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We<00:25:02.410><c> are</c><00:25:02.549><c> in</c><00:25:02.750><c> many</c><00:25:02.990><c> ways</c><00:25:03.230><c> like</c><00:25:03.529><c> the</c><00:25:03.750><c> oldest</c><00:25:04.029><c> children</c><00:25:04.430><c> in</c><00:25:04.630><c> the</c>

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When<00:25:15.750><c> some</c><00:25:16.109><c> problem</c><00:25:16.470><c> afflicts</c><00:25:17.009><c> the</c><00:25:17.150><c> whole</c><00:25:17.309><c> nursery</c><00:25:17.650><c> school</c>

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Secondly,<00:25:59.309><c> there's</c><00:25:59.490><c> also</c><00:25:59.950><c> a</c><00:26:00.230><c> great</c><00:26:00.470><c> solution</c><00:26:01.210><c> to</c><00:26:01.950><c> this</c><00:26:02.250><c> crisis</c><00:26:02.750><c> in</c><00:26:03.049><c> the</c><00:26:03.309><c> product</c><00:26:03.789><c> of</c>

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Well,<00:26:08.910><c> if</c><00:26:09.049><c> you</c><00:26:09.190><c> think</c><00:26:09.430><c> back</c><00:26:09.690><c> to</c><00:26:09.829><c> the</c><00:26:10.089><c> Israelites</c><00:26:10.490><c> who</c><00:26:10.730><c> were</c><00:26:10.849><c> in</c>

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Incredible<00:27:13.250><c> characters</c><00:27:13.869><c> for</c><00:27:14.130><c> the</c><00:27:14.349><c> truth</c>

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We<00:27:36.990><c> are</c><00:27:37.349><c> designed</c><00:27:37.769><c> by</c><00:27:38.150><c> God's</c><00:27:38.970><c> trials</c><00:27:39.210><c> and</c><00:27:39.490><c> tribulations</c><00:27:40.089><c> to</c><00:27:40.630><c> become</c>

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The<00:27:45.710><c> trials</c><00:27:46.069><c> bring</c><00:27:46.349><c> out</c><00:27:46.750><c> strong</c>

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Personalities<00:27:48.150><c> that</c><00:27:48.509><c> are</c><00:27:48.829><c> for</c><00:27:49.089><c> his</c><00:27:49.470><c> word</c><00:27:49.829><c> the</c><00:27:50.369><c> closer</c><00:27:50.690><c> we</c><00:27:50.970><c> come</c><00:27:51.230><c> to</c>

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Which<00:28:40.630><c> had</c><00:28:41.170><c> known</c><00:28:41.829><c> all</c><00:28:42.809><c> the</c><00:28:43.049><c> works</c><00:28:43.349><c> of</c><00:28:43.650><c> Yahweh</c><00:28:44.349><c> that</c><00:28:44.910><c> he</c><00:28:45.109><c> had</c>

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For<00:29:00.250><c> our</c><00:29:00.569><c> faith.</c><00:29:01.529><c> That's</c><00:29:01.910><c> why</c><00:29:02.049><c> they</c><00:29:02.230><c> can</c><00:29:02.369><c> be</c><00:29:02.549><c> listed</c><00:29:02.809><c> in</c><00:29:03.089><c> Hebrews</c><00:29:03.349><c> 11</c>

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They<00:29:05.170><c> came</c><00:29:05.450><c> through</c><00:29:05.750><c> great</c><00:29:06.130><c> trial</c><00:29:06.450><c> even</c><00:29:06.990><c> though</c><00:29:07.650><c> they</c><00:29:08.029><c> were</c>

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Well<00:29:18.490><c> coping</c><00:29:18.869><c> with</c><00:29:19.150><c> tribulation</c><00:29:19.710><c> doesn't</c><00:29:20.210><c> mean</c><00:29:20.670><c> that</c><00:29:21.130><c> we</c><00:29:21.329><c> are</c><00:29:21.589><c> untouched</c>

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That<00:29:23.089><c> we</c><00:29:23.269><c> are</c><00:29:23.549><c> unhurt</c><00:29:24.250><c> or</c><00:29:24.789><c> unscarred</c><00:29:25.450><c> by</c><00:29:25.609><c> the</c><00:29:25.789><c> experience</c><00:29:26.349><c> does</c><00:29:26.589><c> it</c>

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You<00:29:31.549><c> know,</c><00:29:31.730><c> I'm</c><00:29:31.829><c> a</c><00:29:32.009><c> stoic.</c><00:29:32.269><c> I</c><00:29:32.549><c> can</c><00:29:32.829><c> bear</c><00:29:33.089><c> everything</c><00:29:33.690><c> in</c><00:29:34.730><c> my</c><00:29:35.190><c> strength.</c><00:29:35.569><c> I</c>

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Because<00:29:43.470><c> we</c><00:29:43.730><c> read</c><00:29:43.910><c> in</c><00:29:44.089><c> Matthew</c><00:29:44.369><c> 13</c><00:29:44.869><c> verse</c><00:29:45.170><c> 21</c><00:29:45.650><c> for</c><00:29:45.930><c> example</c><00:29:46.490><c> that</c><00:29:46.970><c> there</c><00:29:47.130><c> was</c><00:29:47.369><c> seed</c><00:29:47.609><c> which</c><00:29:47.930><c> didn't</c><00:29:48.289><c> have</c><00:29:48.609><c> root</c><00:29:48.829><c> in</c><00:29:49.009><c> itself</c>

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Really<00:29:58.269><c> to</c><00:29:58.529><c> fulfill</c><00:29:58.789><c> the</c><00:29:59.069><c> divine</c><00:29:59.309><c> objective</c><00:29:59.869><c> behind</c><00:30:00.529><c> all</c><00:30:00.829><c> trials</c><00:30:01.490><c> trials</c><00:30:02.049><c> are</c>

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If<00:30:13.789><c> our</c><00:30:14.109><c> minds</c><00:30:14.349><c> are</c><00:30:14.529><c> being</c><00:30:14.849><c> changed</c><00:30:15.309><c> and</c><00:30:15.549><c> we</c><00:30:15.869><c> see</c><00:30:16.150><c> trouble</c><00:30:16.809><c> as</c><00:30:17.390><c> inevitable</c>

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Trouble<00:30:19.769><c> is</c><00:30:20.069><c> robbed</c><00:30:20.869><c> of</c><00:30:21.170><c> its</c><00:30:21.430><c> destroying</c><00:30:21.910><c> power</c>

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Isn't<00:30:22.990><c> that</c><00:30:23.190><c> lovely</c><00:30:23.630><c> when</c><00:30:24.309><c> we</c><00:30:24.549><c> know</c><00:30:24.690><c> that</c><00:30:24.910><c> trouble</c><00:30:25.210><c> is</c><00:30:25.569><c> inevitable</c><00:30:26.150><c> in</c><00:30:26.410><c> the</c>

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Down<00:30:29.690><c>-trodden</c><00:30:30.029><c> and</c><00:30:30.390><c> smitten</c><00:30:30.910><c> we</c><00:30:31.509><c> might</c><00:30:31.890><c> suffer</c><00:30:32.390><c> we</c><00:30:33.069><c> might</c><00:30:33.329><c> be</c><00:30:33.710><c> scarred</c>

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But<00:30:34.630><c> we</c><00:30:34.869><c> understand</c><00:30:35.309><c> that</c><00:30:35.549><c> it</c><00:30:35.710><c> is</c><00:30:36.049><c> God's</c><00:30:36.970><c> for</c><00:30:37.069><c> the</c><00:30:37.289><c> long</c><00:30:37.490><c>-term</c>

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taken<00:30:41.130><c> away</c><00:30:41.470><c> from</c><00:30:41.710><c> trouble</c>

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So<00:30:44.009><c> the</c><00:30:44.170><c> two</c><00:30:44.329><c> ways</c><00:30:44.549><c> of</c><00:30:44.769><c> coping</c><00:30:44.930><c> with</c><00:30:45.150><c> trouble</c><00:30:45.450><c> aren't</c><00:30:45.769><c> there</c><00:30:46.069><c> and</c><00:30:46.549><c> I'm</c><00:30:46.789><c> sure</c><00:30:47.049><c> if</c><00:30:47.349><c> you</c><00:30:47.549><c> and</c><00:30:47.710><c> I</c>

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You<00:30:49.849><c> will</c><00:30:50.089><c> find</c><00:30:50.230><c> that</c><00:30:50.970><c> sometimes</c><00:30:51.470><c> you</c><00:30:51.609><c> would</c><00:30:51.730><c> have</c><00:30:51.930><c> coped</c><00:30:52.910><c> in</c>

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Version<00:30:53.589><c> a</c><00:30:54.289><c> and</c><00:30:54.670><c> sometimes</c><00:30:55.009><c> you</c><00:30:55.450><c> would</c><00:30:55.650><c> have</c><00:30:55.869><c> coped</c><00:30:56.150><c> according</c><00:30:56.430><c> to</c><00:30:56.690><c> version</c><00:30:56.950><c> B.</c><00:30:57.569><c> This</c><00:30:58.130><c> is</c>

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We<00:31:02.109><c> take</c><00:31:02.390><c> it</c><00:31:02.529><c> with</c><00:31:02.869><c> no</c><00:31:03.190><c> resignation</c>

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No<00:31:04.829><c> comfort</c><00:31:05.190><c> don't</c><00:31:06.029><c> touch</c><00:31:06.369><c> me.</c><00:31:06.650><c> I've</c><00:31:07.009><c> got</c><00:31:07.109><c> my</c><00:31:07.410><c> problems.</c><00:31:07.950><c> I'm</c>

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keeping<00:31:08.650><c> away</c><00:31:08.970><c> from</c><00:31:09.150><c> the</c><00:31:09.329><c> Ecclesiast</c>

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That's<00:31:11.869><c> human</c><00:31:12.109><c> nature,</c><00:31:12.410><c> isn't</c><00:31:13.490><c> it?</c>

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Don't<00:31:13.970><c> come</c><00:31:14.230><c> near</c><00:31:14.329><c> me.</c><00:31:14.630><c> I've</c><00:31:15.109><c> got</c><00:31:15.230><c> my</c><00:31:15.490><c> problems.</c><00:31:16.390><c> I'm</c><00:31:16.910><c> in</c><00:31:17.009><c> a</c><00:31:17.170><c> kick</c><00:31:17.309><c> against</c><00:31:17.690><c> the</c><00:31:17.910><c> pricks.</c><00:31:18.609><c> I</c>

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can't<00:31:19.210><c> take</c><00:31:19.329><c> all</c><00:31:19.529><c> of</c><00:31:19.670><c> this</c><00:31:19.769><c> in</c><00:31:19.950><c> my</c><00:31:20.130><c> life</c><00:31:20.369><c> now</c>

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What<00:31:21.549><c> is</c><00:31:21.769><c> why</c><00:31:22.089><c> do</c><00:31:22.269><c> I</c><00:31:22.369><c> have</c><00:31:22.490><c> to</c><00:31:22.710><c> keep</c><00:31:22.869><c> getting</c><00:31:23.109><c> this</c><00:31:23.369><c> trouble?</c>

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It's<00:31:24.029><c> no</c><00:31:24.250><c> good</c><00:31:24.369><c> being</c><00:31:24.569><c> in</c><00:31:24.710><c> the</c><00:31:24.829><c> pleasure</c><00:31:25.009><c> anymore</c>

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I<00:31:26.069><c> just</c><00:31:26.289><c> get</c><00:31:26.450><c> trouble</c><00:31:26.809><c> trouble</c><00:31:27.130><c> trouble.</c><00:31:27.390><c> I</c><00:31:27.529><c> should</c><00:31:27.650><c> be</c><00:31:27.849><c> I</c><00:31:28.130><c> should</c><00:31:28.309><c> be</c>

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We<00:31:31.170><c> get</c><00:31:31.450><c> angry</c><00:31:31.890><c> we</c><00:31:32.410><c> get</c><00:31:32.549><c> resentment</c><00:31:33.150><c> and</c><00:31:33.890><c> our</c><00:31:34.150><c> focus</c><00:31:34.430><c> is</c><00:31:34.630><c> just</c>

