><00:35:32.480><c> that</c><00:35:33.019><c> I</c><00:35:33.199><c> haven't</c><00:35:33.460><c> mentioned</c><00:35:33.739><c> virtually</c>

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at<00:35:34.239><c> all</c><00:35:34.400><c> here,</c>

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except<00:35:34.880><c> for</c><00:35:35.139><c> a</c><00:35:36.440><c> couple</c><00:35:36.440><c> points,</c><00:35:37.739><c> is</c><00:35:38.119><c> where</c><00:35:38.460><c> is</c><00:35:38.659><c> Jesus</c><00:35:39.179><c> in</c><00:35:40.420><c> all</c>

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of<00:35:40.739><c> this?</c>

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Where<00:35:42.699><c> is</c><00:35:42.780><c> our</c><00:35:43.000><c> Savior</c><00:35:43.340><c> in</c><00:35:44.019><c> all</c><00:35:44.280><c> of</c><00:35:44.480><c> this</c><00:35:44.860><c> psalm?</c>

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If<00:35:46.039><c> this</c><00:35:46.300><c> is</c><00:35:46.500><c> a</c><00:35:46.659><c> psalm</c><00:35:47.059><c> to</c><00:35:47.300><c> teach</c><00:35:47.579><c> the</c><00:35:48.239><c> fool</c><00:35:48.800><c> wisdom,</c><00:35:50.940><c> well,</c><00:35:51.059><c> Jesus</c><00:35:51.340><c> was</c><00:35:51.579><c> no</c><00:35:51.820><c> fool.</c>

00:35:55.660 --> 00:36:03.739
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If<00:35:56.340><c> this</c><00:35:56.579><c> was</c><00:35:56.780><c> a</c><00:35:56.980><c> psalm</c><00:35:57.780><c> to</c><00:35:58.059><c> transform</c><00:35:58.880><c> the</c><00:36:02.039><c> individual</c><00:36:02.400><c> heart,</c>

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well,<00:36:04.539><c> Jesus</c><00:36:04.840><c> was</c><00:36:05.159><c> transformed</c><00:36:06.099><c> long</c><00:36:06.619><c> before</c><00:36:07.000><c> this.</c>

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x
So<00:36:08.460><c> where</c><00:36:08.639><c> is</c><00:36:08.800><c> Jesus</c><00:36:09.300><c> in</c><00:36:09.980><c> this</c><00:36:10.280><c> psalm?</c>

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And<00:36:13.239><c> actually,</c><00:36:13.480><c> we've</c><00:36:13.800><c> mentioned</c><00:36:14.000><c> him</c><00:36:14.559><c> throughout</c><00:36:14.920><c> the</c><00:36:15.179><c> psalm,</c>

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because<00:36:18.219><c> he's</c><00:36:18.599><c> the</c><00:36:18.780><c> psalmist,</c><00:36:19.559><c> you</c><00:36:19.800><c> see.</c>

00:36:21.860 --> 00:36:25.920
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This<00:36:22.480><c> is</c><00:36:23.099><c> his</c><00:36:23.519><c> psalm</c><00:36:23.820><c> of</c><00:36:23.960><c> wisdom</c><00:36:24.380><c> to</c><00:36:25.139><c> you</c><00:36:25.340><c> and</c><00:36:25.539><c> me.</c>

00:36:26.320 --> 00:36:27.780
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And<00:36:26.480><c> you</c><00:36:26.579><c> say,</c><00:36:26.760><c> well,</c><00:36:26.820><c> Jesus</c><00:36:27.119><c> didn't</c><00:36:27.340><c> write</c><00:36:27.579><c> this.</c>

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This<00:36:27.960><c> was</c><00:36:28.139><c> written</c><00:36:28.340><c> hundreds</c><00:36:28.739><c> of</c><00:36:28.960><c> years</c><00:36:29.239><c> before</c><00:36:29.800><c> Jesus</c><00:36:30.400><c> was</c>

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even<00:36:30.820><c> born.</c>

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How<00:36:31.980><c> could</c><00:36:32.199><c> he</c><00:36:32.800><c> be</c><00:36:33.460><c> the</c><00:36:33.699><c> psalmist?</c>

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Well,<00:36:35.019><c> because</c><00:36:35.340><c> the</c><00:36:35.639><c> spirit</c><00:36:36.079><c> from</c><00:36:36.500><c> which</c><00:36:36.679><c> the</c><00:36:36.880><c> psalmist</c><00:36:37.059><c> wrote</c><00:36:37.320><c> this</c>

