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put<00:13:09.299><c> it.</c><00:13:10.220><c> Now</c><00:13:10.419><c> Paul</c><00:13:10.679><c> warns</c><00:13:11.259><c> that</c><00:13:11.519><c> in</c><00:13:11.799><c> the</c><00:13:11.940><c> latter</c>

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carelessness.<00:15:55.820><c> But</c><00:15:56.000><c> the</c><00:15:56.220><c> second</c><00:15:56.500><c> man</c><00:15:56.840><c> looketh,</c>

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he<00:15:58.039><c> stoops,</c><00:15:58.960><c> he</c><00:15:59.179><c> alters</c><00:15:59.500><c> his</c><00:15:59.740><c> position</c><00:16:00.200><c> that</c><00:16:00.419><c> he</c><00:16:00.580><c> might</c><00:16:00.860><c> more</c>

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intently<00:16:01.820><c> contemplate</c><00:16:02.519><c> the</c><00:16:02.659><c> law</c><00:16:02.879><c> of</c><00:16:03.019><c> his</c><00:16:03.200><c> God.</c>

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The<00:16:04.620><c> first</c><00:16:04.919><c> man</c><00:16:05.159><c> goes</c><00:16:05.440><c> his</c><00:16:05.720><c> way,</c><00:16:06.360><c> no,</c><00:16:06.820><c> no,</c><00:16:07.039><c> he</c><00:16:07.279><c> goeth</c><00:16:07.840><c> his</c><00:16:08.159><c> way.</c>

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But<00:16:09.460><c> the</c><00:16:09.700><c> second</c><00:16:09.940><c> man</c><00:16:10.340><c> continues</c><00:16:10.860><c> looking,</c>

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persevering,<00:16:12.960><c> perseveringly</c><00:16:13.480><c> into</c><00:16:13.980><c> the</c><00:16:14.179><c> perfect</c><00:16:14.580><c> law</c><00:16:14.879><c> of</c><00:16:15.039><c> liberty.</c><00:16:16.279><c> The</c><00:16:16.399><c> first</c><00:16:16.659><c> man</c><00:16:16.919><c> forgets</c><00:16:17.379><c> what</c><00:16:17.600><c> manner</c><00:16:17.840><c> of</c>

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man<00:16:18.159><c> he</c><00:16:18.340><c> was,</c><00:16:19.480><c> but</c><00:16:19.639><c> the</c><00:16:19.879><c> second</c><00:16:20.100><c> man</c><00:16:20.360><c> is</c><00:16:20.580><c> not</c><00:16:20.740><c> a</c><00:16:20.919><c> forgetful</c><00:16:21.279><c> here,</c><00:16:22.059><c> he</c>

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is<00:16:22.879><c> a</c><00:16:22.980><c> doer</c><00:16:23.179><c> of</c><00:16:23.340><c> the</c><00:16:23.480><c> word.</c><00:16:24.799><c> One</c><00:16:25.200><c> who</c><00:16:25.559><c> seriously</c>

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contemplates<00:16:26.779><c> the</c><00:16:27.039><c> truth</c><00:16:27.360><c> and</c><00:16:28.000><c> the</c><00:16:28.240><c> requirements</c><00:16:28.639><c> that</c><00:16:28.879><c> God</c>

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has<00:16:29.240><c> set</c><00:16:29.379><c> forth</c><00:16:29.620><c> for</c><00:16:29.820><c> our</c><00:16:30.100><c> salvation</c><00:16:30.759><c> will</c><00:16:31.419><c> always</c>

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remember<00:16:32.259><c> them.</c><00:16:33.080><c> Now</c><00:16:33.320><c> in</c><00:16:33.460><c> the</c><00:16:33.659><c> hustle</c><00:16:33.899><c> and</c><00:16:34.159><c> bustle</c><00:16:34.480><c> of</c><00:16:34.600><c> everyday</c><00:16:34.820><c> life</c>

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we<00:16:35.440><c> might</c><00:16:35.679><c> forget</c><00:16:35.980><c> our</c><00:16:36.340><c> natural</c><00:16:36.639><c> image</c>

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reflected<00:16:37.399><c> in</c><00:16:37.799><c> a</c><00:16:38.039><c> literal</c><00:16:38.320><c> mirror,</c><00:16:39.460><c> but</c><00:16:39.500><c> not</c><00:16:39.740><c> the</c><00:16:39.860><c> spiritual</c>

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mirror.<00:16:41.080><c> We</c><00:16:41.399><c> must</c><00:16:41.620><c> carry</c><00:16:41.860><c> that</c><00:16:42.159><c> into</c><00:16:42.379><c> every</c>

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scene<00:16:43.039><c> of</c><00:16:43.259><c> our</c><00:16:43.440><c> life</c><00:16:43.620><c> and</c><00:16:43.799><c> under</c><00:16:43.980><c> all</c><00:16:44.399><c> circumstances.</c><00:16:47.259><c> One</c><00:16:47.419><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:47.779><c> advantages,</c><00:16:48.200><c> of</c><00:16:48.480><c> course,</c><00:16:49.279><c> to</c><00:16:49.440><c> doing</c><00:16:49.639><c> this,</c>

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to<00:16:50.159><c> carrying</c><00:16:50.419><c> the</c><00:16:50.580><c> perfect</c><00:16:50.940><c> law</c><00:16:51.200><c> of</c><00:16:51.379><c> liberty</c><00:16:51.740><c> everywhere</c><00:16:52.259><c> we</c>

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go<00:16:52.879><c> into</c><00:16:53.220><c> every</c><00:16:53.559><c> scene</c><00:16:53.759><c> of</c><00:16:54.019><c> life,</c><00:16:54.759><c> it</c><00:16:55.039><c> makes</c><00:16:55.320><c> us</c><00:16:55.620><c> the</c>

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kind<00:16:56.139><c> of</c><00:16:56.360><c> people</c><00:16:57.019><c> who</c><00:16:57.440><c> rejoice</c><00:16:57.740><c> in</c><00:16:57.879><c> the</c><00:16:58.039><c> Lord.</c><00:16:58.980><c> We</c><00:16:59.200><c> have</c><00:16:59.360><c> the</c>

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proper<00:16:59.860><c> attitude</c><00:17:00.440><c> and</c><00:17:00.919><c> God</c><00:17:01.159><c> is</c><00:17:01.360><c> very</c><00:17:01.580><c> much</c><00:17:01.759><c> concerned</c>

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with<00:17:02.460><c> the</c><00:17:02.500><c> way</c><00:17:02.720><c> we</c><00:17:02.960><c> think,</c><00:17:03.860><c> our</c><00:17:03.980><c> attitude</c><00:17:04.380><c> and</c><00:17:04.519><c> our</c><00:17:04.759><c> goals.</c>

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You<00:17:05.900><c> remember</c><00:17:06.039><c> the</c><00:17:06.319><c> psalmist</c><00:17:06.579><c> says,</c>

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delight<00:17:07.259><c> thyself</c><00:17:07.920><c> also</c><00:17:08.259><c> in</c><00:17:08.440><c> the</c><00:17:08.599><c> Lord</c><00:17:08.880><c> and</c><00:17:09.259><c> he</c><00:17:09.420><c> will</c><00:17:09.640><c> give</c><00:17:09.859><c> thee</c><00:17:10.059><c> the</c>

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desires<00:17:10.720><c> of</c><00:17:10.960><c> thy</c><00:17:11.200><c> heart.</c>

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The<00:17:12.480><c> truth</c><00:17:12.680><c> is</c><00:17:13.099><c> we</c><00:17:13.440><c> are</c><00:17:13.720><c> expected</c><00:17:14.079><c> to</c><00:17:14.500><c> rejoice</c><00:17:14.880><c> in</c><00:17:15.059><c> the</c><00:17:15.220><c> Lord,</c>

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always.<00:17:16.680><c> We</c><00:17:16.900><c> are</c><00:17:17.160><c> expected</c><00:17:17.420><c> to</c><00:17:17.619><c> be</c><00:17:17.799><c> a</c><00:17:17.980><c> happy,</c>

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a<00:17:18.940><c> contented,</c><00:17:19.700><c> and</c><00:17:19.799><c> an</c><00:17:20.019><c> optimistic</c><00:17:20.440><c> people.</c><00:17:21.220><c> And</c><00:17:21.420><c> why</c><00:17:21.619><c> shouldn't</c><00:17:21.880><c> we</c><00:17:22.240><c> when</c><00:17:22.339><c> we</c>

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consider<00:17:22.859><c> what</c><00:17:23.039><c> God</c><00:17:23.240><c> has</c><00:17:23.480><c> prepared</c>

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for<00:17:24.039><c> us?</c><00:17:25.039><c> And</c><00:17:25.200><c> this</c><00:17:25.460><c> is</c><00:17:25.779><c> so</c><00:17:26.240><c> because</c><00:17:27.799><c> God</c><00:17:29.000><c> has</c><00:17:29.339><c> prepared</c><00:17:29.740><c> something</c><00:17:30.140><c> for</c>

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us<00:17:30.660><c> that</c><00:17:30.900><c> eye</c><00:17:31.140><c> has</c><00:17:31.259><c> not</c><00:17:31.599><c> seen</c><00:17:31.839><c> and</c><00:17:32.019><c> ear</c>

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has<00:17:32.440><c> not</c><00:17:32.680><c> heard.</c><00:17:34.319><c> We</c><00:17:34.579><c> are</c><00:17:34.839><c> expected</c><00:17:35.140><c> to</c><00:17:35.339><c> rejoice</c><00:17:35.680><c> in</c><00:17:35.819><c> the</c><00:17:35.980><c> Lord,</c><00:17:36.180><c> but</c>

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why<00:17:36.759><c> is</c><00:17:37.019><c> this</c><00:17:37.440><c> so</c><00:17:38.079><c> even</c><00:17:38.779><c> in</c><00:17:39.000><c> adversity</c>

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when<00:17:40.420><c> we're</c><00:17:40.660><c> confronted</c><00:17:40.960><c> with</c><00:17:41.319><c> trials</c><00:17:41.720><c> and</c><00:17:42.039><c> sorrow</c><00:17:42.559><c> are</c><00:17:43.119><c> we</c>

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expected<00:17:43.640><c> to</c><00:17:43.920><c> rejoice?</c><00:17:45.039><c> Well,</c><00:17:45.180><c> of</c><00:17:45.299><c> course,</c>

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the<00:17:45.599><c> reasons</c><00:17:45.980><c> are</c><00:17:46.259><c> many</c><00:17:46.460><c> and</c><00:17:46.740><c> varied</c><00:17:47.059><c> and</c><00:17:47.579><c> I'd</c><00:17:47.839><c> like</c><00:17:47.880><c> to</c><00:17:48.220><c> consider</c><00:17:48.440><c> some</c>

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for<00:17:48.940><c> the</c><00:17:49.099><c> balance</c><00:17:49.279><c> of</c><00:17:49.460><c> our</c><00:17:49.680><c> time</c><00:17:49.900><c> together</c>

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while<00:17:51.119><c> we</c><00:17:51.319><c> are</c><00:17:51.640><c> continually</c><00:17:52.220><c> exhorted</c><00:17:52.859><c> to</c><00:17:53.259><c> rejoice,</c><00:17:54.440><c> to</c><00:17:54.619><c> serve</c><00:17:54.960><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:17:55.460><c> with</c><00:17:55.819><c> gladness.</c><00:17:57.279><c> Now,</c><00:17:57.519><c> it's</c><00:17:57.619><c> most</c>

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difficult,<00:17:58.380><c> of</c><00:17:58.579><c> course,</c><00:17:59.000><c> under</c><00:17:59.160><c> adversity</c><00:17:59.640><c> or</c><00:18:00.019><c> trial</c><00:18:00.380><c> and</c><00:18:01.200><c> yet</c><00:18:01.480><c> there's</c><00:18:01.859><c> great</c><00:18:02.240><c> value</c><00:18:02.539><c> in</c>

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trial,<00:18:03.220><c> isn't</c><00:18:03.319><c> there,</c>

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brothers<00:18:03.759><c> and</c><00:18:03.940><c> sisters?</c><00:18:04.640><c> Therefore,</c><00:18:05.140><c> we</c><00:18:05.380><c> are</c><00:18:05.519><c> to</c><00:18:05.680><c> rejoice.</c>

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Now,<00:18:07.019><c> we're</c><00:18:07.220><c> in</c><00:18:07.319><c> the</c><00:18:07.420><c> first</c><00:18:07.660><c> chapter</c><00:18:08.039><c> of</c><00:18:08.220><c> James.</c>

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He's<00:18:09.680><c> writing</c><00:18:09.940><c> to</c><00:18:10.220><c> this</c><00:18:10.380><c> letter</c><00:18:10.700><c> to</c><00:18:11.160><c> Hebrews</c><00:18:11.579><c> scattered</c><00:18:12.079><c> throughout</c><00:18:12.460><c> the</c><00:18:12.720><c> world,</c>

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whether<00:18:13.740><c> outside</c><00:18:14.140><c> of</c><00:18:14.319><c> the</c><00:18:14.480><c> land</c><00:18:14.539><c> of</c><00:18:14.640><c> Palestine.</c><00:18:15.799><c> And</c><00:18:16.079><c> after</c>

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the<00:18:16.579><c> various</c><00:18:16.859><c> simplest</c><00:18:17.259><c> of</c><00:18:17.599><c> openings,</c>

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he<00:18:18.839><c> plunges</c><00:18:19.720><c> immediately</c><00:18:20.240><c> into</c><00:18:20.559><c> the</c><00:18:20.839><c> subject</c><00:18:21.160><c> that</c><00:18:21.339><c> is</c><00:18:21.539><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:21.880><c> greatest</c><00:18:22.119><c> importance</c><00:18:22.759><c> and</c><00:18:23.220><c> the</c><00:18:23.339><c> most</c><00:18:23.660><c> pressing</c>

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concern<00:18:24.559><c> to</c><00:18:24.980><c> his</c><00:18:25.180><c> readers.</c><00:18:26.259><c> Verse</c><00:18:26.400><c> two,</c><00:18:27.660><c> my</c><00:18:27.839><c> brethren,</c><00:18:29.160><c> count</c>

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it<00:18:29.500><c> all</c><00:18:29.900><c> joy</c><00:18:30.539><c> when</c><00:18:30.859><c> you</c><00:18:31.079><c> fall</c><00:18:31.240><c> into</c><00:18:31.480><c> diverse</c>

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temptations.<00:18:34.240><c> Fall</c><00:18:34.440><c> into</c><00:18:34.660><c> means</c><00:18:35.519><c> inadvertently</c><00:18:36.519><c> encounter.</c>

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And<00:18:37.900><c> of</c><00:18:38.019><c> course,</c><00:18:38.160><c> we</c><00:18:38.380><c> misunderstand</c><00:18:38.920><c> that</c>

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the<00:18:39.380><c> word</c><00:18:39.519><c> temptation</c><00:18:40.079><c> is</c><00:18:40.359><c> used</c><00:18:40.519><c> in</c><00:18:40.720><c> the</c><00:18:40.880><c> objective</c><00:18:41.440><c> sense,</c>

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not<00:18:42.759><c> in</c><00:18:42.980><c> the</c><00:18:43.079><c> subjective</c><00:18:43.579><c> sense</c><00:18:43.940><c> of</c><00:18:44.220><c> solicitation</c><00:18:44.819><c> to</c>

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evil,<00:18:46.299><c> but</c><00:18:46.500><c> like</c><00:18:46.779><c> a</c><00:18:46.980><c> trial.</c><00:18:47.980><c> But</c><00:18:48.279><c> why</c><00:18:48.619><c> should</c><00:18:48.799><c> we</c><00:18:49.000><c> count</c><00:18:49.200><c> it</c><00:18:49.359><c> all</c><00:18:49.599><c> joy</c><00:18:49.880><c> when</c><00:18:50.059><c> we</c>

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do<00:18:50.460><c> this?</c><00:18:51.920><c> Well,</c><00:18:52.119><c> it's</c><00:18:52.279><c> certainly</c>

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not<00:18:52.859><c> for</c><00:18:53.160><c> the</c><00:18:53.819><c> trial</c><00:18:54.019><c> itself.</c><00:18:55.339><c> What</c><00:18:55.619><c> causes</c><00:18:56.059><c> us</c><00:18:56.319><c> to</c><00:18:56.519><c> rejoice</c>

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when<00:18:57.000><c> we</c><00:18:57.220><c> face</c><00:18:57.460><c> trials?</c><00:18:58.819><c> Well,</c><00:18:59.119><c> James</c><00:18:59.319><c> says</c>

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it's<00:19:00.119><c> something</c><00:19:00.420><c> associated</c><00:19:01.240><c> with</c><00:19:01.500><c> prior</c><00:19:01.740><c> knowledge.</c><00:19:02.660><c> He</c><00:19:02.759><c> says,</c><00:19:03.099><c> in</c>

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verse<00:19:03.359><c> three,</c><00:19:03.740><c> knowing</c><00:19:03.980><c> this,</c><00:19:04.619><c> they</c><00:19:04.859><c> knew</c>

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it,<00:19:05.799><c> the</c><00:19:06.039><c> trying</c><00:19:06.240><c> of</c><00:19:06.500><c> your</c><00:19:06.779><c> faith</c><00:19:07.099><c> worketh</c><00:19:07.579><c> patience.</c><00:19:08.740><c> So</c><00:19:09.000><c> it's</c><00:19:09.119><c> not</c>

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for<00:19:09.700><c> trial</c><00:19:09.980><c> itself</c><00:19:10.400><c> that</c><00:19:10.579><c> we</c><00:19:10.700><c> are</c><00:19:10.819><c> to</c><00:19:11.000><c> rejoice.</c>

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It's<00:19:11.880><c> no</c><00:19:12.119><c> cause</c><00:19:12.420><c> of</c><00:19:12.680><c> joy,</c><00:19:12.940><c> otherwise</c><00:19:13.359><c> it</c><00:19:13.440><c> wouldn't</c><00:19:13.619><c> be</c><00:19:13.859><c> a</c><00:19:14.000><c> trial,</c><00:19:14.299><c> would</c><00:19:14.440><c> it?</c>

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Paul<00:19:15.480><c> said</c><00:19:15.680><c> in</c><00:19:15.779><c> Hebrews</c><00:19:16.119><c> 12</c><00:19:16.500><c> and</c><00:19:16.720><c> 11,</c>

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now<00:19:17.380><c> no</c><00:19:17.839><c> chastening</c><00:19:18.319><c> for</c><00:19:18.519><c> the</c><00:19:18.740><c> present</c><00:19:19.000><c> seems</c><00:19:19.299><c> to</c><00:19:19.500><c> be</c><00:19:19.720><c> joyous,</c>

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but<00:19:20.460><c> grievous.</c><00:19:21.460><c> We</c><00:19:21.660><c> know</c><00:19:21.960><c> that.</c><00:19:22.819><c> Trials</c><00:19:23.160><c> are</c>

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not<00:19:23.599><c> to</c><00:19:23.759><c> be</c><00:19:23.980><c> rejoiced</c><00:19:24.400><c> of</c><00:19:24.539><c> for</c><00:19:24.779><c> themselves.</c><00:19:26.119><c> You</c><00:19:26.299><c> remember</c><00:19:26.700><c> Jesus</c><00:19:27.380><c> just</c><00:19:27.859><c> before</c><00:19:28.200><c> his</c><00:19:28.359><c> betrayal</c><00:19:28.819><c> said,</c><00:19:29.579><c> my</c>

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soul<00:19:30.279><c> is</c>

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exceeding<00:19:31.319><c> sorrowful</c><00:19:32.059><c> even</c><00:19:32.519><c> unto</c><00:19:32.779><c> death.</c><00:19:33.839><c> And</c><00:19:33.980><c> he</c><00:19:34.099><c> said</c><00:19:34.259><c> earlier</c><00:19:34.680><c> in</c><00:19:34.799><c> his</c><00:19:35.059><c> ministry,</c><00:19:35.519><c> I</c>

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have<00:19:35.759><c> a</c><00:19:35.940><c> baptism</c><00:19:36.279><c> to</c><00:19:36.519><c> be</c>

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under<00:19:41.980><c> tremendous</c><00:19:42.940><c> pressure.</c><00:19:44.380><c> The</c><00:19:44.519><c> salvation</c><00:19:45.000><c> of</c><00:19:45.200><c> the</c><00:19:45.359><c> world</c>

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rested<00:19:46.019><c> upon</c><00:19:46.380><c> his</c><00:19:46.619><c> shoulders.</c><00:19:47.380><c> And</c><00:19:47.579><c> when</c><00:19:47.839><c> finally</c>

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we<00:19:48.339><c> see</c><00:19:48.500><c> him</c><00:19:48.700><c> in</c><00:19:49.740><c> the</c><00:19:49.819><c> Garden</c><00:19:50.039><c> of</c><00:19:50.220><c> Gethsemane</c><00:19:50.640><c> on</c><00:19:51.180><c> bended</c><00:19:51.539><c> knees,</c><00:19:52.359><c> Luke</c>

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says,<00:19:53.019><c> and</c><00:19:53.019><c> being</c><00:19:53.380><c> in</c><00:19:53.660><c> an</c><00:19:53.960><c> agony,</c>

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he<00:19:54.880><c> prayed</c><00:19:55.039><c> the</c><00:19:55.259><c> more</c><00:19:55.500><c> earnestly.</c><00:19:56.519><c> And</c><00:19:56.720><c> his</c><00:19:56.960><c> sweat</c><00:19:57.140><c> was,</c><00:19:57.519><c> as</c>

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it<00:19:57.920><c> were,</c><00:19:58.339><c> great</c><00:19:58.559><c> drops</c><00:19:58.880><c> of</c><00:19:59.119><c> blood</c><00:19:59.380><c> falling</c><00:19:59.759><c> down</c><00:20:00.180><c> to</c>

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the<00:20:00.559><c> ground.</c><00:20:02.079><c> Why</c><00:20:02.519><c> do</c><00:20:02.720><c> we</c><00:20:02.940><c> joy</c><00:20:03.220><c> then</c><00:20:03.420><c> in</c><00:20:03.740><c> trials?</c><00:20:04.759><c> Because</c><00:20:05.319><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:05.839><c> ultimate</c><00:20:06.220><c> end.</c><00:20:07.180><c> In</c><00:20:07.339><c> the</c><00:20:07.619><c> objective</c><00:20:08.099><c> sense,</c>

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pertaining<00:20:08.819><c> to</c><00:20:09.079><c> the</c><00:20:09.259><c> end</c><00:20:09.480><c> in</c><00:20:09.660><c> view.</c><00:20:10.599><c> Because</c><00:20:10.759><c> trials,</c><00:20:11.299><c> brethren</c><00:20:11.460><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:20:12.059><c> are</c><00:20:12.279><c> the</c><00:20:12.500><c> vehicle</c><00:20:12.920><c> that</c><00:20:13.259><c> bring</c>

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us<00:20:13.720><c> to</c><00:20:13.960><c> perfection.</c><00:20:15.440><c> And</c><00:20:15.599><c> the</c><00:20:15.880><c> contemplation</c><00:20:16.519><c> of</c><00:20:16.700><c> the</c><00:20:16.880><c> future</c>

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that<00:20:17.319><c> God</c><00:20:17.579><c> has</c><00:20:17.880><c> in</c><00:20:18.019><c> stores</c><00:20:18.319><c> with</c><00:20:18.559><c> his</c><00:20:18.759><c> saints</c>

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uplifts<00:20:20.019><c> them.</c><00:20:20.619><c> It</c><00:20:20.799><c> consoles</c><00:20:21.259><c> them.</c><00:20:22.019><c> It</c><00:20:22.240><c> gladdens</c><00:20:22.559><c> their</c><00:20:22.859><c> heart</c><00:20:23.119><c> and</c>

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causes<00:20:23.700><c> them</c><00:20:23.980><c> to</c><00:20:24.220><c> rejoice</c><00:20:24.579><c> with</c><00:20:24.900><c> joy</c>

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unspeakable<00:20:26.059><c> and</c><00:20:26.339><c> full</c><00:20:26.519><c> of</c><00:20:26.759><c> glory.</c><00:20:27.960><c> Now</c><00:20:28.119><c> let's</c><00:20:28.299><c> turn</c><00:20:28.519><c> to</c><00:20:28.660><c> 1</c><00:20:28.920><c> Peter</c><00:20:29.380><c> chapter</c><00:20:29.880><c> 1.</c>

