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And<00:11:35.600><c> from</c><00:11:35.879><c> that</c><00:11:36.179><c> day</c><00:11:36.460><c> forward,</c><00:11:36.960><c> Jonathan</c><00:11:37.440><c> was</c><00:11:37.740><c> looking</c><00:11:38.240><c> for</c>

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the<00:11:39.860><c> king</c><00:11:40.399><c> of</c><00:11:40.700><c> Israel.</c>

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Looking<00:11:46.779><c> for</c><00:11:47.059><c> that</c><00:11:47.299><c> day</c><00:11:47.740><c> when</c><00:11:48.820><c> the</c><00:11:48.960><c> Lord</c><00:11:49.200><c> Jesus</c><00:11:49.679><c> Christ</c><00:11:50.159><c> is</c><00:11:50.460><c> going</c><00:11:50.659><c> to</c><00:11:50.940><c> return.</c>

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He<00:12:12.940><c> recognized</c><00:12:13.519><c> him</c><00:12:14.000><c> and</c><00:12:14.679><c> was</c><00:12:14.879><c> thinking,</c><00:12:15.559><c> here</c><00:12:15.940><c> he</c><00:12:16.200><c> is.</c>

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And<00:12:22.759><c> he</c><00:12:22.960><c> paid</c><00:12:23.220><c> homage</c><00:12:23.659><c> to</c><00:12:23.940><c> him.</c>

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He<00:12:26.659><c> gave</c><00:12:26.940><c> him</c><00:12:27.179><c> his</c><00:12:28.779><c> coat.</c>

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And<00:12:31.820><c> more</c><00:12:32.080><c> significantly,</c><00:12:32.759><c> he</c><00:12:32.899><c> gave</c><00:12:33.100><c> him</c><00:12:33.279><c> his</c><00:12:33.620><c> sword.</c>

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How<00:12:36.419><c> many</c><00:12:36.759><c> swords</c><00:12:37.100><c> were</c><00:12:37.340><c> in</c><00:12:37.480><c> the</c><00:12:37.580><c> nation</c><00:12:37.820><c> of</c><00:12:38.019><c> Israel?</c>

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We<00:12:40.039><c> read</c><00:12:40.179><c> this</c><00:12:40.500><c> morning,</c><00:12:42.100><c> two.</c>

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vision<00:14:20.700><c> of</c><00:14:21.039><c> the</c><00:14:21.179><c> Lord</c><00:14:21.419><c> Jesus</c><00:14:21.899><c> Christ</c><00:14:22.440><c> standing</c><00:14:23.240><c> beside</c><00:14:24.059><c> our</c>

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Heavenly<00:14:24.960><c> Father.</c>

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And<00:14:28.879><c> Stephen</c><00:14:29.159><c> was</c><00:14:29.700><c> murdered,</c><00:14:31.620><c> stoned</c><00:14:32.039><c> for</c><00:14:32.440><c> that.</c>

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And<00:14:42.879><c> there</c><00:14:43.059><c> was</c><00:14:43.299><c> a</c><00:14:43.659><c> mighty</c><00:14:44.059><c> persecution.</c>

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prison,<00:14:51.620><c> even</c><00:14:52.100><c> murdered.</c>

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And<00:14:55.919><c> the</c><00:14:56.100><c> person</c><00:14:56.399><c> that</c><00:14:56.600><c> was</c><00:14:56.799><c> doing</c><00:14:57.080><c> that</c><00:14:58.279><c> was</c><00:14:59.580><c> Saul.</c>

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Saul<00:15:06.540><c> of</c><00:15:07.460><c> the</c><00:15:07.559><c> New</c><00:15:07.840><c> Testament,</c><00:15:08.360><c> Saul</c><00:15:08.700><c> of</c><00:15:08.980><c> Tarsus,</c><00:15:09.720><c> was</c><00:15:10.019><c> in</c><00:15:10.240><c> a</c>

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He<00:15:23.700><c> was</c><00:15:24.360><c> killing</c><00:15:24.940><c> and</c><00:15:25.779><c> destroying</c><00:15:26.639><c> God's</c><00:15:27.460><c> people.</c>

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And<00:15:31.320><c> just</c><00:15:31.700><c> like</c><00:15:33.379><c> Saul</c><00:15:34.039><c> the</c><00:15:34.539><c> King,</c><00:15:37.899><c> the</c><00:15:38.000><c> Lord</c><00:15:38.279><c> Jesus</c><00:15:38.779><c> Christ</c><00:15:39.179><c> came</c><00:15:39.580><c> to</c>

