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not,<00:25:14.220><c> this</c><00:25:14.440><c> past</c><00:25:14.880><c> Wednesday.</c>

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I<00:25:26.799><c> was</c><00:25:27.000><c> sitting</c><00:25:27.200><c> in</c><00:25:27.440><c> New</c><00:25:27.640><c> Haven</c><00:25:27.980><c> Supreme</c><00:25:28.440><c> Court,</c><00:25:28.960><c> I</c><00:25:28.960><c> was</c><00:25:29.420><c> scheduled</c><00:25:29.680><c> to</c>

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report<00:25:30.380><c> for</c><00:25:30.839><c> jury</c><00:25:31.200><c> duty,</c>

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hand<00:26:09.440><c> sure</c><00:26:09.799><c> enough</c><00:26:10.119><c> there</c><00:26:10.359><c> was.</c>

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And<00:26:11.339><c> so</c><00:26:11.559><c> in</c><00:26:11.839><c> 1</c><00:26:12.160><c> Peter</c><00:26:12.519><c> chapter</c><00:26:13.039><c> 2,</c><00:26:14.500><c> we</c><00:26:14.559><c> read,</c>

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Submit<00:26:16.180><c> yourselves</c><00:26:16.880><c> to</c><00:26:17.240><c> every</c><00:26:17.680><c> ordinance</c><00:26:18.299><c> of</c><00:26:18.819><c> man</c><00:26:19.359><c> for</c><00:26:20.039><c> the</c>

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as<00:26:28.140><c> unto</c><00:26:28.359><c> them</c><00:26:28.619><c> that</c><00:26:28.799><c> are</c><00:26:29.000><c> sent</c><00:26:29.279><c> by</c><00:26:29.539><c> him</c><00:26:29.839><c> for</c><00:26:30.059><c> the</c><00:26:30.259><c> punishment</c>

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of<00:26:31.059><c> evildoers.</c>

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love<00:26:45.839><c> the</c><00:26:46.019><c> Lord</c><00:26:46.259><c> Jesus</c><00:26:46.680><c> Christ,</c>

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pass<00:26:51.920><c> judgment</c><00:26:52.319><c> upon</c><00:26:52.640><c> my</c><00:26:52.900><c> fellow</c><00:26:53.059><c> man.</c>

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Luckily<00:26:53.579><c> for</c><00:26:53.859><c> me,</c><00:26:54.339><c> I</c><00:26:54.440><c> didn't</c><00:26:54.599><c> get</c><00:26:54.799><c> to</c><00:26:54.980><c> that</c><00:26:55.240><c> point.</c>

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room<00:27:00.299><c> to</c><00:27:00.480><c> the</c><00:27:00.680><c> next,</c>

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get<00:27:05.480><c> to</c><00:27:05.680><c> that</c><00:27:05.940><c> point.</c>

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Thank<00:27:08.480><c> God</c><00:27:08.839><c> for</c><00:27:09.140><c> that.</c>

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or<00:27:14.200><c> unto</c><00:27:14.500><c> governors</c><00:27:14.960><c> as</c><00:27:15.200><c> unto</c><00:27:15.420><c> them</c><00:27:15.579><c> that</c><00:27:15.740><c> are</c><00:27:15.859><c> sent</c><00:27:16.059><c> by</c><00:27:16.240><c> him</c>

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for<00:27:16.579><c> the</c><00:27:16.759><c> punishment</c><00:27:17.119><c> of</c><00:27:17.480><c> evildoers,</c>

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and<00:27:18.599><c> for</c><00:27:18.759><c> the</c><00:27:18.980><c> praise</c><00:27:19.180><c> of</c><00:27:19.359><c> them</c><00:27:19.579><c> that</c><00:27:19.839><c> do</c><00:27:20.079><c> well.</c>

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silence<00:27:25.339><c> the</c><00:27:25.720><c> ignorance</c><00:27:26.099><c> of</c><00:27:26.420><c> foolish</c><00:27:26.799><c> men,</c>

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the<00:27:36.140><c> servants</c><00:27:36.440><c> of</c><00:27:36.660><c> God.</c>