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Now<00:20:31.799><c> Peter</c><00:20:32.019><c> also</c><00:20:32.599><c> wrote</c><00:20:32.859><c> to</c><00:20:33.099><c> the</c><00:20:33.259><c> same</c>

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group<00:20:34.019><c> of</c><00:20:34.380><c> believers.</c><00:20:35.619><c> Strangers</c><00:20:36.140><c> scattered</c><00:20:36.519><c> abroad.</c><00:20:37.039><c> These</c>

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were<00:20:37.559><c> believers</c><00:20:37.960><c> of</c><00:20:38.299><c> Jewish</c><00:20:38.599><c> birth</c><00:20:39.019><c> who</c><00:20:39.359><c> lived</c>

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outside<00:20:40.140><c> of</c><00:20:40.319><c> the</c><00:20:40.380><c> land</c><00:20:40.579><c> of</c><00:20:40.779><c> Palestine.</c><00:20:42.140><c> And</c><00:20:42.299><c> they</c><00:20:42.400><c> might</c><00:20:42.619><c> have</c>

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been<00:20:43.039><c> the</c><00:20:43.279><c> remnant</c><00:20:43.500><c> of</c><00:20:43.619><c> those</c><00:20:43.819><c> who</c><00:20:43.980><c> had</c><00:20:44.059><c> come</c><00:20:44.259><c> to</c>

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Pentecost<00:20:44.980><c> and</c><00:20:45.180><c> learned</c><00:20:45.420><c> the</c><00:20:45.640><c> faith</c><00:20:45.819><c> there.</c><00:20:46.920><c> But</c><00:20:47.059><c> they</c><00:20:47.220><c> were</c>

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facing<00:20:47.740><c> hardships.</c><00:20:48.740><c> They</c><00:20:48.839><c> were</c><00:20:49.119><c> facing</c><00:20:49.460><c> trials</c><00:20:49.980><c> and</c>

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cruel<00:20:50.579><c> persecution</c><00:20:51.220><c> from</c><00:20:51.539><c> their</c><00:20:51.839><c> fellow</c><00:20:52.119><c> wealthy</c><00:20:52.740><c> but</c><00:20:53.119><c> unbelieving</c><00:20:53.619><c> Jews.</c>

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And<00:20:54.859><c> after</c><00:20:55.119><c> a</c><00:20:55.359><c> brief</c><00:20:55.619><c> greeting,</c>

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he<00:20:57.160><c> gets</c><00:20:57.500><c> right</c><00:20:57.839><c> into</c><00:20:58.079><c> the</c><00:20:58.279><c> matter</c><00:20:58.440><c> that</c><00:20:58.599><c> is</c><00:20:58.819><c> primarily</c><00:20:59.259><c> important</c><00:20:59.640><c> to</c><00:21:00.380><c> his</c><00:21:00.539><c> readers.</c><00:21:00.980><c> Verse</c><00:21:01.319><c> 3</c>

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and<00:21:01.940><c> 4.</c>

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Blessed<00:21:03.299><c> be</c><00:21:03.519><c> the</c><00:21:03.680><c> God</c><00:21:03.900><c> and</c><00:21:04.160><c> Father</c><00:21:04.640><c> of</c><00:21:04.920><c> our</c><00:21:05.019><c> Lord</c><00:21:05.259><c> Jesus</c><00:21:05.660><c> Christ</c><00:21:06.000><c> which</c>

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according<00:21:06.640><c> to</c><00:21:06.839><c> his</c><00:21:07.019><c> abundant</c><00:21:07.480><c> mercy</c>

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has<00:21:08.619><c> begotten</c><00:21:09.180><c> us</c><00:21:09.380><c> again</c><00:21:09.720><c> unto</c><00:21:10.019><c> a</c><00:21:10.299><c> lively</c><00:21:10.559><c> hope</c><00:21:10.920><c> by</c><00:21:11.339><c> the</c><00:21:11.599><c> resurrection</c><00:21:12.000><c> of</c>

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Jesus<00:21:12.559><c> Christ</c><00:21:12.859><c> from</c><00:21:13.079><c> the</c><00:21:13.259><c> dead.</c>

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To<00:21:14.400><c> an</c><00:21:14.759><c> inheritance</c><00:21:15.460><c> incorruptible</c><00:21:16.640><c> and</c><00:21:16.920><c> undefiled</c><00:21:17.680><c> and</c><00:21:18.019><c> that</c><00:21:18.279><c> fadeth</c><00:21:18.519><c> not</c>

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away<00:21:19.160><c> reserved</c><00:21:19.779><c> in</c><00:21:20.079><c> heaven</c><00:21:20.339><c> for</c><00:21:20.700><c> you.</c>

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Now<00:21:22.180><c> Peter</c><00:21:22.420><c> is</c><00:21:22.619><c> reminding</c><00:21:23.099><c> them</c><00:21:23.599><c> of</c><00:21:24.019><c> the</c><00:21:24.279><c> incorruptible</c><00:21:24.960><c> and</c>

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the<00:21:25.359><c> unfading</c><00:21:25.940><c> reward</c><00:21:26.460><c> that</c><00:21:26.720><c> will</c><00:21:27.119><c> voice</c><00:21:27.259><c> them</c><00:21:27.460><c> in</c>

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was<00:21:28.559><c> to</c><00:21:28.839><c> prepare</c><00:21:29.299><c> them</c><00:21:29.559><c> for</c><00:21:29.700><c> what</c><00:21:29.819><c> was</c><00:21:30.059><c> going</c><00:21:30.240><c> to</c><00:21:30.460><c> follow.</c><00:21:31.559><c> But</c>

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we<00:21:31.920><c> like</c><00:21:32.160><c> them,</c><00:21:32.500><c> brethren</c><00:21:32.759><c> and</c><00:21:32.940><c> sisters,</c>

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have<00:21:33.299><c> been</c><00:21:33.460><c> begotten</c><00:21:33.880><c> unto</c><00:21:34.079><c> a</c><00:21:34.279><c> lively</c><00:21:34.559><c> hope.</c><00:21:35.119><c> The</c><00:21:35.400><c> same</c><00:21:35.720><c> inheritance</c><00:21:36.279><c> is</c><00:21:36.579><c> laid</c><00:21:36.759><c> up</c>

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for<00:21:37.099><c> us.</c>

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It's<00:21:38.339><c> called</c><00:21:38.519><c> a</c><00:21:38.759><c> living</c><00:21:39.000><c> hope</c><00:21:39.259><c> because</c><00:21:39.500><c> it's</c><00:21:39.779><c> full</c><00:21:40.019><c> of</c><00:21:40.200><c> life.</c>

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It<00:21:41.339><c> bestows</c><00:21:41.700><c> eternal</c><00:21:42.119><c> life</c><00:21:42.460><c> upon</c><00:21:42.720><c> us.</c><00:21:43.259><c> It</c><00:21:43.400><c> gives</c>

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us<00:21:43.839><c> peace</c><00:21:44.119><c> of</c><00:21:44.420><c> mind,</c><00:21:44.799><c> calmness,</c><00:21:45.779><c> and</c><00:21:46.000><c> inner</c><00:21:46.539><c> joy</c><00:21:47.019><c> as</c><00:21:47.339><c> we</c><00:21:47.539><c> contemplate</c><00:21:48.099><c> these</c>

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things.<00:21:49.460><c> You</c><00:21:49.640><c> know</c><00:21:49.759><c> the</c><00:21:49.880><c> hope</c><00:21:50.220><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:50.660><c> unjust</c><00:21:51.059><c> person</c><00:21:51.660><c> always</c><00:21:52.220><c> perishes.</c><00:21:53.519><c> Sometimes</c><00:21:54.059><c> in</c><00:21:54.259><c> this</c>

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life<00:21:54.900><c> but</c><00:21:55.140><c> always</c><00:21:55.500><c> at</c><00:21:55.779><c> death.</c><00:21:56.740><c> But</c><00:21:57.019><c> Solomon</c><00:21:57.339><c> said</c>

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Proverbs<00:21:58.119><c> 14</c><00:21:58.559><c> and</c><00:21:58.660><c> 32,</c><00:21:59.660><c> the</c><00:21:59.839><c> righteous</c><00:22:00.220><c> have</c><00:22:00.640><c> hope</c><00:22:00.940><c> in</c><00:22:01.099><c> his</c><00:22:01.400><c> death.</c><00:22:02.619><c> Ours</c><00:22:02.819><c> is</c>

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a<00:22:03.299><c> living</c><00:22:03.539><c> hope.</c><00:22:04.400><c> We</c><00:22:04.539><c> have</c><00:22:04.740><c> the</c><00:22:04.920><c> hope</c>

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of<00:22:05.299><c> the</c><00:22:05.519><c> inheritance</c><00:22:05.839><c> of</c><00:22:06.039><c> the</c><00:22:06.200><c> kingdom</c><00:22:06.480><c> of</c><00:22:06.720><c> God</c><00:22:07.059><c> and</c><00:22:07.619><c> God</c><00:22:08.000><c> has</c>

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enlightened<00:22:08.819><c> us.</c><00:22:09.519><c> He</c><00:22:09.640><c> has</c><00:22:09.920><c> given</c><00:22:10.059><c> us</c><00:22:10.279><c> the</c><00:22:10.400><c> understanding</c>

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that<00:22:11.299><c> we</c><00:22:11.519><c> may</c><00:22:11.819><c> know</c><00:22:12.200><c> what</c><00:22:12.619><c> is</c><00:22:12.940><c> a</c><00:22:13.059><c> hope</c><00:22:13.220><c> of</c><00:22:13.400><c> his</c><00:22:13.660><c> calling</c><00:22:14.039><c> and</c><00:22:14.740><c> what</c><00:22:14.960><c> the</c><00:22:15.220><c> riches</c><00:22:15.420><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:15.819><c> glory</c><00:22:16.079><c> of</c><00:22:16.240><c> his</c><00:22:16.539><c> inheritance</c>

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in<00:22:17.579><c> the</c><00:22:17.799><c> saints.</c><00:22:18.940><c> And</c><00:22:19.140><c> you</c><00:22:19.259><c> notice</c><00:22:19.539><c> that</c><00:22:19.960><c> the</c><00:22:20.359><c> inheritance</c><00:22:20.859><c> is</c>

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made<00:22:21.759><c> up</c><00:22:21.900><c> of</c><00:22:22.059><c> the</c><00:22:22.240><c> saints.</c><00:22:22.359><c> This</c><00:22:22.599><c> is</c><00:22:22.819><c> God's</c><00:22:23.579><c> inheritance.</c>

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Now<00:22:24.980><c> this</c><00:22:25.259><c> hope,</c><00:22:25.640><c> Peter</c><00:22:26.019><c> says,</c><00:22:26.740><c> fadeth</c><00:22:26.980><c> not.</c><00:22:28.240><c> The</c><00:22:28.640><c> lapse</c><00:22:28.880><c> of</c>

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time<00:22:29.400><c> has</c><00:22:29.720><c> no</c><00:22:29.980><c> effect</c><00:22:30.220><c> upon</c><00:22:30.500><c> it.</c><00:22:31.039><c> It</c><00:22:31.160><c> is</c><00:22:31.440><c> timeless,</c>

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eternal.<00:22:33.200><c> And</c><00:22:33.339><c> in</c><00:22:33.680><c> contrast</c><00:22:34.119><c> to</c><00:22:34.359><c> the</c><00:22:34.480><c> very</c><00:22:34.880><c> best</c><00:22:35.240><c> joys</c><00:22:35.559><c> of</c><00:22:35.779><c> this</c><00:22:36.019><c> life</c><00:22:36.400><c> and</c>

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like<00:22:37.200><c> those</c><00:22:37.559><c> who</c><00:22:37.740><c> experience</c><00:22:38.299><c> them,</c>

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they<00:22:39.400><c> will</c><00:22:39.740><c> soon</c><00:22:40.019><c> pass</c><00:22:40.440><c> into</c><00:22:41.140><c> forgetfulness.</c><00:22:42.660><c> They'll</c><00:22:42.920><c> be</c><00:22:43.160><c> gone</c><00:22:43.519><c> eventually.</c><00:22:45.019><c> But</c><00:22:45.339><c> not</c><00:22:45.740><c> so</c>

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with<00:22:46.440><c> the</c><00:22:46.700><c> inheritance</c>

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of<00:22:47.319><c> the</c><00:22:47.500><c> saints.</c><00:22:48.220><c> They</c><00:22:48.420><c> are</c><00:22:48.819><c> permanently</c><00:22:49.279><c> reserved</c><00:22:49.819><c> in</c><00:22:50.059><c> heaven</c><00:22:50.339><c> awaiting</c><00:22:50.759><c> the</c>

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fullness<00:22:51.319><c> of</c><00:22:51.559><c> the</c><00:22:51.779><c> times.</c>

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Or<00:22:52.440><c> as</c><00:22:52.700><c> Paul</c><00:22:53.000><c> says,</c><00:22:53.460><c> there</c><00:22:53.579><c> is</c><00:22:53.779><c> henceforth</c><00:22:54.339><c> laid</c><00:22:54.539><c> up</c><00:22:54.839><c> for</c><00:22:54.980><c> me</c><00:22:55.180><c> a</c>

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crown<00:22:55.640><c> of</c><00:22:55.900><c> righteousness,</c>

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which<00:22:57.000><c> the</c><00:22:57.220><c> Lord,</c><00:22:57.599><c> the</c><00:22:57.720><c> righteous</c><00:22:58.039><c> judge,</c><00:22:58.460><c> shall</c><00:22:58.500><c> give</c><00:22:58.700><c> me</c><00:22:58.940><c> in</c>

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that<00:22:59.279><c> day.</c><00:23:00.019><c> And</c><00:23:00.180><c> not</c><00:23:00.319><c> to</c><00:23:00.519><c> me</c><00:23:00.680><c> only,</c>

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but<00:23:01.680><c> unto</c><00:23:01.900><c> them</c><00:23:02.200><c> also</c><00:23:02.720><c> that</c><00:23:03.220><c> love</c><00:23:03.680><c> his</c><00:23:04.019><c> appearance.</c><00:23:04.920><c> That</c><00:23:05.079><c> love</c><00:23:05.420><c> his</c>

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appearance.<00:23:06.660><c> And</c><00:23:06.839><c> now</c><00:23:07.140><c> Peter</c><00:23:07.400><c> speaks</c>

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of<00:23:08.119><c> their</c><00:23:08.400><c> trials</c><00:23:08.839><c> in</c><00:23:09.119><c> verse</c><00:23:09.359><c> 6.</c><00:23:10.900><c> Wherein</c><00:23:11.220><c> ye</c><00:23:11.420><c> greatly</c><00:23:11.859><c> rejoice,</c><00:23:12.940><c> though</c>

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now<00:23:13.480><c> for</c><00:23:13.740><c> a</c><00:23:14.000><c> season</c><00:23:14.299><c> if</c><00:23:14.539><c> need</c><00:23:14.779><c> be,</c>

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ye<00:23:15.819><c> are</c><00:23:16.079><c> in</c><00:23:16.460><c> heaviness</c><00:23:17.000><c> through</c><00:23:17.559><c> manifold</c><00:23:18.259><c> temptations.</c>

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Greatly<00:23:21.299><c> rejoice.</c><00:23:21.559><c> You</c><00:23:21.759><c> know,</c><00:23:21.839><c> this</c><00:23:22.019><c> is</c><00:23:22.160><c> a</c><00:23:22.180><c> very</c><00:23:22.519><c> strong</c><00:23:22.839><c> expression.</c><00:23:24.119><c> It</c>

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means<00:23:24.640><c> to</c><00:23:24.900><c> exalt</c><00:23:25.359><c> and</c><00:23:25.539><c> to</c><00:23:25.759><c> leap</c><00:23:25.859><c> for</c><00:23:26.119><c> joy.</c>

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Now<00:23:27.920><c> to</c><00:23:28.200><c> some</c><00:23:28.500><c> it</c><00:23:28.680><c> may</c><00:23:28.960><c> seem</c><00:23:29.259><c> strange</c><00:23:29.720><c> that</c><00:23:30.400><c> joy</c><00:23:30.819><c> and</c><00:23:31.259><c> sorrow</c>

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can<00:23:32.259><c> live</c><00:23:32.400><c> side</c><00:23:32.779><c> by</c><00:23:33.039><c> side</c><00:23:33.420><c> in</c><00:23:33.579><c> the</c><00:23:33.799><c> same</c><00:23:34.019><c> heart.</c>

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But<00:23:35.480><c> just</c><00:23:35.740><c> as</c><00:23:35.900><c> flowers</c><00:23:36.339><c> bloom</c><00:23:36.660><c> on</c><00:23:36.900><c> the</c><00:23:37.059><c> edge</c><00:23:37.180><c> of</c><00:23:37.400><c> the</c><00:23:37.500><c> glacier,</c>

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and<00:23:38.799><c> just</c><00:23:39.039><c> as</c><00:23:39.200><c> the</c><00:23:39.420><c> bottom</c><00:23:39.759><c> of</c><00:23:40.019><c> the</c><00:23:40.079><c> sea</c><00:23:40.240><c> may</c>

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absolutely<00:23:41.059><c> calm</c><00:23:41.400><c> while</c><00:23:41.619><c> the</c><00:23:41.920><c> top</c><00:23:42.119><c> is</c><00:23:42.839><c> surging</c><00:23:43.200><c> with</c><00:23:43.440><c> the</c><00:23:43.720><c> storm,</c><00:23:44.640><c> even</c><00:23:44.980><c> so</c>

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joy<00:23:45.920><c> and</c><00:23:46.279><c> sorrow</c><00:23:46.579><c> can</c><00:23:46.859><c> abide</c><00:23:47.220><c> in</c><00:23:47.400><c> the</c>

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heart<00:23:48.119><c> of</c><00:23:48.759><c> the</c><00:23:48.980><c> believer.</c><00:23:50.740><c> If</c><00:23:51.039><c> we</c><00:23:51.220><c> find</c><00:23:51.500><c> it</c><00:23:51.660><c> impossible</c><00:23:52.220><c> to</c><00:23:52.480><c> rejoice</c><00:23:52.980><c> when</c><00:23:53.240><c> we</c>

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are<00:23:53.460><c> confronted</c><00:23:53.859><c> with</c><00:23:54.140><c> trials,</c>

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something<00:23:55.700><c> is</c><00:23:55.940><c> wrong</c><00:23:56.299><c> with</c><00:23:56.500><c> our</c><00:23:56.900><c> perspective.</c><00:23:58.240><c> Or</c><00:23:58.319><c> perhaps</c>

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with<00:23:59.140><c> our</c><00:23:59.359><c> surrender</c><00:23:59.700><c> to</c><00:23:59.839><c> God.</c>

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But<00:24:01.420><c> to</c><00:24:01.539><c> note,</c><00:24:01.880><c> brethren</c><00:24:02.039><c> and</c><00:24:02.240><c> sisters,</c><00:24:02.619><c> Peter</c><00:24:02.920><c> doesn't</c><00:24:03.200><c> say</c>

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to<00:24:03.619><c> rejoice</c><00:24:04.079><c> only.</c>

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He<00:24:05.640><c> says</c><00:24:05.940><c> to</c><00:24:06.180><c> rejoice</c><00:24:06.920><c> always.</c><00:24:07.920><c> And</c><00:24:08.059><c> there</c><00:24:08.220><c> is</c><00:24:08.259><c> a</c><00:24:08.380><c> great</c><00:24:08.599><c> difference.</c><00:24:09.500><c> The</c>

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idea<00:24:10.059><c> that</c><00:24:10.180><c> we</c><00:24:10.380><c> should</c><00:24:10.519><c> rejoice</c><00:24:10.960><c> only</c>

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is<00:24:11.759><c> not</c><00:24:11.960><c> only</c><00:24:12.339><c> foolish,</c><00:24:12.779><c> it's</c><00:24:12.799><c> impossible.</c><00:24:14.180><c> But</c><00:24:14.339><c> it</c><00:24:14.440><c> is</c><00:24:14.779><c> always</c><00:24:15.160><c> possible</c><00:24:15.779><c> for</c>

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us<00:24:16.220><c> to</c><00:24:16.460><c> rejoice</c><00:24:16.920><c> even</c><00:24:17.660><c> when</c>

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we<00:24:18.059><c> experience</c><00:24:18.599><c> sorrow.</c><00:24:19.700><c> As</c><00:24:19.799><c> the</c><00:24:20.019><c> apostle</c><00:24:20.380><c> Paul</c><00:24:20.700><c> said</c><00:24:20.960><c> in</c><00:24:21.160><c> 2</c><00:24:21.460><c> Corinthians</c><00:24:21.900><c> 6</c>

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and<00:24:22.460><c> 10,</c><00:24:23.480><c> as</c><00:24:23.579><c> sorrowful</c><00:24:24.539><c> yet</c><00:24:24.880><c> always</c>

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rejoicing.<00:24:26.920><c> As</c><00:24:27.019><c> sorrowful</c><00:24:27.559><c> yet</c><00:24:27.859><c> always</c><00:24:28.339><c> rejoicing.</c><00:24:29.799><c> Peter</c>

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now<00:24:30.400><c> leads</c><00:24:30.680><c> them</c><00:24:30.940><c> on</c><00:24:31.079><c> to</c><00:24:31.240><c> the</c><00:24:31.339><c> purpose</c><00:24:31.640><c> of</c><00:24:31.839><c> their</c><00:24:32.099><c> trial.</c>

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Why<00:24:33.880><c> they</c><00:24:34.099><c> are</c><00:24:34.259><c> to</c><00:24:34.440><c> rejoice.</c><00:24:34.880><c> Verse</c><00:24:35.099><c> 7.</c><00:24:36.119><c> That</c><00:24:36.380><c> the</c><00:24:36.599><c> trial</c><00:24:36.839><c> of</c>

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your<00:24:37.319><c> faith,</c>

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being<00:24:38.160><c> much</c><00:24:38.599><c> more</c><00:24:38.980><c> precious</c><00:24:39.240><c> than</c><00:24:39.500><c> of</c><00:24:39.779><c> gold</c><00:24:39.980><c> that</c><00:24:40.279><c> perisheth,</c>

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though<00:24:41.440><c> it</c><00:24:41.599><c> be</c><00:24:41.779><c> tried</c><00:24:42.039><c> with</c><00:24:42.299><c> fire,</c>

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might<00:24:43.500><c> be</c><00:24:43.740><c> found</c><00:24:44.019><c> unto</c><00:24:44.279><c> praise</c><00:24:44.759><c> and</c><00:24:45.019><c> honor</c><00:24:45.299><c> and</c><00:24:45.619><c> glory</c><00:24:45.880><c> at</c><00:24:46.119><c> the</c>

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appearing<00:24:46.500><c> of</c><00:24:46.680><c> Jesus</c><00:24:47.099><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:24:48.400><c> here</c><00:24:48.660><c> is</c><00:24:48.880><c> the</c><00:24:49.079><c> great</c><00:24:49.319><c> and</c><00:24:49.559><c> everlasting</c><00:24:50.059><c> hope</c><00:24:50.359><c> that</c><00:24:50.539><c> we</c><00:24:50.819><c> have</c><00:24:51.160><c> to</c>

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be<00:24:51.819><c> found</c><00:24:52.079><c> unto</c><00:24:52.400><c> praise</c><00:24:52.799><c> and</c><00:24:53.059><c> honor</c><00:24:53.400><c> and</c><00:24:53.720><c> glory</c>

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at<00:24:54.339><c> the</c><00:24:54.559><c> appearance</c><00:24:54.880><c> of</c><00:24:55.039><c> Jesus</c><00:24:55.460><c> Christ.</c><00:24:56.519><c> That</c><00:24:57.099><c> the</c><00:24:57.460><c> proof,</c><00:24:58.319><c> not</c><00:24:58.839><c> test</c><00:24:59.279><c> or</c>

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trial,<00:24:59.799><c> but</c><00:24:59.960><c> the</c><00:25:00.299><c> proof,</c>

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the<00:25:01.400><c> purpose</c><00:25:01.779><c> is</c><00:25:02.380><c> that</c><00:25:02.559><c> these</c><00:25:02.859><c> trials</c><00:25:03.200><c> are</c><00:25:03.599><c> a</c><00:25:03.700><c> refining</c><00:25:04.140><c> process</c><00:25:04.740><c> to</c><00:25:05.119><c> prepare</c><00:25:05.619><c> us</c>

