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son,<00:13:51.440><c> your</c><00:13:51.700><c> sins</c><00:13:52.220><c> are</c><00:13:52.799><c> forgiving</c><00:13:53.080><c> you.</c>

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and<00:14:07.080><c> not</c><00:14:07.820><c> discerned,</c>

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not<00:14:10.120><c> gotten</c><00:14:10.340><c> into</c><00:14:11.399><c> the</c><00:14:12.960><c> points</c><00:14:13.240><c> that</c><00:14:13.779><c> have</c><00:14:14.019><c> just</c>

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in<00:14:15.639><c> the</c><00:14:15.919><c> last</c><00:14:16.399><c> four</c><00:14:17.039><c> or</c><00:14:17.139><c> five</c><00:14:17.320><c> years</c><00:14:17.580><c> really</c><00:14:18.059><c> jumped</c><00:14:18.360><c> out</c><00:14:18.580><c> at</c><00:14:18.700><c> me.</c>

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But<00:14:23.120><c> I</c><00:14:23.220><c> wanna</c><00:14:23.320><c> start</c><00:14:23.799><c> with</c><00:14:25.100><c> a</c><00:14:26.120><c> personal</c><00:14:26.419><c> experience.</c>

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I<00:14:31.519><c> drove</c><00:14:31.840><c> trucks</c><00:14:32.200><c> all</c><00:14:32.399><c> my</c><00:14:32.620><c> life.</c>

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And<00:14:33.639><c> after</c><00:14:34.759><c> the</c><00:14:35.019><c> passing</c><00:14:35.320><c> of</c><00:14:36.220><c> Christine,</c>

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I<00:14:38.120><c> totally</c><00:14:38.440><c> wanted</c><00:14:38.620><c> to</c><00:14:38.879><c> change</c><00:14:39.039><c> my</c><00:14:39.320><c> life.</c>

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And<00:14:40.519><c> I</c><00:14:40.659><c> focused</c><00:14:41.019><c> on,</c>

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and<00:14:41.360><c> I</c><00:14:41.519><c> thought</c><00:14:41.620><c> I</c><00:14:41.720><c> would</c><00:14:41.840><c> be</c><00:14:42.019><c> good</c><00:14:42.240><c> at</c><00:14:43.259><c> being</c><00:14:43.679><c> an</c><00:14:43.940><c> EMT,</c>

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helping<00:14:45.519><c> people.</c>

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So<00:14:47.080><c> I</c><00:14:47.720><c> found</c><00:14:47.980><c> a</c><00:14:48.240><c> company</c><00:14:48.460><c> that</c><00:14:48.759><c> would</c><00:14:49.860><c> train</c><00:14:50.220><c> me</c><00:14:50.419><c> as</c><00:14:50.659><c> I</c><00:14:50.899><c> worked</c>

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and<00:14:51.960><c> then</c><00:14:52.139><c> I</c><00:14:52.240><c> have</c><00:14:52.419><c> to</c><00:14:52.820><c> go</c><00:14:53.080><c> through</c><00:14:53.980><c> testing</c><00:14:54.500><c> and</c><00:14:54.759><c> stuff</c>

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to<00:14:55.059><c> get</c><00:14:55.179><c> the</c><00:14:55.500><c> actual</c><00:14:56.840><c> right</c><00:14:57.879><c> to</c><00:14:58.100><c> do</c><00:14:58.320><c> that</c>

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or<00:14:58.940><c> the</c><00:15:00.039><c> license</c><00:15:00.379><c> to</c><00:15:00.580><c> do</c><00:15:00.740><c> that.</c>

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So<00:15:02.159><c> they</c><00:15:02.360><c> started</c><00:15:02.559><c> me</c><00:15:02.799><c> off</c><00:15:03.000><c> as</c><00:15:03.779><c> a</c><00:15:04.019><c> transport</c><00:15:04.379><c> person</c>

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x
and<00:15:06.580><c> they</c><00:15:07.039><c> taught</c><00:15:07.159><c> me</c><00:15:07.320><c> how</c><00:15:07.539><c> to</c><00:15:08.679><c> move</c><00:15:09.080><c> people</c>

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x
and<00:15:10.659><c> who</c><00:15:11.220><c> are</c><00:15:11.320><c> paralyzed</c><00:15:11.799><c> or</c><00:15:12.159><c> whatever</c><00:15:12.399><c> the</c><00:15:12.659><c> condition</c><00:15:12.980><c> was</c>

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and<00:15:14.600><c> lock</c><00:15:14.759><c> them</c><00:15:14.960><c> down</c><00:15:15.220><c> in</c><00:15:15.419><c> this</c><00:15:15.580><c> van</c>

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and<00:15:15.960><c> take</c><00:15:16.139><c> them</c><00:15:16.279><c> to</c><00:15:16.419><c> the</c><00:15:16.600><c> hospitals</c><00:15:16.919><c> where</c><00:15:17.120><c> they</c><00:15:17.259><c> had</c><00:15:17.440><c> to</c><00:15:17.600><c> go.</c>

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And<00:15:19.919><c> gave</c><00:15:20.019><c> me</c><00:15:20.159><c> the</c><00:15:20.220><c> nice</c><00:15:20.440><c> uniform</c><00:15:21.059><c> and</c><00:15:21.539><c> put</c><00:15:21.720><c> all</c><00:15:21.980><c> the</c><00:15:22.620><c> shots</c>

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and<00:15:23.740><c> I'm</c><00:15:24.139><c> off</c><00:15:24.340><c> and</c><00:15:24.460><c> ready</c><00:15:24.600><c> to</c><00:15:24.820><c> go</c><00:15:24.940><c> in</c><00:15:25.220><c> a</c><00:15:25.379><c> couple</c><00:15:25.580><c> of</c><00:15:25.720><c> weeks.</c>

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And<00:15:26.820><c> the</c><00:15:26.940><c> first</c><00:15:27.360><c> day</c><00:15:27.840><c> out,</c><00:15:28.399><c> they</c><00:15:28.419><c> gave</c><00:15:28.779><c> me</c><00:15:29.360><c> an</c><00:15:29.519><c> address</c>

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and<00:15:30.500><c> it</c><00:15:30.759><c> was</c><00:15:30.759><c> to</c><00:15:31.059><c> a</c><00:15:31.779><c> home</c><00:15:32.059><c> that</c><00:15:33.399><c> housed</c><00:15:33.919><c> indigent</c><00:15:34.899><c> people.</c>

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And<00:15:36.419><c> it</c><00:15:36.620><c> said</c><00:15:36.740><c> that</c><00:15:36.960><c> the</c><00:15:37.100><c> person</c><00:15:37.440><c> was</c><00:15:37.820><c> paralyzed.</c>

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So<00:15:38.480><c> in</c><00:15:38.600><c> my</c><00:15:38.860><c> mind,</c><00:15:40.019><c> and</c><00:15:40.139><c> just</c><00:15:40.320><c> as</c><00:15:40.500><c> I</c><00:15:40.899><c> always</c><00:15:41.240><c> read</c><00:15:41.440><c> this,</c>

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I<00:15:43.539><c> think</c><00:15:43.759><c> a</c><00:15:44.100><c> paralyzed</c><00:15:44.419><c> person's</c><00:15:44.980><c> in</c><00:15:45.100><c> a</c><00:15:45.179><c> wheelchair.</c>

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And<00:15:48.639><c> I</c><00:15:49.679><c> know</c><00:15:49.919><c> how</c><00:15:50.139><c> to</c><00:15:51.379><c> control</c><00:15:51.840><c> that</c><00:15:52.080><c> situation</c>