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So<00:27:38.640><c> you</c><00:27:38.740><c> can</c><00:27:39.039><c> see</c><00:27:39.220><c> how</c><00:27:39.440><c> the</c><00:27:39.619><c> words</c><00:27:39.920><c> of</c><00:27:40.240><c> freedom</c><00:27:40.500><c> and</c><00:27:40.859><c> liberty</c>

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and<00:27:42.660><c> love</c><00:27:43.160><c> and</c><00:27:43.500><c> representing</c><00:27:44.220><c> Christ</c>

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that<00:28:12.720><c> they</c><00:28:12.900><c> owed</c><00:28:13.200><c> allegiance</c><00:28:13.700><c> to</c><00:28:13.960><c> God</c><00:28:14.240><c> alone.</c>

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vindicate<00:28:38.000><c> their</c><00:28:38.279><c> seditious</c><00:28:38.920><c> and</c><00:28:39.579><c> rebellious</c><00:28:40.140><c> conduct.</c>

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but<00:28:46.880><c> there</c><00:28:47.079><c> is</c><00:28:47.400><c> absolutely</c><00:28:48.059><c> no</c><00:28:48.460><c> room</c><00:28:48.759><c> in</c><00:28:49.039><c> that</c><00:28:49.359><c> mindset</c><00:28:49.920><c> whatsoever</c><00:28:50.640><c> for</c><00:28:50.940><c> love.</c>

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love<00:29:10.180><c> one</c><00:29:10.400><c> another,</c>

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to<00:29:11.599><c> put</c><00:29:11.839><c> into</c><00:29:12.180><c> action</c><00:29:12.880><c> the</c><00:29:13.559><c> faith</c><00:29:13.940><c> which</c><00:29:14.220><c> we</c><00:29:14.440><c> all</c><00:29:14.660><c> proclaim.</c>

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Very<00:29:16.700><c> familiar</c><00:29:17.200><c> words</c><00:29:17.619><c> from</c><00:29:17.900><c> James</c><00:29:18.339><c> chapter</c><00:29:18.759><c> 2,</c><00:29:19.200><c> verse</c><00:29:19.339><c> 18.</c>

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Yea,<00:29:21.460><c> a</c><00:29:21.640><c> man</c><00:29:21.859><c> can</c><00:29:22.200><c> say</c><00:29:23.000><c> that</c><00:29:23.799><c> he</c><00:29:23.900><c> has</c><00:29:24.220><c> faith,</c><00:29:25.519><c> and</c><00:29:25.700><c> I</c><00:29:25.900><c> have</c><00:29:26.160><c> works.</c>

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Show<00:29:28.339><c> me</c><00:29:28.559><c> your</c><00:29:28.759><c> faith,</c><00:29:29.619><c> show</c><00:29:29.819><c> me</c><00:29:30.039><c> thy</c><00:29:30.279><c> faith</c><00:29:30.660><c> without</c><00:29:31.180><c> thy</c><00:29:31.619><c> works,</c><00:29:32.440><c> and</c>

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What<00:29:37.299><c> we're</c><00:29:37.640><c> required</c><00:29:38.380><c> to</c><00:29:38.700><c> do</c><00:29:39.000><c> to</c><00:29:39.420><c> have</c><00:29:39.619><c> salvation</c><00:29:40.240><c> is</c><00:29:40.480><c> to</c><00:29:40.680><c> believe</c><00:29:41.279><c> and</c>

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to<00:29:42.220><c> be</c><00:29:42.500><c> baptized.</c>

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And<00:29:44.539><c> the</c><00:29:44.740><c> joy</c><00:29:45.000><c> of</c><00:29:45.299><c> knowing</c><00:29:45.559><c> this</c><00:29:47.220><c> keeps</c><00:29:49.319><c> us</c><00:29:49.819><c> on</c><00:29:50.259><c> that</c><00:29:50.539><c> path,</c>