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We<00:31:42.670><c> explain</c><00:31:42.890><c> it</c><00:31:43.130><c> away</c><00:31:43.289><c> as</c><00:31:43.490><c> a</c><00:31:43.630><c> natural</c><00:31:44.549><c> fact.</c><00:31:45.009><c> Don't</c><00:31:45.390><c> we</c><00:31:46.009><c> you</c><00:31:46.269><c> know</c><00:31:46.329><c> the</c><00:31:46.589><c> Tower</c><00:31:46.730><c> of</c><00:31:47.069><c> Siloam?</c>

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occurrence.<00:31:51.789><c> Goodness</c><00:31:52.230><c> me.</c><00:31:52.789><c> God's</c><00:31:53.130><c> got</c><00:31:53.250><c> no</c><00:31:53.430><c> hand</c><00:31:53.650><c> behind</c><00:31:53.990><c> that,</c><00:31:54.190><c> does</c><00:31:54.450><c> he?</c>

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We<00:32:07.910><c> lose</c><00:32:08.190><c> interest</c><00:32:08.490><c> in</c><00:32:08.670><c> the</c><00:32:08.849><c> truth</c><00:32:09.029><c> we</c><00:32:09.269><c> stop</c><00:32:09.470><c> reading</c><00:32:09.849><c> we're</c>

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We<00:32:13.190><c> just</c><00:32:13.390><c> can't</c><00:32:13.490><c> even</c><00:32:13.670><c> pick</c><00:32:13.890><c> up</c><00:32:14.009><c> our</c><00:32:14.170><c> Bible</c><00:32:14.390><c> anymore.</c><00:32:14.750><c> We</c><00:32:15.009><c> can't</c><00:32:15.210><c> go</c><00:32:15.349><c> to</c><00:32:15.470><c> the</c><00:32:15.609><c> meeting.</c><00:32:15.849><c> It's</c><00:32:16.109><c> just</c><00:32:16.430><c> too</c><00:32:16.690><c> much</c><00:32:16.869><c> of</c><00:32:17.029><c> a</c><00:32:17.170><c> burden</c>

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And<00:32:18.650><c> we</c><00:32:18.730><c> go</c><00:32:18.910><c> back</c><00:32:19.069><c> to</c><00:32:19.190><c> the</c><00:32:19.329><c> old</c><00:32:19.529><c> life</c><00:32:20.130><c> to</c><00:32:20.630><c> try</c><00:32:20.789><c> and</c><00:32:21.049><c> dull</c><00:32:21.230><c> the</c><00:32:21.549><c> pain</c><00:32:21.890><c> with</c><00:32:22.490><c> all</c><00:32:22.690><c> the</c><00:32:22.930><c> sensuality</c><00:32:23.490><c> and</c><00:32:23.670><c> the</c><00:32:23.789><c> foolishness</c><00:32:24.250><c> of</c>

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that<00:32:24.609><c> life</c>

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And<00:32:26.289><c> we</c><00:32:26.390><c> just</c><00:32:26.589><c> fall</c><00:32:26.730><c> away</c><00:32:27.269><c> and</c><00:32:27.829><c> we're</c><00:32:28.029><c> lost</c>

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That's<00:32:30.410><c> the</c><00:32:30.569><c> way</c><00:32:30.990><c> of</c><00:32:31.309><c> coping</c><00:32:31.589><c> version</c><00:32:31.930><c> a</c><00:32:32.710><c> version</c><00:32:33.150><c> B</c>

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We<00:32:34.990><c> take</c><00:32:35.329><c> trouble</c><00:32:35.829><c> with</c><00:32:36.329><c> the</c><00:32:36.329><c> resignation</c>

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That<00:32:40.470><c> is</c><00:32:40.890><c> so</c><00:32:41.269><c> difficult</c><00:32:41.789><c> to</c><00:32:41.990><c> do</c><00:32:42.750><c> our</c><00:32:43.150><c> natural</c><00:32:43.569><c> man</c><00:32:44.049><c> resents</c><00:32:44.690><c> anything</c>

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Which<00:32:45.410><c> is</c><00:32:45.650><c> going</c><00:32:45.750><c> to</c><00:32:46.069><c> kill</c><00:32:46.269><c> this</c><00:32:46.630><c> body</c><00:32:46.930><c> this</c><00:32:47.450><c> body</c><00:32:47.690><c> is</c><00:32:47.990><c> designed</c><00:32:48.390><c> to</c><00:32:48.710><c> self</c>

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perpetuate<00:32:49.609><c> its</c><00:32:49.869><c> life</c>

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The<00:32:51.309><c> natural</c><00:32:51.750><c> man</c><00:32:52.170><c> and</c><00:32:52.950><c> we</c><00:32:53.250><c> despise</c><00:32:53.589><c> anything</c><00:32:53.950><c> which</c><00:32:54.150><c> is</c><00:32:54.329><c> going</c><00:32:54.410><c> to</c>

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kill<00:32:54.809><c> it</c><00:32:55.230><c> or</c><00:32:55.509><c> reduce</c><00:32:55.990><c> its</c><00:32:56.250><c> abilities</c><00:32:56.690><c> for</c><00:32:56.970><c> pleasure</c><00:32:57.309><c> or</c><00:32:57.609><c> enjoyment</c>

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We<00:33:01.670><c> are</c><00:33:01.750><c> fulfilling</c><00:33:02.049><c> the</c><00:33:02.410><c> spiritual</c><00:33:02.809><c> law</c><00:33:03.009><c> aren't</c><00:33:03.329><c> we</c><00:33:03.410><c> it's</c><00:33:03.589><c> very</c><00:33:03.930><c> hard</c><00:33:04.049><c> for</c><00:33:04.269><c> a</c>

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endure<00:33:09.529><c> it</c><00:33:09.730><c> with</c><00:33:09.990><c> patience</c>

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Where<00:33:16.250><c> the</c><00:33:16.369><c> Lord</c><00:33:16.549><c> Jesus</c><00:33:16.950><c> Christ</c><00:33:17.329><c> is</c><00:33:17.549><c> giving</c><00:33:17.690><c> us</c><00:33:17.890><c> a</c><00:33:18.049><c> beautiful</c>

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perish

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Impatience<00:33:35.410><c> possess</c><00:33:36.089><c> your</c><00:33:36.589><c> souls</c><00:33:37.230><c> you</c><00:33:37.910><c> see</c><00:33:38.009><c> in</c><00:33:38.210><c> these</c><00:33:38.650><c> times</c>

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That<00:33:48.109><c> which</c><00:33:48.369><c> is</c><00:33:49.150><c> like</c><00:33:49.490><c> the</c><00:33:49.769><c> birds</c><00:33:50.009><c> would</c><00:33:50.230><c> come</c><00:33:50.430><c> and</c><00:33:51.109><c> snatch</c><00:33:51.329><c> it</c><00:33:51.529><c> away</c>

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The<00:33:53.109><c> seed</c><00:33:53.250><c> which</c><00:33:53.569><c> falls</c><00:33:53.809><c> on</c><00:33:54.210><c> the</c><00:33:54.289><c> stony</c><00:33:54.549><c> ground</c><00:33:54.970><c> and</c><00:33:55.630><c> the</c><00:33:55.869><c> heart</c><00:33:56.109><c> is</c><00:33:56.450><c> not</c>

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Possessed<00:33:57.910><c> by</c><00:33:58.170><c> that</c><00:33:58.410><c> the</c><00:33:58.609><c> brethren</c><00:33:58.829><c> sisters</c><00:33:59.269><c> is</c><00:33:59.490><c> it</c><00:34:00.109><c> in</c><00:34:00.470><c> present</c><00:34:00.789><c> in</c>

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patients<00:34:01.609><c> possess</c><00:34:02.089><c> your</c><00:34:02.369><c> souls</c>

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In<00:34:04.670><c> I'll</c><00:34:04.970><c> just</c><00:34:05.190><c> read</c><00:34:05.410><c> to</c><00:34:05.630><c> you</c><00:34:05.730><c> one</c><00:34:05.789><c> or</c><00:34:05.970><c> two</c><00:34:06.150><c> quotations</c><00:34:07.190><c> in</c><00:34:07.670><c> first</c><00:34:07.950><c> Peter</c><00:34:08.170><c> 5</c><00:34:08.590><c> at</c><00:34:08.769><c> verse</c><00:34:08.969><c> 6</c>

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Peter<00:34:09.969><c> says</c><00:34:10.230><c> humble</c><00:34:10.710><c> yourselves</c>

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Therefore<00:34:11.909><c> under</c><00:34:12.570><c> the</c><00:34:12.769><c> mighty</c><00:34:13.090><c> hand</c><00:34:13.349><c> of</c><00:34:13.670><c> God</c><00:34:14.130><c> that</c><00:34:14.590><c> he</c><00:34:14.809><c> may</c><00:34:15.090><c> exalt</c><00:34:15.469><c> you</c><00:34:15.690><c> in</c>

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due<00:34:16.250><c> time</c>

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Casting<00:34:17.690><c> all</c><00:34:18.010><c> your</c><00:34:18.250><c> care</c><00:34:18.449><c> upon</c><00:34:18.750><c> him</c><00:34:19.409><c> for</c><00:34:19.710><c> he</c><00:34:20.050><c> careth</c><00:34:20.369><c> for</c><00:34:20.570><c> you</c>

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Hebrews<00:34:22.429><c> 12</c><00:34:22.909><c> verse</c><00:34:23.210><c> 5</c><00:34:23.570><c> have</c><00:34:23.789><c> you</c><00:34:24.050><c> forgotten</c><00:34:24.489><c> the</c><00:34:24.829><c> exhortation</c>

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My<00:34:28.829><c> son</c><00:34:29.230><c> despise</c><00:34:29.750><c> not</c><00:34:29.949><c> the</c><00:34:30.210><c> chastening</c><00:34:30.610><c> of</c><00:34:30.789><c> the</c><00:34:30.989><c> Lord</c><00:34:31.610><c> nor</c><00:34:32.030><c> faint</c><00:34:32.329><c> when</c><00:34:32.550><c> thou</c><00:34:32.789><c> attribute</c><00:34:33.250><c> to</c><00:34:33.449><c> him</c>

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That's<00:34:34.409><c> quite</c><00:34:34.769><c> different</c><00:34:35.170><c> isn't</c><00:34:35.489><c> it</c><00:34:35.849><c> from</c><00:34:36.190><c> the</c><00:34:36.530><c> first</c><00:34:36.789><c> version</c><00:34:37.110><c> of</c><00:34:37.409><c> trying</c><00:34:37.590><c> to</c>

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cope<00:34:38.210><c> when</c><00:34:38.630><c> we</c><00:34:38.769><c> are</c><00:34:38.909><c> placing</c><00:34:39.309><c> all</c><00:34:39.889><c> reliance</c><00:34:40.349><c> and</c><00:34:40.530><c> all</c><00:34:40.809><c> trust</c>

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in<00:34:41.250><c> our</c><00:34:41.429><c> God</c>

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To<00:34:41.889><c> redeem</c><00:34:42.130><c> us.</c><00:34:42.969><c> That's</c><00:34:43.469><c> when</c><00:34:43.590><c> the</c><00:34:43.889><c> perfect</c><00:34:44.269><c> work</c><00:34:44.610><c> of</c><00:34:44.909><c> patience</c><00:34:45.329><c> is</c>

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being<00:34:46.329><c> found</c>

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Now<00:34:48.190><c> taking</c><00:34:48.590><c> the</c><00:34:48.889><c> analogy</c><00:34:49.190><c> that</c><00:34:49.690><c> or</c><00:34:49.969><c> the</c><00:34:50.909><c> the</c><00:34:51.090><c> the</c><00:34:51.170><c> cross</c><00:34:51.329><c> reference</c><00:34:51.650><c> that</c>

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Christ<00:34:52.210><c> had</c><00:34:52.409><c> given</c><00:34:52.670><c> to</c><00:34:53.510><c> Daniel</c><00:34:53.949><c> and</c><00:34:54.250><c> to</c><00:34:54.489><c> his</c><00:34:55.070><c> fellows</c>

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I<00:34:56.010><c> just</c><00:34:56.250><c> like</c><00:34:56.389><c> we</c><00:34:56.690><c> know</c><00:34:56.909><c> the</c><00:34:57.150><c> story</c><00:34:57.329><c> very</c><00:34:57.670><c> well,</c><00:34:57.849><c> so</c><00:34:58.050><c> I</c><00:34:58.070><c> just</c><00:34:58.329><c> like</c><00:34:58.489><c> to</c>

