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So<00:11:41.379><c> let's</c><00:11:41.799><c> go</c><00:11:42.059><c> to</c><00:11:42.200><c> Luke</c><00:11:42.440><c> 24.</c><00:11:44.220><c> I'm</c><00:11:44.480><c> going</c><00:11:44.600><c> to</c><00:11:44.840><c> start</c><00:11:45.080><c> in</c><00:11:45.340><c> verse</c><00:11:45.659><c> four.</c>

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Let's<00:11:47.080><c> see</c><00:11:47.379><c> what</c><00:11:47.600><c> happens</c><00:11:48.320><c> and</c><00:11:51.100><c> how</c><00:11:51.340><c> the</c><00:11:51.559><c> women</c><00:11:51.779><c> were</c><00:11:52.100><c> thinking.</c>

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the<00:11:56.899><c> women</c><00:11:57.120><c> took</c><00:11:57.340><c> the</c><00:11:57.580><c> spices</c><00:11:57.899><c> that</c><00:11:58.139><c> they</c><00:11:58.360><c> had</c><00:11:58.580><c> prepared</c><00:11:58.940><c> and</c>

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went<00:11:59.360><c> to</c><00:11:59.600><c> the</c><00:11:59.759><c> tomb.</c>

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They<00:12:00.120><c> found</c><00:12:00.379><c> the</c><00:12:00.679><c> stone</c><00:12:00.879><c> rolled</c><00:12:01.159><c> away</c><00:12:01.440><c> from</c><00:12:01.639><c> the</c><00:12:01.860><c> tomb.</c>

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But<00:12:02.179><c> when</c><00:12:02.360><c> they</c><00:12:02.639><c> entered,</c><00:12:03.820><c> they</c><00:12:04.019><c> did</c><00:12:04.440><c> not</c><00:12:04.799><c> find</c><00:12:05.120><c> the</c><00:12:05.299><c> body</c><00:12:05.659><c> of</c>

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the<00:12:06.200><c> Lord</c><00:12:06.539><c> Jesus</c>

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be<00:12:11.759><c> alive.</c>

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And<00:12:17.200><c> again,</c><00:12:17.580><c> it's</c><00:12:17.980><c> just</c><00:12:18.299><c> natural.</c><00:12:19.879><c> These</c><00:12:20.440><c> are</c><00:12:20.799><c> our</c><00:12:21.179><c> natural</c><00:12:22.299><c> inclinations.</c>

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that<00:12:27.440><c> gleam</c><00:12:27.759><c> like</c><00:12:28.200><c> lightning</c><00:12:28.519><c> stood</c><00:12:28.779><c> beside</c><00:12:29.200><c> them.</c>

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the<00:12:34.019><c> ground.</c>

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in<00:12:45.559><c> Galilee.</c>

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Then<00:12:56.559><c> they</c><00:12:56.799><c> remembered</c><00:12:57.220><c> his</c><00:12:57.460><c> words.</c>

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They<00:13:04.159><c> had</c><00:13:04.340><c> to</c><00:13:04.480><c> be</c><00:13:04.720><c> reminded,</c><00:13:05.879><c> the</c><00:13:08.299><c> women</c><00:13:08.559><c> had</c><00:13:08.899><c> to</c><00:13:09.039><c> be</c><00:13:09.240><c> reminded</c>

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by<00:13:09.919><c> the</c><00:13:10.139><c> angels</c>

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I'm<00:13:20.279><c> going</c><00:13:20.480><c> to</c><00:13:21.000><c> be</c><00:13:21.200><c> crucified</c><00:13:21.879><c> and</c><00:13:22.700><c> I'm</c><00:13:22.840><c> going</c><00:13:22.840><c> to</c><00:13:22.840><c> be</c><00:13:22.980><c> raised.</c>

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He<00:13:24.539><c> says,</c><00:13:24.899><c> I'm</c><00:13:25.019><c> going</c><00:13:25.179><c> to</c><00:13:25.320><c> build</c><00:13:25.500><c> this</c><00:13:25.759><c> temple</c><00:13:26.039><c> up</c><00:13:26.240><c> in</c><00:13:26.419><c> three</c>

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days,<00:13:27.080><c> right?</c>

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It's<00:13:27.440><c> going</c><00:13:27.539><c> to</c><00:13:27.639><c> be</c><00:13:27.759><c> destroyed</c><00:13:28.320><c> and</c><00:13:29.360><c> I'm</c><00:13:29.519><c> going</c><00:13:29.639><c> to</c><00:13:29.759><c> build</c><00:13:29.879><c> it</c>

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up<00:13:30.159><c> again</c><00:13:30.340><c> in</c><00:13:30.480><c> three</c><00:13:30.700><c> days.</c>

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He<00:13:31.379><c> spoke</c><00:13:31.779><c> not</c><00:13:32.120><c> of</c><00:13:32.320><c> the</c><00:13:32.539><c> temple,</c><00:13:32.759><c> but</c><00:13:32.919><c> of</c><00:13:33.059><c> his</c><00:13:33.279><c> body.</c>

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And<00:13:38.059><c> on</c><00:13:38.519><c> the</c><00:13:38.940><c> occasion</c><00:13:39.379><c> in</c><00:13:39.600><c> Matthew</c><00:13:39.980><c> 12,</c><00:13:40.740><c> Jesus</c><00:13:41.220><c> uses</c><00:13:41.679><c> the</c><00:13:41.940><c> example</c><00:13:42.320><c> of</c><00:13:42.580><c> Jonah.</c>

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He<00:13:43.039><c> was</c><00:13:43.120><c> in</c><00:13:44.039><c> the</c><00:13:44.360><c> great</c><00:13:44.620><c> fish</c><00:13:44.879><c> three</c><00:13:45.159><c> days,</c><00:13:46.080><c> but</c><00:13:46.080><c> was</c><00:13:46.700><c> vomited</c>

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out<00:13:48.399><c> miraculously.</c>

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And<00:13:50.340><c> he</c><00:13:50.460><c> was</c><00:13:50.679><c> telling</c><00:13:51.000><c> them,</c><00:13:51.379><c> this</c><00:13:51.379><c> is</c><00:13:51.539><c> what's</c><00:13:51.759><c> going</c><00:13:51.879><c> to</c><00:13:52.019><c> happen</c><00:13:52.220><c> to</c><00:13:52.440><c> me.</c>

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I<00:13:54.139><c> suppose</c><00:13:54.440><c> that</c><00:13:54.679><c> would</c><00:13:54.860><c> have</c><00:13:55.039><c> been</c><00:13:55.299><c> a</c><00:13:55.639><c> struggle</c><00:13:55.879><c> for</c><00:13:56.100><c> them</c><00:13:56.500><c> at</c>

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but<00:14:01.340><c> no</c><00:14:01.559><c> doubt</c><00:14:01.759><c> he</c><00:14:01.899><c> would</c><00:14:02.059><c> have</c><00:14:02.200><c> explained</c><00:14:02.759><c> it</c><00:14:02.980><c> to</c><00:14:03.080><c> them.</c>

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had<00:14:09.919><c> sunk</c><00:14:10.179><c> in</c><00:14:10.559><c> and</c><00:14:10.759><c> made</c><00:14:11.000><c> sense?</c>

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That<00:14:13.600><c> they</c><00:14:13.639><c> had</c><00:14:13.899><c> given</c><00:14:14.059><c> the</c><00:14:15.320><c> apostles</c><00:14:15.659><c> hope</c><00:14:16.019><c> that</c><00:14:16.200><c> Jesus'</c><00:14:16.820><c> death</c><00:14:16.960><c> would</c><00:14:17.259><c> not</c>

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be<00:14:17.720><c> the</c><00:14:17.899><c> end?</c>

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So<00:14:20.519><c> that</c><00:14:20.659><c> as</c><00:14:20.840><c> they</c><00:14:21.059><c> watched</c><00:14:21.360><c> the</c><00:14:21.679><c> dreadful</c><00:14:22.240><c> scene</c><00:14:22.460><c> on</c><00:14:22.759><c> Golgotha,</c><00:14:23.440><c> they</c>

