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8,<00:30:33.900><c> he</c><00:30:33.900><c> says,</c><00:30:34.579><c> Paul</c><00:30:34.680><c> says,</c>

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that<00:30:52.359><c> love</c><00:30:52.640><c> is</c><00:30:52.960><c> appearing.</c><00:30:54.839><c> So</c><00:30:55.400><c> I</c><00:30:55.960><c> think</c><00:30:56.180><c> this</c>

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that<00:30:57.259><c> idea</c><00:30:58.019><c> of</c><00:30:59.319><c> the</c><00:30:59.779><c> need,</c><00:31:00.900><c> the</c><00:31:01.220><c> mindset</c><00:31:01.720><c> we</c><00:31:02.000><c> need</c><00:31:02.140><c> to</c><00:31:02.400><c> have,</c><00:31:02.640><c> the</c><00:31:02.960><c> diligence,</c><00:31:04.200><c> the</c><00:31:04.319><c> being</c><00:31:04.980><c> a</c>

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people<00:31:05.819><c> that</c>

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contend<00:31:06.579><c> for</c><00:31:06.900><c> the</c><00:31:07.160><c> faith</c><00:31:07.460><c> and</c><00:31:08.359><c> the</c><00:31:08.680><c> purity</c><00:31:09.019><c> of</c><00:31:09.299><c> it,</c><00:31:09.819><c> but</c><00:31:10.119><c> also</c>

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the<00:31:10.900><c> works</c><00:31:11.180><c> that</c><00:31:11.500><c> come</c><00:31:11.779><c> forth</c><00:31:11.960><c> from</c><00:31:12.200><c> it,</c><00:31:12.339><c> the</c><00:31:12.599><c> faith</c>

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that<00:31:13.140><c> belongs</c><00:31:13.440><c> to</c><00:31:13.680><c> it.</c><00:31:14.839><c> Now,</c><00:31:15.859><c> we</c><00:31:16.180><c> might</c><00:31:16.460><c> ask</c><00:31:16.900><c> ourselves,</c><00:31:17.940><c> why</c>

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did<00:31:18.660><c> Jude</c><00:31:18.900><c> make</c><00:31:19.400><c> reference,</c><00:31:19.920><c> therefore,</c><00:31:20.500><c> to</c><00:31:20.680><c> the</c>

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he<00:31:21.680><c> used</c><00:31:22.019><c> Israel</c><00:31:22.519><c> in</c><00:31:22.700><c> the</c><00:31:22.859><c> wilderness,</c><00:31:24.180><c> he</c><00:31:24.259><c> used</c><00:31:24.599><c> Dathan</c><00:31:25.099><c> and</c>

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Abiram,<00:31:26.420><c> and</c><00:31:26.759><c> he</c><00:31:27.019><c> made</c><00:31:27.220><c> reference</c><00:31:27.660><c> to</c><00:31:28.000><c> Sodom</c><00:31:28.299><c> and</c>

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Gomorrah.<00:31:29.099><c> These</c><00:31:29.359><c> are</c><00:31:29.700><c> three</c><00:31:29.980><c> vivid</c><00:31:30.440><c> pictures</c><00:31:30.819><c> that</c><00:31:31.200><c> he</c><00:31:31.519><c> used</c>

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in<00:31:32.599><c> this</c><00:31:32.920><c> book.</c><00:31:34.359><c> I</c><00:31:34.539><c> think</c><00:31:34.740><c> these</c><00:31:35.240><c> three</c><00:31:35.660><c> are</c>

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faith,<00:31:40.980><c> who</c><00:31:41.180><c> did</c><00:31:41.480><c> not</c><00:31:41.740><c> contend</c><00:31:42.140><c> for</c><00:31:42.380><c> the</c><00:31:42.579><c> faith</c>

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that<00:31:44.099><c> they</c><00:31:44.420><c> once</c><00:31:44.839><c> believed</c><00:31:45.180><c> in,</c><00:31:46.119><c> but</c><00:31:46.359><c> instead</c><00:31:47.019><c> they</c><00:31:47.319><c> turned</c><00:31:47.579><c> back.</c><00:31:48.920><c> In</c><00:31:49.640><c> Jude</c><00:31:50.700><c> 1</c>

