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I<00:17:18.279><c> don't</c><00:17:18.460><c> think</c><00:17:18.640><c> I</c><00:17:18.859><c> could.</c>

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so<00:17:40.099><c> they</c><00:17:40.299><c> could</c><00:17:40.619><c> buy</c><00:17:40.960><c> provisions.</c>

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Philip<00:17:50.900><c> aside</c><00:17:51.279><c> and</c><00:17:51.500><c> said</c><00:17:51.640><c> to</c><00:17:51.839><c> him,</c><00:17:53.119><c> you</c><00:17:53.220><c> know,</c>

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where<00:17:55.240><c> shall</c><00:17:55.440><c> we</c><00:17:55.700><c> buy</c><00:17:55.960><c> bread</c><00:17:56.400><c> that</c><00:17:56.859><c> these</c><00:17:57.140><c> may</c><00:17:57.420><c> eat?</c>

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And<00:18:00.079><c> he</c><00:18:00.279><c> did</c><00:18:00.420><c> this,</c><00:18:00.599><c> it</c><00:18:00.880><c> says,</c><00:18:02.420><c> to</c><00:18:02.680><c> prove</c><00:18:02.940><c> Philip.</c>

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For<00:18:04.900><c> Jesus</c><00:18:05.299><c> knew</c><00:18:05.700><c> what</c><00:18:05.920><c> he</c><00:18:06.079><c> was</c><00:18:06.319><c> going</c><00:18:06.519><c> to</c><00:18:06.759><c> do.</c>

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But<00:18:09.660><c> why</c><00:18:10.059><c> did</c><00:18:10.279><c> Philip</c><00:18:10.660><c> need</c><00:18:10.920><c> to</c><00:18:11.119><c> be</c><00:18:11.339><c> tested?</c>

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This<00:18:16.980><c> was</c><00:18:17.799><c> Philip's</c><00:18:18.680><c> answer,</c><00:18:19.380><c> probably</c><00:18:19.660><c> gives</c><00:18:19.940><c> us</c>

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an<00:18:21.339><c> answer</c><00:18:21.619><c> to</c><00:18:21.859><c> that</c><00:18:21.940><c> question.</c>

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He<00:18:23.400><c> says,</c><00:18:24.460><c> 200</c><00:18:24.920><c> pitties</c><00:18:25.400><c> worth</c><00:18:25.740><c> of</c><00:18:26.140><c> bread</c>

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is<00:18:27.059><c> not</c><00:18:28.059><c> sufficient</c><00:18:28.559><c> for</c><00:18:28.859><c> them.</c>

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You<00:18:30.039><c> know,</c><00:18:30.500><c> obviously.</c>

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It<00:18:32.819><c> looks</c><00:18:33.099><c> like</c><00:18:33.559><c> Philip</c><00:18:34.140><c> was</c><00:18:34.619><c> equating</c><00:18:35.079><c> the</c><00:18:35.359><c> problem</c>

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rested<00:18:49.700><c> fully</c><00:18:50.359><c> upon</c><00:18:50.920><c> the</c><00:18:51.200><c> sun.</c>

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He<00:18:55.960><c> probably</c><00:18:56.200><c> should</c><00:18:56.400><c> have</c><00:18:56.519><c> said,</c><00:18:56.900><c> Lord,</c><00:18:57.680><c> you</c><00:18:57.900><c> know.</c>

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And<00:19:01.420><c> here,</c><00:19:02.220><c> brothers</c><00:19:02.299><c> and</c><00:19:02.559><c> sisters,</c><00:19:03.519><c> Jesus</c>

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performed<00:19:04.500><c> a</c><00:19:04.720><c> miracle</c><00:19:05.420><c> that</c><00:19:06.779><c> would</c><00:19:07.160><c> have</c><00:19:07.519><c> established</c>

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And<00:19:15.759><c> you</c><00:19:15.880><c> can</c><00:19:16.180><c> see</c><00:19:16.900><c> that</c><00:19:17.519><c> it</c><00:19:17.759><c> had</c><00:19:17.920><c> an</c><00:19:18.339><c> immediate</c><00:19:19.000><c> effect</c><00:19:19.700><c> on</c>

