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The<00:11:54.740><c> world</c><00:11:54.940><c> is</c><00:11:55.159><c> full</c><00:11:55.399><c> of</c><00:11:55.659><c> violence,</c><00:11:56.860><c> hate,</c><00:11:57.379><c> and</c><00:11:57.639><c> destruction.</c>

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Salvation<00:12:01.220><c> is</c><00:12:01.820><c> not</c><00:12:02.379><c> available</c><00:12:03.179><c> from</c><00:12:03.620><c> any</c><00:12:04.139><c> individual,</c><00:12:05.240><c> institution,</c>

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government<00:12:07.019><c> on</c><00:12:07.460><c> this</c><00:12:07.779><c> planet.</c>

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Peter<00:12:10.440><c> tells</c><00:12:10.840><c> us</c><00:12:11.539><c> all</c><00:12:12.679><c> who</c><00:12:13.220><c> would</c><00:12:13.500><c> listen.</c>

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This<00:12:14.620><c> is</c><00:12:14.899><c> in</c><00:12:15.039><c> Acts</c><00:12:15.279><c> 4.</c>

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He<00:12:16.879><c> tells</c><00:12:17.159><c> us</c><00:12:17.440><c> that</c><00:12:17.779><c> Jesus</c><00:12:18.340><c> Christ</c><00:12:18.940><c> is</c><00:12:19.700><c> the</c><00:12:20.000><c> only</c><00:12:20.419><c> name</c><00:12:21.200><c> given</c>

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under<00:12:22.120><c> heaven</c><00:12:22.820><c> whereby</c><00:12:23.460><c> we</c><00:12:23.960><c> must</c><00:12:24.279><c> be</c><00:12:24.700><c> saved.</c>

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nor<00:12:35.919><c> was</c><00:12:36.159><c> a</c><00:12:36.379><c> preacher</c><00:12:36.639><c> of</c><00:12:36.919><c> righteousness,</c>

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but<00:12:42.019><c> it</c><00:12:42.720><c> appears</c><00:12:43.080><c> that</c><00:12:43.720><c> as</c><00:12:44.120><c> it</c><00:12:44.379><c> was</c><00:12:44.600><c> while</c><00:12:44.899><c> the</c><00:12:45.139><c> ark</c><00:12:45.500><c> was</c><00:12:45.860><c> being</c><00:12:46.279><c> built,</c>

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so<00:12:48.340><c> it</c><00:12:48.580><c> was</c><00:12:48.759><c> maybe</c><00:12:49.539><c> 100,</c><00:12:50.000><c> 200</c><00:12:50.340><c> years</c><00:12:50.700><c> later.</c>

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We<00:12:53.340><c> see</c><00:12:53.919><c> in</c><00:12:54.259><c> chapter</c><00:12:54.620><c> 11</c><00:12:54.899><c> of</c><00:12:55.139><c> Genesis</c><00:12:55.539><c> that</c><00:12:56.779><c> in</c><00:12:58.299><c> the</c><00:12:58.379><c> land</c><00:12:58.539><c> of</c><00:12:58.860><c> Shinar,</c>

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the<00:13:01.240><c> descendants</c><00:13:01.580><c> of</c><00:13:01.960><c> Noah</c><00:13:02.519><c> began</c><00:13:03.399><c> to</c><00:13:03.679><c> revert</c><00:13:03.940><c> to</c><00:13:04.159><c> the</c><00:13:04.320><c> ways</c>

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of<00:13:04.779><c> sin.</c>

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This<00:13:09.419><c> man,</c><00:13:09.820><c> Nimrod,</c><00:13:10.220><c> that</c><00:13:10.379><c> is</c><00:13:10.620><c> spoken</c><00:13:10.919><c> of</c><00:13:11.139><c> in</c><00:13:11.399><c> chapter</c><00:13:11.799><c> 10</c>

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was<00:13:14.220><c> the</c><00:13:14.460><c> great</c><00:13:14.840><c> grandson</c><00:13:15.320><c> of</c><00:13:15.679><c> Noah.</c>

