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grave<00:17:19.279><c> couldn't</c><00:17:19.700><c> hold</c><00:17:20.019><c> him,</c>

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because<00:17:23.359><c> God</c><00:17:23.839><c> is</c><00:17:24.180><c> righteous.</c><00:17:25.700><c> He</c><00:17:26.220><c> raised</c><00:17:26.640><c> his</c><00:17:27.000><c> righteous</c><00:17:27.420><c> son</c>

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to<00:17:28.759><c> immortality.</c>

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In<00:17:31.839><c> so</c><00:17:32.180><c> doing,</c><00:17:33.119><c> he</c><00:17:33.299><c> made</c><00:17:33.559><c> the</c><00:17:33.779><c> way</c><00:17:33.980><c> for</c><00:17:34.279><c> believers</c><00:17:34.779><c> to</c><00:17:36.000><c> be</c><00:17:36.380><c> reconciled</c><00:17:36.960><c> to</c><00:17:37.119><c> him.</c>

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You<00:17:41.519><c> know,</c><00:17:42.119><c> a</c><00:17:42.200><c> lot</c><00:17:42.440><c> of</c><00:17:42.660><c> Paul's</c><00:17:43.279><c> criticisms</c><00:17:44.099><c> in</c><00:17:45.180><c> Corinth</c><00:17:45.440><c> and</c>

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the<00:17:49.819><c> influence</c><00:17:50.180><c> of</c><00:17:50.460><c> the</c><00:17:50.660><c> Judaizers</c><00:17:51.319><c> and</c><00:17:52.839><c> they</c><00:17:53.099><c> seemed</c><00:17:53.279><c> to</c><00:17:53.579><c> follow</c><00:17:53.740><c> him</c>

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around<00:17:54.339><c> wherever</c><00:17:54.720><c> he</c><00:17:55.000><c> went.</c>

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And<00:18:07.079><c> following</c><00:18:07.319><c> the</c><00:18:07.619><c> law</c><00:18:07.880><c> was</c><00:18:08.339><c> that</c><00:18:09.319><c> all</c><00:18:09.519><c> that</c><00:18:09.720><c> went</c><00:18:09.859><c> with</c><00:18:10.099><c> it</c>

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was<00:18:11.380><c> counter</c><00:18:11.799><c> to</c><00:18:12.220><c> Paul's</c><00:18:12.660><c> preaching.</c>

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In<00:18:15.400><c> the</c><00:18:15.599><c> chapter</c><00:18:15.940><c> read</c><00:18:16.160><c> this</c><00:18:16.500><c> morning,</c><00:18:18.599><c> Paul</c><00:18:18.799><c> tries</c><00:18:19.160><c> to</c><00:18:19.460><c> impress</c><00:18:19.740><c> upon</c>

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them<00:18:20.779><c> the</c><00:18:21.500><c> superiority</c><00:18:22.099><c> of</c><00:18:22.359><c> the</c><00:18:22.559><c> gospel</c>

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in<00:18:24.220><c> contrast</c><00:18:24.859><c> to</c><00:18:25.079><c> the</c><00:18:25.279><c> law.</c><00:18:27.259><c> On</c><00:18:27.720><c> one</c><00:18:27.980><c> hand,</c><00:18:28.160><c> he</c><00:18:28.359><c> says,</c><00:18:29.220><c> the</c><00:18:29.380><c> ministration</c><00:18:29.920><c> of</c><00:18:30.180><c> righteousness.</c>

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On<00:18:31.779><c> the</c><00:18:31.940><c> other</c><00:18:32.140><c> hand,</c><00:18:33.680><c> the</c><00:18:33.819><c> ministration</c><00:18:34.380><c> of</c><00:18:34.640><c> death.</c>

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As<00:18:38.519><c> Paul</c><00:18:39.259><c> said</c><00:18:39.819><c> to</c><00:18:40.059><c> them</c><00:18:40.180><c> in</c><00:18:40.460><c> Ephesians,</c><00:18:42.119><c> he</c><00:18:42.220><c> says,</c><00:18:43.519><c> verse</c>