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to<00:25:07.019><c> the</c><00:25:07.279><c> inheritance</c><00:25:07.599><c> and</c><00:25:07.819><c> for</c><00:25:08.019><c> the</c><00:25:08.299><c> inheritance</c><00:25:08.640><c> that</c><00:25:08.859><c> Christ</c><00:25:09.059><c> is</c><00:25:09.240><c> going</c><00:25:09.380><c> to</c>

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bring<00:25:09.720><c> with</c><00:25:09.940><c> him</c>

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when<00:25:10.559><c> he</c><00:25:10.740><c> returns</c><00:25:11.059><c> from</c><00:25:11.299><c> heaven.</c><00:25:12.480><c> Just</c><00:25:12.740><c> as</c><00:25:13.059><c> in</c><00:25:13.200><c> a</c><00:25:13.400><c> sayer</c><00:25:13.640><c> will</c>

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test<00:25:14.039><c> metals</c><00:25:14.359><c> and</c><00:25:14.619><c> it</c><00:25:14.859><c> discloses</c><00:25:15.339><c> their</c><00:25:15.619><c> good</c>

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qualities<00:25:16.359><c> and</c><00:25:16.539><c> their</c><00:25:16.720><c> bad</c><00:25:16.920><c> qualities,</c><00:25:18.420><c> even</c><00:25:18.619><c> so</c><00:25:19.200><c> testing</c>

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reveals<00:25:20.500><c> our</c><00:25:20.859><c> strengths</c><00:25:21.259><c> and</c><00:25:21.579><c> weaknesses.</c>

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But<00:25:23.200><c> with</c><00:25:23.460><c> this</c><00:25:23.759><c> one</c><00:25:24.079><c> great</c><00:25:24.420><c> importance,</c><00:25:26.019><c> metal,</c><00:25:26.279><c> when</c><00:25:26.460><c> they</c>

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are<00:25:26.839><c> tested,</c><00:25:27.500><c> remain</c><00:25:27.700><c> the</c><00:25:27.960><c> same.</c><00:25:28.880><c> But</c><00:25:29.059><c> when</c><00:25:29.200><c> you</c><00:25:29.359><c> and</c>

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I<00:25:29.740><c> are</c><00:25:29.900><c> put</c><00:25:30.059><c> to</c><00:25:30.240><c> the</c><00:25:30.420><c> test,</c><00:25:30.819><c> brethren</c><00:25:30.920><c> and</c><00:25:31.140><c> sisters,</c><00:25:31.900><c> we</c><00:25:32.200><c> change.</c><00:25:33.059><c> The</c><00:25:33.220><c> people</c><00:25:33.480><c> of</c><00:25:33.640><c> God</c><00:25:33.859><c> undergo</c><00:25:34.240><c> a</c><00:25:34.519><c> change.</c>

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James<00:25:35.519><c> says,</c><00:25:36.099><c> the</c><00:25:36.099><c> proof</c><00:25:36.500><c> of</c><00:25:36.759><c> your</c><00:25:37.079><c> faith</c><00:25:37.500><c> worketh</c><00:25:38.259><c> patience.</c>

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So<00:25:39.819><c> it</c><00:25:39.980><c> changes</c><00:25:40.380><c> in</c><00:25:40.680><c> us.</c><00:25:41.680><c> As</c><00:25:41.819><c> the</c><00:25:42.119><c> disciples</c>

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of<00:25:42.680><c> Christ,</c><00:25:43.099><c> we</c><00:25:43.299><c> are</c><00:25:43.640><c> to</c><00:25:44.039><c> rejoice</c><00:25:44.559><c> when</c><00:25:44.940><c> trials</c><00:25:45.319><c> come</c><00:25:45.599><c> our</c><00:25:45.839><c> way.</c><00:25:46.559><c> First</c><00:25:46.799><c> of</c>

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all,<00:25:47.500><c> it</c><00:25:47.619><c> is</c><00:25:47.819><c> dutiful,</c><00:25:48.720><c> though</c><00:25:48.839><c> it</c>

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might<00:25:49.140><c> be</c><00:25:49.359><c> unnatural.</c><00:25:50.539><c> As</c><00:25:50.720><c> the</c><00:25:50.960><c> apostles,</c><00:25:51.460><c> after</c><00:25:51.799><c> they</c><00:25:52.059><c> were</c>

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beaten<00:25:52.720><c> and</c><00:25:53.019><c> imprisoned</c><00:25:53.400><c> and</c><00:25:53.619><c> men</c><00:25:53.819><c> set</c><00:25:54.059><c> free,</c>

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went<00:25:55.039><c> on</c><00:25:55.299><c> their</c><00:25:55.420><c> way</c><00:25:55.680><c> rejoicing</c><00:25:56.299><c> because</c><00:25:56.660><c> they</c><00:25:56.920><c> were</c><00:25:57.180><c> counted</c>

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worthy<00:25:58.099><c> to</c><00:25:58.559><c> suffer</c><00:25:58.920><c> for</c><00:25:59.180><c> the</c><00:25:59.319><c> name</c><00:25:59.480><c> of</c><00:25:59.640><c> Jesus.</c>

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Paul<00:26:01.420><c> sang</c><00:26:01.859><c> hymns</c><00:26:02.319><c> in</c><00:26:02.519><c> a</c><00:26:02.680><c> filthy</c><00:26:02.960><c> jail</c><00:26:03.279><c> in</c><00:26:03.519><c> Philippi</c><00:26:04.279><c> all</c><00:26:04.740><c> the</c>

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while<00:26:05.140><c> his</c><00:26:05.380><c> feet</c><00:26:05.640><c> were</c><00:26:05.940><c> held</c><00:26:06.259><c> fast</c><00:26:06.599><c> in</c><00:26:06.779><c> the</c><00:26:07.019><c> stocks.</c>

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Moses<00:26:08.460><c> accounted</c><00:26:08.839><c> the</c><00:26:09.099><c> reproaches</c><00:26:09.460><c> of</c><00:26:09.640><c> Christ</c><00:26:09.940><c> of</c><00:26:10.220><c> greater</c>

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riches<00:26:10.799><c> than</c><00:26:11.019><c> the</c><00:26:11.220><c> treasures</c><00:26:11.440><c> of</c><00:26:11.700><c> Egypt.</c>

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Now<00:26:12.920><c> the</c><00:26:13.059><c> world</c><00:26:13.319><c> would</c><00:26:13.480><c> look</c><00:26:13.640><c> upon</c><00:26:13.960><c> this</c><00:26:14.220><c> as</c><00:26:14.380><c> rather</c><00:26:14.599><c> strange</c>

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behavior,<00:26:16.200><c> quite</c><00:26:16.539><c> unnatural.</c><00:26:18.039><c> And</c><00:26:18.240><c> that's</c><00:26:18.500><c> true,</c>

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but<00:26:19.200><c> not</c><00:26:19.500><c> to</c><00:26:19.740><c> the</c><00:26:19.980><c> one</c><00:26:20.160><c> with</c><00:26:20.359><c> the</c><00:26:20.599><c> proper</c><00:26:20.920><c> attitude</c><00:26:21.519><c> who</c><00:26:22.140><c> completely</c><00:26:22.880><c> trusts</c><00:26:23.380><c> in</c><00:26:23.619><c> the</c><00:26:23.839><c> wisdom</c><00:26:24.140><c> and</c><00:26:24.319><c> mercy</c><00:26:24.640><c> of</c><00:26:24.819><c> God,</c>

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who<00:26:25.819><c> will</c><00:26:26.140><c> never</c><00:26:26.500><c> suffer</c><00:26:26.839><c> us</c><00:26:27.200><c> to</c><00:26:27.460><c> be</c><00:26:27.980><c> tempted</c><00:26:28.319><c> beyond</c><00:26:28.720><c> that</c><00:26:28.880><c> we</c>

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are<00:26:29.259><c> able.</c><00:26:30.359><c> And</c><00:26:30.619><c> what</c><00:26:30.900><c> infinite</c><00:26:31.519><c> consolation</c>

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there<00:26:32.420><c> is</c><00:26:32.599><c> to</c><00:26:32.779><c> realize,</c><00:26:33.220><c> as</c><00:26:33.440><c> Peter</c><00:26:33.720><c> says,</c><00:26:34.339><c> that</c><00:26:34.500><c> God</c><00:26:34.839><c> knows</c><00:26:35.180><c> how</c><00:26:35.480><c> to</c>

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deliver<00:26:36.119><c> the</c><00:26:36.539><c> godly</c><00:26:37.000><c> out</c><00:26:37.240><c> of</c><00:26:37.420><c> temptation.</c>

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Look<00:26:39.359><c> at</c><00:26:39.559><c> Paul's</c><00:26:40.000><c> attitude</c><00:26:40.339><c> in</c><00:26:40.519><c> regard</c><00:26:40.819><c> to</c><00:26:41.019><c> the</c><00:26:41.259><c> thorn</c><00:26:41.460><c> in</c><00:26:41.640><c> his</c>

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flesh.<00:26:42.640><c> Three</c><00:26:42.940><c> times</c><00:26:43.359><c> he</c><00:26:43.599><c> sought</c><00:26:43.819><c> that</c><00:26:44.000><c> God</c>

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would<00:26:44.480><c> heal</c><00:26:44.660><c> him.</c><00:26:45.259><c> He</c><00:26:45.779><c> thought</c><00:26:45.960><c> he</c><00:26:46.039><c> could</c><00:26:46.259><c> serve</c><00:26:46.539><c> the</c><00:26:46.720><c> Lord</c><00:26:46.880><c> so</c>

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much<00:26:47.380><c> better</c><00:26:47.619><c> if</c><00:26:47.740><c> he</c><00:26:47.839><c> didn't</c><00:26:48.039><c> have</c><00:26:48.259><c> that</c><00:26:48.539><c> thorn.</c>

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But<00:26:49.880><c> God</c><00:26:50.359><c> said</c><00:26:50.660><c> my</c><00:26:50.920><c> grace</c><00:26:51.339><c> is</c><00:26:51.619><c> sufficient</c><00:26:52.019><c> for</c><00:26:52.319><c> thee,</c><00:26:53.039><c> for</c><00:26:53.240><c> my</c>

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strength<00:26:54.099><c> is</c><00:26:54.619><c> perfected</c><00:26:55.220><c> in</c><00:26:55.420><c> weakness.</c>

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What<00:26:56.759><c> was</c><00:26:56.960><c> Paul's</c><00:26:57.319><c> response?</c><00:26:58.240><c> Was</c><00:26:58.400><c> he</c><00:26:58.660><c> angry,</c><00:26:58.980><c> upset?</c><00:26:59.759><c> Most</c>

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gladly<00:27:00.559><c> therefore,</c><00:27:01.099><c> said</c><00:27:01.279><c> the</c><00:27:01.539><c> apostle,</c>

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most<00:27:02.460><c> gladly</c><00:27:02.920><c> therefore</c><00:27:03.480><c> will</c><00:27:03.700><c> I</c><00:27:03.960><c> rather</c><00:27:04.200><c> glory</c><00:27:04.740><c> in</c><00:27:05.000><c> my</c><00:27:05.200><c> infirmities</c><00:27:05.859><c> that</c>

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the<00:27:06.500><c> power</c><00:27:06.720><c> of</c><00:27:06.920><c> Christ</c><00:27:07.240><c> may</c><00:27:07.480><c> rest</c>

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upon<00:27:08.039><c> me.</c><00:27:08.839><c> Therefore</c><00:27:09.279><c> I</c><00:27:09.500><c> take</c><00:27:09.759><c> pleasures</c><00:27:10.339><c> in</c><00:27:10.680><c> infirmities,</c>

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in<00:27:12.099><c> reproaches,</c><00:27:13.019><c> in</c><00:27:13.160><c> necessities,</c>

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in<00:27:14.319><c> persecutions,</c><00:27:14.960><c> and</c><00:27:14.960><c> in</c><00:27:15.079><c> distresses</c><00:27:15.920><c> for</c><00:27:16.039><c> Christ's</c><00:27:16.660><c> sake.</c>

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For<00:27:17.400><c> when</c><00:27:17.640><c> I</c><00:27:17.819><c> am</c><00:27:17.980><c> weak,</c><00:27:18.880><c> then</c><00:27:19.059><c> am</c><00:27:19.200><c> I</c><00:27:19.359><c> strong.</c>

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We<00:27:21.099><c> can</c><00:27:21.319><c> find</c><00:27:21.519><c> this</c><00:27:21.740><c> by</c><00:27:21.940><c> experience</c><00:27:22.460><c> too.</c><00:27:23.220><c> When</c><00:27:23.460><c> we</c><00:27:23.680><c> are</c><00:27:23.839><c> weak,</c>

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faced<00:27:24.619><c> with</c><00:27:24.799><c> testing</c><00:27:25.319><c> and</c><00:27:25.579><c> trials,</c>

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we<00:27:26.480><c> are</c><00:27:26.660><c> the</c><00:27:26.900><c> strongest.</c><00:27:28.119><c> Now</c><00:27:28.380><c> his</c><00:27:28.619><c> attitude</c><00:27:29.200><c> was</c><00:27:29.519><c> born</c><00:27:29.839><c> out</c><00:27:30.059><c> of</c><00:27:30.160><c> a</c>

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gratitude<00:27:30.779><c> for</c><00:27:30.960><c> what</c><00:27:31.160><c> the</c><00:27:31.339><c> Lord</c><00:27:31.500><c> had</c><00:27:31.660><c> done</c><00:27:31.839><c> for</c><00:27:32.019><c> him,</c>

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and<00:27:33.200><c> what</c><00:27:33.400><c> the</c><00:27:33.579><c> man</c><00:27:33.759><c> of</c><00:27:33.980><c> sorrows</c><00:27:34.279><c> has</c><00:27:34.519><c> suffered</c><00:27:34.819><c> for</c><00:27:35.039><c> us,</c><00:27:36.059><c> we</c>

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should<00:27:36.420><c> no</c><00:27:36.680><c> less</c><00:27:36.960><c> readily</c><00:27:37.480><c> endure</c><00:27:37.920><c> for</c><00:27:38.220><c> him.</c>

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And<00:27:39.400><c> only</c><00:27:39.680><c> then</c><00:27:39.980><c> will</c><00:27:40.140><c> it</c><00:27:40.240><c> be</c><00:27:40.480><c> possible</c><00:27:40.839><c> to</c><00:27:41.039><c> do</c><00:27:41.140><c> as</c><00:27:41.259><c> Paul</c><00:27:41.579><c> says</c>

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in<00:27:42.019><c> 2</c><00:27:42.319><c> Corinthians</c><00:27:42.759><c> 1</c><00:27:43.099><c> and</c><00:27:43.299><c> 5,</c>

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may<00:27:44.220><c> the</c><00:27:44.579><c> sufferings</c><00:27:44.900><c> of</c><00:27:45.079><c> Christ</c><00:27:45.519><c> abound</c><00:27:46.359><c> in</c><00:27:46.599><c> us.</c><00:27:48.279><c> Yes,</c><00:27:48.839><c> we</c>

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rejoice,<00:27:49.759><c> brethren</c><00:27:49.920><c> and</c><00:27:50.119><c> sisters,</c>

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we<00:27:51.279><c> rejoice</c><00:27:51.700><c> because</c><00:27:52.019><c> we</c><00:27:52.220><c> are</c><00:27:52.519><c> absolutely</c><00:27:52.980><c> convinced</c><00:27:53.740><c> that</c>

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God's<00:27:54.700><c> arrangements</c><00:27:55.160><c> for</c><00:27:55.440><c> us</c><00:27:55.819><c> must</c><00:27:56.079><c> be</c><00:27:56.480><c> absolutely</c>

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the<00:27:57.519><c> best.</c><00:27:58.460><c> And</c><00:27:58.799><c> regardless</c><00:27:59.099><c> of</c><00:27:59.339><c> the</c><00:27:59.500><c> severity</c><00:27:59.920><c> of</c><00:28:00.279><c> trial,</c><00:28:01.240><c> regardless</c><00:28:01.599><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:02.000><c> depth</c><00:28:02.200><c> of</c><00:28:02.440><c> our</c><00:28:02.740><c> sorrow,</c>

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and<00:28:03.440><c> the</c><00:28:03.640><c> apparent</c><00:28:04.160><c> hopelessness</c><00:28:04.940><c> of</c><00:28:05.079><c> our</c><00:28:05.380><c> plight,</c><00:28:06.200><c> we</c><00:28:06.500><c> know</c>

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that<00:28:07.039><c> all</c><00:28:07.579><c> things</c><00:28:08.019><c> work</c><00:28:08.339><c> together</c><00:28:08.799><c> for</c><00:28:09.160><c> good</c>

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for<00:28:09.819><c> them</c><00:28:10.079><c> that</c><00:28:10.259><c> love</c><00:28:10.420><c> the</c><00:28:10.640><c> Lord.</c><00:28:11.819><c> All</c><00:28:12.259><c> things,</c><00:28:12.880><c> happiness,</c>

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sorrow,<00:28:14.740><c> we</c><00:28:15.039><c> should</c><00:28:15.180><c> be</c><00:28:15.380><c> able</c><00:28:15.519><c> to</c><00:28:15.700><c> say</c>

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like<00:28:16.380><c> Job,</c><00:28:17.519><c> shall</c><00:28:17.579><c> we</c><00:28:17.819><c> receive</c><00:28:18.180><c> good</c><00:28:18.400><c> at</c><00:28:18.559><c> the</c><00:28:18.680><c> hand</c><00:28:18.880><c> of</c><00:28:19.019><c> God</c><00:28:19.519><c> and</c><00:28:20.099><c> shall</c><00:28:20.259><c> we</c>

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not<00:28:20.640><c> receive</c><00:28:20.980><c> evil?</c><00:28:22.099><c> We</c><00:28:22.319><c> have</c><00:28:22.579><c> to,</c>

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brethren<00:28:23.000><c> and</c><00:28:23.220><c> sisters.</c><00:28:24.579><c> All</c><00:28:24.960><c> things</c><00:28:25.359><c> happen</c><00:28:25.960><c> for</c><00:28:26.819><c> good</c><00:28:27.000><c> to</c>

00:28:27.180 --> 00:28:30.019
them<00:28:27.420><c> that</c><00:28:27.599><c> love</c><00:28:27.740><c> the</c><00:28:27.920><c> Lord.</c><00:28:29.299><c> And</c><00:28:29.480><c> though</c><00:28:29.619><c> the</c><00:28:29.779><c> moment</c>

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may<00:28:30.240><c> be</c><00:28:30.480><c> so</c><00:28:30.940><c> overpowering</c><00:28:32.299><c> and</c><00:28:32.640><c> so</c><00:28:33.059><c> great</c><00:28:33.380><c> that</c><00:28:33.660><c> it</c><00:28:33.799><c> seems</c><00:28:34.180><c> unendurable,</c><00:28:35.740><c> let</c>

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us<00:28:36.059><c> remember</c><00:28:36.519><c> those</c><00:28:36.779><c> lovely</c><00:28:37.140><c> words</c>

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of<00:28:37.579><c> the</c><00:28:37.839><c> psalmist</c><00:28:38.119><c> in</c><00:28:38.279><c> the</c><00:28:38.440><c> 145th</c><00:28:39.339><c> Psalm</c><00:28:39.799><c> when</c><00:28:40.599><c> he</c><00:28:40.680><c> said,</c><00:28:40.900><c> The</c>

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Lord<00:28:41.359><c> is</c><00:28:41.640><c> gracious</c><00:28:42.220><c> and</c><00:28:42.559><c> full</c><00:28:42.940><c> of</c><00:28:43.099><c> compassion,</c>

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slow<00:28:44.680><c> to</c><00:28:44.920><c> anger,</c><00:28:45.519><c> and</c><00:28:45.660><c> of</c><00:28:45.900><c> great</c><00:28:46.160><c> mercy.</c><00:28:47.180><c> The</c><00:28:47.359><c> Lord</c><00:28:47.759><c> is</c><00:28:48.099><c> good</c>

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to<00:28:48.619><c> all,</c><00:28:49.019><c> and</c><00:28:49.220><c> his</c><00:28:49.380><c> tender</c><00:28:49.759><c> mercies</c><00:28:50.220><c> are</c><00:28:50.500><c> over</c><00:28:50.759><c> all</c>

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his<00:28:51.480><c> works.</c><00:28:52.819><c> There</c><00:28:53.200><c> is</c><00:28:53.440><c> an</c><00:28:53.700><c> overruling</c><00:28:54.299><c> providence</c><00:28:54.799><c> in</c><00:28:54.980><c> the</c>

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lives<00:28:55.339><c> of</c><00:28:55.500><c> God's</c><00:28:55.880><c> children</c><00:28:56.539><c> that</c><00:28:56.960><c> directs,</c>

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counsels,<00:28:58.859><c> nourishes,</c><00:28:59.680><c> and</c><00:28:59.900><c> delivers.</c><00:29:01.220><c> And</c><00:29:01.400><c> what</c><00:29:01.619><c> God</c><00:29:01.900><c> has</c>

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in<00:29:02.420><c> store</c><00:29:02.619><c> for</c><00:29:02.819><c> us,</c><00:29:03.160><c> brethren</c><00:29:03.400><c> and</c><00:29:03.599><c> sisters,</c>

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is<00:29:04.480><c> staggering.</c><00:29:05.720><c> We</c><00:29:05.940><c> can't</c><00:29:06.240><c> even</c><00:29:06.559><c> conceive</c><00:29:06.960><c> it.</c><00:29:07.839><c> You</c><00:29:07.920><c> remember</c><00:29:08.099><c> when</c>

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Jesus<00:29:08.680><c> said,</c><00:29:09.200><c> Blessed</c><00:29:09.339><c> are</c><00:29:09.619><c> you</c><00:29:09.779><c> when</c>

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men<00:29:10.200><c> shall</c><00:29:10.400><c> revile</c><00:29:10.819><c> you,</c><00:29:11.579><c> and</c><00:29:11.700><c> shall</c><00:29:11.839><c> persecute</c><00:29:12.480><c> you,</c><00:29:12.680><c> and</c><00:29:12.779><c> shall</c><00:29:13.019><c> say,</c><00:29:13.299><c> All</c><00:29:13.559><c> manner</c><00:29:13.859><c> of</c>

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evil<00:29:14.279><c> against</c><00:29:14.539><c> you</c>

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fall<00:29:15.039><c> to</c><00:29:15.140><c> you</c><00:29:15.240><c> for</c><00:29:15.319><c> my</c><00:29:15.660><c> sake.</c><00:29:16.440><c> Rejoice</c><00:29:16.980><c> and</c><00:29:17.079><c> be</c><00:29:17.380><c> exceeding</c><00:29:17.920><c> glad,</c><00:29:18.619><c> for</c>

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great<00:29:19.140><c> is</c><00:29:19.279><c> your</c><00:29:19.500><c> reward</c><00:29:19.819><c> in</c><00:29:20.019><c> heaven.</c><00:29:20.880><c> For</c><00:29:21.019><c> so</c>

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persecuted<00:29:21.900><c> they</c><00:29:22.119><c> the</c><00:29:22.380><c> prophets</c><00:29:22.700><c> whispered</c><00:29:23.119><c> before</c><00:29:23.460><c> you,</c><00:29:24.380><c> Great</c><00:29:24.700><c> is</c>

00:29:24.880 --> 00:29:27.200
your<00:29:25.079><c> reward</c><00:29:25.420><c> in</c><00:29:25.640><c> heaven,</c><00:29:26.279><c> because</c><00:29:26.599><c> theirs</c><00:29:26.940><c> is</c>

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the<00:29:27.519><c> kingdom</c><00:29:27.519><c> of</c><00:29:27.740><c> heaven,</c><00:29:28.559><c> theirs</c><00:29:28.859><c> is</c><00:29:29.220><c> the</c><00:29:29.279><c> inheritance</c><00:29:29.660><c> of</c>

00:29:29.900 --> 00:29:32.539
the<00:29:30.079><c> earth.</c><00:29:30.880><c> And</c><00:29:31.200><c> I'm</c><00:29:31.380><c> quite</c><00:29:31.700><c> sure</c><00:29:31.940><c> that</c><00:29:32.099><c> we</c><00:29:32.220><c> cannot</c>

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fully<00:29:32.960><c> grasp</c><00:29:33.900><c> the</c><00:29:34.299><c> extent</c><00:29:35.039><c> of</c><00:29:35.759><c> what</c><00:29:35.900><c> God</c><00:29:36.180><c> has</c><00:29:36.480><c> for</c><00:29:36.640><c> us,</c><00:29:37.019><c> brethren</c><00:29:37.160><c> and</c>