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is<00:36:39.179><c> the</c><00:36:39.360><c> spirit</c><00:36:39.579><c> of</c><00:36:39.820><c> understanding</c><00:36:40.559><c> of</c><00:36:41.679><c> exactly</c><00:36:42.059><c> what</c><00:36:42.260><c> this</c>

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bread<00:36:42.639><c> and</c><00:36:42.719><c> this</c><00:36:42.860><c> wine</c><00:36:42.980><c> represents.</c>

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And<00:36:45.159><c> look,</c><00:36:45.739><c> how</c><00:36:46.039><c> do</c><00:36:46.199><c> you</c><00:36:46.199><c> know</c><00:36:46.320><c> that?</c><00:36:46.519><c> It</c><00:36:46.639><c> tells</c><00:36:46.900><c> you.</c>

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It's<00:36:48.039><c> a</c><00:36:48.119><c> wonderful</c><00:36:48.360><c> thing</c><00:36:48.579><c> about</c><00:36:48.940><c> the</c><00:36:49.099><c> Word</c><00:36:49.219><c> of</c><00:36:49.400><c> God.</c>

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You<00:36:50.239><c> got</c><00:36:50.320><c> a</c><00:36:50.460><c> question?</c><00:36:50.920><c> It'll</c><00:36:51.219><c> answer</c><00:36:51.360><c> it</c><00:36:51.519><c> for</c><00:36:51.619><c> you,</c><00:36:51.800><c> because</c>

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look<00:36:52.059><c> what</c><00:36:52.139><c> it</c><00:36:52.340><c> says.</c>

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Verse<00:36:53.599><c> 21.</c>

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They<00:36:56.239><c> gather</c><00:36:56.579><c> themselves</c><00:36:57.079><c> together</c><00:36:57.920><c> against</c><00:36:58.699><c> the</c><00:36:59.099><c> soul</c><00:36:59.760><c> of</c>

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the<00:37:00.579><c> righteous.</c>

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Who's<00:37:03.000><c> the</c><00:37:03.179><c> righteous?</c><00:37:04.639><c> Are</c><00:37:04.860><c> you</c><00:37:04.980><c> the</c><00:37:05.139><c> righteous?</c>

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Am<00:37:07.539><c> I</c><00:37:07.639><c> the</c><00:37:07.800><c> righteous?</c><00:37:09.239><c> I'm</c><00:37:09.460><c> the</c><00:37:09.639><c> fool.</c>

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I<00:37:11.380><c> might</c><00:37:11.519><c> be</c><00:37:11.699><c> the</c><00:37:11.780><c> fool</c><00:37:11.900><c> that</c><00:37:12.119><c> hopefully</c><00:37:12.360><c> gets</c><00:37:12.619><c> taught,</c><00:37:12.880><c> but</c>

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I'm<00:37:13.119><c> the</c><00:37:13.300><c> fool.</c>

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There's<00:37:14.500><c> only</c><00:37:14.719><c> one</c><00:37:14.900><c> righteous,</c><00:37:16.619><c> and</c><00:37:16.920><c> that's</c><00:37:17.059><c> the</c><00:37:17.139><c> Lord</c><00:37:17.260><c> Jesus</c><00:37:17.619><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:37:19.219><c> if</c><00:37:19.340><c> you're</c><00:37:19.519><c> not</c><00:37:19.519><c> sure</c><00:37:19.659><c> that's</c><00:37:20.000><c> who</c><00:37:20.099><c> he's</c><00:37:20.239><c> talking</c><00:37:20.480><c> about,</c>

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look<00:37:21.199><c> what</c><00:37:21.280><c> it</c><00:37:21.460><c> says</c><00:37:21.599><c> next.</c>

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And<00:37:24.340><c> condemned</c><00:37:24.920><c> the</c><00:37:26.800><c> innocent</c><00:37:27.119><c> blood.</c>

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Are<00:37:30.579><c> you</c><00:37:30.739><c> the</c><00:37:30.880><c> innocent</c><00:37:31.059><c> blood?</c>

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I'm<00:37:33.699><c> not</c><00:37:33.820><c> the</c><00:37:34.199><c> innocent</c><00:37:34.440><c> blood.</c>

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There's<00:37:36.659><c> Jesus</c><00:37:36.940><c> right</c><00:37:37.199><c> there.</c>

