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Therefore,<00:14:52.179><c> brothers</c><00:14:52.460><c> and</c><00:14:52.759><c> sisters,</c><00:14:53.259><c> therefore,</c><00:14:53.919><c> brethren,</c>

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He's<00:17:16.019><c> promised</c><00:17:16.460><c> us</c><00:17:16.819><c> eternal</c><00:17:17.180><c> life.</c>

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our<00:17:21.059><c> names</c><00:17:21.440><c> were</c><00:17:21.819><c> written</c><00:17:22.220><c> in</c><00:17:22.619><c> the</c><00:17:22.779><c> book</c><00:17:22.960><c> of</c><00:17:23.200><c> life.</c>

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And<00:17:26.319><c> the</c><00:17:26.460><c> question</c><00:17:26.700><c> is,</c><00:17:26.920><c> how</c><00:17:27.160><c> do</c><00:17:27.359><c> we</c><00:17:27.539><c> show</c><00:17:27.799><c> our</c><00:17:28.180><c> thanks</c><00:17:28.400><c> and</c>

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our<00:18:03.880><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:18:10.140><c> so</c><00:18:10.220><c> you</c><00:18:10.279><c> might</c><00:18:10.480><c> ask</c><00:18:10.799><c> yourself,</c><00:18:11.460><c> is</c><00:18:12.000><c> my</c><00:18:12.740><c> faith</c><00:18:13.559><c> alive?</c>

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gift<00:18:44.140><c> of</c><00:18:44.420><c> all.</c>

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know<00:19:24.599><c> more</c><00:19:25.059><c> about</c><00:19:25.460><c> God.</c>

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You<00:20:36.400><c> know,</c><00:20:36.559><c> for</c><00:20:36.779><c> some</c><00:20:37.079><c> time</c><00:20:37.539><c> there</c><00:20:37.859><c> are</c><00:20:38.680><c> many</c><00:20:38.980><c> young</c><00:20:39.759><c> people</c>

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that<00:20:40.319><c> have</c><00:20:40.559><c> gone</c><00:20:40.819><c> through</c>

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our<00:20:41.460><c> brother</c><00:20:41.759><c> Bob,</c><00:20:42.200><c> Uncle</c><00:20:42.519><c> Bob</c><00:20:42.900><c> Eagle's</c><00:20:43.460><c> classes.</c>

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And<00:20:46.200><c> you</c><00:20:46.680><c> know,</c><00:20:46.859><c> as</c><00:20:47.079><c> you</c><00:20:47.299><c> attend</c><00:20:47.740><c> and</c><00:20:48.339><c> sit</c><00:20:48.559><c> through</c><00:20:48.859><c> a</c><00:20:49.000><c> Bible</c><00:20:49.299><c> class</c><00:20:49.779><c> as</c><00:20:50.039><c> a</c><00:20:50.180><c> teenager,</c>

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you<00:20:51.259><c> come</c><00:20:51.799><c> to</c><00:20:52.059><c> the</c><00:20:52.299><c> point</c><00:20:52.539><c> where</c><00:20:52.839><c> you</c><00:20:53.279><c> know</c><00:20:53.720><c> enough</c><00:20:54.259><c> about</c><00:20:54.720><c> the</c><00:20:54.980><c> Gospel.</c>

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And<00:20:57.279><c> at</c><00:20:57.380><c> that</c><00:20:57.579><c> point</c><00:20:57.759><c> in</c><00:20:57.980><c> time</c><00:20:58.160><c> it's</c><00:20:58.880><c> a</c><00:20:58.940><c> decision.</c>

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Do<00:21:01.279><c> I</c><00:21:01.500><c> know</c><00:21:01.819><c> enough</c><00:21:02.099><c> to</c><00:21:02.259><c> be</c><00:21:02.539><c> baptized</c><00:21:03.000><c> is</c><00:21:03.339><c> not</c><00:21:03.660><c> the</c><00:21:03.880><c> question.</c>

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You<00:21:04.960><c> know</c><00:21:05.259><c> enough.</c>

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you<00:21:17.819><c> need</c><00:21:18.059><c> to</c><00:21:18.339><c> realize</c><00:21:18.839><c> that</c><00:21:19.140><c> God</c><00:21:19.400><c> is</c><00:21:19.839><c> offering</c><00:21:20.200><c> you</c><00:21:20.460><c> this</c><00:21:20.759><c> gift</c><00:21:20.980><c> and</c>