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pick<00:34:58.809><c> up</c><00:34:58.929><c> one</c><00:34:59.070><c> of</c><00:34:59.250><c> two</c><00:34:59.429><c> main</c><00:34:59.630><c> points</c><00:34:59.969><c> of</c><00:35:00.230><c> that</c><00:35:00.530><c> and</c><00:35:00.909><c> just</c><00:35:01.190><c> consider</c>

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You've<00:35:03.010><c> got</c><00:35:03.190><c> three</c>

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lone<00:35:04.889><c> Jewish</c><00:35:05.429><c> men</c><00:35:05.849><c> in</c><00:35:06.110><c> a</c><00:35:06.309><c> high</c><00:35:06.489><c> position</c><00:35:07.010><c> in</c><00:35:07.429><c> that</c><00:35:07.670><c> country</c><00:35:08.090><c> in</c>

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Babylon<00:35:08.809><c> and</c><00:35:09.630><c> they</c><00:35:09.829><c> faithful</c><00:35:10.210><c> to</c><00:35:10.449><c> their</c><00:35:10.630><c> God</c>

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Now<00:35:12.590><c> because</c><00:35:12.989><c> they</c><00:35:13.190><c> are</c><00:35:13.329><c> faithful</c><00:35:13.789><c> to</c><00:35:14.110><c> their</c><00:35:14.289><c> God</c><00:35:14.530><c> now</c><00:35:14.889><c> tried</c>

00:35:15.210 --> 00:35:18.429
not<00:35:15.630><c> for</c><00:35:15.889><c> things</c><00:35:16.130><c> which</c><00:35:16.369><c> they've</c><00:35:16.610><c> done</c><00:35:16.909><c> wrong</c><00:35:17.349><c> they</c><00:35:18.090><c> tried</c>

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for<00:35:18.769><c> the</c><00:35:19.150><c> truth's</c><00:35:19.710><c> sake</c>

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how<00:35:20.929><c> many</c><00:35:21.130><c> of</c><00:35:21.309><c> us</c><00:35:21.469><c> have</c><00:35:21.710><c> tribulations</c><00:35:22.369><c> brought</c><00:35:22.710><c> on</c><00:35:22.909><c> us</c><00:35:23.250><c> because</c><00:35:23.889><c> of</c><00:35:24.150><c> the</c>

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truth's<00:35:24.869><c> sake</c><00:35:25.130><c> and</c><00:35:25.710><c> not</c><00:35:25.869><c> our</c><00:35:26.070><c> own</c><00:35:26.349><c> failings</c><00:35:26.829><c> and</c><00:35:27.190><c> faults</c><00:35:27.750><c> and</c>

00:35:30.170 --> 00:35:33.150
Nebuchadnezzar<00:35:30.750><c> makes</c><00:35:31.170><c> the</c><00:35:31.510><c> furnace</c><00:35:31.769><c> seven</c><00:35:32.230><c> times</c><00:35:32.829><c> hotter</c>

00:35:33.150 --> 00:35:33.690
than<00:35:33.469><c> that</c>

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You<00:35:34.130><c> see</c><00:35:34.309><c> what</c><00:35:34.510><c> was</c><00:35:34.750><c> happening</c><00:35:35.050><c> is</c><00:35:35.250><c> the</c><00:35:35.530><c> trial</c><00:35:35.730><c> of</c><00:35:36.030><c> their</c><00:35:36.289><c> faith</c><00:35:36.730><c> and</c>

00:35:37.190 --> 00:35:39.750
this<00:35:37.449><c> is</c><00:35:37.610><c> what</c><00:35:37.789><c> Peter</c><00:35:38.070><c> picks</c><00:35:38.329><c> up</c><00:35:38.530><c> as</c><00:35:38.650><c> the</c><00:35:38.949><c> fiery</c><00:35:39.230><c> trial</c>

00:35:39.750 --> 00:35:44.809
This<00:35:40.710><c> that</c><00:35:41.469><c> that</c><00:35:41.909><c> furnace</c><00:35:42.130><c> seven</c><00:35:42.469><c> times</c><00:35:42.909><c> hotter</c><00:35:43.369><c> was</c><00:35:44.150><c> something</c><00:35:44.510><c> which</c>

00:35:44.809 --> 00:35:47.409
flesh<00:35:45.050><c> could</c><00:35:45.269><c> have</c><00:35:45.489><c> no</c><00:35:45.730><c> answer</c><00:35:46.070><c> to</c><00:35:46.369><c> you</c><00:35:46.969><c> couldn't</c><00:35:47.230><c> say</c>

00:35:47.409 --> 00:35:51.030
Well,<00:35:47.610><c> maybe</c><00:35:47.949><c> if</c><00:35:48.110><c> I</c><00:35:48.309><c> coat</c><00:35:48.429><c> myself</c><00:35:48.849><c> in</c><00:35:49.070><c> water,</c><00:35:49.469><c> I</c><00:35:49.949><c> might</c><00:35:50.210><c> survive</c><00:35:50.630><c> it</c>

00:35:51.030 --> 00:35:53.750
Maybe<00:35:51.530><c> if</c><00:35:51.809><c> I</c><00:35:52.070><c> do</c><00:35:52.269><c> something</c><00:35:52.610><c> I</c><00:35:52.769><c> might</c><00:35:53.010><c> just</c><00:35:53.289><c> live</c><00:35:53.409><c> through</c><00:35:53.650><c> it</c>

00:35:53.750 --> 00:35:55.949
if<00:35:53.909><c> I</c><00:35:54.130><c> if</c><00:35:54.449><c> I</c><00:35:54.690><c> bury</c><00:35:54.849><c> myself</c><00:35:55.289><c> in</c><00:35:55.449><c> the</c><00:35:55.670><c> coals</c>

00:35:55.949 --> 00:35:59.409
It<00:35:56.070><c> might</c><00:35:56.269><c> not</c><00:35:56.409><c> be</c><00:35:56.550><c> as</c><00:35:56.769><c> hot</c><00:35:56.889><c> as</c><00:35:57.130><c> we</c><00:35:57.949><c> can't</c><00:35:58.389><c> we</c><00:35:58.550><c> can't</c><00:35:59.030><c> survive</c>

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those<00:35:59.730><c> things</c>

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You<00:36:00.230><c> see</c><00:36:00.550><c> and</c><00:36:00.929><c> it</c><00:36:00.989><c> was</c><00:36:01.170><c> a</c><00:36:01.369><c> trial</c><00:36:01.530><c> that</c><00:36:01.670><c> was</c><00:36:01.989><c> presented</c><00:36:02.369><c> to</c><00:36:02.630><c> them</c>

00:36:02.710 --> 00:36:06.110
as<00:36:02.889><c> a</c><00:36:03.130><c> fiery</c><00:36:03.369><c> trial</c><00:36:03.809><c> which</c><00:36:04.389><c> flesh</c><00:36:04.710><c> could</c><00:36:04.969><c> not</c><00:36:05.349><c> solve</c>

00:36:06.849 --> 00:36:10.869
The<00:36:07.449><c> threat</c><00:36:07.869><c> was</c><00:36:08.309><c> awesome</c><00:36:08.730><c> wasn't</c><00:36:09.050><c> it</c><00:36:09.570><c> it</c><00:36:09.949><c> was</c><00:36:10.309><c> overwhelming</c>

00:36:10.869 --> 00:36:11.909
to<00:36:11.150><c> the</c><00:36:11.309><c> natural</c><00:36:11.610><c> man</c>

00:36:11.909 --> 00:36:16.289
This<00:36:12.590><c> was</c><00:36:12.949><c> the</c><00:36:13.230><c> fire</c><00:36:13.610><c> of</c><00:36:13.849><c> affliction</c><00:36:14.369><c> and</c><00:36:15.429><c> it</c><00:36:15.710><c> didn't</c><00:36:15.989><c> wasn't</c>

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wouldn't<00:36:16.449><c> be</c><00:36:16.750><c> light</c><00:36:16.989><c> would</c><00:36:17.190><c> it</c><00:36:17.449><c> it's</c><00:36:17.809><c> not</c><00:36:17.949><c> something</c><00:36:18.389><c> easy</c><00:36:18.969><c> to</c>

00:36:19.230 --> 00:36:20.429
take<00:36:19.469><c> that</c><00:36:19.849><c> fire</c>

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Of<00:36:20.989><c> affliction</c><00:36:21.429><c> is</c><00:36:21.650><c> it</c><00:36:22.190><c> we</c><00:36:22.590><c> don't</c><00:36:22.829><c> take</c><00:36:23.050><c> all</c><00:36:23.230><c> our</c><00:36:23.449><c> tribulations</c><00:36:24.070><c> lightly</c><00:36:24.530><c> and</c>

00:36:24.710 --> 00:36:26.230
oh,<00:36:24.969><c> well,</c><00:36:25.070><c> we've</c><00:36:25.250><c> just</c><00:36:25.389><c> got</c><00:36:25.489><c> another</c><00:36:25.769><c> trouble</c>

00:36:26.230 --> 00:36:30.170
these<00:36:26.710><c> things</c><00:36:27.010><c> burn</c><00:36:27.329><c> heavily</c><00:36:27.710><c> upon</c><00:36:28.010><c> us</c><00:36:28.630><c> and</c>

00:36:30.170 --> 00:36:33.170
They<00:36:30.429><c> use</c><00:36:30.610><c> the</c><00:36:30.909><c> mighty</c><00:36:31.250><c> men</c><00:36:31.510><c> to</c><00:36:31.789><c> take</c><00:36:31.969><c> those</c><00:36:32.369><c> three</c>

00:36:33.510 --> 00:36:36.909
Unyielding<00:36:34.110><c> Jewish</c><00:36:34.409><c> men</c><00:36:35.170><c> they</c><00:36:35.590><c> took</c><00:36:36.070><c> mighty</c><00:36:36.690><c> men</c>

00:36:36.909 --> 00:36:41.030
They<00:36:37.050><c> took</c><00:36:37.210><c> their</c><00:36:37.449><c> army</c><00:36:37.969><c> to</c><00:36:38.789><c> take</c><00:36:39.110><c> those</c><00:36:39.630><c> unyielding</c><00:36:40.690><c> those</c>

00:36:41.030 --> 00:36:44.269
yielding<00:36:41.650><c> Jewish</c><00:36:41.929><c> men</c><00:36:42.590><c> to</c><00:36:43.010><c> throw</c><00:36:43.210><c> them</c><00:36:43.409><c> into</c><00:36:43.670><c> that</c><00:36:43.969><c> furnace,</c>

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didn't<00:36:44.710><c> they?</c>

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And<00:36:46.289><c> they</c><00:36:46.449><c> were</c><00:36:46.530><c> covered</c><00:36:46.750><c> with</c><00:36:46.969><c> those</c><00:36:47.210><c> Babylonian</c><00:36:47.929><c> garments</c>

00:36:49.230 --> 00:36:52.670
Those<00:36:49.829><c> Babylonian</c><00:36:50.429><c> garments</c><00:36:50.769><c> couldn't</c><00:36:51.170><c> save</c><00:36:51.409><c> them.</c><00:36:51.610><c> Could</c><00:36:51.809><c> they?</c>

00:36:52.909 --> 00:36:55.949
They<00:36:53.190><c> were</c><00:36:53.449><c> closed</c><00:36:53.630><c> with</c><00:36:53.829><c> the</c><00:36:54.110><c> Spirit</c><00:36:54.309><c> of</c><00:36:54.510><c> Christ</c><00:36:55.230><c> and</c><00:36:55.809><c> that</c>

00:36:55.949 --> 00:36:58.429
was<00:36:56.090><c> the</c><00:36:56.250><c> only</c><00:36:56.449><c> redemption</c><00:36:56.889><c> that</c><00:36:57.150><c> was</c><00:36:57.329><c> the</c><00:36:57.530><c> fire</c><00:36:57.849><c> retardant</c>

00:36:58.429 --> 00:37:01.889
material<00:36:58.949><c> wasn't</c><00:36:59.369><c> it</c><00:36:59.670><c> the</c><00:37:00.349><c> Spirit</c><00:37:00.650><c> of</c><00:37:00.849><c> Christ?</c>

00:37:01.929 --> 00:37:05.030
And<00:37:02.449><c> the</c><00:37:02.690><c> gods</c><00:37:03.050><c> of</c><00:37:03.230><c> the</c><00:37:03.489><c> three</c><00:37:03.630><c> were</c><00:37:03.889><c> killed</c><00:37:04.110><c> as</c><00:37:04.269><c> they</c><00:37:04.550><c> came</c><00:37:04.829><c> to</c>

