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bad<00:17:09.799><c> guy</c><00:17:10.200><c> and</c><00:17:11.240><c> protect</c><00:17:11.680><c> the</c><00:17:11.839><c> good</c><00:17:12.000><c> guy,</c><00:17:13.240><c> admittedly,</c><00:17:13.940><c> publicly,</c><00:17:15.180><c> that</c><00:17:15.279><c> it</c><00:17:15.559><c> failed.</c>

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And<00:17:17.220><c> so</c><00:17:17.720><c> much</c><00:17:17.960><c> so</c><00:17:18.059><c> that</c><00:17:18.220><c> Pilate</c><00:17:18.519><c> was</c><00:17:19.119><c> devastated</c><00:17:19.680><c> at</c><00:17:19.940><c> the</c><00:17:20.019><c> end</c>

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of<00:17:20.279><c> it.</c>

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The<00:17:21.160><c> religious</c><00:17:21.460><c> system,</c><00:17:22.559><c> a</c><00:17:22.819><c> miserable</c><00:17:23.240><c> failure.</c><00:17:25.019><c> Jesus'</c><00:17:25.339><c> family,</c><00:17:26.819><c> failure.</c><00:17:27.819><c> His</c>

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believers,<00:17:29.099><c> a</c><00:17:29.359><c> failure.</c>

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Jesus<00:17:30.920><c> himself,</c><00:17:32.440><c> the</c><00:17:32.579><c> nature</c><00:17:32.819><c> within</c><00:17:33.099><c> him,</c><00:17:34.539><c> ultimately</c><00:17:34.900><c> it</c><00:17:35.180><c> was</c><00:17:35.380><c> a</c><00:17:35.480><c> failure.</c>

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What<00:17:37.099><c> does</c><00:17:37.220><c> he</c><00:17:37.380><c> say?</c><00:17:38.140><c> My</c><00:17:38.279><c> God,</c><00:17:38.519><c> my</c><00:17:38.720><c> God,</c><00:17:38.920><c> why</c><00:17:39.059><c> has</c><00:17:39.240><c> you</c><00:17:39.500><c> forsaken</c><00:17:39.960><c> me?</c>

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There<00:17:41.440><c> was</c><00:17:41.859><c> no</c><00:17:42.160><c> hope</c><00:17:42.400><c> for</c><00:17:42.700><c> even</c><00:17:43.519><c> the</c><00:17:44.019><c> human</c><00:17:44.200><c> nature</c><00:17:44.640><c> that</c><00:17:45.059><c> resided</c><00:17:45.420><c> in</c>

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the<00:17:45.720><c> Son</c><00:17:45.819><c> of</c><00:17:46.019><c> God.</c>

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But<00:17:49.519><c> through</c><00:17:50.180><c> all</c><00:17:50.519><c> of</c><00:17:50.740><c> that,</c><00:17:52.339><c> patiently</c><00:17:52.920><c> working</c><00:17:54.339><c> with</c><00:17:55.559><c> those</c>

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around<00:17:56.039><c> him,</c><00:17:57.720><c> just,</c><00:17:58.339><c> it's</c><00:17:58.559><c> amazing.</c>

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I<00:18:00.460><c> mean,</c><00:18:00.539><c> for</c><00:18:00.720><c> me,</c><00:18:01.579><c> I</c><00:18:01.720><c> take</c><00:18:01.880><c> a</c><00:18:02.039><c> step</c><00:18:02.200><c> back,</c><00:18:03.160><c> take</c><00:18:03.519><c> a</c><00:18:03.680><c> look</c><00:18:03.839><c> at</c><00:18:04.039><c> how</c><00:18:04.240><c> God,</c><00:18:04.519><c> through</c><00:18:05.240><c> the</c><00:18:05.440><c> millennia,</c><00:18:06.539><c> the</c><00:18:06.660><c> perspective</c><00:18:07.079><c> that,</c><00:18:07.460><c> I</c>

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mean,<00:18:08.259><c> my</c><00:18:08.359><c> perspective</c><00:18:09.299><c> is</c><00:18:09.640><c> changing.</c>

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But<00:18:10.240><c> never,</c><00:18:11.259><c> never</c><00:18:11.700><c> really</c><00:18:12.039><c> in</c><00:18:12.160><c> any</c><00:18:12.339><c> meaningful</c><00:18:12.740><c> way.</c>

