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Now,<00:10:01.179><c> Romans</c><00:10:01.539><c> 14</c><00:10:02.159><c> verse</c><00:10:02.440><c> 14.</c>

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I<00:10:04.000><c> know,</c><00:10:04.840><c> and</c><00:10:05.059><c> am</c><00:10:05.299><c> persuaded</c><00:10:05.919><c> by</c><00:10:06.259><c> the</c><00:10:06.419><c> Lord</c><00:10:06.700><c> Jesus,</c>

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when<00:10:08.840><c> he</c><00:10:08.960><c> was</c><00:10:09.080><c> in</c><00:10:09.240><c> that</c><00:10:09.539><c> cave</c><00:10:09.879><c> in</c><00:10:10.139><c> Mount</c><00:10:10.399><c> Sinai,</c>

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and<00:10:12.120><c> learned</c><00:10:12.399><c> the</c><00:10:12.600><c> Gospel</c><00:10:13.080><c> from</c><00:10:14.139><c> the</c><00:10:14.279><c> mouth</c><00:10:14.539><c> of</c><00:10:14.759><c> his</c><00:10:14.960><c> Lord,</c>

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that<00:10:16.519><c> there</c><00:10:16.779><c> is</c><00:10:17.039><c> nothing</c><00:10:17.480><c> unclean</c><00:10:18.159><c> of</c><00:10:18.340><c> itself,</c>

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but<00:10:20.419><c> to</c><00:10:20.580><c> him</c><00:10:20.720><c> that</c><00:10:21.039><c> esteemeth</c><00:10:21.460><c> anything</c><00:10:21.799><c> to</c><00:10:22.000><c> be</c><00:10:22.179><c> unclean,</c>

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to<00:10:22.740><c> him</c><00:10:22.919><c> it</c><00:10:23.100><c> is</c><00:10:23.320><c> unclean.</c>

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Verse<00:10:25.200><c> 17.</c>

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but<00:10:29.700><c> righteousness</c><00:10:30.240><c> and</c><00:10:30.639><c> peace</c><00:10:30.980><c> and</c><00:10:31.279><c> joy</c><00:10:31.440><c> in</c><00:10:31.600><c> the</c><00:10:31.759><c> Holy</c><00:10:32.000><c> Spirit.</c>

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Verse<00:10:34.539><c> 20.</c>

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Now<00:10:41.980><c> the</c><00:10:42.620><c> detail</c><00:10:43.179><c> of</c><00:10:43.820><c> clean</c><00:10:44.059><c> and</c><00:10:44.240><c> unclean</c><00:10:44.620><c> meat</c>

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may<00:10:45.279><c> not</c><00:10:45.460><c> be</c><00:10:45.720><c> applicable,</c>

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but<00:10:47.220><c> the</c><00:10:47.480><c> principle</c><00:10:47.899><c> is.</c>

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He<00:10:55.720><c> now</c><00:10:56.659><c> lived</c><00:10:56.940><c> according</c><00:10:57.399><c> to</c><00:10:57.639><c> the</c><00:10:57.820><c> example</c><00:10:58.200><c> of</c><00:10:58.399><c> his</c><00:10:58.580><c> Lord,</c>

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to<00:11:00.720><c> the</c><00:11:00.899><c> point</c><00:11:01.100><c> that</c><00:11:01.259><c> he</c><00:11:01.379><c> could</c><00:11:01.639><c> say,</c>

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to<00:11:02.559><c> all</c><00:11:02.840><c> the</c><00:11:03.019><c> brothers</c><00:11:03.259><c> and</c><00:11:03.500><c> sisters,</c>

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be<00:11:05.139><c> imitators</c><00:11:05.759><c> of</c><00:11:06.039><c> me,</c><00:11:07.120><c> even</c><00:11:07.480><c> as</c><00:11:07.879><c> I</c><00:11:08.000><c> am</c><00:11:08.360><c> of</c><00:11:08.559><c> Christ.</c>

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where<00:11:20.360><c> again</c><00:11:20.700><c> this</c><00:11:21.220><c> issue</c><00:11:21.639><c> of</c><00:11:22.440><c> meats,</c>

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meats<00:11:24.460><c> offered</c><00:11:24.700><c> to</c><00:11:25.000><c> idols,</c><00:11:25.700><c> is</c><00:11:25.879><c> considered.</c>

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Verse<00:11:33.320><c> 13.</c>

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Wherefore,<00:11:35.919><c> if</c><00:11:36.279><c> meat</c><00:11:36.539><c> make</c><00:11:36.820><c> my</c><00:11:37.139><c> brother</c><00:11:37.360><c> to</c><00:11:37.700><c> offend,</c>

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I<00:11:38.720><c> will</c><00:11:38.919><c> eat</c><00:11:39.100><c> no</c><00:11:39.519><c> flesh</c><00:11:39.840><c> while</c><00:11:40.100><c> the</c><00:11:40.320><c> world</c><00:11:40.559><c> standeth,</c>

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That<00:11:45.899><c> word</c><00:11:46.200><c> offend</c><00:11:46.559><c> has</c><00:11:46.820><c> the</c><00:11:46.919><c> idea</c><00:11:47.179><c> of</c><00:11:47.340><c> putting</c><00:11:47.539><c> a</c><00:11:47.799><c> stumbling</c><00:11:48.080><c> block</c>

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before<00:11:49.519><c> our</c><00:11:49.779><c> brother</c><00:11:50.600><c> so</c><00:11:51.100><c> that</c><00:11:51.200><c> he</c><00:11:51.340><c> falls</c><00:11:51.620><c> over</c><00:11:51.960><c> it.</c>

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It<00:11:55.419><c> doesn't</c><00:11:55.659><c> matter</c><00:11:55.899><c> what</c><00:11:56.179><c> hardship</c><00:11:56.580><c> or</c><00:11:56.899><c> privation</c>

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I<00:11:59.120><c> will</c><00:11:59.460><c> not</c><00:11:59.720><c> cause</c><00:12:00.080><c> my</c><00:12:00.460><c> brother</c><00:12:00.700><c> to</c><00:12:01.059><c> stumble.</c>

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should<00:12:05.600><c> consider</c><00:12:06.039><c> the</c><00:12:06.340><c> effect</c><00:12:06.580><c> of</c><00:12:06.820><c> our</c><00:12:07.080><c> lives</c><00:12:07.399><c> upon</c><00:12:07.700><c> others.</c>

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and<00:12:11.740><c> this</c><00:12:11.960><c> time</c><00:12:12.279><c> verse</c><00:12:12.679><c> 15.</c>

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Romans<00:12:20.179><c> 14</c><00:12:20.740><c> verse</c><00:12:21.039><c> 15.</c>

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But<00:12:21.580><c> if</c><00:12:21.840><c> thy</c><00:12:22.080><c> brother</c><00:12:22.419><c> be</c><00:12:22.720><c> glaiv'd</c><00:12:23.059><c> with</c><00:12:23.240><c> thy</c><00:12:23.519><c> meat,</c>

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now<00:12:24.500><c> walkest</c><00:12:25.100><c> thou</c><00:12:25.320><c> not</c><00:12:25.700><c> charitably,</c>

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destroy<00:12:28.259><c> not</c><00:12:28.600><c> him</c><00:12:28.940><c> with</c><00:12:29.240><c> thy</c><00:12:29.419><c> meat,</c>

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for<00:12:31.220><c> whom</c><00:12:31.519><c> Christ</c><00:12:32.159><c> died.</c>

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which<00:12:38.480><c> make</c><00:12:38.659><c> for</c><00:12:38.919><c> peace,</c>

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For<00:12:44.779><c> meat</c><00:12:45.059><c> destroy</c><00:12:45.539><c> not</c><00:12:45.720><c> the</c><00:12:45.919><c> work</c><00:12:46.100><c> of</c><00:12:46.340><c> God.</c>

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But<00:12:50.299><c> it</c><00:12:50.519><c> is</c><00:12:50.720><c> evil</c><00:12:50.960><c> for</c><00:12:51.220><c> that</c><00:12:51.419><c> man</c><00:12:51.659><c> who</c><00:12:51.960><c> eateth</c><00:12:52.279><c> with</c><00:12:52.480><c> offence.</c>

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nor<00:12:56.100><c> to</c><00:12:56.340><c> drink</c><00:12:56.539><c> wine,</c>

