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It's<00:10:42.759><c> an</c><00:10:42.960><c> extreme</c><00:10:43.279><c> story,</c><00:10:43.860><c> and</c><00:10:43.879><c> I'm</c><00:10:44.379><c> not</c><00:10:44.759><c> insinuating</c><00:10:45.460><c> or</c><00:10:45.740><c> suggesting</c><00:10:46.139><c> that</c><00:10:46.320><c> we</c>

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are<00:10:46.700><c> the</c><00:10:46.840><c> man</c><00:10:47.000><c> in</c><00:10:47.259><c> prison,</c>

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but<00:10:49.100><c> God</c><00:10:49.659><c> can't</c><00:10:50.379><c> give</c><00:10:50.500><c> us</c><00:10:50.899><c> the</c><00:10:51.259><c> kingdom</c><00:10:51.580><c> if</c><00:10:52.120><c> we</c><00:10:52.440><c> don't</c><00:10:52.779><c> change.</c>

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It<00:10:54.600><c> will</c><00:10:54.779><c> be</c><00:10:55.059><c> our</c><00:10:55.580><c> fault</c><00:10:56.000><c> if</c><00:10:56.220><c> we</c><00:10:56.360><c> don't</c><00:10:56.539><c> get</c><00:10:56.639><c> him</c><00:10:56.799><c> the</c><00:10:56.960><c> kingdom.</c>

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It<00:10:57.639><c> will</c><00:10:57.940><c> not</c><00:10:58.179><c> be</c><00:10:58.419><c> God's</c><00:10:58.899><c> fault.</c>

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It<00:10:59.559><c> wasn't</c><00:10:59.879><c> this</c><00:11:00.220><c> man's</c><00:11:00.759><c> fault</c><00:11:00.960><c> that</c><00:11:01.240><c> his</c><00:11:01.580><c> brother</c><00:11:01.899><c> stayed</c><00:11:02.279><c> in</c><00:11:02.559><c> prison.</c>

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It<00:11:02.980><c> was</c><00:11:03.279><c> the</c><00:11:03.759><c> criminals'</c><00:11:04.399><c> fault.</c><00:11:04.799><c> He</c><00:11:05.059><c> was</c><00:11:05.480><c> unrepentant,</c>

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and<00:11:06.860><c> he</c><00:11:07.080><c> had</c><00:11:07.320><c> to</c><00:11:07.700><c> rot</c><00:11:07.919><c> there</c><00:11:08.480><c> when</c><00:11:09.039><c> he</c><00:11:09.279><c> could</c><00:11:09.440><c> have</c><00:11:09.700><c> gone</c><00:11:10.159><c> free.</c>

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Jesus<00:11:13.700><c> bought</c><00:11:14.080><c> us</c><00:11:14.360><c> with</c><00:11:14.580><c> his</c><00:11:14.879><c> blood.</c><00:11:17.240><c> He</c><00:11:17.659><c> freed</c><00:11:17.940><c> us</c><00:11:18.679><c> from</c><00:11:19.139><c> sin.</c>

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We<00:11:20.980><c> had</c><00:11:21.259><c> no</c><00:11:21.539><c> power</c><00:11:22.080><c> to</c><00:11:22.320><c> do</c><00:11:22.500><c> it</c><00:11:22.620><c> on</c><00:11:22.840><c> our</c><00:11:23.019><c> own.</c><00:11:23.360><c> We</c><00:11:23.500><c> were</c><00:11:23.759><c> helpless.</c>

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The<00:11:25.779><c> Lord</c><00:11:25.940><c> Jesus</c><00:11:26.240><c> came</c><00:11:26.559><c> along</c><00:11:26.840><c> with</c><00:11:27.440><c> the</c><00:11:27.519><c> precious</c><00:11:27.799><c> blood</c><00:11:28.120><c> of</c>

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the<00:11:28.480><c> Lord</c><00:11:28.700><c> Jesus</c><00:11:29.080><c> Christ,</c><00:11:29.580><c> as</c><00:11:29.639><c> Peter</c><00:11:29.879><c> tells</c><00:11:30.220><c> us.</c>

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He<00:11:31.139><c> bought</c><00:11:31.419><c> us</c><00:11:32.679><c> and</c><00:11:33.240><c> set</c><00:11:33.379><c> us</c><00:11:33.659><c> free.</c>

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But<00:11:35.539><c> do</c><00:11:36.000><c> we</c><00:11:36.200><c> have</c><00:11:36.460><c> the</c><00:11:36.700><c> good</c><00:11:37.440><c> sense</c><00:11:38.000><c> to</c><00:11:39.460><c> follow</c><00:11:39.799><c> the</c><00:11:40.100><c> one</c><00:11:40.600><c> who</c>

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paid<00:11:42.059><c> the</c><00:11:42.340><c> price</c><00:11:43.299><c> for</c><00:11:44.600><c> our</c><00:11:44.860><c> freedom?</c>

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We<00:11:49.980><c> would</c><00:11:50.320><c> think</c><00:11:50.539><c> that</c><00:11:50.779><c> since</c><00:11:51.440><c> God</c><00:11:51.960><c> wants</c><00:11:52.399><c> us</c><00:11:52.659><c> to</c><00:11:52.820><c> be</c><00:11:52.899><c> in</c><00:11:53.059><c> the</c><00:11:53.220><c> kingdom,</c>

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and<00:11:55.100><c> since</c><00:11:55.279><c> Jesus</c><00:11:55.659><c> died</c><00:11:56.580><c> and</c><00:11:57.399><c> rose</c><00:11:57.659><c> again</c><00:11:58.059><c> so</c><00:11:58.279><c> we</c><00:11:58.559><c> can</c><00:11:58.840><c> be</c><00:11:59.120><c> in</c>

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the<00:11:59.519><c> kingdom,</c>

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that<00:12:01.519><c> most</c><00:12:02.019><c> people</c><00:12:02.460><c> are</c><00:12:02.899><c> going</c><00:12:03.039><c> to</c><00:12:03.240><c> be</c><00:12:03.360><c> in</c><00:12:03.539><c> the</c><00:12:03.720><c> kingdom.</c>

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And<00:12:06.720><c> their</c><00:12:06.820><c> answer</c><00:12:07.100><c> is</c><00:12:07.379><c> no.</c><00:12:09.419><c> Most</c><00:12:09.840><c> people</c><00:12:11.159><c> are</c><00:12:11.659><c> not.</c>

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Why?<00:12:15.639><c> Because</c><00:12:16.019><c> Jesus</c><00:12:16.480><c> didn't</c><00:12:16.779><c> die?</c><00:12:17.139><c> Yes,</c><00:12:17.399><c> he</c><00:12:17.580><c> did.</c>

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Because<00:12:18.559><c> God</c><00:12:18.720><c> doesn't</c><00:12:18.960><c> want</c><00:12:19.100><c> to</c><00:12:19.200><c> give</c><00:12:19.279><c> it</c><00:12:19.419><c> to</c><00:12:19.500><c> us?</c><00:12:19.620><c> Yes,</c><00:12:19.840><c> he</c><00:12:19.980><c> does.</c>

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Why<00:12:21.679><c> aren't</c><00:12:22.159><c> more</c><00:12:22.480><c> people</c><00:12:22.879><c> going</c><00:12:23.159><c> to</c><00:12:23.279><c> be</c><00:12:23.399><c> in</c><00:12:23.480><c> the</c><00:12:23.679><c> kingdom</c><00:12:23.960><c> then?</c>

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Well,<00:12:26.480><c> Jesus</c><00:12:26.799><c> said,</c><00:12:27.440><c> Enter</c><00:12:27.480><c> in</c><00:12:28.279><c> by</c><00:12:28.720><c> the</c><00:12:28.879><c> narrow</c><00:12:29.120><c> gate.</c>

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For<00:12:31.419><c> wide</c><00:12:31.639><c> is</c><00:12:31.899><c> the</c><00:12:32.120><c> gate,</c><00:12:33.519><c> and</c><00:12:33.860><c> broad</c><00:12:34.179><c> is</c><00:12:34.419><c> the</c><00:12:34.580><c> way</c><00:12:35.019><c> that</c><00:12:35.340><c> leads</c>

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to<00:12:35.899><c> destruction.</c>

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And<00:12:37.700><c> there</c><00:12:37.860><c> are</c><00:12:38.139><c> many</c><00:12:38.720><c> that</c><00:12:39.539><c> go</c><00:12:39.840><c> in</c><00:12:40.879><c> by</c><00:12:41.360><c> it.</c>

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Because<00:12:43.320><c> narrow</c><00:12:43.779><c> is</c><00:12:44.059><c> the</c><00:12:44.220><c> gate,</c><00:12:44.500><c> and</c><00:12:44.740><c> difficult</c><00:12:45.080><c> is</c><00:12:45.320><c> the</c><00:12:45.399><c> way</c>

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that<00:12:45.700><c> leads</c><00:12:45.980><c> to</c><00:12:46.220><c> life.</c>

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And<00:12:47.480><c> few</c><00:12:48.100><c> there</c><00:12:48.559><c> be</c><00:12:49.039><c> that</c><00:12:50.399><c> find</c><00:12:50.779><c> it.</c>

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Only<00:12:52.940><c> a</c><00:12:53.320><c> few</c><00:12:53.620><c> people</c><00:12:54.799><c> out</c><00:12:55.659><c> of</c><00:12:55.860><c> the</c><00:12:56.120><c> billions</c><00:12:56.740><c> and</c><00:12:57.139><c> billions</c><00:12:57.659><c> of</c>

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people<00:12:58.799><c> on</c><00:12:59.960><c> the</c><00:13:00.139><c> earth</c><00:13:00.559><c> are</c><00:13:01.299><c> going</c><00:13:01.519><c> to</c><00:13:01.639><c> be</c><00:13:01.720><c> in</c><00:13:01.820><c> the</c><00:13:01.980><c> kingdom.</c>

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Although<00:13:03.840><c> it</c><00:13:04.200><c> would</c><00:13:04.360><c> be</c><00:13:04.480><c> a</c><00:13:04.700><c> great</c><00:13:04.980><c> multitude</c><00:13:05.860><c> compared</c><00:13:07.000><c> to</c><00:13:07.279><c> the</c><00:13:07.980><c> jillions,</c><00:13:08.460><c> I</c>

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guess,<00:13:08.940><c> of</c><00:13:09.000><c> people</c><00:13:09.259><c> who</c><00:13:09.440><c> have</c><00:13:09.500><c> ever</c><00:13:09.740><c> lived,</c>

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it<00:13:10.960><c> would</c><00:13:11.100><c> be</c><00:13:11.259><c> a</c><00:13:11.340><c> very,</c><00:13:11.740><c> very</c><00:13:12.100><c> small</c><00:13:12.820><c> percentage.</c>

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We<00:13:14.639><c> think</c><00:13:14.840><c> of</c><00:13:14.980><c> the</c><00:13:15.240><c> Christodalphians</c><00:13:15.960><c> and</c><00:13:16.220><c> how</c><00:13:16.440><c> small</c><00:13:16.740><c> we</c><00:13:17.000><c> are</c>

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in<00:13:17.419><c> comparison</c><00:13:17.700><c> to</c><00:13:18.460><c> almost</c><00:13:18.799><c> any</c><00:13:19.120><c> other</c><00:13:19.460><c> church,</c><00:13:19.919><c> any</c><00:13:20.120><c> other</c><00:13:20.399><c> denomination.</c>

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We're<00:13:21.740><c> just</c><00:13:22.100><c> a</c><00:13:22.480><c> speck.</c>

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And<00:13:24.159><c> yet,</c><00:13:25.179><c> sadly,</c><00:13:25.659><c> all</c><00:13:26.059><c> Christodalphians</c><00:13:27.820><c> will</c><00:13:28.240><c> not</c><00:13:28.419><c> be</c><00:13:28.600><c> in</c>

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the<00:13:28.860><c> kingdom.</c>

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Not<00:13:30.799><c> because</c><00:13:31.200><c> they</c><00:13:31.519><c> didn't</c><00:13:31.759><c> know</c><00:13:31.980><c> the</c><00:13:32.220><c> truth.</c>

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We<00:13:34.379><c> know</c><00:13:34.740><c> the</c><00:13:34.980><c> truth</c><00:13:35.179><c> and</c><00:13:35.360><c> we're</c><00:13:35.600><c> thankful.</c>

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But<00:13:37.279><c> because</c><00:13:37.639><c> we</c><00:13:37.779><c> didn't</c><00:13:38.039><c> live</c><00:13:38.580><c> what</c><00:13:39.620><c> we</c><00:13:39.860><c> know</c><00:13:40.399><c> we</c><00:13:41.000><c> ought</c><00:13:41.220><c> to</c><00:13:41.440><c> do.</c>

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And<00:13:43.179><c> so</c><00:13:43.320><c> in</c><00:13:43.419><c> Luke</c><00:13:43.559><c> 13</c><00:13:44.299><c> and</c><00:13:45.220><c> 24,</c><00:13:47.919><c> Jesus</c><00:13:48.179><c> says,</c><00:13:49.139><c> Strive.</c>

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Strive<00:13:52.000><c> to</c><00:13:52.240><c> enter</c><00:13:52.480><c> in</c><00:13:52.600><c> at</c><00:13:52.740><c> the</c><00:13:52.960><c> straight</c><00:13:53.120><c> gate.</c>

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For<00:13:54.860><c> many</c><00:13:55.100><c> I</c><00:13:55.279><c> say</c><00:13:55.399><c> unto</c><00:13:55.580><c> you,</c><00:13:55.940><c> Shall</c><00:13:55.940><c> seek</c><00:13:56.259><c> to</c><00:13:56.519><c> enter</c><00:13:56.700><c> in,</c><00:13:56.940><c> and</c>

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shall<00:13:57.360><c> not</c><00:13:57.659><c> be</c><00:13:57.919><c> able.</c>

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So<00:13:59.039><c> Jesus</c><00:13:59.419><c> is</c><00:13:59.679><c> making</c><00:13:59.960><c> a</c><00:14:00.240><c> distinction</c><00:14:00.580><c> between</c><00:14:00.940><c> the</c><00:14:01.139><c> word</c><00:14:01.360><c> seek</c><00:14:01.919><c> and</c><00:14:03.080><c> strive.</c>

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To<00:14:04.139><c> strive</c><00:14:04.340><c> is</c><00:14:04.539><c> to</c><00:14:05.000><c> agonize.</c>

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We've<00:14:07.460><c> got</c><00:14:07.580><c> to</c><00:14:07.879><c> want</c><00:14:08.100><c> to</c><00:14:08.360><c> be</c><00:14:08.480><c> in</c><00:14:08.620><c> this</c><00:14:08.820><c> kingdom</c><00:14:09.039><c> of</c><00:14:09.240><c> God</c><00:14:09.399><c> more</c>

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than<00:14:09.820><c> anything</c><00:14:10.120><c> else</c><00:14:10.399><c> in</c><00:14:10.580><c> all</c><00:14:10.700><c> the</c><00:14:10.960><c> world.</c>

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And<00:14:12.220><c> if</c><00:14:12.279><c> it</c><00:14:12.460><c> isn't</c><00:14:12.679><c> a</c><00:14:12.879><c> consuming</c><00:14:13.240><c> fire</c><00:14:13.519><c> in</c><00:14:13.720><c> our</c><00:14:14.000><c> breasts,</c><00:14:15.039><c> then</c>

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of<00:14:15.480><c> course</c><00:14:15.659><c> we're</c><00:14:15.940><c> not</c><00:14:16.159><c> going</c><00:14:16.320><c> to</c><00:14:16.559><c> be</c><00:14:16.779><c> there.</c>

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So<00:14:18.220><c> it's</c><00:14:18.960><c> not</c><00:14:19.179><c> just</c><00:14:19.620><c> enough</c><00:14:19.919><c> to</c><00:14:20.379><c> seek.</c>

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We<00:14:22.200><c> have</c><00:14:22.399><c> to</c><00:14:22.580><c> then</c><00:14:22.940><c> strive.</c>

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If<00:14:25.559><c> wishes</c><00:14:25.960><c> were</c><00:14:26.240><c> horses,</c><00:14:26.820><c> beggars</c><00:14:27.000><c> would</c><00:14:27.259><c> ride</c><00:14:27.480><c> is</c><00:14:27.679><c> an</c><00:14:27.860><c> old</c><00:14:28.100><c> poem.</c>

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And<00:14:29.120><c> every</c><00:14:29.919><c> beggar</c><00:14:30.240><c> wishes.</c>

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And<00:14:31.559><c> if</c><00:14:31.700><c> you</c><00:14:31.820><c> just</c><00:14:32.019><c> ask</c><00:14:32.200><c> people,</c><00:14:32.320><c> you</c><00:14:32.419><c> want</c><00:14:32.580><c> to</c><00:14:32.679><c> be</c><00:14:32.779><c> in</c><00:14:32.960><c> the</c><00:14:33.059><c> kingdom,</c><00:14:33.179><c> you</c>

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want<00:14:33.379><c> to</c><00:14:33.480><c> live</c><00:14:33.559><c> forever,</c>

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you'd<00:14:34.179><c> like</c><00:14:34.220><c> to</c><00:14:34.340><c> have</c><00:14:34.399><c> an</c><00:14:34.519><c> immortal</c><00:14:34.740><c> body,</c><00:14:35.179><c> the</c><00:14:35.200><c> answer's</c><00:14:35.559><c> sure.</c>

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crucify<00:14:44.039><c> the</c><00:14:44.299><c> flesh,</c>

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and<00:14:46.000><c> really</c><00:14:46.940><c> strive</c><00:14:48.100><c> in</c><00:14:49.379><c> seeking</c><00:14:49.679><c> first</c><00:14:50.340><c> the</c><00:14:50.700><c> kingdom</c><00:14:51.000><c> of</c><00:14:51.379><c> God?</c>

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We<00:14:54.879><c> need</c><00:14:55.100><c> to</c><00:14:55.320><c> be</c><00:14:55.720><c> like</c><00:14:56.200><c> Jesus,</c><00:14:57.840><c> and</c><00:14:57.940><c> he</c><00:14:58.100><c> came</c><00:14:58.399><c> to</c><00:14:58.820><c> serve.</c>

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And<00:15:00.539><c> so</c><00:15:00.639><c> we</c><00:15:00.779><c> need</c><00:15:01.000><c> to</c><00:15:01.259><c> work</c><00:15:01.559><c> at</c><00:15:01.980><c> becoming</c><00:15:02.820><c> servants.</c>

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We<00:15:05.320><c> need</c><00:15:06.240><c> to</c><00:15:07.000><c> be</c><00:15:07.480><c> meek</c><00:15:08.580><c> and</c><00:15:09.159><c> mild</c><00:15:09.720><c> and</c><00:15:10.240><c> gentle,</c><00:15:11.919><c> for</c><00:15:12.120><c> Jesus</c><00:15:12.700><c> was</c>

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that<00:15:13.480><c> way.</c>