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eight,<00:18:44.460><c> Ephesians</c><00:18:44.799><c> two,</c><00:18:45.059><c> verse</c><00:18:45.240><c> eight,</c>

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it's<00:18:47.160><c> by</c><00:18:47.519><c> grace</c><00:18:48.160><c> that</c><00:18:49.420><c> you</c><00:18:49.640><c> have</c><00:18:49.779><c> been</c><00:18:50.140><c> saved.</c><00:18:51.740><c> By</c><00:18:52.220><c> faith</c><00:18:52.940><c> and</c>

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not<00:18:54.319><c> of</c><00:18:54.619><c> yourselves,</c><00:18:56.140><c> it</c><00:18:57.279><c> is</c><00:18:57.539><c> the</c><00:18:57.660><c> gift</c><00:18:57.839><c> of</c><00:18:58.119><c> God.</c>

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You<00:19:01.819><c> know,</c><00:19:02.259><c> there</c><00:19:02.460><c> was</c><00:19:02.740><c> nothing</c><00:19:03.099><c> wrong</c><00:19:03.500><c> with</c><00:19:03.759><c> the</c><00:19:04.000><c> law,</c>

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but<00:19:06.480><c> anyone</c><00:19:06.900><c> who</c><00:19:07.240><c> tried</c><00:19:07.420><c> to</c><00:19:07.720><c> keep</c><00:19:08.039><c> all</c><00:19:08.480><c> of</c><00:19:08.619><c> the</c><00:19:08.819><c> law</c><00:19:09.180><c> was</c><00:19:09.660><c> doomed</c><00:19:10.079><c> to</c><00:19:10.440><c> failure.</c>

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But<00:19:10.920><c> turn</c><00:19:13.640><c> with</c><00:19:13.859><c> me</c><00:19:13.980><c> to</c><00:19:14.140><c> Romans</c><00:19:14.839><c> chapter</c><00:19:16.859><c> seven,</c><00:19:19.299><c> please.</c>

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Romans<00:19:28.900><c> chapter</c><00:19:29.680><c> seven,</c><00:19:33.140><c> verse</c><00:19:33.519><c> seven,</c><00:19:35.440><c> what</c><00:19:35.920><c> shall</c><00:19:36.200><c> we</c><00:19:36.480><c> say</c><00:19:36.759><c> then?</c>

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Paul<00:19:38.480><c> says,</c><00:19:39.900><c> is</c><00:19:40.180><c> the</c><00:19:40.380><c> law</c><00:19:40.619><c> sin?</c><00:19:41.839><c> God</c><00:19:42.259><c> forbid</c><00:19:42.740><c> I</c><00:19:43.039><c> had</c><00:19:43.240><c> not</c><00:19:43.619><c> known</c>

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sin,<00:19:44.519><c> but</c><00:19:44.839><c> by</c><00:19:45.160><c> the</c><00:19:45.400><c> law.</c>

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For<00:19:47.259><c> I</c><00:19:47.519><c> had</c><00:19:47.700><c> not</c><00:19:48.119><c> known</c><00:19:48.500><c> lust,</c><00:19:49.940><c> except</c><00:19:50.380><c> the</c><00:19:50.680><c> law</c><00:19:50.980><c> said</c><00:19:51.380><c> thou</c>

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shalt<00:19:52.180><c> not</c><00:19:52.640><c> covet.</c>

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But<00:19:54.839><c> sin,</c><00:19:55.920><c> taking</c><00:19:56.299><c> occasion</c><00:19:56.779><c> by</c><00:19:57.019><c> the</c><00:19:57.299><c> commandment,</c><00:19:58.859><c> wrought</c>

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in<00:19:59.400><c> me</c><00:19:59.859><c> all</c><00:20:00.500><c> manner</c><00:20:00.920><c> of</c><00:20:01.359><c> concupiscence.</c>

