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says,<00:14:27.559><c> this</c><00:14:27.899><c> is</c><00:14:28.279><c> my</c><00:14:28.460><c> beloved</c><00:14:28.740><c> Son.</c>

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You<00:14:29.559><c> know,</c><00:14:29.759><c> listen</c><00:14:29.980><c> to</c><00:14:30.139><c> him.</c><00:14:30.720><c> This</c><00:14:30.919><c> is</c><00:14:31.179><c> my</c><00:14:31.340><c> beloved</c><00:14:31.539><c> Son</c><00:14:31.720><c> in</c><00:14:31.860><c> whom</c><00:14:31.980><c> I'm</c><00:14:32.200><c> well</c><00:14:32.379><c> pleased.</c><00:14:33.100><c> What's</c><00:14:33.340><c> he</c>

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doing?<00:14:34.139><c> He's</c>

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everybody<00:14:38.600><c> around</c><00:14:39.059><c> him,</c><00:14:39.419><c> which</c><00:14:39.559><c> even</c><00:14:39.879><c> John</c>

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couldn't<00:14:40.440><c> understand</c><00:14:40.899><c> at</c><00:14:41.080><c> this</c><00:14:41.299><c> point,</c><00:14:41.580><c> that</c><00:14:41.720><c> look,</c><00:14:42.299><c> I've</c><00:14:42.639><c> got</c><00:14:42.799><c> the</c><00:14:43.100><c> same</c><00:14:43.440><c> problem</c><00:14:43.899><c> you</c><00:14:44.200><c> have.</c><00:14:44.960><c> I've</c><00:14:45.340><c> been</c><00:14:45.500><c> born</c><00:14:45.740><c> of</c>

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to<00:14:55.440><c> fight</c><00:14:55.720><c> that</c><00:14:56.200><c> you're</c><00:14:56.419><c> all</c><00:14:56.679><c> fighting.</c>

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And<00:14:57.580><c> the</c><00:14:57.720><c> angels</c><00:14:57.899><c> would</c><00:14:58.080><c> have</c><00:14:58.259><c> watched</c><00:14:58.580><c> this,</c><00:14:58.899><c> and</c><00:14:59.080><c> a</c><00:14:59.220><c> man</c><00:14:59.600><c> that</c><00:14:59.919><c> finally,</c><00:15:00.340><c> someone</c><00:15:00.639><c> has</c>

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devil<00:15:06.539><c> right</c><00:15:06.899><c> here</c>

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everybody<00:15:14.279><c> that,</c><00:15:14.940><c> look,</c><00:15:15.039><c> I've</c><00:15:15.360><c> got</c><00:15:15.460><c> to</c><00:15:15.580><c> fight</c><00:15:15.740><c> this</c><00:15:15.960><c> same</c><00:15:16.200><c> war.</c><00:15:16.840><c> John</c><00:15:17.100><c> had</c>

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And<00:15:23.639><c> Jesus</c><00:15:23.899><c> comes</c><00:15:24.159><c> along</c><00:15:24.360><c> and</c><00:15:24.440><c> says,</c><00:15:24.639><c> I'm</c><00:15:24.799><c> in</c><00:15:24.879><c> the</c><00:15:25.080><c> same</c><00:15:25.320><c> predicament.</c><00:15:26.460><c> He</c><00:15:26.659><c> had</c><00:15:26.919><c> no</c>

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whatever,<00:15:28.659><c> to</c><00:15:28.799><c> be</c><00:15:29.059><c> forgiven</c><00:15:29.320><c> of.</c><00:15:30.039><c> And</c><00:15:30.220><c> you</c><00:15:30.379><c> could</c><00:15:30.639><c> see</c><00:15:30.799><c> that</c>

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voice,<00:16:00.519><c> this</c><00:16:01.059><c> is</c><00:16:01.940><c> my</c><00:16:02.639><c> Son.</c><00:16:03.940><c> Finally,</c><00:16:04.720><c> somebody</c><00:16:05.259><c> was</c><00:16:05.580><c> there</c><00:16:06.019><c> who</c><00:16:06.419><c> could</c><00:16:06.659><c> make</c><00:16:06.919><c> the</c><00:16:07.220><c> declaration</c><00:16:07.879><c> with</c><00:16:08.379><c> no</c>

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sins<00:16:16.120><c> to</c><00:16:16.340><c> be</c><00:16:16.559><c> forgiven</c><00:16:16.799><c> of.</c><00:16:17.360><c> This</c><00:16:17.679><c> man</c><00:16:17.919><c> goes</c><00:16:18.139><c> down</c><00:16:18.440><c> in</c><00:16:18.600><c> the</c><00:16:18.759><c> water</c><00:16:18.940><c> and</c>

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race<00:16:27.139><c> that</c><00:16:27.639><c> God</c><00:16:27.899><c> was</c><00:16:28.340><c> right</c><00:16:28.740><c> to</c><00:16:29.360><c> ask</c><00:16:29.580><c> us</c><00:16:29.779><c> to</c><00:16:29.960><c> fight</c><00:16:30.159><c> this</c><00:16:30.440><c> war.</c>

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It's<00:16:31.279><c> a</c><00:16:31.480><c> war</c><00:16:31.620><c> that</c><00:16:31.980><c> started</c><00:16:32.240><c> at</c><00:16:32.539><c> Adam</c><00:16:32.720><c> and</c><00:16:32.919><c> Eve,</c>

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flesh.<00:16:51.700><c> And</c><00:16:51.940><c> so</c><00:16:52.080><c> he</c><00:16:52.159><c> gets</c><00:16:52.440><c> tempted</c><00:16:52.820><c> of</c><00:16:53.039><c> the</c><00:16:53.299><c> Spirit</c><00:16:53.460><c> in</c><00:16:53.600><c> the</c>

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wilderness.<00:16:54.919><c> You</c><00:16:55.019><c> can</c><00:16:55.220><c> imagine</c><00:16:55.580><c> what</c><00:16:55.779><c> the</c><00:16:55.980><c> temptation</c>

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would<00:16:56.580><c> have</c><00:16:56.700><c> been</c><00:16:56.840><c> like,</c><00:16:57.080><c> the</c><00:16:57.299><c> angels</c><00:16:57.620><c> and</c><00:16:57.820><c> their</c><00:16:58.059><c> involvement</c><00:16:58.419><c> in</c><00:16:58.620><c> the</c><00:16:58.779><c> temptation</c><00:16:59.200><c> in</c><00:16:59.340><c> Matthew,</c>

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chapter<00:17:00.000><c> four.</c><00:17:00.940><c> Jesus</c><00:17:01.279><c> is</c><00:17:01.539><c> there,</c><00:17:01.919><c> and</c><00:17:02.139><c> here's</c><00:17:02.639><c> the</c><00:17:02.860><c> battleground.</c><00:17:03.879><c> He's</c><00:17:04.180><c> now</c>

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got<00:17:04.579><c> the</c><00:17:04.940><c> Spirit</c><00:17:05.119><c> without</c>

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a<00:17:05.539><c> measure,</c><00:17:06.160><c> and</c><00:17:06.240><c> now</c><00:17:06.619><c> the</c><00:17:07.000><c> test</c><00:17:07.259><c> is</c><00:17:07.460><c> there.</c><00:17:07.599><c> What</c><00:17:07.759><c> are</c><00:17:07.920><c> you</c><00:17:07.940><c> going</c><00:17:08.059><c> to</c>

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do<00:17:08.240><c> with</c><00:17:08.460><c> this?</c><00:17:09.059><c> How</c><00:17:09.259><c> is</c><00:17:09.460><c> he</c><00:17:09.559><c> going</c><00:17:09.720><c> to</c><00:17:09.839><c> use</c>

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these<00:17:10.299><c> powers</c><00:17:10.640><c> that</c><00:17:10.839><c> God</c><00:17:11.059><c> has</c><00:17:11.339><c> entrusted</c><00:17:11.740><c> in</c><00:17:11.980><c> a</c><00:17:12.099><c> man?</c><00:17:13.019><c> And</c><00:17:13.160><c> the</c>

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devil<00:17:13.420><c> comes</c><00:17:13.740><c> to</c><00:17:13.960><c> tempt</c><00:17:14.160><c> him.</c><00:17:14.900><c> And</c><00:17:15.079><c> we</c><00:17:15.539><c> know</c><00:17:15.799><c> these</c>

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passages<00:17:16.480><c> so</c><00:17:16.839><c> well.</c><00:17:16.980><c> He</c><00:17:17.180><c> uses</c><00:17:17.680><c> the</c><00:17:17.960><c> Bible.</c><00:17:18.799><c> He's</c><00:17:19.099><c> got</c><00:17:19.259><c> the</c><00:17:19.480><c> mind</c><00:17:19.700><c> of</c>

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God.<00:17:20.160><c> He's</c><00:17:20.359><c> got</c><00:17:20.500><c> God's</c><00:17:20.839><c> Word</c><00:17:21.039><c> in</c><00:17:21.160><c> his</c><00:17:21.400><c> head</c><00:17:21.539><c> to</c>

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the<00:17:21.880><c> point</c><00:17:22.059><c> that</c><00:17:22.519><c> when</c><00:17:22.799><c> the</c><00:17:23.019><c> temptation</c><00:17:23.420><c> can</c><00:17:23.779><c> come,</c><00:17:24.039><c> he</c><00:17:24.200><c> can</c>

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have<00:17:24.759><c> the</c><00:17:25.039><c> Word</c><00:17:25.220><c> to</c><00:17:25.500><c> reflect</c><00:17:25.900><c> on</c><00:17:26.119><c> to</c><00:17:26.299><c> help</c><00:17:26.440><c> him</c><00:17:26.599><c> through</c>

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the<00:17:26.960><c> temptation.</c><00:17:27.960><c> And</c><00:17:28.099><c> for</c><00:17:28.380><c> 40</c><00:17:28.640><c> days,</c><00:17:29.039><c> you</c><00:17:29.140><c> can</c><00:17:29.339><c> imagine</c><00:17:29.700><c> the</c>

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temptations<00:17:30.460><c> that</c><00:17:30.619><c> went</c><00:17:30.720><c> on</c><00:17:30.900><c> in</c><00:17:31.059><c> this</c><00:17:31.279><c> man</c><00:17:31.440><c> as</c><00:17:31.559><c> he's</c>

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fighting<00:17:32.079><c> the</c><00:17:32.319><c> battle,</c><00:17:32.680><c> fighting</c><00:17:33.019><c> the</c><00:17:33.299><c> war,</c><00:17:33.859><c> and</c><00:17:34.000><c> the</c><00:17:34.119><c> devil's</c><00:17:34.460><c> even</c>

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using<00:17:34.880><c> the</c><00:17:35.059><c> Bible</c><00:17:35.359><c> against</c><00:17:35.720><c> him,</c>

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whoever<00:17:36.880><c> that</c><00:17:37.140><c> devil</c><00:17:37.339><c> was.</c><00:17:38.019><c> He's</c><00:17:38.400><c> using</c><00:17:38.559><c> the</c><00:17:38.819><c> Bible</c><00:17:39.119><c> against</c>

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him,<00:17:39.720><c> and</c><00:17:39.900><c> he</c><00:17:40.119><c> quotes</c><00:17:40.339><c> from</c><00:17:40.599><c> the</c><00:17:40.799><c> Scriptures.</c>

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Sure,<00:17:41.859><c> you</c><00:17:41.880><c> can</c><00:17:43.240><c> jump</c><00:17:43.539><c> off</c><00:17:43.799><c> of</c><00:17:43.940><c> there,</c><00:17:44.380><c> because</c><00:17:44.579><c> the</c><00:17:44.859><c> angels,</c>

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they'll<00:17:45.279><c> be</c><00:17:45.460><c> in</c><00:17:45.680><c> charge</c><00:17:45.839><c> of</c><00:17:46.019><c> you,</c><00:17:46.380><c> and</c><00:17:46.480><c> they're</c>

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going<00:17:46.779><c> to</c><00:17:46.920><c> bury</c><00:17:47.039><c> you</c><00:17:47.299><c> up,</c><00:17:47.559><c> lest</c><00:17:47.619><c> you</c><00:17:47.819><c> dash</c><00:17:48.000><c> your</c><00:17:48.240><c> foot</c><00:17:48.359><c> against</c>

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the<00:17:48.839><c> stone.</c><00:17:49.960><c> And</c><00:17:50.180><c> Jesus</c><00:17:50.440><c> just</c><00:17:50.660><c> says,</c><00:17:50.920><c> look,</c>

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you<00:17:51.339><c> don't</c><00:17:51.559><c> tempt</c><00:17:51.880><c> the</c><00:17:52.059><c> Lord,</c><00:17:52.440><c> you're</c><00:17:52.440><c> God.</c><00:17:53.039><c> That's</c><00:17:53.339><c> not</c><00:17:53.519><c> the</c>

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right<00:17:53.759><c> way</c><00:17:53.900><c> to</c><00:17:54.099><c> approach</c><00:17:54.359><c> this.</c><00:17:55.480><c> He</c><00:17:55.740><c> shows</c><00:17:55.900><c> him</c><00:17:56.059><c> all</c>

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the<00:17:56.339><c> kingdoms</c><00:17:56.559><c> of</c><00:17:56.720><c> the</c><00:17:56.880><c> world,</c><00:17:57.240><c> and</c><00:17:57.339><c> he</c><00:17:57.440><c> says,</c><00:17:57.619><c> look,</c><00:17:57.799><c> all</c><00:17:58.000><c> these</c><00:17:58.140><c> I'll</c><00:17:58.319><c> give</c><00:17:58.500><c> you</c>

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if<00:17:58.700><c> you</c><00:17:58.900><c> fall</c><00:17:59.039><c> down</c><00:17:59.220><c> and</c><00:17:59.339><c> worship</c>

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me.<00:17:59.960><c> And</c><00:18:00.099><c> Jesus</c><00:18:00.440><c> goes</c><00:18:00.720><c> back,</c><00:18:01.220><c> and</c><00:18:01.420><c> again,</c><00:18:01.700><c> you</c><00:18:01.799><c> can</c><00:18:02.000><c> see</c><00:18:02.059><c> his</c>