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and<00:15:53.460><c> transport</c><00:15:53.919><c> them</c><00:15:54.340><c> safely,</c><00:15:55.399><c> no</c><00:15:55.679><c> problem.</c>

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So<00:15:56.980><c> I</c><00:15:57.039><c> get</c><00:15:57.179><c> to</c><00:15:57.419><c> this</c><00:15:57.899><c> place,</c>

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which<00:15:58.440><c> I</c><00:15:58.620><c> didn't</c><00:15:58.740><c> realize</c><00:15:59.100><c> they</c><00:15:59.899><c> had</c><00:16:00.159><c> these,</c>

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they're<00:16:01.820><c> like</c><00:16:02.080><c> converted</c><00:16:02.500><c> houses</c>

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that<00:16:04.820><c> business</c><00:16:05.299><c> people</c><00:16:05.860><c> invest</c><00:16:06.440><c> in</c>

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and<00:16:08.240><c> they</c><00:16:08.620><c> house</c><00:16:08.940><c> people</c><00:16:09.519><c> who</c><00:16:09.820><c> are</c><00:16:09.960><c> just</c><00:16:10.259><c> indigent.</c>

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There's<00:16:10.779><c> no</c><00:16:11.059><c> more</c><00:16:12.460><c> state</c><00:16:13.779><c> hospitals</c>

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where<00:16:15.039><c> they</c><00:16:15.580><c> used</c><00:16:15.779><c> to</c><00:16:15.960><c> do</c><00:16:16.080><c> these</c><00:16:16.320><c> things.</c>

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Now<00:16:17.340><c> it's</c><00:16:17.899><c> these</c><00:16:18.139><c> little</c><00:16:18.279><c> private</c><00:16:18.659><c> homes</c>

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and<00:16:19.179><c> it's</c><00:16:19.279><c> like</c><00:16:19.460><c> one</c><00:16:19.659><c> nurse</c><00:16:19.919><c> in</c><00:16:20.240><c> four</c><00:16:20.500><c> rooms</c>

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and<00:16:21.679><c> these</c><00:16:22.340><c> patients</c><00:16:22.720><c> in</c><00:16:22.940><c> these</c><00:16:23.120><c> rooms.</c>

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It's<00:16:23.840><c> really</c><00:16:24.860><c> depressing.</c>

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So<00:16:27.379><c> anyways,</c><00:16:28.000><c> I</c><00:16:28.120><c> get</c><00:16:28.320><c> there</c><00:16:28.539><c> and</c><00:16:28.659><c> this</c><00:16:28.879><c> person</c>

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is<00:16:30.220><c> lying</c><00:16:30.399><c> in</c><00:16:30.620><c> a</c><00:16:30.720><c> bed</c><00:16:30.940><c> and</c><00:16:31.360><c> the</c><00:16:31.620><c> nurse</c><00:16:31.840><c> says,</c>

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well,<00:16:32.279><c> we</c><00:16:32.320><c> have</c><00:16:32.480><c> to</c><00:16:33.179><c> put</c><00:16:33.320><c> this</c><00:16:34.080><c> person</c><00:16:34.379><c> on</c><00:16:34.700><c> a</c><00:16:34.879><c> gurney</c>

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and<00:16:35.820><c> I</c><00:16:36.100><c> need</c><00:16:36.220><c> some</c><00:16:36.460><c> help.</c>

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So<00:16:39.679><c> I</c><00:16:40.120><c> said,</c><00:16:40.279><c> listen,</c><00:16:40.559><c> I'm</c><00:16:40.840><c> not</c><00:16:41.580><c> trained</c><00:16:41.840><c> to</c><00:16:42.039><c> do</c><00:16:42.200><c> this.</c>

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I<00:16:43.419><c> can</c><00:16:43.559><c> pick</c><00:16:43.740><c> up</c><00:16:43.899><c> a</c><00:16:44.039><c> house,</c><00:16:44.279><c> but</c><00:16:45.000><c> you</c><00:16:45.379><c> gotta</c><00:16:45.500><c> tell</c><00:16:45.700><c> me</c><00:16:45.840><c> how</c><00:16:46.000><c> to</c>

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do<00:16:46.240><c> this.</c>

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I<00:16:46.419><c> don't</c><00:16:46.580><c> wanna</c><00:16:46.700><c> hurt</c><00:16:46.899><c> this</c><00:16:47.179><c> person.</c>

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So<00:16:48.539><c> this</c><00:16:48.899><c> nurse</c><00:16:49.039><c> said,</c><00:16:49.600><c> don't</c><00:16:49.700><c> worry</c><00:16:49.919><c> about</c><00:16:50.139><c> it.</c>

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She's<00:16:51.039><c> totally</c><00:16:51.360><c> paralyzed.</c>

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I<00:16:53.440><c> said,</c><00:16:53.580><c> well,</c><00:16:54.120><c> what</c><00:16:54.299><c> does</c><00:16:54.320><c> that</c><00:16:54.600><c> mean?</c>

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She<00:16:55.480><c> said,</c><00:16:55.740><c> totally</c><00:16:56.320><c> paralyzed.</c>

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Her<00:16:58.320><c> vocal</c><00:16:58.679><c> cords</c><00:16:59.019><c> are</c><00:16:59.299><c> paralyzed.</c>

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She<00:17:00.500><c> can't</c><00:17:00.879><c> communicate.</c>

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She<00:17:03.460><c> can't</c><00:17:03.840><c> feel</c><00:17:04.160><c> anything.</c>

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x
So<00:17:06.400><c> I'm</c><00:17:06.579><c> looking</c><00:17:06.799><c> down</c><00:17:07.079><c> at</c><00:17:07.240><c> this</c><00:17:07.400><c> person</c>

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x
and<00:17:07.859><c> it's</c><00:17:08.019><c> just</c><00:17:08.640><c> her</c><00:17:08.920><c> eyes</c><00:17:09.220><c> that</c><00:17:09.420><c> are</c><00:17:09.539><c> moving.</c>

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Obviously<00:17:11.019><c> her</c><00:17:11.180><c> heart's</c><00:17:11.480><c> pumping</c><00:17:11.779><c> and</c><00:17:12.680><c> that</c><00:17:12.880><c> was</c><00:17:13.140><c> it,</c><00:17:13.279><c> her</c><00:17:13.559><c> eyes.</c>

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That<00:17:14.559><c> was</c><00:17:14.740><c> the</c><00:17:14.980><c> contact.</c>

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x
So<00:17:16.700><c> I</c><00:17:17.279><c> was</c><00:17:17.900><c> introduced</c><00:17:18.660><c> to</c><00:17:20.079><c> that</c><00:17:20.720><c> word</c><00:17:21.019><c> in</c><00:17:21.240><c> its</c><00:17:21.480><c> fullest.</c>

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A<00:17:23.279><c> person</c><00:17:23.819><c> totally</c><00:17:26.819><c> paralyzed</c><00:17:27.559><c> and</c><00:17:29.720><c> alone,</c>

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locked<00:17:31.819><c> in</c><00:17:32.019><c> a</c><00:17:32.180><c> body</c><00:17:33.279><c> in</c><00:17:35.079><c> this</c><00:17:35.400><c> house</c><00:17:35.720><c> out</c><00:17:35.920><c> in</c><00:17:36.119><c> the</c><00:17:36.200><c> middle</c>

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of<00:17:36.720><c> a</c><00:17:36.720><c> carpentry</c><00:17:37.140><c> in</c><00:17:37.319><c> the</c><00:17:37.480><c> woods,</c><00:17:39.160><c> no</c><00:17:39.420><c> family,</c><00:17:40.799><c> indigent.</c>