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For<00:20:03.779><c> without</c><00:20:04.220><c> the</c><00:20:04.500><c> law,</c><00:20:05.140><c> sin</c><00:20:05.240><c> was</c><00:20:05.579><c> dead.</c><00:20:07.759><c> For</c><00:20:07.920><c> I</c><00:20:08.160><c> was</c><00:20:08.440><c> alive</c>

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without<00:20:09.460><c> the</c><00:20:09.680><c> law</c><00:20:09.880><c> once,</c>

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but<00:20:11.619><c> when</c><00:20:11.960><c> the</c><00:20:12.259><c> commandment</c><00:20:12.759><c> came,</c><00:20:14.299><c> sin</c><00:20:14.759><c> revived</c><00:20:15.700><c> and</c><00:20:16.400><c> I</c><00:20:16.740><c> died.</c>

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And<00:20:21.599><c> the</c><00:20:21.819><c> commandment,</c><00:20:23.740><c> which</c><00:20:24.039><c> was</c><00:20:24.500><c> ordained</c><00:20:25.160><c> to</c><00:20:25.519><c> life,</c><00:20:27.079><c> I</c><00:20:27.420><c> found</c><00:20:27.700><c> to</c>

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be<00:20:28.140><c> unto</c><00:20:28.420><c> death.</c>

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me<00:20:37.400><c> and</c><00:20:37.920><c> by</c><00:20:38.200><c> it,</c><00:20:39.259><c> slew</c><00:20:39.440><c> me.</c>

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needed<00:20:48.579><c> something</c><00:20:49.019><c> more.</c><00:20:51.019><c> They</c><00:20:51.359><c> needed</c><00:20:51.839><c> Jesus</c><00:20:52.440><c> Christ.</c>

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Moses<00:20:56.400><c> knew</c><00:20:56.680><c> this.</c><00:20:59.420><c> Look</c><00:20:59.680><c> at</c><00:20:59.920><c> Exodus</c><00:21:00.720><c> chapter</c><00:21:02.380><c> 34.</c><00:21:03.700><c> You</c><00:21:03.960><c> remember,</c><00:21:05.079><c> when</c>

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he<00:21:05.519><c> came</c><00:21:05.799><c> down</c><00:21:06.619><c> from</c><00:21:07.160><c> Sinai,</c>

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Moses<00:21:08.980><c> had</c><00:21:09.299><c> to</c><00:21:09.519><c> put</c><00:21:09.700><c> a</c><00:21:10.039><c> veil</c><00:21:10.359><c> upon</c><00:21:10.819><c> his</c><00:21:11.140><c> face,</c><00:21:13.400><c> because</c><00:21:14.420><c> the</c><00:21:16.779><c> children</c><00:21:17.099><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:21:18.200><c> couldn't</c><00:21:18.759><c> look</c><00:21:19.200><c> steadily</c><00:21:19.680><c> at</c><00:21:20.019><c> his</c><00:21:20.359><c> face.</c>

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And<00:21:25.180><c> that</c><00:21:25.460><c> veil</c><00:21:25.779><c> is</c><00:21:26.740><c> still</c><00:21:27.119><c> there</c><00:21:27.480><c> when</c><00:21:27.740><c> it</c><00:21:27.940><c> comes</c><00:21:28.160><c> to</c><00:21:28.400><c> the</c><00:21:28.579><c> law.</c><00:21:30.519><c> In</c>

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contrast,<00:21:32.259><c> when</c><00:21:32.440><c> Jesus</c><00:21:32.859><c> was</c><00:21:33.339><c> transfigured,</c>

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and<00:21:35.420><c> they</c><00:21:35.559><c> read</c><00:21:35.700><c> about</c><00:21:35.980><c> that</c><00:21:36.299><c> in</c><00:21:36.339><c> Matthew</c><00:21:36.720><c> 17</c><00:21:37.259><c> and</c><00:21:37.500><c> verse</c><00:21:37.799><c> 2,</c>

