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It'll<00:25:03.210><c> be</c><00:25:03.509><c> settled</c><00:25:03.890><c> by</c><00:25:04.329><c> his</c><00:25:04.750><c> word</c>

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Well<00:25:07.970><c> that</c><00:25:08.109><c> brings</c><00:25:08.309><c> us</c><00:25:08.470><c> to</c><00:25:08.589><c> the</c><00:25:08.750><c> final</c><00:25:09.049><c> section</c><00:25:09.369><c> of</c><00:25:09.529><c> the</c><00:25:09.750><c> parable</c>

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Verses<00:25:10.630><c> 20</c><00:25:10.970><c> to</c><00:25:11.170><c> 30</c>

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The<00:25:12.710><c> householder</c><00:25:13.650><c> returns</c>

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And<00:25:15.710><c> this</c><00:25:16.009><c> is</c><00:25:16.349><c> the</c><00:25:16.769><c> dramatic</c><00:25:17.269><c> day</c>

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This<00:25:18.049><c> is</c><00:25:18.529><c> the</c><00:25:18.890><c> day</c><00:25:19.170><c> of</c><00:25:19.509><c> days</c>

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Everybody<00:25:21.289><c> is</c><00:25:21.690><c> going</c><00:25:21.809><c> to</c><00:25:21.990><c> have</c><00:25:22.150><c> to</c><00:25:22.329><c> answer</c><00:25:22.690><c> for</c><00:25:22.970><c> him</c><00:25:23.269><c> or</c><00:25:23.450><c> herself</c>

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Well<00:25:25.549><c> we</c><00:25:25.670><c> come</c><00:25:25.750><c> to</c><00:25:25.869><c> verse</c><00:25:26.049><c> 20</c>

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And<00:25:26.769><c> so</c><00:25:27.069><c> he</c><00:25:27.269><c> that</c><00:25:27.430><c> had</c><00:25:27.630><c> received</c><00:25:28.029><c> five</c><00:25:28.430><c> talents</c><00:25:28.750><c> came</c>

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And<00:25:29.470><c> brought</c><00:25:29.789><c> other</c><00:25:30.369><c> five</c><00:25:30.809><c> talents</c><00:25:31.089><c> saying</c>

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Lord<00:25:32.130><c> thou</c><00:25:32.450><c> deliverest</c><00:25:32.910><c> unto</c><00:25:33.069><c> me</c><00:25:33.329><c> five</c><00:25:33.690><c> talents</c>

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Behold<00:25:34.509><c> I</c><00:25:34.690><c> have</c><00:25:34.930><c> gained</c><00:25:35.170><c> beside</c><00:25:35.650><c> them</c><00:25:36.210><c> five</c><00:25:36.849><c> talents</c><00:25:37.410><c> more</c>

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Now<00:25:39.309><c> here's</c><00:25:39.569><c> a</c><00:25:39.789><c> man</c><00:25:40.269><c> that</c><00:25:40.869><c> recognized</c><00:25:41.670><c> the</c><00:25:42.369><c> source</c><00:25:42.650><c> of</c><00:25:42.809><c> his</c><00:25:42.970><c> ability</c>

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It<00:25:44.609><c> was</c><00:25:44.829><c> no</c><00:25:45.130><c> question</c><00:25:45.410><c> in</c><00:25:45.549><c> his</c><00:25:45.809><c> mind</c><00:25:46.009><c> whatever</c>

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For<00:25:47.150><c> whom</c><00:25:47.369><c> those</c><00:25:47.730><c> talents</c><00:25:48.009><c> belong</c>

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So<00:25:49.990><c> he</c><00:25:50.150><c> that</c><00:25:50.269><c> had</c><00:25:50.450><c> received</c><00:25:50.769><c> five</c><00:25:51.049><c> talents</c><00:25:51.329><c> came</c>

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And<00:25:51.849><c> brought</c><00:25:52.150><c> other</c><00:25:52.490><c> five</c><00:25:52.789><c> talents</c><00:25:52.990><c> saying</c>

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Lord<00:25:53.690><c> thou</c><00:25:54.630><c> deliverest</c><00:25:55.630><c> unto</c><00:25:56.009><c> me</c><00:25:56.650><c> five</c><00:25:57.230><c> talents</c>

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You<00:25:58.789><c> gave</c><00:25:59.390><c> them</c><00:25:59.869><c> to</c><00:26:00.250><c> me</c>

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Didn't<00:26:01.230><c> come</c><00:26:01.450><c> and</c><00:26:01.670><c> say</c><00:26:02.230><c> haven't</c><00:26:02.690><c> I</c><00:26:02.930><c> been</c><00:26:03.170><c> very</c><00:26:03.589><c> very</c><00:26:03.970><c> clever?</c>

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Wasn't<00:26:04.549><c> I</c><00:26:04.849><c> blessed</c><00:26:05.089><c> to</c><00:26:05.369><c> be</c><00:26:05.430><c> just</c><00:26:05.769><c> born</c><00:26:06.029><c> naturally</c><00:26:06.509><c> like</c><00:26:06.849><c> this?</c>

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No,<00:26:08.210><c> he</c><00:26:08.250><c> says</c><00:26:08.569><c> Lord</c><00:26:09.250><c> you</c><00:26:09.990><c> have</c><00:26:10.329><c> delivered</c><00:26:10.609><c> them</c><00:26:10.910><c> unto</c><00:26:11.210><c> me</c>

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Now<00:26:11.950><c> you</c><00:26:12.289><c> have</c><00:26:12.529><c> a</c><00:26:12.609><c> look</c><00:26:12.690><c> at</c><00:26:12.829><c> Isaiah</c><00:26:13.230><c> 55</c>

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Look<00:26:14.329><c> what</c><00:26:14.549><c> this</c><00:26:14.869><c> is</c><00:26:14.950><c> saying</c>

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As<00:26:16.789><c> the</c><00:26:17.329><c> prophet</c><00:26:17.630><c> here</c><00:26:18.029><c> speaks</c><00:26:18.369><c> about</c>

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That<00:26:19.690><c> which</c><00:26:19.910><c> belongs</c><00:26:20.329><c> unto</c><00:26:20.589><c> God</c><00:26:20.890><c> and</c><00:26:21.089><c> how</c><00:26:21.250><c> it</c><00:26:21.450><c> returns</c><00:26:21.890><c> to</c><00:26:22.130><c> him</c>

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And<00:26:23.430><c> look</c><00:26:23.630><c> how</c><00:26:23.789><c> it</c><00:26:23.930><c> returns</c><00:26:24.269><c> to</c><00:26:24.529><c> him</c>

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This<00:26:25.490><c> is</c><00:26:25.710><c> like</c><00:26:25.910><c> the</c><00:26:26.109><c> five</c><00:26:26.309><c> talented</c><00:26:26.650><c> man</c>

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And<00:26:28.170><c> we</c><00:26:28.269><c> come</c><00:26:28.450><c> back</c><00:26:28.609><c> here</c><00:26:28.769><c> to</c><00:26:28.930><c> Isaiah</c><00:26:29.289><c> 55</c><00:26:30.029><c> verses</c><00:26:30.470><c> 10</c><00:26:30.809><c> and</c><00:26:30.950><c> 11</c>

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For<00:26:32.430><c> as</c><00:26:32.809><c> the</c><00:26:33.089><c> rain</c><00:26:33.410><c> cometh</c><00:26:33.710><c> down</c><00:26:34.190><c> and</c><00:26:34.470><c> the</c><00:26:34.710><c> snow</c><00:26:34.930><c> from</c><00:26:35.190><c> heaven</c>

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And<00:26:36.710><c> returneth</c><00:26:37.170><c> not</c><00:26:37.470><c> thither</c><00:26:37.690><c> but</c><00:26:37.930><c> watereth</c><00:26:38.369><c> the</c><00:26:38.529><c> earth</c>

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And<00:26:38.970><c> maketh</c><00:26:39.230><c> it</c><00:26:39.450><c> bring</c><00:26:39.710><c> forth</c><00:26:40.049><c> and</c><00:26:40.329><c> bud</c>

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So<00:26:41.190><c> that</c><00:26:41.329><c> it</c><00:26:41.509><c> may</c><00:26:41.670><c> give</c><00:26:41.970><c> seed</c><00:26:42.289><c> to</c><00:26:42.529><c> the</c><00:26:42.730><c> sower</c><00:26:42.910><c> and</c><00:26:43.150><c> bread</c><00:26:43.410><c> to</c>

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the<00:26:43.789><c> eater</c>

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So<00:26:44.670><c> shall</c><00:26:45.109><c> my</c><00:26:45.490><c> word</c><00:26:45.730><c> be</c><00:26:46.049><c> that</c><00:26:46.309><c> goeth</c><00:26:46.650><c> forth</c><00:26:46.910><c> out</c><00:26:47.170><c> of</c><00:26:47.309><c> my</c><00:26:47.549><c> mouth</c>

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It<00:26:48.730><c> shall</c><00:26:48.930><c> not</c><00:26:49.269><c> return</c><00:26:49.630><c> unto</c><00:26:49.869><c> me</c><00:26:50.130><c> void</c>

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But<00:26:51.609><c> it</c><00:26:51.930><c> shall</c><00:26:52.089><c> accomplish</c><00:26:52.750><c> that</c><00:26:53.069><c> which</c><00:26:53.289><c> I</c><00:26:53.670><c> please</c>

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And<00:26:54.750><c> it</c><00:26:54.990><c> shall</c><00:26:55.210><c> prosper</c><00:26:55.730><c> in</c><00:26:56.049><c> the</c><00:26:56.250><c> thing</c><00:26:56.430><c> whereunto</c><00:26:57.009><c> I</c><00:26:57.869><c> sent</c><00:26:58.130><c> it</c>

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Now<00:26:59.450><c> note</c><00:26:59.769><c> the</c><00:27:00.029><c> emphasis</c>

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So<00:27:01.569><c> that</c><00:27:01.769><c> the</c><00:27:02.029><c> rain</c><00:27:02.329><c> comes</c><00:27:02.730><c> down</c><00:27:03.089><c> and</c><00:27:03.250><c> the</c><00:27:03.529><c> snow</c><00:27:03.829><c> from</c><00:27:04.529><c> heaven</c>

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But<00:27:06.210><c> God</c><00:27:06.609><c> does</c><00:27:07.029><c> not</c><00:27:07.309><c> get</c><00:27:07.569><c> it</c><00:27:07.869><c> back</c><00:27:08.329><c> as</c><00:27:09.089><c> rain</c><00:27:09.509><c> and</c><00:27:09.869><c> snow</c>

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It<00:27:12.049><c> comes</c><00:27:12.369><c> back</c><00:27:12.650><c> to</c><00:27:12.789><c> him</c><00:27:12.970><c> in</c><00:27:13.190><c> another</c><00:27:13.410><c> form</c>

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It<00:27:15.150><c> comes</c><00:27:15.390><c> down</c><00:27:15.650><c> as</c><00:27:15.869><c> rain,</c><00:27:16.289><c> it</c><00:27:16.309><c> comes</c><00:27:16.529><c> down</c><00:27:16.789><c> as</c><00:27:16.990><c> snow</c>

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It<00:27:18.269><c> waters</c><00:27:18.529><c> the</c><00:27:18.829><c> earth</c><00:27:19.470><c> and</c><00:27:20.130><c> out</c><00:27:20.289><c> of</c><00:27:20.410><c> the</c><00:27:20.630><c> earth</c><00:27:21.150><c> comes</c><00:27:21.650><c> forth</c>

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That<00:27:24.049><c> which</c><00:27:24.289><c> the</c><00:27:24.569><c> seed</c><00:27:24.789><c> produces</c><00:27:25.369><c> for</c><00:27:25.690><c> the</c><00:27:25.910><c> sower</c><00:27:26.170><c> and</c><00:27:26.490><c> bread</c>

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to<00:27:26.829><c> the</c><00:27:26.970><c> eater</c>

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It<00:27:27.509><c> produces</c><00:27:28.109><c> enough</c><00:27:28.950><c> both</c><00:27:29.950><c> to</c><00:27:30.309><c> feed</c><00:27:30.609><c> a</c><00:27:30.910><c> man</c><00:27:31.069><c> and</c><00:27:31.190><c> his</c><00:27:31.329><c> family</c>

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And<00:27:32.250><c> to</c><00:27:32.450><c> leave</c><00:27:32.710><c> enough</c><00:27:33.130><c> over</c><00:27:33.849><c> to</c><00:27:34.190><c> increase</c><00:27:34.769><c> that</c><00:27:35.130><c> supply</c>

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But<00:27:37.470><c> it</c><00:27:37.630><c> came</c><00:27:37.829><c> down</c><00:27:38.029><c> as</c><00:27:38.230><c> rain</c><00:27:38.490><c> and</c><00:27:38.750><c> snow</c>

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Oh<00:27:39.289><c> yes,</c><00:27:39.549><c> the</c><00:27:39.710><c> seed</c><00:27:39.869><c> was</c><00:27:40.089><c> necessary</c>

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But<00:27:40.690><c> that</c><00:27:40.849><c> also</c><00:27:41.130><c> was</c><00:27:41.349><c> made</c><00:27:41.529><c> of</c><00:27:41.730><c> God</c>

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But<00:27:42.890><c> the</c><00:27:43.170><c> seed,</c><00:27:43.869><c> the</c><00:27:44.009><c> ground,</c><00:27:44.730><c> the</c><00:27:44.869><c> rain</c><00:27:45.109><c> and</c><00:27:45.349><c> the</c><00:27:45.569><c> snow</c>

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It<00:27:46.170><c> didn't</c><00:27:46.329><c> go</c><00:27:46.569><c> back</c><00:27:46.769><c> to</c><00:27:46.849><c> God</c><00:27:47.210><c> in</c><00:27:47.769><c> order</c>

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Oh,<00:27:48.450><c> the</c><00:27:48.549><c> rain</c><00:27:48.730><c> went</c><00:27:48.930><c> back,</c><00:27:49.250><c> the</c><00:27:49.410><c> snow</c><00:27:49.529><c> went</c><00:27:49.750><c> back</c>

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The<00:27:50.150><c> seed</c><00:27:50.329><c> went</c><00:27:50.509><c> back,</c><00:27:50.789><c> the</c><00:27:50.910><c> ground</c><00:27:51.109><c> went</c><00:27:51.309><c> back</c>

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No,<00:27:51.690><c> it</c><00:27:51.730><c> didn't</c>

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It<00:27:52.450><c> went</c><00:27:52.630><c> back</c><00:27:52.809><c> as</c><00:27:53.049><c> bread</c>

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The<00:27:55.150><c> thing</c><00:27:55.390><c> is</c><00:27:55.750><c> that</c><00:27:55.970><c> all</c><00:27:56.289><c> that</c><00:27:56.450><c> God</c><00:27:56.710><c> had</c><00:27:56.970><c> produced</c><00:27:57.390><c> in</c><00:27:57.630><c> creation</c>

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And<00:27:58.390><c> made</c><00:27:58.970><c> available</c><00:27:59.490><c> to</c><00:27:59.849><c> the</c><00:28:00.029><c> farmer</c>

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He<00:28:00.589><c> used</c><00:28:00.950><c> it,</c><00:28:01.289><c> he</c><00:28:01.329><c> went</c><00:28:01.529><c> out</c>

00:28:02.130 --> 00:28:05.390
And<00:28:02.450><c> rain,</c><00:28:03.289><c> sunshine</c><00:28:03.670><c> or</c><00:28:03.970><c> rain,</c><00:28:04.329><c> he</c><00:28:04.549><c> plowed,</c><00:28:04.910><c> he</c><00:28:05.069><c> worked</c>

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He<00:28:06.049><c> put</c><00:28:06.569><c> in</c><00:28:06.789><c> effort</c>

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And<00:28:07.869><c> what</c><00:28:08.109><c> was</c><00:28:08.410><c> returned</c><00:28:08.670><c> to</c><00:28:08.829><c> God</c><00:28:09.230><c> was</c><00:28:10.089><c> loaves</c><00:28:10.490><c> of</c><00:28:10.690><c> thanksgiving</c>

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Both<00:28:12.430><c> in</c><00:28:12.630><c> the</c><00:28:12.789><c> meal</c><00:28:12.990><c> offering</c><00:28:13.410><c> and</c><00:28:13.630><c> in</c><00:28:13.730><c> what</c><00:28:14.210><c> he</c><00:28:14.349><c> prepared</c><00:28:14.730><c> for</c>

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his<00:28:15.049><c> own</c><00:28:15.289><c> family</c>

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Which<00:28:16.250><c> sustained</c><00:28:16.750><c> him</c>

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It<00:28:17.450><c> was</c><00:28:17.450><c> all</c><00:28:17.950><c> given</c><00:28:18.150><c> back</c><00:28:18.410><c> to</c><00:28:18.549><c> God</c><00:28:18.750><c> in</c><00:28:19.069><c> service</c>

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In<00:28:19.970><c> another</c><00:28:20.250><c> form</c><00:28:20.710><c> other</c><00:28:21.009><c> than</c><00:28:21.130><c> he</c><00:28:21.309><c> got</c><00:28:21.450><c> it</c>

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And<00:28:22.670><c> that's</c><00:28:22.849><c> what</c><00:28:23.009><c> God</c><00:28:23.250><c> requires</c><00:28:23.670><c> of</c><00:28:23.809><c> us</c>

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We<00:28:24.450><c> don't</c><00:28:24.710><c> just</c><00:28:25.029><c> give</c><00:28:25.309><c> back</c><00:28:25.589><c> to</c><00:28:25.710><c> the</c><00:28:25.849><c> Lord</c>

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Here<00:28:26.529><c> it</c><00:28:26.710><c> is,</c><00:28:26.910><c> I've</c><00:28:27.089><c> hit</c><00:28:27.190><c> it,</c><00:28:27.509><c> I'll</c><00:28:27.910><c> go</c><00:28:27.950><c> and</c><00:28:28.069><c> get</c><00:28:28.130><c> it</c><00:28:28.289><c> for</c><00:28:28.470><c> you</c>

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No,<00:28:30.569><c> the</c><00:28:30.630><c> Lord</c><00:28:30.829><c> wants</c><00:28:31.150><c> something</c><00:28:31.549><c> developed</c><00:28:32.029><c> out</c><00:28:32.210><c> of</c><00:28:32.349><c> that</c>

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He<00:28:32.650><c> wants</c><00:28:32.970><c> something</c><00:28:33.430><c> developed</c>

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And<00:28:36.250><c> then</c><00:28:36.369><c> that's</c><00:28:36.529><c> what</c><00:28:36.690><c> happened</c><00:28:36.970><c> with</c><00:28:37.150><c> this</c><00:28:37.609><c> good</c><00:28:37.930><c> and</c>

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faithful<00:28:38.470><c> servant</c>

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And<00:28:39.690><c> so</c><00:28:39.829><c> the</c><00:28:39.910><c> Lord</c><00:28:40.069><c> called</c><00:28:40.329><c> him</c><00:28:40.569><c> that</c><00:28:40.750><c> in</c><00:28:40.930><c> verse</c><00:28:41.109><c> 21</c>

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He<00:28:41.670><c> called</c><00:28:41.890><c> him</c><00:28:42.410><c> a</c><00:28:42.670><c> good</c><00:28:43.069><c> and</c><00:28:44.130><c> a</c><00:28:44.470><c> faithful</c><00:28:44.890><c> servant</c>

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He<00:28:46.509><c> was</c><00:28:46.710><c> good</c><00:28:46.950><c> because</c><00:28:47.250><c> he</c><00:28:47.369><c> did</c><00:28:47.609><c> something</c><00:28:47.849><c> in</c><00:28:48.009><c> his</c><00:28:48.210><c> Lord's</c><00:28:48.690><c> service</c>