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could<00:14:23.879><c> say</c><00:14:24.039><c> with</c><00:14:24.360><c> certainty,</c>

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us.<00:14:29.879><c> You'll</c><00:14:30.240><c> see.</c>

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Hey,<00:14:36.740><c> don't</c><00:14:36.960><c> worry.</c><00:14:38.139><c> Don't</c><00:14:38.440><c> run</c><00:14:38.700><c> away.</c>

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Our<00:14:41.179><c> King</c><00:14:41.580><c> is</c><00:14:42.019><c> going</c><00:14:42.159><c> to</c><00:14:42.279><c> be</c><00:14:42.500><c> alive.</c><00:14:42.879><c> He's</c><00:14:43.200><c> joining</c><00:14:43.519><c> us</c><00:14:43.820><c> in</c>

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three<00:14:44.279><c> days.</c>

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We<00:14:46.580><c> don't</c><00:14:46.759><c> have</c><00:14:47.019><c> that.</c>

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and<00:14:56.279><c> they</c><00:14:56.460><c> shall</c><00:14:56.700><c> kill</c><00:14:57.019><c> him</c><00:14:57.340><c> and</c><00:14:57.539><c> the</c><00:14:57.720><c> third</c><00:14:57.919><c> day</c><00:14:58.220><c> he</c><00:14:58.440><c> shall</c><00:14:58.639><c> be</c>

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raised<00:14:59.139><c> again.</c>

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I<00:15:05.100><c> guess</c><00:15:05.659><c> it</c><00:15:06.639><c> gives</c><00:15:06.899><c> us</c><00:15:07.159><c> a</c><00:15:07.320><c> clue</c><00:15:07.440><c> that</c><00:15:07.559><c> they</c><00:15:07.759><c> really</c><00:15:08.000><c> don't</c><00:15:08.279><c> understand</c><00:15:08.820><c> because</c><00:15:09.100><c> it</c>

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I<00:15:20.419><c> don't</c><00:15:20.600><c> know</c><00:15:20.639><c> how</c><00:15:20.779><c> they</c><00:15:21.000><c> missed</c><00:15:21.159><c> the</c><00:15:21.360><c> second</c><00:15:21.639><c> part</c><00:15:21.960><c> of</c><00:15:22.179><c> that.</c>

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Why<00:15:23.179><c> would</c><00:15:23.299><c> they</c><00:15:23.460><c> be</c><00:15:23.700><c> sorrowful</c><00:15:24.120><c> if</c><00:15:24.200><c> he's</c><00:15:24.379><c> being</c><00:15:24.620><c> raised</c><00:15:24.940><c> again?</c>

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But<00:15:34.560><c> now</c><00:15:35.120><c> we're</c><00:15:36.019><c> reminded</c><00:15:36.559><c> about</c><00:15:37.039><c> who</c><00:15:37.600><c> does</c><00:15:38.019><c> know,</c><00:15:38.519><c> who</c><00:15:38.799><c> remembered</c><00:15:39.360><c> that</c>

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Jesus<00:15:40.159><c> said,</c>

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I'm<00:15:40.899><c> going</c><00:15:41.039><c> to</c><00:15:41.139><c> be</c><00:15:41.299><c> alive</c><00:15:41.500><c> again.</c><00:15:41.799><c> Who</c><00:15:42.019><c> said</c><00:15:42.159><c> it?</c>

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They<00:15:43.980><c> were</c><00:15:44.200><c> all</c><00:15:44.440><c> worried</c><00:15:44.879><c> and</c><00:15:45.259><c> they</c><00:15:45.519><c> made</c><00:15:45.799><c> preparations</c><00:15:46.799><c> to</c>

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defend<00:15:52.360><c> against</c><00:15:53.440><c> Jesus'</c><00:15:54.440><c> comments,</c><00:15:55.080><c> right?</c>

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Who<00:15:57.139><c> said,</c><00:15:58.539><c> who</c><00:15:58.840><c> remembered?</c>

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Matthew<00:16:03.220><c> 27,</c><00:16:04.139><c> verse</c><00:16:04.419><c> 62,</c>

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The<00:16:05.299><c> next</c><00:16:05.620><c> day,</c><00:16:06.639><c> the</c><00:16:06.740><c> one</c><00:16:06.899><c> after</c><00:16:07.240><c> the</c><00:16:07.480><c> preparation</c><00:16:07.919><c> day,</c>

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the<00:16:09.139><c> chief</c><00:16:09.440><c> priests</c><00:16:10.000><c> and</c><00:16:10.500><c> the</c><00:16:10.720><c> Pharisees</c><00:16:11.600><c> went</c><00:16:11.860><c> to</c><00:16:12.120><c> Pilate.</c>

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Sir,<00:16:13.879><c> they</c><00:16:14.259><c> said,</c><00:16:15.320><c> we</c><00:16:15.620><c> remember</c><00:16:16.299><c> that</c><00:16:18.360><c> while</c><00:16:18.600><c> he</c><00:16:18.759><c> was</c><00:16:18.919><c> still</c><00:16:19.220><c> alive,</c>

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that<00:16:19.899><c> deceiver</c><00:16:20.259><c> said,</c><00:16:20.580><c> after</c><00:16:20.980><c> three</c><00:16:21.279><c> days,</c><00:16:22.059><c> I</c><00:16:22.240><c> will</c><00:16:22.419><c> rise</c><00:16:22.679><c> again.</c>

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So<00:16:24.440><c> give</c><00:16:24.600><c> the</c><00:16:24.879><c> order</c><00:16:25.320><c> for</c><00:16:25.799><c> the</c><00:16:26.019><c> tomb</c><00:16:26.159><c> to</c><00:16:26.360><c> be</c><00:16:26.500><c> made</c><00:16:26.759><c> secure</c><00:16:27.139><c> until</c><00:16:27.440><c> the</c>

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third<00:16:27.860><c> day.</c>

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Otherwise,<00:16:29.820><c> his</c><00:16:30.019><c> disciples</c><00:16:30.480><c> may</c><00:16:30.740><c> come</c><00:16:31.019><c> and</c><00:16:31.279><c> steal</c><00:16:31.399><c> the</c><00:16:31.659><c> body</c>

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and<00:16:32.820><c> tell</c><00:16:32.899><c> the</c><00:16:33.080><c> people</c><00:16:33.299><c> that</c><00:16:33.460><c> he</c><00:16:33.580><c> had</c><00:16:33.740><c> been</c><00:16:33.919><c> raised</c><00:16:34.179><c> from</c><00:16:34.399><c> the</c><00:16:34.580><c> dead.</c>

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This<00:16:35.779><c> last</c><00:16:36.159><c> deception</c><00:16:36.559><c> will</c><00:16:36.779><c> be</c><00:16:36.919><c> worse</c><00:16:37.340><c> than</c><00:16:37.679><c> the</c><00:16:37.940><c> first.</c>

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Take<00:16:39.460><c> a</c><00:16:39.639><c> guard,</c><00:16:40.059><c> Pilate</c><00:16:40.240><c> answered.</c>

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Go<00:16:41.679><c> make</c><00:16:41.860><c> the</c><00:16:42.100><c> tomb</c><00:16:42.299><c> as</c><00:16:42.580><c> secure</c><00:16:43.059><c> as</c><00:16:43.899><c> you</c><00:16:44.059><c> know</c><00:16:44.259><c> how.</c>

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Isn't<00:16:44.779><c> it</c><00:16:44.980><c> ironic</c><00:16:45.440><c> that</c><00:16:47.759><c> the</c><00:16:49.159><c> Pharisees</c><00:16:49.700><c> and</c><00:16:49.860><c> the</c><00:16:50.039><c> Sadducees</c><00:16:50.559><c> remember?</c>