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his<00:21:41.019><c> face</c><00:21:41.359><c> did</c><00:21:41.640><c> shine</c><00:21:42.059><c> as</c><00:21:42.299><c> the</c><00:21:42.500><c> sun.</c>

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Jesus<00:21:44.940><c> is</c><00:21:45.339><c> the</c><00:21:45.599><c> true</c><00:21:45.779><c> glory,</c><00:21:47.559><c> the</c><00:21:47.940><c> everlasting</c><00:21:48.619><c> glory.</c>

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Turn<00:21:52.740><c> with</c><00:21:52.880><c> me</c><00:21:53.039><c> to</c><00:21:53.259><c> Romans,</c><00:21:54.420><c> please.</c><00:21:56.359><c> Chapter</c><00:21:56.880><c> 3,</c><00:22:04.220><c> verse</c><00:22:04.680><c> 20.</c>

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Therefore,<00:22:09.680><c> says</c><00:22:09.779><c> Paul,</c><00:22:11.259><c> by</c><00:22:11.579><c> the</c><00:22:11.859><c> deeds</c><00:22:12.200><c> of</c><00:22:12.559><c> the</c><00:22:12.779><c> law</c><00:22:13.660><c> shall</c>

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no<00:22:15.140><c> flesh</c><00:22:15.619><c> be</c><00:22:16.039><c> justified</c><00:22:16.700><c> in</c><00:22:16.920><c> his</c><00:22:17.180><c> sight,</c>

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for<00:22:18.900><c> by</c><00:22:19.200><c> the</c><00:22:19.460><c> law</c><00:22:19.839><c> is</c><00:22:20.299><c> the</c><00:22:20.500><c> knowledge</c><00:22:20.740><c> of</c><00:22:21.019><c> sin.</c><00:22:22.819><c> But</c><00:22:23.119><c> now</c><00:22:23.960><c> the</c>

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righteousness<00:22:25.059><c> of</c><00:22:25.460><c> God</c>

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without<00:22:27.480><c> the</c><00:22:27.799><c> law</c><00:22:28.180><c> is</c><00:22:28.880><c> manifested,</c><00:22:30.039><c> being</c><00:22:30.200><c> witnessed</c><00:22:30.680><c> by</c><00:22:30.980><c> the</c>

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law<00:22:31.779><c> and</c><00:22:32.460><c> the</c><00:22:32.740><c> prophets.</c>

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Even<00:22:35.480><c> the</c><00:22:35.980><c> righteousness</c><00:22:36.319><c> of</c><00:22:36.640><c> God,</c><00:22:37.680><c> which</c><00:22:37.819><c> is</c><00:22:38.119><c> by</c><00:22:38.460><c> faith</c><00:22:38.859><c> of</c>

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Jesus<00:22:39.599><c> Christ,</c><00:22:41.000><c> unto</c><00:22:41.240><c> all</c><00:22:42.180><c> that</c><00:22:42.700><c> believe,</c>

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and<00:22:44.920><c> there</c><00:22:45.099><c> is</c><00:22:45.279><c> no</c><00:22:45.480><c> difference.</c><00:22:47.119><c> For</c><00:22:47.400><c> all</c><00:22:47.859><c> have</c><00:22:48.220><c> sinned</c><00:22:49.079><c> and</c>

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come<00:22:49.500><c> short</c><00:22:49.859><c> of</c><00:22:50.059><c> the</c><00:22:50.279><c> glory</c><00:22:50.500><c> of</c><00:22:50.819><c> God,</c>

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being<00:22:53.460><c> justified</c><00:22:54.400><c> freely</c><00:22:55.039><c> by</c><00:22:55.599><c> his</c><00:22:55.940><c> grace</c><00:22:57.099><c> through</c><00:22:57.740><c> the</c><00:22:58.180><c> redevelopment,</c><00:22:59.640><c> that</c>

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redemption<00:23:00.759><c> that</c><00:23:01.400><c> is</c><00:23:01.599><c> in</c><00:23:01.880><c> Christ</c><00:23:02.200><c> Jesus.</c>