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Blessed<00:15:15.480><c> are</c><00:15:15.700><c> the</c><00:15:15.919><c> meek,</c><00:15:16.220><c> said</c><00:15:16.320><c> Jesus,</c><00:15:16.740><c> for</c><00:15:16.960><c> they</c><00:15:17.899><c> shall</c><00:15:18.259><c> inherit</c><00:15:18.659><c> the</c><00:15:18.980><c> earth.</c>

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And<00:15:20.639><c> the</c><00:15:20.779><c> world</c><00:15:20.940><c> says</c><00:15:21.200><c> blessed</c><00:15:21.639><c> are</c><00:15:22.179><c> the</c><00:15:22.360><c> meek,</c><00:15:22.639><c> for</c><00:15:22.740><c> they</c><00:15:22.960><c> shall</c><00:15:23.120><c> be</c><00:15:23.399><c> doormats.</c>

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And<00:15:26.220><c> that's</c><00:15:26.860><c> wrong.</c>

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If<00:15:29.200><c> you</c><00:15:29.460><c> think</c><00:15:29.759><c> being</c><00:15:30.259><c> meek</c><00:15:31.519><c> is</c><00:15:32.659><c> weak,</c><00:15:34.480><c> try</c><00:15:34.740><c> being</c><00:15:35.360><c> meek</c><00:15:36.200><c> for</c><00:15:37.179><c> a</c><00:15:37.419><c> week.</c>

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It<00:15:42.620><c> takes</c><00:15:43.259><c> great</c><00:15:43.700><c> strength</c><00:15:44.539><c> to</c><00:15:46.120><c> be</c><00:15:46.659><c> meek.</c>

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Moses<00:15:49.460><c> was</c><00:15:49.740><c> the</c><00:15:49.899><c> meekest</c><00:15:50.259><c> man</c><00:15:50.500><c> upon</c><00:15:50.799><c> the</c><00:15:51.039><c> face</c><00:15:51.299><c> of</c><00:15:51.480><c> the</c><00:15:51.600><c> earth,</c>

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but<00:15:53.080><c> he</c><00:15:53.200><c> was</c><00:15:53.460><c> a</c><00:15:53.600><c> doer.</c>

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And<00:15:55.620><c> he</c><00:15:55.679><c> had</c><00:15:55.899><c> great</c><00:15:56.299><c> faith,</c><00:15:58.220><c> but</c><00:15:58.340><c> he</c><00:15:58.440><c> was</c><00:15:58.659><c> gentle</c><00:15:58.980><c> and</c><00:15:59.220><c> kind</c>

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and<00:15:59.820><c> good.</c>

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He<00:16:00.919><c> was</c><00:16:01.240><c> meek.</c>

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Worldly<00:16:03.019><c> thinking</c><00:16:03.200><c> is</c><00:16:03.399><c> just</c><00:16:03.639><c> the</c><00:16:03.919><c> opposite</c><00:16:04.340><c> of</c><00:16:04.740><c> godly</c><00:16:05.139><c> thinking.</c>

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Now<00:16:06.820><c> unfortunately,</c><00:16:07.279><c> we</c><00:16:07.600><c> are</c><00:16:07.799><c> in</c><00:16:07.980><c> the</c><00:16:08.139><c> world</c><00:16:08.440><c> and</c><00:16:08.600><c> we</c><00:16:08.799><c> can't</c>

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help<00:16:09.480><c> that.</c>

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Jesus<00:16:11.240><c> said,</c><00:16:11.440><c> I</c><00:16:11.440><c> don't</c><00:16:11.679><c> pray</c><00:16:11.860><c> to</c><00:16:12.080><c> take</c><00:16:12.259><c> them</c><00:16:13.080><c> out</c><00:16:13.379><c> of</c><00:16:13.500><c> the</c><00:16:13.700><c> world</c><00:16:14.039><c> to</c>

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keep<00:16:14.720><c> them</c><00:16:14.860><c> from</c><00:16:15.080><c> the</c><00:16:15.360><c> evils</c><00:16:15.659><c> that</c><00:16:15.799><c> are</c><00:16:15.879><c> in</c><00:16:16.039><c> the</c><00:16:16.220><c> world.</c>

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So<00:16:16.519><c> we</c><00:16:16.720><c> have</c><00:16:16.919><c> to</c><00:16:17.360><c> decide</c><00:16:17.779><c> that</c><00:16:18.000><c> we</c><00:16:18.200><c> are</c><00:16:18.340><c> going</c><00:16:18.519><c> to</c><00:16:18.820><c> work</c><00:16:19.019><c> at</c><00:16:19.279><c> keeping</c><00:16:19.559><c> ourselves</c><00:16:20.500><c> away</c><00:16:21.100><c> from</c><00:16:21.399><c> the</c>

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evils<00:16:22.500><c> of</c><00:16:22.700><c> the</c><00:16:22.879><c> world.</c>

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And<00:16:23.259><c> of</c><00:16:23.379><c> course</c><00:16:23.620><c> nowadays</c><00:16:24.100><c> we</c><00:16:24.379><c> can</c><00:16:25.000><c> pipe</c><00:16:25.279><c> them</c><00:16:25.480><c> into</c><00:16:25.679><c> our</c><00:16:25.919><c> home</c>

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by<00:16:26.399><c> way</c><00:16:26.779><c> of</c><00:16:27.659><c> televisions</c><00:16:28.340><c> and</c><00:16:29.340><c> radios</c><00:16:30.039><c> and</c><00:16:31.080><c> VCRs,</c>

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which<00:16:31.700><c> you</c><00:16:31.820><c> can</c><00:16:32.019><c> buy</c><00:16:32.220><c> and</c><00:16:32.379><c> put</c><00:16:32.480><c> in</c><00:16:32.659><c> there.</c>

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You've<00:16:33.259><c> heard</c><00:16:33.379><c> the</c><00:16:33.519><c> definition</c><00:16:33.940><c> of</c><00:16:34.139><c> a</c><00:16:34.179><c> real</c><00:16:34.419><c> hypocrite.</c>

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It's<00:16:36.179><c> a</c><00:16:36.259><c> man</c><00:16:36.399><c> who</c><00:16:36.600><c> says</c><00:16:36.700><c> there's</c><00:16:36.899><c> too</c><00:16:37.139><c> much</c><00:16:37.399><c> sex</c><00:16:37.759><c> and</c><00:16:38.080><c> violence</c>

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on<00:16:38.600><c> his</c><00:16:38.940><c> VCR.</c>

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So<00:16:47.279><c> what</c><00:16:47.799><c> you</c><00:16:48.120><c> put</c><00:16:48.500><c> in</c><00:16:49.600><c> the</c><00:16:49.840><c> VCR</c><00:16:50.440><c> is</c><00:16:51.000><c> your</c><00:16:51.259><c> choice.</c>

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And<00:16:52.860><c> thanks</c><00:16:53.100><c> to</c><00:16:54.659><c> Reuben</c><00:16:54.960><c> and</c><00:16:55.299><c> Daniel</c><00:16:55.679><c> and</c><00:16:56.740><c> John</c><00:16:57.080><c> and</c><00:16:57.279><c> all</c><00:16:57.440><c> those</c><00:16:57.639><c> back</c>

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relive<00:17:03.899><c> Ezekiel</c><00:17:05.119><c> again.</c>

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I'm<00:17:06.019><c> not</c><00:17:06.180><c> hearing</c><00:17:06.460><c> Ken's</c><00:17:06.960><c> classes,</c><00:17:07.299><c> so</c><00:17:07.640><c> I</c><00:17:08.119><c> can't</c><00:17:08.500><c> comment</c><00:17:08.740><c> on</c>

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them,<00:17:08.960><c> but</c><00:17:09.079><c> I</c><00:17:09.299><c> know</c><00:17:09.440><c> they're</c><00:17:09.740><c> good.</c>

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And<00:17:10.519><c> everyone</c><00:17:10.700><c> I've</c><00:17:11.059><c> talked</c><00:17:11.180><c> to</c><00:17:11.319><c> about</c><00:17:11.579><c> them</c><00:17:11.859><c> has</c><00:17:12.059><c> said</c><00:17:12.140><c> how</c>

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I<00:17:14.920><c> want</c><00:17:15.440><c> to</c><00:17:15.619><c> hear</c><00:17:15.720><c> these</c><00:17:16.059><c> things</c><00:17:16.220><c> that</c><00:17:16.420><c> I</c><00:17:16.579><c> haven't</c><00:17:16.740><c> got</c><00:17:17.019><c> to</c><00:17:17.220><c> hear.</c>

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So<00:17:19.700><c> we</c><00:17:20.220><c> learned</c><00:17:20.420><c> in</c><00:17:20.599><c> our</c><00:17:20.799><c> second</c><00:17:21.039><c> class</c><00:17:21.480><c> that</c><00:17:21.680><c> we</c><00:17:21.859><c> need</c><00:17:22.039><c> to</c><00:17:22.319><c> become</c><00:17:22.539><c> a</c>

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We<00:17:25.079><c> need</c><00:17:25.299><c> to</c><00:17:25.559><c> examine</c><00:17:25.920><c> our</c><00:17:26.200><c> motives</c><00:17:26.420><c> to</c><00:17:26.579><c> be</c><00:17:26.759><c> sure</c><00:17:26.920><c> that</c><00:17:27.059><c> we're</c>

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We<00:17:30.740><c> need</c><00:17:30.980><c> to</c><00:17:31.960><c> learn</c><00:17:32.440><c> from</c><00:17:32.759><c> the</c><00:17:33.000><c> examples</c><00:17:33.299><c> of</c><00:17:33.700><c> servants</c><00:17:34.000><c> in</c><00:17:34.220><c> the</c><00:17:34.380><c> Bible.</c>

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And<00:17:34.880><c> we</c><00:17:34.960><c> looked</c><00:17:35.180><c> at</c><00:17:35.400><c> Gehazi,</c><00:17:36.759><c> who</c><00:17:36.880><c> was</c><00:17:37.140><c> a</c><00:17:37.279><c> servant</c><00:17:37.440><c> to</c><00:17:37.720><c> Elisha.</c>

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It's<00:17:52.900><c> discouraging.</c><00:17:53.519><c> It's</c><00:17:53.680><c> rarely</c><00:17:53.859><c> glamorous.</c>

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Servants<00:17:55.519><c> do</c><00:17:55.740><c> all</c><00:17:55.960><c> the</c><00:17:56.119><c> work</c><00:17:56.259><c> and</c><00:17:56.400><c> someone</c><00:17:56.640><c> else</c><00:17:56.859><c> gets</c><00:17:57.039><c> all</c>

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But<00:17:59.000><c> it's</c><00:17:59.160><c> not</c><00:17:59.460><c> the</c><00:17:59.700><c> credit</c><00:18:00.000><c> of</c><00:18:00.279><c> man</c><00:18:00.440><c> that</c><00:18:00.599><c> we're</c><00:18:00.759><c> looking</c><00:18:01.059><c> for.</c>

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that's<00:18:07.900><c> worked</c><00:18:08.019><c> at</c><00:18:08.200><c> this</c><00:18:08.359><c> Bible</c><00:18:08.619><c> school</c><00:18:08.839><c> did</c><00:18:09.039><c> it</c><00:18:09.200><c> to</c><00:18:09.400><c> get</c><00:18:09.660><c> a</c><00:18:09.839><c> pat</c><00:18:09.940><c> on</c>

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And<00:18:17.039><c> many</c><00:18:17.220><c> of</c><00:18:17.359><c> you</c><00:18:17.460><c> have</c><00:18:17.660><c> done</c><00:18:17.819><c> little</c><00:18:18.220><c> quiet</c><00:18:18.640><c> labors</c><00:18:19.039><c> of</c><00:18:19.220><c> love</c>

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Sometime<00:18:34.380><c> in</c><00:18:34.579><c> the</c><00:18:34.640><c> middle</c><00:18:34.799><c> of</c><00:18:35.019><c> the</c><00:18:35.099><c> night.</c>

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And<00:18:37.079><c> so</c><00:18:37.299><c> I</c><00:18:37.460><c> was</c><00:18:37.700><c> encouraged</c><00:18:38.220><c> about</c><00:18:38.559><c> 3</c><00:18:38.960><c> a</c><00:18:39.299><c>.m.</c>

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But<00:18:42.660><c> quiet</c><00:18:43.140><c> little</c><00:18:43.400><c> things</c><00:18:43.640><c> like</c><00:18:44.000><c> that</c><00:18:44.339><c> are</c><00:18:44.619><c> known</c><00:18:45.240><c> by</c><00:18:45.960><c> God.</c>

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Though<00:18:47.720><c> they're</c><00:18:47.880><c> not</c><00:18:48.180><c> known</c><00:18:48.839><c> to</c><00:18:49.200><c> each</c><00:18:49.400><c> other,</c><00:18:49.579><c> but</c><00:18:49.680><c> that's</c><00:18:50.019><c> alright.</c>

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God<00:18:51.539><c> is</c><00:18:51.839><c> the</c><00:18:51.980><c> one</c><00:18:52.099><c> we're</c><00:18:52.319><c> trying</c><00:18:52.539><c> to</c><00:18:52.859><c> please.</c>

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And<00:18:54.119><c> he's</c><00:18:54.319><c> not</c><00:18:54.519><c> unjust</c><00:18:54.799><c> to</c><00:18:55.140><c> forget</c><00:18:55.380><c> our</c><00:18:55.700><c> work</c><00:18:55.920><c> and</c><00:18:56.140><c> labor</c><00:18:56.359><c> of</c><00:18:56.640><c> love.</c>

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We<00:18:57.880><c> have</c><00:18:57.960><c> to</c><00:18:58.160><c> decide</c><00:18:58.859><c> that</c><00:18:59.460><c> we'd</c><00:18:59.740><c> rather</c><00:18:59.900><c> have</c><00:19:00.180><c> the</c><00:19:00.420><c> praise</c><00:19:00.599><c> of</c>

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God<00:19:01.420><c> than</c><00:19:02.359><c> the</c><00:19:02.559><c> praise</c><00:19:02.779><c> of</c><00:19:03.039><c> man.</c>

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And<00:19:03.539><c> you</c><00:19:03.640><c> really</c><00:19:03.859><c> have</c><00:19:04.039><c> to</c><00:19:04.160><c> decide</c><00:19:04.480><c> which</c><00:19:04.839><c> it</c><00:19:04.980><c> is</c><00:19:05.099><c> you</c><00:19:05.299><c> want.</c>

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You<00:19:06.559><c> really</c><00:19:07.019><c> can't</c><00:19:07.980><c> have</c><00:19:08.339><c> both.</c>

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You<00:19:09.759><c> can't</c><00:19:10.160><c> receive</c><00:19:10.579><c> the</c><00:19:10.980><c> praise</c><00:19:11.319><c> of</c><00:19:11.599><c> man</c><00:19:12.099><c> and</c><00:19:12.500><c> be</c><00:19:13.160><c> a</c><00:19:13.359><c> good</c><00:19:14.319><c> fellow,</c><00:19:14.700><c> well</c><00:19:14.960><c> met</c>

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and<00:19:15.299><c> all</c><00:19:15.460><c> that.</c>

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And<00:19:16.140><c> still</c><00:19:16.480><c> receive</c><00:19:17.079><c> the</c><00:19:17.319><c> praise</c><00:19:17.500><c> of</c><00:19:17.740><c> God.</c>

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Because<00:19:18.319><c> if</c><00:19:18.519><c> we</c><00:19:18.720><c> stand</c><00:19:18.940><c> up</c><00:19:19.079><c> for</c><00:19:19.240><c> the</c><00:19:19.460><c> Lord,</c><00:19:19.839><c> we're</c><00:19:20.039><c> going</c><00:19:20.200><c> to</c>

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alienate<00:19:20.799><c> ourselves</c><00:19:21.220><c> from</c><00:19:22.059><c> the</c><00:19:22.299><c> people</c><00:19:22.480><c> who</c><00:19:22.660><c> do</c><00:19:22.819><c> not</c><00:19:22.980><c> love</c><00:19:23.180><c> him.</c>

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And<00:19:24.680><c> if</c><00:19:24.759><c> we</c><00:19:25.160><c> love</c><00:19:25.519><c> the</c><00:19:25.740><c> people</c><00:19:26.000><c> who</c><00:19:26.180><c> do</c><00:19:26.359><c> not</c><00:19:26.460><c> love</c><00:19:26.640><c> him,</c><00:19:26.960><c> we</c><00:19:27.059><c> will</c><00:19:27.319><c> alienate</c><00:19:27.759><c> ourselves</c><00:19:28.200><c> from</c><00:19:28.740><c> the</c><00:19:28.980><c> Lord.</c>

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Nevertheless,<00:19:32.599><c> even</c><00:19:32.720><c> among</c><00:19:35.579><c> the</c><00:19:35.779><c> rulers,</c><00:19:36.059><c> many</c><00:19:36.279><c> believed</c><00:19:36.700><c> in</c><00:19:36.940><c> him.</c>

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But<00:19:37.339><c> because</c><00:19:37.759><c> of</c><00:19:37.920><c> the</c><00:19:38.079><c> Pharisees,</c><00:19:38.579><c> they</c><00:19:38.720><c> did</c><00:19:38.940><c> not</c><00:19:39.140><c> confess</c><00:19:39.519><c> him.</c>

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Lest<00:19:41.019><c> it</c><00:19:41.220><c> should</c><00:19:41.400><c> be</c><00:19:41.619><c> put</c><00:19:41.839><c> out</c><00:19:42.019><c> of</c><00:19:42.140><c> the</c><00:19:42.279><c> synagogue.</c>

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For<00:19:44.740><c> they</c><00:19:45.019><c> loved</c><00:19:45.380><c> the</c><00:19:45.759><c> praise</c><00:19:45.980><c> of</c><00:19:46.220><c> men</c><00:19:46.599><c> more</c><00:19:47.859><c> than</c><00:19:48.059><c> the</c><00:19:48.259><c> praise</c>

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of<00:19:48.779><c> God.</c>

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So<00:19:50.400><c> here</c><00:19:50.660><c> were</c><00:19:50.819><c> people</c><00:19:51.160><c> who</c><00:19:52.539><c> believed</c><00:19:52.759><c> in</c><00:19:52.980><c> Jesus.</c>

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You<00:19:54.900><c> believe</c><00:19:55.119><c> in</c><00:19:55.240><c> Jesus?</c><00:19:55.720><c> Of</c><00:19:55.960><c> course.</c><00:19:56.400><c> The</c><00:19:56.440><c> answer</c><00:19:56.680><c> is</c><00:19:56.920><c> yes.</c>

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Well,<00:19:58.160><c> do</c><00:19:58.420><c> you</c><00:19:58.599><c> love</c><00:19:58.740><c> the</c><00:19:58.940><c> praise</c><00:19:59.279><c> of</c><00:19:59.700><c> men</c><00:20:00.160><c> more</c><00:20:01.299><c> than</c><00:20:01.559><c> the</c><00:20:01.779><c> praise</c><00:20:02.099><c> of</c><00:20:02.359><c> God?</c>