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He<00:16:52.340><c> said</c><00:16:52.500><c> his</c><00:16:52.740><c> body's</c><00:16:53.059><c> going</c><00:16:53.179><c> to</c><00:16:53.259><c> be</c><00:16:53.419><c> gone.</c>

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So,<00:16:57.940><c> back</c><00:16:58.200><c> to</c><00:16:58.399><c> the</c><00:16:58.559><c> women</c><00:16:58.759><c> then,</c><00:17:00.279><c> standing</c><00:17:00.559><c> by</c><00:17:00.879><c> the</c><00:17:01.100><c> tomb,</c>

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what<00:17:01.759><c> about</c><00:17:02.059><c> them?</c>

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From<00:17:04.460><c> Mark</c><00:17:04.819><c> 16,</c><00:17:05.500><c> we</c><00:17:05.799><c> read</c><00:17:06.000><c> that</c><00:17:06.140><c> they</c><00:17:06.319><c> were</c><00:17:06.519><c> afraid.</c>

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NIV<00:17:07.519><c> says</c><00:17:07.720><c> alarmed</c><00:17:08.319><c> and</c><00:17:09.200><c> I</c><00:17:09.460><c> think</c><00:17:09.880><c> the</c><00:17:10.559><c> Greek</c><00:17:10.720><c> might</c><00:17:11.700><c> say</c><00:17:12.839><c> astonished.</c>

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Not<00:17:14.839><c> joyful.</c>

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Not<00:17:18.200><c> realizing</c><00:17:18.859><c> that</c><00:17:19.339><c> the</c><00:17:19.720><c> empty</c><00:17:20.079><c> tomb</c><00:17:20.380><c> meant</c><00:17:20.660><c> one</c><00:17:21.039><c> thing.</c>

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What<00:17:21.900><c> did</c><00:17:22.059><c> the</c><00:17:22.220><c> empty</c><00:17:22.500><c> tomb</c><00:17:22.720><c> mean?</c>

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It<00:17:23.720><c> meant</c><00:17:24.099><c> that</c><00:17:24.299><c> he</c><00:17:24.339><c> was</c><00:17:24.640><c> alive.</c>

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And<00:17:28.700><c> how</c><00:17:28.920><c> about</c><00:17:29.299><c> the</c><00:17:29.819><c> disciples</c><00:17:30.380><c> back</c><00:17:30.920><c> in</c><00:17:31.119><c> the</c><00:17:31.299><c> city?</c>

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They're<00:17:32.960><c> in</c><00:17:33.420><c> sadness</c><00:17:33.940><c> and</c><00:17:34.539><c> despair.</c>

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They<00:17:37.440><c> don't</c><00:17:37.759><c> believe.</c>

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Even<00:17:40.400><c> though</c><00:17:40.660><c> the</c><00:17:40.880><c> words</c><00:17:41.420><c> of</c><00:17:41.900><c> the</c><00:17:42.160><c> angels</c><00:17:42.440><c> had</c><00:17:42.660><c> been</c><00:17:43.019><c> added</c><00:17:43.380><c> to</c>

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Jesus'<00:17:44.160><c> warnings.</c>

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Matthew<00:17:47.099><c> tells</c><00:17:47.480><c> us</c><00:17:48.220><c> that</c><00:17:48.579><c> the</c><00:17:48.819><c> women</c><00:17:49.440><c> saw</c><00:17:50.380><c> Jesus</c><00:17:51.079><c> himself.</c>

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You<00:17:53.559><c> imagine,</c><00:17:54.140><c> right?</c>

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They're<00:17:54.799><c> all</c><00:17:55.000><c> in</c><00:17:55.099><c> the</c><00:17:55.240><c> room</c><00:17:55.519><c> and</c><00:17:55.779><c> the</c><00:17:55.900><c> women</c><00:17:56.059><c> go</c><00:17:56.279><c> back</c><00:17:56.519><c> and</c>

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they<00:17:56.839><c> say,</c>

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we<00:17:57.839><c> saw</c><00:17:58.119><c> him.</c>

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We<00:18:02.200><c> don't</c><00:18:02.339><c> believe</c><00:18:02.619><c> you.</c>

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We're<00:18:03.420><c> going</c><00:18:03.460><c> to</c><00:18:03.500><c> talk</c><00:18:03.680><c> about</c><00:18:03.880><c> Thomas</c><00:18:04.119><c> a</c><00:18:04.240><c> little</c><00:18:04.359><c> bit</c><00:18:04.500><c> later.</c>

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Nobody<00:18:05.819><c> believed.</c>

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It<00:18:07.819><c> wasn't</c><00:18:08.039><c> just</c><00:18:08.279><c> Thomas.</c>

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So,<00:18:13.839><c> Mark</c><00:18:13.980><c> and</c><00:18:14.200><c> John</c><00:18:14.400><c> record</c><00:18:14.779><c> this</c><00:18:15.039><c> special</c><00:18:15.339><c> meeting</c><00:18:15.640><c> between</c><00:18:16.039><c> Mary,</c>

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Mary<00:18:17.859><c> Magdalene</c><00:18:18.299><c> and</c><00:18:18.420><c> Jesus</c><00:18:18.819><c> where</c><00:18:19.019><c> Mary</c><00:18:19.319><c> was</c><00:18:19.559><c> still</c><00:18:19.859><c> thinking</c>

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that<00:18:21.079><c> Jesus'</c><00:18:21.900><c> body</c><00:18:21.920><c> had</c><00:18:22.140><c> been</c><00:18:22.359><c> stolen</c><00:18:22.619><c> by</c><00:18:22.900><c> his</c><00:18:23.079><c> enemies.</c>

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The<00:18:25.319><c> message</c><00:18:25.660><c> to</c><00:18:25.900><c> the</c><00:18:26.079><c> disciples,</c><00:18:26.480><c> they</c><00:18:26.759><c> carried</c><00:18:26.980><c> that</c><00:18:27.240><c> message</c><00:18:27.500><c> back</c>

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to<00:18:28.140><c> the</c><00:18:28.299><c> disciples.</c>

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We<00:18:29.000><c> saw</c><00:18:29.279><c> him.</c>

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Would<00:18:30.940><c> have</c><00:18:31.180><c> carried</c><00:18:31.420><c> so</c><00:18:31.720><c> much</c><00:18:32.079><c> convincing</c><00:18:32.839><c> information</c><00:18:33.799><c> and</c>

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still<00:18:34.839><c> they</c><00:18:35.059><c> didn't</c><00:18:35.279><c> believe.</c>

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Two<00:18:40.740><c> enemies,</c><00:18:41.359><c> doubt</c><00:18:41.720><c> and</c><00:18:42.059><c> disappointment,</c><00:18:43.559><c> were</c><00:18:44.039><c> at</c><00:18:44.380><c> work</c>

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in<00:18:44.779><c> the</c><00:18:44.940><c> minds</c><00:18:45.160><c> of</c><00:18:45.380><c> the</c><00:18:45.519><c> disciples</c><00:18:45.900><c> just</c><00:18:46.279><c> like</c><00:18:46.519><c> us.</c>

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Almost<00:18:49.019><c> building</c><00:18:49.400><c> a</c><00:18:49.619><c> fence</c><00:18:49.799><c> against</c><00:18:50.180><c> belief</c><00:18:50.640><c> and</c><00:18:50.980><c> understanding</c><00:18:51.579><c> God's</c><00:18:52.119><c> purpose.</c>

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And<00:18:55.640><c> think</c><00:18:55.859><c> of</c><00:18:56.099><c> Peter.</c>

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He's<00:18:56.759><c> at</c><00:18:56.940><c> the</c><00:18:57.119><c> tomb.</c>

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The<00:18:58.200><c> tomb</c><00:18:58.420><c> is</c><00:18:58.680><c> empty.</c>

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And<00:19:00.440><c> what</c><00:19:00.740><c> does</c><00:19:00.880><c> he</c><00:19:01.039><c> do?</c>

