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his<00:24:48.400><c> lord</c><00:24:48.619><c> when</c><00:24:48.779><c> he</c><00:24:49.059><c> cometh</c><00:24:49.619><c> shall</c><00:24:49.920><c> find</c><00:24:51.039><c> so</c><00:24:51.740><c> doing</c>

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it's<00:24:53.200><c> the</c><00:24:53.400><c> same</c><00:24:53.579><c> idea,</c><00:24:53.940><c> we</c><00:24:54.000><c> want</c><00:24:54.200><c> to</c><00:24:54.339><c> be</c><00:24:54.599><c> found</c><00:24:55.000><c> in</c><00:24:55.380><c> him</c>

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blessed<00:24:57.000><c> is</c><00:24:57.200><c> that</c><00:24:57.480><c> servant</c><00:24:58.119><c> whom</c><00:24:58.559><c> the</c><00:24:58.700><c> lord</c><00:24:58.900><c> shall</c><00:24:59.180><c> find</c><00:24:59.859><c> so</c><00:25:00.319><c> doing</c>

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Paul<00:25:02.039><c> wanted</c><00:25:02.319><c> to</c><00:25:02.599><c> have</c><00:25:03.000><c> the</c><00:25:03.420><c> righteousness</c><00:25:03.880><c> that</c><00:25:04.259><c> is</c>

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his,<00:25:10.380><c> Paul's</c><00:25:11.099><c> agony</c><00:25:11.359><c> over</c><00:25:11.740><c> the</c>

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Jewish<00:25:13.500><c> people,</c><00:25:14.119><c> his</c><00:25:14.259><c> brethren,</c><00:25:16.059><c> in</c><00:25:16.059><c> Romans</c>

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chapter<00:25:16.640><c> 10</c><00:25:17.339><c> he</c><00:25:17.700><c> says,</c><00:25:18.859><c> brethren</c><00:25:18.960><c> my</c><00:25:19.240><c> heart's</c><00:25:19.700><c> desire</c><00:25:19.980><c> and</c><00:25:20.200><c> prayer</c>

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to<00:25:20.539><c> God</c><00:25:20.779><c> for</c><00:25:21.000><c> Israel</c><00:25:21.359><c> is</c><00:25:21.559><c> that</c><00:25:21.619><c> they</c><00:25:21.759><c> might</c><00:25:21.980><c> be</c><00:25:22.279><c> saved</c>

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for<00:25:24.220><c> I</c><00:25:24.420><c> bear</c><00:25:24.579><c> them</c><00:25:24.779><c> record</c><00:25:25.039><c> that</c><00:25:25.200><c> they</c><00:25:25.380><c> have</c><00:25:25.539><c> a</c><00:25:25.779><c> zeal</c><00:25:26.000><c> of</c><00:25:26.220><c> God</c>

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but<00:25:26.660><c> not</c><00:25:26.859><c> according</c><00:25:27.160><c> to</c><00:25:27.440><c> knowledge</c>

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for<00:25:29.819><c> they</c><00:25:30.240><c> being</c><00:25:30.640><c> ignorant</c><00:25:31.319><c> of</c><00:25:31.799><c> God's</c><00:25:32.359><c> righteousness</c>

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and<00:25:34.400><c> going</c><00:25:34.619><c> about</c><00:25:34.900><c> to</c><00:25:35.200><c> establish</c><00:25:35.599><c> their</c><00:25:36.160><c> own</c>

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righteousness<00:25:37.240><c> have</c><00:25:38.519><c> not</c><00:25:38.960><c> submitted</c><00:25:39.420><c> themselves</c>

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unto<00:25:40.960><c> the</c><00:25:41.240><c> righteousness</c><00:25:41.920><c> of</c><00:25:42.839><c> God</c>

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the<00:25:45.000><c> revised</c><00:25:45.279><c> standard</c><00:25:45.640><c> version</c><00:25:46.140><c> renders</c><00:25:46.640><c> it</c><00:25:47.299><c> righteousness</c><00:25:47.940><c> from</c>