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sisters.<00:29:38.940><c> Now</c><00:29:39.220><c> when</c><00:29:39.400><c> Jesus</c><00:29:40.039><c> sent</c><00:29:40.519><c> off</c><00:29:40.759><c> the</c>

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70<00:29:41.180><c> to</c><00:29:41.359><c> preach</c><00:29:41.599><c> the</c><00:29:41.779><c> gospel</c><00:29:42.099><c> two</c><00:29:42.339><c> by</c><00:29:42.539><c> two,</c><00:29:43.279><c> he</c><00:29:43.440><c> gave</c><00:29:43.660><c> them</c><00:29:43.880><c> certain</c><00:29:44.160><c> powers.</c><00:29:45.079><c> And</c>

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I<00:29:45.380><c> want</c><00:29:45.480><c> you</c><00:29:45.619><c> to</c><00:29:45.779><c> turn</c><00:29:45.940><c> with</c><00:29:46.119><c> me</c>

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to<00:29:46.500><c> the</c><00:29:46.619><c> 10th</c><00:29:46.980><c> chapter</c><00:29:47.519><c> of</c><00:29:47.880><c> the</c><00:29:48.039><c> gospel</c><00:29:48.420><c> of</c><00:29:48.640><c> Luke.</c><00:29:51.119><c> To</c><00:29:51.339><c> cast</c><00:29:51.779><c> out</c><00:29:52.099><c> evil</c><00:29:52.519><c> spirits</c><00:29:53.279><c> and</c><00:29:54.200><c> to</c>

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heal<00:29:54.640><c> all</c><00:29:54.980><c> manner</c><00:29:55.180><c> of</c>

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sickness<00:29:55.759><c> among</c><00:29:56.119><c> the</c><00:29:56.359><c> people.</c><00:29:57.980><c> Now</c><00:29:58.140><c> it's</c><00:29:58.319><c> quite</c><00:29:58.579><c> natural</c>

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that<00:30:00.259><c> these</c><00:30:01.079><c> disciples</c><00:30:01.519><c> were</c><00:30:01.819><c> very</c><00:30:02.180><c> much</c><00:30:02.380><c> elated,</c>

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because<00:30:04.119><c> even</c><00:30:04.680><c> the</c><00:30:05.259><c> devils</c><00:30:05.500><c> were</c><00:30:05.720><c> subject</c><00:30:06.000><c> to</c><00:30:06.259><c> them.</c><00:30:07.980><c> And</c><00:30:08.220><c> note</c><00:30:08.460><c> what</c><00:30:08.700><c> they</c><00:30:08.940><c> say</c>

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when<00:30:09.299><c> they</c><00:30:09.599><c> returned</c><00:30:09.960><c> in</c><00:30:10.140><c> verse</c><00:30:10.299><c> 17.</c>

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And<00:30:11.779><c> the</c><00:30:12.019><c> 70</c><00:30:12.240><c> returned</c><00:30:12.779><c> again</c><00:30:13.079><c> with</c><00:30:13.359><c> joy,</c><00:30:14.019><c> saying,</c><00:30:14.539><c> Lord,</c><00:30:15.019><c> even</c><00:30:15.359><c> the</c>

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devils<00:30:15.960><c> are</c><00:30:16.240><c> subject</c><00:30:16.480><c> unto</c><00:30:16.720><c> us</c><00:30:17.000><c> through</c><00:30:17.240><c> thy</c>

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name.<00:30:18.960><c> But</c><00:30:19.220><c> note</c><00:30:19.400><c> his</c><00:30:19.640><c> reply</c><00:30:20.119><c> in</c><00:30:20.259><c> verse</c><00:30:20.500><c> 20.</c><00:30:22.640><c> Notwithstanding</c>

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in<00:30:23.559><c> this,</c><00:30:24.319><c> rejoice</c><00:30:24.640><c> not</c><00:30:25.000><c> that</c><00:30:25.180><c> the</c><00:30:25.480><c> spirit</c>

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is<00:30:25.940><c> subject</c><00:30:26.240><c> unto</c><00:30:26.539><c> you,</c><00:30:27.400><c> but</c><00:30:27.559><c> rather</c><00:30:27.859><c> rejoice</c><00:30:28.440><c> because</c><00:30:28.900><c> your</c>

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names<00:30:29.740><c> are</c><00:30:30.059><c> written</c><00:30:30.400><c> in</c><00:30:30.920><c> heaven.</c><00:30:32.220><c> Your</c><00:30:32.460><c> names</c><00:30:32.720><c> are</c>

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written<00:30:33.140><c> in</c><00:30:33.319><c> heaven.</c><00:30:33.500><c> Now</c><00:30:33.720><c> these</c><00:30:34.000><c> 70</c><00:30:34.500><c> may</c><00:30:35.400><c> someday</c><00:30:35.920><c> have</c><00:30:36.240><c> looked</c><00:30:36.440><c> back</c>

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upon<00:30:37.059><c> this</c><00:30:37.319><c> exercise</c><00:30:37.880><c> of</c><00:30:38.119><c> divine</c><00:30:38.460><c> power</c>

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with<00:30:39.619><c> a</c><00:30:39.799><c> certain</c><00:30:40.019><c> measure</c><00:30:40.460><c> of</c><00:30:40.779><c> satisfaction.</c><00:30:42.160><c> And</c><00:30:42.480><c> though</c>

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they<00:30:42.779><c> might</c><00:30:43.000><c> look</c><00:30:43.200><c> with</c><00:30:43.440><c> joy</c><00:30:43.720><c> and</c><00:30:44.079><c> interest</c>

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in<00:30:45.140><c> what</c><00:30:45.319><c> had</c><00:30:45.559><c> happened,</c><00:30:46.259><c> it</c><00:30:46.359><c> was</c><00:30:46.539><c> only</c><00:30:46.759><c> an</c><00:30:47.019><c> incident.</c><00:30:47.839><c> And</c><00:30:48.039><c> it</c>

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would<00:30:48.259><c> only</c><00:30:48.500><c> remain</c><00:30:48.900><c> an</c><00:30:49.140><c> incident.</c><00:30:49.940><c> It</c><00:30:49.940><c> was</c>

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decisive<00:30:50.759><c> of</c><00:30:51.059><c> absolutely</c><00:30:51.579><c> nothing.</c><00:30:52.440><c> It</c><00:30:52.599><c> did</c><00:30:52.859><c> not</c><00:30:53.119><c> affect</c><00:30:53.440><c> nor</c>

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did<00:30:53.839><c> it</c><00:30:54.099><c> determine</c><00:30:54.599><c> their</c><00:30:55.220><c> future</c><00:30:55.700><c> destinies.</c>

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But<00:30:57.299><c> to</c><00:30:57.579><c> have</c><00:30:57.740><c> their</c><00:30:58.099><c> names</c><00:30:58.500><c> written</c><00:30:58.819><c> in</c><00:30:59.140><c> heaven</c><00:30:59.559><c> means</c><00:31:00.220><c> they</c>

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were<00:31:00.660><c> reconciled</c><00:31:01.140><c> to</c><00:31:01.299><c> God.</c><00:31:02.200><c> They</c><00:31:02.359><c> have</c><00:31:02.579><c> peace</c><00:31:02.940><c> with</c>

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their<00:31:03.359><c> creator.</c><00:31:04.279><c> And</c><00:31:04.500><c> they</c><00:31:04.660><c> are</c><00:31:04.799><c> to</c><00:31:04.960><c> rejoice</c><00:31:05.400><c> because</c><00:31:05.779><c> their</c>

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citizenship<00:31:06.599><c> is</c><00:31:06.900><c> in</c><00:31:07.079><c> heaven.</c><00:31:07.440><c> And</c><00:31:07.599><c> this</c><00:31:07.779><c> is</c><00:31:07.980><c> both</c>

00:31:08.140 --> 00:31:13.559
logical<00:31:08.599><c> and</c><00:31:08.960><c> satisfying.</c><00:31:10.299><c> And</c><00:31:10.559><c> the</c><00:31:10.779><c> apostles</c><00:31:11.160><c> may</c><00:31:11.440><c> have</c><00:31:11.700><c> received</c><00:31:12.180><c> gratitude</c><00:31:12.880><c> from</c><00:31:13.119><c> them</c><00:31:13.380><c> to</c>

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whom<00:31:13.640><c> they</c>

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ministered<00:31:14.740><c> through</c><00:31:14.940><c> the</c><00:31:15.099><c> Holy</c><00:31:15.339><c> Spirit.</c><00:31:16.500><c> And</c><00:31:16.640><c> of</c><00:31:16.759><c> course</c><00:31:16.920><c> the</c>

00:31:17.180 --> 00:31:19.319
thanks<00:31:17.480><c> and</c><00:31:17.740><c> the</c><00:31:18.019><c> expression</c><00:31:18.279><c> of</c><00:31:18.559><c> gratitude</c><00:31:19.099><c> from</c>

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:22.539
those<00:31:19.660><c> to</c><00:31:19.859><c> whom</c><00:31:19.960><c> he</c><00:31:20.200><c> ministered</c><00:31:20.839><c> is</c><00:31:21.000><c> not</c><00:31:21.140><c> to</c><00:31:21.319><c> be</c><00:31:21.500><c> discounted.</c>

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But<00:31:22.859><c> still,</c><00:31:23.680><c> it</c><00:31:23.680><c> was</c><00:31:23.940><c> transitory.</c><00:31:25.400><c> The</c><00:31:25.480><c> eyes</c><00:31:25.740><c> of</c><00:31:25.900><c> the</c>

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blind<00:31:26.319><c> that</c><00:31:26.480><c> were</c><00:31:26.619><c> made</c><00:31:26.759><c> to</c><00:31:27.039><c> see</c><00:31:27.359><c> and</c><00:31:28.119><c> the</c><00:31:28.299><c> limbs</c><00:31:28.480><c> of</c><00:31:28.700><c> the</c><00:31:28.900><c> lame</c>

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:31.779
that<00:31:29.200><c> were</c><00:31:29.359><c> made</c><00:31:29.480><c> to</c><00:31:29.819><c> walk,</c><00:31:30.759><c> the</c><00:31:31.000><c> ears</c><00:31:31.359><c> of</c><00:31:31.579><c> the</c>

00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:34.980
deaf<00:31:31.940><c> that</c><00:31:32.059><c> were</c><00:31:32.240><c> made</c><00:31:32.400><c> to</c><00:31:32.680><c> hear</c><00:31:33.019><c> would</c><00:31:33.619><c> soon</c><00:31:33.940><c> lie</c><00:31:34.220><c> motionless</c>

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:39.180
in<00:31:35.220><c> the</c><00:31:35.460><c> grave.</c><00:31:37.059><c> But</c><00:31:37.460><c> to</c><00:31:38.279><c> have</c><00:31:38.500><c> their</c><00:31:38.759><c> names</c>

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:44.500
written<00:31:39.700><c> in</c><00:31:40.000><c> heaven</c><00:31:40.640><c> means</c><00:31:41.240><c> a</c><00:31:41.480><c> condition</c><00:31:41.960><c> which</c><00:31:42.220><c> confirms</c><00:31:42.799><c> immeasurable</c><00:31:43.839><c> benefits</c><00:31:44.299><c> in</c>

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the<00:31:44.619><c> future.</c>

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And<00:31:45.920><c> it</c><00:31:46.039><c> teaches</c><00:31:46.339><c> us</c><00:31:46.680><c> a</c><00:31:46.880><c> very</c><00:31:47.200><c> important</c><00:31:47.640><c> lesson.</c><00:31:48.640><c> It</c><00:31:48.759><c> is</c><00:31:48.980><c> better</c><00:31:49.240><c> for</c>

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:51.559
us<00:31:49.619><c> to</c><00:31:49.900><c> rejoice</c><00:31:50.400><c> in</c><00:31:50.579><c> what</c><00:31:50.779><c> God</c><00:31:51.019><c> has</c><00:31:51.240><c> done</c><00:31:51.359><c> for</c>

00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:55.740
us<00:31:52.220><c> than</c><00:31:52.599><c> to</c><00:31:52.880><c> rejoice</c><00:31:53.299><c> in</c><00:31:53.420><c> what</c><00:31:53.619><c> we</c><00:31:53.839><c> have</c><00:31:53.960><c> done</c><00:31:54.220><c> for</c><00:31:54.519><c> the</c><00:31:54.660><c> Lord.</c>

00:31:56.960 --> 00:32:00.460
On<00:31:57.160><c> 1</c><00:31:57.440><c> Thessalonians</c><00:31:58.200><c> 5</c><00:31:58.559><c> and</c><00:31:58.720><c> 16,</c><00:31:59.319><c> Paul</c><00:31:59.640><c> says,</c>

00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:05.400
rejoice<00:32:00.660><c> evermore</c><00:32:01.539><c> or</c><00:32:02.319><c> rejoice</c><00:32:02.759><c> always.</c><00:32:04.000><c> Now</c><00:32:04.099><c> what</c><00:32:04.220><c> is</c><00:32:04.480><c> joy?</c>

00:32:05.619 --> 00:32:07.680
Well,<00:32:05.980><c> it's</c><00:32:06.319><c> the</c><00:32:06.480><c> feeling</c><00:32:06.799><c> of</c><00:32:07.160><c> delight</c>

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:10.740
that<00:32:08.279><c> arises</c><00:32:08.740><c> from</c><00:32:09.039><c> the</c><00:32:09.259><c> possession</c><00:32:09.619><c> of</c><00:32:09.920><c> something</c><00:32:10.200><c> we</c><00:32:10.500><c> have</c>

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:14.519
now<00:32:11.299><c> or</c><00:32:11.960><c> the</c><00:32:12.319><c> anticipated</c><00:32:12.900><c> future</c><00:32:13.380><c> happiness.</c>

00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:18.119
And<00:32:14.839><c> we</c><00:32:15.019><c> have</c><00:32:15.279><c> cause</c><00:32:15.539><c> to</c><00:32:15.779><c> rejoice</c><00:32:16.099><c> in</c><00:32:16.319><c> both</c><00:32:16.519><c> counts</c><00:32:17.039><c> because</c>

00:32:18.119 --> 00:32:20.079
we<00:32:18.500><c> rejoice</c><00:32:18.839><c> in</c><00:32:19.000><c> the</c><00:32:19.240><c> character</c><00:32:19.519><c> of</c><00:32:19.680><c> God,</c>

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:25.059
his<00:32:20.819><c> righteousness,</c><00:32:21.740><c> his</c><00:32:22.039><c> truth.</c><00:32:22.660><c> He's</c><00:32:23.000><c> a</c><00:32:23.160><c> God</c><00:32:23.319><c> of</c><00:32:23.539><c> loving</c><00:32:23.819><c> kindness.</c><00:32:24.700><c> We</c>

00:32:25.059 --> 00:32:26.880
rejoice<00:32:25.500><c> because</c><00:32:25.819><c> he</c><00:32:26.079><c> hates</c><00:32:26.339><c> evil</c><00:32:26.700><c> and</c>

00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:30.880
loves<00:32:27.140><c> good.</c><00:32:28.119><c> And</c><00:32:28.400><c> only</c><00:32:28.539><c> in</c><00:32:28.700><c> the</c><00:32:28.839><c> word</c><00:32:28.960><c> of</c><00:32:29.180><c> God</c><00:32:29.400><c> can</c><00:32:29.619><c> we</c><00:32:30.240><c> find</c><00:32:30.519><c> a</c>

00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:33.599
practical<00:32:31.299><c> revelation</c><00:32:31.920><c> of</c><00:32:32.259><c> God's</c><00:32:33.099><c> character</c>

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:36.940
through<00:32:34.299><c> a</c><00:32:34.539><c> continuous</c><00:32:35.240><c> course</c><00:32:35.640><c> of</c><00:32:35.900><c> dealings</c><00:32:36.160><c> with</c><00:32:36.339><c> mankind</c>

00:32:36.940 --> 00:32:39.740
from<00:32:37.440><c> the</c><00:32:37.700><c> beginning</c><00:32:37.960><c> and</c><00:32:38.200><c> on</c><00:32:38.380><c> into</c><00:32:38.640><c> eternity.</c>

00:32:40.180 --> 00:32:42.880
We<00:32:40.279><c> rejoice</c><00:32:40.799><c> because</c><00:32:41.200><c> of</c><00:32:41.440><c> our</c><00:32:41.740><c> personal</c><00:32:42.059><c> relationship</c><00:32:42.720><c> with</c>

00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:46.019
God.<00:32:44.059><c> We</c><00:32:44.079><c> are</c><00:32:44.380><c> presently</c><00:32:44.960><c> the</c><00:32:45.279><c> sons</c><00:32:45.539><c> and</c><00:32:45.740><c> daughters</c>

00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:49.799
of<00:32:46.259><c> Almighty</c><00:32:46.619><c> God.</c><00:32:47.599><c> We're</c><00:32:47.700><c> the</c><00:32:47.920><c> children</c><00:32:48.160><c> of</c><00:32:48.339><c> the</c><00:32:48.440><c> living</c><00:32:48.640><c> God.</c><00:32:49.680><c> And</c>

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:52.279
through<00:32:49.980><c> Jesus,</c><00:32:50.599><c> we</c><00:32:50.900><c> who</c><00:32:51.160><c> once</c><00:32:51.339><c> were</c><00:32:51.599><c> far</c><00:32:51.920><c> off</c>

00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:56.660
have<00:32:52.559><c> been</c><00:32:53.180><c> made</c><00:32:53.359><c> an</c><00:32:54.180><c> eye</c><00:32:54.279><c> by</c><00:32:54.519><c> his</c><00:32:54.839><c> blood.</c><00:32:55.740><c> Not</c><00:32:56.000><c> as</c><00:32:56.259><c> servants,</c>

00:32:57.160 --> 00:32:58.880
but<00:32:57.299><c> as</c><00:32:57.539><c> sons</c><00:32:57.740><c> and</c><00:32:58.039><c> daughters</c><00:32:58.279><c> that</c><00:32:58.480><c> we</c><00:32:58.660><c> might</c>

00:32:58.880 --> 00:33:02.339
cry,<00:32:59.559><c> Abba</c><00:32:59.740><c> Father.</c><00:33:00.799><c> And</c><00:33:01.000><c> as</c><00:33:01.240><c> his</c><00:33:01.480><c> children,</c><00:33:01.940><c> brethren</c><00:33:02.160><c> and</c>

00:33:02.339 --> 00:33:06.059
sisters,<00:33:03.019><c> we</c><00:33:03.259><c> enjoy</c><00:33:03.680><c> that</c><00:33:04.059><c> close</c><00:33:04.660><c> family</c><00:33:05.200><c> relationship</c>

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:10.759
that<00:33:06.819><c> assures</c><00:33:07.240><c> us</c><00:33:07.700><c> of</c><00:33:07.960><c> his</c><00:33:08.339><c> utmost</c><00:33:08.700><c> care.</c><00:33:09.880><c> Because</c><00:33:10.119><c> like</c><00:33:10.400><c> as</c><00:33:10.599><c> a</c>

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:13.160
father,<00:33:11.220><c> pitieth</c><00:33:11.519><c> his</c><00:33:11.640><c> children,</c><00:33:12.519><c> so</c><00:33:12.779><c> the</c><00:33:12.900><c> Lord</c>

00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:19.220
pities<00:33:13.480><c> us.</c><00:33:14.079><c> He</c><00:33:14.339><c> pities</c><00:33:14.519><c> them</c><00:33:14.799><c> that</c><00:33:15.019><c> fear</c><00:33:15.259><c> him.</c><00:33:16.240><c> And</c><00:33:16.559><c> we</c><00:33:16.799><c> rejoice</c><00:33:17.359><c> in</c><00:33:17.680><c> the</c><00:33:17.880><c> unchangeableness</c><00:33:18.640><c> of</c><00:33:18.799><c> God.</c>

00:33:19.599 --> 00:33:25.099
This<00:33:19.960><c> inspires</c><00:33:20.559><c> within</c><00:33:20.920><c> us</c><00:33:21.220><c> a</c><00:33:21.480><c> great</c><00:33:21.759><c> confidence</c><00:33:22.279><c> of</c><00:33:22.500><c> his</c><00:33:22.740><c> benefits.</c><00:33:24.039><c> James</c><00:33:24.400><c> declared</c><00:33:24.880><c> in</c>

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:26.460
James<00:33:25.359><c> 1</c><00:33:25.660><c> and</c><00:33:25.799><c> 17</c>

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:30.960
that<00:33:26.859><c> every</c><00:33:27.259><c> good</c><00:33:27.619><c> gift</c><00:33:27.940><c> and</c><00:33:28.339><c> every</c><00:33:28.660><c> perfect</c><00:33:29.039><c> gift</c><00:33:29.319><c> cometh</c><00:33:29.680><c> down</c><00:33:30.059><c> from</c><00:33:30.279><c> the</c><00:33:30.519><c> Father</c><00:33:30.740><c> of</c>

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:32.359
lights<00:33:31.319><c> with</c><00:33:31.740><c> whom</c><00:33:31.900><c> is</c><00:33:32.099><c> no</c>

00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:37.119
variableness,<00:33:33.359><c> neither</c><00:33:33.480><c> shadow</c><00:33:33.920><c> of</c><00:33:34.119><c> turning.</c><00:33:35.380><c> Now</c><00:33:35.619><c> the</c><00:33:36.099><c> variableness</c><00:33:36.759><c> is</c>

00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:39.700
in<00:33:37.440><c> contrast</c><00:33:37.960><c> to</c><00:33:38.140><c> the</c><00:33:38.380><c> natural</c><00:33:38.720><c> lights.</c>

00:33:39.779 --> 00:33:42.900
The<00:33:40.000><c> sun,</c><00:33:40.299><c> the</c><00:33:40.400><c> moon,</c><00:33:40.640><c> the</c><00:33:40.759><c> star,</c><00:33:41.039><c> they</c><00:33:41.319><c> vary</c><00:33:41.599><c> in</c><00:33:41.900><c> intensity.</c>

00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:45.339
The<00:33:43.299><c> sun</c><00:33:43.539><c> and</c><00:33:43.640><c> the</c><00:33:43.779><c> moon</c><00:33:43.900><c> all</c><00:33:44.319><c> fade</c><00:33:44.519><c> from</c><00:33:44.819><c> view.</c><00:33:45.079><c> The</c><00:33:45.160><c> sun</c>

00:33:45.339 --> 00:33:48.240
is<00:33:45.519><c> going</c><00:33:45.660><c> to</c><00:33:45.980><c> set</c><00:33:46.079><c> this</c><00:33:46.380><c> evening</c><00:33:46.660><c> and</c><00:33:46.960><c> give</c><00:33:47.119><c> way</c><00:33:47.319><c> to</c><00:33:47.539><c> the</c><00:33:47.720><c> darkness</c><00:33:48.000><c> of</c>

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:50.220
the<00:33:48.380><c> night.</c><00:33:49.220><c> The</c><00:33:49.380><c> sun</c><00:33:49.599><c> is</c><00:33:49.700><c> sometimes</c>

00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:54.299
eclipsed<00:33:50.799><c> as</c><00:33:51.079><c> is</c><00:33:51.319><c> the</c><00:33:51.420><c> moon,</c><00:33:52.400><c> but</c><00:33:52.559><c> not</c><00:33:52.920><c> so</c><00:33:53.200><c> with</c><00:33:53.420><c> God.</c><00:33:54.200><c> There</c>

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:57.559
is<00:33:54.539><c> no</c><00:33:54.859><c> variation</c><00:33:55.480><c> with</c><00:33:55.720><c> God,</c><00:33:56.720><c> neither</c><00:33:56.900><c> shadow</c><00:33:57.299><c> of</c>

00:33:57.559 --> 00:34:01.059
turning.<00:33:58.359><c> This</c><00:33:58.599><c> is</c><00:33:58.859><c> used</c><00:33:59.039><c> of</c><00:33:59.259><c> the</c><00:33:59.440><c> revolution</c><00:33:59.799><c> of</c><00:34:00.000><c> the</c><00:34:00.140><c> heavenly</c><00:34:00.440><c> orbs.</c>

00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:03.299
And<00:34:01.480><c> just</c><00:34:01.720><c> as</c><00:34:02.019><c> a</c><00:34:02.279><c> shadow</c><00:34:02.519><c> creeps</c><00:34:02.960><c> across</c>

