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Verse<00:10:56.059><c> four,</c><00:10:57.440><c> every</c><00:10:57.659><c> valley</c><00:10:58.440><c> shall</c><00:10:59.139><c> be</c><00:10:59.399><c> raised</c><00:10:59.759><c> up,</c>

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every<00:11:01.120><c> mountain</c><00:11:01.559><c> and</c><00:11:01.899><c> hill</c><00:11:02.259><c> made</c><00:11:02.779><c> low.</c>

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Instead<00:11:04.259><c> of</c><00:11:04.440><c> the</c><00:11:04.740><c> undulations,</c>

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instead<00:11:05.860><c> of</c><00:11:06.000><c> having</c><00:11:06.179><c> to</c><00:11:06.519><c> hike</c><00:11:06.779><c> up</c><00:11:07.100><c> the</c><00:11:07.379><c> mountains</c><00:11:07.879><c> and</c><00:11:08.600><c> descend,</c>

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and<00:11:09.820><c> if</c><00:11:10.000><c> you've</c><00:11:10.220><c> ever</c><00:11:10.679><c> come</c><00:11:11.240><c> down</c><00:11:11.639><c> from</c><00:11:11.860><c> Mount</c><00:11:12.139><c> Washington</c>

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on<00:11:13.000><c> a</c><00:11:13.200><c> hike,</c><00:11:14.019><c> you</c><00:11:14.320><c> know</c><00:11:14.500><c> what</c><00:11:14.659><c> that</c><00:11:14.899><c> does</c><00:11:15.159><c> to</c><00:11:15.379><c> your</c><00:11:15.639><c> knees,</c><00:11:16.500><c> right?</c>

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If<00:11:17.980><c> you've</c><00:11:18.179><c> ever</c><00:11:18.379><c> walked</c><00:11:18.639><c> down</c><00:11:18.919><c> the</c><00:11:19.240><c> stairs,</c><00:11:19.840><c> mom,</c>

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at<00:11:20.980><c> the</c><00:11:21.399><c> Statue</c><00:11:21.740><c> of</c><00:11:21.899><c> Liberty,</c><00:11:22.279><c> you</c><00:11:22.559><c> know</c><00:11:22.779><c> what</c><00:11:22.960><c> that</c><00:11:23.320><c> does.</c>

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And<00:11:24.860><c> what</c><00:11:25.480><c> the</c><00:11:25.820><c> prophecy</c><00:11:26.220><c> is</c><00:11:26.600><c> saying</c><00:11:26.779><c> here</c>

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is<00:11:27.399><c> that</c><00:11:27.779><c> the</c><00:11:28.440><c> valleys</c><00:11:28.840><c> will</c><00:11:29.100><c> be</c><00:11:29.340><c> raised</c><00:11:29.720><c> up</c>

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and<00:11:30.159><c> the</c><00:11:30.399><c> mountains</c><00:11:30.820><c> made</c><00:11:31.220><c> low</c><00:11:31.580><c> and</c><00:11:31.740><c> this</c><00:11:32.059><c> highway</c><00:11:32.519><c> will</c><00:11:32.740><c> be</c><00:11:33.179><c> smooth</c>

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and<00:11:34.240><c> the</c><00:11:34.539><c> rough</c><00:11:34.720><c> parts</c><00:11:35.080><c> will</c><00:11:35.320><c> be</c><00:11:35.639><c> smoothed</c><00:11:36.100><c> over.</c>

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The<00:11:37.659><c> rough</c><00:11:37.899><c> ground</c><00:11:38.240><c> shall</c><00:11:38.460><c> become</c><00:11:38.879><c> level,</c>

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the<00:11:39.620><c> rugged</c><00:11:39.899><c> places</c><00:11:40.440><c> made</c><00:11:40.899><c> plain.</c>

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Why?

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Verse<00:11:43.320><c> five,</c><00:11:44.320><c> so</c><00:11:44.460><c> that</c><00:11:44.700><c> the</c><00:11:44.940><c> glory</c><00:11:45.340><c> of</c><00:11:45.600><c> the</c><00:11:45.899><c> Lord</c><00:11:46.379><c> will</c><00:11:46.799><c> be</c><00:11:47.100><c> revealed.</c>

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This<00:11:48.399><c> was</c><00:11:49.259><c> the</c><00:11:49.419><c> promise</c><00:11:49.879><c> that</c><00:11:50.139><c> Isaiah</c><00:11:50.500><c> was</c><00:11:50.820><c> giving</c>

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to<00:11:51.399><c> these</c><00:11:51.679><c> captives.</c>

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would<00:11:57.399><c> not</c><00:11:57.679><c> be</c><00:11:58.019><c> nearly</c><00:11:58.460><c> as</c><00:11:58.940><c> daunting</c>

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as<00:12:00.539><c> the</c><00:12:00.779><c> journey</c><00:12:01.059><c> from</c><00:12:01.500><c> Jerusalem</c><00:12:02.419><c> into</c><00:12:03.299><c> captivity,</c>

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where<00:12:05.000><c> as</c><00:12:05.480><c> slaves</c><00:12:05.879><c> they</c><00:12:06.100><c> were</c><00:12:06.399><c> bound</c><00:12:06.820><c> together</c>

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with<00:12:08.080><c> chains</c><00:12:08.600><c> and</c><00:12:09.059><c> fetters.</c>

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But<00:12:10.399><c> returning</c><00:12:10.940><c> to</c><00:12:11.240><c> Jerusalem</c><00:12:11.820><c> was</c><00:12:13.000><c> going</c><00:12:13.179><c> to</c><00:12:13.360><c> be</c><00:12:13.600><c> wonderful.</c>

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Look<00:12:15.019><c> at</c><00:12:15.159><c> Isaiah</c><00:12:15.539><c> chapter</c><00:12:15.980><c> 40,</c><00:12:16.519><c> verse</c><00:12:16.659><c> 28.</c>

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Do<00:12:19.059><c> you</c><00:12:19.299><c> not</c><00:12:19.659><c> know,</c><00:12:21.259><c> have</c><00:12:21.440><c> you</c><00:12:21.659><c> not</c><00:12:22.019><c> heard,</c>

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the<00:12:22.960><c> Lord</c><00:12:24.059><c> is</c><00:12:24.500><c> the</c><00:12:24.860><c> everlasting</c><00:12:25.480><c> God,</c>

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the<00:12:26.919><c> creator</c><00:12:27.419><c> of</c><00:12:27.620><c> the</c><00:12:27.840><c> ends</c><00:12:28.100><c> of</c><00:12:28.320><c> the</c><00:12:28.500><c> earth.</c>

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He<00:12:29.659><c> will</c><00:12:29.860><c> not</c><00:12:30.019><c> grow</c><00:12:30.299><c> tired</c><00:12:30.759><c> or</c><00:12:31.139><c> weary</c>

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in<00:12:31.580><c> his</c><00:12:31.799><c> understanding</c><00:12:32.299><c> no</c><00:12:32.539><c> one</c><00:12:32.740><c> can</c><00:12:33.039><c> fathom.</c>

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In<00:12:34.379><c> verse</c><00:12:34.639><c> 29,</c><00:12:36.200><c> he</c><00:12:36.519><c> gives</c><00:12:36.779><c> strength</c><00:12:37.460><c> to</c><00:12:37.740><c> the</c><00:12:38.000><c> weary</c>

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and<00:12:39.320><c> increases</c><00:12:39.919><c> the</c><00:12:40.360><c> power</c><00:12:40.720><c> of</c><00:12:40.980><c> the</c><00:12:41.159><c> weak.</c>

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Even<00:12:42.500><c> youths</c><00:12:43.000><c> grow</c><00:12:43.159><c> tired</c><00:12:43.639><c> and</c><00:12:43.960><c> weary</c>

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and<00:12:44.460><c> young</c><00:12:44.700><c> men</c><00:12:44.980><c> stumble</c><00:12:45.559><c> and</c><00:12:45.980><c> fall,</c>

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but<00:12:47.320><c> those</c><00:12:47.740><c> who</c><00:12:48.139><c> hope</c><00:12:48.440><c> in</c><00:12:48.659><c> the</c><00:12:48.879><c> Lord</c><00:12:49.340><c> will</c><00:12:50.559><c> renew</c><00:12:50.980><c> their</c><00:12:51.379><c> strength.</c>

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They'll<00:12:53.000><c> soar</c><00:12:53.299><c> on</c><00:12:53.600><c> wings</c><00:12:53.879><c> like</c><00:12:54.240><c> eagles.</c>

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They'll<00:12:56.019><c> run</c><00:12:56.399><c> and</c><00:12:56.639><c> not</c><00:12:56.860><c> grow</c><00:12:57.159><c> weary.</c>

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They'll<00:12:58.940><c> walk</c><00:12:59.460><c> and</c><00:13:00.379><c> not</c><00:13:00.659><c> be</c><00:13:00.940><c> faint.</c>