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Imagine<00:18:14.160><c> going</c><00:18:14.420><c> through</c><00:18:15.500><c> thousands</c><00:18:15.960><c> of</c><00:18:16.200><c> years</c><00:18:16.359><c> of</c><00:18:16.559><c> history,</c>

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living<00:18:17.380><c> through</c><00:18:17.900><c> thousands</c><00:18:18.319><c> of</c><00:18:18.559><c> years,</c><00:18:18.819><c> and</c><00:18:19.000><c> up</c><00:18:19.180><c> and</c><00:18:19.279><c> the</c><00:18:19.500><c> down,</c><00:18:20.319><c> and</c>

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how<00:18:20.819><c> long</c><00:18:21.180><c> ago</c><00:18:21.440><c> we</c><00:18:21.640><c> would</c><00:18:21.799><c> have</c><00:18:22.200><c> just</c><00:18:22.940><c> given</c><00:18:23.119><c> up.</c>

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Definitely<00:18:26.440><c> gone</c><00:18:26.839><c> to</c><00:18:27.119><c> hide</c><00:18:27.299><c> in</c><00:18:27.420><c> the</c><00:18:27.579><c> stars</c><00:18:27.759><c> if</c><00:18:27.940><c> we</c><00:18:28.079><c> had</c><00:18:28.180><c> an</c><00:18:28.319><c> option</c><00:18:28.539><c> to</c>

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do<00:18:28.880><c> so.</c>

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But<00:18:30.700><c> our</c><00:18:31.000><c> Heavenly</c><00:18:31.299><c> Father</c><00:18:31.539><c> never</c><00:18:31.799><c> does.</c><00:18:32.220><c> He</c><00:18:32.380><c> never</c><00:18:32.559><c> did,</c><00:18:33.440><c> and</c>

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he<00:18:33.640><c> never</c><00:18:33.880><c> will.</c>

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And<00:18:35.680><c> his</c><00:18:35.900><c> son?</c><00:18:36.519><c> Well,</c><00:18:37.140><c> cut</c><00:18:37.319><c> from</c><00:18:37.519><c> the</c><00:18:37.660><c> same</c><00:18:37.859><c> cloth.</c>

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Now<00:18:40.740><c> reading</c><00:18:41.299><c> John</c><00:18:42.140><c> chapter</c><00:18:42.500><c> 1,</c><00:18:43.240><c> starting</c><00:18:43.460><c> at</c><00:18:43.680><c> verse</c><00:18:43.940><c> 1,</c><00:18:46.380><c> and</c>

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I<00:18:47.460><c> suggest</c><00:18:47.779><c> that</c><00:18:48.039><c> there's</c><00:18:48.200><c> a</c><00:18:48.339><c> lot</c><00:18:48.420><c> of</c><00:18:48.539><c> verses</c><00:18:48.779><c> in</c><00:18:49.039><c> John</c><00:18:49.220><c> in</c><00:18:49.339><c> which</c><00:18:49.519><c> some</c><00:18:49.819><c> perspective</c><00:18:50.259><c> is</c>

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needed<00:18:50.700><c> to</c><00:18:50.920><c> really</c><00:18:51.220><c> get</c><00:18:51.480><c> what</c><00:18:51.680><c> the</c><00:18:52.480><c> Gospel</c><00:18:52.859><c> of</c><00:18:53.019><c> John</c><00:18:53.119><c> is</c>

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talking<00:18:53.519><c> about.</c>

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This<00:18:54.059><c> is</c><00:18:54.279><c> certainly</c><00:18:54.460><c> the</c><00:18:54.680><c> case</c><00:18:54.839><c> right</c><00:18:54.980><c> at</c><00:18:55.160><c> the</c><00:18:55.279><c> beginning,</c><00:18:56.440><c> John</c><00:18:56.680><c> 1</c>

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and<00:18:56.960><c> verse</c><00:18:57.180><c> 1.</c>

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In<00:18:59.119><c> the</c><00:18:59.240><c> beginning</c><00:18:59.559><c> was</c><00:18:59.900><c> the</c><00:19:00.099><c> Word,</c><00:19:01.079><c> and</c><00:19:01.339><c> the</c><00:19:01.500><c> Word</c><00:19:01.700><c> was</c><00:19:01.940><c> with</c>

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God,<00:19:03.319><c> and</c><00:19:03.460><c> the</c><00:19:03.579><c> Word</c><00:19:03.740><c> was</c><00:19:04.019><c> God.</c>