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Faith<00:28:50.150><c> without</c><00:28:50.769><c> works</c><00:28:51.190><c> is</c><00:28:52.069><c> dead,</c><00:28:52.509><c> says</c><00:28:52.710><c> James</c>

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Well,<00:28:53.710><c> he</c><00:28:53.789><c> had</c><00:28:54.069><c> faith</c><00:28:54.369><c> and</c><00:28:54.549><c> it</c><00:28:54.609><c> had</c><00:28:54.829><c> works</c>

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So<00:28:56.130><c> it</c><00:28:56.630><c> was</c><00:28:56.829><c> good</c><00:28:57.069><c> because</c><00:28:57.349><c> he</c><00:28:57.450><c> did</c><00:28:57.670><c> something</c><00:28:57.910><c> in</c><00:28:58.069><c> his</c><00:28:58.230><c> Lord's</c><00:28:58.650><c> service</c>

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And<00:29:00.390><c> he</c><00:29:00.430><c> was</c><00:29:00.670><c> faithful</c><00:29:01.349><c> because</c><00:29:02.630><c> he</c><00:29:02.869><c> realised</c><00:29:03.269><c> the</c><00:29:03.509><c> source</c><00:29:04.289><c> of</c>

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He<00:29:07.950><c> didn't</c><00:29:08.150><c> lose</c><00:29:08.390><c> sight</c><00:29:08.549><c> of</c><00:29:08.710><c> the</c><00:29:08.849><c> fact</c>

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So<00:29:09.289><c> he</c><00:29:09.390><c> wasn't</c><00:29:09.710><c> good</c><00:29:10.210><c> in</c><00:29:10.450><c> the</c><00:29:10.630><c> sense</c><00:29:10.829><c> that</c><00:29:10.970><c> he</c><00:29:10.990><c> had</c><00:29:11.230><c> some</c><00:29:11.829><c> intrinsic</c><00:29:12.410><c> virtue</c><00:29:12.809><c> and</c>

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human<00:29:13.250><c> nature</c>

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He<00:29:14.549><c> was</c><00:29:14.789><c> good</c><00:29:14.970><c> in</c><00:29:15.130><c> the</c><00:29:15.349><c> sense</c><00:29:15.549><c> that</c><00:29:15.730><c> he</c><00:29:15.829><c> did</c><00:29:16.130><c> something</c><00:29:16.349><c> in</c><00:29:16.490><c> his</c>

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Lord's<00:29:17.109><c> service</c>

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And<00:29:18.069><c> he</c><00:29:18.950><c> recognised</c><00:29:19.609><c> that</c><00:29:20.329><c> the</c><00:29:20.509><c> power</c><00:29:20.769><c> to</c><00:29:20.950><c> do</c><00:29:21.109><c> that</c><00:29:21.710><c> did</c><00:29:22.569><c> not</c>

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reside<00:29:23.170><c> in</c><00:29:23.289><c> him</c><00:29:23.490><c> naturally</c>

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Let's<00:29:24.809><c> have</c><00:29:24.970><c> a</c><00:29:25.049><c> look</c><00:29:25.170><c> at</c><00:29:25.170><c> 1</c><00:29:25.450><c> Corinthians</c><00:29:25.829><c> 7,</c><00:29:26.450><c> verse</c><00:29:26.630><c> 23</c>

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And<00:29:30.089><c> in</c><00:29:30.230><c> the</c><00:29:30.369><c> first</c><00:29:30.589><c> of</c><00:29:30.730><c> Corinthians</c><00:29:30.970><c> 7</c><00:29:31.390><c> and</c><00:29:31.589><c> verse</c><00:29:31.789><c> 23</c>

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The<00:29:33.809><c> apostle</c><00:29:34.130><c> says</c>

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Ye<00:29:36.289><c> are</c><00:29:36.569><c> bought</c><00:29:36.789><c> with</c><00:29:37.009><c> a</c><00:29:37.230><c> price,</c><00:29:39.089><c> be</c><00:29:39.150><c> not</c><00:29:39.390><c> ye</c><00:29:39.549><c> the</c><00:29:39.769><c> servants</c><00:29:40.089><c> of</c><00:29:40.309><c> men</c>

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You<00:29:42.049><c> see,</c><00:29:42.529><c> brothers</c><00:29:42.569><c> and</c><00:29:42.829><c> sisters,</c><00:29:43.809><c> we</c><00:29:44.089><c> don't</c><00:29:44.309><c> belong</c><00:29:44.690><c> to</c><00:29:44.910><c> ourselves</c>

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So<00:29:47.190><c> as</c><00:29:47.609><c> Jesus</c><00:29:47.930><c> said</c><00:29:48.210><c> in</c><00:29:48.589><c> another</c><00:29:48.930><c> little</c><00:29:49.890><c> parable</c>

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He<00:29:50.990><c> said</c><00:29:51.150><c> if</c><00:29:51.250><c> you're</c><00:29:51.609><c> a</c><00:29:51.769><c> man</c><00:29:52.089><c> who</c><00:29:52.349><c> has</c><00:29:52.569><c> a</c><00:29:52.750><c> servant</c><00:29:52.930><c> working</c><00:29:53.309><c> for</c><00:29:53.529><c> you</c>

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You<00:29:54.690><c> come</c><00:29:54.990><c> home</c><00:29:55.309><c> at</c><00:29:55.569><c> night</c><00:29:55.809><c> and</c><00:29:56.230><c> you</c><00:29:56.789><c> don't</c><00:29:57.329><c> say</c><00:29:57.650><c> to</c><00:29:57.750><c> that</c><00:29:57.990><c> servant</c>

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Well,<00:29:58.410><c> you've</c><00:29:58.609><c> been</c><00:29:58.690><c> working</c><00:29:58.930><c> all</c><00:29:59.150><c> day</c><00:29:59.269><c> for</c><00:29:59.450><c> me</c>

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You<00:29:59.710><c> better</c><00:29:59.890><c> sit</c><00:30:00.109><c> down</c><00:30:00.329><c> and</c><00:30:00.390><c> eat</c><00:30:00.569><c> first</c><00:30:00.829><c> and</c><00:30:01.130><c> you</c><00:30:01.269><c> can</c><00:30:01.490><c> feed</c><00:30:01.670><c> me</c><00:30:01.910><c> later</c>

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You<00:30:02.789><c> don't</c><00:30:02.990><c> do</c><00:30:03.210><c> that</c>

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He<00:30:03.490><c> says</c><00:30:03.690><c> you</c><00:30:03.950><c> tell</c><00:30:04.130><c> him</c><00:30:04.349><c> that</c><00:30:04.670><c> you</c><00:30:04.930><c> want</c><00:30:05.130><c> to</c><00:30:05.250><c> be</c><00:30:05.430><c> fed</c><00:30:05.569><c> first</c>

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And<00:30:06.009><c> when</c><00:30:06.269><c> you're</c><00:30:06.630><c> finished</c><00:30:06.809><c> then</c><00:30:07.029><c> he</c><00:30:07.150><c> can</c><00:30:07.549><c> go</c><00:30:08.089><c> and</c><00:30:08.430><c> look</c>

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That's<00:30:09.690><c> what</c><00:30:09.769><c> you</c><00:30:09.970><c> tell</c><00:30:10.089><c> him</c><00:30:10.250><c> because</c><00:30:10.430><c> you're</c><00:30:10.710><c> the</c><00:30:10.849><c> master</c>

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and<00:30:11.190><c> he's</c><00:30:11.490><c> the</c><00:30:11.650><c> servant</c>

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He<00:30:12.789><c> said</c><00:30:12.950><c> so</c><00:30:13.309><c> likewise</c><00:30:13.650><c> you</c>

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When<00:30:14.609><c> you've</c><00:30:14.849><c> done</c><00:30:14.950><c> everything</c><00:30:15.309><c> you</c><00:30:15.670><c> really</c><00:30:15.970><c> are</c><00:30:16.230><c> unprofitable</c><00:30:16.789><c> servants</c>

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And<00:30:18.490><c> here</c><00:30:18.690><c> the</c><00:30:18.829><c> apostle</c><00:30:19.109><c> is</c><00:30:19.269><c> saying,</c><00:30:19.890><c> hey,</c><00:30:20.069><c> we're</c><00:30:20.430><c> bought</c><00:30:20.430><c> with</c><00:30:20.650><c> a</c><00:30:20.869><c> price</c>

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We're<00:30:22.190><c> not</c><00:30:22.289><c> our</c><00:30:22.529><c> own</c>

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So<00:30:23.150><c> that</c><00:30:23.630><c> we're</c><00:30:24.029><c> not</c><00:30:24.230><c> serving</c><00:30:24.630><c> self</c>

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What<00:30:25.710><c> we're</c><00:30:25.970><c> doing</c><00:30:26.190><c> is</c><00:30:26.529><c> on</c><00:30:26.750><c> behalf</c><00:30:27.089><c> of</c><00:30:27.329><c> someone</c><00:30:27.829><c> whose</c><00:30:28.250><c> price</c>

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is<00:30:28.769><c> so</c><00:30:29.069><c> great</c>

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That<00:30:29.490><c> it</c><00:30:29.609><c> produces</c><00:30:30.309><c> a</c><00:30:30.890><c> love</c><00:30:31.009><c> and</c><00:30:31.230><c> respect</c><00:30:31.490><c> for</c><00:30:31.670><c> him</c>

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Such<00:30:32.670><c> a</c><00:30:32.849><c> love</c><00:30:32.950><c> and</c><00:30:33.210><c> respect</c><00:30:33.470><c> that</c><00:30:33.890><c> it</c><00:30:34.250><c> invokes</c><00:30:34.589><c> a</c><00:30:34.809><c> response</c>

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So<00:30:36.230><c> that</c><00:30:36.390><c> is</c><00:30:36.630><c> the</c><00:30:37.210><c> motivating</c><00:30:37.710><c> force</c><00:30:38.349><c> which</c><00:30:39.869><c> causes</c><00:30:40.190><c> us</c><00:30:40.410><c> to</c><00:30:40.549><c> do</c>

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these<00:30:40.970><c> things</c>

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So<00:30:41.730><c> the</c><00:30:41.950><c> good</c><00:30:42.150><c> and</c><00:30:42.609><c> the</c><00:30:42.829><c> thankful</c><00:30:43.130><c> servant</c><00:30:43.529><c> is</c><00:30:44.329><c> good</c><00:30:44.549><c> because</c>

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he<00:30:44.950><c> did</c><00:30:45.170><c> something</c>

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And<00:30:45.910><c> he's</c><00:30:46.190><c> thankful</c><00:30:46.470><c> because</c><00:30:46.829><c> he</c><00:30:46.930><c> knew</c><00:30:47.170><c> why</c><00:30:47.450><c> he</c><00:30:47.549><c> did</c><00:30:47.690><c> it</c>

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Now<00:30:49.809><c> the</c><00:30:49.950><c> Lord</c><00:30:50.150><c> says</c><00:30:50.390><c> to</c><00:30:50.549><c> this</c><00:30:50.710><c> good</c><00:30:50.910><c> and</c><00:30:51.089><c> faithful</c><00:30:51.390><c> servant</c>

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That<00:30:52.990><c> he's</c><00:30:53.150><c> been</c><00:30:53.410><c> faithful</c><00:30:53.769><c> over</c><00:30:54.730><c> a</c><00:30:55.150><c> few</c><00:30:55.349><c> things</c>

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Or<00:30:57.049><c> as</c><00:30:57.210><c> the</c><00:30:57.410><c> RSV</c><00:30:57.849><c> puts</c><00:30:58.109><c> it,</c><00:30:59.210><c> over</c><00:30:59.390><c> a</c><00:30:59.670><c> little</c>

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Well,<00:31:01.250><c> that's</c><00:31:01.430><c> a</c><00:31:01.529><c> bit</c><00:31:02.609><c> humiliating</c><00:31:03.250><c> I</c><00:31:03.450><c> suppose</c>

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And<00:31:03.930><c> that's</c><00:31:04.109><c> what</c><00:31:04.250><c> it's</c><00:31:04.430><c> intended</c><00:31:04.690><c> to</c><00:31:04.950><c> be</c>

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Because<00:31:07.230><c> who</c><00:31:07.750><c> has</c><00:31:08.289><c> ever</c><00:31:08.609><c> done</c><00:31:09.410><c> everything</c><00:31:09.990><c> they</c><00:31:10.170><c> should</c><00:31:10.369><c> have</c><00:31:10.509><c> done</c>

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You<00:31:12.170><c> know</c><00:31:12.309><c> brothers</c><00:31:12.529><c> and</c><00:31:12.789><c> sisters</c>

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We<00:31:13.990><c> often</c><00:31:14.829><c> hear</c><00:31:15.210><c> this</c><00:31:15.509><c> expression</c><00:31:16.109><c> said</c>

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And<00:31:17.390><c> I</c><00:31:17.529><c> wonder</c><00:31:17.750><c> if</c><00:31:17.890><c> we've</c><00:31:18.170><c> ever</c><00:31:18.410><c> pondered</c><00:31:18.730><c> it</c>

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I<00:31:19.430><c> certainly</c><00:31:19.809><c> have</c><00:31:19.990><c> in</c><00:31:20.130><c> my</c><00:31:20.390><c> lifetime</c>

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You<00:31:21.849><c> know</c><00:31:21.950><c> we</c><00:31:22.130><c> say</c><00:31:22.450><c> I've</c><00:31:23.069><c> done</c><00:31:23.230><c> my</c><00:31:23.549><c> best</c>

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Well,<00:31:27.109><c> in</c><00:31:27.190><c> some</c><00:31:27.450><c> cases</c><00:31:27.750><c> we</c><00:31:28.009><c> might</c><00:31:28.269><c> have</c>

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But<00:31:30.329><c> taking</c><00:31:30.990><c> an</c><00:31:31.349><c> overall</c><00:31:31.730><c> view</c><00:31:32.069><c> of</c><00:31:32.369><c> your</c><00:31:32.630><c> life</c>

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Could<00:31:35.230><c> you</c><00:31:35.549><c> or</c><00:31:35.809><c> I</c><00:31:37.390><c> possibly</c><00:31:38.009><c> say</c><00:31:38.470><c> I've</c><00:31:38.869><c> done</c><00:31:39.069><c> my</c><00:31:39.750><c> best</c>

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Well,<00:31:41.529><c> I'm</c><00:31:41.769><c> ashamed</c><00:31:42.130><c> to</c><00:31:42.349><c> say</c><00:31:42.509><c> that's</c><00:31:43.509><c> not</c><00:31:43.809><c> true</c><00:31:44.029><c> of</c><00:31:44.170><c> me</c>

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There's<00:31:45.829><c> been</c><00:31:46.009><c> a</c><00:31:46.089><c> lot</c><00:31:46.210><c> in</c><00:31:46.390><c> my</c><00:31:46.609><c> life</c><00:31:46.750><c> when</c><00:31:46.910><c> I</c><00:31:47.069><c> could</c><00:31:47.250><c> have</c><00:31:47.430><c> done</c>

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a<00:31:48.190><c> whole</c><00:31:48.549><c> lot</c><00:31:48.750><c> more</c>

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And<00:31:50.650><c> if</c><00:31:50.809><c> we're</c><00:31:51.049><c> going</c><00:31:51.069><c> to</c><00:31:51.210><c> make</c><00:31:51.309><c> the</c><00:31:51.569><c> kingdom</c>

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I<00:31:52.109><c> can</c><00:31:52.329><c> assure</c><00:31:52.609><c> you</c><00:31:53.349><c> that</c><00:31:53.650><c> because</c><00:31:54.269><c> we'll</c><00:31:54.910><c> be</c><00:31:55.150><c> counted</c><00:31:55.309><c> to</c><00:31:55.529><c> be</c>

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faithful<00:31:56.289><c> over</c><00:31:56.990><c> a</c><00:31:57.289><c> very</c><00:31:57.630><c> little</c>

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So<00:31:59.309><c> even</c><00:31:59.690><c> the</c><00:32:00.029><c> talents</c><00:32:00.250><c> we</c><00:32:00.569><c> have</c><00:32:01.130><c> are</c><00:32:01.750><c> not</c><00:32:01.990><c> used</c><00:32:02.789><c> to</c><00:32:03.890><c> their</c><00:32:04.309><c> ultimate</c>

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They're<00:32:05.089><c> certainly</c><00:32:05.349><c> not</c>

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There'll<00:32:05.750><c> be</c><00:32:05.869><c> no</c><00:32:06.109><c> cause</c><00:32:06.369><c> of</c><00:32:06.630><c> boasting</c>

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Well,<00:32:09.430><c> this</c><00:32:09.490><c> man</c><00:32:09.809><c> who</c><00:32:10.230><c> has</c><00:32:10.509><c> been</c><00:32:10.750><c> faithful</c><00:32:11.269><c> to</c><00:32:11.710><c> the</c><00:32:11.829><c> extent</c>

00:32:12.230 --> 00:32:14.809
that<00:32:12.430><c> he's</c><00:32:12.710><c> used</c><00:32:12.930><c> his</c><00:32:13.210><c> talents</c><00:32:13.509><c> wisely</c>

00:32:15.329 --> 00:32:20.470
The<00:32:15.890><c> Lord</c><00:32:16.069><c> said</c><00:32:16.269><c> he's</c><00:32:16.450><c> going</c><00:32:16.549><c> to</c><00:32:16.670><c> be</c><00:32:17.150><c> made</c><00:32:18.210><c> ruler</c><00:32:18.529><c> over</c><00:32:18.849><c> many</c><00:32:19.269><c> things</c>

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He's<00:32:21.130><c> going</c><00:32:21.309><c> to</c><00:32:21.430><c> make</c><00:32:21.609><c> ruler</c><00:32:22.069><c> over</c><00:32:22.529><c> many</c><00:32:23.049><c> things</c>

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If<00:32:23.470><c> you</c><00:32:23.569><c> go</c><00:32:23.730><c> back</c><00:32:23.970><c> to</c><00:32:24.170><c> chapter</c><00:32:24.430><c> 24</c><00:32:25.369><c> of</c><00:32:25.609><c> Matthew</c><00:32:26.210><c> and</c><00:32:26.730><c> verse</c><00:32:27.069><c> 47</c>

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You'll<00:32:28.509><c> see</c><00:32:28.670><c> what</c><00:32:28.809><c> it</c><00:32:29.009><c> is</c>

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He<00:32:30.529><c> says,</c><00:32:30.930><c> Verily</c><00:32:31.069><c> I</c><00:32:31.309><c> say</c><00:32:31.470><c> unto</c><00:32:31.589><c> you</c><00:32:31.930><c> that</c><00:32:32.029><c> he</c><00:32:32.250><c> shall</c><00:32:32.390><c> make</c><00:32:32.710><c> him</c>

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ruler<00:32:33.230><c> over</c><00:32:33.569><c> all</c><00:32:33.970><c> his</c><00:32:34.289><c> goods</c>

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That<00:32:35.769><c> is</c><00:32:36.509><c> not</c><00:32:36.750><c> the</c><00:32:37.089><c> servant's</c><00:32:37.589><c> goods</c><00:32:37.710><c> but</c><00:32:37.970><c> the</c><00:32:38.130><c> master's</c>

00:32:39.589 --> 00:32:43.450
So<00:32:40.150><c> the</c><00:32:40.509><c> many</c><00:32:40.829><c> things</c><00:32:41.410><c> are</c><00:32:41.890><c> his</c><00:32:42.089><c> master's</c><00:32:42.670><c> goods</c>