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God,<00:25:49.559><c> it's</c><00:25:50.059><c> not</c><00:25:50.220><c> the</c><00:25:50.339><c> things</c><00:25:50.640><c> that</c><00:25:51.380><c> we</c><00:25:51.559><c> do</c><00:25:51.839><c> to</c><00:25:51.980><c> put</c><00:25:52.420><c> God</c>

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in<00:25:52.980><c> our</c><00:25:53.259><c> debt</c><00:25:53.779><c> as</c><00:25:56.019><c> not</c><00:25:56.319><c> only</c>

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people<00:26:01.140><c> nowadays</c><00:26:01.619><c> still</c><00:26:01.960><c> think</c><00:26:02.119><c> and</c><00:26:02.220><c> maybe</c><00:26:02.480><c> we're</c><00:26:02.740><c> inclined</c>

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to<00:26:03.400><c> think</c><00:26:03.700><c> if</c><00:26:04.039><c> we</c><00:26:04.220><c> go</c><00:26:04.359><c> through</c><00:26:04.539><c> the</c>

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motions<00:26:05.279><c> then</c><00:26:06.220><c> God's</c><00:26:06.720><c> obliged</c><00:26:07.220><c> to</c><00:26:07.759><c> like</c><00:26:07.960><c> us</c>

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Paul<00:26:17.440><c> wanted</c><00:26:17.700><c> to</c><00:26:17.900><c> be</c><00:26:18.140><c> found</c><00:26:18.500><c> in</c><00:26:18.839><c> Christ</c><00:26:19.279><c> to</c><00:26:19.660><c> have</c><00:26:19.940><c> that</c><00:26:20.279><c> righteousness</c>

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and<00:26:25.740><c> the</c><00:26:25.900><c> power</c><00:26:26.200><c> of</c><00:26:26.380><c> his</c><00:26:26.579><c> resurrection</c>

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let's<00:26:32.980><c> read</c><00:26:33.160><c> verses</c><00:26:33.480><c> 11</c><00:26:33.880><c> to</c><00:26:34.019><c> 14</c><00:26:34.519><c> of</c><00:26:34.779><c> Philippians</c><00:26:35.099><c> chapter</c><00:26:35.460><c> 3</c>

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Paul's<00:26:41.440><c> wish</c><00:26:42.019><c> is</c><00:26:43.700><c> that</c><00:26:43.839><c> he</c><00:26:44.000><c> might</c><00:26:44.220><c> attain</c><00:26:44.599><c> to</c><00:26:44.799><c> the</c>

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he<00:26:47.480><c> says</c><00:26:47.700><c> if</c><00:26:47.900><c> by</c><00:26:48.240><c> any</c><00:26:48.420><c> means</c><00:26:48.680><c> I</c><00:26:48.859><c> may</c><00:26:48.980><c> attain</c><00:26:49.339><c> unto</c><00:26:49.579><c> the</c><00:26:49.779><c> resurrection</c><00:26:50.200><c> of</c><00:26:50.380><c> the</c><00:26:50.539><c> dead</c>

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already<00:26:55.140><c> perfect</c>

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but<00:26:56.759><c> I</c><00:26:57.000><c> follow</c><00:26:57.319><c> after</c><00:26:58.140><c> if</c><00:26:58.960><c> that</c><00:26:59.140><c> I</c><00:26:59.279><c> may</c><00:26:59.519><c> apprehend</c>

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apprehended<00:27:09.579><c> but</c><00:27:10.539><c> this</c><00:27:10.839><c> one</c><00:27:11.039><c> thing</c><00:27:11.220><c> I</c><00:27:11.519><c> do</c>

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forgetting<00:27:12.960><c> those</c><00:27:13.319><c> things</c><00:27:13.640><c> which</c><00:27:14.059><c> are</c><00:27:14.299><c> behind</c><00:27:14.980><c> and</c><00:27:16.019><c> reaching</c>

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toward<00:27:20.619><c> the</c><00:27:20.880><c> mark</c><00:27:21.299><c> for</c><00:27:22.000><c> the</c><00:27:22.240><c> prize</c><00:27:22.440><c> of</c><00:27:22.640><c> the</c><00:27:22.779><c> high</c><00:27:23.019><c> calling</c><00:27:23.220><c> of</c><00:27:23.519><c> God</c>