00:37:05.030 --> 00:37:05.610
that<00:37:05.289><c> furnace</c>

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They<00:37:06.329><c> could</c><00:37:06.590><c> they</c><00:37:06.969><c> could</c><00:37:07.210><c> turn</c><00:37:07.489><c> around</c><00:37:07.889><c> and</c><00:37:08.269><c> they</c><00:37:08.469><c> could</c><00:37:08.750><c> see</c>

00:37:08.969 --> 00:37:12.250
what<00:37:09.210><c> the</c><00:37:09.489><c> end</c><00:37:09.690><c> of</c><00:37:09.929><c> their</c><00:37:10.110><c> flesh</c><00:37:10.369><c> was</c><00:37:10.690><c> to</c><00:37:10.929><c> be</c>

00:37:12.590 --> 00:37:15.409
And<00:37:13.110><c> they</c><00:37:13.230><c> could</c><00:37:13.570><c> still</c><00:37:14.170><c> trust</c><00:37:14.570><c> in</c><00:37:14.789><c> their</c><00:37:14.949><c> God</c>

00:37:15.409 --> 00:37:18.929
You<00:37:16.429><c> put</c><00:37:16.630><c> your</c><00:37:16.849><c> hand</c><00:37:16.969><c> near</c><00:37:17.170><c> a</c><00:37:17.349><c> fire</c><00:37:17.489><c> and</c><00:37:17.710><c> you</c><00:37:17.909><c> do</c><00:37:18.110><c> that</c><00:37:18.429><c> to</c><00:37:18.730><c> put</c>

00:37:18.929 --> 00:37:21.530
your<00:37:19.110><c> hand</c><00:37:19.230><c> at</c><00:37:19.389><c> the</c><00:37:19.610><c> fire</c><00:37:20.070><c> and</c><00:37:20.710><c> to</c><00:37:20.949><c> continue</c>

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And<00:37:22.230><c> to</c><00:37:22.409><c> continue</c><00:37:22.989><c> that</c><00:37:23.510><c> takes</c><00:37:23.909><c> faith</c><00:37:24.289><c> and</c><00:37:24.570><c> confidence</c><00:37:24.969><c> doesn't</c><00:37:25.369><c> it?</c>

00:37:26.849 --> 00:37:30.150
It<00:37:27.409><c> was</c><00:37:27.610><c> a</c><00:37:27.789><c> visible</c><00:37:28.210><c> demonstration</c><00:37:28.869><c> of</c><00:37:29.010><c> what</c><00:37:29.230><c> lay</c><00:37:29.429><c> ahead</c><00:37:29.769><c> and</c>

00:37:30.150 --> 00:37:32.110
they<00:37:30.409><c> retained</c><00:37:30.710><c> their</c><00:37:30.989><c> faith</c><00:37:31.150><c> through</c><00:37:31.349><c> all</c><00:37:31.510><c> of</c><00:37:31.730><c> that</c>

00:37:32.110 --> 00:37:35.409
And<00:37:33.010><c> it</c><00:37:33.230><c> says</c><00:37:33.349><c> they</c><00:37:33.510><c> were</c><00:37:33.769><c> pushed</c><00:37:34.010><c> into</c><00:37:34.269><c> the</c><00:37:34.570><c> fire</c><00:37:34.809><c> and</c><00:37:35.050><c> they</c>

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fell<00:37:35.869><c> down</c>

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Bound<00:37:37.650><c> and</c><00:37:38.130><c> that's</c><00:37:38.369><c> what</c><00:37:38.570><c> mortality</c><00:37:39.050><c> does</c><00:37:39.369><c> to</c><00:37:39.590><c> us.</c><00:37:39.989><c> It</c><00:37:40.409><c> binds</c>

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us<00:37:41.010><c> but</c><00:37:41.250><c> Christ</c>

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Loosened<00:37:43.150><c> them</c><00:37:43.389><c> as</c><00:37:43.949><c> we</c><00:37:44.170><c> read</c><00:37:44.289><c> in</c><00:37:44.449><c> Luke</c><00:37:44.730><c> 44</c><00:37:45.309><c> verse</c><00:37:45.630><c> 18</c>

00:37:46.329 --> 00:37:50.230
That<00:37:47.389><c> all</c><00:37:47.829><c> hope</c><00:37:48.070><c> of</c><00:37:48.469><c> salvation</c><00:37:49.130><c> would</c><00:37:49.289><c> have</c><00:37:49.469><c> appeared</c><00:37:49.750><c> lost</c>

00:37:50.230 --> 00:37:52.170
to<00:37:50.409><c> the</c><00:37:50.590><c> natural</c><00:37:50.909><c> eye</c><00:37:51.230><c> wouldn't</c><00:37:51.610><c> it?</c>

00:37:52.170 --> 00:37:55.949
The<00:37:52.829><c> ability</c><00:37:53.210><c> to</c><00:37:53.590><c> see</c><00:37:53.829><c> salvation</c><00:37:54.429><c> through</c><00:37:54.690><c> that</c><00:37:55.010><c> circumstance</c><00:37:55.550><c> would</c><00:37:55.750><c> have</c>

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been<00:37:56.170><c> beyond</c><00:37:56.530><c> them</c>

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But<00:37:57.809><c> they</c><00:37:58.190><c> trusted</c><00:37:58.710><c> until</c><00:37:59.789><c> the</c><00:38:00.150><c> hand</c><00:38:00.309><c> of</c><00:38:00.409><c> the</c><00:38:00.670><c> divine</c><00:38:01.150><c> one</c><00:38:01.809><c> like</c><00:38:02.070><c> unto</c><00:38:02.289><c> the</c>

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Son<00:38:02.650><c> of</c><00:38:02.849><c> Man</c>

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Pick<00:38:04.889><c> them</c><00:38:05.150><c> up</c><00:38:05.590><c> because</c><00:38:06.170><c> the</c><00:38:06.429><c> next</c><00:38:06.789><c> time</c><00:38:07.030><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:38:07.670><c> looked</c><00:38:07.989><c> he</c>

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saw<00:38:08.769><c> them</c>

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Standing<00:38:10.230><c> with</c><00:38:11.269><c> one</c><00:38:11.590><c> like</c><00:38:11.769><c> the</c><00:38:12.030><c> Son</c><00:38:12.130><c> of</c><00:38:12.369><c> Man</c><00:38:12.610><c> in</c><00:38:12.829><c> their</c><00:38:12.929><c> midst.</c>

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They<00:38:18.110><c> were</c><00:38:18.570><c> lifted</c><00:38:19.210><c> up</c><00:38:19.909><c> and</c><00:38:20.530><c> standing</c>

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Worshipped<00:38:25.130><c> fire</c><00:38:25.429><c> didn't</c><00:38:25.829><c> they</c><00:38:26.130><c> and</c><00:38:26.829><c> in</c><00:38:27.030><c> that</c><00:38:27.230><c> God</c><00:38:27.489><c> could</c><00:38:27.829><c> quench</c><00:38:28.250><c> the</c>

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All<00:38:31.869><c> the</c><00:38:32.170><c> fear</c><00:38:32.389><c> all</c><00:38:32.630><c> the</c><00:38:32.949><c> torment</c><00:38:33.230><c> which</c><00:38:33.530><c> this</c><00:38:33.889><c> world</c><00:38:34.030><c> could</c><00:38:34.269><c> produce</c>

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There<00:38:49.389><c> was</c><00:38:49.750><c> not</c><00:38:49.949><c> an</c><00:38:50.409><c> hair</c><00:38:50.710><c> of</c><00:38:50.889><c> their</c><00:38:51.269><c> head</c>

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Singed<00:38:53.030><c> not</c><00:38:53.250><c> even</c><00:38:53.849><c> cold</c><00:38:54.250><c> by</c><00:38:54.550><c> the</c><00:38:54.710><c> heat.</c><00:38:55.150><c> There</c><00:38:55.789><c> was</c><00:38:55.969><c> no</c><00:38:56.150><c> lasting</c><00:38:56.550><c> damage</c>

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There<00:38:57.349><c> was</c><00:38:57.590><c> no</c><00:38:57.889><c> odor</c><00:38:58.210><c> of</c><00:38:58.530><c> fire</c><00:38:58.849><c> found</c><00:38:59.130><c> upon</c><00:38:59.550><c> them</c>

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It<00:39:00.010><c> says</c><00:39:00.250><c> you</c><00:39:00.670><c> can</c><00:39:00.829><c> even</c><00:39:01.150><c> smell</c><00:39:01.429><c> the</c><00:39:01.710><c> fire</c><00:39:01.929><c> because</c><00:39:02.570><c> the</c><00:39:03.090><c> odors</c>

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they<00:39:03.670><c> were</c><00:39:03.909><c> offering</c><00:39:04.230><c> bread</c><00:39:04.489><c> and</c><00:39:04.730><c> sisters</c>

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Were<00:39:05.610><c> the</c><00:39:05.849><c> odors</c><00:39:06.250><c> of</c><00:39:06.570><c> prayer</c><00:39:06.789><c> to</c><00:39:07.050><c> their</c><00:39:07.230><c> God</c><00:39:07.570><c> as</c><00:39:08.030><c> they</c><00:39:08.369><c> went</c><00:39:08.769><c> faithfully</c><00:39:09.650><c> in</c>

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obedience<00:39:10.530><c> to</c><00:39:10.809><c> meet</c><00:39:10.969><c> their</c><00:39:11.289><c> trial</c><00:39:11.789><c> and</c>

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God<00:39:13.269><c> redeemed</c><00:39:13.789><c> them</c><00:39:14.010><c> out</c><00:39:14.269><c> of</c><00:39:14.409><c> that</c><00:39:14.690><c> terrible</c><00:39:15.250><c> fiery</c><00:39:15.650><c> trial</c>

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And<00:39:17.429><c> the</c><00:39:17.590><c> King</c><00:39:17.849><c> says</c><00:39:18.190><c> that</c><00:39:18.449><c> the</c><00:39:18.750><c> three</c><00:39:19.050><c> trusted</c><00:39:19.570><c> their</c><00:39:19.869><c> God</c><00:39:20.269><c> and</c><00:39:21.210><c> they</c><00:39:21.730><c> he</c>

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says<00:39:22.150><c> he</c><00:39:22.409><c> uses</c><00:39:22.630><c> this</c><00:39:22.909><c> word</c><00:39:23.349><c> they</c><00:39:23.829><c> yielded</c>

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That<00:39:27.449><c> is</c><00:39:27.730><c> really</c><00:39:27.949><c> difficult</c><00:39:28.389><c> to</c><00:39:28.570><c> do</c><00:39:28.690><c> isn't</c><00:39:28.929><c> it</c><00:39:29.610><c> to</c><00:39:30.030><c> yield</c><00:39:30.329><c> this</c>

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life<00:39:31.070><c> this</c><00:39:31.429><c> mortality</c><00:39:31.989><c> this</c><00:39:32.429><c> fleshly</c><00:39:32.869><c> body</c><00:39:33.150><c> to</c><00:39:33.610><c> yield</c><00:39:33.869><c> it</c>

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knowing<00:39:35.309><c> that</c><00:39:35.590><c> only</c><00:39:35.949><c> God</c><00:39:36.210><c> could</c><00:39:36.489><c> save</c><00:39:36.969><c> and</c><00:39:37.409><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:39:38.050><c> was</c><00:39:38.250><c> a</c>

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pagan<00:39:38.849><c> king</c><00:39:39.349><c> made</c><00:39:40.110><c> the</c><00:39:40.409><c> decree</c><00:39:40.670><c> that</c><00:39:41.030><c> no</c><00:39:41.449><c> God</c><00:39:41.789><c> could</c><00:39:42.130><c> deliver</c><00:39:42.610><c> like</c>

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Yahweh<00:39:44.989><c> and</c>

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Sometimes<00:39:46.030><c> us</c><00:39:46.570><c> as</c><00:39:46.849><c> bread</c><00:39:47.010><c> and</c><00:39:47.190><c> sisters</c><00:39:47.769><c> will</c><00:39:48.269><c> have</c><00:39:48.449><c> a</c><00:39:48.730><c> faith</c><00:39:49.070><c> and</c><00:39:49.630><c> a</c>

