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and<00:11:08.100><c> he</c><00:11:08.220><c> did</c><00:11:08.639><c> that</c><00:11:09.259><c> which</c><00:11:09.500><c> was</c><00:11:09.879><c> right</c><00:11:10.279><c> in</c><00:11:10.679><c> the</c><00:11:10.960><c> sight</c><00:11:11.139><c> of</c><00:11:11.379><c> the</c>

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He<00:11:18.899><c> removed</c><00:11:19.259><c> the</c><00:11:19.659><c> high</c><00:11:19.940><c> places</c><00:11:20.320><c> and</c><00:11:20.679><c> break</c><00:11:20.840><c> the</c><00:11:21.120><c> images.</c>

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incense<00:11:33.620><c> to</c><00:11:33.960><c> it.</c>

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object<00:12:03.740><c> that</c><00:12:04.200><c> had</c><00:12:04.480><c> brought</c><00:12:04.700><c> them</c><00:12:05.000><c> salvation?</c>

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Now,<00:13:30.960><c> I</c><00:13:31.320><c> have</c><00:13:31.519><c> heard</c><00:13:31.740><c> excitations,</c><00:13:32.480><c> and</c><00:13:32.639><c> I</c><00:13:32.720><c> know</c><00:13:32.860><c> you</c><00:13:33.059><c> have</c><00:13:33.299><c> too,</c><00:13:35.259><c> where</c><00:13:35.779><c> we</c>

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Our<00:13:43.980><c> material</c><00:13:44.399><c> possessions</c><00:13:45.120><c> can</c><00:13:46.120><c> turn</c><00:13:46.399><c> into</c><00:13:46.820><c> idols.</c>

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And<00:13:48.799><c> we</c><00:13:48.879><c> can</c><00:13:50.000><c> spend</c><00:13:50.500><c> all</c><00:13:50.720><c> our</c><00:13:50.899><c> time</c><00:13:51.059><c> and</c><00:13:51.240><c> attention</c><00:13:51.600><c> and</c><00:13:52.039><c> worship</c><00:13:52.440><c> them.</c>

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world<00:14:36.220><c> to</c><00:14:36.799><c> live</c><00:14:37.100><c> with</c><00:14:37.299><c> the</c><00:14:37.659><c> distractions</c><00:14:38.100><c> of</c><00:14:38.299><c> this</c><00:14:38.559><c> life.</c>

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promised<00:14:42.860><c> land.</c>

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Imagine<00:14:46.399><c> going</c><00:14:46.700><c> in</c><00:14:47.440><c> and</c><00:14:47.580><c> looking</c><00:14:47.799><c> for</c><00:14:48.039><c> a</c><00:14:48.200><c> house,</c><00:14:50.639><c> and</c><00:14:50.659><c> it's</c><00:14:50.940><c> fully</c><00:14:51.259><c> furnished,</c><00:14:52.500><c> and</c><00:14:52.659><c> the</c><00:14:52.879><c> price</c><00:14:53.259><c> is</c><00:14:54.059><c> free.</c>

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And<00:14:55.120><c> all</c><00:14:55.240><c> you</c><00:14:55.360><c> have</c><00:14:55.539><c> to</c><00:14:55.700><c> do</c><00:14:55.840><c> is</c><00:14:56.019><c> move</c><00:14:56.240><c> in.</c>

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Imagine<00:14:58.480><c> the</c><00:14:58.799><c> crops</c><00:14:59.019><c> already</c><00:14:59.580><c> planted,</c><00:15:00.519><c> just</c><00:15:00.659><c> ripe,</c><00:15:01.460><c> ready</c>

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to<00:15:02.259><c> be</c><00:15:02.440><c> picked.</c>

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Imagine<00:15:07.000><c> not</c><00:15:07.500><c> having</c><00:15:07.700><c> to</c><00:15:07.919><c> worry</c><00:15:08.080><c> about</c><00:15:08.259><c> being</c><00:15:08.559><c> bit</c><00:15:08.720><c> by</c><00:15:08.980><c> a</c><00:15:09.299><c> snake</c><00:15:09.720><c> in</c>