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He's<00:19:01.440><c> like</c><00:19:01.599><c> all</c><00:19:01.799><c> excited</c><00:19:02.160><c> like</c><00:19:02.380><c> Mark</c><00:19:02.619><c> and</c><00:19:02.779><c> Scott,</c><00:19:03.380><c> dancing</c><00:19:03.700><c> around.</c>

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No,<00:19:04.500><c> he</c><00:19:04.700><c> wasn't.</c>

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He<00:19:06.500><c> wasn't.</c>

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Peter<00:19:07.680><c> didn't</c><00:19:08.000><c> do</c><00:19:08.279><c> a</c><00:19:08.500><c> dance.</c>

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What<00:19:10.319><c> does</c><00:19:10.460><c> it</c><00:19:10.599><c> say</c><00:19:10.759><c> about</c><00:19:11.039><c> Peter?</c>

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He<00:19:11.900><c> wondered.</c>

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There's<00:19:14.099><c> all</c><00:19:14.299><c> these</c><00:19:14.539><c> words</c><00:19:14.900><c> at</c><00:19:15.920><c> this</c><00:19:16.519><c> section</c><00:19:17.059><c> at</c><00:19:18.619><c> the</c><00:19:18.759><c> end</c><00:19:18.900><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:19.160><c> Gospels</c>

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about<00:19:20.640><c> how</c><00:19:21.400><c> they're</c><00:19:21.779><c> thinking</c><00:19:22.180><c> when</c><00:19:23.200><c> the</c><00:19:23.900><c> tomb</c><00:19:24.099><c> is</c><00:19:24.339><c> empty.</c>

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Perplexed,<00:19:25.640><c> bewildered.</c>

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We<00:19:45.460><c> see</c><00:19:45.700><c> disappointment</c><00:19:46.359><c> in</c><00:19:46.599><c> the</c><00:19:46.759><c> two</c><00:19:46.920><c> disciples</c><00:19:47.400><c> on</c><00:19:47.680><c> the</c><00:19:47.859><c> road</c><00:19:48.039><c> to</c><00:19:48.319><c> Emmaus.</c>

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Another<00:19:50.240><c> set</c><00:19:50.700><c> of</c><00:19:51.819><c> perplexed</c><00:19:52.519><c> and</c><00:19:52.720><c> bewildered</c><00:19:53.740><c> brothers,</c><00:19:54.539><c> men.</c>

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What<00:20:21.200><c> did</c><00:20:21.380><c> their</c><00:20:22.000><c> faces</c><00:20:22.420><c> look</c><00:20:22.759><c> like</c><00:20:23.019><c> as</c><00:20:23.220><c> Jesus</c><00:20:23.640><c> joined</c><00:20:24.019><c> them?</c>

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Were<00:20:25.160><c> they</c><00:20:25.339><c> hopeful</c><00:20:25.819><c> and</c><00:20:26.079><c> eager</c><00:20:26.380><c> faces?</c>

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Verse<00:20:28.559><c> 17</c><00:20:29.119><c> says</c><00:20:29.420><c> they</c><00:20:29.680><c> were</c><00:20:30.099><c> sad.</c>

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for<00:20:38.980><c> not</c><00:20:39.380><c> believing</c><00:20:39.779><c> the</c><00:20:41.140><c> prophets.</c>

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The<00:20:42.559><c> prophets</c><00:20:42.859><c> even</c><00:20:43.180><c> did</c><00:20:43.359><c> this.</c>

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The<00:21:02.500><c> teaching</c><00:21:02.920><c> that</c><00:21:03.140><c> then</c><00:21:03.400><c> followed</c><00:21:03.819><c> must</c><00:21:04.220><c> have</c><00:21:04.420><c> been</c><00:21:04.559><c> a</c><00:21:04.859><c> great</c><00:21:05.240><c> revelation</c><00:21:05.880><c> for</c>

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those<00:21:06.579><c> too.</c>

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lay<00:21:12.200><c> in</c><00:21:13.019><c> the</c><00:21:13.220><c> fact</c><00:21:13.460><c> that</c><00:21:13.680><c> Jesus</c><00:21:14.119><c> himself</c><00:21:14.819><c> was</c><00:21:15.559><c> the</c><00:21:15.779><c> subject</c><00:21:16.440><c> of</c>

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those<00:21:18.180><c> writings.</c>

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saw<00:21:24.059><c> the</c><00:21:24.319><c> Lord</c><00:21:24.519><c> in</c><00:21:24.700><c> the</c><00:21:24.880><c> breaking</c><00:21:25.119><c> of</c><00:21:25.400><c> bread.</c>

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What<00:21:45.660><c> are</c><00:21:45.779><c> they</c><00:21:45.920><c> going</c><00:21:46.019><c> to</c><00:21:46.160><c> do?</c><00:21:46.299><c> They're</c><00:21:46.500><c> going</c><00:21:46.599><c> to</c><00:21:46.700><c> tell</c><00:21:46.839><c> the</c><00:21:47.099><c> apostles.</c>

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This<00:21:53.200><c> message</c><00:21:53.859><c> and</c><00:21:56.079><c> this</c><00:21:56.819><c> Brother</c><00:21:57.119><c> Peter,</c><00:21:58.900><c> Brother</c><00:22:00.400><c> Peter</c><00:22:00.779><c> Ellis,</c>

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thinks<00:22:01.859><c> that</c><00:22:04.420><c> Brother</c><00:22:05.880><c> Peter</c><00:22:06.279><c> thinks</c><00:22:06.720><c> that</c><00:22:06.940><c> Peter</c><00:22:07.180><c> the</c><00:22:07.420><c> apostle</c><00:22:08.059><c> tells</c>

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So<00:22:18.380><c> this</c><00:22:18.759><c> message</c><00:22:19.460><c> later,</c><00:22:20.059><c> perhaps</c><00:22:20.640><c> written</c><00:22:20.900><c> at</c><00:22:21.140><c> Peter's</c><00:22:21.500><c> dictation,</c>

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shows<00:22:22.420><c> that</c><00:22:22.660><c> there</c><00:22:22.819><c> was</c><00:22:23.059><c> almost</c><00:22:23.799><c> a</c><00:22:24.700><c> refusal</c><00:22:25.039><c> to</c><00:22:25.380><c> accept</c><00:22:25.680><c> the</c><00:22:25.960><c> evidence,</c>

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Mary<00:22:34.940><c> told</c><00:22:35.339><c> that</c><00:22:35.539><c> their</c><00:22:36.440><c> mindset</c><00:22:37.099><c> was</c><00:22:37.940><c> weeping</c><00:22:38.460><c> and</c><00:22:39.039><c> sorrow.</c>

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and<00:22:44.859><c> told</c><00:22:45.140><c> those</c><00:22:45.460><c> who</c><00:22:45.599><c> had</c><00:22:45.740><c> been</c><00:22:45.900><c> with</c><00:22:46.119><c> him</c><00:22:46.559><c> and</c><00:22:47.000><c> who</c><00:22:47.160><c> were</c><00:22:47.359><c> mourning</c><00:22:47.779><c> and</c><00:22:48.180><c> weeping.</c>

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They're<00:22:49.119><c> all</c><00:22:49.319><c> upset,</c><00:22:49.900><c> right?</c>

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In<00:23:01.740><c> verse</c><00:23:02.019><c> 14,</c><00:23:02.599><c> we</c><00:23:02.660><c> read</c><00:23:02.819><c> Jesus'</c><00:23:03.299><c> words</c><00:23:03.460><c> as</c><00:23:03.740><c> he</c><00:23:03.940><c> miraculously</c>

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appeared<00:23:04.920><c> in</c><00:23:05.099><c> their</c><00:23:05.299><c> midst,</c>

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the<00:23:06.559><c> hardness</c><00:23:06.799><c> of</c><00:23:07.099><c> heart,</c><00:23:07.460><c> stubborn</c><00:23:07.779><c> refusal.</c>