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nor<00:12:57.500><c> anything</c><00:12:58.100><c> whereby</c><00:12:58.740><c> thy</c><00:12:59.080><c> brother</c><00:12:59.419><c> stumbleth,</c>

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Saul<00:13:06.240><c> of</c><00:13:06.460><c> Tarsus</c><00:13:07.299><c> cared</c><00:13:07.740><c> not</c><00:13:07.980><c> for</c><00:13:08.220><c> others.</c>

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Hailing<00:13:10.200><c> men</c><00:13:10.419><c> and</c><00:13:10.559><c> women,</c><00:13:10.980><c> he</c><00:13:11.159><c> cast</c><00:13:11.399><c> them</c><00:13:11.559><c> into</c><00:13:11.799><c> prison.</c>

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When<00:13:13.120><c> they</c><00:13:13.299><c> were</c><00:13:13.460><c> put</c><00:13:13.620><c> to</c><00:13:13.820><c> death,</c>

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he<00:13:14.159><c> gave</c><00:13:14.399><c> his</c><00:13:14.679><c> vote</c><00:13:14.980><c> against</c><00:13:15.379><c> them.</c>

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Christ<00:13:18.980><c> did.</c>

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And<00:13:24.639><c> so</c><00:13:24.779><c> we,</c><00:13:25.200><c> brothers</c><00:13:25.220><c> and</c><00:13:25.500><c> sisters,</c>

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have<00:13:26.039><c> to</c><00:13:26.240><c> reject</c><00:13:26.659><c> the</c><00:13:26.980><c> belief</c><00:13:27.200><c> system</c>

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and<00:13:27.820><c> the</c><00:13:28.059><c> values</c><00:13:28.480><c> of</c><00:13:29.500><c> this</c><00:13:29.879><c> humanistic</c><00:13:30.419><c> world</c>

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as<00:13:31.899><c> fully</c><00:13:32.220><c> and</c><00:13:32.500><c> completely</c>

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as<00:13:34.059><c> the</c><00:13:34.259><c> apostle</c><00:13:34.519><c> Paul</c><00:13:34.840><c> rejected</c><00:13:35.419><c> Judaism.</c>

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We<00:13:38.539><c> live</c><00:13:38.700><c> in</c><00:13:38.820><c> a</c><00:13:39.000><c> world</c><00:13:39.159><c> which</c><00:13:39.440><c> cares</c><00:13:39.720><c> not</c><00:13:39.960><c> for</c><00:13:40.240><c> others.</c>

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A<00:13:41.879><c> world</c><00:13:42.399><c> whose</c><00:13:43.059><c> way</c><00:13:43.299><c> of</c><00:13:43.539><c> life</c><00:13:43.740><c> is</c><00:13:44.059><c> predicated</c>

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upon<00:13:44.940><c> the</c><00:13:45.159><c> principle</c><00:13:45.679><c> of</c><00:13:46.340><c> the</c><00:13:46.659><c> survival</c><00:13:46.960><c> of</c><00:13:47.220><c> the</c><00:13:47.340><c> fittest,</c>

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not<00:13:48.820><c> the</c><00:13:49.039><c> weak.</c>

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A<00:13:51.159><c> world</c><00:13:51.500><c> which</c><00:13:51.740><c> is</c><00:13:51.980><c> imbued</c><00:13:52.320><c> with</c><00:13:52.659><c> stoical</c><00:13:53.200><c> apathy.</c>

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We<00:13:56.019><c> must</c><00:13:56.259><c> live</c><00:13:56.500><c> after</c><00:13:56.700><c> the</c><00:13:56.940><c> example</c><00:13:57.320><c> of</c><00:13:57.559><c> our</c><00:13:57.679><c> Lord</c><00:13:57.879><c> Jesus</c><00:13:58.299><c> Christ</c>

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who<00:14:00.159><c> said,</c><00:14:01.000><c> I</c><00:14:01.059><c> am</c><00:14:01.259><c> the</c><00:14:01.440><c> good</c><00:14:01.639><c> shepherd.</c>

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The<00:14:03.240><c> good</c><00:14:03.480><c> shepherd</c><00:14:03.840><c> lays</c><00:14:04.159><c> down</c><00:14:04.460><c> his</c><00:14:04.720><c> life</c>

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for<00:14:06.120><c> the</c><00:14:06.360><c> sheep.</c>

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We<00:14:09.120><c> turn</c><00:14:09.299><c> back</c><00:14:09.519><c> to</c><00:14:09.679><c> Romans</c><00:14:10.019><c> chapter</c><00:14:10.460><c> 5</c>

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and<00:14:11.919><c> read</c><00:14:12.159><c> some</c><00:14:12.399><c> more</c><00:14:12.559><c> words</c><00:14:12.860><c> of</c><00:14:13.059><c> the</c><00:14:13.179><c> apostle</c><00:14:13.460><c> Paul.</c>

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Romans<00:14:17.179><c> chapter</c><00:14:17.480><c> 5</c><00:14:17.899><c> and</c><00:14:18.120><c> verse</c><00:14:18.340><c> 6.</c>

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For<00:14:20.360><c> when</c><00:14:20.600><c> we</c><00:14:20.799><c> yet</c><00:14:20.960><c> without</c><00:14:21.500><c> strength,</c>

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in<00:14:22.840><c> due</c><00:14:23.059><c> time</c><00:14:23.320><c> Christ</c><00:14:23.759><c> died</c><00:14:24.220><c> for</c><00:14:24.440><c> the</c><00:14:24.659><c> ungodly.</c>

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Verse<00:14:27.019><c> 8.</c>

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But<00:14:28.179><c> God</c><00:14:28.480><c> commendeth</c><00:14:29.039><c> his</c><00:14:29.220><c> love</c><00:14:29.500><c> toward</c><00:14:29.840><c> us,</c>

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in<00:14:30.320><c> that</c><00:14:30.659><c> while</c><00:14:31.080><c> we</c><00:14:31.340><c> were</c><00:14:31.600><c> yet</c><00:14:31.879><c> sinners,</c>

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Christ<00:14:33.200><c> died</c><00:14:33.720><c> for</c><00:14:33.940><c> us.</c>

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And<00:14:37.460><c> the</c><00:14:37.620><c> apostle</c><00:14:37.919><c> Paul</c><00:14:38.659><c> felt</c><00:14:39.200><c> that</c><00:14:39.600><c> particularly</c>

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because<00:14:41.899><c> he</c><00:14:42.220><c> reckoned</c><00:14:42.500><c> himself</c><00:14:42.960><c> to</c><00:14:43.159><c> be</c><00:14:43.379><c> the</c><00:14:43.519><c> chiefest</c><00:14:44.000><c> of</c><00:14:44.259><c> sinners</c>

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because<00:14:46.059><c> he</c><00:14:46.259><c> had</c><00:14:46.559><c> persecuted</c><00:14:47.139><c> the</c><00:14:47.419><c> pleasure</c><00:14:47.740><c> of</c><00:14:48.019><c> God.</c>

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We<00:14:52.440><c> saw</c><00:14:52.659><c> then</c><00:14:52.879><c> in</c><00:14:53.059><c> 2</c><00:14:53.320><c> Corinthians</c><00:14:53.759><c> 11</c>

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the<00:14:55.580><c> beatings</c><00:14:56.240><c> which</c><00:14:56.440><c> the</c><00:14:56.620><c> apostle</c><00:14:56.919><c> Paul</c><00:14:57.240><c> had</c><00:14:57.519><c> to</c><00:14:57.759><c> endure</c>

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which<00:14:58.440><c> thankfully</c><00:14:58.899><c> are</c><00:14:59.200><c> not</c><00:14:59.559><c> our</c><00:14:59.779><c> lot</c><00:14:59.940><c> today.</c>

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But<00:15:01.980><c> there</c><00:15:02.299><c> is</c><00:15:02.580><c> another</c><00:15:02.879><c> side</c><00:15:03.220><c> to</c><00:15:03.419><c> it</c>

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which<00:15:03.779><c> should</c><00:15:04.019><c> be</c><00:15:04.220><c> part</c><00:15:04.480><c> of</c><00:15:04.700><c> our</c><00:15:04.879><c> lives.</c>