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But<00:19:30.680><c> this</c><00:19:31.019><c> was</c><00:19:31.279><c> not</c><00:19:31.759><c> time</c><00:19:32.160><c> for</c><00:19:32.460><c> his</c><00:19:32.740><c> kingship</c>

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that<00:19:35.079><c> lay</c><00:19:35.519><c> in</c><00:19:36.640><c> the</c><00:19:36.859><c> future</c><00:19:37.400><c> at</c><00:19:37.940><c> a</c><00:19:38.119><c> time</c><00:19:38.319><c> appointed</c><00:19:38.700><c> by</c><00:19:39.039><c> God.</c>

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And<00:19:43.059><c> dispatching</c><00:19:43.500><c> the</c><00:19:43.759><c> disciples</c><00:19:44.140><c> by</c><00:19:44.559><c> boat</c>

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and<00:19:45.900><c> eluding</c><00:19:46.380><c> the</c><00:19:46.779><c> multitude,</c><00:19:48.299><c> he</c><00:19:48.579><c> was</c><00:19:48.900><c> finally</c>

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able<00:19:50.160><c> to</c><00:19:50.859><c> find</c><00:19:51.339><c> peace</c><00:19:52.180><c> and</c><00:19:53.119><c> solitude</c><00:19:53.759><c> that</c><00:19:54.720><c> he</c><00:19:54.960><c> so</c><00:19:55.240><c> longed</c><00:19:55.619><c> for.</c>

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Realizing<00:20:11.099><c> that</c><00:20:11.319><c> they</c><00:20:11.579><c> were</c><00:20:11.839><c> in</c><00:20:12.079><c> difficulty</c><00:20:12.640><c> on</c><00:20:12.900><c> the</c><00:20:13.119><c> sea,</c>

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he<00:20:15.519><c> goes</c><00:20:15.859><c> to</c><00:20:16.019><c> them</c><00:20:16.660><c> by</c><00:20:17.079><c> the</c><00:20:17.240><c> most</c><00:20:17.660><c> direct</c><00:20:18.140><c> route.</c>

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He<00:20:20.660><c> walks</c><00:20:20.980><c> across</c><00:20:21.400><c> the</c><00:20:21.680><c> sea.</c>

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The<00:20:25.059><c> wind,</c><00:20:25.799><c> the</c><00:20:26.119><c> waves,</c><00:20:27.539><c> had</c><00:20:27.640><c> no</c><00:20:27.880><c> effect</c><00:20:28.119><c> on</c><00:20:28.319><c> him.</c>

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You<00:20:32.220><c> can</c><00:20:32.539><c> imagine</c><00:20:33.180><c> the</c><00:20:34.720><c> effect</c><00:20:35.319><c> this</c><00:20:37.099><c> had</c><00:20:37.480><c> on</c><00:20:38.019><c> the</c><00:20:38.200><c> men</c><00:20:38.539><c> in</c><00:20:38.900><c> the</c><00:20:39.079><c> boat.</c>

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This<00:20:42.059><c> was</c><00:20:42.559><c> beyond</c><00:20:42.980><c> belief.</c>

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They<00:20:45.779><c> were</c><00:20:46.720><c> scared</c><00:20:47.380><c> to</c><00:20:47.740><c> the</c><00:20:47.859><c> point</c><00:20:48.019><c> of</c><00:20:48.359><c> numbness.</c>

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Jesus<00:20:51.940><c> had</c><00:20:52.180><c> to</c><00:20:52.460><c> calm</c><00:20:52.680><c> them,</c><00:20:54.380><c> reassure</c><00:20:54.980><c> them.</c>

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In<00:20:57.579><c> Matthew's</c><00:20:58.079><c> account,</c><00:20:58.900><c> we</c><00:20:59.039><c> read</c><00:20:59.220><c> about</c><00:20:59.539><c> Peter.</c>

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Here's<00:21:01.500><c> Peter.</c>