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That's<00:17:43.160><c> how</c><00:17:43.279><c> it</c><00:17:43.400><c> was.</c>

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x
So<00:17:46.180><c> now</c><00:17:46.299><c> when</c><00:17:46.440><c> I</c><00:17:46.599><c> read</c><00:17:46.799><c> the</c><00:17:47.000><c> story</c><00:17:47.200><c> of</c><00:17:47.380><c> the</c><00:17:47.500><c> scripture,</c>

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I<00:17:49.400><c> think</c><00:17:49.920><c> of</c><00:17:50.680><c> her</c><00:17:51.119><c> and</c><00:17:52.079><c> her</c><00:17:52.380><c> situation</c><00:17:53.099><c> and</c><00:17:53.539><c> her</c><00:17:53.759><c> condition.</c>

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x
And<00:17:54.420><c> I</c><00:17:54.599><c> think</c><00:17:54.779><c> of</c><00:17:54.980><c> my</c><00:17:55.200><c> brothers</c><00:17:55.400><c> and</c><00:17:55.640><c> sisters</c>

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whose<00:17:58.559><c> sins</c><00:17:59.240><c> are</c><00:17:59.859><c> exposed</c><00:18:00.619><c> and</c><00:18:01.519><c> how</c><00:18:01.799><c> they're</c><00:18:02.420><c> revolting</c>

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to<00:18:03.279><c> everyone</c><00:18:03.579><c> and</c><00:18:04.059><c> how</c><00:18:04.299><c> we</c><00:18:04.559><c> turn</c><00:18:04.740><c> our</c><00:18:04.980><c> backs</c><00:18:05.319><c> because</c><00:18:06.240><c> they've</c><00:18:07.480><c> sinned.</c>

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x
But<00:18:07.779><c> they</c><00:18:09.640><c> wanna</c><00:18:09.940><c> come</c><00:18:10.220><c> to</c><00:18:10.400><c> this</c><00:18:10.660><c> table</c>

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and<00:18:12.420><c> they</c><00:18:12.700><c> wanna</c><00:18:12.900><c> seek</c><00:18:13.279><c> the</c><00:18:13.500><c> Lord.</c>

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But<00:18:14.640><c> yet,</c><00:18:15.400><c> because</c><00:18:15.859><c> of</c><00:18:16.119><c> this</c><00:18:16.460><c> barrier</c><00:18:16.980><c> in</c><00:18:17.279><c> our</c><00:18:17.480><c> minds,</c>

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we<00:18:20.099><c> turn</c><00:18:20.380><c> our</c><00:18:20.579><c> backs.</c>

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And<00:18:22.000><c> I've</c><00:18:22.319><c> never</c><00:18:22.839><c> ever</c><00:18:24.180><c> understood</c><00:18:24.920><c> that</c><00:18:25.539><c> or</c><00:18:26.420><c> grasped</c><00:18:27.039><c> that</c>

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because<00:18:29.259><c> I</c><00:18:29.900><c> looked</c><00:18:30.480><c> at</c><00:18:30.660><c> that</c><00:18:30.920><c> and</c><00:18:31.099><c> said,</c><00:18:31.240><c> I'm</c><00:18:31.440><c> no</c><00:18:31.660><c> different.</c>

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What's<00:18:33.359><c> the</c><00:18:33.519><c> difference?</c>

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If<00:18:35.279><c> one</c><00:18:35.480><c> would</c><00:18:35.759><c> say,</c><00:18:36.539><c> well,</c><00:18:37.319><c> I'm</c><00:18:37.539><c> not</c><00:18:37.779><c> a</c><00:18:37.920><c> sinner</c>

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and<00:18:38.619><c> I</c><00:18:38.900><c> don't</c><00:18:39.099><c> care</c><00:18:39.359><c> about</c><00:18:39.579><c> this,</c><00:18:39.880><c> then</c><00:18:40.019><c> fine,</c><00:18:40.480><c> have</c><00:18:41.299><c> a</c><00:18:41.480><c> nice</c><00:18:41.640><c> day.</c>

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But<00:18:42.880><c> I'm</c><00:18:43.380><c> talking</c><00:18:43.640><c> about</c><00:18:43.920><c> people</c><00:18:44.299><c> who</c><00:18:45.579><c> are</c><00:18:46.019><c> sincere</c>

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and<00:18:47.460><c> coming</c><00:18:47.680><c> to</c><00:18:47.859><c> this</c><00:18:48.119><c> table</c><00:18:48.480><c> and</c><00:18:48.920><c> seeking</c><00:18:49.420><c> forgiveness.</c>

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Whether<00:18:51.420><c> they</c><00:18:52.019><c> will</c><00:18:52.259><c> get</c><00:18:52.400><c> it,</c><00:18:52.559><c> whether</c><00:18:52.819><c> I</c><00:18:53.119><c> will</c><00:18:53.339><c> get</c><00:18:53.500><c> it</c>

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is<00:18:54.480><c> a</c><00:18:54.660><c> totally</c><00:18:55.160><c> different</c><00:18:56.940><c> matter.</c>

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It's<00:18:58.039><c> not</c><00:18:58.220><c> to</c><00:18:58.420><c> be</c><00:18:58.519><c> even</c><00:19:00.140><c> discussed.</c>

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That's<00:19:01.460><c> the</c><00:19:01.700><c> Lord</c><00:19:01.960><c> to</c><00:19:02.619><c> deal</c><00:19:02.779><c> with</c><00:19:03.019><c> that.</c>

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So<00:19:06.940><c> I</c><00:19:07.079><c> read</c><00:19:07.220><c> the</c><00:19:07.460><c> story</c><00:19:08.200><c> and</c><00:19:08.980><c> when</c><00:19:09.160><c> I</c><00:19:10.180><c> was</c><00:19:10.319><c> very</c><00:19:10.640><c> uncomfortable</c>

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with<00:19:13.259><c> being</c><00:19:13.839><c> in</c><00:19:14.059><c> the</c><00:19:14.299><c> truth</c><00:19:14.440><c> and</c><00:19:15.039><c> seeing</c><00:19:15.460><c> these</c><00:19:15.779><c> things</c><00:19:16.000><c> happening</c>

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and<00:19:17.099><c> seeing</c><00:19:17.339><c> our</c><00:19:17.599><c> brothers</c><00:19:17.779><c> and</c><00:19:18.039><c> sisters</c><00:19:18.240><c> falling</c><00:19:18.640><c> away</c>

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and<00:19:19.259><c> seeing</c><00:19:19.559><c> them</c><00:19:19.859><c> being</c><00:19:20.960><c> hurt</c><00:19:21.980><c> and</c><00:19:22.599><c> disillusioned</c>

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and<00:19:24.539><c> eventually</c><00:19:25.440><c> dying</c><00:19:26.119><c> in</c><00:19:27.039><c> some</c><00:19:27.259><c> cases,</c>

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I<00:19:29.279><c> asked</c><00:19:29.519><c> the</c><00:19:29.680><c> question,</c><00:19:30.059><c> why?</c>

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Why<00:19:30.460><c> is</c><00:19:30.740><c> this?</c>

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Don't<00:19:33.759><c> you</c><00:19:34.339><c> believe</c><00:19:34.799><c> the</c><00:19:35.059><c> saving</c><00:19:35.380><c> grace</c><00:19:35.839><c> of</c><00:19:36.319><c> Jesus</c><00:19:36.680><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:19:37.900><c> the</c><00:19:38.099><c> love</c><00:19:38.279><c> of</c><00:19:38.519><c> God</c><00:19:38.740><c> is</c><00:19:38.980><c> endless</c>