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and<00:31:51.779><c> verse</c><00:31:52.059><c> 5,</c><00:31:52.960><c> he</c><00:31:53.039><c> says,</c>

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I<00:31:53.579><c> will</c><00:31:53.880><c> therefore</c><00:31:54.440><c> put</c><00:31:54.799><c> you</c><00:31:55.039><c> in</c><00:31:55.380><c> remembrance,</c><00:31:56.519><c> though</c><00:31:56.720><c> ye</c>

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once<00:31:57.400><c> knew</c><00:31:57.619><c> this,</c><00:31:58.579><c> how</c><00:31:58.700><c> that</c><00:31:58.880><c> the</c><00:31:59.200><c> Lord,</c>

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having<00:32:00.680><c> saved</c><00:32:01.039><c> the</c><00:32:01.259><c> people</c><00:32:01.519><c> out</c><00:32:01.759><c> of</c><00:32:01.920><c> the</c><00:32:02.099><c> land</c><00:32:02.319><c> of</c><00:32:02.579><c> Egypt,</c>

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afterward<00:32:04.339><c> destroyed</c><00:32:05.019><c> them</c><00:32:05.339><c> that</c><00:32:05.619><c> believe</c><00:32:05.980><c> not.</c>

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I<00:32:08.019><c> think</c><00:32:08.700><c> all</c><00:32:09.220><c> three</c><00:32:09.440><c> of</c><00:32:09.579><c> these</c><00:32:09.900><c> examples</c><00:32:10.500><c> show</c><00:32:11.279><c> those</c><00:32:12.160><c> who</c>

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once<00:32:13.660><c> believed</c><00:32:14.140><c> and</c><00:32:14.720><c> then</c><00:32:15.019><c> turned</c><00:32:15.240><c> back.</c><00:32:16.579><c> Israel</c>

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in<00:32:17.180><c> the</c><00:32:17.339><c> wilderness</c><00:32:18.079><c> teaches</c><00:32:19.579><c> us</c><00:32:20.599><c> of</c><00:32:20.920><c> going</c><00:32:21.200><c> through</c><00:32:21.559><c> life</c><00:32:21.940><c> today,</c><00:32:22.980><c> and</c><00:32:23.140><c> as</c>

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trials<00:32:23.799><c> of</c><00:32:24.000><c> life</c><00:32:24.279><c> comes</c><00:32:24.700><c> along,</c>

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as<00:32:25.799><c> they</c><00:32:26.019><c> inevitably</c><00:32:26.559><c> will,</c><00:32:27.480><c> we</c><00:32:27.779><c> turn</c><00:32:28.079><c> back,</c><00:32:28.799><c> we</c><00:32:29.079><c> ask</c><00:32:29.400><c> to</c><00:32:29.500><c> go</c>

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back<00:32:30.039><c> to</c><00:32:30.279><c> Egypt,</c><00:32:30.880><c> we</c><00:32:31.039><c> turn</c><00:32:31.299><c> back</c><00:32:31.579><c> to</c><00:32:31.740><c> our</c><00:32:31.920><c> own</c><00:32:32.259><c> strength,</c>

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we<00:32:33.500><c> dismiss</c><00:32:34.220><c> what</c><00:32:34.619><c> God</c><00:32:34.940><c> has</c><00:32:35.240><c> done</c><00:32:35.420><c> in</c><00:32:35.539><c> our</c><00:32:35.819><c> lives,</c><00:32:36.779><c> and</c><00:32:36.980><c> this</c>

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is<00:32:37.480><c> one</c><00:32:37.640><c> way</c><00:32:37.859><c> of</c><00:32:37.980><c> leading</c><00:32:38.359><c> to</c><00:32:38.660><c> condemnation,</c>

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this<00:32:40.400><c> is</c><00:32:40.660><c> one</c><00:32:40.819><c> way</c><00:32:41.019><c> in</c><00:32:41.099><c> which</c><00:32:41.279><c> the</c><00:32:41.599><c> believer</c><00:32:41.920><c> can</c><00:32:42.380><c> turn</c><00:32:42.759><c> back,</c>