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He<00:19:05.460><c> was</c><00:19:05.720><c> with</c><00:19:05.960><c> God</c><00:19:06.160><c> in</c><00:19:06.319><c> the</c><00:19:06.500><c> beginning.</c>

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Through<00:19:07.819><c> him</c><00:19:08.240><c> all</c><00:19:08.859><c> things</c><00:19:09.140><c> were</c><00:19:09.380><c> made.</c>

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Without<00:19:10.680><c> him</c><00:19:10.920><c> nothing</c><00:19:11.259><c> was</c><00:19:11.579><c> made</c><00:19:11.960><c> that</c><00:19:12.319><c> has</c><00:19:12.500><c> been</c><00:19:12.700><c> made.</c>

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In<00:19:14.859><c> him</c><00:19:15.519><c> was</c><00:19:16.019><c> life,</c><00:19:17.359><c> and</c><00:19:17.759><c> that</c><00:19:18.099><c> life</c><00:19:18.579><c> was</c><00:19:18.980><c> the</c><00:19:19.180><c> light</c><00:19:19.660><c> of</c><00:19:19.980><c> all</c><00:19:20.180><c> mankind.</c>

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The<00:19:21.940><c> light</c><00:19:22.240><c> shines</c><00:19:22.920><c> in</c><00:19:23.559><c> the</c><00:19:23.740><c> darkness,</c><00:19:24.819><c> and</c><00:19:25.140><c> the</c><00:19:25.380><c> darkness</c>

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has<00:19:26.400><c> not</c><00:19:26.640><c> overcome</c><00:19:26.920><c> it.</c>

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What<00:19:30.099><c> a</c><00:19:30.359><c> wonderful</c><00:19:31.140><c> picture</c><00:19:31.740><c> of</c><00:19:32.680><c> our</c><00:19:32.819><c> Lord</c><00:19:33.000><c> Jesus.</c>

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Could<00:19:34.680><c> he</c><00:19:35.079><c> be</c><00:19:35.619><c> God</c><00:19:36.099><c> with</c><00:19:36.460><c> us?</c>

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Absolutely,<00:19:39.539><c> absolutely</c><00:19:40.079><c> God</c><00:19:40.680><c> with</c><00:19:40.940><c> us.</c>

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In<00:19:42.579><c> every</c><00:19:43.140><c> way</c><00:19:43.559><c> he</c><00:19:43.720><c> was</c><00:19:44.059><c> the</c><00:19:44.700><c> culmination</c><00:19:45.500><c> or</c><00:19:45.920><c> the</c><00:19:47.160><c> final</c><00:19:47.559><c> and</c>

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most<00:19:48.220><c> clear</c><00:19:48.559><c> manifestation</c><00:19:49.460><c> of</c><00:19:50.920><c> who</c><00:19:51.319><c> God</c><00:19:51.539><c> is,</c><00:19:52.140><c> of</c><00:19:52.279><c> his</c><00:19:52.539><c> character,</c><00:19:54.059><c> and</c><00:19:54.140><c> his</c><00:19:54.420><c> view</c><00:19:54.960><c> of</c>

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mankind<00:19:56.920><c> with</c><00:19:58.220><c> all</c><00:19:58.880><c> of</c><00:19:59.059><c> its</c><00:20:00.039><c> failures.</c>

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And<00:20:03.460><c> really</c><00:20:03.720><c> the</c><00:20:04.480><c> message</c><00:20:05.059><c> for</c><00:20:06.019><c> us?</c>

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Hopefully<00:20:09.579><c> we</c><00:20:10.460><c> don't</c><00:20:11.160><c> even</c><00:20:11.500><c> have</c><00:20:11.779><c> to</c><00:20:12.799><c> mention</c><00:20:13.220><c> the</c><00:20:14.460><c> humility</c><00:20:14.839><c> factor.</c>

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If<00:20:17.839><c> we</c><00:20:18.559><c> can't</c><00:20:19.559><c> be</c><00:20:20.960><c> humble</c><00:20:22.000><c> given</c><00:20:23.380><c> our</c><00:20:23.880><c> participation</c><00:20:24.619><c> in</c><00:20:25.420><c> the</c>

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human<00:20:25.779><c> race,</c><00:20:27.099><c> we</c><00:20:27.200><c> really</c><00:20:27.619><c> need</c><00:20:27.880><c> to</c><00:20:28.799><c> think</c><00:20:29.019><c> a</c><00:20:29.160><c> lot</c><00:20:29.259><c> harder</c><00:20:29.660><c> because</c><00:20:30.359><c> it</c>