00:32:43.650 --> 00:32:46.670
So<00:32:44.210><c> we're</c><00:32:44.589><c> going</c><00:32:44.750><c> to</c><00:32:44.950><c> be</c><00:32:45.269><c> sharing</c><00:32:45.630><c> with</c><00:32:45.910><c> Christ</c><00:32:46.250><c> that</c><00:32:46.430><c> which</c>

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belongs<00:32:46.890><c> to</c><00:32:47.109><c> him</c>

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So<00:32:48.769><c> we're</c><00:32:48.869><c> not</c><00:32:48.990><c> going</c><00:32:49.150><c> to</c><00:32:49.250><c> get</c><00:32:49.390><c> anything</c><00:32:49.750><c> given</c><00:32:49.990><c> to</c><00:32:50.150><c> us</c><00:32:50.230><c> in</c><00:32:50.369><c> the</c>

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kingdom<00:32:50.769><c> that</c><00:32:51.049><c> becomes</c><00:32:51.309><c> a</c><00:32:51.490><c> personal</c><00:32:51.829><c> possession</c>

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We're<00:32:53.690><c> just</c><00:32:53.890><c> simply</c><00:32:54.150><c> going</c><00:32:54.289><c> to</c><00:32:54.890><c> be</c><00:32:54.990><c> given</c><00:32:55.210><c> the</c><00:32:55.829><c> privilege</c><00:32:56.190><c> to</c>

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share<00:32:57.009><c> with</c><00:32:57.490><c> our</c><00:32:57.710><c> master</c><00:32:57.990><c> what</c><00:32:58.230><c> he</c><00:32:58.450><c> has</c><00:32:58.650><c> gained</c>

00:32:58.990 --> 00:33:03.230
And<00:32:59.829><c> he's</c><00:33:01.390><c> inherited</c><00:33:01.829><c> the</c><00:33:02.329><c> world</c>

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He's<00:33:04.430><c> the</c><00:33:04.549><c> heir</c><00:33:04.829><c> of</c><00:33:05.029><c> the</c><00:33:05.150><c> world,</c><00:33:06.029><c> is</c><00:33:06.150><c> the</c><00:33:06.230><c> son</c><00:33:06.430><c> of</c><00:33:06.690><c> God,</c><00:33:07.190><c> the</c><00:33:07.349><c> heir</c><00:33:07.509><c> of</c>

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all<00:33:07.910><c> things</c>

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He's<00:33:09.329><c> the</c><00:33:09.549><c> second</c><00:33:09.869><c> to</c><00:33:10.130><c> God</c><00:33:10.269><c> in</c><00:33:10.450><c> the</c><00:33:10.569><c> universe</c>

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And<00:33:12.210><c> so</c><00:33:12.549><c> we're</c><00:33:12.829><c> not</c><00:33:12.950><c> going</c><00:33:13.069><c> to</c><00:33:13.089><c> get</c><00:33:13.289><c> anything</c><00:33:13.750><c> that's</c><00:33:14.130><c> going</c>

00:33:14.230 --> 00:33:16.690
to<00:33:14.450><c> be</c><00:33:15.309><c> superfluous</c><00:33:15.829><c> to</c><00:33:16.029><c> that</c>

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The<00:33:17.029><c> many</c><00:33:17.349><c> things</c><00:33:17.789><c> is</c><00:33:18.069><c> to</c><00:33:18.210><c> be</c><00:33:18.349><c> ruler</c><00:33:18.589><c> over</c><00:33:18.910><c> his</c><00:33:19.289><c> master's</c><00:33:19.930><c> goods</c>

00:33:20.730 --> 00:33:23.210
You<00:33:21.210><c> know,</c><00:33:21.390><c> to</c><00:33:21.589><c> quote</c><00:33:21.750><c> the</c><00:33:21.990><c> apostle</c><00:33:22.250><c> in</c><00:33:22.450><c> another</c><00:33:22.650><c> place</c>

00:33:23.210 --> 00:33:25.869
We're<00:33:23.529><c> simply</c><00:33:23.890><c> going</c><00:33:24.029><c> to</c><00:33:24.210><c> become</c><00:33:24.569><c> joint</c><00:33:25.069><c> heirs</c><00:33:25.390><c> with</c><00:33:25.630><c> Christ</c>

00:33:26.309 --> 00:33:29.450
And<00:33:26.769><c> isn't</c><00:33:27.089><c> that</c><00:33:27.490><c> sufficient?</c><00:33:28.549><c> Who'd</c><00:33:28.769><c> want</c><00:33:28.849><c> to</c><00:33:28.950><c> be</c><00:33:29.029><c> any</c><00:33:29.250><c> greater?</c>

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Is<00:33:29.750><c> there</c><00:33:29.970><c> anything</c><00:33:30.250><c> that</c><00:33:30.430><c> could</c><00:33:30.609><c> be</c><00:33:30.829><c> greater</c><00:33:31.230><c> than</c><00:33:31.769><c> that?</c>

00:33:32.150 --> 00:33:35.910
Well,<00:33:33.730><c> no,</c><00:33:34.450><c> because</c><00:33:34.609><c> it</c><00:33:34.710><c> goes</c><00:33:34.970><c> on</c><00:33:35.190><c> to</c><00:33:35.349><c> say</c>

00:33:35.910 --> 00:33:40.609
Enter<00:33:36.450><c> thou</c><00:33:36.869><c> into</c><00:33:37.549><c> the</c><00:33:37.710><c> joy</c><00:33:38.210><c> of</c><00:33:38.849><c> thy</c><00:33:39.329><c> Lord</c>

00:33:41.269 --> 00:33:45.109
Again,<00:33:42.569><c> not</c><00:33:42.609><c> into</c><00:33:42.890><c> your</c><00:33:43.190><c> joy</c><00:33:43.470><c> or</c><00:33:43.690><c> that</c><00:33:43.829><c> will</c><00:33:44.069><c> be</c><00:33:44.250><c> a</c><00:33:44.450><c> personal</c><00:33:44.769><c> joy</c>

00:33:45.109 --> 00:33:46.589
It<00:33:45.509><c> doesn't</c><00:33:45.650><c> say</c><00:33:45.950><c> that</c>

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Enter<00:33:47.109><c> thou</c><00:33:47.670><c> into</c><00:33:48.210><c> the</c><00:33:48.490><c> joy</c><00:33:49.109><c> of</c><00:33:50.009><c> thy</c><00:33:50.450><c> Lord</c>

00:33:51.029 --> 00:33:54.990
What<00:33:52.049><c> was</c><00:33:52.230><c> the</c><00:33:52.410><c> joy</c><00:33:52.569><c> of</c><00:33:52.710><c> the</c><00:33:52.849><c> Lord?</c><00:33:53.130><c> We</c><00:33:53.289><c> know</c><00:33:53.509><c> exactly</c><00:33:53.910><c> what</c><00:33:54.089><c> it</c><00:33:54.289><c> was</c>

00:33:54.990 --> 00:33:58.309
Who<00:33:55.670><c> for</c><00:33:55.849><c> the</c><00:33:56.230><c> joy</c><00:33:56.769><c> that</c><00:33:57.150><c> was</c><00:33:57.430><c> set</c><00:33:57.569><c> before</c><00:33:58.009><c> him</c>

00:33:58.690 --> 00:34:00.950
Endured<00:33:59.150><c> the</c><00:33:59.430><c> cross,</c><00:33:59.950><c> despising</c><00:34:00.329><c> the</c><00:34:00.609><c> shame</c>

00:34:00.950 --> 00:34:04.049
And<00:34:01.569><c> is</c><00:34:01.769><c> now</c><00:34:02.109><c> set</c><00:34:02.349><c> down</c><00:34:02.529><c> on</c><00:34:02.690><c> the</c><00:34:02.849><c> right</c><00:34:03.109><c> hand</c><00:34:03.230><c> of</c><00:34:03.390><c> the</c><00:34:03.490><c> majesty</c>

00:34:04.049 --> 00:34:05.410
on<00:34:04.490><c> high</c>

00:34:05.569 --> 00:34:07.450
That's<00:34:06.049><c> the</c><00:34:06.130><c> joy</c><00:34:06.289><c> of</c><00:34:06.450><c> the</c><00:34:06.569><c> Lord</c>

00:34:07.529 --> 00:34:10.309
Well,<00:34:07.970><c> as</c><00:34:07.970><c> you</c><00:34:08.230><c> say,</c><00:34:08.510><c> we're</c><00:34:09.349><c> not</c><00:34:09.650><c> going</c><00:34:09.869><c> to</c><00:34:10.090><c> heaven</c>

00:34:10.309 --> 00:34:13.050
And<00:34:10.789><c> we're</c><00:34:11.210><c> not</c><00:34:11.329><c> going</c><00:34:11.510><c> to</c><00:34:11.730><c> sit</c><00:34:11.829><c> alongside</c><00:34:12.329><c> the</c><00:34:12.590><c> Lord</c>

00:34:13.050 --> 00:34:14.489
Who's<00:34:13.469><c> alongside</c><00:34:13.849><c> of</c><00:34:13.989><c> his</c><00:34:14.170><c> father</c>

00:34:14.489 --> 00:34:17.389
And<00:34:14.969><c> if</c><00:34:15.190><c> we</c><00:34:15.429><c> did,</c><00:34:15.769><c> there'd</c><00:34:15.869><c> be</c><00:34:16.050><c> myriads</c><00:34:16.469><c> and</c><00:34:16.750><c> myriads</c><00:34:17.130><c> of</c>

00:34:17.389 --> 00:34:18.030
faithful<00:34:17.670><c> there</c>

00:34:18.030 --> 00:34:20.050
Who<00:34:18.610><c> would</c><00:34:18.789><c> be</c><00:34:18.929><c> the</c><00:34:19.150><c> closest?</c>

00:34:20.210 --> 00:34:22.309
To<00:34:20.630><c> put</c><00:34:21.030><c> the</c><00:34:21.190><c> question</c><00:34:21.429><c> of</c><00:34:21.570><c> Peter</c><00:34:21.789><c> and</c><00:34:22.010><c> John</c>

00:34:22.309 --> 00:34:23.769
Who'd<00:34:22.869><c> be</c><00:34:22.929><c> on</c><00:34:22.969><c> his</c><00:34:23.150><c> right</c><00:34:23.289><c> and</c><00:34:23.409><c> his</c><00:34:23.550><c> left?</c>

00:34:23.889 --> 00:34:28.710
But<00:34:23.969><c> see,</c><00:34:24.929><c> it's</c><00:34:25.710><c> not</c><00:34:26.070><c> talking</c><00:34:26.389><c> about</c><00:34:26.789><c> literally</c><00:34:27.289><c> doing</c><00:34:27.849><c> those</c><00:34:28.170><c> things</c>

00:34:28.710 --> 00:34:32.449
See,<00:34:29.110><c> Jesus</c><00:34:29.489><c> said</c><00:34:30.050><c> in</c><00:34:30.210><c> Revelation</c><00:34:30.750><c> 3</c><00:34:31.250><c> and</c><00:34:31.409><c> verse</c><00:34:31.670><c> 21</c>

00:34:32.449 --> 00:34:34.789
To<00:34:33.389><c> him</c><00:34:33.670><c> that</c><00:34:33.929><c> overcomeeth</c>

00:34:34.789 --> 00:34:37.409
Will<00:34:35.590><c> I</c><00:34:35.769><c> have</c><00:34:35.949><c> to</c><00:34:36.150><c> sit</c><00:34:36.289><c> down</c><00:34:36.530><c> in</c><00:34:36.710><c> my</c><00:34:37.070><c> throne</c>

00:34:37.409 --> 00:34:41.789
As<00:34:38.110><c> I</c><00:34:38.469><c> am</c><00:34:38.610><c> overcome</c><00:34:39.050><c> and</c><00:34:39.389><c> then</c><00:34:39.630><c> sat</c><00:34:39.769><c> down</c><00:34:39.989><c> in</c><00:34:40.110><c> my</c><00:34:40.329><c> father's</c><00:34:40.829><c> throne</c>

00:34:41.909 --> 00:34:44.150
Now,<00:34:42.630><c> Jesus</c><00:34:42.690><c> didn't</c><00:34:42.989><c> sit</c><00:34:43.150><c> in</c><00:34:43.210><c> his</c><00:34:43.409><c> father's</c><00:34:43.929><c> throne</c>

00:34:44.150 --> 00:34:47.929
What<00:34:44.409><c> he</c><00:34:44.550><c> did,</c><00:34:45.909><c> the</c><00:34:46.010><c> father</c><00:34:46.289><c> dedicated</c><00:34:46.849><c> to</c><00:34:47.070><c> him</c>

00:34:47.929 --> 00:34:51.869
All<00:34:48.530><c> power</c><00:34:48.750><c> in</c><00:34:48.949><c> heaven</c><00:34:49.110><c> and</c><00:34:49.230><c> earth</c><00:34:49.429><c> to</c><00:34:49.610><c> exercise</c><00:34:50.190><c> the</c><00:34:50.449><c> father's</c><00:34:50.909><c> will</c>

00:34:52.210 --> 00:34:54.110
So<00:34:52.730><c> that</c><00:34:52.869><c> wherever</c><00:34:53.170><c> the</c><00:34:53.349><c> Lord</c><00:34:53.570><c> is</c>

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In<00:34:54.469><c> any</c><00:34:54.690><c> part</c><00:34:54.889><c> of</c><00:34:54.989><c> the</c><00:34:55.150><c> world</c><00:34:55.530><c> will</c><00:34:55.909><c> be</c><00:34:56.030><c> God's</c><00:34:56.489><c> throne</c>

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The<00:34:58.550><c> same</c><00:34:58.769><c> will</c><00:34:58.949><c> apply</c><00:34:59.130><c> to</c><00:34:59.289><c> us</c>

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We're<00:35:00.530><c> not</c><00:35:00.670><c> going</c><00:35:00.809><c> to</c><00:35:00.869><c> all</c><00:35:01.030><c> be</c><00:35:01.190><c> seated</c><00:35:01.349><c> on</c><00:35:01.969><c> individual</c><00:35:02.869><c> thrones</c>

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All<00:35:03.690><c> lined</c><00:35:03.889><c> up</c><00:35:04.110><c> either</c><00:35:04.389><c> side</c><00:35:04.570><c> of</c><00:35:04.690><c> the</c><00:35:04.849><c> Lord</c>

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Just<00:35:05.409><c> to</c><00:35:05.590><c> sit</c><00:35:05.969><c> there</c><00:35:06.210><c> and</c><00:35:06.349><c> do</c><00:35:06.409><c> nothing</c>

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No,<00:35:08.630><c> wherever</c><00:35:08.929><c> we</c><00:35:09.090><c> are</c><00:35:09.329><c> in</c><00:35:09.429><c> the</c><00:35:09.630><c> kingdom</c>

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Wherever<00:35:10.250><c> we</c><00:35:10.369><c> are</c><00:35:10.550><c> in</c><00:35:10.630><c> the</c><00:35:10.750><c> millennium</c>

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Whatever<00:35:11.389><c> we</c><00:35:11.650><c> do</c><00:35:11.789><c> in</c><00:35:11.889><c> the</c><00:35:11.989><c> millennium</c>

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We'll<00:35:12.630><c> be</c><00:35:12.769><c> doing</c><00:35:12.969><c> on</c><00:35:13.190><c> behalf</c><00:35:13.510><c> of</c><00:35:13.730><c> our</c><00:35:13.909><c> Lord</c>

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We'll<00:35:14.510><c> be</c><00:35:14.610><c> doing</c><00:35:14.730><c> it</c><00:35:14.889><c> in</c><00:35:14.929><c> his</c><00:35:15.210><c> name</c>

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As<00:35:15.730><c> he</c><00:35:15.849><c> did</c><00:35:16.050><c> it</c><00:35:16.190><c> in</c><00:35:16.210><c> his</c><00:35:16.489><c> father's</c><00:35:16.969><c> name</c>

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So<00:35:17.369><c> we'll</c><00:35:17.550><c> all</c><00:35:17.809><c> be</c><00:35:18.010><c> doing</c><00:35:18.110><c> it</c><00:35:18.289><c> in</c><00:35:18.369><c> the</c><00:35:18.489><c> father's</c><00:35:18.949><c> name</c>

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So<00:35:19.809><c> we</c><00:35:19.929><c> will</c><00:35:20.150><c> sit</c><00:35:20.369><c> down</c><00:35:20.630><c> in</c><00:35:20.750><c> his</c><00:35:21.050><c> throne</c>

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As<00:35:21.530><c> he</c><00:35:21.670><c> sat</c><00:35:21.909><c> down</c><00:35:22.170><c> in</c><00:35:22.250><c> his</c><00:35:22.449><c> father's</c><00:35:22.949><c> throne</c>

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Enter<00:35:24.630><c> thou</c><00:35:24.989><c> into</c><00:35:25.269><c> the</c><00:35:25.489><c> joy</c><00:35:26.230><c> of</c><00:35:26.690><c> thy</c><00:35:26.909><c> Lord</c>

00:35:29.010 --> 00:35:30.449
Now<00:35:29.530><c> the</c><00:35:29.670><c> man</c><00:35:29.789><c> with</c><00:35:29.929><c> two</c><00:35:30.150><c> talents</c>

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We<00:35:30.610><c> read</c><00:35:30.809><c> in</c><00:35:30.969><c> verse</c><00:35:31.150><c> 22</c>

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He<00:35:31.889><c> came</c><00:35:31.889><c> along</c>

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He<00:35:33.050><c> has</c><00:35:33.449><c> less</c><00:35:33.750><c> success</c>

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But<00:35:34.510><c> then</c><00:35:34.650><c> he's</c><00:35:34.809><c> got</c><00:35:34.949><c> less</c><00:35:35.190><c> ability</c>

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But<00:35:36.469><c> the</c><00:35:36.570><c> fact</c><00:35:36.809><c> is</c>

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He's<00:35:37.789><c> as</c><00:35:38.070><c> good</c><00:35:38.329><c> as</c><00:35:38.550><c> the</c><00:35:38.650><c> man</c><00:35:38.829><c> that's</c><00:35:39.090><c> gone</c><00:35:39.250><c> before</c><00:35:39.670><c> him</c>

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Because<00:35:40.510><c> he</c><00:35:41.250><c> did</c><00:35:41.610><c> what</c><00:35:41.929><c> he</c><00:35:42.230><c> could</c><00:35:42.489><c> with</c><00:35:42.730><c> what</c><00:35:42.969><c> he</c><00:35:43.190><c> had</c>

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He<00:35:43.949><c> couldn't</c><00:35:44.210><c> do</c><00:35:44.449><c> any</c><00:35:44.670><c> more</c>

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And<00:35:45.369><c> he</c><00:35:45.449><c> wasn't</c><00:35:45.730><c> expected</c><00:35:46.150><c> to</c><00:35:46.329><c> do</c><00:35:46.449><c> less</c>

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And<00:35:47.750><c> so</c><00:35:47.989><c> the</c><00:35:48.150><c> same</c><00:35:48.369><c> applies</c><00:35:48.809><c> to</c><00:35:49.070><c> him</c>

00:35:50.590 --> 00:35:53.210
Now<00:35:51.190><c> we</c><00:35:51.329><c> come</c><00:35:51.570><c> to</c><00:35:51.650><c> verses</c><00:35:51.929><c> 24</c><00:35:52.489><c> to</c><00:35:52.610><c> 30</c>

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The<00:35:53.889><c> judgment</c><00:35:54.269><c> of</c><00:35:54.550><c> the</c><00:35:54.670><c> one</c><00:35:54.949><c> talent</c><00:35:55.210><c> man</c>

00:35:56.269 --> 00:35:58.909
Verse<00:35:57.269><c> 24,</c><00:35:57.969><c> he</c><00:35:58.489><c> came</c>