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Because<00:20:03.099><c> you</c><00:20:03.220><c> don't</c><00:20:03.480><c> hear</c><00:20:03.779><c> God's</c><00:20:04.299><c> praise</c><00:20:04.480><c> today.</c>

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We<00:20:05.500><c> don't</c><00:20:05.700><c> have</c><00:20:05.940><c> a</c><00:20:06.059><c> voice</c><00:20:06.240><c> coming</c><00:20:06.480><c> from</c><00:20:06.740><c> heaven.</c>

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This<00:20:07.420><c> is</c><00:20:07.640><c> my</c><00:20:07.799><c> beloved</c><00:20:08.140><c> son</c><00:20:08.420><c> whom</c><00:20:08.640><c> I</c><00:20:08.859><c> am</c><00:20:08.960><c> well</c><00:20:09.160><c> pleased.</c>

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That<00:20:10.180><c> happened</c><00:20:10.440><c> only</c><00:20:10.720><c> to</c><00:20:10.980><c> one</c><00:20:11.140><c> man,</c><00:20:11.380><c> the</c><00:20:11.500><c> Lord</c><00:20:11.640><c> Jesus</c><00:20:11.960><c> Christ.</c>

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But<00:20:13.420><c> the</c><00:20:13.579><c> Lord</c><00:20:13.740><c> is</c><00:20:14.000><c> either</c><00:20:14.339><c> well</c><00:20:14.660><c> pleased</c><00:20:14.880><c> with</c><00:20:15.160><c> you</c><00:20:15.500><c> if</c><00:20:15.779><c> you</c>

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are<00:20:16.079><c> acknowledging</c><00:20:16.460><c> him.</c>

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Or<00:20:17.640><c> he</c><00:20:17.779><c> is</c><00:20:17.960><c> displeased</c><00:20:18.400><c> with</c><00:20:18.640><c> you</c><00:20:18.920><c> if</c><00:20:19.200><c> you</c><00:20:20.200><c> love</c><00:20:20.519><c> the</c><00:20:20.819><c> praise</c>

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of<00:20:21.400><c> men</c><00:20:21.900><c> more</c><00:20:23.180><c> than</c><00:20:23.599><c> the</c><00:20:23.779><c> praise</c><00:20:24.039><c> of</c><00:20:24.359><c> God.</c>

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So<00:20:26.859><c> Jesus</c><00:20:27.220><c> said,</c><00:20:27.680><c> For</c><00:20:27.680><c> whosoever</c><00:20:28.380><c> is</c><00:20:28.720><c> ashamed</c><00:20:29.240><c> of</c><00:20:29.640><c> me</c><00:20:30.420><c> and</c><00:20:31.640><c> of</c>

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my<00:20:32.119><c> words,</c>

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in<00:20:34.000><c> this</c><00:20:34.279><c> adulterous</c><00:20:34.880><c> and</c><00:20:35.160><c> sinful</c><00:20:35.400><c> generation,</c>

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of<00:20:37.539><c> him</c><00:20:37.720><c> the</c><00:20:37.799><c> Son</c><00:20:38.039><c> of</c><00:20:38.180><c> Man</c><00:20:38.319><c> also</c><00:20:38.680><c> will</c><00:20:38.859><c> be</c><00:20:39.000><c> ashamed</c><00:20:39.359><c> when</c><00:20:39.559><c> he</c><00:20:39.720><c> comes</c><00:20:40.420><c> in</c>

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the<00:20:41.480><c> glory</c><00:20:41.720><c> of</c><00:20:41.880><c> his</c><00:20:42.019><c> Father</c><00:20:42.559><c> with</c><00:20:43.619><c> his</c><00:20:43.940><c> holy</c><00:20:44.420><c> angels.</c>

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So<00:20:47.779><c> we've</c><00:20:48.460><c> just</c><00:20:48.720><c> got</c><00:20:48.940><c> to</c><00:20:49.119><c> decide</c><00:20:49.500><c> who</c><00:20:50.160><c> we</c><00:20:50.619><c> want</c><00:20:50.880><c> to</c><00:20:51.180><c> please.</c>

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And<00:20:53.240><c> accept</c><00:20:53.740><c> the</c><00:20:54.319><c> rebuke</c><00:20:55.779><c> of</c><00:20:56.059><c> the</c><00:20:56.279><c> world</c><00:20:56.740><c> because</c><00:20:57.380><c> we</c><00:20:57.619><c> chose</c>

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to<00:20:59.420><c> please</c><00:20:59.599><c> God.</c>

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Jesus<00:21:01.140><c> is</c><00:21:01.400><c> actually</c><00:21:01.599><c> in</c><00:21:01.720><c> Luke</c><00:21:01.900><c> chapter</c><00:21:02.200><c> 6</c><00:21:02.440><c> going</c><00:21:02.619><c> to</c><00:21:02.720><c> tell</c><00:21:02.900><c> you</c>

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not<00:21:03.500><c> only</c><00:21:03.700><c> what</c><00:21:03.880><c> to</c><00:21:04.099><c> do,</c><00:21:04.519><c> but</c><00:21:04.579><c> what</c><00:21:04.720><c> you</c><00:21:04.900><c> do</c><00:21:05.019><c> after</c><00:21:05.299><c> you</c><00:21:05.460><c> do</c><00:21:05.660><c> it.</c>

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You<00:21:07.440><c> know</c><00:21:07.579><c> the</c><00:21:07.680><c> Bible</c><00:21:07.920><c> is</c><00:21:08.119><c> an</c><00:21:08.240><c> action</c><00:21:08.559><c> book.</c>

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He<00:21:10.700><c> says</c><00:21:11.119><c> in</c><00:21:11.380><c> Luke</c><00:21:12.519><c> 6</c><00:21:12.880><c> and</c><00:21:12.960><c> 23,</c><00:21:13.480><c> Blessed</c><00:21:13.819><c> are</c><00:21:14.099><c> ye</c><00:21:14.240><c> when</c><00:21:14.400><c> men</c>

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shall<00:21:14.779><c> hate</c><00:21:15.019><c> you.</c>

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Wait<00:21:16.259><c> a</c><00:21:16.539><c> minute,</c><00:21:16.740><c> Jesus.</c><00:21:17.940><c> I</c><00:21:18.339><c> don't</c><00:21:18.640><c> really</c><00:21:19.000><c> want</c><00:21:19.180><c> people</c><00:21:19.480><c> to</c>

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hate<00:21:19.920><c> me.</c>

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Well,<00:21:21.640><c> he</c><00:21:21.880><c> says,</c><00:21:22.019><c> Blessed</c><00:21:22.420><c> when</c><00:21:22.619><c> they</c><00:21:23.299><c> do</c><00:21:23.380><c> hate</c><00:21:23.700><c> you</c><00:21:24.500><c> and</c><00:21:25.099><c> when</c>

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they<00:21:25.599><c> separate</c><00:21:25.940><c> you</c><00:21:26.259><c> from</c><00:21:26.460><c> their</c><00:21:26.700><c> company.</c>

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You<00:21:28.400><c> see,</c><00:21:28.640><c> you</c><00:21:28.700><c> can't</c><00:21:29.059><c> be</c><00:21:29.759><c> part</c><00:21:30.119><c> of</c><00:21:30.359><c> the</c><00:21:30.640><c> company</c><00:21:30.960><c> of</c><00:21:31.180><c> the</c><00:21:31.359><c> world</c><00:21:31.640><c> and</c>

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fit<00:21:32.319><c> in</c><00:21:32.640><c> to</c><00:21:32.880><c> their</c><00:21:33.420><c> things</c><00:21:34.339><c> and</c><00:21:35.359><c> fit</c><00:21:35.740><c> in</c><00:21:35.920><c> with</c><00:21:36.220><c> God's</c><00:21:36.559><c> things.</c>

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You've<00:21:36.920><c> got</c><00:21:37.000><c> to</c><00:21:37.119><c> make</c><00:21:37.279><c> a</c><00:21:37.480><c> choice.</c>

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And<00:21:38.579><c> when</c><00:21:38.700><c> you</c><00:21:38.880><c> do</c><00:21:39.140><c> one,</c><00:21:39.440><c> you</c><00:21:39.599><c> alienate</c><00:21:40.059><c> the</c><00:21:40.299><c> other.</c>

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So<00:21:41.079><c> blessed</c><00:21:41.359><c> are</c><00:21:41.539><c> ye</c><00:21:41.660><c> when</c><00:21:41.779><c> men</c><00:21:42.019><c> shall</c><00:21:42.200><c> hate</c><00:21:42.440><c> you</c><00:21:42.680><c> and</c><00:21:42.720><c> when</c>

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they<00:21:43.039><c> shall</c><00:21:43.259><c> separate</c><00:21:43.579><c> you</c><00:21:43.779><c> from</c><00:21:43.900><c> their</c><00:21:44.160><c> company</c>

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and<00:21:44.819><c> shall</c><00:21:44.960><c> reproach</c><00:21:45.319><c> you</c><00:21:45.680><c> and</c><00:21:45.920><c> cast</c><00:21:46.140><c> out</c><00:21:46.319><c> your</c><00:21:46.579><c> name</c><00:21:46.880><c> as</c><00:21:47.299><c> evil</c>

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for<00:21:47.660><c> the</c><00:21:47.799><c> Son</c><00:21:47.920><c> of</c><00:21:48.099><c> Man's</c><00:21:48.420><c> sake.</c>

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He<00:21:48.779><c> says,</c><00:21:49.279><c> you</c><00:21:49.380><c> are</c><00:21:49.700><c> to</c><00:21:50.680><c> be</c><00:21:51.279><c> blessed</c><00:21:51.880><c> when</c><00:21:52.059><c> this</c><00:21:52.319><c> happens.</c>

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And<00:21:52.839><c> then</c><00:21:52.940><c> he</c><00:21:53.019><c> says,</c><00:21:53.359><c> when</c><00:21:53.460><c> this</c><00:21:53.680><c> happens,</c><00:21:53.960><c> I'll</c><00:21:54.099><c> tell</c><00:21:54.099><c> you</c>

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what<00:21:54.319><c> you</c><00:21:54.480><c> do.</c>

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He<00:21:55.259><c> says,</c><00:21:56.480><c> leap</c><00:21:56.680><c> with</c><00:21:56.960><c> joy.</c>

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Now<00:21:59.519><c> that</c><00:21:59.559><c> was</c><00:21:59.759><c> a</c><00:21:59.859><c> dumb</c><00:21:59.960><c> thing,</c><00:22:00.140><c> wasn't</c><00:22:00.279><c> it?</c>

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I<00:22:02.019><c> mean,</c><00:22:02.480><c> he</c><00:22:02.940><c> didn't</c><00:22:03.140><c> really</c><00:22:03.500><c> mean</c><00:22:03.680><c> that,</c><00:22:04.140><c> did</c><00:22:04.140><c> he?</c>

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Well,<00:22:05.720><c> let's</c><00:22:06.039><c> read</c><00:22:06.180><c> the</c><00:22:06.299><c> next</c><00:22:06.519><c> verse.</c>

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Rejoice<00:22:08.400><c> ye</c><00:22:08.559><c> in</c><00:22:08.660><c> that</c><00:22:08.920><c> day</c><00:22:09.220><c> and</c><00:22:11.079><c> leap</c><00:22:11.640><c> for</c><00:22:13.099><c> joy.</c>

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We<00:22:14.579><c> ought</c><00:22:14.779><c> to</c><00:22:14.880><c> be</c><00:22:14.980><c> a</c><00:22:15.160><c> jumping</c><00:22:15.380><c> group</c><00:22:15.599><c> of</c><00:22:15.839><c> people</c><00:22:16.339><c> because</c><00:22:19.539><c> we</c>

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are<00:22:20.839><c> suffering</c><00:22:21.480><c> sometimes</c><00:22:22.099><c> for</c><00:22:22.339><c> the</c><00:22:22.480><c> name</c><00:22:22.599><c> of</c><00:22:22.720><c> the</c><00:22:22.900><c> Lord.</c>

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We<00:22:23.500><c> have</c><00:22:23.660><c> a</c><00:22:23.819><c> Bible</c><00:22:23.980><c> class</c><00:22:24.220><c> at</c><00:22:24.400><c> our</c><00:22:24.579><c> house</c><00:22:25.059><c> on</c><00:22:25.440><c> Tuesday</c><00:22:25.720><c> nights.</c>

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And<00:22:26.779><c> we</c><00:22:26.900><c> sit</c><00:22:27.019><c> around</c><00:22:27.259><c> the</c><00:22:27.480><c> dining</c><00:22:27.619><c> room</c><00:22:27.819><c> table</c><00:22:28.140><c> and</c><00:22:28.579><c> we</c><00:22:29.420><c> study</c>

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a<00:22:31.059><c> book</c><00:22:31.180><c> of</c><00:22:31.339><c> the</c><00:22:31.500><c> Bible</c><00:22:31.859><c> as</c><00:22:33.460><c> families.</c>

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And<00:22:35.099><c> one</c><00:22:35.660><c> young</c><00:22:36.039><c> family,</c><00:22:37.140><c> the</c><00:22:37.440><c> man</c><00:22:37.619><c> is</c><00:22:37.859><c> having</c><00:22:37.960><c> a</c><00:22:38.019><c> lot</c><00:22:38.200><c> of</c><00:22:38.539><c> problems,</c><00:22:38.980><c> particularly</c><00:22:39.220><c> at</c>

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work<00:22:39.680><c> and</c><00:22:39.920><c> things.</c>

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And<00:22:40.819><c> we've</c><00:22:41.279><c> talked</c><00:22:41.420><c> about</c><00:22:41.640><c> this</c><00:22:41.880><c> verse</c><00:22:42.140><c> one</c><00:22:42.440><c> night.</c>

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And<00:22:43.380><c> he</c><00:22:43.460><c> has</c><00:22:43.619><c> to</c><00:22:43.740><c> get</c><00:22:43.799><c> up</c><00:22:43.880><c> at</c><00:22:44.039><c> four</c><00:22:44.279><c> o</c><00:22:44.380><c>'clock</c><00:22:44.480><c> in</c><00:22:44.640><c> the</c><00:22:44.799><c> morning</c>

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to<00:22:46.099><c> be</c><00:22:46.259><c> at</c><00:22:46.400><c> work.</c>

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So<00:22:46.859><c> he</c><00:22:47.740><c> has</c><00:22:47.960><c> to</c><00:22:48.119><c> leave.</c>

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Soon<00:22:48.480><c> as</c><00:22:48.720><c> we</c><00:22:48.880><c> say</c><00:22:49.099><c> amen,</c><00:22:50.119><c> he's</c><00:22:50.680><c> gone</c><00:22:50.940><c> because</c><00:22:51.420><c> we</c><00:22:51.859><c> serve</c><00:22:52.059><c> refreshments.</c>

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And<00:22:53.119><c> a</c><00:22:53.180><c> lot</c><00:22:53.240><c> of</c><00:22:53.359><c> people</c><00:22:53.500><c> sit</c><00:22:53.680><c> around</c><00:22:53.900><c> and</c><00:22:54.039><c> talk</c><00:22:54.180><c> quite</c><00:22:54.420><c> a</c><00:22:54.539><c> long</c><00:22:54.740><c> time.</c>

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But<00:22:55.539><c> he</c><00:22:55.680><c> has</c><00:22:55.819><c> to</c><00:22:55.960><c> get</c><00:22:56.039><c> up</c><00:22:56.220><c> so</c><00:22:56.359><c> early</c><00:22:56.460><c> he</c><00:22:56.559><c> doesn't.</c>

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Well,<00:22:57.559><c> we</c><00:22:57.839><c> talked</c><00:22:58.039><c> about</c><00:22:58.299><c> this</c><00:22:58.519><c> that</c><00:22:58.799><c> night.</c>

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And<00:23:00.059><c> so</c><00:23:00.259><c> they</c><00:23:00.599><c> said,</c><00:23:00.880><c> well,</c><00:23:01.039><c> good</c><00:23:01.200><c> night.</c>

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And<00:23:01.480><c> they</c><00:23:01.680><c> left.</c>

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And<00:23:02.920><c> then</c><00:23:03.079><c> the</c><00:23:03.200><c> next</c><00:23:03.380><c> time</c><00:23:03.519><c> we</c><00:23:03.700><c> saw</c><00:23:03.880><c> his</c><00:23:04.119><c> wife,</c><00:23:04.960><c> she</c><00:23:05.059><c> says,</c><00:23:06.099><c> after</c><00:23:06.380><c> we</c>

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left<00:23:06.839><c> your</c><00:23:07.099><c> house,</c>

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my<00:23:08.380><c> husband</c><00:23:08.680><c> was</c><00:23:08.920><c> leaping</c><00:23:09.259><c> all</c><00:23:09.480><c> the</c><00:23:09.599><c> way</c><00:23:09.700><c> down</c><00:23:09.920><c> the</c><00:23:10.160><c> driveway</c>

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because<00:23:14.240><c> Jesus</c><00:23:14.740><c> said</c><00:23:15.140><c> to.</c>

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Now,<00:23:17.579><c> I</c><00:23:17.680><c> know</c><00:23:17.859><c> some</c><00:23:18.099><c> of</c><00:23:18.240><c> us</c><00:23:18.339><c> can't</c><00:23:18.599><c> physically</c><00:23:19.019><c> do</c><00:23:19.359><c> that.</c>

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None<00:23:19.960><c> of</c><00:23:20.099><c> us</c><00:23:20.240><c> are</c><00:23:20.339><c> like</c><00:23:20.640><c> Aaron</c><00:23:20.900><c> Jordan.</c>

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We<00:23:22.019><c> can't</c><00:23:22.420><c> leap</c><00:23:22.559><c> very</c><00:23:22.859><c> high.</c>

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But<00:23:23.279><c> you</c><00:23:23.359><c> can</c><00:23:23.619><c> leap</c><00:23:23.819><c> in</c><00:23:24.660><c> your</c><00:23:24.799><c> mind.</c>

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And<00:23:26.059><c> that</c><00:23:26.240><c> really</c><00:23:26.940><c> is</c><00:23:27.160><c> a</c><00:23:27.259><c> good</c><00:23:27.500><c> thing.</c>

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It<00:23:28.119><c> releases</c><00:23:28.619><c> some</c><00:23:29.380><c> of</c><00:23:29.539><c> the</c><00:23:29.660><c> frustrations</c><00:23:30.240><c> you</c><00:23:30.519><c> have.</c>

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If<00:23:31.460><c> things</c><00:23:31.660><c> are</c><00:23:31.900><c> going</c><00:23:32.220><c> poorly</c><00:23:32.799><c> and</c><00:23:33.839><c> everything's</c><00:23:34.220><c> getting</c>