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and<00:32:43.960><c> Israel</c><00:32:44.319><c> in</c><00:32:44.519><c> the</c><00:32:44.660><c> wilderness</c><00:32:45.119><c> was</c><00:32:45.519><c> one</c>

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example<00:32:46.420><c> of</c><00:32:46.660><c> this.</c><00:32:48.460><c> This</c><00:32:48.799><c> was</c><00:32:49.140><c> as</c><00:32:49.559><c> a</c><00:32:49.839><c> body,</c><00:32:50.259><c> this</c><00:32:50.500><c> was</c><00:32:50.720><c> a</c><00:32:50.900><c> group,</c><00:32:51.920><c> and</c>

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then<00:32:52.420><c> there</c><00:32:52.579><c> was</c><00:32:52.980><c> Dathan</c><00:32:53.240><c> and</c><00:32:53.420><c> Abiram,</c>

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which<00:32:54.180><c> was</c><00:32:54.720><c> a</c><00:32:55.039><c> smaller</c><00:32:55.279><c> group,</c><00:32:56.200><c> but</c><00:32:56.380><c> we're</c><00:32:56.680><c> told</c><00:32:56.960><c> that</c><00:32:57.920><c> they</c>

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were<00:32:59.299><c> famous,</c><00:33:02.700><c> that's</c><00:33:03.140><c> how</c><00:33:03.319><c> they're</c><00:33:03.619><c> described,</c>

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or<00:33:05.220><c> select</c><00:33:05.660><c> as</c><00:33:05.900><c> the</c><00:33:06.359><c> Concordance</c><00:33:06.920><c> says,</c><00:33:07.700><c> men</c><00:33:07.960><c> who</c><00:33:08.200><c> were</c><00:33:08.480><c> famous</c><00:33:08.880><c> or</c><00:33:09.259><c> select,</c><00:33:10.579><c> called</c><00:33:10.920><c> as</c>

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we<00:33:12.839><c> are,</c>

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we're<00:33:14.119><c> reminded</c><00:33:14.440><c> in</c><00:33:14.900><c> Jude</c><00:33:15.180><c> 1</c><00:33:15.940><c> that</c><00:33:16.900><c> we</c><00:33:17.240><c> are</c><00:33:17.519><c> also</c><00:33:18.000><c> select.</c><00:33:19.759><c> Now</c>

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Dathan<00:33:20.319><c> and</c><00:33:20.579><c> Abiram</c><00:33:21.119><c> turned</c><00:33:21.619><c> again</c><00:33:22.299><c> in</c><00:33:22.839><c> rebellion,</c>

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they<00:33:24.019><c> stood</c><00:33:24.259><c> against</c><00:33:24.740><c> Moses,</c><00:33:26.140><c> they</c><00:33:27.180><c> refused</c><00:33:28.440><c> to</c><00:33:28.759><c> obey</c><00:33:29.039><c> him,</c>

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and<00:33:30.259><c> they</c><00:33:30.420><c> were</c><00:33:30.660><c> destroyed.</c>

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In<00:33:33.240><c> effect</c><00:33:33.539><c> it</c><00:33:33.619><c> wasn't</c><00:33:34.319><c> Moses</c><00:33:34.779><c> they</c><00:33:34.980><c> were</c><00:33:35.240><c> standing</c><00:33:35.559><c> against,</c>

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it<00:33:36.059><c> was</c><00:33:36.279><c> against</c><00:33:36.660><c> God</c><00:33:36.940><c> who</c><00:33:37.539><c> had</c><00:33:37.859><c> ordained</c><00:33:38.359><c> Moses.</c>

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They<00:33:40.380><c> were</c><00:33:40.640><c> not</c><00:33:41.000><c> faced</c><00:33:41.339><c> with</c><00:33:41.740><c> trials,</c><00:33:42.700><c> but</c><00:33:43.019><c> they</c><00:33:43.640><c> set</c><00:33:43.940><c> themselves</c><00:33:44.579><c> based</c>

