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Love<00:16:37.159><c> your</c><00:16:37.340><c> neighbor</c><00:16:37.919><c> as</c><00:16:39.220><c> thyself.</c>

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all<00:16:46.679><c> of</c><00:16:46.820><c> our</c><00:16:47.080><c> soul,</c><00:16:47.960><c> and</c><00:16:48.240><c> all</c><00:16:48.480><c> of</c><00:16:48.600><c> our</c><00:16:48.879><c> strength</c><00:16:49.399><c> and</c><00:16:49.740><c> mind</c><00:16:50.080><c> to</c>

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love<00:16:50.659><c> him?</c>

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Why<00:16:53.019><c> is</c><00:16:53.240><c> it</c><00:16:53.360><c> so</c><00:16:53.559><c> important</c><00:16:53.980><c> in</c><00:16:54.200><c> my</c><00:16:54.480><c> life</c><00:16:54.700><c> and</c><00:16:54.919><c> yours,</c><00:16:55.259><c> my</c><00:16:55.399><c> dear</c>

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brothers<00:16:55.799><c> and</c><00:16:56.059><c> sisters?</c>

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Why<00:16:58.480><c> is</c><00:16:58.740><c> it,</c><00:16:59.799><c> as</c><00:16:59.940><c> human</c><00:17:00.200><c> beings,</c><00:17:00.639><c> God</c><00:17:00.919><c> wants</c><00:17:01.259><c> us</c><00:17:01.960><c> to</c><00:17:02.440><c> use</c><00:17:02.700><c> our</c>

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minds<00:17:03.580><c> to</c><00:17:04.160><c> agape</c><00:17:04.819><c> him?</c>

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Well,<00:17:08.099><c> simply</c><00:17:08.460><c> because</c><00:17:09.440><c> God</c><00:17:11.140><c> first</c><00:17:11.720><c> loved</c><00:17:12.059><c> us,</c><00:17:13.660><c> isn't</c><00:17:13.920><c> it?</c>

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In<00:17:18.779><c> 1</c><00:17:18.980><c> John</c><00:17:19.240><c> 4</c><00:17:19.619><c> and</c><00:17:19.700><c> 7,</c><00:17:20.960><c> we</c><00:17:21.119><c> read</c><00:17:21.319><c> these</c><00:17:21.640><c> words,</c><00:17:21.859><c> brothers</c><00:17:22.079><c> and</c><00:17:22.380><c> sisters.</c>

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Beloved,<00:17:25.980><c> let</c><00:17:26.579><c> us</c><00:17:26.779><c> love</c><00:17:27.039><c> one</c><00:17:27.279><c> another.</c>

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For<00:17:29.339><c> love</c><00:17:29.500><c> is</c><00:17:29.680><c> of</c><00:17:29.880><c> God,</c><00:17:30.380><c> and</c><00:17:30.559><c> every</c><00:17:30.920><c> one</c><00:17:31.119><c> that</c><00:17:31.440><c> loveeth</c><00:17:31.799><c> is</c><00:17:32.039><c> born</c><00:17:32.440><c> of</c>

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God,<00:17:33.240><c> and</c><00:17:33.400><c> knoweth</c><00:17:33.660><c> God.</c>

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He<00:17:35.720><c> that</c><00:17:36.000><c> loveeth</c><00:17:36.480><c> not,</c><00:17:37.140><c> knoweth</c><00:17:37.400><c> not</c><00:17:37.660><c> God,</c><00:17:37.920><c> for</c><00:17:38.079><c> God</c><00:17:38.500><c> is</c><00:17:38.839><c> love.</c>

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And<00:17:40.799><c> this</c><00:17:41.059><c> was</c><00:17:41.240><c> manifested</c><00:17:41.839><c> love</c><00:17:42.119><c> of</c><00:17:42.240><c> God</c><00:17:42.500><c> towards</c><00:17:42.819><c> us,</c><00:17:43.099><c> because</c><00:17:43.640><c> that</c>