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Turn<00:15:06.559><c> on</c><00:15:06.779><c> a</c><00:15:06.919><c> few</c><00:15:07.059><c> pages</c><00:15:07.480><c> to</c><00:15:07.740><c> 1</c><00:15:07.940><c> Corinthians</c><00:15:08.500><c> and</c><00:15:08.740><c> chapter</c><00:15:09.039><c> 9.</c>

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Corinth<00:15:14.340><c> was</c><00:15:14.639><c> the</c><00:15:14.899><c> site</c><00:15:15.159><c> of</c><00:15:15.500><c> the</c><00:15:15.720><c> Ismian</c><00:15:16.220><c> games</c>

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which<00:15:17.919><c> in</c><00:15:18.139><c> the</c><00:15:18.279><c> Greek</c><00:15:18.460><c> calendar</c><00:15:18.879><c> were</c><00:15:19.179><c> second</c><00:15:19.419><c> only</c><00:15:19.759><c> to</c><00:15:19.980><c> the</c><00:15:20.179><c> Olympics.</c>

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So<00:15:22.899><c> in</c><00:15:23.639><c> 1</c><00:15:23.899><c> Corinthians</c><00:15:24.379><c> 9</c><00:15:24.860><c> verse</c><00:15:25.220><c> 24.</c>

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Know<00:15:27.620><c> ye</c><00:15:27.860><c> not</c>

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that<00:15:29.200><c> they</c><00:15:29.480><c> which</c><00:15:29.720><c> run</c><00:15:30.019><c> in</c><00:15:30.220><c> a</c><00:15:30.379><c> race</c><00:15:30.639><c> run</c><00:15:30.940><c> all,</c>

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but<00:15:32.899><c> one</c><00:15:33.279><c> receiveth</c><00:15:33.740><c> the</c><00:15:34.039><c> prize.</c>

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So<00:15:35.580><c> run</c><00:15:35.759><c> that</c><00:15:35.940><c> ye</c><00:15:36.179><c> may</c><00:15:36.440><c> obtain.</c>

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Every<00:15:39.259><c> man</c><00:15:39.460><c> that</c><00:15:39.860><c> striveth</c><00:15:40.200><c> for</c><00:15:40.440><c> the</c><00:15:40.600><c> mastery</c>

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is<00:15:41.399><c> temperate</c><00:15:41.820><c> in</c><00:15:41.960><c> all</c><00:15:42.179><c> things.</c>

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Now<00:15:43.759><c> they</c><00:15:43.960><c> do</c><00:15:44.179><c> it</c><00:15:44.320><c> to</c><00:15:44.539><c> obtain</c><00:15:44.879><c> a</c><00:15:45.240><c> corruptible</c><00:15:45.779><c> crown,</c>

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but<00:15:47.620><c> we</c><00:15:48.159><c> an</c><00:15:48.779><c> incorruptible.</c>

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It's<00:15:52.279><c> fairly</c><00:15:52.580><c> common</c><00:15:52.899><c> knowledge</c><00:15:53.340><c> that</c><00:15:53.759><c> the</c><00:15:54.159><c> crown</c>

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that<00:15:54.700><c> was</c><00:15:55.000><c> awarded</c><00:15:55.799><c> at</c><00:15:57.379><c> the</c><00:15:57.600><c> Olympics</c>

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to<00:15:58.279><c> the</c><00:15:58.460><c> winner</c><00:15:58.679><c> of</c><00:15:58.980><c> whatever</c><00:15:59.480><c> contest</c><00:16:00.220><c> it</c><00:16:00.460><c> was</c>

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was<00:16:00.899><c> the</c><00:16:01.039><c> laurel</c><00:16:01.340><c> wreath.</c>

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Perhaps<00:16:03.500><c> not</c><00:16:03.759><c> so</c><00:16:04.000><c> well</c><00:16:04.200><c> known</c>

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that<00:16:05.480><c> the</c><00:16:05.740><c> crown</c><00:16:06.059><c> that</c><00:16:06.240><c> was</c><00:16:06.419><c> given</c><00:16:06.799><c> to</c><00:16:07.039><c> the</c><00:16:07.240><c> winner</c>

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in<00:16:08.419><c> the</c><00:16:08.580><c> Ismian</c><00:16:08.980><c> games</c><00:16:09.639><c> was</c><00:16:10.679><c> a</c><00:16:10.899><c> wreath</c><00:16:11.139><c> of</c><00:16:11.460><c> withered</c><00:16:11.980><c> celery.</c>

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That's<00:16:14.139><c> what</c><00:16:14.259><c> they</c><00:16:14.639><c> strove</c><00:16:15.120><c> for.</c>

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Verse<00:16:18.960><c> 26.</c>

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I<00:16:20.220><c> therefore</c><00:16:20.799><c> so</c><00:16:21.179><c> run,</c><00:16:21.419><c> not</c><00:16:21.659><c> as</c><00:16:21.899><c> uncertainly,</c>

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so<00:16:23.500><c> fight</c><00:16:24.000><c> I</c><00:16:24.179><c> not</c><00:16:24.360><c> as</c><00:16:24.539><c> one</c><00:16:24.720><c> that</c><00:16:25.080><c> beateth</c><00:16:25.360><c> the</c><00:16:25.580><c> air,</c>

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but<00:16:26.679><c> I</c><00:16:27.019><c> keep</c><00:16:27.179><c> under</c><00:16:27.480><c> my</c><00:16:27.779><c> body</c>

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and<00:16:28.779><c> bring</c><00:16:29.059><c> it</c><00:16:29.279><c> into</c><00:16:29.500><c> subjection,</c>

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lest<00:16:31.399><c> that</c><00:16:31.600><c> by</c><00:16:31.899><c> any</c><00:16:32.120><c> means</c><00:16:32.379><c> when</c><00:16:32.559><c> I</c><00:16:32.759><c> had</c><00:16:32.980><c> preached</c><00:16:33.220><c> to</c><00:16:33.480><c> others</c>

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I<00:16:34.820><c> myself</c><00:16:35.600><c> should</c><00:16:36.460><c> be</c><00:16:36.679><c> a</c><00:16:36.840><c> castaway.</c>

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The<00:16:39.879><c> authorities</c><00:16:40.419><c> don't</c><00:16:41.259><c> beat</c><00:16:41.580><c> us</c>

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or<00:16:43.000><c> cast</c><00:16:43.220><c> us</c><00:16:43.419><c> into</c><00:16:43.700><c> prison.</c>

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We<00:16:45.899><c> have</c><00:16:46.139><c> to</c><00:16:46.379><c> beat</c><00:16:46.580><c> ourselves</c>

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because<00:16:47.720><c> that</c><00:16:48.019><c> word</c><00:16:48.259><c> keep</c><00:16:48.580><c> under</c><00:16:49.019><c> in</c><00:16:49.360><c> verse</c><00:16:49.759><c> 27</c>

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means<00:16:51.500><c> to</c><00:16:51.820><c> beat</c><00:16:52.100><c> black</c><00:16:52.480><c> and</c><00:16:52.799><c> blue,</c>

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to<00:16:53.740><c> smite</c><00:16:54.080><c> so</c><00:16:54.299><c> as</c><00:16:54.440><c> to</c><00:16:54.659><c> cause</c><00:16:55.039><c> bruises.</c>

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Others<00:16:58.240><c> may</c><00:16:58.519><c> not</c><00:16:58.700><c> be</c><00:16:58.960><c> harsh</c><00:16:59.220><c> to</c><00:16:59.419><c> us,</c>

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but<00:17:01.059><c> we</c><00:17:01.360><c> must</c><00:17:01.580><c> be</c><00:17:01.899><c> harsh</c><00:17:02.100><c> to</c><00:17:02.340><c> ourselves</c>

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to<00:17:03.960><c> win</c><00:17:04.240><c> the</c><00:17:04.519><c> prize.</c>

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The<00:17:06.700><c> apostle</c><00:17:06.940><c> has</c><00:17:07.180><c> more</c><00:17:07.460><c> counsel</c><00:17:07.819><c> for</c><00:17:08.119><c> us</c>

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in<00:17:08.539><c> his</c><00:17:08.720><c> letter</c><00:17:08.920><c> to</c><00:17:09.299><c> Titus</c><00:17:09.920><c> and</c><00:17:10.460><c> chapter</c><00:17:10.799><c> 2.</c>