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mind<00:18:02.500><c> in</c><00:18:02.660><c> Deuteronomy.</c><00:18:03.779><c> But</c><00:18:03.920><c> as</c><00:18:04.240><c> soon</c><00:18:04.480><c> as</c><00:18:04.980><c> the</c><00:18:05.319><c> test</c>

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was<00:18:05.880><c> over</c><00:18:06.160><c> and</c><00:18:06.420><c> the</c><00:18:06.640><c> devil</c><00:18:06.880><c> left</c><00:18:07.220><c> him,</c><00:18:08.299><c> look</c><00:18:08.500><c> who</c><00:18:08.680><c> comes</c><00:18:08.960><c> along.</c><00:18:10.279><c> Verse</c>

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11,<00:18:11.759><c> the</c><00:18:11.920><c> devil</c><00:18:12.200><c> left</c><00:18:12.500><c> him,</c><00:18:13.000><c> and</c><00:18:13.099><c> behold,</c>

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angels<00:18:14.299><c> came</c><00:18:14.920><c> and</c><00:18:15.299><c> ministered</c><00:18:15.980><c> to</c><00:18:16.099><c> him.</c><00:18:17.019><c> And</c><00:18:17.400><c> this</c><00:18:17.640><c> was</c><00:18:17.960><c> a</c><00:18:18.160><c> part</c><00:18:18.400><c> of</c>

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their<00:18:19.000><c> work.</c><00:18:19.740><c> They</c><00:18:19.960><c> had</c><00:18:20.220><c> not</c><00:18:20.380><c> been</c><00:18:20.619><c> sent</c><00:18:20.799><c> out</c>

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just<00:18:21.559><c> to</c><00:18:21.960><c> save</c><00:18:22.440><c> the</c><00:18:22.779><c> Davids,</c><00:18:23.460><c> the</c><00:18:23.700><c> Abrahams,</c><00:18:24.420><c> the</c><00:18:24.599><c> Moses,</c><00:18:25.200><c> the</c>

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Elijahs,<00:18:26.039><c> and</c><00:18:26.180><c> all</c><00:18:26.359><c> of</c><00:18:26.519><c> us.</c><00:18:27.400><c> Part</c><00:18:27.740><c> of</c><00:18:27.980><c> their</c><00:18:28.200><c> mission</c>

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was<00:18:29.180><c> to</c><00:18:29.539><c> save</c><00:18:30.039><c> God's</c><00:18:30.559><c> Son.</c><00:18:32.079><c> What</c><00:18:32.220><c> a</c><00:18:32.400><c> mission.</c><00:18:33.579><c> What</c><00:18:33.839><c> a</c><00:18:34.079><c> part</c><00:18:34.220><c> to</c>

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be<00:18:34.480><c> able</c><00:18:34.619><c> to</c><00:18:34.819><c> play,</c><00:18:35.539><c> to</c><00:18:35.660><c> be</c><00:18:35.799><c> able</c><00:18:36.000><c> to</c><00:18:36.079><c> work</c><00:18:36.279><c> with</c><00:18:36.460><c> this</c>

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man<00:18:36.880><c> as</c><00:18:37.000><c> he</c><00:18:37.319><c> struggled</c><00:18:37.720><c> through</c><00:18:38.039><c> life,</c><00:18:38.839><c> fighting</c><00:18:39.079><c> the</c><00:18:39.400><c> war</c><00:18:39.599><c> that</c><00:18:39.759><c> they'd</c><00:18:40.000><c> never</c><00:18:40.279><c> been</c><00:18:40.460><c> able</c><00:18:40.660><c> to</c>

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win<00:18:40.940><c> in</c><00:18:41.099><c> a</c><00:18:41.299><c> single</c>

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person.<00:18:42.339><c> And</c><00:18:42.599><c> now</c><00:18:43.019><c> the</c><00:18:43.180><c> man</c><00:18:43.400><c> has</c><00:18:43.579><c> come</c><00:18:43.799><c> along</c><00:18:44.200><c> who</c><00:18:44.599><c> they</c><00:18:44.799><c> now</c>

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realize,<00:18:45.700><c> this</c><00:18:45.799><c> man</c><00:18:46.000><c> has</c><00:18:46.220><c> the</c><00:18:46.380><c> potential.</c><00:18:47.200><c> He's</c><00:18:47.519><c> God's</c>

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Son.<00:18:48.819><c> He's</c><00:18:49.259><c> got</c><00:18:49.420><c> the</c><00:18:49.660><c> potential</c><00:18:50.019><c> that</c><00:18:50.160><c> we</c><00:18:50.319><c> can</c><00:18:50.519><c> actually</c><00:18:50.900><c> do</c>

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it<00:18:51.240><c> in</c><00:18:51.359><c> this</c><00:18:51.660><c> man,</c><00:18:52.019><c> what</c><00:18:52.099><c> we</c><00:18:52.299><c> had</c><00:18:52.500><c> never</c><00:18:52.720><c> been</c><00:18:52.920><c> able</c><00:18:53.079><c> to</c>

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do<00:18:58.960><c> it.</c><00:18:59.519><c> How</c><00:18:59.839><c> did</c><00:19:00.180><c> the</c><00:19:00.380><c> angels</c><00:19:00.599><c> accomplish</c><00:19:01.119><c> that</c><00:19:01.380><c> with</c><00:19:01.599><c> God's</c>

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Son?<00:19:02.880><c> You</c><00:19:03.039><c> go</c><00:19:03.240><c> back</c><00:19:03.519><c> to</c><00:19:03.940><c> references</c><00:19:04.299><c> like</c><00:19:04.740><c> Isaiah</c>

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50.<00:19:06.440><c> You</c><00:19:06.660><c> look</c><00:19:06.880><c> back</c><00:19:07.119><c> in</c><00:19:07.279><c> the</c><00:19:07.539><c> Psalms</c><00:19:07.900><c> at</c><00:19:08.079><c> the</c><00:19:08.240><c> mind</c><00:19:08.420><c> of</c><00:19:08.559><c> Christ.</c><00:19:09.700><c> But</c><00:19:09.819><c> one</c><00:19:09.940><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:10.359><c> sections</c><00:19:10.700><c> that</c><00:19:10.920><c> comes</c><00:19:11.099><c> up</c><00:19:11.299><c> in</c>

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Isaiah<00:19:11.779><c> 50</c><00:19:12.160><c> and</c><00:19:12.319><c> one</c><00:19:12.500><c> of</c><00:19:12.559><c> those</c><00:19:12.720><c> little</c><00:19:13.000><c> Messianic</c><00:19:13.579><c> sections</c>

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there<00:19:14.380><c> about</c><00:19:15.380><c> the</c><00:19:16.980><c> early</c><00:19:17.299><c> days</c><00:19:17.720><c> of</c><00:19:18.059><c> the</c><00:19:18.180><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:19:18.680><c> Christ,</c><00:19:19.299><c> what</c><00:19:19.500><c> was</c><00:19:20.299><c> it</c><00:19:20.539><c> like</c><00:19:20.720><c> for</c><00:19:20.900><c> him</c><00:19:21.119><c> when</c><00:19:21.279><c> he'd</c><00:19:21.500><c> get</c>

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up<00:19:21.740><c> in</c><00:19:21.859><c> the</c><00:19:21.980><c> morning?</c><00:19:23.140><c> And</c><00:19:23.279><c> you</c><00:19:23.380><c> find</c><00:19:23.700><c> in</c><00:19:23.900><c> verse</c><00:19:24.180><c> 4</c><00:19:24.660><c> of</c>

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Isaiah<00:19:25.099><c> 50</c><00:19:25.559><c> about</c><00:19:25.900><c> the</c><00:19:26.140><c> suffering</c><00:19:26.480><c> servant,</c><00:19:27.279><c> that</c><00:19:27.380><c> the</c><00:19:27.519><c> Lord</c>

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God<00:19:28.000><c> has</c><00:19:28.319><c> given</c><00:19:28.500><c> me,</c><00:19:28.720><c> he</c><00:19:28.960><c> says,</c><00:19:29.220><c> the</c><00:19:29.319><c> tongue</c><00:19:29.519><c> of</c><00:19:29.720><c> the</c>

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learn,<00:19:30.660><c> that</c><00:19:30.799><c> I</c><00:19:31.000><c> should</c><00:19:31.259><c> know</c><00:19:31.539><c> how</c><00:19:31.759><c> to</c><00:19:32.079><c> speak</c><00:19:32.420><c> a</c><00:19:33.019><c> word</c><00:19:33.160><c> in</c><00:19:33.440><c> season</c><00:19:33.700><c> to</c>

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him<00:19:34.079><c> who</c><00:19:34.240><c> is</c><00:19:34.420><c> weary.</c><00:19:35.319><c> And</c><00:19:35.519><c> you</c><00:19:35.599><c> can</c><00:19:35.799><c> imagine,</c>

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although<00:19:36.680><c> he</c><00:19:37.000><c> says</c><00:19:37.180><c> the</c><00:19:37.380><c> Lord</c><00:19:37.680><c> God</c><00:19:37.880><c> has</c><00:19:38.140><c> given</c><00:19:38.279><c> me,</c><00:19:38.500><c> that</c><00:19:38.640><c> was</c>

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it.<00:21:04.680><c> The</c><00:21:05.059><c> struggle</c><00:21:05.400><c> of</c><00:21:05.680><c> life</c><00:21:06.039><c> and</c><00:21:06.299><c> that</c><00:21:06.420><c> it</c><00:21:06.660><c> could</c><00:21:06.839><c> be</c><00:21:07.099><c> done,</c>

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and<00:22:19.779><c> deeply</c><00:22:20.099><c> distressed.</c><00:22:20.859><c> And</c><00:22:21.079><c> we</c><00:22:21.180><c> can</c><00:22:21.440><c> read</c><00:22:21.700><c> through</c><00:22:22.019><c> this.</c>

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I<00:22:22.819><c> know</c><00:22:23.000><c> I</c><00:22:23.160><c> did</c><00:22:23.240><c> this</c><00:22:23.420><c> for</c><00:22:23.640><c> years,</c><00:22:24.240><c> not</c><00:22:24.319><c> realizing,</c>

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what's<00:22:24.960><c> he</c><00:22:25.079><c> doing?</c><00:22:26.140><c> Why</c><00:22:26.420><c> did</c><00:22:26.579><c> he</c><00:22:26.900><c> leave</c><00:22:27.039><c> the</c><00:22:27.279><c> disciples</c><00:22:27.640><c> over</c>

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there?<00:22:28.579><c> And</c><00:22:28.700><c> then</c><00:22:28.819><c> he</c><00:22:28.880><c> takes</c><00:22:29.160><c> with</c><00:22:29.339><c> him</c><00:22:29.519><c> Peter,</c>

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James,<00:22:30.440><c> and</c><00:22:30.579><c> John,</c><00:22:31.119><c> and</c><00:22:31.240><c> he</c><00:22:31.400><c> brings</c><00:22:31.660><c> them</c><00:22:31.920><c> with</c><00:22:32.140><c> him</c><00:22:32.299><c> and</c><00:22:32.380><c> now</c>

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he's<00:22:32.740><c> going</c><00:22:32.859><c> to</c><00:22:32.960><c> be</c><00:22:33.200><c> sorrowful</c><00:22:33.640><c> and</c><00:22:33.819><c> deeply</c><00:22:34.119><c> distressed.</c>

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This<00:22:35.279><c> man's</c><00:22:35.740><c> in</c><00:22:35.740><c> trouble.</c><00:22:36.940><c> He's</c><00:22:37.279><c> facing</c><00:22:37.599><c> the</c><00:22:37.940><c> hardest</c><00:22:38.299><c> battle</c>

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of<00:22:38.940><c> his</c><00:22:39.200><c> life,</c><00:22:39.960><c> not</c><00:22:40.200><c> some</c><00:22:40.539><c> academic</c><00:22:41.140><c> battle</c><00:22:41.519><c> on</c>

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paper.<00:22:42.500><c> This</c><00:22:42.680><c> man's</c><00:22:43.079><c> living</c><00:22:43.240><c> out</c><00:22:43.539><c> the</c><00:22:43.839><c> war</c><00:22:44.160><c> in</c><00:22:44.339><c> his</c><00:22:44.640><c> flesh,</c><00:22:46.000><c> of</c>

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beating<00:22:46.380><c> sin</c><00:22:46.720><c> on</c><00:22:46.859><c> his</c><00:22:47.059><c> own</c><00:22:47.259><c> territory,</c>

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of<00:22:48.579><c> realizing</c><00:22:49.039><c> the</c><00:22:49.400><c> crucifixions</c><00:22:50.019><c> in</c><00:22:50.279><c> front</c><00:22:50.420><c> of</c><00:22:50.579><c> him,</c><00:22:51.119><c> and</c>

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all<00:22:51.420><c> the</c><00:22:51.660><c> shame,</c><00:22:52.079><c> and</c><00:22:52.240><c> all</c><00:22:52.400><c> the</c><00:22:52.599><c> things</c><00:22:52.740><c> that</c><00:22:52.920><c> that</c>

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would<00:22:53.220><c> entail,</c><00:22:53.940><c> and</c><00:22:54.059><c> yet</c><00:22:54.160><c> the</c><00:22:54.359><c> need</c><00:22:54.539><c> for</c><00:22:54.900><c> somebody</c><00:22:55.299><c> of</c><00:22:55.579><c> this</c>

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race.<00:22:56.480><c> So</c><00:22:56.599><c> when</c><00:22:56.660><c> he</c><00:22:56.819><c> is</c><00:22:57.019><c> lifted</c><00:22:57.240><c> up,</c><00:22:57.779><c> draw</c><00:22:58.000><c> all</c><00:22:58.359><c> men</c>

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to<00:22:58.480><c> himself</c><00:22:59.160><c> by</c><00:22:59.559><c> showing</c><00:22:59.819><c> the</c><00:23:00.039><c> entire</c><00:23:00.460><c> race.</c><00:23:01.039><c> This</c><00:23:01.339><c> is</c><00:23:01.579><c> what</c>