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and<00:29:53.420><c> helps</c><00:29:53.700><c> us</c><00:29:54.059><c> to</c><00:29:54.319><c> follow</c><00:29:54.660><c> Christ's</c><00:29:55.319><c> commandments</c><00:29:55.819><c> and</c><00:29:56.400><c> to</c>

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do<00:29:56.720><c> good</c><00:29:56.980><c> works.</c>

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because<00:30:02.019><c> in</c><00:30:02.480><c> doing</c><00:30:02.759><c> good</c><00:30:03.099><c> works</c><00:30:03.359><c> we</c><00:30:03.539><c> are</c><00:30:03.880><c> demonstrating</c><00:30:04.500><c> indeed</c><00:30:05.059><c> the</c>

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for<00:30:14.259><c> by</c><00:30:14.619><c> grace</c><00:30:15.099><c> we</c><00:30:15.579><c> are</c><00:30:15.859><c> saved</c><00:30:16.220><c> through</c><00:30:16.640><c> faith</c><00:30:17.140><c> and</c><00:30:17.720><c> not</c><00:30:18.160><c> of</c><00:30:18.400><c> ourselves.</c>

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And<00:30:20.740><c> so</c><00:30:20.920><c> however</c><00:30:21.500><c> feeble</c><00:30:22.740><c> our</c><00:30:23.160><c> works</c><00:30:23.519><c> may</c><00:30:23.900><c> be,</c>

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they<00:30:25.140><c> are</c><00:30:25.380><c> works</c><00:30:25.720><c> to</c><00:30:25.920><c> the</c><00:30:26.079><c> glory</c><00:30:26.339><c> of</c><00:30:26.519><c> God</c><00:30:26.839><c> nevertheless.</c>

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So<00:30:29.519><c> where</c><00:30:29.700><c> I</c><00:30:29.920><c> feel</c><00:30:30.180><c> comfortable</c><00:30:30.819><c> speaking</c><00:30:31.259><c> in</c><00:30:31.539><c> front</c><00:30:31.660><c> of</c><00:30:31.880><c> people,</c>

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I<00:30:33.079><c> don't</c><00:30:33.460><c> singing,</c><00:30:34.819><c> but</c><00:30:34.980><c> does</c><00:30:35.160><c> that</c><00:30:35.380><c> mean</c><00:30:35.519><c> I</c><00:30:35.640><c> shouldn't</c><00:30:36.019><c> sing?</c>

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No,<00:30:38.660><c> because</c><00:30:38.759><c> it's</c><00:30:39.079><c> not</c><00:30:39.279><c> about</c><00:30:39.599><c> us.</c>

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an<00:30:45.519><c> exhortation,</c>

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or<00:30:46.839><c> how</c><00:30:47.200><c> well</c><00:30:47.480><c> we</c><00:30:47.859><c> play.</c>

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It's<00:30:48.859><c> about</c><00:30:49.160><c> loving</c><00:30:49.619><c> God</c><00:30:50.019><c> and</c><00:30:50.359><c> doing</c><00:30:50.740><c> everything</c><00:30:51.220><c> we</c><00:30:51.579><c> do</c><00:30:51.940><c> to</c>

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His<00:30:52.599><c> glory,</c>

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to<00:30:53.660><c> demonstrate</c><00:30:54.380><c> how</c><00:30:54.680><c> much</c><00:30:54.920><c> we</c><00:30:55.180><c> love</c><00:30:55.299><c> Him.</c>

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So<00:30:55.660><c> if</c><00:30:55.859><c> you're</c><00:30:56.039><c> like</c><00:30:56.259><c> me</c><00:30:56.500><c> and</c><00:30:56.579><c> you</c><00:30:56.779><c> can't</c><00:30:57.160><c> sing,</c><00:30:57.579><c> sing</c><00:30:57.859><c> away.</c>

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And<00:31:00.579><c> even</c><00:31:00.799><c> if</c><00:31:00.980><c> your</c><00:31:01.279><c> exhortation</c><00:31:01.940><c> isn't</c><00:31:02.339><c> all</c><00:31:02.740><c> that</c><00:31:02.859><c> you</c><00:31:03.140><c> wanted</c><00:31:03.380><c> it</c><00:31:03.660><c> to</c><00:31:03.880><c> be,</c>

