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sports<00:10:48.100><c> or</c><00:10:48.559><c> possessions</c><00:10:49.159><c> or</c><00:10:49.580><c> television,</c><00:10:50.600><c> entertainment,</c>

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hobbies<00:10:51.580><c> or</c><00:10:52.019><c> other</c><00:10:52.320><c> activities,</c>

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to<00:10:53.980><c> which</c><00:10:54.120><c> I</c><00:10:54.399><c> emphasize</c><00:10:54.980><c> none</c><00:10:55.440><c> of</c><00:10:55.759><c> which</c><00:10:56.120><c> may</c><00:10:56.620><c> of</c><00:10:57.240><c> itself</c><00:10:57.820><c> be</c><00:10:58.139><c> a</c><00:10:58.360><c> problem.</c>

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But<00:10:59.700><c> when</c><00:10:59.919><c> these</c><00:11:00.340><c> activities</c><00:11:01.000><c> overtake</c><00:11:01.940><c> our</c><00:11:02.320><c> lives</c><00:11:02.860><c> to</c><00:11:03.820><c> the</c><00:11:04.059><c> point</c><00:11:04.279><c> that</c><00:11:04.460><c> it</c><00:11:04.659><c> becomes</c><00:11:05.000><c> an</c><00:11:05.299><c> obsession</c><00:11:05.740><c> and</c><00:11:06.100><c> a</c>

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priority<00:11:07.039><c> over</c><00:11:07.559><c> being</c><00:11:07.799><c> at</c><00:11:08.019><c> the</c><00:11:08.159><c> Lord's</c><00:11:08.620><c> table,</c>

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then<00:11:10.579><c> it</c><00:11:11.179><c> becomes</c><00:11:11.580><c> a</c><00:11:11.820><c> form</c><00:11:12.059><c> of</c><00:11:12.360><c> idolatry.</c>

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so<00:11:22.200><c> since</c><00:11:22.419><c> he's</c><00:11:22.620><c> sitting</c><00:11:22.820><c> right</c><00:11:23.100><c> next</c><00:11:23.399><c> to</c><00:11:23.580><c> me,</c><00:11:24.399><c> I'm</c><00:11:24.620><c> going</c><00:11:24.720><c> to</c>

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follow<00:11:25.059><c> his</c><00:11:25.320><c> example.</c>

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operator<00:11:31.860><c> since</c><00:11:32.200><c> the</c><00:11:32.279><c> mid</c><00:11:32.559><c>-1970s.</c>

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I'm<00:11:34.279><c> very</c><00:11:34.700><c> fond</c><00:11:34.960><c> of</c><00:11:35.139><c> my</c><00:11:35.379><c> hobby,</c><00:11:36.100><c> but</c><00:11:37.820><c> sometimes</c><00:11:38.600><c> I've</c><00:11:38.799><c> had</c><00:11:38.899><c> to</c>

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make<00:11:39.220><c> choices.</c>

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There<00:11:41.460><c> have</c><00:11:41.759><c> been</c><00:11:42.700><c> instances</c><00:11:43.820><c> from</c><00:11:44.379><c> time</c><00:11:44.639><c> to</c><00:11:44.860><c> time</c><00:11:45.580><c> that</c><00:11:46.139><c> various</c><00:11:46.639><c> organized</c><00:11:47.620><c> events</c><00:11:48.220><c> and</c>

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activities<00:11:49.100><c> that</c><00:11:49.480><c> I</c><00:11:49.659><c> could</c><00:11:49.840><c> have</c><00:11:50.059><c> enjoyed</c><00:11:50.419><c> participating</c><00:11:51.279><c> in</c>

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came<00:11:52.879><c> along,</c>

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but<00:11:53.600><c> in</c><00:11:54.019><c> doing,</c><00:11:55.559><c> I</c><00:11:55.659><c> wouldn't</c><00:11:55.840><c> be</c><00:11:56.120><c> able</c><00:11:56.379><c> to</c><00:11:56.940><c> be</c><00:11:57.120><c> here</c><00:11:57.340><c> on</c><00:11:57.600><c> Sunday</c><00:11:57.860><c> mornings.</c>