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God<00:17:44.619><c> sent</c><00:17:44.900><c> his</c><00:17:45.140><c> only</c><00:17:45.460><c> begotten</c>

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son<00:17:46.259><c> into</c><00:17:46.579><c> the</c><00:17:46.819><c> world,</c><00:17:48.039><c> that</c><00:17:48.180><c> we</c><00:17:48.400><c> might</c><00:17:48.660><c> live</c><00:17:49.059><c> through</c><00:17:49.339><c> him,</c>

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hearing<00:17:51.059><c> his</c><00:17:51.380><c> love.</c>

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of<00:18:01.539><c> our</c><00:18:01.779><c> sins.</c>

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If<00:18:05.519><c> God</c><00:18:05.779><c> so</c><00:18:06.019><c> loved</c><00:18:06.180><c> us,</c><00:18:07.940><c> we</c><00:18:08.140><c> ought</c><00:18:08.319><c> also</c><00:18:08.980><c> to</c><00:18:09.759><c> love</c><00:18:10.779><c> one</c><00:18:11.500><c> another.</c>

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My<00:18:13.920><c> dear</c><00:18:14.079><c> brothers</c><00:18:14.299><c> and</c><00:18:14.519><c> sisters,</c><00:18:16.059><c> from</c><00:18:16.279><c> the</c><00:18:16.420><c> very</c><00:18:16.720><c> foundations</c><00:18:17.279><c> of</c><00:18:17.519><c> the</c>

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earth,<00:18:19.660><c> God</c><00:18:19.900><c> loved</c><00:18:20.140><c> us.</c>

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God<00:18:22.720><c> wanted</c><00:18:23.119><c> us</c><00:18:23.380><c> to</c><00:18:23.460><c> be</c><00:18:23.720><c> a</c><00:18:23.900><c> part</c><00:18:24.200><c> of</c><00:18:24.599><c> his</c><00:18:24.859><c> kingdom,</c><00:18:26.099><c> eternal</c><00:18:26.400><c> kingdom.</c>

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And<00:18:29.299><c> despite</c><00:18:29.799><c> the</c><00:18:30.140><c> failures</c><00:18:30.380><c> of</c><00:18:30.680><c> mankind,</c><00:18:32.380><c> God</c><00:18:32.680><c> still</c><00:18:33.019><c> loves</c>

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us,<00:18:34.380><c> and</c><00:18:34.539><c> is</c><00:18:34.740><c> doing</c><00:18:35.019><c> everything,</c><00:18:35.880><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:18:36.380><c> sisters,</c><00:18:37.240><c> that</c><00:18:37.380><c> he</c><00:18:37.559><c> might</c><00:18:37.740><c> reclaim</c><00:18:38.180><c> us,</c><00:18:39.900><c> as</c><00:18:40.099><c> rightfully</c><00:18:40.559><c> as.</c>

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He<00:18:44.019><c> so</c><00:18:44.259><c> loved</c><00:18:44.500><c> the</c><00:18:44.779><c> world,</c><00:18:44.980><c> John</c><00:18:45.299><c> says,</c><00:18:45.799><c> that</c><00:18:46.000><c> he</c><00:18:46.259><c> gave</c><00:18:46.500><c> his</c>

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only<00:18:47.019><c> begotten</c><00:18:47.579><c> son,</c><00:18:48.220><c> that</c><00:18:48.579><c> whosoever</c>

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believeth<00:18:49.779><c> in</c><00:18:50.000><c> him,</c><00:18:51.160><c> shall</c><00:18:51.299><c> not</c><00:18:51.539><c> perish,</c><00:18:52.039><c> but</c><00:18:52.220><c> hath</c><00:18:52.440><c> everlasting</c><00:18:53.039><c> life.</c>

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This<00:18:56.819><c> morning</c><00:18:57.099><c> the</c><00:18:57.380><c> apostle</c><00:18:57.680><c> picks</c><00:18:57.960><c> up</c><00:18:58.160><c> the</c><00:18:58.400><c> argument</c><00:18:58.720><c> of</c><00:18:58.900><c> love</c><00:18:59.500><c> in</c>