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:06.579
the<00:34:03.559><c> face</c><00:34:03.759><c> of</c><00:34:03.920><c> the</c><00:34:04.119><c> sundial,</c><00:34:05.059><c> indicating</c><00:34:05.539><c> to</c><00:34:05.859><c> us</c><00:34:06.099><c> that</c><00:34:06.279><c> this</c>

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:11.219
world<00:34:06.859><c> is</c><00:34:07.180><c> turning</c><00:34:07.400><c> on</c><00:34:07.660><c> its</c><00:34:07.940><c> axis,</c><00:34:08.960><c> but</c><00:34:09.659><c> not</c><00:34:09.920><c> so</c><00:34:10.099><c> with</c><00:34:10.280><c> God.</c>

00:34:11.780 --> 00:34:14.840
He<00:34:12.000><c> is</c><00:34:12.340><c> constant</c><00:34:12.880><c> and</c><00:34:13.280><c> he</c><00:34:13.440><c> is</c><00:34:13.679><c> righteous.</c><00:34:14.079><c> These</c><00:34:14.380><c> are</c><00:34:14.559><c> the</c><00:34:14.659><c> two</c>

00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:16.780
aspects<00:34:15.360><c> that</c><00:34:15.599><c> James</c><00:34:15.780><c> brings</c><00:34:16.039><c> before</c><00:34:16.440><c> us.</c>

00:34:16.780 --> 00:34:21.219
In<00:34:17.320><c> Malachi</c><00:34:17.820><c> 3</c><00:34:18.179><c> and</c><00:34:18.320><c> 16,</c><00:34:18.880><c> to</c><00:34:19.059><c> the</c><00:34:19.280><c> rebellious</c><00:34:19.800><c> and</c><00:34:20.059><c> sinful</c><00:34:20.300><c> house</c><00:34:20.639><c> of</c><00:34:20.800><c> Israel,</c>

00:34:21.699 --> 00:34:26.940
God<00:34:21.739><c> says,</c><00:34:22.760><c> I</c><00:34:22.760><c> change</c><00:34:23.460><c> not.</c><00:34:24.679><c> I</c><00:34:25.019><c> change</c><00:34:25.500><c> not.</c><00:34:25.860><c> And</c><00:34:26.039><c> this</c><00:34:26.300><c> assures</c><00:34:26.719><c> us,</c>

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:27.760
brethren<00:34:27.179><c> and</c><00:34:27.380><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:31.900
of<00:34:28.239><c> the</c><00:34:28.400><c> fulfillment</c><00:34:28.840><c> of</c><00:34:29.139><c> all</c><00:34:29.340><c> that</c><00:34:29.440><c> he</c><00:34:29.599><c> has</c><00:34:29.760><c> promised.</c><00:34:30.699><c> We</c><00:34:30.900><c> can</c><00:34:31.059><c> look</c><00:34:31.320><c> forward</c><00:34:31.659><c> to</c>

00:34:31.900 --> 00:34:33.519
a<00:34:32.079><c> secure</c><00:34:32.500><c> future.</c>

00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:40.880
His<00:34:34.079><c> truth</c><00:34:34.480><c> worthiness</c><00:34:35.000><c> is</c><00:34:35.239><c> set</c><00:34:35.500><c> forth</c><00:34:35.800><c> with</c><00:34:36.039><c> the</c><00:34:36.340><c> greatest</c><00:34:36.599><c> clarity</c><00:34:37.260><c> in</c><00:34:37.739><c> the</c><00:34:37.900><c> Gospels.</c><00:34:39.460><c> Oh,</c><00:34:39.780><c> we</c><00:34:39.900><c> have</c><00:34:40.179><c> a</c>

00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:44.360
present<00:34:41.139><c> happiness,</c><00:34:41.780><c> haven't</c><00:34:41.920><c> we?</c><00:34:42.800><c> We</c><00:34:43.039><c> have</c><00:34:43.219><c> the</c><00:34:43.480><c> blessedness</c><00:34:43.960><c> of</c><00:34:44.139><c> having</c>

00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:45.440
our<00:34:44.659><c> sins</c><00:34:44.860><c> forgiven.</c>

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:49.340
And<00:34:46.059><c> this</c><00:34:46.420><c> in</c><00:34:46.659><c> itself</c><00:34:47.079><c> is</c><00:34:47.460><c> really</c><00:34:47.820><c> significant</c><00:34:48.440><c> because</c><00:34:49.179><c> we</c>

00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:53.539
are<00:34:49.519><c> justified.</c><00:34:50.860><c> God</c><00:34:51.159><c> has</c><00:34:51.460><c> pronounced</c><00:34:51.860><c> us</c><00:34:52.260><c> righteous.</c>

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:58.079
We<00:34:55.019><c> have</c><00:34:55.260><c> entered</c><00:34:55.420><c> into</c><00:34:55.760><c> an</c><00:34:56.039><c> appreciation</c><00:34:56.639><c> of</c><00:34:57.019><c> the</c><00:34:57.619><c> work</c><00:34:57.880><c> of</c>

00:34:58.079 --> 00:35:00.400
the<00:34:58.139><c> Lord</c><00:34:58.320><c> Jesus</c><00:34:58.719><c> Christ.</c><00:34:59.599><c> Through</c><00:34:59.780><c> faith</c><00:35:00.099><c> in</c><00:35:00.260><c> his</c>

00:35:00.400 --> 00:35:05.039
blood,<00:35:01.239><c> we</c><00:35:01.360><c> have</c><00:35:01.639><c> access</c><00:35:02.000><c> to</c><00:35:02.300><c> this</c><00:35:02.539><c> grace</c><00:35:03.039><c> wherein</c><00:35:03.280><c> we</c><00:35:03.519><c> now</c><00:35:03.920><c> stand</c><00:35:04.199><c> and</c><00:35:04.400><c> rejoice</c><00:35:04.860><c> in</c>

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:05.920
the<00:35:05.199><c> hope</c><00:35:05.340><c> of</c><00:35:05.639><c> glory.</c>

00:35:06.199 --> 00:35:09.460
We<00:35:06.460><c> have</c><00:35:06.659><c> peace</c><00:35:06.940><c> with</c><00:35:07.179><c> God.</c><00:35:08.099><c> Peace</c><00:35:08.360><c> because</c><00:35:08.679><c> our</c><00:35:08.980><c> sins</c><00:35:09.199><c> are</c>

00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:12.579
forgiven.<00:35:10.619><c> And</c><00:35:10.780><c> these</c><00:35:10.980><c> sins</c><00:35:11.260><c> once</c><00:35:11.599><c> separated</c><00:35:12.099><c> Israel</c>

00:35:12.579 --> 00:35:17.500
from<00:35:12.780><c> God.</c><00:35:13.860><c> As</c><00:35:13.880><c> Isaiah</c><00:35:14.920><c> said</c><00:35:15.159><c> in</c><00:35:15.320><c> Isaiah</c><00:35:15.719><c> 59</c><00:35:16.280><c> and</c><00:35:16.539><c> 2,</c><00:35:17.139><c> but</c><00:35:17.239><c> your</c>

00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:19.940
iniquities<00:35:18.199><c> have</c><00:35:18.619><c> separated</c><00:35:19.099><c> between</c><00:35:19.519><c> you</c><00:35:19.860><c> and</c>

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:23.500
your<00:35:20.199><c> God</c><00:35:20.539><c> and</c><00:35:21.119><c> your</c><00:35:21.460><c> sins</c><00:35:21.920><c> have</c><00:35:22.360><c> caused</c><00:35:22.599><c> his</c><00:35:22.860><c> face</c><00:35:23.019><c> to</c><00:35:23.320><c> turn</c>

00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:25.980
from<00:35:23.719><c> you</c><00:35:24.059><c> that</c><00:35:24.280><c> he</c><00:35:24.420><c> will</c><00:35:24.679><c> not</c><00:35:24.860><c> hear</c><00:35:25.099><c> you.</c>

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:30.780
But<00:35:26.519><c> our</c><00:35:26.780><c> sins</c><00:35:26.960><c> have</c><00:35:27.179><c> been</c><00:35:27.360><c> forgiven,</c><00:35:27.880><c> brethren</c><00:35:28.039><c> and</c><00:35:28.219><c> sisters.</c><00:35:29.360><c> Our</c><00:35:29.800><c> faith</c><00:35:30.260><c> in</c>

00:35:30.780 --> 00:35:31.699
what<00:35:30.940><c> has</c><00:35:31.139><c> been</c><00:35:31.320><c> accomplished</c>

00:35:31.699 --> 00:35:35.980
of<00:35:31.880><c> the</c><00:35:32.000><c> Lord</c><00:35:32.219><c> Jesus</c><00:35:32.559><c> Christ</c><00:35:32.980><c> is</c><00:35:33.480><c> reckoned</c><00:35:33.719><c> to</c><00:35:33.960><c> us</c><00:35:34.400><c> for</c><00:35:34.659><c> righteousness</c><00:35:35.179><c> and</c><00:35:35.820><c> we</c>

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:37.539
can<00:35:36.119><c> look</c><00:35:36.519><c> confidently</c><00:35:37.059><c> to</c><00:35:37.400><c> the</c>

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future.<00:35:38.340><c> You</c><00:35:38.460><c> know,</c><00:35:38.659><c> the</c><00:35:38.840><c> securing</c><00:35:39.139><c> of</c><00:35:39.400><c> our</c><00:35:39.619><c> salvation</c><00:35:40.280><c> was</c>

00:35:40.780 --> 00:35:44.280
not<00:35:40.980><c> an</c><00:35:41.119><c> easy</c><00:35:41.380><c> task.</c><00:35:42.239><c> It</c><00:35:42.320><c> was</c><00:35:42.559><c> an</c><00:35:42.760><c> age</c><00:35:43.039><c>-old</c><00:35:43.219><c> problem.</c>

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:49.960
In<00:35:44.500><c> Job</c><00:35:44.800><c> 9</c><00:35:45.179><c> and</c><00:35:45.420><c> 2,</c><00:35:45.679><c> we</c><00:35:45.739><c> are</c><00:35:45.960><c> told,</c><00:35:46.760><c> how</c><00:35:46.940><c> should</c><00:35:47.239><c> man</c><00:35:47.579><c> be</c><00:35:47.940><c> just</c><00:35:48.139><c> with</c><00:35:48.380><c> God?</c><00:35:49.260><c> How</c><00:35:49.480><c> can</c><00:35:49.760><c> a</c>

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sinner<00:35:50.159><c> be</c><00:35:50.460><c> justified</c>

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:56.260
before<00:35:51.380><c> God?</c><00:35:52.400><c> In</c><00:35:52.559><c> Psalm</c><00:35:52.800><c> 143</c><00:35:53.739><c> and</c><00:35:53.940><c> 2,</c><00:35:54.539><c> for</c><00:35:54.739><c> in</c><00:35:55.039><c> thy</c><00:35:55.340><c> sight</c><00:35:55.619><c> shall</c><00:35:55.880><c> no</c>

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man<00:35:56.539><c> living</c><00:35:56.820><c> be</c><00:35:57.119><c> justified.</c>

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How<00:35:58.980><c> could</c><00:35:59.219><c> God</c><00:35:59.579><c> possibly</c><00:36:00.440><c> reconcile</c><00:36:01.619><c> sinners,</c><00:36:02.900><c> albeit</c><00:36:03.059><c> repentant</c><00:36:03.699><c> sinners,</c><00:36:04.579><c> without</c><00:36:04.920><c> violating</c><00:36:05.519><c> his</c><00:36:05.800><c> own</c>

00:36:06.139 --> 00:36:09.760
principles<00:36:06.559><c> of</c><00:36:06.820><c> righteousness?</c><00:36:08.579><c> Well,</c><00:36:08.860><c> he</c><00:36:09.019><c> did</c><00:36:09.239><c> it</c><00:36:09.360><c> by</c><00:36:09.539><c> the</c>

00:36:09.760 --> 00:36:13.280
offering<00:36:10.000><c> of</c><00:36:10.159><c> Jesus</c><00:36:10.539><c> Christ.</c><00:36:12.239><c> Jesus</c><00:36:12.619><c> in</c><00:36:12.760><c> his</c><00:36:13.039><c> offering</c>

00:36:13.280 --> 00:36:17.119
declared<00:36:13.800><c> God</c><00:36:14.179><c> righteous.</c><00:36:14.559><c> That</c><00:36:14.760><c> is,</c><00:36:15.699><c> he</c><00:36:15.739><c> revealed</c><00:36:16.300><c> him</c><00:36:16.519><c> as</c><00:36:16.699><c> being</c><00:36:16.960><c> a</c>

00:36:17.119 --> 00:36:19.860
righteous<00:36:17.420><c> judge.</c><00:36:18.480><c> Not</c><00:36:18.679><c> intolerant</c><00:36:19.300><c> to</c><00:36:19.599><c> sin.</c>

00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:23.820
The<00:36:20.500><c> sin</c><00:36:20.679><c> offering</c><00:36:21.039><c> was</c><00:36:21.300><c> to</c><00:36:21.519><c> show</c><00:36:21.699><c> what</c><00:36:21.960><c> was</c><00:36:22.179><c> new</c><00:36:22.380><c> sin</c><00:36:22.659><c> and</c><00:36:22.900><c> sinners.</c><00:36:23.739><c> In</c>

00:36:23.820 --> 00:36:25.820
the<00:36:24.059><c> offering</c><00:36:24.260><c> of</c><00:36:24.400><c> Jesus</c><00:36:24.820><c> Christ,</c><00:36:25.260><c> he</c><00:36:25.500><c> upheld</c>

00:36:25.820 --> 00:36:29.639
the<00:36:26.079><c> Father's</c><00:36:26.539><c> judgment</c><00:36:26.840><c> upon</c><00:36:27.320><c> sin.</c><00:36:28.559><c> This</c><00:36:28.739><c> is</c><00:36:29.019><c> the</c><00:36:29.079><c> basis</c><00:36:29.420><c> of</c>

00:36:29.639 --> 00:36:33.559
our<00:36:29.880><c> forgiveness</c><00:36:30.440><c> and</c><00:36:31.179><c> is</c><00:36:31.440><c> a</c><00:36:31.619><c> cause</c><00:36:31.960><c> of</c><00:36:32.519><c> great</c><00:36:32.739><c> joy</c>

00:36:33.719 --> 00:36:37.300
Paul<00:36:34.280><c> speaks</c><00:36:34.659><c> of</c><00:36:34.860><c> the</c><00:36:35.099><c> blessedness</c><00:36:35.579><c> of</c><00:36:35.719><c> having</c><00:36:35.960><c> our</c><00:36:36.239><c> sins</c><00:36:36.460><c> forgiven</c><00:36:36.900><c> in</c>

00:36:37.300 --> 00:36:39.039
the<00:36:37.420><c> fourth</c><00:36:37.659><c> chapter</c><00:36:38.039><c> of</c><00:36:38.260><c> Romans.</c>

00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:43.039
I'll<00:36:39.219><c> quote</c><00:36:39.400><c> it</c><00:36:39.579><c> to</c><00:36:39.679><c> you,</c><00:36:40.079><c> blessed</c><00:36:40.420><c> are</c><00:36:40.719><c> those</c><00:36:41.079><c> whose</c><00:36:41.320><c> iniquities</c><00:36:41.880><c> are</c><00:36:42.159><c> forgiven</c><00:36:42.559><c> and</c>

00:36:43.039 --> 00:36:44.059
whose<00:36:43.219><c> sins</c><00:36:43.420><c> are</c><00:36:43.760><c> covered.</c>

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:47.639
Blessed<00:36:44.860><c> is</c><00:36:45.119><c> a</c><00:36:45.320><c> man</c><00:36:45.559><c> unto</c><00:36:45.840><c> whom</c><00:36:46.079><c> the</c><00:36:46.219><c> Lord</c><00:36:46.460><c> will</c><00:36:46.800><c> not</c><00:36:47.199><c> impute</c>

00:36:47.639 --> 00:36:51.119
righteousness.<00:36:49.599><c> The</c><00:36:49.800><c> peace</c><00:36:50.059><c> we</c><00:36:50.300><c> have</c><00:36:50.480><c> from</c><00:36:50.719><c> Jesus</c>

00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:55.440
Christ<00:36:51.739><c> is</c><00:36:52.380><c> brought</c><00:36:52.599><c> about</c><00:36:52.880><c> by</c><00:36:53.199><c> faith</c><00:36:53.559><c> and</c><00:36:54.500><c> apart</c><00:36:54.840><c> from</c><00:36:55.079><c> his</c>

00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:57.360
work<00:36:55.679><c> of</c><00:36:55.920><c> righteousness,</c><00:36:56.599><c> brethren</c><00:36:56.739><c> and</c><00:36:57.000><c> sisters,</c>

00:36:57.360 --> 00:37:01.260
we<00:36:57.800><c> would</c><00:36:58.059><c> have</c><00:36:58.360><c> no</c><00:36:58.679><c> right</c><00:36:58.960><c> whatsoever</c><00:36:59.539><c> to</c><00:36:59.780><c> approach</c><00:37:00.099><c> God.</c><00:37:01.219><c> It</c>

00:37:01.260 --> 00:37:04.059
is<00:37:01.420><c> even</c><00:37:01.659><c> as</c><00:37:01.860><c> Peter</c><00:37:02.179><c> said</c><00:37:02.420><c> in</c><00:37:02.579><c> 1</c><00:37:02.840><c> Peter</c><00:37:03.119><c> 3</c><00:37:03.440><c> and</c><00:37:03.619><c> 8,</c>

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:08.760
he<00:37:04.480><c> suffered</c><00:37:04.880><c> for</c><00:37:05.340><c> sins</c><00:37:05.840><c> that</c><00:37:06.460><c> he</c><00:37:06.619><c> might</c><00:37:06.840><c> bring</c><00:37:07.099><c> us</c><00:37:07.480><c> to</c><00:37:07.719><c> God.</c>

00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:10.820
And<00:37:09.260><c> unless</c><00:37:09.480><c> he</c><00:37:09.659><c> had</c><00:37:09.900><c> suffered</c><00:37:10.139><c> for</c><00:37:10.519><c> sins,</c>

00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:14.420
we<00:37:11.219><c> could</c><00:37:11.440><c> not</c><00:37:11.579><c> have</c><00:37:11.719><c> been</c><00:37:11.880><c> brought</c><00:37:12.059><c> to</c><00:37:12.280><c> God.</c><00:37:13.460><c> And</c><00:37:13.599><c> we</c><00:37:13.840><c> rejoice</c>

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:16.960
because<00:37:15.119><c> our</c><00:37:15.400><c> lives</c><00:37:15.699><c> are</c><00:37:15.960><c> controlled</c><00:37:16.280><c> by</c><00:37:16.559><c> God.</c>

00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:20.760
He<00:37:17.699><c> directs</c><00:37:18.059><c> the</c><00:37:18.179><c> path</c><00:37:18.480><c> of</c><00:37:18.639><c> his</c><00:37:18.800><c> people.</c><00:37:19.780><c> Remember</c><00:37:20.099><c> Solomon's</c>

00:37:20.760 --> 00:37:22.780
words<00:37:20.960><c> in</c><00:37:21.179><c> Proverbs</c><00:37:21.519><c> 3,</c><00:37:21.880><c> 5</c><00:37:22.219><c> and</c><00:37:22.340><c> 6,</c>

00:37:22.780 --> 00:37:28.340
Trust<00:37:23.699><c> in</c><00:37:23.920><c> the</c><00:37:24.079><c> Lord</c><00:37:24.300><c> with</c><00:37:24.659><c> all</c><00:37:24.980><c> thy</c><00:37:25.199><c> heart</c><00:37:25.840><c> and</c><00:37:26.260><c> lean</c><00:37:26.440><c> not</c><00:37:26.719><c> unto</c><00:37:27.000><c> thine</c><00:37:27.239><c> own</c><00:37:27.579><c> understanding.</c>

00:37:28.820 --> 00:37:32.300
In<00:37:28.920><c> all</c><00:37:29.340><c> thy</c><00:37:29.539><c> ways</c><00:37:29.860><c> acknowledge</c><00:37:30.480><c> him</c><00:37:31.039><c> and</c><00:37:31.519><c> he</c><00:37:31.719><c> will</c><00:37:31.940><c> direct</c>

00:37:32.300 --> 00:37:35.320
thy<00:37:32.559><c> steps.</c><00:37:33.599><c> It's</c><00:37:33.840><c> both</c><00:37:34.119><c> logical</c><00:37:34.579><c> and</c><00:37:34.900><c> reasonable</c>

00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:38.880
because<00:37:36.079><c> Jeremiah</c><00:37:36.639><c> says</c><00:37:37.019><c> it</c><00:37:37.219><c> is</c><00:37:37.420><c> not</c><00:37:37.659><c> in</c><00:37:38.039><c> man</c><00:37:38.199><c> that</c><00:37:38.539><c> walketh</c>

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:41.360
to<00:37:39.119><c> direct</c><00:37:39.380><c> his</c><00:37:39.639><c> step.</c><00:37:40.500><c> If</c><00:37:40.639><c> we</c><00:37:40.820><c> were</c><00:37:40.960><c> left</c><00:37:41.139><c> to</c>

00:37:41.360 --> 00:37:44.019
ourselves,<00:37:41.840><c> we</c><00:37:42.059><c> wouldn't</c><00:37:42.280><c> have</c><00:37:42.539><c> a</c><00:37:42.900><c> clue</c><00:37:43.199><c> of</c><00:37:43.420><c> what</c><00:37:43.599><c> we</c><00:37:43.860><c> should</c>

00:37:44.019 --> 00:37:49.150
do<00:37:44.440><c> to</c><00:37:44.880><c> please</c><00:37:45.039><c> God,</c><00:37:45.920><c> would</c><00:37:45.920><c> we?</c><00:37:47.239><c> Now,</c><00:37:47.960><c> since</c><00:37:48.360><c> God</c>

00:37:50.630 --> 00:37:54.610
directs<00:37:51.110><c> our</c><00:37:51.309><c> steps,</c><00:37:51.750><c> is</c><00:37:51.969><c> it</c><00:37:52.170><c> not</c><00:37:52.429><c> reasonable</c><00:37:52.969><c> to</c><00:37:53.329><c> assume</c><00:37:53.670><c> that</c><00:37:54.369><c> all</c>

00:37:54.610 --> 00:37:55.909
that<00:37:54.829><c> happens</c><00:37:55.110><c> to</c><00:37:55.309><c> his</c><00:37:55.510><c> children</c>

00:37:55.909 --> 00:37:59.449
is<00:37:56.469><c> under</c><00:37:56.710><c> his</c><00:37:56.949><c> purpose</c><00:37:57.269><c> and</c><00:37:57.630><c> control?</c><00:37:58.750><c> Would</c><00:37:58.889><c> you</c><00:37:59.070><c> turn</c><00:37:59.269><c> with</c>

00:37:59.449 --> 00:38:02.989
me<00:37:59.630><c> to</c><00:37:59.809><c> Romans</c><00:38:00.190><c> chapter</c><00:38:00.590><c> 8?</c>

00:38:03.090 --> 00:38:05.570
Now,<00:38:03.130><c> as</c><00:38:03.369><c> we</c><00:38:03.610><c> read</c><00:38:03.849><c> these</c><00:38:04.190><c> words,</c><00:38:04.590><c> let's</c><00:38:04.750><c> bear</c><00:38:04.949><c> in</c><00:38:05.150><c> mind</c><00:38:05.329><c> that</c>

00:38:05.570 --> 00:38:08.710
Paul<00:38:05.909><c> assumes</c><00:38:06.510><c> that</c><00:38:06.809><c> all</c><00:38:07.150><c> believers</c><00:38:07.710><c> understand</c>

00:38:08.710 --> 00:38:11.409
that<00:38:09.289><c> they</c><00:38:09.510><c> are</c><00:38:09.650><c> under</c><00:38:09.869><c> the</c><00:38:10.210><c> direct</c><00:38:10.409><c> supervision</c><00:38:10.989><c> of</c><00:38:11.269><c> their</c>

00:38:11.409 --> 00:38:13.730
heavenly<00:38:11.750><c> father,</c><00:38:12.429><c> and</c><00:38:12.829><c> therefore</c><00:38:13.190><c> all</c>

00:38:13.730 --> 00:38:16.809
things<00:38:13.989><c> that</c><00:38:14.269><c> transpire</c><00:38:14.829><c> in</c><00:38:14.889><c> their</c><00:38:15.130><c> life</c><00:38:15.369><c> have</c><00:38:15.590><c> a</c><00:38:15.809><c> purpose.</c>