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you<00:23:34.519><c> down</c><00:23:34.680><c> and</c><00:23:34.900><c> you</c><00:23:35.180><c> leap,</c><00:23:36.299><c> try</c><00:23:36.720><c> it.</c>

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You'll<00:23:38.640><c> like</c><00:23:38.839><c> it.</c>

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Just<00:23:42.019><c> don't</c><00:23:42.259><c> fall</c><00:23:42.640><c> down.</c>

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To<00:23:49.759><c> be</c><00:23:50.059><c> transformed,</c><00:23:52.359><c> we</c><00:23:52.400><c> need</c><00:23:52.619><c> to</c><00:23:52.759><c> be</c><00:23:52.940><c> willing</c><00:23:53.220><c> to</c><00:23:53.539><c> stand</c><00:23:53.980><c> up</c>

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for<00:23:54.839><c> Jesus</c><00:23:55.859><c> and</c><00:23:57.359><c> be</c><00:23:57.660><c> counted.</c>

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We<00:24:00.980><c> need</c><00:24:01.380><c> to</c><00:24:01.839><c> be</c><00:24:02.039><c> like</c><00:24:02.400><c> him.</c>

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And<00:24:03.140><c> we</c><00:24:03.240><c> look</c><00:24:03.380><c> at</c><00:24:03.579><c> the</c><00:24:03.720><c> verse</c><00:24:03.920><c> that</c><00:24:04.119><c> describes</c><00:24:04.640><c> him</c>

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and<00:24:05.339><c> how</c><00:24:05.519><c> different</c><00:24:05.880><c> it</c><00:24:06.059><c> is</c><00:24:06.200><c> than</c><00:24:06.420><c> the</c><00:24:06.619><c> verses</c><00:24:06.900><c> describe</c>

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important<00:24:08.799><c> people</c><00:24:09.119><c> today</c>

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who<00:24:11.660><c> put</c><00:24:11.859><c> all</c><00:24:12.160><c> kinds</c><00:24:12.519><c> of</c><00:24:13.819><c> wonderful</c><00:24:15.200><c> descriptions</c><00:24:15.839><c> on</c><00:24:16.140><c> their</c><00:24:16.440><c> speakers.</c>

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And<00:24:17.640><c> certainly</c><00:24:18.099><c> they</c><00:24:18.619><c> do</c><00:24:18.839><c> this</c><00:24:19.000><c> in</c><00:24:19.140><c> the</c><00:24:19.359><c> government,</c><00:24:20.819><c> all</c><00:24:21.279><c> the</c>

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titles<00:24:22.079><c> that</c><00:24:22.359><c> they</c><00:24:22.599><c> give</c><00:24:22.799><c> them.</c>

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Jesus<00:24:25.299><c> says,</c><00:24:26.160><c> take</c><00:24:26.160><c> my</c><00:24:26.519><c> yoke</c><00:24:26.700><c> upon</c><00:24:27.099><c> you</c><00:24:28.259><c> and</c><00:24:28.680><c> learn</c><00:24:29.019><c> of</c><00:24:29.240><c> me,</c><00:24:31.000><c> for</c><00:24:31.140><c> I</c>

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am<00:24:32.000><c> meek</c><00:24:33.980><c> and</c><00:24:34.599><c> lowly</c><00:24:35.779><c> in</c><00:24:36.259><c> heart,</c>

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and<00:24:38.000><c> you</c><00:24:38.180><c> shall</c><00:24:38.380><c> find</c><00:24:38.640><c> rest</c><00:24:38.920><c> in</c><00:24:39.039><c> your</c><00:24:39.279><c> souls,</c><00:24:40.759><c> gentle</c><00:24:41.359><c> and</c><00:24:42.059><c> lowly</c><00:24:43.279><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:44.200><c> New</c><00:24:44.400><c> King</c><00:24:44.740><c> James.</c>

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So<00:24:46.200><c> to</c><00:24:46.380><c> be</c><00:24:46.660><c> transformed,</c><00:24:47.579><c> we</c><00:24:47.900><c> need</c><00:24:49.000><c> to</c><00:24:50.019><c> be</c><00:24:50.599><c> meek</c><00:24:51.900><c> and</c><00:24:52.640><c> lowly</c><00:24:53.299><c> in</c><00:24:53.599><c> heart</c>

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as<00:24:55.180><c> we</c><00:24:55.440><c> try</c><00:24:55.700><c> to</c><00:24:55.900><c> help</c><00:24:56.099><c> each</c><00:24:56.400><c> other</c><00:24:57.400><c> on</c><00:24:57.779><c> the</c><00:24:57.940><c> way</c><00:24:58.200><c> to</c><00:24:58.420><c> the</c><00:24:58.579><c> kingdom.</c>

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This<00:25:01.200><c> week</c><00:25:01.440><c> we</c><00:25:02.299><c> realized</c><00:25:02.819><c> that</c><00:25:03.319><c> in</c><00:25:04.420><c> order</c><00:25:04.599><c> to</c><00:25:04.859><c> be</c><00:25:05.160><c> transformed,</c>

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we<00:25:07.259><c> need</c><00:25:07.460><c> to</c><00:25:07.640><c> take</c><00:25:07.819><c> lessons</c><00:25:08.279><c> from</c><00:25:08.680><c> the</c><00:25:09.160><c> athletes</c><00:25:09.619><c> in</c><00:25:10.839><c> sports</c>

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who<00:25:12.200><c> become</c><00:25:12.559><c> brilliant</c><00:25:13.359><c> at</c><00:25:14.279><c> the</c><00:25:14.640><c> basics</c><00:25:15.039><c> of</c><00:25:15.519><c> their</c><00:25:15.779><c> sport.</c>

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We<00:25:17.240><c> looked</c><00:25:17.440><c> at</c><00:25:17.700><c> ten</c><00:25:18.019><c> basics</c><00:25:18.559><c> as</c><00:25:18.980><c> brothers</c><00:25:19.299><c> and</c><00:25:19.599><c> sisters</c><00:25:19.839><c> of</c><00:25:20.059><c> Christ</c><00:25:20.319><c> we</c>

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should<00:25:20.819><c> work</c><00:25:21.119><c> on.</c>

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And<00:25:22.480><c> we</c><00:25:22.599><c> need</c><00:25:22.779><c> to</c><00:25:23.059><c> practice</c><00:25:23.420><c> them</c><00:25:24.160><c> just</c><00:25:24.660><c> as</c><00:25:24.900><c> an</c><00:25:25.119><c> athlete</c><00:25:25.359><c> practices</c><00:25:25.900><c> over</c>

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and<00:25:26.559><c> over</c><00:25:26.819><c> again.</c>

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I<00:25:28.579><c> read</c><00:25:28.759><c> about</c><00:25:29.019><c> a</c><00:25:29.180><c> woman,</c><00:25:29.920><c> two</c><00:25:30.099><c> women</c><00:25:30.319><c> were</c><00:25:30.519><c> walking</c><00:25:30.720><c> by</c><00:25:31.000><c> a</c><00:25:31.180><c> golf</c><00:25:31.480><c> pro</c>

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and<00:25:32.599><c> he</c><00:25:32.720><c> was</c><00:25:32.900><c> trying</c><00:25:33.099><c> to</c><00:25:33.220><c> drum</c><00:25:33.279><c> up</c><00:25:33.480><c> business</c><00:25:33.660><c> so</c><00:25:33.880><c> he</c><00:25:34.039><c> said</c><00:25:34.140><c> to</c>

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these<00:25:34.539><c> two</c><00:25:35.220><c> ladies,</c>

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said<00:25:36.380><c> to</c><00:25:36.500><c> the</c><00:25:36.599><c> one</c><00:25:36.720><c> lady,</c><00:25:36.839><c> would</c><00:25:36.940><c> you</c><00:25:37.119><c> like</c><00:25:37.259><c> to</c><00:25:37.380><c> learn</c><00:25:37.480><c> to</c><00:25:37.680><c> play</c><00:25:37.799><c> golf?</c>

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And<00:25:38.000><c> she</c><00:25:38.079><c> said,</c><00:25:38.259><c> oh</c><00:25:38.480><c> no,</c><00:25:38.660><c> I</c><00:25:38.819><c> learned</c><00:25:39.039><c> yesterday.</c>

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Anyone<00:25:44.460><c> who</c><00:25:44.680><c> plays</c><00:25:44.859><c> golf</c><00:25:45.200><c> knows</c><00:25:45.380><c> they</c><00:25:45.579><c> never</c><00:25:45.900><c> learn</c><00:25:46.180><c> it.</c>

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And<00:25:47.740><c> you're</c><00:25:47.900><c> never</c><00:25:48.160><c> going</c><00:25:48.380><c> to</c><00:25:48.660><c> learn</c><00:25:49.140><c> to</c><00:25:49.920><c> be</c><00:25:50.140><c> totally</c><00:25:50.440><c> brilliant</c><00:25:50.839><c> at</c><00:25:51.039><c> the</c><00:25:51.259><c> basics,</c>

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but<00:25:51.920><c> if</c><00:25:52.099><c> you</c><00:25:52.240><c> don't</c><00:25:52.460><c> practice</c><00:25:52.839><c> them</c><00:25:53.099><c> you</c><00:25:53.480><c> won't</c><00:25:53.960><c> learn</c><00:25:54.440><c> to</c><00:25:54.779><c> be</c>

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them<00:25:55.299><c> at</c><00:25:55.619><c> all.</c>

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So<00:25:57.359><c> we</c><00:25:57.660><c> talked</c><00:25:57.900><c> about</c><00:25:58.259><c> how</c><00:25:58.579><c> important</c><00:25:59.019><c> it</c><00:25:59.200><c> is</c><00:25:59.319><c> for</c><00:25:59.500><c> us</c><00:25:59.640><c> to</c><00:25:59.779><c> do</c>

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the<00:26:00.079><c> Bible</c><00:26:00.359><c> readings</c>

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and<00:26:01.539><c> to</c><00:26:01.779><c> say</c><00:26:01.859><c> our</c><00:26:03.019><c> fervent</c><00:26:03.420><c> prayers,</c>

00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:07.559
how<00:26:04.440><c> important</c><00:26:04.980><c> to</c><00:26:05.140><c> be</c><00:26:05.359><c> faithful</c><00:26:05.720><c> in</c><00:26:06.019><c> attendance</c><00:26:06.299><c> at</c><00:26:06.519><c> the</c><00:26:06.700><c> meetings,</c>

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how<00:26:08.980><c> we</c><00:26:09.160><c> need</c><00:26:09.299><c> to</c><00:26:09.440><c> be</c><00:26:09.640><c> kind</c><00:26:10.099><c> and</c><00:26:10.359><c> thoughtful.</c>

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As<00:26:11.779><c> the</c><00:26:12.019><c> servant</c><00:26:12.119><c> of</c><00:26:12.319><c> the</c><00:26:12.420><c> Lord</c><00:26:12.579><c> Jesus</c><00:26:13.000><c> we</c><00:26:13.259><c> must</c><00:26:13.519><c> not</c><00:26:13.819><c> quarrel.</c>

00:26:15.579 --> 00:26:19.599
Don't<00:26:16.099><c> quarrel,</c><00:26:16.640><c> don't</c><00:26:16.920><c> be</c><00:26:17.180><c> angry,</c><00:26:18.059><c> but</c><00:26:18.200><c> be</c><00:26:18.500><c> gentle</c><00:26:18.720><c> to</c><00:26:19.000><c> all</c><00:26:19.200><c> men,</c>

00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:21.059
able<00:26:20.160><c> to</c><00:26:20.440><c> teach,</c><00:26:20.799><c> patient.</c>

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Whenever<00:26:21.400><c> we're</c><00:26:21.799><c> angry</c><00:26:22.079><c> it's</c><00:26:22.859><c> a</c><00:26:22.940><c> red</c><00:26:23.160><c> light</c><00:26:23.420><c> on</c><00:26:23.619><c> your</c><00:26:23.819><c> dashboard.</c>

00:26:25.160 --> 00:26:27.460
You<00:26:25.339><c> have</c><00:26:25.480><c> a</c><00:26:25.680><c> problem</c><00:26:26.079><c> if</c><00:26:26.279><c> you're</c><00:26:26.480><c> angry.</c>

00:26:28.099 --> 00:26:29.380
Be<00:26:28.440><c> angry</c><00:26:28.700><c> and</c><00:26:28.940><c> sin</c><00:26:29.119><c> not.</c>

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It's<00:26:29.640><c> not</c><00:26:30.259><c> that</c><00:26:30.440><c> you</c><00:26:30.640><c> can't</c><00:26:30.980><c> get</c><00:26:31.220><c> angry,</c><00:26:32.299><c> but</c><00:26:32.519><c> you</c><00:26:32.640><c> have</c><00:26:32.819><c> to</c><00:26:32.900><c> see</c><00:26:33.039><c> why</c><00:26:33.299><c> am</c>

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I<00:26:33.660><c> angry</c>

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and<00:26:34.480><c> are</c><00:26:34.660><c> you</c><00:26:34.900><c> controlling</c><00:26:35.279><c> the</c><00:26:35.559><c> anger</c><00:26:35.759><c> that</c><00:26:35.960><c> you</c><00:26:36.180><c> have</c>

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:40.240
and<00:26:36.759><c> never</c><00:26:36.980><c> do</c><00:26:37.299><c> anything</c><00:26:37.819><c> or</c><00:26:38.119><c> say</c><00:26:38.420><c> anything</c><00:26:38.920><c> in</c><00:26:39.839><c> anger.</c>

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Always<00:26:40.980><c> wait.</c>

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Paul<00:26:45.839><c> described</c><00:26:46.400><c> himself</c><00:26:46.839><c> as</c><00:26:47.079><c> being</c><00:26:47.400><c> gentle</c><00:26:47.759><c> as</c><00:26:48.019><c> a</c><00:26:48.240><c> nurse.</c>

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:53.380
We<00:26:49.839><c> were</c><00:26:50.099><c> gentle</c><00:26:50.440><c> among</c><00:26:50.720><c> you</c><00:26:50.940><c> as</c><00:26:51.160><c> a</c><00:26:51.319><c> nursing</c><00:26:51.599><c> mother</c><00:26:52.039><c> cherishes</c><00:26:52.579><c> her</c><00:26:52.859><c> own</c><00:26:53.079><c> children</c>

00:26:53.380 --> 00:26:57.299
and<00:26:53.559><c> we</c><00:26:53.759><c> know</c><00:26:54.000><c> how</c><00:26:55.079><c> gentle</c><00:26:55.680><c> a</c><00:26:56.039><c> nursing</c><00:26:56.339><c> mother</c><00:26:56.640><c> is</c><00:26:56.859><c> with</c><00:26:57.039><c> that</c>

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dear<00:26:57.500><c> little</c><00:26:57.799><c> baby.</c>

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And<00:26:59.519><c> Paul</c><00:26:59.819><c> was</c><00:27:00.019><c> that</c><00:27:00.279><c> way</c><00:27:00.400><c> with</c><00:27:00.619><c> us.</c>

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Are<00:27:02.960><c> we</c><00:27:03.079><c> that</c><00:27:03.299><c> way</c><00:27:03.460><c> with</c><00:27:03.920><c> each</c><00:27:04.279><c> other?</c>

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:09.819
We<00:27:06.940><c> need</c><00:27:07.259><c> to</c><00:27:08.220><c> learn</c><00:27:08.420><c> to</c><00:27:08.619><c> be</c><00:27:08.920><c> peacemakers</c>

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because<00:27:10.839><c> blessed</c><00:27:11.160><c> are</c><00:27:11.319><c> the</c><00:27:11.500><c> peacemakers</c><00:27:12.119><c> for</c><00:27:12.279><c> they</c><00:27:12.460><c> should</c>

00:27:12.619 --> 00:27:13.799
be<00:27:12.839><c> called</c><00:27:13.000><c> the</c><00:27:13.220><c> children</c><00:27:13.380><c> of</c><00:27:13.539><c> God.</c>

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So<00:27:13.960><c> if</c><00:27:14.420><c> we're</c><00:27:14.640><c> always</c><00:27:15.019><c> surrounded</c><00:27:15.400><c> in</c><00:27:16.200><c> strife</c>

00:27:17.140 --> 00:27:20.880
and<00:27:17.480><c> we're</c><00:27:17.640><c> out</c><00:27:17.920><c> on</c><00:27:18.940><c> the</c><00:27:19.160><c> outs</c><00:27:19.319><c> with</c><00:27:19.559><c> our</c><00:27:19.839><c> families,</c>

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with<00:27:22.299><c> our</c><00:27:22.500><c> brothers</c><00:27:22.700><c> and</c><00:27:22.960><c> sisters,</c>

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wherever<00:27:25.039><c> we</c><00:27:25.259><c> might</c><00:27:25.480><c> be,</c>

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some<00:27:26.240><c> people,</c><00:27:26.480><c> wherever</c><00:27:26.779><c> I</c><00:27:27.059><c> go</c><00:27:27.240><c> there</c><00:27:27.440><c> I</c><00:27:27.680><c> am</c>

00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:30.920
and<00:27:28.059><c> they</c><00:27:28.220><c> just</c><00:27:28.420><c> take</c><00:27:28.640><c> their</c><00:27:28.819><c> trouble</c><00:27:29.099><c> with</c><00:27:29.380><c> them.</c>

00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:35.880
So<00:27:31.380><c> let's</c><00:27:32.019><c> look</c><00:27:32.480><c> at</c><00:27:33.200><c> the</c><00:27:33.440><c> basics</c><00:27:33.759><c> which</c><00:27:34.019><c> we</c><00:27:34.279><c> worked</c><00:27:34.480><c> at</c><00:27:34.720><c> this</c><00:27:35.019><c> week</c>

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:40.000
and<00:27:36.059><c> let's</c><00:27:36.359><c> resolve</c><00:27:36.900><c> that</c><00:27:37.180><c> we</c><00:27:38.220><c> will</c><00:27:38.400><c> practice</c><00:27:38.859><c> them.</c>

00:27:40.140 --> 00:27:43.200
Of<00:27:40.319><c> course</c><00:27:40.480><c> we</c><00:27:40.720><c> need</c><00:27:41.000><c> to</c><00:27:41.240><c> be</c><00:27:41.579><c> willing</c><00:27:41.940><c> to</c><00:27:42.400><c> preach.</c>

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We<00:27:43.960><c> need</c><00:27:44.160><c> to</c><00:27:44.299><c> be</c><00:27:44.440><c> willing</c><00:27:44.579><c> to</c><00:27:44.880><c> do</c><00:27:45.319><c> menial</c><00:27:45.700><c> things.</c>

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:47.819
We<00:27:46.119><c> need</c><00:27:46.299><c> to</c><00:27:46.480><c> be</c><00:27:46.640><c> a</c><00:27:46.920><c> servant.</c>

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We<00:27:48.299><c> need</c><00:27:48.680><c> to</c><00:27:49.539><c> share</c><00:27:49.779><c> our</c><00:27:50.160><c> hope</c><00:27:50.440><c> with</c><00:27:50.720><c> others</c>