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Turn<00:13:21.759><c> back</c><00:13:22.039><c> to</c><00:13:22.240><c> chapter</c><00:13:22.519><c> 11.</c>

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See<00:13:24.720><c> what</c><00:13:24.919><c> these</c><00:13:25.299><c> people</c><00:13:25.580><c> are</c><00:13:25.879><c> saying.</c>

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They're<00:13:28.039><c> saying,</c><00:13:29.000><c> let</c><00:13:29.299><c> us,</c><00:13:30.179><c> let</c><00:13:30.779><c> us.</c>

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It<00:13:33.279><c> doesn't</c><00:13:33.639><c> say,</c><00:13:35.139><c> let</c><00:13:35.399><c> us</c><00:13:35.960><c> go</c><00:13:36.539><c> and</c><00:13:36.840><c> seek</c><00:13:37.059><c> God.</c>

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Let<00:13:38.679><c> us</c><00:13:40.019><c> learn</c><00:13:40.460><c> of</c><00:13:40.600><c> his</c><00:13:40.799><c> ways.</c>

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Let<00:13:42.120><c> us</c><00:13:43.679><c> have</c><00:13:44.480><c> him</c><00:13:45.779><c> tell</c><00:13:46.100><c> us</c><00:13:46.240><c> what</c><00:13:46.240><c> to</c><00:13:46.240><c> do.</c>

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No.

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It<00:13:51.019><c> says,</c><00:13:51.659><c> let</c><00:13:51.659><c> us</c><00:13:52.419><c> build.</c>

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Let<00:13:54.220><c> us</c><00:13:54.480><c> make</c><00:13:54.720><c> a</c><00:13:55.019><c> name</c><00:13:55.379><c> for</c><00:13:55.740><c> ourselves.</c>

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Isn't<00:13:59.360><c> that</c><00:13:59.919><c> like</c><00:14:00.299><c> it</c><00:14:00.500><c> is</c><00:14:00.700><c> today?</c>

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You<00:14:04.759><c> know</c><00:14:04.840><c> what</c><00:14:04.980><c> the</c><00:14:05.279><c> Tower</c><00:14:05.460><c> of</c><00:14:05.659><c> Babel</c><00:14:05.860><c> reminds</c><00:14:06.240><c> me</c><00:14:06.500><c> of?</c>

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You<00:14:09.620><c> know,</c><00:14:10.299><c> these</c><00:14:10.600><c> Near</c><00:14:10.860><c> Eastern</c><00:14:11.139><c> countries,</c><00:14:14.220><c> you've</c><00:14:14.639><c> read</c>

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about<00:14:15.059><c> it.</c>

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They<00:14:18.039><c> have</c><00:14:18.360><c> built</c><00:14:18.639><c> these</c><00:14:19.360><c> extremely</c><00:14:20.000><c> tall</c><00:14:20.440><c> buildings</c><00:14:21.000><c> out</c>

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on<00:14:21.580><c> the</c><00:14:21.799><c> desert.</c>

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You<00:14:25.600><c> know,</c><00:14:25.799><c> it's</c><00:14:25.980><c> not</c><00:14:26.139><c> like</c><00:14:26.399><c> there's</c><00:14:27.720><c> not</c><00:14:28.019><c> a</c><00:14:28.159><c> lot</c><00:14:28.320><c> of</c><00:14:28.519><c> space</c>

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for<00:14:29.259><c> them</c>

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to<00:14:30.159><c> build</c><00:14:30.340><c> smaller</c><00:14:30.759><c> buildings.</c>

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There<00:14:32.580><c> are</c><00:14:32.759><c> thousands</c><00:14:33.200><c> of</c><00:14:33.500><c> acres</c><00:14:33.720><c> out</c><00:14:34.039><c> there.</c>

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So<00:14:36.639><c> why</c><00:14:37.019><c> tall?</c>

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It's<00:14:39.440><c> pride.</c>

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Each<00:14:42.279><c> nation</c><00:14:43.059><c> wants</c><00:14:43.820><c> to</c><00:14:44.080><c> be</c><00:14:44.279><c> the</c><00:14:44.539><c> one</c><00:14:44.779><c> that</c><00:14:45.080><c> says,</c>