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He<00:21:03.720><c> wants</c><00:21:04.039><c> to</c><00:21:04.299><c> leave</c><00:21:04.519><c> the</c><00:21:04.799><c> boat</c><00:21:05.220><c> and</c><00:21:06.660><c> come</c><00:21:06.940><c> across</c><00:21:07.420><c> the</c><00:21:07.859><c> water</c>

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to<00:21:08.700><c> meet</c><00:21:08.920><c> Jesus.</c>

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In<00:21:11.619><c> the</c><00:21:11.740><c> beginning,</c><00:21:12.500><c> everything's</c><00:21:13.019><c> okay.</c>

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But<00:21:15.700><c> then</c><00:21:16.099><c> he</c><00:21:16.359><c> begins</c><00:21:16.759><c> to</c><00:21:17.039><c> doubt.</c>

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And<00:21:19.059><c> once</c><00:21:19.359><c> he</c><00:21:19.619><c> begins</c><00:21:19.940><c> to</c><00:21:20.200><c> doubt,</c><00:21:20.980><c> he</c><00:21:21.279><c> begins</c><00:21:21.660><c> to</c><00:21:21.940><c> sink.</c>

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Jesus<00:21:25.200><c> had</c><00:21:25.920><c> to</c><00:21:26.180><c> reach</c><00:21:26.380><c> out</c><00:21:26.559><c> his</c><00:21:26.819><c> hand</c><00:21:27.500><c> and</c><00:21:28.400><c> pull</c><00:21:28.619><c> him</c><00:21:28.799><c> to</c><00:21:29.039><c> safety.</c>

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And<00:21:33.119><c> so</c><00:21:33.359><c> he</c><00:21:33.599><c> calmed</c><00:21:34.660><c> all</c><00:21:35.039><c> his</c><00:21:35.319><c> disciples.</c>

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He<00:21:37.559><c> entered</c><00:21:37.799><c> into</c><00:21:38.039><c> the</c><00:21:38.319><c> ship,</c><00:21:39.779><c> and</c><00:21:40.019><c> in</c><00:21:40.279><c> John's</c><00:21:40.819><c> account,</c>

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it<00:21:42.299><c> said</c><00:21:42.579><c> the</c><00:21:43.019><c> ship</c><00:21:43.500><c> was</c><00:21:44.200><c> immediately</c><00:21:45.160><c> at</c><00:21:46.119><c> its</c><00:21:46.380><c> destination.</c>

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Immediately<00:21:49.599><c> at</c><00:21:50.519><c> its</c><00:21:50.799><c> destination.</c>

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All<00:21:53.259><c> power</c><00:21:53.980><c> in</c><00:21:54.839><c> heaven</c><00:21:55.220><c> and</c><00:21:55.599><c> earth</c><00:21:56.339><c> have</c><00:21:57.000><c> been</c><00:21:57.279><c> given</c><00:21:57.900><c> unto</c><00:21:58.299><c> Jesus.</c>

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You<00:22:02.119><c> know,</c><00:22:03.839><c> the</c><00:22:04.140><c> apostles</c><00:22:04.480><c> at</c><00:22:04.740><c> this</c><00:22:05.000><c> time</c><00:22:05.460><c> were</c><00:22:05.680><c> just</c><00:22:06.000><c> like</c><00:22:06.279><c> us.</c>

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illnesses,<00:22:20.279><c> disease,</c><00:22:21.180><c> sorrow,</c><00:22:23.000><c> physical</c><00:22:23.339><c> limitations,</c><00:22:24.460><c> you</c>

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name<00:22:24.819><c> it,</c>

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when<00:22:26.779><c> these</c><00:22:27.039><c> things</c><00:22:27.299><c> cause</c><00:22:27.579><c> us</c><00:22:27.799><c> to</c><00:22:28.000><c> lose</c><00:22:28.240><c> faith</c><00:22:28.880><c> and</c><00:22:30.140><c> to</c><00:22:30.460><c> sink</c>

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if<00:22:34.019><c> we</c><00:22:34.220><c> could</c><00:22:34.519><c> only</c><00:22:35.519><c> summon</c><00:22:36.099><c> enough</c><00:22:36.500><c> faith</c><00:22:37.140><c> to</c><00:22:38.180><c> remember</c><00:22:38.579><c> that</c>

