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God<00:11:11.110><c> sent</c><00:11:11.289><c> these</c><00:11:11.710><c> fiery</c><00:11:12.070><c> serpents.</c>

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Fiery<00:11:13.850><c> because</c><00:11:14.110><c> I</c><00:11:14.190><c> think</c><00:11:14.509><c> the</c><00:11:16.289><c> venom</c><00:11:16.610><c> of</c><00:11:16.830><c> these</c><00:11:17.029><c> serpents</c><00:11:17.549><c> burned</c><00:11:18.389><c> in</c>

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through<00:11:21.750><c> their</c><00:11:22.029><c> flesh,</c><00:11:22.669><c> or</c><00:11:22.850><c> perhaps</c><00:11:23.230><c> the</c><00:11:25.149><c> mark,</c><00:11:25.809><c> maybe</c><00:11:26.250><c> a</c><00:11:26.389><c> red</c>

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mark<00:11:26.850><c> like</c><00:11:27.049><c> a</c><00:11:27.230><c> burn.</c>

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We're<00:11:28.570><c> not</c><00:11:28.789><c> told</c><00:11:29.009><c> exactly,</c><00:11:29.529><c> but</c><00:11:29.929><c> those</c><00:11:30.289><c> are</c><00:11:30.450><c> some</c><00:11:30.809><c> possibilities.</c>

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These<00:11:33.610><c> serpents</c><00:11:33.870><c> start</c><00:11:34.190><c> biting</c><00:11:34.549><c> and</c><00:11:34.769><c> killing</c><00:11:35.009><c> many</c><00:11:35.250><c> people.</c>

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It's<00:11:35.769><c> clearly</c><00:11:36.090><c> intended</c><00:11:36.409><c> to</c><00:11:36.570><c> bring</c><00:11:36.649><c> our</c><00:11:37.009><c> minds</c><00:11:37.230><c> back</c><00:11:37.509><c> to</c><00:11:37.690><c> Genesis</c><00:11:38.009><c> 3,</c>

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It's<00:11:40.429><c> the</c><00:11:40.730><c> thinking</c><00:11:40.990><c> of</c><00:11:41.230><c> the</c><00:11:41.389><c> serpent</c><00:11:41.690><c> that</c><00:11:41.909><c> they</c><00:11:42.129><c> succumb</c><00:11:42.490><c> to,</c><00:11:43.049><c> and</c><00:11:43.169><c> it's</c><00:11:43.350><c> the</c><00:11:43.590><c> bite</c><00:11:43.929><c> of</c>

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the<00:11:44.470><c> serpent</c>

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that<00:11:45.649><c> shows</c><00:11:46.049><c> them</c><00:11:46.870><c> joining</c><00:11:47.210><c> with</c><00:11:47.490><c> the</c><00:11:47.610><c> serpent</c><00:11:47.929><c> is</c><00:11:48.769><c> a</c><00:11:48.970><c> losing</c><00:11:49.230><c> proposition.</c>

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It's<00:11:50.230><c> the</c><00:11:50.289><c> way</c><00:11:50.690><c> that</c><00:11:50.909><c> leads</c><00:11:51.210><c> to</c><00:11:51.490><c> death.</c>

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But<00:11:54.049><c> like</c><00:11:54.350><c> Adam</c><00:11:54.610><c> and</c><00:11:54.809><c> Eve,</c><00:11:55.370><c> the</c><00:11:55.610><c> Israelites</c><00:11:55.850><c> recognize</c><00:11:56.789><c> their</c><00:11:57.070><c> mistake.</c>

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They<00:11:58.370><c> acknowledge</c><00:11:58.909><c> their</c><00:11:59.250><c> sin,</c><00:12:00.129><c> and</c><00:12:00.309><c> they</c><00:12:00.549><c> say,</c><00:12:01.769><c> we</c><00:12:01.769><c> sinned</c>

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when<00:12:03.029><c> we</c><00:12:03.330><c> spoke</c><00:12:03.509><c> against</c><00:12:03.909><c> God</c><00:12:04.429><c> and</c><00:12:05.070><c> against</c><00:12:05.389><c> you.</c>

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In<00:12:07.889><c> their</c><00:12:08.090><c> request,</c><00:12:09.070><c> pray</c><00:12:09.309><c> that</c><00:12:09.490><c> the</c><00:12:09.649><c> Lord</c><00:12:09.809><c> takes</c><00:12:10.129><c> away</c><00:12:10.370><c> the</c>

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serpents<00:12:10.909><c> from</c><00:12:11.110><c> us.</c>

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Pray<00:12:14.950><c> that</c><00:12:15.230><c> the</c><00:12:15.330><c> Lord</c><00:12:15.450><c> takes</c><00:12:15.710><c> away</c><00:12:15.990><c> the</c><00:12:16.309><c> serpent</c><00:12:16.710><c> from</c><00:12:17.230><c> us.</c>

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Now<00:12:17.929><c> maybe</c><00:12:18.450><c> it's</c><00:12:19.509><c> just</c><00:12:19.710><c> language</c><00:12:20.090><c> like</c><00:12:20.649><c> I</c><00:12:21.090><c> might</c><00:12:21.289><c> say,</c><00:12:22.029><c> the</c><00:12:22.029><c> mosquito</c><00:12:22.509><c> was</c><00:12:22.909><c> our</c><00:12:23.149><c> mortal</c><00:12:23.409><c> enemy</c><00:12:23.730><c> on</c>

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Really,<00:12:26.750><c> one</c><00:12:26.970><c> mosquito</c><00:12:27.289><c> would</c><00:12:27.490><c> not</c><00:12:27.649><c> be</c><00:12:27.809><c> that</c><00:12:28.110><c> bad,</c><00:12:28.669><c> right?</c>

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But<00:12:29.029><c> we</c><00:12:29.909><c> could</c><00:12:30.070><c> say</c><00:12:30.269><c> that</c><00:12:30.450><c> like</c><00:12:30.730><c> we</c><00:12:30.929><c> speak</c><00:12:31.029><c> of</c><00:12:31.190><c> a</c><00:12:31.370><c> collective</c><00:12:31.970><c> singular.</c>

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that<00:12:41.309><c> God</c><00:12:41.470><c> is</c><00:12:41.669><c> sending</c><00:12:41.889><c> them.</c>

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What<00:12:42.789><c> got</c><00:12:43.070><c> them</c><00:12:43.230><c> in</c><00:12:43.389><c> this</c><00:12:43.629><c> predicament</c><00:12:44.210><c> is</c><00:12:45.110><c> they're</c><00:12:45.509><c> adopting</c>

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the<00:12:46.269><c> thinking</c><00:12:46.529><c> of</c><00:12:46.750><c> the</c><00:12:46.950><c> serpent</c><00:12:47.169><c> of</c><00:12:47.389><c> Genesis</c><00:12:47.710><c> 3,</c>

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the<00:12:48.990><c> fleshly</c><00:12:49.490><c> thinking</c><00:12:49.710><c> that's</c><00:12:50.009><c> in</c><00:12:50.210><c> all</c><00:12:50.450><c> of</c><00:12:50.590><c> us</c><00:12:50.970><c> opposed</c><00:12:51.529><c> to</c><00:12:51.730><c> God.</c>

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This<00:12:53.690><c> is</c><00:12:53.909><c> their</c><00:12:54.129><c> true</c><00:12:54.490><c> enemy,</c><00:12:55.269><c> and</c><00:12:55.470><c> it</c><00:12:55.629><c> is</c><00:12:55.929><c> afflicting</c><00:12:56.250><c> them.</c>

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So<00:13:00.389><c> in</c><00:13:00.909><c> response</c><00:13:01.570><c> to</c><00:13:02.529><c> their</c><00:13:03.210><c> acknowledgement</c><00:13:03.730><c> of</c><00:13:03.970><c> their</c><00:13:04.190><c> sin,</c>

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God<00:13:05.029><c> responds</c><00:13:05.870><c> with</c><00:13:06.409><c> mercy</c><00:13:06.909><c> and</c><00:13:07.210><c> forgiveness</c><00:13:07.610><c> here,</c>

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The<00:13:10.590><c> first</c><00:13:10.830><c> couple</c><00:13:11.149><c> were</c><00:13:11.350><c> sentenced</c><00:13:11.590><c> to</c><00:13:11.909><c> die</c><00:13:12.409><c> that</c><00:13:13.110><c> very</c><00:13:13.490><c> day,</c>

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but<00:13:14.750><c> in</c><00:13:14.990><c> compassion,</c>

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God<00:13:16.269><c> provided</c><00:13:16.629><c> a</c><00:13:16.909><c> covering</c><00:13:17.230><c> and</c><00:13:17.950><c> forgiveness.</c>

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Here,<00:13:20.269><c> God</c><00:13:20.950><c> forgives</c><00:13:21.850><c> and</c><00:13:22.090><c> provides</c><00:13:22.529><c> the</c><00:13:22.929><c> deliverance</c><00:13:23.370><c> from</c>

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the<00:13:23.750><c> serpent's</c><00:13:24.230><c> sting.</c>

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But<00:13:25.970><c> how</c><00:13:26.389><c> he</c><00:13:26.570><c> does</c><00:13:26.750><c> this,</c><00:13:26.929><c> as</c><00:13:27.090><c> I</c><00:13:27.250><c> mentioned</c><00:13:27.409><c> before,</c><00:13:27.750><c> is</c><00:13:27.929><c> curious.</c>

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Notice<00:13:29.970><c> the</c><00:13:30.169><c> text</c><00:13:30.450><c> doesn't</c><00:13:30.870><c> say</c><00:13:31.389><c> he</c><00:13:31.950><c> answered</c><00:13:32.230><c> their</c><00:13:32.470><c> prayer</c>

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It<00:13:34.830><c> doesn't</c><00:13:35.029><c> say,</c><00:13:35.389><c> you</c><00:13:35.389><c> know,</c><00:13:36.210><c> when</c><00:13:36.409><c> they</c><00:13:36.610><c> said</c><00:13:36.750><c> pray,</c><00:13:37.330><c> take</c>

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the<00:13:37.809><c> serpent</c><00:13:38.009><c> away</c><00:13:38.250><c> from</c><00:13:38.450><c> us.</c>

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It<00:13:39.169><c> doesn't</c><00:13:39.409><c> say,</c><00:13:39.769><c> in</c><00:13:39.870><c> the</c><00:13:39.990><c> next</c><00:13:40.190><c> verse,</c><00:13:40.570><c> and</c><00:13:40.690><c> God</c><00:13:40.830><c> took</c><00:13:41.029><c> the</c>

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serpents<00:13:41.389><c> away.</c>

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Instead,<00:13:44.830><c> God</c><00:13:45.230><c> here,</c><00:13:46.350><c> like</c><00:13:46.590><c> in</c><00:13:46.870><c> Eden,</c><00:13:48.490><c> takes</c><00:13:48.730><c> the</c><00:13:48.929><c> opportunity</c><00:13:49.649><c> to</c><00:13:49.950><c> instruct,</c><00:13:51.129><c> to</c><00:13:51.450><c> teach.</c>

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And<00:13:53.370><c> he</c><00:13:53.470><c> gave</c><00:13:53.570><c> instructions</c><00:13:54.070><c> to</c><00:13:54.309><c> Moses,</c><00:13:54.850><c> make</c><00:13:55.070><c> a</c><00:13:55.370><c> snake</c><00:13:55.610><c> and</c><00:13:55.970><c> put</c><00:13:56.129><c> it</c><00:13:56.230><c> on</c><00:13:56.370><c> a</c><00:13:56.570><c> pole.</c>