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because<00:27:52.019><c> they</c><00:27:52.279><c> are</c><00:27:52.579><c> dying</c><00:27:53.019><c> and</c><00:27:53.400><c> we</c><00:27:53.779><c> are</c><00:27:54.220><c> the</c><00:27:54.339><c> only</c>

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Bible<00:27:56.019><c> they</c><00:27:56.940><c> may</c><00:27:57.220><c> ever</c><00:27:57.619><c> have</c><00:27:57.880><c> read.</c>

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What<00:27:59.660><c> is</c><00:27:59.900><c> the</c><00:28:00.119><c> gospel</c><00:28:00.640><c> according</c><00:28:01.160><c> to</c><00:28:01.480><c> you?</c>

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To<00:28:04.000><c> make</c><00:28:04.200><c> a</c><00:28:04.500><c> transformation</c><00:28:05.000><c> happen</c><00:28:05.440><c> we</c><00:28:05.599><c> need</c><00:28:05.799><c> to</c><00:28:06.039><c> forgive</c>

00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:10.259
and<00:28:08.279><c> we</c><00:28:08.640><c> need</c><00:28:08.859><c> to</c><00:28:09.079><c> be</c><00:28:09.299><c> forgiven.</c>

00:28:10.359 --> 00:28:12.299
The<00:28:10.500><c> two</c><00:28:10.740><c> sides</c><00:28:11.019><c> of</c><00:28:11.259><c> the</c><00:28:11.400><c> coin.</c>

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It<00:28:12.720><c> takes</c><00:28:12.940><c> real</c><00:28:13.160><c> effort</c><00:28:13.400><c> to</c><00:28:13.619><c> forgive</c><00:28:13.880><c> those</c><00:28:14.180><c> who</c><00:28:14.460><c> have</c><00:28:14.920><c> maliciously</c><00:28:15.779><c> wronged</c><00:28:16.099><c> us</c>

00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:19.480
yet<00:28:17.640><c> it's</c><00:28:18.000><c> imperative</c><00:28:18.500><c> that</c><00:28:18.720><c> we</c><00:28:18.920><c> forgive</c><00:28:19.200><c> them.</c>

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Even<00:28:19.900><c> if</c><00:28:20.140><c> they</c><00:28:20.700><c> have</c><00:28:20.960><c> sinned</c><00:28:21.160><c> what</c><00:28:21.299><c> we</c><00:28:21.559><c> think</c><00:28:21.720><c> against</c><00:28:22.180><c> the</c><00:28:22.440><c> Lord</c>

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we<00:28:24.339><c> do</c><00:28:24.839><c> the</c><00:28:25.180><c> forgiving.</c>

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It's<00:28:26.619><c> up</c><00:28:26.740><c> to</c><00:28:26.880><c> God.</c>

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He<00:28:27.680><c> will</c><00:28:27.819><c> do</c><00:28:28.000><c> what's</c><00:28:28.460><c> right.</c>

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As<00:28:29.799><c> for</c><00:28:30.079><c> me,</c><00:28:31.000><c> in</c><00:28:31.240><c> my</c><00:28:31.519><c> house,</c><00:28:32.279><c> we</c><00:28:32.519><c> will</c><00:28:32.799><c> forgive.</c>

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That's<00:28:33.880><c> taking</c><00:28:34.259><c> Joshua's</c><00:28:34.960><c> words</c><00:28:35.119><c> and</c><00:28:35.299><c> applying</c><00:28:35.539><c> a</c><00:28:35.700><c> little</c>

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bit<00:28:36.059><c> differently</c>

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but<00:28:37.240><c> Joshua</c><00:28:37.640><c> says</c><00:28:37.900><c> for</c><00:28:38.400><c> me</c><00:28:38.559><c> in</c><00:28:38.640><c> my</c><00:28:38.859><c> house</c><00:28:38.960><c> we</c><00:28:39.099><c> will</c><00:28:39.259><c> serve</c><00:28:39.500><c> the</c><00:28:39.700><c> Lord.</c>

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That's<00:28:40.539><c> the</c><00:28:40.599><c> decision</c><00:28:40.880><c> we</c><00:28:41.039><c> should</c><00:28:41.200><c> be</c><00:28:41.440><c> making</c><00:28:41.880><c> as</c><00:28:42.400><c> this</c><00:28:42.640><c> class</c>

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comes<00:28:43.079><c> to</c><00:28:43.200><c> an</c><00:28:43.319><c> end.</c>

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We<00:28:44.059><c> are</c><00:28:44.299><c> going</c><00:28:44.460><c> to</c><00:28:45.259><c> resolve</c><00:28:45.779><c> all</c><00:28:46.119><c> over</c><00:28:46.339><c> again.</c>

00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:48.539
Those<00:28:46.720><c> little</c><00:28:47.119><c> slips</c><00:28:47.359><c> you've</c><00:28:47.740><c> been</c><00:28:48.259><c> handed.</c>

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I<00:28:49.079><c> hope</c><00:28:49.279><c> you're</c><00:28:49.539><c> signing</c><00:28:49.839><c> them.</c>

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I<00:28:50.539><c> hope</c><00:28:50.700><c> you're</c><00:28:50.940><c> keeping</c><00:28:51.240><c> them.</c>

00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:53.799
I<00:28:52.019><c> hope</c><00:28:52.099><c> when</c><00:28:52.200><c> you</c><00:28:52.339><c> go</c><00:28:52.480><c> home</c><00:28:52.680><c> you'll</c><00:28:52.960><c> look</c><00:28:53.140><c> at</c><00:28:53.440><c> them</c>

00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:55.960
and<00:28:54.140><c> realize</c><00:28:54.599><c> that</c><00:28:54.839><c> you've</c><00:28:55.099><c> made</c><00:28:55.259><c> a</c><00:28:55.559><c> commitment</c>

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each<00:28:56.559><c> time</c><00:28:56.779><c> you</c><00:28:56.980><c> sign</c><00:28:57.299><c> one.</c>

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And<00:28:58.859><c> rereading</c><00:28:59.420><c> the</c><00:28:59.759><c> commitment</c><00:29:00.039><c> you've</c><00:29:00.420><c> made</c>

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:03.359
will<00:29:00.980><c> help</c><00:29:01.140><c> you</c><00:29:01.319><c> to</c><00:29:01.500><c> keep</c><00:29:01.660><c> the</c><00:29:01.900><c> commitment</c><00:29:02.200><c> you've</c><00:29:02.599><c> made.</c>

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We're<00:29:04.039><c> always</c><00:29:04.500><c> constantly</c><00:29:04.960><c> falling</c><00:29:05.299><c> away.</c>

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All<00:29:06.099><c> of</c><00:29:06.259><c> us</c><00:29:06.480><c> are.</c>

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And<00:29:07.359><c> so</c><00:29:07.460><c> we</c><00:29:07.559><c> have</c><00:29:07.759><c> to</c><00:29:08.039><c> work</c><00:29:08.240><c> at</c><00:29:08.839><c> bringing</c><00:29:09.240><c> ourselves</c><00:29:09.700><c> back.</c>

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And<00:29:10.940><c> anything</c><00:29:11.259><c> we</c><00:29:11.400><c> can</c><00:29:11.619><c> do</c><00:29:11.759><c> that</c><00:29:11.900><c> will</c><00:29:12.079><c> do</c><00:29:12.319><c> that,</c><00:29:12.740><c> well</c><00:29:12.859><c> let's</c>

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do<00:29:13.299><c> it.</c>

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Well,<00:29:18.160><c> I'll</c><00:29:18.500><c> be</c><00:29:18.559><c> very</c><00:29:18.880><c> glad.</c>

00:29:24.339 --> 00:29:26.740
It's<00:29:24.599><c> sad</c><00:29:24.799><c> that</c><00:29:25.440><c> we</c><00:29:25.839><c> have</c><00:29:25.960><c> a</c><00:29:26.140><c> double</c><00:29:26.339><c> standard</c>

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:35.180
and<00:29:26.940><c> we</c><00:29:27.119><c> want</c><00:29:28.799><c> justice</c><00:29:30.180><c> for</c><00:29:31.299><c> you</c><00:29:31.819><c> and</c><00:29:32.579><c> mercy</c><00:29:33.000><c> for</c><00:29:34.079><c> me.</c>

00:29:36.339 --> 00:29:37.220
I<00:29:36.460><c> like</c><00:29:36.599><c> this</c><00:29:36.839><c> little</c><00:29:37.039><c> story.</c>

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:39.599
It<00:29:37.299><c> has</c><00:29:37.420><c> to</c><00:29:37.559><c> do</c><00:29:37.619><c> with</c><00:29:37.720><c> a</c><00:29:37.960><c> beautiful</c><00:29:38.319><c> movie</c><00:29:38.680><c> star</c><00:29:38.960><c> who</c><00:29:39.140><c> is</c><00:29:39.279><c> now</c>

00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:41.400
over<00:29:40.000><c> the</c><00:29:40.200><c> hill.</c>

00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:46.240
And<00:29:43.920><c> when</c><00:29:44.180><c> she</c><00:29:44.359><c> was</c><00:29:44.819><c> in</c><00:29:45.000><c> her</c><00:29:45.319><c> prime,</c>

00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:49.640
she<00:29:46.420><c> commissioned</c><00:29:46.900><c> a</c><00:29:47.240><c> photographer</c><00:29:47.619><c> to</c><00:29:47.880><c> take</c><00:29:48.000><c> a</c><00:29:48.059><c> lot</c><00:29:48.279><c> of</c><00:29:48.500><c> still</c><00:29:48.619><c> portraits</c><00:29:49.160><c> of</c><00:29:49.359><c> her,</c>

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:52.980
which<00:29:50.200><c> made</c><00:29:50.380><c> her</c><00:29:50.619><c> just</c><00:29:51.079><c> ravishingly</c><00:29:51.900><c> beautiful.</c>

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:55.920
And<00:29:53.380><c> now</c><00:29:53.720><c> she</c><00:29:53.960><c> is</c><00:29:54.339><c> past</c><00:29:54.759><c> the</c><00:29:55.039><c> bloom.</c>

00:29:57.539 --> 00:30:00.920
And<00:29:58.119><c> she</c><00:29:58.700><c> tells</c><00:29:58.900><c> her</c><00:29:59.220><c> agent</c><00:29:59.380><c> to</c><00:29:59.700><c> find</c><00:30:00.019><c> that</c><00:30:00.339><c> photographer</c>

00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:04.500
and<00:30:01.359><c> she</c><00:30:01.579><c> wants</c><00:30:01.799><c> some</c><00:30:02.000><c> more</c><00:30:02.279><c> portraits</c><00:30:02.640><c> made</c><00:30:03.140><c> by</c><00:30:03.400><c> that</c><00:30:03.740><c> same</c><00:30:04.039><c> man</c>

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:06.799
who<00:30:04.779><c> made</c><00:30:04.940><c> those</c><00:30:05.259><c> portraits</c><00:30:05.640><c> many</c><00:30:06.119><c> years</c><00:30:06.400><c> ago.</c>

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:09.380
So<00:30:07.400><c> they</c><00:30:07.500><c> had</c><00:30:07.619><c> a</c><00:30:07.720><c> difficult</c><00:30:08.140><c> time</c><00:30:08.619><c> tracking</c><00:30:08.940><c> him</c><00:30:09.160><c> down,</c><00:30:09.279><c> but</c>

00:30:09.380 --> 00:30:10.220
they<00:30:09.579><c> found</c><00:30:09.859><c> him.</c>

00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:13.200
So<00:30:10.799><c> he</c><00:30:10.940><c> came</c><00:30:11.259><c> and</c><00:30:11.440><c> he</c><00:30:11.640><c> took</c><00:30:11.819><c> portraits</c><00:30:12.299><c> and</c><00:30:12.460><c> he</c><00:30:12.559><c> took</c><00:30:12.779><c> hundreds</c>

00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:14.619
of<00:30:13.460><c> pictures,</c><00:30:13.799><c> just</c><00:30:14.160><c> every.</c>

00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:17.299
And<00:30:15.299><c> then</c><00:30:15.400><c> he</c><00:30:15.559><c> brings</c><00:30:15.779><c> her</c><00:30:15.920><c> the</c><00:30:16.180><c> proofs.</c>

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:20.339
And<00:30:17.640><c> she</c><00:30:17.740><c> looks</c><00:30:17.900><c> at</c><00:30:18.059><c> these</c><00:30:18.339><c> proofs</c><00:30:19.019><c> and</c><00:30:19.119><c> she</c><00:30:19.259><c> goes</c><00:30:19.460><c> into</c><00:30:19.720><c> a</c><00:30:19.960><c> rage.</c>

00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:24.500
She<00:30:20.799><c> says,</c><00:30:21.960><c> these</c><00:30:22.319><c> proofs</c><00:30:22.720><c> don't</c><00:30:22.960><c> do</c><00:30:23.180><c> me</c><00:30:23.420><c> justice.</c>

00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:31.740
He<00:30:27.259><c> said,</c><00:30:27.420><c> lady,</c><00:30:28.980><c> you</c><00:30:29.200><c> don't</c><00:30:29.480><c> want</c><00:30:29.680><c> justice,</c><00:30:30.200><c> you</c><00:30:30.359><c> want</c><00:30:30.619><c> mercy.</c>

00:30:37.619 --> 00:30:40.559
And<00:30:38.220><c> we</c><00:30:38.440><c> don't</c><00:30:38.720><c> want</c><00:30:38.960><c> justice</c><00:30:39.339><c> either.</c>

00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:42.799
We<00:30:41.359><c> need</c><00:30:41.619><c> mercy.</c>

00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:49.680
And<00:30:44.460><c> so</c><00:30:45.059><c> we've</c><00:30:48.299><c> given</c><00:30:48.460><c> out</c><00:30:48.740><c> a</c><00:30:48.920><c> verse,</c>

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:54.319
which<00:30:49.980><c> some</c><00:30:50.140><c> of</c><00:30:50.359><c> you</c><00:30:51.140><c> memorized</c><00:30:51.960><c> because</c><00:30:52.339><c> you</c><00:30:52.579><c> sang</c><00:30:52.779><c> it</c><00:30:53.079><c> last</c><00:30:53.319><c> night.</c>

00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:59.240
And<00:30:55.460><c> it's</c><00:30:55.720><c> not</c><00:30:55.940><c> a</c><00:30:56.099><c> hard</c><00:30:56.259><c> verse</c><00:30:56.519><c> to</c><00:30:56.799><c> learn,</c><00:30:57.859><c> it's</c><00:30:58.200><c> a</c><00:30:58.339><c> hard</c><00:30:58.720><c> thing</c>

00:30:59.240 --> 00:30:59.900
to<00:30:59.579><c> live.</c>

00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:03.160
But<00:31:00.519><c> these</c><00:31:00.940><c> verses</c><00:31:01.299><c> are</c><00:31:01.599><c> not</c><00:31:02.000><c> words</c><00:31:02.420><c> to</c><00:31:02.720><c> know.</c>

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:05.660
They<00:31:03.619><c> are</c><00:31:03.920><c> a</c><00:31:04.079><c> way</c><00:31:04.319><c> of</c><00:31:04.640><c> life.</c>

00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:08.500
And<00:31:06.160><c> so</c><00:31:06.259><c> in</c><00:31:06.480><c> Philippians</c><00:31:06.759><c> 4</c><00:31:07.039><c> and</c><00:31:07.140><c> 8</c><00:31:07.359><c> we</c><00:31:07.559><c> have</c><00:31:07.759><c> that</c><00:31:08.039><c> verse</c><00:31:08.220><c> with</c>

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:11.240
all<00:31:09.059><c> the</c><00:31:09.299><c> whatsoever's</c><00:31:09.940><c> in</c><00:31:10.019><c> it.</c>

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:16.240
And<00:31:11.579><c> we're</c><00:31:12.240><c> just</c><00:31:12.440><c> going</c><00:31:12.579><c> to</c><00:31:12.640><c> look</c><00:31:12.940><c> at</c><00:31:13.740><c> the</c><00:31:14.839><c> whatsoever's</c>

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:21.259
and<00:31:16.359><c> see</c><00:31:16.599><c> if</c><00:31:16.819><c> we</c><00:31:17.119><c> are</c><00:31:17.359><c> going</c><00:31:17.559><c> to</c><00:31:17.880><c> do</c><00:31:18.079><c> the</c><00:31:18.359><c> whatsoever's</c><00:31:20.000><c> as</c><00:31:20.460><c> we</c>

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:23.500
prepare<00:31:21.619><c> to</c><00:31:21.819><c> leave</c><00:31:22.059><c> the</c><00:31:22.259><c> Bible</c><00:31:22.619><c> school.</c>

00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:27.000
So<00:31:24.380><c> come</c><00:31:24.539><c> with</c><00:31:24.759><c> me</c><00:31:25.180><c> to</c><00:31:25.460><c> a</c><00:31:25.599><c> public</c><00:31:25.900><c> library.</c>

00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:30.319
We've<00:31:28.160><c> all</c><00:31:28.339><c> been</c><00:31:28.539><c> in</c><00:31:28.740><c> public</c><00:31:28.980><c> libraries</c><00:31:29.460><c> and</c><00:31:29.720><c> some</c><00:31:29.980><c> of</c><00:31:30.119><c> the</c>

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:32.039
libraries<00:31:30.579><c> are</c><00:31:30.940><c> huge.</c>

00:31:32.119 --> 00:31:34.839
And<00:31:32.279><c> there's</c><00:31:32.700><c> lots</c><00:31:33.019><c> of</c><00:31:33.359><c> sections</c><00:31:33.700><c> and</c><00:31:33.980><c> sometimes</c><00:31:34.160><c> there's</c><00:31:34.259><c> lots</c><00:31:34.579><c> of</c>

00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:35.519
rooms<00:31:35.119><c> even.</c>

00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:39.759
And<00:31:35.839><c> if</c><00:31:35.940><c> you</c><00:31:36.059><c> go</c><00:31:36.160><c> into</c><00:31:36.339><c> a</c><00:31:36.619><c> bookstore</c><00:31:37.180><c> you</c><00:31:37.779><c> will</c><00:31:38.099><c> find,</c><00:31:38.559><c> again,</c><00:31:39.460><c> sections.</c>

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:43.740
And<00:31:40.240><c> usually</c><00:31:40.420><c> on</c><00:31:40.619><c> the</c><00:31:40.779><c> end</c><00:31:40.900><c> of</c><00:31:41.099><c> the</c><00:31:41.240><c> aisle</c><00:31:41.420><c> they</c><00:31:41.599><c> will</c><00:31:41.880><c> have</c><00:31:42.240><c> the</c><00:31:42.660><c> name</c><00:31:43.099><c> of</c>

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:45.839
that<00:31:44.000><c> type</c><00:31:44.220><c> of</c><00:31:44.440><c> book</c><00:31:44.579><c> that</c><00:31:44.779><c> are</c><00:31:44.940><c> there.</c>