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He<00:23:09.500><c> rebuked</c><00:23:09.920><c> them</c><00:23:10.779><c> for</c><00:23:11.720><c> their</c><00:23:11.920><c> lack</c><00:23:12.140><c> of</c><00:23:12.440><c> faith.</c>

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He<00:23:14.339><c> appeared</c><00:23:14.779><c> to</c><00:23:14.980><c> the</c><00:23:15.140><c> eleven.</c>

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So<00:23:16.319><c> Thomas</c><00:23:17.119><c> was</c><00:23:17.859><c> tested</c><00:23:18.140><c> for</c><00:23:18.440><c> a</c><00:23:18.579><c> week,</c><00:23:18.880><c> it</c><00:23:19.099><c> tells</c><00:23:19.339><c> us.</c>

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We<00:23:19.819><c> know</c><00:23:20.359><c> that</c><00:23:20.980><c> it</c><00:23:21.039><c> was</c><00:23:21.259><c> a</c><00:23:21.380><c> week</c><00:23:21.579><c> later</c><00:23:22.180><c> that</c><00:23:22.960><c> Thomas</c><00:23:23.359><c> sees</c><00:23:23.660><c> him.</c>

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So<00:23:25.180><c> he's</c><00:23:26.079><c> given</c><00:23:26.339><c> extra</c><00:23:26.839><c> time</c><00:23:27.220><c> of</c><00:23:27.660><c> worry</c><00:23:28.140><c> and</c><00:23:28.599><c> disbelief.</c>

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Hebrews<00:23:35.980><c> chapter</c><00:23:36.440><c> 3,</c><00:23:37.119><c> verses</c><00:23:37.440><c> 8</c><00:23:37.740><c> and</c><00:23:37.799><c> 9</c><00:23:38.099><c> tells</c><00:23:38.339><c> of</c><00:23:38.539><c> the</c><00:23:38.720><c> time</c>

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when<00:23:39.140><c> the</c><00:23:39.259><c> nation</c><00:23:39.660><c> of</c><00:23:39.920><c> God</c><00:23:40.299><c> that</c><00:23:41.720><c> God</c><00:23:42.160><c> had</c><00:23:42.460><c> saved</c><00:23:42.619><c> from</c><00:23:42.839><c> Egypt</c>

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turned<00:23:43.380><c> their</c><00:23:43.680><c> collective</c><00:23:44.059><c> face</c><00:23:44.400><c> against</c><00:23:44.799><c> them</c><00:23:45.599><c> with</c><00:23:46.119><c> the</c><00:23:46.359><c> same</c><00:23:46.599><c> hardness</c><00:23:47.099><c> of</c><00:23:47.559><c> heart.</c>

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So<00:23:50.000><c> why</c><00:23:50.559><c> was</c><00:23:50.880><c> it</c><00:23:51.059><c> that</c><00:23:51.440><c> Israel,</c><00:23:51.960><c> the</c><00:23:52.079><c> nation,</c><00:23:52.559><c> and</c><00:23:52.740><c> later</c><00:23:53.000><c> the</c>

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disciples<00:23:53.640><c> and</c><00:23:53.880><c> apostles</c><00:23:54.299><c> of</c><00:23:54.559><c> Jesus,</c>

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found<00:23:55.380><c> it</c><00:23:55.740><c> impossible</c><00:23:56.420><c> to</c><00:23:57.740><c> totally</c><00:23:58.099><c> accept</c><00:23:58.559><c> first</c><00:23:58.920><c> their</c><00:23:59.220><c> gods</c><00:23:59.579><c> and</c>

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then<00:24:00.279><c> his</c><00:24:00.559><c> son's</c><00:24:01.079><c> promises</c><00:24:01.579><c> and</c><00:24:02.079><c> teachings?</c>

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There<00:24:03.619><c> was</c><00:24:03.880><c> always</c><00:24:04.240><c> doubt</c><00:24:04.660><c> and</c><00:24:05.240><c> disappointment</c><00:24:05.940><c> and</c><00:24:06.480><c> hedging</c>

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of<00:24:08.099><c> bets,</c><00:24:08.339><c> as</c><00:24:08.559><c> it</c><00:24:08.779><c> were.</c>

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So<00:24:11.220><c> what</c><00:24:11.380><c> could</c><00:24:11.579><c> have</c><00:24:11.740><c> been</c><00:24:11.819><c> on</c><00:24:12.079><c> the</c><00:24:12.319><c> disciples'</c><00:24:13.079><c> minds</c><00:24:13.220><c> and</c>

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what<00:24:13.579><c> were</c><00:24:13.720><c> they</c><00:24:14.000><c> talking</c><00:24:14.279><c> about</c><00:24:14.619><c> in</c><00:24:14.779><c> that</c><00:24:15.039><c> room</c><00:24:15.240><c> when</c><00:24:15.460><c> he</c><00:24:16.279><c> showed</c><00:24:16.579><c> up?</c>

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Was<00:24:19.180><c> it</c><00:24:19.720><c> the</c><00:24:19.980><c> wonder</c><00:24:20.259><c> of</c><00:24:20.440><c> the</c><00:24:20.599><c> gospel</c><00:24:20.960><c> they</c><00:24:21.180><c> had</c><00:24:21.279><c> been</c><00:24:21.460><c> listening</c><00:24:21.779><c> to</c><00:24:22.099><c> for</c>

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or<00:24:24.619><c> was</c><00:24:26.599><c> it</c><00:24:27.779><c> where</c><00:24:27.940><c> they</c><00:24:28.079><c> were</c><00:24:28.240><c> going</c><00:24:28.420><c> to</c><00:24:28.640><c> flee</c><00:24:28.920><c> in</c><00:24:29.220><c> order</c><00:24:29.400><c> to</c>

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be<00:24:29.779><c> safe?</c>

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Maybe<00:24:32.380><c> the</c><00:24:32.660><c> latter.</c>

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And<00:24:36.180><c> the</c><00:24:37.019><c> reason</c><00:24:37.279><c> why</c><00:24:37.599><c> we</c><00:24:38.059><c> might</c><00:24:38.319><c> suppose</c><00:24:38.799><c> this</c><00:24:39.099><c> is</c><00:24:39.359><c> because</c><00:24:39.660><c> you</c><00:24:39.859><c> and</c><00:24:40.019><c> I</c>

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probably<00:24:40.619><c> would</c><00:24:40.819><c> have</c><00:24:40.920><c> done</c><00:24:41.019><c> the</c><00:24:41.259><c> same</c><00:24:41.500><c> exact</c><00:24:41.779><c> thing.</c>

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So<00:24:49.640><c> isn't</c><00:24:50.160><c> it</c><00:24:50.420><c> the</c><00:24:50.740><c> sign</c><00:24:51.039><c> that</c><00:24:51.240><c> the</c><00:24:51.460><c> scripture</c><00:24:51.900><c> is</c><00:24:52.940><c> having</c><00:24:53.460><c> a</c>

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true<00:24:55.000><c> effect</c><00:24:55.380><c> on</c><00:24:55.579><c> us</c><00:24:55.839><c> when</c><00:24:56.140><c> we</c><00:24:56.960><c> make</c><00:24:57.299><c> that</c><00:24:57.619><c> recognition?</c>

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We<00:24:58.420><c> would</c><00:24:58.579><c> have</c><00:24:58.640><c> done</c><00:24:58.779><c> the</c><00:24:58.980><c> same</c><00:24:59.180><c> thing.</c><00:24:59.859><c> We</c><00:25:00.119><c> would</c><00:25:00.279><c> have</c><00:25:00.400><c> been</c>

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worried.<00:25:01.420><c> We</c><00:25:01.619><c> would</c><00:25:01.779><c> have</c><00:25:01.880><c> been</c><00:25:02.019><c> upset.</c>

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We<00:25:02.720><c> would</c><00:25:02.880><c> have</c><00:25:03.059><c> been</c><00:25:03.779><c> weeping</c><00:25:04.420><c> and</c><00:25:04.799><c> mourning.</c>