00:38:17.210 --> 00:38:18.630
We're<00:38:17.349><c> out,</c><00:38:17.690><c> we're</c><00:38:17.789><c> here</c><00:38:17.949><c> in</c><00:38:18.050><c> the</c><00:38:18.190><c> eighth</c><00:38:18.449><c> chapter</c>

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of<00:38:19.030><c> Romans</c><00:38:19.409><c> at</c><00:38:19.630><c> verse</c><00:38:19.869><c> 28.</c><00:38:21.590><c> And</c><00:38:21.869><c> we</c><00:38:22.070><c> know,</c><00:38:22.989><c> we</c><00:38:23.329><c> know</c><00:38:23.829><c> that</c><00:38:24.210><c> all</c>

00:38:24.530 --> 00:38:27.110
things<00:38:24.849><c> work</c><00:38:25.150><c> together</c><00:38:25.590><c> for</c><00:38:25.929><c> good</c><00:38:26.250><c> to</c><00:38:26.630><c> them</c><00:38:26.869><c> that</c>

00:38:27.110 --> 00:38:29.769
love<00:38:27.289><c> God,</c><00:38:28.010><c> to</c><00:38:28.110><c> them</c><00:38:28.369><c> who</c><00:38:28.550><c> are</c><00:38:28.630><c> the</c><00:38:28.849><c> called</c><00:38:29.030><c> according</c><00:38:29.429><c> to</c><00:38:29.630><c> his</c>

00:38:29.769 --> 00:38:33.230
purpose.<00:38:30.949><c> For</c><00:38:31.010><c> whom</c><00:38:31.289><c> he</c><00:38:31.429><c> did</c><00:38:31.650><c> foreknow,</c><00:38:32.269><c> he</c><00:38:32.489><c> also</c><00:38:32.949><c> did</c>

00:38:33.230 --> 00:38:36.869
predestinate<00:38:34.070><c> to</c><00:38:34.489><c> be</c><00:38:34.730><c> conformed</c><00:38:35.269><c> to</c><00:38:35.409><c> the</c><00:38:35.670><c> image</c><00:38:35.869><c> of</c><00:38:36.130><c> his</c><00:38:36.469><c> son</c>

00:38:36.869 --> 00:38:39.170
that<00:38:37.250><c> he</c><00:38:37.429><c> might</c><00:38:37.650><c> be</c><00:38:37.849><c> the</c><00:38:38.070><c> firstborn</c><00:38:38.570><c> among</c><00:38:38.849><c> many</c>

00:38:39.170 --> 00:38:42.570
brethren.<00:38:40.050><c> Moreover,</c><00:38:40.650><c> whom</c><00:38:40.789><c> he</c><00:38:40.949><c> did</c><00:38:41.250><c> predestinate,</c><00:38:42.369><c> them</c><00:38:42.429><c> he</c>

00:38:42.570 --> 00:38:45.429
also<00:38:43.030><c> called.</c><00:38:43.670><c> And</c><00:38:43.929><c> whom</c><00:38:44.050><c> he</c><00:38:44.289><c> called,</c><00:38:44.750><c> them</c><00:38:44.829><c> he</c><00:38:45.050><c> also</c>

00:38:45.429 --> 00:38:51.449
justified.<00:38:46.510><c> And</c><00:38:46.710><c> whom</c><00:38:46.849><c> he</c><00:38:47.110><c> justified,</c><00:38:47.789><c> them</c><00:38:47.929><c> he</c><00:38:48.210><c> also</c><00:38:48.590><c> glorified.</c><00:38:51.130><c> Now,</c>

00:38:51.489 --> 00:38:53.690
all<00:38:51.869><c> things</c><00:38:52.289><c> work</c><00:38:52.570><c> together.</c>

00:38:54.070 --> 00:38:58.949
And<00:38:54.309><c> those</c><00:38:54.530><c> that</c><00:38:54.849><c> really</c><00:38:55.309><c> benefit</c><00:38:55.690><c> us,</c><00:38:56.050><c> brethren</c><00:38:56.190><c> and</c><00:38:56.409><c> sisters,</c><00:38:56.849><c> are</c><00:38:57.050><c> the</c><00:38:57.289><c> trials</c><00:38:57.590><c> which</c><00:38:57.809><c> we</c><00:38:58.110><c> suffer.</c>

00:38:59.389 --> 00:39:02.530
All<00:38:59.769><c> things</c><00:39:00.150><c> because</c><00:39:00.570><c> the</c><00:39:00.809><c> life</c><00:39:01.050><c> of</c><00:39:01.289><c> the</c><00:39:01.469><c> believer</c><00:39:01.710><c> is</c><00:39:01.929><c> now</c><00:39:02.309><c> in</c>

00:39:02.530 --> 00:39:05.869
a<00:39:02.630><c> molding</c><00:39:03.110><c> process.</c><00:39:04.389><c> It</c><00:39:04.630><c> is</c><00:39:04.829><c> being</c><00:39:05.230><c> subjected</c>

00:39:05.869 --> 00:39:10.030
to<00:39:06.269><c> divinely</c><00:39:06.730><c> arranged</c><00:39:07.170><c> circumstances</c><00:39:08.070><c> designed</c><00:39:09.150><c> to</c><00:39:09.750><c> purge</c>

00:39:10.030 --> 00:39:12.969
away<00:39:10.269><c> the</c><00:39:10.510><c> impurities.</c><00:39:11.969><c> A</c><00:39:12.210><c> person</c><00:39:12.449><c> who</c><00:39:12.590><c> is</c><00:39:12.769><c> newly</c>

00:39:12.969 --> 00:39:16.570
converted<00:39:13.349><c> to</c><00:39:13.590><c> the</c><00:39:13.809><c> faith</c><00:39:13.989><c> is</c><00:39:14.289><c> like</c><00:39:14.809><c> fresh</c><00:39:15.269><c> gold</c><00:39:15.789><c> ore</c><00:39:16.130><c> dug</c><00:39:16.389><c> out</c>

00:39:16.570 --> 00:39:18.570
of<00:39:16.690><c> the</c><00:39:16.849><c> ground,</c><00:39:17.489><c> heavily</c><00:39:17.730><c> encrusted</c><00:39:18.269><c> with</c>

00:39:18.570 --> 00:39:22.309
base<00:39:18.849><c> of</c><00:39:19.769><c> metals.</c><00:39:20.449><c> And</c><00:39:20.690><c> these</c><00:39:20.989><c> base</c><00:39:21.250><c> of</c><00:39:21.510><c> metals</c><00:39:21.690><c> have</c><00:39:21.929><c> to</c><00:39:22.150><c> be</c>

00:39:22.309 --> 00:39:25.710
burned<00:39:22.530><c> away.</c><00:39:23.650><c> The</c><00:39:23.869><c> rough</c><00:39:24.070><c> places</c><00:39:24.389><c> have</c><00:39:24.650><c> to</c><00:39:24.849><c> be</c><00:39:25.110><c> purged,</c>

00:39:26.070 --> 00:39:30.590
that<00:39:26.190><c> they</c><00:39:26.449><c> might</c><00:39:26.769><c> be</c><00:39:27.190><c> shaping</c><00:39:27.570><c> to</c><00:39:27.989><c> the</c><00:39:28.250><c> image</c><00:39:28.690><c> of</c><00:39:29.030><c> Christ.</c><00:39:30.150><c> So</c>

00:39:30.590 --> 00:39:33.570
we<00:39:30.789><c> are</c><00:39:30.949><c> in</c><00:39:31.050><c> a</c><00:39:31.170><c> molding</c><00:39:31.590><c> process.</c><00:39:32.429><c> That</c><00:39:32.869><c> which</c><00:39:33.130><c> we</c><00:39:33.409><c> have</c>

00:39:33.570 --> 00:39:36.590
been<00:39:33.789><c> predestinated</c><00:39:34.469><c> to</c><00:39:34.829><c> is</c><00:39:35.210><c> to</c><00:39:35.369><c> the</c><00:39:35.570><c> image</c><00:39:35.730><c> of</c><00:39:36.010><c> Christ.</c><00:39:36.409><c> If</c>

00:39:36.590 --> 00:39:39.670
we<00:39:36.789><c> do</c><00:39:36.969><c> not</c><00:39:37.170><c> conform</c><00:39:37.570><c> to</c><00:39:37.769><c> his</c><00:39:38.090><c> image,</c><00:39:38.849><c> we</c><00:39:39.090><c> will</c><00:39:39.269><c> not</c><00:39:39.429><c> be</c>

00:39:39.670 --> 00:39:47.929
glorified.<00:39:42.969><c> Now,</c><00:39:43.269><c> Paul</c><00:39:44.010><c> in</c><00:39:44.590><c> Hebrews</c><00:39:44.949><c> 12</c><00:39:45.349><c> and</c><00:39:45.650><c> 5</c><00:39:45.989><c> said,</c><00:39:46.809><c> Ye</c><00:39:46.949><c> have</c><00:39:47.230><c> forgotten</c><00:39:47.670><c> the</c>

00:39:47.929 --> 00:39:49.150
exhortation,<00:39:48.630><c> but</c><00:39:48.809><c> speaketh</c>

00:39:49.150 --> 00:39:53.510
unto<00:39:49.349><c> you</c><00:39:49.550><c> as</c><00:39:49.750><c> children.</c><00:39:50.929><c> My</c><00:39:51.150><c> son,</c><00:39:51.710><c> despise</c><00:39:52.170><c> not</c><00:39:52.530><c> thou</c><00:39:52.730><c> the</c><00:39:52.949><c> chastening</c><00:39:53.329><c> of</c>

00:39:53.510 --> 00:39:55.650
the<00:39:53.670><c> Lord,</c><00:39:54.630><c> nor</c><00:39:54.829><c> faint</c><00:39:55.250><c> when</c><00:39:55.489><c> thou</c>

00:39:55.650 --> 00:39:59.570
are<00:39:55.789><c> rebuked</c><00:39:56.090><c> of</c><00:39:56.190><c> him.</c><00:39:57.030><c> For</c><00:39:57.289><c> whom</c><00:39:57.630><c> the</c><00:39:57.829><c> Lord</c><00:39:58.150><c> loveth,</c><00:39:58.690><c> he</c><00:39:58.869><c> chasteneth</c><00:39:59.230><c> and</c>

00:39:59.570 --> 00:40:01.590
correcteth<00:39:59.929><c> every</c><00:40:00.210><c> son.</c><00:40:01.110><c> If</c><00:40:01.250><c> ye</c><00:40:01.449><c> be</c>

00:40:01.590 --> 00:40:06.750
without<00:40:01.989><c> chastisement,</c><00:40:03.090><c> then</c><00:40:03.210><c> are</c><00:40:03.289><c> ye</c><00:40:03.469><c> baseboarded,</c><00:40:04.190><c> not</c><00:40:04.409><c> sons.</c><00:40:05.730><c> And</c><00:40:05.989><c> Jesus,</c><00:40:06.630><c> to</c>

00:40:06.750 --> 00:40:08.030
the<00:40:06.909><c> Ecclesia</c><00:40:07.309><c> Laodicea,</c>

00:40:08.030 --> 00:40:12.329
remember<00:40:08.409><c> his</c><00:40:08.650><c> words</c><00:40:08.969><c> in</c><00:40:09.230><c> Revelation</c><00:40:09.610><c> 3</c><00:40:09.949><c> and</c><00:40:10.070><c> 19,</c><00:40:11.269><c> As</c><00:40:11.510><c> many</c><00:40:11.889><c> as</c>

00:40:12.329 --> 00:40:17.110
I<00:40:12.650><c> love,</c><00:40:13.650><c> I</c><00:40:13.849><c> rebuke</c><00:40:14.329><c> and</c><00:40:14.590><c> chasten.</c><00:40:15.630><c> As</c><00:40:15.889><c> many</c><00:40:16.250><c> as</c><00:40:16.530><c> I</c><00:40:16.869><c> love,</c>

00:40:17.289 --> 00:40:20.989
I<00:40:17.449><c> rebuke</c><00:40:17.869><c> and</c><00:40:18.090><c> chasten.</c><00:40:18.650><c> We're</c><00:40:18.769><c> all</c><00:40:19.190><c> going</c><00:40:19.469><c> to</c><00:40:19.670><c> suffer</c><00:40:19.929><c> chastening,</c><00:40:20.610><c> brethren</c><00:40:20.769><c> and</c>

00:40:20.989 --> 00:40:23.269
sisters.<00:40:22.289><c> But</c><00:40:22.449><c> how</c><00:40:22.909><c> comforting</c>

00:40:23.269 --> 00:40:29.090
it<00:40:23.570><c> is</c><00:40:23.829><c> to</c><00:40:24.050><c> know</c><00:40:24.329><c> that,</c><00:40:24.929><c> regardless</c><00:40:25.530><c> of</c><00:40:25.849><c> the</c><00:40:26.090><c> greatness</c><00:40:26.349><c> of</c><00:40:26.590><c> the</c><00:40:26.789><c> calamity</c><00:40:27.230><c> and</c><00:40:27.809><c> the</c><00:40:28.349><c> depth</c><00:40:28.869><c> of</c>

00:40:29.090 --> 00:40:29.630
the<00:40:29.269><c> sorrow</c><00:40:29.449><c> to</c>

00:40:29.630 --> 00:40:33.949
which<00:40:29.769><c> we</c><00:40:29.989><c> may</c><00:40:30.250><c> plunge,</c><00:40:31.289><c> God</c><00:40:31.610><c> is</c><00:40:31.869><c> dealing</c><00:40:32.110><c> with</c><00:40:32.389><c> us.</c><00:40:32.869><c> He's</c><00:40:33.150><c> dealing</c><00:40:33.429><c> with</c><00:40:33.670><c> us.</c>

00:40:34.309 --> 00:40:36.210
So<00:40:34.550><c> James</c><00:40:34.869><c> says,</c><00:40:35.289><c> Blessed</c><00:40:35.590><c> is</c><00:40:35.789><c> he</c><00:40:36.010><c> that</c>

00:40:36.210 --> 00:40:39.630
endureth.<00:40:37.289><c> He</c><00:40:37.469><c> didn't</c><00:40:37.710><c> say,</c><00:40:37.909><c> Blessed</c><00:40:38.210><c> is</c><00:40:38.389><c> he</c><00:40:38.530><c> that</c><00:40:38.670><c> suffers,</c>

00:40:39.710 --> 00:40:41.570
because<00:40:40.010><c> many</c><00:40:40.329><c> people</c><00:40:40.570><c> in</c><00:40:40.630><c> this</c><00:40:40.869><c> world</c><00:40:41.070><c> suffer,</c>

00:40:41.730 --> 00:40:45.550
but<00:40:41.889><c> they</c><00:40:42.070><c> don't</c><00:40:42.289><c> attain</c><00:40:42.610><c> eternal</c><00:40:42.989><c> life.</c><00:40:44.050><c> Blessed</c><00:40:44.349><c> is</c><00:40:44.590><c> he</c><00:40:44.789><c> that</c><00:40:45.010><c> endureth,</c><00:40:45.429><c> and</c>

00:40:45.550 --> 00:40:46.929
that<00:40:45.769><c> means</c><00:40:45.969><c> to</c><00:40:46.250><c> bear</c><00:40:46.369><c> up</c><00:40:46.630><c> under</c>

00:40:46.929 --> 00:40:51.730
trials,<00:40:47.869><c> sufferings,</c><00:40:48.889><c> and</c><00:40:49.110><c> persecutions.</c><00:40:50.869><c> And</c><00:40:51.070><c> we</c><00:40:51.289><c> rejoice</c>

00:40:51.730 --> 00:40:53.570
because<00:40:52.130><c> we</c><00:40:52.329><c> have</c><00:40:52.550><c> been</c><00:40:52.730><c> delivered</c><00:40:53.050><c> from</c><00:40:53.289><c> this</c>

00:40:53.570 --> 00:41:01.889
present<00:40:53.849><c> age.</c><00:40:55.070><c> Now,</c><00:40:55.349><c> Paul</c><00:40:55.869><c> in</c><00:40:56.670><c> Titus</c><00:40:56.949><c> 2</c><00:40:57.210><c> and</c><00:40:57.349><c> 12</c><00:40:58.369><c> says,</c><00:40:59.110><c> Teaching</c><00:40:59.489><c> us</c><00:40:59.829><c> that</c><00:41:00.090><c> denying</c><00:41:00.550><c> ungodliness</c><00:41:01.289><c> and</c><00:41:01.610><c> worldly</c>

00:41:01.889 --> 00:41:05.030
lust,<00:41:02.630><c> we</c><00:41:02.869><c> should</c><00:41:03.010><c> live</c><00:41:03.289><c> soberly,</c><00:41:04.050><c> righteously,</c><00:41:04.590><c> and</c><00:41:04.730><c> godly</c>

00:41:05.030 --> 00:41:06.789
in<00:41:05.070><c> this</c><00:41:05.349><c> present</c><00:41:05.610><c> world,</c><00:41:06.170><c> and</c><00:41:06.309><c> that</c><00:41:06.429><c> means</c><00:41:06.570><c> in</c>

00:41:06.789 --> 00:41:10.969
this<00:41:06.969><c> present</c><00:41:07.329><c> course</c><00:41:07.630><c> of</c><00:41:07.869><c> things.</c><00:41:09.030><c> Paul</c><00:41:09.309><c> wrote</c><00:41:09.570><c> to</c><00:41:09.730><c> those</c><00:41:10.110><c> who</c><00:41:10.329><c> live</c><00:41:10.590><c> in</c>

00:41:10.969 --> 00:41:12.750
exceptionally<00:41:11.329><c> degraded</c><00:41:11.889><c> society,</c>

00:41:13.230 --> 00:41:16.369
and<00:41:13.309><c> if</c><00:41:13.409><c> they</c><00:41:13.630><c> were</c><00:41:13.829><c> expected</c><00:41:14.250><c> to</c><00:41:14.510><c> live</c><00:41:14.710><c> soberly,</c><00:41:15.409><c> righteously,</c><00:41:15.969><c> and</c><00:41:16.110><c> godly</c>

00:41:16.369 --> 00:41:17.730
in<00:41:16.510><c> the</c><00:41:16.710><c> present</c><00:41:16.929><c> evil</c><00:41:17.210><c> world,</c>

00:41:18.130 --> 00:41:21.690
much<00:41:18.369><c> more</c><00:41:18.670><c> could</c><00:41:18.849><c> it</c><00:41:18.989><c> be</c><00:41:19.130><c> said</c><00:41:19.289><c> to</c><00:41:19.510><c> us.</c><00:41:20.670><c> And</c><00:41:20.909><c> it</c><00:41:21.030><c> teaches</c><00:41:21.349><c> us,</c>

00:41:21.690 --> 00:41:24.349
doesn't<00:41:21.949><c> it,</c><00:41:22.590><c> that</c><00:41:22.769><c> we</c><00:41:22.949><c> can't</c><00:41:23.230><c> blame</c><00:41:23.489><c> our</c><00:41:23.829><c> failures</c>

00:41:24.349 --> 00:41:28.750
on<00:41:24.710><c> adverse</c><00:41:25.269><c> conditions.</c><00:41:26.809><c> If</c><00:41:26.969><c> we</c><00:41:27.329><c> fail,</c><00:41:28.130><c> it's</c><00:41:28.309><c> our</c><00:41:28.570><c> fault,</c>

00:41:28.769 --> 00:41:32.079
brothers<00:41:29.050><c> and</c><00:41:29.250><c> sisters.</c><00:41:31.070><c> But</c><00:41:31.190><c> you</c><00:41:31.309><c> see,</c>

00:41:33.449 --> 00:41:39.489
grace<00:41:33.650><c> is</c><00:41:34.090><c> to</c><00:41:34.210><c> be</c><00:41:34.449><c> manifested</c><00:41:34.989><c> in</c><00:41:35.289><c> a</c><00:41:35.469><c> hostile</c><00:41:35.909><c> world.</c><00:41:37.130><c> Our</c><00:41:37.369><c> present</c><00:41:37.690><c> environment</c><00:41:38.269><c> with</c><00:41:38.530><c> its</c><00:41:38.710><c> temptations,</c>

00:41:39.710 --> 00:41:42.730
its<00:41:39.809><c> seductions,</c><00:41:40.630><c> its</c><00:41:40.769><c> allurements,</c><00:41:41.329><c> and</c><00:41:41.550><c> enticements</c><00:41:42.130><c> is</c>

00:41:42.730 --> 00:41:45.710
the<00:41:42.969><c> very</c><00:41:43.469><c> atmosphere</c><00:41:44.269><c> in</c><00:41:44.690><c> which</c><00:41:44.889><c> God</c><00:41:45.170><c> is</c><00:41:45.369><c> selecting</c>

00:41:45.710 --> 00:41:50.489
and<00:41:46.010><c> developing</c><00:41:47.110><c> a</c><00:41:47.510><c> people</c><00:41:47.829><c> for</c><00:41:48.070><c> his</c><00:41:48.309><c> name,</c><00:41:48.550><c> the</c><00:41:48.730><c> heirs</c><00:41:48.889><c> of</c><00:41:49.110><c> salvation.</c><00:41:50.230><c> As</c>

00:41:50.489 --> 00:41:52.230
Paul<00:41:50.789><c> said</c><00:41:50.969><c> in</c><00:41:51.090><c> Galatians</c><00:41:51.510><c> 1</c><00:41:51.750><c> and</c><00:41:51.869><c> 4</c><00:41:52.070><c> of</c>

00:41:52.230 --> 00:41:55.869
Christ,<00:41:52.889><c> who</c><00:41:53.070><c> gave</c><00:41:53.389><c> himself</c><00:41:53.809><c> for</c><00:41:54.070><c> our</c><00:41:54.389><c> sins,</c><00:41:55.329><c> that</c><00:41:55.469><c> he</c><00:41:55.590><c> might</c>

00:41:55.869 --> 00:41:58.230
deliver<00:41:56.309><c> us</c><00:41:56.489><c> from</c><00:41:56.670><c> this</c><00:41:56.929><c> present</c><00:41:57.329><c> evil</c><00:41:57.650><c> world</c>

00:41:58.230 --> 00:42:02.889
according<00:41:59.150><c> to</c><00:41:59.409><c> the</c><00:41:59.510><c> will</c><00:41:59.650><c> of</c><00:41:59.809><c> God</c><00:42:00.050><c> and</c><00:42:00.210><c> our</c><00:42:00.349><c> Father.</c><00:42:00.869><c> It's</c><00:42:01.110><c> God's</c><00:42:01.530><c> will</c><00:42:01.869><c> that</c><00:42:02.170><c> faith</c><00:42:02.409><c> should</c><00:42:02.630><c> be</c>

00:42:02.889 --> 00:42:03.730
manifested<00:42:03.369><c> in</c><00:42:03.590><c> a</c>

00:42:03.730 --> 00:42:08.869
hostile<00:42:04.230><c> environment.</c><00:42:06.309><c> Well,</c><00:42:06.949><c> we</c><00:42:07.150><c> have</c><00:42:07.369><c> a</c><00:42:07.530><c> future</c><00:42:07.789><c> happiness,</c><00:42:08.349><c> and</c><00:42:08.590><c> we've</c>

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said<00:42:08.969><c> a</c><00:42:09.130><c> great</c><00:42:09.289><c> deal</c><00:42:09.510><c> about</c>

00:42:09.789 --> 00:42:16.230
this<00:42:10.010><c> this</c><00:42:10.289><c> week.</c><00:42:11.789><c> But</c><00:42:11.949><c> the</c><00:42:12.110><c> time</c><00:42:12.269><c> is</c><00:42:12.510><c> coming</c><00:42:12.730><c> very</c><00:42:13.289><c> close,</c><00:42:13.869><c> brethren</c><00:42:14.050><c> and</c><00:42:14.250><c> sisters,</c><00:42:14.670><c> when</c><00:42:14.849><c> the</c><00:42:15.130><c> tabernacle</c><00:42:15.630><c> of</c><00:42:15.909><c> God</c>

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is<00:42:16.449><c> going</c><00:42:16.690><c> to</c><00:42:16.869><c> be</c><00:42:16.989><c> with</c><00:42:17.210><c> men,</c><00:42:18.070><c> and</c><00:42:18.309><c> he</c><00:42:18.469><c> will</c><00:42:18.690><c> dwell</c><00:42:19.010><c> with</c><00:42:19.309><c> them,</c>