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and<00:19:39.559><c> there's</c><00:19:39.720><c> no</c><00:19:39.940><c> limit</c><00:19:40.140><c> to</c><00:19:40.339><c> these</c><00:19:40.539><c> things?</c>

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Sure,<00:19:42.339><c> it's</c><00:19:42.779><c> for</c><00:19:43.000><c> them,</c><00:19:44.000><c> for</c><00:19:44.640><c> the</c><00:19:44.819><c> Lord</c><00:19:45.059><c> to</c><00:19:46.259><c> make</c><00:19:46.779><c> that</c><00:19:47.059><c> decision,</c>

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but<00:19:48.440><c> we</c><00:19:49.220><c> have</c><00:19:49.559><c> no</c><00:19:49.759><c> right</c><00:19:49.980><c> to</c><00:19:50.500><c> limit</c><00:19:51.099><c> that</c><00:19:51.579><c> decision.</c>

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So<00:19:53.880><c> I</c><00:19:54.000><c> always</c><00:19:54.200><c> got</c><00:19:54.420><c> the</c><00:19:55.819><c> answer,</c><00:19:56.440><c> well,</c><00:19:56.839><c> look</c><00:19:57.059><c> at</c><00:19:57.200><c> scripture.</c>

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When<00:19:58.519><c> a</c><00:19:58.640><c> person</c><00:19:59.500><c> walks</c><00:20:00.059><c> away</c><00:20:00.480><c> or</c><00:20:00.839><c> they're</c><00:20:01.079><c> in</c><00:20:01.440><c> sinful</c><00:20:01.720><c> situation,</c>

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they<00:20:03.480><c> are</c><00:20:04.319><c> responsible.</c>

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They<00:20:06.019><c> have</c><00:20:06.359><c> to</c><00:20:06.539><c> come</c><00:20:06.720><c> to</c><00:20:07.099><c> Christ.</c>

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You<00:20:08.039><c> can't</c><00:20:08.339><c> do</c><00:20:08.619><c> that.</c>

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So<00:20:11.720><c> I</c><00:20:12.400><c> read</c><00:20:12.660><c> the</c><00:20:12.880><c> scripture,</c><00:20:13.140><c> that's</c><00:20:13.400><c> the</c><00:20:13.579><c> pattern.</c>

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Jesus<00:20:14.980><c> time</c><00:20:15.259><c> after</c><00:20:15.579><c> time</c><00:20:15.839><c> forgave</c><00:20:16.420><c> and</c><00:20:16.680><c> healed</c><00:20:17.019><c> the</c><00:20:17.359><c> individual</c>

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when<00:20:19.180><c> they</c><00:20:19.460><c> responded</c><00:20:20.079><c> to</c><00:20:20.880><c> faith,</c>

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when<00:20:21.440><c> they</c><00:20:21.980><c> asked</c><00:20:22.299><c> for</c><00:20:22.539><c> forgiveness.</c>

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But<00:20:26.000><c> it</c><00:20:26.220><c> still</c><00:20:26.400><c> didn't</c><00:20:26.680><c> sit</c><00:20:26.940><c> right</c>

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because<00:20:29.920><c> to</c><00:20:30.359><c> me</c><00:20:30.900><c> that</c><00:20:31.299><c> limited</c><00:20:32.259><c> what</c><00:20:33.599><c> the</c><00:20:33.859><c> Lord</c><00:20:34.420><c> may</c><00:20:34.900><c> or</c><00:20:35.059><c> may</c>

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not<00:20:35.339><c> do.</c>

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So<00:20:38.940><c> now</c><00:20:39.519><c> I've</c><00:20:40.079><c> come</c><00:20:40.180><c> to</c><00:20:40.380><c> the</c><00:20:40.579><c> point</c><00:20:40.759><c> where</c>

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I'm<00:20:42.039><c> discerning</c><00:20:42.519><c> a</c><00:20:42.680><c> little</c><00:20:42.839><c> better</c>

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and<00:20:45.259><c> I</c><00:20:45.380><c> want</c><00:20:45.519><c> you</c><00:20:45.720><c> to</c><00:20:46.019><c> think</c><00:20:46.359><c> about</c><00:20:46.640><c> this</c><00:20:46.900><c> when</c><00:20:47.059><c> I</c><00:20:47.279><c> say</c><00:20:47.400><c> it</c>

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because<00:20:47.799><c> maybe</c><00:20:49.039><c> you</c><00:20:49.259><c> already</c><00:20:49.700><c> realize</c><00:20:50.299><c> this,</c><00:20:50.460><c> I</c><00:20:50.559><c> don't</c><00:20:50.740><c> know.</c>

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The<00:20:53.039><c> paralytic</c><00:20:53.519><c> man</c><00:20:54.079><c> who</c><00:20:54.519><c> was</c><00:20:54.859><c> saved</c><00:20:55.160><c> here</c><00:20:56.420><c> never</c><00:20:57.319><c> spoke,</c>

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never<00:21:00.859><c> spoke,</c><00:21:01.599><c> yet</c><00:21:01.680><c> he</c><00:21:01.839><c> was</c><00:21:02.039><c> healed.</c>

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He<00:21:02.799><c> was</c><00:21:02.960><c> like</c><00:21:03.160><c> that</c><00:21:03.440><c> woman</c><00:21:03.920><c> that</c><00:21:04.619><c> was</c><00:21:04.920><c> locked</c><00:21:05.180><c> in</c><00:21:05.380><c> that</c><00:21:05.660><c> body</c>

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and<00:21:06.440><c> was</c><00:21:07.339><c> totally</c><00:21:07.920><c> paralyzed.</c>

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It<00:21:09.299><c> was</c><00:21:09.440><c> like</c><00:21:09.759><c> the</c><00:21:09.759><c> legion</c><00:21:10.220><c> who</c><00:21:10.660><c> was</c><00:21:11.000><c> chained</c><00:21:11.220><c> in</c><00:21:11.420><c> the</c><00:21:11.660><c> cave</c>

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and<00:21:13.059><c> was</c><00:21:13.519><c> so</c><00:21:13.799><c> distraught</c><00:21:14.500><c> that</c><00:21:15.039><c> he</c><00:21:15.259><c> thought</c>

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Christ<00:21:15.920><c> was</c><00:21:16.220><c> coming</c><00:21:16.599><c> to</c><00:21:17.180><c> torture</c><00:21:17.440><c> him.</c>

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He<00:21:18.940><c> knew</c><00:21:19.160><c> Christ,</c><00:21:19.619><c> he</c><00:21:19.819><c> saw</c><00:21:19.980><c> her</c><00:21:20.059><c> when</c><00:21:20.220><c> he</c><00:21:20.279><c> came,</c>

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he<00:21:20.559><c> was</c><00:21:20.680><c> the</c><00:21:20.720><c> son</c><00:21:20.980><c> of</c><00:21:21.119><c> man</c><00:21:21.259><c> and</c><00:21:21.400><c> you</c><00:21:21.539><c> come</c><00:21:21.740><c> to</c><00:21:22.039><c> torture</c><00:21:22.240><c> me.</c>

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So<00:21:23.559><c> he</c><00:21:23.660><c> was</c><00:21:23.920><c> so</c><00:21:25.140><c> disturbed</c><00:21:25.839><c> that</c><00:21:26.819><c> his</c><00:21:27.519><c> reality</c><00:21:28.119><c> was,</c>