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Titus<00:17:16.960><c> chapter</c><00:17:17.299><c> 2</c><00:17:18.299><c> and</c><00:17:18.819><c> verse</c><00:17:19.160><c> 11.</c>

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For<00:17:22.039><c> the</c><00:17:22.279><c> grace</c><00:17:22.519><c> of</c><00:17:22.700><c> God</c><00:17:22.940><c> that</c><00:17:23.259><c> bringeth</c><00:17:23.599><c> salvation</c>

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hath<00:17:24.599><c> appeared</c><00:17:24.920><c> to</c><00:17:25.220><c> all</c><00:17:25.440><c> men,</c>

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teaching<00:17:27.039><c> us</c><00:17:27.380><c> that</c><00:17:27.680><c> denying</c><00:17:28.119><c> ungodliness</c>

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and<00:17:29.279><c> worldly</c><00:17:29.619><c> lusts,</c>

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we<00:17:31.240><c> should</c><00:17:31.440><c> live</c><00:17:31.779><c> soberly,</c>

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righteously<00:17:33.559><c> and</c><00:17:34.180><c> godly</c><00:17:34.819><c> in</c><00:17:35.039><c> this</c><00:17:35.339><c> present</c><00:17:35.720><c> world.</c>

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The<00:17:37.920><c> apostle</c><00:17:38.259><c> describes</c><00:17:38.799><c> in</c><00:17:39.019><c> another</c><00:17:39.259><c> place</c>

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as<00:17:39.859><c> this</c><00:17:40.059><c> present</c><00:17:40.680><c> evil</c><00:17:41.299><c> world,</c>

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looking<00:17:43.339><c> for</c><00:17:43.619><c> that</c><00:17:43.880><c> blessed</c><00:17:44.279><c> hope</c>

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and<00:17:45.480><c> the</c><00:17:45.720><c> glorious</c><00:17:46.160><c> appearing</c><00:17:46.680><c> of</c><00:17:46.920><c> the</c><00:17:47.079><c> great</c><00:17:47.339><c> God</c>

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and<00:17:48.880><c> our</c><00:17:49.180><c> saviour</c><00:17:49.619><c> Jesus</c><00:17:50.079><c> Christ,</c>

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who<00:17:53.039><c> gave</c><00:17:53.420><c> himself</c><00:17:53.960><c> for</c><00:17:54.259><c> us,</c>

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that<00:17:55.720><c> he</c><00:17:55.920><c> might</c><00:17:56.240><c> redeem</c><00:17:56.660><c> us</c><00:17:56.900><c> from</c><00:17:57.180><c> all</c><00:17:57.460><c> iniquity</c>

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and<00:17:59.160><c> purify</c><00:17:59.759><c> unto</c><00:18:00.000><c> himself</c><00:18:00.599><c> a</c><00:18:00.880><c> peculiar</c><00:18:01.359><c> people,</c>

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zealous<00:18:03.319><c> of</c><00:18:03.640><c> good</c><00:18:03.960><c> works.</c>

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The<00:18:06.619><c> apostle</c><00:18:06.980><c> Paul</c><00:18:07.420><c> picks</c><00:18:07.720><c> up</c><00:18:07.980><c> there</c><00:18:08.240><c> an</c><00:18:08.319><c> Old</c><00:18:08.539><c> Testament</c><00:18:08.980><c> phrase,</c>

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peculiar<00:18:11.160><c> people,</c>

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which<00:18:13.460><c> if</c><00:18:13.680><c> you</c><00:18:13.920><c> trace</c><00:18:14.180><c> it</c><00:18:14.400><c> through</c><00:18:14.640><c> the</c><00:18:14.819><c> Old</c><00:18:15.019><c> Testament,</c>

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means<00:18:17.900><c> artifacts</c><00:18:18.700><c> which</c><00:18:19.019><c> were</c><00:18:19.259><c> so</c><00:18:19.599><c> precious,</c>

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so<00:18:21.180><c> valuable</c><00:18:21.880><c> that</c><00:18:22.559><c> only</c><00:18:22.940><c> a</c><00:18:23.259><c> king</c><00:18:23.559><c> could</c><00:18:23.799><c> afford</c>

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to<00:18:24.519><c> purchase</c><00:18:24.819><c> and</c><00:18:25.220><c> possess</c><00:18:25.660><c> them.</c>

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And<00:18:28.579><c> that's</c><00:18:28.900><c> how</c><00:18:29.200><c> God</c><00:18:29.559><c> sees</c><00:18:30.019><c> those</c>

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who<00:18:31.920><c> speak</c><00:18:32.299><c> often</c><00:18:32.799><c> one</c><00:18:33.099><c> to</c><00:18:33.319><c> another</c>

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and<00:18:34.940><c> think</c><00:18:35.359><c> upon</c><00:18:35.720><c> his</c><00:18:36.039><c> name.</c>

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So<00:18:39.660><c> as</c><00:18:40.119><c> we</c><00:18:40.519><c> remember</c><00:18:41.099><c> our</c><00:18:41.500><c> Lord</c><00:18:41.819><c> Jesus</c><00:18:42.299><c> Christ</c><00:18:42.660><c> this</c><00:18:42.960><c> morning,</c>

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who<00:18:44.539><c> gave</c><00:18:44.940><c> himself</c><00:18:45.519><c> for</c><00:18:45.779><c> us</c>

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that<00:18:47.460><c> he</c><00:18:47.640><c> might</c><00:18:48.000><c> redeem</c><00:18:48.420><c> us</c><00:18:49.460><c> from</c><00:18:50.000><c> all</c><00:18:50.460><c> iniquity,</c>

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we<00:18:53.559><c> have</c><00:18:53.759><c> to</c><00:18:54.019><c> remember</c><00:18:54.319><c> also</c>

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that<00:18:55.920><c> we</c><00:18:56.160><c> in</c><00:18:56.380><c> our</c><00:18:56.599><c> lives</c>

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must<00:18:58.079><c> deny</c><00:18:58.900><c> ungodliness</c><00:18:59.859><c> and</c><00:19:00.259><c> worldly</c><00:19:00.500><c> lusts.</c>

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We<00:19:02.259><c> must</c><00:19:02.519><c> live</c><00:19:02.819><c> soberly,</c>

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righteously<00:19:05.259><c> and</c><00:19:05.859><c> godly</c><00:19:06.759><c> in</c><00:19:07.059><c> this</c><00:19:07.380><c> world.</c>

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So<00:19:11.000><c> where</c><00:19:11.200><c> do</c><00:19:11.319><c> we</c><00:19:11.420><c> start?</c>

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Turn<00:19:13.319><c> to</c><00:19:13.519><c> Colossians</c><00:19:14.240><c> chapter</c><00:19:15.019><c> 3.</c>

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Colossians<00:19:25.240><c> chapter</c><00:19:25.539><c> 3</c><00:19:25.940><c> and</c><00:19:26.140><c> verse</c><00:19:26.359><c> 1,</c>

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and<00:19:26.819><c> they're</c><00:19:26.920><c> well</c><00:19:27.140><c> known</c><00:19:27.339><c> words.</c>

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If<00:19:29.440><c> ye</c><00:19:29.740><c> then</c><00:19:29.960><c> be</c><00:19:30.220><c> risen</c><00:19:30.519><c> with</c><00:19:30.839><c> Christ,</c>

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and<00:19:33.319><c> that</c><00:19:33.559><c> contrasts</c><00:19:34.160><c> chapter</c><00:19:34.339><c> 2</c><00:19:34.700><c> verse</c><00:19:34.980><c> 20,</c>

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wherefore<00:19:36.680><c> if</c><00:19:36.960><c> ye</c><00:19:37.140><c> be</c><00:19:37.359><c> dead</c><00:19:37.660><c> with</c><00:19:37.940><c> Christ</c>

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from<00:19:38.619><c> the</c><00:19:38.859><c> rudiments</c><00:19:39.299><c> of</c><00:19:39.539><c> the</c><00:19:39.779><c> world,</c>

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chapter<00:19:42.240><c> 3</c><00:19:42.619><c> verse</c><00:19:42.859><c> 1,</c>

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if<00:19:43.380><c> ye</c><00:19:43.579><c> then</c><00:19:43.759><c> be</c><00:19:44.039><c> risen</c><00:19:44.299><c> with</c><00:19:44.599><c> Christ,</c>