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decree<00:39:50.230><c> in</c><00:39:51.190><c> our</c><00:39:51.489><c> hearts</c><00:39:51.730><c> less</c><00:39:52.070><c> than</c><00:39:52.250><c> that</c><00:39:52.389><c> of</c><00:39:52.530><c> the</c><00:39:52.630><c> King</c><00:39:52.769><c> of</c><00:39:52.969><c> Babylon</c>

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Who<00:39:55.190><c> but</c><00:39:55.449><c> Yahweh</c><00:39:56.170><c> can</c><00:39:56.670><c> deliver</c><00:39:57.389><c> out</c><00:39:58.269><c> of</c><00:39:58.489><c> such</c><00:39:58.650><c> a</c><00:39:58.889><c> fiery</c><00:39:59.090><c> trial</c>

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So<00:40:01.829><c> Peter</c><00:40:02.090><c> picks</c><00:40:02.389><c> up</c><00:40:02.630><c> this</c><00:40:03.449><c> idea</c><00:40:03.949><c> as</c><00:40:04.389><c> we</c><00:40:04.630><c> see</c><00:40:04.849><c> in</c><00:40:05.110><c> verse</c><00:40:05.429><c> in</c><00:40:05.889><c> first</c><00:40:06.190><c> Peter</c><00:40:06.429><c> chapter</c><00:40:06.869><c> 1</c><00:40:07.449><c> at</c><00:40:07.809><c> verse</c><00:40:08.150><c> we'll</c><00:40:08.550><c> start</c><00:40:08.630><c> at</c><00:40:08.809><c> verse</c><00:40:09.070><c> 2</c>

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In<00:40:13.469><c> first</c><00:40:13.670><c> Peter</c><00:40:13.929><c> 1</c><00:40:14.449><c> at</c><00:40:14.809><c> verse</c><00:40:15.050><c> 2</c><00:40:15.329><c> to</c><00:40:15.469><c> 9</c>

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First<00:40:17.690><c> Peter</c><00:40:18.170><c> chapter</c><00:40:18.590><c> 1</c><00:40:18.909><c> Peter</c><00:40:19.230><c> says</c>

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elect<00:40:21.130><c> according</c><00:40:21.610><c> to</c><00:40:21.829><c> the</c><00:40:22.050><c> foreknowledge</c><00:40:22.510><c> of</c><00:40:22.769><c> God</c><00:40:23.210><c> the</c><00:40:23.670><c> Father</c>

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through<00:40:25.110><c> sanctification</c><00:40:25.929><c> of</c><00:40:26.130><c> the</c><00:40:26.369><c> Spirit</c><00:40:27.170><c> unto</c><00:40:27.570><c> obedience</c>

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and<00:40:28.469><c> sprinkling</c><00:40:28.809><c> of</c><00:40:28.969><c> the</c><00:40:29.110><c> blood</c><00:40:29.269><c> of</c><00:40:29.429><c> Jesus</c><00:40:29.889><c> Christ</c>

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grace<00:40:31.269><c> unto</c><00:40:31.570><c> you</c><00:40:32.349><c> and</c>

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Peace<00:40:33.289><c> be</c><00:40:33.570><c> multiplied</c>

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Isn't<00:40:35.090><c> this</c><00:40:35.289><c> lovely</c><00:40:35.550><c> he's</c><00:40:35.929><c> talking</c><00:40:36.250><c> in</c><00:40:36.769><c> the</c><00:40:36.949><c> context</c><00:40:37.289><c> of</c><00:40:37.449><c> what</c>

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he's<00:40:37.789><c> going</c><00:40:37.889><c> to</c><00:40:38.190><c> say</c><00:40:38.329><c> he's</c>

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Wishing<00:40:39.969><c> that</c><00:40:40.610><c> the</c><00:40:40.909><c> grace</c><00:40:41.150><c> of</c><00:40:41.449><c> God</c><00:40:41.670><c> and</c><00:40:42.130><c> true</c><00:40:42.369><c> peace</c><00:40:42.969><c> is</c><00:40:43.570><c> what</c>

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is<00:40:43.949><c> multiplied</c><00:40:44.489><c> not</c><00:40:44.769><c> tribulation</c>

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Or<00:40:46.650><c> the</c><00:40:46.809><c> if</c><00:40:46.949><c> the</c><00:40:47.230><c> fearful</c><00:40:47.570><c> effects</c><00:40:47.929><c> of</c><00:40:48.170><c> tribulation</c><00:40:48.769><c> he</c><00:40:49.150><c> says</c>

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in<00:40:49.489><c> verse</c><00:40:49.670><c> 3</c>

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Blessed<00:40:50.829><c> be</c><00:40:51.070><c> the</c><00:40:51.369><c> God</c><00:40:51.610><c> and</c><00:40:51.929><c> father</c><00:40:52.170><c> of</c><00:40:52.389><c> our</c><00:40:52.530><c> Lord</c><00:40:52.730><c> Jesus</c><00:40:53.130><c> Christ</c>

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Which<00:40:54.449><c> according</c><00:40:54.789><c> to</c><00:40:55.070><c> his</c><00:40:55.369><c> abundant</c><00:40:55.889><c> mercy</c><00:40:56.369><c> hath</c><00:40:56.690><c> begotten</c><00:40:57.190><c> us</c><00:40:57.389><c> again</c><00:40:57.869><c> unto</c><00:40:58.429><c> a</c>

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lively<00:40:59.190><c> hope</c>

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By<00:41:00.730><c> the</c><00:41:01.010><c> resurrection</c><00:41:01.489><c> of</c><00:41:01.730><c> Jesus</c><00:41:02.130><c> Christ</c><00:41:02.469><c> from</c><00:41:02.690><c> the</c><00:41:02.929><c> dead</c><00:41:03.670><c> to</c>

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an<00:41:04.389><c> inheritance</c><00:41:04.909><c> incorruptible</c>

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Undefiled<00:41:07.170><c> that</c><00:41:07.510><c> fadeth</c><00:41:07.869><c> not</c><00:41:08.110><c> away</c>

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Reserved<00:41:09.690><c> in</c><00:41:09.929><c> heaven</c><00:41:10.130><c> for</c><00:41:10.429><c> you</c>

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Who<00:41:11.590><c> are</c><00:41:11.889><c> kept</c><00:41:12.090><c> by</c><00:41:12.349><c> the</c><00:41:12.630><c> power</c><00:41:12.809><c> of</c><00:41:13.070><c> God</c><00:41:13.289><c> through</c><00:41:13.690><c> faith</c><00:41:14.130><c> unto</c>

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salvation<00:41:15.269><c> ready</c><00:41:15.989><c> to</c><00:41:16.230><c> be</c><00:41:16.449><c> revealed</c><00:41:16.869><c> in</c><00:41:17.050><c> the</c><00:41:17.230><c> last</c><00:41:17.570><c> time</c>

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Wherein<00:41:19.389><c> ye</c><00:41:19.550><c> greatly</c><00:41:19.909><c> rejoice</c><00:41:20.670><c> though</c><00:41:21.289><c> now</c><00:41:21.550><c> for</c><00:41:21.789><c> a</c><00:41:21.989><c> season</c><00:41:22.289><c> if</c>

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need<00:41:22.769><c> be</c><00:41:23.030><c> yarn</c><00:41:23.269><c> heaviness</c><00:41:23.730><c> through</c><00:41:23.909><c> manifold</c><00:41:24.389><c> temptations</c>

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That<00:41:26.010><c> the</c><00:41:26.289><c> trial</c><00:41:26.550><c> of</c><00:41:26.730><c> your</c><00:41:26.949><c> faith</c><00:41:27.150><c> being</c><00:41:27.369><c> much</c><00:41:27.809><c> more</c><00:41:28.110><c> precious</c>

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than<00:41:28.889><c> of</c><00:41:29.130><c> gold</c><00:41:29.289><c> that</c><00:41:29.630><c> perisheth</c>

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Though<00:41:30.789><c> be</c><00:41:31.090><c> tried</c><00:41:31.289><c> with</c><00:41:31.590><c> fire</c><00:41:31.829><c> might</c><00:41:32.070><c> be</c><00:41:32.389><c> found</c><00:41:32.570><c> unto</c><00:41:32.849><c> praise</c>

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and<00:41:33.550><c> honor</c><00:41:33.789><c> and</c><00:41:34.190><c> glory</c><00:41:34.590><c> at</c><00:41:35.170><c> the</c><00:41:35.309><c> appearing</c><00:41:35.550><c> of</c><00:41:35.769><c> Jesus</c><00:41:36.190><c> Christ</c>

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Whom<00:41:37.429><c> having</c><00:41:37.610><c> not</c><00:41:38.030><c> seen</c><00:41:38.250><c> you</c><00:41:38.429><c> love</c><00:41:38.889><c> in</c><00:41:39.650><c> whom</c><00:41:39.809><c> though</c><00:41:40.170><c> you</c><00:41:40.429><c> see</c>

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him<00:41:40.969><c> not</c><00:41:41.230><c> yet</c><00:41:41.530><c> believing</c>

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You<00:41:43.090><c> rejoice</c><00:41:43.489><c> with</c><00:41:43.769><c> joy</c><00:41:43.969><c> and</c><00:41:44.250><c> speakable</c><00:41:44.670><c> and</c><00:41:44.909><c> full</c><00:41:45.030><c> of</c><00:41:45.309><c> glory</c>

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Receiving<00:41:47.530><c> the</c><00:41:48.110><c> end</c><00:41:48.409><c> of</c><00:41:48.590><c> your</c><00:41:48.829><c> faith</c><00:41:49.269><c> even</c><00:41:50.090><c> the</c><00:41:50.369><c> salvation</c><00:41:50.750><c> of</c>

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your<00:41:51.269><c> souls</c>

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You<00:41:53.579><c> see</c><00:41:54.119><c> verse</c><00:41:54.400><c> 6</c><00:41:54.780><c> says</c><00:41:55.159><c> there</c><00:41:55.739><c> wherein</c><00:41:56.059><c> ye</c><00:41:56.400><c> greatly</c><00:41:56.840><c> rejoice</c>

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though<00:41:57.639><c> now</c><00:41:57.840><c> for</c><00:41:58.119><c> a</c><00:41:58.320><c> season</c>

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After<00:42:00.400><c> having</c><00:42:00.599><c> been</c><00:42:00.940><c> grieved</c><00:42:01.280><c> in</c><00:42:01.440><c> the</c><00:42:01.659><c> present</c><00:42:02.039><c> if</c><00:42:02.460><c> it</c><00:42:02.679><c> must</c><00:42:02.920><c> be</c><00:42:03.300><c> so</c><00:42:03.619><c> for</c><00:42:04.179><c> a</c>

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little<00:42:04.840><c> while</c><00:42:05.260><c> in</c><00:42:05.679><c> the</c><00:42:05.860><c> midst</c><00:42:06.059><c> of</c><00:42:06.260><c> the</c><00:42:06.440><c> temptations</c>

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That's<00:42:07.679><c> what</c><00:42:07.940><c> the</c><00:42:08.360><c> the</c><00:42:08.639><c> literal</c><00:42:09.039><c> translation</c><00:42:09.780><c> should</c><00:42:10.119><c> be</c><00:42:10.599><c> after</c><00:42:11.059><c> having</c><00:42:11.280><c> been</c><00:42:11.639><c> grieved</c><00:42:11.900><c> in</c>

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the<00:42:12.280><c> present</c><00:42:12.639><c> if</c><00:42:13.159><c> it</c><00:42:13.400><c> must</c><00:42:13.619><c> be</c><00:42:13.960><c> so</c>

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For<00:42:14.900><c> a</c><00:42:15.099><c> little</c><00:42:15.360><c> while</c><00:42:15.739><c> in</c><00:42:16.260><c> the</c><00:42:16.440><c> midst</c><00:42:16.739><c> of</c><00:42:17.039><c> manifold</c><00:42:17.500><c> temptations</c>

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In<00:42:20.239><c> first</c><00:42:20.460><c> Peter</c><00:42:20.699><c> 3</c><00:42:21.079><c> verse</c><00:42:21.280><c> 17</c>

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He<00:42:22.039><c> says</c><00:42:22.420><c> for</c><00:42:22.780><c> it</c><00:42:22.960><c> is</c><00:42:23.139><c> better</c><00:42:23.420><c> if</c><00:42:23.639><c> the</c><00:42:23.940><c> will</c><00:42:24.099><c> of</c><00:42:24.360><c> God</c><00:42:24.619><c> be</c><00:42:25.079><c> so</c><00:42:25.480><c> that</c><00:42:25.880><c> she</c>