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he<00:21:30.900><c> was</c><00:21:31.500><c> paralyzed</c><00:21:32.079><c> and</c><00:21:32.359><c> crippled.</c>

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So<00:21:35.779><c> this</c><00:21:36.019><c> man</c><00:21:36.539><c> was</c><00:21:37.900><c> healed</c><00:21:38.500><c> based</c><00:21:39.539><c> upon</c><00:21:39.960><c> the</c><00:21:40.319><c> faith</c><00:21:40.579><c> of</c><00:21:40.819><c> the</c><00:21:41.180><c> four</c>

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who<00:21:42.460><c> carried</c><00:21:42.859><c> him</c><00:21:43.539><c> to</c><00:21:44.259><c> Jesus.</c>

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They<00:21:45.099><c> didn't</c><00:21:45.460><c> come</c><00:21:45.920><c> in</c><00:21:46.079><c> the</c><00:21:46.299><c> front</c><00:21:46.440><c> door</c><00:21:46.640><c> and</c><00:21:46.819><c> walk</c><00:21:46.960><c> up</c><00:21:47.160><c> the</c><00:21:47.319><c> aisle.</c>

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Just<00:21:48.819><c> like</c><00:21:49.079><c> if</c><00:21:49.279><c> Christ</c><00:21:49.519><c> were</c><00:21:49.720><c> to</c><00:21:49.819><c> be</c><00:21:50.119><c> reported</c>

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to<00:21:50.839><c> come</c><00:21:51.059><c> here</c><00:21:51.359><c> today</c><00:21:51.680><c> and</c><00:21:51.960><c> speak,</c>

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this<00:21:53.140><c> building</c><00:21:53.559><c> would</c><00:21:53.900><c> be</c><00:21:54.240><c> filled</c>

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and<00:21:54.940><c> choked</c><00:21:55.180><c> with</c><00:21:55.440><c> people</c><00:21:55.740><c> outside.</c>

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They'd<00:21:56.519><c> be</c><00:21:56.660><c> looking</c><00:21:56.799><c> in</c><00:21:56.980><c> the</c><00:21:57.099><c> windows.</c>

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This<00:21:58.259><c> right</c><00:21:58.400><c> up</c><00:21:58.599><c> to</c><00:21:58.920><c> 138</c><00:21:59.700><c> and</c><00:22:00.240><c> up</c><00:22:00.519><c> in</c><00:22:00.680><c> the</c><00:22:00.819><c> back</c><00:22:00.980><c> neighborhoods,</c>

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you<00:22:01.660><c> couldn't</c><00:22:01.980><c> get</c><00:22:02.259><c> here.</c>

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But<00:22:02.880><c> these</c><00:22:03.220><c> four</c><00:22:03.440><c> men</c><00:22:04.099><c> battled</c><00:22:04.599><c> their</c><00:22:04.799><c> way</c><00:22:05.019><c> through.</c>

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They<00:22:05.440><c> came,</c><00:22:06.180><c> just</c><00:22:06.539><c> imagine</c><00:22:06.980><c> this.</c>

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They<00:22:07.720><c> came</c><00:22:07.980><c> around</c><00:22:08.180><c> the</c><00:22:08.319><c> back</c><00:22:08.500><c> of</c><00:22:08.640><c> the</c><00:22:08.799><c> fire</c><00:22:09.039><c> station</c><00:22:09.339><c> here</c>

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and<00:22:09.740><c> they</c><00:22:10.400><c> climbed</c><00:22:10.700><c> up</c><00:22:10.920><c> on</c><00:22:11.099><c> the</c><00:22:11.240><c> roof</c>

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and<00:22:11.539><c> they</c><00:22:11.819><c> started</c><00:22:12.079><c> ripping</c><00:22:12.460><c> apart</c><00:22:12.880><c> this</c><00:22:13.039><c> roof</c>

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to<00:22:13.700><c> get</c><00:22:14.140><c> this</c><00:22:14.759><c> brother</c><00:22:15.180><c> or</c><00:22:15.779><c> their</c><00:22:16.119><c> friend</c><00:22:16.680><c> in</c><00:22:17.119><c> front</c><00:22:17.259><c> of</c><00:22:17.500><c> Christ.</c>

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It<00:22:18.299><c> was</c><00:22:18.579><c> their</c><00:22:19.720><c> faith.</c>

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We<00:22:34.880><c> don't</c><00:22:35.299><c> know</c><00:22:35.819><c> the,</c>

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we<00:22:41.839><c> don't</c><00:22:42.039><c> know</c><00:22:42.279><c> what</c><00:22:42.759><c> a</c><00:22:42.980><c> person</c><00:22:43.279><c> has</c><00:22:43.900><c> in</c><00:22:44.420><c> their</c><00:22:44.619><c> mind.</c>

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But<00:22:47.279><c> push</c><00:22:47.440><c> that</c><00:22:47.640><c> all</c><00:22:47.839><c> aside.</c>

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Our<00:22:48.720><c> job</c><00:22:49.259><c> is</c><00:22:49.660><c> to</c><00:22:50.079><c> try.</c>

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because<00:22:54.019><c> the</c><00:22:54.299><c> way</c><00:22:54.539><c> we</c><00:22:54.900><c> judge,</c>

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and<00:22:56.380><c> we're</c><00:22:56.660><c> supposed</c><00:22:56.839><c> to</c><00:22:57.079><c> judge</c><00:22:57.259><c> these</c><00:22:57.579><c> matters,</c>

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is<00:22:58.740><c> the</c><00:22:58.920><c> way</c><00:22:59.099><c> we'll</c><00:22:59.380><c> be</c><00:22:59.579><c> judged.</c>

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And<00:23:01.079><c> I</c><00:23:01.180><c> don't</c><00:23:01.480><c> want</c><00:23:01.740><c> Christ</c><00:23:02.160><c> to</c><00:23:02.480><c> turn</c><00:23:02.599><c> his</c><00:23:02.799><c> back</c><00:23:03.480><c> on</c><00:23:03.779><c> me.</c>

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I've<00:23:07.460><c> done</c><00:23:07.599><c> a</c><00:23:07.759><c> lot</c><00:23:07.880><c> of</c><00:23:08.059><c> things</c><00:23:08.460><c> in</c><00:23:08.880><c> my</c><00:23:09.119><c> life</c>

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that<00:23:11.160><c> no</c><00:23:11.539><c> one</c><00:23:11.579><c> knows</c><00:23:11.880><c> about.</c>

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But<00:23:13.160><c> because</c><00:23:14.000><c> my</c><00:23:14.420><c> brother</c><00:23:14.680><c> here</c><00:23:14.960><c> is</c><00:23:15.640><c> exposed,</c>

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well,<00:23:18.099><c> how</c><00:23:18.299><c> does</c><00:23:18.400><c> that</c><00:23:18.640><c> make</c><00:23:18.799><c> a</c><00:23:18.960><c> difference?</c>

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It<00:23:24.779><c> is</c><00:23:25.000><c> our</c><00:23:25.240><c> duty</c><00:23:25.579><c> to</c><00:23:26.400><c> care</c><00:23:26.700><c> for</c>

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and<00:23:27.640><c> never</c><00:23:27.980><c> turn</c><00:23:28.259><c> our</c><00:23:28.519><c> backs</c><00:23:28.759><c> on</c><00:23:28.940><c> our</c><00:23:29.099><c> brothers</c><00:23:29.299><c> and</c><00:23:29.559><c> sisters</c>

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who<00:23:30.599><c> have</c><00:23:30.720><c> been</c><00:23:30.960><c> paralyzed</c><00:23:31.640><c> with</c><00:23:32.000><c> sin.</c>

