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they<00:10:37.460><c> were</c><00:10:37.720><c> already</c><00:10:38.220><c> condemned</c><00:10:38.879><c> to</c><00:10:39.399><c> destruction</c><00:10:40.120><c> by</c><00:10:40.620><c> God.</c>

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And<00:10:41.759><c> we</c><00:10:41.899><c> can</c><00:10:42.019><c> do</c><00:10:42.200><c> the</c><00:10:42.399><c> same</c><00:10:42.600><c> thing</c><00:10:42.820><c> when</c><00:10:42.980><c> we're</c><00:10:43.220><c> caught</c><00:10:43.500><c> in</c><00:10:44.200><c> the</c>

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condemned<00:11:04.460><c> to</c><00:11:05.220><c> destruction</c><00:11:05.759><c> as</c><00:11:06.379><c> well.</c>

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So,<00:11:09.519><c> brothers</c><00:11:09.559><c> and</c><00:11:09.840><c> sisters,</c><00:11:10.080><c> as</c><00:11:10.340><c> we</c><00:11:10.559><c> look</c><00:11:10.860><c> to</c><00:11:11.179><c> the</c><00:11:11.320><c> table</c><00:11:11.639><c> of</c><00:11:12.019><c> remembrance,</c>

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to<00:11:13.740><c> think</c><00:11:14.120><c> upon</c><00:11:14.519><c> our</c><00:11:14.799><c> master's</c><00:11:15.440><c> life</c><00:11:15.659><c> and</c><00:11:15.980><c> sacrifice,</c><00:11:16.620><c> we</c><00:11:16.820><c> marvel</c><00:11:17.340><c> at</c>

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his<00:11:18.120><c> strength.</c>

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he<00:11:22.840><c> was</c><00:11:23.559><c> without</c><00:11:24.259><c> sin.</c>

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He<00:11:24.779><c> never</c><00:11:25.539><c> indulged.</c>

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wonderful<00:11:31.639><c> hope.</c>

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He<00:11:41.659><c> was</c><00:11:42.039><c> bruised</c><00:11:42.960><c> for</c><00:11:43.340><c> our</c><00:11:43.580><c> iniquities.</c>

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And<00:11:48.360><c> with</c><00:11:48.639><c> his</c><00:11:48.980><c> stripes</c><00:11:49.480><c> we</c><00:11:49.840><c> are</c><00:11:50.139><c> healed.</c>

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and<00:11:55.179><c> its</c><00:11:55.440><c> consequences,</c>

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we<00:11:57.000><c> have</c><00:11:57.320><c> confidence</c><00:11:57.779><c> that</c><00:11:58.000><c> he</c><00:11:58.159><c> will</c><00:11:58.460><c> come,</c><00:11:59.840><c> and</c><00:12:00.019><c> the</c><00:12:00.200><c> great</c>

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physician<00:12:00.840><c> will</c><00:12:01.159><c> heal</c><00:12:01.379><c> us.</c>

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We<00:12:03.200><c> know</c><00:12:03.460><c> this,</c><00:12:03.820><c> brothers</c><00:12:04.139><c> and</c><00:12:04.559><c> sisters,</c><00:12:05.500><c> because</c><00:12:05.840><c> we</c><00:12:06.159><c> are</c><00:12:06.399><c> sinners,</c><00:12:08.019><c> and</c><00:12:08.259><c> this</c><00:12:08.580><c> is</c>

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who<00:12:08.899><c> he</c><00:12:09.100><c> came</c><00:12:09.340><c> for.</c>