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on<00:33:45.240><c> their</c><00:33:45.500><c> opinion</c><00:33:45.900><c> and</c>

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self<00:33:46.640><c>-importance</c><00:33:47.319><c> against</c><00:33:47.700><c> Moses,</c><00:33:48.660><c> and</c><00:33:48.920><c> this</c><00:33:49.220><c> led</c><00:33:49.420><c> to</c><00:33:49.579><c> their</c>

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downfall.<00:33:50.460><c> So</c><00:33:51.079><c> the</c><00:33:51.440><c> first</c><00:33:51.740><c> group,</c><00:33:52.579><c> Israel</c><00:33:52.920><c> in</c><00:33:53.079><c> the</c>

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trials<00:33:54.119><c> came</c><00:33:54.480><c> along,</c><00:33:55.000><c> they</c><00:33:55.059><c> wanted</c><00:33:55.400><c> water,</c><00:33:56.220><c> they</c><00:33:56.240><c> wanted</c><00:33:56.940><c> meat,</c><00:33:57.579><c> etc.,</c><00:33:58.039><c> and</c>

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they<00:33:58.440><c> turned</c><00:33:58.740><c> back,</c>

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but<00:34:00.440><c> Dathan</c><00:34:00.720><c> and</c><00:34:00.920><c> Abiram</c><00:34:01.299><c> had</c><00:34:01.579><c> to</c><00:34:01.859><c> do</c><00:34:02.039><c> with</c><00:34:02.920><c> those</c><00:34:03.559><c> who</c><00:34:03.960><c> rebelled,</c><00:34:04.440><c> they</c>

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wanted<00:34:05.420><c> power,</c><00:34:07.099><c> their</c><00:34:07.359><c> pride</c><00:34:07.680><c> was</c><00:34:08.019><c> there,</c>

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and<00:34:10.480><c> that</c><00:34:10.800><c> got</c><00:34:11.079><c> the</c><00:34:11.239><c> better</c><00:34:11.480><c> of</c><00:34:11.619><c> them,</c><00:34:12.420><c> and</c><00:34:12.800><c> so</c><00:34:13.000><c> they</c><00:34:13.300><c> rebelled</c>

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in<00:34:13.880><c> that</c><00:34:14.099><c> fashion.</c>

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that<00:37:03.780><c> time</c><00:37:04.019><c> through</c><00:37:04.300><c> dreams</c><00:37:04.860><c> etc.</c>

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these<00:38:03.780><c> three</c><00:38:04.059><c> men</c>

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flesh<00:38:09.719><c> rule</c><00:38:10.079><c> them.</c><00:38:11.440><c> Cain,</c>

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which<00:38:12.960><c> was</c><00:38:13.219><c> the</c><00:38:13.360><c> first</c><00:38:13.639><c> example,</c><00:38:14.739><c> he</c><00:38:15.000><c> claimed</c><00:38:15.199><c> to</c><00:38:15.400><c> be</c><00:38:15.579><c> a</c><00:38:15.739><c> worshiper</c><00:38:16.139><c> of</c><00:38:16.340><c> God</c><00:38:16.719><c> but</c><00:38:17.579><c> he</c>

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was<00:38:18.079><c> only</c><00:38:18.400><c> prepared</c><00:38:18.780><c> to</c>

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do<00:38:19.199><c> so</c><00:38:19.380><c> on</c><00:38:19.500><c> his</c><00:38:19.739><c> own</c><00:38:20.000><c> terms.</c><00:38:20.260><c> He</c><00:38:20.420><c> brought</c><00:38:20.820><c> his</c><00:38:21.780><c> his</c><00:38:21.800><c> own</c><00:38:22.539><c> offering</c><00:38:23.199><c> and</c><00:38:24.079><c> he</c>

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was<00:38:24.980><c> upset</c><00:38:25.420><c> with</c><00:38:25.739><c> his</c><00:38:26.039><c> brother's</c>

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offering<00:38:26.940><c> and</c><00:38:27.780><c> he</c><00:38:28.119><c> committed</c><00:38:28.519><c> murder.</c><00:38:30.619><c> Balaam</c><00:38:31.400><c> mounted</c><00:38:31.900><c> the</c>