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The<00:35:59.349><c> man</c><00:35:59.550><c> that</c><00:35:59.690><c> had</c><00:35:59.809><c> the</c><00:35:59.969><c> one</c><00:36:00.190><c> talent</c><00:36:00.389><c> came</c>

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Then<00:36:02.050><c> he</c><00:36:02.329><c> which</c><00:36:02.489><c> had</c><00:36:02.730><c> received</c><00:36:03.130><c> the</c><00:36:03.329><c> one</c><00:36:03.650><c> talent</c><00:36:03.889><c> came</c><00:36:04.309><c> and</c><00:36:04.650><c> said</c>

00:36:05.510 --> 00:36:08.590
Now<00:36:06.610><c> you</c><00:36:06.710><c> notice</c><00:36:06.929><c> brothers</c><00:36:07.210><c> and</c><00:36:07.489><c> sisters</c>

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It's<00:36:08.730><c> very</c><00:36:08.989><c> interesting</c>

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It's<00:36:10.110><c> the</c><00:36:10.250><c> low</c><00:36:10.809><c> talented</c><00:36:11.250><c> man</c>

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Is<00:36:12.289><c> the</c><00:36:12.369><c> one</c><00:36:12.530><c> who</c><00:36:12.750><c> complains</c>

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Do<00:36:15.369><c> you</c><00:36:15.429><c> know</c>

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It<00:36:16.469><c> is</c><00:36:17.050><c> an</c><00:36:17.309><c> observable</c><00:36:17.769><c> fact</c><00:36:18.349><c> of</c><00:36:19.469><c> human</c><00:36:19.730><c> nature</c>

00:36:20.050 --> 00:36:23.010
And<00:36:20.349><c> behaviour</c><00:36:20.710><c> in</c><00:36:20.949><c> the</c><00:36:21.130><c> ecclesia</c><00:36:21.429><c> of</c><00:36:21.650><c> God</c>

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That<00:36:23.550><c> where</c><00:36:23.829><c> there</c><00:36:24.070><c> is</c><00:36:24.269><c> a</c><00:36:24.429><c> brother</c><00:36:24.809><c> who</c><00:36:25.090><c> is</c><00:36:25.269><c> very</c><00:36:25.610><c> talented</c>

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There's<00:36:27.570><c> always</c><00:36:28.030><c> the</c><00:36:28.289><c> very</c><00:36:28.630><c> real</c><00:36:28.889><c> danger</c>

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Of<00:36:30.269><c> arrogance</c><00:36:30.789><c> and</c><00:36:31.230><c> boastfulness</c>

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And<00:36:34.110><c> where</c><00:36:34.429><c> there</c><00:36:34.670><c> is</c><00:36:34.809><c> a</c><00:36:34.989><c> brother</c><00:36:35.130><c> or</c><00:36:35.349><c> a</c><00:36:35.570><c> sister</c>

00:36:35.849 --> 00:36:39.750
Who<00:36:36.170><c> has</c><00:36:37.030><c> not</c><00:36:37.409><c> many</c><00:36:37.710><c> abilities</c><00:36:38.210><c> in</c><00:36:38.510><c> this</c><00:36:38.750><c> life</c>

00:36:39.889 --> 00:36:41.969
There<00:36:40.210><c> always</c><00:36:40.630><c> seems</c><00:36:40.969><c> to</c><00:36:41.250><c> be</c><00:36:41.530><c> complaint</c>

00:36:41.969 --> 00:36:44.289
About<00:36:42.289><c> those</c><00:36:42.710><c> who've</c><00:36:43.050><c> got</c><00:36:43.190><c> the</c><00:36:43.389><c> ability</c>

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It<00:36:44.969><c> is</c><00:36:45.349><c> a</c><00:36:45.409><c> twer</c><00:36:45.949><c> of</c><00:36:46.170><c> human</c><00:36:46.530><c> nature</c>

00:36:48.389 --> 00:36:52.130
It<00:36:48.869><c> is</c><00:36:49.110><c> really</c><00:36:49.469><c> a</c><00:36:51.429><c> great</c><00:36:51.650><c> attribute</c>

00:36:52.130 --> 00:36:54.289
To<00:36:52.369><c> be</c><00:36:52.530><c> able</c><00:36:52.889><c> to</c><00:36:53.150><c> say</c>

00:36:54.630 --> 00:36:57.130
That<00:36:55.110><c> if</c><00:36:55.210><c> you</c><00:36:55.409><c> are</c><00:36:55.690><c> a</c><00:36:55.829><c> person</c><00:36:56.090><c> with</c><00:36:56.389><c> great</c><00:36:56.610><c> abilities</c>

00:36:57.130 --> 00:37:00.289
And<00:36:57.389><c> receive</c><00:36:57.829><c> the</c><00:36:58.650><c> accolades</c><00:36:59.150><c> from</c><00:36:59.349><c> your</c><00:36:59.530><c> brothers</c><00:36:59.730><c> and</c><00:36:59.989><c> sisters</c>

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To<00:37:00.550><c> humble</c><00:37:00.849><c> yourself</c><00:37:01.289><c> and</c><00:37:01.429><c> say</c>

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Well<00:37:01.750><c> it's</c><00:37:01.909><c> all</c><00:37:02.150><c> God</c><00:37:02.389><c> given</c>

00:37:02.590 --> 00:37:04.909
And<00:37:02.750><c> I'm</c><00:37:02.909><c> no</c><00:37:03.130><c> better</c><00:37:03.309><c> than</c><00:37:03.449><c> these</c><00:37:03.730><c> people</c><00:37:03.989><c> performing</c>

00:37:05.630 --> 00:37:07.530
On<00:37:06.110><c> the</c><00:37:06.250><c> other</c><00:37:06.409><c> hand</c><00:37:06.570><c> if</c><00:37:06.650><c> you're</c><00:37:06.809><c> in</c><00:37:06.989><c> the</c><00:37:07.190><c> crowd</c>

00:37:07.530 --> 00:37:09.210
And<00:37:07.769><c> you</c><00:37:07.869><c> don't</c><00:37:08.170><c> feel</c><00:37:08.369><c> you're</c><00:37:08.550><c> doing</c><00:37:08.750><c> any</c><00:37:09.070><c> good</c>

00:37:09.210 --> 00:37:11.590
And<00:37:09.369><c> you</c><00:37:09.809><c> feel</c><00:37:10.090><c> that</c><00:37:10.230><c> you're</c><00:37:10.389><c> low</c><00:37:10.650><c> talented</c>

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It's<00:37:13.070><c> equally</c><00:37:13.550><c> commendable</c><00:37:14.130><c> to</c><00:37:14.250><c> say</c>

00:37:14.929 --> 00:37:17.690
Well<00:37:15.409><c> I</c><00:37:15.849><c> can't</c><00:37:17.230><c> understand</c>

00:37:17.690 --> 00:37:19.590
I'm<00:37:17.969><c> not</c><00:37:18.449><c> very</c><00:37:18.829><c> quick</c><00:37:18.929><c> at</c><00:37:19.090><c> understanding</c>

00:37:19.590 --> 00:37:21.369
I<00:37:20.429><c> read</c><00:37:20.750><c> slowly</c>

00:37:21.369 --> 00:37:23.829
I<00:37:21.929><c> can't</c><00:37:22.429><c> read</c><00:37:22.670><c> there</c><00:37:22.829><c> what</c><00:37:22.949><c> a</c><00:37:23.070><c> lot</c><00:37:23.190><c> of</c><00:37:23.309><c> brethren</c><00:37:23.489><c> read</c>

00:37:23.829 --> 00:37:25.070
And<00:37:23.989><c> I</c><00:37:24.130><c> need</c><00:37:24.389><c> help</c><00:37:24.610><c> of</c><00:37:24.829><c> others</c>

00:37:25.070 --> 00:37:26.929
But<00:37:25.510><c> I'm</c><00:37:25.710><c> so</c><00:37:26.050><c> thankful</c><00:37:26.269><c> I'm</c><00:37:26.489><c> in</c><00:37:26.550><c> the</c><00:37:26.789><c> truth</c>

00:37:26.929 --> 00:37:28.849
And<00:37:27.050><c> I'll</c><00:37:27.190><c> just</c><00:37:27.489><c> do</c><00:37:27.630><c> what</c><00:37:27.769><c> I</c><00:37:28.010><c> can</c><00:37:28.130><c> with</c><00:37:28.309><c> what</c><00:37:28.510><c> I've</c><00:37:28.730><c> got</c>

00:37:28.849 --> 00:37:30.610
And<00:37:28.989><c> I'll</c><00:37:29.170><c> cooperate</c><00:37:29.570><c> with</c><00:37:29.750><c> those</c><00:37:30.030><c> who</c><00:37:30.150><c> can</c><00:37:30.309><c> help</c>

00:37:30.610 --> 00:37:33.550
Now<00:37:31.130><c> you</c><00:37:31.210><c> see</c><00:37:31.309><c> those</c><00:37:31.550><c> are</c><00:37:31.789><c> not</c><00:37:32.050><c> human</c><00:37:32.469><c> traits</c>

00:37:33.610 --> 00:37:36.889
But<00:37:34.090><c> it</c><00:37:34.230><c> is</c><00:37:34.530><c> a</c><00:37:34.690><c> fact</c><00:37:35.010><c> that</c><00:37:35.829><c> one</c><00:37:36.030><c> talented</c><00:37:36.409><c> people</c>

00:37:36.889 --> 00:37:38.489
Are<00:37:37.130><c> those</c><00:37:37.389><c> who</c><00:37:37.570><c> do</c><00:37:37.730><c> most</c><00:37:38.010><c> complaining</c>

00:37:38.489 --> 00:37:39.889
About<00:37:38.929><c> those</c><00:37:39.190><c> who've</c><00:37:39.429><c> got</c><00:37:39.570><c> talents</c>

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It's<00:37:40.610><c> just</c><00:37:40.909><c> as</c><00:37:41.210><c> much</c><00:37:41.429><c> as</c><00:37:41.670><c> a</c><00:37:41.730><c> fact</c>

00:37:42.050 --> 00:37:44.010
For<00:37:42.610><c> those</c><00:37:42.869><c> who</c><00:37:43.090><c> have</c><00:37:43.369><c> got</c><00:37:43.550><c> the</c><00:37:43.650><c> talents</c>

00:37:44.010 --> 00:37:45.849
To<00:37:44.590><c> be</c><00:37:44.809><c> arrogant</c><00:37:45.170><c> and</c><00:37:45.389><c> boastful</c>

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And<00:37:46.130><c> both</c><00:37:46.329><c> of</c><00:37:46.590><c> those</c><00:37:46.590><c> things</c><00:37:46.809><c> are</c><00:37:47.090><c> wrong</c>

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Brothers<00:37:49.010><c> and</c><00:37:49.269><c> sisters</c>

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Success<00:37:50.889><c> is</c><00:37:51.230><c> not</c><00:37:51.449><c> commended</c>

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But<00:37:52.610><c> faithfulness</c>

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Look<00:37:54.309><c> at</c><00:37:54.469><c> 2</c><00:37:54.730><c> Corinthians</c><00:37:55.170><c> chapter</c><00:37:55.650><c> 8</c><00:37:55.869><c> verse</c><00:37:56.130><c> 12</c>

00:37:59.250 --> 00:38:02.130
Success<00:37:59.849><c> is</c><00:38:00.329><c> not</c><00:38:00.630><c> commended</c><00:38:01.050><c> so</c><00:38:01.349><c> much</c>

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As<00:38:02.690><c> faithfulness</c>

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Here<00:38:04.750><c> Paul</c><00:38:05.050><c> is</c><00:38:05.289><c> dealing</c><00:38:05.590><c> with</c>

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The<00:38:06.829><c> collection</c><00:38:07.170><c> for</c><00:38:07.409><c> the</c><00:38:07.590><c> poor</c><00:38:07.849><c> saints</c><00:38:08.170><c> of</c><00:38:08.409><c> Jerusalem</c>

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There's<00:38:13.590><c> a</c><00:38:13.710><c> brother</c><00:38:13.869><c> and</c><00:38:14.090><c> sister</c>

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Whose<00:38:15.570><c> brother</c><00:38:15.929><c> hasn't</c><00:38:16.190><c> got</c><00:38:16.349><c> a</c><00:38:16.429><c> very</c><00:38:16.670><c> good</c><00:38:16.929><c> job</c>

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He's<00:38:17.710><c> got</c><00:38:17.849><c> a</c><00:38:17.929><c> very</c><00:38:18.289><c> poorly</c><00:38:18.570><c> paid</c><00:38:18.889><c> job</c>

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He's<00:38:19.369><c> got</c><00:38:20.050><c> several</c><00:38:20.489><c> children</c>

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He's<00:38:21.530><c> got</c><00:38:21.690><c> a</c><00:38:21.809><c> big</c><00:38:22.010><c> mortgage</c>

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He<00:38:23.309><c> finds</c><00:38:23.610><c> it</c><00:38:23.849><c> hard</c><00:38:24.329><c> to</c><00:38:25.510><c> make</c><00:38:25.789><c> ends</c><00:38:26.010><c> meet</c>

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The<00:38:26.969><c> bag</c><00:38:27.150><c> comes</c><00:38:27.389><c> to</c><00:38:27.550><c> him</c>

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He's<00:38:27.909><c> got</c><00:38:28.030><c> to</c><00:38:28.190><c> put</c><00:38:28.329><c> in</c><00:38:28.670><c> what</c><00:38:28.829><c> he</c><00:38:28.929><c> can</c><00:38:29.090><c> afford</c>

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Brother<00:38:30.989><c> sitting</c><00:38:31.269><c> on</c><00:38:31.369><c> the</c><00:38:31.469><c> side</c><00:38:31.750><c> of</c><00:38:31.869><c> him</c>

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There's<00:38:32.849><c> a</c><00:38:33.090><c> brother</c><00:38:33.349><c> who's</c><00:38:34.150><c> retired</c><00:38:34.570><c> early</c><00:38:34.889><c> at</c><00:38:35.150><c> 50</c><00:38:35.489><c>-55</c>

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He's<00:38:42.889><c> got</c><00:38:42.989><c> his</c><00:38:43.170><c> money</c><00:38:43.389><c> invested</c><00:38:43.849><c> hither</c><00:38:44.130><c> and</c><00:38:44.329><c> thither</c>

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And<00:38:44.809><c> he's</c><00:38:45.110><c> got</c><00:38:45.409><c> quite</c><00:38:45.730><c> a</c><00:38:45.829><c> bit</c><00:38:45.949><c> of</c><00:38:46.070><c> money</c>

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He's<00:38:47.010><c> going</c><00:38:47.090><c> to</c><00:38:47.230><c> put</c><00:38:47.389><c> in</c><00:38:47.710><c> a</c><00:38:47.889><c> considerable</c><00:38:48.230><c> amount</c><00:38:48.489><c> in</c><00:38:48.650><c> that</c><00:38:48.849><c> bag</c>

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God<00:38:50.250><c> is</c><00:38:50.389><c> not</c><00:38:50.550><c> interested</c><00:38:50.989><c> in</c><00:38:51.190><c> the</c><00:38:51.329><c> amount</c><00:38:51.530><c> of</c><00:38:51.590><c> money</c><00:38:51.829><c> so</c><00:38:52.090><c> much</c>

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As<00:38:54.389><c> in</c><00:38:54.530><c> proportion</c><00:38:55.050><c> as</c><00:38:55.329><c> you</c><00:38:55.510><c> gave</c>

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As<00:38:56.449><c> you've</c><00:38:56.869><c> received</c>

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So<00:38:57.469><c> you</c><00:38:57.610><c> give</c>

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Now<00:38:58.250><c> you</c><00:38:58.329><c> look</c><00:38:58.489><c> at</c><00:38:58.650><c> 6</c><00:38:58.889><c> in</c><00:38:59.489><c> 2</c><00:38:59.769><c> Corinthians</c><00:39:00.090><c> 8</c><00:39:00.469><c> and</c><00:39:00.610><c> verse</c><00:39:00.869><c> 12</c>

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For<00:39:03.329><c> if</c><00:39:03.630><c> there</c><00:39:03.909><c> be</c><00:39:04.170><c> first</c><00:39:04.530><c> a</c><00:39:04.889><c> willing</c><00:39:05.110><c> mind</c>

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It<00:39:06.349><c> is</c><00:39:06.670><c> accepted</c><00:39:07.090><c> according</c><00:39:07.550><c> to</c><00:39:07.750><c> that</c><00:39:07.909><c> a</c><00:39:08.010><c> man</c><00:39:08.349><c> hath</c>

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And<00:39:10.349><c> not</c><00:39:10.690><c> according</c><00:39:11.269><c> to</c><00:39:11.670><c> that</c><00:39:11.849><c> he</c><00:39:12.110><c> hath</c><00:39:12.530><c> not</c>

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The<00:39:16.369><c> collection</c><00:39:16.550><c> of</c><00:39:16.849><c> material</c><00:39:17.489><c> things</c>

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Of<00:39:18.170><c> money</c><00:39:18.530><c> for</c><00:39:18.750><c> the</c><00:39:18.929><c> poor</c><00:39:19.150><c> saints</c><00:39:19.409><c> of</c><00:39:19.650><c> Jerusalem</c>

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It<00:39:20.190><c> applies</c><00:39:20.469><c> in</c><00:39:20.769><c> every</c><00:39:21.130><c> sense</c>

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What<00:39:22.889><c> God</c><00:39:23.250><c> accepts</c><00:39:23.750><c> is</c><00:39:24.010><c> a</c><00:39:24.409><c> willing</c><00:39:24.730><c> mind</c>

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It<00:39:26.909><c> doesn't</c><00:39:27.289><c> accept</c><00:39:27.610><c> that</c>

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According<00:39:28.769><c> to</c><00:39:29.030><c> a</c><00:39:29.170><c> man</c><00:39:29.369><c> that</c><00:39:30.130><c> hath</c>

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Or<00:39:30.550><c> according</c><00:39:30.949><c> to</c><00:39:31.090><c> he</c><00:39:31.409><c> hath</c><00:39:31.650><c> not</c>

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It's<00:39:32.969><c> accepted</c><00:39:33.289><c> according</c><00:39:33.909><c> as</c><00:39:34.329><c> a</c><00:39:34.590><c> man</c><00:39:34.730><c> is</c><00:39:35.030><c> able</c><00:39:35.309><c> to</c><00:39:35.570><c> give</c>

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That's<00:39:37.409><c> what</c><00:39:37.710><c> really</c><00:39:38.150><c> is</c><00:39:38.449><c> important</c>

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So<00:39:40.110><c> when</c><00:39:40.250><c> this</c><00:39:40.429><c> low</c><00:39:40.730><c> talented</c><00:39:41.090><c> man</c><00:39:41.449><c> came</c><00:39:41.690><c> with</c><00:39:41.869><c> his</c><00:39:42.070><c> complaint</c>

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He'd<00:39:43.510><c> failed</c><00:39:43.670><c> to</c><00:39:43.909><c> see</c><00:39:44.070><c> that</c>

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He<00:39:45.670><c> was</c><00:39:45.869><c> a</c><00:39:45.949><c> miserable</c><00:39:46.389><c> failure</c>

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Because<00:39:47.250><c> he</c><00:39:47.869><c> was</c><00:39:48.090><c> thinking</c><00:39:48.429><c> above</c><00:39:48.750><c> himself</c>

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Outside<00:39:50.469><c> of</c><00:39:50.610><c> himself</c>

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Of<00:39:51.170><c> what</c><00:39:51.329><c> he</c><00:39:51.489><c> could</c><00:39:51.769><c> possibly</c><00:39:52.170><c> do</c>

