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It<00:12:06.120><c> was</c><00:12:06.419><c> situated</c><00:12:06.879><c> along</c><00:12:07.240><c> a</c><00:12:07.460><c> major</c><00:12:07.740><c> trade</c><00:12:08.059><c> route.</c>

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It<00:12:09.299><c> was</c><00:12:09.840><c> a</c><00:12:10.019><c> city</c><00:12:10.179><c> that</c><00:12:10.340><c> was</c><00:12:10.639><c> closely</c><00:12:10.980><c> associated</c><00:12:11.659><c> with</c><00:12:11.960><c> neighboring</c><00:12:12.340><c> cities</c>

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like<00:12:13.080><c> Colosseum</c><00:12:14.320><c> in</c><00:12:14.539><c> Heropolis.</c>

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It<00:12:16.539><c> was</c><00:12:16.860><c> noted</c><00:12:17.139><c> throughout</c><00:12:17.519><c> the</c><00:12:17.740><c> Roman</c><00:12:17.980><c> Empire,</c>

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for<00:12:19.279><c> it</c><00:12:19.419><c> was</c><00:12:19.559><c> a</c><00:12:19.799><c> city</c><00:12:19.980><c> of</c><00:12:20.240><c> wealthy</c><00:12:20.500><c> bankers</c><00:12:21.100><c> and</c><00:12:21.480><c> financiers</c>

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who<00:12:22.919><c> combined</c><00:12:23.360><c> their</c><00:12:23.620><c> great</c><00:12:23.879><c> wealth</c><00:12:24.179><c> to</c><00:12:24.519><c> build</c><00:12:25.019><c> beautiful</c>

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stadiums<00:12:26.480><c> and</c><00:12:26.659><c> buildings.</c>

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They<00:12:31.620><c> even</c><00:12:31.980><c> minted</c><00:12:32.740><c> their</c><00:12:33.100><c> own</c><00:12:33.279><c> money</c>

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with<00:12:35.760><c> inscriptions</c><00:12:36.320><c> of</c><00:12:36.620><c> Zeus,</c><00:12:37.080><c> Apollo,</c><00:12:37.460><c> and</c><00:12:37.600><c> the</c><00:12:37.779><c> emperors.</c>

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There<00:12:40.039><c> were</c><00:12:40.179><c> many</c><00:12:40.460><c> large</c><00:12:40.779><c> and</c><00:12:41.019><c> beautiful</c><00:12:41.299><c> homes</c><00:12:41.840><c> in</c><00:12:42.620><c> the</c><00:12:42.820><c> city,</c><00:12:43.019><c> the</c>

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ruins<00:12:43.480><c> which</c><00:12:43.779><c> are</c><00:12:44.539><c> still</c><00:12:44.779><c> visible</c><00:12:45.179><c> today.</c>

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So<00:12:47.460><c> wealthy</c><00:12:47.779><c> were</c><00:12:47.960><c> the</c><00:12:48.179><c> people</c><00:12:48.419><c> of</c><00:12:48.620><c> this</c><00:12:48.820><c> city</c><00:12:49.100><c> that</c><00:12:49.519><c> when</c><00:12:49.860><c> the</c>

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city<00:12:50.220><c> was</c><00:12:50.500><c> destroyed</c><00:12:50.980><c> in</c><00:12:51.220><c> 8060</c><00:12:51.820><c> by</c><00:12:52.059><c> an</c><00:12:52.220><c> earthquake,</c>

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they<00:12:54.419><c> refused</c><00:12:54.820><c> any</c><00:12:55.100><c> help</c><00:12:55.679><c> from</c><00:12:56.679><c> the</c><00:12:56.879><c> outside</c><00:12:57.279><c> world,</c><00:12:57.700><c> from</c>

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the<00:12:58.120><c> Romans.</c>

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They<00:13:00.500><c> rebuilt</c><00:13:01.039><c> by</c><00:13:01.299><c> themselves.</c>

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This<00:13:04.240><c> sort</c><00:13:04.500><c> of</c><00:13:04.759><c> self</c><00:13:05.299><c>-sufficiency</c><00:13:05.940><c> made</c><00:13:06.279><c> the</c><00:13:06.500><c> city</c><00:13:06.679><c> famous</c><00:13:07.440><c> because</c><00:13:08.940><c> it</c>

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was<00:13:09.279><c> so</c><00:13:09.559><c> rare.</c>

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Unfortunately,<00:13:14.639><c> this</c><00:13:14.659><c> feeling</c><00:13:15.039><c> of</c><00:13:15.419><c> self</c><00:13:15.860><c>-sufficiency</c><00:13:16.659><c> had</c>

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made<00:13:18.399><c> its</c><00:13:18.659><c> way</c><00:13:18.840><c> into</c><00:13:19.059><c> the</c><00:13:19.279><c> local</c><00:13:19.620><c> Ecclesia</c><00:13:20.080><c> as</c><00:13:20.340><c> well</c>

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and<00:13:22.840><c> started</c><00:13:23.200><c> pulling</c><00:13:23.480><c> them</c><00:13:23.720><c> away</c><00:13:24.080><c> from</c><00:13:24.279><c> their</c><00:13:24.519><c> calling</c><00:13:24.779><c> in</c><00:13:25.059><c> Christ.</c>

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The<00:13:27.840><c> city</c><00:13:28.080><c> of</c><00:13:28.360><c> Laodicea</c><00:13:28.740><c> was</c><00:13:29.080><c> also</c><00:13:29.419><c> noted</c><00:13:29.740><c> for</c><00:13:30.080><c> its</c><00:13:30.740><c> manufacturing</c><00:13:31.440><c> of</c><00:13:31.860><c> fine</c><00:13:32.179><c> cloth.</c>

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They<00:13:34.200><c> manufactured</c><00:13:34.799><c> a</c><00:13:35.059><c> black</c><00:13:35.259><c> cloth</c><00:13:35.580><c> that</c><00:13:35.740><c> was</c><00:13:36.019><c> produced</c><00:13:36.519><c> from</c><00:13:37.440><c> a</c>

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special<00:13:38.080><c> breed</c><00:13:38.419><c> of</c><00:13:38.659><c> black</c><00:13:38.980><c> sheep</c><00:13:39.480><c> that</c><00:13:40.360><c> were</c><00:13:40.580><c> raised</c><00:13:40.919><c> in</c><00:13:41.120><c> the</c><00:13:41.360><c> area.</c>

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The<00:13:43.159><c> wool</c><00:13:43.340><c> was</c><00:13:43.759><c> a</c><00:13:44.000><c> glossy</c><00:13:44.320><c> black</c><00:13:44.740><c> and</c><00:13:44.899><c> it</c><00:13:45.059><c> had</c><00:13:45.179><c> a</c><00:13:45.320><c> very</c><00:13:45.580><c> soft</c><00:13:45.840><c> texture</c><00:13:46.200><c> to</c><00:13:46.440><c> it.</c>

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It<00:13:47.039><c> was</c><00:13:47.259><c> almost</c><00:13:47.600><c> like</c><00:13:48.000><c> silk</c><00:13:48.320><c> and</c><00:13:49.399><c> it</c><00:13:49.620><c> became</c><00:13:49.960><c> famous</c><00:13:50.460><c> throughout</c><00:13:50.820><c> the</c><00:13:51.059><c> world.</c>

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The<00:13:53.419><c> Laodiceans</c><00:13:54.019><c> were</c><00:13:54.279><c> very</c><00:13:54.759><c> proud.</c>

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They<00:13:56.080><c> were</c><00:13:56.279><c> so</c><00:13:56.580><c> proud</c><00:13:56.879><c> of</c><00:13:57.100><c> this</c><00:13:57.320><c> that</c><00:13:57.799><c> they</c><00:13:58.139><c> were</c><00:13:58.419><c> known</c><00:13:58.700><c> for</c>

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wearing<00:13:59.299><c> nothing</c><00:13:59.620><c> but</c><00:13:59.919><c> black</c><00:14:00.259><c> garments.</c>

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Like<00:14:04.399><c> Boston</c><00:14:04.820><c> today,</c><00:14:05.360><c> the</c><00:14:05.539><c> city</c><00:14:05.700><c> was</c><00:14:05.960><c> also</c><00:14:06.299><c> well</c><00:14:06.600><c> known</c><00:14:06.899><c> for</c>

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its<00:14:07.320><c> school</c><00:14:07.600><c> of</c><00:14:07.840><c> medicine.</c>

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And<00:14:09.659><c> they</c><00:14:09.820><c> had</c><00:14:09.980><c> a</c><00:14:10.200><c> temple</c><00:14:10.440><c> called</c><00:14:10.679><c> the</c><00:14:10.860><c> Temple</c><00:14:11.200><c> of</c><00:14:11.500><c> Karou</c><00:14:12.080><c> being</c><00:14:13.580><c> one</c>

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of<00:14:14.080><c> about</c><00:14:14.679><c> 200</c><00:14:15.100><c> throughout</c><00:14:15.580><c> the</c><00:14:15.879><c> Greek</c><00:14:16.120><c> and</c><00:14:16.320><c> Roman</c><00:14:16.580><c> world</c>

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that<00:14:17.940><c> was</c><00:14:18.179><c> dedicated</c><00:14:18.899><c> to</c><00:14:19.620><c> the</c><00:14:19.779><c> Greek</c><00:14:20.059><c> god</c><00:14:20.360><c> of</c><00:14:20.600><c> medicine.</c>

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They<00:14:22.980><c> called</c><00:14:23.259><c> this</c><00:14:23.519><c> god</c><00:14:23.720><c> of</c><00:14:23.960><c> medicine</c><00:14:24.419><c> the</c><00:14:25.240><c> Great</c><00:14:25.620><c> Physician.</c>

