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Trinity.<00:13:08.919><c> When</c><00:13:09.279><c> questioned</c><00:13:09.820><c> about</c><00:13:10.200><c> his</c><00:13:10.500><c> relationship</c><00:13:11.179><c> with</c>

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his<00:13:11.620><c> Father,</c><00:13:11.960><c> he</c><00:13:12.120><c> said,</c><00:13:13.000><c> I</c><00:13:13.200><c> can</c><00:13:13.500><c> of</c><00:13:13.679><c> mine</c><00:13:13.960><c> own</c><00:13:14.200><c> self</c>

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do<00:13:14.679><c> nothing.</c><00:13:16.259><c> I</c><00:13:16.620><c> am</c><00:13:17.000><c> come</c><00:13:17.259><c> in</c><00:13:17.440><c> my</c><00:13:17.759><c> Father's</c><00:13:18.279><c> name.</c><00:13:19.460><c> My</c><00:13:19.759><c> Father</c>

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in<00:13:33.159><c> her</c><00:13:33.820><c> womb,</c><00:13:34.559><c> as</c><00:13:34.779><c> we</c><00:13:34.980><c> read</c><00:13:35.200><c> in</c><00:13:35.379><c> Luke</c><00:13:35.639><c> 1</c><00:13:35.919><c> verse</c><00:13:36.279><c> 31</c><00:13:36.820><c> to</c><00:13:37.080><c> 35.</c><00:13:38.960><c> It</c>

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does<00:13:39.519><c> not</c><00:13:39.679><c> make</c><00:13:39.899><c> any</c><00:13:40.220><c> sense</c><00:13:40.519><c> to</c><00:13:40.820><c> imagine</c><00:13:41.240><c> that</c><00:13:41.539><c> God</c>

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was<00:13:42.139><c> born</c><00:13:42.500><c> of</c><00:13:42.740><c> a</c><00:13:42.919><c> human</c><00:13:43.299><c> mother.</c><00:13:44.639><c> Jesus</c><00:13:45.200><c> was</c><00:13:45.759><c> not</c><00:13:46.299><c> God.</c><00:13:46.879><c> Jesus</c>

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has<00:13:48.240><c> a</c><00:13:48.759><c> God.</c><00:13:50.019><c> When</c><00:13:50.299><c> Mary</c><00:13:50.700><c> Magdalene</c><00:13:51.279><c> met</c><00:13:51.580><c> him</c><00:13:51.820><c> in</c>

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the<00:13:52.179><c> garden</c><00:13:52.440><c> after</c><00:13:52.899><c> his</c><00:13:53.299><c> resurrection,</c><00:13:54.220><c> he</c><00:13:54.539><c> said</c><00:13:54.940><c> to</c><00:13:55.240><c> her,</c><00:13:55.820><c> I</c>

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ascend<00:13:56.620><c> unto</c><00:13:57.019><c> my</c><00:13:57.700><c> Father,</c><00:13:58.480><c> and</c><00:13:58.679><c> to</c><00:13:58.980><c> your</c><00:13:59.340><c> Father,</c>

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and<00:14:00.240><c> to</c><00:14:00.639><c> my</c><00:14:01.220><c> God,</c><00:14:02.200><c> and</c><00:14:02.360><c> to</c><00:14:02.559><c> your</c><00:14:02.860><c> God,</c><00:14:03.620><c> John</c><00:14:03.940><c> 20</c><00:14:04.460><c> verse</c><00:14:04.759><c> 17.</c><00:14:07.059><c> In</c>

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John<00:14:07.539><c> chapter</c><00:14:07.919><c> 1</c><00:14:08.240><c> that</c><00:14:08.399><c> we</c><00:14:08.620><c> are</c><00:14:08.820><c> considering,</c>

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word<00:14:10.320><c> is</c><00:14:10.860><c> the</c><00:14:11.200><c> English</c><00:14:11.620><c> translation</c><00:14:12.399><c> of</c><00:14:12.679><c> the</c><00:14:12.840><c> Greek</c><00:14:13.200><c> logos.</c>

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Logos<00:14:15.600><c> is</c><00:14:15.860><c> not</c><00:14:16.220><c> the</c><00:14:16.600><c> spoken</c><00:14:17.039><c> word,</c>

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Father<00:14:24.080><c> conceived</c><00:14:24.759><c> the</c><00:14:25.080><c> idea</c><00:14:25.460><c> of</c>

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who<00:14:26.480><c> in</c><00:14:27.519><c> doing</c><00:14:27.879><c> his</c><00:14:28.240><c> will</c><00:14:28.600><c> would</c><00:14:29.320><c> give</c><00:14:29.600><c> his</c><00:14:29.840><c> life</c><00:14:30.279><c> as</c><00:14:30.539><c> a</c><00:14:30.720><c> ransom</c>

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for<00:14:31.500><c> many,</c><00:14:32.440><c> Mark</c><00:14:32.679><c> 10</c><00:14:33.000><c> verse</c><00:14:33.340><c> 45.</c><00:14:35.120><c> Being</c><00:14:35.460><c> timeless,</c>

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God<00:14:36.460><c> knew</c><00:14:36.840><c> exactly</c><00:14:37.440><c> what</c><00:14:37.700><c> would</c><00:14:37.960><c> happen.</c><00:14:38.940><c> It</c><00:14:39.100><c> was</c><00:14:39.419><c> the</c><00:14:39.840><c> thought,</c><00:14:40.379><c> the</c><00:14:40.679><c> idea</c><00:14:41.299><c> that</c><00:14:41.519><c> was</c><00:14:41.799><c> with</c><00:14:42.080><c> the</c><00:14:42.299><c> Father</c><00:14:42.559><c> in</c>

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the<00:14:42.980><c> beginning.</c><00:14:43.820><c> At</c><00:14:44.220><c> that</c><00:14:44.679><c> stage,</c><00:14:45.759><c> his</c><00:14:46.120><c> Son</c><00:14:46.460><c> only</c><00:14:47.159><c> existed</c><00:14:47.700><c> in</c>

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world.<00:15:15.320><c> What</c><00:15:15.980><c> pre</c><00:15:16.379><c>-existed</c><00:15:17.080><c> was</c><00:15:17.440><c> the</c><00:15:18.080><c> glory</c>

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Lord<00:15:24.279><c> Jesus</c><00:15:24.879><c> had</c><00:15:25.360><c> conquered</c><00:15:25.860><c> sin</c>

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and<00:15:26.980><c> risen</c><00:15:27.360><c> from</c><00:15:27.820><c> the</c><00:15:28.100><c> dead.</c><00:15:29.639><c> The</c><00:15:30.000><c> Old</c><00:15:30.399><c> Testament</c><00:15:31.059><c> prophet</c><00:15:31.500><c> expressed</c><00:15:32.220><c> the</c><00:15:32.559><c> idea</c><00:15:33.019><c> so</c>

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the<00:15:46.740><c> nations.</c><00:15:47.639><c> Jeremiah</c><00:15:48.159><c> 1</c><00:15:48.580><c> verse</c><00:15:48.860><c> 5.</c>

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So<00:15:50.659><c> did</c><00:15:50.940><c> Peter</c><00:15:51.440><c> who</c><00:15:51.779><c> wrote</c><00:15:52.080><c> of</c><00:15:52.279><c> Jesus</c><00:15:52.759><c> Christ,</c><00:15:53.720><c> who</c><00:15:54.120><c> verily</c><00:15:54.700><c> was</c><00:15:55.320><c> foreordained</c><00:15:56.639><c> before</c><00:15:57.639><c> the</c><00:15:57.879><c> foundation</c><00:15:58.539><c> of</c><00:15:58.759><c> the</c>

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world,<00:15:59.919><c> but</c><00:16:00.159><c> was</c><00:16:00.659><c> manifest</c><00:16:01.379><c> in</c><00:16:01.600><c> these</c><00:16:01.960><c> last</c><00:16:02.460><c> times</c><00:16:02.919><c> for</c><00:16:03.580><c> you.</c>