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give<00:31:04.740><c> it</c><00:31:05.019><c> anyway.</c>

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to<00:31:09.859><c> connect</c><00:31:10.160><c> with</c><00:31:10.420><c> it,</c>

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and<00:31:11.140><c> who</c><00:31:11.339><c> will</c><00:31:11.599><c> be</c><00:31:12.000><c> spurred</c><00:31:12.299><c> on</c><00:31:12.579><c> by</c><00:31:12.940><c> your</c><00:31:13.279><c> courage</c><00:31:13.640><c> to</c><00:31:13.839><c> get</c><00:31:13.980><c> up</c>

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and<00:31:14.420><c> give</c><00:31:14.619><c> it.</c>

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but<00:31:19.740><c> our</c><00:31:19.880><c> Heavenly</c><00:31:20.240><c> Father</c><00:31:20.579><c> is</c><00:31:20.940><c> glorified</c><00:31:21.400><c> in</c><00:31:21.640><c> all</c><00:31:21.859><c> things</c><00:31:22.140><c> that</c><00:31:22.319><c> we</c>

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do<00:31:22.680><c> together.</c>

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And<00:31:23.759><c> that's</c><00:31:24.099><c> the</c><00:31:24.279><c> truest</c><00:31:24.579><c> desire.</c>

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In<00:31:30.340><c> John</c><00:31:30.960><c> chapter</c><00:31:31.319><c> 8,</c><00:31:32.000><c> verses</c><00:31:32.119><c> 32</c><00:31:32.700><c> through</c><00:31:33.059><c> 36,</c>

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and<00:31:34.539><c> we'll</c><00:31:34.880><c> end</c><00:31:35.180><c> here,</c>

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And<00:31:37.339><c> ye</c><00:31:37.500><c> shall</c><00:31:37.819><c> know</c><00:31:38.099><c> the</c><00:31:38.380><c> truth,</c><00:31:39.400><c> and</c><00:31:39.559><c> the</c><00:31:39.880><c> truth</c><00:31:40.099><c> shall</c><00:31:40.400><c> make</c>

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you<00:31:40.920><c> free.</c>

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And<00:31:42.579><c> they</c><00:31:42.799><c> answered</c><00:31:43.240><c> him,</c>

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We<00:31:44.420><c> are</c><00:31:44.619><c> Abraham's</c><00:31:45.420><c> seed,</c><00:31:46.279><c> and</c><00:31:46.460><c> we</c><00:31:46.559><c> were</c><00:31:46.799><c> never</c><00:31:47.140><c> in</c><00:31:47.400><c> bondage</c>

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to<00:31:48.019><c> any</c><00:31:48.299><c> man.</c>

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So<00:31:49.180><c> how</c><00:31:49.480><c> sayest</c><00:31:49.779><c> thou,</c><00:31:49.960><c> you</c><00:31:50.079><c> shall</c><00:31:50.299><c> be</c><00:31:50.539><c> made</c><00:31:50.799><c> free?</c>

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Jesus<00:31:52.960><c> answered</c><00:31:53.420><c> them,</c>

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Verily,<00:31:55.640><c> verily,</c><00:31:55.980><c> I</c><00:31:56.119><c> say</c><00:31:56.319><c> unto</c><00:31:56.539><c> you,</c>

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Whosoever<00:31:57.559><c> comitteth</c><00:31:58.019><c> sin</c><00:31:58.240><c> is</c><00:31:58.420><c> the</c><00:31:58.680><c> servant</c><00:31:59.059><c> of</c><00:31:59.319><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:32:02.579><c> the</c><00:32:02.759><c> servant</c><00:32:03.099><c> abideth</c><00:32:03.599><c> not</c><00:32:03.859><c> in</c><00:32:04.039><c> the</c><00:32:04.180><c> house</c><00:32:04.420><c> forever,</c>

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but<00:32:06.299><c> the</c><00:32:06.519><c> Son,</c><00:32:07.680><c> He</c><00:32:08.140><c> abides</c><00:32:08.539><c> forever.</c>