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my<00:23:02.099><c> father</c><00:23:02.400><c> requires.</c><00:23:03.759><c> Sin</c><00:23:04.119><c> must</c><00:23:04.619><c> be</c><00:23:04.859><c> crucified.</c>

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The<00:23:06.059><c> old</c><00:23:06.339><c> man</c><00:23:06.619><c> must</c><00:23:06.920><c> be</c><00:23:07.180><c> impaled</c><00:23:07.480><c> on</c><00:23:07.660><c> that</c><00:23:07.940><c> cross</c><00:23:08.160><c> if</c><00:23:08.299><c> we're</c><00:23:08.579><c> ever</c><00:23:08.819><c> going</c><00:23:08.980><c> to</c>

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go<00:23:09.180><c> to</c><00:23:09.279><c> the</c><00:23:09.420><c> father,</c>

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and<00:23:10.200><c> that's</c><00:23:10.359><c> where</c><00:23:10.460><c> he's</c><00:23:10.660><c> going.</c><00:23:11.420><c> And</c><00:23:11.579><c> when</c><00:23:11.700><c> he</c><00:23:11.819><c> gets</c><00:23:12.019><c> there,</c>

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he's<00:23:12.440><c> going</c><00:23:12.559><c> to</c><00:23:12.700><c> draw</c><00:23:12.920><c> all</c><00:23:13.279><c> men</c><00:23:13.480><c> to</c><00:23:13.680><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:23:14.819><c> what</c><00:23:14.980><c> he</c><00:23:15.140><c> does,</c><00:23:15.240><c> he</c><00:23:15.400><c> takes</c><00:23:15.819><c> Peter,</c><00:23:16.839><c> and</c><00:23:17.099><c> James,</c><00:23:17.619><c> and</c><00:23:17.859><c> John,</c><00:23:18.220><c> his</c>

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probably<00:23:18.720><c> his</c><00:23:19.079><c> best</c><00:23:19.339><c> and</c><00:23:19.740><c> closest</c><00:23:20.039><c> friends,</c>

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and<00:23:21.119><c> he</c><00:23:21.259><c> says,</c><00:23:21.960><c> you</c><00:23:22.140><c> know,</c><00:23:22.299><c> come</c><00:23:22.420><c> with</c><00:23:22.640><c> me.</c><00:23:23.160><c> He's</c><00:23:23.539><c> looking</c><00:23:23.779><c> for</c>

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help.<00:23:25.240><c> He's</c><00:23:25.519><c> looking</c><00:23:25.740><c> for</c><00:23:26.160><c> help.</c><00:23:27.200><c> We</c><00:23:27.460><c> read</c><00:23:27.640><c> those</c>

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passages<00:23:28.400><c> in</c><00:23:28.819><c> the</c><00:23:29.119><c> Psalms</c><00:23:29.420><c> that</c><00:23:29.599><c> he</c><00:23:29.900><c> looked</c><00:23:30.180><c> for</c><00:23:30.619><c> some</c><00:23:30.859><c> to</c><00:23:31.160><c> take</c><00:23:31.420><c> pity</c><00:23:31.680><c> on</c>

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him,<00:23:32.759><c> but</c><00:23:32.940><c> there</c><00:23:33.160><c> was</c><00:23:33.400><c> no</c><00:23:33.640><c> man.</c>

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One<00:23:34.680><c> of</c><00:23:34.759><c> the</c><00:23:34.920><c> songs</c><00:23:35.259><c> that</c><00:23:35.440><c> we</c><00:23:35.619><c> sing</c><00:23:35.779><c> around</c><00:23:36.000><c> the</c><00:23:36.160><c> time</c><00:23:36.440><c> of</c><00:23:36.740><c> Christ,</c><00:23:37.380><c> of</c>

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his<00:23:38.019><c> birth</c><00:23:38.299><c> is</c><00:23:38.539><c> like</c><00:23:38.759><c> that,</c>

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of<00:23:39.519><c> his</c><00:23:39.980><c> resurrection,</c><00:23:40.759><c> you</c><00:23:40.759><c> know,</c><00:23:41.059><c> right</c><00:23:41.259><c> in</c><00:23:42.079><c> one</c><00:23:42.279><c> of</c><00:23:42.460><c> the</c>

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famous<00:23:43.240><c> songs.</c><00:23:43.720><c> They</c><00:23:43.960><c> quote</c><00:23:44.220><c> from</c><00:23:44.400><c> that</c><00:23:44.660><c> passage,</c>

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and<00:23:45.039><c> I'd</c><00:23:45.240><c> heard</c><00:23:45.319><c> it</c><00:23:45.519><c> for</c><00:23:45.720><c> years</c><00:23:46.279><c> not</c><00:23:46.859><c> realizing</c><00:23:47.299><c> what</c><00:23:47.500><c> it</c><00:23:47.720><c> meant.</c><00:23:48.180><c> He</c>

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looked<00:23:48.940><c> for</c><00:23:49.420><c> comforters,</c>

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but<00:23:51.099><c> there</c><00:23:51.279><c> was</c><00:23:51.539><c> no</c><00:23:51.740><c> man.</c><00:23:53.039><c> And</c><00:23:53.240><c> you</c><00:23:53.380><c> read</c><00:23:53.640><c> through</c><00:23:53.839><c> this,</c><00:23:54.019><c> and</c>

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he<00:23:54.180><c> goes,</c><00:23:54.359><c> and</c><00:23:54.460><c> he</c><00:23:54.740><c> prays,</c><00:23:55.119><c> and</c><00:23:55.259><c> he</c><00:23:55.420><c> prays</c><00:23:55.720><c> to</c><00:23:55.859><c> his</c>

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father,<00:23:56.400><c> and</c><00:23:56.579><c> he</c><00:23:56.720><c> comes</c><00:23:57.019><c> back,</c><00:23:57.519><c> and</c><00:23:57.599><c> he</c><00:23:57.779><c> sees,</c><00:23:58.339><c> and</c><00:23:58.619><c> he</c><00:23:58.759><c> sees</c>

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the<00:23:59.140><c> struggle</c><00:23:59.380><c> is</c><00:23:59.559><c> going</c><00:23:59.680><c> on.</c><00:23:59.799><c> We</c><00:23:59.960><c> know</c><00:24:00.180><c> this</c><00:24:00.420><c> was</c>

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the<00:24:00.759><c> struggle.</c><00:24:01.160><c> He's</c><00:24:01.380><c> sweating</c><00:24:01.619><c> like</c><00:24:01.980><c> great</c><00:24:02.119><c> drops</c><00:24:02.380><c> of</c><00:24:02.680><c> blood.</c><00:24:03.180><c> He</c><00:24:03.400><c> prays</c><00:24:03.680><c> in</c>

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verse<00:24:04.039><c> 39,</c><00:24:04.859><c> not</c><00:24:05.180><c> as</c><00:24:05.440><c> I</c><00:24:05.799><c> will,</c>

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but<00:24:06.200><c> as</c><00:24:06.400><c> you</c><00:24:06.660><c> will.</c><00:24:06.900><c> The</c><00:24:07.200><c> battle</c><00:24:07.480><c> is</c><00:24:07.759><c> there.</c><00:24:08.019><c> Is</c><00:24:08.220><c> he</c><00:24:08.440><c> going</c><00:24:08.559><c> to</c>

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be<00:24:08.799><c> able</c><00:24:09.019><c> to</c><00:24:09.220><c> make</c><00:24:09.380><c> it?</c><00:24:10.140><c> And</c><00:24:10.279><c> he</c><00:24:10.400><c> comes</c><00:24:10.680><c> back,</c>

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and<00:24:12.000><c> his</c><00:24:12.180><c> best</c><00:24:12.380><c> friends</c><00:24:12.980><c> are</c><00:24:13.680><c> asleep.</c><00:24:15.160><c> They're</c><00:24:15.400><c> sleeping.</c><00:24:16.599><c> You</c><00:24:16.740><c> know,</c><00:24:16.839><c> some</c><00:24:17.039><c> of</c>

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us<00:24:17.339><c> do</c><00:24:17.519><c> that</c><00:24:17.759><c> when</c><00:24:17.880><c> we</c><00:24:18.079><c> realize</c><00:24:18.480><c> we're</c>

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in<00:24:18.859><c> really</c><00:24:19.220><c> troubled</c><00:24:19.539><c> times.</c><00:24:20.240><c> I</c><00:24:20.440><c> don't</c><00:24:20.579><c> think</c><00:24:20.759><c> they</c><00:24:20.900><c> were</c>

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just<00:24:21.299><c> sleeping</c><00:24:21.500><c> because</c><00:24:21.759><c> they</c><00:24:21.900><c> were</c><00:24:22.099><c> tired.</c>

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They<00:24:22.940><c> were</c><00:24:23.099><c> sleeping</c><00:24:23.440><c> because</c><00:24:23.839><c> they</c><00:24:24.160><c> couldn't</c><00:24:24.660><c> take</c><00:24:25.099><c> the</c><00:24:25.599><c> stress</c><00:24:26.059><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:26.460><c> situation.</c><00:24:28.099><c> Have</c><00:24:28.160><c> you</c><00:24:28.160><c> ever</c><00:24:28.339><c> been</c>

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there<00:24:28.839><c> where</c><00:24:28.980><c> things</c><00:24:29.180><c> are</c><00:24:29.380><c> just</c><00:24:29.799><c> so</c><00:24:30.200><c> rough,</c><00:24:30.940><c> and</c><00:24:31.160><c> you</c><00:24:31.319><c> realize</c>

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that<00:24:31.940><c> it's</c><00:24:32.700><c> out</c><00:24:32.900><c> of</c><00:24:33.079><c> control,</c><00:24:34.160><c> and</c><00:24:34.319><c> something's</c>

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happened<00:24:34.960><c> in</c><00:24:35.099><c> our</c><00:24:35.279><c> life</c><00:24:35.440><c> where</c><00:24:35.599><c> we</c><00:24:35.740><c> just</c><00:24:36.059><c> can't,</c><00:24:36.740><c> we</c><00:24:36.859><c> don't</c><00:24:36.980><c> know</c><00:24:37.119><c> how</c><00:24:37.140><c> to</c>

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deal<00:24:37.460><c> with</c><00:24:37.680><c> it.</c><00:24:37.859><c> And</c><00:24:37.980><c> our</c><00:24:38.160><c> tendency</c><00:24:38.440><c> is</c><00:24:38.680><c> we,</c>

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in<00:24:39.339><c> fact,</c><00:24:39.559><c> I</c><00:24:39.680><c> heard</c><00:24:39.839><c> somebody</c><00:24:40.079><c> say</c><00:24:40.319><c> that</c><00:24:40.460><c> this</c><00:24:40.660><c> weekend,</c><00:24:41.200><c> is</c>

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that<00:24:41.539><c> what</c><00:24:41.640><c> you</c><00:24:41.759><c> do</c><00:24:41.859><c> is</c><00:24:41.960><c> you</c><00:24:42.019><c> just</c><00:24:42.140><c> go</c><00:24:42.299><c> home</c><00:24:42.420><c> and</c><00:24:42.480><c> you</c>

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go<00:24:42.640><c> to</c><00:24:42.859><c> sleep,</c><00:24:43.160><c> because</c><00:24:44.019><c> that's</c><00:24:44.339><c> how</c><00:24:44.500><c> we</c><00:24:44.740><c> handle</c><00:24:44.960><c> it.</c><00:24:45.140><c> We</c><00:24:45.400><c> take</c>

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a<00:24:45.819><c> time</c><00:24:45.980><c> out,</c><00:24:46.200><c> and</c><00:24:46.339><c> we</c><00:24:46.400><c> go</c><00:24:46.539><c> to</c><00:24:46.759><c> sleep,</c><00:24:47.180><c> and</c><00:24:47.380><c> that's</c>

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what<00:24:47.680><c> the</c><00:24:47.940><c> disciples</c><00:24:48.279><c> did.</c><00:24:49.339><c> But</c><00:24:49.500><c> if</c><00:24:49.660><c> you</c><00:24:49.859><c> skip</c><00:24:50.099><c> over</c><00:24:50.700><c> and</c><00:24:51.299><c> you</c>

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look<00:24:51.579><c> at</c><00:24:51.740><c> the</c><00:24:51.839><c> other</c><00:24:52.019><c> gospel,</c><00:24:52.400><c> just</c><00:24:52.599><c> look</c><00:24:52.759><c> over</c><00:24:52.960><c> in</c>

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Luke<00:24:53.220><c> 22</c><00:24:53.799><c> and</c><00:24:54.759><c> look</c><00:24:54.940><c> what</c><00:24:55.180><c> happens</c><00:24:55.500><c> in</c><00:24:55.700><c> the</c><00:24:55.799><c> midst</c><00:24:55.960><c> of</c><00:24:56.160><c> all</c><00:24:56.319><c> this.</c><00:24:56.900><c> Three</c><00:24:57.240><c> times</c><00:24:57.640><c> he</c>

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comes<00:24:58.059><c> back</c><00:24:58.420><c> and</c><00:24:58.559><c> he</c><00:24:58.720><c> finds</c><00:24:58.980><c> his</c>

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disciples<00:24:59.640><c> asleep.</c><00:25:01.339><c> But</c><00:25:01.599><c> we</c><00:25:01.859><c> know</c><00:25:01.980><c> what</c><00:25:02.240><c> happened</c><00:25:02.500><c> in</c><00:25:02.640><c> Luke</c>

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22,<00:25:03.500><c> because</c><00:25:03.660><c> we've</c><00:25:03.940><c> heard</c><00:25:04.039><c> the</c><00:25:04.299><c> stories</c><00:25:04.519><c> before,</c>

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but<00:25:05.700><c> now</c><00:25:05.940><c> we're</c><00:25:06.099><c> looking</c><00:25:06.380><c> at</c><00:25:06.559><c> them</c><00:25:06.619><c> from</c><00:25:06.779><c> the</c><00:25:06.980><c> perspective</c><00:25:07.380><c> of</c>

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these<00:25:07.740><c> angels.</c><00:25:08.279><c> What</c><00:25:08.519><c> could</c><00:25:08.720><c> the</c><00:25:09.019><c> angels</c><00:25:09.240><c> do</c><00:25:09.500><c> to</c><00:25:09.680><c> help</c>