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1<00:16:04.779><c> Peter</c><00:16:05.059><c> 1</c><00:16:05.360><c> verse</c><00:16:05.679><c> 20.</c>

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when<00:16:19.220><c> personifying</c><00:16:20.179><c> the</c><00:16:20.539><c> wisdom</c><00:16:20.919><c> of</c><00:16:21.279><c> God.</c>

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depths,<00:16:39.759><c> I</c><00:16:40.100><c> was</c><00:16:40.360><c> brought</c><00:16:40.620><c> forth.</c>

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before<00:16:46.559><c> the</c><00:16:46.820><c> mountains</c><00:16:47.399><c> were</c><00:16:47.740><c> settled,</c><00:16:48.200><c> before</c><00:16:48.559><c> the</c>

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hills<00:16:49.220><c> was</c><00:16:49.440><c> I</c><00:16:49.720><c> brought</c><00:16:50.019><c> forth.</c><00:16:51.440><c> While</c><00:16:51.759><c> as</c><00:16:51.960><c> yet</c><00:16:52.100><c> he</c><00:16:52.240><c> had</c><00:16:52.480><c> not</c>

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part<00:16:56.279><c> of</c><00:16:56.460><c> the</c><00:16:56.740><c> dust</c><00:16:57.120><c> of</c><00:16:57.419><c> the</c><00:16:57.600><c> world.</c><00:16:58.899><c> When</c><00:16:59.299><c> he</c><00:16:59.519><c> prepared</c><00:16:59.980><c> the</c><00:17:00.240><c> heavens,</c><00:17:00.600><c> I</c>

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was<00:17:01.159><c> there,</c><00:17:01.720><c> when</c><00:17:01.960><c> he</c><00:17:02.179><c> set</c><00:17:02.360><c> a</c><00:17:02.679><c> compass</c>

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clouds<00:17:07.000><c> above,</c><00:17:07.599><c> when</c><00:17:07.779><c> he</c><00:17:08.119><c> strengthened</c><00:17:08.559><c> the</c><00:17:08.859><c> fountains</c>

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of<00:17:09.680><c> the</c><00:17:09.859><c> deep.</c><00:17:11.099><c> When</c><00:17:11.420><c> he</c><00:17:11.619><c> gave</c><00:17:11.980><c> to</c><00:17:12.279><c> the</c><00:17:12.460><c> sea</c><00:17:12.680><c> his</c><00:17:12.980><c> decree,</c><00:17:13.619><c> that</c>

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when<00:17:17.240><c> he</c><00:17:17.559><c> appointed</c><00:17:17.960><c> the</c><00:17:18.299><c> foundations</c><00:17:19.099><c> of</c><00:17:19.420><c> the</c><00:17:19.680><c> earth.</c><00:17:21.339><c> Then</c>

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I<00:17:22.119><c> was</c><00:17:22.680><c> by</c><00:17:23.119><c> him</c><00:17:23.460><c> as</c><00:17:23.720><c> one</c><00:17:24.039><c> brought</c><00:17:24.359><c> up</c><00:17:24.640><c> with</c><00:17:24.819><c> him,</c>

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I<00:17:25.480><c> was</c><00:17:25.839><c> daily</c><00:17:26.200><c> his</c><00:17:26.559><c> delight,</c><00:17:27.559><c> rejoicing</c><00:17:28.180><c> always</c><00:17:29.039><c> before</c><00:17:29.559><c> him,</c>

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rejoicing<00:17:31.000><c> in</c><00:17:31.220><c> the</c><00:17:31.460><c> habitable</c><00:17:32.019><c> part</c><00:17:32.420><c> of</c><00:17:32.660><c> the</c><00:17:32.900><c> earth,</c>

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and<00:17:33.960><c> my</c><00:17:34.440><c> delights</c><00:17:35.140><c> were</c><00:17:35.400><c> with</c><00:17:35.720><c> the</c><00:17:35.960><c> sons</c><00:17:36.299><c> of</c><00:17:36.559><c> men.</c><00:17:38.220><c> Now</c><00:17:38.559><c> therefore</c><00:17:39.079><c> hearken</c><00:17:39.559><c> unto</c><00:17:39.819><c> me,</c><00:17:40.380><c> O</c>

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ye<00:17:40.579><c> children,</c>

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for<00:17:41.799><c> blessed</c><00:17:42.359><c> are</c><00:17:42.700><c> they</c><00:17:42.980><c> that</c><00:17:43.279><c> keep</c><00:17:43.519><c> my</c><00:17:43.880><c> ways,</c><00:17:44.759><c> hear</c><00:17:45.059><c> instruction</c><00:17:45.900><c> and</c><00:17:46.460><c> be</c>

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wise<00:17:47.180><c> and</c><00:17:47.440><c> refuse</c><00:17:47.880><c> it</c><00:17:48.140><c> not.</c>

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Blessed<00:17:49.619><c> is</c><00:17:49.900><c> the</c><00:17:50.079><c> man</c><00:17:50.319><c> that</c><00:17:50.619><c> heareth</c><00:17:50.960><c> me,</c><00:17:51.680><c> watching</c><00:17:52.019><c> daily</c><00:17:52.539><c> at</c>

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my<00:17:53.099><c> gates,</c><00:17:53.740><c> waiting</c><00:17:54.019><c> at</c><00:17:54.299><c> the</c><00:17:54.559><c> posts</c><00:17:54.880><c> of</c><00:17:55.200><c> my</c><00:17:55.660><c> doors.</c>

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For<00:17:57.400><c> whoso</c><00:17:57.819><c> findeth</c><00:17:58.460><c> me,</c><00:17:59.019><c> findeth</c><00:17:59.519><c> life,</c><00:18:00.500><c> and</c><00:18:00.700><c> shall</c><00:18:00.880><c> obtain</c>

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favor<00:18:01.920><c> of</c><00:18:02.180><c> the</c><00:18:02.339><c> Lord.</c><00:18:03.339><c> But</c><00:18:03.519><c> he</c><00:18:03.799><c> that</c><00:18:04.119><c> sinneth</c>

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against<00:18:05.019><c> me,</c><00:18:06.079><c> wrongeth</c><00:18:06.440><c> his</c><00:18:06.640><c> own</c><00:18:07.099><c> soul.</c><00:18:08.400><c> All</c><00:18:08.940><c> they</c><00:18:09.319><c> that</c><00:18:09.640><c> hate</c>

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me<00:18:10.480><c> love</c><00:18:10.980><c> death.</c><00:18:12.640><c> And</c><00:18:13.019><c> this</c><00:18:13.259><c> in</c><00:18:13.559><c> Proverbs</c><00:18:14.059><c> 8</c><00:18:14.700><c> verse</c><00:18:15.039><c> 22</c>

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to<00:18:15.720><c> 36</c><00:18:16.500><c> is,</c><00:18:17.460><c> let</c><00:18:17.680><c> me</c><00:18:17.920><c> remind</c><00:18:18.259><c> you,</c><00:18:19.180><c> speaking</c><00:18:19.420><c> of</c><00:18:20.460><c> wisdom.</c><00:18:22.900><c> Nor</c>

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does<00:18:23.539><c> it</c><00:18:23.819><c> end</c><00:18:24.099><c> with</c><00:18:24.359><c> Jesus</c><00:18:24.819><c> Christ,</c><00:18:25.599><c> for</c><00:18:25.740><c> the</c><00:18:25.960><c> Apostle</c>

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Paul<00:18:26.799><c> writes,</c><00:18:28.140><c> Blessed</c><00:18:28.480><c> be</c><00:18:28.819><c> the</c><00:18:29.099><c> God</c><00:18:29.420><c> and</c><00:18:29.720><c> Father</c><00:18:30.119><c> of</c><00:18:30.359><c> our</c><00:18:30.640><c> Lord</c><00:18:31.000><c> Jesus</c><00:18:31.660><c> Christ,</c><00:18:32.519><c> who</c>