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the<00:19:00.299><c> reading</c><00:19:00.480><c> that</c><00:19:00.680><c> was</c><00:19:00.880><c> very</c><00:19:01.200><c> well</c>

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read<00:19:01.539><c> by</c><00:19:01.759><c> our</c><00:19:01.960><c> brother,</c><00:19:02.599><c> didn't</c><00:19:02.839><c> he?</c>

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The<00:19:03.759><c> importance</c><00:19:04.160><c> of</c><00:19:04.480><c> love</c><00:19:04.619><c> in</c><00:19:04.779><c> the</c><00:19:04.940><c> life</c><00:19:05.740><c> of</c><00:19:05.980><c> us</c><00:19:06.140><c> Christians</c>

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and<00:19:06.900><c> Christadelphians.</c>

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Though<00:19:08.819><c> I</c><00:19:09.059><c> speak</c><00:19:09.240><c> with</c><00:19:09.480><c> the</c><00:19:09.660><c> tongues</c><00:19:09.859><c> of</c><00:19:10.119><c> men</c><00:19:10.279><c> and</c><00:19:10.359><c> of</c><00:19:10.559><c> angels,</c>

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and<00:19:11.740><c> have</c><00:19:11.940><c> not</c><00:19:12.220><c> loved</c><00:19:12.539><c> Paul</c><00:19:12.980><c> says,</c><00:19:13.599><c> I</c>

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am<00:19:13.920><c> become</c><00:19:14.200><c> as</c><00:19:14.480><c> a</c><00:19:14.599><c> sung</c><00:19:14.759><c> in</c><00:19:15.000><c> brass,</c><00:19:16.339><c> or</c><00:19:16.480><c> a</c><00:19:16.660><c> tinkling</c><00:19:17.200><c> cymbal.</c>

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Love,<00:19:19.490><c> as</c><00:19:19.490><c> described</c><00:19:19.890><c> in</c><00:19:20.049><c> this</c><00:19:20.269><c> chapter,</c><00:19:21.049><c> is</c><00:19:21.130><c> best</c><00:19:21.490><c> understood</c><00:19:22.250><c> as</c><00:19:22.829><c> a</c><00:19:23.130><c> way</c>

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of<00:19:23.910><c> life.</c>

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Lived<00:19:26.789><c> in</c><00:19:27.369><c> the</c><00:19:27.589><c> imitation</c><00:19:28.130><c> of</c><00:19:28.369><c> our</c><00:19:28.529><c> Lord</c><00:19:28.750><c> and</c><00:19:28.950><c> Savior,</c><00:19:29.109><c> Jesus</c><00:19:29.490><c> Christ.</c>

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That<00:19:30.230><c> is,</c><00:19:30.930><c> focused</c><00:19:31.450><c> not</c><00:19:31.890><c> on</c><00:19:32.150><c> self,</c><00:19:33.349><c> as</c><00:19:33.470><c> the</c><00:19:33.710><c> world</c><00:19:33.890><c> does,</c><00:19:35.769><c> but</c>

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on<00:19:36.329><c> others.</c>

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And<00:19:40.650><c> so</c><00:19:40.950><c> Paul</c><00:19:41.710><c> writes</c><00:19:42.789><c> that</c><00:19:43.069><c> if</c><00:19:43.289><c> one</c><00:19:43.529><c> possess</c><00:19:44.190><c> incredible</c><00:19:44.930><c> abilities,</c><00:19:45.769><c> like</c><00:19:45.829><c> speaking</c><00:19:46.390><c> in</c>

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different<00:19:47.349><c> languages,</c>

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like<00:19:48.589><c> the</c><00:19:48.890><c> angels,</c><00:19:49.589><c> without</c><00:19:50.069><c> love,</c><00:19:51.569><c> their</c><00:19:51.829><c> words</c><00:19:52.109><c> are</c><00:19:52.529><c> meaningless</c><00:19:53.049><c> and</c><00:19:53.430><c> hollow,</c><00:19:55.130><c> like</c><00:19:55.430><c> a</c>

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loud<00:19:55.829><c> empty</c>

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noise.