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look,<00:14:46.200><c> I</c><00:14:46.700><c> have</c><00:14:46.919><c> the</c><00:14:47.279><c> tallest</c><00:14:47.639><c> building</c><00:14:47.980><c> in</c><00:14:48.220><c> the</c><00:14:48.379><c> world.</c>

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Paul<00:14:54.440><c> writes</c><00:14:55.179><c> to</c><00:14:55.940><c> Timothy,</c><00:14:57.759><c> 2</c><00:14:58.059><c> Timothy</c><00:14:58.759><c> chapter</c><00:15:00.600><c> 3.</c>

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Please<00:15:02.659><c> turn</c><00:15:02.940><c> that</c><00:15:03.200><c> up</c><00:15:03.379><c> with</c><00:15:03.600><c> me.</c>

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2<00:15:08.720><c> Timothy</c><00:15:09.220><c> chapter</c><00:15:09.919><c> 3.</c>

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Paul<00:15:20.879><c> writes,</c><00:15:22.200><c> this</c><00:15:22.539><c> know</c><00:15:22.779><c> also,</c><00:15:24.659><c> that</c><00:15:24.779><c> in</c><00:15:24.980><c> the</c><00:15:25.159><c> last</c><00:15:25.539><c> days,</c>

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perilous<00:15:26.480><c> times</c><00:15:26.759><c> shall</c><00:15:27.100><c> come.</c>

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For<00:15:29.500><c> men</c><00:15:29.740><c> shall</c><00:15:30.019><c> be</c><00:15:30.200><c> lovers</c><00:15:31.019><c> of</c><00:15:31.899><c> their</c><00:15:32.360><c> own</c><00:15:32.799><c> selves.</c>

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Covetous,<00:15:35.639><c> boasters,</c><00:15:37.320><c> proud,</c><00:15:38.679><c> blasphemous,</c>

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disobedient<00:15:41.519><c> to</c><00:15:41.820><c> parents,</c><00:15:42.620><c> unthankful,</c><00:15:43.559><c> unholy,</c>

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without<00:15:45.440><c> natural</c><00:15:45.860><c> affection,</c><00:15:47.940><c> truth</c><00:15:48.200><c>-breakers,</c><00:15:48.980><c> false</c><00:15:49.240><c> accusers,</c>

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incontinent<00:15:51.039><c> fears,</c><00:15:52.379><c> despisers</c><00:15:53.000><c> of</c><00:15:53.480><c> those</c><00:15:53.879><c> that</c><00:15:54.080><c> are</c><00:15:54.299><c> good,</c>

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traitors,<00:15:56.419><c> heavy,</c><00:15:58.379><c> high</c><00:15:58.600><c>-minded,</c><00:15:59.460><c> lovers</c><00:15:59.659><c> of</c><00:16:00.019><c> pleasure</c>

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more<00:16:00.899><c> than</c><00:16:01.059><c> lovers</c><00:16:01.320><c> of</c><00:16:01.639><c> God.</c>

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Having<00:16:03.360><c> a</c><00:16:03.700><c> form</c><00:16:03.899><c> of</c><00:16:04.179><c> godliness,</c><00:16:05.460><c> but</c><00:16:05.559><c> denying</c><00:16:06.019><c> the</c><00:16:06.379><c> power</c><00:16:07.240><c> thereof</c>

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from<00:16:08.960><c> such</c><00:16:09.519><c> turn</c><00:16:10.019><c> away.</c>

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We<00:16:14.759><c> are</c><00:16:15.000><c> in</c><00:16:15.139><c> those</c><00:16:15.539><c> last</c><00:16:15.899><c> days,</c><00:16:16.519><c> brothers</c><00:16:16.679><c> and</c><00:16:16.940><c> sisters.</c>

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Whether<00:16:20.080><c> it</c><00:16:20.259><c> be</c><00:16:20.440><c> tomorrow,</c><00:16:21.019><c> next</c><00:16:21.379><c> year,</c><00:16:22.200><c> many</c><00:16:22.480><c> years</c><00:16:22.740><c> from</c><00:16:22.940><c> now,</c>