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You<00:13:02.639><c> see,</c><00:13:02.980><c> brothers</c><00:13:03.080><c> and</c><00:13:03.320><c> sisters,</c>

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Isaiah<00:13:04.080><c> was</c><00:13:04.320><c> saying,</c><00:13:04.539><c> look,</c>

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this<00:13:05.240><c> journey</c><00:13:05.659><c> from</c><00:13:06.100><c> captivity</c><00:13:06.679><c> back</c><00:13:07.100><c> to</c><00:13:07.419><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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back<00:13:08.460><c> to</c><00:13:08.759><c> God,</c><00:13:10.259><c> you're</c><00:13:10.639><c> not</c><00:13:10.840><c> gonna</c><00:13:11.039><c> be</c><00:13:11.399><c> weary.</c>

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It's<00:13:12.720><c> gonna</c><00:13:12.860><c> be</c><00:13:13.059><c> a</c><00:13:13.379><c> joyous</c><00:13:13.820><c> journey</c>

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and<00:13:15.000><c> you</c><00:13:15.179><c> will</c><00:13:15.460><c> return</c><00:13:15.980><c> there</c><00:13:16.720><c> again.</c>

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Isaiah<00:13:22.740><c> chapter</c><00:13:23.159><c> 40,</c><00:13:23.639><c> verse</c><00:13:23.860><c> six.</c>

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Again,<00:13:25.960><c> picture</c><00:13:26.100><c> yourselves</c><00:13:26.639><c> as</c><00:13:26.919><c> a</c><00:13:27.220><c> captive</c><00:13:27.620><c> in</c><00:13:28.379><c> Babylon.</c>

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A<00:13:31.220><c> voice</c><00:13:31.480><c> says,</c><00:13:32.340><c> cry</c><00:13:32.340><c> out.</c>

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And<00:13:33.840><c> I</c><00:13:34.019><c> say,</c><00:13:34.279><c> what</c><00:13:34.360><c> shall</c><00:13:34.600><c> I</c><00:13:34.919><c> cry?</c>

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What<00:13:37.539><c> was</c><00:13:37.740><c> he</c><00:13:37.840><c> to</c><00:13:38.059><c> cry?</c>

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Cry<00:13:38.879><c> out</c><00:13:39.159><c> this.</c>

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Yell<00:13:39.840><c> this</c><00:13:40.080><c> from</c><00:13:40.279><c> the</c><00:13:40.539><c> mountaintops,</c><00:13:41.440><c> Isaiah.</c>

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All<00:13:43.519><c> men</c><00:13:43.759><c> are</c><00:13:43.960><c> like</c><00:13:44.220><c> grass.</c>

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Even<00:13:47.220><c> the</c><00:13:47.879><c> great</c><00:13:48.580><c> and</c><00:13:49.399><c> powerful</c><00:13:50.139><c> Babylonians</c>

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who<00:13:51.600><c> have</c><00:13:51.860><c> power</c><00:13:52.320><c> over</c><00:13:52.740><c> you.</c>

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All<00:13:54.320><c> men</c><00:13:54.940><c> are</c><00:13:55.240><c> like</c><00:13:55.580><c> grass</c><00:13:56.220><c> and</c><00:13:56.879><c> the</c><00:13:57.120><c> flowers</c><00:13:57.480><c> fall</c>

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because<00:13:58.500><c> the</c><00:13:58.779><c> breath</c><00:13:59.000><c> of</c><00:13:59.240><c> the</c><00:13:59.419><c> Lord</c><00:13:59.639><c> blows</c><00:14:00.080><c> on</c><00:14:00.360><c> them.</c>

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Surely<00:14:02.080><c> the</c><00:14:02.399><c> people</c><00:14:02.720><c> are</c><00:14:03.019><c> grass.</c>

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The<00:14:04.340><c> grass</c><00:14:04.700><c> withers</c><00:14:05.240><c> and</c><00:14:05.360><c> the</c><00:14:05.600><c> flowers</c><00:14:05.940><c> fall.</c>

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But<00:14:07.419><c> the</c><00:14:07.679><c> word</c><00:14:08.320><c> of</c><00:14:09.039><c> our</c><00:14:09.440><c> God</c><00:14:10.360><c> stands</c><00:14:11.240><c> forever.</c>

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So<00:14:13.320><c> while</c><00:14:13.559><c> you're</c><00:14:13.779><c> being</c><00:14:14.080><c> held</c><00:14:14.340><c> in</c><00:14:14.679><c> captivity</c>

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and<00:14:15.519><c> while</c><00:14:15.980><c> the</c><00:14:16.299><c> Babylonians</c><00:14:16.980><c> have</c><00:14:17.220><c> their</c><00:14:17.600><c> thumb</c><00:14:17.940><c> over</c><00:14:18.460><c> you,</c>

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know<00:14:19.139><c> that</c><00:14:19.440><c> even</c><00:14:19.840><c> they</c><00:14:20.460><c> will</c><00:14:20.980><c> fall</c>

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and<00:14:22.539><c> that</c><00:14:22.919><c> God</c><00:14:23.340><c> will</c><00:14:23.700><c> prevail</c>

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and<00:14:25.200><c> that</c><00:14:25.519><c> God's</c><00:14:26.539><c> promise</c><00:14:26.980><c> will</c><00:14:27.440><c> endure.</c>

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Turn<00:14:32.039><c> to</c><00:14:32.200><c> chapter</c><00:14:32.559><c> 41,</c><00:14:34.600><c> verses</c><00:14:34.960><c> eight</c><00:14:35.440><c> through</c><00:14:35.799><c> 10.</c>

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But<00:14:40.919><c> you,</c><00:14:41.559><c> O</c><00:14:41.740><c> Israel,</c><00:14:42.279><c> my</c><00:14:42.620><c> servant</c><00:14:43.159><c> Jacob,</c>

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whom<00:14:44.299><c> I</c><00:14:44.559><c> have</c><00:14:44.820><c> chosen,</c>

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you<00:14:46.320><c> descendants</c><00:14:46.919><c> of</c><00:14:47.259><c> Abraham,</c><00:14:48.120><c> my</c><00:14:48.519><c> friend.</c>

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See,<00:14:51.200><c> he's</c><00:14:51.440><c> saying</c><00:14:51.720><c> all</c><00:14:52.259><c> men</c><00:14:52.440><c> will</c><00:14:52.799><c> fail</c>

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but<00:14:53.259><c> God's</c><00:14:53.980><c> word</c><00:14:54.279><c> will</c><00:14:54.620><c> last</c><00:14:55.019><c> forever.</c>

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And<00:14:57.039><c> here's</c><00:14:57.399><c> God's</c><00:14:57.879><c> word.</c>

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God's<00:14:59.360><c> word</c><00:14:59.639><c> to</c><00:14:59.860><c> the</c><00:15:00.100><c> Jews</c><00:15:00.419><c> was</c><00:15:00.740><c> that</c><00:15:00.960><c> you</c><00:15:01.399><c> are</c><00:15:01.720><c> my</c><00:15:02.059><c> chosen</c><00:15:02.559><c> people.</c>

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Verse<00:15:03.919><c> eight</c><00:15:04.259><c> of</c><00:15:04.799><c> chapter</c><00:15:05.200><c> 41.</c>

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But<00:15:06.600><c> you,</c><00:15:06.980><c> O</c><00:15:07.059><c> Israel,</c><00:15:07.399><c> my</c><00:15:07.700><c> servant</c><00:15:08.059><c> Jacob,</c>

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whom<00:15:08.740><c> I've</c><00:15:09.120><c> chosen,</c>

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you<00:15:09.700><c> descendants</c><00:15:10.139><c> of</c><00:15:10.379><c> Abraham,</c><00:15:10.879><c> my</c><00:15:11.179><c> friend.</c>

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I<00:15:12.279><c> took</c><00:15:12.519><c> you</c><00:15:12.740><c> from</c><00:15:12.960><c> the</c><00:15:13.220><c> ends</c><00:15:13.379><c> of</c><00:15:13.559><c> the</c><00:15:13.759><c> earth.</c>

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I<00:15:16.919><c> said,</c><00:15:17.159><c> you're</c><00:15:17.480><c> my</c><00:15:17.879><c> servant.</c>

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I've<00:15:19.559><c> chosen</c><00:15:19.899><c> you</c><00:15:20.720><c> and</c><00:15:21.399><c> have</c><00:15:21.759><c> not</c><00:15:22.139><c> rejected</c><00:15:22.700><c> you.</c>

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Why?