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Anyone<00:13:58.250><c> who's</c><00:13:58.570><c> bitten</c><00:13:58.710><c> can</c><00:13:59.009><c> look</c><00:13:59.210><c> on</c><00:13:59.409><c> it</c><00:13:59.690><c> and</c><00:14:00.049><c> live.</c>

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It's<00:14:02.330><c> bizarre</c><00:14:02.690><c> at</c><00:14:02.870><c> first</c><00:14:03.110><c> glance,</c><00:14:03.409><c> the</c><00:14:03.549><c> very</c><00:14:03.889><c> symbol</c><00:14:04.149><c> of</c><00:14:04.230><c> what</c>

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was<00:14:04.549><c> killing</c><00:14:04.730><c> them,</c><00:14:04.909><c> as</c><00:14:05.049><c> I</c><00:14:05.210><c> said</c><00:14:05.309><c> before.</c>

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This<00:14:06.350><c> is</c><00:14:06.549><c> being</c><00:14:06.730><c> used</c><00:14:06.990><c> as</c><00:14:07.149><c> the</c><00:14:07.370><c> instrument</c><00:14:07.629><c> of</c><00:14:07.870><c> healing.</c>

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And,<00:14:10.850><c> you</c><00:14:11.049><c> know,</c><00:14:11.190><c> we</c><00:14:11.429><c> see</c><00:14:11.710><c> this,</c><00:14:12.350><c> the</c><00:14:12.649><c> same</c><00:14:12.909><c> symbol</c><00:14:13.210><c> today</c><00:14:13.850><c> in</c>

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our<00:14:15.029><c> society.</c>

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Where<00:14:17.070><c> do</c><00:14:17.250><c> we</c><00:14:17.929><c> see</c><00:14:18.309><c> this</c><00:14:19.190><c> symbol?</c>

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In<00:14:21.649><c> hospital,</c><00:14:22.850><c> in</c><00:14:22.950><c> ambulances</c><00:14:23.350><c> that</c><00:14:23.629><c> take</c><00:14:23.789><c> people</c><00:14:24.049><c> to</c><00:14:24.190><c> the</c>

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hospital,<00:14:24.710><c> right?</c>

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So<00:14:25.490><c> I'm</c><00:14:25.610><c> 90</c><00:14:25.850><c>%</c><00:14:26.149><c> sure</c><00:14:26.429><c> I</c><00:14:26.649><c> actually</c><00:14:26.909><c> checked</c><00:14:27.490><c> online</c><00:14:28.009><c> at</c><00:14:28.529><c> all</c><00:14:28.690><c> the</c>

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hospitals<00:14:29.289><c> in</c><00:14:29.470><c> Rockford,</c><00:14:29.750><c> Illinois,</c>

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and<00:14:30.610><c> all</c><00:14:30.870><c> of</c><00:14:30.990><c> them</c><00:14:31.470><c> have</c><00:14:31.789><c> one</c><00:14:32.049><c> of</c><00:14:32.169><c> these</c><00:14:32.350><c> on</c><00:14:32.470><c> their,</c><00:14:33.610><c> at</c><00:14:33.909><c> least</c>

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on<00:14:34.149><c> their</c><00:14:34.289><c> website,</c>

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pictures<00:14:34.929><c> of</c><00:14:35.490><c> their</c><00:14:35.990><c> ambulances.</c>

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So<00:14:36.669><c> I'm</c><00:14:36.990><c> pretty</c><00:14:37.330><c> sure</c><00:14:37.570><c> that</c><00:14:37.870><c> last</c><00:14:38.049><c> week,</c><00:14:38.929><c> my</c><00:14:39.049><c> brother</c><00:14:39.210><c> was</c><00:14:39.429><c> taken</c><00:14:39.629><c> away</c><00:14:40.090><c> in</c>

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By<00:14:56.950><c> looking</c><00:14:57.309><c> up</c><00:14:57.909><c> at</c><00:14:58.429><c> the</c><00:14:58.649><c> serpent,</c><00:14:59.750><c> they</c><00:15:00.049><c> were</c><00:15:00.149><c> to</c><00:15:00.350><c> reflect</c><00:15:00.730><c> on</c>

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sinned<00:15:05.470><c> with</c><00:15:05.610><c> their</c><00:15:05.789><c> mouth.</c>

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provided<00:15:11.750><c> the</c><00:15:12.090><c> means</c>

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So<00:15:21.529><c> we</c><00:15:21.669><c> read</c><00:15:21.809><c> in</c><00:15:21.970><c> verse</c><00:15:22.129><c> 9</c><00:15:22.509><c> that</c><00:15:22.950><c> Moses,</c><00:15:23.470><c> you</c><00:15:24.090><c> know,</c><00:15:24.570><c> makes</c><00:15:24.730><c> the</c>

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bronze<00:15:25.309><c> serpent.</c>

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A<00:15:28.250><c> bronze</c><00:15:28.470><c> serpent,</c><00:15:29.389><c> interesting.</c>

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It<00:15:32.950><c> may</c><00:15:33.090><c> have</c><00:15:33.289><c> been</c><00:15:33.450><c> part</c><00:15:33.649><c> of</c><00:15:33.750><c> His</c><00:15:33.929><c> instructions.</c>

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The<00:15:34.590><c> text</c><00:15:34.789><c> doesn't</c><00:15:35.009><c> say,</c><00:15:35.309><c> but</c><00:15:35.889><c> he</c><00:15:36.309><c> made</c><00:15:36.570><c> a</c><00:15:36.909><c> bronze</c><00:15:37.230><c> serpent.</c>

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How<00:15:39.809><c> would</c><00:15:39.929><c> he</c><00:15:40.129><c> cast</c><00:15:40.370><c> the</c><00:15:40.629><c> metal</c><00:15:40.889><c> for</c><00:15:41.450><c> a</c><00:15:41.570><c> bronze</c><00:15:41.830><c> serpent?</c>

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Where<00:15:44.389><c> would</c><00:15:44.549><c> the</c><00:15:44.789><c> mold</c><00:15:45.029><c> come</c><00:15:45.289><c> from?</c>

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We<00:15:48.389><c> can</c><00:15:48.590><c> imagine</c><00:15:48.970><c> that</c><00:15:49.169><c> Moses</c><00:15:49.490><c> would</c><00:15:49.690><c> have</c><00:15:49.850><c> to</c><00:15:50.149><c> catch</c><00:15:50.490><c> one</c><00:15:50.830><c> of</c>

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those<00:15:51.250><c> venomous</c><00:15:51.649><c> serpents,</c>

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kill<00:15:52.529><c> it,</c><00:15:53.389><c> and</c><00:15:53.629><c> bury</c><00:15:53.850><c> it</c><00:15:54.049><c> in</c><00:15:54.269><c> clay</c><00:15:54.610><c> to</c><00:15:55.269><c> make</c><00:15:55.450><c> the</c><00:15:55.710><c> mold</c><00:15:56.269><c> to</c><00:15:56.789><c> pour</c>

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the<00:15:57.210><c> liquid</c><00:15:57.490><c> metal</c><00:15:57.750><c> into.</c>

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So<00:16:00.450><c> the</c><00:16:00.769><c> mediator</c><00:16:01.389><c> for</c><00:16:01.590><c> the</c><00:16:01.809><c> people's</c><00:16:02.370><c> sin</c><00:16:02.929><c> was</c><00:16:04.129><c> the</c><00:16:04.370><c> one</c><00:16:04.570><c> who</c>

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fought<00:16:05.169><c> the</c><00:16:05.470><c> serpent,</c><00:16:06.029><c> put</c><00:16:06.269><c> it</c><00:16:06.470><c> to</c><00:16:06.649><c> death,</c>

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and<00:16:07.850><c> displayed</c><00:16:08.529><c> the</c><00:16:09.429><c> death</c><00:16:09.830><c> of</c><00:16:10.049><c> the</c><00:16:10.230><c> serpent</c><00:16:10.710><c> for</c><00:16:11.330><c> all</c><00:16:11.809><c> to</c><00:16:12.129><c> see.</c>

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And<00:16:16.629><c> remember,</c><00:16:17.110><c> Moses</c><00:16:17.730><c> is</c><00:16:18.950><c> one</c><00:16:19.149><c> who</c><00:16:19.289><c> was</c><00:16:19.490><c> instructed</c><00:16:19.850><c> by</c><00:16:20.110><c> God</c>

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to<00:16:20.629><c> have</c><00:16:20.789><c> mastery</c><00:16:21.190><c> over</c><00:16:21.490><c> serpent</c><00:16:21.769><c> earlier.</c>

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He<00:16:23.190><c> was</c><00:16:23.370><c> to</c><00:16:23.649><c> grab</c><00:16:24.110><c> the</c><00:16:25.029><c> serpent</c><00:16:25.289><c> that</c><00:16:25.850><c> came</c><00:16:26.210><c> as</c><00:16:26.389><c> a</c><00:16:26.470><c> result</c><00:16:26.629><c> of</c>

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him<00:16:26.950><c> casting</c><00:16:27.269><c> his</c><00:16:27.750><c> staff</c><00:16:27.950><c> down</c><00:16:28.269><c> and</c><00:16:28.490><c> pick</c><00:16:28.669><c> it</c><00:16:28.850><c> up,</c>

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and<00:16:29.610><c> it</c><00:16:29.730><c> became</c><00:16:30.029><c> a</c><00:16:30.309><c> staff</c><00:16:30.450><c> again.</c>

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And<00:16:32.669><c> it</c><00:16:32.769><c> makes</c><00:16:32.909><c> me</c><00:16:33.190><c> wonder,</c><00:16:33.769><c> I</c><00:16:34.029><c> can't</c><00:16:34.309><c> say</c><00:16:34.490><c> this,</c><00:16:35.009><c> you</c><00:16:35.029><c> know,</c>

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dogmatically<00:16:36.269><c> by</c><00:16:36.509><c> any</c><00:16:36.649><c> means,</c>

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but<00:16:37.309><c> I</c><00:16:37.750><c> wonder</c><00:16:37.909><c> where</c><00:16:38.049><c> the</c><00:16:38.309><c> pole</c><00:16:39.009><c> that</c><00:16:39.769><c> Moses</c><00:16:40.129><c> used</c><00:16:41.049><c> came</c><00:16:41.509><c> from.</c>

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Perhaps<00:16:42.929><c> it</c><00:16:43.129><c> was</c><00:16:43.309><c> that</c><00:16:43.570><c> staff.</c>

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So<00:16:50.089><c> an</c><00:16:50.669><c> interesting</c><00:16:51.169><c> little</c><00:16:52.009><c> thing</c><00:16:52.309><c> that</c><00:16:52.590><c> I</c><00:16:53.110><c> want</c><00:16:53.289><c> to</c><00:16:53.490><c> share</c>

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with<00:16:53.769><c> you</c><00:16:53.950><c> as</c><00:16:54.210><c> well.</c>

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Here<00:16:56.629><c> is</c><00:16:57.129><c> a</c><00:16:57.490><c> Hebrew</c><00:16:57.730><c> letter.</c>

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It's<00:16:58.490><c> the</c><00:16:58.710><c> letter</c><00:16:59.070><c> that</c><00:16:59.769><c> we</c><00:17:00.370><c> begin</c><00:17:00.570><c> the</c><00:17:00.750><c> word</c><00:17:01.149><c> serpent</c><00:17:01.809><c> with,</c><00:17:02.850><c> nachash.</c>