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words<00:38:32.400><c> of</c><00:38:32.679><c> God,</c><00:38:33.519><c> he</c><00:38:33.840><c> communicated</c><00:38:34.460><c> with</c><00:38:34.800><c> God</c>

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fierce,<00:43:23.019><c> despises</c><00:43:23.559><c> of</c><00:43:23.780><c> those</c><00:43:24.039><c> that</c><00:43:24.219><c> are</c><00:43:24.480><c> good,</c><00:43:25.460><c> traitors,</c><00:43:26.239><c> heady,</c><00:43:27.019><c> high</c><00:43:27.320><c>-minded,</c><00:43:28.420><c> lovers</c><00:43:28.639><c> of</c>

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pleasure<00:43:29.320><c> more</c><00:43:29.679><c> than</c>

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What<00:44:11.860><c> is</c><00:44:12.119><c> the</c><00:44:12.380><c> antidote?</c><00:44:12.920><c> He</c><00:44:12.960><c> said,</c>

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was<00:44:37.760><c> that</c><00:44:37.980><c> none</c><00:44:38.159><c> should</c>

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feel<00:45:18.739><c> overwhelmed.</c><00:45:19.699><c> We</c><00:45:19.699><c> can</c><00:45:19.980><c> feel</c><00:45:20.300><c> disheartened</c><00:45:20.920><c> as</c><00:45:21.139><c> we</c><00:45:21.320><c> see</c>

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it<00:45:23.099><c> seems</c><00:45:23.500><c> that</c><00:45:24.619><c> Christ</c><00:45:24.960><c> is</c><00:45:25.219><c> delaying</c><00:45:25.539><c> his</c><00:45:25.780><c> coming,</c>

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ourselves<00:45:39.400><c> up</c><00:45:39.659><c> in</c><00:45:39.900><c> our</c><00:45:40.280><c> most</c><00:45:40.480><c> holy</c><00:45:40.780><c> faith,</c>

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exhorting<00:45:42.000><c> one</c><00:45:42.139><c> another,</c><00:45:42.820><c> it</c><00:45:43.099><c> applies</c><00:45:43.579><c> to</c><00:45:43.800><c> us</c><00:45:44.119><c> today</c><00:45:44.619><c> that</c><00:45:45.119><c> we</c>

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stand<00:45:57.119><c> firm</c><00:45:57.400><c> in</c><00:45:57.599><c> our</c><00:45:57.840><c> faith,</c>

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to<00:45:58.940><c> reject</c><00:45:59.360><c> false</c><00:45:59.760><c> teachings</c><00:46:00.320><c> and</c><00:46:00.900><c> to</c><00:46:01.179><c> remain</c><00:46:01.579><c> faithful</c><00:46:02.079><c> to</c>

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because<00:46:05.099><c> we</c><00:46:05.320><c> know</c><00:46:05.679><c> that</c><00:46:06.099><c> God's</c><00:46:07.460><c> power</c><00:46:08.099><c> that</c><00:46:08.920><c> he</c><00:46:09.139><c> has,</c><00:46:09.840><c> that</c><00:46:10.280><c> he</c>

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has<00:46:10.739><c> set</c><00:46:10.880><c> out,</c><00:46:11.099><c> he</c><00:46:11.300><c> set</c><00:46:11.460><c> out</c><00:46:11.619><c> to</c><00:46:11.840><c> save</c><00:46:11.980><c> us.</c>

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It's<00:46:12.880><c> not</c><00:46:13.179><c> going</c><00:46:13.500><c> to</c><00:46:13.860><c> fail,</c><00:46:14.280><c> not</c><00:46:14.400><c> a</c><00:46:14.599><c> word</c><00:46:14.739><c> is</c><00:46:14.980><c> going</c><00:46:15.219><c> to</c><00:46:15.880><c> return</c>

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to<00:46:16.400><c> him,</c><00:46:17.019><c> null</c><00:46:17.159><c> or</c><00:46:17.400><c> void.</c>