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Deuteronomy<00:15:26.299><c> tells</c><00:15:26.720><c> us.</c>

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Deuteronomy<00:15:28.500><c> tells</c><00:15:28.860><c> us</c><00:15:29.120><c> that</c><00:15:29.340><c> God</c><00:15:29.740><c> chose</c><00:15:30.220><c> the</c><00:15:30.500><c> Jews</c>

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not<00:15:30.980><c> because</c><00:15:31.340><c> they</c><00:15:31.500><c> were</c><00:15:31.679><c> more</c><00:15:32.080><c> numerous</c>

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than<00:15:32.860><c> all</c><00:15:33.100><c> the</c><00:15:33.259><c> other</c><00:15:33.460><c> people</c>

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but<00:15:34.659><c> because</c><00:15:35.059><c> God</c><00:15:35.440><c> loved</c><00:15:35.799><c> them</c>

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and<00:15:36.799><c> because</c><00:15:37.139><c> God</c><00:15:37.639><c> wanted</c><00:15:37.940><c> to</c><00:15:38.340><c> keep</c><00:15:38.639><c> the</c><00:15:39.000><c> oath</c>

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that<00:15:40.200><c> he</c><00:15:40.399><c> had</c><00:15:40.659><c> made</c><00:15:41.200><c> to</c><00:15:41.720><c> their</c><00:15:42.019><c> fathers.</c>

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And<00:15:44.039><c> that's</c><00:15:44.299><c> being</c><00:15:44.639><c> held</c><00:15:45.000><c> true</c><00:15:45.320><c> here.</c>

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but<00:15:49.799><c> Israel,</c><00:15:50.279><c> you</c><00:15:50.500><c> need</c><00:15:50.799><c> to</c><00:15:51.120><c> know</c>

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that<00:15:51.600><c> God's</c><00:15:52.139><c> word</c><00:15:52.659><c> for</c><00:15:53.039><c> you</c><00:15:53.860><c> remains,</c>

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that<00:15:55.080><c> you</c><00:15:55.340><c> remain</c><00:15:55.940><c> his</c><00:15:56.340><c> chosen</c><00:15:56.759><c> people,</c>

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that<00:15:58.740><c> God</c><00:15:59.299><c> has</c><00:15:59.879><c> chosen</c><00:16:00.200><c> you</c><00:16:00.440><c> because</c><00:16:00.700><c> he</c><00:16:00.980><c> loved</c><00:16:01.159><c> you,</c>

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that<00:16:02.080><c> God</c><00:16:02.279><c> will</c><00:16:02.580><c> keep</c><00:16:02.779><c> you</c><00:16:03.039><c> because</c><00:16:03.299><c> he's</c><00:16:03.659><c> keeping</c><00:16:04.039><c> his</c><00:16:04.379><c> oath</c>

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just<00:16:05.860><c> as</c><00:16:06.659><c> he</c><00:16:06.940><c> promised.</c>

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The<00:16:11.340><c> chapter,</c><00:16:12.200><c> chapter</c><00:16:12.679><c> 42,</c>

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who<00:16:22.200><c> would</c><00:16:22.500><c> deliver</c><00:16:22.860><c> them</c><00:16:23.220><c> out</c><00:16:23.519><c> of</c><00:16:23.899><c> Babylon,</c><00:16:24.759><c> out</c><00:16:25.019><c> of</c><00:16:25.279><c> captivity.</c>

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next<00:16:29.360><c> door,</c><00:16:29.840><c> who</c><00:16:30.059><c> was</c><00:16:30.340><c> that</c><00:16:30.720><c> servant</c>

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that<00:16:31.399><c> delivered</c><00:16:31.740><c> them</c><00:16:31.960><c> from</c><00:16:32.240><c> captivity?</c>

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It<00:16:32.980><c> was</c><00:16:33.320><c> Cyrus.</c>

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and<00:16:38.259><c> that</c><00:16:38.379><c> they</c><00:16:38.519><c> could</c><00:16:38.759><c> return</c><00:16:39.379><c> to</c><00:16:39.720><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:16:41.299><c> chapter</c><00:16:41.639><c> 42</c><00:16:42.120><c> speaks</c><00:16:42.639><c> about</c><00:16:43.039><c> Cyrus.</c>

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my<00:16:46.639><c> chosen</c><00:16:47.059><c> one</c><00:16:47.379><c> in</c><00:16:47.539><c> whom</c><00:16:47.720><c> I</c><00:16:48.000><c> delight.</c>

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I'll<00:16:49.259><c> put</c><00:16:49.399><c> my</c><00:16:49.840><c> spirit</c><00:16:50.120><c> on</c><00:16:50.379><c> him</c>

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He'll<00:16:53.840><c> not</c><00:16:54.240><c> shout</c><00:16:54.539><c> out</c><00:16:54.779><c> or</c><00:16:55.039><c> cry</c><00:16:55.340><c> or</c><00:16:55.600><c> raise</c><00:16:55.860><c> his</c><00:16:56.120><c> voice</c>

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a<00:17:00.460><c> smoldering</c><00:17:01.019><c> wick</c><00:17:01.299><c> he'll</c><00:17:01.720><c> snuff</c><00:17:02.039><c> out,</c><00:17:02.419><c> not</c><00:17:02.740><c> snuff</c><00:17:03.039><c> out.</c>

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And<00:17:05.099><c> while</c><00:17:05.579><c> this</c><00:17:06.180><c> chapter</c><00:17:06.640><c> speaks</c><00:17:07.079><c> about</c><00:17:07.400><c> the</c><00:17:07.680><c> man</c><00:17:08.039><c> Cyrus,</c>

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we<00:17:10.880><c> know,</c><00:17:11.339><c> brothers</c><00:17:11.460><c> and</c><00:17:11.700><c> sisters,</c><00:17:11.980><c> don't</c><00:17:12.359><c> we,</c>

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who<00:17:17.519><c> would</c><00:17:17.700><c> be</c><00:17:17.839><c> the</c><00:17:18.259><c> greatest</c><00:17:18.660><c> of</c><00:17:19.059><c> all</c><00:17:19.460><c> deliverers.</c>

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And<00:17:21.819><c> of</c><00:17:22.000><c> course,</c><00:17:22.640><c> that</c><00:17:23.299><c> deliverer</c>

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is<00:17:24.740><c> none</c><00:17:24.960><c> other</c><00:17:25.279><c> than</c><00:17:25.519><c> the</c><00:17:25.720><c> Lord</c><00:17:25.920><c> Jesus</c><00:17:26.339><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:17:27.940><c> so</c><00:17:28.119><c> this</c><00:17:28.400><c> chapter</c><00:17:28.839><c> 42</c><00:17:29.400><c> first</c><00:17:29.839><c> speaks</c><00:17:30.180><c> of</c><00:17:30.579><c> Cyrus,</c>

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but<00:17:32.460><c> perhaps</c><00:17:32.900><c> unbeknownst</c><00:17:34.299><c> to</c><00:17:35.059><c> Isaiah</c><00:17:35.559><c> himself</c>

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that<00:17:46.200><c> one</c><00:17:46.619><c> being</c><00:17:47.180><c> the</c><00:17:47.660><c> son</c><00:17:48.579><c> of</c><00:17:50.160><c> our</c><00:17:50.480><c> God</c><00:17:50.680><c> in</c><00:17:50.920><c> heaven.</c>

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And<00:17:52.839><c> that</c><00:17:52.980><c> then</c><00:17:53.200><c> brings</c><00:17:53.460><c> us</c><00:17:54.099><c> to</c><00:17:55.359><c> this</c><00:17:55.720><c> second</c><00:17:56.160><c> level</c><00:17:56.500><c> of</c><00:17:56.839><c> comfort.</c>

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The<00:17:58.220><c> first</c><00:17:58.500><c> comfort</c><00:17:58.940><c> was</c><00:17:59.240><c> the</c><00:17:59.519><c> comfort</c><00:17:59.819><c> that</c><00:18:00.000><c> was</c><00:18:00.180><c> being</c><00:18:00.480><c> delivered</c>

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to<00:18:01.220><c> the</c><00:18:01.500><c> Jews</c><00:18:01.779><c> that</c><00:18:02.000><c> were</c><00:18:02.259><c> held</c><00:18:02.700><c> in</c><00:18:03.279><c> captivity</c><00:18:03.839><c> in</c><00:18:04.180><c> Babylon.</c>

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Comfort,<00:18:06.179><c> comfort</c><00:18:06.819><c> ye</c><00:18:07.140><c> my</c><00:18:07.440><c> people,</c><00:18:08.220><c> Isaiah</c><00:18:08.539><c> 40</c><00:18:08.960><c> began.</c>

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That's<00:18:20.980><c> you</c><00:18:21.180><c> and</c><00:18:21.339><c> me,</c><00:18:21.680><c> brothers</c><00:18:21.779><c> and</c><00:18:22.099><c> sisters.</c>

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for<00:18:28.039><c> we</c><00:18:28.819><c> are</c><00:18:29.319><c> no</c><00:18:29.640><c> longer</c><00:18:30.140><c> strangers</c><00:18:30.960><c> from</c><00:18:31.900><c> the</c><00:18:32.180><c> covenants</c><00:18:32.579><c> of</c><00:18:32.900><c> promise.</c>