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You're<00:21:25.819><c> given</c><00:21:26.220><c> free</c><00:21:26.680><c> will.</c>

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Sandy<00:22:05.779><c> and</c><00:22:06.079><c> I</c><00:22:06.339><c> inscribed</c><00:22:07.299><c> a</c><00:22:08.099><c> passage</c><00:22:08.619><c> on</c><00:22:09.880><c> a</c><00:22:10.059><c> cover</c><00:22:10.220><c> of</c><00:22:10.420><c> a</c><00:22:10.559><c> Bible</c>

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that<00:22:12.640><c> we</c><00:22:12.859><c> gave</c><00:22:13.099><c> him.</c>

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Colossians<00:22:17.579><c> chapter</c><00:22:17.980><c> one.</c>

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Apostle<00:22:26.859><c> Paul</c><00:22:27.140><c> says,</c><00:22:27.740><c> We</c><00:22:27.740><c> pray</c><00:22:28.380><c> that</c><00:22:29.720><c> you</c><00:22:29.920><c> might</c><00:22:30.259><c> live</c><00:22:30.819><c> a</c><00:22:31.160><c> life</c>

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What<00:22:40.920><c> a</c><00:22:41.180><c> great</c><00:22:41.359><c> prayer</c><00:22:41.960><c> that</c><00:22:43.799><c> you</c><00:22:43.980><c> would</c><00:22:44.220><c> live</c><00:22:44.420><c> a</c><00:22:44.680><c> life</c><00:22:44.940><c> worthy</c>

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And<00:23:22.220><c> joyfully</c><00:23:22.700><c> giving</c><00:23:23.019><c> thanks</c><00:23:23.619><c> to</c><00:23:23.980><c> the</c><00:23:24.200><c> Father</c><00:23:24.680><c> who</c><00:23:25.480><c> has</c><00:23:25.859><c> qualified</c><00:23:26.559><c> you</c>

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to<00:23:27.440><c> share</c><00:23:27.799><c> in</c><00:23:28.099><c> the</c><00:23:28.359><c> inheritance</c><00:23:28.980><c> of</c><00:23:29.839><c> the</c><00:23:30.079><c> saints.</c>

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This,<00:23:32.599><c> brothers</c><00:23:32.720><c> and</c><00:23:33.039><c> sisters,</c><00:23:33.440><c> is</c><00:23:33.740><c> the</c><00:23:34.079><c> greatest</c><00:23:34.400><c> gift.</c>

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so<00:23:53.259><c> that</c><00:23:53.440><c> we</c><00:23:53.539><c> might</c><00:23:53.740><c> all</c><00:23:54.119><c> keep</c><00:23:54.380><c> the</c><00:23:54.660><c> faith,</c><00:23:56.099><c> endure</c><00:23:56.380><c> to</c><00:23:56.619><c> the</c><00:23:56.779><c> end,</c><00:23:58.200><c> and</c><00:23:58.440><c> share</c><00:23:58.839><c> the</c><00:23:59.119><c> gift</c><00:23:59.700><c> of</c><00:24:00.359><c> immortality.</c>

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We<00:24:02.519><c> pray</c><00:24:02.920><c> that</c><00:24:03.079><c> you</c><00:24:03.259><c> may</c><00:24:03.420><c> live</c><00:24:03.640><c> a</c><00:24:03.779><c> life</c><00:24:04.000><c> worthy</c><00:24:04.460><c> of</c><00:24:04.720><c> the</c><00:24:04.859><c> Lord,</c>

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Paul<00:24:05.460><c> says,</c><00:24:06.559><c> and</c><00:24:06.740><c> please</c><00:24:07.079><c> him</c><00:24:07.700><c> in</c><00:24:08.259><c> every</c><00:24:08.519><c> way.</c>

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And<00:24:10.240><c> this,</c><00:24:10.539><c> dear</c><00:24:10.619><c> brothers</c><00:24:10.920><c> and</c><00:24:11.240><c> sisters,</c><00:24:12.460><c> is</c><00:24:12.579><c> how</c><00:24:12.819><c> we</c><00:24:13.059><c> can</c><00:24:13.259><c> give</c><00:24:13.500><c> thanks</c><00:24:13.859><c> to</c>

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God<00:24:14.619><c> for</c><00:24:15.539><c> his</c><00:24:15.940><c> indescribable</c><00:24:17.299><c> gift.</c>