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And<00:14:28.659><c> in</c><00:14:28.860><c> this</c><00:14:29.120><c> temple,</c><00:14:29.440><c> one</c><00:14:29.740><c> could</c><00:14:30.000><c> obtain</c><00:14:30.600><c> the</c><00:14:31.740><c> famous</c><00:14:32.179><c> Phrygian</c><00:14:32.820><c> eye</c>

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salve<00:14:34.279><c> called</c><00:14:34.740><c> Collorium,</c>

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which<00:14:36.679><c> was</c><00:14:36.960><c> used</c><00:14:37.399><c> by</c><00:14:37.720><c> the</c><00:14:37.980><c> people</c><00:14:38.419><c> to</c><00:14:39.039><c> cleanse</c><00:14:39.299><c> their</c><00:14:39.620><c> eyes.</c>

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Also<00:14:42.259><c> surrounding</c><00:14:42.740><c> the</c><00:14:43.000><c> city</c><00:14:43.139><c> were</c><00:14:43.340><c> a</c><00:14:43.440><c> number</c><00:14:43.639><c> of</c><00:14:43.919><c> hot</c><00:14:44.059><c> and</c>

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cold<00:14:45.120><c> and</c><00:14:45.940><c> lukewarm</c><00:14:47.080><c> springs.</c>

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Heropolis<00:14:50.200><c> was</c><00:14:50.399><c> famous</c><00:14:50.759><c> for</c><00:14:50.980><c> its</c><00:14:51.179><c> hot</c><00:14:51.379><c> springs.</c>

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Colosseum<00:14:53.940><c> was</c><00:14:54.139><c> famous</c><00:14:54.440><c> for</c><00:14:54.659><c> its</c><00:14:54.879><c> cold.</c>

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And<00:14:56.759><c> the</c><00:14:56.919><c> people</c><00:14:57.139><c> believed</c><00:14:57.580><c> that</c><00:14:58.259><c> the</c><00:14:58.539><c> special</c><00:14:58.820><c> minerals</c><00:14:59.279><c> in</c>

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the<00:14:59.740><c> water</c><00:14:59.980><c> had</c><00:15:00.279><c> healing</c><00:15:00.700><c> properties.</c>

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But<00:15:03.259><c> there</c><00:15:03.399><c> was</c><00:15:03.559><c> a</c><00:15:03.740><c> problem</c><00:15:03.940><c> with</c><00:15:04.139><c> the</c><00:15:04.320><c> water.</c>

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Even<00:15:05.500><c> though</c><00:15:05.759><c> it</c><00:15:05.820><c> was</c><00:15:06.039><c> very</c><00:15:06.460><c> pleasing</c><00:15:06.759><c> to</c><00:15:06.980><c> bathe</c><00:15:07.259><c> in,</c><00:15:09.039><c> it</c><00:15:09.139><c> was</c>

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not<00:15:09.620><c> very</c><00:15:09.919><c> good</c><00:15:10.080><c> to</c><00:15:10.360><c> drink.</c>

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In<00:15:12.159><c> fact,</c><00:15:12.759><c> the</c><00:15:12.899><c> water</c><00:15:13.100><c> was</c><00:15:13.340><c> so</c><00:15:13.659><c> nauseous</c><00:15:14.220><c> that</c><00:15:14.440><c> the</c><00:15:14.620><c> people</c>

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who<00:15:15.100><c> drank</c><00:15:15.279><c> it,</c>

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they<00:15:17.580><c> had</c><00:15:17.799><c> to</c><00:15:18.059><c> build</c><00:15:18.539><c> a</c><00:15:19.000><c> remarkable</c><00:15:19.500><c> water</c><00:15:19.899><c> system</c><00:15:20.620><c> in</c><00:15:21.340><c> which</c>

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they<00:15:21.779><c> brought</c><00:15:21.940><c> pure</c><00:15:22.299><c> water</c><00:15:22.639><c> from</c><00:15:22.879><c> the</c><00:15:23.059><c> hills</c>

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through<00:15:24.340><c> an</c><00:15:24.639><c> aqueduct</c><00:15:25.519><c> into</c><00:15:26.240><c> the</c><00:15:26.500><c> city.</c>

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And<00:15:28.360><c> the</c><00:15:28.500><c> ruins</c><00:15:28.700><c> of</c><00:15:28.960><c> that</c><00:15:29.139><c> are</c><00:15:29.360><c> still</c><00:15:29.539><c> visible</c><00:15:29.960><c> today</c><00:15:30.279><c> as</c><00:15:30.539><c> well.</c>

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Laodicea<00:15:33.820><c> was</c><00:15:34.019><c> a</c><00:15:34.240><c> playground</c><00:15:34.620><c> for</c><00:15:34.840><c> the</c><00:15:35.039><c> physically</c><00:15:35.419><c> strong</c>

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and<00:15:36.000><c> the</c><00:15:36.159><c> wealthy.</c>

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It<00:15:37.659><c> had</c><00:15:37.899><c> a</c><00:15:38.100><c> magnificent</c><00:15:38.600><c> stadium</c><00:15:39.019><c> which</c><00:15:39.320><c> took</c><00:15:39.600><c> 12</c><00:15:39.940><c> years</c><00:15:40.220><c> to</c><00:15:40.480><c> build,</c>

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an<00:15:41.700><c> arena</c><00:15:42.120><c> that</c><00:15:43.299><c> was</c><00:15:43.500><c> some</c><00:15:43.860><c> 900</c><00:15:44.320><c> feet</c><00:15:44.700><c> in</c><00:15:44.919><c> length.</c>

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It<00:15:46.580><c> had</c><00:15:46.779><c> a</c><00:15:46.940><c> gymnasium</c><00:15:47.700><c> that</c><00:15:48.039><c> was</c><00:15:48.279><c> a</c><00:15:48.399><c> work</c><00:15:48.539><c> of</c><00:15:48.740><c> art</c><00:15:48.980><c> containing</c>

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chambers<00:15:50.139><c> and</c><00:15:50.440><c> porticos</c><00:15:51.000><c> and</c><00:15:51.919><c> baths.</c>

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For<00:15:54.620><c> the</c><00:15:54.840><c> learned</c><00:15:55.059><c> and</c><00:15:55.340><c> cultured,</c><00:15:55.740><c> the</c><00:15:55.879><c> city</c><00:15:56.039><c> also</c><00:15:56.460><c> had</c><00:15:56.700><c> many</c>

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fine<00:15:57.600><c> theaters</c><00:15:58.000><c> and</c><00:15:58.299><c> libraries.</c>

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Laodicea<00:16:01.340><c> has</c><00:16:01.559><c> often</c><00:16:01.820><c> been</c><00:16:02.080><c> called</c><00:16:02.320><c> the</c><00:16:02.580><c> Paris</c><00:16:03.019><c> of</c><00:16:03.720><c> its</c><00:16:04.039><c> time.</c>

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So<00:16:07.279><c> when</c><00:16:07.519><c> Christ</c><00:16:07.799><c> brings</c><00:16:08.120><c> a</c><00:16:08.360><c> message</c><00:16:08.659><c> to</c><00:16:08.980><c> this</c><00:16:09.639><c> city</c><00:16:09.860><c> and</c><00:16:10.059><c> this</c><00:16:10.299><c> ecclesia,</c>

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those<00:16:17.019><c> same</c><00:16:17.340><c> comforts</c><00:16:17.799><c> today,</c><00:16:18.519><c> if</c><00:16:18.899><c> not</c><00:16:19.179><c> more.</c>

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for<00:16:30.500><c> Paul</c><00:16:30.759><c> was</c><00:16:31.000><c> at</c><00:16:31.200><c> Ephesus</c><00:16:31.620><c> at</c><00:16:31.980><c> the</c><00:16:32.200><c> time.</c>

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According<00:16:35.179><c> to</c><00:16:35.440><c> Colossians</c><00:16:35.899><c> chapter</c><00:16:36.220><c> 2</c><00:16:36.500><c> verse</c><00:16:36.759><c> 1,</c><00:16:38.340><c> it</c><00:16:38.480><c> seems</c>

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that<00:16:39.000><c> Paul</c><00:16:39.320><c> never</c><00:16:39.860><c> actually</c><00:16:40.399><c> visited</c><00:16:40.899><c> Laodicea.</c>

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But<00:16:43.500><c> he</c><00:16:43.639><c> did</c><00:16:43.919><c> send</c><00:16:44.059><c> them</c><00:16:44.299><c> a</c><00:16:44.460><c> letter,</c><00:16:44.820><c> however,</c><00:16:45.039><c> and</c><00:16:45.200><c> he</c><00:16:45.320><c> asked</c>

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that<00:16:45.700><c> it</c><00:16:45.860><c> be</c><00:16:45.980><c> read</c><00:16:46.460><c> to</c><00:16:46.940><c> the</c><00:16:47.159><c> Colossian</c><00:16:47.620><c> ecclesia</c><00:16:48.320><c> as</c><00:16:49.399><c> well.</c>

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this<00:16:57.480><c> young</c><00:16:57.720><c> ecclesia,</c>

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and<00:16:58.480><c> it's</c><00:16:58.740><c> a</c><00:16:58.899><c> message</c><00:16:59.320><c> that</c><00:17:00.100><c> we</c><00:17:00.299><c> need</c><00:17:00.519><c> to</c><00:17:00.740><c> heed</c><00:17:01.039><c> today.</c>

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something<00:17:09.599><c> had</c><00:17:09.900><c> changed</c><00:17:10.279><c> in</c><00:17:10.440><c> this</c><00:17:10.640><c> young</c><00:17:10.779><c> ecclesia</c><00:17:11.460><c> and</c><00:17:12.640><c> it</c>