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But<00:17:03.990><c> here,</c><00:17:04.269><c> this</c><00:17:04.430><c> is</c><00:17:04.609><c> kind</c><00:17:04.730><c> of</c><00:17:05.069><c> like</c><00:17:05.190><c> writing</c><00:17:05.329><c> out,</c><00:17:05.890><c> spelling</c>

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the<00:17:06.329><c> letter,</c><00:17:06.529><c> like</c><00:17:06.710><c> if</c><00:17:06.849><c> you</c><00:17:06.910><c> were</c><00:17:07.009><c> in</c><00:17:07.109><c> English</c>

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to<00:17:07.650><c> spell</c><00:17:07.789><c> D</c><00:17:08.130><c> as</c><00:17:08.349><c> D</c><00:17:08.670><c>-E</c><00:17:08.809><c>-E,</c><00:17:08.990><c> the</c><00:17:09.109><c> letter</c><00:17:09.269><c> D,</c><00:17:09.569><c> or</c><00:17:09.769><c> F</c><00:17:09.990><c> as</c><00:17:10.269><c> E</c><00:17:10.509><c>-F</c><00:17:10.670><c>-F.</c>

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Translated,<00:17:12.509><c> this</c><00:17:12.710><c> would</c><00:17:12.930><c> be</c><00:17:14.250><c> N</c><00:17:14.890><c>-U</c><00:17:15.650><c>-N,</c><00:17:16.109><c> nun,</c><00:17:16.809><c> okay?</c>

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This<00:17:17.329><c> is</c><00:17:17.549><c> the</c><00:17:17.690><c> word</c><00:17:17.970><c> or</c><00:17:19.789><c> the</c><00:17:20.049><c> letter</c><00:17:20.769><c> that</c><00:17:22.269><c> nachash</c><00:17:22.829><c> begins</c><00:17:23.170><c> with.</c>

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And<00:17:25.369><c> if</c><00:17:25.410><c> you</c><00:17:25.589><c> look</c><00:17:25.789><c> carefully</c><00:17:26.170><c> at</c><00:17:26.430><c> that,</c><00:17:26.970><c> the</c><00:17:27.390><c> letter</c><00:17:27.589><c> here</c><00:17:27.730><c> on</c>

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the<00:17:28.009><c> left</c><00:17:28.190><c> is</c><00:17:28.390><c> the</c><00:17:28.450><c> beginning</c><00:17:28.789><c> letter</c><00:17:29.130><c> nun,</c>

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and<00:17:29.690><c> that's</c><00:17:29.910><c> a</c><00:17:30.049><c> nun,</c><00:17:30.609><c> okay?</c>

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So,<00:17:32.089><c> and</c><00:17:32.349><c> look</c><00:17:32.490><c> at</c><00:17:32.609><c> that</c><00:17:32.890><c> shape.</c>

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I<00:17:35.930><c> apologize</c><00:17:36.309><c> if</c><00:17:36.569><c> you're</c><00:17:36.890><c> weighing</c><00:17:36.970><c> back</c><00:17:37.309><c> and</c><00:17:37.490><c> can't</c><00:17:37.710><c> see</c><00:17:37.849><c> it,</c>

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but<00:17:38.309><c> I'll</c><00:17:38.569><c> show</c><00:17:38.710><c> it</c><00:17:38.809><c> to</c><00:17:38.910><c> you</c><00:17:38.950><c> after</c><00:17:39.230><c> if</c><00:17:39.329><c> you're</c><00:17:39.549><c> interested.</c>

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I<00:17:42.250><c> think</c><00:17:42.509><c> that's,</c><00:17:42.849><c> well,</c><00:17:43.049><c> actually</c><00:17:43.309><c> it's</c><00:17:43.529><c> believed</c><00:17:43.910><c> that</c>

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this<00:17:44.730><c> came</c>

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from<00:17:45.309><c> an</c><00:17:45.529><c> Egyptian</c><00:17:45.910><c> hieroglyph</c><00:17:46.789><c> for</c><00:17:47.309><c> a</c><00:17:47.569><c> snake.</c>

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You<00:17:48.990><c> can</c><00:17:49.210><c> imagine</c><00:17:49.569><c> seeing</c><00:17:49.869><c> the</c><00:17:50.130><c> coiled</c><00:17:50.369><c> up,</c><00:17:50.890><c> you</c><00:17:50.950><c> know,</c><00:17:52.150><c> bottom</c><00:17:52.329><c> two</c>

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-thirds<00:17:52.730><c> of</c><00:17:52.910><c> the</c><00:17:53.069><c> snake,</c>

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and<00:17:53.849><c> then</c><00:17:53.970><c> the</c><00:17:54.150><c> upper</c><00:17:54.349><c> third</c><00:17:54.509><c> of</c><00:17:54.650><c> the</c><00:17:54.809><c> snake</c><00:17:55.049><c> up</c><00:17:55.890><c> in</c><00:17:56.269><c> that</c><00:17:56.490><c> position</c><00:17:56.869><c> that</c>

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you<00:17:57.210><c> typically</c><00:17:57.569><c> will,</c><00:17:57.910><c> you</c><00:17:57.990><c> know,</c>

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see<00:17:58.829><c> in</c><00:17:58.930><c> the</c><00:17:59.089><c> movies</c><00:17:59.369><c> of</c><00:17:59.950><c> a</c><00:18:00.130><c> cobra</c><00:18:00.490><c> that's</c><00:18:01.190><c> got</c><00:18:01.390><c> its</c><00:18:01.730><c> hood</c><00:18:01.950><c> out</c>

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and<00:18:02.410><c> is</c><00:18:02.609><c> ready</c><00:18:02.809><c> to</c><00:18:03.150><c> strike.</c>

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That's<00:18:04.869><c> what</c><00:18:05.009><c> the</c><00:18:05.170><c> letter</c><00:18:05.390><c> nun,</c><00:18:06.410><c> which</c><00:18:06.609><c> begins</c><00:18:06.930><c> the</c><00:18:07.130><c> word</c><00:18:07.329><c> nachash</c><00:18:07.950><c> of</c><00:18:08.309><c> serpent,</c>

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that's<00:18:09.750><c> what</c><00:18:09.930><c> it</c><00:18:10.130><c> begins</c><00:18:10.329><c> with.</c>

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Now,<00:18:16.910><c> that</c><00:18:17.650><c> serpent</c><00:18:18.349><c> is</c><00:18:19.470><c> there</c><00:18:19.829><c> ready</c><00:18:20.309><c> to</c><00:18:21.069><c> strike</c><00:18:21.430><c> with</c><00:18:21.950><c> stinging</c><00:18:22.349><c> venom</c>

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on<00:18:23.210><c> its</c><00:18:23.410><c> victim,</c>

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and<00:18:25.069><c> that's</c><00:18:26.029><c> what</c><00:18:26.230><c> Moses</c><00:18:26.549><c> had</c><00:18:26.769><c> to</c><00:18:27.009><c> grab</c><00:18:27.170><c> ahold</c><00:18:27.470><c> of.</c>

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That's<00:18:28.710><c> what</c><00:18:29.210><c> Jesus</c><00:18:29.750><c> overcame</c><00:18:30.670><c> symbolically.</c>

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Now,<00:18:33.130><c> remember</c><00:18:33.430><c> I</c><00:18:33.549><c> said</c><00:18:33.650><c> it</c><00:18:33.809><c> was</c><00:18:34.569><c> N</c><00:18:35.130><c>-U</c><00:18:35.450><c>-N,</c><00:18:36.289><c> right?</c>

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nun<00:18:50.289><c> at</c><00:18:50.430><c> the</c><00:18:50.609><c> beginning</c>

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So<00:18:56.869><c> if</c><00:18:56.950><c> a</c><00:18:57.190><c> certain</c><00:18:57.789><c> letter,</c><00:18:58.049><c> not</c><00:18:58.230><c> all</c><00:18:58.430><c> of</c><00:18:58.490><c> them,</c><00:18:58.630><c> but</c><00:18:58.730><c> if</c><00:18:58.809><c> some</c>

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that's<00:19:04.049><c> what</c><00:19:04.210><c> happens</c><00:19:04.390><c> with</c><00:19:04.690><c> nun.</c>

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Notice<00:19:05.210><c> how</c><00:19:05.410><c> it</c><00:19:05.630><c> changes.</c>

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It<00:19:12.630><c> looks</c><00:19:12.769><c> like</c><00:19:12.970><c> a</c><00:19:13.170><c> pole</c><00:19:13.470><c> or</c><00:19:14.069><c> a</c><00:19:14.289><c> staff.</c>

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It<00:19:16.390><c> goes</c><00:19:16.630><c> from</c><00:19:16.910><c> being</c><00:19:17.089><c> that</c><00:19:17.430><c> dangerous</c><00:19:18.650><c> venomous</c><00:19:20.349><c> serpent</c><00:19:20.630><c> that's</c><00:19:21.009><c> ready</c><00:19:21.289><c> to</c><00:19:21.609><c> strike,</c>

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but<00:19:23.710><c> because</c><00:19:24.069><c> God</c><00:19:24.470><c> gave</c><00:19:24.690><c> the</c><00:19:24.950><c> power</c><00:19:25.250><c> to</c><00:19:25.410><c> Moses</c><00:19:25.670><c> to</c><00:19:25.829><c> be</c><00:19:25.890><c> able</c><00:19:26.049><c> to</c>

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grab<00:19:26.630><c> hold</c><00:19:27.029><c> of</c><00:19:27.609><c> that</c><00:19:27.910><c> serpent</c>

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It<00:19:36.670><c> becomes</c><00:19:37.190><c> a</c><00:19:37.789><c> tool</c><00:19:38.049><c> that</c><00:19:38.250><c> Moses</c><00:19:38.670><c> did</c><00:19:39.250><c> miracles</c><00:19:39.710><c> with,</c><00:19:40.990><c> perhaps</c><00:19:41.309><c> even</c>

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the<00:19:41.849><c> tool</c><00:19:42.009><c> that</c><00:19:42.150><c> he</c><00:19:42.349><c> raised</c>

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So<00:19:47.650><c> at</c><00:19:47.869><c> the</c><00:19:48.049><c> beginning</c><00:19:48.470><c> of</c><00:19:49.009><c> the</c><00:19:49.089><c> letter</c><00:19:49.269><c> nun,</c><00:19:49.829><c> we</c><00:19:50.009><c> have</c><00:19:50.730><c> the</c><00:19:50.950><c> serpent</c><00:19:51.150><c> ready</c><00:19:51.410><c> to</c><00:19:51.650><c> strike.</c>

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It<00:20:03.210><c> can</c><00:20:03.509><c> no</c><00:20:03.829><c> longer</c><00:20:04.210><c> strike.</c>

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Now<00:20:24.789><c> he</c><00:20:24.950><c> works</c><00:20:25.309><c> as</c><00:20:25.529><c> high</c><00:20:25.769><c> priest</c><00:20:25.950><c> to</c><00:20:26.150><c> help</c><00:20:26.329><c> us</c><00:20:27.109><c> overcome</c><00:20:27.549><c> sin,</c>

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to<00:20:29.609><c> be</c><00:20:29.789><c> brought</c><00:20:29.990><c> near</c><00:20:30.230><c> to</c><00:20:30.430><c> God.</c>