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hath<00:18:32.980><c> blessed</c><00:18:33.400><c> us</c><00:18:33.740><c> with</c><00:18:33.980><c> all</c>

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spiritual<00:18:35.099><c> blessings</c><00:18:35.700><c> in</c><00:18:36.319><c> heavenly</c><00:18:36.839><c> places</c><00:18:37.460><c> in</c><00:18:38.079><c> Christ.</c><00:18:39.299><c> According</c><00:18:39.779><c> as</c>

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he<00:18:40.440><c> hath</c><00:18:40.740><c> chosen</c><00:18:41.140><c> us</c><00:18:41.500><c> in</c><00:18:41.740><c> him</c><00:18:42.119><c> before</c><00:18:42.700><c> the</c>

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foundation<00:18:43.579><c> of</c><00:18:44.079><c> the</c><00:18:44.299><c> world,</c><00:18:44.900><c> that</c><00:18:45.079><c> we</c><00:18:45.319><c> should</c><00:18:45.500><c> be</c><00:18:45.779><c> holy</c><00:18:46.259><c> and</c>

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without<00:18:47.279><c> blame</c><00:18:47.819><c> before</c><00:18:48.319><c> him</c><00:18:48.559><c> in</c><00:18:48.799><c> love,</c>

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having<00:18:50.079><c> predestinated</c><00:18:51.240><c> us</c><00:18:51.539><c> unto</c><00:18:51.859><c> the</c><00:18:52.240><c> adoption</c><00:18:52.700><c> of</c><00:18:53.059><c> children</c>

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by<00:18:54.380><c> Jesus</c><00:18:55.160><c> Christ</c><00:18:55.819><c> to</c><00:18:56.220><c> himself,</c>

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according<00:18:58.319><c> to</c><00:18:58.660><c> the</c><00:18:58.880><c> good</c><00:18:59.180><c> pleasure</c><00:18:59.819><c> of</c><00:19:00.339><c> his</c><00:19:00.640><c> will.</c><00:19:01.359><c> Ephesians</c>

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1<00:19:02.380><c> verse</c><00:19:02.660><c> 3</c><00:19:03.039><c> to</c><00:19:03.319><c> 5.</c>

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The<00:19:05.619><c> Word</c><00:19:06.299><c> Logos</c><00:19:08.819><c> Returning</c><00:19:09.420><c> to</c><00:19:09.640><c> John</c><00:19:09.960><c> chapter</c><00:19:10.380><c> 1,</c><00:19:10.920><c> this</c><00:19:11.039><c> word</c>

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logos<00:19:12.099><c> is</c><00:19:12.640><c> creative.</c><00:19:14.339><c> As</c><00:19:14.559><c> mentioned</c><00:19:14.920><c> before,</c>

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Jesus<00:19:15.900><c> didn't</c><00:19:16.319><c> exist</c><00:19:16.839><c> until</c><00:19:17.259><c> the</c><00:19:17.519><c> Word</c><00:19:17.759><c> was</c><00:19:18.019><c> made</c><00:19:18.339><c> flesh.</c><00:19:19.680><c> Prior</c><00:19:20.039><c> to</c>

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that,<00:19:20.599><c> John</c><00:19:21.000><c> continued</c><00:19:21.720><c> in</c><00:19:22.019><c> verse</c><00:19:22.319><c> 5,</c>

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as<00:19:23.559><c> in</c><00:19:23.819><c> the</c><00:19:24.039><c> creation</c><00:19:24.500><c> account.</c><00:19:25.720><c> The</c><00:19:25.960><c> light</c><00:19:26.440><c> shineth</c><00:19:27.059><c> in</c><00:19:27.319><c> darkness,</c><00:19:28.119><c> and</c>

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the<00:19:28.539><c> darkness</c><00:19:29.180><c> comprehended</c><00:19:30.059><c> it</c><00:19:30.500><c> not.</c>

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Before<00:19:32.220><c> Christ's</c><00:19:32.980><c> appearing,</c><00:19:33.839><c> the</c><00:19:33.960><c> world</c><00:19:34.279><c> was</c><00:19:34.740><c> formless</c><00:19:35.319><c> and</c><00:19:35.859><c> dark,</c>

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that<00:19:36.740><c> is,</c><00:19:37.539><c> dead</c><00:19:37.900><c> in</c><00:19:38.339><c> trespasses</c><00:19:38.920><c> and</c><00:19:39.259><c> sins.</c><00:19:39.779><c> Ephesians</c><00:19:40.220><c> 2</c><00:19:40.519><c> verse</c><00:19:40.799><c> 1.</c>

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During<00:19:42.720><c> the</c><00:19:43.079><c> approximately</c><00:19:43.740><c> 4</c><00:19:44.099><c>,000</c><00:19:44.500><c> years</c><00:19:44.819><c> before</c><00:19:45.200><c> Jesus</c><00:19:45.680><c> was</c>

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born,<00:19:47.339><c> the</c><00:19:47.460><c> light</c><00:19:47.779><c> of</c><00:19:48.000><c> God's</c><00:19:48.579><c> truth</c><00:19:48.839><c> was</c>

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in<00:19:49.660><c> the</c><00:19:49.940><c> earth,</c><00:19:50.299><c> for</c><00:19:50.559><c> God</c><00:19:51.019><c> is</c><00:19:51.599><c> light.</c><00:19:52.819><c> John</c><00:19:53.119><c> 1</c><00:19:53.559><c> verse</c><00:19:53.839><c> 5.</c><00:19:55.180><c> But</c>

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even<00:19:55.599><c> in</c><00:19:55.859><c> Israel,</c><00:19:56.579><c> it</c><00:19:56.680><c> was</c><00:19:56.940><c> not</c>

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generally<00:19:57.920><c> well</c><00:19:58.380><c> comprehended</c><00:19:59.119><c> until</c><00:19:59.579><c> Jesus</c><00:20:00.099><c> came.</c><00:20:01.599><c> The</c><00:20:01.880><c> Spirit</c><00:20:02.279><c> hovered</c><00:20:02.880><c> over</c><00:20:03.180><c> the</c><00:20:03.400><c> waters,</c>

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that<00:20:04.740><c> is,</c><00:20:05.839><c> the</c><00:20:05.980><c> nations,</c><00:20:07.240><c> then</c><00:20:07.779><c> holy</c><00:20:08.339><c> men</c><00:20:08.599><c> of</c><00:20:08.759><c> God's</c><00:20:09.759><c> acres,</c>

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they<00:20:10.299><c> were</c><00:20:10.579><c> moved</c><00:20:11.019><c> by</c><00:20:11.400><c> the</c><00:20:11.640><c> Holy</c><00:20:11.880><c> Spirit.</c>

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Finally,<00:20:16.099><c> God</c><00:20:16.500><c> sent</c><00:20:16.779><c> his</c><00:20:16.980><c> son</c><00:20:17.200><c> Jesus</c><00:20:17.619><c> at</c><00:20:17.920><c> the</c><00:20:18.140><c> end</c><00:20:18.380><c> of</c><00:20:18.599><c> the</c><00:20:18.720><c> fourth</c><00:20:19.019><c> day</c>

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of<00:20:19.579><c> 1</c><00:20:19.839><c>,000</c><00:20:20.240><c> years,</c>

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just<00:20:21.460><c> as</c><00:20:21.759><c> in</c><00:20:21.980><c> the</c><00:20:22.279><c> original</c><00:20:22.839><c> creation,</c><00:20:23.799><c> though</c><00:20:24.160><c> light</c><00:20:24.500><c> was</c><00:20:24.799><c> in</c>

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the<00:20:25.220><c> earth</c><00:20:25.460><c> from</c><00:20:25.759><c> the</c><00:20:26.079><c> first</c><00:20:26.619><c> day,</c>