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understand<00:20:04.109><c> all</c><00:20:04.349><c> mysteries</c><00:20:04.769><c> and</c><00:20:04.990><c> all</c><00:20:05.170><c> knowledge,</c>

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and<00:20:05.589><c> though</c><00:20:05.750><c> I</c><00:20:06.069><c> have</c><00:20:06.329><c> all</c><00:20:06.789><c> faith,</c><00:20:07.990><c> so</c><00:20:08.170><c> that</c><00:20:08.309><c> I</c><00:20:08.430><c> can</c><00:20:08.630><c> remove</c><00:20:08.970><c> mountains,</c><00:20:10.730><c> and</c>

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have<00:20:11.130><c> not</c><00:20:11.349><c> love,</c><00:20:12.829><c> I</c><00:20:13.109><c> am</c><00:20:13.230><c> nothing.</c>

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Spiritual<00:20:16.389><c> gifts,</c><00:20:18.049><c> such</c><00:20:18.190><c> as</c><00:20:18.470><c> prophecy,</c><00:20:20.170><c> and</c><00:20:20.390><c> knowledge,</c><00:20:21.950><c> and</c>

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faith,<00:20:23.829><c> are</c><00:20:23.990><c> meaningless,</c><00:20:24.650><c> brothers</c><00:20:24.750><c> and</c><00:20:25.069><c> sisters,</c><00:20:25.309><c> without</c><00:20:25.730><c> love.</c>

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Even<00:20:28.869><c> selfless</c><00:20:29.470><c> acts,</c><00:20:30.329><c> like</c><00:20:30.890><c> giving</c><00:20:31.170><c> away</c><00:20:31.470><c> possessions,</c><00:20:33.630><c> or</c>

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enduring<00:20:34.410><c> sufferings,</c><00:20:35.410><c> are</c><00:20:35.490><c> meaningless,</c><00:20:36.670><c> without</c><00:20:37.329><c> love.</c>

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I<00:20:40.970><c> can</c><00:20:41.170><c> give</c><00:20:41.289><c> all</c><00:20:41.569><c> my</c><00:20:41.769><c> goods</c><00:20:41.890><c> to</c><00:20:42.190><c> feed</c><00:20:42.349><c> the</c><00:20:42.650><c> poor,</c><00:20:43.849><c> my</c><00:20:44.170><c> body</c><00:20:44.430><c> to</c>

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be<00:20:44.930><c> burned,</c><00:20:45.670><c> if</c><00:20:45.869><c> I</c><00:20:46.130><c> don't</c><00:20:46.430><c> have</c><00:20:46.750><c> love,</c><00:20:47.430><c> it</c><00:20:47.730><c> profiteth</c><00:20:48.109><c> me</c><00:20:48.630><c> nothing.</c>

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What<00:20:51.670><c> is</c><00:20:51.890><c> love</c><00:20:52.150><c> then?</c>

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Paul<00:20:54.609><c> said</c><00:20:54.829><c> it's</c><00:20:55.450><c> patience.</c>

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It's<00:20:57.049><c> kind.</c>

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It<00:20:59.190><c> rejoices</c><00:20:59.650><c> in</c><00:20:59.950><c> truth.</c>

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It<00:21:01.910><c> bears</c><00:21:02.750><c> all</c><00:21:03.529><c> our</c><00:21:03.750><c> problems.</c>

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It<00:21:05.809><c> believes.</c>

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Heavenly<00:25:32.029><c> Father.</c>

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biblical<00:25:38.130><c> truth.</c>

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follow<00:25:49.809><c> him?</c>