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suffer<00:42:26.400><c> for</c><00:42:26.719><c> well</c><00:42:27.000><c>-doing</c>

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Than<00:42:27.920><c> for</c><00:42:28.239><c> evil</c><00:42:28.599><c> doing</c><00:42:28.880><c> so</c><00:42:29.500><c> in</c><00:42:29.820><c> this</c><00:42:30.039><c> brethren</c><00:42:30.300><c> and</c><00:42:30.579><c> sisters</c>

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We<00:42:31.659><c> see</c><00:42:31.900><c> that</c><00:42:32.119><c> the</c><00:42:32.360><c> will</c><00:42:32.440><c> of</c><00:42:32.739><c> God</c><00:42:32.960><c> is</c><00:42:33.260><c> that</c><00:42:33.460><c> which</c><00:42:33.659><c> is</c><00:42:33.980><c> giving</c>

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us<00:42:34.699><c> the</c><00:42:34.960><c> tribulation</c><00:42:35.519><c> isn't</c><00:42:35.840><c> it</c><00:42:36.280><c> for</c><00:42:36.719><c> our</c><00:42:37.099><c> good</c>

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So<00:42:38.019><c> it's</c><00:42:38.260><c> not</c><00:42:38.639><c> random</c><00:42:39.059><c> chance</c><00:42:39.519><c> that</c><00:42:39.719><c> is</c><00:42:39.940><c> giving</c><00:42:40.079><c> us</c><00:42:40.460><c> trial</c><00:42:40.599><c> and</c>

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tribulation<00:42:41.320><c> isn't</c><00:42:41.659><c> it</c><00:42:42.880><c> in</c><00:42:43.460><c> verse</c><00:42:43.739><c> 7</c>

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Verse<00:42:45.300><c> 7</c><00:42:45.659><c> depends</c><00:42:46.179><c> very</c><00:42:46.480><c> much</c><00:42:46.800><c> doesn't</c><00:42:47.159><c> it</c><00:42:47.460><c> on</c><00:42:47.820><c> having</c><00:42:48.099><c> been</c><00:42:48.559><c> grieved</c><00:42:49.059><c> in</c><00:42:49.579><c> verse</c><00:42:49.880><c> 6.</c><00:42:50.380><c> It's</c><00:42:50.679><c> a</c>

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heavy<00:42:51.199><c> trial</c>

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It<00:42:52.519><c> says</c><00:42:52.780><c> there</c><00:42:52.980><c> in</c><00:42:53.119><c> verse</c><00:42:53.300><c> 6</c><00:42:53.739><c> that</c><00:42:54.179><c> we</c><00:42:54.599><c> are</c><00:42:54.860><c> in</c><00:42:55.159><c> heaviness</c><00:42:55.619><c> through</c><00:42:56.000><c> manifold</c><00:42:56.539><c> temptations</c><00:42:57.480><c> trials</c><00:42:57.960><c> aren't</c><00:42:58.380><c> light</c><00:42:58.559><c> are</c><00:42:58.900><c> they?</c>

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We<00:43:00.000><c> don't</c><00:43:00.199><c> go</c><00:43:00.440><c> through</c><00:43:00.659><c> trouble</c><00:43:01.300><c> feeling</c><00:43:01.739><c> all</c><00:43:02.159><c> light</c><00:43:02.460><c>-hearted</c>

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and<00:43:03.119><c> on</c><00:43:03.320><c> top</c><00:43:03.480><c> of</c><00:43:03.679><c> the</c><00:43:03.860><c> world</c>

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But<00:43:05.300><c> verse</c><00:43:05.579><c> 7</c><00:43:05.940><c> says</c><00:43:06.380><c> that</c><00:43:06.800><c> it</c><00:43:06.940><c> is</c><00:43:07.199><c> a</c><00:43:07.480><c> trial</c><00:43:07.880><c> of</c><00:43:08.199><c> your</c><00:43:08.480><c> faith.</c>

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That's<00:43:09.559><c> why</c><00:43:09.880><c> you</c><00:43:10.260><c> will</c><00:43:10.440><c> feel</c><00:43:10.760><c> down</c><00:43:11.179><c> and</c><00:43:11.460><c> you</c><00:43:11.619><c> will</c><00:43:11.739><c> have</c><00:43:11.900><c> manifold</c>

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Heaviness<00:43:13.900><c> and</c><00:43:14.239><c> manifold</c><00:43:14.739><c> temptations</c><00:43:16.519><c> and</c>

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the<00:43:17.340><c> purpose</c><00:43:17.739><c> he</c><00:43:18.039><c> says</c><00:43:18.239><c> there</c><00:43:18.639><c> is</c><00:43:19.139><c> that</c><00:43:19.320><c> you</c><00:43:19.539><c> might</c><00:43:19.880><c> be</c><00:43:20.400><c> found</c>

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unto<00:43:21.219><c> praise</c><00:43:21.840><c> and</c>

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Honor<00:43:23.480><c> that</c><00:43:23.920><c> you</c><00:43:24.119><c> are</c><00:43:24.280><c> going</c><00:43:24.340><c> to</c><00:43:24.539><c> be</c><00:43:24.760><c> found</c><00:43:24.940><c> as</c><00:43:25.159><c> a</c><00:43:25.360><c> vessel</c><00:43:25.760><c> praiseworthy</c><00:43:26.820><c> and</c>

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full<00:43:27.460><c> of</c><00:43:27.719><c> honor</c>

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You<00:43:28.940><c> see</c><00:43:29.059><c> it's</c><00:43:29.420><c> trying</c><00:43:29.599><c> to</c><00:43:29.900><c> produce</c><00:43:30.239><c> a</c><00:43:30.619><c> work</c><00:43:30.940><c> and</c><00:43:31.360><c> it's</c><00:43:31.639><c> a</c><00:43:31.780><c> work</c>

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of<00:43:32.360><c> praiseworthiness</c><00:43:33.460><c> unto</c><00:43:33.880><c> Almighty</c><00:43:34.320><c> God</c>

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Now<00:43:36.699><c> trial</c><00:43:37.019><c> here</c><00:43:37.280><c> doesn't</c><00:43:37.599><c> imply</c><00:43:38.179><c> trials</c>

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As<00:43:39.840><c> in</c><00:43:40.119><c> temptations</c><00:43:41.059><c> we've</c><00:43:41.619><c> got</c><00:43:41.739><c> to</c><00:43:41.900><c> actually</c><00:43:42.099><c> think</c><00:43:42.320><c> about</c>

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this<00:43:42.739><c> quite</c><00:43:43.019><c> carefully</c>

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But<00:43:44.059><c> rather</c><00:43:44.380><c> the</c><00:43:44.780><c> assurance</c><00:43:45.440><c> or</c><00:43:45.960><c> the</c><00:43:46.320><c> proof</c><00:43:46.699><c> or</c><00:43:47.539><c> the</c><00:43:47.820><c> attested</c>

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worth<00:43:48.699><c> the</c><00:43:49.019><c> genuine</c><00:43:49.500><c> character</c><00:43:50.079><c> of</c><00:43:50.300><c> the</c><00:43:50.599><c> individual</c>

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We<00:43:52.019><c> could</c><00:43:52.159><c> actually</c><00:43:52.559><c> render</c><00:43:52.840><c> that</c><00:43:53.159><c> word</c><00:43:53.719><c> or</c><00:43:53.960><c> that's</c><00:43:54.380><c> that</c><00:43:55.019><c> are</c>

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much<00:43:55.860><c> more</c><00:43:56.139><c> valuable</c><00:43:56.599><c> than</c><00:43:56.840><c> the</c><00:43:57.219><c> characteristics</c><00:43:57.900><c> of</c><00:43:58.280><c> gold</c>

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It's<00:43:59.059><c> not</c><00:43:59.239><c> a</c><00:43:59.440><c> comparison</c><00:43:59.880><c> between</c><00:44:00.300><c> faith</c><00:44:00.579><c> and</c><00:44:00.780><c> gold</c><00:44:00.960><c> at</c><00:44:01.260><c> all</c>

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It's<00:44:02.360><c> a</c><00:44:02.519><c> comparison</c><00:44:03.019><c> with</c><00:44:03.280><c> the</c><00:44:03.519><c> nature</c><00:44:03.800><c> or</c><00:44:04.000><c> the</c><00:44:04.239><c> quality</c><00:44:04.780><c> not</c>

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the<00:44:05.840><c> substance</c><00:44:06.380><c> in</c><00:44:07.300><c> this</c><00:44:07.639><c> verse</c>

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That<00:44:09.000><c> is</c><00:44:09.199><c> the</c><00:44:09.380><c> demonstration</c><00:44:09.920><c> of</c><00:44:10.219><c> faith</c><00:44:10.340><c> is</c><00:44:10.679><c> much</c><00:44:10.960><c> more</c>

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valuable<00:44:11.739><c> process</c>

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Than<00:44:13.579><c> the</c><00:44:13.880><c> testing</c><00:44:14.159><c> of</c><00:44:14.400><c> gold</c><00:44:14.619><c> and</c><00:44:14.800><c> the</c><00:44:15.000><c> fire</c><00:44:15.199><c> isn't</c><00:44:15.480><c> it</c><00:44:15.820><c> because</c><00:44:16.260><c> the</c><00:44:16.619><c> proceeds</c><00:44:17.179><c> of</c>

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testing<00:44:17.960><c> faith</c><00:44:18.420><c> are</c><00:44:18.960><c> an</c><00:44:19.159><c> eternal</c><00:44:19.780><c> product</c>

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The<00:44:21.340><c> proceeds</c><00:44:21.780><c> of</c><00:44:22.079><c> testing</c><00:44:22.440><c> gold</c><00:44:22.940><c> are</c><00:44:23.679><c> not</c><00:44:23.980><c> eternal</c>

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Rather<00:44:26.619><c> we</c><00:44:26.900><c> could</c><00:44:27.099><c> we</c><00:44:27.340><c> could</c><00:44:27.539><c> render</c><00:44:27.760><c> that</c><00:44:28.179><c> it's</c><00:44:28.659><c> a</c><00:44:28.820><c> thing</c><00:44:29.000><c> that</c><00:44:29.380><c> perishes</c><00:44:30.059><c> and</c>

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yet<00:44:31.199><c> has</c><00:44:31.480><c> tried</c><00:44:31.659><c> with</c><00:44:31.960><c> fire</c><00:44:32.199><c> gold</c>

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When<00:44:33.719><c> you</c><00:44:34.019><c> try</c><00:44:34.280><c> it</c><00:44:34.579><c> still</c><00:44:34.880><c> gives</c><00:44:35.059><c> something</c><00:44:35.400><c> which</c><00:44:35.699><c> perishes</c>

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it<00:44:36.420><c> wears</c><00:44:36.639><c> away</c><00:44:36.920><c> with</c><00:44:37.139><c> the</c><00:44:37.340><c> use</c>

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But<00:44:38.260><c> when</c><00:44:38.559><c> you</c><00:44:38.840><c> are</c><00:44:39.139><c> tried</c><00:44:39.480><c> like</c><00:44:40.099><c> gold</c><00:44:40.460><c> is</c><00:44:40.780><c> tried</c><00:44:41.019><c> the</c><00:44:41.480><c> results</c>

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of<00:44:42.260><c> that</c><00:44:42.519><c> trial</c><00:44:42.780><c> are</c><00:44:43.159><c> much</c><00:44:43.519><c> more</c><00:44:43.760><c> valuable</c>

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Than<00:44:44.800><c> the</c><00:44:45.099><c> results</c><00:44:45.500><c> of</c><00:44:45.719><c> the</c><00:44:45.880><c> trial</c><00:44:46.099><c> of</c><00:44:46.300><c> gold</c>

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And<00:44:48.079><c> that's</c><00:44:48.420><c> lovely</c><00:44:48.599><c> isn't</c><00:44:48.900><c> it?</c>

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Gold's<00:44:50.280><c> a</c><00:44:50.420><c> perishing</c><00:44:50.840><c> thing,</c><00:44:51.780><c> but</c><00:44:51.860><c> men</c><00:44:52.059><c> will</c><00:44:52.300><c> go</c><00:44:52.519><c> to</c><00:44:52.900><c> great</c><00:44:53.280><c> pains</c><00:44:53.639><c> to</c>