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the<00:20:28.160><c> greater</c><00:20:28.500><c> light</c><00:20:28.859><c> and</c><00:20:29.140><c> the</c><00:20:29.380><c> lesser</c><00:20:29.700><c> light</c><00:20:30.279><c> were</c><00:20:30.579><c> not</c><00:20:30.960><c> clearly</c><00:20:31.420><c> seen</c>

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until<00:20:32.079><c> the</c><00:20:32.500><c> fourth</c><00:20:32.920><c> day,</c>

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and<00:20:35.039><c> God</c><00:20:35.420><c> saw</c><00:20:35.880><c> that</c><00:20:36.140><c> it</c><00:20:36.400><c> was</c><00:20:36.920><c> good.</c><00:20:39.259><c> John</c><00:20:39.500><c> then</c><00:20:39.859><c> tells</c><00:20:40.099><c> us</c><00:20:40.400><c> that</c>

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John<00:20:40.839><c> the</c><00:20:41.039><c> Baptist</c>

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came<00:20:42.380><c> to</c><00:20:42.660><c> bear</c><00:20:42.880><c> witness</c><00:20:43.259><c> of</c><00:20:43.599><c> the</c><00:20:43.859><c> light,</c><00:20:44.420><c> but</c><00:20:44.720><c> that</c><00:20:45.019><c> John</c><00:20:45.240><c> himself</c><00:20:45.819><c> was</c>

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not<00:20:46.559><c> the</c><00:20:47.059><c> true</c><00:20:47.359><c> light.</c>

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He,<00:20:49.400><c> the</c><00:20:49.599><c> Logos,</c><00:20:50.819><c> was</c><00:20:51.099><c> in</c><00:20:51.359><c> the</c><00:20:51.579><c> world,</c><00:20:51.940><c> and</c><00:20:52.140><c> the</c><00:20:52.339><c> world</c><00:20:52.519><c> was</c><00:20:52.779><c> made</c><00:20:53.099><c> by</c>

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him,<00:20:53.559><c> and</c><00:20:53.720><c> the</c><00:20:53.900><c> world</c><00:20:54.099><c> knew</c><00:20:54.279><c> him</c><00:20:54.539><c> not.</c>

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He,<00:20:55.759><c> the</c><00:20:55.940><c> Logos,</c><00:20:56.460><c> the</c><00:20:56.660><c> true</c><00:20:56.880><c> light,</c><00:20:58.059><c> came</c><00:20:58.480><c> unto</c><00:20:58.920><c> his</c><00:20:59.279><c> own,</c><00:20:59.599><c> his</c>

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own<00:21:00.059><c> people,</c><00:21:01.059><c> and</c><00:21:01.359><c> his</c><00:21:01.640><c> own</c><00:21:02.019><c> received</c><00:21:02.480><c> him</c><00:21:02.839><c> not.</c>

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The<00:21:04.339><c> Apostle</c><00:21:04.779><c> Paul</c><00:21:05.140><c> picks</c><00:21:05.500><c> up</c><00:21:05.819><c> John's</c><00:21:06.380><c> exposition</c><00:21:07.140><c> when</c><00:21:07.779><c> writing</c><00:21:08.259><c> to</c>

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the<00:21:08.740><c> Hebrews</c><00:21:09.119><c> he</c><00:21:09.460><c> wrote,</c>

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For<00:21:10.440><c> the</c><00:21:10.700><c> Word,</c><00:21:11.460><c> Logos,</c><00:21:12.180><c> of</c><00:21:12.480><c> God,</c><00:21:13.539><c> is</c><00:21:13.819><c> quick</c><00:21:14.240><c> and</c><00:21:14.539><c> powerful</c>

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and<00:21:15.640><c> sharper</c><00:21:16.019><c> than</c><00:21:16.299><c> any</c><00:21:16.660><c> two</c><00:21:16.920><c>-edged</c><00:21:17.279><c> sword,</c>

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piercing<00:21:18.579><c> even</c><00:21:19.180><c> to</c><00:21:19.480><c> the</c><00:21:19.819><c> dividing</c><00:21:20.200><c> asunder</c><00:21:20.759><c> of</c><00:21:21.059><c> soul</c><00:21:21.339><c> and</c><00:21:21.579><c> spirit,</c><00:21:22.319><c> and</c>

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of<00:21:22.700><c> the</c><00:21:22.960><c> joints</c><00:21:23.319><c> and</c><00:21:23.680><c> marrow,</c>

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and<00:21:24.599><c> is</c><00:21:24.920><c> a</c><00:21:25.019><c> discerner</c><00:21:25.759><c> of</c><00:21:25.980><c> the</c><00:21:26.259><c> thoughts</c><00:21:26.559><c> and</c><00:21:26.940><c> intents</c><00:21:27.359><c> of</c><00:21:27.660><c> the</c><00:21:27.940><c> heart.</c>

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Neither<00:21:29.740><c> is</c><00:21:30.299><c> there</c><00:21:30.559><c> any</c><00:21:30.880><c> creature</c><00:21:31.259><c> that</c><00:21:31.519><c> is</c><00:21:31.740><c> not</c><00:21:32.059><c> manifest</c><00:21:32.640><c> in</c>

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but<00:21:34.920><c> all</c><00:21:35.299><c> things</c><00:21:35.640><c> are</c><00:21:36.019><c> naked</c><00:21:36.440><c> and</c><00:21:36.819><c> opened</c><00:21:37.079><c> unto</c><00:21:37.420><c> the</c><00:21:37.660><c> eyes</c><00:21:38.079><c> of</c>

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him<00:21:38.640><c> with</c><00:21:38.960><c> whom</c><00:21:39.140><c> we</c><00:21:39.359><c> have</c><00:21:39.700><c> to</c><00:21:40.019><c> do.</c>

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Though<00:21:43.000><c> the</c><00:21:43.160><c> Word</c><00:21:43.400><c> of</c><00:21:43.559><c> God</c><00:21:43.779><c> in</c><00:21:43.940><c> this</c><00:21:44.200><c> passage</c><00:21:44.599><c> may</c><00:21:44.880><c> be</c><00:21:45.039><c> thought</c>

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of<00:21:45.500><c> as</c><00:21:45.920><c> God's</c><00:21:46.559><c> written</c><00:21:46.900><c> Word,</c>

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Paul<00:21:48.859><c> is</c><00:21:49.240><c> really</c><00:21:49.700><c> describing</c><00:21:50.299><c> the</c><00:21:50.720><c> all</c><00:21:51.079><c>-discerning</c><00:21:51.700><c> judgment</c>

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of<00:21:52.420><c> Jesus</c><00:21:52.900><c> Christ,</c><00:21:53.599><c> the</c><00:21:53.759><c> Son</c><00:21:54.000><c> of</c><00:21:54.240><c> Man.</c>

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This<00:21:56.039><c> understanding</c><00:21:56.680><c> of</c><00:21:57.019><c> Paul's</c><00:21:57.539><c> profound</c><00:21:58.099><c> words</c><00:21:58.839><c> is</c><00:21:59.500><c> confirmed</c><00:22:00.180><c> by</c><00:22:00.559><c> the</c>

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Seeing<00:22:02.700><c> then</c><00:22:03.180><c> that</c><00:22:03.319><c> we</c><00:22:03.539><c> have</c><00:22:03.720><c> a</c><00:22:03.940><c> great</c><00:22:04.180><c> high</c><00:22:04.480><c> priest</c><00:22:04.799><c> that</c><00:22:05.019><c> is</c>

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passed<00:22:05.660><c> into</c><00:22:05.980><c> the</c><00:22:06.160><c> heavens,</c>

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Jesus<00:22:07.400><c> the</c><00:22:07.599><c> Son</c><00:22:07.859><c> of</c><00:22:08.119><c> God,</c><00:22:09.140><c> let</c><00:22:09.380><c> us</c><00:22:09.559><c> hold</c><00:22:10.000><c> fast</c><00:22:10.299><c> our</c><00:22:10.779><c> confession.</c>