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What<00:25:51.049><c> about</c><00:25:51.309><c> us</c><00:25:52.170><c> this</c><00:25:52.890><c> morning?</c>

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Paul<00:25:55.029><c> writes,</c><00:25:56.730><c> for</c><00:25:56.970><c> scarcely</c><00:25:57.410><c> for</c><00:25:57.670><c> a</c><00:25:57.829><c> righteous</c><00:25:58.109><c> man</c><00:25:58.890><c> would</c>

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one<00:26:00.650><c> die.</c>

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were<00:26:13.130><c> yet</c><00:26:13.390><c> sinners,</c><00:26:14.869><c> alienated</c><00:26:15.329><c> from</c><00:26:15.529><c> the</c><00:26:15.789><c> Commonwealth</c><00:26:16.049><c> of</c>

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Israel,<00:26:17.589><c> in</c><00:26:17.769><c> bondage</c><00:26:18.210><c> and</c><00:26:18.529><c> in</c><00:26:18.809><c> Egypt,</c><00:26:21.549><c> Christ</c><00:26:21.829><c> died</c><00:26:22.089><c> for</c><00:26:22.329><c> us.</c>

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Today<00:26:25.509><c> we</c><00:26:25.670><c> live</c><00:26:25.769><c> in</c><00:26:25.849><c> a</c><00:26:26.029><c> world</c><00:26:26.150><c> where</c><00:26:26.369><c> people</c><00:26:26.630><c> are</c><00:26:26.890><c> concerned</c>

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only<00:26:27.650><c> with</c><00:26:27.970><c> self.</c>

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interests,<00:26:35.990><c> looking</c><00:26:36.289><c> after</c><00:26:36.589><c> those</c><00:26:36.950><c> things</c><00:26:37.130><c> which</c><00:26:37.470><c> satisfies</c>

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our<00:26:38.710><c> own</c><00:26:38.990><c> flesh,</c><00:26:39.369><c> brothers</c><00:26:39.470><c> and</c><00:26:39.750><c> sisters,</c><00:26:40.410><c> at</c><00:26:40.609><c> the</c><00:26:40.829><c> expense</c>

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of<00:26:41.609><c> everything</c><00:26:41.950><c> else.</c>

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cannot<00:26:47.930><c> be</c><00:26:48.230><c> disciples</c><00:26:49.049><c> of</c><00:26:49.990><c> our</c><00:26:50.190><c> Lord.</c>

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We<00:26:52.390><c> know</c><00:26:52.650><c> in</c><00:26:52.950><c> part</c><00:26:53.170><c> and</c><00:26:53.349><c> we</c><00:26:53.609><c> prophesy</c><00:26:54.009><c> in</c><00:26:54.269><c> part,</c><00:26:54.470><c> Paul</c><00:26:54.710><c> writes.</c>

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purpose<00:27:02.750><c> is</c><00:27:03.650><c> incomplete</c><00:27:04.210><c> and</c><00:27:04.490><c> fragmented.</c>

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not<00:27:11.470><c> fully</c><00:27:11.809><c> comprehensive,</c><00:27:13.130><c> all</c><00:27:13.390><c> governed</c><00:27:13.710><c> by</c><00:27:14.069><c> our</c><00:27:14.529><c> humanistic</c><00:27:15.130><c> thinking,</c><00:27:16.130><c> the</c><00:27:16.349><c> attitude</c><00:27:16.650><c> of</c>

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self,<00:27:17.829><c> the</c><00:27:18.130><c> nature</c><00:27:18.390><c> that</c><00:27:18.609><c> we</c><00:27:18.910><c> have</c><00:27:19.109><c> inherited</c><00:27:19.769><c> from</c><00:27:20.289><c> our</c><00:27:20.509><c> forefathers.</c>

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greatest<00:27:32.750><c> example</c><00:27:33.329><c> of</c><00:27:34.109><c> love.</c>