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Gospel<00:23:11.079><c> means</c><00:23:12.500><c> good</c><00:23:13.339><c> news.</c>

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You<00:23:17.220><c> can</c><00:23:17.640><c> say</c><00:23:18.779><c> and</c><00:23:21.059><c> sum</c><00:23:21.339><c> up</c><00:23:21.500><c> the</c><00:23:21.700><c> Gospel</c><00:23:22.039><c> in</c><00:23:22.279><c> two</c><00:23:22.519><c> words,</c><00:23:23.500><c> Jesus</c><00:23:23.940><c> Christ.</c>

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The<00:23:27.259><c> Gospel</c><00:23:27.680><c> message</c><00:23:28.200><c> spans</c><00:23:28.920><c> the</c><00:23:29.880><c> entire</c><00:23:30.339><c> Bible.</c>

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In<00:23:32.880><c> Galatians</c><00:23:33.460><c> 3</c><00:23:33.700><c> and</c><00:23:33.819><c> 8,</c><00:23:35.539><c> Paul</c><00:23:35.720><c> says</c><00:23:36.259><c> the</c><00:23:36.940><c> Gospel</c><00:23:37.440><c> was</c><00:23:37.799><c> preached</c><00:23:38.099><c> to</c><00:23:38.400><c> Abraham.</c>

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And<00:23:58.140><c> he</c><00:23:58.779><c> established</c><00:23:59.259><c> at</c><00:24:00.279><c> that</c><00:24:00.579><c> time</c><00:24:01.420><c> that</c><00:24:02.339><c> the</c><00:24:02.599><c> procedure</c><00:24:03.099><c> to</c>

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as<00:24:05.220><c> Paul</c><00:24:05.579><c> said</c><00:24:05.880><c> in</c><00:24:06.119><c> Hebrews</c><00:24:06.480><c> 9</c><00:24:06.880><c> and</c><00:24:07.059><c> 22,</c>

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Without<00:24:15.940><c> the</c><00:24:16.259><c> shedding</c><00:24:16.480><c> of</c><00:24:16.799><c> blood</c><00:24:17.259><c> is</c><00:24:18.900><c> no</c><00:24:19.480><c> remission.</c>

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But<00:24:24.519><c> God</c><00:24:24.980><c> had</c><00:24:25.619><c> no</c><00:24:26.059><c> sacrifice,</c>

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but<00:24:27.980><c> God</c><00:24:28.220><c> had</c><00:24:28.420><c> no</c><00:24:28.839><c> pleasure</c><00:24:29.279><c> in</c><00:24:30.279><c> the</c><00:24:30.740><c> continual</c><00:24:31.400><c> sacrifice</c><00:24:32.440><c> of</c><00:24:33.420><c> animals.</c>

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but<00:26:51.180><c> gave</c><00:26:51.539><c> all</c><00:26:52.319><c> the</c><00:26:52.779><c> glory</c><00:26:53.039><c> to</c><00:26:53.380><c> God</c><00:26:53.680><c> his</c><00:26:54.079><c> father.</c>

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He<00:27:05.980><c> was</c><00:27:06.259><c> a</c><00:27:06.460><c> man</c><00:27:06.619><c> of</c><00:27:07.099><c> sorrow,</c><00:27:08.599><c> acquainted</c><00:27:08.880><c> with</c><00:27:09.220><c> grief.</c>

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He<00:27:12.480><c> used</c><00:27:13.059><c> none</c><00:27:13.599><c> of</c><00:27:13.880><c> this</c><00:27:14.099><c> power</c><00:27:14.680><c> to</c><00:27:16.059><c> protect</c><00:27:16.460><c> himself</c><00:27:17.119><c> from</c>

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his<00:27:18.059><c> persecutors.</c>

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He<00:27:20.740><c> used</c><00:27:21.140><c> none</c><00:27:21.519><c> of</c><00:27:21.700><c> this</c><00:27:21.920><c> power</c><00:27:22.579><c> to</c><00:27:23.660><c> save</c><00:27:24.099><c> face</c><00:27:24.700><c> or</c><00:27:25.339><c> restore</c>