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To<00:12:00.039><c> that</c><00:12:00.419><c> end,</c><00:12:00.659><c> I</c><00:12:00.840><c> decided</c><00:12:01.379><c> early</c><00:12:01.840><c> on</c><00:12:02.600><c> that</c><00:12:03.320><c> being</c><00:12:03.639><c> here</c><00:12:04.279><c> would</c>

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For<00:12:07.700><c> example,</c><00:12:08.299><c> just</c><00:12:08.600><c> two</c><00:12:08.779><c> weeks</c><00:12:09.059><c> ago,</c><00:12:09.940><c> I</c><00:12:10.679><c> traveled</c><00:12:10.960><c> down</c><00:12:11.279><c> to</c><00:12:11.480><c> Orlando,</c><00:12:11.919><c> Florida</c><00:12:12.440><c> to</c><00:12:12.779><c> attend</c><00:12:13.120><c> a</c>

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radio<00:12:13.740><c> convention.</c>

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It's<00:12:15.480><c> a</c><00:12:15.639><c> three</c><00:12:15.779><c>-day</c><00:12:15.980><c> event,</c><00:12:17.379><c> and</c><00:12:17.919><c> it's</c><00:12:18.240><c> in</c><00:12:18.480><c> Florida</c><00:12:19.080><c> in</c><00:12:20.220><c> February,</c><00:12:22.059><c> 80</c>

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degrees,<00:12:23.539><c> February.</c>

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Need<00:12:25.960><c> I</c><00:12:26.200><c> say</c><00:12:26.419><c> more?</c>

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But<00:12:29.480><c> the</c><00:12:29.700><c> bottom</c><00:12:29.980><c> line,</c><00:12:30.299><c> I</c><00:12:30.460><c> wasn't</c><00:12:30.820><c> here.</c>

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So<00:12:32.759><c> what</c><00:12:32.940><c> I</c><00:12:33.200><c> did</c><00:12:33.639><c> was</c><00:12:34.340><c> attend</c><00:12:34.580><c> the</c><00:12:34.879><c> convention</c><00:12:35.379><c> on</c><00:12:35.860><c> Friday</c><00:12:36.200><c> and</c>

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Saturday,<00:12:37.860><c> and</c><00:12:38.100><c> attended</c><00:12:38.379><c> church</c><00:12:38.799><c> near</c><00:12:39.039><c> Orlando</c><00:12:39.460><c> on</c><00:12:39.840><c> Sunday.</c>

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I<00:12:41.419><c> consider</c><00:12:41.759><c> that</c><00:12:42.000><c> a</c><00:12:42.200><c> reasonable</c><00:12:42.600><c> compromise.</c>

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I<00:12:44.620><c> attended</c><00:12:44.899><c> the</c><00:12:45.159><c> convention,</c><00:12:46.279><c> but</c><00:12:46.539><c> I</c><00:12:46.759><c> didn't</c><00:12:46.980><c> let</c><00:12:47.200><c> it</c><00:12:47.580><c> overtake</c><00:12:48.399><c> my</c><00:12:48.799><c> priorities.</c>

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And<00:12:51.240><c> another</c><00:12:51.620><c> story,</c><00:12:52.639><c> and</c><00:12:52.779><c> remember,</c><00:12:53.100><c> if</c><00:12:53.179><c> you</c><00:12:53.299><c> don't</c><00:12:53.419><c> like</c><00:12:53.679><c> where</c><00:12:53.860><c> this</c><00:12:54.100><c> is</c>

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going,<00:12:54.879><c> you</c><00:12:55.059><c> blame</c><00:12:55.259><c> Jim.</c>

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local<00:13:03.299><c> high</c><00:13:03.580><c> school</c><00:13:03.879><c> athletic</c><00:13:04.299><c> department.</c>

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I<00:13:06.159><c> enjoyed</c><00:13:06.600><c> going</c><00:13:06.940><c> to</c><00:13:07.240><c> sporting</c><00:13:07.480><c> events.</c><00:13:08.220><c> I</c><00:13:08.399><c> really</c><00:13:08.679><c> did.</c>