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The<00:20:31.509><c> serpent</c><00:20:32.049><c> that</c><00:20:33.230><c> was</c><00:20:33.390><c> in</c><00:20:33.509><c> himself,</c><00:20:34.309><c> he</c><00:20:34.549><c> overcame.</c>

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us<00:20:39.450><c> because</c><00:20:40.130><c> it</c><00:20:40.589><c> demonstrates</c><00:20:41.190><c> his</c><00:20:42.049><c> great</c>

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gave<00:20:45.769><c> of</c><00:20:45.930><c> himself,</c><00:20:47.190><c> allowed</c><00:20:47.349><c> himself</c>

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to<00:20:47.930><c> be</c><00:20:48.170><c> lifted</c><00:20:48.390><c> up</c><00:20:48.609><c> in</c><00:20:48.910><c> shame,</c><00:20:49.930><c> to</c><00:20:50.250><c> be</c><00:20:50.509><c> connected</c><00:20:50.930><c> with</c><00:20:51.410><c> that</c><00:20:51.710><c> serpent.</c>

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And<00:20:52.849><c> now</c><00:20:53.190><c> he's</c><00:20:53.509><c> exalted</c><00:20:53.910><c> in</c><00:20:54.309><c> glory.</c>

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since<00:20:59.170><c> therefore</c><00:20:59.589><c> the</c><00:20:59.910><c> children</c><00:21:00.309><c> share</c><00:21:00.769><c> in</c><00:21:01.029><c> flesh</c><00:21:01.250><c> and</c><00:21:01.450><c> blood,</c><00:21:01.710><c> he</c>

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himself<00:21:02.269><c> likewise</c><00:21:02.789><c> partook</c>

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of<00:21:03.430><c> the</c><00:21:03.630><c> same</c><00:21:03.849><c> things</c><00:21:04.170><c> that</c><00:21:04.390><c> through</c><00:21:04.609><c> death</c><00:21:04.910><c> he</c><00:21:05.049><c> might</c><00:21:05.190><c> destroy</c><00:21:05.630><c> the</c><00:21:05.849><c> one</c><00:21:06.309><c> who</c><00:21:06.509><c> has</c><00:21:06.569><c> the</c><00:21:06.789><c> power</c><00:21:07.029><c> of</c><00:21:07.230><c> death,</c>

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that<00:21:07.509><c> is</c><00:21:07.650><c> the</c><00:21:07.769><c> devil,</c><00:21:08.390><c> and</c><00:21:08.589><c> deliver</c><00:21:08.930><c> all</c><00:21:09.349><c> those</c><00:21:09.670><c> who</c><00:21:09.849><c> through</c><00:21:10.089><c> fear</c>

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of<00:21:10.589><c> death</c><00:21:10.750><c> were</c><00:21:10.950><c> subject</c><00:21:11.390><c> to</c><00:21:11.849><c> lifelong</c><00:21:12.190><c> slavery.</c>

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Skipping<00:21:15.589><c> to</c><00:21:15.769><c> 17,</c><00:21:16.289><c> therefore,</c><00:21:16.710><c> he</c><00:21:17.049><c> had</c><00:21:17.309><c> to</c><00:21:17.450><c> be</c><00:21:17.670><c> made</c><00:21:17.890><c> like</c><00:21:18.089><c> his</c>

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brothers<00:21:18.690><c> in</c><00:21:19.089><c> every</c><00:21:19.430><c> respect</c>

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so<00:21:20.670><c> that</c><00:21:20.769><c> he</c><00:21:20.829><c> might</c><00:21:21.049><c> become</c><00:21:21.329><c> a</c><00:21:21.569><c> faithful,</c><00:21:22.130><c> merciful</c><00:21:22.369><c> and</c><00:21:22.690><c> faithful</c><00:21:23.109><c> high</c>

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priest<00:21:24.029><c> in</c><00:21:24.250><c> the</c><00:21:24.369><c> service</c><00:21:24.569><c> of</c><00:21:24.769><c> God</c>

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to<00:21:25.630><c> make</c><00:21:25.910><c> propitiation</c><00:21:26.609><c> or</c><00:21:27.009><c> atonement</c><00:21:27.509><c> in</c><00:21:27.670><c> the</c><00:21:27.829><c> NIV</c><00:21:28.069><c> for</c><00:21:28.549><c> the</c>

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sins<00:21:28.990><c> of</c><00:21:29.170><c> the</c><00:21:29.349><c> people.</c>

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to<00:21:34.630><c> help</c><00:21:34.829><c> those</c><00:21:35.589><c> who</c><00:21:36.009><c> are</c><00:21:36.170><c> being</c><00:21:36.470><c> tempted.</c>

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So<00:21:39.670><c> I</c><00:21:39.769><c> hope</c><00:21:39.950><c> we're</c><00:21:40.130><c> starting</c><00:21:40.390><c> to</c><00:21:40.670><c> see</c><00:21:41.250><c> or</c><00:21:42.369><c> be</c><00:21:42.690><c> reminded,</c><00:21:43.650><c> I'm</c><00:21:44.069><c> probably</c><00:21:44.309><c> not</c><00:21:44.849><c> saying</c><00:21:45.130><c> a</c>

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lot<00:21:45.569><c> of</c><00:21:45.710><c> new</c><00:21:45.869><c> things</c><00:21:46.130><c> here,</c>

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but<00:21:46.670><c> we're</c><00:21:47.009><c> being</c><00:21:47.190><c> reminded</c><00:21:47.789><c> of</c><00:21:48.269><c> that</c><00:21:48.569><c> power</c><00:21:49.029><c> of</c><00:21:49.210><c> the</c><00:21:49.390><c> lesson</c>

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of<00:21:50.650><c> the</c><00:21:50.869><c> serpent</c><00:21:51.089><c> on</c><00:21:51.269><c> the</c><00:21:51.470><c> pole</c><00:21:51.710><c> and</c><00:21:52.009><c> Jesus'</c><00:21:52.549><c> death.</c>

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brought<00:25:08.430><c> healing</c><00:25:08.829><c> for</c><00:25:09.150><c> them.</c>

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and<00:25:24.690><c> our</c><00:25:24.950><c> sufferings,</c><00:25:25.930><c> to</c><00:25:26.170><c> take</c><00:25:26.329><c> away</c><00:25:26.470><c> our</c><00:25:26.650><c> sinful</c><00:25:26.890><c> nature.</c>

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We're<00:25:28.470><c> tired</c><00:25:28.650><c> of</c><00:25:28.789><c> doing</c><00:25:29.009><c> battle,</c><00:25:29.529><c> right?</c>

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In<00:25:31.369><c> time,</c><00:25:31.650><c> he</c><00:25:31.890><c> will.</c>

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But<00:25:33.549><c> now</c><00:25:34.230><c> we</c><00:25:35.029><c> go</c><00:25:35.289><c> through</c><00:25:35.490><c> what</c><00:25:35.690><c> we</c><00:25:35.910><c> do</c><00:25:36.630><c> to</c><00:25:37.509><c> bring</c><00:25:37.710><c> us</c><00:25:38.130><c> closer</c>

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to<00:25:38.890><c> him,</c><00:25:40.529><c> to</c><00:25:40.829><c> see</c><00:25:41.049><c> the</c><00:25:41.309><c> comfort</c><00:25:41.730><c> and</c><00:25:42.069><c> hope</c><00:25:42.430><c> that</c><00:25:42.710><c> he</c><00:25:43.009><c> lovingly</c>

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gives<00:25:43.650><c> us</c>

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and<00:25:44.829><c> the</c><00:25:44.950><c> opportunity</c><00:25:45.509><c> to</c><00:25:45.690><c> grow</c><00:25:45.869><c> in</c><00:25:46.170><c> faith.</c>

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We<00:25:46.609><c> cling</c><00:25:46.970><c> to</c><00:25:47.170><c> him</c><00:25:47.710><c> when</c><00:25:48.109><c> we</c><00:25:48.269><c> go</c><00:25:48.450><c> through</c><00:25:48.670><c> trials.</c>

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And<00:25:52.370><c> God</c><00:25:52.890><c> used</c><00:25:53.170><c> this</c><00:25:53.809><c> opportunity,</c><00:25:55.990><c> didn't</c><00:25:56.369><c> just</c><00:25:56.609><c> take</c><00:25:56.829><c> away</c>

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the<00:25:57.190><c> serpents.</c>

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He<00:25:58.190><c> asked</c><00:25:58.450><c> them</c><00:25:58.670><c> to</c><00:25:58.910><c> do</c><00:25:59.150><c> something</c><00:25:59.609><c> that</c><00:25:59.930><c> would</c><00:26:00.170><c> grow</c><00:26:00.390><c> their</c><00:26:00.690><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:26:01.730><c> the</c><00:26:01.849><c> same</c><00:26:02.069><c> thing</c><00:26:02.230><c> is</c><00:26:02.450><c> true</c><00:26:02.670><c> today.</c>

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I<00:26:05.369><c> began</c><00:26:05.630><c> by</c><00:26:05.890><c> sharing</c><00:26:06.049><c> how</c><00:26:06.190><c> the</c><00:26:06.450><c> impact</c><00:26:06.750><c> of</c><00:26:06.930><c> the</c><00:26:07.029><c> pandemic</c><00:26:07.430><c> hit</c>

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me<00:26:08.009><c> hard</c><00:26:08.210><c> last</c><00:26:08.529><c> week.</c>

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It's<00:26:09.750><c> been</c><00:26:09.910><c> a</c><00:26:10.109><c> tragic</c><00:26:10.349><c> time</c><00:26:10.609><c> of</c><00:26:10.869><c> difficulty</c><00:26:11.309><c> with</c><00:26:11.549><c> the</c><00:26:11.730><c> loss</c>

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of<00:26:12.410><c> so</c><00:26:12.690><c> many.</c>

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I<00:26:13.430><c> think</c><00:26:13.650><c> my</c><00:26:14.009><c> heart</c><00:26:14.210><c> aches</c><00:26:14.450><c> for</c><00:26:14.650><c> a</c><00:26:14.769><c> sister</c><00:26:15.009><c> in</c><00:26:15.170><c> Illinois</c><00:26:15.470><c> who</c>

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lost<00:26:15.890><c> multiple</c><00:26:16.369><c> family</c><00:26:16.730><c> members</c><00:26:17.289><c> to</c><00:26:18.029><c> the</c><00:26:18.170><c> virus.</c>

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We<00:26:20.650><c> could</c><00:26:21.470><c> be</c><00:26:21.630><c> in</c><00:26:21.750><c> for</c><00:26:21.910><c> more</c><00:26:22.069><c> challenging</c><00:26:22.450><c> times</c><00:26:22.829><c> ahead,</c><00:26:23.170><c> but</c>

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I've<00:26:23.509><c> noticed</c><00:26:23.750><c> that</c><00:26:23.990><c> hope</c><00:26:24.150><c> is</c><00:26:24.509><c> growing.</c>

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And<00:26:26.250><c> part</c><00:26:26.349><c> of</c><00:26:26.470><c> this</c><00:26:26.750><c> hope</c><00:26:27.390><c> in</c><00:26:28.029><c> our</c><00:26:28.269><c> country</c><00:26:28.549><c> comes</c><00:26:28.809><c> as</c><00:26:29.049><c> a</c><00:26:29.150><c> result</c><00:26:29.369><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:30.609><c> vaccine</c><00:26:31.009><c> rollout.</c>