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But<00:25:08.259><c> isn't</c><00:25:08.519><c> it</c><00:25:08.720><c> the</c><00:25:08.900><c> sign</c><00:25:09.140><c> that</c><00:25:09.400><c> scripture</c><00:25:09.720><c> is</c><00:25:09.900><c> having</c><00:25:10.140><c> an</c><00:25:10.400><c> effect</c><00:25:10.599><c> on</c>

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us<00:25:10.980><c> when</c><00:25:11.140><c> we</c><00:25:11.900><c> make</c><00:25:12.259><c> that</c><00:25:12.559><c> recognition</c><00:25:13.119><c> and</c><00:25:13.400><c> then</c><00:25:13.660><c> make</c><00:25:13.819><c> a</c><00:25:14.039><c> change?</c>

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That's<00:25:16.119><c> what</c><00:25:16.319><c> the</c><00:25:16.619><c> exhort</c><00:25:16.900><c> is.</c><00:25:17.440><c> Make</c><00:25:17.680><c> that</c><00:25:18.019><c> recognition</c><00:25:18.640><c> that</c>

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we<00:25:19.940><c> would</c><00:25:20.119><c> have</c><00:25:20.240><c> been</c><00:25:20.359><c> doing</c><00:25:20.559><c> that</c><00:25:20.880><c> same</c><00:25:21.200><c> exact</c><00:25:21.779><c> thing.</c>

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Worrying,<00:25:23.140><c> upset,</c><00:25:23.920><c> wandering,</c><00:25:24.619><c> bewildered,</c><00:25:25.299><c> perplexed.</c>

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But<00:25:28.460><c> then</c><00:25:28.839><c> to</c><00:25:29.099><c> take</c><00:25:29.279><c> on</c><00:25:29.599><c> faith.</c>

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Doubt<00:25:32.640><c> and</c><00:25:32.799><c> disappointment</c><00:25:33.359><c> may</c><00:25:33.640><c> well</c><00:25:33.880><c> have</c><00:25:34.099><c> turned</c><00:25:34.359><c> the</c><00:25:34.519><c> mind</c><00:25:34.660><c> of</c><00:25:34.920><c> Judas.</c>

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In<00:25:39.099><c> John</c><00:25:39.619><c> 6</c><00:25:39.980><c> and</c><00:25:40.099><c> 7,</c><00:25:40.900><c> Jesus</c><00:25:40.920><c> turned</c><00:25:41.400><c> to</c><00:25:41.660><c> the</c><00:25:41.859><c> group,</c><00:25:42.279><c> the</c><00:25:42.480><c> little</c><00:25:42.700><c> group,</c><00:25:43.279><c> saying,</c><00:25:43.539><c> Will</c>

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you<00:25:43.759><c> also</c><00:25:44.079><c> go</c><00:25:44.380><c> away?</c>

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Peter<00:25:46.720><c> always,</c><00:25:47.480><c> as</c><00:25:47.740><c> always,</c><00:25:48.240><c> spoke</c><00:25:48.380><c> up</c><00:25:48.559><c> for</c><00:25:48.720><c> the</c><00:25:48.900><c> group</c><00:25:49.240><c> but</c>

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could<00:25:50.460><c> not</c><00:25:50.700><c> vouch</c><00:25:50.960><c> for</c><00:25:51.220><c> all</c><00:25:51.440><c> the</c><00:25:51.599><c> hearts.</c>

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And<00:25:53.440><c> so</c><00:25:54.000><c> Jesus</c><00:25:54.779><c> said</c><00:25:55.119><c> in</c><00:25:55.380><c> verse</c><00:25:56.119><c> 70,</c><00:25:56.640><c> one</c><00:25:56.960><c> of</c><00:25:57.160><c> you</c><00:25:57.660><c> is</c><00:25:58.839><c> a</c><00:25:58.980><c> devil.</c>

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So<00:26:01.539><c> why</c><00:26:01.940><c> is</c><00:26:02.220><c> it</c><00:26:03.039><c> that</c><00:26:03.619><c> as</c><00:26:04.039><c> we</c><00:26:04.319><c> prepare</c><00:26:04.619><c> to</c><00:26:04.880><c> remember</c><00:26:05.259><c> our</c><00:26:05.759><c> Lord</c>

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in<00:26:06.299><c> the</c><00:26:06.519><c> bread</c><00:26:06.680><c> and</c><00:26:06.920><c> wine,</c>

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that<00:26:07.279><c> we're</c><00:26:07.440><c> looking</c><00:26:07.720><c> at</c><00:26:08.720><c> this</c><00:26:09.440><c> somewhat</c><00:26:09.859><c> negative</c><00:26:10.319><c> subject</c>

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of<00:26:11.000><c> doubt</c><00:26:11.220><c> and</c><00:26:11.460><c> disappointment?</c>

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And<00:26:12.240><c> I</c><00:26:12.319><c> think</c><00:26:12.480><c> I</c><00:26:12.700><c> already</c><00:26:12.960><c> alluded</c><00:26:13.279><c> to</c><00:26:13.539><c> it.</c><00:26:13.680><c> It's</c><00:26:14.279><c> for</c><00:26:14.579><c> joy</c><00:26:14.980><c> and</c>

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for<00:26:15.480><c> hope.</c>

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These<00:26:19.740><c> emotions,</c><00:26:20.599><c> these</c><00:26:21.980><c> human</c><00:26:22.500><c> reactions</c><00:26:23.180><c> give</c><00:26:23.500><c> us</c><00:26:23.819><c> problems</c><00:26:24.220><c> in</c><00:26:24.420><c> our</c>

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own<00:26:25.099><c> discipleship.</c>

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In<00:26:30.000><c> Hebrews</c><00:26:30.299><c> chapter</c><00:26:30.819><c> 12,</c><00:26:31.480><c> verse</c><00:26:31.539><c> 6,</c><00:26:32.539><c> Paul,</c><00:26:32.740><c> with</c><00:26:33.559><c> immense</c><00:26:34.140><c> wisdom</c><00:26:34.519><c> born</c><00:26:34.859><c> of</c>

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personal<00:26:35.559><c> experience,</c><00:26:36.619><c> says</c><00:26:36.700><c> this,</c>

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Who<00:26:39.140><c> the</c><00:26:39.319><c> Lord</c><00:26:39.599><c> loves,</c><00:26:40.319><c> he</c><00:26:40.500><c> chastens</c><00:26:41.079><c> and</c><00:26:41.539><c> scourges</c><00:26:42.559><c> every</c><00:26:43.319><c> son</c><00:26:43.640><c> he</c><00:26:43.859><c> receives.</c>

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And<00:26:46.200><c> verse</c><00:26:46.480><c> 11,</c><00:26:46.920><c> No</c><00:26:47.019><c> chastening</c><00:26:47.559><c> for</c><00:26:47.740><c> the</c><00:26:47.960><c> present</c><00:26:48.160><c> seems</c><00:26:48.440><c> to</c>

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be<00:26:48.859><c> joyous</c><00:26:49.259><c> but</c><00:26:49.500><c> grievous.</c>

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Nevertheless,<00:26:52.059><c> afterward</c><00:26:52.240><c> it</c><00:26:52.559><c> yields</c><00:26:53.000><c> the</c><00:26:53.519><c> peaceable</c><00:26:54.019><c> fruit</c>

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of<00:26:54.680><c> righteousness.</c>

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So<00:26:56.759><c> what</c><00:26:57.000><c> are</c><00:26:57.180><c> the</c><00:26:57.440><c> trials</c><00:26:57.839><c> that</c><00:26:58.220><c> you</c><00:26:58.400><c> and</c><00:26:58.599><c> I</c><00:26:58.779><c> are</c><00:26:59.000><c> going</c><00:26:59.259><c> through?</c>

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What<00:27:01.380><c> are</c><00:27:01.619><c> they?</c><00:27:02.059><c> Be</c><00:27:02.380><c> joyful</c><00:27:02.940><c> and</c><00:27:03.440><c> be</c><00:27:03.680><c> hopeful.</c>