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Unless<00:22:15.319><c> there</c><00:22:15.619><c> be</c><00:22:15.900><c> any</c><00:22:16.180><c> uncertainty</c><00:22:16.960><c> about</c><00:22:17.380><c> this,</c><00:22:18.039><c> John</c>

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himself<00:22:18.940><c> says,</c>

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His<00:22:19.960><c> name</c><00:22:20.380><c> is</c><00:22:20.720><c> called</c><00:22:21.099><c> the</c><00:22:21.359><c> Word,</c><00:22:22.140><c> Logos,</c><00:22:23.559><c> of</c><00:22:23.880><c> God.</c>

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Revelation<00:22:26.019><c> 19</c><00:22:26.720><c> verse</c><00:22:27.119><c> 13</c>

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DIGRESSION<00:22:32.259><c> Jesus</c><00:22:32.960><c> Christ</c><00:22:33.839><c> as</c><00:22:34.380><c> the</c><00:22:34.720><c> Light</c><00:22:35.119><c> of</c><00:22:35.599><c> the</c><00:22:35.819><c> World</c>

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And<00:22:38.779><c> the</c><00:22:38.940><c> Word</c><00:22:39.200><c> was</c><00:22:39.440><c> made</c><00:22:39.740><c> flesh</c><00:22:40.000><c> and</c><00:22:40.259><c> dwelt</c><00:22:40.420><c> among</c><00:22:40.779><c> us,</c><00:22:41.700><c> being</c>

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begotten<00:22:42.559><c> of</c><00:22:42.759><c> the</c><00:22:42.940><c> Father,</c><00:22:43.920><c> full</c><00:22:44.220><c> of</c><00:22:44.420><c> grace</c><00:22:44.920><c> and</c>

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truth.<00:22:46.720><c> John</c><00:22:47.019><c> bare</c><00:22:47.339><c> witness</c><00:22:47.720><c> of</c><00:22:48.059><c> him</c><00:22:48.279><c> and</c><00:22:48.480><c> cried,</c><00:22:49.079><c> saying,</c><00:22:49.660><c> This</c><00:22:50.160><c> was</c><00:22:50.519><c> he</c>

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of<00:22:51.019><c> whom</c><00:22:51.200><c> I</c><00:22:51.539><c> spake,</c>

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He<00:22:52.799><c> that</c><00:22:53.099><c> cometh</c><00:22:53.420><c> after</c><00:22:53.839><c> me</c><00:22:54.119><c> is</c><00:22:54.440><c> preferred</c><00:22:54.900><c> before</c><00:22:55.359><c> me,</c><00:22:56.140><c> for</c>

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he<00:22:56.779><c> was</c><00:22:57.759><c> preferred</c><00:22:58.519><c> before</c><00:22:59.380><c> me.</c>

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And<00:23:01.200><c> of</c><00:23:01.400><c> his</c><00:23:01.700><c> fullness</c><00:23:02.099><c> have</c><00:23:02.380><c> all</c><00:23:02.779><c> we</c><00:23:03.119><c> received,</c><00:23:04.119><c> and</c><00:23:04.319><c> grace</c>

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for<00:23:05.099><c> grace.</c>

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For<00:23:06.700><c> the</c><00:23:06.920><c> law</c><00:23:07.180><c> was</c><00:23:07.539><c> given</c><00:23:07.779><c> by</c><00:23:08.180><c> Moses,</c><00:23:09.200><c> but</c><00:23:09.519><c> grace</c><00:23:10.019><c> and</c><00:23:10.460><c> truth</c>

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came<00:23:11.140><c> by</c><00:23:11.440><c> Jesus</c><00:23:11.940><c> Christ.</c>

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No<00:23:13.680><c> man</c><00:23:14.000><c> hath</c><00:23:14.220><c> seen</c><00:23:14.579><c> God</c><00:23:14.819><c> at</c><00:23:15.099><c> any</c><00:23:15.380><c> time.</c><00:23:15.920><c> The</c><00:23:16.299><c> only</c><00:23:16.960><c> begotten</c>

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Son<00:23:18.039><c> which</c><00:23:18.299><c> is</c><00:23:18.519><c> in</c><00:23:18.660><c> the</c><00:23:18.839><c> bosom</c><00:23:19.099><c> of</c><00:23:19.299><c> the</c><00:23:19.500><c> Father,</c>

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he<00:23:20.619><c> hath</c><00:23:21.119><c> declared</c><00:23:21.759><c> him.</c><00:23:24.000><c> John</c><00:23:24.559><c> 1</c><00:23:25.119><c> verse</c><00:23:25.400><c> 14</c><00:23:26.000><c>-18</c>

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Although<00:23:28.819><c> Moses,</c><00:23:29.480><c> the</c><00:23:29.660><c> great</c><00:23:30.099><c> lawgiver</c><00:23:30.680><c> to</c><00:23:30.900><c> Israel,</c><00:23:32.140><c> asked</c>

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God<00:23:33.000><c> to</c><00:23:33.380><c> show</c><00:23:33.660><c> him</c><00:23:33.940><c> his</c><00:23:34.200><c> glory</c><00:23:34.519><c> on</c><00:23:34.759><c> Mount</c><00:23:35.079><c> Sinai,</c>

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he<00:23:36.720><c> was</c><00:23:37.000><c> not</c><00:23:37.420><c> permitted</c><00:23:37.859><c> to</c><00:23:38.180><c> see</c><00:23:38.420><c> it,</c><00:23:38.680><c> though</c><00:23:38.940><c> he</c><00:23:39.119><c> did</c><00:23:39.400><c> witness</c>

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a<00:23:40.079><c> great</c><00:23:40.400><c> theophany</c><00:23:40.920><c> there.</c>

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Moses'<00:23:43.059><c> face</c><00:23:43.500><c> was</c><00:23:43.819><c> hidden</c><00:23:44.119><c> a</c><00:23:44.400><c> cleft</c><00:23:44.680><c> in</c><00:23:44.900><c> the</c><00:23:45.079><c> rock,</c><00:23:45.680><c> and</c><00:23:45.839><c> the</c>

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angel<00:23:46.420><c> covered</c><00:23:46.779><c> him</c><00:23:47.039><c> with</c><00:23:47.339><c> his</c><00:23:47.579><c> hand</c><00:23:47.880><c> as</c><00:23:48.099><c> he</c><00:23:48.400><c> passed</c><00:23:48.660><c> by</c>

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and<00:23:49.500><c> proclaimed</c><00:23:50.160><c> the</c><00:23:50.460><c> name</c><00:23:51.000><c> Yahweh,</c><00:23:52.059><c> Yahweh</c><00:23:52.740><c> Ale,</c><00:23:54.039><c> merciful</c>

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and<00:23:54.799><c> gracious,</c><00:23:55.900><c> long</c><00:23:56.440><c>-suffering</c><00:23:57.220><c> and</c><00:23:57.680><c> abundant</c>

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in<00:23:58.980><c> goodness</c><00:23:59.380><c> and</c><00:23:59.740><c> truth,</c><00:24:00.539><c> keeping</c><00:24:00.900><c> mercy</c><00:24:01.519><c> for</c><00:24:01.819><c> thousands,</c>

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forgiving<00:24:03.279><c> iniquity</c><00:24:04.099><c> and</c><00:24:04.420><c> transgression</c><00:24:05.200><c> and</c><00:24:05.619><c> sin,</c>

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and<00:24:06.759><c> that</c><00:24:06.980><c> will</c><00:24:07.259><c> by</c><00:24:07.660><c> no</c><00:24:08.000><c> means</c><00:24:08.440><c> clear</c><00:24:08.819><c> the</c><00:24:09.140><c> guilty.</c><00:24:10.579><c> Literally</c>