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Many<00:26:32.250><c> of</c><00:26:32.390><c> you</c><00:26:32.470><c> are</c><00:26:32.630><c> coming</c><00:26:32.869><c> again</c><00:26:33.170><c> because</c><00:26:33.410><c> you've</c><00:26:34.029><c> received</c>

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that<00:26:35.029><c> vaccine.</c>

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Think<00:26:36.710><c> about</c><00:26:36.910><c> what</c><00:26:37.049><c> the</c><00:26:37.289><c> vaccine</c><00:26:37.630><c> does.</c>

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The<00:26:39.410><c> marvel</c><00:26:39.849><c> of</c><00:26:40.130><c> the</c><00:26:40.430><c> immune</c><00:26:40.730><c> system</c><00:26:41.130><c> that</c><00:26:41.390><c> God</c><00:26:41.690><c> designed</c><00:26:42.289><c> within</c><00:26:42.630><c> each</c><00:26:42.930><c> one</c>

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of<00:26:43.230><c> us</c><00:26:43.769><c> is</c><00:26:44.450><c> that</c><00:26:44.569><c> it</c><00:26:44.730><c> has</c><00:26:44.990><c> a</c><00:26:45.369><c> memory.</c>

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It<00:26:47.130><c> recognizes</c><00:26:47.650><c> things</c><00:26:48.009><c> that</c><00:26:48.190><c> it's</c><00:26:48.549><c> fought</c><00:26:48.690><c> before,</c><00:26:49.309><c> and</c><00:26:49.349><c> it's</c><00:26:49.769><c> quicker</c><00:26:49.990><c> to</c>

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mount<00:26:50.450><c> a</c><00:26:51.089><c> defense</c><00:26:51.470><c> when</c><00:26:51.650><c> the</c><00:26:51.869><c> same</c><00:26:52.069><c> type</c><00:26:52.269><c> of</c><00:26:52.470><c> antigen</c><00:26:52.730><c> comes</c>

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and<00:26:53.650><c> returns</c><00:26:54.049><c> to</c><00:26:54.329><c> attack</c><00:26:54.509><c> our</c><00:26:54.730><c> bodies.</c>

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So<00:26:55.869><c> the</c><00:26:56.089><c> vaccine</c><00:26:56.329><c> is</c><00:26:56.630><c> taking</c><00:26:56.869><c> advantage</c><00:26:57.269><c> of</c><00:26:57.430><c> that</c><00:26:57.630><c> skill.</c>

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You<00:26:58.869><c> know,</c><00:26:59.190><c> it</c><00:26:59.289><c> used</c><00:26:59.470><c> to</c><00:26:59.549><c> be</c><00:26:59.650><c> in</c><00:26:59.710><c> the</c><00:26:59.789><c> old</c><00:26:59.910><c> days,</c><00:27:00.049><c> they</c><00:27:00.130><c> would</c><00:27:00.289><c> actually</c><00:27:00.569><c> take</c><00:27:01.950><c> a</c>

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pus<00:27:02.349><c> of</c><00:27:02.690><c> a</c><00:27:02.910><c> cow</c><00:27:03.289><c> that</c><00:27:03.549><c> has</c><00:27:03.769><c> cowpox</c><00:27:04.309><c> and,</c><00:27:04.490><c> like,</c><00:27:04.670><c> put</c><00:27:04.789><c> that</c><00:27:04.930><c> under</c><00:27:05.109><c> your</c>

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skin<00:27:05.589><c> like</c><00:27:05.789><c> a</c><00:27:06.009><c> live</c><00:27:06.210><c> virus.</c>

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Thankfully,<00:27:07.549><c> they</c><00:27:07.730><c> don't</c><00:27:07.990><c> do</c><00:27:08.289><c> that</c><00:27:08.569><c> anymore.</c>

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It's<00:27:09.250><c> now</c><00:27:09.509><c> like</c><00:27:10.069><c> an</c><00:27:10.329><c> attenuated</c><00:27:10.809><c> virus</c><00:27:11.210><c> that's</c><00:27:11.490><c> been</c><00:27:11.670><c> weakened</c><00:27:12.049><c> or</c><00:27:12.329><c> a</c>

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dead<00:27:12.730><c> virus.</c>

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And<00:27:14.930><c> with</c><00:27:15.269><c> the</c><00:27:15.769><c> COVID,</c><00:27:16.069><c> they're</c><00:27:16.289><c> using</c><00:27:16.430><c> the</c><00:27:16.670><c> proteins.</c>

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They're<00:27:17.150><c> not</c><00:27:17.269><c> even</c><00:27:17.509><c> using</c><00:27:17.990><c> the</c><00:27:18.450><c> virus</c><00:27:18.670><c> itself.</c>

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They're<00:27:19.349><c> using</c><00:27:19.509><c> proteins</c><00:27:19.990><c> that</c><00:27:20.190><c> the</c><00:27:20.390><c> virus</c><00:27:20.829><c> has</c><00:27:21.450><c> on</c><00:27:21.650><c> its</c><00:27:21.789><c> outside</c><00:27:22.069><c> so</c>

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your<00:27:22.410><c> body</c><00:27:22.650><c> can</c><00:27:22.970><c> recognize</c><00:27:24.009><c> that</c><00:27:25.369><c> this</c><00:27:25.630><c> is</c><00:27:25.829><c> an</c><00:27:26.029><c> intruder.</c>

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So<00:27:27.849><c> our</c><00:27:28.049><c> immune</c><00:27:28.230><c> system</c><00:27:28.809><c> recognizes</c><00:27:29.369><c> and</c><00:27:29.730><c> mounts</c><00:27:30.029><c> a</c><00:27:30.210><c> defense</c>

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when<00:27:31.130><c> those</c><00:27:31.450><c> same</c><00:27:31.730><c> proteins</c><00:27:32.410><c> appear</c><00:27:33.109><c> in</c><00:27:33.250><c> our</c><00:27:33.470><c> body.</c>

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The<00:27:34.529><c> defense</c><00:27:34.869><c> is</c><00:27:35.150><c> ready.</c>

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So<00:27:37.970><c> think</c><00:27:38.369><c> of</c><00:27:38.630><c> think</c><00:27:38.849><c> of</c><00:27:39.529><c> a</c><00:27:39.950><c> spiritual</c><00:27:40.390><c> vaccine</c><00:27:41.089><c> by</c><00:27:42.670><c> using</c><00:27:42.910><c> the</c>

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coats<00:27:43.450><c> of</c><00:27:43.769><c> skin</c><00:27:44.069><c> for</c><00:27:44.390><c> Adam</c><00:27:44.690><c> and</c><00:27:44.869><c> Eve</c><00:27:45.410><c> and</c><00:27:45.890><c> having</c><00:27:46.009><c> them</c><00:27:46.349><c> ponder</c>

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and<00:27:47.069><c> think</c><00:27:47.230><c> about</c><00:27:47.470><c> the</c><00:27:47.670><c> fact</c><00:27:47.809><c> that</c><00:27:47.970><c> they</c><00:27:48.289><c> were</c><00:27:49.130><c> doomed</c><00:27:49.509><c> to</c><00:27:49.789><c> die.</c>

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But<00:27:51.410><c> they</c><00:27:51.569><c> were</c><00:27:51.809><c> forgiven</c><00:27:52.250><c> and</c><00:27:53.210><c> the</c><00:27:53.470><c> skins</c><00:27:53.690><c> that</c><00:27:54.049><c> covered</c><00:27:54.210><c> them</c><00:27:54.789><c> from</c><00:27:55.089><c> an</c>

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animal<00:27:55.609><c> that</c><00:27:55.910><c> died.</c>

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The<00:27:57.750><c> serpent</c><00:27:57.849><c> on</c><00:27:58.029><c> the</c><00:27:58.250><c> pole,</c><00:27:59.269><c> the</c><00:27:59.390><c> Israelites</c><00:27:59.589><c> in</c><00:27:59.750><c> the</c><00:27:59.849><c> wilderness,</c><00:28:00.329><c> forcing</c><00:28:00.690><c> them</c>

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to<00:28:01.250><c> stop</c><00:28:01.490><c> and</c><00:28:01.829><c> think</c><00:28:02.109><c> and</c><00:28:02.369><c> appreciate</c><00:28:03.009><c> the</c><00:28:03.630><c> love</c><00:28:03.789><c> and</c><00:28:03.970><c> mercy</c>

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of<00:28:04.450><c> God.</c>

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These<00:28:06.890><c> things</c><00:28:07.190><c> stimulate</c><00:28:08.089><c> our</c><00:28:08.970><c> immune</c><00:28:09.230><c> response</c><00:28:09.769><c> to</c><00:28:10.049><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:28:12.470><c> when</c><00:28:12.609><c> we</c><00:28:12.910><c> consider</c><00:28:13.470><c> the</c><00:28:14.230><c> love</c><00:28:14.509><c> of</c><00:28:14.710><c> our</c><00:28:14.809><c> Heavenly</c><00:28:15.049><c> Father,</c>

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God<00:28:16.450><c> so</c><00:28:16.829><c> loved</c><00:28:16.990><c> the</c><00:28:17.230><c> world</c><00:28:17.410><c> that</c><00:28:17.549><c> he</c><00:28:17.690><c> gave</c><00:28:17.890><c> his</c><00:28:18.250><c> only</c><00:28:18.549><c> begotten</c><00:28:18.990><c> son.</c>

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This<00:28:21.009><c> is</c><00:28:21.309><c> a</c><00:28:21.910><c> this</c><00:28:21.970><c> is</c><00:28:22.289><c> a</c><00:28:22.509><c> spiritual</c><00:28:22.809><c> vaccine</c><00:28:23.269><c> for</c><00:28:23.569><c> us</c><00:28:24.269><c> to</c><00:28:24.670><c> stop</c>

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and<00:28:25.210><c> think</c><00:28:25.410><c> and</c><00:28:25.869><c> let</c><00:28:26.109><c> that</c><00:28:26.410><c> impact</c><00:28:26.890><c> our</c><00:28:27.210><c> hearts</c><00:28:27.569><c> and</c><00:28:27.809><c> minds.</c>

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Sin<00:28:29.710><c> loses</c><00:28:30.289><c> when</c><00:28:31.089><c> we're</c><00:28:31.390><c> drawn</c><00:28:31.630><c> closer</c><00:28:32.069><c> to</c><00:28:32.230><c> God.</c>

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We<00:28:32.769><c> can't</c><00:28:33.029><c> do</c><00:28:33.230><c> it</c><00:28:33.730><c> on</c><00:28:33.950><c> our</c><00:28:34.130><c> own.</c>

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To<00:28:35.849><c> quote</c><00:28:35.990><c> Brother</c><00:28:36.230><c> David</c><00:28:36.509><c> Levin</c><00:28:36.690><c> again,</c><00:28:38.089><c> he</c><00:28:38.170><c> says,</c><00:28:38.690><c> where</c><00:28:38.750><c> exactly</c><00:28:39.190><c> is</c>

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the<00:28:39.650><c> line</c><00:28:39.990><c> between</c><00:28:40.369><c> thinking</c><00:28:40.690><c> about</c><00:28:40.910><c> the</c><00:28:41.190><c> possibility</c><00:28:41.789><c> of</c><00:28:42.109><c> sin</c><00:28:42.390><c> or</c>

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having<00:28:43.170><c> the</c><00:28:43.450><c> urge</c><00:28:43.690><c> to</c><00:28:43.869><c> do</c><00:28:43.970><c> something</c><00:28:44.230><c> wrong,</c><00:28:44.789><c> but</c><00:28:44.970><c> rejecting</c>