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Instead,<00:18:36.380><c> we</c><00:18:36.559><c> are</c><00:18:36.740><c> brought</c><00:18:36.940><c> into</c><00:18:37.259><c> that</c><00:18:37.539><c> relationship</c>

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where<00:18:39.099><c> we</c><00:18:39.460><c> can</c><00:18:39.720><c> refer</c><00:18:40.099><c> to</c><00:18:40.380><c> ourselves</c><00:18:41.079><c> as</c><00:18:41.880><c> spiritual</c><00:18:42.420><c> Israel.</c>

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So<00:18:44.559><c> Isaiah</c><00:18:44.920><c> 42</c><00:18:45.480><c> verse</c><00:18:45.859><c> one</c><00:18:46.259><c> talks</c><00:18:46.720><c> about</c><00:18:47.299><c> the</c><00:18:47.599><c> Lord</c><00:18:47.839><c> Jesus</c><00:18:48.279><c> Christ.</c>

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Here<00:18:49.660><c> is</c><00:18:49.920><c> my</c><00:18:50.220><c> servant</c><00:18:50.619><c> whom</c><00:18:50.839><c> I</c><00:18:51.079><c> uphold,</c>

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my<00:18:51.859><c> chosen</c><00:18:52.339><c> one</c><00:18:52.640><c> in</c><00:18:52.880><c> whom</c><00:18:53.059><c> I</c><00:18:53.359><c> delight.</c>

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I<00:18:54.799><c> will</c><00:18:55.039><c> put</c><00:18:55.279><c> my</c><00:18:55.799><c> spirit</c><00:18:56.480><c> on</c><00:18:57.079><c> him</c>

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What<00:19:02.920><c> does</c><00:19:02.980><c> that</c><00:19:03.220><c> remind</c><00:19:03.599><c> you</c><00:19:03.839><c> of?</c>

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Well,<00:19:05.099><c> if</c><00:19:05.220><c> you</c><00:19:05.339><c> turn</c><00:19:05.500><c> to</c><00:19:05.640><c> Luke</c><00:19:05.880><c> chapter</c><00:19:06.339><c> three,</c>

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we'll<00:19:07.819><c> read</c><00:19:08.019><c> about</c><00:19:08.279><c> the</c><00:19:08.539><c> Lord</c><00:19:08.720><c> Jesus</c><00:19:09.200><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:19:28.299><c> in</c><00:19:28.920><c> Luke</c><00:19:29.319><c> chapter</c><00:19:29.720><c> three,</c><00:19:31.180><c> verse</c><00:19:31.359><c> 22,</c>

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oh,<00:19:32.400><c> I</c><00:19:32.619><c> turned</c><00:19:32.720><c> the</c><00:19:32.920><c> wrong</c><00:19:33.140><c> chapter</c><00:19:33.660><c> here.</c>

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And<00:19:49.500><c> as</c><00:19:49.680><c> he</c><00:19:49.819><c> was</c><00:19:50.079><c> praying,</c><00:19:50.619><c> heaven</c><00:19:50.700><c> was</c><00:19:51.000><c> opened</c>

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in<00:19:56.460><c> bodily</c><00:19:56.779><c> form</c><00:19:57.140><c> like</c><00:19:57.400><c> a</c><00:19:57.619><c> dove.</c>

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And<00:19:58.799><c> a</c><00:19:58.980><c> voice</c><00:19:59.180><c> came</c><00:19:59.480><c> from</c><00:19:59.700><c> heaven,</c>

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you<00:20:00.720><c> are</c><00:20:01.000><c> my</c><00:20:01.339><c> son,</c><00:20:02.279><c> whom</c><00:20:02.400><c> I</c><00:20:02.720><c> love,</c>

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in<00:20:03.900><c> whom</c><00:20:04.180><c> I</c><00:20:04.819><c> am</c><00:20:05.000><c> well</c><00:20:05.319><c> pleased.</c>

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So<00:20:06.680><c> yes,</c><00:20:06.960><c> this</c><00:20:07.180><c> deliverer</c><00:20:07.619><c> first</c><00:20:07.920><c> was</c><00:20:08.119><c> in</c><00:20:08.279><c> the</c><00:20:08.440><c> form</c><00:20:08.599><c> of</c><00:20:08.960><c> Cyrus,</c>

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but<00:20:09.599><c> later</c><00:20:09.880><c> the</c><00:20:10.180><c> greater</c><00:20:10.480><c> deliverer</c><00:20:11.039><c> in</c><00:20:11.140><c> the</c><00:20:11.279><c> name</c><00:20:11.440><c> of</c><00:20:11.680><c> Jesus</c><00:20:12.099><c> came.</c>

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speaks<00:20:16.140><c> about</c><00:20:16.579><c> this</c><00:20:17.059><c> deliverer</c><00:20:18.039><c> not</c><00:20:18.440><c> ignoring</c><00:20:19.160><c> the</c><00:20:19.559><c> bruised</c><00:20:20.000><c> reed</c>

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or<00:20:20.799><c> the</c><00:20:21.500><c> burning</c><00:20:21.900><c> flak</c><00:20:22.460><c> or</c><00:20:22.640><c> the</c><00:20:22.960><c> smoldering</c><00:20:23.640><c> wick.</c>

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And<00:20:24.839><c> Jesus</c><00:20:25.180><c> didn't</c><00:20:25.440><c> do</c><00:20:25.720><c> that.</c>

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who<00:20:30.940><c> were</c><00:20:31.359><c> bruised,</c><00:20:31.920><c> who</c><00:20:32.119><c> were</c><00:20:32.519><c> broken.</c>

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And<00:20:34.819><c> Jesus</c><00:20:35.259><c> didn't</c><00:20:35.700><c> ignore</c><00:20:36.279><c> them.</c>

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Jesus<00:20:37.759><c> didn't</c><00:20:38.180><c> cast</c><00:20:38.720><c> them</c><00:20:39.039><c> out.</c>

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Jesus<00:20:40.619><c> found</c><00:20:41.220><c> those</c><00:20:41.619><c> brothers</c><00:20:42.000><c> and</c><00:20:42.339><c> sisters</c>

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who<00:20:42.880><c> were</c><00:20:43.220><c> broken</c><00:20:43.599><c> and</c><00:20:44.059><c> hurting</c><00:20:44.480><c> and</c><00:20:45.700><c> he</c><00:20:45.900><c> reached</c><00:20:46.140><c> out</c><00:20:46.440><c> to</c><00:20:46.579><c> them.</c>

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And<00:20:47.740><c> what</c><00:20:47.900><c> a</c><00:20:48.160><c> wonderful</c><00:20:48.519><c> lesson</c><00:20:48.859><c> for</c><00:20:49.140><c> us</c><00:20:49.380><c> brothers</c><00:20:49.700><c> and</c><00:20:50.019><c> sisters</c>

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to<00:20:50.579><c> reach</c><00:20:50.940><c> out</c><00:20:51.579><c> to</c><00:20:52.019><c> our</c><00:20:52.259><c> brothers</c><00:20:52.559><c> and</c><00:20:52.880><c> sisters</c>

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who<00:20:53.440><c> are</c><00:20:53.759><c> broken</c><00:20:54.119><c> and</c><00:20:54.400><c> who</c><00:20:54.579><c> are</c><00:20:54.940><c> hurting</c>

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that<00:20:56.799><c> we</c><00:20:57.160><c> can</c><00:20:57.619><c> bring</c><00:20:57.980><c> them</c><00:20:58.339><c> together</c><00:20:58.960><c> with</c><00:20:59.380><c> us</c>

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that<00:21:00.400><c> we</c><00:21:00.539><c> might</c><00:21:00.799><c> worship</c><00:21:01.299><c> together.</c>

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Jesus<00:21:03.039><c> didn't</c><00:21:03.420><c> ignore</c><00:21:04.180><c> those</c><00:21:04.859><c> that</c><00:21:05.200><c> were</c><00:21:05.480><c> broken.</c>

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Turn<00:21:07.859><c> with</c><00:21:08.019><c> me</c><00:21:08.160><c> to</c><00:21:08.259><c> Matthew</c><00:21:08.660><c> chapter</c><00:21:09.140><c> 12.</c>

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It's<00:21:13.339><c> in</c><00:21:13.500><c> Matthew</c><00:21:13.779><c> chapter</c><00:21:14.200><c> 12</c>

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where<00:21:14.859><c> we</c><00:21:15.039><c> read</c><00:21:15.220><c> about</c><00:21:15.539><c> Jesus</c><00:21:16.019><c> healing</c><00:21:16.680><c> a</c><00:21:17.039><c> man.</c>