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the<00:15:10.820><c> wilderness.</c>

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A<00:15:15.000><c> great,</c><00:15:15.399><c> great</c><00:15:16.299><c> comfort</c><00:15:16.960><c> came</c><00:15:18.059><c> to</c><00:15:18.500><c> the</c><00:15:18.639><c> children</c><00:15:18.899><c> of</c><00:15:19.159><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:15:21.639><c> Moses</c><00:15:22.179><c> warned</c><00:15:23.080><c> them</c><00:15:23.620><c> that</c><00:15:24.080><c> when</c><00:15:24.559><c> they</c><00:15:25.299><c> arrived,</c><00:15:26.480><c> that</c>

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this<00:15:27.000><c> comfort</c><00:15:27.480><c> would</c><00:15:27.940><c> turn</c><00:15:28.240><c> them</c><00:15:28.720><c> away</c><00:15:29.399><c> from</c><00:15:30.100><c> God.</c>

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They<00:15:31.139><c> would</c><00:15:31.480><c> lose</c><00:15:31.899><c> their</c><00:15:32.279><c> focus.</c>

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And<00:15:35.440><c> this</c><00:15:35.580><c> is</c><00:15:35.840><c> exactly</c><00:15:36.360><c> what</c><00:15:36.740><c> happened</c><00:15:37.200><c> with</c><00:15:37.700><c> this</c><00:15:39.220><c> serpent</c>

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of<00:15:39.879><c> brass.</c>

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They<00:15:40.559><c> had</c><00:15:40.980><c> lost</c><00:15:41.500><c> the</c><00:15:41.919><c> point</c><00:15:42.159><c> of</c><00:15:42.340><c> it,</c><00:15:42.620><c> and</c><00:15:42.860><c> they</c><00:15:43.019><c> had</c><00:15:43.259><c> begun</c><00:15:43.620><c> to</c>

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worship<00:15:44.500><c> it.</c>

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And<00:15:46.659><c> so</c><00:15:46.840><c> Hezekiah</c><00:15:47.399><c> recognized</c><00:15:48.019><c> this,</c><00:15:49.500><c> and</c><00:15:49.600><c> he</c><00:15:49.720><c> had</c><00:15:49.799><c> it</c><00:15:50.059><c> destroyed.</c>

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There<00:15:54.659><c> are</c><00:15:54.799><c> things</c><00:15:55.080><c> in</c><00:15:55.240><c> our</c><00:15:55.539><c> life</c><00:15:56.019><c> that</c><00:15:56.559><c> distract</c><00:15:57.039><c> us</c><00:15:57.600><c> and</c><00:15:57.899><c> bring</c><00:15:58.059><c> us</c><00:15:58.379><c> away.</c>

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Things<00:16:00.980><c> that,</c><00:16:02.320><c> well,</c><00:16:02.539><c> maybe</c><00:16:02.840><c> we</c><00:16:03.039><c> can't</c><00:16:03.460><c> destroy,</c><00:16:05.759><c> but</c><00:16:06.039><c> we</c><00:16:06.159><c> can</c><00:16:06.379><c> remove.</c>

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We<00:16:08.059><c> can</c><00:16:08.299><c> turn</c><00:16:08.500><c> away</c><00:16:08.899><c> from.</c>

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We<00:16:10.639><c> can</c><00:16:10.879><c> do</c><00:16:11.360><c> without.</c>

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This<00:16:15.340><c> is</c><00:16:15.539><c> not</c><00:16:15.799><c> necessarily</c><00:16:16.460><c> an</c><00:16:17.019><c> easy</c><00:16:17.419><c> thing</c><00:16:17.919><c> to</c><00:16:18.240><c> do.</c>

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Because<00:16:21.220><c> you</c><00:16:21.519><c> remember</c><00:16:22.440><c> in</c><00:16:24.379><c> Matthew</c><00:16:24.820><c> chapter</c><00:16:25.200><c> 19,</c>