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Saul<00:15:40.779><c> of</c><00:15:41.059><c> Tarsus.</c>

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And<00:15:43.320><c> as</c><00:15:43.559><c> it</c><00:15:43.779><c> were,</c><00:15:44.179><c> we</c><00:15:44.279><c> say,</c><00:15:44.720><c> he</c><00:15:44.759><c> saw</c><00:15:45.059><c> the</c><00:15:45.340><c> light.</c>

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Yet,<00:15:48.100><c> in</c><00:15:48.360><c> the</c><00:15:48.539><c> case</c><00:15:48.879><c> of</c><00:15:49.519><c> Saul</c><00:15:49.779><c> the</c><00:15:50.000><c> King,</c><00:15:51.019><c> he</c><00:15:51.360><c> did</c><00:15:51.620><c> not</c><00:15:51.860><c> repent,</c>

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but<00:15:53.500><c> Saul</c><00:15:53.960><c> of</c><00:15:54.220><c> Tarsus</c><00:15:55.039><c> did.</c>

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He<00:15:57.899><c> turned</c><00:15:58.360><c> around,</c><00:15:59.759><c> he</c><00:16:00.139><c> saw</c><00:16:00.360><c> the</c><00:16:00.639><c> errors</c><00:16:00.860><c> of</c><00:16:01.100><c> his</c><00:16:01.340><c> ways,</c><00:16:02.159><c> and</c>

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he<00:16:02.759><c> did</c><00:16:03.559><c> something</c><00:16:04.159><c> about</c><00:16:04.980><c> it.</c>

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And<00:16:05.820><c> as</c><00:16:06.100><c> a</c><00:16:06.340><c> result,</c><00:16:08.259><c> his</c><00:16:08.399><c> name</c><00:16:08.620><c> was</c><00:16:08.960><c> changed,</c><00:16:09.320><c> the</c><00:16:09.559><c> S</c><00:16:09.779><c> was</c><00:16:10.039><c> changed</c><00:16:10.299><c> to</c>

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P,<00:16:11.500><c> at</c><00:16:11.600><c> least</c><00:16:11.740><c> in</c><00:16:11.940><c> English,</c><00:16:13.279><c> and</c><00:16:13.580><c> Saul</c><00:16:13.820><c> became</c><00:16:14.519><c> Paul.</c>

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Paul,<00:16:21.929><c> like</c><00:16:22.149><c> Jonathan,</c><00:16:24.509><c> was</c><00:16:24.789><c> now</c><00:16:26.330><c> single</c><00:16:26.769><c>-minded</c><00:16:27.250><c> and</c><00:16:29.049><c> completely</c><00:16:29.730><c> devoted</c><00:16:30.409><c> to</c><00:16:31.649><c> the</c>

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Lord's<00:16:32.250><c> work.</c>

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And<00:16:43.049><c> he</c><00:16:43.330><c> himself</c><00:16:43.870><c> said,</c><00:16:44.970><c> he</c><00:16:45.149><c> fought</c><00:16:45.570><c> a</c><00:16:46.570><c> good</c><00:16:46.950><c> fight.</c>

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He<00:16:53.590><c> also</c><00:16:54.110><c> said</c><00:16:54.590><c> in</c><00:16:56.370><c> 2</c><00:16:57.009><c> Corinthians,</c>

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speak<00:17:16.269><c> as</c><00:17:16.490><c> a</c><00:17:16.710><c> fool.</c>

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I<00:17:17.269><c> am</c><00:17:17.490><c> more,</c><00:17:18.789><c> in</c><00:17:19.089><c> labors</c><00:17:19.650><c> more</c><00:17:20.329><c> abundant,</c><00:17:21.410><c> in</c><00:17:21.829><c> stripes</c><00:17:22.289><c> above</c>

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measure,<00:17:24.029><c> in</c><00:17:24.369><c> prisons</c><00:17:24.789><c> more</c><00:17:25.430><c> frequent,</c><00:17:26.150><c> in</c><00:17:26.529><c> deaths</c><00:17:27.170><c> oft.</c>