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If<00:32:10.920><c> the</c><00:32:11.259><c> Son</c><00:32:11.720><c> has</c><00:32:12.680><c> made</c><00:32:12.940><c> you</c><00:32:13.299><c> free,</c>

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you<00:32:16.460><c> shall</c><00:32:16.819><c> be</c><00:32:17.180><c> free</c><00:32:17.500><c> indeed.</c>

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And<00:32:21.599><c> so</c><00:32:21.720><c> as</c><00:32:21.880><c> we</c><00:32:22.119><c> come</c><00:32:22.440><c> to</c><00:32:22.680><c> the</c><00:32:22.940><c> emblems</c><00:32:23.380><c> of</c><00:32:23.500><c> bread</c><00:32:23.740><c> and</c><00:32:24.000><c> wine,</c>

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we<00:32:26.019><c> behold</c><00:32:26.579><c> the</c><00:32:26.839><c> tokens</c><00:32:27.259><c> of</c><00:32:27.539><c> love,</c>

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which<00:32:29.519><c> speak</c><00:32:29.859><c> to</c><00:32:30.099><c> us</c><00:32:30.440><c> the</c><00:32:30.640><c> sacrifice</c><00:32:31.440><c> of</c><00:32:31.640><c> our</c><00:32:31.859><c> absent</c><00:32:32.259><c> Master,</c>

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and<00:32:34.359><c> the</c><00:32:34.700><c> sure</c><00:32:35.000><c> hope</c><00:32:35.619><c> that</c><00:32:36.559><c> we</c><00:32:36.880><c> have,</c>

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and<00:32:38.000><c> that</c><00:32:38.140><c> we</c><00:32:38.359><c> know</c><00:32:38.660><c> will</c><00:32:38.980><c> surely</c><00:32:39.319><c> come</c><00:32:39.839><c> at</c><00:32:40.119><c> the</c><00:32:40.319><c> time</c><00:32:40.539><c> appointed</c><00:32:41.059><c> by</c><00:32:41.299><c> our</c>

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Heavenly<00:32:41.740><c> Father.</c>

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But<00:32:45.160><c> the</c><00:32:45.339><c> love</c><00:32:45.799><c> which</c><00:32:46.180><c> we</c><00:32:46.480><c> behold,</c>

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and<00:32:47.619><c> seek</c><00:32:48.019><c> to</c><00:32:48.420><c> reciprocate,</c>

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is<00:32:49.960><c> not</c><00:32:50.220><c> a</c><00:32:50.460><c> passive</c><00:32:50.940><c> emotion,</c>

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but<00:32:53.000><c> something</c><00:32:53.400><c> which</c><00:32:53.799><c> finds</c><00:32:54.220><c> its</c><00:32:54.599><c> outworking</c><00:32:55.279><c> in</c><00:32:55.680><c> a</c><00:32:55.880><c> very</c>

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practical<00:32:57.400><c> reality,</c>

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a<00:32:58.960><c> very</c><00:32:59.339><c> tangible</c><00:33:00.140><c> reality</c><00:33:01.039><c> for</c><00:33:01.339><c> us,</c>

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and<00:33:02.400><c> that</c><00:33:02.559><c> is</c><00:33:02.779><c> the</c><00:33:03.039><c> daily</c><00:33:03.519><c> crucifixion</c><00:33:04.299><c> of</c><00:33:04.480><c> the</c><00:33:04.740><c> flesh.</c>

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And<00:33:07.119><c> every</c><00:33:07.319><c> week</c><00:33:07.539><c> when</c><00:33:07.700><c> we</c><00:33:07.900><c> come</c><00:33:08.160><c> together</c><00:33:08.599><c> to</c><00:33:08.839><c> partake</c><00:33:09.279><c> of</c>

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these<00:33:09.640><c> memorial</c><00:33:10.220><c> emblems,</c>

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we're<00:33:10.900><c> reminded</c><00:33:11.900><c> in</c><00:33:12.819><c> model</c><00:33:13.259><c> of</c><00:33:13.980><c> that</c><00:33:14.279><c> crucifixion,</c>