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should<00:20:30.799><c> be</c><00:20:30.940><c> pretty</c><00:20:31.200><c> straightforward.</c>

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But<00:20:33.619><c> like</c><00:20:36.559><c> our</c><00:20:36.920><c> Lord</c><00:20:37.119><c> Jesus,</c><00:20:38.259><c> we</c><00:20:38.759><c> grasp</c><00:20:39.319><c> for</c><00:20:40.000><c> that</c><00:20:40.200><c> high</c><00:20:40.440><c> ground.</c>

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We<00:20:42.099><c> grasp</c><00:20:42.519><c> for</c><00:20:42.720><c> the</c><00:20:42.920><c> right.</c>

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We<00:20:44.119><c> grasp</c><00:20:44.599><c> for</c><00:20:45.480><c> the</c><00:20:45.880><c> light</c><00:20:46.279><c> that</c><00:20:47.680><c> is</c><00:20:49.119><c> our</c><00:20:50.380><c> uncompromising</c><00:20:51.579><c> standard,</c><00:20:52.359><c> and</c>

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we<00:20:53.920><c> shouldn't</c><00:20:54.079><c> apologize</c><00:20:54.740><c> for</c><00:20:55.000><c> it.</c>

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But<00:20:58.480><c> just</c><00:20:59.079><c> like</c><00:20:59.380><c> the</c><00:20:59.640><c> creator</c><00:21:00.019><c> of</c><00:21:00.240><c> the</c><00:21:00.460><c> universe,</c><00:21:02.019><c> dealing</c><00:21:02.240><c> with</c><00:21:02.519><c> the</c><00:21:02.740><c> reality</c><00:21:03.160><c> in</c>

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front<00:21:03.559><c> of</c><00:21:03.700><c> us,</c><00:21:04.880><c> dealing</c><00:21:05.160><c> with</c><00:21:05.420><c> each</c><00:21:05.660><c> other,</c><00:21:06.619><c> dealing</c><00:21:06.940><c> with</c><00:21:07.220><c> the</c><00:21:07.400><c> failings</c><00:21:07.920><c> of</c>

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our<00:21:08.859><c> community,</c><00:21:09.759><c> of</c><00:21:10.180><c> individuals,</c><00:21:11.460><c> of</c><00:21:11.640><c> ourselves,</c><00:21:14.079><c> those</c>

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two<00:21:14.539><c> can</c><00:21:14.799><c> exist</c><00:21:15.059><c> together.</c>

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We<00:21:17.700><c> keep</c><00:21:18.380><c> our</c><00:21:18.640><c> humility.</c>

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We<00:21:20.759><c> can</c><00:21:21.240><c> still</c><00:21:21.440><c> hold</c><00:21:21.700><c> the</c><00:21:21.900><c> high</c><00:21:22.119><c> ground.</c>

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And<00:21:23.839><c> we</c><00:21:24.720><c> wake</c><00:21:24.980><c> up</c><00:21:25.200><c> every</c><00:21:25.460><c> morning</c><00:21:25.920><c> like</c><00:21:27.460><c> a</c><00:21:27.759><c> true</c><00:21:28.000><c> day,</c><00:21:29.779><c> having</c>

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a<00:21:30.119><c> difficult</c><00:21:30.559><c> time</c><00:21:30.900><c> even</c><00:21:31.160><c> remembering</c><00:21:31.680><c> all</c><00:21:32.019><c> the</c><00:21:32.220><c> injustices</c>

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of<00:21:32.980><c> yesterday.</c>

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There<00:21:34.240><c> should</c><00:21:34.759><c> be</c><00:21:34.940><c> a</c><00:21:35.059><c> word</c><00:21:35.200><c> for</c><00:21:35.400><c> that.</c>

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Forgiveness.

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I<00:21:38.440><c> think</c><00:21:38.619><c> that's</c><00:21:38.900><c> what</c><00:21:39.140><c> forgiveness</c><00:21:39.519><c> is.</c>

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Our<00:21:41.619><c> Lord</c><00:21:42.240><c> is</c><00:21:43.519><c> a</c><00:21:43.720><c> subject</c><00:21:43.980><c> matter</c><00:21:44.259><c> expert,</c><00:21:45.240><c> something</c><00:21:45.480><c> we</c><00:21:45.619><c> need</c><00:21:45.819><c> to</c>

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