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And<00:21:18.599><c> it's,</c><00:21:19.799><c> I'll</c><00:21:20.200><c> have</c><00:21:20.299><c> you</c><00:21:20.500><c> pick</c><00:21:20.660><c> it</c><00:21:20.819><c> up</c><00:21:20.920><c> in</c><00:21:21.079><c> the</c><00:21:21.279><c> ninth</c><00:21:21.559><c> verse</c>

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where<00:21:22.160><c> it</c><00:21:22.359><c> says</c><00:21:22.519><c> going</c><00:21:22.900><c> there</c><00:21:23.299><c> from</c><00:21:23.579><c> place,</c>

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going<00:21:24.440><c> from</c><00:21:24.700><c> that</c><00:21:24.980><c> place,</c><00:21:25.319><c> Jesus</c><00:21:25.759><c> went</c><00:21:25.960><c> into</c><00:21:26.240><c> the</c><00:21:26.539><c> synagogue</c>

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and<00:21:28.220><c> a</c><00:21:28.400><c> man</c><00:21:28.579><c> with</c><00:21:28.779><c> a</c><00:21:28.920><c> shriveled</c><00:21:29.339><c> hand</c><00:21:29.579><c> was</c><00:21:29.839><c> there</c>

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and<00:21:30.359><c> looking</c><00:21:30.519><c> for</c><00:21:30.819><c> a</c><00:21:30.980><c> reason</c><00:21:31.200><c> to</c><00:21:31.460><c> accuse</c><00:21:31.839><c> Jesus,</c><00:21:32.299><c> they</c><00:21:32.420><c> asked</c><00:21:32.740><c> him.</c>

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is<00:21:36.140><c> it</c><00:21:36.380><c> lawful</c><00:21:36.859><c> to</c><00:21:37.119><c> heal</c><00:21:37.319><c> this</c><00:21:37.660><c> man</c><00:21:37.819><c> on</c><00:21:38.019><c> the</c><00:21:38.299><c> Sabbath?</c>

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And<00:21:39.940><c> he</c><00:21:40.059><c> said</c><00:21:40.220><c> to</c><00:21:40.339><c> them,</c><00:21:40.500><c> if</c><00:21:40.680><c> any</c><00:21:40.920><c> of</c><00:21:41.079><c> you</c><00:21:41.200><c> is</c><00:21:41.400><c> a</c><00:21:41.720><c> sheep</c>

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and<00:21:42.039><c> it</c><00:21:42.299><c> falls</c><00:21:42.480><c> into</c><00:21:42.740><c> a</c><00:21:42.920><c> pit</c><00:21:43.019><c> on</c><00:21:43.200><c> the</c><00:21:43.420><c> Sabbath,</c>

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will<00:21:43.799><c> you</c><00:21:43.960><c> not</c><00:21:44.160><c> take</c><00:21:44.400><c> hold</c><00:21:44.579><c> of</c><00:21:44.720><c> it</c><00:21:44.819><c> and</c><00:21:45.000><c> lift</c><00:21:45.140><c> it</c><00:21:45.380><c> out?</c>

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How<00:21:46.299><c> much</c><00:21:46.460><c> more</c><00:21:46.799><c> valuable</c><00:21:47.099><c> is</c><00:21:47.319><c> a</c><00:21:47.519><c> man</c><00:21:47.779><c> than</c><00:21:47.960><c> a</c><00:21:48.180><c> sheep?</c>

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Therefore<00:21:49.480><c> it's</c><00:21:49.779><c> lawful</c><00:21:50.160><c> to</c><00:21:50.359><c> do</c><00:21:50.519><c> good</c><00:21:50.720><c> on</c><00:21:50.920><c> the</c><00:21:51.180><c> Sabbath.</c>

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Then<00:21:52.700><c> when</c><00:21:52.839><c> he</c><00:21:52.960><c> had</c><00:21:53.220><c> said</c><00:21:53.380><c> this</c><00:21:53.640><c> to</c><00:21:53.859><c> the</c><00:21:54.039><c> man,</c>

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stretch<00:21:54.619><c> out</c><00:21:54.859><c> your</c><00:21:55.059><c> hand,</c><00:21:55.259><c> so</c><00:21:55.420><c> he</c><00:21:55.740><c> stretched</c><00:21:55.960><c> it</c><00:21:56.200><c> out</c>

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and<00:21:56.440><c> it</c><00:21:56.599><c> was</c><00:21:56.799><c> completely</c><00:21:57.240><c> restored</c><00:21:57.779><c> just</c><00:21:58.099><c> as</c><00:21:58.380><c> sound</c><00:21:58.579><c> as</c><00:21:58.759><c> the</c><00:21:58.940><c> other.</c>

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But<00:22:00.299><c> the</c><00:22:00.539><c> Pharisees</c><00:22:01.019><c> went</c><00:22:01.180><c> out</c><00:22:01.480><c> and</c><00:22:01.720><c> plotted</c>

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how<00:22:02.319><c> they</c><00:22:02.579><c> might</c><00:22:02.839><c> kill</c><00:22:03.240><c> Jesus.</c>

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Jesus<00:22:05.400><c> didn't</c><00:22:05.740><c> ignore</c><00:22:06.200><c> that</c><00:22:06.579><c> broken</c><00:22:06.960><c> man.</c>

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Jesus<00:22:08.640><c> healed</c><00:22:09.119><c> him.</c>

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Verse<00:22:11.579><c> 15,</c><00:22:13.400><c> aware</c><00:22:13.660><c> of</c><00:22:13.839><c> this</c><00:22:14.019><c> Jesus,</c>

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aware<00:22:15.140><c> of</c><00:22:15.319><c> the</c><00:22:15.500><c> fact</c><00:22:15.660><c> that</c><00:22:15.880><c> the</c><00:22:16.099><c> Jewish</c><00:22:16.339><c> leaders</c>

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plotted<00:22:17.460><c> to</c><00:22:17.859><c> kill</c><00:22:18.059><c> him,</c>

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where<00:22:19.160><c> this</c><00:22:19.400><c> Jesus</c><00:22:19.779><c> withdrew</c><00:22:20.299><c> from</c><00:22:20.500><c> that</c><00:22:20.839><c> place,</c>

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many<00:22:22.059><c> followed</c><00:22:22.500><c> him</c><00:22:23.119><c> and</c><00:22:23.819><c> he</c><00:22:24.140><c> healed</c><00:22:24.299><c> all</c><00:22:24.579><c> their</c><00:22:24.880><c> sick.</c>

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And<00:22:26.579><c> then</c><00:22:26.660><c> there's</c><00:22:26.859><c> this</c><00:22:26.980><c> peculiar</c><00:22:27.539><c> verse</c><00:22:28.000><c> 16</c><00:22:28.579><c> that</c><00:22:28.819><c> says,</c>

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and<00:22:29.059><c> he</c><00:22:29.420><c> warned</c><00:22:29.700><c> them</c><00:22:30.039><c> not</c><00:22:30.420><c> to</c><00:22:30.859><c> tell</c><00:22:31.359><c> who</c><00:22:31.880><c> he</c><00:22:32.180><c> was.</c>

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Why<00:22:34.220><c> would</c><00:22:34.440><c> Jesus</c><00:22:34.759><c> do</c><00:22:35.099><c> that?</c>

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Why<00:22:35.579><c> would</c><00:22:35.819><c> Jesus</c><00:22:36.140><c> heal</c><00:22:36.500><c> these</c><00:22:36.839><c> people</c>

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and<00:22:37.319><c> then</c><00:22:37.559><c> say,</c><00:22:38.380><c> don't</c><00:22:38.400><c> tell</c><00:22:38.759><c> anybody?</c>

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Well,<00:22:40.920><c> verse</c><00:22:41.140><c> 17</c><00:22:41.700><c> gives</c><00:22:42.039><c> us</c><00:22:42.279><c> the</c><00:22:42.500><c> answer.</c>

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It<00:22:43.819><c> was</c><00:22:44.079><c> to</c><00:22:44.339><c> fulfill</c><00:22:45.039><c> what</c><00:22:45.720><c> was</c><00:22:46.079><c> spoken</c>

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through<00:22:46.859><c> the</c><00:22:47.140><c> prophet</c><00:22:47.460><c> Isaiah.</c>

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And<00:22:49.000><c> what</c><00:22:49.740><c> Matthew</c><00:22:50.160><c> quotes</c><00:22:50.559><c> now</c><00:22:50.900><c> is</c><00:22:51.059><c> the</c><00:22:51.299><c> very</c><00:22:51.660><c> verse</c><00:22:52.240><c> and</c><00:22:52.700><c> passage</c>

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that<00:22:53.539><c> we've</c><00:22:53.720><c> been</c><00:22:53.940><c> reading</c><00:22:54.400><c> in</c><00:22:54.839><c> Isaiah</c><00:22:55.279><c> chapter</c><00:22:55.720><c> 42.</c>