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was<00:17:12.960><c> not</c><00:17:13.160><c> for</c><00:17:13.319><c> the</c><00:17:13.460><c> better.</c>

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Before<00:17:17.660><c> we</c><00:17:17.859><c> get</c><00:17:18.079><c> into</c><00:17:18.279><c> the</c><00:17:18.460><c> message,</c><00:17:18.759><c> I'd</c><00:17:18.980><c> like</c><00:17:19.099><c> you</c><00:17:19.240><c> to</c><00:17:19.380><c> think</c>

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back,<00:17:20.079><c> if</c><00:17:20.359><c> you</c><00:17:20.579><c> would</c><00:17:20.700><c> please,</c><00:17:22.319><c> to</c><00:17:22.319><c> the</c><00:17:22.640><c> day</c><00:17:22.799><c> of</c><00:17:22.960><c> your</c><00:17:23.160><c> baptism.</c>

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You<00:17:25.799><c> remember</c><00:17:26.180><c> that</c><00:17:26.500><c> burning,</c><00:17:27.599><c> yearning</c><00:17:27.900><c> desire</c><00:17:28.420><c> that</c><00:17:28.640><c> you</c>

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had<00:17:29.079><c> within</c><00:17:29.440><c> you</c><00:17:29.740><c> to</c><00:17:30.299><c> be</c><00:17:30.660><c> born</c><00:17:30.900><c> again</c><00:17:31.259><c> and</c><00:17:31.460><c> to</c><00:17:31.619><c> live</c><00:17:31.759><c> for</c><00:17:32.000><c> Christ,</c>

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because<00:17:33.059><c> you</c><00:17:34.119><c> had</c><00:17:34.319><c> come</c><00:17:34.480><c> to</c><00:17:34.759><c> realize</c><00:17:35.380><c> who</c><00:17:36.700><c> you</c><00:17:36.920><c> really</c><00:17:37.240><c> were.</c>

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You<00:17:39.839><c> come</c><00:17:40.099><c> to</c><00:17:40.339><c> realize</c><00:17:40.819><c> how</c><00:17:41.119><c> awesome</c><00:17:41.660><c> and</c><00:17:42.839><c> wonderful</c><00:17:43.440><c> the</c><00:17:44.039><c> things</c><00:17:44.259><c> that</c><00:17:44.519><c> Christ</c><00:17:44.779><c> did</c>

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for<00:17:45.240><c> you</c><00:17:45.579><c> are.</c>

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You<00:17:48.440><c> came</c><00:17:48.680><c> to</c><00:17:48.900><c> realize</c><00:17:49.299><c> that</c><00:17:49.500><c> you</c><00:17:49.680><c> needed</c><00:17:49.900><c> to</c><00:17:50.740><c> get</c><00:17:51.000><c> down</c><00:17:51.279><c> on</c><00:17:51.440><c> your</c><00:17:51.619><c> knees</c><00:17:52.160><c> and</c><00:17:53.079><c> repent</c><00:17:53.579><c> and</c><00:17:54.519><c> submit</c><00:17:54.940><c> to</c>

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After<00:17:59.960><c> my</c><00:18:00.259><c> baptism,</c><00:18:00.680><c> I</c><00:18:01.059><c> remembering</c><00:18:01.359><c> this</c><00:18:01.779><c> feeling</c><00:18:02.039><c> of</c><00:18:03.059><c> invincibility.</c>

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Almost<00:18:06.119><c> a</c><00:18:06.380><c> feeling</c><00:18:06.660><c> like,</c><00:18:07.680><c> and</c><00:18:07.880><c> I</c><00:18:07.980><c> knew</c><00:18:08.160><c> better,</c><00:18:08.599><c> but</c><00:18:08.759><c> that</c><00:18:08.859><c> I</c>

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would<00:18:09.140><c> never</c><00:18:09.440><c> sin</c><00:18:09.740><c> again.</c>

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Well,<00:18:12.819><c> we</c><00:18:13.079><c> all</c><00:18:13.240><c> know</c><00:18:13.339><c> that's</c><00:18:13.579><c> not</c><00:18:13.839><c> true,</c><00:18:14.680><c> but</c><00:18:14.880><c> that's</c><00:18:15.180><c> the</c><00:18:15.359><c> feeling</c><00:18:15.539><c> that</c><00:18:15.779><c> I</c><00:18:15.980><c> had.</c>

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That<00:18:17.940><c> nothing</c><00:18:18.220><c> could</c><00:18:18.500><c> move</c><00:18:18.700><c> me</c><00:18:19.339><c> away</c><00:18:19.700><c> from</c><00:18:20.019><c> service</c><00:18:20.500><c> to</c><00:18:21.059><c> my</c>

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God<00:18:21.480><c> and</c><00:18:21.640><c> his</c><00:18:21.839><c> son.</c>

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And<00:18:22.599><c> I'm</c><00:18:22.759><c> sure</c><00:18:23.039><c> the</c><00:18:23.259><c> brothers</c><00:18:23.539><c> and</c><00:18:23.799><c> sisters</c><00:18:24.119><c> in</c><00:18:24.359><c> Laodicea</c><00:18:25.079><c> had</c>

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that<00:18:25.759><c> same</c><00:18:26.059><c> feeling.</c>

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But<00:18:30.740><c> something</c><00:18:31.079><c> had</c><00:18:31.420><c> changed.</c>

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And<00:18:37.319><c> we</c><00:18:37.460><c> need</c><00:18:37.720><c> to</c><00:18:37.900><c> pay</c><00:18:38.079><c> attention</c><00:18:38.559><c> to</c><00:18:38.960><c> Christ's</c><00:18:39.299><c> words</c><00:18:39.579><c> to</c><00:18:39.779><c> this</c><00:18:40.019><c> ecclesia</c><00:18:40.380><c> because</c><00:18:41.140><c> we</c>

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too<00:18:42.519><c> can</c><00:18:44.700><c> fall</c><00:18:45.839><c> into</c><00:18:46.059><c> that</c><00:18:46.380><c> trap</c><00:18:46.740><c> of</c><00:18:47.279><c> self</c><00:18:47.900><c>-deception.</c>

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So<00:18:50.380><c> let's</c><00:18:50.599><c> take</c><00:18:50.839><c> a</c><00:18:50.960><c> look</c><00:18:51.099><c> at</c><00:18:51.220><c> what</c><00:18:51.480><c> Christ</c><00:18:51.740><c> had</c><00:18:51.980><c> to</c><00:18:52.259><c> say</c><00:18:52.660><c> to</c><00:18:53.700><c> this</c><00:18:53.920><c> young</c><00:18:54.140><c> ecclesia,</c><00:18:55.480><c> Laodicea</c><00:18:56.039><c> in</c>

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Revelation<00:18:56.859><c> chapter</c><00:18:57.400><c> 3.</c>

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It's<00:19:00.319><c> very</c><00:19:00.619><c> interesting</c><00:19:01.180><c> to</c><00:19:01.400><c> note,</c><00:19:01.779><c> brothers</c><00:19:01.799><c> and</c><00:19:02.079><c> sisters,</c>

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how<00:19:02.579><c> Jesus</c><00:19:03.000><c> opens</c><00:19:03.660><c> his</c><00:19:04.119><c> letter.</c>

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Verse<00:19:06.500><c> 14,</c><00:19:07.660><c> And</c><00:19:07.880><c> under</c><00:19:08.119><c> the</c><00:19:08.339><c> angel</c><00:19:08.599><c> of</c><00:19:08.799><c> the</c><00:19:09.000><c> church</c><00:19:09.220><c> of</c><00:19:09.400><c> the</c>

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Laodiceans<00:19:10.339><c> write,</c>

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These<00:19:12.480><c> things</c><00:19:12.900><c> saith</c><00:19:13.240><c> the</c><00:19:13.559><c> Amen,</c><00:19:15.140><c> the</c><00:19:15.420><c> faithful</c><00:19:15.799><c> and</c><00:19:16.099><c> true</c><00:19:16.259><c> witness,</c><00:19:17.599><c> the</c><00:19:17.839><c> beginning</c><00:19:18.240><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:18.700><c> creation</c><00:19:19.140><c> of</c><00:19:19.400><c> God.</c>

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First,<00:19:23.220><c> it's</c><00:19:23.279><c> very</c><00:19:23.680><c> interesting</c><00:19:24.000><c> to</c><00:19:24.200><c> note</c><00:19:24.339><c> that</c><00:19:24.599><c> Christ</c><00:19:25.380><c> introduces</c><00:19:26.180><c> himself</c><00:19:26.720><c> in</c>

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two<00:19:27.119><c> ways.</c>

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He<00:19:28.779><c> calls</c><00:19:29.059><c> himself</c><00:19:29.880><c> the</c><00:19:30.660><c> Amen,</c><00:19:31.160><c> the</c><00:19:31.339><c> faithful</c><00:19:31.680><c> and</c><00:19:31.940><c> true</c><00:19:32.079><c> witness.</c>

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And<00:19:34.319><c> then</c><00:19:34.460><c> he</c><00:19:34.579><c> calls</c><00:19:34.839><c> himself</c><00:19:35.240><c> the</c><00:19:35.480><c> beginning</c><00:19:35.799><c> of</c><00:19:36.019><c> the</c><00:19:36.200><c> creation</c><00:19:36.599><c> of</c><00:19:36.859><c> God.</c>

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Now,<00:19:40.119><c> I</c><00:19:40.220><c> don't</c><00:19:40.480><c> recall</c><00:19:41.200><c> myself</c><00:19:41.740><c> anywhere</c><00:19:42.180><c> in</c><00:19:42.460><c> scripture</c><00:19:42.920><c> where</c><00:19:44.200><c> the</c>