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that<00:24:11.460><c> last</c><00:24:11.920><c> expression</c><00:24:12.519><c> in</c><00:24:12.779><c> Hebrew</c><00:24:13.059><c> is</c>

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not<00:24:14.880><c> utterly</c><00:24:15.819><c> the</c><00:24:16.240><c> guilty,</c><00:24:17.700><c> visiting</c><00:24:18.220><c> the</c><00:24:18.680><c> iniquity</c><00:24:19.140><c> of</c><00:24:19.299><c> the</c>

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fathers<00:24:19.859><c> upon</c><00:24:20.240><c> the</c><00:24:20.500><c> children</c><00:24:20.880><c> and</c><00:24:21.359><c> upon</c><00:24:21.640><c> the</c>

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children's<00:24:22.539><c> children</c><00:24:22.880><c> until</c><00:24:23.279><c> the</c><00:24:23.599><c> third</c><00:24:24.140><c> and</c><00:24:24.700><c> fourth</c><00:24:25.339><c> generation.</c><00:24:27.440><c> Even</c>

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so,<00:24:28.319><c> when</c><00:24:28.599><c> Moses</c><00:24:29.039><c> descended</c><00:24:29.579><c> from</c>

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the<00:24:30.140><c> mount,</c><00:24:30.779><c> his</c><00:24:30.960><c> face</c><00:24:31.240><c> shone</c><00:24:31.740><c> and</c><00:24:32.019><c> had</c><00:24:32.240><c> to</c><00:24:32.420><c> be</c><00:24:32.640><c> covered.</c><00:24:34.220><c> That</c>

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glory<00:24:35.579><c> is</c><00:24:35.900><c> now</c><00:24:36.279><c> seen</c><00:24:36.640><c> openly</c><00:24:37.279><c> in</c><00:24:37.640><c> Jesus</c><00:24:38.259><c> Christ,</c>

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as<00:24:39.359><c> was</c><00:24:39.819><c> prophesied</c><00:24:40.420><c> by</c><00:24:40.700><c> the</c><00:24:40.880><c> prophet</c><00:24:41.220><c> Isaiah,</c><00:24:42.319><c> and</c><00:24:42.799><c> the</c><00:24:43.140><c> glory</c><00:24:43.660><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:44.079><c> Lord</c><00:24:44.359><c> shall</c><00:24:44.579><c> be</c><00:24:44.880><c> revealed,</c>

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and<00:24:45.940><c> all</c><00:24:46.519><c> flesh</c><00:24:46.940><c> shall</c><00:24:47.319><c> see</c><00:24:47.660><c> it</c><00:24:48.119><c> together,</c><00:24:49.099><c> for</c><00:24:49.240><c> the</c><00:24:49.599><c> mouth</c><00:24:49.960><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:50.420><c> Lord</c><00:24:50.779><c> hath</c><00:24:51.240><c> spoken</c><00:24:51.799><c> it.</c><00:24:52.539><c> Isaiah</c><00:24:53.059><c> 40</c><00:24:53.579><c> verse</c><00:24:53.900><c> 5.</c>

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Paul<00:24:55.779><c> adds,</c><00:24:57.039><c> The</c><00:24:57.279><c> God</c><00:24:57.660><c> of</c><00:24:57.940><c> this</c><00:24:58.299><c> world</c><00:24:58.559><c> hath</c><00:24:59.059><c> blinded</c><00:24:59.980><c> the</c><00:25:00.240><c> minds</c><00:25:00.599><c> of</c>

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them<00:25:01.059><c> that</c><00:25:01.380><c> believe</c><00:25:01.660><c> not,</c>

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lest<00:25:02.920><c> the</c><00:25:03.259><c> light</c><00:25:03.599><c> of</c><00:25:03.900><c> the</c><00:25:04.220><c> glorious</c><00:25:04.920><c> gospel</c><00:25:05.619><c> of</c><00:25:05.839><c> Christ,</c><00:25:06.579><c> who</c>

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is<00:25:06.960><c> the</c><00:25:07.259><c> image</c><00:25:07.519><c> of</c><00:25:07.779><c> God,</c><00:25:08.559><c> should</c><00:25:08.759><c> shine</c><00:25:09.220><c> unto</c><00:25:09.539><c> them.</c>

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For<00:25:10.819><c> God</c><00:25:11.279><c> who</c><00:25:11.599><c> commanded</c><00:25:12.220><c> the</c><00:25:12.599><c> light</c><00:25:12.900><c> to</c><00:25:13.299><c> shine</c><00:25:13.599><c> out</c><00:25:14.079><c> of</c><00:25:14.359><c> darkness</c><00:25:15.079><c> hath</c>

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shined<00:25:16.599><c> in</c><00:25:16.920><c> our</c><00:25:17.240><c> hearts</c><00:25:17.619><c> to</c><00:25:17.920><c> give</c>

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the<00:25:18.460><c> light</c><00:25:18.779><c> of</c><00:25:19.019><c> the</c><00:25:19.279><c> knowledge</c><00:25:19.579><c> of</c><00:25:19.859><c> the</c><00:25:20.160><c> glory</c><00:25:20.559><c> of</c><00:25:20.880><c> God</c><00:25:21.220><c> in</c><00:25:21.900><c> the</c>

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face<00:25:22.500><c> of</c><00:25:22.859><c> Jesus</c><00:25:23.420><c> Christ.</c><00:25:25.180><c> 2</c><00:25:25.599><c> Corinthians</c><00:25:26.299><c> 4</c><00:25:26.700><c> verse</c>

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3<00:25:27.160><c> to</c><00:25:27.359><c> 6.</c><00:25:30.579><c> John</c><00:25:30.839><c> says</c><00:25:31.440><c> the</c><00:25:31.640><c> law</c><00:25:31.960><c> was</c><00:25:32.680><c> given,</c><00:25:33.720><c> that</c><00:25:34.099><c> is,</c><00:25:35.160><c> it</c><00:25:35.420><c> was</c>

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imposed<00:25:36.579><c> on</c><00:25:36.859><c> Israel</c><00:25:37.259><c> at</c><00:25:37.500><c> Mount</c><00:25:37.839><c> Sinai,</c>

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but<00:25:39.180><c> grace</c><00:25:39.640><c> and</c><00:25:40.079><c> truth</c><00:25:40.640><c> came</c><00:25:41.859><c> by</c><00:25:42.700><c> Jesus</c><00:25:43.240><c> Christ.</c><00:25:44.960><c> Belief</c><00:25:45.579><c> leads</c><00:25:46.140><c> to</c>

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the<00:25:46.900><c> obedience</c><00:25:47.720><c> of</c><00:25:48.079><c> faith</c><00:25:48.440><c> to</c>

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and<00:25:49.920><c> gentile,</c><00:25:51.519><c> as</c><00:25:51.680><c> Paul</c><00:25:52.019><c> tells</c><00:25:52.380><c> us</c><00:25:52.680><c> in</c><00:25:52.779><c> Romans</c><00:25:53.200><c> 1</c><00:25:53.640><c> verse</c><00:25:53.960><c> 5</c><00:25:54.799><c> and</c>

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Romans<00:25:55.660><c> 16</c><00:25:56.299><c> verse</c><00:25:56.740><c> 26.</c><00:25:58.380><c> But</c><00:25:58.700><c> we</c><00:25:58.980><c> still</c><00:25:59.259><c> have</c><00:25:59.579><c> free</c>

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will.<00:26:01.119><c> There</c><00:26:01.299><c> is</c><00:26:01.599><c> no</c><00:26:01.920><c> compulsion,</c><00:26:03.700><c> though</c><00:26:04.059><c> refusal</c><00:26:04.740><c> to</c><00:26:05.039><c> believe</c><00:26:05.380><c> and</c>

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obey<00:26:06.079><c> the</c><00:26:06.400><c> truth</c><00:26:06.680><c> as</c><00:26:07.039><c> it</c><00:26:07.240><c> is</c><00:26:07.460><c> in</c><00:26:07.680><c> Jesus</c>