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this<00:25:10.140><c> man?</c><00:25:10.779><c> His</c><00:25:10.960><c> own</c><00:25:11.299><c> friends,</c><00:25:11.599><c> his</c><00:25:11.839><c> best</c><00:25:12.140><c> friends</c><00:25:12.460><c> had</c><00:25:12.660><c> let</c>

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him<00:25:12.920><c> down</c><00:25:13.119><c> at</c><00:25:13.299><c> this</c><00:25:13.519><c> point.</c><00:25:14.019><c> They</c><00:25:14.460><c> couldn't</c><00:25:14.859><c> rise</c><00:25:15.299><c> to</c>

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a<00:25:15.519><c> level</c><00:25:16.000><c> of</c><00:25:16.660><c> helping</c><00:25:16.900><c> him</c><00:25:17.099><c> at</c><00:25:17.259><c> this</c><00:25:17.500><c> point,</c><00:25:18.000><c> and</c><00:25:18.339><c> no</c><00:25:18.660><c> man</c><00:25:18.980><c> was</c>

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able<00:25:19.440><c> to</c><00:25:19.599><c> do</c><00:25:19.740><c> it.</c><00:25:20.740><c> But</c><00:25:20.900><c> at</c><00:25:21.099><c> verse</c><00:25:21.400><c> 43,</c><00:25:22.299><c> after</c><00:25:22.680><c> he</c><00:25:22.880><c> prayed</c>

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in<00:25:23.240><c> verse</c><00:25:23.420><c> 42,</c><00:25:24.019><c> not</c><00:25:24.279><c> my</c><00:25:24.700><c> will,</c><00:25:25.119><c> but</c><00:25:25.319><c> yours</c><00:25:25.839><c> be</c><00:25:26.160><c> done.</c><00:25:26.900><c> After</c><00:25:27.279><c> he</c>

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committed<00:25:28.079><c> himself</c><00:25:28.720><c> to</c><00:25:29.000><c> doing</c><00:25:29.259><c> the</c><00:25:29.500><c> will</c><00:25:29.619><c> of</c><00:25:29.779><c> his</c><00:25:29.960><c> father</c>

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and<00:25:30.519><c> not</c><00:25:30.779><c> his</c><00:25:31.039><c> own</c><00:25:31.339><c> will,</c><00:25:32.359><c> an</c><00:25:32.640><c> angel</c><00:25:33.140><c> appeared</c><00:25:33.700><c> to</c><00:25:33.880><c> him</c><00:25:34.039><c> from</c>

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heaven,<00:25:35.220><c> strengthening</c><00:25:35.500><c> him.</c><00:25:36.779><c> And</c><00:25:37.059><c> there's</c><00:25:37.259><c> the</c><00:25:37.460><c> work</c><00:25:37.640><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:38.059><c> angels.</c><00:25:38.279><c> That's</c><00:25:38.519><c> what</c><00:25:38.619><c> they're</c><00:25:38.819><c> there</c><00:25:39.099><c> for.</c><00:25:39.339><c> The</c><00:25:39.680><c> ministering</c><00:25:40.440><c> spirits</c><00:25:40.960><c> sent</c>

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forth<00:25:42.099><c> to</c><00:25:42.420><c> minister</c><00:25:42.859><c> for</c>

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those<00:25:43.140><c> who</c><00:25:43.680><c> shall</c><00:25:43.900><c> be</c><00:25:44.119><c> heirs</c><00:25:44.539><c> of</c><00:25:44.799><c> salvation.</c><00:25:46.039><c> And</c><00:25:46.480><c> don't</c><00:25:46.720><c> ever</c>

00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:49.920
take<00:25:47.400><c> the</c><00:25:47.599><c> Lord</c><00:25:47.759><c> Jesus</c><00:25:48.140><c> Christ</c><00:25:48.559><c> out</c><00:25:48.799><c> of</c><00:25:48.940><c> that</c><00:25:49.119><c> picture.</c>

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He<00:25:50.680><c> needed</c><00:25:50.960><c> it</c><00:25:51.220><c> as</c><00:25:51.440><c> much</c><00:25:51.640><c> as</c><00:25:51.960><c> anybody.</c><00:25:53.000><c> The</c><00:25:53.339><c> struggle</c><00:25:53.660><c> of</c><00:25:53.920><c> life.</c><00:25:54.220><c> Look</c>

00:25:54.420 --> 00:25:56.839
at<00:25:54.680><c> the</c><00:25:55.240><c> burden</c><00:25:55.680><c> that</c><00:25:55.819><c> was</c><00:25:56.140><c> laid</c><00:25:56.279><c> on</c><00:25:56.460><c> him</c><00:25:56.619><c> of</c>

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saving<00:25:57.140><c> the</c><00:25:57.400><c> race.</c><00:25:58.200><c> Can't</c><00:25:58.420><c> afford</c><00:25:58.720><c> to</c><00:25:58.880><c> give</c><00:25:58.980><c> in</c><00:25:59.119><c> to</c><00:25:59.359><c> sin</c><00:25:59.559><c> one</c>

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time,<00:26:00.559><c> not</c><00:26:00.859><c> once.</c><00:26:01.920><c> And</c><00:26:02.059><c> the</c><00:26:02.279><c> daily</c><00:26:02.579><c> struggle</c><00:26:03.000><c> that</c>

00:26:03.140 --> 00:26:06.799
would<00:26:03.279><c> go</c><00:26:03.519><c> on</c><00:26:03.740><c> every</c><00:26:04.039><c> morning</c><00:26:04.339><c> to</c><00:26:04.579><c> wake</c><00:26:04.759><c> up</c><00:26:05.000><c> and</c><00:26:05.160><c> realize,</c><00:26:06.079><c> I</c><00:26:06.160><c> can't</c><00:26:06.440><c> make</c><00:26:06.559><c> a</c>

00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:09.160
single<00:26:07.039><c> mistake</c><00:26:07.519><c> again</c><00:26:07.880><c> today.</c><00:26:08.839><c> I</c><00:26:09.019><c> made</c>

00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:11.420
it<00:26:09.220><c> through</c><00:26:09.420><c> yesterday,</c><00:26:10.059><c> and</c><00:26:10.180><c> now</c><00:26:10.660><c> I've</c><00:26:10.759><c> got</c><00:26:10.880><c> another</c><00:26:11.099><c> day</c><00:26:11.259><c> to</c>

00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:13.180
face.<00:26:12.039><c> I've</c><00:26:12.140><c> got</c><00:26:12.240><c> new</c><00:26:12.420><c> people</c><00:26:12.740><c> we're</c><00:26:12.900><c> going</c><00:26:13.059><c> to</c>

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:15.660
encounter,<00:26:13.960><c> new</c><00:26:14.220><c> struggles,</c><00:26:14.779><c> new</c><00:26:15.000><c> troubles</c><00:26:15.279><c> that</c><00:26:15.440><c> are</c><00:26:15.559><c> going</c>

00:26:15.660 --> 00:26:17.380
to<00:26:15.759><c> come</c><00:26:15.900><c> into</c><00:26:16.059><c> us.</c><00:26:16.779><c> We</c><00:26:16.900><c> were</c><00:26:16.960><c> looking</c><00:26:17.119><c> in</c><00:26:17.279><c> the</c>

00:26:17.380 --> 00:26:19.319
readings<00:26:17.599><c> last</c><00:26:17.980><c> night</c><00:26:18.180><c> where</c><00:26:18.440><c> he's</c><00:26:18.680><c> walking</c><00:26:18.940><c> through,</c><00:26:19.259><c> he's</c>

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healing<00:26:19.559><c> people,</c><00:26:19.980><c> walking</c><00:26:20.240><c> through</c><00:26:20.500><c> a</c><00:26:20.640><c> crowd,</c>

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somebody<00:26:21.079><c> walks</c><00:26:21.380><c> up</c><00:26:21.519><c> and</c><00:26:21.660><c> touches</c><00:26:21.940><c> him,</c><00:26:22.579><c> and</c><00:26:22.720><c> he</c><00:26:22.880><c> realizes</c><00:26:23.119><c> power's</c><00:26:23.660><c> gone</c><00:26:23.859><c> out</c><00:26:24.059><c> from</c><00:26:24.180><c> him.</c><00:26:24.680><c> He</c>

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was<00:26:25.160><c> being</c><00:26:25.460><c> hit</c><00:26:25.700><c> from</c>

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left<00:26:26.240><c> and</c><00:26:26.539><c> right</c><00:26:26.740><c> and</c><00:26:27.019><c> everywhere,</c><00:26:27.380><c> and</c><00:26:27.539><c> he</c><00:26:27.660><c> had</c><00:26:27.819><c> to</c><00:26:28.000><c> respond</c>

00:26:28.359 --> 00:26:31.920
the<00:26:28.619><c> right</c><00:26:28.839><c> way</c><00:26:29.059><c> all</c><00:26:29.299><c> the</c><00:26:29.500><c> time.</c><00:26:30.619><c> And</c><00:26:30.759><c> what</c><00:26:31.720><c> a</c>

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burden<00:26:32.240><c> to</c><00:26:32.700><c> put</c><00:26:33.000><c> on</c><00:26:33.539><c> a</c><00:26:33.779><c> man</c><00:26:33.920><c> of</c><00:26:34.079><c> this</c><00:26:34.319><c> race.</c><00:26:35.240><c> And</c><00:26:35.420><c> yet,</c><00:26:35.759><c> by</c><00:26:35.960><c> God's</c><00:26:36.400><c> grace,</c><00:26:37.380><c> by</c>

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God's<00:26:37.940><c> grace,</c><00:26:38.759><c> and</c><00:26:38.900><c> by</c><00:26:39.200><c> faith,</c>

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the<00:26:40.299><c> man</c><00:26:40.480><c> was</c><00:26:40.740><c> the</c><00:26:40.960><c> champion,</c><00:26:41.519><c> the</c><00:26:41.819><c> first</c><00:26:42.180><c> one</c><00:26:42.400><c> to</c><00:26:42.559><c> come</c><00:26:42.759><c> through</c><00:26:43.200><c> and</c><00:26:43.660><c> be</c><00:26:44.000><c> saved</c><00:26:44.299><c> by</c><00:26:44.599><c> faith.</c><00:26:45.740><c> It's</c><00:26:46.220><c> a</c><00:26:46.359><c> marvelous</c>

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story.<00:26:47.259><c> And</c><00:26:47.440><c> the</c><00:26:47.720><c> angels'</c><00:26:48.339><c> involvement</c><00:26:48.440><c> in</c><00:26:48.599><c> that,</c><00:26:48.759><c> of</c><00:26:48.920><c> how</c><00:26:49.000><c> they</c><00:26:49.160><c> would</c><00:26:49.259><c> have</c><00:26:49.519><c> strengthened</c><00:26:49.839><c> him</c><00:26:50.259><c> day</c><00:26:50.640><c> by</c><00:26:50.920><c> day,</c>

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waking<00:26:51.519><c> him</c><00:26:51.680><c> up</c><00:26:51.819><c> in</c><00:26:51.940><c> the</c><00:26:52.059><c> morning,</c><00:26:52.339><c> talking</c><00:26:52.740><c> to</c><00:26:52.960><c> him,</c><00:26:53.640><c> is</c><00:26:53.740><c> to</c>

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try<00:26:54.099><c> and</c><00:26:54.259><c> get</c><00:26:54.299><c> him</c><00:26:54.440><c> through</c><00:26:54.579><c> the</c><00:26:54.799><c> struggle.</c>

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It<00:26:56.039><c> really</c><00:26:56.380><c> is</c><00:26:56.920><c> a</c><00:26:57.359><c> part</c><00:26:57.519><c> of</c><00:26:57.720><c> the</c><00:26:58.019><c> angels'</c><00:26:58.400><c> work</c><00:26:58.740><c> that</c><00:26:59.160><c> we</c><00:26:59.420><c> sometimes,</c><00:27:00.000><c> we</c><00:27:00.279><c> don't</c><00:27:00.519><c> even</c><00:27:00.799><c> imagine,</c><00:27:01.400><c> sometimes</c><00:27:01.740><c> we</c>

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don't<00:27:01.900><c> even</c><00:27:02.440><c> think</c><00:27:02.559><c> they</c><00:27:02.720><c> should</c><00:27:02.900><c> have</c><00:27:03.019><c> done</c><00:27:03.220><c> that.</c><00:27:03.640><c> Should</c>

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they<00:27:03.980><c> have</c><00:27:04.099><c> done</c><00:27:04.259><c> that?</c><00:27:04.500><c> Maybe</c><00:27:04.680><c> we</c><00:27:04.779><c> don't</c><00:27:04.960><c> even,</c>

00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:07.859
you<00:27:05.940><c> come</c><00:27:06.099><c> from</c><00:27:06.279><c> a</c><00:27:06.420><c> perspective</c><00:27:06.799><c> of</c><00:27:06.980><c> wondering</c><00:27:07.200><c> whether</c><00:27:07.380><c> that's</c><00:27:07.680><c> even</c>

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something<00:27:08.059><c> they</c><00:27:08.220><c> should</c><00:27:08.400><c> be</c><00:27:08.599><c> doing.</c>

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But<00:27:09.539><c> here</c><00:27:09.720><c> was</c><00:27:09.980><c> the</c><00:27:10.140><c> man</c><00:27:10.299><c> that</c><00:27:11.059><c> everything</c><00:27:11.640><c> hinged</c><00:27:12.259><c> on,</c><00:27:12.839><c> and</c>

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how<00:27:13.220><c> in</c><00:27:13.299><c> the</c><00:27:13.420><c> world</c><00:27:13.539><c> could</c><00:27:13.720><c> they</c><00:27:13.960><c> not</c><00:27:14.140><c> be</c><00:27:14.359><c> involved</c>

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in<00:27:15.119><c> saving</c><00:27:15.400><c> this</c><00:27:15.779><c> man?</c><00:27:16.619><c> So</c><00:27:16.859><c> they</c><00:27:17.220><c> appeared</c><00:27:17.500><c> from</c><00:27:17.720><c> heaven</c><00:27:17.940><c> and</c>