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word<00:19:44.599><c> Amen</c><00:19:45.019><c> is</c><00:19:45.279><c> used</c><00:19:45.680><c> as</c><00:19:46.039><c> a</c><00:19:46.319><c> personal</c><00:19:46.599><c> name</c><00:19:46.940><c> as</c><00:19:47.180><c> it</c><00:19:47.279><c> is</c><00:19:47.500><c> here.</c>

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If<00:19:49.900><c> it</c><00:19:50.079><c> is,</c><00:19:50.359><c> I'm</c><00:19:50.420><c> sure</c><00:19:50.640><c> one</c><00:19:50.880><c> of</c><00:19:51.039><c> you</c><00:19:51.160><c> will</c><00:19:51.759><c> pinpoint</c><00:19:52.099><c> it</c><00:19:52.299><c> to</c><00:19:52.460><c> me.</c>

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But<00:19:55.339><c> the</c><00:19:55.579><c> word</c><00:19:55.799><c> means</c><00:19:56.180><c> truly</c><00:19:56.640><c> or</c><00:19:57.259><c> may</c><00:19:57.619><c> it</c><00:19:57.779><c> be</c><00:19:58.059><c> so.</c>

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Jesus<00:20:01.200><c> wanted</c><00:20:01.920><c> the</c><00:20:02.380><c> young</c><00:20:02.559><c> ecclesia</c><00:20:02.960><c> to</c><00:20:03.259><c> know</c><00:20:03.759><c> that</c><00:20:04.200><c> he</c><00:20:04.359><c> is</c>

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the<00:20:04.859><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:20:07.039><c> his</c><00:20:07.279><c> message</c><00:20:07.579><c> comes</c><00:20:07.940><c> with</c><00:20:08.220><c> absolute</c><00:20:09.319><c> finality</c><00:20:10.779><c> and</c><00:20:11.380><c> authority.</c>

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We<00:20:13.599><c> know</c><00:20:13.799><c> at</c><00:20:14.000><c> the</c><00:20:14.059><c> end</c><00:20:14.200><c> of</c><00:20:14.420><c> a</c><00:20:14.539><c> prayer</c><00:20:14.779><c> that</c><00:20:15.539><c> Amen</c><00:20:15.920><c> indicates</c><00:20:16.559><c> the</c><00:20:16.920><c> end</c><00:20:17.680><c> or</c>

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the<00:20:18.440><c> last.</c>

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Christ<00:20:21.140><c> wanted</c><00:20:21.599><c> to</c><00:20:21.839><c> make</c><00:20:22.059><c> sure</c><00:20:22.359><c> that</c><00:20:22.799><c> this</c><00:20:23.079><c> ecclesia</c><00:20:23.500><c> knew</c><00:20:24.019><c> that</c><00:20:24.940><c> this</c><00:20:25.180><c> would</c><00:20:25.380><c> be</c>

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his<00:20:25.819><c> final</c><00:20:26.200><c> appeal.</c>

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self<00:21:21.740><c>-deception.</c>

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And<00:21:34.000><c> it's</c><00:21:34.160><c> not</c><00:21:34.380><c> a</c><00:21:34.539><c> pretty</c><00:21:34.700><c> picture.</c>

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Let's<00:21:48.240><c> look</c><00:21:48.420><c> at</c><00:21:48.559><c> verse</c><00:21:48.799><c> 15</c><00:21:49.440><c> through</c><00:21:49.779><c> 17.</c>

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So<00:21:59.579><c> then,</c><00:21:59.819><c> because</c><00:22:00.200><c> thou</c><00:22:00.400><c> art</c><00:22:00.619><c> lukewarm</c><00:22:01.339><c> and</c><00:22:01.579><c> neither</c><00:22:01.880><c> cold</c><00:22:02.720><c> nor</c><00:22:03.180><c> hot,</c><00:22:03.400><c> I</c>

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sees<00:23:18.539><c> us.</c>

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But<00:23:59.640><c> in</c><00:23:59.839><c> Laodicea,</c><00:24:01.539><c> he</c><00:24:01.740><c> didn't</c><00:24:01.980><c> commend</c><00:24:02.279><c> anybody.</c>

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No<00:24:04.839><c> praise</c><00:24:05.160><c> whatsoever.</c>

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They<00:24:08.119><c> were</c><00:24:08.299><c> as</c><00:24:08.460><c> lukewarm</c><00:24:08.960><c> as</c><00:24:09.160><c> the</c><00:24:09.440><c> natural</c><00:24:09.779><c> springs</c><00:24:10.440><c> that</c><00:24:11.759><c> were</c><00:24:11.940><c> in</c>

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that<00:24:12.359><c> vicinity.</c>

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kindle<00:24:21.579><c> a</c><00:24:21.720><c> prolonged</c><00:24:22.059><c> fire.</c>

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you<00:24:30.359><c> were</c><00:24:30.500><c> to</c><00:24:30.980><c> compare</c><00:24:31.460><c> certain</c><00:24:31.799><c> groups</c><00:24:32.099><c> of</c><00:24:32.339><c> people</c><00:24:32.640><c> to</c><00:24:33.460><c> the</c>

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hot,<00:24:34.259><c> cold</c><00:24:34.440><c> and</c><00:24:34.640><c> lukewarm</c><00:24:35.079><c> springs</c><00:24:35.480><c> in</c><00:24:35.680><c> the</c><00:24:35.859><c> area,</c>

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I'm<00:24:37.420><c> sure</c><00:24:37.640><c> we</c><00:24:37.819><c> could</c><00:24:38.019><c> all</c><00:24:38.240><c> agree</c><00:24:38.480><c> that</c><00:24:38.720><c> the</c><00:24:38.940><c> apostles</c><00:24:39.440><c> would</c>

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be<00:24:40.740><c> considered</c><00:24:41.079><c> hot.</c>

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That<00:24:44.659><c> the</c><00:24:45.319><c> Pharisees</c><00:24:45.980><c> and</c><00:24:46.240><c> scribes</c><00:24:46.700><c> we</c><00:24:46.900><c> could</c><00:24:47.079><c> probably</c>

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consider<00:24:48.000><c> lukewarm.</c>

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And<00:24:50.700><c> that</c><00:24:50.859><c> the</c><00:24:51.119><c> public</c><00:24:51.299><c> and</c><00:24:51.599><c> sinners</c><00:24:51.900><c> would</c><00:24:52.200><c> probably</c><00:24:52.539><c> be</c>

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considered<00:24:53.319><c> cold.</c>

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But<00:24:56.759><c> it's</c><00:24:57.019><c> interesting</c><00:24:57.460><c> to</c><00:24:57.740><c> note</c><00:24:58.019><c> that</c><00:24:59.200><c> it</c><00:24:59.599><c> was</c><00:24:59.819><c> the</c><00:25:00.140><c> publicans</c><00:25:00.539><c> and</c><00:25:00.779><c> sinners</c><00:25:01.200><c> who</c>

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seeked<00:25:02.940><c> out</c><00:25:03.119><c> Christ.</c>

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far<00:25:25.759><c> from</c><00:25:26.079><c> pleasing</c><00:25:26.440><c> to</c><00:25:26.660><c> Jesus.</c>

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sickening<00:25:57.779><c> to</c><00:25:57.940><c> him.</c>

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threat<00:26:06.319><c> unless</c><00:26:06.799><c> things</c><00:26:07.160><c> change.</c>

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There's<00:26:09.279><c> still</c><00:26:09.559><c> a</c><00:26:09.740><c> pulse,</c><00:26:10.980><c> but</c><00:26:11.880><c> their</c><00:26:12.079><c> illness</c><00:26:12.400><c> has</c><00:26:12.640><c> left</c><00:26:12.759><c> them</c><00:26:13.079><c> sluggish</c><00:26:13.539><c> and</c>

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semi<00:26:14.140><c>-conscious.</c>

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sisters,<00:26:27.500><c> is</c><00:26:27.700><c> that</c><00:26:27.839><c> we</c><00:26:28.079><c> truly</c><00:26:29.400><c> can</c><00:26:30.859><c> cloud</c><00:26:31.119><c> ourselves</c><00:26:31.740><c> into</c>

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thinking<00:26:32.420><c> that</c><00:26:32.640><c> we're</c><00:26:32.880><c> okay.</c>

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resources,<00:26:48.779><c> their</c><00:26:49.000><c> own</c><00:26:49.220><c> wealth.</c>

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Look<00:26:51.140><c> it,</c><00:26:51.259><c> we</c><00:26:51.579><c> rebuilt</c><00:26:51.960><c> the</c><00:26:52.180><c> whole</c><00:26:52.420><c> city</c><00:26:52.980><c> after</c><00:26:53.680><c> an</c><00:26:53.880><c> earthquake.</c>

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can<00:27:00.700><c> do</c><00:27:00.900><c> it.</c>

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Don't<00:27:11.359><c> our</c><00:27:11.519><c> riches</c><00:27:11.779><c> and</c><00:27:12.119><c> comforts</c><00:27:13.460><c> equal</c><00:27:13.720><c> or</c><00:27:14.019><c> far</c><00:27:14.200><c> surpass</c><00:27:14.680><c> that</c><00:27:15.039><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:15.380><c> Laodiceans?</c>

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What<00:27:19.779><c> a</c><00:27:19.980><c> warning</c><00:27:20.200><c> this</c><00:27:20.420><c> is</c><00:27:20.640><c> to</c><00:27:20.839><c> us</c><00:27:21.200><c> brothers</c><00:27:21.480><c> and</c><00:27:21.740><c> sisters</c><00:27:22.039><c> in</c>

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the<00:27:22.339><c> year</c><00:27:22.599><c> 2013.</c>

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the<00:27:38.440><c> ecclesia</c><00:27:38.819><c> at</c><00:27:39.140><c> Smyrna.</c>