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seek<00:19:45.920><c> those</c><00:19:46.279><c> things</c><00:19:46.559><c> which</c><00:19:46.859><c> are</c><00:19:47.039><c> above,</c>

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where<00:19:48.039><c> Christ</c><00:19:48.460><c> sitteth</c><00:19:48.779><c> on</c><00:19:48.960><c> the</c><00:19:49.140><c> right</c><00:19:49.400><c> hand</c><00:19:49.579><c> of</c><00:19:49.759><c> God.</c>

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Set<00:19:50.740><c> your</c><00:19:51.039><c> affection,</c><00:19:51.819><c> margin</c><00:19:52.099><c> your</c><00:19:52.579><c> mind,</c>

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on<00:19:53.859><c> things</c><00:19:54.200><c> above,</c><00:19:55.160><c> not</c><00:19:55.420><c> on</c><00:19:55.700><c> things</c><00:19:55.920><c> on</c><00:19:56.140><c> the</c><00:19:56.319><c> earth,</c>

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for<00:19:57.779><c> ye</c><00:19:58.019><c> are</c><00:19:58.200><c> dead,</c>

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and<00:19:59.259><c> your</c><00:19:59.460><c> life</c><00:19:59.740><c> is</c><00:20:00.000><c> hid</c><00:20:00.119><c> with</c><00:20:00.359><c> Christ</c><00:20:00.980><c> in</c><00:20:01.519><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:20:03.440><c> what</c><00:20:03.619><c> the</c><00:20:03.799><c> Apostle</c><00:20:04.180><c> Paul</c><00:20:04.660><c> did,</c>

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recognizing<00:20:06.759><c> that</c><00:20:07.619><c> he</c><00:20:07.799><c> was</c><00:20:08.160><c> dead</c>

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to<00:20:09.720><c> all</c><00:20:10.140><c> those</c><00:20:10.440><c> things</c><00:20:10.799><c> which</c><00:20:11.079><c> he</c><00:20:11.259><c> had</c><00:20:11.480><c> esteemed</c>

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so<00:20:12.380><c> highly</c><00:20:12.940><c> in</c><00:20:13.740><c> time</c><00:20:14.039><c> past.</c>

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Verse<00:20:16.480><c> 5,</c>

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Mortify<00:20:18.539><c> therefore</c><00:20:18.980><c> your</c><00:20:19.259><c> members</c>

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which<00:20:19.920><c> are</c><00:20:20.140><c> upon</c><00:20:20.400><c> the</c><00:20:20.680><c> earth,</c>

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fornication,<00:20:23.140><c> uncleanness,</c>

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inordinate<00:20:24.859><c> affection,</c>

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evil<00:20:26.359><c> concupiscence,</c>

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and<00:20:27.700><c> covetousness</c><00:20:28.440><c> which</c><00:20:28.680><c> is</c><00:20:28.960><c> idolatry,</c>

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for<00:20:30.740><c> which</c><00:20:31.019><c> things</c><00:20:31.359><c> sake</c><00:20:31.559><c> the</c><00:20:31.799><c> wrath</c><00:20:31.920><c> of</c><00:20:32.119><c> God</c>

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cometh<00:20:32.740><c> on</c><00:20:32.900><c> the</c><00:20:33.099><c> children</c><00:20:33.380><c> of</c><00:20:33.700><c> disobedience,</c>

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in<00:20:35.680><c> the</c><00:20:35.819><c> which</c><00:20:36.000><c> ye</c><00:20:36.279><c> also</c><00:20:36.740><c> walked</c><00:20:37.019><c> some</c><00:20:37.400><c> time</c>

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when<00:20:37.779><c> ye</c><00:20:37.960><c> lived</c><00:20:38.160><c> in</c><00:20:38.400><c> them.</c>

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But<00:20:39.779><c> now</c><00:20:40.119><c> ye</c><00:20:40.500><c> put</c><00:20:40.720><c> off</c><00:20:41.119><c> all</c><00:20:41.579><c> these,</c>

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anger,<00:20:43.640><c> wrath,</c><00:20:44.299><c> malice,</c><00:20:45.240><c> blasphemy,</c>

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filthy<00:20:46.359><c> communication</c><00:20:47.160><c> out</c><00:20:47.400><c> of</c><00:20:47.519><c> your</c><00:20:47.720><c> mouth,</c>

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lie<00:20:48.980><c> not</c><00:20:49.279><c> one</c><00:20:49.519><c> to</c><00:20:49.759><c> another,</c>

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seeing<00:20:50.400><c> that</c><00:20:50.579><c> ye</c><00:20:50.819><c> have</c><00:20:50.980><c> put</c><00:20:51.380><c> off</c><00:20:51.619><c> the</c><00:20:51.839><c> old</c><00:20:52.140><c> man</c>

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with<00:20:52.619><c> his</c><00:20:52.859><c> deeds,</c>

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and<00:20:54.539><c> have</c><00:20:54.779><c> put</c><00:20:55.059><c> on</c><00:20:55.259><c> the</c><00:20:55.500><c> new</c><00:20:55.740><c> man,</c>

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which<00:20:56.960><c> is</c><00:20:57.259><c> renewed</c><00:20:57.579><c> in</c><00:20:57.880><c> knowledge</c>

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after<00:20:59.119><c> the</c><00:20:59.359><c> image</c><00:20:59.619><c> of</c><00:20:59.779><c> him</c><00:21:00.059><c> that</c><00:21:00.359><c> created</c><00:21:00.720><c> him.</c>

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Each<00:21:02.920><c> of</c><00:21:03.180><c> us,</c><00:21:03.819><c> brothers</c><00:21:03.960><c> and</c><00:21:04.220><c> sisters,</c>

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individually<00:21:07.380><c> and</c><00:21:08.059><c> quietly,</c>

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need<00:21:09.660><c> to</c><00:21:10.059><c> personally</c><00:21:10.559><c> work</c><00:21:11.099><c> through</c><00:21:11.519><c> that</c><00:21:11.940><c> list.</c>

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And<00:21:14.240><c> against</c><00:21:14.539><c> each</c><00:21:14.920><c> of</c><00:21:15.079><c> those</c><00:21:15.339><c> things</c>

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and<00:21:15.900><c> that</c><00:21:16.160><c> list</c><00:21:16.380><c> say,</c>

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Is<00:21:17.259><c> it</c><00:21:17.500><c> I?</c>

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And<00:21:20.119><c> if</c><00:21:20.400><c> it</c><00:21:20.640><c> is,</c>

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we<00:21:22.619><c> have</c><00:21:22.880><c> to</c><00:21:23.119><c> mortify</c>

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whatever<00:21:25.200><c> it</c><00:21:25.440><c> is</c><00:21:25.660><c> that</c><00:21:25.839><c> is</c><00:21:26.099><c> troubling</c><00:21:26.359><c> us.</c>

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The<00:21:28.420><c> key</c><00:21:28.799><c> is</c><00:21:29.259><c> in</c><00:21:29.619><c> the</c><00:21:29.799><c> mind.</c>

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What<00:21:31.279><c> goes</c><00:21:31.680><c> on</c><00:21:32.099><c> in</c><00:21:32.500><c> our</c><00:21:32.819><c> heads?</c>

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Chapter<00:21:35.259><c> 4</c><00:21:36.059><c> and</c><00:21:36.599><c> verse</c><00:21:36.799><c> 8.</c>

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Sorry,<00:21:40.119><c> I'm</c><00:21:40.319><c> in</c><00:21:40.420><c> Colossians,</c><00:21:41.259><c> Philippians.</c>

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Philippians<00:21:42.740><c> 4</c><00:21:43.259><c> and</c><00:21:43.539><c> verse</c><00:21:43.779><c> 8.</c>

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Finally,<00:21:49.339><c> brethren,</c>

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whatsoever<00:21:51.000><c> things</c><00:21:51.480><c> are</c><00:21:51.839><c> true,</c>

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whatsoever<00:21:53.460><c> things</c><00:21:53.880><c> are</c><00:21:54.220><c> honest,</c>

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whatsoever<00:21:55.880><c> things</c><00:21:56.279><c> are</c><00:21:56.640><c> just,</c>