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his<00:27:26.180><c> dignity.</c>

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He<00:27:29.119><c> allowed</c><00:27:29.400><c> himself</c><00:27:30.079><c> to</c><00:27:30.519><c> be</c><00:27:30.880><c> tormented</c><00:27:31.440><c> and</c><00:27:32.720><c> crucified</c>

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when<00:27:34.720><c> he</c><00:27:34.960><c> had</c><00:27:35.140><c> the</c><00:27:35.599><c> power</c><00:27:36.440><c> to</c><00:27:37.140><c> deliver</c><00:27:37.559><c> himself</c>

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and<00:27:39.559><c> to</c><00:27:39.859><c> destroy</c><00:27:40.599><c> those</c><00:27:41.160><c> who</c><00:27:41.559><c> abused</c><00:27:41.859><c> him.</c>

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to<00:27:50.539><c> do.</c>

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let's<00:28:00.059><c> close</c><00:28:00.859><c> with</c><00:28:02.740><c> the</c><00:28:03.319><c> words</c><00:28:03.599><c> of</c><00:28:04.200><c> Paul</c><00:28:04.740><c> in</c><00:28:05.779><c> Philippians</c><00:28:06.420><c> 2,</c>

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verse<00:28:07.579><c> 5,</c>

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words<00:28:08.819><c> about</c><00:28:09.359><c> this</c><00:28:09.819><c> remarkable</c><00:28:10.599><c> man,</c><00:28:11.140><c> Jesus</c><00:28:11.400><c> Christ,</c>

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who<00:28:12.559><c> we</c><00:28:12.920><c> come</c><00:28:13.339><c> to</c><00:28:14.220><c> honor</c><00:28:14.740><c> and</c><00:28:15.380><c> glory</c><00:28:15.759><c> and</c><00:28:16.440><c> remember</c><00:28:16.859><c> this</c><00:28:17.220><c> morning.</c>

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Turn<00:28:18.920><c> with</c><00:28:19.119><c> me</c><00:28:19.339><c> to</c><00:28:19.579><c> Philippians</c><00:28:20.599><c> chapter</c><00:28:21.480><c> 2,</c>

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starting<00:28:26.039><c> at</c><00:28:26.420><c> verse</c><00:28:27.000><c> 5.</c>

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Paul<00:28:31.140><c> says,</c>

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who<00:28:41.140><c> being</c><00:28:41.599><c> in</c><00:28:42.099><c> the</c><00:28:42.359><c> form</c><00:28:42.599><c> of</c><00:28:44.099><c> God</c><00:28:44.099><c> thought</c><00:28:44.720><c> it</c><00:28:45.220><c> not</c><00:28:45.640><c> robbery</c>

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to<00:28:47.099><c> be</c><00:28:47.380><c> equal</c><00:28:47.579><c> with</c><00:28:47.880><c> God.</c>

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Or<00:28:48.680><c> you</c><00:28:48.880><c> could</c><00:28:49.119><c> say</c><00:28:50.000><c> he</c><00:28:50.819><c> did</c><00:28:51.140><c> not</c><00:28:51.400><c> consider</c><00:28:52.440><c> equality</c><00:28:53.259><c> with</c><00:28:53.660><c> God</c>

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something<00:28:55.319><c> to</c><00:28:55.839><c> be</c><00:28:56.140><c> used</c><00:28:56.579><c> for</c><00:28:56.980><c> his</c><00:28:57.240><c> own</c><00:28:57.519><c> advantage.</c>

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and<00:29:05.319><c> took</c><00:29:05.599><c> upon</c><00:29:06.019><c> him</c><00:29:06.880><c> the</c><00:29:07.400><c> form</c><00:29:07.640><c> of</c><00:29:07.880><c> a</c><00:29:08.160><c> servant</c>

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and<00:29:09.799><c> was</c><00:29:10.299><c> made</c><00:29:10.740><c> in</c><00:29:11.259><c> the</c><00:29:11.559><c> likeness</c><00:29:12.119><c> of</c><00:29:12.480><c> men.</c>