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what<00:27:44.079><c> we</c><00:27:44.339><c> read</c><00:27:44.480><c> of</c><00:27:44.599><c> that</c><00:27:44.859><c> ecclesia.</c>

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thy<00:27:52.019><c> poverty,</c><00:27:54.940><c> but</c><00:27:55.119><c> thou</c><00:27:55.440><c> art</c><00:27:55.779><c> rich.</c>

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Laodicea<00:28:02.559><c> was</c><00:28:02.799><c> rich</c><00:28:03.019><c> in</c><00:28:03.220><c> material</c><00:28:03.680><c> things,</c><00:28:04.559><c> but</c><00:28:05.559><c> at</c><00:28:05.740><c> this</c>

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point<00:28:06.240><c> they</c><00:28:06.380><c> were</c><00:28:06.680><c> spiritually</c><00:28:07.059><c> poor.</c>

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It's<00:28:10.000><c> also</c><00:28:10.279><c> interesting</c><00:28:10.720><c> to</c><00:28:10.920><c> note</c><00:28:11.059><c> brothers</c><00:28:11.339><c> and</c><00:28:11.539><c> sisters</c><00:28:11.779><c> that</c><00:28:12.000><c> if</c>

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Jesus<00:28:16.779><c> makes</c><00:28:17.519><c> no</c><00:28:17.839><c> complaint</c><00:28:18.180><c> to</c><00:28:18.359><c> them</c><00:28:19.079><c> about</c><00:28:20.480><c> being</c><00:28:20.920><c> misled</c>

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by<00:28:21.759><c> false</c><00:28:22.079><c> doctrine.</c>

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There's<00:28:25.480><c> nothing</c><00:28:25.720><c> mentioned</c><00:28:26.119><c> about</c><00:28:26.400><c> them</c><00:28:26.599><c> being</c><00:28:26.900><c> misled</c><00:28:27.420><c> by</c>

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false<00:28:28.059><c> doctrine.</c>

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The<00:28:31.220><c> fact</c><00:28:31.440><c> that</c><00:28:31.599><c> they</c><00:28:31.779><c> didn't</c><00:28:31.960><c> have</c><00:28:32.240><c> to</c><00:28:32.420><c> deal</c><00:28:32.619><c> with</c><00:28:33.940><c> these</c><00:28:34.700><c> added</c><00:28:35.339><c> pressures</c><00:28:35.759><c> of</c>

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false<00:28:36.339><c> teaching</c><00:28:37.059><c> seems</c><00:28:38.299><c> to</c><00:28:38.640><c> make</c><00:28:39.059><c> their</c><00:28:39.259><c> condition</c><00:28:39.700><c> worse</c>

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eyes<00:28:45.400><c> of</c><00:28:45.599><c> Christ.</c>

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So<00:28:50.000><c> there's</c><00:28:50.740><c> the</c><00:28:50.920><c> tough</c><00:28:51.119><c> part,</c><00:28:52.579><c> the</c><00:28:52.839><c> rebuke.</c>

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Now<00:28:55.680><c> comes</c><00:28:56.259><c> the</c><00:28:56.799><c> love,</c><00:28:57.579><c> and</c><00:28:58.980><c> that's</c><00:28:59.339><c> the</c><00:28:59.680><c> beautiful</c><00:29:00.119><c> glory</c><00:29:00.579><c> and</c><00:29:00.859><c> wonder</c><00:29:01.119><c> of</c>

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our<00:29:02.380><c> father</c><00:29:02.579><c> and</c><00:29:02.740><c> his</c><00:29:02.960><c> son.</c>

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For<00:29:04.799><c> as</c><00:29:05.059><c> quickly</c><00:29:05.359><c> as</c><00:29:05.700><c> rebuke</c><00:29:05.980><c> will</c><00:29:06.240><c> come,</c><00:29:07.920><c> so</c><00:29:08.059><c> will</c><00:29:08.279><c> the</c><00:29:08.420><c> love</c>

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and<00:29:09.200><c> the</c><00:29:09.400><c> forgiveness.</c>

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God<00:29:28.740><c> who</c><00:29:30.079><c> gives</c><00:29:31.119><c> the</c><00:29:31.359><c> people</c><00:29:31.680><c> eyes</c><00:29:32.000><c> of,</c>

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but<00:29:33.720><c> it's</c><00:29:34.079><c> Jesus</c><00:29:34.380><c> who</c><00:29:34.779><c> can</c><00:29:35.140><c> diagnose</c><00:29:35.660><c> our</c><00:29:35.940><c> illnesses</c><00:29:36.380><c> and</c><00:29:37.980><c> who</c>

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offers<00:29:38.500><c> the</c><00:29:38.779><c> cure.</c>

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It's<00:29:41.200><c> up</c><00:29:41.319><c> to</c><00:29:41.539><c> us,</c><00:29:42.819><c> it</c><00:29:42.920><c> was</c><00:29:43.119><c> up</c><00:29:43.319><c> to</c><00:29:43.539><c> the</c><00:29:43.720><c> Laodiceans</c><00:29:44.380><c> as</c><00:29:44.660><c> the</c><00:29:44.859><c> patients</c><00:29:45.279><c> to</c>

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apply<00:29:47.119><c> the</c><00:29:47.359><c> remedy</c><00:29:47.680><c> that</c><00:29:47.920><c> he</c><00:29:48.140><c> offers.</c>

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Jesus<00:29:50.960><c> says</c><00:29:51.240><c> in</c><00:29:51.380><c> verse</c><00:29:51.640><c> 18,</c><00:29:52.359><c> I</c><00:29:52.680><c> counsel</c><00:29:53.160><c> thee</c><00:29:53.339><c> to</c><00:29:53.599><c> buy</c><00:29:53.779><c> of</c><00:29:53.960><c> me</c>

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gold,<00:29:54.599><c> try</c><00:29:54.859><c> in</c><00:29:55.039><c> the</c><00:29:55.259><c> fire,</c><00:29:56.779><c> that</c><00:29:56.920><c> thou</c><00:29:57.259><c> mayest</c><00:29:57.680><c> be</c><00:29:57.900><c> rich,</c>

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in<00:29:59.799><c> white</c><00:30:00.099><c> raiment</c><00:30:00.519><c> that</c><00:30:00.700><c> thou</c><00:30:01.000><c> mayest</c><00:30:01.359><c> be</c><00:30:01.680><c> clothed,</c><00:30:03.220><c> and</c><00:30:03.359><c> that</c><00:30:03.480><c> the</c>

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shame<00:30:03.920><c> of</c><00:30:04.180><c> thy</c><00:30:04.400><c> nakedness</c><00:30:04.980><c> do</c><00:30:05.160><c> not</c><00:30:05.359><c> appear,</c>

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and<00:30:07.559><c> anoint</c><00:30:07.940><c> thine</c><00:30:08.359><c> eyes</c><00:30:09.180><c> with</c><00:30:09.660><c> eyes</c><00:30:10.039><c> of,</c><00:30:11.259><c> that</c><00:30:11.380><c> thou</c><00:30:11.660><c> mayest</c><00:30:12.180><c> see.</c>

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Again,<00:30:15.579><c> what</c><00:30:15.819><c> wonderful</c><00:30:16.279><c> language</c><00:30:16.779><c> Jesus</c><00:30:17.200><c> uses</c><00:30:18.079><c> here</c><00:30:18.799><c> in</c><00:30:18.960><c> verse</c><00:30:19.180><c> 18.</c>

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Christ<00:30:21.720><c> speaks</c><00:30:22.079><c> to</c><00:30:22.259><c> them</c><00:30:22.440><c> in</c><00:30:22.700><c> gentle</c><00:30:23.019><c> words</c><00:30:23.299><c> of</c><00:30:23.599><c> irony.</c><00:30:24.619><c> Isn't</c>

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it<00:30:25.099><c> just</c><00:30:25.339><c> ironic</c><00:30:25.859><c> the</c><00:30:26.660><c> words</c><00:30:26.920><c> that</c><00:30:27.119><c> he</c><00:30:27.240><c> uses</c><00:30:27.799><c> to</c><00:30:28.299><c> the</c><00:30:28.519><c> Laodiceans?</c>

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He<00:30:30.279><c> tells</c><00:30:30.579><c> them,</c><00:30:30.920><c> the</c><00:30:30.920><c> buy</c><00:30:31.160><c> of</c><00:30:31.400><c> me</c><00:30:31.579><c> gold.</c>

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How<00:30:35.039><c> wonderful</c><00:30:35.480><c> it</c><00:30:35.680><c> is</c><00:30:35.819><c> that</c><00:30:36.000><c> he</c><00:30:36.180><c> uses</c><00:30:36.440><c> that</c><00:30:36.759><c> word</c><00:30:36.960><c> buy,</c><00:30:38.500><c> a</c><00:30:38.759><c> major</c><00:30:39.059><c> commerce</c><00:30:39.539><c> and</c>

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banking<00:30:40.140><c> center.</c>

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That<00:30:41.880><c> word</c><00:30:42.140><c> would</c><00:30:42.440><c> surely</c><00:30:42.700><c> resonate</c><00:30:43.220><c> to</c><00:30:43.359><c> them</c><00:30:43.539><c> right</c><00:30:43.799><c> away.</c>

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But<00:30:46.839><c> we</c><00:30:47.039><c> know</c><00:30:47.359><c> that</c><00:30:47.559><c> you</c><00:30:47.700><c> can't</c><00:30:48.099><c> buy</c><00:30:49.119><c> Christ.</c>

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He<00:30:52.460><c> can</c><00:30:52.640><c> only</c><00:30:52.880><c> be</c><00:30:53.200><c> received</c><00:30:53.740><c> by</c><00:30:54.880><c> faith.</c>