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Here's<00:22:57.559><c> my</c><00:22:57.799><c> servant</c><00:22:58.180><c> whom</c><00:22:58.339><c> I've</c><00:22:58.759><c> chosen,</c>

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the<00:22:59.359><c> one</c><00:22:59.480><c> I</c><00:22:59.779><c> love</c><00:22:59.960><c> and</c><00:23:00.180><c> whom</c><00:23:00.319><c> I</c><00:23:00.559><c> delight.</c>

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I'll<00:23:01.359><c> put</c><00:23:01.500><c> my</c><00:23:01.900><c> spirit</c><00:23:02.259><c> on</c><00:23:02.500><c> him.</c>

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Those<00:23:02.839><c> are</c><00:23:03.099><c> the</c><00:23:03.240><c> first</c><00:23:03.680><c> verses</c><00:23:03.980><c> of</c><00:23:04.319><c> Isaiah</c><00:23:04.759><c> 42.</c>

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He'll<00:23:06.759><c> not</c><00:23:07.039><c> quarrel</c><00:23:07.660><c> or</c><00:23:07.980><c> cry</c><00:23:08.319><c> out.</c>

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No<00:23:09.519><c> one</c><00:23:09.579><c> will</c><00:23:09.859><c> hear</c><00:23:10.059><c> his</c><00:23:10.380><c> voice</c><00:23:10.740><c> on</c><00:23:10.980><c> the</c><00:23:11.299><c> street.</c>

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A<00:23:12.559><c> bruised</c><00:23:12.960><c> reed</c><00:23:13.160><c> and</c><00:23:13.359><c> a</c><00:23:13.579><c> smoldering</c><00:23:14.079><c> wick</c><00:23:14.259><c> he'll</c><00:23:14.619><c> not</c><00:23:14.940><c> snuff</c><00:23:15.200><c> out.</c>

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Why<00:23:16.859><c> was</c><00:23:17.079><c> it</c><00:23:17.200><c> that</c><00:23:17.359><c> Jesus</c><00:23:17.720><c> wasn't</c><00:23:18.099><c> proclaiming</c>

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the<00:23:19.480><c> fact</c><00:23:19.680><c> that</c><00:23:19.839><c> he</c><00:23:19.920><c> was</c><00:23:20.160><c> healing</c><00:23:20.500><c> these</c><00:23:20.799><c> people?</c>

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Because<00:23:21.900><c> it</c><00:23:22.200><c> wasn't</c><00:23:22.440><c> about</c><00:23:22.740><c> Jesus.</c>

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It<00:23:23.579><c> was</c><00:23:24.539><c> about</c><00:23:24.819><c> God,</c><00:23:25.599><c> his</c><00:23:25.779><c> heavenly</c><00:23:26.240><c> father.</c>

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Jesus<00:23:27.799><c> never</c><00:23:28.519><c> wanted</c><00:23:29.119><c> glory</c><00:23:29.660><c> for</c><00:23:30.019><c> himself.</c>

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We<00:23:32.799><c> read</c><00:23:33.079><c> about</c><00:23:33.339><c> that</c><00:23:33.640><c> later</c><00:23:33.960><c> on,</c>

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where<00:23:35.259><c> Jesus</c><00:23:36.160><c> turns</c><00:23:36.759><c> that</c><00:23:37.099><c> away</c><00:23:37.519><c> and</c><00:23:37.680><c> he</c><00:23:37.880><c> says,</c><00:23:38.359><c> don't</c><00:23:38.440><c> glorify</c><00:23:39.039><c> me.</c>

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I'm<00:23:39.579><c> not</c><00:23:39.779><c> looking</c><00:23:40.000><c> to</c><00:23:40.319><c> glorify</c><00:23:40.779><c> myself.</c>

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John<00:23:42.359><c> chapter</c><00:23:42.759><c> eight,</c><00:23:43.279><c> verse</c><00:23:43.460><c> 50</c><00:23:43.900><c> says,</c>

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I'm<00:23:45.880><c> not</c><00:23:46.119><c> seeking</c><00:23:46.460><c> glory</c><00:23:46.859><c> for</c><00:23:47.099><c> myself,</c>

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but<00:23:48.960><c> there's</c><00:23:49.240><c> one</c><00:23:49.500><c> who</c><00:23:49.759><c> seeks</c><00:23:50.039><c> it</c><00:23:50.660><c> and</c><00:23:51.019><c> he's</c><00:23:51.400><c> the</c><00:23:51.619><c> judge.</c>

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Jesus<00:23:53.400><c> wanted</c><00:23:53.759><c> to</c><00:23:54.019><c> defer</c><00:23:54.400><c> the</c><00:23:54.680><c> glory</c><00:23:55.019><c> to</c><00:23:55.480><c> God.</c>

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And<00:23:57.059><c> that</c><00:23:57.259><c> was</c><00:23:57.500><c> a</c><00:23:57.700><c> great</c><00:23:57.859><c> lesson.</c>

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Now,<00:24:01.759><c> in</c><00:24:01.960><c> our</c><00:24:02.140><c> reading</c><00:24:02.359><c> today,</c><00:24:02.660><c> Isaiah</c><00:24:03.039><c> 43,</c>

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there's<00:24:04.839><c> one</c><00:24:05.059><c> thing</c><00:24:05.240><c> that</c><00:24:05.400><c> I</c><00:24:05.519><c> did</c><00:24:05.700><c> wanna</c><00:24:05.940><c> bring</c><00:24:06.200><c> up</c>

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and<00:24:07.240><c> it's</c><00:24:07.539><c> found</c><00:24:07.819><c> in</c><00:24:08.619><c> the</c><00:24:08.859><c> 18th</c><00:24:09.500><c> verse.</c>

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And<00:24:14.099><c> I</c><00:24:14.240><c> wanna</c><00:24:14.339><c> bring</c><00:24:14.539><c> this</c><00:24:14.799><c> up</c><00:24:14.940><c> because</c><00:24:15.279><c> there</c><00:24:15.500><c> are</c><00:24:15.720><c> times,</c>

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brothers<00:24:16.299><c> and</c><00:24:16.619><c> sisters,</c><00:24:17.140><c> when</c><00:24:18.019><c> we</c><00:24:19.119><c> can</c><00:24:19.299><c> look</c><00:24:19.500><c> at</c><00:24:19.700><c> our</c><00:24:20.019><c> past</c>

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and<00:24:22.359><c> be</c><00:24:22.539><c> ashamed</c><00:24:23.099><c> of</c><00:24:23.579><c> who</c><00:24:23.859><c> we</c><00:24:24.099><c> were</c><00:24:24.619><c> or</c><00:24:25.420><c> what</c><00:24:25.660><c> we</c><00:24:25.920><c> might</c><00:24:26.099><c> have</c><00:24:26.339><c> done.</c>

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There<00:24:29.759><c> are</c><00:24:29.859><c> times</c><00:24:30.140><c> when</c><00:24:30.319><c> people</c><00:24:30.640><c> will</c><00:24:30.960><c> say,</c>

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you<00:24:31.500><c> know,</c><00:24:31.759><c> my</c><00:24:31.960><c> sins</c><00:24:32.160><c> are</c><00:24:32.420><c> so</c><00:24:32.720><c> great</c>

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that<00:24:33.079><c> I</c><00:24:33.200><c> could</c><00:24:33.440><c> never</c><00:24:33.839><c> ask</c><00:24:34.299><c> for</c><00:24:34.640><c> forgiveness.</c>

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There<00:24:36.799><c> are</c><00:24:36.859><c> times</c><00:24:37.160><c> when</c><00:24:37.359><c> people</c><00:24:37.680><c> feel</c>

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that<00:24:38.599><c> they</c><00:24:38.880><c> could</c><00:24:39.119><c> never</c><00:24:39.460><c> enter</c><00:24:39.759><c> the</c><00:24:40.000><c> waters</c><00:24:40.240><c> of</c><00:24:40.460><c> baptism</c>

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because<00:24:41.339><c> of</c><00:24:41.619><c> the</c><00:24:41.819><c> things</c><00:24:42.059><c> that</c><00:24:42.279><c> they</c><00:24:42.480><c> had</c><00:24:42.740><c> done.</c>

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But<00:24:45.079><c> look</c><00:24:45.200><c> at</c><00:24:45.279><c> what</c><00:24:45.380><c> it</c><00:24:45.599><c> says</c><00:24:45.759><c> in</c><00:24:45.920><c> Isaiah</c><00:24:46.319><c> 43.</c>

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Verse<00:24:49.419><c> 18,</c><00:24:51.819><c> forget</c><00:24:52.099><c> the</c><00:24:52.460><c> former</c><00:24:52.720><c> things.</c>

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Do<00:24:55.019><c> not</c><00:24:55.299><c> dwell</c><00:24:55.640><c> on</c><00:24:55.880><c> the</c><00:24:56.099><c> past.</c>

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See,<00:24:58.460><c> I'm</c><00:24:58.920><c> doing</c><00:24:59.079><c> a</c><00:24:59.339><c> new</c><00:24:59.539><c> thing.</c>

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That's<00:25:01.519><c> the</c><00:25:01.660><c> beauty</c><00:25:01.839><c> of</c><00:25:02.099><c> baptism.</c>

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It<00:25:03.660><c> gives</c><00:25:03.839><c> us</c><00:25:04.059><c> the</c><00:25:04.279><c> opportunity</c><00:25:04.859><c> to</c><00:25:05.200><c> wipe</c><00:25:05.440><c> away</c><00:25:05.779><c> all</c><00:25:06.220><c> our</c><00:25:06.539><c> sins,</c>

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that<00:25:08.279><c> our</c><00:25:08.579><c> sins</c><00:25:08.720><c> will</c><00:25:08.940><c> be</c><00:25:09.220><c> covered</c><00:25:09.640><c> by</c><00:25:10.119><c> the</c><00:25:10.460><c> sacrifice</c><00:25:10.940><c> of</c><00:25:11.200><c> our</c><00:25:11.400><c> Lord.</c>

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Forget<00:25:13.980><c> the</c><00:25:14.339><c> former</c><00:25:14.619><c> things.</c>

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Why?