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and<00:42:20.050><c> they</c><00:42:20.230><c> should</c><00:42:20.389><c> be</c><00:42:20.550><c> his</c><00:42:20.769><c> people.</c><00:42:21.170><c> And</c><00:42:21.469><c> God</c>

00:42:21.730 --> 00:42:25.150
himself<00:42:22.090><c> should</c><00:42:22.349><c> be</c><00:42:22.550><c> their</c><00:42:22.809><c> God,</c><00:42:23.989><c> and</c><00:42:24.050><c> God</c><00:42:24.349><c> shall</c><00:42:24.530><c> wipe</c><00:42:24.809><c> away</c>

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all<00:42:25.610><c> tears</c><00:42:25.949><c> from</c><00:42:26.170><c> their</c><00:42:26.409><c> eyes,</c><00:42:27.289><c> and</c><00:42:27.469><c> there</c><00:42:27.630><c> shall</c>

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be<00:42:27.909><c> no</c><00:42:28.170><c> more</c><00:42:28.429><c> death,</c><00:42:29.110><c> neither</c><00:42:29.389><c> sorrow,</c><00:42:29.909><c> nor</c><00:42:30.110><c> crying,</c><00:42:30.929><c> neither</c>

00:42:31.250 --> 00:42:33.789
shall<00:42:31.469><c> there</c><00:42:31.670><c> be</c><00:42:31.829><c> any</c><00:42:32.150><c> more</c><00:42:32.389><c> pain,</c><00:42:33.389><c> for</c><00:42:33.550><c> the</c>

00:42:33.789 --> 00:42:38.449
former<00:42:33.989><c> things</c><00:42:34.269><c> are</c><00:42:34.469><c> passed</c><00:42:34.789><c> away.</c><00:42:37.210><c> Let</c><00:42:37.449><c> us</c><00:42:37.590><c> go</c><00:42:37.789><c> back</c><00:42:38.090><c> in</c><00:42:38.269><c> our</c>

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mind,<00:42:38.630><c> and</c><00:42:38.750><c> we're</c><00:42:38.849><c> going</c><00:42:39.030><c> to</c><00:42:39.969><c> conclude</c><00:42:40.309><c> in</c><00:42:40.469><c> a</c><00:42:40.590><c> few</c>

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moments,<00:42:41.610><c> back</c><00:42:41.849><c> to</c><00:42:42.010><c> the</c><00:42:42.230><c> time</c><00:42:42.769><c> of</c><00:42:43.349><c> Joshua.</c><00:42:44.489><c> The</c><00:42:44.650><c> children</c><00:42:44.869><c> of</c>

00:42:45.050 --> 00:42:46.969
Israel<00:42:45.349><c> just</c><00:42:45.710><c> wandered</c><00:42:46.050><c> through</c><00:42:46.250><c> the</c><00:42:46.429><c> wilderness</c><00:42:46.710><c> for</c>

00:42:46.969 --> 00:42:51.309
40<00:42:47.190><c> years.</c><00:42:47.969><c> God</c><00:42:48.289><c> called</c><00:42:48.690><c> it</c><00:42:48.929><c> a</c><00:42:49.110><c> waste</c><00:42:49.550><c> howling</c><00:42:50.130><c> wilderness.</c>

00:42:51.449 --> 00:42:54.329
They<00:42:51.610><c> had</c><00:42:51.829><c> endured</c><00:42:52.030><c> hardships,</c><00:42:53.030><c> wars,</c><00:42:53.550><c> and</c><00:42:53.650><c> they</c><00:42:53.869><c> had</c>

00:42:54.329 --> 00:42:57.449
existed<00:42:54.610><c> on</c><00:42:54.829><c> a</c><00:42:54.929><c> very</c><00:42:55.190><c> limited</c><00:42:55.489><c> diet.</c><00:42:56.489><c> But</c><00:42:56.650><c> now</c><00:42:56.949><c> there</c><00:42:57.050><c> was</c><00:42:57.309><c> a</c>

00:42:57.449 --> 00:42:59.590
great<00:42:57.630><c> deal</c><00:42:57.789><c> of</c><00:42:58.090><c> excitement</c><00:42:58.369><c> in</c><00:42:58.570><c> the</c><00:42:58.769><c> camp.</c>

00:42:59.789 --> 00:43:02.329
They<00:42:59.949><c> were</c><00:43:00.210><c> about</c><00:43:00.469><c> to</c><00:43:00.789><c> enter</c><00:43:00.949><c> the</c><00:43:01.170><c> land</c><00:43:01.349><c> of</c><00:43:01.670><c> promise.</c><00:43:02.150><c> They</c>

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were<00:43:02.630><c> filled</c><00:43:02.889><c> with</c><00:43:03.170><c> eagerness</c><00:43:03.630><c> and</c><00:43:03.809><c> anticipation</c>

00:43:04.550 --> 00:43:09.269
to<00:43:04.789><c> go</c><00:43:04.949><c> into</c><00:43:05.130><c> this</c><00:43:05.469><c> land</c><00:43:05.750><c> that</c><00:43:06.030><c> was</c><00:43:06.230><c> described</c><00:43:06.710><c> as</c><00:43:06.889><c> a</c><00:43:07.090><c> land</c><00:43:07.329><c> that</c><00:43:07.630><c> flowed</c><00:43:07.889><c> with</c><00:43:08.070><c> milk</c><00:43:08.269><c> and</c><00:43:08.449><c> honey.</c>

00:43:09.429 --> 00:43:13.389
They<00:43:09.610><c> were</c><00:43:09.789><c> on</c><00:43:09.929><c> the</c><00:43:10.110><c> verge</c><00:43:10.349><c> of</c><00:43:10.530><c> the</c><00:43:10.650><c> land</c><00:43:10.809><c> of</c><00:43:11.090><c> promise.</c><00:43:12.469><c> But</c><00:43:12.650><c> we,</c><00:43:13.269><c> as</c>

00:43:13.389 --> 00:43:15.269
the<00:43:13.670><c> Israel</c><00:43:13.889><c> of</c><00:43:14.070><c> God</c><00:43:14.329><c> today,</c><00:43:14.710><c> brethren</c><00:43:15.010><c> and</c>

00:43:15.269 --> 00:43:18.010
sisters,<00:43:15.929><c> are</c><00:43:16.090><c> standing</c><00:43:16.449><c> on</c><00:43:16.690><c> the</c><00:43:16.909><c> threshold</c><00:43:17.369><c> of</c><00:43:17.570><c> the</c><00:43:17.670><c> kingdom</c>

00:43:18.010 --> 00:43:20.630
of<00:43:18.250><c> God.</c><00:43:18.869><c> For</c><00:43:19.090><c> that</c><00:43:19.429><c> rest</c><00:43:19.690><c> still</c><00:43:20.010><c> remains</c><00:43:20.429><c> for</c>

00:43:20.630 --> 00:43:24.510
the<00:43:20.809><c> people</c><00:43:21.030><c> of</c><00:43:21.150><c> God.</c><00:43:21.929><c> We</c><00:43:22.170><c> are</c><00:43:22.389><c> living</c><00:43:22.590><c> in</c><00:43:22.869><c> astounding</c><00:43:23.429><c> days.</c>

00:43:24.590 --> 00:43:26.469
We<00:43:24.690><c> have</c><00:43:24.929><c> witnessed</c><00:43:25.230><c> the</c><00:43:25.469><c> fulfillment</c><00:43:25.949><c> of</c><00:43:26.230><c> many</c>

00:43:26.469 --> 00:43:31.389
Bible<00:43:26.829><c> prophecies</c><00:43:27.630><c> which</c><00:43:28.070><c> unmistakably</c><00:43:29.190><c> indicate</c><00:43:29.809><c> to</c><00:43:30.070><c> us</c><00:43:30.510><c> the</c><00:43:30.869><c> nearness</c><00:43:31.190><c> of</c>

00:43:31.389 --> 00:43:33.050
the<00:43:31.469><c> Lord</c><00:43:31.690><c> Jesus</c><00:43:32.030><c> Christ.</c>

00:43:33.190 --> 00:43:36.630
On<00:43:33.489><c> one</c><00:43:33.730><c> occasion</c><00:43:34.070><c> when</c><00:43:34.289><c> Jesus</c><00:43:34.630><c> spoke</c><00:43:34.889><c> to</c><00:43:35.090><c> the</c><00:43:35.250><c> people</c><00:43:35.429><c> in</c><00:43:35.710><c> parables,</c><00:43:36.449><c> the</c>

00:43:36.630 --> 00:43:38.449
apostles<00:43:36.989><c> asked</c><00:43:37.409><c> him</c><00:43:37.550><c> why</c><00:43:37.650><c> he</c><00:43:37.829><c> did</c><00:43:38.070><c> so.</c>

00:43:38.929 --> 00:43:42.710
And<00:43:39.150><c> he</c><00:43:39.250><c> said</c><00:43:39.530><c> he</c><00:43:39.730><c> did</c><00:43:40.050><c> so</c><00:43:40.409><c> because</c><00:43:41.110><c> it</c><00:43:41.389><c> is</c><00:43:41.590><c> given</c><00:43:41.829><c> unto</c><00:43:42.170><c> you</c><00:43:42.469><c> to</c>

00:43:42.710 --> 00:43:44.889
know<00:43:43.369><c> the</c><00:43:43.570><c> mysteries</c><00:43:43.869><c> of</c><00:43:44.070><c> the</c><00:43:44.190><c> kingdom</c><00:43:44.409><c> of</c><00:43:44.630><c> God,</c>

00:43:44.889 --> 00:43:48.789
but<00:43:45.230><c> unto</c><00:43:45.510><c> them</c><00:43:45.789><c> it</c><00:43:45.889><c> was</c><00:43:46.090><c> not</c><00:43:46.349><c> given.</c><00:43:47.030><c> And</c><00:43:47.210><c> later</c><00:43:47.449><c> on</c><00:43:47.690><c> he</c><00:43:47.889><c> said,</c>

00:43:49.030 --> 00:43:51.730
but<00:43:49.150><c> blessed</c><00:43:49.610><c> are</c><00:43:49.869><c> your</c><00:43:50.070><c> eyes</c><00:43:50.449><c> for</c><00:43:50.610><c> they</c><00:43:50.929><c> see,</c>

00:43:51.750 --> 00:43:55.050
and<00:43:51.909><c> your</c><00:43:52.090><c> ears</c><00:43:52.469><c> for</c><00:43:52.670><c> they</c><00:43:52.949><c> hear.</c><00:43:53.750><c> For</c><00:43:53.929><c> very</c><00:43:54.190><c> I</c><00:43:54.489><c> say</c><00:43:54.650><c> unto</c><00:43:54.849><c> you</c>

00:43:55.050 --> 00:43:56.969
that<00:43:55.170><c> many</c><00:43:55.530><c> prophets</c><00:43:55.889><c> and</c><00:43:56.110><c> righteous</c><00:43:56.449><c> men</c><00:43:56.750><c> have</c>

00:43:56.969 --> 00:44:00.769
desired<00:43:57.489><c> to</c><00:43:57.789><c> hear</c><00:43:57.929><c> the</c><00:43:58.170><c> things</c><00:43:58.309><c> that</c><00:43:58.510><c> you</c><00:43:58.650><c> have</c><00:43:58.829><c> heard</c><00:43:59.090><c> and</c><00:43:59.389><c> not</c><00:43:59.610><c> heard</c><00:43:59.829><c> them,</c><00:44:00.309><c> and</c><00:44:00.550><c> to</c>

00:44:00.769 --> 00:44:01.610
see<00:44:00.949><c> the</c><00:44:01.210><c> things</c><00:44:01.409><c> which</c>

00:44:01.610 --> 00:44:05.369
you<00:44:01.769><c> have</c><00:44:01.989><c> seen</c><00:44:02.210><c> and</c><00:44:02.449><c> have</c><00:44:02.750><c> not</c><00:44:03.030><c> seen</c><00:44:03.250><c> them.</c><00:44:04.570><c> If</c><00:44:04.789><c> it</c><00:44:04.949><c> could</c><00:44:05.110><c> be</c>

00:44:05.369 --> 00:44:08.230
said<00:44:05.510><c> of</c><00:44:05.730><c> them,</c><00:44:06.809><c> in</c><00:44:06.969><c> a</c><00:44:07.190><c> time</c><00:44:07.389><c> when</c><00:44:07.550><c> Christ</c><00:44:07.829><c> was</c><00:44:08.030><c> going</c>

00:44:08.230 --> 00:44:11.369
to<00:44:08.449><c> lead</c><00:44:08.610><c> them</c><00:44:08.969><c> and</c><00:44:09.329><c> be</c><00:44:09.489><c> gone</c><00:44:09.630><c> for</c><00:44:09.869><c> a</c><00:44:10.110><c> long</c><00:44:10.349><c> period</c><00:44:10.730><c> of</c><00:44:10.989><c> time,</c>

00:44:11.789 --> 00:44:13.690
if<00:44:11.989><c> it</c><00:44:12.130><c> could</c><00:44:12.269><c> be</c><00:44:12.349><c> said</c><00:44:12.469><c> of</c><00:44:12.630><c> them,</c><00:44:13.130><c> could</c><00:44:13.269><c> it</c><00:44:13.449><c> not</c>

00:44:13.690 --> 00:44:17.449
equally<00:44:14.110><c> be</c><00:44:14.530><c> applicable</c><00:44:15.010><c> to</c><00:44:15.230><c> us?</c><00:44:16.269><c> You</c><00:44:16.349><c> know,</c><00:44:16.670><c> Paul</c><00:44:16.869><c> rejoiced</c>

00:44:17.449 --> 00:44:18.989
because<00:44:17.730><c> the</c><00:44:17.989><c> revelation</c><00:44:18.409><c> of</c><00:44:18.590><c> the</c><00:44:18.730><c> mystery</c>

00:44:18.989 --> 00:44:23.989
was<00:44:19.230><c> granted</c><00:44:19.469><c> him.</c><00:44:20.329><c> Many</c><00:44:20.630><c> of</c><00:44:20.849><c> the</c><00:44:20.949><c> obscure</c><00:44:21.369><c> prophecies</c><00:44:22.130><c> of</c><00:44:22.309><c> the</c><00:44:22.510><c> past</c><00:44:22.769><c> were</c><00:44:23.030><c> now</c><00:44:23.409><c> revealed</c><00:44:23.809><c> to</c>

00:44:23.989 --> 00:44:25.909
him.<00:44:24.989><c> They</c><00:44:25.130><c> had</c><00:44:25.429><c> been</c>

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concealed<00:44:26.389><c> in</c><00:44:26.570><c> a</c><00:44:26.730><c> former</c><00:44:27.050><c> age,</c><00:44:27.570><c> but</c><00:44:27.690><c> now</c><00:44:27.929><c> they</c><00:44:28.070><c> were</c><00:44:28.289><c> taking</c>

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on<00:44:28.829><c> substance.</c><00:44:29.849><c> Paul</c><00:44:30.130><c> became,</c><00:44:30.789><c> therefore,</c>

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the<00:44:31.429><c> great</c><00:44:31.789><c> expositor</c><00:44:32.510><c> of</c><00:44:32.789><c> justification</c><00:44:33.489><c> by</c><00:44:33.909><c> faith</c><00:44:34.349><c> and</c><00:44:34.869><c> the</c>

00:44:35.050 --> 00:44:37.670
opening<00:44:35.250><c> of</c><00:44:35.469><c> the</c><00:44:35.610><c> door</c><00:44:35.809><c> of</c><00:44:35.929><c> faith</c><00:44:36.150><c> to</c><00:44:36.349><c> the</c><00:44:36.469><c> gentiles.</c>

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Now<00:44:38.010><c> we</c><00:44:38.230><c> stand</c><00:44:38.670><c> in</c><00:44:38.829><c> similar</c><00:44:39.250><c> circumstances.</c><00:44:40.750><c> By</c><00:44:40.949><c> this</c><00:44:41.210><c> I</c><00:44:41.449><c> mean</c>

00:44:41.610 --> 00:44:44.449
we<00:44:41.829><c> have</c><00:44:42.090><c> seen</c><00:44:42.250><c> the</c><00:44:42.449><c> fulfillment</c><00:44:42.909><c> of</c><00:44:43.170><c> many</c><00:44:43.409><c> obscure</c>

00:44:44.590 --> 00:44:47.230
prophecies.<00:44:45.309><c> Much</c><00:44:45.510><c> of</c><00:44:45.690><c> the</c><00:44:45.929><c> apocalypse</c><00:44:46.409><c> has</c><00:44:46.650><c> been</c><00:44:46.909><c> enacted</c>

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in<00:44:47.510><c> our</c><00:44:47.670><c> own</c><00:44:47.969><c> generation,</c><00:44:48.769><c> or</c><00:44:48.969><c> at</c><00:44:49.030><c> least</c><00:44:49.190><c> in</c>

00:44:49.369 --> 00:44:52.510
the<00:44:49.489><c> past</c><00:44:49.730><c> few</c><00:44:49.909><c> centuries.</c><00:44:51.210><c> We</c><00:44:51.409><c> have</c><00:44:51.670><c> seen</c><00:44:51.869><c> the</c><00:44:52.150><c> development</c>

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of<00:44:52.730><c> the</c><00:44:52.889><c> apostate</c><00:44:53.550><c> church</c><00:44:53.829><c> system,</c>

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and<00:44:55.250><c> history</c><00:44:55.630><c> certainly</c><00:44:56.050><c> attests</c><00:44:56.550><c> to</c><00:44:56.789><c> the</c><00:44:57.190><c> terrible</c><00:44:57.570><c> atrocities</c><00:44:58.510><c> committed</c><00:44:59.030><c> by</c><00:44:59.289><c> the</c>

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apocalyptic<00:45:00.030><c> horror,</c>

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who<00:45:01.070><c> has</c><00:45:01.269><c> been</c><00:45:01.449><c> made</c><00:45:01.730><c> drunk</c><00:45:01.929><c> with</c><00:45:02.110><c> the</c><00:45:02.289><c> blood</c><00:45:02.369><c> of</c><00:45:02.570><c> the</c><00:45:02.750><c> saints.</c>

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History<00:45:04.130><c> attests</c><00:45:04.570><c> to</c><00:45:04.769><c> the</c><00:45:05.050><c> accuracy</c><00:45:05.369><c> of</c><00:45:05.630><c> God's</c>

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description<00:45:06.469><c> of</c><00:45:06.670><c> this</c><00:45:06.969><c> apostate</c><00:45:07.550><c> system</c><00:45:08.090><c> because</c><00:45:08.769><c> he's</c><00:45:09.130><c> depicted</c><00:45:09.510><c> it</c>

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to<00:45:09.889><c> us</c><00:45:10.349><c> as</c><00:45:10.690><c> the</c><00:45:10.829><c> most</c><00:45:11.050><c> disgusting</c>

00:45:11.590 --> 00:45:15.070
of<00:45:11.889><c> womankind.</c><00:45:13.230><c> We</c><00:45:13.329><c> have</c><00:45:13.570><c> seen</c><00:45:13.690><c> the</c><00:45:13.849><c> whole</c><00:45:14.170><c> world</c><00:45:14.489><c> deceived</c>

00:45:15.070 --> 00:45:18.449
as<00:45:15.349><c> sin</c><00:45:15.449><c> has</c><00:45:15.630><c> been</c><00:45:15.889><c> manifested</c><00:45:16.429><c> in</c><00:45:16.730><c> all</c><00:45:16.989><c> areas</c><00:45:17.329><c> of</c><00:45:17.650><c> human</c>

00:45:18.610 --> 00:45:22.130
activity.<00:45:19.730><c> We</c><00:45:20.309><c> have</c><00:45:20.510><c> seen</c><00:45:20.650><c> Israel,</c><00:45:21.269><c> the</c><00:45:21.429><c> fig</c><00:45:21.650><c> tree</c><00:45:21.789><c> nation,</c>

00:45:22.269 --> 00:45:25.510
shoot<00:45:22.409><c> forth.</c><00:45:23.570><c> Part</c><00:45:23.789><c> of</c><00:45:23.889><c> the</c><00:45:24.070><c> Olivet</c><00:45:24.409><c> prophecy</c><00:45:24.929><c> was</c><00:45:25.250><c> just</c>

00:45:25.510 --> 00:45:29.010
for<00:45:25.750><c> us</c><00:45:26.010><c> living</c><00:45:26.230><c> in</c><00:45:26.389><c> this</c><00:45:26.590><c> generation,</c><00:45:27.289><c> and</c><00:45:28.210><c> many</c><00:45:28.469><c> of</c><00:45:28.630><c> us</c><00:45:28.809><c> have</c>

00:45:29.010 --> 00:45:31.170
personally<00:45:29.510><c> witnessed</c><00:45:30.150><c> much</c><00:45:30.489><c> of</c><00:45:30.670><c> the</c><00:45:30.769><c> fulfillment</c>

00:45:31.170 --> 00:45:34.610
of<00:45:31.309><c> this</c><00:45:31.489><c> prophecy.</c><00:45:32.570><c> We</c><00:45:32.710><c> have</c><00:45:32.929><c> seen</c><00:45:33.050><c> the</c><00:45:33.210><c> birth</c><00:45:33.429><c> of</c><00:45:33.650><c> the</c><00:45:33.690><c> nation</c><00:45:33.969><c> of</c><00:45:34.130><c> Israel</c><00:45:34.409><c> in</c>

00:45:34.610 --> 00:45:36.829
1948<00:45:35.349><c> against</c><00:45:36.010><c> insurmountable</c>

00:45:36.829 --> 00:45:41.289
odds.<00:45:37.789><c> In</c><00:45:37.929><c> 1967,</c><00:45:38.969><c> in</c><00:45:39.190><c> the</c><00:45:39.289><c> June</c><00:45:39.510><c> war,</c><00:45:40.269><c> we</c><00:45:40.409><c> watched</c><00:45:40.710><c> the</c><00:45:41.070><c> Arabs</c>

00:45:41.289 --> 00:45:43.909
confederate<00:45:42.050><c> together</c><00:45:42.469><c> to</c><00:45:42.969><c> wipe</c><00:45:43.329><c> out</c><00:45:43.550><c> Israel</c>

00:45:43.909 --> 00:45:48.269
off<00:45:44.150><c> the</c><00:45:44.289><c> face</c><00:45:44.530><c> of</c><00:45:44.710><c> the</c><00:45:44.829><c> earth,</c><00:45:45.710><c> and</c><00:45:45.809><c> we</c><00:45:46.070><c> saw</c><00:45:46.269><c> Israel</c><00:45:46.789><c> simultaneously</c><00:45:47.809><c> attack</c>

00:45:48.269 --> 00:45:49.989
Egypt,<00:45:48.949><c> Syria,</c><00:45:49.510><c> and</c><00:45:49.730><c> Jordan</c>

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with<00:45:50.630><c> devastating</c><00:45:51.210><c> results.</c><00:45:52.389><c> Within</c><00:45:52.650><c> two</c><00:45:53.010><c> hours,</c><00:45:53.670><c> the</c><00:45:53.889><c> armaments</c><00:45:54.230><c> of</c>

00:45:54.469 --> 00:45:55.909
Egypt<00:45:54.789><c> and</c><00:45:54.989><c> Jordan</c><00:45:55.289><c> were</c><00:45:55.570><c> rendered</c>

00:45:55.909 --> 00:45:59.110
ineffective.<00:45:57.050><c> The</c><00:45:57.269><c> Egyptian</c><00:45:57.650><c> air</c><00:45:58.010><c> force</c><00:45:58.250><c> was</c><00:45:58.489><c> destroyed</c><00:45:58.909><c> on</c>

00:45:59.110 --> 00:46:00.989
the<00:45:59.309><c> ground,</c><00:45:59.670><c> and</c><00:45:59.929><c> the</c><00:46:00.110><c> world</c><00:46:00.389><c> looked</c><00:46:00.690><c> on</c><00:46:00.869><c> an</c>

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amazement<00:46:01.510><c> as</c><00:46:01.889><c> Israel</c><00:46:02.329><c> marched</c><00:46:02.789><c> within</c><00:46:03.150><c> 10</c><00:46:03.510><c> miles</c><00:46:03.989><c> of</c><00:46:04.369><c> the</c><00:46:04.389><c> city</c><00:46:04.730><c> of</c>

00:46:04.909 --> 00:46:08.070
Damascus.<00:46:07.130><c> Military</c><00:46:07.449><c> leaders</c><00:46:07.730><c> today</c>