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Of<00:17:28.829><c> the</c><00:17:29.150><c> Jews</c><00:17:29.490><c> five</c><00:17:30.089><c> times</c><00:17:30.609><c> received</c><00:17:31.190><c> I</c><00:17:31.630><c> forty</c><00:17:32.210><c> stripes</c><00:17:32.769><c> save</c><00:17:33.230><c> one.</c>

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Thrice<00:17:35.430><c> was</c><00:17:35.930><c> I</c><00:17:36.289><c> beaten</c><00:17:36.609><c> with</c><00:17:36.990><c> rods,</c><00:17:37.529><c> once</c><00:17:37.930><c> I</c><00:17:38.250><c> was</c><00:17:38.529><c> stoned,</c><00:17:38.990><c> thrice</c><00:17:39.450><c> I</c><00:17:39.630><c> was</c><00:17:39.869><c> shipwrecked,</c><00:17:41.089><c> a</c>

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In<00:17:45.349><c> journeying</c><00:17:45.809><c> often,</c><00:17:47.089><c> in</c><00:17:47.210><c> perils</c><00:17:47.690><c> of</c><00:17:48.049><c> waters,</c><00:17:49.089><c> in</c><00:17:49.410><c> perils</c>

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of<00:17:50.170><c> robbers,</c><00:17:50.769><c> in</c><00:17:50.970><c> perils</c><00:17:51.289><c> of</c><00:17:51.549><c> my</c><00:17:51.730><c> own</c><00:17:52.109><c> countrymen,</c>

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in<00:17:53.410><c> perils</c><00:17:53.710><c> by</c><00:17:53.950><c> the</c><00:17:54.250><c> heathen,</c><00:17:54.769><c> in</c><00:17:54.910><c> perils</c><00:17:55.289><c> in</c><00:17:55.509><c> the</c><00:17:55.710><c> city,</c><00:17:56.349><c> in</c>

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perils<00:17:56.930><c> in</c><00:17:57.109><c> the</c><00:17:57.250><c> wilderness,</c><00:17:57.829><c> in</c><00:17:58.009><c> perils</c><00:17:58.329><c> in</c><00:17:58.549><c> the</c><00:17:58.829><c> sea,</c><00:17:59.670><c> in</c>

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perils<00:18:00.410><c> among</c><00:18:00.829><c> false</c><00:18:01.490><c> brethren.</c>

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In<00:18:04.009><c> weariness,</c><00:18:04.970><c> in</c><00:18:05.089><c> painfulness,</c><00:18:06.390><c> in</c><00:18:06.609><c> watching</c><00:18:06.990><c> over,</c><00:18:07.890><c> in</c><00:18:08.150><c> hunger,</c><00:18:09.089><c> in</c>

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thirst,<00:18:10.109><c> in</c><00:18:10.369><c> fastings</c><00:18:10.910><c> often,</c><00:18:11.670><c> in</c><00:18:11.970><c> cold</c><00:18:12.410><c> and</c><00:18:12.950><c> nakedness.</c>

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And<00:18:14.170><c> besides</c><00:18:14.890><c> those</c><00:18:15.309><c> things</c><00:18:15.829><c> that</c><00:18:16.210><c> are</c><00:18:16.349><c> without</c><00:18:17.230><c> that</c><00:18:18.069><c> which</c>

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cometh<00:18:18.769><c> upon</c><00:18:19.150><c> me</c><00:18:19.490><c> daily,</c><00:18:20.450><c> the</c><00:18:20.950><c> care</c><00:18:21.369><c> of</c><00:18:21.990><c> all</c><00:18:22.630><c> the</c><00:18:22.930><c> churches.</c>

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The<00:18:25.430><c> apostle</c><00:18:25.849><c> Paul,</c><00:18:26.549><c> in</c><00:18:28.509><c> his</c><00:18:28.769><c> own</c><00:18:29.069><c> way,</c><00:18:30.849><c> was</c><00:18:31.049><c> fighting</c><00:18:31.730><c> the</c><00:18:32.390><c> Philistines,</c><00:18:34.670><c> just</c><00:18:34.970><c> as</c>

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Jonathan<00:18:35.730><c> was.</c>

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was<00:18:44.930><c> determined</c><00:18:45.910><c> to</c><00:18:48.470><c> support</c><00:18:49.230><c> and</c><00:18:50.349><c> to</c><00:18:50.589><c> protect</c><00:18:51.670><c> the</c><00:18:52.210><c> ecclesia</c>