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will<00:26:09.279><c> inevitably</c><00:26:10.599><c> incur</c><00:26:11.160><c> the</c><00:26:11.400><c> ultimate</c><00:26:11.940><c> penalty.</c><00:26:12.900><c> God</c><00:26:13.279><c> is</c><00:26:13.980><c> not</c><00:26:14.299><c> mocked.</c><00:26:15.299><c> Galatians</c><00:26:15.920><c> 6</c>

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verse<00:26:16.519><c> 7.</c>

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John<00:26:18.400><c> says</c><00:26:18.759><c> in</c><00:26:18.960><c> verse</c><00:26:19.259><c> 10</c><00:26:19.579><c> of</c><00:26:19.819><c> his</c><00:26:20.079><c> first</c><00:26:20.519><c> chapter</c><00:26:21.140><c> that</c><00:26:21.859><c> light</c>

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was<00:26:22.599><c> in</c><00:26:22.880><c> the</c><00:26:23.079><c> world,</c><00:26:23.759><c> we</c><00:26:23.940><c> might</c><00:26:24.220><c> say,</c>

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from<00:26:25.619><c> Genesis</c><00:26:26.279><c> to</c><00:26:26.619><c> Malachi,</c><00:26:27.819><c> the</c><00:26:28.039><c> Old</c><00:26:28.220><c> Testament,</c><00:26:29.519><c> but</c><00:26:29.799><c> was</c>

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not<00:26:30.579><c> known</c><00:26:30.940><c> from</c><00:26:31.400><c> Cain</c><00:26:31.799><c> to</c><00:26:32.180><c> Caiaphas.</c>

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Light<00:26:34.480><c> is</c><00:26:34.740><c> the</c><00:26:35.079><c> power</c><00:26:35.500><c> of</c><00:26:35.740><c> the</c><00:26:35.940><c> Creator.</c><00:26:36.779><c> Our</c><00:26:36.940><c> own</c><00:26:37.359><c> power</c><00:26:37.799><c> will</c>

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accomplish<00:26:38.720><c> nothing</c><00:26:39.440><c> enduring.</c>

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God's<00:26:41.500><c> power</c><00:26:41.940><c> is</c><00:26:42.380><c> paramount.</c><00:26:43.160><c> He</c><00:26:43.440><c> is</c><00:26:43.960><c> before</c><00:26:44.680><c> all</c><00:26:45.160><c> things,</c><00:26:45.880><c> Paul</c><00:26:46.160><c> says</c><00:26:46.519><c> in</c>

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Colossians<00:26:47.200><c> 1</c><00:26:47.599><c> verse</c><00:26:47.900><c> 17.</c>

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In<00:26:49.839><c> verses</c><00:26:50.259><c> 11</c><00:26:50.779><c> and</c><00:26:51.259><c> 12</c><00:26:51.759><c> we</c><00:26:52.140><c> see</c><00:26:52.420><c> that</c><00:26:52.640><c> when</c><00:26:52.920><c> Jesus</c><00:26:53.339><c> came</c><00:26:53.680><c> to</c>

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his<00:26:54.099><c> own</c><00:26:54.380><c> people,</c><00:26:55.359><c> although</c><00:26:55.680><c> they</c><00:26:55.920><c> were</c><00:26:56.160><c> very</c>

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religious,<00:26:58.140><c> they</c><00:26:58.539><c> rejected</c><00:26:59.339><c> him</c><00:26:59.799><c> through</c><00:27:00.339><c> envy.</c><00:27:01.900><c> Those</c><00:27:02.339><c> that</c>

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did<00:27:02.980><c> receive</c><00:27:03.420><c> him,</c><00:27:04.119><c> and</c><00:27:04.420><c> the</c><00:27:04.559><c> word</c><00:27:04.740><c> means</c><00:27:05.079><c> to</c><00:27:05.400><c> possess,</c>

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to<00:27:06.319><c> embrace,</c><00:27:08.460><c> loved</c><00:27:08.579><c> him</c><00:27:08.960><c> with</c><00:27:09.240><c> all</c><00:27:09.579><c> their</c><00:27:09.940><c> heart,</c><00:27:10.980><c> soul,</c><00:27:11.339><c> and</c>

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might.<00:27:12.960><c> These</c><00:27:13.400><c> are</c><00:27:13.779><c> they</c><00:27:14.140><c> who,</c><00:27:14.599><c> as</c><00:27:14.980><c> the</c><00:27:15.200><c> Lord</c>

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explained<00:27:15.940><c> to</c><00:27:16.180><c> Nicodemus,</c><00:27:17.420><c> had</c><00:27:17.619><c> been</c><00:27:18.000><c> born</c><00:27:18.440><c> of</c><00:27:18.759><c> water</c><00:27:19.259><c> and</c><00:27:19.960><c> spirit.</c><00:27:20.859><c> That</c><00:27:21.160><c> which</c><00:27:21.420><c> is</c>

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born<00:27:21.980><c> of</c><00:27:22.319><c> the</c><00:27:22.359><c> flesh</c><00:27:22.559><c> is</c><00:27:22.900><c> flesh,</c>

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and<00:27:23.720><c> that</c><00:27:23.940><c> which</c><00:27:24.160><c> is</c><00:27:24.400><c> born</c><00:27:24.619><c> of</c><00:27:24.880><c> the</c><00:27:25.140><c> spirit</c><00:27:25.400><c> is</c><00:27:25.920><c> spirit.</c><00:27:27.640><c> But</c>

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Nicodemus<00:27:28.720><c> did</c><00:27:29.059><c> not</c><00:27:29.420><c> then</c><00:27:29.900><c> understand,</c>

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though<00:27:31.619><c> he</c><00:27:31.819><c> was</c><00:27:32.140><c> a</c><00:27:32.380><c> teacher</c><00:27:32.700><c> in</c><00:27:33.000><c> Israel.</c><00:27:34.160><c> So</c><00:27:34.480><c> the</c><00:27:34.700><c> Lord</c><00:27:35.000><c> continued,</c>

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If<00:27:36.819><c> I</c><00:27:37.160><c> have</c><00:27:37.420><c> told</c><00:27:37.740><c> you</c><00:27:37.980><c> earthly</c><00:27:38.359><c> things</c><00:27:38.740><c> and</c><00:27:38.940><c> you</c><00:27:39.180><c> believe</c><00:27:39.519><c> not,</c><00:27:40.160><c> how</c>

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shall<00:27:41.079><c> ye</c><00:27:41.359><c> believe</c><00:27:41.700><c> if</c><00:27:41.960><c> I</c><00:27:42.180><c> tell</c><00:27:42.400><c> you</c><00:27:42.619><c> of</c><00:27:42.799><c> heavenly</c>

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things?<00:27:44.359><c> And</c><00:27:44.819><c> no</c><00:27:45.119><c> man</c><00:27:45.440><c> hath</c><00:27:45.700><c> ascended</c><00:27:46.099><c> up</c><00:27:46.400><c> to</c><00:27:46.539><c> heaven,</c><00:27:47.059><c> that</c>

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is,<00:27:48.019><c> to</c><00:27:48.259><c> understand</c><00:27:49.019><c> profound</c><00:27:49.839><c> spiritual</c><00:27:50.599><c> things</c>

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given<00:27:51.400><c> from</c><00:27:51.839><c> his</c><00:27:52.539><c> father</c><00:27:53.059><c> in</c><00:27:53.579><c> his</c><00:27:53.900><c> word</c><00:27:54.119><c> the</c><00:27:54.279><c> Bible,</c><00:27:55.279><c> but</c><00:27:55.880><c> he</c>

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that<00:27:56.299><c> came</c><00:27:56.640><c> down</c><00:27:57.019><c> from</c><00:27:57.319><c> heaven.</c><00:27:58.660><c> Jesus</c><00:27:59.259><c> was</c><00:27:59.819><c> conceived</c>