00:31:45.859 --> 00:31:50.640
And<00:31:46.039><c> one</c><00:31:46.180><c> of</c><00:31:46.259><c> the</c><00:31:46.539><c> biggest</c><00:31:46.839><c> sections</c><00:31:47.400><c> that</c><00:31:47.640><c> there</c><00:31:47.940><c> is</c><00:31:49.039><c> in</c><00:31:49.839><c> any</c>

00:31:50.640 --> 00:31:55.319
bookstore<00:31:51.259><c> or</c><00:31:51.680><c> library</c><00:31:52.180><c> is</c><00:31:52.619><c> called</c><00:31:53.519><c> fiction.</c>

00:31:56.980 --> 00:32:02.220
And<00:31:57.660><c> the</c><00:31:57.819><c> first</c><00:31:58.200><c> whatsoever</c><00:31:58.720><c> is</c><00:31:58.960><c> whatsoever</c><00:31:59.380><c> things</c><00:31:59.819><c> are</c><00:32:01.019><c> true.</c>

00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:05.980
And<00:32:03.160><c> fiction</c><00:32:03.759><c> isn't</c><00:32:04.839><c> true.</c>

00:32:06.660 --> 00:32:13.519
And<00:32:06.839><c> so</c><00:32:07.039><c> if</c><00:32:07.220><c> we</c><00:32:07.720><c> fill</c><00:32:08.000><c> our</c><00:32:08.359><c> minds</c><00:32:08.700><c> with</c><00:32:09.259><c> fiction</c><00:32:09.859><c> we're</c><00:32:10.680><c> not</c><00:32:10.960><c> doing</c><00:32:11.220><c> what</c><00:32:11.519><c> Paul</c><00:32:12.000><c> said</c><00:32:12.359><c> to</c><00:32:12.619><c> do.</c>

00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:17.279
Now<00:32:14.160><c> there's</c><00:32:14.759><c> different</c><00:32:15.220><c> degrees</c><00:32:15.740><c> of</c><00:32:16.039><c> fiction,</c><00:32:16.339><c> I</c><00:32:16.539><c> know,</c><00:32:16.980><c> some</c><00:32:17.140><c> of</c>

00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:18.519
it<00:32:17.380><c> is</c><00:32:17.559><c> terrible.</c>

00:32:18.660 --> 00:32:22.319
But<00:32:19.000><c> even</c><00:32:19.460><c> the</c><00:32:19.660><c> better</c><00:32:19.839><c> part</c><00:32:20.160><c> of</c><00:32:20.279><c> it</c><00:32:20.619><c> is</c><00:32:21.160><c> probably</c><00:32:21.480><c> a</c><00:32:21.660><c> waste</c><00:32:21.839><c> of</c><00:32:22.099><c> time.</c>

00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:27.079
I<00:32:22.460><c> don't</c><00:32:22.759><c> know</c><00:32:23.099><c> if</c><00:32:23.720><c> you</c><00:32:24.460><c> can</c><00:32:24.660><c> get</c><00:32:24.779><c> into</c><00:32:24.960><c> the</c><00:32:25.119><c> kingdom</c><00:32:25.440><c> reading</c><00:32:26.059><c> fiction.</c>

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:29.200
I<00:32:27.599><c> would</c><00:32:27.859><c> rather</c><00:32:28.140><c> imagine</c><00:32:28.579><c> you</c><00:32:28.839><c> can't.</c>

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:30.960
That<00:32:29.339><c> doesn't</c><00:32:29.599><c> mean</c><00:32:29.740><c> if</c><00:32:29.880><c> you</c><00:32:30.000><c> read</c><00:32:30.180><c> fiction</c><00:32:30.420><c> you</c><00:32:30.559><c> can't</c><00:32:30.740><c> be</c><00:32:30.880><c> in</c>

00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:31.259
the<00:32:31.099><c> kingdom.</c>

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:34.599
But<00:32:31.599><c> I</c><00:32:31.599><c> mean</c><00:32:31.960><c> you've</c><00:32:32.400><c> got</c><00:32:32.519><c> to</c><00:32:32.680><c> have</c><00:32:33.279><c> done</c><00:32:33.539><c> something</c><00:32:33.839><c> besides</c>

00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:36.000
read<00:32:35.000><c> fiction.</c>

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:41.440
But<00:32:36.400><c> if</c><00:32:36.960><c> time</c><00:32:37.240><c> is</c><00:32:37.539><c> precious</c><00:32:38.119><c> and</c><00:32:39.660><c> you're</c><00:32:39.839><c> going</c><00:32:39.940><c> to</c><00:32:40.039><c> read</c><00:32:40.160><c> a</c><00:32:40.339><c> book,</c><00:32:40.980><c> how</c><00:32:41.180><c> about</c><00:32:41.299><c> a</c>

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:42.859
book<00:32:41.539><c> on</c><00:32:41.720><c> the</c><00:32:41.920><c> truth?</c>

00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:45.700
Instead<00:32:43.279><c> of</c><00:32:43.420><c> a</c><00:32:43.640><c> paperback</c><00:32:44.079><c> that</c><00:32:44.319><c> you</c><00:32:44.460><c> get</c><00:32:44.579><c> at</c><00:32:44.740><c> a</c><00:32:44.859><c> bookstore.</c>

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:47.900
What<00:32:46.079><c> sort</c><00:32:46.220><c> of</c><00:32:46.319><c> things</c><00:32:46.559><c> are</c><00:32:46.960><c> true?</c>

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:49.680
We're<00:32:48.759><c> supposed</c><00:32:48.819><c> to</c><00:32:48.920><c> think</c><00:32:49.079><c> about</c><00:32:49.339><c> those.</c>

00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:54.579
So<00:32:50.299><c> that</c><00:32:50.519><c> means</c><00:32:50.799><c> that</c><00:32:51.099><c> fiction</c><00:32:51.420><c> might</c><00:32:51.740><c> be</c><00:32:52.960><c> not</c><00:32:53.680><c> such</c><00:32:54.299><c> an</c>

00:32:54.579 --> 00:32:56.140
appealing<00:32:54.920><c> thing.</c>

00:32:57.440 --> 00:33:02.440
Then<00:32:57.440><c> Paul</c><00:32:58.200><c> says</c><00:32:58.480><c> what</c><00:32:58.720><c> sort</c><00:32:58.880><c> of</c><00:32:59.000><c> things</c><00:32:59.599><c> are</c><00:33:01.400><c> honest?</c>

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:05.180
Now<00:33:03.220><c> there's</c><00:33:03.400><c> a</c><00:33:03.519><c> lot</c><00:33:03.640><c> of</c><00:33:03.779><c> things</c><00:33:03.920><c> that</c><00:33:04.119><c> are</c><00:33:04.279><c> true</c><00:33:04.720><c> that</c><00:33:05.000><c> are</c>

00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:05.779
not<00:33:05.420><c> honest.</c>

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:10.779
It's<00:33:06.559><c> true</c><00:33:06.779><c> that</c><00:33:06.920><c> there</c><00:33:07.099><c> is</c><00:33:07.259><c> a</c><00:33:07.420><c> mafia,</c><00:33:08.740><c> but</c><00:33:08.859><c> the</c><00:33:09.059><c> mafia</c><00:33:09.339><c> is</c><00:33:09.539><c> not</c><00:33:09.759><c> honest.</c>

00:33:11.339 --> 00:33:15.599
So<00:33:11.759><c> we</c><00:33:12.240><c> don't</c><00:33:12.599><c> want</c><00:33:13.019><c> to</c><00:33:13.579><c> keep</c><00:33:13.779><c> thinking</c><00:33:14.160><c> about</c><00:33:14.640><c> all</c><00:33:15.019><c> the</c><00:33:15.339><c> bad</c>

00:33:15.599 --> 00:33:16.680
things<00:33:16.019><c> that</c><00:33:16.279><c> go</c><00:33:16.460><c> on.</c>

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:20.180
And<00:33:16.839><c> if</c><00:33:16.960><c> you</c><00:33:17.500><c> turn</c><00:33:17.680><c> on</c><00:33:17.880><c> the</c><00:33:18.099><c> news,</c><00:33:19.059><c> all</c><00:33:19.380><c> the</c><00:33:19.579><c> things</c><00:33:19.740><c> on</c><00:33:19.980><c> the</c>

00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:21.700
news<00:33:20.440><c> are</c><00:33:20.779><c> bad</c><00:33:21.180><c> things.</c>

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:27.000
Murders<00:33:22.460><c> and</c><00:33:22.660><c> rapes</c><00:33:23.099><c> and</c><00:33:23.299><c> robberies</c><00:33:23.900><c> and</c><00:33:25.180><c> accidents</c><00:33:25.859><c> and</c><00:33:26.299><c> fires</c><00:33:26.700><c> and</c>

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:28.299
all<00:33:27.279><c> bad</c><00:33:27.579><c> things.</c>

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:30.380
And<00:33:28.759><c> they</c><00:33:28.960><c> are</c><00:33:29.240><c> true.</c>

00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:34.759
But<00:33:31.480><c> you</c><00:33:31.980><c> don't</c><00:33:32.200><c> have</c><00:33:32.440><c> time</c><00:33:33.099><c> to</c><00:33:33.700><c> think</c><00:33:33.900><c> about</c><00:33:34.140><c> all</c><00:33:34.400><c> the</c><00:33:34.619><c> true</c>

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:40.519
things<00:33:35.420><c> that</c><00:33:37.119><c> are</c><00:33:38.480><c> not</c><00:33:39.460><c> helpful.</c>

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:47.119
So<00:33:41.839><c> just</c><00:33:42.440><c> because</c><00:33:42.799><c> it's</c><00:33:43.119><c> true,</c><00:33:44.279><c> again</c><00:33:44.599><c> you</c><00:33:44.759><c> need</c><00:33:45.059><c> to</c><00:33:45.339><c> use</c><00:33:45.859><c> discernment.</c>

00:33:47.339 --> 00:33:50.720
You<00:33:47.420><c> should</c><00:33:47.660><c> think</c><00:33:47.960><c> about</c><00:33:48.299><c> true</c><00:33:48.539><c> things</c><00:33:49.140><c> and</c><00:33:49.740><c> honest</c><00:33:50.059><c> things,</c>

00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:53.740
but<00:33:51.299><c> be</c><00:33:51.579><c> sure</c><00:33:51.980><c> that</c><00:33:52.259><c> you</c><00:33:52.380><c> don't</c><00:33:52.720><c> fill</c><00:33:52.880><c> your</c><00:33:53.079><c> mind</c><00:33:53.200><c> with</c><00:33:53.440><c> a</c><00:33:53.559><c> lot</c>

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:56.839
of<00:33:53.940><c> things</c><00:33:54.160><c> that</c><00:33:54.859><c> have</c><00:33:55.160><c> no</c><00:33:55.680><c> real</c><00:33:56.039><c> lasting</c><00:33:56.440><c> value.</c>

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:59.440
I<00:33:57.619><c> haven't</c><00:33:58.079><c> heard</c><00:33:58.380><c> the</c><00:33:58.960><c> news.</c>

00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:04.140
I<00:34:00.039><c> haven't</c><00:34:00.200><c> seen</c><00:34:00.400><c> the</c><00:34:00.599><c> newspaper</c><00:34:01.099><c> for</c><00:34:01.960><c> about</c><00:34:02.220><c> two</c><00:34:02.440><c> weeks</c><00:34:02.640><c> now.</c>

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:07.619
Tech<00:34:04.740><c> held</c><00:34:04.980><c> one</c><00:34:05.160><c> up</c><00:34:05.319><c> this</c><00:34:05.579><c> morning,</c><00:34:05.759><c> but</c><00:34:05.940><c> I</c><00:34:06.700><c> haven't</c><00:34:06.859><c> read</c><00:34:07.140><c> a</c><00:34:07.299><c> paper.</c>

00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:10.960
I<00:34:08.260><c> don't</c><00:34:08.400><c> know</c><00:34:08.519><c> who's</c><00:34:08.900><c> won</c><00:34:09.219><c> what.</c><00:34:09.840><c> I</c><00:34:09.960><c> don't</c><00:34:10.119><c> know</c><00:34:10.179><c> what's</c><00:34:10.500><c> going</c><00:34:10.659><c> on.</c>

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:13.639
But<00:34:11.199><c> you</c><00:34:11.380><c> know,</c><00:34:11.659><c> I've</c><00:34:12.059><c> been</c><00:34:12.639><c> blessed.</c>

00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:18.019
I've<00:34:14.079><c> been</c><00:34:14.159><c> with</c><00:34:14.420><c> you.</c><00:34:15.500><c> And</c><00:34:15.659><c> I</c><00:34:15.900><c> haven't</c><00:34:16.179><c> suffered</c><00:34:16.659><c> for</c><00:34:17.179><c> that.</c>

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:20.900
You<00:34:18.300><c> consider</c><00:34:18.619><c> the</c><00:34:18.800><c> amount</c><00:34:18.960><c> of</c><00:34:19.159><c> time</c><00:34:19.360><c> so</c><00:34:19.559><c> many</c><00:34:19.699><c> of</c><00:34:19.840><c> us</c><00:34:20.079><c> spend</c><00:34:20.280><c> with</c><00:34:20.599><c> just</c><00:34:20.780><c> a</c>

00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:21.579
daily<00:34:21.119><c> newspaper.</c>

00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:23.460
The<00:34:22.119><c> LA</c><00:34:22.380><c> Times</c><00:34:22.639><c> is</c><00:34:22.900><c> that</c><00:34:23.219><c> thick.</c>

00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:26.420
And<00:34:24.000><c> if</c><00:34:24.099><c> you</c><00:34:24.219><c> just</c><00:34:24.440><c> read</c><00:34:24.619><c> it</c><00:34:24.880><c> through</c><00:34:25.099><c> all</c><00:34:25.380><c> day,</c><00:34:25.579><c> you</c><00:34:25.659><c> take</c><00:34:25.860><c> your</c><00:34:26.059><c> whole</c><00:34:26.199><c> all</c>

00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:27.039
the<00:34:26.619><c> time.</c>

00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:29.719
Just<00:34:27.840><c> to</c><00:34:28.099><c> read</c><00:34:28.219><c> a</c><00:34:28.380><c> daily</c><00:34:28.719><c> newspaper.</c>

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:32.820
And<00:34:30.139><c> some</c><00:34:30.519><c> of</c><00:34:30.679><c> the</c><00:34:30.739><c> things</c><00:34:30.900><c> will</c><00:34:31.059><c> be</c><00:34:31.320><c> true,</c><00:34:32.320><c> but</c><00:34:32.460><c> they</c><00:34:32.599><c> may</c><00:34:32.739><c> not</c>

00:34:32.820 --> 00:34:33.500
be<00:34:33.059><c> honest.</c>

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:35.099
And<00:34:34.079><c> they</c><00:34:34.159><c> may</c><00:34:34.300><c> not</c><00:34:34.440><c> be</c><00:34:34.619><c> edifying.</c>

00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:37.239
And<00:34:35.619><c> they</c><00:34:35.719><c> may</c><00:34:35.920><c> not</c><00:34:36.039><c> be</c><00:34:36.300><c> just,</c><00:34:36.500><c> which</c><00:34:36.659><c> is</c><00:34:36.860><c> the</c><00:34:36.980><c> next</c><00:34:37.119><c> one.</c>

00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:38.900
What<00:34:37.440><c> sort</c><00:34:37.519><c> of</c><00:34:37.519><c> things</c><00:34:37.679><c> are</c><00:34:37.920><c> just?</c>

00:34:39.719 --> 00:34:42.039
He<00:34:39.840><c> has</c><00:34:40.039><c> shown</c><00:34:40.239><c> you,</c><00:34:40.579><c> O</c><00:34:40.719><c> man,</c><00:34:40.920><c> what</c><00:34:41.099><c> is</c><00:34:41.320><c> good</c><00:34:41.519><c> and</c><00:34:41.719><c> what</c><00:34:41.900><c> doth</c>

00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:43.119
the<00:34:42.179><c> Lord</c><00:34:42.380><c> require</c><00:34:42.880><c> of</c><00:34:42.980><c> thee,</c>

00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:48.920
but<00:34:43.320><c> to</c><00:34:43.559><c> do</c><00:34:43.900><c> justly,</c><00:34:45.820><c> to</c><00:34:46.039><c> love</c><00:34:46.320><c> mercy,</c><00:34:48.079><c> and</c><00:34:48.179><c> to</c><00:34:48.320><c> walk</c><00:34:48.500><c> humbly</c>

00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:50.500
with<00:34:49.280><c> your</c><00:34:49.519><c> God.</c>

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:56.380
So<00:34:52.900><c> we</c><00:34:53.300><c> are</c><00:34:54.280><c> to</c><00:34:54.760><c> be</c><00:34:55.280><c> just.</c>

00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:03.139
If<00:35:00.760><c> we</c><00:35:00.960><c> are</c><00:35:01.159><c> transformed</c><00:35:01.699><c> by</c><00:35:01.940><c> the</c><00:35:02.119><c> renewing</c><00:35:02.480><c> of</c><00:35:02.659><c> our</c><00:35:02.840><c> minds,</c>

00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:11.219
as<00:35:03.280><c> we</c><00:35:03.360><c> will</c><00:35:03.659><c> show</c><00:35:03.920><c> to</c><00:35:04.219><c> all</c><00:35:04.460><c> that</c><00:35:04.659><c> we</c><00:35:04.800><c> are</c><00:35:05.000><c> just</c><00:35:05.340><c> in</c><00:35:05.719><c> dealing</c><00:35:06.099><c> with</c><00:35:08.139><c> that</c><00:35:08.420><c> good</c><00:35:08.780><c> and</c><00:35:09.119><c> perfect</c><00:35:09.420><c> things</c><00:35:09.900><c> of</c><00:35:10.199><c> God.</c>

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:14.860
So<00:35:12.659><c> we're</c><00:35:13.360><c> fair</c><00:35:13.840><c> when</c><00:35:14.159><c> we're</c><00:35:14.440><c> just.</c>

00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:17.519
We're<00:35:15.900><c> not</c><00:35:16.260><c> partial.</c>

00:35:18.679 --> 00:35:22.059
We<00:35:19.380><c> try</c><00:35:19.960><c> to</c><00:35:21.460><c> do</c><00:35:21.699><c> right.</c>

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:25.719
What<00:35:22.659><c> sort</c><00:35:22.760><c> of</c><00:35:22.820><c> things</c><00:35:22.900><c> are</c><00:35:23.139><c> pure,</c><00:35:23.760><c> says</c><00:35:23.940><c> Paul.</c><00:35:25.219><c> Next.</c>

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:30.360
James<00:35:26.360><c> 3,</c><00:35:26.860><c> the</c><00:35:27.079><c> wisdom</c><00:35:27.460><c> of</c><00:35:27.639><c> this</c><00:35:27.840><c> world</c><00:35:28.039><c> that</c><00:35:29.480><c> is</c><00:35:29.619><c> from</c><00:35:29.900><c> above</c>