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In<00:39:52.769><c> his</c><00:39:52.969><c> own</c><00:39:53.389><c> strength</c><00:39:53.829><c> and</c><00:39:54.269><c> willpower</c>

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And<00:39:55.050><c> he</c><00:39:55.289><c> failed</c>

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Because<00:39:57.469><c> he</c><00:39:57.710><c> failed</c><00:39:58.070><c> he</c><00:39:58.210><c> saw</c><00:39:58.510><c> the</c><00:39:58.670><c> Lord</c><00:39:58.869><c> as</c><00:39:59.130><c> a</c><00:39:59.369><c> hard</c><00:39:59.690><c> man</c>

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It's<00:40:01.869><c> not</c><00:40:02.130><c> true</c>

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You<00:40:04.130><c> see</c><00:40:04.510><c> he</c><00:40:05.070><c> goes</c><00:40:05.369><c> through</c><00:40:05.590><c> all</c><00:40:05.750><c> this</c>

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And<00:40:06.010><c> it</c><00:40:06.070><c> would</c><00:40:06.250><c> almost</c><00:40:06.610><c> seem</c><00:40:06.789><c> in</c><00:40:06.989><c> the</c><00:40:07.170><c> parable</c>

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That<00:40:07.630><c> the</c><00:40:07.789><c> Lord</c><00:40:08.150><c> acknowledges</c><00:40:09.289><c> the</c><00:40:09.489><c> fact</c><00:40:09.650><c> that</c><00:40:09.769><c> he's</c><00:40:09.989><c> hard</c>

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And<00:40:10.469><c> does</c><00:40:10.730><c> this</c><00:40:10.949><c> and</c><00:40:11.090><c> does</c><00:40:11.369><c> that</c>

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But<00:40:12.630><c> he</c><00:40:12.769><c> really</c><00:40:13.070><c> doesn't</c>

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Because<00:40:13.769><c> at</c><00:40:13.989><c> the</c><00:40:14.150><c> end</c><00:40:14.309><c> he</c><00:40:14.429><c> called</c><00:40:14.730><c> him</c><00:40:15.230><c> wicked</c><00:40:15.650><c> and</c><00:40:16.150><c> slothful</c>

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It<00:40:17.949><c> had</c><00:40:18.309><c> nothing</c><00:40:18.650><c> to</c><00:40:19.010><c> do</c>

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His<00:40:19.869><c> lack</c><00:40:20.329><c> of</c><00:40:21.570><c> enthusiasm</c>

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His<00:40:22.730><c> lack</c><00:40:23.070><c> of</c><00:40:23.429><c> effort</c><00:40:23.610><c> had</c><00:40:23.989><c> nothing</c><00:40:24.349><c> to</c><00:40:24.670><c> do</c>

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With<00:40:25.510><c> any</c><00:40:25.929><c> bad</c><00:40:26.429><c> characteristic</c><00:40:26.929><c> of</c><00:40:27.130><c> his</c><00:40:27.349><c> Lord</c>

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He<00:40:28.230><c> was</c><00:40:28.610><c> plainly</c><00:40:29.469><c> wicked</c><00:40:29.789><c> and</c><00:40:30.250><c> slothful</c>

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But<00:40:31.570><c> this</c><00:40:31.730><c> is</c><00:40:31.829><c> how</c><00:40:31.969><c> he</c><00:40:32.090><c> saw</c><00:40:32.289><c> his</c><00:40:32.570><c> Lord</c>

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Saw<00:40:33.989><c> him</c><00:40:34.090><c> as</c><00:40:34.289><c> a</c><00:40:34.409><c> hard</c><00:40:34.690><c> man</c>

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Verse<00:40:35.230><c> 24</c>

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The<00:40:37.989><c> word</c><00:40:38.210><c> means</c><00:40:38.489><c> harsh</c><00:40:39.150><c> or</c><00:40:39.570><c> severe</c>

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That<00:40:41.590><c> is</c><00:40:41.769><c> a</c><00:40:41.829><c> completely</c><00:40:42.309><c> wrong</c><00:40:42.590><c> view</c><00:40:42.789><c> of</c><00:40:42.929><c> the</c><00:40:43.070><c> Lord</c>

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You<00:40:45.050><c> know</c><00:40:45.170><c> brothers</c><00:40:45.409><c> and</c><00:40:45.670><c> sisters</c>

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A<00:40:47.389><c> faulty</c><00:40:47.690><c> view</c><00:40:48.030><c> of</c><00:40:48.190><c> our</c><00:40:48.449><c> Lord</c>

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Will<00:40:49.030><c> affect</c><00:40:49.610><c> our</c><00:40:50.070><c> service</c><00:40:50.329><c> towards</c><00:40:50.769><c> him</c>

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How?

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Because<00:40:53.849><c> you</c><00:40:54.110><c> see</c>

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We<00:40:55.730><c> keep</c><00:40:55.989><c> saying</c><00:40:56.329><c> don't</c><00:40:56.590><c> we</c><00:40:56.750><c> all</c><00:40:56.929><c> of</c><00:40:57.070><c> us</c>

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That<00:40:57.889><c> the</c><00:40:58.130><c> great</c><00:40:58.329><c> purpose</c><00:40:58.710><c> which</c><00:40:58.989><c> God</c><00:40:59.190><c> has</c><00:40:59.590><c> with</c><00:40:59.750><c> the</c><00:40:59.969><c> world</c>

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Is<00:41:01.349><c> God</c><00:41:01.730><c> manifestation</c>

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That<00:41:02.829><c> is</c>

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What<00:41:04.070><c> God</c><00:41:04.230><c> wants</c><00:41:04.530><c> to</c><00:41:04.730><c> do</c><00:41:04.869><c> is</c><00:41:05.010><c> to</c><00:41:05.170><c> develop</c><00:41:05.429><c> a</c><00:41:05.650><c> race</c><00:41:05.809><c> of</c><00:41:06.070><c> people</c>

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Who<00:41:07.349><c> exhibit</c><00:41:07.809><c> his</c><00:41:08.329><c> characteristics</c>

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Or<00:41:10.070><c> to</c><00:41:10.190><c> put</c><00:41:10.289><c> it</c><00:41:10.409><c> in</c><00:41:10.510><c> the</c><00:41:10.550><c> words</c><00:41:10.769><c> of</c><00:41:11.030><c> Peter</c>

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As<00:41:12.329><c> Peter</c><00:41:12.570><c> quotes</c><00:41:12.909><c> Leviticus</c>

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Be<00:41:14.349><c> ye</c><00:41:14.630><c> holy</c><00:41:14.769><c> says</c><00:41:15.110><c> Yahweh</c>

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As<00:41:15.909><c> I</c><00:41:16.110><c> am</c><00:41:16.269><c> holy</c>

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Now<00:41:17.989><c> if</c><00:41:18.170><c> you've</c><00:41:18.409><c> got</c><00:41:18.530><c> a</c><00:41:18.750><c> false</c><00:41:19.010><c> view</c><00:41:19.489><c> of</c><00:41:19.909><c> Yahweh</c>

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How<00:41:22.250><c> on</c><00:41:22.489><c> earth</c><00:41:22.650><c> are</c><00:41:22.809><c> you</c><00:41:22.869><c> ever</c><00:41:23.090><c> going</c><00:41:23.230><c> to</c><00:41:23.269><c> put</c><00:41:23.449><c> into</c><00:41:23.650><c> practice</c>

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What<00:41:25.010><c> he</c><00:41:25.110><c> really</c><00:41:25.449><c> is</c>

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Number<00:41:27.670><c> one</c><00:41:27.969><c> if</c><00:41:28.309><c> your</c><00:41:28.489><c> view</c><00:41:28.690><c> of</c><00:41:28.849><c> him</c>

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That<00:41:29.869><c> he's</c><00:41:30.190><c> harsh</c><00:41:30.429><c> and</c><00:41:30.670><c> severe</c>

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And<00:41:31.550><c> your</c><00:41:31.769><c> view</c><00:41:31.909><c> of</c><00:41:32.090><c> his</c><00:41:32.250><c> son</c><00:41:32.349><c> is</c><00:41:32.570><c> the</c><00:41:32.789><c> same</c>

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And<00:41:46.610><c> you</c><00:41:46.730><c> haven't</c><00:41:46.829><c> got</c><00:41:46.969><c> that</c><00:41:47.170><c> right</c><00:41:47.369><c> even</c>

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We<00:41:51.909><c> cannot</c><00:41:52.309><c> fulfill</c><00:41:52.809><c> God's</c><00:41:53.210><c> purpose</c><00:41:53.610><c> with</c><00:41:53.809><c> the</c><00:41:53.949><c> wrong</c><00:41:54.070><c> view</c>

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That<00:41:59.050><c> is</c><00:41:59.210><c> so</c><00:41:59.409><c> simple</c>

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This<00:42:01.409><c> man</c><00:42:01.730><c> complained</c><00:42:02.269><c> that</c><00:42:03.389><c> the</c><00:42:03.849><c> master</c><00:42:04.730><c> had</c><00:42:05.469><c> taken</c><00:42:05.769><c> up</c>

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And<00:42:09.050><c> that</c><00:42:09.190><c> wasn't</c><00:42:09.449><c> true</c>

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And<00:42:12.989><c> he</c><00:42:13.230><c> claimed</c><00:42:13.389><c> that</c><00:42:13.550><c> the</c><00:42:13.650><c> Lord</c><00:42:13.849><c> demanded</c><00:42:14.409><c> more</c><00:42:14.789><c> than</c><00:42:14.909><c> he</c><00:42:15.130><c> deserved</c>

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You<00:42:19.849><c> know</c><00:42:20.150><c> the</c><00:42:20.449><c> sower</c><00:42:20.909><c> went</c><00:42:21.349><c> forth</c><00:42:21.769><c> to</c><00:42:22.090><c> sow</c>

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And<00:42:24.070><c> in</c><00:42:24.389><c> the</c><00:42:24.650><c> parable</c><00:42:25.030><c> the</c><00:42:25.230><c> Lord</c><00:42:25.449><c> explained</c><00:42:26.070><c> in</c><00:42:26.469><c> very</c><00:42:26.849><c> simple</c><00:42:27.170><c> terms</c>

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What<00:42:29.070><c> the</c><00:42:29.349><c> parable</c><00:42:29.670><c> meant</c>

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And<00:42:31.010><c> in</c><00:42:31.309><c> the</c><00:42:31.590><c> 13th</c><00:42:32.070><c> chapter</c><00:42:32.630><c> of</c><00:42:33.849><c> the</c><00:42:33.989><c> Gospel</c><00:42:34.289><c> of</c><00:42:34.429><c> Matthew</c>

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We<00:42:35.849><c> have</c><00:42:36.050><c> this</c><00:42:36.349><c> statement</c>

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In<00:42:38.789><c> Matthew</c><00:42:39.309><c> 13</c><00:42:39.949><c> verse</c><00:42:40.309><c> 37</c>

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He<00:42:42.949><c> answered</c><00:42:43.269><c> and</c><00:42:43.469><c> said</c><00:42:43.610><c> unto</c><00:42:43.789><c> them</c>

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He<00:42:44.769><c> that</c><00:42:45.090><c> soweth</c><00:42:45.630><c> the</c><00:42:45.889><c> seed</c><00:42:46.250><c> is</c><00:42:46.889><c> the</c><00:42:46.969><c> son</c><00:42:47.230><c> of</c><00:42:47.409><c> man</c>

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So<00:42:49.469><c> it's</c><00:42:49.730><c> not</c><00:42:50.050><c> true</c>

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And<00:42:51.949><c> in</c><00:42:52.190><c> John</c><00:42:52.469><c> chapter</c><00:42:52.869><c> 4</c>

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See<00:42:54.269><c> he</c><00:42:54.389><c> had</c><00:42:54.750><c> sown</c>

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This<00:42:55.190><c> man</c><00:42:55.449><c> said</c><00:42:55.650><c> he</c><00:42:56.030><c> took</c><00:42:56.289><c> up</c><00:42:56.469><c> or</c><00:42:56.550><c> he</c><00:42:56.630><c> didn't</c><00:42:56.949><c> sow</c>

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In<00:42:58.969><c> John</c><00:42:59.309><c> chapter</c><00:42:59.650><c> 4</c><00:42:59.989><c> we</c><00:43:00.150><c> have</c><00:43:00.369><c> a</c><00:43:00.570><c> similar</c><00:43:01.030><c> expression</c>

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It's<00:43:02.909><c> just</c><00:43:03.150><c> not</c><00:43:03.489><c> true</c>

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In<00:43:04.849><c> John</c><00:43:05.090><c> chapter</c><00:43:05.429><c> 4</c>

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Dealing<00:43:07.889><c> of</c><00:43:08.110><c> course</c><00:43:08.349><c> here</c><00:43:08.690><c> with</c><00:43:08.949><c> the</c><00:43:09.869><c> woman</c><00:43:10.849><c> of</c><00:43:11.110><c> Samaria</c>

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At<00:43:11.929><c> the</c><00:43:12.030><c> end</c><00:43:12.269><c> of</c><00:43:12.369><c> that</c><00:43:12.809><c> incident</c>

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Verse<00:43:14.170><c> 35</c><00:43:14.789><c> he</c><00:43:15.090><c> said</c><00:43:15.309><c> to</c><00:43:15.409><c> his</c><00:43:15.690><c> apostles</c><00:43:16.130><c> or</c><00:43:16.329><c> disciples</c>

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He<00:43:16.949><c> said</c><00:43:17.210><c> say</c><00:43:17.829><c> not</c><00:43:18.170><c> ye</c><00:43:18.309><c> that</c><00:43:18.469><c> there</c><00:43:18.710><c> are</c><00:43:18.809><c> yet</c><00:43:18.969><c> four</c><00:43:19.250><c> months</c><00:43:19.510><c> and</c>

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Behold<00:43:21.050><c> I</c><00:43:21.309><c> say</c><00:43:21.449><c> unto</c><00:43:21.590><c> you</c><00:43:21.789><c> lift</c><00:43:22.050><c> up</c><00:43:22.250><c> your</c><00:43:22.449><c> eyes</c><00:43:22.610><c> and</c><00:43:22.710><c> look</c><00:43:22.869><c> on</c>

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And<00:43:26.409><c> he</c><00:43:26.570><c> that</c><00:43:26.789><c> reapeth</c><00:43:27.269><c> receiveth</c><00:43:27.769><c> wages</c>

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And<00:43:29.150><c> gathereth</c><00:43:29.590><c> fruit</c><00:43:29.829><c> unto</c><00:43:30.070><c> life</c><00:43:30.369><c> eternal</c>

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That<00:43:31.730><c> both</c><00:43:31.989><c> he</c><00:43:32.190><c> that</c><00:43:32.469><c> soweth</c><00:43:32.989><c> and</c><00:43:33.170><c> he</c><00:43:33.369><c> that</c><00:43:33.590><c> reapeth</c><00:43:33.909><c> may</c>

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rejoice<00:43:34.570><c> together</c>

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And<00:43:36.369><c> herein</c><00:43:36.630><c> is</c><00:43:36.769><c> that</c><00:43:37.030><c> saying</c><00:43:37.250><c> true</c>

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One<00:43:38.650><c> soweth</c><00:43:39.010><c> and</c><00:43:39.130><c> another</c><00:43:39.369><c> reapeth</c>

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I<00:43:40.650><c> sent</c><00:43:40.889><c> you</c><00:43:41.110><c> to</c><00:43:41.230><c> reap</c><00:43:41.650><c> that</c><00:43:42.110><c> whereupon</c><00:43:42.570><c> ye</c><00:43:42.750><c> sowed</c><00:43:43.170><c> no</c><00:43:43.409><c> labour</c>

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Other<00:43:44.090><c> men</c><00:43:44.329><c> laboured</c><00:43:44.650><c> and</c><00:43:44.809><c> ye</c><00:43:44.949><c> entered</c><00:43:45.230><c> into</c><00:43:45.429><c> their</c><00:43:45.670><c> labours</c>

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Now<00:43:46.429><c> you</c><00:43:46.550><c> see</c><00:43:47.150><c> when</c><00:43:47.449><c> it</c><00:43:47.690><c> says</c>

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Herein<00:43:49.130><c> is</c><00:43:49.269><c> that</c><00:43:49.530><c> saying</c><00:43:49.710><c> true</c>

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One<00:43:50.670><c> soweth</c><00:43:50.989><c> and</c><00:43:51.110><c> another</c><00:43:51.349><c> reapeth</c>

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That<00:43:52.289><c> saying</c><00:43:53.050><c> understood</c><00:43:54.250><c> in</c><00:43:54.469><c> one</c><00:43:54.690><c> way</c>

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As<00:43:55.929><c> this</c><00:43:56.829><c> wicked</c><00:43:57.110><c> and</c><00:43:57.389><c> slothful</c><00:43:58.070><c> servant</c><00:43:58.389><c> would</c><00:43:58.610><c> understand</c><00:43:59.050><c> it</c>

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Is<00:43:59.949><c> really</c><00:44:00.429><c> an</c><00:44:00.690><c> expression</c><00:44:01.150><c> of</c><00:44:02.570><c> an</c><00:44:02.809><c> economic</c><00:44:03.210><c> injustice</c>

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Oh<00:44:04.769><c> yeah</c><00:44:05.090><c> one</c><00:44:05.510><c> sows</c><00:44:05.909><c> and</c><00:44:06.090><c> another</c><00:44:06.329><c> reaps</c>

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But<00:44:07.329><c> Jesus</c><00:44:07.650><c> said</c><00:44:07.849><c> I'm</c><00:44:08.030><c> going</c><00:44:08.150><c> to</c><00:44:08.250><c> make</c><00:44:08.409><c> that</c><00:44:08.710><c> saying</c><00:44:09.130><c> true</c>

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True<00:44:10.530><c> in</c><00:44:10.750><c> the</c><00:44:10.929><c> sense</c><00:44:11.650><c> that</c><00:44:12.449><c> here's</c><00:44:12.710><c> a</c><00:44:12.869><c> case</c><00:44:13.750><c> where</c><00:44:14.650><c> sowing</c><00:44:14.989><c> and</c>

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reaping<00:44:15.429><c> will</c><00:44:15.590><c> go</c><00:44:15.730><c> together</c>

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He's<00:44:18.030><c> going</c><00:44:18.090><c> to</c><00:44:18.150><c> make</c><00:44:18.250><c> it</c><00:44:18.489><c> good</c>

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And<00:44:19.489><c> he</c><00:44:19.650><c> did</c><00:44:20.050><c> because</c><00:44:20.530><c> here</c><00:44:20.829><c> he's</c><00:44:22.050><c> just</c><00:44:22.610><c> convinced</c><00:44:23.269><c> one</c><00:44:23.849><c> woman</c>

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He's<00:44:26.510><c> put</c><00:44:26.769><c> one</c><00:44:27.469><c> seed</c><00:44:27.809><c> in</c><00:44:28.010><c> the</c><00:44:28.190><c> ground</c><00:44:28.429><c> and</c><00:44:28.610><c> she's</c><00:44:28.949><c> ran</c><00:44:29.110><c> back</c><00:44:29.369><c> to</c>

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her<00:44:29.789><c> compatriots</c>

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Back<00:44:31.110><c> to</c><00:44:31.309><c> the</c><00:44:31.670><c> village</c><00:44:31.909><c> of</c><00:44:32.190><c> Sychar</c>

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Here<00:44:33.630><c> his</c><00:44:33.869><c> disciples</c><00:44:34.349><c> join</c><00:44:34.690><c> him</c><00:44:34.849><c> just</c><00:44:35.090><c> a</c><00:44:35.170><c> few</c><00:44:35.369><c> hundred</c><00:44:35.650><c> yards</c>