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it<00:28:45.769><c> and</c><00:28:46.009><c> actually</c><00:28:46.309><c> sinning?</c>

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Only<00:28:47.230><c> God</c><00:28:47.470><c> knows,</c><00:28:48.569><c> but</c><00:28:48.970><c> absolutely</c><00:28:49.569><c> it</c><00:28:49.829><c> must</c><00:28:50.089><c> entail</c><00:28:50.589><c> love.</c>

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Jesus<00:28:52.609><c> always</c><00:28:53.190><c> had</c><00:28:53.450><c> complete</c><00:28:54.089><c> love</c><00:28:54.490><c> for</c><00:28:54.690><c> his</c><00:28:54.809><c> Heavenly</c><00:28:55.109><c> Father,</c><00:28:56.650><c> trying</c><00:28:56.930><c> to</c><00:28:57.230><c> establish</c><00:28:57.450><c> a</c>

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mechanical<00:28:58.190><c> definition</c><00:28:58.809><c> for</c><00:28:59.049><c> an</c><00:28:59.410><c> internal</c><00:28:59.609><c> mental</c><00:28:59.970><c> process</c>

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is<00:29:00.849><c> just</c><00:29:01.089><c> as</c><00:29:01.309><c> counterproductive</c><00:29:01.869><c> as</c><00:29:02.089><c> omitting</c><00:29:02.349><c> the</c><00:29:02.569><c> mental</c>

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part<00:29:02.910><c> altogether</c><00:29:03.470><c> for</c><00:29:04.250><c> all</c><00:29:04.529><c> of</c><00:29:04.609><c> us.</c>

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It's<00:29:04.910><c> a</c><00:29:05.029><c> moot</c><00:29:05.190><c> point.</c>

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Anyway,<00:29:05.869><c> we</c><00:29:06.329><c> engage</c><00:29:06.650><c> in</c><00:29:06.970><c> sinful</c><00:29:07.230><c> thinking,</c><00:29:08.150><c> sinful</c><00:29:08.410><c> acts</c><00:29:08.869><c> and</c>

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sinful<00:29:09.410><c> attitudes</c><00:29:09.890><c> all</c><00:29:10.309><c> the</c><00:29:10.569><c> time.</c>

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God<00:29:12.609><c> cleanses</c><00:29:13.250><c> us</c><00:29:13.950><c> because</c><00:29:14.549><c> of</c><00:29:14.950><c> our</c><00:29:15.289><c> faith</c><00:29:15.609><c> in</c><00:29:15.789><c> his</c><00:29:16.109><c> grace,</c>

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his<00:29:17.029><c> mercy,</c><00:29:17.650><c> his</c><00:29:17.829><c> forgiveness.</c>

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Only<00:29:19.930><c> Jesus</c><00:29:20.349><c> escaped</c><00:29:20.789><c> the</c><00:29:21.049><c> epidemic</c><00:29:21.490><c> of</c><00:29:21.789><c> sin</c><00:29:22.109><c> endemic</c><00:29:22.990><c> to</c><00:29:23.410><c> all</c>

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who<00:29:23.970><c> live</c><00:29:24.109><c> in</c><00:29:24.309><c> human</c><00:29:24.490><c> flesh.</c>

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Don't<00:29:26.930><c> conclude</c><00:29:27.470><c> that</c><00:29:28.750><c> Adam</c><00:29:29.009><c> and</c><00:29:29.269><c> Eve's</c><00:29:30.329><c> before</c><00:29:30.549><c> they</c><00:29:30.829><c> send</c>

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that<00:29:31.230><c> they're</c><00:29:31.509><c> OK.</c>

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The<00:29:33.049><c> spiritual</c><00:29:33.410><c> purpose</c><00:29:33.769><c> of</c><00:29:34.109><c> life</c><00:29:34.630><c> does</c><00:29:35.089><c> not</c><00:29:35.349><c> focus</c><00:29:35.690><c> simply</c>

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on<00:29:36.390><c> avoiding</c><00:29:36.789><c> sin.</c>

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That<00:29:37.990><c> was</c><00:29:38.150><c> the</c><00:29:38.410><c> Pharisees</c><00:29:38.849><c> approach.</c>

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The<00:29:40.369><c> spiritual</c><00:29:40.690><c> life</c><00:29:41.089><c> is</c><00:29:41.549><c> a</c><00:29:41.789><c> struggle</c><00:29:42.349><c> to</c><00:29:43.089><c> establish</c><00:29:43.609><c> the</c><00:29:43.930><c> ways</c><00:29:44.130><c> of</c>

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God<00:29:44.650><c> in</c><00:29:44.849><c> our</c><00:29:45.150><c> head</c><00:29:45.490><c> and</c><00:29:45.710><c> our</c><00:29:45.970><c> heart.</c>

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Adam<00:29:47.849><c> and</c><00:29:47.990><c> Eve</c><00:29:48.109><c> didn't</c><00:29:48.369><c> have</c><00:29:48.829><c> a</c><00:29:49.269><c> personal</c><00:29:49.529><c> history</c><00:29:49.849><c> of</c><00:29:50.089><c> sin,</c>

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but<00:29:52.490><c> that</c><00:29:52.869><c> doesn't</c><00:29:53.150><c> mean</c><00:29:53.549><c> that</c><00:29:53.710><c> they</c><00:29:53.849><c> were</c><00:29:54.069><c> exempt</c><00:29:54.329><c> from</c><00:29:54.569><c> the</c>

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process<00:29:55.109><c> of</c><00:29:55.329><c> spiritual</c><00:29:55.750><c> growth,</c><00:29:57.029><c> failing</c><00:29:57.309><c> to</c><00:29:57.589><c> grow</c><00:29:57.750><c> before</c><00:29:58.130><c> God.</c>

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Would<00:30:00.009><c> show</c><00:30:00.349><c> their</c><00:30:00.630><c> innate</c><00:30:00.910><c> deficiency,</c><00:30:02.950><c> failing</c><00:30:03.509><c> to</c><00:30:03.750><c> grow</c>

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before<00:30:04.150><c> God</c><00:30:04.349><c> would</c><00:30:04.549><c> show</c><00:30:04.690><c> their</c><00:30:04.910><c> innate</c><00:30:05.150><c> deficiency</c><00:30:05.650><c> as</c><00:30:06.009><c> much</c>

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as<00:30:06.650><c> an</c><00:30:06.849><c> overt</c><00:30:07.089><c> act</c><00:30:07.390><c> of</c><00:30:07.630><c> transgression,</c><00:30:08.730><c> end</c><00:30:08.970><c> quote.</c>

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So<00:30:11.230><c> Adam</c><00:30:11.650><c> and</c><00:30:11.809><c> Eve</c><00:30:11.930><c> before</c><00:30:12.250><c> the</c><00:30:12.450><c> fall</c><00:30:12.549><c> were</c><00:30:12.789><c> not</c><00:30:13.009><c> made</c><00:30:13.289><c> perfect</c>

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if<00:30:14.250><c> they,</c><00:30:14.809><c> you</c><00:30:14.809><c> know,</c><00:30:15.250><c> if</c><00:30:15.529><c> we</c><00:30:15.769><c> were</c><00:30:15.910><c> to</c><00:30:16.029><c> somehow</c><00:30:16.230><c> go</c><00:30:16.450><c> through</c><00:30:16.650><c> a</c>

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day<00:30:17.150><c> without</c><00:30:17.509><c> sinning,</c><00:30:17.910><c> which</c><00:30:18.170><c> we</c><00:30:18.549><c> can't.</c>

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But,<00:30:19.390><c> you</c><00:30:19.829><c> know,</c><00:30:19.869><c> that</c><00:30:20.029><c> wouldn't</c><00:30:20.210><c> make</c><00:30:20.390><c> us</c><00:30:20.829><c> right</c><00:30:21.109><c> with</c><00:30:21.309><c> God</c>

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just<00:30:21.650><c> because</c><00:30:21.789><c> we</c><00:30:22.049><c> avoided</c><00:30:22.349><c> sin.</c>

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God<00:30:23.410><c> seeks</c><00:30:23.630><c> to</c><00:30:23.869><c> change</c><00:30:24.009><c> our</c><00:30:24.329><c> hearts</c><00:30:24.690><c> and</c><00:30:24.869><c> our</c><00:30:25.130><c> minds</c><00:30:25.569><c> to</c><00:30:26.130><c> seek</c>

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after<00:30:26.650><c> his</c><00:30:26.930><c> ways.</c>

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He<00:30:27.390><c> wants</c><00:30:27.589><c> to</c><00:30:27.950><c> change</c><00:30:28.150><c> us.</c>

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And<00:30:30.190><c> John</c><00:30:30.369><c> demonstrates</c><00:30:30.910><c> this</c><00:30:31.849><c> in</c><00:30:32.369><c> the</c><00:30:32.630><c> example</c><00:30:33.089><c> of</c><00:30:34.109><c> tracing</c>

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the<00:30:35.190><c> story</c><00:30:35.410><c> of</c><00:30:35.589><c> Nicodemus.</c>

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We<00:30:36.470><c> read</c><00:30:36.670><c> the</c><00:30:36.829><c> beginning</c><00:30:37.130><c> of</c><00:30:37.269><c> it</c><00:30:37.430><c> here</c><00:30:37.609><c> in</c><00:30:37.789><c> John</c><00:30:37.990><c> three.</c>

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Jesus<00:30:41.630><c> has</c><00:30:41.849><c> this</c><00:30:42.089><c> conversation</c><00:30:42.730><c> with</c><00:30:42.970><c> Nicodemus,</c><00:30:43.450><c> a</c><00:30:43.549><c> well</c><00:30:43.809><c>-respected</c><00:30:44.230><c> man,</c><00:30:45.410><c> seemed</c><00:30:45.509><c> to</c>

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be<00:30:46.150><c> leading</c><00:30:46.509><c> a</c><00:30:46.630><c> really</c><00:30:46.829><c> good</c><00:30:46.990><c> life.</c>

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Everybody<00:30:48.369><c> knew</c><00:30:49.049><c> he</c><00:30:49.690><c> knew</c><00:30:49.910><c> his</c><00:30:50.109><c> Bible</c><00:30:50.390><c> really</c><00:30:50.750><c> well,</c><00:30:51.630><c> but</c><00:30:52.390><c> he</c>

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needed<00:30:52.930><c> his</c><00:30:53.349><c> heart</c><00:30:53.650><c> touched</c><00:30:54.230><c> by</c><00:30:54.789><c> Jesus.</c>

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Jesus<00:30:57.349><c> told</c><00:30:57.589><c> Nicodemus,</c><00:30:58.190><c> the</c><00:30:58.230><c> wind</c><00:30:58.549><c> blows</c><00:30:58.950><c> wherever</c><00:30:59.230><c> it</c><00:30:59.470><c> pleases.</c>

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You<00:30:59.869><c> hear</c><00:31:00.009><c> the</c><00:31:00.289><c> sound,</c><00:31:00.569><c> but</c><00:31:00.690><c> you</c><00:31:00.769><c> can't</c><00:31:00.950><c> tell</c><00:31:01.130><c> where</c><00:31:01.269><c> it</c><00:31:01.450><c> comes</c>

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from<00:31:01.849><c> or</c><00:31:01.970><c> where</c><00:31:02.089><c> it's</c><00:31:02.269><c> going.</c>