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And<00:29:14.880><c> being</c><00:29:15.099><c> found</c><00:29:15.420><c> in</c><00:29:15.740><c> fashion</c><00:29:16.079><c> as</c><00:29:16.420><c> a</c><00:29:16.599><c> man,</c>

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he<00:29:18.079><c> humbled</c><00:29:18.480><c> himself</c><00:29:19.279><c> and</c><00:29:20.160><c> became</c><00:29:20.700><c> obedient</c><00:29:21.519><c> unto</c><00:29:22.039><c> death,</c>

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even<00:29:23.920><c> the</c><00:29:24.380><c> death</c><00:29:25.079><c> of</c><00:29:25.559><c> the</c><00:29:25.799><c> cross.</c>

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Wherefore,<00:29:29.140><c> God</c><00:29:30.059><c> also</c><00:29:30.839><c> hath</c><00:29:31.259><c> highly</c><00:29:31.740><c> exalted</c><00:29:32.220><c> him</c>

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and<00:29:33.839><c> given</c><00:29:34.180><c> him</c><00:29:34.599><c> a</c><00:29:34.880><c> name</c><00:29:35.380><c> which</c><00:29:36.119><c> is</c><00:29:36.420><c> above</c><00:29:36.980><c> every</c><00:29:38.220><c> name,</c>

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that<00:29:39.660><c> at</c><00:29:39.940><c> the</c><00:29:40.099><c> name</c><00:29:40.380><c> of</c><00:29:40.640><c> Jesus</c><00:29:41.279><c> every</c><00:29:42.279><c> knee</c><00:29:43.039><c> should</c><00:29:43.460><c> bow</c>

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of<00:29:45.019><c> things</c><00:29:45.700><c> in</c><00:29:46.200><c> heaven</c><00:29:46.579><c> and</c><00:29:47.619><c> things</c><00:29:48.119><c> in</c><00:29:48.480><c> earth</c><00:29:48.960><c> and</c><00:29:49.579><c> things</c>

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under<00:29:51.299><c> the</c><00:29:51.579><c> earth,</c>

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and<00:29:53.839><c> that</c><00:29:54.180><c> every</c><00:29:54.819><c> tongue</c><00:29:55.400><c> should</c><00:29:55.759><c> confess</c><00:29:56.500><c> that</c><00:29:57.099><c> Jesus</c><00:29:57.539><c> Christ</c><00:29:57.960><c> is</c><00:29:58.380><c> Lord</c>

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to<00:30:00.420><c> the</c><00:30:00.680><c> glory</c><00:30:00.940><c> of</c><00:30:01.240><c> God,</c><00:30:02.440><c> the</c><00:30:02.660><c> Father.</c>

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In<00:30:04.700><c> Paul's</c><00:30:05.400><c> advice</c><00:30:06.220><c> to</c><00:30:07.019><c> us,</c><00:30:07.599><c> verse</c><00:30:07.819><c> 12,</c>

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Wherefore,<00:30:10.880><c> my</c><00:30:11.200><c> beloved,</c><00:30:12.200><c> as</c><00:30:12.440><c> ye</c><00:30:12.619><c> have</c><00:30:12.940><c> always</c><00:30:13.480><c> obeyed,</c>

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not<00:30:15.359><c> as</c><00:30:15.559><c> in</c><00:30:15.660><c> my</c><00:30:15.940><c> presence</c><00:30:16.160><c> only,</c><00:30:16.519><c> but</c><00:30:16.799><c> now</c><00:30:17.319><c> much</c><00:30:17.660><c> more</c><00:30:18.099><c> in</c><00:30:18.259><c> my</c><00:30:18.500><c> absence,</c>

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work<00:30:20.539><c> out</c><00:30:21.140><c> your</c><00:30:21.559><c> own</c><00:30:21.960><c> salvation</c><00:30:22.740><c> with</c><00:30:23.799><c> fear</c><00:30:24.339><c> and</c><00:30:25.059><c> trembling.</c>

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Amen.