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in<00:28:00.859><c> Mary's</c><00:28:01.359><c> womb</c><00:28:01.579><c> by</c><00:28:02.220><c> God's</c><00:28:02.980><c> Holy</c><00:28:03.240><c> Spirit</c><00:28:03.720><c> power</c><00:28:04.200><c> from</c><00:28:04.579><c> heaven,</c><00:28:05.799><c> even</c>

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the<00:28:06.339><c> Son</c><00:28:06.579><c> of</c><00:28:06.799><c> man</c><00:28:07.319><c> which</c><00:28:07.759><c> is</c><00:28:08.500><c> now</c><00:28:09.220><c> in</c><00:28:10.039><c> heaven.</c>

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So<00:28:14.220><c> wisdom</c><00:28:14.900><c> is</c><00:28:15.180><c> the</c><00:28:15.420><c> principal</c><00:28:15.819><c> thing.</c><00:28:16.539><c> Therefore</c><00:28:16.839><c> get</c><00:28:17.099><c> wisdom,</c><00:28:17.900><c> and</c>

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with<00:28:18.160><c> all</c><00:28:18.519><c> thy</c><00:28:18.839><c> getting</c><00:28:19.279><c> get</c><00:28:19.740><c> understanding.</c>

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It<00:28:21.380><c> says</c><00:28:21.660><c> in</c><00:28:21.980><c> Proverbs</c><00:28:22.420><c> 4</c><00:28:22.880><c> verse</c><00:28:23.240><c> 7.</c><00:28:25.220><c> It</c><00:28:25.359><c> is</c><00:28:25.920><c> wisdom</c><00:28:26.700><c> to</c><00:28:27.160><c> relate</c>

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knowledge<00:28:28.299><c> to</c><00:28:28.720><c> life's</c><00:28:29.400><c> decisions</c><00:28:30.059><c> and</c><00:28:31.220><c> experiences.</c>

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Christ<00:28:33.980><c> said,</c><00:28:35.559><c> I</c><00:28:35.559><c> am</c><00:28:36.019><c> the</c><00:28:36.480><c> light</c><00:28:36.759><c> of</c><00:28:37.000><c> the</c><00:28:37.220><c> world.</c><00:28:37.779><c> He</c><00:28:38.019><c> that</c><00:28:38.259><c> followeth</c><00:28:38.740><c> me</c>

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shall<00:28:39.200><c> not</c><00:28:39.519><c> walk</c><00:28:39.779><c> in</c><00:28:40.059><c> darkness,</c>

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but<00:28:40.900><c> shall</c><00:28:41.099><c> have</c><00:28:41.359><c> the</c><00:28:41.819><c> light</c><00:28:42.240><c> of</c><00:28:42.920><c> life.</c><00:28:43.640><c> John</c><00:28:43.880><c> 8</c><00:28:44.140><c> verse</c><00:28:44.440><c> 12.</c><00:28:45.880><c> Let</c><00:28:46.119><c> your</c><00:28:46.500><c> light</c><00:28:46.900><c> so</c>

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shine<00:28:47.500><c> before</c><00:28:47.900><c> men,</c>

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that<00:28:48.559><c> they</c><00:28:48.799><c> may</c><00:28:49.079><c> see</c><00:28:49.299><c> your</c><00:28:49.539><c> good</c><00:28:49.779><c> works,</c><00:28:50.819><c> and</c><00:28:51.000><c> glorify</c><00:28:51.740><c> your</c>

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Father<00:28:52.480><c> which</c><00:28:52.759><c> is</c><00:28:53.039><c> in</c><00:28:53.240><c> heaven,</c><00:28:54.079><c> says</c><00:28:54.279><c> Christ</c><00:28:54.740><c> in</c>

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Matthew<00:28:55.259><c> 5</c><00:28:55.700><c> verse</c><00:28:55.980><c> 16.</c><00:28:57.720><c> In</c><00:28:58.000><c> this</c><00:28:58.480><c> way</c><00:28:58.799><c> we</c><00:28:59.099><c> become</c><00:28:59.500><c> what</c><00:28:59.759><c> God</c>

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intended<00:29:01.000><c> when</c><00:29:01.640><c> man</c><00:29:02.039><c> and</c><00:29:02.400><c> woman</c><00:29:02.700><c> were</c><00:29:03.019><c> made,</c>

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his<00:29:04.900><c> image</c><00:29:05.539><c> and</c><00:29:06.480><c> likeness.</c><00:29:08.220><c> This</c><00:29:08.619><c> is</c><00:29:08.940><c> termed</c><00:29:09.460><c> God</c><00:29:09.839><c>-manifestation,</c><00:29:11.559><c> a</c><00:29:11.779><c> phrase</c>

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that<00:29:12.559><c> stresses</c>

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our<00:29:13.259><c> dependence</c><00:29:13.960><c> on</c><00:29:14.299><c> our</c><00:29:14.680><c> Creator.</c><00:29:16.240><c> Moral</c><00:29:16.720><c> values</c><00:29:17.220><c> are</c><00:29:17.519><c> not</c>

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set<00:29:18.140><c> by</c><00:29:18.440><c> nature.</c><00:29:19.299><c> They</c><00:29:19.420><c> have</c><00:29:19.660><c> been</c><00:29:19.960><c> set</c><00:29:20.220><c> by</c><00:29:20.559><c> God,</c>

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and<00:29:21.299><c> we</c><00:29:21.579><c> should</c><00:29:21.859><c> live</c><00:29:22.180><c> by</c><00:29:22.480><c> them.</c><00:29:23.960><c> The</c><00:29:24.220><c> animals</c><00:29:24.660><c> were</c><00:29:24.960><c> made</c><00:29:25.339><c> after</c><00:29:25.960><c> their</c><00:29:26.420><c> kind.</c><00:29:27.940><c> Man</c>

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was<00:29:28.740><c> originally</c><00:29:29.339><c> made</c><00:29:29.700><c> after</c>

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his<00:29:30.799><c> kind,</c><00:29:32.259><c> with</c><00:29:32.500><c> potential</c><00:29:33.119><c> to</c><00:29:33.519><c> develop</c><00:29:33.839><c> as</c><00:29:34.200><c> a</c><00:29:34.380><c> spiritual</c>

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creation.<00:29:36.660><c> After</c><00:29:37.059><c> the</c><00:29:37.319><c> fall,</c><00:29:37.880><c> mankind</c><00:29:38.200><c> was</c><00:29:38.559><c> made</c><00:29:38.859><c> after</c>

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our<00:29:40.420><c> kind,</c><00:29:41.279><c> for</c><00:29:41.420><c> we</c><00:29:41.720><c> read,</c><00:29:42.579><c> And</c><00:29:42.819><c> Adam</c><00:29:43.200><c> begat</c><00:29:43.619><c> a</c><00:29:43.819><c> son</c><00:29:44.140><c> in</c><00:29:44.759><c> his</c>

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own<00:29:45.539><c> likeness</c><00:29:46.299><c> after</c><00:29:46.859><c> his</c><00:29:47.400><c> image,</c>

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and<00:29:48.579><c> called</c><00:29:48.940><c> his</c><00:29:49.180><c> name</c><00:29:49.599><c> Seth.</c><00:29:50.359><c> Genesis</c><00:29:50.759><c> 5</c><00:29:51.279><c> verse</c><00:29:51.519><c> 3.</c><00:29:53.299><c> God's</c><00:29:53.579><c> work</c><00:29:53.960><c> to</c>

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which<00:29:54.500><c> we</c><00:29:54.740><c> must</c><00:29:55.019><c> submit</c>

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is<00:29:56.539><c> our</c><00:29:57.259><c> rebirth</c><00:29:57.940><c> in</c><00:29:58.279><c> his</c><00:29:58.619><c> image</c><00:29:59.099><c> and</c><00:29:59.900><c> likeness.</c>