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I'd<00:23:35.019><c> like</c><00:23:35.119><c> to</c><00:23:35.279><c> take</c><00:23:35.460><c> you</c><00:23:35.779><c> to</c><00:23:35.960><c> another</c><00:23:36.160><c> place,</c><00:23:37.000><c> Luke</c><00:23:37.339><c> chapter</c><00:23:37.799><c> seven.</c>

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I'm<00:23:40.200><c> gonna</c><00:23:40.279><c> be</c><00:23:40.519><c> reading</c><00:23:40.880><c> verses</c><00:23:41.500><c> one</c><00:23:42.140><c> through</c><00:23:42.380><c> 10.</c>

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Now<00:23:49.880><c> when</c><00:23:50.160><c> he,</c><00:23:50.680><c> Jesus,</c><00:23:51.980><c> concluded</c><00:23:52.299><c> all</c><00:23:53.519><c> his</c><00:23:54.119><c> sayings</c>

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in<00:23:54.740><c> the</c><00:23:54.900><c> hearing</c><00:23:55.119><c> of</c><00:23:55.299><c> the</c><00:23:55.480><c> people,</c>

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he<00:23:56.940><c> entered</c><00:23:57.500><c> Capernaum.</c>

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And<00:23:59.160><c> a</c><00:23:59.299><c> certain</c><00:24:00.200><c> centurion</c><00:24:00.900><c> servant</c>

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was<00:24:04.039><c> there</c><00:24:04.180><c> to</c><00:24:04.400><c> him,</c><00:24:05.140><c> was</c><00:24:05.539><c> sick</c><00:24:05.980><c> and</c><00:24:06.339><c> ready</c><00:24:06.559><c> to</c><00:24:06.819><c> die.</c>

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So<00:24:08.819><c> when</c><00:24:08.940><c> he</c><00:24:09.119><c> heard</c><00:24:09.319><c> about</c><00:24:09.539><c> Jesus,</c>

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he<00:24:10.759><c> sent</c><00:24:11.099><c> elders</c><00:24:11.559><c> of</c><00:24:11.980><c> the</c><00:24:12.500><c> Jews</c><00:24:12.799><c> to</c><00:24:13.119><c> him,</c>

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pleading<00:24:14.240><c> with</c><00:24:14.519><c> him</c><00:24:14.960><c> to</c><00:24:15.299><c> come</c><00:24:15.619><c> and</c><00:24:15.900><c> heal</c><00:24:16.440><c> his</c><00:24:17.000><c> servant.</c>

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And<00:24:19.400><c> when</c><00:24:19.579><c> they</c><00:24:19.819><c> came</c><00:24:20.200><c> to</c><00:24:20.380><c> Jesus,</c>

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they<00:24:21.259><c> begged</c><00:24:21.660><c> him</c><00:24:22.480><c> earnestly,</c>

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saying<00:24:23.720><c> that</c><00:24:24.440><c> the</c><00:24:24.579><c> one</c><00:24:24.940><c> of</c><00:24:25.359><c> whom</c><00:24:25.740><c> he</c><00:24:26.440><c> should</c><00:24:26.619><c> do</c><00:24:27.000><c> this</c>

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was<00:24:27.920><c> deserving,</c><00:24:28.980><c> for</c><00:24:29.059><c> he</c><00:24:29.400><c> loved</c><00:24:29.619><c> our</c><00:24:30.000><c> nation</c>

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and<00:24:31.660><c> has</c><00:24:31.980><c> built</c><00:24:32.319><c> us</c><00:24:32.740><c> a</c><00:24:32.900><c> synagogue.</c>

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And<00:24:34.660><c> Jesus</c><00:24:35.039><c> went</c><00:24:35.339><c> with</c><00:24:35.579><c> them.</c>

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And<00:24:36.599><c> when</c><00:24:36.779><c> he</c><00:24:36.960><c> was</c><00:24:37.740><c> already</c><00:24:38.180><c> not</c><00:24:38.579><c> far</c><00:24:38.859><c> from</c><00:24:39.079><c> the</c><00:24:39.299><c> house,</c>

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the<00:24:40.160><c> centurion</c><00:24:40.680><c> sent</c><00:24:41.000><c> friends</c><00:24:41.400><c> to</c><00:24:41.640><c> him,</c><00:24:42.099><c> saying</c><00:24:42.240><c> to</c><00:24:42.460><c> him,</c>

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Lord,<00:24:44.220><c> do</c><00:24:44.319><c> not</c><00:24:44.519><c> trouble</c><00:24:44.740><c> yourself,</c>

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for<00:24:45.599><c> I</c><00:24:45.920><c> am</c><00:24:46.200><c> not</c><00:24:46.460><c> worthy</c><00:24:46.839><c> that</c><00:24:47.160><c> you</c><00:24:47.519><c> should</c><00:24:47.740><c> come</c><00:24:48.000><c> under</c><00:24:48.319><c> my</c><00:24:48.759><c> roof.</c>

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Therefore,<00:24:50.420><c> I</c><00:24:50.779><c> do</c><00:24:51.079><c> not</c><00:24:51.200><c> even</c><00:24:51.660><c> think</c><00:24:52.160><c> myself</c><00:24:52.759><c> worthy</c><00:24:53.160><c> to</c><00:24:53.440><c> come</c>

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to<00:24:53.799><c> you.</c>

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But<00:24:55.579><c> say</c><00:24:55.819><c> the</c><00:24:56.099><c> word</c><00:24:56.519><c> and</c><00:24:56.720><c> my</c><00:24:57.059><c> servant</c><00:24:57.380><c> will</c><00:24:57.740><c> be</c><00:24:58.019><c> healed.</c>

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And<00:25:00.980><c> I</c><00:25:01.140><c> also</c><00:25:01.480><c> am</c><00:25:01.720><c> a</c><00:25:01.799><c> man</c><00:25:01.940><c> placed</c><00:25:02.299><c> under</c><00:25:02.579><c> authority,</c>

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having<00:25:03.880><c> soldiers</c><00:25:04.279><c> under</c><00:25:04.579><c> me.</c>

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And<00:25:05.000><c> I</c><00:25:05.200><c> say</c><00:25:05.380><c> go,</c><00:25:06.220><c> and</c><00:25:06.740><c> he</c><00:25:06.940><c> goes.</c>

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And<00:25:08.240><c> to</c><00:25:08.380><c> another</c><00:25:08.680><c> come,</c><00:25:08.960><c> and</c><00:25:09.119><c> he</c><00:25:09.279><c> comes.</c>

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And<00:25:10.440><c> to</c><00:25:10.619><c> my</c><00:25:10.980><c> servant,</c><00:25:11.619><c> do</c><00:25:11.839><c> this,</c><00:25:12.299><c> and</c><00:25:12.460><c> he</c><00:25:12.660><c> does</c><00:25:12.900><c> it.</c>

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And<00:25:13.980><c> when</c><00:25:14.140><c> Jesus</c><00:25:14.440><c> heard</c><00:25:14.660><c> these</c><00:25:14.940><c> things,</c>

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he<00:25:15.519><c> marveled</c><00:25:16.180><c> at</c><00:25:16.500><c> him</c><00:25:17.019><c> and</c><00:25:17.559><c> turned</c><00:25:18.099><c> around</c>

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and<00:25:18.759><c> said</c><00:25:19.079><c> to</c><00:25:19.440><c> the</c><00:25:19.660><c> crowd</c><00:25:19.920><c> that</c><00:25:20.259><c> followed</c><00:25:20.480><c> him,</c>