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But<00:13:10.139><c> I</c><00:13:10.299><c> made</c><00:13:10.460><c> it</c><00:13:10.679><c> clear</c><00:13:10.799><c> to</c><00:13:10.940><c> my</c><00:13:11.179><c> dispatcher</c><00:13:11.899><c> from</c><00:13:12.220><c> day</c><00:13:12.600><c> one</c><00:13:13.220><c> that</c><00:13:13.980><c> I</c>

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regularly<00:13:14.740><c> attend</c><00:13:15.179><c> church,</c>

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and<00:13:16.629><c> I</c><00:13:16.789><c> wouldn't</c><00:13:17.149><c> be</c><00:13:17.509><c> available</c><00:13:17.950><c> for</c><00:13:18.289><c> any</c><00:13:18.549><c> event</c><00:13:18.850><c> that</c><00:13:19.070><c> departed</c><00:13:19.409><c> from</c><00:13:19.669><c> the</c><00:13:19.970><c> school</c><00:13:20.210><c> prior</c><00:13:20.549><c> to</c><00:13:20.809><c> 2</c>

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My<00:13:23.870><c> dispatcher</c><00:13:24.610><c> never</c><00:13:24.870><c> once</c><00:13:25.610><c> ignored</c><00:13:26.210><c> my</c><00:13:26.590><c> request.</c>

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But<00:13:37.929><c> sometimes</c><00:13:38.909><c> there</c><00:13:40.110><c> were</c><00:13:40.470><c> early</c><00:13:40.850><c> afternoon</c><00:13:41.409><c> events,</c>

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and<00:13:42.690><c> if</c><00:13:42.850><c> it</c><00:13:42.950><c> was</c><00:13:43.269><c> a</c><00:13:43.529><c> tournament</c><00:13:43.870><c> game</c><00:13:44.450><c> scheduled</c><00:13:45.070><c> by</c><00:13:46.309><c> third</c><00:13:46.750><c>-party</c><00:13:47.110><c> power</c><00:13:47.549><c>-to</c>

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-be's,<00:13:48.929><c> there</c><00:13:50.450><c> could</c><00:13:50.789><c> be</c><00:13:51.129><c> Sunday</c><00:13:51.409><c> morning</c><00:13:51.710><c> games.</c>

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Now,<00:13:55.049><c> many</c><00:13:55.309><c> years</c><00:13:55.649><c> ago,</c><00:13:56.070><c> I</c><00:13:56.450><c> drove</c><00:13:56.830><c> for</c><00:13:57.110><c> one</c><00:13:57.389><c> particular</c><00:13:57.990><c> team</c>

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that<00:13:58.690><c> had</c><00:13:58.990><c> a</c><00:13:59.509><c> very</c><00:13:59.870><c> good</c><00:14:00.110><c> season.</c>

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In<00:14:01.889><c> fact,</c><00:14:02.409><c> they</c><00:14:02.629><c> never</c><00:14:02.950><c> lost</c><00:14:03.330><c> a</c><00:14:03.570><c> single</c><00:14:03.809><c> road</c><00:14:04.190><c> game</c><00:14:04.649><c> in</c><00:14:05.210><c> which</c>

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I<00:14:06.250><c> drove</c><00:14:06.549><c> the</c><00:14:06.809><c> team</c><00:14:07.029><c> bus.</c>

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I<00:14:08.649><c> was</c><00:14:08.950><c> labeled</c><00:14:09.549><c> the</c><00:14:10.269><c> good</c><00:14:10.769><c> luck</c><00:14:11.210><c> bus</c><00:14:11.590><c> driver.</c>

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However,<00:14:16.149><c> a</c><00:14:16.330><c> tournament</c><00:14:16.669><c> game</c><00:14:17.009><c> was</c><00:14:17.309><c> scheduled</c><00:14:17.870><c> on</c><00:14:18.710><c> an</c><00:14:18.889><c> early</c>

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I<00:14:24.730><c> did</c><00:14:24.929><c> do</c><00:14:25.149><c> the</c><00:14:25.750><c> next</c><00:14:25.909><c> best</c><00:14:26.269><c> thing,</c><00:14:26.610><c> however.</c>