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And<00:44:37.309><c> here's</c><00:44:37.730><c> the</c><00:44:37.909><c> crowd</c><00:44:38.110><c> running</c><00:44:38.469><c> across</c><00:44:38.849><c> to</c><00:44:39.030><c> meet</c><00:44:39.210><c> him</c>

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And<00:44:39.909><c> he's</c><00:44:40.050><c> telling</c><00:44:40.269><c> his</c><00:44:40.530><c> disciples</c><00:44:41.010><c> they're</c><00:44:41.409><c> about</c><00:44:41.690><c> to</c><00:44:41.909><c> reap</c>

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a<00:44:42.289><c> harvest</c>

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Now<00:44:46.949><c> whereas</c><00:44:47.269><c> in</c><00:44:47.530><c> normal</c><00:44:47.869><c> circumstances</c><00:44:48.530><c> the</c><00:44:48.869><c> seed</c><00:44:49.010><c> would</c><00:44:49.190><c> go</c>

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in<00:44:49.510><c> in</c><00:44:49.690><c> one</c><00:44:49.909><c> season</c>

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And<00:44:50.789><c> many</c><00:44:51.010><c> weeks</c><00:44:51.250><c> would</c><00:44:51.449><c> go</c><00:44:51.690><c> by</c><00:44:51.909><c> before</c><00:44:52.230><c> the</c><00:44:52.489><c> crop</c><00:44:52.610><c> would</c><00:44:52.849><c> become</c><00:44:53.090><c> to</c><00:44:53.329><c> fruition</c>

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Here<00:44:54.269><c> it's</c><00:44:54.449><c> going</c><00:44:54.530><c> to</c><00:44:54.630><c> happen</c><00:44:54.809><c> together</c>

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I'm<00:44:55.630><c> going</c><00:44:55.690><c> to</c><00:44:55.750><c> make</c><00:44:55.829><c> it</c><00:44:56.130><c> true</c>

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I'm<00:44:56.630><c> going</c><00:44:56.650><c> to</c><00:44:56.769><c> bring</c><00:44:56.849><c> that</c><00:44:57.070><c> to</c><00:44:57.329><c> pass</c>

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So<00:44:58.730><c> when</c><00:44:58.949><c> this</c><00:44:59.190><c> wicked</c><00:44:59.429><c> and</c><00:44:59.650><c> slothful</c><00:45:00.050><c> servant</c><00:45:00.389><c> said</c>

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That<00:45:01.409><c> he</c><00:45:01.989><c> reaped</c><00:45:02.170><c> where</c><00:45:02.369><c> he</c><00:45:02.429><c> didn't</c><00:45:02.730><c> sow</c>

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He<00:45:03.230><c> was</c><00:45:03.369><c> wrong</c>

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And<00:45:05.210><c> we</c><00:45:05.530><c> only</c><00:45:06.030><c> enter</c><00:45:06.389><c> into</c><00:45:07.050><c> a</c><00:45:07.289><c> service</c><00:45:07.889><c> in</c><00:45:08.349><c> preaching</c><00:45:08.630><c> the</c><00:45:08.909><c> truth</c>

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And<00:45:09.690><c> the</c><00:45:09.849><c> Lord</c><00:45:10.190><c> Jesus</c><00:45:10.710><c> Christ</c><00:45:11.090><c> has</c><00:45:11.530><c> sown</c><00:45:11.730><c> that</c><00:45:12.030><c> truth</c><00:45:12.210><c> in</c><00:45:12.429><c> the</c>

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earth<00:45:12.769><c> like</c><00:45:13.170><c> nobody</c><00:45:13.630><c> could</c><00:45:13.969><c> ever</c><00:45:14.309><c> sow</c><00:45:14.510><c> it</c>

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And<00:45:15.130><c> had</c><00:45:15.590><c> not</c><00:45:15.809><c> he</c><00:45:15.929><c> done</c><00:45:16.130><c> that</c><00:45:16.530><c> then</c><00:45:16.849><c> we</c><00:45:17.010><c> would</c><00:45:17.190><c> go</c><00:45:17.389><c> out</c><00:45:17.610><c> to</c>

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barren<00:45:18.130><c> ground</c>

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So<00:45:19.389><c> this</c><00:45:19.690><c> man</c><00:45:19.949><c> had</c><00:45:20.409><c> got</c><00:45:20.650><c> a</c><00:45:20.809><c> completely,</c><00:45:21.710><c> completely</c><00:45:23.289><c> misconception</c><00:45:24.650><c> of</c><00:45:25.369><c> who</c>

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And<00:45:28.090><c> that</c><00:45:28.369><c> brothers</c><00:45:28.670><c> and</c><00:45:28.889><c> sisters</c><00:45:29.210><c> is</c><00:45:29.489><c> the</c><00:45:29.650><c> essence</c><00:45:29.949><c> of</c><00:45:30.150><c> the</c><00:45:30.309><c> truth</c>

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That<00:45:30.969><c> is</c><00:45:31.130><c> to</c><00:45:31.409><c> know</c><00:45:31.690><c> him</c><00:45:32.230><c> what</c><00:45:32.530><c> he</c><00:45:32.789><c> really</c><00:45:33.250><c> is</c>

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Not<00:45:33.889><c> to</c><00:45:34.090><c> have</c><00:45:34.190><c> a</c><00:45:34.409><c> misconception</c><00:45:34.989><c> of</c><00:45:35.110><c> him</c><00:45:35.230><c> but</c><00:45:35.429><c> to</c><00:45:35.650><c> know</c><00:45:35.849><c> him</c><00:45:36.469><c> as</c>

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he<00:45:36.789><c> really</c><00:45:37.329><c> is</c>

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And<00:45:38.190><c> this</c><00:45:38.409><c> man</c><00:45:38.710><c> said</c><00:45:39.090><c> that</c><00:45:39.670><c> he</c><00:45:39.889><c> had</c><00:45:39.969><c> reaped</c><00:45:40.090><c> where</c><00:45:40.289><c> he</c><00:45:40.409><c> had</c><00:45:40.550><c> not</c><00:45:40.949><c> strawed</c>

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Again<00:45:42.710><c> the</c><00:45:42.989><c> RSV</c><00:45:43.429><c> comes</c><00:45:43.670><c> to</c><00:45:43.829><c> our</c><00:45:43.949><c> rescue</c><00:45:44.329><c> with</c><00:45:44.530><c> that</c><00:45:44.809><c> strange</c><00:45:45.090><c> expression</c>

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It<00:45:46.230><c> says</c><00:45:46.550><c> gathered</c><00:45:47.050><c> where</c><00:45:47.309><c> thou</c><00:45:47.510><c> hast</c><00:45:47.750><c> not</c><00:45:48.090><c> winnowed</c>

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But<00:45:49.230><c> that</c><00:45:49.329><c> wasn't</c><00:45:49.610><c> true</c><00:45:49.929><c> either</c>

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Back<00:45:51.050><c> in</c><00:45:51.210><c> Matthew</c><00:45:51.610><c> chapter</c><00:45:51.949><c> 3</c><00:45:53.150><c> verses</c><00:45:53.650><c> 11</c><00:45:54.030><c> and</c><00:45:54.190><c> 12</c><00:45:54.409><c> we've</c><00:45:54.570><c> got</c>

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the<00:45:54.710><c> words</c><00:45:54.909><c> of</c><00:45:55.030><c> John</c><00:45:55.269><c> the</c><00:45:55.469><c> Baptist</c>

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And<00:45:57.210><c> concerning</c><00:45:57.769><c> the</c><00:45:58.570><c> Messiah</c><00:45:58.969><c> to</c><00:45:59.190><c> be</c><00:45:59.349><c> manifest</c><00:45:59.730><c> he</c><00:45:59.929><c> said</c><00:46:00.269><c> in</c>

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Matthew<00:46:01.409><c> 3</c><00:46:01.670><c> verses</c><00:46:01.969><c> 11</c><00:46:02.230><c> and</c><00:46:02.389><c> 12</c>

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I<00:46:03.309><c> indeed</c><00:46:03.650><c> baptize</c><00:46:04.210><c> you</c><00:46:04.329><c> with</c><00:46:04.530><c> water</c><00:46:04.929><c> unto</c><00:46:05.349><c> repentance</c>

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But<00:46:06.929><c> he</c><00:46:07.130><c> that</c><00:46:07.309><c> cometh</c><00:46:07.570><c> after</c><00:46:07.869><c> me</c><00:46:08.070><c> is</c><00:46:08.269><c> mightier</c><00:46:08.610><c> than</c><00:46:08.730><c> I</c><00:46:08.929><c> whose</c>

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shoes<00:46:09.409><c> I</c><00:46:09.570><c> am</c><00:46:09.670><c> not</c><00:46:09.869><c> worthy</c><00:46:10.110><c> to</c><00:46:10.429><c> bear</c>

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He<00:46:11.550><c> shall</c><00:46:11.710><c> baptize</c><00:46:12.269><c> you</c><00:46:12.369><c> with</c><00:46:12.530><c> the</c><00:46:12.670><c> Holy</c><00:46:12.909><c> Spirit</c><00:46:13.150><c> and</c><00:46:13.309><c> with</c><00:46:13.570><c> fire</c>

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Whose<00:46:14.409><c> fan</c><00:46:14.849><c> in</c><00:46:15.190><c> his</c><00:46:15.510><c> hand</c><00:46:15.849><c> and</c><00:46:16.250><c> he</c><00:46:16.789><c> will</c><00:46:17.150><c> thoroughly</c><00:46:17.610><c> purge</c>

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his<00:46:18.469><c> floor</c>

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And<00:46:19.369><c> gather</c><00:46:19.730><c> his</c><00:46:20.409><c> wheat</c><00:46:20.630><c> into</c><00:46:20.969><c> the</c><00:46:21.230><c> garner</c>

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But<00:46:22.010><c> he</c><00:46:22.170><c> will</c><00:46:22.349><c> burn</c><00:46:22.710><c> up</c><00:46:23.030><c> the</c><00:46:23.329><c> chaff</c><00:46:23.550><c> with</c><00:46:23.809><c> unquenchable</c><00:46:24.570><c> fire</c>

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Well<00:46:25.630><c> here's</c><00:46:26.050><c> a</c><00:46:26.190><c> man</c><00:46:26.269><c> that's</c><00:46:26.610><c> winnowing</c><00:46:27.190><c> but</c><00:46:27.449><c> what's</c><00:46:27.750><c> he</c><00:46:27.869><c> winnowing?</c>

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He's<00:46:28.989><c> winnowing</c><00:46:29.869><c> his</c><00:46:30.590><c> harvest</c>

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He<00:46:32.190><c> will</c><00:46:32.469><c> gather</c><00:46:32.889><c> his</c><00:46:33.630><c> wheat</c><00:46:33.909><c> into</c><00:46:34.150><c> the</c><00:46:34.409><c> garner</c>

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It's<00:46:35.829><c> not</c><00:46:35.949><c> anybody</c><00:46:36.349><c> else's</c>

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He's<00:46:37.789><c> done</c><00:46:37.949><c> all</c><00:46:38.230><c> that</c><00:46:38.630><c> and</c><00:46:38.989><c> he's</c><00:46:39.269><c> coming</c><00:46:39.449><c> brothers</c><00:46:39.789><c> and</c><00:46:40.070><c> sisters</c><00:46:40.510><c> to</c><00:46:41.010><c> reap</c><00:46:41.250><c> a</c><00:46:41.469><c> harvest</c>

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And<00:46:42.949><c> if</c><00:46:43.050><c> it's</c><00:46:43.269><c> not</c><00:46:43.550><c> there,</c><00:46:44.409><c> woe</c><00:46:44.510><c> unto</c><00:46:44.750><c> us</c>

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That<00:46:45.909><c> this</c><00:46:46.230><c> man</c><00:46:46.690><c> was</c><00:46:47.329><c> really,</c><00:46:48.110><c> really</c><00:46:48.889><c> on</c><00:46:49.610><c> the</c><00:46:49.710><c> wrong</c><00:46:49.869><c> track</c>

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He<00:46:50.489><c> completely</c><00:46:51.210><c> had</c><00:46:51.489><c> misunderstood</c><00:46:51.989><c> his</c><00:46:52.289><c> Lord</c>

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Ah,<00:46:53.929><c> the</c><00:46:54.070><c> truth</c><00:46:54.309><c> of</c><00:46:54.469><c> the</c><00:46:54.489><c> matter</c><00:46:54.650><c> came</c><00:46:54.969><c> out</c><00:46:55.329><c> in</c><00:46:55.530><c> verse</c><00:46:55.769><c> 25</c><00:46:56.690><c> of</c>

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Matthew<00:46:57.329><c> 25</c>

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We<00:46:58.090><c> go</c><00:46:58.289><c> back</c><00:46:58.630><c> to</c><00:46:58.829><c> the</c><00:46:59.010><c> parable</c>

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I<00:47:00.590><c> was</c><00:47:00.869><c> afraid</c>

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There's<00:47:03.469><c> the</c><00:47:03.630><c> problem</c>

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This<00:47:05.530><c> man</c><00:47:05.769><c> was</c><00:47:06.070><c> fearful</c>

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Fearful<00:47:09.349><c> in</c><00:47:09.650><c> a</c><00:47:09.889><c> different</c><00:47:10.110><c> way</c><00:47:10.929><c> than</c><00:47:11.409><c> being</c><00:47:11.769><c> reverentially</c><00:47:12.469><c> fearful</c>

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You<00:47:13.329><c> see</c><00:47:14.409><c> Revelation</c><00:47:14.889><c> 21</c><00:47:15.570><c> and</c><00:47:15.809><c> verse</c><00:47:16.070><c> 8</c><00:47:16.329><c> says</c><00:47:16.630><c> without</c><00:47:17.090><c> or</c><00:47:17.409><c> all</c>

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those<00:47:17.809><c> all</c><00:47:18.090><c> the</c><00:47:18.309><c> fearful</c>

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The<00:47:19.570><c> whole</c><00:47:19.829><c> among</c><00:47:20.090><c> us</c><00:47:20.369><c> and</c><00:47:20.610><c> so</c><00:47:20.789><c> forth</c><00:47:20.969><c> and</c><00:47:21.130><c> all</c><00:47:21.269><c> the</c><00:47:21.550><c> fearful</c>

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are<00:47:22.210><c> there</c><00:47:22.409><c> outside</c>

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Now<00:47:24.289><c> had</c><00:47:24.550><c> that</c><00:47:24.849><c> man</c><00:47:25.070><c> had</c><00:47:25.230><c> a</c><00:47:25.469><c> godly</c><00:47:25.829><c> fear</c>

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This<00:47:26.869><c> is</c><00:47:27.010><c> what</c><00:47:27.150><c> he</c><00:47:27.269><c> would</c><00:47:27.389><c> have</c><00:47:27.590><c> done</c><00:47:28.150><c> in</c><00:47:28.750><c> the</c><00:47:29.050><c> second</c><00:47:29.230><c> Corinthians</c><00:47:29.789><c> chapter</c>

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7<00:47:30.650><c> and</c><00:47:30.869><c> verse</c><00:47:31.070><c> 1</c>

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See<00:47:33.550><c> godly</c><00:47:33.989><c> fear</c><00:47:34.230><c> is</c><00:47:34.469><c> different</c><00:47:34.710><c> than</c><00:47:34.849><c> just</c><00:47:35.090><c> being</c><00:47:35.329><c> fearful</c>

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And<00:47:38.570><c> in</c><00:47:38.730><c> the</c><00:47:38.869><c> second</c><00:47:39.090><c> Corinthians</c><00:47:39.949><c> chapter</c><00:47:40.610><c> 7</c><00:47:41.269><c> and</c><00:47:41.710><c> verse</c><00:47:41.989><c> 1</c>

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The<00:47:43.489><c> apostle</c><00:47:43.969><c> has</c><00:47:44.250><c> this</c><00:47:44.489><c> to</c><00:47:44.769><c> say</c>

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He<00:47:45.250><c> says</c><00:47:47.190><c> having</c><00:47:47.969><c> therefore</c><00:47:48.409><c> these</c><00:47:48.710><c> promises</c>

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This<00:47:49.289><c> is</c><00:47:49.570><c> verse</c><00:47:49.789><c> 1,</c><00:47:50.389><c> second</c><00:47:50.489><c> Corinthians</c><00:47:50.829><c> 7</c><00:47:51.230><c> and</c><00:47:51.389><c> verse</c><00:47:51.670><c> 1</c>

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Having<00:47:52.449><c> therefore</c><00:47:52.869><c> these</c><00:47:53.230><c> promises</c><00:47:53.670><c> dearly</c><00:47:54.090><c> beloved</c>

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Let<00:47:54.969><c> us</c><00:47:55.190><c> cleanse</c><00:47:55.489><c> ourselves</c><00:47:56.010><c> from</c><00:47:56.329><c> all</c><00:47:56.789><c> filthiness</c><00:47:57.170><c> of</c><00:47:57.329><c> the</c>

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flesh<00:47:57.829><c> and</c><00:47:58.289><c> spirit</c>

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Perfecting<00:48:01.050><c> holiness</c><00:48:01.530><c> in</c><00:48:02.710><c> the</c><00:48:02.969><c> fear</c><00:48:03.130><c> of</c><00:48:03.250><c> God</c>

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Ah,<00:48:05.510><c> see</c><00:48:05.829><c> so</c><00:48:07.050><c> we</c><00:48:07.590><c> can't</c><00:48:08.010><c> perfect</c><00:48:08.309><c> holiness</c><00:48:08.710><c> without</c><00:48:09.150><c> fear</c>

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But<00:48:11.070><c> it's</c><00:48:11.570><c> a</c><00:48:11.710><c> different</c><00:48:11.949><c> fear,</c><00:48:12.389><c> isn't</c><00:48:12.409><c> it?</c>

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It's<00:48:12.869><c> a</c><00:48:12.909><c> fear</c><00:48:13.409><c> of</c><00:48:13.769><c> God</c>

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Yes,<00:48:14.789><c> you</c><00:48:14.989><c> can't</c>

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We<00:48:16.309><c> cannot</c><00:48:16.690><c> divorce</c><00:48:17.150><c> that</c><00:48:17.469><c> from</c><00:48:18.530><c> a</c><00:48:18.889><c> real</c><00:48:19.750><c> abject</c><00:48:20.309><c> fear</c><00:48:20.670><c> of</c><00:48:21.070><c> God</c>

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as<00:48:22.489><c> divine,</c><00:48:23.250><c> awesome,</c><00:48:24.650><c> all</c><00:48:24.849><c> powerful</c>

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Beyond<00:48:26.530><c> our</c><00:48:26.869><c> comprehension</c>

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Frightening<00:48:28.070><c> in</c><00:48:28.150><c> that</c><00:48:28.349><c> respect</c>

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Yes,<00:48:28.969><c> it's</c><00:48:29.230><c> true</c>

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But<00:48:31.010><c> there's</c><00:48:31.269><c> a</c><00:48:31.409><c> love</c><00:48:31.670><c> too</c>

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That<00:48:33.409><c> behind</c><00:48:33.809><c> that</c><00:48:34.409><c> great</c><00:48:34.869><c> awe</c><00:48:35.309><c> inspiring</c><00:48:36.309><c> vision</c><00:48:37.230><c> which</c><00:48:37.449><c> we</c>

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might<00:48:37.869><c> have</c>

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There<00:48:39.269><c> is</c><00:48:39.489><c> a</c><00:48:39.610><c> loving</c><00:48:39.829><c> Heavenly</c><00:48:40.210><c> Father</c>