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The<00:30:58.319><c> price</c><00:30:58.579><c> is</c><00:30:58.799><c> not</c><00:30:58.960><c> a</c><00:30:59.160><c> monetary</c><00:30:59.619><c> one,</c><00:30:59.880><c> but</c><00:31:00.019><c> it</c><00:31:00.220><c> is</c><00:31:00.279><c> one</c><00:31:00.460><c> of</c><00:31:00.660><c> repentance,</c><00:31:02.680><c> confession</c><00:31:03.160><c> and</c>

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self<00:31:03.720><c>-surrender.</c>

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Look<00:31:07.839><c> how</c><00:31:08.019><c> he</c><00:31:08.140><c> uses</c><00:31:08.759><c> the</c><00:31:09.240><c> words</c><00:31:09.539><c> gold,</c><00:31:10.119><c> tried</c><00:31:10.339><c> in</c><00:31:10.519><c> the</c><00:31:10.740><c> fire,</c><00:31:12.579><c> as</c><00:31:12.720><c> a</c>

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symbol<00:31:13.099><c> of</c><00:31:13.339><c> spiritual</c><00:31:13.839><c> wealth.</c>

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Christ<00:31:16.740><c> wanted</c><00:31:17.039><c> to</c><00:31:17.319><c> remind</c><00:31:17.619><c> the</c><00:31:17.880><c> Laodiceans</c><00:31:18.460><c> that</c><00:31:19.160><c> their</c><00:31:19.440><c> true</c><00:31:19.680><c> riches</c><00:31:20.039><c> are</c>

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not<00:31:20.640><c> those</c><00:31:21.440><c> of</c><00:31:21.900><c> wealth</c><00:31:22.359><c> and</c><00:31:22.920><c> material</c><00:31:23.420><c> things,</c>

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but<00:31:25.539><c> are</c><00:31:25.740><c> those</c><00:31:26.019><c> things</c><00:31:26.220><c> of</c><00:31:26.400><c> the</c><00:31:26.640><c> Spirit.</c>

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Secondly,<00:31:30.000><c> he</c><00:31:30.200><c> tells</c><00:31:30.839><c> them</c><00:31:31.200><c> to</c><00:31:31.400><c> buy</c><00:31:31.579><c> of</c><00:31:31.740><c> him</c><00:31:32.000><c> white</c><00:31:32.420><c> robes,</c><00:31:33.920><c> that</c><00:31:34.000><c> you</c><00:31:34.140><c> may</c><00:31:34.359><c> be</c>

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clothed<00:31:34.960><c> and</c><00:31:35.140><c> your</c><00:31:35.339><c> shameful</c><00:31:35.759><c> nakedness</c><00:31:36.759><c> be</c><00:31:37.180><c> hidden.</c>

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As<00:31:39.799><c> beautiful</c><00:31:40.299><c> as</c><00:31:40.680><c> the</c><00:31:41.000><c> black</c><00:31:41.339><c> wool</c><00:31:41.559><c> garments</c><00:31:42.160><c> the</c><00:31:43.180><c> people</c><00:31:43.400><c> were</c><00:31:43.640><c> known</c><00:31:43.880><c> for</c><00:31:44.220><c> were,</c><00:31:44.799><c> and</c><00:31:45.160><c> as</c>

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proud<00:31:45.700><c> of</c><00:31:46.339><c> them</c><00:31:46.680><c> as</c><00:31:46.920><c> they</c><00:31:47.099><c> were,</c>

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they<00:31:48.700><c> could</c><00:31:48.940><c> not</c><00:31:49.180><c> cover</c><00:31:49.500><c> their</c><00:31:49.700><c> spiritual</c><00:31:50.220><c> nakedness.</c>

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The<00:31:53.119><c> white</c><00:31:53.400><c> robe</c><00:31:53.660><c> that</c><00:31:53.900><c> Christ</c><00:31:54.240><c> offers</c><00:31:54.579><c> them</c><00:31:55.119><c> is</c><00:31:56.480><c> the</c><00:31:56.759><c> true,</c>

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beautiful,<00:31:58.059><c> rich</c><00:31:58.319><c> garment</c><00:31:58.819><c> of</c><00:31:59.759><c> Christ's</c><00:32:00.259><c> righteousness.</c>

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We<00:32:03.059><c> know</c><00:32:03.299><c> brothers</c><00:32:03.599><c> and</c><00:32:03.859><c> sisters</c><00:32:04.140><c> that</c><00:32:04.420><c> white</c><00:32:04.759><c> clothes</c><00:32:05.200><c> symbolize</c><00:32:06.259><c> a</c><00:32:06.700><c> change</c><00:32:06.920><c> of</c><00:32:07.240><c> character.</c>

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They<00:32:08.599><c> mark</c><00:32:08.799><c> someone</c><00:32:09.119><c> who</c><00:32:09.299><c> has</c><00:32:09.440><c> taken</c><00:32:09.720><c> his</c><00:32:10.019><c> robes</c><00:32:10.839><c> and</c><00:32:11.319><c> washed</c>

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them<00:32:11.759><c> in</c><00:32:11.920><c> the</c><00:32:12.099><c> blood</c><00:32:12.220><c> of</c><00:32:12.420><c> Christ.</c>

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It<00:32:14.720><c> is</c><00:32:14.920><c> the</c><00:32:15.119><c> wedding</c><00:32:15.359><c> garment</c><00:32:15.799><c> of</c><00:32:16.039><c> the</c><00:32:16.200><c> bride</c><00:32:16.500><c> in</c><00:32:16.759><c> preparation</c>

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to<00:32:18.259><c> meet</c><00:32:18.460><c> the</c><00:32:18.720><c> bridegroom</c><00:32:19.500><c> in</c><00:32:19.819><c> Revelation</c><00:32:20.319><c> 19.</c>

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Everyone<00:32:22.839><c> is</c><00:32:23.119><c> naked</c><00:32:23.400><c> before</c><00:32:23.779><c> God,</c><00:32:25.980><c> and</c><00:32:26.140><c> fortunately,</c><00:32:27.160><c> through</c><00:32:27.359><c> God's</c>

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mercy<00:32:28.460><c> and</c><00:32:28.960><c> grace,</c>

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he<00:32:29.400><c> has</c><00:32:29.660><c> offered</c><00:32:29.880><c> us</c><00:32:30.240><c> a</c><00:32:30.359><c> covering</c><00:32:30.779><c> through</c><00:32:31.720><c> the</c><00:32:31.900><c> righteousness</c><00:32:32.420><c> of</c><00:32:33.019><c> Christ.</c>

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Thirdly,<00:32:36.200><c> Jesus</c><00:32:36.559><c> tells</c><00:32:36.839><c> them</c><00:32:37.059><c> to</c><00:32:37.319><c> anoint</c><00:32:37.640><c> their</c><00:32:37.980><c> eyes</c><00:32:38.319><c> with</c><00:32:38.640><c> Isav,</c>

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the<00:32:41.220><c> very</c><00:32:41.539><c> thing</c><00:32:41.779><c> that</c><00:32:41.940><c> they</c><00:32:42.079><c> were</c><00:32:42.279><c> known</c><00:32:42.500><c> for</c><00:32:42.819><c> in</c><00:32:42.960><c> the</c><00:32:43.119><c> medical</c><00:32:43.400><c> world.</c>

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People<00:32:46.319><c> that</c><00:32:46.480><c> were</c><00:32:46.779><c> partially</c><00:32:47.140><c> blind</c><00:32:47.599><c> or</c><00:32:47.779><c> whose</c><00:32:47.980><c> eyesight</c>

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was<00:32:48.740><c> growing</c><00:32:49.059><c> dim</c><00:32:49.579><c> would</c><00:32:50.339><c> come</c><00:32:50.619><c> from</c><00:32:50.839><c> all</c><00:32:51.059><c> over</c><00:32:51.299><c> the</c><00:32:51.519><c> area</c>

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to<00:32:52.359><c> get</c><00:32:52.500><c> a</c><00:32:52.740><c> chance</c><00:32:53.000><c> to</c><00:32:53.319><c> use</c><00:32:53.599><c> this</c><00:32:53.940><c> Isav</c><00:32:54.400><c> so</c><00:32:55.319><c> that</c><00:32:55.599><c> he</c><00:32:55.819><c> could</c><00:32:56.059><c> see</c>

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more<00:32:56.680><c> clearly.</c>

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Jesus'<00:33:00.000><c> deculation</c><00:33:00.539><c> here</c><00:33:00.960><c> is</c><00:33:01.099><c> that</c><00:33:01.240><c> they</c><00:33:01.559><c> needed</c><00:33:02.279><c> spiritual</c><00:33:03.279><c> Isav</c>

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so<00:33:04.279><c> that</c><00:33:05.680><c> they</c><00:33:05.900><c> could</c><00:33:06.180><c> truly</c><00:33:06.500><c> see</c><00:33:06.880><c> the</c><00:33:07.180><c> clear</c><00:33:07.400><c> riches</c><00:33:07.680><c> that</c>

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God<00:33:08.180><c> has</c><00:33:08.460><c> provided</c><00:33:08.839><c> them</c>

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and<00:33:10.500><c> that</c><00:33:10.700><c> they</c><00:33:10.859><c> could</c><00:33:11.119><c> share</c><00:33:11.380><c> that</c><00:33:11.640><c> with</c><00:33:11.859><c> others.</c>

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Verses<00:33:17.680><c> 19</c><00:33:18.279><c> through</c><00:33:18.519><c> 22</c><00:33:19.019><c> of</c><00:33:19.319><c> Revelation</c><00:33:20.019><c> are</c><00:33:22.079><c> some,</c><00:33:22.759><c> I</c><00:33:23.380><c> think,</c>