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So<00:14:32.070><c> right</c><00:14:32.429><c> after</c><00:14:32.710><c> memorial</c><00:14:33.250><c> service,</c><00:14:33.929><c> I</c><00:14:34.110><c> hopped</c><00:14:34.350><c> into</c><00:14:34.509><c> my</c><00:14:34.830><c> car</c>

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and<00:14:35.330><c> skedaddled</c><00:14:35.850><c> over</c><00:14:36.210><c> to</c><00:14:36.429><c> where</c><00:14:36.629><c> the</c><00:14:36.870><c> game</c><00:14:37.009><c> was</c><00:14:37.230><c> being</c><00:14:37.570><c> played</c><00:14:37.990><c> and</c>

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attended<00:14:38.509><c> the</c><00:14:38.809><c> event.</c>

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I<00:14:39.889><c> didn't</c><00:14:40.129><c> even</c><00:14:40.509><c> stop</c><00:14:40.909><c> for</c><00:14:41.309><c> lunch,</c><00:14:42.330><c> if</c><00:14:42.509><c> that</c><00:14:42.809><c> tells</c><00:14:43.029><c> you</c><00:14:43.129><c> anything.</c>

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And<00:14:50.649><c> as</c><00:14:50.850><c> you</c><00:14:51.149><c> probably</c><00:14:51.629><c> guessed,</c><00:14:53.070><c> those</c><00:14:53.389><c> boys</c><00:14:53.990><c> lost</c><00:14:54.850><c> the</c><00:14:55.230><c> game.</c>

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baptized<00:26:34.609><c> into</c><00:26:35.750><c> his</c><00:26:36.309><c> name.</c>

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no<00:26:56.250><c> choice</c><00:26:56.549><c> in</c><00:26:56.690><c> the</c><00:26:56.849><c> matter?</c>

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love<00:27:06.170><c> you?</c>

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love<00:27:17.349><c> you?</c>

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love<00:27:30.630><c> him.</c>

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He<00:27:33.069><c> gave</c><00:27:33.450><c> man</c><00:27:33.809><c> a</c><00:27:34.230><c> perfect</c><00:27:34.650><c> environment</c><00:27:35.369><c> and</c><00:27:36.809><c> the</c><00:27:37.049><c> tree</c><00:27:37.210><c> of</c><00:27:37.509><c> life</c><00:27:38.109><c> for</c><00:27:38.569><c> sustenance.</c>

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All<00:27:42.029><c> he</c><00:27:42.329><c> asked</c><00:27:42.930><c> was</c><00:27:43.509><c> they</c><00:27:43.890><c> not</c><00:27:44.289><c> eat</c><00:27:44.589><c> of</c><00:27:45.009><c> just</c><00:27:45.650><c> one</c><00:27:46.750><c> tree.</c>

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And<00:27:49.450><c> of</c><00:27:49.630><c> course,</c><00:27:50.269><c> man</c><00:27:50.410><c> ate</c><00:27:50.809><c> of</c><00:27:51.210><c> that</c><00:27:51.529><c> one</c><00:27:51.809><c> tree</c><00:27:52.269><c> and</c><00:27:53.069><c> was</c><00:27:53.369><c> consequently</c><00:27:54.109><c> deprived</c><00:27:54.930><c> access</c><00:27:55.690><c> to</c><00:27:56.529><c> the</c><00:27:56.670><c> tree</c><00:27:56.890><c> of</c><00:27:57.170><c> life.</c>

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Today,<00:27:59.329><c> we</c><00:28:01.029><c> are</c><00:28:01.470><c> still</c><00:28:01.750><c> eating</c><00:28:02.210><c> from</c><00:28:03.329><c> that</c><00:28:03.990><c> one</c><00:28:04.450><c> tree</c><00:28:04.990><c> from</c><00:28:05.950><c> which</c><00:28:06.210><c> we</c>

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are<00:28:06.690><c> forbidden</c><00:28:06.990><c> to</c><00:28:07.289><c> eat.</c>