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So<00:31:02.829><c> it</c><00:31:02.950><c> is</c><00:31:03.089><c> with</c><00:31:03.269><c> the</c><00:31:03.509><c> spirit,</c><00:31:04.789><c> to</c><00:31:04.869><c> which</c><00:31:05.009><c> Nicodemus</c><00:31:05.509><c> asks,</c>

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how<00:31:06.329><c> can</c><00:31:06.529><c> this</c><00:31:06.730><c> be?</c>

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And<00:31:09.250><c> Jesus</c><00:31:09.450><c> kind</c><00:31:09.670><c> of</c><00:31:10.769><c> upraised</c><00:31:11.029><c> him</c><00:31:11.190><c> a</c><00:31:11.250><c> little</c><00:31:11.430><c> bit</c><00:31:11.609><c> for,</c><00:31:12.049><c> you</c>

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know,<00:31:12.049><c> you're</c><00:31:12.230><c> a</c><00:31:12.329><c> teacher</c><00:31:12.529><c> of</c><00:31:12.670><c> Israel</c><00:31:12.869><c> and</c><00:31:12.990><c> you</c><00:31:13.029><c> don't</c><00:31:13.329><c> understand</c><00:31:14.150><c> this.</c>

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But<00:31:15.029><c> and</c><00:31:15.710><c> he's</c><00:31:16.009><c> commenting</c><00:31:16.230><c> on</c><00:31:16.509><c> the</c><00:31:16.670><c> fact</c><00:31:16.809><c> that,</c><00:31:17.109><c> you</c><00:31:17.250><c> know,</c>

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he<00:31:17.529><c> has</c><00:31:17.769><c> not</c><00:31:17.970><c> accepted</c><00:31:18.630><c> Jesus</c><00:31:19.250><c> or</c><00:31:19.589><c> believed</c><00:31:19.910><c> in</c><00:31:20.150><c> him,</c><00:31:20.289><c> which</c>

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is<00:31:20.670><c> the</c><00:31:20.890><c> key.</c>

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But<00:31:22.150><c> Jesus'</c><00:31:22.849><c> ultimate</c><00:31:22.950><c> answer</c><00:31:23.349><c> about</c><00:31:23.630><c> how</c><00:31:23.970><c> can</c><00:31:24.210><c> this</c><00:31:24.490><c> be,</c><00:31:25.390><c> I</c>

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think,<00:31:26.289><c> is</c><00:31:26.410><c> in</c><00:31:27.230><c> the</c><00:31:28.450><c> words</c><00:31:29.029><c> of</c><00:31:29.230><c> the</c><00:31:29.349><c> son</c><00:31:29.609><c> of</c><00:31:29.829><c> man</c><00:31:30.009><c> must</c><00:31:30.230><c> be</c><00:31:30.509><c> lifted</c><00:31:30.789><c> up</c>

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as<00:31:31.769><c> the</c><00:31:31.950><c> serpent</c><00:31:32.150><c> on</c><00:31:32.349><c> the</c><00:31:32.529><c> pole.</c>

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God's<00:31:34.069><c> spirit</c><00:31:34.390><c> is</c><00:31:35.109><c> going</c><00:31:35.289><c> to</c><00:31:35.490><c> work</c><00:31:35.609><c> in</c><00:31:35.950><c> human</c><00:31:36.170><c> hearts</c><00:31:36.450><c> in</c><00:31:36.769><c> unseen</c><00:31:37.210><c> ways</c>

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as<00:31:37.990><c> a</c><00:31:38.170><c> result</c><00:31:38.430><c> of</c><00:31:38.769><c> this</c><00:31:39.009><c> act</c><00:31:39.269><c> of</c><00:31:39.450><c> Jesus.</c>

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I<00:31:42.349><c> think</c><00:31:43.009><c> John's</c><00:31:43.670><c> appropriate</c><00:31:44.009><c> comment,</c><00:31:44.710><c> for</c><00:31:44.809><c> God</c><00:31:45.089><c> so</c><00:31:45.349><c> loved</c>

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the<00:31:45.690><c> world</c><00:31:45.950><c> that</c><00:31:46.089><c> he</c><00:31:46.289><c> gave</c><00:31:46.490><c> his</c><00:31:46.670><c> only</c><00:31:46.950><c> begotten</c><00:31:47.390><c> son,</c>

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that<00:31:48.430><c> Hussur</c><00:31:48.769><c> believes</c><00:31:49.390><c> in</c><00:31:50.509><c> him</c><00:31:50.849><c> will</c><00:31:51.130><c> have</c><00:31:51.509><c> eternal</c><00:31:51.809><c> life,</c>

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also<00:31:52.609><c> addresses</c><00:31:53.009><c> this</c><00:31:53.309><c> question</c><00:31:53.690><c> and</c><00:31:54.609><c> note</c><00:31:54.930><c> the</c><00:31:55.390><c> meaning</c><00:31:55.549><c> is</c>

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not<00:31:55.990><c> God</c><00:31:56.289><c> loved</c><00:31:56.470><c> the</c><00:31:56.630><c> world</c><00:31:56.910><c> so</c><00:31:57.529><c> much</c><00:31:58.170><c> that,</c>

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although<00:31:58.849><c> that</c><00:31:59.049><c> is</c><00:31:59.230><c> true</c><00:31:59.410><c> as</c><00:31:59.670><c> well,</c><00:31:59.869><c> the</c><00:32:00.029><c> meaning</c><00:32:00.210><c> is</c><00:32:00.410><c> God</c><00:32:00.809><c> loved</c><00:32:01.089><c> the</c>

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world<00:32:01.509><c> in</c><00:32:01.849><c> this</c><00:32:02.170><c> way</c><00:32:02.609><c> that</c><00:32:02.930><c> he</c><00:32:03.130><c> gave</c><00:32:03.450><c> his</c><00:32:03.650><c> only</c><00:32:03.910><c> begotten</c><00:32:04.349><c> son.</c>

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Think<00:32:05.410><c> about</c><00:32:05.809><c> what</c><00:32:06.329><c> it</c><00:32:06.450><c> was</c><00:32:06.589><c> like</c><00:32:06.730><c> for</c><00:32:06.970><c> Abraham</c><00:32:07.410><c> to</c><00:32:08.589><c> go</c><00:32:09.329><c> up</c><00:32:09.849><c> and</c>

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sacrifice<00:32:10.630><c> Isaac.</c>

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He<00:32:12.950><c> stopped</c><00:32:13.150><c> Abraham</c><00:32:13.549><c> before</c><00:32:13.950><c> he</c><00:32:14.109><c> went</c><00:32:14.250><c> through</c><00:32:14.470><c> with</c><00:32:14.609><c> it,</c>

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but<00:32:14.869><c> God</c><00:32:15.130><c> went</c><00:32:15.329><c> through</c><00:32:15.549><c> with</c><00:32:15.730><c> it.</c>

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That's<00:32:16.730><c> how</c><00:32:16.869><c> much</c><00:32:16.990><c> God</c><00:32:17.210><c> loves</c><00:32:17.509><c> us.</c>

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Rather<00:32:19.569><c> than</c><00:32:19.809><c> condemn</c><00:32:20.130><c> us,</c><00:32:20.410><c> God</c><00:32:20.569><c> seeks</c><00:32:20.789><c> to</c><00:32:21.109><c> lead</c><00:32:21.230><c> us</c><00:32:21.509><c> back</c><00:32:21.730><c> to</c><00:32:21.930><c> him.</c>

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As<00:32:24.529><c> we</c><00:32:24.730><c> look</c><00:32:24.890><c> up</c><00:32:25.069><c> at</c><00:32:25.210><c> our</c><00:32:25.410><c> savior</c><00:32:25.710><c> and</c><00:32:26.190><c> recognize</c><00:32:26.750><c> the</c><00:32:27.009><c> ultimate</c><00:32:27.430><c> sacrifice</c><00:32:28.130><c> he</c><00:32:28.410><c> made</c>

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for<00:32:28.809><c> us.</c>

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God's<00:32:30.710><c> spirit</c><00:32:30.849><c> is</c><00:32:31.049><c> at</c><00:32:31.190><c> work</c><00:32:31.470><c> in</c><00:32:31.769><c> our</c><00:32:31.970><c> lives</c><00:32:32.230><c> in</c><00:32:32.490><c> unseen</c><00:32:32.890><c> ways,</c>

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reaching<00:32:33.630><c> out</c><00:32:33.869><c> to</c><00:32:34.029><c> our</c><00:32:34.250><c> hearts</c><00:32:34.650><c> and</c><00:32:35.250><c> love</c><00:32:35.589><c> and</c><00:32:36.089><c> stimulating</c>

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our<00:32:36.829><c> faith</c><00:32:37.349><c> most</c><00:32:38.769><c> amazingly</c><00:32:40.549><c> in</c><00:32:41.130><c> this</c><00:32:42.329><c> event</c><00:32:42.789><c> that</c><00:32:42.950><c> we</c><00:32:43.170><c> remember</c><00:32:43.650><c> the</c><00:32:44.089><c> sacrifice</c><00:32:44.509><c> of</c><00:32:44.730><c> Christ.</c>

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Now<00:32:46.369><c> think</c><00:32:46.609><c> about</c><00:32:46.809><c> the</c><00:32:47.029><c> impact</c><00:32:47.390><c> that</c><00:32:47.630><c> those</c><00:32:47.890><c> words</c><00:32:48.210><c> that</c><00:32:49.529><c> Jesus</c><00:32:49.890><c> spoke</c><00:32:50.130><c> to</c>

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Nicodemus<00:32:50.789><c> would</c><00:32:51.029><c> have</c><00:32:51.230><c> three</c><00:32:51.609><c> years</c><00:32:52.009><c> later</c><00:32:52.509><c> when</c><00:32:53.210><c> Nicodemus</c>

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saw<00:32:53.990><c> the</c><00:32:54.170><c> son</c><00:32:54.369><c> of</c><00:32:54.529><c> man</c><00:32:54.829><c> lifted</c><00:32:55.109><c> up</c><00:32:55.289><c> on</c><00:32:55.450><c> the</c><00:32:55.609><c> cross.</c>

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I<00:32:56.009><c> believe</c><00:32:56.230><c> he</c><00:32:56.410><c> would</c><00:32:56.549><c> have</c><00:32:57.250><c> seen</c><00:32:57.950><c> it.</c>

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When<00:32:59.769><c> that</c><00:33:00.269><c> love</c><00:33:01.309><c> impacted</c><00:33:02.170><c> his</c><00:33:02.549><c> heart</c><00:33:02.990><c> and</c><00:33:03.369><c> his</c><00:33:03.650><c> mind.</c>

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John<00:33:06.950><c> records</c><00:33:07.490><c> near</c><00:33:07.710><c> the</c><00:33:07.809><c> end</c><00:33:07.910><c> of</c><00:33:07.990><c> his</c><00:33:08.150><c> gospel</c><00:33:08.390><c> how</c><00:33:08.609><c> Nicodemus</c>

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and<00:33:09.410><c> Joseph</c><00:33:09.730><c> of</c><00:33:09.930><c> Arimathea,</c><00:33:11.430><c> members</c><00:33:11.670><c> of</c><00:33:11.869><c> the</c><00:33:11.990><c> ruling</c><00:33:12.190><c> council,</c>

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Overcame<00:33:13.849><c> their</c><00:33:14.210><c> fear</c><00:33:14.390><c> of</c><00:33:14.589><c> their</c><00:33:14.809><c> peers,</c><00:33:15.829><c> their</c><00:33:15.950><c> peers</c><00:33:16.089><c> who</c>