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of<00:33:23.799><c> the</c><00:33:23.940><c> most</c><00:33:24.140><c> beautiful</c><00:33:24.680><c> verses</c><00:33:25.119><c> in</c><00:33:25.359><c> Scripture.</c>

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As<00:33:27.740><c> many</c><00:33:28.059><c> as</c><00:33:28.380><c> I</c><00:33:28.599><c> love,</c><00:33:29.000><c> I</c><00:33:29.099><c> rebuke</c><00:33:30.119><c> and</c><00:33:30.559><c> chasten,</c><00:33:32.019><c> be</c><00:33:32.240><c> zealous</c>

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therefore<00:33:33.240><c> and</c><00:33:34.160><c> repent.</c>

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Behold,<00:33:36.440><c> I</c><00:33:36.740><c> stand</c><00:33:37.019><c> at</c><00:33:37.200><c> the</c><00:33:37.380><c> door</c><00:33:37.619><c> and</c><00:33:37.880><c> knock.</c>

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If<00:33:39.660><c> any</c><00:33:39.920><c> man</c><00:33:40.119><c> hear</c><00:33:40.319><c> my</c><00:33:40.660><c> voice</c><00:33:40.900><c> and</c><00:33:41.099><c> open</c><00:33:41.299><c> the</c><00:33:41.539><c> door,</c><00:33:41.759><c> I</c><00:33:41.940><c> will</c>

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come<00:33:42.420><c> into</c><00:33:42.740><c> him</c>

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and<00:33:44.500><c> will</c><00:33:44.779><c> sup</c><00:33:44.940><c> with</c><00:33:45.160><c> him</c><00:33:45.920><c> and</c><00:33:46.519><c> he</c><00:33:46.720><c> with</c><00:33:46.920><c> me.</c>

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my<00:33:53.279><c> throne,</c>

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even<00:33:55.319><c> as</c><00:33:55.599><c> I</c><00:33:55.880><c> also</c><00:33:56.319><c> overcame</c><00:33:56.819><c> and</c><00:33:57.000><c> am</c><00:33:57.200><c> set</c><00:33:57.380><c> down</c><00:33:57.599><c> with</c><00:33:57.819><c> my</c><00:33:58.039><c> father</c><00:33:58.700><c> in</c>

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his<00:34:00.259><c> throne.</c>

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He<00:34:02.440><c> that</c><00:34:02.740><c> hath</c><00:34:02.960><c> an</c><00:34:03.180><c> ear,</c><00:34:04.640><c> let</c><00:34:04.680><c> him</c><00:34:04.859><c> hear</c><00:34:05.039><c> what</c><00:34:05.279><c> the</c><00:34:05.539><c> Spirit</c><00:34:05.779><c> saith</c><00:34:06.099><c> unto</c><00:34:06.359><c> the</c><00:34:06.599><c> churches.</c>

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We<00:34:10.159><c> read</c><00:34:10.420><c> two</c><00:34:10.760><c> of</c><00:34:10.920><c> the</c><00:34:11.119><c> other</c><00:34:11.320><c> letters</c><00:34:11.579><c> this</c><00:34:11.860><c> morning</c><00:34:12.179><c> to</c><00:34:12.360><c> the</c><00:34:12.500><c> Ecclesiastes</c>

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and<00:34:15.559><c> none</c><00:34:15.960><c> of</c><00:34:16.380><c> the</c><00:34:16.519><c> other</c><00:34:16.739><c> six</c><00:34:17.019><c> letters</c><00:34:17.360><c> here</c><00:34:17.579><c> in</c><00:34:17.760><c> Revelation</c>

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open<00:34:20.239><c> with</c><00:34:20.579><c> such</c><00:34:20.900><c> rebuke,</c><00:34:23.239><c> but</c><00:34:23.400><c> none</c><00:34:23.639><c> also</c><00:34:24.119><c> close</c><00:34:24.659><c> with</c><00:34:24.960><c> such</c>

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a<00:34:25.380><c> loving</c><00:34:25.599><c> appeal</c>

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and<00:34:27.679><c> such</c><00:34:27.940><c> a</c><00:34:28.139><c> glorious</c><00:34:28.519><c> offer.</c>

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Jesus<00:34:31.420><c> reminds</c><00:34:32.260><c> the</c><00:34:32.719><c> Laodiceans</c><00:34:33.320><c> that</c><00:34:33.800><c> he</c><00:34:34.199><c> rebukes</c><00:34:34.719><c> them</c><00:34:34.940><c> because</c><00:34:35.280><c> he</c>

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loves<00:34:35.719><c> them</c>

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and<00:34:37.539><c> he</c><00:34:37.800><c> cares</c><00:34:38.039><c> for</c><00:34:38.280><c> their</c><00:34:38.500><c> well</c><00:34:38.739><c>-being.</c>

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Reproof<00:34:42.719><c> and</c><00:34:43.159><c> discipline</c><00:34:44.079><c> isn't</c><00:34:46.139><c> found</c><00:34:46.460><c> much</c><00:34:46.699><c> in</c><00:34:46.860><c> the</c><00:34:47.000><c> world</c><00:34:47.179><c> nowadays.</c>

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But<00:34:50.559><c> to</c><00:34:50.780><c> us,</c><00:34:51.300><c> brothers</c><00:34:51.320><c> and</c><00:34:51.579><c> sisters,</c><00:34:51.920><c> it</c><00:34:52.099><c> should</c><00:34:52.840><c> constitute</c>

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the<00:34:54.000><c> greatest</c><00:34:54.300><c> evidence</c>

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of<00:34:55.780><c> God's</c><00:34:56.260><c> divine</c><00:34:56.579><c> love</c><00:34:56.920><c> and</c><00:34:57.139><c> mercy.</c>

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It<00:35:01.179><c> is</c><00:35:01.400><c> much</c><00:35:01.659><c> easier</c><00:35:02.320><c> to</c><00:35:02.940><c> accept</c><00:35:03.159><c> reproof</c><00:35:03.579><c> and</c><00:35:03.800><c> discipline</c>

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when<00:35:05.780><c> the</c><00:35:06.000><c> one</c><00:35:06.159><c> who</c><00:35:06.440><c> administers</c><00:35:07.119><c> it</c><00:35:07.980><c> is</c><00:35:08.260><c> controlled</c><00:35:08.679><c> by</c><00:35:09.019><c> love</c>

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and<00:35:10.760><c> not</c><00:35:11.239><c> envy</c><00:35:11.739><c> or</c><00:35:12.139><c> anger.</c>

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We<00:35:15.539><c> know</c><00:35:15.780><c> that</c><00:35:15.980><c> God</c><00:35:16.239><c> loves</c><00:35:16.539><c> us.</c>

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We<00:35:18.280><c> know</c><00:35:18.679><c> that</c><00:35:18.900><c> his</c><00:35:19.079><c> Son</c><00:35:19.340><c> loves</c><00:35:19.679><c> us.</c><00:35:19.900><c> He</c><00:35:20.059><c> gave</c><00:35:20.340><c> his</c><00:35:20.559><c> life</c><00:35:20.780><c> for</c><00:35:21.000><c> us.</c>

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When<00:35:23.659><c> he</c><00:35:23.920><c> rebukes</c><00:35:24.360><c> us,</c><00:35:25.380><c> it</c><00:35:26.199><c> is</c><00:35:26.400><c> in</c><00:35:26.539><c> a</c><00:35:26.639><c> response</c><00:35:27.199><c> of</c><00:35:27.519><c> love.</c>

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It<00:35:31.099><c> is</c><00:35:31.500><c> evident</c><00:35:31.820><c> that</c><00:35:32.099><c> Christ</c><00:35:32.440><c> has</c><00:35:32.739><c> not</c><00:35:33.019><c> rejected</c><00:35:33.579><c> the</c><00:35:33.820><c> Laodiceans.</c>

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Look<00:35:37.739><c> again</c><00:35:38.000><c> at</c><00:35:38.179><c> verse</c><00:35:38.420><c> 20.</c>

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All<00:35:40.539><c> they</c><00:35:41.139><c> and</c><00:35:41.480><c> we</c><00:35:41.719><c> have</c><00:35:41.980><c> to</c><00:35:42.179><c> do</c><00:35:42.860><c> is</c><00:35:44.300><c> hear</c><00:35:44.519><c> his</c><00:35:44.780><c> voice</c><00:35:45.460><c> and</c><00:35:46.019><c> open</c>

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the<00:35:46.480><c> door.</c>

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Now<00:35:48.960><c> a</c><00:35:49.179><c> door,</c><00:35:49.500><c> when</c><00:35:49.639><c> you</c><00:35:49.820><c> think</c><00:35:50.000><c> of</c><00:35:50.159><c> a</c><00:35:50.320><c> door,</c><00:35:50.699><c> it's</c><00:35:50.820><c> either</c><00:35:51.079><c> a</c>

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means<00:35:51.539><c> of</c><00:35:52.179><c> an</c><00:35:52.460><c> entrance</c>

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or<00:35:53.139><c> a</c><00:35:53.360><c> barrier</c><00:35:53.960><c> against</c><00:35:54.820><c> it.</c>

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You<00:35:56.980><c> can</c><00:35:57.159><c> let</c><00:35:57.340><c> things</c><00:35:57.659><c> in.</c><00:35:58.940><c> You</c><00:35:59.280><c> can</c><00:35:59.500><c> keep</c><00:35:59.699><c> things</c><00:36:00.000><c> out.</c>

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It's<00:36:02.559><c> up</c><00:36:02.679><c> to</c><00:36:02.860><c> you.</c>