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prove<00:44:54.099><c> that</c><00:44:54.380><c> gold</c><00:44:54.559><c> is</c><00:44:54.840><c> pure</c><00:44:54.960><c> weren't</c><00:44:55.340><c> they</c><00:44:55.539><c> and</c><00:44:55.800><c> they'll</c><00:44:56.059><c> test</c>

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it<00:44:56.500><c> by</c><00:44:56.739><c> fire</c>

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How<00:44:58.260><c> much</c><00:44:58.639><c> more</c><00:44:59.000><c> can</c><00:44:59.260><c> we</c><00:44:59.559><c> expect</c><00:45:00.000><c> a</c><00:45:00.320><c> fiery</c><00:45:00.519><c> trial</c><00:45:00.940><c> to</c><00:45:01.699><c> test</c><00:45:02.219><c> and</c>

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mold<00:45:02.980><c> and</c><00:45:03.539><c> create</c><00:45:03.800><c> that</c><00:45:04.119><c> individual</c><00:45:04.780><c> character</c><00:45:05.400><c> of</c><00:45:05.699><c> faith?</c>

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in<00:45:07.340><c> the</c><00:45:07.500><c> unseen</c><00:45:07.940><c> Christ</c><00:45:08.619><c> and</c>

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That<00:45:10.019><c> it</c><00:45:10.139><c> is</c><00:45:10.340><c> a</c><00:45:10.679><c> character,</c><00:45:10.960><c> which</c><00:45:11.179><c> is</c><00:45:11.679><c> free</c><00:45:11.960><c> of</c><00:45:12.300><c> all</c><00:45:12.659><c> alloys</c><00:45:13.219><c> and</c><00:45:13.699><c> a</c>

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full<00:45:14.019><c> dross</c><00:45:14.420><c> isn't</c><00:45:14.699><c> it?</c>

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When<00:45:16.139><c> you</c><00:45:16.320><c> think</c><00:45:16.460><c> about</c><00:45:16.659><c> what</c><00:45:16.800><c> they</c><00:45:17.000><c> do</c><00:45:17.079><c> with</c><00:45:17.320><c> gold,</c><00:45:17.659><c> it's</c><00:45:17.860><c> a</c>

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painful<00:45:18.360><c> process.</c><00:45:19.119><c> They</c><00:45:19.699><c> take</c><00:45:19.880><c> that</c><00:45:20.320><c> that</c><00:45:20.639><c> raw</c>

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Amalgam<00:45:22.780><c> and</c><00:45:23.079><c> the</c><00:45:23.340><c> gold</c><00:45:23.559><c> has</c><00:45:24.039><c> trapped</c><00:45:24.280><c> into</c><00:45:24.679><c> it</c>

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But<00:45:44.539><c> once</c><00:45:45.059><c> that</c><00:45:45.460><c> person</c><00:45:45.840><c> who</c><00:45:46.079><c> has</c><00:45:46.260><c> refined</c><00:45:46.639><c> the</c><00:45:46.920><c> gold</c><00:45:47.199><c> skims</c>

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He<00:46:32.179><c> rejoiced</c><00:46:32.739><c> with</c><00:46:32.980><c> joy</c><00:46:33.159><c> unspeakable</c><00:46:33.840><c> and</c><00:46:34.059><c> full</c><00:46:34.179><c> of</c><00:46:34.460><c> glory</c>

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This<00:46:40.599><c> is</c><00:46:40.780><c> a</c><00:46:40.980><c> great</c><00:46:41.159><c> blessing</c><00:46:41.480><c> on</c><00:46:41.780><c> our</c><00:46:42.099><c> age</c><00:46:42.360><c> Brenna</c><00:46:42.719><c> sisters.</c>

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This<00:46:43.980><c> is</c><00:46:44.199><c> when</c><00:46:44.380><c> faith</c><00:46:44.780><c> is</c><00:46:45.260><c> rooted</c><00:46:45.659><c> in</c><00:46:46.059><c> fact</c><00:46:46.440><c> and</c>

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Transports<00:46:48.000><c> us</c><00:46:48.280><c> to</c><00:46:48.440><c> the</c><00:46:48.679><c> reality</c><00:46:49.059><c> of</c><00:46:49.260><c> the</c><00:46:49.420><c> hope</c><00:46:49.559><c> in</c><00:46:49.699><c> the</c><00:46:49.860><c> kingdom</c>

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When<00:46:51.380><c> we</c><00:46:51.559><c> have</c><00:46:51.800><c> not</c><00:46:52.099><c> seen</c><00:46:52.380><c> and</c><00:46:52.719><c> yet</c><00:46:52.920><c> believe</c>

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And<00:46:54.840><c> we</c><00:46:54.980><c> are</c><00:46:55.260><c> loving</c><00:46:55.619><c> it</c><00:46:56.079><c> says</c><00:46:56.519><c> whom</c><00:46:56.840><c> having</c><00:46:57.099><c> not</c><00:46:57.480><c> seen</c><00:46:57.719><c> ye</c><00:46:58.079><c> agape</c>

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This<00:46:59.800><c> is</c><00:47:00.039><c> a</c><00:47:00.260><c> love</c><00:47:00.480><c> which</c><00:47:00.760><c> is</c><00:47:01.179><c> led</c><00:47:01.500><c> isn't</c><00:47:01.860><c> it?</c>

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These<00:47:06.119><c> are</c><00:47:06.340><c> things</c><00:47:06.500><c> that</c><00:47:06.760><c> we</c><00:47:07.059><c> read</c><00:47:07.239><c> and</c><00:47:07.480><c> it</c><00:47:07.780><c> leads</c><00:47:08.059><c> us</c><00:47:08.460><c> to</c><00:47:08.699><c> love</c>

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The<00:47:14.139><c> diagote</c><00:47:14.559><c> renders</c><00:47:15.039><c> it</c><00:47:15.300><c> a</c><00:47:15.760><c> joy</c><00:47:16.019><c> inexpressible</c><00:47:17.059><c> and</c><00:47:17.460><c> glorious</c><00:47:17.780><c> in</c><00:47:18.019><c> that</c><00:47:18.239><c> verse</c><00:47:18.420><c> isn't</c><00:47:18.699><c> it?</c>

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He<00:47:19.599><c> says</c>

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Inexpressible<00:47:26.460><c> and</c><00:47:26.800><c> glorious</c><00:47:27.199><c> as</c><00:47:27.840><c> the</c><00:47:28.079><c> troubles</c><00:47:28.380><c> are</c><00:47:28.659><c> heavy</c>

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You<00:47:37.880><c> are</c><00:47:37.980><c> just</c><00:47:38.239><c> so</c><00:47:38.500><c> distraught</c><00:47:39.300><c> words</c><00:47:39.679><c> can't</c><00:47:39.980><c> even</c><00:47:40.119><c> describe</c>

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This<00:47:49.260><c> is</c><00:47:49.460><c> pulling</c><00:47:49.539><c> us</c><00:47:49.820><c> out</c><00:47:50.099><c> of</c><00:47:50.260><c> the</c><00:47:50.500><c> trouble</c><00:47:50.699><c> all</c><00:47:50.940><c> the</c><00:47:51.079><c> time</c><00:47:51.239><c> isn't</c><00:47:51.500><c> it</c>

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Beloved<00:48:01.460><c> think</c><00:48:02.019><c> it</c><00:48:02.199><c> not</c><00:48:02.480><c> strange</c><00:48:02.960><c> concerning</c><00:48:03.539><c> the</c><00:48:03.940><c> fiery</c><00:48:04.260><c> trial</c><00:48:04.719><c> which</c><00:48:05.639><c> is</c>

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To<00:48:07.679><c> try</c><00:48:07.960><c> you</c>

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It<00:48:11.199><c> is</c><00:48:11.539><c> going</c><00:48:11.719><c> to</c><00:48:12.039><c> happen</c><00:48:12.519><c> as</c><00:48:13.000><c> though</c><00:48:13.199><c> some</c><00:48:13.599><c> strange</c><00:48:14.260><c> thing</c><00:48:14.519><c> had</c><00:48:14.699><c> happened</c><00:48:14.920><c> to</c>

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bewildered

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He<00:49:11.460><c> knew</c><00:49:11.739><c> it</c><00:49:11.940><c> was</c><00:49:12.139><c> coming</c><00:49:12.559><c> and</c><00:49:13.139><c> he</c><00:49:13.300><c> had</c><00:49:13.380><c> to</c><00:49:13.559><c> prepare</c><00:49:13.840><c> them.</c><00:49:14.539><c> How</c>

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cope<00:49:18.000><c> with</c><00:49:18.280><c> our</c><00:49:18.539><c> trials?</c>

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We<00:49:20.539><c> read</c><00:49:20.760><c> in</c><00:49:21.000><c> 2nd</c><00:49:21.280><c> Timothy</c><00:49:21.519><c> 3</c><00:49:21.940><c> at</c><00:49:22.119><c> verse</c><00:49:22.360><c> 12.</c><00:49:23.380><c> He</c><00:49:23.380><c> a</c><00:49:23.480><c> all</c><00:49:23.800><c> that</c>

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You're<00:49:41.820><c> not</c><00:49:42.059><c> going</c><00:49:42.179><c> to</c><00:49:42.380><c> be</c><00:49:42.579><c> beaten</c><00:49:42.860><c> down</c><00:49:43.239><c> by</c><00:49:43.519><c> the</c><00:49:43.780><c> trials.</c><00:49:44.280><c> You've</c><00:49:44.840><c> got</c>

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tribulation<00:49:47.820><c> as</c><00:49:48.119><c> Paul</c><00:49:48.300><c> said</c>

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Continues<00:49:50.400><c> thou</c><00:49:50.679><c> in</c><00:49:51.000><c> the</c><00:49:51.260><c> things</c><00:49:51.500><c> which</c><00:49:51.820><c> thou</c><00:49:52.000><c> has</c><00:49:52.320><c> learned</c>

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This<00:49:58.559><c> is</c><00:49:58.780><c> the</c><00:49:59.199><c> substance</c>

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Faith<00:50:04.820><c> is</c><00:50:05.099><c> based</c><00:50:05.539><c> on</c><00:50:05.860><c> that</c><00:50:06.099><c> which</c><00:50:06.280><c> we</c><00:50:06.460><c> have</c><00:50:06.760><c> learned</c><00:50:07.099><c> and</c><00:50:07.840><c> been</c>

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Through<00:50:19.840><c> faith</c>

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See<00:50:20.860><c> Paul</c><00:50:21.079><c> knew</c><00:50:21.239><c> it</c><00:50:21.360><c> didn't</c><00:50:21.619><c> he?</c>

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When<00:50:23.000><c> he</c><00:50:23.119><c> was</c><00:50:23.280><c> writing</c><00:50:23.559><c> to</c><00:50:23.820><c> Timothy</c><00:50:24.199><c> the</c><00:50:24.940><c> only</c><00:50:25.199><c> way</c><00:50:25.400><c> for</c><00:50:25.579><c> us</c><00:50:25.760><c> to</c>

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Through<00:50:27.599><c> all</c><00:50:27.880><c> these</c><00:50:28.139><c> troubles</c><00:50:28.639><c> and</c><00:50:29.039><c> this</c><00:50:29.280><c> persecution</c><00:50:29.880><c> of</c><00:50:30.079><c> verse</c><00:50:30.300><c> 12</c>

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was<00:50:31.420><c> to</c><00:50:31.719><c> live</c><00:50:32.119><c> through</c><00:50:33.000><c> faith</c>

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The<00:50:46.480><c> fiery</c><00:50:46.820><c> trials</c><00:50:47.219><c> you</c><00:50:47.960><c> could</c><00:50:48.119><c> actually</c><00:50:48.500><c> render</c><00:50:48.800><c> those</c><00:50:49.179><c> words</c><00:50:49.519><c> there</c><00:50:49.920><c> be</c>

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You<00:50:56.400><c> see</c><00:50:56.500><c> we</c><00:50:56.719><c> can</c><00:50:56.880><c> be</c><00:50:57.199><c> amazed</c><00:50:57.679><c> at</c><00:50:57.940><c> the</c><00:50:58.219><c> problems.</c><00:50:58.639><c> We</c><00:50:59.159><c> can</c><00:50:59.320><c> be</c>

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bewildered<00:51:00.159><c> why</c><00:51:00.400><c> we</c><00:51:00.619><c> should</c><00:51:00.739><c> have</c><00:51:00.960><c> trouble</c>