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A<00:48:40.730><c> Heavenly</c><00:48:41.469><c> Father</c><00:48:41.869><c> who</c><00:48:41.989><c> can</c><00:48:42.170><c> understand</c><00:48:42.690><c> and</c><00:48:43.110><c> who</c><00:48:43.289><c> wants</c><00:48:43.469><c> to</c><00:48:43.690><c> understand</c>

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And<00:48:44.070><c> who</c><00:48:44.210><c> delights</c><00:48:44.769><c> in</c><00:48:45.769><c> mercy</c>

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He<00:48:46.190><c> just</c><00:48:46.250><c> doesn't</c><00:48:46.510><c> show</c><00:48:46.769><c> it</c>

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He<00:48:47.010><c> delights</c><00:48:47.670><c> to</c><00:48:47.889><c> do</c><00:48:47.969><c> it</c>

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And<00:48:48.889><c> therefore</c><00:48:49.409><c> our</c><00:48:50.070><c> fear</c><00:48:50.309><c> of</c><00:48:50.489><c> him</c><00:48:51.309><c> is</c><00:48:52.150><c> such</c><00:48:52.469><c> that</c><00:48:52.730><c> it</c><00:48:53.170><c> brings</c>

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forth<00:48:53.929><c> a</c><00:48:54.369><c> reverential</c><00:48:54.949><c> reverence</c>

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You<00:48:55.590><c> see</c><00:48:56.269><c> there</c><00:48:56.869><c> is</c><00:48:57.130><c> forgiveness</c><00:48:57.469><c> with</c><00:48:57.730><c> thee</c><00:48:57.889><c> says</c><00:48:58.130><c> the</c><00:48:58.369><c> psalmist</c>

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That<00:48:58.769><c> thou</c><00:48:58.909><c> mayest</c><00:48:59.349><c> be</c><00:48:59.929><c> feared</c>

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But<00:49:01.570><c> this</c><00:49:01.789><c> man's</c><00:49:02.230><c> fear</c><00:49:02.329><c> with</c><00:49:02.670><c> nothing</c><00:49:02.969><c> like</c><00:49:03.329><c> that</c>

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He<00:49:04.230><c> was</c><00:49:04.530><c> just</c><00:49:05.150><c> terrified</c><00:49:06.190><c> of</c><00:49:06.409><c> this</c><00:49:06.650><c> Lord</c><00:49:06.949><c> who</c><00:49:07.250><c> he</c><00:49:07.590><c> considered</c>

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to<00:49:08.170><c> be</c><00:49:08.730><c> an</c><00:49:09.190><c> absolute</c><00:49:10.250><c> dictator</c>

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And<00:49:11.969><c> a</c><00:49:12.230><c> giant</c><00:49:12.630><c> and</c><00:49:13.230><c> an</c><00:49:13.469><c> arrogant</c><00:49:13.889><c> and</c><00:49:14.150><c> a</c><00:49:14.489><c> difficult</c><00:49:14.750><c> man</c><00:49:14.969><c> to</c><00:49:15.110><c> get</c><00:49:15.230><c> on</c><00:49:15.429><c> with</c>

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And<00:49:16.230><c> that's</c><00:49:16.469><c> where</c><00:49:16.610><c> his</c><00:49:16.849><c> fear</c><00:49:17.070><c> was</c>

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Behind<00:49:18.090><c> his</c><00:49:18.449><c> fear</c><00:49:18.789><c> was</c><00:49:19.369><c> none</c><00:49:19.750><c> of</c><00:49:19.989><c> those</c><00:49:20.250><c> other</c><00:49:20.530><c> qualities</c><00:49:20.929><c> for</c>

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which<00:49:21.349><c> our</c><00:49:21.530><c> Heavenly</c><00:49:21.869><c> Father</c><00:49:22.429><c> has</c><00:49:22.929><c> made</c><00:49:23.110><c> himself</c><00:49:23.510><c> famous</c>

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Jesus<00:49:25.769><c> exposed</c><00:49:26.309><c> him</c>

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Absolutely<00:49:27.909><c> exposed</c><00:49:28.469><c> him</c>

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He<00:49:28.789><c> called</c><00:49:29.070><c> him</c><00:49:29.409><c> in</c><00:49:29.409><c> verse</c><00:49:29.849><c> 26,</c><00:49:31.269><c> wicked</c><00:49:31.530><c> and</c><00:49:32.449><c> slothful</c>

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Matthew<00:49:35.570><c> 25</c><00:49:36.130><c> verse</c><00:49:36.369><c> 26,</c><00:49:37.329><c> wicked</c><00:49:37.570><c> and</c><00:49:38.610><c> slothful</c>

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Now<00:49:40.150><c> the</c><00:49:40.230><c> Greek</c><00:49:40.489><c> word</c><00:49:40.769><c> here</c><00:49:41.130><c> for</c><00:49:41.309><c> wicked</c><00:49:41.650><c> really</c><00:49:42.289><c> doesn't</c><00:49:42.809><c> do</c>

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duty<00:49:43.469><c> for</c><00:49:44.690><c> the</c><00:49:45.030><c> intrinsic</c><00:49:45.429><c> evil</c><00:49:45.809><c> in</c><00:49:46.190><c> flesh</c><00:49:46.429><c> as</c><00:49:46.710><c> its</c><00:49:46.969><c> bias</c><00:49:47.269><c> towards</c><00:49:47.710><c> sin</c>

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It<00:49:49.230><c> really</c><00:49:49.510><c> is</c><00:49:49.690><c> a</c><00:49:49.789><c> word</c><00:49:49.989><c> which</c><00:49:50.210><c> means</c><00:49:50.550><c> to</c><00:49:50.730><c> be</c><00:49:51.030><c> hurtful</c><00:49:51.789><c> and</c><00:49:52.829><c> to</c>

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cause<00:49:53.289><c> pain</c>

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And<00:49:55.489><c> that's</c><00:49:55.730><c> exactly</c><00:49:56.090><c> what</c><00:49:56.289><c> he</c><00:49:56.489><c> had</c><00:49:56.550><c> done</c>

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Not<00:49:57.690><c> only</c><00:49:58.010><c> by</c><00:49:58.289><c> not</c><00:49:58.570><c> using</c><00:49:58.849><c> his</c><00:49:59.190><c> talent</c>

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But<00:50:00.650><c> by</c><00:50:00.969><c> his</c><00:50:01.530><c> distorted</c><00:50:02.530><c> picture</c><00:50:03.130><c> of</c><00:50:03.449><c> the</c><00:50:03.630><c> Lord</c>

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It<00:50:04.269><c> was</c><00:50:04.670><c> hurtful</c><00:50:05.550><c> and</c><00:50:06.110><c> it</c><00:50:06.389><c> caused</c><00:50:06.630><c> pain</c>

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Jesus<00:50:08.489><c> Christ</c><00:50:08.949><c> is</c><00:50:09.409><c> not</c><00:50:09.789><c> harsh</c><00:50:10.309><c> nor</c><00:50:10.769><c> severe</c>

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Nor<00:50:12.909><c> does</c><00:50:13.150><c> he</c><00:50:13.409><c> ask</c><00:50:13.670><c> anyone</c><00:50:14.210><c> to</c><00:50:14.989><c> do</c><00:50:15.170><c> any</c><00:50:15.409><c> more</c><00:50:15.610><c> than</c><00:50:15.750><c> he's</c><00:50:15.989><c> done</c><00:50:16.170><c> himself</c>

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Nor<00:50:18.570><c> does</c><00:50:18.969><c> he</c><00:50:19.210><c> gather</c><00:50:19.449><c> up</c><00:50:19.750><c> the</c><00:50:20.070><c> harvest</c><00:50:20.489><c> in</c><00:50:20.989><c> which</c><00:50:21.190><c> he</c><00:50:21.389><c> has</c><00:50:21.610><c> extended</c><00:50:22.030><c> no</c>

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energy<00:50:22.989><c> himself</c><00:50:23.750><c> whatever</c>

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He<00:50:24.610><c> does</c><00:50:24.889><c> not</c><00:50:25.289><c> do</c><00:50:25.610><c> anything</c><00:50:26.090><c> like</c><00:50:26.349><c> that</c>

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As<00:50:27.750><c> a</c><00:50:27.909><c> matter</c><00:50:28.110><c> of</c><00:50:28.269><c> fact</c><00:50:28.429><c> rather</c><00:50:28.829><c> than</c><00:50:29.090><c> harsh</c><00:50:29.309><c> and</c><00:50:29.570><c> severe</c>

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He's<00:50:30.710><c> loving</c><00:50:31.010><c> and</c><00:50:31.309><c> he's</c><00:50:31.590><c> kind</c><00:50:31.909><c> and</c><00:50:32.090><c> he's</c><00:50:32.329><c> forbearing</c>

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He's<00:50:33.570><c> understanding</c><00:50:34.110><c> and</c><00:50:34.309><c> he's</c><00:50:34.550><c> sympathetic</c>

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He<00:50:37.150><c> gave</c><00:50:37.710><c> his</c><00:50:38.070><c> life</c>

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Except<00:50:39.789><c> a</c><00:50:40.090><c> seed</c><00:50:40.309><c> fall</c><00:50:40.590><c> into</c><00:50:40.769><c> the</c><00:50:40.949><c> ground</c><00:50:41.090><c> it</c><00:50:41.269><c> will</c><00:50:41.429><c> abide</c><00:50:41.630><c> alone</c>

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He<00:50:42.170><c> was</c><00:50:42.409><c> prepared</c><00:50:42.650><c> to</c><00:50:42.750><c> go</c><00:50:42.889><c> to</c><00:50:43.050><c> the</c><00:50:43.269><c> grave</c><00:50:43.590><c> to</c><00:50:43.889><c> be</c><00:50:44.150><c> buried</c><00:50:44.409><c> in</c>

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the<00:50:44.949><c> tomb</c>

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In<00:50:45.829><c> order</c><00:50:46.010><c> that</c><00:50:46.150><c> it</c><00:50:46.329><c> might</c><00:50:46.550><c> sprout</c><00:50:46.849><c> new</c><00:50:47.190><c> life</c>

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He<00:50:47.909><c> went</c><00:50:48.090><c> through</c><00:50:48.489><c> agony</c><00:50:48.849><c> to</c><00:50:49.030><c> do</c><00:50:49.190><c> that</c>

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And<00:50:50.730><c> the</c><00:50:50.909><c> harvest</c><00:50:51.369><c> that</c><00:50:51.510><c> he</c><00:50:51.610><c> comes</c><00:50:51.909><c> to</c><00:50:52.190><c> reap</c><00:50:52.550><c> is</c><00:50:54.329><c> the</c><00:50:54.710><c> sole</c><00:50:56.170><c> outcome</c><00:50:58.190><c> of</c>

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what<00:50:58.949><c> he</c><00:50:59.250><c> himself</c><00:50:59.670><c> has</c><00:50:59.949><c> done</c><00:51:00.269><c> in</c><00:51:00.670><c> all</c><00:51:00.889><c> the</c><00:51:01.050><c> labour</c><00:51:01.230><c> he</c><00:51:01.590><c> expended</c><00:51:01.769><c> on</c><00:51:01.969><c> our</c><00:51:02.170><c> behalf</c>

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It<00:51:02.889><c> is</c><00:51:03.269><c> hurtful</c><00:51:04.230><c> and</c><00:51:04.550><c> causes</c><00:51:04.929><c> him</c><00:51:05.250><c> great</c><00:51:05.570><c> pain</c><00:51:06.190><c> to</c><00:51:06.750><c> be</c>

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considered<00:51:07.230><c> otherwise</c>

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And<00:51:08.869><c> this</c><00:51:08.969><c> is</c><00:51:09.030><c> what</c><00:51:09.210><c> this</c><00:51:09.449><c> man</c><00:51:09.610><c> had</c><00:51:09.809><c> done</c>

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That's<00:51:10.110><c> what</c><00:51:10.329><c> the</c><00:51:10.369><c> word</c><00:51:10.650><c> wicked</c><00:51:10.929><c> means</c>

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Slothful,<00:51:14.090><c> slow</c><00:51:14.409><c> and</c><00:51:14.750><c> indolent</c>

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You<00:51:16.449><c> know</c><00:51:17.070><c> the</c><00:51:17.409><c> apostle</c><00:51:17.690><c> says</c><00:51:18.070><c> in</c><00:51:18.250><c> Hebrews</c><00:51:18.690><c> 6</c><00:51:20.010><c> and</c><00:51:20.369><c> verse</c><00:51:20.630><c> 12</c>

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When<00:51:22.070><c> he</c><00:51:22.150><c> uses</c><00:51:22.469><c> this</c><00:51:22.869><c> term</c><00:51:23.250><c> for</c><00:51:23.610><c> slothful</c>

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He<00:51:25.329><c> says</c><00:51:25.409><c> it</c><00:51:25.590><c> all</c>

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He<00:51:26.809><c> says</c><00:51:26.949><c> in</c><00:51:27.110><c> Hebrews</c><00:51:27.469><c> 6</c><00:51:27.809><c> and</c><00:51:27.949><c> verse</c><00:51:28.130><c> 12</c>

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That<00:51:29.289><c> ye</c><00:51:29.489><c> be</c><00:51:29.630><c> not</c><00:51:29.969><c> slothful</c><00:51:31.269><c> but</c><00:51:31.769><c> followers</c><00:51:32.110><c> of</c><00:51:32.250><c> them</c><00:51:32.489><c> who</c><00:51:32.690><c> through</c><00:51:32.929><c> faith</c><00:51:33.329><c> and</c>

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patience<00:51:34.369><c> inherit</c><00:51:35.650><c> the</c><00:51:36.050><c> promises</c>

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For<00:51:37.489><c> when</c><00:51:38.010><c> God</c><00:51:38.469><c> made</c><00:51:38.929><c> promise</c><00:51:39.329><c> to</c><00:51:39.869><c> Abraham</c>

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You<00:51:41.250><c> know</c><00:51:41.469><c> you</c><00:51:41.670><c> go</c><00:51:41.809><c> back</c><00:51:41.989><c> to</c><00:51:42.170><c> Abraham's</c><00:51:42.690><c> life</c>

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Abraham<00:51:43.929><c> either</c><00:51:44.449><c> made</c><00:51:44.610><c> a</c><00:51:44.670><c> lot</c><00:51:44.829><c> of</c><00:51:45.010><c> mistakes</c>

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And<00:51:45.329><c> he</c><00:51:45.429><c> did</c><00:51:45.630><c> make</c><00:51:45.789><c> a</c><00:51:45.829><c> lot</c><00:51:45.969><c> of</c><00:51:46.210><c> mistakes</c>

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You<00:51:47.110><c> could</c><00:51:47.329><c> never</c><00:51:47.570><c> say</c><00:51:47.829><c> he</c><00:51:47.829><c> was</c><00:51:48.150><c> slothful</c>

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A<00:51:50.110><c> man</c><00:51:50.409><c> that</c><00:51:50.610><c> left</c><00:51:50.829><c> everything</c><00:51:51.190><c> not</c><00:51:51.469><c> knowing</c><00:51:51.710><c> whether</c><00:51:51.909><c> he</c><00:51:52.070><c> went</c>

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And<00:51:53.469><c> spent</c><00:51:53.610><c> a</c><00:51:53.789><c> lifetime</c><00:51:54.250><c> living</c><00:51:54.809><c> in</c><00:51:55.090><c> a</c><00:51:55.190><c> tent</c>

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With<00:51:56.250><c> no</c><00:51:56.570><c> certain</c><00:51:56.849><c> dwelling</c><00:51:57.130><c> place</c>

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And<00:51:59.130><c> waited</c><00:51:59.309><c> and</c><00:51:59.650><c> waited</c><00:51:59.889><c> and</c><00:52:00.130><c> waited</c>

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With<00:52:00.989><c> years</c><00:52:01.269><c> of</c><00:52:01.610><c> faithfulness</c><00:52:02.070><c> to</c><00:52:02.289><c> a</c><00:52:02.369><c> promise</c><00:52:02.650><c> that</c><00:52:02.909><c> seemed</c>

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to<00:52:03.409><c> be</c><00:52:03.710><c> far</c><00:52:03.989><c> off</c>

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He<00:52:04.849><c> was</c><00:52:04.969><c> not</c><00:52:05.230><c> slothful</c>

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And<00:52:06.909><c> this</c><00:52:07.050><c> is</c><00:52:07.170><c> what</c><00:52:07.329><c> this</c><00:52:07.530><c> servant</c><00:52:07.750><c> was</c>

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Slothful

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Now<00:52:10.730><c> the</c><00:52:10.849><c> Lord</c><00:52:11.050><c> said</c><00:52:11.429><c> the</c><00:52:11.889><c> least</c><00:52:12.170><c> he</c><00:52:12.349><c> could</c><00:52:12.550><c> have</c><00:52:12.690><c> done</c>

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The<00:52:13.550><c> very</c><00:52:13.869><c> least</c><00:52:14.230><c> in</c><00:52:14.369><c> verse</c><00:52:14.650><c> 27</c><00:52:15.170><c> of</c><00:52:15.349><c> Matthew</c><00:52:15.650><c> 25</c>

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The<00:52:16.550><c> very</c><00:52:16.849><c> least</c><00:52:17.510><c> he</c><00:52:17.909><c> could</c><00:52:18.070><c> have</c><00:52:18.190><c> gone</c><00:52:18.309><c> to</c><00:52:18.469><c> the</c><00:52:18.750><c> exchanges</c>

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The<00:52:21.090><c> word</c><00:52:21.090><c> means</c><00:52:21.429><c> table</c><00:52:21.909><c> or</c><00:52:22.150><c> counter</c><00:52:22.570><c> keepers</c>

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It's<00:52:25.329><c> just</c><00:52:25.469><c> the</c><00:52:25.570><c> same</c><00:52:25.690><c> today</c><00:52:25.909><c> as</c><00:52:26.110><c> a</c><00:52:26.250><c> bank</c>

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You<00:52:27.150><c> know</c><00:52:28.010><c> a</c><00:52:28.250><c> lot</c><00:52:28.409><c> of</c><00:52:28.510><c> people</c><00:52:28.789><c> don't</c><00:52:29.489><c> want</c><00:52:29.650><c> to</c><00:52:29.750><c> work</c>

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They've<00:52:30.050><c> got</c><00:52:30.170><c> plenty</c><00:52:30.289><c> of</c><00:52:30.389><c> money</c>

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So<00:52:31.849><c> they</c><00:52:32.030><c> might</c><00:52:32.610><c> just</c><00:52:32.889><c> leave</c><00:52:33.070><c> it</c><00:52:33.150><c> in</c><00:52:33.190><c> their</c><00:52:33.389><c> bank</c><00:52:33.610><c> account</c>

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But<00:52:34.210><c> they</c><00:52:34.510><c> do</c><00:52:34.889><c> make</c><00:52:35.130><c> the</c><00:52:35.329><c> effort</c><00:52:35.530><c> to</c><00:52:35.769><c> actually</c><00:52:35.989><c> get</c><00:52:36.250><c> up</c>

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They<00:52:37.090><c> go</c><00:52:37.309><c> down</c><00:52:37.449><c> to</c><00:52:37.550><c> the</c><00:52:37.710><c> bank</c><00:52:37.929><c> and</c><00:52:38.130><c> they</c><00:52:38.389><c> actually</c><00:52:39.289><c> go</c><00:52:39.670><c> through</c>

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the<00:52:40.849><c> procedure</c>

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Not<00:52:41.809><c> very</c><00:52:42.130><c> painful</c>

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To<00:52:43.250><c> make</c><00:52:43.389><c> out</c><00:52:43.550><c> a</c><00:52:43.670><c> few</c><00:52:43.809><c> forms</c><00:52:44.230><c> and</c><00:52:44.730><c> transfer</c><00:52:45.150><c> their</c><00:52:45.349><c> money</c>