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He<00:18:57.970><c> was</c><00:18:58.289><c> single</c><00:18:58.589><c> minded</c><00:18:58.890><c> about</c><00:18:59.230><c> it</c><00:18:59.730><c> and</c><00:19:00.230><c> nothing</c><00:19:00.670><c> could</c><00:19:01.130><c> stop</c>

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him.<00:19:02.210><c> It</c><00:19:02.430><c> was</c><00:19:02.690><c> his</c><00:19:03.190><c> life's</c><00:19:04.269><c> work.</c>

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There<00:19:10.849><c> is</c><00:19:11.710><c> an</c><00:19:12.690><c> interesting</c><00:19:14.150><c> verse</c><00:19:16.150><c> in</c><00:19:17.869><c> 1</c><00:19:18.509><c> Samuel</c><00:19:19.049><c> chapter</c><00:19:19.490><c> 20.</c>

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Why<00:19:20.329><c> don't</c><00:19:20.349><c> you</c><00:19:20.470><c> take</c><00:19:20.650><c> a</c><00:19:20.730><c> look</c><00:19:20.849><c> at</c><00:19:21.069><c> it?</c>

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is<00:19:32.890><c> when</c><00:19:34.269><c> David</c><00:19:35.690><c> was</c><00:19:35.970><c> in</c><00:19:36.190><c> hiding</c><00:19:36.450><c> and</c><00:19:38.710><c> Jonathan</c><00:19:39.410><c> was</c><00:19:39.650><c> going</c><00:19:39.829><c> to</c>

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flee<00:19:43.630><c> or</c><00:19:43.849><c> he</c><00:19:43.950><c> could</c><00:19:44.089><c> come</c><00:19:44.410><c> back.</c>

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And<00:19:47.349><c> of</c><00:19:47.569><c> course</c><00:19:47.970><c> David</c><00:19:48.390><c> had</c><00:19:48.650><c> to</c><00:19:48.930><c> flee.</c><00:19:50.490><c> And</c><00:19:50.589><c> so</c><00:19:50.789><c> Jonathan</c><00:19:51.170><c> and</c>

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David<00:19:51.650><c> had</c><00:19:51.890><c> to</c><00:19:52.109><c> part</c><00:19:52.289><c> ways.</c>

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of<00:20:14.950><c> the</c><00:20:15.089><c> Lord</c><00:20:15.329><c> saying,</c>

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and<00:20:21.490><c> thy</c><00:20:21.930><c> seed</c><00:20:22.210><c> forever.</c>

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Now<00:20:26.150><c> this</c><00:20:26.309><c> is</c><00:20:26.549><c> a</c><00:20:26.690><c> curious</c><00:20:27.029><c> thing.</c><00:20:31.210><c> If</c><00:20:31.410><c> I</c><00:20:31.630><c> were</c><00:20:31.730><c> to</c><00:20:31.930><c> ask</c><00:20:32.210><c> you</c><00:20:32.470><c> who</c>

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is<00:20:32.990><c> the</c><00:20:33.329><c> seed</c><00:20:33.630><c> of</c><00:20:34.029><c> David,</c><00:20:34.930><c> seed</c><00:20:35.509><c> singular,</c><00:20:37.609><c> we</c><00:20:38.049><c> would</c><00:20:38.309><c> say</c><00:20:38.650><c> that</c><00:20:38.829><c> it</c>

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was<00:20:39.829><c> the</c><00:20:40.190><c> Lord</c><00:20:40.490><c> Jesus</c><00:20:41.049><c> Christ.</c>

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Well<00:20:45.230><c> in</c><00:20:45.470><c> this</c><00:20:45.769><c> verse,</c><00:20:47.930><c> who</c><00:20:48.150><c> is</c><00:20:48.410><c> the</c><00:20:48.710><c> seed</c><00:20:48.970><c> of</c><00:20:49.349><c> Jonathan?</c><00:20:52.930><c> Singular.</c><00:20:55.289><c> Any</c><00:20:55.490><c> ideas?</c>

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I'm<00:20:58.069><c> going</c><00:20:58.150><c> to</c><00:20:58.250><c> make</c><00:20:58.369><c> a</c><00:20:58.549><c> suggestion.</c><00:20:59.210><c> I</c><00:20:59.309><c> don't</c><00:20:59.430><c> know</c><00:20:59.509><c> if</c><00:20:59.609><c> I'm</c>