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whatsoever<00:21:58.000><c> things</c><00:21:58.400><c> are</c><00:21:58.740><c> pure,</c>

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whatsoever<00:22:00.160><c> things</c><00:22:00.579><c> are</c><00:22:00.900><c> lovely,</c>

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whatsoever<00:22:02.220><c> things</c><00:22:02.640><c> are</c><00:22:02.900><c> of</c><00:22:03.039><c> good</c><00:22:03.279><c> report,</c>

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if<00:22:05.400><c> there</c><00:22:05.559><c> be</c><00:22:05.700><c> any</c><00:22:05.980><c> virtue,</c>

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if<00:22:07.440><c> there</c><00:22:07.700><c> be</c><00:22:07.980><c> any</c><00:22:08.380><c> praise,</c>

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think<00:22:09.859><c> on</c><00:22:10.180><c> these</c><00:22:10.579><c> things.</c>

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And<00:22:13.460><c> you</c><00:22:13.579><c> just</c><00:22:13.819><c> draw</c><00:22:13.960><c> the</c><00:22:14.200><c> contrast.</c>

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You<00:22:16.279><c> pick</c><00:22:16.480><c> up</c><00:22:16.640><c> one</c><00:22:16.819><c> of</c><00:22:16.980><c> the</c><00:22:17.140><c> world's</c><00:22:17.539><c> newspapers</c>

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and<00:22:18.599><c> it's</c><00:22:19.880><c> full</c><00:22:20.079><c> of</c><00:22:20.299><c> things</c><00:22:20.559><c> which</c><00:22:20.839><c> are</c><00:22:21.140><c> untrue,</c>

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dishonest,<00:22:23.900><c> unjust,</c><00:22:24.700><c> impure,</c>

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unlovely<00:22:27.380><c> and</c><00:22:27.680><c> of</c><00:22:27.859><c> evil</c><00:22:28.200><c> report.</c>

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The<00:22:30.920><c> Word</c><00:22:31.079><c> of</c><00:22:31.319><c> God</c><00:22:32.539><c> channels</c><00:22:33.079><c> us</c>

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into<00:22:34.660><c> these</c><00:22:35.119><c> patterns</c><00:22:35.599><c> of</c><00:22:35.980><c> thought</c>

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which<00:22:37.160><c> the</c><00:22:37.400><c> apostle</c><00:22:37.680><c> describes</c><00:22:38.259><c> there</c><00:22:38.539><c> in</c><00:22:38.740><c> verse</c><00:22:39.000><c> 8.</c>

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But<00:22:39.460><c> we've</c><00:22:39.660><c> each</c><00:22:39.940><c> individually</c><00:22:40.460><c> got</c><00:22:40.680><c> to</c><00:22:40.960><c> work</c><00:22:41.200><c> at</c><00:22:41.420><c> it</c>

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to<00:22:42.779><c> fill</c><00:22:43.039><c> our</c><00:22:43.319><c> minds</c><00:22:43.579><c> with</c><00:22:43.819><c> those</c><00:22:44.140><c> things.</c>

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And<00:22:46.200><c> we</c><00:22:46.339><c> need</c><00:22:46.559><c> to</c><00:22:46.720><c> give</c><00:22:46.940><c> heed</c><00:22:47.200><c> to</c><00:22:47.420><c> the</c><00:22:47.559><c> way</c><00:22:47.720><c> we</c><00:22:48.039><c> walk.</c>

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Listen<00:22:49.460><c> to</c><00:22:49.680><c> the</c><00:22:49.839><c> apostle</c><00:22:50.119><c> Paul</c>

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in<00:22:50.720><c> his</c><00:22:50.900><c> letter</c><00:22:51.160><c> to</c><00:22:51.359><c> the</c><00:22:51.599><c> Ephesians</c>

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beginning<00:22:53.519><c> at</c><00:22:53.740><c> chapter</c><00:22:54.000><c> 4,</c><00:22:54.440><c> verse</c><00:22:54.680><c> 1.</c>

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Ephesians<00:22:59.200><c> 4,</c><00:22:59.599><c> verse</c><00:22:59.799><c> 1.</c>

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I<00:23:00.799><c> therefore,</c><00:23:01.420><c> the</c><00:23:01.599><c> prisoner</c><00:23:01.900><c> of</c><00:23:02.160><c> the</c><00:23:02.359><c> Lord,</c>

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beseech<00:23:03.759><c> you</c><00:23:04.000><c> that</c><00:23:04.160><c> ye</c><00:23:04.480><c> walk</c><00:23:04.859><c> worthy</c><00:23:05.400><c> of</c><00:23:05.640><c> the</c><00:23:05.859><c> vocation</c>

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wherewith<00:23:07.640><c> ye</c><00:23:07.880><c> are</c><00:23:08.180><c> called.</c>

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Verse<00:23:10.619><c> 17.</c>

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This<00:23:12.440><c> I</c><00:23:12.779><c> say</c><00:23:12.960><c> therefore,</c><00:23:13.660><c> and</c><00:23:13.680><c> testify</c><00:23:14.140><c> in</c><00:23:14.299><c> the</c><00:23:14.480><c> Lord,</c>

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that<00:23:15.339><c> ye</c><00:23:15.599><c> henceforth</c><00:23:16.480><c> walk</c><00:23:16.880><c> not</c><00:23:17.220><c> as</c><00:23:17.519><c> other</c><00:23:17.799><c> gentiles</c><00:23:18.359><c> walk</c>

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in<00:23:19.180><c> the</c><00:23:19.400><c> vanity</c><00:23:19.720><c> of</c><00:23:19.940><c> their</c><00:23:20.180><c> mind.</c>

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Chapter<00:23:22.920><c> 5,</c><00:23:23.539><c> verse</c><00:23:23.720><c> 2.</c>

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And<00:23:25.200><c> walk</c><00:23:25.640><c> in</c><00:23:25.940><c> love,</c>

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as<00:23:27.180><c> Christ</c><00:23:27.599><c> also</c><00:23:28.039><c> has</c><00:23:28.240><c> loved</c><00:23:28.519><c> us</c>

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and<00:23:29.000><c> has</c><00:23:29.299><c> given</c><00:23:29.519><c> himself</c><00:23:30.099><c> for</c><00:23:30.460><c> us,</c>

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an<00:23:31.220><c> offering</c><00:23:31.599><c> and</c><00:23:31.940><c> a</c><00:23:32.079><c> sweet</c><00:23:32.380><c> sacrifice</c><00:23:33.059><c> unto</c><00:23:33.319><c> God</c>

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for<00:23:34.140><c> a</c><00:23:34.380><c> sweet</c><00:23:34.619><c> smelling</c><00:23:35.019><c> savour.</c>

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That's<00:23:36.200><c> the</c><00:23:36.880><c> motivating</c><00:23:37.539><c> force</c><00:23:37.960><c> in</c><00:23:38.180><c> our</c><00:23:38.380><c> lives,</c>

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brothers<00:23:39.000><c> and</c><00:23:39.279><c> sisters.</c>

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As<00:23:41.140><c> the</c><00:23:41.359><c> apostle</c><00:23:41.619><c> writes</c><00:23:41.960><c> in</c><00:23:42.200><c> another</c><00:23:42.480><c> place,</c>

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the<00:23:43.660><c> love</c><00:23:43.880><c> of</c><00:23:44.079><c> Christ</c><00:23:44.880><c> constraineth</c><00:23:46.099><c> us.</c>

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Because<00:23:48.059><c> he</c><00:23:48.319><c> has</c><00:23:48.539><c> done</c><00:23:48.779><c> what</c><00:23:49.059><c> he</c><00:23:49.319><c> did,</c>

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we<00:23:51.019><c> should</c><00:23:51.240><c> do</c><00:23:51.500><c> these</c><00:23:51.799><c> things.</c>

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Verse<00:23:56.119><c> 8.</c>

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For<00:23:57.220><c> ye</c><00:23:57.519><c> were</c><00:23:57.759><c> sometime</c><00:23:58.339><c> darkness,</c>

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but<00:23:59.799><c> now</c><00:24:00.119><c> are</c><00:24:00.279><c> ye</c><00:24:00.440><c> light</c><00:24:02.000><c> in</c><00:24:02.220><c> the</c><00:24:02.380><c> Lord.</c>