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I<00:25:21.220><c> say</c><00:25:21.500><c> to</c><00:25:21.740><c> you,</c><00:25:22.140><c> I</c><00:25:22.480><c> have</c><00:25:22.740><c> not</c><00:25:23.039><c> found</c><00:25:23.279><c> such</c><00:25:23.619><c> great</c><00:25:24.079><c> faith,</c>

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not<00:25:25.619><c> even</c><00:25:25.940><c> in</c><00:25:26.200><c> Israel.</c>

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As<00:25:29.880><c> there's</c><00:25:30.180><c> so</c><00:25:30.460><c> much</c><00:25:30.619><c> in</c><00:25:30.859><c> there,</c>

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but<00:25:32.619><c> I've</c><00:25:32.880><c> read</c><00:25:32.960><c> that</c><00:25:33.160><c> a</c><00:25:33.339><c> million</c><00:25:33.460><c> times,</c>

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and<00:25:36.119><c> I</c><00:25:36.799><c> kind</c><00:25:36.900><c> of</c><00:25:37.059><c> just</c><00:25:37.559><c> didn't</c><00:25:38.119><c> discern</c><00:25:38.700><c> and</c><00:25:39.440><c> get</c><00:25:39.859><c> all</c><00:25:40.839><c> the</c><00:25:41.059><c> points.</c>

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The<00:25:45.420><c> servant</c><00:25:45.859><c> never</c><00:25:47.319><c> spoke.</c>

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There's<00:25:49.400><c> no</c><00:25:49.680><c> words</c><00:25:49.960><c> in</c><00:25:50.319><c> the</c><00:25:50.500><c> words</c><00:25:50.720><c> here,</c><00:25:51.220><c> in</c><00:25:51.480><c> the</c><00:25:51.579><c> scriptures.</c>

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And<00:25:53.539><c> yet</c><00:25:53.680><c> he</c><00:25:53.799><c> was</c><00:25:54.099><c> healed.</c>

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The<00:25:56.700><c> centurion's</c><00:25:57.400><c> love</c><00:25:57.980><c> for</c><00:25:58.380><c> the</c><00:25:58.599><c> servant</c>

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and<00:26:00.440><c> the</c><00:26:00.660><c> faith</c><00:26:00.819><c> in</c><00:26:01.000><c> Jesus</c><00:26:01.559><c> was</c><00:26:02.359><c> what</c><00:26:02.599><c> the</c><00:26:02.799><c> Lord</c><00:26:03.359><c> admired.</c>

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The<00:26:06.180><c> centurion</c><00:26:07.259><c> worked</c><00:26:08.660><c> for</c><00:26:09.579><c> Rome</c><00:26:10.200><c> that</c><00:26:10.940><c> persecuted</c><00:26:11.440><c> the</c><00:26:11.740><c> Jews.</c>

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He<00:26:13.839><c> asked</c><00:26:14.220><c> the</c><00:26:14.480><c> Jews</c><00:26:14.819><c> to</c><00:26:15.140><c> go</c><00:26:15.299><c> and</c><00:26:15.460><c> talk</c><00:26:15.579><c> to</c><00:26:15.759><c> Jesus</c>

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who<00:26:16.799><c> would</c><00:26:17.039><c> eventually</c><00:26:17.619><c> kill</c><00:26:17.960><c> him.</c>

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And<00:26:19.359><c> yet</c><00:26:19.740><c> none</c><00:26:19.960><c> of</c><00:26:20.099><c> that</c><00:26:20.279><c> mattered.</c>

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Jesus<00:26:21.680><c> only</c><00:26:22.160><c> saw</c><00:26:22.619><c> the</c><00:26:23.400><c> faith</c><00:26:23.920><c> and</c><00:26:24.539><c> the</c><00:26:24.819><c> love</c><00:26:25.140><c> of</c><00:26:25.400><c> the</c><00:26:25.599><c> man</c>

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for<00:26:26.420><c> the</c><00:26:26.619><c> other</c><00:26:26.799><c> man.</c>

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It<00:26:27.920><c> was</c><00:26:28.160><c> like</c><00:26:28.400><c> three</c><00:26:28.539><c> times</c><00:26:28.819><c> removed.</c>

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And<00:26:30.160><c> yet</c><00:26:30.319><c> Jesus</c><00:26:31.220><c> healed</c><00:26:31.779><c> the</c><00:26:32.019><c> man.</c>

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So<00:26:34.119><c> how,</c><00:26:34.740><c> brothers</c><00:26:34.839><c> and</c><00:26:35.160><c> sisters,</c><00:26:35.759><c> can</c><00:26:35.880><c> we</c><00:26:36.460><c> as</c><00:26:37.460><c> believers,</c>

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believers<00:26:40.819><c> in</c><00:26:41.079><c> Christ,</c><00:26:41.559><c> how</c><00:26:41.759><c> can</c><00:26:41.920><c> we</c><00:26:42.160><c> believe</c><00:26:42.500><c> there's</c><00:26:42.779><c> any</c><00:26:43.200><c> limit</c>

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to<00:26:44.640><c> what</c><00:26:45.480><c> Christ</c><00:26:45.779><c> can</c><00:26:46.059><c> do</c><00:26:46.359><c> and</c><00:26:46.779><c> what</c><00:26:47.200><c> God</c><00:26:47.660><c> is</c><00:26:47.960><c> all</c><00:26:48.180><c> about?</c>

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Again,<00:26:51.660><c> I'm</c><00:26:51.839><c> not</c><00:26:52.180><c> saying</c><00:26:52.640><c> that</c><00:26:53.799><c> I'm</c><00:26:54.019><c> deciding</c><00:26:54.460><c> these</c><00:26:54.779><c> things.</c>

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I'm<00:26:55.240><c> only</c><00:26:55.599><c> saying</c><00:26:55.880><c> that</c><00:26:57.519><c> this</c><00:26:57.720><c> is</c><00:26:57.960><c> the,</c>

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he's<00:26:58.640><c> the</c><00:26:58.640><c> Lord</c><00:26:58.759><c> standing</c><00:26:59.099><c> right</c><00:26:59.400><c> here.</c>

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It's<00:27:01.140><c> his</c><00:27:01.539><c> job.</c>

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It's,<00:27:04.059><c> I</c><00:27:04.299><c> always</c><00:27:04.960><c> say</c><00:27:05.440><c> it</c><00:27:05.640><c> in</c><00:27:05.859><c> my</c><00:27:06.180><c> terms,</c>

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it's<00:27:07.160><c> well</c><00:27:07.380><c> over</c><00:27:07.619><c> my</c><00:27:07.940><c> pay</c><00:27:08.160><c> grade</c><00:27:08.579><c> to</c><00:27:10.259><c> even</c><00:27:10.579><c> consider</c><00:27:11.019><c> these</c><00:27:11.339><c> things.</c>

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But<00:27:12.480><c> we</c><00:27:13.059><c> have</c><00:27:13.339><c> to</c><00:27:13.599><c> discern</c><00:27:14.079><c> enough</c>

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to<00:27:15.940><c> show</c><00:27:16.200><c> our</c><00:27:16.539><c> compassion</c><00:27:17.059><c> and</c><00:27:17.279><c> our</c><00:27:17.539><c> love</c>

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for<00:27:18.640><c> those</c><00:27:19.039><c> who</c><00:27:19.480><c> are</c><00:27:19.900><c> crippled,</c><00:27:20.660><c> paralyzed,</c>