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Verse<00:25:20.279><c> 25.</c>

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I,<00:25:24.460><c> even</c><00:25:24.819><c> I,</c><00:25:25.519><c> am</c><00:25:25.759><c> he</c><00:25:26.079><c> who</c><00:25:26.299><c> blots</c><00:25:26.599><c> out</c><00:25:26.859><c> your</c><00:25:27.319><c> transgressions</c>

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for<00:25:28.480><c> my</c><00:25:28.920><c> own</c><00:25:29.380><c> sake.</c>

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God<00:25:31.299><c> does</c><00:25:31.559><c> this</c><00:25:31.799><c> not</c><00:25:32.019><c> for</c><00:25:32.279><c> us,</c><00:25:33.380><c> but</c><00:25:33.599><c> for</c><00:25:33.819><c> his</c><00:25:34.180><c> own</c><00:25:34.559><c> sake.</c>

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You<00:25:35.680><c> see,</c><00:25:35.819><c> it's</c><00:25:36.059><c> God's</c><00:25:36.660><c> plan</c><00:25:37.000><c> and</c><00:25:37.319><c> purpose</c><00:25:37.640><c> to</c><00:25:37.960><c> fill</c><00:25:38.279><c> the</c><00:25:38.599><c> earth</c>

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with<00:25:39.819><c> his</c><00:25:40.220><c> knowledge</c><00:25:40.619><c> and</c><00:25:40.839><c> with</c><00:25:41.039><c> his</c><00:25:41.400><c> glory,</c>

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that<00:25:43.119><c> God</c><00:25:44.839><c> will</c><00:25:45.119><c> be</c><00:25:45.259><c> all</c><00:25:45.259><c> that</c><00:25:45.259><c> he</c><00:25:45.259><c> is.</c>

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All<00:25:45.539><c> in</c><00:25:45.680><c> all.</c>

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It's<00:25:47.700><c> never</c><00:25:47.920><c> about</c><00:25:48.240><c> us.</c>

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It's<00:25:50.240><c> about</c><00:25:50.500><c> God</c><00:25:51.200><c> and</c><00:25:51.839><c> bringing</c><00:25:52.079><c> him</c><00:25:52.400><c> glory.</c>

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Now,<00:25:58.299><c> I'd</c><00:25:58.619><c> like</c><00:25:58.720><c> to</c><00:25:58.940><c> ask</c><00:25:59.099><c> you</c><00:25:59.240><c> to</c><00:25:59.460><c> turn</c><00:25:59.579><c> your</c><00:25:59.839><c> attention</c>

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to<00:26:00.440><c> the</c><00:26:00.640><c> memorial</c><00:26:01.019><c> before</c><00:26:01.539><c> us.</c>

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I<00:26:03.779><c> want</c><00:26:03.880><c> us</c><00:26:04.059><c> to</c><00:26:04.279><c> focus</c><00:26:04.559><c> our</c><00:26:04.819><c> remaining</c><00:26:05.259><c> time</c><00:26:05.740><c> on</c><00:26:06.559><c> thoughts</c><00:26:07.019><c> of</c><00:26:07.259><c> Jesus.</c>

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The<00:26:09.420><c> bread</c><00:26:09.759><c> and</c><00:26:10.099><c> the</c><00:26:10.339><c> wine,</c>

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they<00:26:11.019><c> remind</c><00:26:11.259><c> us</c><00:26:11.480><c> of</c><00:26:11.640><c> the</c><00:26:11.859><c> great</c><00:26:12.099><c> sacrifice</c><00:26:12.740><c> of</c><00:26:12.980><c> our</c><00:26:13.200><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:26:14.839><c> when</c><00:26:14.960><c> we</c><00:26:15.160><c> think</c><00:26:15.339><c> about</c><00:26:15.619><c> Jesus,</c>

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and<00:26:16.440><c> we</c><00:26:16.599><c> think</c><00:26:16.799><c> about</c><00:26:17.319><c> the</c><00:26:18.000><c> boy</c><00:26:18.519><c> Jesus,</c>

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who<00:26:19.460><c> grew</c><00:26:20.019><c> in</c><00:26:20.640><c> favor</c><00:26:21.039><c> with</c><00:26:21.400><c> God</c><00:26:21.680><c> and</c><00:26:21.900><c> man.</c>

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We<00:26:23.500><c> think</c><00:26:23.720><c> about</c><00:26:24.000><c> the</c><00:26:24.539><c> man</c><00:26:25.019><c> Jesus,</c>

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who<00:26:25.700><c> was</c><00:26:26.019><c> tempted</c><00:26:26.380><c> in</c><00:26:26.619><c> the</c><00:26:26.799><c> wilderness.</c>

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When<00:26:28.359><c> we</c><00:26:28.519><c> think</c><00:26:28.660><c> about</c><00:26:28.880><c> the</c><00:26:29.059><c> writer</c><00:26:29.220><c> of</c><00:26:29.400><c> the</c><00:26:29.539><c> Hebrew</c><00:26:29.819><c> saying</c>

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of<00:26:30.359><c> Jesus,</c>

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that<00:26:31.019><c> he</c><00:26:31.200><c> was</c><00:26:31.500><c> tempted</c><00:26:31.920><c> in</c><00:26:32.279><c> all</c><00:26:32.640><c> ways,</c>

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just<00:26:33.440><c> as</c><00:26:33.700><c> we</c><00:26:34.019><c> are,</c><00:26:34.240><c> yet</c><00:26:34.500><c> without</c><00:26:34.920><c> sin.</c>

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We<00:26:36.720><c> have</c><00:26:36.880><c> to</c><00:26:37.039><c> remember</c><00:26:37.420><c> that</c><00:26:37.640><c> these</c><00:26:37.920><c> temptations,</c>

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brothers<00:26:39.059><c> and</c><00:26:39.380><c> sisters,</c><00:26:39.779><c> that</c><00:26:39.980><c> these</c><00:26:40.279><c> struggles</c><00:26:40.740><c> were</c><00:26:41.180><c> real.</c>

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That<00:26:42.799><c> Jesus'</c><00:26:43.259><c> nature</c><00:26:43.619><c> was</c><00:26:43.900><c> just</c><00:26:44.259><c> like</c><00:26:44.660><c> ours.</c>

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Jesus<00:26:45.480><c> could</c><00:26:45.880><c> have</c><00:26:46.259><c> sinned,</c>

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but<00:26:49.579><c> he</c><00:26:49.779><c> didn't.</c>

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who<00:27:51.240><c> spread</c><00:27:51.440><c> out</c><00:27:51.660><c> the</c><00:27:51.880><c> earth</c><00:27:52.099><c> and</c><00:27:52.279><c> all</c><00:27:52.440><c> that</c><00:27:52.599><c> comes</c><00:27:52.819><c> out</c><00:27:53.079><c> of</c><00:27:53.200><c> it,</c>

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I,<00:28:00.380><c> the</c><00:28:00.720><c> Lord,</c><00:28:02.200><c> have</c><00:28:02.460><c> called</c><00:28:02.839><c> you,</c><00:28:03.700><c> Jesus,</c><00:28:04.980><c> in</c><00:28:05.240><c> righteousness.</c>

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for<00:28:15.859><c> the</c><00:28:16.079><c> people</c><00:28:16.740><c> and</c><00:28:17.599><c> a</c><00:28:17.819><c> light</c><00:28:18.000><c> for</c><00:28:18.319><c> the</c><00:28:18.440><c> Gentiles.</c>

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I<00:28:24.779><c> think</c><00:28:24.960><c> it's</c><00:28:25.200><c> only</c><00:28:25.480><c> appropriate</c><00:28:26.160><c> to</c><00:28:26.640><c> remember</c>