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sentenced<00:33:16.710><c> Jesus</c><00:33:17.049><c> to</c><00:33:17.309><c> death,</c><00:33:18.769><c> who</c><00:33:18.950><c> demanded</c><00:33:19.349><c> his</c><00:33:19.569><c> crucifixion.</c>

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These<00:33:22.589><c> two</c><00:33:22.890><c> men</c><00:33:23.490><c> publicly</c><00:33:24.009><c> came</c><00:33:24.329><c> out</c><00:33:25.069><c> to</c><00:33:25.390><c> lovingly</c><00:33:25.869><c> give</c><00:33:25.990><c> Jesus</c><00:33:26.549><c> his</c>

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body<00:33:28.490><c> a</c><00:33:28.829><c> proper</c><00:33:29.390><c> burial.</c>

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I<00:33:32.470><c> think</c><00:33:32.950><c> Nicodemus</c><00:33:34.430><c> was</c><00:33:36.309><c> changed</c><00:33:36.670><c> by</c><00:33:37.710><c> looking</c><00:33:38.029><c> up</c><00:33:38.210><c> at</c><00:33:38.309><c> the</c><00:33:38.509><c> cross,</c><00:33:39.349><c> looking</c><00:33:39.650><c> at</c>

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the<00:33:40.049><c> one.</c>

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Who<00:33:43.349><c> was</c><00:33:43.990><c> doing</c><00:33:44.349><c> this</c><00:33:44.910><c> for</c><00:33:45.250><c> him.</c>

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He<00:33:47.970><c> had</c><00:33:48.130><c> previously</c><00:33:48.390><c> come</c><00:33:48.650><c> only</c><00:33:48.930><c> by</c><00:33:49.210><c> night,</c><00:33:50.029><c> afraid</c><00:33:50.410><c> of</c><00:33:50.549><c> what</c>

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people<00:33:50.930><c> would</c><00:33:51.190><c> think,</c><00:33:51.769><c> but</c><00:33:52.029><c> now</c><00:33:52.690><c> he's</c><00:33:53.329><c> willing</c><00:33:53.589><c> to</c><00:33:53.730><c> be</c><00:33:53.970><c> publicly</c><00:33:54.309><c> marked</c>

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as<00:33:54.930><c> one</c><00:33:55.130><c> of</c><00:33:55.250><c> Jesus</c><00:33:55.630><c> disciples.</c>

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The<00:33:57.349><c> love</c><00:33:57.509><c> of</c><00:33:57.670><c> Jesus</c><00:33:58.049><c> brought</c><00:33:58.369><c> about</c><00:33:59.109><c> a</c><00:33:59.809><c> faith</c><00:34:00.329><c> in</c><00:34:00.769><c> Nicodemus</c>

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that<00:34:02.869><c> led</c><00:34:03.109><c> to</c><00:34:03.309><c> a</c><00:34:03.549><c> changed</c><00:34:03.869><c> life</c><00:34:04.710><c> that</c><00:34:06.710><c> trying</c><00:34:07.190><c> to</c><00:34:07.450><c> follow</c><00:34:07.630><c> the</c>

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law<00:34:07.950><c> perfectly</c><00:34:08.409><c> could</c><00:34:08.690><c> not</c><00:34:08.949><c> do.</c>

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In<00:34:12.170><c> closing,</c><00:34:12.429><c> I</c><00:34:12.530><c> would</c><00:34:12.650><c> like</c><00:34:12.769><c> to</c><00:34:12.929><c> read</c><00:34:13.110><c> one</c><00:34:13.590><c> more</c><00:34:14.030><c> quote,</c><00:34:14.309><c> this</c>

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time<00:34:15.289><c> from</c><00:34:17.210><c> Brother</c><00:34:17.489><c> Sean</c><00:34:17.690><c> Moynihan,</c><00:34:18.170><c> who</c><00:34:18.329><c> spoke</c><00:34:18.510><c> here</c><00:34:18.789><c> I</c><00:34:18.849><c> think</c><00:34:19.030><c> a</c>

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couple<00:34:19.369><c> years</c><00:34:19.610><c> ago.</c>

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He<00:34:20.570><c> grew</c><00:34:20.670><c> up</c><00:34:20.849><c> in</c><00:34:21.030><c> Massachusetts,</c><00:34:24.269><c> and</c><00:34:25.090><c> I</c><00:34:25.309><c> got</c><00:34:25.429><c> this</c><00:34:26.289><c> sent</c><00:34:26.570><c> secondhand</c><00:34:27.269><c> through</c><00:34:27.750><c> an</c>

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intermediary<00:34:28.389><c> on</c><00:34:28.510><c> an</c><00:34:28.730><c> email.</c>

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And<00:34:30.349><c> he</c><00:34:30.369><c> says,</c><00:34:31.530><c> Sean</c><00:34:31.730><c> says,</c><00:34:32.050><c> I</c><00:34:32.130><c> recall</c><00:34:32.489><c> a</c><00:34:32.750><c> time</c><00:34:32.949><c> when</c><00:34:33.110><c> I</c><00:34:33.230><c> was</c>

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newly<00:34:33.670><c> baptized.</c>

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It<00:34:35.369><c> was</c><00:34:35.849><c> the</c><00:34:36.070><c> social</c><00:34:36.289><c> time</c><00:34:36.510><c> between</c><00:34:36.849><c> Sunday</c><00:34:37.150><c> school</c><00:34:37.489><c> and</c><00:34:37.670><c> the</c>

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memorial<00:34:38.050><c> service.</c>

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I<00:34:38.510><c> was</c><00:34:38.730><c> speaking</c><00:34:39.010><c> with</c><00:34:39.250><c> a</c><00:34:39.349><c> group</c><00:34:39.449><c> of</c><00:34:39.650><c> my</c><00:34:39.869><c> peers.</c>

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In<00:34:41.590><c> a</c><00:34:41.789><c> genuine</c><00:34:42.030><c> way,</c><00:34:42.510><c> one</c><00:34:42.650><c> of</c><00:34:42.750><c> my</c><00:34:42.909><c> friends</c><00:34:43.150><c> questioned</c><00:34:43.610><c> why</c><00:34:44.030><c> God</c><00:34:44.489><c> and</c><00:34:44.989><c> Christ</c><00:34:45.409><c> would</c><00:34:45.909><c> go</c>

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through<00:34:46.389><c> all</c><00:34:46.670><c> that</c><00:34:46.889><c> trouble</c><00:34:47.130><c> for</c><00:34:47.369><c> us.</c>

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An<00:34:50.030><c> older</c><00:34:50.329><c> brother,</c><00:34:51.449><c> much</c><00:34:51.690><c> respected,</c><00:34:52.989><c> but</c><00:34:53.070><c> with</c><00:34:53.230><c> a</c><00:34:53.329><c> well</c><00:34:53.510><c>-deserved</c><00:34:53.809><c> reputation</c><00:34:54.489><c> for</c>

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crustiness,<00:34:56.550><c> was</c><00:34:56.710><c> passing</c><00:34:57.070><c> by</c><00:34:57.730><c> and</c><00:34:58.710><c> responded,</c><00:35:00.630><c> because</c><00:35:00.989><c> God</c>

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and<00:35:02.250><c> Jesus</c><00:35:02.750><c> love</c><00:35:03.369><c> us</c><00:35:04.030><c> that</c><00:35:04.429><c> much.</c>

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We<00:35:07.110><c> all</c><00:35:07.369><c> turned</c><00:35:07.610><c> and</c><00:35:07.750><c> saw</c><00:35:07.989><c> the</c><00:35:08.190><c> brother</c><00:35:08.369><c> had</c><00:35:08.650><c> tears</c><00:35:09.070><c> in</c><00:35:09.250><c> his</c><00:35:09.449><c> eyes.</c>

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He<00:35:10.349><c> spoke</c><00:35:10.590><c> again,</c><00:35:12.250><c> because</c><00:35:12.670><c> they</c><00:35:12.889><c> love</c><00:35:13.050><c> us</c><00:35:14.050><c> that</c><00:35:14.530><c> much.</c>

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This<00:35:17.210><c> profound</c><00:35:17.710><c> statement</c><00:35:18.289><c> stopped</c><00:35:18.769><c> us</c><00:35:18.969><c> in</c><00:35:19.070><c> our</c><00:35:19.309><c> tracks,</c><00:35:20.570><c> and</c>

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the<00:35:20.789><c> brother</c><00:35:20.929><c> continued</c><00:35:21.429><c> on</c><00:35:21.610><c> his</c><00:35:21.809><c> way.</c>

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Although<00:35:23.469><c> that</c><00:35:23.690><c> happened</c><00:35:23.909><c> 40</c><00:35:24.309><c> years</c><00:35:24.670><c> ago,</c><00:35:25.250><c> and</c><00:35:25.409><c> that</c><00:35:25.610><c> brother</c>

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has<00:35:26.050><c> been</c><00:35:26.170><c> asleep</c><00:35:26.449><c> in</c><00:35:26.630><c> Christ</c><00:35:26.789><c> for</c><00:35:27.010><c> many</c><00:35:27.289><c> years,</c><00:35:28.670><c> because</c><00:35:29.190><c> they</c><00:35:29.510><c> love</c><00:35:29.650><c> us</c>

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that<00:35:30.329><c> much,</c><00:35:31.550><c> helped</c><00:35:31.710><c> me</c><00:35:31.989><c> draw</c><00:35:32.309><c> close</c><00:35:32.969><c> to</c><00:35:33.170><c> Christ</c><00:35:33.670><c> and</c><00:35:33.989><c> my</c><00:35:34.269><c> remembrances</c><00:35:34.650><c> of</c><00:35:34.809><c> him.</c>

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This<00:35:36.309><c> interaction</c><00:35:36.909><c> helped</c><00:35:37.210><c> me</c><00:35:38.250><c> begin</c><00:35:38.550><c> to</c><00:35:38.929><c> understand</c><00:35:39.469><c> that</c>

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Jesus<00:35:40.570><c> built</c><00:35:40.869><c> his</c><00:35:41.210><c> table</c><00:35:41.690><c> on</c><00:35:42.289><c> love.</c>

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And<00:35:44.349><c> before</c><00:35:44.650><c> the</c><00:35:44.829><c> feast</c><00:35:44.949><c> of</c><00:35:45.110><c> the</c><00:35:45.289><c> Passover,</c><00:35:46.289><c> when</c><00:35:46.489><c> Jesus</c><00:35:46.869><c> knew</c>

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that<00:35:47.530><c> his</c><00:35:47.730><c> hour</c><00:35:47.929><c> had</c><00:35:48.210><c> come,</c><00:35:49.550><c> that</c><00:35:49.710><c> he</c><00:35:49.849><c> should</c><00:35:50.030><c> depart</c><00:35:50.550><c> from</c><00:35:50.909><c> this</c><00:35:51.230><c> world</c><00:35:51.610><c> to</c>

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the<00:35:52.230><c> Father,</c><00:35:53.190><c> having</c><00:35:53.409><c> loved</c><00:35:53.730><c> his</c><00:35:54.010><c> own</c><00:35:54.730><c> who</c><00:35:55.989><c> were</c><00:35:56.130><c> in</c><00:35:56.289><c> the</c><00:35:56.449><c> world,</c><00:35:56.989><c> he</c>

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loved<00:35:57.530><c> them</c><00:35:58.210><c> to</c><00:35:58.630><c> the</c><00:35:58.809><c> end.</c>