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And<00:16:28.279><c> behold,</c><00:16:28.919><c> one</c><00:16:29.220><c> came</c><00:16:29.620><c> and</c><00:16:29.799><c> said</c><00:16:29.980><c> unto</c><00:16:30.220><c> him,</c><00:16:30.559><c> Good</c><00:16:30.840><c> master,</c>

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what<00:16:31.620><c> good</c><00:16:31.860><c> thing</c><00:16:32.059><c> shall</c><00:16:32.320><c> I</c><00:16:32.519><c> do,</c><00:16:33.100><c> that</c><00:16:33.200><c> I</c><00:16:33.419><c> may</c><00:16:33.700><c> have</c><00:16:34.059><c> eternal</c><00:16:34.500><c> life?</c>

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And<00:16:36.980><c> he</c><00:16:37.159><c> said</c><00:16:37.299><c> unto</c><00:16:37.519><c> him,</c><00:16:38.460><c> Why</c><00:16:38.820><c> callest</c><00:16:39.419><c> thou</c><00:16:39.759><c> me</c><00:16:40.220><c> good?</c><00:16:41.200><c> There</c>

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is<00:16:41.779><c> none</c><00:16:42.179><c> good</c><00:16:42.639><c> but</c><00:16:43.139><c> one,</c><00:16:43.840><c> that</c><00:16:44.080><c> is</c><00:16:44.399><c> God.</c>

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But<00:16:45.299><c> if</c><00:16:45.539><c> thou</c><00:16:45.759><c> wilt</c><00:16:46.019><c> enter</c><00:16:46.299><c> into</c><00:16:46.659><c> life,</c><00:16:47.480><c> keep</c><00:16:47.700><c> the</c><00:16:47.960><c> commandments.</c>

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He<00:16:48.840><c> saith</c><00:16:49.039><c> unto</c><00:16:49.299><c> him,</c><00:16:49.779><c> Which?</c><00:16:50.059><c> And</c><00:16:50.279><c> Jesus</c><00:16:50.559><c> said,</c><00:16:50.879><c> Thou</c><00:16:51.039><c> shalt</c>

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do<00:16:51.519><c> no</c><00:16:51.700><c> murder.</c>

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Thou<00:16:52.440><c> shalt</c><00:16:52.679><c> not</c><00:16:52.860><c> commit</c><00:16:53.120><c> adultery.</c><00:16:53.679><c> Thou</c><00:16:53.779><c> shalt</c><00:16:54.019><c> not</c><00:16:54.220><c> steal.</c>

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Thou<00:16:54.840><c> shalt</c><00:16:55.080><c> not</c><00:16:55.220><c> bear</c><00:16:55.419><c> false</c><00:16:55.700><c> witness.</c>

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Honor<00:16:56.799><c> thy</c><00:16:57.039><c> father</c><00:16:57.340><c> and</c><00:16:57.480><c> thy</c><00:16:57.639><c> mother.</c><00:16:58.159><c> Thou</c><00:16:58.299><c> shalt</c><00:16:58.580><c> love</c><00:16:58.919><c> thy</c>

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neighbor<00:16:59.559><c> as</c><00:16:59.740><c> thyself.</c>

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And<00:17:00.500><c> the</c><00:17:00.559><c> young</c><00:17:00.740><c> man</c><00:17:00.960><c> saith</c><00:17:01.220><c> unto</c><00:17:01.480><c> him,</c><00:17:02.860><c> All</c><00:17:03.000><c> these</c><00:17:03.279><c> things</c><00:17:03.600><c> have</c><00:17:03.799><c> I</c>

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kept<00:17:04.119><c> from</c><00:17:04.339><c> my</c><00:17:04.500><c> youth</c><00:17:04.700><c> up.</c><00:17:05.140><c> What</c><00:17:05.440><c> lack</c><00:17:05.680><c> I</c><00:17:05.920><c> yet?</c>

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And<00:17:08.119><c> Jesus</c><00:17:08.380><c> said</c><00:17:08.599><c> unto</c><00:17:08.839><c> him,</c><00:17:09.299><c> If</c><00:17:09.440><c> thou</c><00:17:09.779><c> wilt</c><00:17:10.019><c> be</c><00:17:10.380><c> perfect,</c><00:17:11.700><c> go</c>