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The<00:36:05.760><c> locks</c><00:36:06.139><c> and</c><00:36:06.440><c> the</c><00:36:06.679><c> bars</c><00:36:06.900><c> on</c><00:36:07.079><c> the</c><00:36:07.260><c> door</c><00:36:07.719><c> are</c><00:36:08.599><c> always</c><00:36:08.940><c> on</c><00:36:09.199><c> the</c><00:36:09.380><c> inside.</c>

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It<00:36:11.780><c> is</c><00:36:12.019><c> our</c><00:36:12.360><c> sin</c><00:36:12.500><c> and</c><00:36:12.739><c> our</c><00:36:13.019><c> refusal</c><00:36:13.380><c> to</c><00:36:13.920><c> accept</c><00:36:14.519><c> our</c><00:36:15.579><c> need</c><00:36:15.980><c> that</c>

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keeps<00:36:16.639><c> Jesus</c><00:36:17.179><c> locked</c><00:36:17.559><c> out.</c>

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And<00:36:19.639><c> until</c><00:36:19.900><c> we</c><00:36:20.340><c> remove</c><00:36:20.599><c> these</c><00:36:20.940><c> barriers</c><00:36:21.400><c> and</c><00:36:21.780><c> accept</c><00:36:22.380><c> our</c>

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current<00:36:23.780><c> state,</c>

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Jesus<00:36:25.820><c> will</c><00:36:26.099><c> be</c><00:36:26.340><c> kept</c><00:36:26.579><c> on</c><00:36:26.780><c> the</c><00:36:26.920><c> outside.</c>

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But<00:36:30.639><c> the</c><00:36:30.820><c> beauty</c><00:36:31.079><c> of</c><00:36:31.300><c> God's</c><00:36:32.159><c> mercy</c><00:36:32.559><c> and</c><00:36:32.860><c> grace</c><00:36:33.179><c> is</c><00:36:33.420><c> that</c><00:36:34.219><c> Jesus</c>

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will<00:36:35.380><c> keep</c><00:36:35.599><c> knocking.</c>

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Jesus<00:36:38.699><c> will</c><00:36:38.960><c> keep</c><00:36:39.179><c> calling.</c>

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He<00:36:42.340><c> knocks</c><00:36:42.659><c> at</c><00:36:42.880><c> the</c><00:36:43.079><c> door</c><00:36:43.260><c> to</c><00:36:43.500><c> seek</c><00:36:43.679><c> admission.</c>

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It<00:36:47.039><c> is</c><00:36:47.280><c> by</c><00:36:47.500><c> his</c><00:36:47.800><c> voice</c><00:36:48.400><c> that</c><00:36:49.579><c> those</c><00:36:49.940><c> who</c><00:36:50.199><c> sincerely</c><00:36:50.960><c> seek</c><00:36:51.579><c> him</c>

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will<00:36:52.000><c> recognize</c><00:36:52.500><c> him.</c>

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My<00:36:54.920><c> sheep</c><00:36:55.340><c> know</c><00:36:55.579><c> my</c><00:36:55.900><c> voice.</c>

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Those<00:37:01.059><c> in</c><00:37:01.280><c> Laodicea</c><00:37:01.900><c> who</c><00:37:02.260><c> accepted</c><00:37:02.619><c> Christ's</c><00:37:03.199><c> cure</c><00:37:03.280><c> will</c><00:37:03.619><c> recognize</c><00:37:04.179><c> his</c><00:37:04.440><c> voice</c>

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and<00:37:06.219><c> let</c><00:37:06.400><c> him</c><00:37:06.639><c> in.</c>

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But<00:37:09.219><c> there's</c><00:37:09.500><c> also</c><00:37:10.679><c> a</c><00:37:11.219><c> reward</c><00:37:11.559><c> for</c><00:37:11.800><c> those</c><00:37:12.099><c> who</c><00:37:12.280><c> do</c><00:37:12.460><c> not</c><00:37:12.619><c> let</c>

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Jesus<00:37:13.239><c> in,</c>

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who<00:37:15.179><c> wait</c><00:37:15.480><c> too</c><00:37:15.800><c> long</c><00:37:16.039><c> to</c><00:37:16.219><c> let</c><00:37:16.420><c> Jesus</c><00:37:16.840><c> in.</c>

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And<00:37:18.619><c> that</c><00:37:18.780><c> can</c><00:37:18.960><c> be</c><00:37:19.179><c> found</c><00:37:19.360><c> in</c><00:37:19.500><c> Luke</c><00:37:19.739><c> chapter</c><00:37:20.099><c> 13.</c>

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Luke<00:37:22.340><c> 13</c><00:37:22.900><c> verses</c><00:37:23.280><c> 25</c><00:37:24.460><c> through</c><00:37:25.260><c> 27.</c>

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When<00:37:27.679><c> once</c><00:37:28.039><c> the</c><00:37:28.199><c> master</c><00:37:28.619><c> of</c><00:37:28.760><c> the</c><00:37:28.940><c> house</c><00:37:29.159><c> is</c><00:37:29.400><c> risen</c><00:37:29.579><c> up</c><00:37:29.880><c> and</c><00:37:30.079><c> hath</c><00:37:30.239><c> shut</c><00:37:30.679><c> to</c>

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the<00:37:31.059><c> door,</c>

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and<00:37:32.500><c> you</c><00:37:32.679><c> begin</c><00:37:32.900><c> to</c><00:37:33.260><c> stand</c><00:37:33.420><c> without</c><00:37:33.800><c> and</c><00:37:33.980><c> to</c><00:37:34.179><c> knock</c><00:37:34.360><c> at</c><00:37:34.559><c> the</c>

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door,<00:37:34.920><c> saying,</c>

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Lord,<00:37:35.900><c> Lord,</c><00:37:36.739><c> open</c><00:37:37.099><c> unto</c><00:37:37.300><c> us.</c>

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And<00:37:39.320><c> he</c><00:37:39.500><c> shall</c><00:37:39.659><c> answer</c><00:37:40.019><c> and</c><00:37:40.260><c> say</c><00:37:40.380><c> unto</c><00:37:40.579><c> you,</c><00:37:41.519><c> I</c><00:37:41.800><c> know</c><00:37:42.039><c> you</c><00:37:42.239><c> not</c>

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when<00:37:42.920><c> she</c><00:37:43.179><c> are.</c>

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Then<00:37:45.320><c> shall</c><00:37:45.599><c> you</c><00:37:45.840><c> begin</c><00:37:46.039><c> to</c><00:37:46.320><c> say,</c><00:37:46.440><c> We</c><00:37:46.599><c> have</c><00:37:46.800><c> eaten</c><00:37:47.019><c> and</c><00:37:47.280><c> drunk</c>

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in<00:37:48.179><c> thy</c><00:37:48.420><c> presence,</c>

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and<00:37:49.739><c> thou</c><00:37:49.900><c> hast</c><00:37:50.159><c> taught</c><00:37:50.480><c> in</c><00:37:50.699><c> our</c><00:37:50.940><c> streets.</c>

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But<00:37:52.679><c> he</c><00:37:52.920><c> shall</c><00:37:53.059><c> say,</c><00:37:53.420><c> I</c><00:37:53.440><c> tell</c><00:37:53.699><c> you,</c><00:37:53.920><c> I</c><00:37:54.039><c> know</c><00:37:54.239><c> you</c><00:37:54.480><c> not</c><00:37:55.059><c> when</c><00:37:55.460><c> she</c><00:37:55.780><c> are.</c>

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Depart<00:37:57.559><c> from</c><00:37:57.760><c> me,</c><00:37:57.940><c> all</c><00:37:58.119><c> ye</c><00:37:58.280><c> workers</c><00:37:58.619><c> of</c><00:37:58.880><c> iniquity.</c>

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The<00:38:01.920><c> invitation</c><00:38:02.460><c> is</c><00:38:02.699><c> still</c><00:38:02.940><c> there.</c>

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He's<00:38:04.519><c> still</c><00:38:04.800><c> knocking.</c><00:38:05.300><c> He's</c><00:38:05.659><c> still</c><00:38:05.940><c> calling.</c>

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But<00:38:08.480><c> the</c><00:38:08.639><c> day</c><00:38:08.820><c> will</c><00:38:09.119><c> come</c><00:38:09.920><c> when</c><00:38:11.780><c> he</c><00:38:11.960><c> won't</c><00:38:12.159><c> be</c><00:38:12.400><c> knocking</c><00:38:12.699><c> or</c><00:38:12.920><c> calling.</c>

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It'll<00:38:14.039><c> be</c><00:38:14.199><c> too</c><00:38:14.480><c> late.</c>

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We<00:38:17.719><c> need</c><00:38:17.920><c> to</c><00:38:18.179><c> open</c><00:38:18.360><c> that</c><00:38:18.639><c> door</c><00:38:18.820><c> for</c><00:38:19.019><c> Christ</c><00:38:19.320><c> now.</c>

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to<00:38:38.420><c> keep</c><00:38:38.539><c> it</c><00:38:38.840><c> open.</c>

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and<00:39:08.000><c> is</c><00:39:08.320><c> further</c><00:39:08.599><c> evidence</c><00:39:08.980><c> that</c><00:39:09.179><c> he</c><00:39:09.280><c> has</c><00:39:09.519><c> not</c><00:39:09.719><c> cast</c><00:39:10.039><c> them</c><00:39:10.260><c> away.</c>

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with<00:40:09.780><c> Christ.</c>

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my<00:40:35.960><c> throne,</c>

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his<00:40:42.119><c> throne.</c>

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He<00:40:44.039><c> that</c><00:40:44.320><c> hath</c><00:40:44.619><c> an</c><00:40:44.780><c> ear,</c><00:40:46.579><c> let</c><00:40:46.699><c> him</c><00:40:46.940><c> hear.</c>