00:35:30.360 --> 00:35:32.539
is<00:35:30.800><c> first</c><00:35:31.199><c> pure,</c>

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:36.340
and<00:35:33.679><c> then</c><00:35:34.360><c> peaceable.</c>

00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:43.320
Gentle,<00:35:38.579><c> willing</c><00:35:38.880><c> to</c><00:35:39.239><c> yield,</c><00:35:40.920><c> full</c><00:35:41.119><c> of</c><00:35:41.380><c> mercy</c><00:35:41.719><c> and</c><00:35:41.960><c> good</c><00:35:42.239><c> works,</c>

00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:46.780
without<00:35:44.019><c> partiality</c><00:35:44.760><c> and</c><00:35:44.980><c> without</c><00:35:45.360><c> hypocrisy.</c>

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:52.599
So,<00:35:48.719><c> blessed</c><00:35:48.880><c> are</c><00:35:49.079><c> the</c><00:35:49.260><c> pure,</c><00:35:50.800><c> for</c><00:35:50.920><c> they</c><00:35:51.119><c> shall</c><00:35:51.320><c> see</c><00:35:51.579><c> God.</c>

00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:59.920
So,<00:35:54.619><c> these</c><00:35:54.860><c> are</c><00:35:55.039><c> beautiful</c><00:35:55.559><c> attributes</c><00:35:56.400><c> to</c><00:35:57.579><c> know</c><00:35:58.320><c> and</c><00:35:59.460><c> then</c>

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:02.639
to<00:36:00.940><c> live.</c>

00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:09.119
What<00:36:03.599><c> sort</c><00:36:03.860><c> of</c><00:36:03.980><c> things</c><00:36:04.400><c> are</c><00:36:05.460><c> lovely,</c><00:36:07.800><c> was</c><00:36:07.960><c> the</c><00:36:08.179><c> next</c><00:36:08.480><c> virtue</c>

00:36:09.119 --> 00:36:10.780
that<00:36:09.519><c> Paul</c><00:36:09.760><c> listed.</c>

00:36:11.219 --> 00:36:13.800
And<00:36:11.460><c> lovely</c><00:36:11.659><c> is</c><00:36:12.840><c> a</c><00:36:12.960><c> beautiful</c><00:36:13.420><c> word.</c>

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:16.900
Lovely<00:36:14.219><c> means</c><00:36:14.780><c> towards</c><00:36:15.579><c> love.</c>

00:36:17.099 --> 00:36:21.440
The<00:36:17.760><c> word</c><00:36:18.159><c> lovely</c><00:36:18.780><c> appears</c><00:36:19.360><c> 19</c><00:36:19.920><c> times</c><00:36:20.500><c> in</c><00:36:20.719><c> the</c><00:36:20.960><c> New</c><00:36:21.159><c> King</c>

00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:22.300
James<00:36:21.739><c> Version,</c>

00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:26.239
and<00:36:22.940><c> 10</c><00:36:23.179><c> times</c><00:36:23.579><c> it</c><00:36:23.860><c> applies</c><00:36:24.199><c> to</c><00:36:24.500><c> the</c><00:36:24.619><c> female</c><00:36:25.059><c> species.</c>

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:30.300
And<00:36:27.179><c> I</c><00:36:27.300><c> have</c><00:36:27.519><c> to</c><00:36:27.639><c> admit</c><00:36:27.900><c> that,</c><00:36:28.280><c> ladies,</c><00:36:28.880><c> you</c><00:36:29.079><c> are</c><00:36:29.300><c> lovely.</c>

00:36:31.739 --> 00:36:35.340
It<00:36:32.019><c> applies</c><00:36:32.599><c> once</c><00:36:33.239><c> to</c><00:36:33.500><c> a</c><00:36:33.699><c> song,</c><00:36:34.340><c> and</c><00:36:34.460><c> three</c><00:36:34.739><c> times</c><00:36:35.059><c> the</c><00:36:35.179><c> word</c>

00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:38.659
lovely<00:36:35.639><c> applies</c><00:36:36.340><c> to</c><00:36:37.539><c> trees.</c>

00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:42.940
But<00:36:39.880><c> think</c><00:36:40.460><c> on</c><00:36:41.000><c> lovely</c><00:36:41.639><c> things.</c>

00:36:43.699 --> 00:36:48.340
Fill<00:36:44.300><c> our</c><00:36:44.579><c> minds</c><00:36:44.880><c> with</c><00:36:45.320><c> the</c><00:36:45.659><c> right</c><00:36:45.920><c> kind</c><00:36:46.219><c> of</c><00:36:46.659><c> lovely</c><00:36:47.159><c> things.</c>

00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:52.440
And<00:36:49.739><c> then</c><00:36:50.199><c> the</c><00:36:50.619><c> final</c><00:36:50.860><c> thought</c><00:36:51.159><c> in</c><00:36:51.440><c> Paul's</c><00:36:51.780><c> list</c><00:36:51.920><c> had</c><00:36:52.099><c> to</c><00:36:52.300><c> do</c>

00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:55.480
with<00:36:52.699><c> things</c><00:36:52.940><c> that</c><00:36:53.219><c> are</c><00:36:53.760><c> of</c><00:36:53.820><c> good</c><00:36:54.400><c> report.</c>

00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:58.659
And<00:36:56.360><c> again,</c><00:36:56.719><c> when</c><00:36:56.900><c> you</c><00:36:57.179><c> read</c><00:36:57.400><c> the</c><00:36:57.639><c> newspaper,</c>

00:36:59.300 --> 00:37:02.639
and<00:36:59.519><c> you</c><00:36:59.760><c> watch</c><00:37:00.179><c> the</c><00:37:00.480><c> news</c><00:37:00.659><c> reports</c><00:37:01.179><c> on</c><00:37:01.519><c> television</c><00:37:02.039><c> or</c><00:37:02.420><c> hear</c>

00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:03.920
them<00:37:02.760><c> over</c><00:37:02.920><c> the</c><00:37:03.079><c> radio,</c>

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:06.420
all<00:37:04.380><c> the</c><00:37:04.659><c> reports</c><00:37:05.119><c> are</c><00:37:06.039><c> bad.</c>

00:37:06.420 --> 00:37:09.559
There<00:37:07.199><c> was</c><00:37:07.420><c> a</c><00:37:07.539><c> newspaper</c><00:37:07.900><c> once</c><00:37:08.360><c> in</c><00:37:08.559><c> the</c><00:37:08.699><c> Midwest</c><00:37:09.059><c> that</c><00:37:09.400><c> tried</c>

00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:12.820
to<00:37:10.320><c> decide</c><00:37:10.559><c> it</c><00:37:10.659><c> would</c><00:37:10.860><c> only</c><00:37:11.139><c> print</c><00:37:11.460><c> good</c><00:37:11.780><c> news,</c>

00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:14.980
and<00:37:13.619><c> it</c><00:37:13.800><c> went</c><00:37:13.920><c> broke.</c>

00:37:15.800 --> 00:37:18.719
Because<00:37:15.960><c> people</c><00:37:16.199><c> don't</c><00:37:16.460><c> really</c><00:37:16.719><c> want</c><00:37:16.920><c> to</c><00:37:17.079><c> hear</c><00:37:17.360><c> good</c><00:37:17.739><c> news.</c>

00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:21.000
They<00:37:19.059><c> want</c><00:37:19.300><c> to</c><00:37:19.480><c> hear</c><00:37:19.780><c> the</c><00:37:20.079><c> seemly</c><00:37:20.440><c> side</c><00:37:20.599><c> of</c><00:37:20.820><c> life.</c>

00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:22.719
They<00:37:21.179><c> want</c><00:37:21.380><c> to</c><00:37:21.539><c> hear</c><00:37:21.980><c> the</c><00:37:22.360><c> bad</c><00:37:22.579><c> news.</c>

00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:24.900
They<00:37:22.840><c> want</c><00:37:23.019><c> to</c><00:37:23.119><c> hear</c><00:37:23.219><c> the</c><00:37:23.579><c> tragedies.</c>

00:37:25.400 --> 00:37:29.119
And<00:37:25.519><c> then</c><00:37:25.820><c> when</c><00:37:26.719><c> there</c><00:37:26.940><c> is</c><00:37:27.119><c> a</c><00:37:27.320><c> tragedy,</c><00:37:28.019><c> they</c><00:37:28.119><c> interview</c><00:37:28.519><c> everybody.</c>

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:31.199
Were<00:37:29.420><c> you</c><00:37:29.599><c> there?</c><00:37:29.860><c> What</c><00:37:30.059><c> do</c><00:37:30.219><c> you</c><00:37:30.420><c> think</c><00:37:30.619><c> about</c><00:37:30.920><c> this?</c>

00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:34.239
And<00:37:32.039><c> a</c><00:37:32.320><c> bunch</c><00:37:32.500><c> of</c><00:37:32.619><c> people</c><00:37:32.880><c> who</c><00:37:33.019><c> don't</c><00:37:33.179><c> even</c><00:37:33.360><c> know</c><00:37:33.460><c> what</c><00:37:33.460><c> they're</c><00:37:33.659><c> talking</c><00:37:33.960><c> about</c>

00:37:34.239 --> 00:37:35.000
are<00:37:34.360><c> being</c><00:37:34.639><c> interviewed</c>

00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:37.619
to<00:37:35.340><c> tell</c><00:37:35.440><c> you</c><00:37:35.599><c> their</c><00:37:35.760><c> impression</c><00:37:36.159><c> of</c><00:37:36.340><c> what</c><00:37:36.599><c> happened.</c>

00:37:37.679 --> 00:37:39.239
They<00:37:37.699><c> don't</c><00:37:37.860><c> just</c><00:37:38.099><c> tell</c><00:37:38.260><c> you</c><00:37:38.380><c> what</c><00:37:38.619><c> happened,</c><00:37:38.860><c> but</c><00:37:38.980><c> then</c><00:37:39.119><c> they</c>

00:37:39.239 --> 00:37:42.579
give<00:37:39.340><c> you</c><00:37:39.480><c> all</c><00:37:39.659><c> these</c><00:37:39.860><c> people</c><00:37:40.099><c> the</c><00:37:40.539><c> color</c><00:37:40.900><c> behind</c><00:37:41.340><c> it,</c><00:37:41.519><c> they</c><00:37:41.780><c> say.</c>

00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:45.239
And<00:37:43.239><c> you're</c><00:37:43.860><c> filling</c><00:37:44.019><c> your</c><00:37:44.260><c> minds</c><00:37:44.400><c> with</c><00:37:44.559><c> a</c><00:37:44.679><c> bunch</c><00:37:44.820><c> of</c><00:37:45.079><c> stuff</c>

00:37:45.239 --> 00:37:46.860
we<00:37:45.420><c> don't</c><00:37:45.639><c> need</c><00:37:45.800><c> to</c><00:37:46.000><c> know.</c>

00:37:48.820 --> 00:37:53.019
So<00:37:49.280><c> let's</c><00:37:49.739><c> decide</c><00:37:50.260><c> that</c><00:37:50.880><c> we</c><00:37:51.480><c> are</c><00:37:51.760><c> going</c><00:37:51.880><c> to</c><00:37:52.159><c> work,</c><00:37:52.880><c> brothers</c>

00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:53.539
and<00:37:53.260><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:53.539 --> 00:38:01.219
at<00:37:53.940><c> thinking</c><00:37:56.739><c> about</c><00:37:57.219><c> the</c><00:37:57.440><c> things</c><00:37:57.699><c> that</c><00:37:57.960><c> are</c><00:37:58.239><c> true</c><00:37:59.000><c> and</c><00:38:00.420><c> honest</c>

00:38:01.219 --> 00:38:09.139
and<00:38:02.219><c> just</c><00:38:02.860><c> and</c><00:38:03.920><c> pure</c><00:38:04.500><c> and</c><00:38:05.760><c> lovely</c><00:38:06.340><c> that</c><00:38:07.440><c> are</c><00:38:07.559><c> of</c><00:38:07.679><c> a</c><00:38:07.780><c> good</c><00:38:07.940><c> report.</c>

00:38:09.960 --> 00:38:15.179
To<00:38:10.000><c> be</c><00:38:10.239><c> in</c><00:38:10.300><c> virtue</c><00:38:10.639><c> and</c><00:38:10.880><c> to</c><00:38:10.960><c> be</c><00:38:11.019><c> in</c><00:38:11.219><c> praise,</c><00:38:13.400><c> think</c><00:38:13.659><c> on</c><00:38:14.519><c> these</c>

00:38:15.179 --> 00:38:16.760
things,<00:38:16.119><c> said</c><00:38:16.239><c> Paul.</c>

00:38:16.760 --> 00:38:23.500
So<00:38:17.900><c> we</c><00:38:18.440><c> need</c><00:38:18.760><c> to</c><00:38:19.059><c> concentrate</c><00:38:19.800><c> on</c><00:38:21.460><c> the</c><00:38:21.699><c> spiritual</c><00:38:22.099><c> things</c><00:38:22.559><c> that</c><00:38:22.719><c> will</c><00:38:23.000><c> cause</c><00:38:23.199><c> us</c>

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:25.239
to<00:38:23.679><c> be</c><00:38:23.960><c> transformed.</c>

00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:32.019
This<00:38:27.159><c> week</c><00:38:27.500><c> we</c><00:38:27.840><c> have</c><00:38:28.719><c> tried</c><00:38:29.099><c> to</c><00:38:29.480><c> work</c><00:38:30.360><c> with</c><00:38:31.219><c> furnishing</c><00:38:31.619><c> some</c>

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:36.320
tools<00:38:32.639><c> to</c><00:38:33.980><c> help</c><00:38:34.159><c> us</c><00:38:34.559><c> spiritually</c><00:38:35.019><c> improve.</c>

00:38:37.239 --> 00:38:42.019
And<00:38:37.320><c> there's</c><00:38:37.500><c> one</c><00:38:38.000><c> thing</c><00:38:38.480><c> about</c><00:38:38.900><c> tools,</c><00:38:40.860><c> spiritual</c><00:38:41.280><c> tools</c>

00:38:42.019 --> 00:38:45.880
and<00:38:44.119><c> the</c><00:38:44.539><c> natural</c><00:38:44.980><c> physical</c><00:38:45.480><c> tools.</c>

00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:50.719
They<00:38:46.239><c> have</c><00:38:46.400><c> one</c><00:38:46.619><c> thing</c><00:38:46.800><c> in</c><00:38:47.000><c> common.</c><00:38:48.679><c> They</c><00:38:48.880><c> don't</c><00:38:49.199><c> do</c><00:38:49.420><c> any</c><00:38:49.699><c> good</c>

00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:52.840
kept<00:38:51.360><c> in</c><00:38:51.659><c> the</c><00:38:51.860><c> toolbox.</c>

00:38:55.860 --> 00:39:00.480
If<00:38:56.139><c> your</c><00:38:56.380><c> hammer</c><00:38:56.960><c> is</c><00:38:57.420><c> staying</c><00:38:57.679><c> in</c><00:38:57.960><c> the</c><00:38:58.539><c> toolbox,</c><00:38:59.860><c> you</c><00:38:59.940><c> cannot</c>

00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:03.239
drive<00:39:01.380><c> in</c><00:39:02.059><c> the</c><00:39:02.260><c> nails.</c>

00:39:04.360 --> 00:39:10.920
You<00:39:04.559><c> cannot</c><00:39:05.260><c> take</c><00:39:06.519><c> a</c><00:39:07.039><c> screw</c><00:39:07.199><c> in</c><00:39:07.619><c> or</c><00:39:08.079><c> out</c><00:39:08.840><c> without</c><00:39:09.500><c> a</c><00:39:09.840><c> screwdriver.</c>

00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:15.360
So<00:39:11.760><c> you</c><00:39:12.000><c> not</c><00:39:12.219><c> only</c><00:39:12.519><c> have</c><00:39:12.900><c> to</c><00:39:12.960><c> have</c><00:39:13.579><c> tools,</c><00:39:14.780><c> but</c><00:39:14.920><c> then</c><00:39:15.039><c> you</c><00:39:15.099><c> need</c>

00:39:15.360 --> 00:39:20.199
to<00:39:15.539><c> know</c><00:39:15.719><c> how</c><00:39:16.119><c> to</c><00:39:16.420><c> use</c><00:39:16.980><c> the</c><00:39:17.340><c> tools</c><00:39:17.900><c> that</c><00:39:18.719><c> you</c><00:39:19.039><c> have.</c>

00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:24.039
And<00:39:20.699><c> so</c><00:39:20.860><c> the</c><00:39:20.980><c> Bible</c><00:39:21.300><c> is</c><00:39:21.659><c> the</c><00:39:21.860><c> sword</c><00:39:22.019><c> of</c><00:39:22.280><c> the</c><00:39:22.420><c> spirit,</c><00:39:22.900><c> says</c><00:39:23.000><c> Paul.</c>

00:39:24.280 --> 00:39:29.440
And<00:39:24.519><c> we</c><00:39:24.599><c> need</c><00:39:24.860><c> to</c><00:39:25.380><c> learn</c><00:39:25.679><c> how</c><00:39:26.119><c> to</c><00:39:26.460><c> use</c><00:39:27.420><c> the</c><00:39:28.099><c> tools</c><00:39:28.480><c> that</c><00:39:28.820><c> God</c>

00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:31.360
has<00:39:30.079><c> given</c><00:39:30.280><c> us.</c>

00:39:31.619 --> 00:39:34.500
And<00:39:31.739><c> this</c><00:39:31.940><c> week</c><00:39:32.159><c> we</c><00:39:32.340><c> hope</c><00:39:32.699><c> that</c><00:39:33.500><c> some</c><00:39:33.800><c> of</c><00:39:33.960><c> the</c><00:39:34.039><c> things</c><00:39:34.199><c> we've</c>

00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:38.179
talked<00:39:34.739><c> about</c><00:39:35.320><c> will</c><00:39:36.280><c> be</c><00:39:36.480><c> put</c><00:39:36.659><c> to</c><00:39:36.900><c> use</c><00:39:37.139><c> in</c><00:39:37.380><c> our</c><00:39:37.679><c> everyday</c><00:39:37.920><c> life.</c>

00:39:38.179 --> 00:39:41.219
Please<00:39:38.559><c> know</c><00:39:38.840><c> that</c><00:39:39.000><c> when</c><00:39:39.179><c> I</c><00:39:39.780><c> point</c><00:39:39.920><c> my</c><00:39:40.199><c> finger</c><00:39:40.400><c> at</c><00:39:40.500><c> you,</c><00:39:41.119><c> three</c>

00:39:41.219 --> 00:39:44.960
are<00:39:41.320><c> at</c><00:39:41.480><c> me,</c><00:39:42.119><c> and</c><00:39:42.300><c> I</c><00:39:42.460><c> only</c><00:39:42.880><c> tell</c><00:39:43.139><c> you</c><00:39:43.300><c> what</c><00:39:43.480><c> I</c><00:39:43.679><c> need</c><00:39:43.880><c> to</c><00:39:44.059><c> know.</c>