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strengthening<00:27:18.559><c> him.</c><00:27:19.359><c> You</c><00:27:19.640><c> could</c><00:27:19.920><c> see</c><00:27:20.079><c> that</c><00:27:20.480><c> this</c>

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was<00:27:21.019><c> the</c><00:27:21.240><c> major</c><00:27:21.559><c> work</c><00:27:22.140><c> of</c><00:27:22.740><c> the</c><00:27:23.000><c> angels'</c><00:27:23.380><c> life,</c><00:27:24.039><c> of</c><00:27:24.299><c> their</c><00:27:24.500><c> lives,</c><00:27:24.920><c> of</c><00:27:25.140><c> saving</c><00:27:25.420><c> all</c><00:27:25.660><c> these</c><00:27:25.880><c> people.</c><00:27:26.180><c> This</c><00:27:26.339><c> was</c><00:27:26.579><c> a</c>

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great<00:27:32.940><c> work</c><00:27:32.940><c> of</c><00:27:32.940><c> the</c><00:27:32.940><c> angels.</c><00:27:32.940><c> They</c><00:27:32.940><c> strengthened</c><00:27:33.480><c> him.</c><00:27:33.960><c> They</c>

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would<00:27:34.200><c> have</c><00:27:34.400><c> encouraged</c><00:27:34.799><c> him.</c><00:27:35.480><c> They</c><00:27:35.579><c> would</c><00:27:35.779><c> have</c>

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talked<00:27:36.319><c> to</c><00:27:36.480><c> him</c><00:27:36.579><c> about</c><00:27:36.759><c> the</c><00:27:37.039><c> scriptures.</c><00:27:37.839><c> They</c><00:27:37.940><c> would</c><00:27:38.079><c> have</c>

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reminded<00:27:38.640><c> him</c><00:27:38.960><c> about</c><00:27:39.220><c> that</c><00:27:39.519><c> he</c><00:27:39.720><c> can</c><00:27:40.099><c> do</c><00:27:40.319><c> it,</c>

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that<00:27:40.859><c> he</c><00:27:41.039><c> was</c><00:27:41.319><c> God's</c><00:27:41.839><c> son.</c><00:27:42.160><c> He</c><00:27:42.160><c> had</c><00:27:42.299><c> that</c><00:27:42.559><c> affinity</c><00:27:42.859><c> with</c><00:27:43.059><c> his</c>

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father.<00:27:43.920><c> They</c><00:27:44.059><c> would</c><00:27:44.220><c> have</c><00:27:44.420><c> encouraged</c>

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him<00:27:44.980><c> all</c><00:27:45.119><c> the</c><00:27:45.259><c> way</c><00:27:45.380><c> that</c><00:27:45.519><c> they'll</c><00:27:45.779><c> help</c><00:27:45.980><c> him</c><00:27:46.160><c> through</c><00:27:46.339><c> it.</c><00:27:46.920><c> In</c>

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fact,<00:27:47.140><c> I</c><00:27:47.359><c> even</c><00:27:47.579><c> think</c><00:27:47.740><c> when</c><00:27:47.819><c> he</c><00:27:47.960><c> was</c><00:27:48.059><c> on</c><00:27:48.220><c> the</c><00:27:48.440><c> cross,</c>

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and<00:27:49.559><c> he</c><00:27:49.700><c> prayed</c><00:27:50.119><c> on</c><00:27:50.380><c> the</c><00:27:50.619><c> cross,</c><00:27:51.140><c> that</c><00:27:51.400><c> God</c><00:27:51.559><c> would</c><00:27:51.740><c> do</c><00:27:51.920><c> something.</c><00:27:52.799><c> You</c><00:27:52.920><c> read</c><00:27:53.160><c> Psalm</c><00:27:53.400><c> 18,</c>

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and<00:27:54.079><c> you</c><00:27:54.200><c> find</c><00:27:54.400><c> out</c>

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what<00:27:54.720><c> could</c><00:27:54.980><c> he</c><00:27:55.160><c> do?</c><00:27:55.839><c> He</c><00:27:56.019><c> couldn't</c><00:27:56.420><c> save</c><00:27:56.720><c> him</c><00:27:56.880><c> from</c><00:27:57.019><c> the</c><00:27:57.240><c> cross.</c><00:27:57.960><c> But</c>

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he<00:27:58.359><c> prayed,</c><00:27:58.740><c> is</c><00:27:58.839><c> there</c><00:27:59.099><c> something</c><00:27:59.480><c> that</c><00:27:59.680><c> you</c>

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can<00:27:59.799><c> do?</c><00:28:00.880><c> And</c><00:28:00.980><c> give</c><00:28:01.079><c> him</c><00:28:01.220><c> some</c><00:28:01.559><c> time</c><00:28:01.859><c> to</c><00:28:02.039><c> talk</c><00:28:02.319><c> to</c><00:28:02.559><c> the</c><00:28:02.940><c> thief</c>

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on<00:28:03.599><c> the</c><00:28:03.779><c> cross.</c><00:28:04.759><c> And</c><00:28:04.940><c> the</c><00:28:05.059><c> angel</c><00:28:05.259><c> comes</c><00:28:05.599><c> down</c><00:28:06.180><c> and</c>

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darkens<00:28:07.599><c> the</c><00:28:07.920><c> land.</c><00:28:09.779><c> Ever</c><00:28:10.079><c> thought</c><00:28:10.279><c> about</c><00:28:10.559><c> that?</c><00:28:11.700><c> He</c><00:28:11.940><c> darkens,</c><00:28:12.359><c> and</c><00:28:12.480><c> he</c>

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brought<00:28:12.779><c> that</c><00:28:13.099><c> darkness</c><00:28:13.480><c> for</c><00:28:13.779><c> that</c><00:28:14.019><c> time.</c>

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And<00:28:14.619><c> during</c><00:28:14.920><c> that</c><00:28:15.259><c> time,</c><00:28:16.079><c> it</c><00:28:16.500><c> pushed</c><00:28:16.779><c> all</c><00:28:17.140><c> the</c><00:28:17.339><c> detractors</c><00:28:17.759><c> out</c><00:28:17.960><c> of</c>

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there,<00:28:18.240><c> and</c><00:28:18.359><c> they</c><00:28:18.579><c> walked</c><00:28:18.880><c> away.</c><00:28:19.720><c> And</c><00:28:19.920><c> here</c><00:28:20.059><c> he</c><00:28:20.140><c> had</c>

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peace<00:28:20.859><c> and</c><00:28:21.259><c> quiet</c><00:28:21.539><c> to</c><00:28:21.880><c> talk</c><00:28:22.400><c> to</c><00:28:22.660><c> the</c><00:28:22.839><c> thieves.</c><00:28:23.940><c> And</c><00:28:24.240><c> he</c><00:28:24.400><c> works</c>

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the<00:28:25.480><c> work</c><00:28:25.740><c> of</c><00:28:25.960><c> God,</c><00:28:26.759><c> of</c><00:28:27.079><c> saving</c><00:28:27.359><c> and</c><00:28:27.900><c> working</c><00:28:28.160><c> with</c>

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people,<00:28:29.180><c> even</c><00:28:29.180><c> in</c><00:28:29.539><c> the</c><00:28:29.599><c> midst</c><00:28:29.779><c> of</c><00:28:30.059><c> crucifixion,</c><00:28:31.119><c> because</c><00:28:31.420><c> the</c>

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angels<00:28:31.859><c> provided</c><00:28:32.480><c> an</c><00:28:32.799><c> environment</c><00:28:33.200><c> for</c><00:28:33.400><c> him</c><00:28:33.519><c> to</c><00:28:33.680><c> do</c>

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that.<00:28:34.599><c> I</c><00:28:34.660><c> think</c><00:28:34.839><c> Psalm</c><00:28:35.039><c> 18</c><00:28:35.400><c> actually</c><00:28:35.779><c> tells</c><00:28:35.940><c> you</c><00:28:36.119><c> about</c><00:28:36.359><c> that,</c>

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when<00:28:36.599><c> it</c><00:28:36.700><c> says</c><00:28:36.799><c> that</c><00:28:36.980><c> the</c><00:28:37.079><c> Lord</c><00:28:37.339><c> God</c><00:28:37.519><c> came</c><00:28:37.819><c> down,</c>

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and<00:28:38.339><c> darkness</c><00:28:38.640><c> was</c><00:28:38.859><c> under</c><00:28:39.059><c> his</c><00:28:39.339><c> feet,</c><00:28:39.799><c> when</c><00:28:40.000><c> he</c><00:28:40.140><c> hears</c><00:28:40.440><c> the</c><00:28:40.759><c> appeal</c><00:28:41.000><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:41.319><c> sun</c><00:28:41.420><c> on</c><00:28:41.579><c> the</c><00:28:41.720><c> cross.</c><00:28:42.180><c> And</c><00:28:42.380><c> he</c><00:28:42.519><c> gives</c><00:28:42.700><c> him</c>

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that<00:28:43.200><c> time,</c><00:28:43.480><c> and</c><00:28:43.619><c> the</c><00:28:43.819><c> darkness</c><00:28:44.119><c> was</c><00:28:44.359><c> over</c><00:28:44.599><c> the</c><00:28:44.700><c> land</c><00:28:44.900><c> then,</c>

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until<00:28:45.400><c> the</c><00:28:45.640><c> end.</c><00:28:46.420><c> And</c><00:28:46.819><c> that</c><00:28:47.000><c> gave</c><00:28:47.200><c> him</c><00:28:47.380><c> some</c>

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opportunity<00:28:48.240><c> there.</c><00:28:49.240><c> He</c><00:28:49.500><c> couldn't</c><00:28:49.839><c> save</c><00:28:50.119><c> him</c><00:28:50.299><c> out</c><00:28:50.460><c> of</c><00:28:50.539><c> it.</c><00:28:51.039><c> It's</c><00:28:51.400><c> one</c><00:28:51.599><c> of</c>

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those<00:28:51.839><c> events.</c><00:28:51.980><c> We</c><00:28:52.160><c> talk</c><00:28:52.440><c> to</c><00:28:52.599><c> the</c><00:28:52.819><c> angels.</c>

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We<00:28:53.180><c> talk</c><00:28:53.440><c> to</c><00:28:53.660><c> God.</c><00:28:53.960><c> We</c><00:28:54.220><c> pray</c><00:28:54.519><c> about</c><00:28:54.740><c> these</c><00:28:54.960><c> things</c><00:28:55.140><c> in</c><00:28:55.279><c> our</c><00:28:55.440><c> lives.</c><00:28:55.960><c> There</c><00:28:56.180><c> are</c>

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going<00:28:56.380><c> to</c><00:28:56.460><c> be</c><00:28:56.619><c> things</c><00:28:56.839><c> they</c><00:28:57.039><c> cannot</c>

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save<00:28:57.619><c> us</c><00:28:57.799><c> out</c><00:28:58.059><c> of,</c><00:28:58.640><c> but</c><00:28:58.720><c> they</c><00:28:58.920><c> can</c><00:28:59.240><c> certainly</c><00:28:59.619><c> modify</c><00:29:00.140><c> the</c><00:29:00.420><c> plans,</c><00:29:01.000><c> and</c>

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they<00:29:01.279><c> can</c><00:29:01.519><c> provide</c><00:29:01.859><c> other</c><00:29:02.200><c> avenues</c><00:29:02.599><c> when</c><00:29:02.960><c> we</c>

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pray<00:29:03.359><c> about</c><00:29:03.579><c> them,</c><00:29:03.799><c> and</c><00:29:04.000><c> make</c><00:29:04.160><c> them</c><00:29:04.859><c> a</c><00:29:05.299><c> matter</c><00:29:05.519><c> of</c><00:29:05.559><c> prayer</c><00:29:05.740><c> to</c>

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our<00:29:06.059><c> God.</c><00:29:07.700><c> Well,</c><00:29:07.940><c> those</c><00:29:08.240><c> ministering</c><00:29:08.779><c> spirits,</c>

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as<00:29:09.519><c> great</c><00:29:09.660><c> as</c><00:29:09.819><c> they</c><00:29:09.980><c> were</c><00:29:10.180><c> in</c><00:29:10.380><c> Hebrews</c><00:29:10.579><c> chapter</c><00:29:10.960><c> 1,</c><00:29:11.960><c> that</c><00:29:12.059><c> we</c>

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just<00:29:12.440><c> looked</c><00:29:12.579><c> at</c><00:29:12.740><c> this</c><00:29:12.940><c> morning,</c><00:29:14.119><c> they</c><00:29:14.460><c> could</c><00:29:14.799><c> not,</c>

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could<00:29:16.160><c> not</c><00:29:16.480><c> save</c><00:29:16.720><c> the</c><00:29:17.099><c> rain.</c><00:29:19.599><c> All</c><00:29:20.079><c> they</c><00:29:20.299><c> could</c><00:29:20.500><c> do</c><00:29:20.779><c> is</c><00:29:21.039><c> bring</c>

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people<00:29:21.740><c> to</c><00:29:21.960><c> Christ.</c><00:29:22.460><c> That</c><00:29:22.640><c> was</c><00:29:22.900><c> their</c><00:29:23.119><c> mission,</c>

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the<00:29:23.660><c> same</c><00:29:23.980><c> mission</c><00:29:24.339><c> that</c><00:29:24.599><c> we</c><00:29:24.740><c> all</c><00:29:24.980><c> have</c><00:29:25.160><c> today.</c><00:29:25.980><c> We</c><00:29:26.099><c> can't</c><00:29:26.500><c> save</c><00:29:26.700><c> our</c>

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friends,<00:29:27.359><c> our</c><00:29:27.480><c> interested</c><00:29:27.819><c> friends.</c><00:29:28.240><c> We</c>

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can't<00:29:28.680><c> save</c><00:29:28.839><c> our</c><00:29:29.079><c> children.</c><00:29:29.539><c> We</c><00:29:29.680><c> can't</c><00:29:29.960><c> save</c><00:29:30.119><c> our</c><00:29:30.400><c> parents.</c>