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and<00:17:12.339><c> sell</c><00:17:12.539><c> that</c><00:17:13.000><c> which</c><00:17:13.380><c> thou</c><00:17:13.819><c> hast,</c><00:17:14.539><c> and</c><00:17:14.720><c> give</c><00:17:14.940><c> to</c><00:17:15.160><c> the</c><00:17:15.400><c> poor.</c>

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And<00:17:16.240><c> thou</c><00:17:16.920><c> shalt</c><00:17:17.500><c> have</c><00:17:18.019><c> treasure</c><00:17:18.480><c> in</c><00:17:18.740><c> heaven,</c><00:17:19.019><c> and</c><00:17:19.220><c> shall</c><00:17:19.359><c> come</c><00:17:20.579><c> and</c>

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follow<00:17:21.319><c> me.</c>

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But<00:17:21.819><c> when</c><00:17:22.039><c> the</c><00:17:22.160><c> young</c><00:17:22.319><c> man</c><00:17:22.559><c> heard</c><00:17:22.779><c> that</c><00:17:23.079><c> saying,</c><00:17:23.380><c> He</c><00:17:23.519><c> went</c><00:17:23.740><c> away</c><00:17:24.119><c> sorrowful,</c><00:17:26.079><c> for</c>

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he<00:17:26.420><c> had</c><00:17:26.599><c> great</c><00:17:27.900><c> possessions.</c>

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We<00:17:32.920><c> need</c><00:17:33.140><c> to</c><00:17:33.339><c> know</c><00:17:33.700><c> what</c><00:17:33.960><c> to</c><00:17:34.220><c> throw</c><00:17:34.420><c> away</c><00:17:34.880><c> and</c><00:17:35.000><c> what</c><00:17:35.180><c> to</c><00:17:35.480><c> keep.</c>

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Ever<00:17:37.180><c> move?</c><00:17:39.339><c> Ever</c><00:17:39.519><c> go</c><00:17:39.720><c> from</c><00:17:39.920><c> a</c><00:17:40.079><c> very</c><00:17:40.339><c> large</c><00:17:40.579><c> house</c><00:17:40.920><c> into</c><00:17:41.119><c> a</c>

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smaller<00:17:41.640><c> one?</c>

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Ever<00:17:43.319><c> discover</c><00:17:43.900><c> the</c><00:17:46.339><c> massive</c><00:17:47.059><c> stuff</c><00:17:47.880><c> that</c><00:17:49.740><c> you</c><00:17:49.839><c> have</c><00:17:50.019><c> to</c><00:17:50.240><c> sort</c><00:17:50.440><c> through?</c>

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Well,<00:17:52.220><c> I</c><00:17:52.279><c> could</c><00:17:52.480><c> tell</c><00:17:52.579><c> you</c><00:17:52.740><c> stories</c><00:17:53.000><c> that</c><00:17:53.200><c> I</c><00:17:53.359><c> won't.</c>

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But<00:17:57.380><c> decisions</c><00:17:57.740><c> have</c><00:17:58.000><c> to</c><00:17:58.160><c> be</c><00:17:58.319><c> made.</c>

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And<00:18:00.599><c> some</c><00:18:00.740><c> of</c><00:18:00.880><c> these</c><00:18:01.099><c> decisions</c><00:18:01.640><c> are</c><00:18:02.500><c> very</c><00:18:02.799><c> difficult</c><00:18:03.339><c> ones.</c>

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Yet<00:18:07.000><c> we</c><00:18:07.240><c> need</c><00:18:07.460><c> to</c><00:18:07.700><c> keep</c><00:18:07.799><c> our</c><00:18:08.059><c> focus</c><00:18:08.819><c> on</c><00:18:10.680><c> the</c><00:18:10.880><c> one</c><00:18:11.059><c> faith.</c>