00:39:45.519 --> 00:39:49.239
And<00:39:45.719><c> because</c><00:39:46.000><c> I'm</c><00:39:46.199><c> saying</c><00:39:46.500><c> it</c><00:39:46.719><c> doesn't</c><00:39:46.980><c> mean</c><00:39:47.480><c> that</c><00:39:47.760><c> I'm</c><00:39:48.019><c> doing</c><00:39:48.360><c> it.</c>

00:39:49.619 --> 00:39:53.780
We're<00:39:49.900><c> all</c><00:39:50.239><c> hypocrites.</c><00:39:51.360><c> The</c><00:39:51.579><c> only</c><00:39:51.820><c> one</c><00:39:52.000><c> who</c><00:39:52.119><c> is</c><00:39:52.280><c> not</c><00:39:52.460><c> a</c><00:39:52.619><c> hypocrite</c><00:39:53.360><c> is</c><00:39:53.639><c> a</c>

00:39:53.780 --> 00:39:56.360
person<00:39:54.000><c> who</c><00:39:54.179><c> has</c><00:39:54.360><c> no</c><00:39:54.679><c> standards</c><00:39:55.139><c> whatsoever.</c>

00:39:56.960 --> 00:40:01.599
If<00:39:57.159><c> you</c><00:39:57.440><c> believe</c><00:39:57.760><c> in</c><00:39:57.980><c> doing</c><00:39:58.179><c> right,</c><00:39:59.079><c> anytime</c><00:39:59.260><c> you</c><00:39:59.579><c> don't</c><00:39:59.820><c> do</c><00:40:00.099><c> right,</c><00:40:00.420><c> of</c><00:40:00.559><c> course</c><00:40:00.760><c> then</c><00:40:00.960><c> you're</c><00:40:01.199><c> a</c><00:40:01.280><c> hypocrite.</c>

00:40:01.599 --> 00:40:06.880
But<00:40:01.940><c> I</c><00:40:02.440><c> believe</c><00:40:02.679><c> we're</c><00:40:03.320><c> forgiven</c><00:40:04.139><c> hypocrites,</c><00:40:05.699><c> and</c><00:40:05.900><c> that's</c>

00:40:06.880 --> 00:40:09.639
all<00:40:07.079><c> the</c><00:40:07.300><c> difference</c><00:40:07.519><c> in</c><00:40:07.739><c> the</c><00:40:07.880><c> world,</c><00:40:08.739><c> to</c><00:40:08.940><c> be</c><00:40:09.260><c> forgiven.</c>

00:40:09.940 --> 00:40:11.579
So<00:40:09.960><c> hold</c><00:40:10.400><c> your</c><00:40:10.719><c> standard</c><00:40:11.039><c> high.</c>

00:40:12.059 --> 00:40:15.659
The<00:40:12.280><c> fact</c><00:40:12.440><c> that</c><00:40:12.639><c> you</c><00:40:12.780><c> don't</c><00:40:12.980><c> always</c><00:40:13.260><c> live</c><00:40:13.420><c> up</c><00:40:13.599><c> to</c><00:40:13.760><c> the</c><00:40:13.900><c> very</c><00:40:14.079><c> thing</c><00:40:14.320><c> you</c><00:40:15.099><c> test</c><00:40:15.400><c> to</c>

00:40:15.659 --> 00:40:17.119
believe<00:40:15.900><c> to,</c>

00:40:18.059 --> 00:40:25.340
still<00:40:18.059><c> strive,</c><00:40:20.480><c> strive</c><00:40:21.360><c> to</c><00:40:22.500><c> seek</c><00:40:23.239><c> first</c><00:40:23.780><c> the</c><00:40:24.059><c> kingdom</c><00:40:24.320><c> of</c><00:40:24.599><c> God.</c>

00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:34.380
And<00:40:26.599><c> so</c><00:40:27.079><c> I</c><00:40:29.659><c> have</c><00:40:29.840><c> a</c><00:40:30.139><c> few</c><00:40:30.260><c> more</c><00:40:30.559><c> handouts,</c><00:40:31.960><c> but</c><00:40:32.280><c> one</c><00:40:32.559><c> needs</c><00:40:32.880><c> an</c><00:40:33.199><c> explanation.</c>

00:40:35.420 --> 00:40:39.679
And<00:40:35.719><c> so</c><00:40:35.960><c> we'll</c><00:40:36.340><c> just</c><00:40:36.940><c> tell</c><00:40:37.300><c> you</c><00:40:37.480><c> about</c><00:40:37.619><c> it</c><00:40:37.800><c> before</c><00:40:38.699><c> Gary</c><00:40:39.179><c> sends</c>

00:40:39.679 --> 00:40:41.179
them<00:40:39.920><c> out</c><00:40:40.039><c> to</c><00:40:40.300><c> you.</c>

00:40:41.320 --> 00:40:45.300
You<00:40:41.659><c> all</c><00:40:42.239><c> are</c><00:40:43.480><c> familiar</c><00:40:43.800><c> with</c><00:40:44.139><c> round</c><00:40:44.420><c> tuits.</c>

00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:48.840
Some<00:40:45.780><c> places</c><00:40:46.079><c> I</c><00:40:46.380><c> go</c><00:40:46.519><c> they</c><00:40:46.699><c> can't</c><00:40:47.039><c> figure</c><00:40:47.179><c> out</c><00:40:47.280><c> what</c><00:40:47.460><c> that</c><00:40:47.800><c> is.</c>

00:40:49.179 --> 00:40:52.239
But<00:40:49.519><c> it's</c><00:40:49.880><c> round</c><00:40:50.239><c> and</c><00:40:50.440><c> it</c><00:40:50.639><c> says</c><00:40:50.840><c> to</c><00:40:51.119><c> it,</c><00:40:51.400><c> so</c><00:40:51.659><c> you</c><00:40:51.800><c> have</c><00:40:51.980><c> to</c><00:40:52.119><c> do</c>

00:40:52.239 --> 00:40:53.380
it<00:40:52.360><c> when</c><00:40:52.500><c> you</c><00:40:52.659><c> get</c><00:40:52.780><c> around</c><00:40:53.059><c> to</c><00:40:53.300><c> it.</c>

00:40:53.380 --> 00:40:57.119
And<00:40:53.599><c> of</c><00:40:53.699><c> course</c><00:40:53.900><c> you</c><00:40:54.139><c> remember</c><00:40:54.579><c> it's</c><00:40:55.260><c> seek</c><00:40:55.400><c> first</c><00:40:55.679><c> the</c><00:40:55.860><c> kingdom</c><00:40:56.059><c> of</c><00:40:56.340><c> God.</c>

00:40:57.179 --> 00:41:00.920
So<00:40:57.380><c> I'm</c><00:40:57.619><c> hoping</c><00:40:57.860><c> this</c><00:40:58.179><c> week</c><00:40:58.440><c> that</c><00:40:58.840><c> you</c><00:40:59.119><c> will</c><00:40:59.420><c> all</c><00:40:59.920><c> resolve</c><00:41:00.480><c> to</c>

00:41:00.920 --> 00:41:04.420
get<00:41:01.159><c> around</c><00:41:01.460><c> to</c><00:41:01.699><c> it</c><00:41:02.039><c> and</c><00:41:02.639><c> seek</c><00:41:02.900><c> first</c><00:41:03.159><c> the</c><00:41:03.320><c> kingdom</c><00:41:03.500><c> of</c><00:41:03.739><c> God.</c>

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But<00:41:04.719><c> once</c><00:41:05.000><c> you</c><00:41:05.400><c> have</c><00:41:06.320><c> made</c><00:41:06.960><c> that</c><00:41:07.260><c> choice,</c><00:41:08.099><c> now</c><00:41:08.380><c> you</c><00:41:08.559><c> have</c><00:41:08.739><c> to</c>

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do<00:41:09.320><c> something</c><00:41:09.639><c> more.</c>

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You've<00:41:10.900><c> got</c><00:41:10.960><c> to</c><00:41:11.159><c> keep</c><00:41:11.320><c> on</c><00:41:12.019><c> keeping</c><00:41:12.320><c> on.</c>

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And<00:41:13.619><c> so</c><00:41:13.840><c> here</c><00:41:14.179><c> is</c><00:41:14.840><c> a</c><00:41:15.219><c> stick</c><00:41:15.420><c> to</c><00:41:15.659><c> it.</c>

00:41:21.019 --> 00:41:25.059
It<00:41:21.460><c> also</c><00:41:21.900><c> says</c><00:41:22.199><c> it's</c><00:41:22.559><c> a</c><00:41:22.579><c> tuit,</c><00:41:23.980><c> but</c><00:41:24.119><c> it's</c><00:41:24.400><c> a</c><00:41:24.599><c> stick.</c>

00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:29.539
And<00:41:25.619><c> it</c><00:41:25.780><c> says</c><00:41:25.920><c> be</c><00:41:26.239><c> steadfast,</c><00:41:27.280><c> immovable,</c><00:41:28.539><c> always</c><00:41:29.039><c> abounding</c>

00:41:29.539 --> 00:41:31.139
in<00:41:29.719><c> the</c><00:41:29.860><c> work</c><00:41:29.980><c> of</c><00:41:30.159><c> the</c><00:41:30.320><c> Lord.</c>

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So<00:41:31.860><c> again,</c><00:41:32.900><c> silly</c><00:41:33.139><c> little</c><00:41:33.480><c> things,</c><00:41:33.980><c> but</c><00:41:34.179><c> they</c><00:41:34.340><c> could</c><00:41:34.480><c> be</c><00:41:34.719><c> a</c><00:41:34.860><c> tool.</c>

00:41:36.260 --> 00:41:39.800
If<00:41:36.480><c> you</c><00:41:36.659><c> carry</c><00:41:36.860><c> them</c><00:41:37.000><c> in</c><00:41:37.119><c> your</c><00:41:37.320><c> purse</c><00:41:37.539><c> or</c><00:41:37.699><c> your</c><00:41:37.920><c> pocket,</c><00:41:39.559><c> some</c>

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of<00:41:39.940><c> them</c><00:41:40.039><c> have</c><00:41:40.239><c> had</c><00:41:40.380><c> one</c><00:41:40.579><c> for</c><00:41:40.780><c> years.</c>

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Some<00:41:42.179><c> of</c><00:41:42.400><c> them</c><00:41:42.400><c> have</c><00:41:42.639><c> broken,</c><00:41:42.960><c> I've</c><00:41:43.099><c> had</c><00:41:43.159><c> people</c><00:41:43.420><c> even</c><00:41:43.860><c> write</c>

00:41:44.019 --> 00:41:46.440
me<00:41:44.179><c> and</c><00:41:44.239><c> say</c><00:41:44.320><c> they</c><00:41:44.500><c> broke</c><00:41:44.760><c> theirs</c><00:41:45.059><c> and</c><00:41:45.460><c> I've</c><00:41:46.099><c> mailed</c><00:41:46.239><c> them</c>

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another<00:41:46.739><c> one.</c>

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Nothing<00:41:49.460><c> magic</c><00:41:50.019><c> about</c><00:41:50.400><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:41:50.880><c> just</c><00:41:51.079><c> a</c><00:41:51.719><c> physical</c><00:41:52.159><c> thing</c><00:41:52.760><c> to</c><00:41:53.139><c> remind</c><00:41:53.519><c> you</c><00:41:53.780><c> of</c><00:41:53.920><c> a</c><00:41:54.199><c> spiritual</c><00:41:54.619><c> thing.</c>

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And<00:41:56.559><c> so</c><00:41:56.980><c> please</c><00:41:58.039><c> do</c><00:41:58.559><c> get</c><00:41:58.800><c> around</c><00:41:59.019><c> to</c><00:41:59.280><c> it</c><00:41:59.940><c> and</c><00:42:00.260><c> seek</c><00:42:00.480><c> first</c><00:42:00.739><c> the</c>

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kingdom<00:42:01.039><c> of</c><00:42:01.280><c> God.</c>

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Please<00:42:03.300><c> do</c><00:42:03.940><c> take</c><00:42:04.159><c> a</c><00:42:04.420><c> stick</c><00:42:04.579><c> to</c><00:42:04.860><c> it</c><00:42:05.699><c> and</c><00:42:06.480><c> keep</c><00:42:06.719><c> on</c><00:42:07.340><c> sticking</c><00:42:07.679><c> to</c><00:42:08.059><c> it.</c>

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He<00:42:09.840><c> that</c><00:42:10.039><c> endureth</c><00:42:10.519><c> to</c><00:42:10.639><c> the</c><00:42:10.860><c> end,</c><00:42:12.099><c> the</c><00:42:12.260><c> same</c><00:42:12.400><c> shall</c><00:42:12.579><c> be</c><00:42:12.860><c> saved.</c>

00:42:14.260 --> 00:42:17.760
So<00:42:14.739><c> I</c><00:42:14.880><c> pray</c><00:42:15.039><c> that</c><00:42:15.079><c> you'll</c><00:42:15.320><c> be</c><00:42:15.500><c> steadfast</c><00:42:16.019><c> and</c><00:42:16.219><c> immovable</c><00:42:16.800><c> and</c>

00:42:17.760 --> 00:42:20.460
always<00:42:18.099><c> abound</c><00:42:18.519><c> in</c><00:42:18.760><c> the</c><00:42:18.880><c> work</c><00:42:19.079><c> of</c><00:42:19.260><c> the</c><00:42:19.400><c> Lord.</c>

00:42:21.460 --> 00:42:24.960
And<00:42:21.639><c> so</c><00:42:21.739><c> it's</c><00:42:22.000><c> now</c><00:42:22.239><c> time</c><00:42:22.960><c> to</c><00:42:23.840><c> say</c><00:42:24.019><c> goodbye.</c>

00:42:27.280 --> 00:42:31.679
I<00:42:27.420><c> commend</c><00:42:27.739><c> you</c><00:42:27.920><c> to</c><00:42:28.119><c> God</c><00:42:28.619><c> with</c><00:42:29.539><c> the</c><00:42:29.679><c> word</c><00:42:29.800><c> of</c><00:42:29.920><c> his</c><00:42:30.119><c> grace</c><00:42:31.119><c> to</c><00:42:31.679><c> be</c>

00:42:31.679 --> 00:42:34.280
able<00:42:31.840><c> to</c><00:42:32.079><c> build</c><00:42:32.239><c> you</c><00:42:32.460><c> up</c><00:42:32.880><c> and</c><00:42:33.239><c> to</c><00:42:33.380><c> give</c><00:42:33.480><c> you</c><00:42:33.639><c> an</c><00:42:33.860><c> inheritance</c>

00:42:34.280 --> 00:42:38.039
among<00:42:34.659><c> all</c><00:42:35.179><c> them</c><00:42:35.960><c> that</c><00:42:36.480><c> are</c><00:42:36.739><c> sanctified.</c>

00:42:44.940 --> 00:42:49.340
We<00:42:45.659><c> would</c><00:42:45.840><c> like</c><00:42:46.059><c> to</c><00:42:46.440><c> thank</c><00:42:47.000><c> Brother</c><00:42:47.360><c> Bob</c><00:42:47.780><c> once</c><00:42:48.420><c> again</c><00:42:48.780><c> for</c><00:42:49.139><c> his</c>

00:42:49.340 --> 00:42:52.019
labor<00:42:49.579><c> of</c><00:42:49.840><c> love</c><00:42:50.320><c> for</c><00:42:50.900><c> our</c><00:42:51.099><c> behalf.</c>

00:42:52.119 --> 00:42:55.519
And<00:42:52.559><c> we</c><00:42:52.599><c> have</c><00:42:52.760><c> been</c><00:42:52.880><c> motivated</c><00:42:53.340><c> this</c><00:42:53.639><c> week</c><00:42:54.059><c> to</c><00:42:54.599><c> follow</c><00:42:54.920><c> and</c><00:42:55.280><c> to</c>

00:42:55.519 --> 00:42:59.380
imitate<00:42:56.019><c> our</c><00:42:56.780><c> Lord</c><00:42:57.019><c> and</c><00:42:57.219><c> Master</c><00:42:57.480><c> Jesus</c><00:42:57.940><c> Christ</c><00:42:58.500><c> to</c><00:42:59.039><c> the</c><00:42:59.179><c> best</c>

00:42:59.380 --> 00:43:01.619
of<00:42:59.599><c> our</c><00:42:59.820><c> individual</c><00:43:00.460><c> ability.</c>

00:43:01.780 --> 00:43:05.440
And<00:43:02.239><c> we</c><00:43:02.440><c> wish</c><00:43:02.599><c> him</c><00:43:02.860><c> Godspeed</c><00:43:03.579><c> in</c><00:43:03.880><c> his</c><00:43:04.000><c> upcoming</c><00:43:04.460><c> journey.</c>

00:43:05.940 --> 00:43:10.159
So<00:43:06.539><c> we'll</c><00:43:06.780><c> hand</c><00:43:07.019><c> out</c><00:43:07.260><c> his</c><00:43:08.300><c> generous</c><00:43:08.639><c> special</c><00:43:09.019><c> gifts</c><00:43:09.260><c> for</c><00:43:09.559><c> us.</c>

00:43:10.380 --> 00:43:13.400
And<00:43:10.679><c> we'll</c><00:43:10.980><c> ask</c><00:43:11.079><c> the</c><00:43:11.659><c> kind</c><00:43:11.900><c> brethren</c><00:43:12.239><c> who</c><00:43:12.500><c> have</c><00:43:12.920><c> distributed</c>

00:43:13.400 --> 00:43:17.980
this<00:43:14.400><c> week</c><00:43:14.780><c> the</c><00:43:15.519><c> various</c><00:43:15.960><c> handouts</c><00:43:16.360><c> to</c><00:43:16.579><c> come</c><00:43:16.719><c> up</c><00:43:16.960><c> and</c><00:43:17.679><c> pass</c>

00:43:17.980 --> 00:43:18.500
these<00:43:18.199><c> out.</c>

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He's<00:43:19.139><c> also</c><00:43:19.440><c> asked</c><00:43:19.639><c> that</c><00:43:19.820><c> you</c><00:43:20.000><c> take</c><00:43:20.300><c> one</c><00:43:20.519><c> each</c><00:43:20.780><c> please</c><00:43:21.179><c> because</c>

00:43:21.460 --> 00:43:24.360
there<00:43:21.699><c> are</c><00:43:21.780><c> many</c><00:43:22.019><c> other</c><00:43:22.300><c> gatherings</c><00:43:22.699><c> and</c><00:43:23.000><c> Bible</c><00:43:23.239><c> schools</c><00:43:23.719><c> that</c><00:43:24.219><c> he</c>

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wants<00:43:24.480><c> to</c><00:43:24.719><c> attend.</c>

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Thank<00:43:43.079><c> you.</c>