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We<00:29:31.319><c> can't</c><00:29:31.619><c> save</c><00:29:31.859><c> our</c><00:29:32.079><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:29:32.920><c> But</c><00:29:33.039><c> what</c><00:29:33.220><c> we</c><00:29:33.420><c> can</c><00:29:33.680><c> do</c><00:29:33.880><c> is</c>

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what<00:29:34.160><c> the</c><00:29:34.440><c> angels</c><00:29:34.640><c> do,</c><00:29:35.019><c> is</c><00:29:35.160><c> we</c><00:29:35.259><c> can</c><00:29:35.519><c> bring</c><00:29:35.740><c> them</c><00:29:36.059><c> to</c><00:29:36.299><c> Christ,</c>

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the<00:29:37.359><c> great</c><00:29:37.720><c> high</c><00:29:38.019><c> priest</c><00:29:38.319><c> who</c><00:29:38.500><c> is</c><00:29:38.680><c> above.</c><00:29:39.539><c> You</c><00:29:39.700><c> look</c><00:29:39.859><c> in</c>

00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:43.859
Hebrews<00:29:40.299><c> chapter</c><00:29:40.779><c> 1</c><00:29:41.339><c> at</c><00:29:41.759><c> how</c><00:29:42.140><c> Paul</c><00:29:42.599><c> sets</c><00:29:42.980><c> out,</c><00:29:43.400><c> and</c><00:29:43.539><c> you</c><00:29:43.660><c> can</c>

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see<00:29:44.039><c> why</c><00:29:44.259><c> he</c><00:29:44.420><c> would</c><00:29:44.599><c> do</c><00:29:44.779><c> this</c><00:29:45.019><c> to</c><00:29:45.220><c> the</c><00:29:45.420><c> Jews.</c><00:29:46.140><c> The</c><00:29:46.359><c> Jews</c>

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didn't<00:29:47.019><c> realize</c><00:29:47.579><c> why</c><00:29:47.859><c> they</c><00:29:48.180><c> needed</c><00:29:48.460><c> Messiah.</c><00:29:49.440><c> Why</c><00:29:49.660><c> did</c><00:29:49.880><c> they</c>

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need<00:29:50.259><c> Jesus</c><00:29:50.660><c> Christ?</c><00:29:51.480><c> So</c><00:29:51.680><c> he</c><00:29:51.880><c> sets</c><00:29:52.119><c> out</c><00:29:52.400><c> in</c><00:29:52.579><c> Hebrews</c>

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chapters<00:29:53.259><c> 1,</c><00:29:53.740><c> 2,</c><00:29:54.000><c> 3,</c><00:29:54.279><c> 4</c><00:29:54.559><c> to</c><00:29:54.799><c> establish</c><00:29:55.480><c> the</c><00:29:55.759><c> fact,</c><00:29:56.539><c> look</c><00:29:56.640><c> what</c>

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Jesus<00:29:57.480><c> can</c><00:29:57.839><c> do</c><00:29:58.019><c> for</c><00:29:58.279><c> us</c><00:29:58.759><c> that</c><00:29:59.359><c> nobody</c><00:29:59.819><c> else</c><00:30:00.279><c> could</c><00:30:00.619><c> do.</c>

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Nobody.<00:30:02.700><c> And</c><00:30:02.859><c> he</c><00:30:03.079><c> starts</c><00:30:03.359><c> out</c><00:30:03.559><c> and</c><00:30:03.759><c> says,</c><00:30:04.180><c> not</c><00:30:04.380><c> even</c><00:30:04.799><c> the</c><00:30:05.119><c> angels.</c><00:30:06.119><c> As</c>

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great<00:30:06.819><c> as</c><00:30:07.059><c> the</c><00:30:07.299><c> angels</c><00:30:07.519><c> were,</c><00:30:08.200><c> and</c><00:30:08.359><c> the</c><00:30:08.559><c> Jews</c>

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would<00:30:08.920><c> have</c><00:30:09.099><c> known</c><00:30:09.279><c> this</c><00:30:09.460><c> from</c><00:30:09.619><c> their</c><00:30:09.799><c> Bible</c><00:30:10.079><c> readings</c><00:30:10.339><c> of</c>

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the<00:30:10.619><c> Old</c><00:30:10.799><c> Testament.</c><00:30:11.380><c> They</c><00:30:11.559><c> would</c><00:30:11.700><c> have</c><00:30:11.839><c> known</c><00:30:11.980><c> about</c>

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the<00:30:12.400><c> angel</c><00:30:12.579><c> of</c><00:30:12.740><c> God's</c><00:30:13.220><c> presence.</c><00:30:13.980><c> They</c><00:30:14.180><c> would</c><00:30:14.339><c> have</c><00:30:14.460><c> been</c><00:30:14.660><c> known</c><00:30:14.839><c> about</c><00:30:15.140><c> all</c>

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these<00:30:15.680><c> angels</c><00:30:16.039><c> that</c><00:30:16.240><c> had</c><00:30:16.440><c> appeared</c><00:30:16.700><c> in</c>

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the<00:30:16.839><c> past.</c><00:30:17.819><c> As</c><00:30:18.099><c> great</c><00:30:18.559><c> as</c><00:30:18.759><c> they</c><00:30:18.900><c> were,</c><00:30:19.920><c> this</c><00:30:20.119><c> man's</c><00:30:20.539><c> a</c><00:30:20.700><c> son.</c><00:30:21.599><c> He's</c><00:30:21.859><c> a</c>

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son.<00:30:22.339><c> He</c><00:30:22.500><c> didn't</c><00:30:22.819><c> buy</c><00:30:23.180><c> sonship.</c><00:30:23.960><c> He's</c><00:30:24.299><c> not</c><00:30:24.480><c> a</c><00:30:24.720><c> son</c>

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by<00:30:25.160><c> adoption</c><00:30:25.640><c> like</c><00:30:25.940><c> all</c><00:30:26.200><c> of</c><00:30:26.339><c> us.</c><00:30:27.039><c> This</c><00:30:27.480><c> man,</c><00:30:28.279><c> he's</c><00:30:28.660><c> son</c><00:30:28.960><c> by</c><00:30:29.640><c> birth.</c><00:30:30.559><c> By</c>

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inheritance,<00:30:31.460><c> he's</c><00:30:31.700><c> obtained</c><00:30:32.039><c> a</c><00:30:32.200><c> name</c><00:30:32.380><c> more</c>

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excellent<00:30:33.200><c> than</c><00:30:33.680><c> all</c><00:30:33.920><c> of</c><00:30:34.119><c> theirs.</c><00:30:35.220><c> And</c><00:30:35.220><c> he</c><00:30:35.799><c> upholds,</c><00:30:36.779><c> in</c><00:30:37.039><c> verse</c><00:30:37.240><c> 3,</c>

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he's<00:30:38.259><c> upholding</c><00:30:38.720><c> all</c><00:30:39.119><c> things</c><00:30:39.519><c> by</c><00:30:39.839><c> his</c><00:30:40.160><c> word</c><00:30:40.299><c> and</c>

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his<00:30:40.480><c> power.</c><00:30:41.519><c> And</c><00:30:41.680><c> when</c><00:30:41.880><c> he</c><00:30:42.160><c> had</c><00:30:42.680><c> by</c><00:30:43.480><c> himself,</c><00:30:45.220><c> by</c><00:30:45.740><c> himself,</c><00:30:46.900><c> not</c><00:30:47.079><c> with</c><00:30:47.279><c> the</c><00:30:47.500><c> angels,</c><00:30:48.279><c> but</c><00:30:48.440><c> had</c><00:30:48.740><c> in</c>

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himself<00:30:49.799><c> defeated</c>

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sin<00:30:51.059><c> and</c><00:30:51.440><c> purified</c><00:30:52.119><c> us</c><00:30:52.480><c> and</c><00:30:53.319><c> purged</c><00:30:53.940><c> our</c><00:30:54.319><c> sins,</c><00:30:55.319><c> that</c><00:30:55.440><c> his</c><00:30:55.740><c> work</c><00:30:56.079><c> then</c><00:30:56.319><c> was</c>

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done<00:30:56.880><c> and</c><00:30:57.039><c> he</c><00:30:57.279><c> sat</c><00:30:57.440><c> down</c><00:30:57.680><c> at</c><00:30:57.819><c> the</c><00:30:57.940><c> right</c>

00:30:58.119 --> 00:31:01.220
hand<00:30:58.259><c> of</c><00:30:58.380><c> the</c><00:30:58.519><c> father.</c><00:30:59.039><c> This</c><00:30:59.380><c> is</c><00:30:59.559><c> what</c><00:30:59.720><c> Paul</c><00:31:00.019><c> is</c><00:31:00.279><c> doing</c><00:31:00.460><c> in</c><00:31:00.720><c> Hebrews</c><00:31:00.980><c> 1.</c>

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He's<00:31:01.460><c> trying</c><00:31:01.700><c> to</c><00:31:01.940><c> set</c><00:31:02.099><c> out</c><00:31:02.240><c> to</c><00:31:02.400><c> the</c><00:31:02.599><c> Jews,</c>

00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:07.579
this<00:31:03.380><c> man</c><00:31:03.700><c> can</c><00:31:03.980><c> do</c><00:31:04.279><c> for</c><00:31:04.700><c> you</c><00:31:05.440><c> what</c><00:31:05.880><c> the</c><00:31:06.359><c> angels</c><00:31:06.599><c> could</c><00:31:07.039><c> never</c>

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:09.819
accomplish<00:31:08.279><c> for</c><00:31:08.539><c> you.</c><00:31:08.779><c> As</c><00:31:09.119><c> much</c><00:31:09.359><c> as</c><00:31:09.519><c> they</c><00:31:09.660><c> would</c>

00:31:09.819 --> 00:31:13.000
have<00:31:09.819><c> wanted</c><00:31:10.160><c> to</c><00:31:10.440><c> and</c><00:31:10.640><c> tried,</c><00:31:11.200><c> they</c><00:31:11.660><c> could</c><00:31:12.079><c> not</c><00:31:12.400><c> bring</c><00:31:12.619><c> about</c>

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purification<00:31:13.660><c> of</c><00:31:13.839><c> our</c><00:31:14.039><c> sins.</c><00:31:14.920><c> They</c><00:31:15.180><c> didn't</c><00:31:15.400><c> have</c>

00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:19.279
that.<00:31:16.220><c> That</c><00:31:16.359><c> was</c><00:31:16.599><c> not</c><00:31:16.819><c> their</c><00:31:17.039><c> role</c><00:31:17.240><c> in</c><00:31:17.460><c> Redeemer.</c><00:31:18.480><c> And</c><00:31:18.579><c> in</c><00:31:18.740><c> verse</c><00:31:19.000><c> 4,</c>

00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:21.359
he's<00:31:19.579><c> become</c><00:31:19.799><c> as</c><00:31:20.039><c> much</c><00:31:20.259><c> better</c><00:31:20.599><c> than</c><00:31:20.819><c> the</c><00:31:21.079><c> angels</c>

00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:24.440
or<00:31:21.599><c> superior</c><00:31:22.000><c> to</c><00:31:22.160><c> them</c><00:31:22.480><c> as</c><00:31:22.779><c> he</c><00:31:23.000><c> has</c><00:31:23.140><c> by</c><00:31:23.460><c> inheritance</c><00:31:23.839><c> obtained</c>

00:31:24.440 --> 00:31:27.200
a<00:31:24.779><c> name</c><00:31:24.940><c> that's</c><00:31:25.119><c> more</c><00:31:25.359><c> excellent</c><00:31:25.819><c> than</c><00:31:26.480><c> they.</c>

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You<00:31:28.220><c> look</c><00:31:28.359><c> at</c><00:31:28.460><c> how</c><00:31:28.579><c> he</c><00:31:28.740><c> quotes</c><00:31:28.920><c> from</c><00:31:29.059><c> the</c><00:31:29.200><c> Old</c><00:31:29.380><c> Testament,</c><00:31:29.799><c> as</c>

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:31.559
Paul<00:31:30.240><c> does,</c><00:31:30.519><c> and</c><00:31:30.619><c> he</c><00:31:30.720><c> just</c><00:31:30.940><c> tries</c><00:31:31.059><c> to</c><00:31:31.279><c> show</c><00:31:31.339><c> them</c><00:31:31.480><c> a</c>

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:37.900
few<00:31:31.700><c> passages</c><00:31:32.079><c> and</c><00:31:32.200><c> says,</c><00:31:32.779><c> look,</c><00:31:33.119><c> in</c><00:31:33.680><c> verse</c><00:31:33.960><c> 6,</c><00:31:34.599><c> or</c><00:31:34.779><c> back</c><00:31:34.960><c> in</c><00:31:35.079><c> verse</c><00:31:35.259><c> 5,</c><00:31:35.500><c> he</c><00:31:35.519><c> says,</c><00:31:35.819><c> today</c><00:31:36.279><c> you</c><00:31:36.640><c> are</c><00:31:36.799><c> my</c><00:31:37.039><c> son,</c><00:31:37.480><c> today</c><00:31:37.700><c> I</c>

00:31:37.900 --> 00:31:40.519
begotten<00:31:38.319><c> you.</c><00:31:38.480><c> What</c><00:31:38.680><c> angel</c><00:31:38.900><c> did</c><00:31:39.039><c> he</c><00:31:39.140><c> ever</c><00:31:39.359><c> say</c><00:31:39.539><c> that</c><00:31:39.819><c> to?</c><00:31:40.400><c> And</c>

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:42.079
where<00:31:40.619><c> is</c><00:31:40.740><c> the</c><00:31:40.920><c> angel</c><00:31:41.059><c> that</c><00:31:41.160><c> he</c><00:31:41.299><c> ever</c><00:31:41.579><c> said,</c><00:31:41.880><c> I</c><00:31:41.900><c> will</c>

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:44.660
be<00:31:42.180><c> to</c><00:31:42.240><c> him</c><00:31:42.400><c> a</c><00:31:42.559><c> father</c><00:31:42.799><c> and</c><00:31:42.920><c> he</c><00:31:43.099><c> shall</c><00:31:43.200><c> be</c><00:31:43.299><c> to</c><00:31:43.380><c> me</c><00:31:43.519><c> a</c><00:31:43.700><c> son?</c><00:31:44.400><c> And</c>