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We<00:28:08.170><c> are</c><00:28:08.650><c> still</c><00:28:09.109><c> eating</c><00:28:09.630><c> from</c><00:28:10.069><c> the</c><00:28:10.349><c> tree</c><00:28:10.589><c> of</c><00:28:11.130><c> sin</c><00:28:11.609><c> and</c><00:28:12.369><c> bringing</c>

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ourselves<00:28:13.589><c> down</c><00:28:14.549><c> the</c><00:28:15.329><c> path</c><00:28:15.890><c> to</c><00:28:16.170><c> death.</c>

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Fortunately,<00:28:20.730><c> our</c><00:28:20.829><c> creator,</c><00:28:21.849><c> knowing</c><00:28:22.430><c> that</c><00:28:22.849><c> a</c><00:28:23.230><c> mortal</c><00:28:23.549><c> must</c>

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put<00:28:24.250><c> on</c><00:28:24.509><c> immortality,</c><00:28:26.549><c> provided</c><00:28:26.950><c> his</c><00:28:27.309><c> creation</c><00:28:27.990><c> with</c><00:28:28.569><c> a</c><00:28:28.869><c> new</c>

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path<00:28:29.670><c> of</c><00:28:29.990><c> salvation.</c>

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Because<00:28:33.250><c> of</c><00:28:33.650><c> our</c><00:28:33.970><c> sin,</c><00:28:34.930><c> an</c><00:28:35.089><c> innocent</c><00:28:35.430><c> man</c><00:28:36.029><c> died.</c>

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But<00:28:37.750><c> in</c><00:28:38.089><c> turn,</c><00:28:39.430><c> we</c><00:28:39.690><c> gained</c><00:28:40.089><c> the</c><00:28:40.569><c> hope</c><00:28:40.730><c> of</c><00:28:40.970><c> everlasting</c><00:28:41.509><c> life.</c>

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Paul<00:28:43.970><c> knew</c><00:28:44.190><c> this.</c>

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Paul<00:28:46.049><c> considered</c><00:28:46.549><c> himself</c><00:28:47.190><c> to</c><00:28:47.390><c> be</c><00:28:47.609><c> a</c><00:28:47.990><c> sinner</c><00:28:48.309><c> among</c><00:28:48.970><c> sinners.</c>

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And<00:28:51.269><c> he</c><00:28:51.509><c> was.</c>

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And<00:28:53.490><c> so</c><00:28:53.769><c> are</c><00:28:53.910><c> we.</c>

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And<00:28:56.009><c> like</c><00:28:56.230><c> Paul,</c><00:28:57.390><c> we</c><00:28:57.690><c> show</c><00:28:58.009><c> our</c><00:28:58.410><c> love</c><00:28:58.869><c> by</c><00:28:59.769><c> making</c><00:29:00.170><c> the</c><00:29:00.529><c> choice</c>

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to<00:29:02.309><c> acknowledge</c><00:29:02.849><c> the</c><00:29:03.210><c> hope</c><00:29:03.849><c> that</c><00:29:04.450><c> we</c><00:29:04.930><c> share</c><00:29:05.410><c> in</c><00:29:05.910><c> Christ</c><00:29:06.289><c> Jesus</c>

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Paul's<00:29:14.150><c> closing</c><00:29:14.430><c> words</c><00:29:14.910><c> to</c><00:29:15.130><c> the</c><00:29:15.349><c> Corinthians</c><00:29:15.869><c> ring</c><00:29:16.529><c> true</c><00:29:17.009><c> to</c>

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The<00:29:19.710><c> favor</c><00:29:19.970><c> of</c><00:29:20.210><c> the</c><00:29:20.470><c> Lord</c><00:29:20.690><c> Jesus</c><00:29:21.190><c> Christ</c><00:29:21.650><c> be</c><00:29:21.930><c> with</c><00:29:22.230><c> you.</c>

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My<00:29:23.890><c> love</c><00:29:24.329><c> be</c><00:29:24.589><c> with</c><00:29:24.829><c> you</c><00:29:25.170><c> all</c><00:29:25.750><c> in</c><00:29:26.250><c> the</c><00:29:26.509><c> anointed</c><00:29:26.930><c> Jesus.</c>

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Amen.