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We<00:18:13.579><c> need</c><00:18:13.920><c> to</c><00:18:14.279><c> stay</c><00:18:14.519><c> the</c><00:18:14.779><c> course.</c>

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And<00:18:16.279><c> we</c><00:18:16.400><c> need</c><00:18:16.579><c> to</c><00:18:16.779><c> take</c><00:18:16.960><c> these</c><00:18:17.279><c> distractions</c><00:18:17.859><c> and</c><00:18:18.160><c> set</c><00:18:18.339><c> them</c><00:18:18.559><c> aside.</c>

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Now,<00:18:26.960><c> hold</c><00:18:27.319><c> that</c><00:18:27.599><c> thought</c><00:18:27.740><c> for</c><00:18:27.940><c> a</c><00:18:28.019><c> moment.</c>

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We're<00:18:30.180><c> going</c><00:18:30.279><c> to</c><00:18:30.460><c> shift</c><00:18:30.700><c> gears,</c><00:18:31.779><c> but</c><00:18:32.440><c> in</c><00:18:33.400><c> a</c><00:18:33.539><c> sense</c><00:18:33.660><c> we're</c><00:18:33.880><c> not.</c>

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There's<00:18:36.200><c> been</c><00:18:36.380><c> a</c><00:18:36.539><c> great</c><00:18:36.740><c> deal</c><00:18:37.160><c> of</c><00:18:37.859><c> discussion</c><00:18:38.500><c> recently</c>

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about<00:18:39.500><c> unity.</c>

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And<00:18:41.720><c> there's</c><00:18:41.859><c> more</c><00:18:42.019><c> to</c><00:18:42.279><c> come.</c>

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There's<00:18:46.920><c> been</c><00:18:47.240><c> a</c><00:18:47.559><c> lot</c><00:18:47.900><c> of</c><00:18:48.420><c> correspondence</c><00:18:49.079><c> concerning</c><00:18:49.660><c> the</c>

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subject,<00:18:52.200><c> even</c><00:18:52.480><c> with</c><00:18:52.700><c> this</c><00:18:52.920><c> eclatio.</c>

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And<00:18:56.180><c> the</c><00:18:56.400><c> opinions</c><00:18:56.799><c> have</c><00:18:57.140><c> ranged</c><00:18:57.599><c> from</c><00:18:58.460><c> one</c><00:18:58.900><c> extreme</c><00:18:59.400><c> to</c><00:18:59.660><c> another.</c>

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When<00:19:03.220><c> a</c><00:19:03.380><c> eclatio</c><00:19:03.660><c> feels</c><00:19:04.039><c> that</c><00:19:05.039><c> the</c><00:19:05.940><c> only</c><00:19:06.140><c> way</c><00:19:06.339><c> to</c><00:19:06.559><c> have</c><00:19:06.819><c> unity</c><00:19:07.240><c> is</c><00:19:07.900><c> everyone</c><00:19:08.500><c> always</c><00:19:09.660><c> agree</c><00:19:10.240><c> 100</c><00:19:10.859><c>%</c>

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on<00:19:12.220><c> all</c><00:19:12.839><c> detail.</c>

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You<00:19:15.480><c> don't</c><00:19:15.640><c> even</c><00:19:15.880><c> see</c><00:19:16.059><c> that</c><00:19:16.319><c> within</c><00:19:16.480><c> your</c><00:19:16.680><c> own</c><00:19:16.920><c> family,</c><00:19:17.400><c> let</c><00:19:17.559><c> alone</c><00:19:18.000><c> an</c><00:19:18.319><c> eclatio,</c><00:19:18.779><c> let</c><00:19:18.940><c> alone</c><00:19:19.240><c> within</c><00:19:19.480><c> a</c><00:19:19.680><c> fellowship.</c>

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So<00:19:22.079><c> that</c><00:19:22.440><c> formula</c><00:19:22.859><c> is</c><00:19:23.920><c> doomed</c><00:19:24.279><c> to</c><00:19:24.640><c> fail.</c>

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redeem<00:25:48.140><c> his</c><00:25:48.900><c> people.</c>