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The<00:37:39.940><c> very</c><00:37:40.260><c> thing</c><00:37:40.639><c> that</c><00:37:40.940><c> it</c><00:37:41.039><c> says,</c><00:37:41.139><c> turn</c><00:37:41.380><c> over</c><00:37:41.579><c> to</c><00:37:42.039><c> 1</c><00:37:42.260><c> Corinthians.</c>

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Chapter<00:37:48.400><c> two.</c>

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And<00:37:51.460><c> look</c><00:37:51.539><c> what</c><00:37:51.639><c> it</c><00:37:51.840><c> says.</c>

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Paul<00:37:53.679><c> talking</c><00:37:54.059><c> about</c><00:37:54.500><c> the</c><00:37:54.940><c> difference</c><00:37:55.199><c> between</c><00:37:55.519><c> the</c><00:37:55.739><c> wisdom</c>

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of<00:37:56.159><c> the</c><00:37:56.360><c> world</c><00:37:56.780><c> and</c><00:37:57.320><c> the</c><00:37:57.460><c> wisdom</c><00:37:57.719><c> of</c><00:37:57.960><c> God.</c>

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And<00:37:59.219><c> look</c><00:37:59.300><c> what</c><00:37:59.400><c> it</c><00:37:59.639><c> says.</c>

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Starting<00:38:01.460><c> in</c><00:38:01.659><c> verse</c><00:38:01.860><c> four,</c><00:38:02.320><c> chapter</c><00:38:02.420><c> two,</c><00:38:02.659><c> verse</c><00:38:02.880><c> four.</c>

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And<00:38:05.300><c> my</c><00:38:05.639><c> speech</c><00:38:05.940><c> and</c><00:38:06.159><c> my</c><00:38:06.420><c> preaching</c><00:38:06.679><c> was</c><00:38:06.980><c> not</c><00:38:07.219><c> with</c><00:38:07.460><c> enticing</c>

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words<00:38:08.119><c> of</c><00:38:08.380><c> man's</c><00:38:08.860><c> wisdom,</c>

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but<00:38:10.239><c> in</c><00:38:10.500><c> demonstration</c><00:38:10.900><c> of</c><00:38:11.139><c> the</c><00:38:11.400><c> spirit</c><00:38:11.659><c> and</c><00:38:11.840><c> of</c><00:38:12.139><c> power,</c>

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that<00:38:13.579><c> your</c><00:38:14.000><c> faith</c><00:38:14.260><c> should</c><00:38:14.579><c> not</c><00:38:14.940><c> stand</c><00:38:15.340><c> on</c><00:38:15.679><c> the</c><00:38:15.840><c> wisdom</c><00:38:16.079><c> of</c><00:38:16.300><c> men,</c>

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but<00:38:18.340><c> in</c><00:38:18.500><c> the</c><00:38:18.699><c> power</c><00:38:18.880><c> of</c><00:38:19.199><c> God.</c>

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Howbeit<00:38:20.960><c> we</c><00:38:21.280><c> speak</c><00:38:21.599><c> wisdom</c><00:38:22.000><c> among</c><00:38:22.300><c> them</c><00:38:22.519><c> that</c><00:38:22.639><c> are</c><00:38:22.960><c> perfect</c>

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or<00:38:23.639><c> mature,</c>

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yet<00:38:26.000><c> not</c><00:38:26.239><c> the</c><00:38:26.380><c> wisdom</c><00:38:26.579><c> of</c><00:38:26.760><c> this</c><00:38:27.079><c> world,</c><00:38:28.260><c> nor</c><00:38:28.400><c> of</c><00:38:28.619><c> the</c><00:38:28.719><c> princes</c>

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of<00:38:29.179><c> this</c><00:38:29.440><c> world</c><00:38:29.619><c> that</c><00:38:29.820><c> came</c><00:38:29.980><c> to</c><00:38:30.199><c> naught,</c>

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but<00:38:30.559><c> we</c><00:38:30.880><c> speak</c><00:38:31.139><c> the</c><00:38:31.559><c> wisdom</c><00:38:32.039><c> of</c><00:38:32.699><c> God</c><00:38:33.099><c> in</c><00:38:33.300><c> a</c><00:38:33.519><c> mystery,</c>