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And<00:51:03.579><c> the</c><00:51:03.840><c> sad</c><00:51:04.039><c> thing</c><00:51:04.280><c> is</c><00:51:04.460><c> he's</c><00:51:04.619><c> actually</c><00:51:05.039><c> talking</c><00:51:05.440><c> in</c><00:51:06.119><c> the</c>

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present<00:51:06.679><c> tense</c>

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Asia<00:51:13.219><c> Minor</c>

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Who<00:51:13.719><c> is</c><00:51:13.780><c> starting</c><00:51:14.119><c> to</c><00:51:14.460><c> suffer</c><00:51:14.619><c> persecution</c><00:51:15.320><c> the</c><00:51:16.099><c> fire</c><00:51:16.440><c> of</c><00:51:16.739><c> trial</c><00:51:16.900><c> was</c>

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already<00:51:17.460><c> coming</c><00:51:17.699><c> upon</c><00:51:18.000><c> the</c><00:51:18.219><c> Ecclesia</c>

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Remove<00:51:20.840><c> the</c><00:51:21.119><c> dross</c><00:51:21.300><c> from</c><00:51:21.480><c> the</c><00:51:21.780><c> silver</c><00:51:22.280><c> and</c><00:51:22.860><c> out</c><00:51:23.079><c> comes</c><00:51:23.320><c> material</c><00:51:23.800><c> for</c>

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the<00:51:24.320><c> silversmith</c>

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me.<00:51:30.440><c> I</c><00:51:30.760><c> shall</c><00:51:31.000><c> come</c><00:51:31.320><c> forth</c><00:51:31.579><c> as</c><00:51:31.880><c> gold</c>

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But<00:51:34.440><c> you</c><00:51:34.639><c> see</c><00:51:34.800><c> what</c><00:51:35.039><c> we</c><00:51:35.300><c> are</c><00:51:35.559><c> told</c><00:51:35.820><c> there</c><00:51:36.039><c> in</c><00:51:36.300><c> scripture</c><00:51:36.699><c> is</c><00:51:37.280><c> to</c><00:51:37.559><c> rejoice</c>

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Isn't<00:51:39.039><c> that</c><00:51:39.219><c> difficult?</c>

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We<00:51:40.820><c> read</c><00:51:41.039><c> in</c><00:51:41.239><c> 1st</c><00:51:41.519><c> Peter</c><00:51:41.739><c> 4</c><00:51:41.960><c> at</c><00:51:42.099><c> verse</c><00:51:42.280><c> 13</c><00:51:42.739><c> to</c><00:51:43.059><c> rejoice</c><00:51:43.800><c> in</c><00:51:44.340><c> as</c><00:51:44.559><c> much</c><00:51:44.760><c> as</c><00:51:44.960><c> y</c>

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'all<00:51:45.199><c> partakers</c><00:51:45.719><c> of</c><00:51:45.960><c> Christ</c><00:51:46.219><c> suffering</c>

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That's<00:51:47.619><c> very</c><00:51:48.000><c> often</c><00:51:48.460><c> that</c><00:51:48.719><c> the</c><00:51:49.039><c> opposite</c><00:51:49.480><c> to</c><00:51:49.699><c> being</c><00:51:49.900><c> bewildered</c><00:51:50.400><c> isn't</c><00:51:50.739><c> it?</c>

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Because<00:51:51.960><c> you</c><00:51:52.099><c> see</c><00:51:52.300><c> the</c><00:51:52.619><c> joy</c><00:51:52.900><c> sees</c><00:51:53.380><c> a</c><00:51:53.940><c> character</c><00:51:54.300><c> and</c><00:51:54.519><c> a</c><00:51:54.760><c> purpose</c><00:51:55.099><c> behind</c><00:51:55.460><c> tribulation</c>

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You<00:51:56.639><c> only</c><00:51:57.059><c> join</c><00:51:57.360><c> things</c><00:51:57.760><c> which</c><00:51:58.099><c> you</c><00:51:58.340><c> are</c><00:51:58.760><c> are</c><00:51:59.199><c> able</c><00:51:59.420><c> to</c><00:51:59.659><c> see</c><00:51:59.800><c> a</c>

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The<00:52:02.199><c> Apostles</c><00:52:02.699><c> rejoiced</c><00:52:03.239><c> under</c><00:52:03.519><c> such</c><00:52:03.760><c> conditions</c><00:52:04.340><c> didn't</c>

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Worthy<00:52:08.619><c> to</c><00:52:09.139><c> suffer</c><00:52:09.760><c> for</c><00:52:10.219><c> the</c><00:52:10.460><c> things</c><00:52:10.639><c> of</c><00:52:10.880><c> the</c><00:52:11.019><c> name</c>

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We<00:54:11.170><c> rejoice</c><00:54:11.849><c> then</c><00:54:12.309><c> because</c><00:54:12.750><c> you've</c><00:54:13.050><c> got</c><00:54:13.190><c> faith</c><00:54:13.829><c> in</c>

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Hope<00:54:42.070><c> into</c><00:54:42.289><c> the</c><00:54:42.550><c> kingdom.</c><00:54:43.429><c> It's</c><00:54:43.650><c> not</c><00:54:43.869><c> going</c><00:54:43.949><c> to</c><00:54:44.150><c> be</c><00:54:44.349><c> ashamed</c>

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We<00:56:33.409><c> sometimes</c><00:56:33.809><c> think</c><00:56:34.050><c> this</c><00:56:34.469><c> trial</c><00:56:34.769><c> cannot</c><00:56:35.190><c> be</c><00:56:35.530><c> within</c><00:56:35.769><c> the</c><00:56:36.030><c> bounds</c><00:56:36.190><c> of</c>

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That<00:56:53.809><c> we</c><00:56:53.969><c> were</c><00:56:54.449><c> pressed</c><00:56:54.809><c> out</c><00:56:55.230><c> of</c><00:56:55.489><c> measure</c><00:56:55.949><c> above</c><00:56:56.630><c> strength</c>

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In<00:56:58.050><c> so</c><00:56:58.210><c> much</c><00:56:58.429><c> that</c><00:56:58.670><c> we</c><00:56:59.190><c> despaired</c><00:56:59.630><c> even</c><00:56:59.969><c> of</c><00:57:00.269><c> life</c><00:57:00.750><c> and</c><00:57:01.090><c> their</c>

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We<00:57:03.969><c> are</c><00:57:04.190><c> out</c><00:57:04.409><c> of</c><00:57:04.789><c> strength</c>

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We<00:57:07.789><c> can't</c><00:57:08.190><c> cope</c><00:57:08.349><c> ourselves</c>

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And<00:57:10.170><c> we</c><00:57:10.269><c> have</c><00:57:10.369><c> the</c><00:57:10.630><c> sentence</c><00:57:10.909><c> of</c><00:57:11.230><c> death</c><00:57:11.409><c> in</c><00:57:11.650><c> ourselves</c><00:57:12.170><c> that</c>

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But<00:57:16.789><c> in</c><00:57:17.050><c> God</c><00:57:17.349><c> which</c><00:57:17.750><c> raises</c><00:57:18.110><c> the</c><00:57:18.449><c> dead</c><00:57:18.789><c> who</c><00:57:19.550><c> delivered</c><00:57:20.030><c> us</c><00:57:20.309><c> from</c><00:57:20.550><c> so</c>

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Deliver<00:57:23.449><c> it's</c><00:57:23.710><c> a</c><00:57:23.989><c> continuous</c><00:57:24.309><c> thing,</c><00:57:24.510><c> isn't</c><00:57:24.769><c> it?</c>

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He<00:57:26.250><c> does</c><00:57:26.550><c> deliver</c><00:57:27.050><c> in</c><00:57:27.449><c> whom</c><00:57:27.710><c> we</c><00:57:28.090><c> trust</c><00:57:28.630><c> that</c><00:57:29.349><c> he</c><00:57:29.550><c> will</c><00:57:29.829><c> yet</c><00:57:30.070><c> deliver</c><00:57:30.389><c> us</c>

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They<00:57:35.250><c> thought</c><00:57:35.409><c> they</c><00:57:35.590><c> were</c><00:57:35.730><c> as</c><00:57:36.010><c> good</c><00:57:36.170><c> as</c><00:57:36.429><c> dead</c><00:57:36.590><c> and</c><00:57:37.010><c> God</c><00:57:37.170><c> pulled</c>

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them<00:57:37.630><c> out</c><00:57:37.789><c> of</c><00:57:37.929><c> an</c><00:57:38.449><c> abject</c><00:57:38.989><c> circumstance</c><00:57:39.789><c> and</c><00:57:40.489><c> made</c><00:57:40.630><c> them</c><00:57:40.949><c> stand</c><00:57:41.250><c> up</c>

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Continuously<00:57:47.090><c> believing</c><00:57:47.550><c> you</c><00:57:48.170><c> see</c><00:57:48.309><c> faith</c><00:57:48.610><c> when</c><00:57:48.769><c> it</c><00:57:48.969><c> has</c><00:57:49.130><c> its</c>

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these<00:57:52.650><c> trials</c>

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We<00:57:58.789><c> see</c><00:57:59.130><c> how</c><00:57:59.389><c> God</c><00:57:59.630><c> works</c><00:58:00.130><c> and</c><00:58:00.389><c> we</c><00:58:00.630><c> trust</c>

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And<00:58:02.150><c> we</c><00:58:02.349><c> trust</c><00:58:02.630><c> more</c><00:58:03.150><c> and</c><00:58:03.869><c> we</c><00:58:04.070><c> see</c><00:58:04.210><c> how</c><00:58:04.349><c> he</c><00:58:04.530><c> works.</c><00:58:04.690><c> We</c><00:58:04.929><c> trust</c><00:58:05.230><c> more</c><00:58:05.869><c> faith</c><00:58:06.309><c> is</c><00:58:06.750><c> led.</c><00:58:06.969><c> It's</c><00:58:07.230><c> a</c>

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developed<00:58:07.949><c> process,</c><00:58:08.550><c> isn't</c><00:58:08.809><c> it?</c>

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So<00:58:10.849><c> the</c><00:58:11.070><c> question</c><00:58:11.349><c> the</c><00:58:11.630><c> challenge</c><00:58:11.889><c> then</c><00:58:12.130><c> comes</c><00:58:12.409><c> to</c><00:58:12.630><c> us</c><00:58:12.849><c> doesn't</c><00:58:13.170><c> it?</c>

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It's<00:58:16.969><c> the</c><00:58:17.130><c> only</c><00:58:17.329><c> thing</c><00:58:17.469><c> of</c><00:58:17.690><c> value</c><00:58:18.030><c> the</c><00:58:18.409><c> flesh</c><00:58:18.610><c> profiteth</c><00:58:19.130><c> nothing</c><00:58:19.510><c> says</c><00:58:19.809><c> Jesus</c>

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There<00:58:21.849><c> are</c><00:58:21.989><c> some</c><00:58:22.110><c> of</c><00:58:22.309><c> you</c><00:58:22.429><c> that</c><00:58:22.690><c> believe</c><00:58:23.050><c> not.</c><00:58:23.630><c> How</c><00:58:24.230><c> is</c><00:58:24.530><c> our</c>

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And<00:58:28.949><c> all</c><00:58:29.130><c> the</c><00:58:29.329><c> disciples</c><00:58:29.730><c> walk</c><00:58:30.090><c> away</c><00:58:30.550><c> when</c><00:58:30.809><c> they</c><00:58:30.989><c> hear</c><00:58:31.090><c> these</c><00:58:31.389><c> things</c>

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go<00:58:38.449><c> away?</c>

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Is<00:58:40.769><c> that</c><00:58:40.889><c> what</c><00:58:41.030><c> you</c><00:58:41.190><c> want</c><00:58:41.329><c> to</c><00:58:41.469><c> do</c><00:58:41.530><c> do</c><00:58:41.650><c> you</c><00:58:41.730><c> want</c><00:58:41.789><c> to</c><00:58:41.989><c> go</c><00:58:42.170><c> away</c><00:58:42.349><c> under</c><00:58:42.590><c> trial</c><00:58:43.070><c> to</c>

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whom<00:58:44.929><c> Lord</c>

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We<00:59:04.030><c> make</c><00:59:04.329><c> our</c><00:59:04.550><c> answer</c><00:59:04.769><c> now</c><00:59:05.110><c> as</c><00:59:05.389><c> we</c><00:59:05.610><c> stand</c><00:59:05.769><c> before</c><00:59:06.110><c> our</c><00:59:06.289><c> God</c>