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Paul<00:27:36.549><c> writes,</c><00:27:38.670><c> now</c><00:27:38.910><c> abided</c><00:27:39.390><c> faith,</c><00:27:41.250><c> hope,</c><00:27:42.990><c> charity,</c><00:27:44.869><c> these</c><00:27:45.309><c> three.</c>

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But<00:27:47.490><c> he</c><00:27:48.049><c> emphatically</c><00:27:48.589><c> says</c><00:27:49.109><c> the</c><00:27:49.650><c> greatest</c><00:27:50.230><c> is</c><00:27:51.569><c> charity.</c>

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I'd<00:27:54.390><c> like</c><00:27:54.390><c> us</c><00:27:54.589><c> to</c><00:27:54.849><c> consider,</c><00:27:55.170><c> brothers</c><00:27:55.269><c> and</c><00:27:55.509><c> sisters,</c><00:27:55.829><c> in</c><00:27:55.910><c> closing,</c><00:27:57.230><c> why</c>

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is<00:27:57.910><c> charity</c><00:27:58.470><c> the</c><00:27:59.470><c> greatest?</c>

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Well,<00:28:03.049><c> when</c><00:28:03.190><c> our</c><00:28:03.369><c> Lord</c><00:28:03.589><c> and</c><00:28:03.829><c> Savior</c><00:28:04.049><c> returns</c><00:28:04.529><c> back</c><00:28:04.849><c> to</c><00:28:04.970><c> this</c><00:28:05.170><c> earth,</c><00:28:07.109><c> in</c><00:28:07.250><c> the</c><00:28:07.470><c> reestablishment</c><00:28:08.230><c> of</c><00:28:08.369><c> His</c><00:28:08.569><c> kingdom,</c><00:28:08.970><c> brothers</c><00:28:09.109><c> and</c><00:28:09.349><c> sisters,</c><00:28:09.789><c> I</c>

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want<00:28:10.190><c> to</c><00:28:10.390><c> suggest</c><00:28:10.670><c> to</c><00:28:10.890><c> you</c><00:28:11.529><c> that</c><00:28:12.029><c> we</c><00:28:12.269><c> no</c><00:28:12.450><c> longer</c><00:28:12.809><c> need</c><00:28:13.089><c> faith,</c>

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would<00:28:13.809><c> we?</c>

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Because<00:28:16.309><c> our</c><00:28:16.569><c> Lord</c><00:28:16.769><c> and</c><00:28:16.930><c> Master</c><00:28:17.549><c> is</c><00:28:18.009><c> Him.</c>

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Neither,<00:28:20.569><c> brothers</c><00:28:20.650><c> and</c><00:28:20.910><c> sisters,</c><00:28:21.170><c> do</c><00:28:21.390><c> we</c><00:28:21.529><c> need</c><00:28:21.690><c> hope.</c>

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There<00:28:22.789><c> is</c><00:28:23.009><c> nothing</c><00:28:23.250><c> to</c><00:28:23.529><c> hope</c><00:28:23.769><c> for.</c>

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Our<00:28:25.150><c> Lord</c><00:28:25.430><c> and</c><00:28:25.609><c> Savior,</c><00:28:25.970><c> Jesus</c><00:28:26.190><c> Christ,</c><00:28:27.390><c> is</c><00:28:27.630><c> Him.</c>

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But<00:28:31.009><c> love,</c><00:28:31.509><c> brothers</c><00:28:31.650><c> and</c><00:28:31.910><c> sisters,</c><00:28:33.609><c> will</c><00:28:33.750><c> never</c><00:28:34.009><c> die.</c>

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Love<00:28:36.269><c> is</c><00:28:36.430><c> what</c><00:28:36.589><c> it</c><00:28:36.829><c> takes</c><00:28:37.049><c> to</c><00:28:37.309><c> bring</c><00:28:37.430><c> about</c><00:28:37.690><c> the</c><00:28:37.849><c> sense</c><00:28:38.089><c> of</c><00:28:38.470><c> oneness</c><00:28:39.049><c> that</c><00:28:39.509><c> the</c>