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and<00:27:24.320><c> the</c><00:27:24.880><c> only</c><00:27:25.200><c> thing</c><00:27:25.380><c> that</c><00:27:25.619><c> matters</c>

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is<00:27:26.140><c> they</c><00:27:26.640><c> want</c><00:27:26.960><c> to</c><00:27:27.240><c> seek</c><00:27:27.559><c> the</c><00:27:27.799><c> Lord.</c>

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This,<00:27:33.119><c> I</c><00:27:33.319><c> was</c><00:27:33.559><c> tormented</c><00:27:34.079><c> with</c><00:27:35.220><c> giving</c><00:27:35.460><c> this</c><00:27:35.640><c> a</c><00:27:35.859><c> title.</c>

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I<00:27:36.299><c> can't</c><00:27:36.500><c> even</c><00:27:36.720><c> think</c><00:27:36.920><c> of</c><00:27:37.079><c> what</c><00:27:37.200><c> it</c><00:27:37.420><c> is,</c><00:27:38.059><c> what</c><00:27:38.220><c> it</c><00:27:38.380><c> could</c><00:27:38.539><c> be.</c>

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There's<00:27:40.700><c> a</c><00:27:40.799><c> lot</c><00:27:40.980><c> of</c><00:27:41.220><c> factors</c><00:27:41.460><c> here</c><00:27:41.700><c> that</c><00:27:41.799><c> I</c><00:27:41.960><c> wanted</c><00:27:42.079><c> to</c><00:27:42.319><c> bring</c><00:27:42.460><c> out.</c>

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But<00:27:43.299><c> I'm</c><00:27:43.420><c> gonna</c><00:27:43.519><c> end</c><00:27:44.519><c> with</c><00:27:46.420><c> this,</c>

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and<00:27:47.200><c> I</c><00:27:47.259><c> guess</c><00:27:47.460><c> the</c><00:27:47.779><c> last</c><00:27:48.940><c> thought</c><00:27:49.299><c> would</c><00:27:49.579><c> be</c><00:27:49.759><c> the</c><00:27:49.980><c> best</c>

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to<00:27:51.839><c> give</c><00:27:52.079><c> it</c><00:27:52.700><c> a</c><00:27:52.880><c> title</c><00:27:53.160><c> of</c><00:27:53.359><c> time.</c>

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And<00:27:56.980><c> this</c><00:27:57.500><c> thought</c><00:27:57.880><c> to</c><00:27:58.160><c> me</c><00:27:58.579><c> is</c><00:27:59.839><c> that</c><00:28:00.299><c> there's</c><00:28:01.140><c> no</c><00:28:01.400><c> limits</c>

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and<00:28:01.900><c> no</c><00:28:02.140><c> bounds</c><00:28:02.619><c> from</c><00:28:04.259><c> God's</c><00:28:05.160><c> perspective,</c>

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and<00:28:06.500><c> that</c><00:28:06.759><c> authority</c><00:28:07.099><c> has</c><00:28:07.319><c> been</c><00:28:07.460><c> given</c><00:28:07.660><c> to</c><00:28:07.920><c> his</c><00:28:08.180><c> son.</c>

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So<00:28:09.220><c> we</c><00:28:09.480><c> come</c><00:28:09.660><c> here</c><00:28:09.980><c> to</c><00:28:11.180><c> remember</c><00:28:11.700><c> his</c><00:28:12.019><c> son.</c>

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We<00:28:13.000><c> come</c><00:28:13.200><c> here</c><00:28:13.519><c> to</c><00:28:14.319><c> believe</c><00:28:14.740><c> that</c><00:28:15.279><c> he</c><00:28:15.740><c> will</c><00:28:16.079><c> forgive</c><00:28:16.400><c> us.</c>

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I<00:28:18.519><c> think</c><00:28:18.680><c> we're</c><00:28:18.920><c> all</c><00:28:19.079><c> on</c><00:28:19.200><c> the</c><00:28:19.319><c> same</c><00:28:19.559><c> page</c><00:28:19.819><c> there.</c>

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You<00:28:20.380><c> wouldn't</c><00:28:20.579><c> be</c><00:28:20.819><c> here</c><00:28:20.980><c> this</c><00:28:21.240><c> morning.</c>

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So<00:28:23.759><c> why</c><00:28:24.400><c> would</c><00:28:24.680><c> we</c><00:28:25.299><c> limit</c><00:28:25.660><c> or</c><00:28:26.680><c> in</c><00:28:27.200><c> any</c><00:28:27.460><c> way</c>

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turn<00:28:28.920><c> our</c><00:28:29.200><c> backs</c><00:28:29.440><c> on</c><00:28:30.140><c> someone</c><00:28:32.000><c> else</c><00:28:32.460><c> who</c><00:28:33.160><c> seeks</c><00:28:33.440><c> the</c><00:28:33.680><c> same</c><00:28:33.960><c> thing?</c>

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I'm<00:28:38.940><c> not</c><00:28:39.220><c> condoning</c><00:28:40.319><c> a</c><00:28:40.819><c> sin,</c>

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and<00:28:44.480><c> I'm</c><00:28:44.559><c> not</c><00:28:44.779><c> judging</c><00:28:45.059><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:28:47.119><c> inherent</c><00:28:47.559><c> to</c><00:28:47.880><c> our</c><00:28:48.099><c> nature,</c><00:28:48.500><c> to</c><00:28:48.700><c> our</c><00:28:48.920><c> flesh.</c>

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It's<00:28:49.799><c> who</c><00:28:50.000><c> we</c><00:28:50.240><c> are.</c>

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So<00:28:52.900><c> I</c><00:28:52.980><c> want</c><00:28:53.059><c> to</c><00:28:53.160><c> take</c><00:28:53.299><c> you</c><00:28:53.519><c> to</c><00:28:54.119><c> an</c><00:28:54.279><c> end</c>

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this<00:28:54.779><c> at</c><00:28:55.460><c> Ephesians</c><00:28:56.099><c> chapter</c><00:28:56.480><c> three.</c>

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I<00:28:57.559><c> want</c><00:28:57.700><c> to</c><00:28:57.859><c> read</c><00:28:58.059><c> verse</c><00:28:58.740><c> 20</c><00:28:59.259><c> and</c><00:28:59.380><c> 21.</c>

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Now<00:29:06.619><c> to</c><00:29:06.940><c> him</c><00:29:07.539><c> who</c><00:29:07.980><c> is</c><00:29:08.339><c> able</c><00:29:08.660><c> to</c><00:29:09.019><c> do</c><00:29:09.819><c> exceedingly,</c><00:29:11.559><c> abundantly,</c>

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above<00:29:13.059><c> all</c><00:29:13.599><c> that</c><00:29:13.920><c> we</c><00:29:14.519><c> ask</c><00:29:14.900><c> or</c><00:29:15.380><c> think</c>

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according<00:29:17.980><c> to</c><00:29:18.220><c> the</c><00:29:18.460><c> powers</c><00:29:18.920><c> that</c><00:29:19.640><c> work</c><00:29:20.019><c> in</c><00:29:20.400><c> us.</c>

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To<00:29:22.000><c> him</c><00:29:22.640><c> be</c><00:29:23.160><c> glory</c><00:29:23.740><c> in</c><00:29:24.359><c> the</c><00:29:24.579><c> church</c><00:29:25.119><c> of</c><00:29:25.640><c> Christ</c><00:29:26.039><c> Jesus,</c>

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to<00:29:27.359><c> all</c><00:29:27.700><c> generations</c><00:29:28.539><c> forever</c><00:29:29.460><c> and</c><00:29:29.680><c> ever,</c>

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amen.