00:31:44.660 --> 00:31:46.599
when<00:31:44.759><c> he</c><00:31:44.880><c> brings</c><00:31:45.160><c> again</c><00:31:45.579><c> the</c><00:31:45.759><c> firstborn</c><00:31:46.180><c> into</c><00:31:46.359><c> the</c>

00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:50.559
world,<00:31:46.819><c> he</c><00:31:47.039><c> says,</c><00:31:47.359><c> let</c><00:31:47.619><c> all</c><00:31:48.059><c> the</c><00:31:48.359><c> angels</c><00:31:48.619><c> of</c><00:31:48.859><c> God</c><00:31:49.180><c> worship</c><00:31:49.539><c> him.</c><00:31:49.940><c> This</c><00:31:50.299><c> man</c>

00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:54.119
is<00:31:50.920><c> over</c><00:31:51.319><c> the</c><00:31:51.700><c> angels.</c><00:31:52.799><c> And</c><00:31:53.240><c> he</c><00:31:53.400><c> isn't</c><00:31:53.640><c> just</c>

00:31:54.119 --> 00:31:56.740
setting<00:31:54.400><c> Christ</c><00:31:54.720><c> over</c><00:31:54.960><c> the</c><00:31:55.220><c> angels.</c><00:31:55.619><c> He's</c><00:31:56.039><c> trying</c><00:31:56.319><c> to</c><00:31:56.599><c> point</c>

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:58.660
out<00:31:56.980><c> to</c><00:31:57.160><c> the</c><00:31:57.339><c> Jewish</c><00:31:57.619><c> people</c><00:31:57.980><c> of</c><00:31:58.160><c> his</c><00:31:58.380><c> day,</c>

00:31:58.660 --> 00:32:05.500
this<00:31:59.420><c> man</c><00:31:59.839><c> can</c><00:32:00.259><c> do</c><00:32:00.700><c> for</c><00:32:01.380><c> you</c><00:32:02.259><c> what</c><00:32:03.000><c> the</c><00:32:03.400><c> angels</c><00:32:03.859><c> could</c><00:32:04.339><c> not</c><00:32:04.599><c> do.</c>

00:32:06.160 --> 00:32:08.140
That<00:32:06.559><c> was</c><00:32:06.859><c> an</c><00:32:07.059><c> important</c><00:32:07.339><c> message</c><00:32:07.779><c> to</c><00:32:07.980><c> get</c>

00:32:08.140 --> 00:32:11.059
across<00:32:08.420><c> to</c><00:32:08.619><c> the</c><00:32:08.759><c> Jews</c><00:32:08.940><c> because</c><00:32:09.220><c> they</c><00:32:09.400><c> didn't</c><00:32:09.539><c> think</c><00:32:09.680><c> they</c><00:32:09.839><c> needed</c><00:32:10.079><c> Christ.</c><00:32:10.859><c> They</c><00:32:10.960><c> had</c>

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:11.839
their<00:32:11.299><c> angels.</c><00:32:11.640><c> They</c><00:32:11.740><c> had</c>

00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:14.599
their<00:32:12.059><c> law.</c><00:32:12.359><c> They</c><00:32:12.460><c> had</c><00:32:12.660><c> all</c><00:32:12.880><c> their</c><00:32:12.960><c> little</c><00:32:13.160><c> things.</c><00:32:13.980><c> But</c><00:32:14.279><c> how</c>

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:15.839
are<00:32:14.720><c> you</c><00:32:14.720><c> ever</c><00:32:14.839><c> going</c><00:32:14.920><c> to</c><00:32:14.980><c> get</c><00:32:15.119><c> forgiveness</c><00:32:15.359><c> of</c><00:32:15.619><c> sins?</c>

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How<00:32:16.539><c> are</c><00:32:16.579><c> you</c><00:32:16.720><c> ever</c><00:32:16.859><c> going</c><00:32:16.940><c> to</c><00:32:17.019><c> be</c><00:32:17.160><c> brought</c><00:32:17.339><c> into</c><00:32:17.500><c> God's</c><00:32:17.859><c> family?</c><00:32:18.279><c> How</c>

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:19.799
is<00:32:18.700><c> this</c><00:32:18.859><c> ever</c><00:32:19.039><c> going</c><00:32:19.140><c> to</c><00:32:19.299><c> happen</c><00:32:19.460><c> in</c><00:32:19.599><c> your</c>

00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:23.339
life<00:32:19.960><c> personally</c><00:32:20.440><c> without</c><00:32:20.940><c> the</c><00:32:21.200><c> work</c><00:32:21.440><c> of</c><00:32:21.599><c> Jesus</c><00:32:21.920><c> Christ?</c><00:32:23.140><c> We</c>

00:32:23.339 --> 00:32:25.160
find<00:32:23.579><c> in</c><00:32:23.740><c> chapter</c><00:32:24.000><c> 2,</c><00:32:24.440><c> in</c><00:32:24.579><c> verse</c><00:32:24.779><c> 10,</c>

00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:32.740
has<00:32:25.220><c> been</c><00:32:25.839><c> referred</c><00:32:26.180><c> to</c><00:32:26.359><c> this</c><00:32:26.559><c> morning,</c><00:32:27.299><c> that</c><00:32:27.420><c> it</c><00:32:27.579><c> was</c><00:32:30.000><c> fitting,</c><00:32:31.859><c> back</c><00:32:32.140><c> in</c><00:32:32.279><c> verse</c><00:32:32.480><c> 9</c>

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:33.900
rather,<00:32:33.119><c> we</c><00:32:33.140><c> see</c><00:32:33.380><c> Jesus,</c>

00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:37.759
who<00:32:34.160><c> was</c><00:32:34.440><c> made</c><00:32:34.779><c> a</c><00:32:35.099><c> little</c><00:32:35.480><c> lower</c><00:32:35.960><c> than</c><00:32:36.220><c> the</c><00:32:36.480><c> angels</c><00:32:37.000><c> for</c><00:32:37.539><c> the</c>

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:40.380
suffering<00:32:38.000><c> of</c><00:32:38.220><c> death,</c><00:32:39.220><c> crowned</c><00:32:39.559><c> with</c><00:32:39.839><c> glory</c><00:32:40.160><c> and</c>

00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:44.559
honor<00:32:40.599><c> that</c><00:32:40.859><c> he</c><00:32:41.180><c> by</c><00:32:41.400><c> the</c><00:32:41.680><c> grace</c><00:32:42.099><c> of</c><00:32:42.339><c> God</c><00:32:42.740><c> should</c><00:32:43.640><c> taste</c><00:32:44.000><c> death</c>

00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:47.960
for<00:32:44.980><c> everyone,</c><00:32:45.700><c> for</c><00:32:46.059><c> everyone.</c><00:32:47.119><c> But</c><00:32:47.339><c> he</c><00:32:47.500><c> had</c><00:32:47.740><c> to</c>

00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:52.460
be<00:32:48.099><c> made</c><00:32:48.319><c> a</c><00:32:48.559><c> little</c><00:32:48.859><c> lower</c><00:32:49.180><c> than</c><00:32:49.359><c> the</c><00:32:49.660><c> angels</c><00:32:49.960><c> because</c><00:32:50.740><c> it</c><00:32:51.259><c> required</c><00:32:51.700><c> someone</c><00:32:52.160><c> of</c>

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:55.619
this<00:32:52.779><c> race</c><00:32:53.259><c> to</c><00:32:54.039><c> run</c><00:32:54.339><c> the</c><00:32:54.720><c> struggle</c>

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:59.980
in<00:32:56.380><c> this</c><00:32:56.799><c> body,</c><00:32:57.599><c> which</c><00:32:57.660><c> the</c><00:32:58.000><c> angels</c><00:32:58.220><c> don't</c><00:32:58.599><c> have,</c><00:32:59.559><c> in</c><00:32:59.740><c> order</c>

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:03.920
to<00:33:00.259><c> convince</c><00:33:00.720><c> all</c><00:33:01.180><c> of</c><00:33:01.400><c> us</c><00:33:01.799><c> that</c><00:33:02.500><c> if</c><00:33:02.900><c> this</c><00:33:03.740><c> was</c>

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:07.900
right<00:33:04.440><c> for</c><00:33:04.740><c> this</c><00:33:05.039><c> man</c><00:33:05.319><c> to</c><00:33:05.599><c> struggle</c><00:33:06.160><c> like</c><00:33:06.559><c> that</c><00:33:07.140><c> and</c><00:33:07.500><c> the</c><00:33:07.619><c> man</c>

00:33:07.900 --> 00:33:10.779
never<00:33:08.440><c> committed</c><00:33:08.900><c> a</c><00:33:09.339><c> single</c><00:33:09.799><c> sin,</c>

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:15.099
then<00:33:11.759><c> how</c><00:33:12.000><c> can</c><00:33:12.180><c> it</c><00:33:12.319><c> be</c><00:33:12.539><c> wrong</c><00:33:12.839><c> for</c><00:33:13.099><c> God</c><00:33:13.339><c> to</c><00:33:13.599><c> ask</c><00:33:13.819><c> us</c><00:33:14.279><c> to</c><00:33:14.539><c> take</c><00:33:14.759><c> up</c>

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:17.940
the<00:33:15.299><c> cross</c><00:33:15.799><c> and</c><00:33:16.660><c> follow</c><00:33:17.000><c> him?</c>

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That's<00:33:19.519><c> what</c><00:33:19.740><c> faith</c><00:33:20.000><c> is</c><00:33:20.160><c> all</c><00:33:20.380><c> about,</c><00:33:20.819><c> believing</c><00:33:21.339><c> that</c><00:33:21.700><c> God</c><00:33:22.019><c> will</c><00:33:22.400><c> accomplish</c><00:33:22.940><c> in</c>

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:24.299
our<00:33:23.619><c> lives</c>

00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:28.599
the<00:33:25.180><c> same</c><00:33:25.519><c> work</c><00:33:25.920><c> that</c><00:33:26.119><c> he</c><00:33:26.339><c> accomplished</c><00:33:26.839><c> in</c><00:33:27.079><c> Christ,</c><00:33:28.140><c> not</c><00:33:28.380><c> to</c>

00:33:28.599 --> 00:33:30.539
the<00:33:28.839><c> degree</c><00:33:29.079><c> of</c><00:33:29.400><c> perfect</c><00:33:29.680><c> obedience</c><00:33:30.240><c> as</c><00:33:30.420><c> he</c>

00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:34.200
did<00:33:30.680><c> with</c><00:33:30.900><c> his</c><00:33:31.099><c> son,</c><00:33:31.940><c> but</c><00:33:32.200><c> change</c><00:33:32.779><c> our</c><00:33:33.119><c> characters,</c><00:33:33.960><c> change</c>

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us<00:33:34.440><c> from</c><00:33:34.660><c> people</c><00:33:35.059><c> that</c><00:33:35.400><c> live</c><00:33:35.660><c> lives</c><00:33:36.119><c> that</c>

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we<00:33:36.819><c> want</c><00:33:36.940><c> to</c><00:33:37.079><c> do</c><00:33:37.220><c> things</c><00:33:37.480><c> that</c><00:33:37.660><c> are</c><00:33:37.900><c> so</c><00:33:38.099><c> apart</c><00:33:38.460><c> from</c><00:33:38.660><c> God.</c><00:33:39.339><c> He</c>

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will<00:33:39.759><c> change</c><00:33:40.059><c> us,</c><00:33:40.480><c> he'll</c><00:33:40.799><c> conform</c><00:33:41.200><c> us</c><00:33:41.500><c> to</c><00:33:41.700><c> the</c><00:33:41.920><c> image</c>

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of<00:33:42.440><c> his</c><00:33:42.700><c> son</c><00:33:43.059><c> if</c><00:33:43.759><c> we</c><00:33:43.960><c> let</c><00:33:44.119><c> him</c><00:33:44.559><c> through</c><00:33:44.759><c> the</c><00:33:45.000><c> work</c><00:33:45.160><c> that</c><00:33:45.339><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ<00:33:45.980><c> has</c><00:33:46.200><c> done.</c><00:33:47.160><c> See,</c><00:33:47.440><c> that's</c><00:33:47.960><c> the</c><00:33:48.180><c> atonement</c>

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in<00:33:48.759><c> action</c><00:33:49.299><c> without</c><00:33:49.880><c> all</c><00:33:50.220><c> the</c><00:33:50.400><c> words</c><00:33:50.700><c> of</c><00:33:50.900><c> getting</c><00:33:51.079><c> hung</c><00:33:51.339><c> up</c><00:33:51.579><c> on</c>

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whether<00:33:52.460><c> he</c><00:33:52.700><c> needed</c><00:33:52.980><c> an</c><00:33:53.220><c> offering</c><00:33:53.539><c> for</c><00:33:53.799><c> himself</c>

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and<00:33:54.759><c> whether,</c><00:33:55.299><c> you</c><00:33:55.539><c> know,</c><00:33:55.680><c> he</c><00:33:55.859><c> had</c><00:33:55.980><c> to</c><00:33:56.019><c> offer</c><00:33:56.339><c> first</c><00:33:56.660><c> for</c><00:33:56.900><c> himself</c><00:33:57.339><c> and</c>

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then<00:33:57.720><c> for</c><00:33:57.920><c> the</c><00:33:58.140><c> people.</c><00:33:58.480><c> This</c><00:33:58.759><c> was</c><00:33:59.140><c> real</c>

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stuff.<00:34:00.839><c> This</c><00:34:01.059><c> was</c><00:34:01.299><c> a</c><00:34:01.500><c> battle.</c><00:34:01.859><c> This</c><00:34:02.059><c> was</c><00:34:02.339><c> real.</c><00:34:02.819><c> This</c><00:34:03.000><c> was</c><00:34:03.240><c> not</c>

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shadows.<00:34:04.500><c> This</c><00:34:04.640><c> was</c><00:34:04.880><c> not</c><00:34:05.160><c> law</c><00:34:05.559><c> and</c><00:34:05.920><c> legalism.</c>