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Is<00:27:08.119><c> your</c><00:27:08.319><c> mom</c><00:27:08.619><c> sick?</c><00:27:09.940><c> Are</c><00:27:10.059><c> you</c><00:27:10.220><c> without</c><00:27:10.579><c> a</c><00:27:10.819><c> job?</c>

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Are<00:27:13.640><c> you</c><00:27:14.140><c> struggling</c><00:27:14.799><c> with</c><00:27:15.339><c> some</c><00:27:15.960><c> sin</c><00:27:16.319><c> that</c><00:27:16.539><c> you</c><00:27:16.740><c> just</c><00:27:17.059><c> can't</c>

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put<00:27:17.700><c> away?</c>

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It's<00:27:28.960><c> hard</c><00:27:29.119><c> to</c><00:27:29.440><c> practice,</c><00:27:30.119><c> right?</c><00:27:31.140><c> It's</c><00:27:31.319><c> easy</c><00:27:31.559><c> to</c><00:27:31.799><c> talk</c><00:27:32.039><c> about,</c><00:27:32.339><c> but</c>

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it's<00:27:32.720><c> really</c><00:27:33.000><c> hard</c><00:27:33.220><c> to</c><00:27:33.420><c> practice.</c>

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Butler's<00:27:39.880><c> going</c><00:27:40.039><c> to</c><00:27:40.279><c> intercept</c><00:27:40.740><c> the</c><00:27:41.000><c> ball.</c><00:27:41.940><c> I'm</c><00:27:42.440><c> telling</c><00:27:42.740><c> you,</c><00:27:43.339><c> he's</c><00:27:43.700><c> going</c><00:27:43.940><c> to</c>

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intercept<00:27:44.640><c> the</c><00:27:44.900><c> ball.</c>

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Don't<00:27:46.160><c> worry</c><00:27:46.519><c> about</c><00:27:46.900><c> it.</c><00:27:47.359><c> The</c><00:27:47.640><c> Patriots</c><00:27:48.200><c> are</c><00:27:48.400><c> going</c><00:27:48.559><c> to</c><00:27:48.640><c> win</c>

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the<00:27:49.019><c> game.</c>

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So<00:27:52.480><c> are</c><00:27:52.819><c> we.</c><00:27:53.220><c> The</c><00:27:53.440><c> kingdom</c><00:27:53.799><c> is</c><00:27:54.140><c> ours.</c><00:27:54.920><c> The</c><00:27:54.920><c> kingdom</c><00:27:55.640><c> is</c><00:27:56.279><c> ours.</c>

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Think<00:27:59.680><c> back</c><00:27:59.960><c> to</c><00:28:00.259><c> Joshua</c><00:28:00.900><c> and</c><00:28:02.299><c> Rahab.</c><00:28:03.000><c> I</c><00:28:03.039><c> get</c><00:28:03.240><c> so</c><00:28:03.559><c> excited</c><00:28:03.980><c> when</c>

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I<00:28:04.339><c> think</c><00:28:04.519><c> of</c><00:28:04.700><c> Rahab's</c><00:28:05.380><c> exhort.</c>

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Get<00:28:06.700><c> in</c><00:28:07.000><c> there.</c><00:28:07.279><c> It's</c><00:28:07.720><c> yours.</c>

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God's<00:28:11.119><c> enemies'</c><00:28:11.559><c> hearts</c><00:28:12.079><c> are</c><00:28:12.599><c> melting</c><00:28:13.140><c> in</c><00:28:13.680><c> fear.</c>

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David<00:28:19.559><c> and</c><00:28:19.799><c> Goliath,</c><00:28:20.400><c> right?</c><00:28:21.480><c> He</c><00:28:22.099><c> knew</c><00:28:22.759><c> it.</c><00:28:23.660><c> He</c><00:28:23.859><c> was</c><00:28:24.140><c> going</c><00:28:24.319><c> to</c>

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kill<00:28:24.660><c> Goliath.</c>

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Nobody<00:28:26.200><c> was</c><00:28:27.759><c> stopping</c><00:28:28.059><c> David.</c>

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So<00:28:36.640><c> back</c><00:28:37.259><c> to</c><00:28:37.579><c> Brother</c><00:28:37.859><c> Peter's</c><00:28:38.299><c> words.</c><00:28:38.660><c> It's</c><00:28:39.099><c> not</c><00:28:39.319><c> easy</c><00:28:39.640><c> to</c><00:28:40.839><c> see</c><00:28:41.099><c> it</c>

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that<00:28:41.500><c> way,</c><00:28:42.059><c> is</c><00:28:42.200><c> it?</c>

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It's<00:28:43.720><c> not</c><00:28:43.920><c> easy</c><00:28:44.180><c> to</c><00:28:44.420><c> accept</c><00:28:44.759><c> loss</c><00:28:45.140><c> and</c><00:28:45.440><c> injury</c><00:28:45.720><c> and</c><00:28:46.039><c> sickness</c>

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and<00:28:46.680><c> injustice</c><00:28:47.359><c> as</c><00:28:48.480><c> God's</c><00:28:49.019><c> chastening.</c>

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We<00:28:49.599><c> ask</c><00:28:49.940><c> why,</c><00:28:50.579><c> as</c><00:28:50.779><c> if</c><00:28:51.019><c> we</c><00:28:51.180><c> can't</c><00:28:51.619><c> accept</c><00:28:52.460><c> the</c><00:28:53.039><c> fact</c><00:28:53.259><c> that</c><00:28:53.500><c> our</c>

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Father's<00:28:54.339><c> way</c><00:28:54.460><c> is</c><00:28:54.700><c> higher.</c>

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The<00:28:57.359><c> key</c><00:28:57.519><c> lesson</c><00:28:57.920><c> Job</c><00:28:58.240><c> eventually</c><00:28:58.839><c> did</c><00:28:59.220><c> learn,</c><00:29:00.900><c> yet</c><00:29:01.180><c> and</c><00:29:01.819><c> only,</c><00:29:02.940><c> at</c>

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God's<00:29:03.839><c> personal</c><00:29:04.220><c> appearance.</c>

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us,<00:29:12.339><c> encouraging</c><00:29:12.900><c> us</c><00:29:13.279><c> every</c><00:29:13.559><c> day</c><00:29:14.140><c> with</c><00:29:14.960><c> his</c><00:29:15.279><c> personal</c><00:29:15.839><c> appearance.</c>

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Both<00:29:29.480><c> Peter</c><00:29:29.779><c> and</c><00:29:30.000><c> Paul</c><00:29:30.240><c> had</c><00:29:30.440><c> come</c><00:29:30.559><c> to</c><00:29:30.779><c> terms</c><00:29:31.200><c> with</c><00:29:31.740><c> suffering</c>

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Consider<00:29:49.859><c> the</c><00:29:50.160><c> total</c><00:29:50.500><c> refusal</c><00:29:51.000><c> to</c><00:29:51.299><c> accept</c><00:29:51.720><c> all</c><00:29:52.119><c> the</c><00:29:52.400><c> reports</c>

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that<00:29:52.960><c> Jesus</c><00:29:53.380><c> was</c><00:29:53.680><c> alive</c><00:29:54.200><c> as</c><00:29:55.500><c> both</c><00:29:55.819><c> doubt</c><00:29:56.200><c> and</c><00:29:56.740><c> disappointment.</c>

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Doubt<00:29:59.539><c> has</c><00:29:59.799><c> forever</c><00:30:00.180><c> been</c><00:30:00.460><c> attached</c><00:30:00.900><c> to</c><00:30:01.119><c> the</c><00:30:01.259><c> name</c><00:30:01.400><c> of</c><00:30:01.680><c> Thomas.</c><00:30:02.059><c> He</c><00:30:02.140><c> gets</c><00:30:02.420><c> the</c>