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To<00:52:45.710><c> make</c><00:52:45.869><c> a</c><00:52:45.889><c> little</c><00:52:46.090><c> bit</c><00:52:46.230><c> more</c><00:52:46.409><c> interest</c>

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I<00:52:47.010><c> mean</c><00:52:47.289><c> that</c><00:52:47.510><c> doesn't</c><00:52:47.789><c> take</c><00:52:47.969><c> a</c><00:52:48.090><c> lot</c><00:52:48.210><c> of</c><00:52:48.349><c> effort</c>

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Now<00:52:49.690><c> the</c><00:52:49.789><c> Lord</c><00:52:49.949><c> says</c><00:52:50.289><c> you</c><00:52:51.289><c> could</c><00:52:51.510><c> have</c><00:52:51.670><c> done</c><00:52:51.849><c> that</c><00:52:52.070><c> at</c><00:52:52.210><c> least</c>

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Now<00:52:52.670><c> brethren</c><00:52:52.889><c> and</c><00:52:53.130><c> sisters</c><00:52:53.250><c> how</c><00:52:53.769><c> do</c><00:52:53.949><c> you</c><00:52:54.090><c> think</c><00:52:54.250><c> that</c><00:52:54.409><c> would</c>

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apply<00:52:54.949><c> in</c><00:52:55.190><c> a</c><00:52:55.230><c> pleasurable</c><00:52:55.550><c> life?</c>

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You<00:52:56.469><c> see</c><00:52:57.150><c> talents</c><00:52:57.630><c> which</c><00:52:57.869><c> are</c><00:52:58.010><c> given</c>

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Ability<00:53:00.889><c> is</c><00:53:01.329><c> like</c><00:53:01.610><c> capital</c><00:53:02.030><c> which</c><00:53:02.349><c> you're</c><00:53:02.570><c> given</c>

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To<00:53:03.789><c> use,</c><00:53:05.889><c> to</c><00:53:06.210><c> make</c><00:53:06.449><c> more</c>

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You've<00:53:07.449><c> got</c><00:53:07.610><c> capital,</c><00:53:08.050><c> you</c><00:53:08.070><c> can</c><00:53:08.309><c> make</c><00:53:08.869><c> money</c>

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Money<00:53:09.909><c> makes</c><00:53:10.250><c> money</c>

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So<00:53:11.449><c> the</c><00:53:11.570><c> Lord</c><00:53:11.829><c> has</c><00:53:12.070><c> given</c><00:53:12.190><c> us</c><00:53:12.429><c> ability</c>

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We<00:53:13.329><c> can</c><00:53:13.570><c> use</c><00:53:13.829><c> that</c><00:53:14.170><c> to</c><00:53:14.849><c> edify</c><00:53:15.230><c> the</c><00:53:15.469><c> Ecclesia</c>

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To<00:53:16.230><c> increase</c><00:53:16.969><c> the</c><00:53:17.510><c> understanding</c><00:53:17.929><c> of</c><00:53:18.110><c> our</c><00:53:18.230><c> brothers</c><00:53:18.449><c> and</c><00:53:18.710><c> sisters</c>

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To<00:53:19.269><c> convert</c><00:53:19.690><c> strangers</c><00:53:20.110><c> to</c><00:53:20.369><c> the</c><00:53:20.670><c> truth</c>

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To<00:53:21.590><c> do</c><00:53:21.769><c> all</c><00:53:22.030><c> sorts</c><00:53:22.309><c> of</c><00:53:22.389><c> things</c>

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That<00:53:23.369><c> we</c><00:53:23.469><c> can</c><00:53:23.610><c> actually</c><00:53:23.869><c> make</c><00:53:24.090><c> a</c><00:53:24.369><c> profit</c><00:53:24.610><c> with</c><00:53:24.829><c> the</c><00:53:25.730><c> Lord's</c>

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God<00:53:26.269><c> given</c><00:53:26.530><c> ability</c>

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Which<00:53:28.190><c> we</c><00:53:28.469><c> have</c><00:53:28.670><c> got</c><00:53:28.829><c> through</c><00:53:29.050><c> our</c><00:53:29.170><c> Lord</c><00:53:29.329><c> Jesus</c><00:53:29.750><c> Christ</c>

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But<00:53:31.570><c> if</c><00:53:31.750><c> we</c><00:53:31.869><c> think</c><00:53:32.010><c> we</c><00:53:32.150><c> have</c><00:53:32.409><c> no</c><00:53:32.690><c> ability</c>

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You<00:53:33.250><c> know</c><00:53:33.429><c> what</c><00:53:33.570><c> we</c><00:53:33.730><c> can</c><00:53:33.949><c> do?</c>

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There's<00:53:34.489><c> something</c><00:53:34.769><c> that's</c><00:53:35.289><c> very,</c><00:53:35.849><c> very</c><00:53:36.489><c> easy</c><00:53:36.969><c> to</c><00:53:37.250><c> do</c>

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It<00:53:38.510><c> takes</c><00:53:38.889><c> very</c><00:53:39.369><c> little</c><00:53:39.590><c> effort</c>

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And<00:53:40.730><c> yet</c><00:53:40.849><c> it</c><00:53:40.969><c> is</c><00:53:41.349><c> profitable</c>

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And<00:53:42.469><c> will</c><00:53:42.690><c> get</c><00:53:42.789><c> us</c><00:53:42.929><c> into</c><00:53:43.070><c> the</c><00:53:43.250><c> Kingdom</c><00:53:43.489><c> of</c><00:53:43.730><c> God</c>

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We<00:53:44.769><c> can</c><00:53:45.010><c> go</c><00:53:45.250><c> to</c><00:53:45.489><c> people</c><00:53:46.210><c> who</c><00:53:47.510><c> have</c><00:53:47.769><c> ability</c>

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And<00:53:49.710><c> offer</c><00:53:49.969><c> to</c><00:53:50.230><c> help</c><00:53:50.429><c> in</c><00:53:50.690><c> whatever</c><00:53:50.929><c> small</c><00:53:51.289><c> way</c><00:53:51.530><c> we</c><00:53:51.829><c> can</c>

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We<00:53:52.349><c> can</c><00:53:52.610><c> at</c><00:53:52.889><c> least</c><00:53:53.329><c> do</c><00:53:53.650><c> that</c>

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Do<00:53:55.489><c> you</c><00:53:55.530><c> know</c><00:53:55.670><c> brothers</c><00:53:55.949><c> and</c><00:53:56.190><c> sisters?</c>

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You<00:53:57.829><c> can</c><00:53:58.150><c> expend</c><00:53:58.530><c> your</c><00:53:58.849><c> talent</c><00:53:59.449><c> profitably</c>

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By<00:54:00.969><c> just</c><00:54:01.349><c> standing</c><00:54:01.670><c> in</c><00:54:01.929><c> a</c><00:54:02.030><c> group</c><00:54:02.329><c> and</c><00:54:02.630><c> listening</c>

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With<00:54:03.769><c> an</c><00:54:04.070><c> appreciative</c><00:54:04.389><c> ear</c><00:54:05.070><c> to</c><00:54:05.650><c> someone</c><00:54:05.989><c> expanding</c><00:54:06.469><c> the</c><00:54:06.769><c> Bible</c>

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The<00:54:08.730><c> fact</c><00:54:08.949><c> that</c><00:54:09.090><c> you</c><00:54:09.269><c> were</c><00:54:09.409><c> there</c><00:54:09.730><c> just</c><00:54:09.989><c> listening</c>

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Showing<00:54:10.869><c> your</c><00:54:11.050><c> interest</c>

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And<00:54:12.250><c> maybe</c><00:54:12.530><c> thanking</c><00:54:12.849><c> the</c><00:54:13.030><c> brother</c><00:54:13.190><c> afterwards</c>

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Can<00:54:15.210><c> have</c><00:54:16.090><c> wonderful,</c><00:54:17.150><c> wonderful</c><00:54:17.809><c> inspiration</c>

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And<00:54:19.329><c> encouragement</c><00:54:19.789><c> to</c><00:54:20.550><c> the</c><00:54:20.710><c> brother</c><00:54:20.889><c> concerned</c><00:54:21.349><c> to</c><00:54:21.570><c> continue</c>

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Nothing<00:54:23.289><c> inspires</c><00:54:23.989><c> a</c><00:54:24.170><c> Bible</c><00:54:24.550><c> student</c><00:54:24.949><c> more</c>

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To<00:54:26.230><c> know</c><00:54:26.550><c> that</c><00:54:26.710><c> what</c><00:54:26.869><c> he</c><00:54:27.130><c> says</c><00:54:27.369><c> helps</c><00:54:27.610><c> somebody</c><00:54:27.989><c> else</c>

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To<00:54:28.889><c> be</c><00:54:29.150><c> told</c><00:54:29.309><c> he's</c><00:54:29.510><c> a</c><00:54:29.510><c> wonderful</c><00:54:30.010><c> speaker</c>

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Wonderful<00:54:31.090><c> stuff</c><00:54:31.449><c> he</c><00:54:31.670><c> had</c>

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He<00:54:31.889><c> must</c><00:54:32.050><c> have</c><00:54:32.190><c> a</c><00:54:32.329><c> good</c><00:54:32.489><c> brain</c>

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Is<00:54:33.429><c> meaningless</c>

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But<00:54:34.409><c> to</c><00:54:34.690><c> say</c><00:54:35.030><c> that</c><00:54:35.429><c> what</c><00:54:35.650><c> he</c><00:54:36.030><c> has</c><00:54:36.130><c> said</c><00:54:36.289><c> has</c><00:54:36.550><c> helped</c><00:54:36.769><c> you</c><00:54:36.949><c> to</c>

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Is<00:54:37.949><c> absolutely</c><00:54:38.690><c> without</c><00:54:39.309><c> price</c>

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Anybody<00:54:40.929><c> can</c><00:54:41.150><c> do</c><00:54:41.309><c> that</c>

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You<00:54:42.969><c> can</c><00:54:43.210><c> encourage</c>

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You<00:54:44.630><c> can</c><00:54:44.889><c> help</c>

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You<00:54:45.989><c> can</c><00:54:46.190><c> give</c><00:54:46.349><c> out</c><00:54:46.610><c> a</c><00:54:46.750><c> pamphlet</c>

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You<00:54:47.070><c> don't</c><00:54:47.269><c> have</c><00:54:47.510><c> to</c><00:54:47.590><c> have</c><00:54:47.769><c> ability</c>

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Most<00:54:48.789><c> people</c><00:54:49.210><c> can</c><00:54:49.550><c> walk</c>

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And<00:54:50.889><c> you</c><00:54:50.989><c> can</c><00:54:51.230><c> give</c><00:54:51.389><c> out</c><00:54:51.610><c> a</c><00:54:51.710><c> pamphlet</c>

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If<00:54:53.050><c> you've</c><00:54:53.329><c> got</c><00:54:53.429><c> no</c><00:54:53.670><c> other</c><00:54:53.869><c> ability</c><00:54:54.090><c> to</c><00:54:54.309><c> that</c>

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You<00:54:54.610><c> will</c><00:54:54.849><c> get</c><00:54:54.969><c> the</c><00:54:55.269><c> same</c><00:54:55.550><c> reward</c><00:54:55.909><c> as</c><00:54:56.110><c> a</c><00:54:56.250><c> man</c><00:54:56.389><c> that's</c><00:54:56.570><c> got</c><00:54:56.750><c> five</c><00:54:57.030><c> talents</c>

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It<00:54:57.909><c> won't</c><00:54:58.110><c> be</c><00:54:58.250><c> any</c><00:54:58.389><c> different</c>

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All<00:54:59.730><c> that</c><00:54:59.909><c> God</c><00:55:00.070><c> asks</c><00:55:00.369><c> is</c><00:55:00.630><c> faithful</c><00:55:01.070><c> use</c><00:55:01.389><c> of</c><00:55:01.550><c> what</c><00:55:01.750><c> you've</c><00:55:01.969><c> got</c>

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So<00:55:03.230><c> that's</c><00:55:03.429><c> what</c><00:55:03.530><c> he</c><00:55:03.670><c> had</c><00:55:03.829><c> to</c><00:55:04.030><c> do</c>

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Now<00:55:05.110><c> because</c><00:55:05.329><c> this</c><00:55:05.590><c> chap</c><00:55:05.710><c> had</c><00:55:05.829><c> done</c><00:55:06.050><c> nothing</c>

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The<00:55:08.590><c> command</c><00:55:08.969><c> is</c><00:55:09.289><c> in</c><00:55:09.469><c> verse</c><00:55:09.630><c> 28</c>

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Strangely

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Take<00:55:12.329><c> therefore</c><00:55:12.690><c> the</c><00:55:12.969><c> talent</c><00:55:13.170><c> from</c><00:55:13.510><c> him</c>

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And<00:55:14.070><c> give</c><00:55:14.230><c> it</c><00:55:14.349><c> unto</c><00:55:14.530><c> him</c><00:55:15.150><c> which</c><00:55:15.670><c> hath</c><00:55:15.909><c> ten</c><00:55:16.190><c> talents</c>

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Well<00:57:09.829><c> it's</c><00:57:10.050><c> so</c><00:57:10.210><c> simple</c>

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However<00:58:13.610><c> small</c><00:58:13.949><c> they</c><00:58:14.090><c> may</c><00:58:14.449><c> be</c>

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Finish<00:58:19.309><c> the</c><00:58:19.510><c> parable</c>

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Cast<00:58:21.409><c> ye</c><00:58:21.630><c> the</c><00:58:21.869><c> unprofitable</c><00:58:22.510><c> servant</c><00:58:22.789><c> into</c><00:58:23.070><c> outer</c><00:58:23.269><c> darkness</c>

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This<00:58:24.429><c> shall</c><00:58:24.590><c> be</c><00:58:24.769><c> weeping</c><00:58:25.090><c> and</c><00:58:25.469><c> gnashing</c><00:58:25.769><c> of</c><00:58:26.050><c> teeth</c>

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We're<00:58:33.889><c> all</c><00:58:34.329><c> unprofitable</c><00:58:35.010><c> servants</c>

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00:58:54.909 --> 00:58:58.710
And<00:58:55.469><c> there's</c><00:58:55.730><c> certainly</c><00:58:56.210><c> nothing</c><00:58:56.690><c> we</c><00:58:56.889><c> can</c><00:58:57.110><c> do</c><00:58:57.250><c> to</c><00:58:57.449><c> increase</c><00:58:57.989><c> it</c>

00:58:58.710 --> 00:59:01.809
Whatever<00:58:59.230><c> is</c><00:58:59.550><c> needful</c><00:58:59.969><c> to</c><00:59:00.110><c> be</c><00:59:00.289><c> done</c><00:59:00.590><c> for</c><00:59:00.889><c> us</c><00:59:01.150><c> to</c><00:59:01.289><c> be</c><00:59:01.550><c> saved</c>

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Has<00:59:02.130><c> been</c><00:59:02.469><c> done</c>

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00:59:06.050 --> 00:59:10.349
But<00:59:06.769><c> we</c><00:59:07.010><c> can't</c><00:59:07.349><c> add</c><00:59:07.809><c> or</c><00:59:08.150><c> take</c><00:59:08.449><c> away</c><00:59:08.750><c> from</c><00:59:08.949><c> it</c>

00:59:10.349 --> 00:59:13.469
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00:59:14.110 --> 00:59:18.409
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That<00:59:18.730><c> which</c><00:59:18.989><c> is</c><00:59:19.190><c> his</c><00:59:19.530><c> own</c>

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You<00:59:21.070><c> see</c><00:59:21.289><c> in</c><00:59:21.650><c> that</c><00:59:21.869><c> parable</c><00:59:22.570><c> in</c><00:59:22.909><c> verse</c><00:59:23.130><c> 27</c>

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Thou<00:59:25.610><c> oughtest</c><00:59:26.010><c> therefore</c><00:59:26.289><c> to</c><00:59:26.469><c> have</c><00:59:26.610><c> put</c><00:59:26.869><c> my</c><00:59:27.230><c> money</c><00:59:27.469><c> to</c><00:59:27.650><c> the</c><00:59:27.929><c> exchanges</c>

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And<00:59:28.650><c> then</c><00:59:28.829><c> at</c><00:59:28.989><c> my</c><00:59:29.969><c> coming</c>

00:59:30.170 --> 00:59:34.010
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In<00:59:34.190><c> other</c><00:59:34.369><c> words</c><00:59:34.630><c> with</c><00:59:35.210><c> profit</c>

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So<00:59:37.130><c> we</c><00:59:37.329><c> can</c><00:59:37.690><c> be</c><00:59:38.630><c> profitable</c><00:59:39.170><c> servants</c><00:59:39.750><c> inverted</c><00:59:40.230><c> commas</c>

00:59:41.409 --> 00:59:45.769
If<00:59:41.929><c> what</c><00:59:42.210><c> we</c><00:59:42.489><c> return</c><00:59:42.769><c> to</c><00:59:42.949><c> the</c><00:59:43.090><c> Lord</c><00:59:43.409><c> is</c><00:59:44.429><c> his</c><00:59:44.730><c> own</c>

00:59:45.769 --> 00:59:48.510
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00:59:48.510 --> 00:59:51.650
In<00:59:48.849><c> every</c><00:59:49.090><c> other</c><00:59:49.349><c> way</c><00:59:49.590><c> we</c><00:59:49.750><c> are</c><00:59:50.170><c> unprofitable</c><00:59:50.989><c> servants</c>

00:59:51.650 --> 00:59:55.650
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Extend<00:59:56.610><c> our</c><00:59:56.849><c> Lord's</c><00:59:57.389><c> words</c>

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Extend<00:59:58.889><c> the</c><00:59:59.050><c> love</c><00:59:59.170><c> of</c><00:59:59.369><c> our</c><00:59:59.590><c> Lord</c><00:59:59.769><c> to</c><00:59:59.989><c> others</c>

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And<01:00:01.010><c> increase</c><01:00:01.570><c> the</c><01:00:01.929><c> appreciation</c><01:00:02.489><c> in</c><01:00:02.769><c> others</c><01:00:03.030><c> of</c><01:00:03.269><c> our</c><01:00:03.610><c> Lord's</c><01:00:04.110><c> goodness</c>

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We<01:00:04.949><c> are</c><01:00:05.230><c> profitable</c><01:00:05.570><c> servants</c>

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Not<01:00:06.409><c> because</c><01:00:06.750><c> we've</c><01:00:07.150><c> made</c><01:00:07.269><c> any</c><01:00:07.489><c> profit</c>

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01:00:20.309 --> 01:00:23.110
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01:00:27.250 --> 01:00:28.309
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01:00:28.309 --> 01:00:32.889
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01:00:37.889 --> 01:00:39.809
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01:00:39.889 --> 01:00:43.010
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01:00:44.070 --> 01:00:47.670
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01:00:48.250 --> 01:00:51.909
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01:00:51.909 --> 01:00:53.469
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01:00:55.289 --> 01:01:00.190
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01:01:00.190 --> 01:01:04.670
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01:01:04.670 --> 01:01:06.789
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01:01:10.889 --> 01:01:13.590
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01:01:13.590 --> 01:01:17.170
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01:01:17.170 --> 01:01:20.289
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01:01:20.289 --> 01:01:22.510
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01:01:22.510 --> 01:01:26.750
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01:01:33.329 --> 01:01:35.590
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01:01:35.590 --> 01:01:39.590
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01:01:39.590 --> 01:01:42.809
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01:01:42.809 --> 01:01:46.050
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01:01:46.050 --> 01:01:48.710
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