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even<00:38:34.920><c> the</c><00:38:35.219><c> hidden</c><00:38:35.400><c> wisdom</c><00:38:36.059><c> which</c><00:38:36.760><c> God</c><00:38:37.099><c> ordained</c><00:38:37.559><c> before</c><00:38:37.900><c> the</c>

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world<00:38:38.480><c> onto</c><00:38:38.920><c> our</c><00:38:40.079><c> glory,</c>

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which<00:38:41.579><c> none</c><00:38:41.800><c> of</c><00:38:41.960><c> the</c><00:38:42.079><c> princes</c><00:38:42.300><c> of</c><00:38:42.460><c> this</c><00:38:42.760><c> world</c><00:38:42.980><c> knew,</c><00:38:43.460><c> for</c><00:38:43.500><c> had</c>

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they<00:38:43.900><c> known</c><00:38:44.059><c> it,</c>

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they<00:38:46.280><c> would</c><00:38:46.539><c> not</c><00:38:46.679><c> have</c><00:38:46.880><c> crucified</c><00:38:47.619><c> the</c><00:38:49.360><c> Lord</c><00:38:49.619><c> of</c><00:38:49.900><c> glory.</c>

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That's<00:38:52.679><c> what</c><00:38:52.840><c> the</c><00:38:53.000><c> wisdom</c><00:38:53.239><c> of</c><00:38:53.420><c> the</c><00:38:53.579><c> world</c><00:38:53.800><c> does.</c>

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That's<00:38:56.239><c> the</c><00:38:56.400><c> wisdom</c><00:38:56.699><c> that</c><00:38:56.900><c> we</c><00:38:57.179><c> so</c><00:38:57.539><c> easily</c><00:38:58.139><c> put</c><00:38:58.380><c> our</c><00:38:58.739><c> trust</c><00:38:58.960><c> in</c>

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every<00:39:00.119><c> single</c><00:39:00.480><c> day.</c>

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It<00:39:02.739><c> crucified</c><00:39:03.420><c> the</c><00:39:04.460><c> Lord</c><00:39:04.659><c> of</c><00:39:04.940><c> glory.</c>

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Who<00:39:07.400><c> is</c><00:39:07.659><c> this</c><00:39:07.900><c> Lord</c><00:39:08.119><c> of</c><00:39:08.380><c> glory?</c>

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All<00:39:10.659><c> the</c><00:39:10.880><c> earth</c><00:39:11.460><c> will</c><00:39:11.840><c> be</c><00:39:12.079><c> full</c><00:39:12.440><c> of</c><00:39:13.300><c> the</c><00:39:13.519><c> glory</c><00:39:13.739><c> of</c><00:39:13.920><c> the</c><00:39:14.039><c> Lord</c>

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as<00:39:15.780><c> the</c><00:39:16.059><c> waters</c><00:39:16.320><c> cover</c><00:39:16.639><c> the</c><00:39:16.920><c> sea.</c>

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That<00:39:18.699><c> is</c><00:39:18.880><c> the</c><00:39:19.059><c> wisdom</c><00:39:19.380><c> of</c><00:39:19.659><c> God.</c>

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That<00:39:21.679><c> is</c><00:39:21.900><c> the</c><00:39:22.099><c> wisdom</c><00:39:22.679><c> we</c><00:39:23.500><c> have</c><00:39:23.659><c> been</c><00:39:24.000><c> called</c><00:39:24.260><c> to</c><00:39:24.599><c> understand</c>

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and<00:39:26.280><c> be</c><00:39:26.619><c> transformed</c><00:39:27.380><c> by.</c>

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And<00:39:29.380><c> if</c><00:39:29.500><c> we</c><00:39:29.739><c> put</c><00:39:29.880><c> our</c><00:39:30.179><c> faith</c><00:39:30.360><c> in</c><00:39:30.619><c> him,</c><00:39:32.239><c> then</c><00:39:32.420><c> Jesus</c><00:39:32.739><c> says,</c>

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in<00:39:33.519><c> this</c><00:39:33.880><c> life</c><00:39:34.179><c> you</c><00:39:34.420><c> will</c><00:39:34.719><c> have</c><00:39:35.019><c> trouble,</c><00:39:37.260><c> but</c><00:39:37.440><c> be</c><00:39:37.679><c> of</c><00:39:37.820><c> good</c><00:39:38.059><c> cheer.</c>

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I<00:39:39.639><c> have</c><00:39:39.860><c> overcome</c><00:39:40.199><c> the</c><00:39:40.460><c> world.</c>