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nickname,<00:30:03.019><c> but</c><00:30:03.339><c> the</c><00:30:03.599><c> others</c><00:30:04.440><c> deserved</c><00:30:05.059><c> it</c><00:30:05.339><c> too.</c>

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Doubting<00:30:07.000><c> James,</c><00:30:07.500><c> doubting</c><00:30:07.859><c> John,</c><00:30:08.420><c> doubting</c><00:30:08.779><c> Peter,</c><00:30:09.400><c> doubting</c><00:30:09.720><c> Butch,</c>

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doubting<00:30:10.839><c> Katie,</c><00:30:12.319><c> doubting</c><00:30:12.559><c> Mark,</c><00:30:13.440><c> doubting</c><00:30:13.779><c> Jim.</c>

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We<00:30:17.279><c> all</c><00:30:17.599><c> deserve</c><00:30:17.960><c> that</c><00:30:18.299><c> title.</c>

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God<00:30:25.700><c> to</c><00:30:25.920><c> guide</c><00:30:26.099><c> us.</c>

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wrote<00:30:39.279><c> this,</c>

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is<00:31:03.940><c> messages</c><00:31:04.240><c> for</c><00:31:04.559><c> us.</c>

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still<00:31:08.900><c> love</c><00:31:09.099><c> us.</c>

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And<00:31:11.359><c> he's</c><00:31:11.680><c> still</c><00:31:12.400><c> offering</c><00:31:12.839><c> us</c><00:31:13.160><c> the</c><00:31:13.339><c> kingdom.</c>

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Throughout<00:31:15.920><c> the</c><00:31:16.160><c> Bible,</c><00:31:16.480><c> there's</c><00:31:16.740><c> a</c><00:31:16.920><c> constant</c><00:31:17.380><c> record</c><00:31:18.200><c> of</c><00:31:18.519><c> fallibility</c><00:31:19.079><c> in</c>

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human<00:31:19.680><c> beings</c><00:31:20.240><c> to</c><00:31:21.240><c> respond</c><00:31:21.680><c> to</c><00:31:21.900><c> God</c><00:31:22.140><c> in</c><00:31:22.319><c> the</c><00:31:22.440><c> way</c><00:31:22.660><c> that</c><00:31:22.859><c> he</c><00:31:23.019><c> wishes.</c>

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Because<00:31:25.319><c> of</c><00:31:25.839><c> Adam's</c><00:31:26.940><c> decision</c><00:31:27.680><c> and</c><00:31:29.480><c> Eve's</c><00:31:29.980><c> decision,</c><00:31:30.539><c> we're</c>

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flawed<00:31:31.000><c> and</c><00:31:31.319><c> dying.</c>

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However,<00:31:34.119><c> the</c><00:31:34.259><c> essential</c><00:31:34.660><c> thing</c><00:31:35.059><c> that</c><00:31:35.279><c> God</c><00:31:35.960><c> knows</c><00:31:36.720><c> and</c><00:31:37.680><c> from</c>

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who<00:31:41.400><c> came</c><00:31:41.940><c> to</c><00:31:42.319><c> this</c><00:31:42.619><c> world,</c><00:31:44.200><c> who</c><00:31:44.480><c> died</c><00:31:44.740><c> to</c><00:31:44.980><c> bring</c><00:31:45.279><c> our</c><00:31:45.660><c> salvation,</c><00:31:47.059><c> and</c><00:31:47.599><c> who</c>

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one<00:31:48.380><c> day</c><00:31:48.660><c> very</c><00:31:49.079><c> soon,</c>

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we<00:31:54.680><c> hope</c><00:31:54.920><c> even</c><00:31:55.259><c> right</c><00:31:55.599><c> now,</c><00:31:56.099><c> even</c><00:31:56.259><c> today,</c><00:31:57.380><c> even</c><00:31:57.700><c> tonight,</c><00:31:59.339><c> will</c><00:31:59.480><c> ultimately</c><00:32:00.039><c> return</c><00:32:00.680><c> to</c>

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banish<00:32:01.400><c> death</c><00:32:01.799><c> and</c><00:32:02.119><c> suffering</c><00:32:02.500><c> from</c><00:32:02.819><c> the</c><00:32:03.019><c> earth.</c>

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What<00:32:04.579><c> God</c><00:32:04.900><c> seeks</c><00:32:05.319><c> and</c><00:32:06.859><c> what</c><00:32:07.140><c> our</c><00:32:07.380><c> Lord</c><00:32:07.680><c> seeks</c><00:32:08.200><c> is</c><00:32:08.619><c> our</c><00:32:08.880><c> faith</c>

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and<00:32:09.460><c> trust</c><00:32:09.980><c> in</c><00:32:10.420><c> him,</c><00:32:11.839><c> despite</c><00:32:12.339><c> our</c><00:32:12.619><c> weaknesses.</c>

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When<00:32:15.880><c> that</c><00:32:16.140><c> happens,</c><00:32:16.740><c> it</c><00:32:16.759><c> must</c><00:32:17.099><c> be</c><00:32:18.500><c> pleasing</c><00:32:18.859><c> to</c><00:32:19.180><c> our</c><00:32:19.359><c> Heavenly</c><00:32:19.720><c> Father.</c>

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When<00:32:20.319><c> it</c><00:32:20.519><c> happens</c><00:32:20.940><c> for</c><00:32:21.180><c> us,</c><00:32:21.579><c> it's</c><00:32:21.880><c> a</c><00:32:22.000><c> triumph</c><00:32:22.539><c> over</c><00:32:23.799><c> all</c><00:32:24.099><c> of</c>

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our<00:32:24.460><c> natural</c><00:32:24.920><c> inclinations,</c><00:32:26.460><c> our</c><00:32:26.660><c> pain,</c><00:32:27.720><c> our</c><00:32:27.940><c> loss,</c><00:32:28.579><c> our</c><00:32:28.799><c> disappointments,</c><00:32:29.480><c> and</c>

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our<00:32:29.819><c> doubts.</c>

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but<00:32:41.140><c> more</c><00:32:41.480><c> importantly,</c><00:32:42.500><c> a</c><00:32:42.500><c> better</c><00:32:42.799><c> understanding</c><00:32:43.400><c> of</c><00:32:43.640><c> our</c>

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brothers<00:32:44.079><c> and</c><00:32:44.420><c> sisters</c><00:32:45.140><c> who</c><00:32:47.359><c> journey</c><00:32:47.640><c> with</c><00:32:47.839><c> us</c><00:32:48.019><c> to</c><00:32:48.200><c> the</c><00:32:48.380><c> kingdom.</c>

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We<00:32:49.880><c> can't</c><00:32:50.180><c> judge</c><00:32:50.460><c> each</c><00:32:50.720><c> other</c><00:32:51.380><c> because</c><00:32:51.980><c> we're</c><00:32:52.359><c> all</c><00:32:52.839><c> struggling.</c>

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Jesus'<00:32:58.160><c> words</c><00:32:58.559><c> to</c><00:32:58.839><c> Thomas</c><00:32:59.319><c> were,</c>

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Because<00:33:03.180><c> you</c><00:33:03.400><c> have</c><00:33:03.720><c> seen</c><00:33:04.000><c> me,</c><00:33:04.480><c> you</c><00:33:04.640><c> have</c><00:33:04.880><c> believed.</c>

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How<00:33:06.900><c> much</c><00:33:07.140><c> better</c><00:33:07.380><c> is</c><00:33:07.619><c> it</c><00:33:07.759><c> that</c><00:33:07.920><c> he</c><00:33:08.079><c> might</c><00:33:08.359><c> say</c><00:33:08.660><c> of</c><00:33:08.819><c> us,</c><00:33:09.240><c> Blessed</c><00:33:09.579><c> are</c>

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they<00:33:10.319><c> who</c><00:33:10.779><c> have</c><00:33:11.200><c> not</c><00:33:11.599><c> seen</c><00:33:12.180><c> and</c><00:33:12.920><c> yet</c><00:33:13.099><c> have</c><00:33:13.359><c> believed?</c>