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to<00:23:14.319><c> declare</c><00:23:14.680><c> his</c><00:23:15.039><c> righteousness</c><00:23:15.640><c> by</c><00:23:16.420><c> remission</c><00:23:17.000><c> of</c><00:23:17.380><c> sins</c><00:23:17.740><c> that</c><00:23:18.160><c> are</c>

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old.<00:23:31.900><c> And</c><00:23:32.180><c> why?</c>

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sins<00:23:39.980><c> instead</c><00:23:41.019><c> of</c><00:23:41.880><c> punishment.</c>

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the<00:23:54.319><c> veil</c><00:23:54.680><c> of</c><00:23:55.119><c> the</c><00:23:55.339><c> temple</c><00:23:55.880><c> was</c><00:23:56.359><c> rent</c><00:23:56.740><c> and</c><00:23:57.019><c> twain</c><00:23:57.460><c> by</c><00:23:57.940><c> God.</c>

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the<00:24:48.339><c> Lord</c><00:24:48.579><c> Jesus</c><00:24:49.079><c> Christ.</c>

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Paul,<00:24:54.859><c> you</c><00:24:55.420><c> know,</c><00:24:56.160><c> spoke</c><00:24:56.380><c> very</c><00:24:56.779><c> boldly</c><00:24:57.220><c> to</c><00:24:57.420><c> the</c><00:24:57.619><c> Corinthians.</c>

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Paul<00:25:29.000><c> never</c><00:25:29.960><c> abandoned</c><00:25:30.880><c> his</c><00:25:31.440><c> preaching</c><00:25:31.799><c> effort.</c><00:25:33.740><c> As</c><00:25:34.180><c> he</c><00:25:34.440><c> said</c>

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you<00:25:40.079><c> can</c><00:25:40.460><c> turn</c><00:25:40.720><c> that</c><00:25:40.980><c> up,</c><00:25:41.839><c> second</c><00:25:42.039><c> Corinthians</c><00:25:42.460><c> chapter</c><00:25:42.920><c> four.</c><00:25:44.380><c> Look</c>

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what<00:25:44.680><c> he</c><00:25:44.960><c> says,</c><00:25:46.559><c> verse</c><00:25:46.759><c> eight</c><00:25:47.240><c> and</c><00:25:47.640><c> verse</c><00:25:47.960><c> nine.</c>

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persecuted,<00:26:03.259><c> but</c><00:26:03.619><c> not</c><00:26:04.000><c> forsaken,</c><00:26:06.000><c> cast</c><00:26:06.279><c> down,</c><00:26:07.299><c> but</c><00:26:07.579><c> not</c><00:26:08.019><c> destroyed.</c><00:26:09.660><c> This</c>

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was<00:26:10.400><c> Paul's</c><00:26:11.839><c> philosophy.</c>

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were<00:26:26.039><c> at</c><00:26:27.039><c> the</c><00:26:27.339><c> least</c><00:26:28.559><c> ignored</c><00:26:29.339><c> or</c><00:26:29.740><c> ridiculed</c><00:26:30.839><c> and</c><00:26:31.859><c> at</c><00:26:32.119><c> the</c><00:26:32.299><c> most</c><00:26:33.019><c> killed</c><00:26:33.640><c> in</c>

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delivering<00:26:34.799><c> the</c><00:26:35.000><c> gospel</c><00:26:35.319><c> message.</c>

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and<00:26:46.619><c> the</c><00:26:46.779><c> hardest</c><00:26:47.039><c> part</c><00:26:47.599><c> is</c><00:26:47.920><c> living</c><00:26:48.160><c> it.</c>

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us,<00:27:05.539><c> for</c><00:27:05.680><c> you</c><00:27:05.940><c> are</c><00:27:06.359><c> not</c><00:27:06.799><c> ignorant</c><00:27:07.240><c> of</c><00:27:07.579><c> his</c><00:27:07.880><c> devices.</c>

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our<00:27:19.480><c> Lord</c><00:27:19.720><c> Jesus</c><00:27:20.160><c> Christ.</c>