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that<00:28:28.480><c> our</c><00:28:28.700><c> Lord</c><00:28:28.940><c> Jesus</c><00:28:29.500><c> had</c><00:28:29.740><c> a</c><00:28:30.259><c> loving</c><00:28:30.759><c> father,</c>

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a<00:28:33.039><c> father</c><00:28:33.420><c> who</c><00:28:34.039><c> took</c><00:28:34.539><c> him</c><00:28:35.099><c> by</c><00:28:35.500><c> the</c><00:28:35.859><c> hand.</c>

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after<00:28:50.099><c> we</c><00:28:50.299><c> had</c><00:28:50.599><c> fallen</c><00:28:50.880><c> down,</c>

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when<00:28:52.240><c> our</c><00:28:52.519><c> father</c><00:28:52.839><c> would</c><00:28:53.319><c> reach</c><00:28:53.700><c> his</c><00:28:53.960><c> hand</c><00:28:54.220><c> out</c>

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and<00:28:54.700><c> take</c><00:28:54.940><c> hold</c><00:28:55.200><c> of</c><00:28:55.539><c> ours</c><00:28:55.799><c> to</c><00:28:56.380><c> show</c><00:28:56.740><c> us</c><00:28:56.940><c> some</c><00:28:57.319><c> comfort</c>

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or<00:28:58.539><c> to</c><00:28:58.799><c> show</c><00:28:59.000><c> us</c><00:28:59.240><c> some</c><00:28:59.599><c> strength.</c>

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And<00:29:01.980><c> Isaiah</c><00:29:02.339><c> 42</c><00:29:02.980><c> shows</c><00:29:03.400><c> us</c><00:29:03.700><c> that</c><00:29:04.240><c> Jesus</c><00:29:04.819><c> had</c><00:29:05.319><c> this</c><00:29:05.700><c> experience</c><00:29:06.460><c> too.</c>

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that<00:29:15.339><c> he</c><00:29:15.500><c> was</c><00:29:15.779><c> prepared</c><00:29:16.420><c> to</c><00:29:17.160><c> reach</c><00:29:17.359><c> out</c><00:29:17.619><c> his</c><00:29:17.960><c> hand</c>

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to<00:29:19.099><c> take</c><00:29:19.380><c> hold</c><00:29:19.640><c> of</c><00:29:19.839><c> Jesus,</c><00:29:20.960><c> to</c><00:29:21.279><c> strengthen</c><00:29:21.740><c> and</c><00:29:22.700><c> help</c><00:29:22.940><c> him.</c>

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Now,<00:29:25.319><c> brothers</c><00:29:25.380><c> and</c><00:29:25.700><c> sisters,</c>

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we<00:29:28.440><c> have</c><00:29:29.140><c> been</c><00:29:29.480><c> adopted</c><00:29:30.180><c> by</c><00:29:31.240><c> that</c><00:29:31.660><c> same</c><00:29:32.160><c> loving</c><00:29:32.819><c> heavenly</c><00:29:33.440><c> father.</c>

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Ephesians<00:29:38.680><c> chapter</c><00:29:39.200><c> one,</c>

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by<00:29:43.539><c> a</c><00:29:43.839><c> loving</c><00:29:44.319><c> heavenly</c><00:29:45.119><c> father.</c>

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Ephesians<00:29:49.220><c> one,</c><00:29:49.599><c> verse</c><00:29:49.839><c> three,</c>

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praise<00:29:50.819><c> be</c><00:29:51.339><c> to</c><00:29:51.599><c> God</c><00:29:52.099><c> and</c><00:29:52.599><c> Father</c><00:29:53.059><c> of</c><00:29:53.299><c> our</c><00:29:53.519><c> Lord</c><00:29:53.700><c> Jesus</c><00:29:54.140><c> Christ,</c>

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who's<00:29:55.779><c> blessed</c><00:29:56.039><c> us</c><00:29:56.559><c> in</c><00:29:56.799><c> the</c><00:29:57.039><c> heavenly</c><00:29:57.420><c> realms</c>

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with<00:29:58.299><c> every</c><00:29:58.799><c> spiritual</c><00:29:59.500><c> blessing</c><00:29:59.920><c> in</c><00:30:00.279><c> Christ.</c>

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to<00:30:05.039><c> be</c><00:30:05.299><c> holy</c><00:30:05.799><c> and</c><00:30:06.579><c> blameless</c><00:30:06.960><c> in</c><00:30:07.200><c> his</c><00:30:07.420><c> sight.</c>

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as<00:30:11.859><c> his</c><00:30:12.279><c> children</c><00:30:12.799><c> through</c><00:30:13.200><c> Jesus</c><00:30:13.720><c> Christ</c>

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to<00:30:18.279><c> the</c><00:30:18.579><c> praise</c><00:30:18.960><c> of</c><00:30:19.180><c> his</c><00:30:19.380><c> glorious</c><00:30:19.859><c> grace,</c>

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which<00:30:21.339><c> he's</c><00:30:21.740><c> freely</c><00:30:22.059><c> given</c><00:30:22.319><c> us</c><00:30:22.619><c> in</c><00:30:22.779><c> the</c><00:30:23.019><c> one</c><00:30:23.339><c> he</c><00:30:23.680><c> loves.</c>

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we<00:30:29.480><c> have</c><00:30:29.779><c> redemption</c><00:30:30.440><c> through</c><00:30:30.779><c> his</c><00:30:31.079><c> blood,</c>

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the<00:30:32.539><c> forgiveness</c><00:30:32.900><c> of</c><00:30:33.279><c> sins</c><00:30:33.559><c> in</c><00:30:33.839><c> accordance</c>

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with<00:30:34.500><c> the</c><00:30:34.700><c> riches</c><00:30:35.099><c> of</c><00:30:35.680><c> God's</c><00:30:36.220><c> grace</c>

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that<00:30:37.420><c> he</c><00:30:37.859><c> lavished</c><00:30:38.220><c> on</c><00:30:38.579><c> us</c><00:30:39.339><c> with</c><00:30:40.019><c> all</c><00:30:40.380><c> wisdom</c><00:30:41.160><c> and</c><00:30:42.180><c> understanding.</c>

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What<00:30:46.160><c> a</c><00:30:46.420><c> blessed</c><00:30:46.740><c> people</c><00:30:47.160><c> we</c><00:30:47.500><c> are</c>

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that<00:30:48.700><c> we</c><00:30:49.099><c> can</c><00:30:49.980><c> take</c><00:30:50.960><c> comfort</c><00:30:51.759><c> in</c><00:30:52.579><c> knowing</c>

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that<00:30:53.220><c> we</c><00:30:53.440><c> have</c><00:30:53.640><c> been</c><00:30:54.000><c> adopted</c><00:30:54.500><c> by</c><00:30:54.940><c> a</c><00:30:55.240><c> loving</c><00:30:55.819><c> heavenly</c><00:30:56.619><c> father</c>

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who<00:30:58.359><c> lavishes</c><00:30:59.160><c> his</c><00:30:59.819><c> love</c><00:31:00.500><c> on</c><00:31:01.000><c> us.</c>

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our<00:31:05.460><c> Lord</c><00:31:05.740><c> will</c><00:31:06.019><c> descend</c><00:31:06.440><c> from</c><00:31:06.700><c> heaven</c>

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and<00:31:08.279><c> will</c><00:31:08.579><c> establish</c><00:31:09.119><c> a</c><00:31:09.400><c> kingdom</c><00:31:09.660><c> here</c>

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in<00:31:10.240><c> which</c><00:31:10.440><c> he</c><00:31:10.599><c> will</c><00:31:10.900><c> rule</c><00:31:11.279><c> and</c><00:31:11.579><c> reign</c><00:31:11.799><c> in</c><00:31:12.039><c> righteousness.</c>

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And<00:31:14.700><c> finally,</c><00:31:15.079><c> the</c><00:31:15.400><c> world</c><00:31:15.960><c> will</c><00:31:16.519><c> no</c><00:31:16.839><c> longer</c><00:31:17.180><c> be</c><00:31:17.500><c> captive</c>

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to<00:31:18.240><c> sin</c><00:31:18.480><c> and</c><00:31:18.740><c> death</c><00:31:19.000><c> and</c><00:31:19.380><c> suffering,</c>

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but<00:31:20.980><c> we</c><00:31:21.279><c> will</c><00:31:22.519><c> glorify</c><00:31:23.339><c> God</c>

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and<00:31:24.640><c> all</c><00:31:24.880><c> the</c><00:31:25.079><c> earth</c><00:31:25.259><c> will</c><00:31:25.460><c> be</c><00:31:25.759><c> filled</c>

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with<00:31:26.740><c> his</c><00:31:27.000><c> knowledge</c><00:31:27.359><c> and</c><00:31:27.680><c> glory.</c>

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