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This<00:34:07.000><c> was</c><00:34:07.259><c> what</c><00:34:07.640><c> all</c><00:34:07.980><c> of</c><00:34:08.340><c> sacrifice</c><00:34:09.019><c> had</c><00:34:09.219><c> been</c><00:34:09.500><c> built</c><00:34:09.820><c> on</c><00:34:09.980><c> in</c><00:34:10.139><c> the</c><00:34:10.320><c> first</c><00:34:10.539><c> place.</c><00:34:11.519><c> He</c><00:34:11.679><c> didn't</c><00:34:12.019><c> need</c><00:34:12.380><c> a</c><00:34:12.659><c> sacrifice.</c>

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He<00:34:13.900><c> was</c><00:34:14.280><c> everything</c><00:34:14.960><c> that</c><00:34:15.559><c> the</c><00:34:15.960><c> shadow</c><00:34:16.300><c> of</c><00:34:16.659><c> sacrifice</c><00:34:17.360><c> ever</c>

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tried<00:34:18.559><c> to</c><00:34:18.860><c> picture</c><00:34:19.179><c> about</c><00:34:19.579><c> the</c><00:34:19.780><c> work</c><00:34:19.940><c> of</c><00:34:20.139><c> Messiah.</c>

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:24.579
He<00:34:21.139><c> was</c><00:34:21.380><c> the</c><00:34:21.619><c> real</c><00:34:21.940><c> thing.</c><00:34:22.840><c> Someone</c><00:34:23.340><c> had</c><00:34:23.679><c> to</c><00:34:23.940><c> set</c><00:34:24.079><c> the</c><00:34:24.320><c> record</c>

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straight<00:34:24.980><c> that</c><00:34:25.119><c> my</c><00:34:25.380><c> father</c><00:34:25.659><c> was</c><00:34:25.960><c> right,</c>

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and<00:34:26.840><c> he</c><00:34:27.039><c> did</c><00:34:27.159><c> it</c><00:34:27.300><c> when</c><00:34:27.440><c> he</c><00:34:27.519><c> was</c><00:34:27.880><c> baptized</c><00:34:28.539><c> and</c><00:34:29.099><c> he</c><00:34:29.280><c> did</c><00:34:29.500><c> it</c><00:34:29.659><c> when</c>

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he's<00:34:29.980><c> up</c><00:34:30.159><c> there</c><00:34:30.280><c> on</c><00:34:30.460><c> the</c><00:34:30.639><c> pole.</c>

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Nobody<00:34:32.059><c> could</c><00:34:32.280><c> look</c><00:34:32.480><c> at</c><00:34:32.659><c> that</c><00:34:32.780><c> man</c><00:34:32.940><c> up</c><00:34:33.139><c> on</c><00:34:33.239><c> the</c><00:34:33.420><c> pole</c><00:34:33.559><c> and</c><00:34:33.820><c> said</c>

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in<00:34:34.219><c> any</c><00:34:34.480><c> way</c><00:34:34.639><c> he</c><00:34:34.820><c> deserved</c><00:34:35.179><c> that.</c><00:34:35.840><c> He</c><00:34:36.000><c> didn't</c><00:34:36.320><c> deserve</c>

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it<00:34:37.039><c> at</c><00:34:37.179><c> all.</c><00:34:37.820><c> It</c><00:34:37.960><c> was</c><00:34:38.179><c> a</c><00:34:38.320><c> work</c><00:34:38.460><c> that</c><00:34:38.739><c> him</c><00:34:38.980><c> and</c><00:34:39.159><c> his</c><00:34:39.460><c> father</c><00:34:39.820><c> were</c>

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accomplishing,<00:34:40.920><c> Abraham</c><00:34:41.340><c> and</c><00:34:41.519><c> Isaac</c><00:34:41.900><c> walking</c>

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together<00:34:42.920><c> as</c><00:34:43.599><c> they</c><00:34:43.860><c> declared</c><00:34:44.260><c> to</c><00:34:44.500><c> the</c><00:34:44.719><c> entire</c><00:34:45.119><c> race,</c><00:34:46.099><c> here's</c>

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the<00:34:47.179><c> war.</c><00:34:47.940><c> Here's</c><00:34:48.239><c> the</c><00:34:48.519><c> battle</c><00:34:48.780><c> that</c><00:34:48.960><c> must</c><00:34:49.179><c> be</c>

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fought.<00:34:50.300><c> Are</c><00:34:50.519><c> you</c><00:34:50.719><c> willing</c><00:34:51.000><c> to</c><00:34:51.300><c> fight</c><00:34:51.539><c> the</c><00:34:51.780><c> battle?</c><00:34:52.719><c> Are</c><00:34:52.920><c> you</c>

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willing<00:34:53.260><c> to</c><00:34:53.500><c> come</c><00:34:53.619><c> with</c><00:34:53.840><c> me</c><00:34:53.960><c> as</c><00:34:54.079><c> he</c><00:34:54.340><c> draws</c><00:34:54.659><c> all</c><00:34:55.079><c> men</c>

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up<00:34:55.480><c> to</c><00:34:55.599><c> himself</c><00:34:56.099><c> who</c><00:34:56.559><c> take</c><00:34:56.800><c> up</c><00:34:57.000><c> their</c><00:34:57.199><c> cross</c><00:34:57.500><c> and</c><00:34:57.719><c> follow</c><00:34:58.000><c> him</c>

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and<00:34:58.599><c> fight</c><00:34:58.880><c> the</c><00:34:59.079><c> battle</c><00:34:59.280><c> with</c><00:34:59.539><c> him?</c><00:35:00.179><c> Knowing</c><00:35:00.460><c> that</c><00:35:00.639><c> we</c>

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have<00:35:00.900><c> the</c><00:35:01.139><c> angels</c><00:35:01.400><c> with</c><00:35:01.639><c> us</c><00:35:01.820><c> day</c><00:35:02.059><c> by</c><00:35:02.300><c> day</c><00:35:02.480><c> to</c><00:35:02.619><c> help</c><00:35:02.820><c> us</c><00:35:02.980><c> as</c><00:35:03.219><c> they</c>

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helped<00:35:03.840><c> him,</c><00:35:05.019><c> the</c><00:35:05.340><c> same</c><00:35:05.760><c> angels</c><00:35:06.119><c> are</c><00:35:06.360><c> there</c><00:35:06.500><c> to</c><00:35:06.739><c> help</c>

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us<00:35:07.199><c> and</c><00:35:07.760><c> God</c><00:35:08.039><c> will</c><00:35:08.280><c> help</c><00:35:08.480><c> us</c><00:35:08.739><c> fight</c><00:35:08.980><c> that</c><00:35:09.219><c> battle</c><00:35:09.559><c> and</c><00:35:10.079><c> he</c><00:35:10.320><c> draws</c><00:35:10.579><c> all</c>

00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:13.199
men<00:35:11.239><c> up</c><00:35:11.460><c> there</c><00:35:11.619><c> to</c><00:35:11.760><c> himself</c><00:35:12.179><c> as</c><00:35:12.440><c> the</c><00:35:12.840><c> great</c>

00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:17.539
high<00:35:13.639><c> priest</c><00:35:14.079><c> as</c><00:35:14.320><c> Paul</c><00:35:14.599><c> presents</c><00:35:15.079><c> them</c><00:35:15.280><c> in</c><00:35:15.480><c> Hebrews.</c><00:35:16.260><c> Far</c><00:35:16.579><c> beyond</c><00:35:16.960><c> what</c><00:35:17.219><c> any</c>

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:19.340
high<00:35:17.840><c> priest</c><00:35:18.099><c> of</c><00:35:18.340><c> law</c><00:35:18.519><c> could</c><00:35:18.739><c> ever</c><00:35:19.000><c> do</c>

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because<00:35:19.920><c> law</c><00:35:20.260><c> always</c><00:35:20.780><c> separated</c><00:35:21.340><c> and</c><00:35:21.860><c> your</c><00:35:22.039><c> great</c><00:35:22.300><c> high</c><00:35:22.599><c> priest</c><00:35:22.840><c> under</c><00:35:23.039><c> the</c>

00:35:23.260 --> 00:35:24.780
law<00:35:23.440><c> he</c><00:35:23.659><c> could</c><00:35:23.800><c> never</c><00:35:24.079><c> do</c><00:35:24.340><c> all</c><00:35:24.579><c> things.</c>

00:35:24.820 --> 00:35:27.019
He<00:35:24.980><c> couldn't</c><00:35:25.280><c> forgive</c><00:35:25.599><c> your</c><00:35:25.920><c> sins</c><00:35:26.059><c> on</c><00:35:26.260><c> the</c><00:35:26.440><c> same</c><00:35:26.659><c> day</c><00:35:26.780><c> he</c><00:35:26.840><c> goes</c>

00:35:27.019 --> 00:35:29.739
into<00:35:27.219><c> the</c><00:35:27.440><c> holy</c><00:35:27.619><c> place</c><00:35:28.099><c> and</c><00:35:28.719><c> God</c><00:35:29.000><c> wanted</c><00:35:29.320><c> it</c><00:35:29.559><c> that</c>

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way<00:35:29.900><c> so</c><00:35:30.099><c> you'd</c><00:35:30.380><c> know</c><00:35:30.559><c> nobody</c><00:35:30.960><c> under</c><00:35:31.239><c> this</c><00:35:31.519><c> law</c><00:35:31.719><c> could</c><00:35:31.900><c> ever</c><00:35:32.099><c> do</c>

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that<00:35:32.440><c> for</c><00:35:32.659><c> you.</c><00:35:33.099><c> He</c><00:35:33.420><c> put</c><00:35:33.559><c> it</c><00:35:33.739><c> there</c><00:35:33.880><c> for</c><00:35:34.079><c> that</c><00:35:34.300><c> reason.</c>

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Here's<00:35:35.260><c> a</c><00:35:35.420><c> man</c><00:35:35.599><c> who</c><00:35:35.840><c> in</c><00:35:36.219><c> one</c><00:35:36.440><c> offering</c><00:35:36.840><c> of</c><00:35:37.119><c> offering</c><00:35:37.500><c> up</c><00:35:37.659><c> himself</c><00:35:38.219><c> in</c><00:35:38.400><c> the</c><00:35:38.559><c> work</c><00:35:38.679><c> that</c><00:35:38.860><c> he</c>

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did<00:35:39.099><c> on</c><00:35:39.280><c> that</c><00:35:39.500><c> pole</c>

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was<00:35:40.519><c> able</c><00:35:40.760><c> to</c><00:35:41.039><c> draw</c><00:35:41.260><c> all</c><00:35:41.760><c> men</c><00:35:42.300><c> into</c><00:35:43.920><c> immortality</c><00:35:44.980><c> up</c><00:35:45.519><c> to</c><00:35:45.760><c> God</c>

00:35:46.059 --> 00:35:48.820
as<00:35:46.380><c> part</c><00:35:46.639><c> of</c><00:35:46.820><c> God's</c><00:35:47.159><c> family</c><00:35:47.519><c> and</c><00:35:47.980><c> that's</c><00:35:48.440><c> the</c><00:35:48.599><c> real</c>

00:35:48.820 --> 00:35:52.579
work<00:35:49.179><c> that</c><00:35:49.400><c> Christ</c><00:35:49.619><c> accomplished</c><00:35:50.219><c> in</c><00:35:50.480><c> atonement</c><00:35:51.079><c> and</c><00:35:51.679><c> sometimes</c><00:35:52.139><c> we</c><00:35:52.340><c> get</c>

00:35:52.579 --> 00:35:54.380
we<00:35:52.960><c> do</c><00:35:53.260><c> tend</c><00:35:53.400><c> to</c><00:35:53.559><c> get</c><00:35:53.800><c> sidetracked</c>

00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:56.920
from<00:35:54.639><c> brothers</c><00:35:54.840><c> and</c><00:35:55.079><c> sisters</c><00:35:55.400><c> and</c><00:35:55.579><c> we</c><00:35:55.840><c> have</c><00:35:56.139><c> classes</c><00:35:56.519><c> and</c><00:35:56.780><c> we</c>

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have<00:35:57.400><c> little</c><00:35:57.659><c> debates</c><00:35:58.059><c> amongst</c><00:35:58.440><c> fellowships</c>

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and<00:35:59.179><c> we</c><00:35:59.360><c> do</c><00:35:59.699><c> our</c><00:35:59.900><c> little</c><00:36:00.139><c> thing</c><00:36:00.519><c> but</c><00:36:01.219><c> that's</c><00:36:01.960><c> the</c><00:36:02.219><c> reality</c><00:36:02.699><c> of</c>

00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:05.780
what<00:36:03.860><c> God</c><00:36:04.199><c> was</c><00:36:04.579><c> doing</c><00:36:04.900><c> in</c><00:36:05.199><c> his</c><00:36:05.460><c> son.</c>

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That<00:36:06.460><c> was</c><00:36:06.699><c> the</c><00:36:06.960><c> basis</c><00:36:07.340><c> for</c><00:36:07.880><c> all</c><00:36:08.219><c> the</c><00:36:08.440><c> work</c><00:36:08.599><c> the</c><00:36:08.920><c> angels</c><00:36:09.280><c> had</c><00:36:09.579><c> done</c><00:36:09.820><c> for</c><00:36:10.099><c> all</c><00:36:10.360><c> those</c><00:36:10.619><c> years</c><00:36:11.099><c> of</c>

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:12.360
trying<00:36:11.800><c> to</c><00:36:12.139><c> teach</c>

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people<00:36:12.639><c> about</c><00:36:12.880><c> the</c><00:36:13.159><c> messiah</c><00:36:13.619><c> who</c><00:36:13.800><c> would</c><00:36:14.039><c> come.</c><00:36:14.559><c> This</c><00:36:14.739><c> was</c><00:36:15.000><c> the</c>

00:36:15.119 --> 00:36:17.739
son<00:36:15.360><c> of</c><00:36:15.599><c> God</c><00:36:15.780><c> as</c><00:36:16.039><c> David</c><00:36:16.400><c> foresaw</c><00:36:16.860><c> him</c><00:36:17.000><c> as</c><00:36:17.219><c> Abraham</c>

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