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we<00:16:25.059><c> have</c><00:16:25.240><c> only</c><00:16:25.539><c> the</c><00:16:25.759><c> rest</c><00:16:25.940><c> of</c><00:16:26.159><c> our</c><00:16:26.340><c> lives</c>

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to<00:16:26.960><c> prepare</c><00:16:27.279><c> for</c><00:16:27.500><c> the</c><00:16:27.679><c> Lord's</c><00:16:28.059><c> return.</c>

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God<00:16:31.220><c> has</c><00:16:31.559><c> given</c><00:16:31.740><c> us</c><00:16:32.460><c> many</c><00:16:32.899><c> prophetic</c><00:16:33.559><c> signs</c>

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that<00:16:34.919><c> the</c><00:16:35.159><c> return</c><00:16:35.399><c> of</c><00:16:35.580><c> Jesus</c><00:16:35.879><c> is</c><00:16:36.159><c> near.</c>

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we<00:16:45.259><c> are</c><00:16:45.500><c> told</c><00:16:45.799><c> that</c><00:16:46.059><c> God</c><00:16:46.620><c> waited</c><00:16:47.100><c> patiently</c>

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while<00:16:48.700><c> the</c><00:16:49.019><c> ark</c><00:16:49.259><c> was</c><00:16:49.539><c> being</c><00:16:50.600><c> built.</c>

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And<00:16:53.500><c> we</c><00:16:53.659><c> have</c><00:16:53.840><c> to</c><00:16:54.059><c> ask</c><00:16:54.259><c> ourselves,</c><00:16:56.659><c> how</c><00:16:56.860><c> long</c><00:16:57.659><c> will</c><00:16:58.220><c> his</c><00:16:58.460><c> patience</c>

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last<00:16:59.039><c> with</c><00:16:59.840><c> this</c><00:17:00.159><c> generation?</c>

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There<00:17:08.920><c> are</c><00:17:09.140><c> many</c><00:17:09.880><c> distractions</c><00:17:10.599><c> in</c><00:17:11.000><c> this</c><00:17:11.259><c> life</c>

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that<00:17:13.119><c> can</c><00:17:14.019><c> ensnare</c><00:17:14.500><c> us</c><00:17:15.660><c> and</c><00:17:16.420><c> distance</c><00:17:17.460><c> us</c><00:17:18.380><c> from</c><00:17:18.920><c> God's</c><00:17:19.420><c> word.</c>

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We<00:17:22.559><c> need</c><00:17:22.759><c> to</c><00:17:23.019><c> focus</c><00:17:23.299><c> on</c><00:17:23.539><c> the</c><00:17:23.720><c> things</c><00:17:23.900><c> that</c><00:17:24.180><c> God</c><00:17:24.400><c> has</c><00:17:24.740><c> written</c>

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to<00:17:26.500><c> show</c><00:17:26.839><c> us</c><00:17:27.200><c> the</c><00:17:27.400><c> way</c><00:17:27.940><c> to</c><00:17:28.299><c> everlasting</c><00:17:28.740><c> life</c><00:17:29.240><c> in</c><00:17:29.460><c> his</c><00:17:29.660><c> kingdom.</c>

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So<00:17:34.119><c> then</c><00:17:34.319><c> if</c><00:17:34.420><c> we</c><00:17:34.599><c> can</c><00:17:34.819><c> learn</c><00:17:35.119><c> to</c><00:17:35.339><c> live</c><00:17:37.359><c> in</c><00:17:38.920><c> daily</c><00:17:39.240><c> expectation</c>

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of<00:17:40.680><c> the</c><00:17:40.859><c> Lord's</c><00:17:41.299><c> return,</c><00:17:42.720><c> then</c><00:17:42.859><c> that</c><00:17:43.160><c> day</c><00:17:43.940><c> should</c><00:17:44.779><c> not</c><00:17:45.119><c> take</c>

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us<00:17:46.299><c> unawares.</c>

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