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it<00:27:37.539><c> up</c><00:27:37.720><c> very</c><00:27:38.079><c> frequently</c>

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it's<00:27:39.940><c> because</c><00:27:40.279><c> we</c><00:27:40.460><c> want</c><00:27:40.700><c> to</c><00:27:41.119><c> respond</c>

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one<00:27:46.900><c> is</c><00:27:47.160><c> saved</c><00:27:47.380><c> one's</c><00:27:47.759><c> always</c><00:27:48.039><c> saved</c><00:27:48.359><c> one's</c><00:27:48.740><c> inevitably</c><00:27:49.180><c> saved</c><00:27:49.859><c> if</c><00:27:50.519><c> one</c>

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has<00:27:52.140><c> committed</c><00:27:52.599><c> himself</c><00:27:52.940><c> to</c><00:27:53.160><c> Christ</c><00:27:53.839><c> once</c><00:27:54.420><c> saved</c>

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that<00:27:56.339><c> in</c><00:27:56.400><c> a</c><00:27:56.460><c> minute</c><00:27:56.559><c> because</c><00:27:56.740><c> I</c><00:27:56.920><c> have</c><00:27:56.980><c> real</c><00:27:57.200><c> strong</c><00:27:57.500><c> feelings</c>

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about<00:27:58.059><c> that</c><00:27:58.319><c> doctrine</c>

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really<00:27:59.440><c> that</c><00:27:59.640><c> one</c><00:27:59.759><c> I</c><00:27:59.900><c> think</c><00:28:00.019><c> it's</c><00:28:00.180><c> one</c><00:28:00.279><c> of</c><00:28:00.380><c> the</c><00:28:00.519><c> worst</c><00:28:00.740><c> there</c><00:28:01.019><c> is</c>

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and<00:28:03.400><c> so</c><00:28:03.500><c> we</c><00:28:03.660><c> turn</c><00:28:03.779><c> to</c><00:28:03.940><c> this</c><00:28:04.099><c> passage</c><00:28:04.420><c> and</c><00:28:04.579><c> we</c><00:28:04.779><c> say</c><00:28:05.019><c> look</c><00:28:05.400><c> even</c>

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the<00:28:05.900><c> apostle</c><00:28:06.259><c> Paul</c>

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even<00:28:07.420><c> the</c><00:28:07.599><c> apostle</c><00:28:07.960><c> Paul</c><00:28:08.380><c> says</c><00:28:08.859><c> I</c><00:28:09.319><c> don't</c><00:28:09.579><c> count</c><00:28:09.819><c> myself</c>

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to<00:28:11.299><c> have</c><00:28:11.539><c> attained</c><00:28:11.920><c> unto</c><00:28:12.140><c> the</c><00:28:12.319><c> resurrection</c><00:28:12.720><c> of</c><00:28:12.920><c> the</c><00:28:13.079><c> dead</c>

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resurrection<00:28:27.460><c> of</c><00:28:27.640><c> the</c><00:28:27.779><c> dead</c><00:28:27.960><c> in</c><00:28:28.339><c> the</c><00:28:28.559><c> sense</c><00:28:28.779><c> expressed</c><00:28:29.259><c> by</c><00:28:29.480><c> Revelation</c><00:28:29.920><c> 20</c>

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it's<00:37:16.019><c> remarkable</c><00:37:16.500><c> that</c><00:37:16.800><c> Paul</c>

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screen<00:38:12.280><c> as</c><00:38:12.920><c> a</c><00:38:13.119><c> pernicious</c>

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anymore<00:38:34.159><c> now</c><00:38:36.260><c> that</c><00:38:36.719><c> might</c><00:38:36.900><c> be</c><00:38:37.059><c> a</c><00:38:37.159><c> bit</c><00:38:37.300><c> of</c>

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you<00:39:23.619><c> know</c><00:39:23.820><c> in</c><00:39:24.340><c> Romans</c><00:39:24.619><c> chapter</c><00:39:25.000><c> 11</c>

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eager

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