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of<00:33:15.960><c> that</c><00:33:16.279><c> sacrifice,</c>

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of<00:33:18.200><c> the</c><00:33:18.500><c> true</c><00:33:18.839><c> circumcision</c><00:33:19.839><c> of</c><00:33:20.819><c> the</c><00:33:21.099><c> flesh.</c>

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Even<00:33:23.720><c> as</c><00:33:24.079><c> Christ</c><00:33:24.440><c> loved</c><00:33:24.839><c> us,</c>

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we<00:33:25.339><c> ought</c><00:33:25.559><c> to</c><00:33:25.720><c> love</c><00:33:26.059><c> one</c><00:33:26.299><c> another,</c>

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and<00:33:27.559><c> help</c><00:33:27.839><c> each</c><00:33:28.140><c> other</c><00:33:28.420><c> along</c><00:33:28.740><c> the</c><00:33:28.960><c> way,</c>

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herein<00:33:31.440><c> lies</c><00:33:31.799><c> the</c><00:33:32.180><c> truest</c><00:33:32.539><c> example</c><00:33:33.160><c> of</c><00:33:33.460><c> love,</c>

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the<00:33:34.680><c> laying</c><00:33:34.980><c> down</c><00:33:36.259><c> of</c><00:33:36.819><c> life</c><00:33:37.460><c> for</c><00:33:38.279><c> friends.</c>

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Even<00:33:40.859><c> as</c><00:33:41.079><c> Christ</c><00:33:41.400><c> laid</c><00:33:41.619><c> down</c><00:33:41.880><c> his</c><00:33:42.099><c> life</c><00:33:42.380><c> for</c><00:33:42.519><c> his</c><00:33:42.740><c> brethren,</c>

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we<00:33:43.839><c> ought</c><00:33:44.059><c> to</c><00:33:44.220><c> lay</c><00:33:44.460><c> down</c><00:33:44.720><c> our</c><00:33:45.039><c> lives</c><00:33:45.460><c> in</c><00:33:45.700><c> service</c><00:33:46.119><c> to</c><00:33:46.339><c> one</c><00:33:46.519><c> another</c><00:33:46.980><c> and</c>

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to<00:33:47.700><c> him,</c>

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looking<00:33:49.319><c> to</c><00:33:49.779><c> reciprocate</c><00:33:50.740><c> the</c><00:33:51.119><c> love</c><00:33:51.400><c> that</c><00:33:51.559><c> was</c><00:33:51.799><c> shown</c><00:33:52.059><c> to</c><00:33:52.319><c> us.</c>

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And<00:33:53.960><c> if</c><00:33:54.880><c> we</c><00:33:55.720><c> stand</c><00:33:56.160><c> fast</c><00:33:56.940><c> in</c><00:33:57.579><c> the</c><00:33:57.779><c> liberty</c><00:33:58.160><c> wherewith</c><00:33:58.680><c> Christ</c>

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hath<00:33:59.440><c> made</c><00:33:59.700><c> us</c><00:34:00.000><c> free,</c>

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we<00:34:01.519><c> shall</c><00:34:01.720><c> be</c><00:34:01.980><c> given</c><00:34:02.220><c> entry</c><00:34:02.880><c> into</c><00:34:03.519><c> the</c><00:34:03.759><c> Kingdom</c><00:34:04.079><c> to</c><00:34:04.380><c> come,</c>

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and<00:34:06.240><c> we</c><00:34:06.380><c> will</c><00:34:06.579><c> have</c><00:34:06.779><c> the</c><00:34:06.960><c> opportunity</c><00:34:07.500><c> to</c><00:34:07.880><c> live</c><00:34:08.280><c> and</c><00:34:08.739><c> reign</c>

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with<00:34:10.780><c> our</c><00:34:11.019><c> dear</c><00:34:11.300><c> Master</c>

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for<00:34:13.539><c> the</c><00:34:13.739><c> ages</c><00:34:14.000><c> to</c><00:34:14.280><c> come.</c>

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Amen.