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right<00:20:59.970><c> or</c><00:21:00.130><c> not.</c><00:21:00.789><c> And</c><00:21:01.109><c> I'd</c><00:21:01.609><c> like</c><00:21:01.710><c> to</c><00:21:01.869><c> hear</c><00:21:01.970><c> your</c><00:21:02.190><c> opinions</c><00:21:02.470><c> at</c>

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some<00:21:02.849><c> point</c><00:21:03.009><c> if</c><00:21:03.130><c> you</c><00:21:03.349><c> would.</c>

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But<00:21:06.509><c> I'm</c><00:21:07.250><c> going</c><00:21:07.369><c> to</c><00:21:07.630><c> suggest</c><00:21:08.109><c> that</c><00:21:08.569><c> this</c><00:21:08.930><c> seed</c><00:21:09.289><c> is</c><00:21:10.869><c> the</c><00:21:11.089><c> Apostle</c><00:21:11.529><c> Paul.</c>

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After<00:21:15.230><c> all,</c><00:21:15.609><c> the</c><00:21:15.730><c> Apostle</c><00:21:16.109><c> Paul</c><00:21:16.789><c> was</c><00:21:17.309><c> of</c><00:21:17.509><c> the</c><00:21:17.650><c> tribe</c><00:21:17.849><c> of</c><00:21:18.150><c> Benjamin.</c>

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lot<00:21:26.470><c> like</c><00:21:26.789><c> Saul</c><00:21:27.069><c> the</c><00:21:27.289><c> king.</c><00:21:28.190><c> Afterwards,</c><00:21:29.990><c> he</c><00:21:30.430><c> was</c><00:21:31.470><c> a</c><00:21:32.029><c> lot</c><00:21:32.210><c> like</c><00:21:32.630><c> Jonathan.</c>

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And<00:21:36.069><c> I</c><00:21:36.250><c> can't</c><00:21:36.589><c> help</c><00:21:36.789><c> but</c><00:21:37.029><c> wonder</c><00:21:37.730><c> if</c><00:21:39.869><c> this</c><00:21:40.430><c> special</c><00:21:40.809><c> relationship</c><00:21:41.710><c> between</c>

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David<00:21:42.869><c> and</c><00:21:43.130><c> Jonathan</c><00:21:43.670><c> carried</c><00:21:44.710><c> over</c><00:21:45.349><c> between</c><00:21:45.849><c> the</c><00:21:46.029><c> Lord</c><00:21:46.250><c> Jesus</c><00:21:46.650><c> Christ</c><00:21:47.250><c> and</c>

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the<00:21:47.930><c> Apostle</c><00:21:48.390><c> Paul.</c>

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Certainly<00:21:50.829><c> the</c><00:21:51.069><c> work</c><00:21:51.210><c> of</c><00:21:51.369><c> the</c><00:21:51.509><c> Apostle</c><00:21:51.890><c> Paul</c><00:21:52.430><c> is</c><00:21:53.190><c> still</c><00:21:53.529><c> bearing</c><00:21:53.829><c> fruits</c><00:21:54.210><c> today.</c><00:21:55.109><c> I</c><00:21:55.269><c> mean</c><00:21:55.430><c> we're</c><00:21:55.690><c> here</c><00:21:55.890><c> as</c>

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a<00:21:56.170><c> result</c><00:21:56.450><c> of</c><00:21:56.609><c> it.</c>

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So<00:22:06.849><c> the</c><00:22:06.990><c> question</c><00:22:07.329><c> is,</c><00:22:08.509><c> what</c><00:22:09.869><c> about</c><00:22:10.089><c> us?</c><00:22:13.130><c> Now</c><00:22:13.569><c> it</c><00:22:14.190><c> is</c><00:22:14.450><c> our</c><00:22:14.730><c> turn.</c><00:22:17.869><c> And</c>

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in<00:22:18.410><c> a</c><00:22:18.509><c> sense</c><00:22:18.650><c> we</c><00:22:18.829><c> need</c><00:22:19.069><c> to</c><00:22:19.289><c> decide,</c><00:22:19.730><c> are</c><00:22:19.849><c> we</c><00:22:19.950><c> going</c><00:22:20.049><c> to</c><00:22:20.150><c> be</c><00:22:20.230><c> like</c>

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