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Walk<00:24:03.460><c> as</c><00:24:03.839><c> children</c><00:24:04.319><c> of</c><00:24:04.619><c> light.</c>

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Verse<00:24:06.940><c> 15.</c>

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See<00:24:08.599><c> then</c><00:24:08.920><c> that</c><00:24:09.079><c> ye</c><00:24:09.380><c> walk</c><00:24:09.819><c> circumspectly,</c>

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not<00:24:11.579><c> as</c><00:24:11.900><c> fools</c><00:24:12.140><c> but</c><00:24:12.380><c> as</c><00:24:12.680><c> wise,</c>

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redeeming<00:24:14.640><c> the</c><00:24:14.900><c> time,</c>

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because<00:24:16.539><c> the</c><00:24:16.799><c> days</c><00:24:17.019><c> are</c><00:24:17.299><c> evil.</c>

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That's<00:24:19.859><c> the</c><00:24:20.039><c> task</c><00:24:20.359><c> which</c><00:24:20.700><c> lies</c><00:24:20.900><c> before</c><00:24:21.299><c> us,</c>

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brothers<00:24:21.880><c> and</c><00:24:22.160><c> sisters,</c>

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to<00:24:23.779><c> absorb</c><00:24:24.220><c> into</c><00:24:24.500><c> our</c><00:24:24.779><c> minds</c><00:24:25.180><c> the</c><00:24:25.460><c> example</c><00:24:25.839><c> of</c><00:24:26.079><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:24:27.599><c> the</c><00:24:27.839><c> example</c><00:24:28.220><c> of</c><00:24:28.440><c> his</c><00:24:28.619><c> apostle</c><00:24:29.039><c> Paul,</c>

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and<00:24:30.799><c> to</c><00:24:31.039><c> seek</c><00:24:31.220><c> to</c><00:24:31.539><c> imitate</c><00:24:32.299><c> those</c><00:24:32.859><c> lives</c><00:24:33.460><c> in</c><00:24:34.079><c> our</c><00:24:34.299><c> own.</c>

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We<00:24:36.539><c> saw</c><00:24:36.859><c> in</c><00:24:37.039><c> the</c><00:24:37.279><c> first</c><00:24:37.519><c> class</c>

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the<00:24:38.980><c> change</c><00:24:39.500><c> that</c><00:24:39.839><c> was</c><00:24:40.240><c> wrought</c>

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in<00:24:40.759><c> the</c><00:24:40.900><c> life</c><00:24:41.200><c> of</c><00:24:41.519><c> Joseph's</c><00:24:42.119><c> brothers.</c>

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The<00:24:44.660><c> change</c><00:24:44.900><c> which</c><00:24:45.180><c> came</c><00:24:45.480><c> about</c>

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because<00:24:46.180><c> God</c><00:24:46.519><c> in</c><00:24:46.660><c> his</c><00:24:46.960><c> wisdom</c>

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sought<00:24:47.700><c> them</c><00:24:47.880><c> for</c><00:24:48.099><c> his</c><00:24:48.359><c> kingdom.</c>

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But<00:24:50.559><c> there</c><00:24:50.700><c> was</c><00:24:50.900><c> another</c><00:24:51.119><c> factor.</c>

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They<00:24:53.099><c> had</c><00:24:53.259><c> a</c><00:24:53.440><c> brother</c><00:24:53.640><c> called</c><00:24:53.960><c> Joseph,</c>

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who<00:24:55.859><c> was</c><00:24:56.160><c> personally</c><00:24:56.740><c> willing</c><00:24:57.180><c> to</c><00:24:57.380><c> go</c><00:24:57.519><c> to</c><00:24:57.779><c> any</c><00:24:58.099><c> lengths</c>

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in<00:24:59.559><c> order</c><00:24:59.839><c> to</c><00:25:00.200><c> save</c><00:25:00.579><c> them.</c>

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And<00:25:03.359><c> that</c><00:25:03.660><c> foreshadowed</c>

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the<00:25:05.500><c> work</c><00:25:05.720><c> of</c><00:25:05.920><c> God</c><00:25:06.579><c> and</c><00:25:07.220><c> his</c><00:25:07.539><c> son.</c>

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Jacob<00:25:10.519><c> could</c><00:25:11.420><c> not</c><00:25:11.759><c> save</c><00:25:12.180><c> his</c><00:25:12.539><c> sons</c>

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without<00:25:14.079><c> the</c><00:25:14.380><c> work</c><00:25:14.920><c> of</c><00:25:15.240><c> Joseph.</c>

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And<00:25:18.039><c> so</c><00:25:18.279><c> in</c><00:25:18.539><c> a</c><00:25:18.660><c> sense,</c>

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and<00:25:19.359><c> don't</c><00:25:19.599><c> misunderstand</c><00:25:20.279><c> me,</c><00:25:20.640><c> brothers</c><00:25:20.759><c> and</c><00:25:20.980><c> sisters,</c>

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God<00:25:22.480><c> could</c><00:25:22.799><c> not</c><00:25:23.059><c> save</c><00:25:23.259><c> us</c>

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without<00:25:24.640><c> the</c><00:25:24.920><c> work</c><00:25:25.140><c> of</c><00:25:25.400><c> his</c><00:25:25.640><c> son.</c>

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But<00:25:28.319><c> the</c><00:25:28.500><c> record</c><00:25:28.900><c> of</c><00:25:29.099><c> the</c><00:25:29.259><c> brothers</c><00:25:29.539><c> of</c><00:25:29.740><c> Joseph</c>

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shows<00:25:30.460><c> that</c><00:25:30.900><c> change</c><00:25:31.420><c> is</c><00:25:32.160><c> possible.</c>

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And<00:25:34.200><c> now</c><00:25:34.460><c> in</c><00:25:34.640><c> the</c><00:25:34.819><c> Antitype,</c><00:25:35.359><c> in</c><00:25:35.519><c> a</c><00:25:35.579><c> more</c><00:25:35.779><c> dramatic</c><00:25:36.299><c> case,</c>

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God<00:25:37.740><c> worked</c><00:25:38.180><c> through</c><00:25:38.539><c> and</c><00:25:38.779><c> with</c><00:25:39.039><c> his</c><00:25:39.380><c> son</c>

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to<00:25:40.619><c> redeem</c><00:25:41.079><c> this</c><00:25:41.460><c> man,</c><00:25:42.559><c> Saul</c><00:25:42.740><c> of</c><00:25:43.000><c> Tarsus,</c>

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from<00:25:45.079><c> the</c><00:25:45.319><c> fanatical,</c><00:25:46.779><c> law</c><00:25:46.980><c>-keeping,</c>

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persecuting<00:25:48.920><c> Pharisee</c>

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to<00:25:51.519><c> the</c><00:25:51.759><c> zealous,</c><00:25:53.180><c> godly</c><00:25:54.019><c> and</c><00:25:54.480><c> caring</c><00:25:55.059><c> apostle.</c>

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And<00:25:56.799><c> that</c><00:25:58.099><c> change</c><00:25:58.420><c> came</c><00:25:58.779><c> about</c>

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because<00:26:00.440><c> he</c><00:26:00.839><c> judged</c>

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that<00:26:02.259><c> if</c><00:26:02.519><c> Christ</c><00:26:02.920><c> died</c><00:26:03.319><c> for</c><00:26:03.660><c> all,</c>

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then<00:26:04.640><c> all,</c><00:26:05.160><c> including</c><00:26:05.640><c> himself,</c>

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were<00:26:07.380><c> dead</c><00:26:07.700><c> in</c><00:26:08.059><c> trespasses</c><00:26:08.619><c> and</c><00:26:09.059><c> sins.</c>

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And<00:26:11.240><c> from</c><00:26:11.500><c> this</c><00:26:12.319><c> he</c><00:26:12.880><c> concluded</c>

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that<00:26:14.339><c> he</c><00:26:14.500><c> could</c><00:26:14.740><c> no</c><00:26:14.960><c> longer</c><00:26:15.259><c> live</c><00:26:15.519><c> for</c><00:26:15.779><c> himself,</c>

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but<00:26:17.559><c> for</c><00:26:17.759><c> Christ,</c><00:26:19.019><c> who</c><00:26:19.119><c> had</c><00:26:19.400><c> died</c><00:26:19.579><c> for</c><00:26:19.779><c> him</c>