00:46:08.070 --> 00:46:12.869
are<00:46:08.389><c> still</c><00:46:08.750><c> pondering</c><00:46:09.329><c> the</c><00:46:09.610><c> unprecedented</c><00:46:10.309><c> victory</c><00:46:10.730><c> by</c><00:46:11.010><c> Israel</c><00:46:11.650><c> against</c><00:46:12.389><c> such</c>

00:46:12.869 --> 00:46:16.010
apparent,<00:46:13.829><c> overwhelming</c><00:46:14.849><c> odds.</c>

00:46:16.170 --> 00:46:20.449
Jerusalem<00:46:16.510><c> was</c><00:46:16.789><c> taken,</c><00:46:17.530><c> and</c><00:46:17.610><c> we</c><00:46:17.690><c> have</c><00:46:17.889><c> seen</c><00:46:18.050><c> Russia</c><00:46:18.449><c> emerge</c><00:46:18.809><c> in</c><00:46:18.989><c> World</c><00:46:19.329><c> War</c><00:46:19.610><c> II</c><00:46:19.829><c> as</c><00:46:20.090><c> a</c>

00:46:20.449 --> 00:46:21.829
powerful<00:46:20.889><c> and</c><00:46:21.329><c> influential</c>

00:46:21.829 --> 00:46:25.610
nation,<00:46:22.989><c> spreading</c><00:46:23.230><c> your</c><00:46:23.510><c> communism</c><00:46:24.050><c> through</c><00:46:24.809><c> the</c><00:46:25.170><c> European</c>

00:46:25.610 --> 00:46:27.750
nations,<00:46:26.389><c> and</c><00:46:26.610><c> from</c><00:46:26.809><c> the</c><00:46:26.909><c> very</c><00:46:27.170><c> beginning,</c>

00:46:27.750 --> 00:46:32.409
Russia<00:46:28.250><c> has</c><00:46:28.429><c> maintained</c><00:46:28.949><c> a</c><00:46:29.150><c> hostile</c><00:46:29.730><c> position</c><00:46:30.230><c> against</c><00:46:30.630><c> Israel.</c><00:46:32.329><c> We</c>

00:46:32.409 --> 00:46:35.210
have,<00:46:32.869><c> therefore,</c><00:46:33.989><c> the</c><00:46:34.210><c> utmost</c><00:46:34.530><c> confidence</c>

00:46:35.210 --> 00:46:38.190
in<00:46:35.570><c> the</c><00:46:35.730><c> fulfillment</c><00:46:36.230><c> of</c><00:46:36.510><c> the</c><00:46:36.630><c> rest</c><00:46:36.849><c> of</c><00:46:36.989><c> God's</c><00:46:37.489><c> prophecies.</c>

00:46:38.510 --> 00:46:41.070
All<00:46:38.809><c> of</c><00:46:38.949><c> these</c><00:46:39.210><c> indicate</c><00:46:39.730><c> to</c><00:46:39.929><c> us</c><00:46:40.190><c> the</c><00:46:40.429><c> nearness</c><00:46:40.730><c> of</c><00:46:40.949><c> the</c>

00:46:41.070 --> 00:46:43.949
return<00:46:41.349><c> of</c><00:46:41.530><c> our</c><00:46:41.690><c> Lord</c><00:46:41.889><c> and</c><00:46:42.090><c> Master,</c><00:46:42.909><c> and</c><00:46:43.269><c> we</c><00:46:43.469><c> are</c><00:46:43.550><c> living</c><00:46:43.750><c> in</c>

00:46:43.949 --> 00:46:46.210
the<00:46:44.130><c> days</c><00:46:44.329><c> that</c><00:46:44.530><c> may</c><00:46:44.690><c> very</c><00:46:45.050><c> possibly</c><00:46:45.570><c> herald</c><00:46:45.929><c> His</c>

00:46:46.210 --> 00:46:49.730
coming.<00:46:47.489><c> The</c><00:46:47.809><c> time</c><00:46:48.010><c> is</c><00:46:48.170><c> at</c><00:46:48.369><c> hand,</c><00:46:48.610><c> as</c><00:46:48.789><c> we</c><00:46:48.969><c> read</c><00:46:49.150><c> in</c><00:46:49.329><c> Revelation</c>

00:46:49.730 --> 00:46:52.849
19,<00:46:51.010><c> let</c><00:46:51.230><c> us</c><00:46:51.449><c> be</c><00:46:51.769><c> glad</c><00:46:52.070><c> and</c><00:46:52.289><c> rejoice,</c>

00:46:52.849 --> 00:46:55.750
and<00:46:53.389><c> give</c><00:46:53.610><c> honor</c><00:46:53.969><c> to</c><00:46:54.210><c> Him,</c><00:46:54.690><c> for</c><00:46:54.789><c> the</c><00:46:55.010><c> marriage</c><00:46:55.269><c> of</c><00:46:55.449><c> the</c><00:46:55.590><c> Lamb</c>

00:46:55.750 --> 00:46:58.610
has<00:46:56.010><c> come,</c><00:46:56.769><c> and</c><00:46:56.849><c> His</c><00:46:57.090><c> wife</c><00:46:57.409><c> has</c><00:46:57.650><c> made</c><00:46:57.809><c> herself</c><00:46:58.170><c> ready.</c>

00:46:59.090 --> 00:47:01.789
And<00:46:59.309><c> to</c><00:46:59.489><c> her</c><00:46:59.650><c> was</c><00:46:59.889><c> granted</c><00:47:00.250><c> that</c><00:47:00.469><c> she</c><00:47:00.730><c> should</c><00:47:00.909><c> be</c><00:47:01.190><c> arrayed</c><00:47:01.530><c> in</c>

00:47:01.789 --> 00:47:05.349
fine<00:47:02.070><c> linen,</c><00:47:02.989><c> clean</c><00:47:03.190><c> and</c><00:47:03.489><c> white,</c><00:47:04.230><c> for</c><00:47:04.409><c> the</c><00:47:04.650><c> fine</c><00:47:04.929><c> linen</c>

00:47:05.349 --> 00:47:08.170
is<00:47:05.809><c> of</c><00:47:05.949><c> righteousness</c><00:47:06.349><c> of</c><00:47:06.650><c> the</c><00:47:06.849><c> saints,</c><00:47:07.530><c> of</c><00:47:07.650><c> the</c><00:47:07.829><c> righteous</c>

00:47:08.170 --> 00:47:10.949
acts<00:47:08.530><c> of</c><00:47:08.730><c> the</c><00:47:08.909><c> saints.</c><00:47:09.650><c> And</c><00:47:09.809><c> He</c><00:47:10.030><c> saith</c><00:47:10.190><c> unto</c><00:47:10.449><c> me,</c>

00:47:11.090 --> 00:47:14.190
Right,<00:47:11.570><c> blessed</c><00:47:11.809><c> are</c><00:47:12.030><c> they</c><00:47:12.269><c> which</c><00:47:12.449><c> are</c><00:47:12.690><c> called</c><00:47:12.969><c> unto</c><00:47:13.210><c> the</c><00:47:13.449><c> marriage</c><00:47:13.710><c> supper</c><00:47:14.010><c> of</c>

00:47:14.190 --> 00:47:16.070
the<00:47:14.369><c> Lamb.</c><00:47:15.070><c> And</c><00:47:15.489><c> I'd</c><00:47:15.789><c> like</c><00:47:15.829><c> to</c>

00:47:16.070 --> 00:47:18.409
conclude<00:47:16.429><c> now</c><00:47:16.710><c> with</c><00:47:16.909><c> these</c><00:47:17.110><c> words</c><00:47:17.349><c> of</c><00:47:17.510><c> Jesus</c><00:47:17.869><c> that</c><00:47:18.050><c> are</c><00:47:18.210><c> taken</c>

00:47:18.409 --> 00:47:21.190
from<00:47:18.670><c> the</c><00:47:19.289><c> 22nd</c><00:47:19.769><c> chapter</c><00:47:20.130><c> of</c><00:47:20.309><c> Revelation,</c>

00:47:21.570 --> 00:47:26.309
Behold,<00:47:22.389><c> I</c><00:47:22.630><c> come</c><00:47:22.889><c> quickly.</c><00:47:24.130><c> Blessed</c><00:47:24.469><c> is</c><00:47:24.789><c> He</c><00:47:24.989><c> that</c><00:47:25.190><c> keepeth</c><00:47:25.610><c> the</c><00:47:25.849><c> sayings</c><00:47:26.130><c> of</c>

00:47:26.309 --> 00:47:28.449
this<00:47:26.550><c> book.</c><00:47:27.449><c> I</c><00:47:27.690><c> come</c><00:47:27.929><c> quickly,</c>

00:47:28.449 --> 00:47:32.050
and<00:47:29.070><c> my</c><00:47:29.329><c> reward</c><00:47:29.610><c> is</c><00:47:29.829><c> with</c><00:47:30.050><c> me,</c><00:47:30.630><c> to</c><00:47:30.789><c> give</c><00:47:31.010><c> every</c><00:47:31.389><c> man</c><00:47:31.690><c> according</c>

00:47:32.050 --> 00:47:33.429
as<00:47:32.269><c> his</c><00:47:32.510><c> work</c><00:47:32.670><c> shall</c><00:47:32.909><c> be.</c>

00:47:33.829 --> 00:47:37.550
And<00:47:34.010><c> He</c><00:47:34.309><c> who</c><00:47:34.429><c> was</c><00:47:34.690><c> testifieth</c><00:47:35.230><c> of</c><00:47:35.429><c> these</c><00:47:35.769><c> things</c><00:47:36.070><c> saith,</c><00:47:36.989><c> Surely</c><00:47:37.309><c> I</c>

00:47:37.550 --> 00:47:41.230
come<00:47:37.769><c> quickly.</c><00:47:38.829><c> Amen.</c><00:47:39.789><c> Even</c><00:47:40.170><c> so,</c><00:47:40.789><c> come,</c><00:47:41.070><c> Lord</c>

00:47:41.230 --> 00:47:48.969
Jesus.<00:47:45.889><c> We</c><00:47:46.489><c> will</c><00:47:46.769><c> conclude</c><00:47:47.530><c> this</c><00:47:48.010><c> part</c><00:47:48.190><c> of</c><00:47:48.369><c> our</c><00:47:48.670><c> continuing</c>

00:47:48.969 --> 00:47:50.610
service<00:47:49.409><c> unto</c><00:47:49.630><c> our</c><00:47:49.849><c> Heavenly</c><00:47:50.150><c> Father</c>

00:47:50.610 --> 00:47:54.650
and<00:47:50.889><c> brothers</c><00:47:50.889><c> and</c><00:47:51.150><c> sisters</c><00:47:51.670><c> by</c><00:47:52.610><c> prayer</c><00:47:52.849><c> through</c><00:47:53.030><c> our</c><00:47:53.170><c> brother</c><00:47:53.389><c> Joe</c><00:47:53.710><c> Bennett</c><00:47:54.150><c> of</c>

00:47:54.650 --> 00:47:55.570
the<00:47:54.769><c> Caltz</c><00:47:55.190><c> Indiana</c>

00:47:55.570 --> 00:48:00.670
Ecclesia,<00:47:56.630><c> after</c><00:47:56.889><c> we</c><00:47:57.050><c> have</c><00:47:57.250><c> all</c><00:47:57.409><c> sung</c><00:47:57.590><c> together</c><00:47:57.969><c> hymn</c><00:47:58.190><c> number</c><00:47:58.670><c> 292.</c>

00:48:20.610 --> 00:48:38.449
We<00:48:21.849><c> shall</c><00:48:22.590><c> be</c><00:48:23.409><c> like</c><00:48:24.190><c> him,</c><00:48:25.809><c> for</c><00:48:26.190><c> our</c><00:48:26.670><c> is</c><00:48:27.429><c> the</c><00:48:28.070><c> proudest.</c><00:48:30.349><c> Our</c><00:48:31.489><c> dreamer,</c><00:48:32.889><c> who</c><00:48:33.230><c> our</c><00:48:33.909><c> fathers</c><00:48:34.730><c> love,</c><00:48:35.989><c> we</c><00:48:37.269><c> dare.</c>

00:48:38.750 --> 00:48:48.150
You<00:48:39.690><c> are</c><00:48:40.849><c> the</c><00:48:41.469><c> world,</c><00:48:42.929><c> and</c><00:48:43.449><c> so</c><00:48:43.949><c> the</c><00:48:44.650><c> other</c><00:48:45.190><c> day</c><00:48:45.590><c> spoke</c><00:48:46.670><c> of</c><00:48:47.130><c> him,</c>

00:48:49.010 --> 00:48:56.030
but<00:48:49.349><c> you</c><00:48:49.710><c> shall</c><00:48:50.349><c> now</c><00:48:51.389><c> love</c><00:48:52.389><c> as</c><00:48:53.190><c> he</c><00:48:53.929><c> did</c><00:48:54.449><c> there.</c>

00:48:56.329 --> 00:49:07.329
We<00:48:57.929><c> shall</c><00:48:58.809><c> be</c><00:48:59.690><c> like</c><00:49:00.349><c> him,</c><00:49:01.889><c> pure</c><00:49:02.409><c> in</c><00:49:02.949><c> heart</c><00:49:03.429><c> and</c><00:49:03.989><c> signals,</c><00:49:06.769><c> on</c>

00:49:07.329 --> 00:49:14.309
his<00:49:07.949><c> redeeming,</c><00:49:09.889><c> cursing</c><00:49:10.590><c> hands</c><00:49:11.750><c> of</c><00:49:13.110><c> hell.</c>

00:49:14.610 --> 00:49:32.610
Each<00:49:15.730><c> body</c><00:49:16.889><c> die,</c><00:49:18.929><c> who</c><00:49:19.409><c> is,</c><00:49:19.789><c> shall</c><00:49:20.349><c> then</c><00:49:20.829><c> be</c><00:49:21.429><c> patched,</c><00:49:23.429><c> and</c><00:49:24.710><c> which</c><00:49:26.150><c> measure,</c><00:49:28.469><c> wretched,</c><00:49:29.829><c> will</c><00:49:30.070><c> be</c><00:49:30.789><c> chained.</c>

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We<00:49:34.070><c> shall</c><00:49:34.969><c> be</c><00:49:35.690><c> like</c><00:49:36.670><c> him,</c><00:49:37.909><c> raised</c><00:49:38.449><c> above</c><00:49:39.369><c> all</c><00:49:40.110><c> weakness,</c><00:49:43.070><c> forever</c><00:49:44.309><c> past</c>

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all<00:49:46.070><c> weary,</c><00:49:47.250><c> death</c><00:49:47.929><c> and</c><00:49:49.070><c> pain.</c>

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He<00:49:51.949><c> death</c><00:49:52.730><c> itself</c><00:49:54.409><c> shall</c><00:49:55.889><c> have</c><00:49:56.250><c> no</c><00:49:56.769><c> hour</c><00:49:57.250><c> to</c><00:49:57.969><c> reach</c><00:49:59.130><c> us,</c><00:50:00.449><c> and</c>

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with<00:50:01.969><c> our</c><00:50:02.710><c> wisdom,</c><00:50:04.809><c> glory</c><00:50:05.429><c> is</c><00:50:06.510><c> and</c><00:50:07.190><c> praise.</c>

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So<00:50:10.449><c> in</c><00:50:11.349><c> the</c><00:50:12.090><c> hope</c><00:50:13.230><c> of</c><00:50:14.170><c> bearing</c><00:50:15.110><c> his</c><00:50:15.889><c> pride</c><00:50:16.550><c> in</c><00:50:17.929><c> it,</c><00:50:19.250><c> rejoicing</c>

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in<00:50:21.889><c> his</c><00:50:22.250><c> present,</c><00:50:23.670><c> give</c><00:50:24.510><c> the</c><00:50:25.710><c> praise.</c>

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His<00:50:28.730><c> hope</c><00:50:29.289><c> shall</c><00:50:30.110><c> be,</c><00:50:31.670><c> our</c><00:50:32.369><c> hearts</c><00:50:33.030><c> in</c><00:50:33.429><c> faith</c><00:50:33.869><c> shall</c><00:50:34.570><c> greet</c><00:50:35.610><c> him,</c><00:50:37.010><c> till</c><00:50:37.949><c> we</c>

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in<00:50:39.369><c> glorious</c><00:50:40.929><c> beauty</c><00:50:42.309><c> see</c><00:50:43.050><c> his</c><00:50:43.969><c> face.</c>

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Our<00:50:50.670><c> Father,</c><00:50:51.769><c> which</c><00:50:51.989><c> art</c><00:50:52.210><c> in</c><00:50:52.349><c> heaven,</c><00:50:53.769><c> hallowed</c><00:50:53.989><c> be</c><00:50:54.130><c> thy</c><00:50:54.369><c> holy</c>

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and<00:50:54.849><c> thy</c><00:50:55.090><c> great</c><00:50:55.389><c> name.</c><00:50:57.130><c> Thou</c><00:50:57.469><c> who</c><00:50:57.610><c> art</c><00:50:57.750><c> the</c>

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God<00:50:58.210><c> of</c><00:50:58.389><c> love</c><00:50:58.730><c> and</c><00:50:58.909><c> mercy</c><00:50:59.190><c> and</c><00:50:59.469><c> truth,</c><00:51:00.809><c> we</c><00:51:00.869><c> do</c><00:51:01.050><c> humbly</c><00:51:01.349><c> bow</c><00:51:01.630><c> before</c><00:51:02.070><c> thee,</c><00:51:03.090><c> wishing</c><00:51:03.389><c> to</c>

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thank<00:51:04.269><c> thee</c><00:51:05.130><c> for</c><00:51:06.789><c> thy</c>

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even<00:51:08.210><c> our</c><00:51:08.590><c> high</c><00:51:08.909><c> priest</c><00:51:09.130><c> and</c><00:51:09.269><c> mediator,</c><00:51:11.449><c> for</c><00:51:11.630><c> whose</c><00:51:11.949><c> return</c>

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we<00:51:13.610><c> do</c><00:51:13.889><c> earnestly</c><00:51:14.469><c> pray</c><00:51:14.809><c> for,</c>

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and<00:51:16.730><c> ask</c><00:51:16.989><c> that</c><00:51:17.170><c> we</c><00:51:17.329><c> may</c><00:51:17.650><c> be</c><00:51:17.889><c> found</c><00:51:18.409><c> waiting</c><00:51:18.929><c> and</c><00:51:19.230><c> watching.</c><00:51:22.090><c> We</c>

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thank<00:51:22.449><c> thee,</c><00:51:22.590><c> heavenly</c><00:51:22.909><c> Father,</c>

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that<00:51:23.570><c> thou</c><00:51:23.809><c> hast</c><00:51:24.110><c> given</c><00:51:24.349><c> us</c><00:51:25.349><c> this</c><00:51:25.889><c> week</c><00:51:26.389><c> of</c><00:51:26.670><c> spiritual</c><00:51:27.230><c> feasting.</c><00:51:28.690><c> We</c><00:51:29.329><c> ask</c>

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that<00:51:30.349><c> thou</c><00:51:30.710><c> might</c><00:51:30.949><c> give</c><00:51:31.190><c> us</c><00:51:31.550><c> hearing</c>

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ears<00:51:32.710><c> and</c><00:51:33.429><c> understanding</c><00:51:33.969><c> minds,</c><00:51:35.889><c> to</c><00:51:36.349><c> incorporate</c><00:51:36.969><c> these</c><00:51:37.369><c> words</c><00:51:37.690><c> of</c>

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wisdom<00:51:38.530><c> into</c><00:51:39.550><c> our</c><00:51:40.010><c> everyday</c><00:51:40.289><c> life's</c>

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actions<00:51:41.849><c> and</c><00:51:42.090><c> thoughts,</c><00:51:45.170><c> helping</c><00:51:45.369><c> us</c><00:51:45.769><c> to</c><00:51:46.150><c> rely</c><00:51:46.650><c> upon</c><00:51:47.469><c> thy</c>

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word<00:51:48.889><c> rather</c><00:51:49.349><c> than</c><00:51:49.550><c> ourselves,</c><00:51:51.130><c> realizing</c><00:51:51.630><c> that</c>

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your<00:51:55.550><c> thoughts</c><00:51:55.889><c> are</c><00:51:56.130><c> higher</c><00:51:56.429><c> than</c><00:51:56.610><c> ours,</c><00:51:57.349><c> and</c><00:51:58.949><c> that</c><00:51:59.570><c> all</c><00:52:00.050><c> things</c><00:52:01.030><c> work</c>

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for<00:52:02.070><c> good</c><00:52:02.369><c> to</c><00:52:02.789><c> them</c><00:52:03.070><c> who</c><00:52:03.269><c> love</c><00:52:03.489><c> God.</c>

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We<00:52:06.409><c> pray,</c><00:52:06.769><c> heavenly</c><00:52:07.010><c> Father,</c><00:52:07.670><c> that</c><00:52:08.590><c> by</c><00:52:09.190><c> the</c><00:52:09.389><c> strength</c><00:52:09.789><c> that</c>

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we<00:52:10.070><c> have</c><00:52:10.230><c> obtained,</c><00:52:11.809><c> that</c><00:52:12.010><c> it</c><00:52:12.110><c> will</c><00:52:12.210><c> help</c><00:52:12.429><c> us</c><00:52:12.670><c> to</c>

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go<00:52:13.030><c> out</c><00:52:13.429><c> and</c><00:52:14.090><c> let</c><00:52:14.369><c> thy</c><00:52:14.610><c> light</c><00:52:14.949><c> shine</c><00:52:15.309><c> into</c><00:52:15.570><c> the</c><00:52:15.789><c> world</c><00:52:16.010><c> around</c>

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us,<00:52:17.030><c> and</c><00:52:18.210><c> we</c><00:52:18.469><c> pray</c><00:52:18.789><c> that</c><00:52:19.429><c> we</c><00:52:20.309><c> may</c><00:52:20.550><c> use</c><00:52:20.869><c> this</c><00:52:21.110><c> light</c>

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to<00:52:22.949><c> be</c><00:52:23.070><c> an</c><00:52:23.309><c> example</c><00:52:23.730><c> unto</c><00:52:24.030><c> us,</c><00:52:26.130><c> that</c><00:52:26.250><c> it</c><00:52:26.409><c> will</c><00:52:26.550><c> help</c><00:52:26.750><c> us</c><00:52:27.010><c> to</c><00:52:27.309><c> mold</c><00:52:27.510><c> our</c>

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characters<00:52:28.489><c> in</c><00:52:30.010><c> thy</c><00:52:30.190><c> Son's</c><00:52:30.570><c> example.</c>

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We<00:52:32.949><c> pray,</c><00:52:33.289><c> heavenly</c><00:52:33.510><c> Father,</c><00:52:34.690><c> that</c><00:52:35.929><c> thou</c><00:52:36.210><c> might</c><00:52:36.489><c> strengthen</c>

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us<00:52:37.769><c> in</c><00:52:38.150><c> times</c><00:52:38.489><c> of</c><00:52:38.730><c> weakness</c>

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as<00:52:41.329><c> we</c><00:52:41.530><c> think</c><00:52:41.690><c> upon</c><00:52:42.030><c> these</c><00:52:42.329><c> things,</c><00:52:42.869><c> and</c><00:52:44.170><c> that</c><00:52:44.289><c> we</c><00:52:44.449><c> might</c><00:52:44.650><c> go</c><00:52:45.010><c> forth</c>

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prepared,<00:52:50.889><c> prepared</c><00:52:50.889><c> with</c><00:52:50.889><c> our</c><00:52:51.090><c> armor</c><00:52:51.329><c> on,</c><00:52:53.250><c> and</c><00:52:53.250><c> our</c><00:52:53.489><c> faith</c>

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restored<00:52:54.809><c> as</c><00:52:55.929><c> we</c><00:52:56.050><c> look</c><00:52:56.269><c> for</c><00:52:57.110><c> thy</c><00:52:57.670><c> Son's</c>

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soon<00:52:58.170><c> return.</c><00:52:59.349><c> For</c><00:52:59.510><c> we</c><00:52:59.929><c> do</c><00:53:00.070><c> ask</c><00:53:00.329><c> all</c><00:53:00.650><c> these</c><00:53:00.989><c> things</c><00:53:01.309><c> through</c>

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our<00:53:01.710><c> high</c><00:53:01.989><c> priest</c><00:53:02.190><c> and</c><00:53:02.389><c> mediator,</c>

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even<00:53:03.329><c> the</c><00:53:03.510><c> Lord</c><00:53:03.730><c> Jesus</c><00:53:04.150><c> Christ.</c><00:53:05.389><c> Amen.</c>