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must<00:27:30.500><c> war</c><00:27:30.819><c> against</c><00:27:31.359><c> every</c><00:27:31.799><c> day,</c>

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but<00:27:36.220><c> we</c><00:27:36.480><c> are</c><00:27:36.759><c> comforted</c><00:27:38.460><c> by</c><00:27:38.779><c> the</c><00:27:38.980><c> knowledge</c><00:27:39.579><c> that</c><00:27:40.839><c> if</c><00:27:41.119><c> we</c><00:27:41.339><c> confess</c><00:27:41.880><c> our</c>

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sins,<00:27:44.480><c> we</c><00:27:44.859><c> can</c><00:27:45.220><c> find</c><00:27:45.799><c> forgiveness</c><00:27:46.440><c> for</c><00:27:46.799><c> Jesus</c>

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Satan.<00:27:50.259><c> You</c><00:27:50.500><c> know,</c><00:27:51.980><c> the</c><00:27:52.240><c> Corinthians</c><00:27:52.700><c> are</c><00:27:53.200><c> full</c><00:27:53.920><c> of</c><00:27:54.619><c> examples</c>

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now<00:28:11.920><c> these</c><00:28:12.339><c> things</c><00:28:13.220><c> were</c><00:28:13.859><c> for</c><00:28:14.259><c> our</c><00:28:14.819><c> examples</c><00:28:15.319><c> to</c><00:28:16.440><c> the</c><00:28:16.880><c> intent</c>

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we<00:28:17.640><c> should</c><00:28:17.980><c> not</c><00:28:18.460><c> lust</c><00:28:18.859><c> after</c><00:28:19.460><c> evil</c><00:28:19.859><c> things</c><00:28:20.680><c> as</c><00:28:21.500><c> they</c><00:28:21.799><c> also</c><00:28:22.299><c> lusted.</c>

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You<00:28:26.279><c> know,</c><00:28:27.140><c> Paul</c><00:28:27.660><c> gives</c><00:28:29.299><c> us</c><00:28:29.500><c> a</c><00:28:29.500><c> lot</c><00:28:29.720><c> of</c><00:28:29.960><c> warnings</c><00:28:30.339><c> and</c><00:28:30.900><c> advice,</c>

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but<00:28:32.319><c> he</c><00:28:32.500><c> also</c><00:28:32.740><c> gives</c><00:28:32.960><c> us</c><00:28:34.599><c> some</c><00:28:35.140><c> words</c><00:28:35.640><c> of</c><00:28:37.019><c> comfort</c>

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as<00:28:39.279><c> we</c><00:28:39.480><c> partake</c><00:28:39.940><c> of</c><00:28:40.140><c> these</c><00:28:41.519><c> emblems</c><00:28:41.960><c> this</c><00:28:42.160><c> morning.</c><00:28:43.339><c> Let's</c><00:28:43.819><c> see</c><00:28:44.079><c> what</c><00:28:44.259><c> Paul,</c><00:28:45.599><c> his</c><00:28:45.940><c> advice</c><00:28:46.480><c> I</c>

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should<00:28:47.119><c> say,</c>

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that<00:28:47.539><c> he</c><00:28:47.759><c> gives</c><00:28:47.900><c> us</c><00:28:48.240><c> in</c><00:28:49.259><c> 2nd</c><00:28:49.680><c> Timothy</c><00:28:50.000><c> 3</c><00:28:51.279><c> verse</c><00:28:51.859><c> 14.</c>

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This<00:28:57.720><c> is</c><00:28:57.940><c> good</c><00:28:58.099><c> advice.</c><00:28:59.880><c> Paul</c><00:29:00.259><c> says,</c><00:29:01.960><c> continue</c><00:29:02.640><c> thou</c><00:29:03.200><c> in</c><00:29:04.299><c> the</c>

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things<00:29:04.839><c> which</c><00:29:05.240><c> thou</c><00:29:05.480><c> hast</c><00:29:05.839><c> learned.</c>

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