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and<00:26:21.000><c> risen</c><00:26:21.299><c> again.</c>

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Turn<00:26:23.460><c> to</c><00:26:23.640><c> 1st</c><00:26:23.980><c> Timothy</c><00:26:24.839><c> and</c><00:26:25.539><c> chapter</c><00:26:25.819><c> 1</c><00:26:26.500><c> and</c><00:26:27.059><c> verse</c><00:26:27.319><c> 16.</c>

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And<00:26:35.700><c> this</c><00:26:35.819><c> is</c><00:26:35.960><c> one</c><00:26:36.160><c> of</c><00:26:36.299><c> the</c><00:26:36.400><c> reasons</c><00:26:36.839><c> why</c><00:26:37.119><c> God</c><00:26:37.380><c> did</c><00:26:37.660><c> it.</c>

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We<00:26:39.940><c> read</c><00:26:40.099><c> in</c><00:26:40.299><c> an</c><00:26:40.460><c> earlier</c><00:26:40.759><c> class,</c><00:26:41.079><c> verse</c><00:26:41.339><c> 15,</c>

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this<00:26:42.079><c> is</c><00:26:42.359><c> a</c><00:26:42.480><c> faithful</c><00:26:42.799><c> saying,</c>

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and<00:26:43.460><c> worthy</c><00:26:43.700><c> of</c><00:26:43.859><c> all</c><00:26:44.079><c> acceptation,</c>

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that<00:26:45.400><c> Christ</c><00:26:45.799><c> Jesus</c><00:26:46.140><c> came</c><00:26:46.460><c> into</c><00:26:46.680><c> the</c><00:26:46.940><c> world</c>

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to<00:26:47.339><c> save</c><00:26:47.640><c> sinners</c><00:26:48.140><c> of</c><00:26:48.740><c> whom</c><00:26:49.079><c> I</c><00:26:49.579><c> am</c><00:26:49.920><c> chief.</c>

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Verse<00:26:52.619><c> 16,</c>

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How<00:26:54.079><c> be</c><00:26:54.220><c> it</c><00:26:54.359><c> for</c><00:26:54.579><c> this</c><00:26:54.859><c> cause</c><00:26:55.160><c> I</c><00:26:55.380><c> obtain</c><00:26:55.759><c> mercy,</c>

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that<00:26:57.480><c> in</c><00:26:57.880><c> me</c><00:26:58.200><c> first</c><00:26:59.380><c> Jesus</c><00:27:00.400><c> Christ</c>

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might<00:27:01.339><c> show</c><00:27:01.660><c> forth</c><00:27:02.000><c> all</c><00:27:02.460><c> longsuffering</c>

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for<00:27:03.900><c> a</c><00:27:04.319><c> pattern</c><00:27:04.720><c> to</c><00:27:05.259><c> them</c><00:27:05.559><c> which</c><00:27:05.859><c> should</c>

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hereafter<00:27:06.759><c> believe</c><00:27:07.259><c> on</c><00:27:07.579><c> him</c>

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to<00:27:08.819><c> life</c><00:27:09.500><c> everlasting.</c>

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And<00:27:12.279><c> the</c><00:27:12.380><c> word</c><00:27:12.579><c> pattern</c><00:27:13.019><c> there</c>

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is<00:27:14.420><c> the</c><00:27:14.640><c> Greek</c><00:27:14.880><c> word</c><00:27:15.680><c> hupertuposis.</c>

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Roughly<00:27:19.579><c> translated</c><00:27:20.119><c> into</c><00:27:20.440><c> our</c><00:27:20.619><c> language,</c>

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it's<00:27:21.740><c> a</c><00:27:22.099><c> hypertype,</c><00:27:23.619><c> a</c><00:27:24.019><c> supertype.</c>

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He<00:27:26.359><c> is</c><00:27:26.640><c> the</c><00:27:26.880><c> type</c><00:27:27.099><c> above</c><00:27:27.480><c> all</c><00:27:28.019><c> types</c>

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in<00:27:30.059><c> showing</c><00:27:30.339><c> forth</c><00:27:31.180><c> the</c><00:27:31.960><c> longsuffering</c><00:27:32.799><c> of</c><00:27:33.079><c> God</c>

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in<00:27:34.279><c> Christ</c><00:27:34.660><c> Jesus.</c>

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But<00:27:37.680><c> he</c><00:27:37.819><c> would</c><00:27:38.119><c> redeem</c><00:27:39.180><c> such</c><00:27:39.759><c> a</c><00:27:40.000><c> man</c>

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as<00:27:41.299><c> Saul</c><00:27:41.519><c> of</c><00:27:41.839><c> Tarsus.</c>

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And<00:27:44.900><c> as</c><00:27:45.000><c> we</c><00:27:45.180><c> come</c><00:27:45.380><c> now,</c><00:27:45.940><c> brothers</c><00:27:46.059><c> and</c><00:27:46.359><c> sisters,</c>

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to<00:27:47.200><c> these</c><00:27:47.619><c> emblems,</c>

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we<00:27:49.940><c> see</c><00:27:50.299><c> in</c><00:27:50.599><c> them</c><00:27:51.259><c> the</c><00:27:51.859><c> death</c>

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of<00:27:53.339><c> our</c><00:27:53.480><c> Lord</c><00:27:53.700><c> Jesus</c><00:27:54.160><c> Christ</c>

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who<00:27:55.960><c> came</c><00:27:56.259><c> into</c><00:27:56.500><c> the</c><00:27:56.779><c> world</c><00:27:57.440><c> to</c><00:27:58.059><c> save</c><00:27:58.319><c> sinners.</c>

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We<00:28:00.420><c> see</c><00:28:00.940><c> that</c><00:28:01.559><c> longsuffering</c>

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of<00:28:03.819><c> which</c><00:28:04.220><c> the</c><00:28:04.460><c> apostle</c><00:28:04.759><c> wrote.</c>

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May<00:28:07.240><c> we</c><00:28:07.500><c> now</c><00:28:08.039><c> examine</c><00:28:08.779><c> ourselves</c>

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and<00:28:11.140><c> search</c><00:28:11.700><c> our</c><00:28:12.119><c> hearts</c>

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to<00:28:14.079><c> see</c><00:28:14.420><c> if</c><00:28:14.619><c> we</c><00:28:14.920><c> really</c><00:28:15.440><c> are</c><00:28:16.400><c> imitators</c><00:28:17.039><c> of</c><00:28:17.240><c> him</c>

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as<00:28:20.099><c> he</c><00:28:20.339><c> was</c><00:28:20.500><c> of</c><00:28:20.720><c> Christ.</c>

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Imitators<00:28:23.160><c> of</c><00:28:23.380><c> the</c><00:28:23.559><c> man</c><00:28:23.819><c> who</c><00:28:24.039><c> could</c><00:28:24.299><c> say,</c>

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I<00:28:25.819><c> am</c><00:28:26.180><c> crucified</c><00:28:26.880><c> with</c><00:28:27.180><c> Christ.</c>

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Nevertheless<00:28:28.799><c> I</c><00:28:29.200><c> live,</c><00:28:30.539><c> yet</c><00:28:30.799><c> not</c><00:28:31.140><c> I,</c>

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but<00:28:32.180><c> Christ</c><00:28:32.579><c> liveth</c><00:28:32.859><c> in</c><00:28:33.059><c> me,</c>

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and<00:28:34.500><c> the</c><00:28:34.619><c> life</c><00:28:34.920><c> which</c><00:28:35.200><c> I</c><00:28:35.420><c> now</c><00:28:35.640><c> live</c><00:28:35.799><c> in</c><00:28:35.980><c> the</c><00:28:36.220><c> flesh</c>

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I<00:28:37.839><c> live</c><00:28:38.119><c> by</c><00:28:38.460><c> the</c><00:28:38.740><c> faith</c><00:28:39.200><c> of</c><00:28:39.579><c> the</c><00:28:39.740><c> Son</c><00:28:39.920><c> of</c><00:28:40.200><c> God</c>

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who<00:28:41.839><c> loved</c><00:28:42.099><c> me</c><00:28:42.960><c> and</c><00:28:43.500><c> gave</c><00:28:43.759><c> himself</c><00:28:44.380><c> for</c><00:28:45.220><c> me.</c>