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world<00:28:39.910><c> needs,</c><00:28:41.509><c> to</c><00:28:41.690><c> obey</c><00:28:42.089><c> God,</c><00:28:43.210><c> to</c><00:28:43.329><c> keep</c><00:28:43.529><c> His</c><00:28:43.809><c> commandments,</c>

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to<00:28:45.309><c> serve</c><00:28:45.650><c> Him,</c><00:28:47.450><c> to</c><00:28:47.809><c> love</c><00:28:48.089><c> Him.</c>

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And<00:28:50.849><c> so,</c><00:28:51.450><c> my</c><00:28:51.450><c> dear</c><00:28:51.670><c> brethren,</c><00:28:54.109><c> as</c><00:28:54.269><c> we</c><00:28:54.509><c> come</c><00:28:54.650><c> before</c><00:28:55.029><c> this</c><00:28:55.250><c> table</c><00:28:55.509><c> of</c>

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remembrance,<00:28:57.670><c> sitting</c><00:28:57.809><c> before</c><00:28:58.250><c> us</c><00:28:58.430><c> at</c><00:28:58.589><c> the</c><00:28:58.809><c> emblem</c><00:28:59.109><c> tokens</c>

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of<00:28:59.809><c> bread</c><00:28:59.970><c> and</c><00:29:00.170><c> wine,</c>

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the<00:29:01.890><c> greatest</c><00:29:02.309><c> act</c><00:29:02.750><c> of</c><00:29:03.049><c> love</c><00:29:03.869><c> shown</c><00:29:04.250><c> to</c><00:29:04.529><c> us</c><00:29:05.269><c> from</c><00:29:05.650><c> the</c><00:29:05.910><c> very</c><00:29:06.329><c> foundations</c><00:29:07.250><c> of</c>

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the<00:29:07.970><c> earth</c><00:29:08.470><c> in</c><00:29:10.210><c> these</c><00:29:10.569><c> emblems,</c><00:29:11.910><c> the</c><00:29:12.250><c> bread</c><00:29:12.609><c> and</c><00:29:13.089><c> the</c><00:29:13.309><c> wine,</c>

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symbol<00:29:14.890><c> tokens</c><00:29:15.349><c> of</c><00:29:15.569><c> the</c><00:29:15.809><c> body</c><00:29:15.970><c> and</c><00:29:16.190><c> blood</c><00:29:16.289><c> of</c><00:29:16.529><c> our</c><00:29:16.670><c> Lord</c><00:29:16.869><c> and</c>

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Master,<00:29:17.869><c> Jesus</c><00:29:18.049><c> Christ,</c><00:29:18.670><c> which</c><00:29:18.869><c> He</c><00:29:19.069><c> had</c><00:29:19.309><c> given</c><00:29:19.690><c> freely</c><00:29:20.009><c> to</c><00:29:20.329><c> us,</c><00:29:20.710><c> that</c><00:29:20.930><c> we</c>

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through<00:29:21.369><c> Him</c><00:29:22.470><c> might</c><00:29:23.170><c> be</c><00:29:23.490><c> saved.</c>

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And<00:29:25.230><c> so,</c><00:29:25.410><c> as</c><00:29:25.450><c> we</c><00:29:25.650><c> assemble</c><00:29:25.970><c> as</c><00:29:26.190><c> a</c><00:29:26.410><c> community</c><00:29:26.690><c> of</c><00:29:26.970><c> believers,</c>

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as<00:29:29.009><c> brothers</c><00:29:29.230><c> and</c><00:29:29.490><c> sisters</c><00:29:29.690><c> of</c><00:29:29.950><c> like</c><00:29:30.170><c> precious</c><00:29:30.470><c> faith,</c><00:29:31.109><c> I'd</c>

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like<00:29:31.490><c> us</c><00:29:31.670><c> each</c><00:29:31.789><c> to</c><00:29:32.089><c> examine</c><00:29:32.309><c> ourselves</c><00:29:32.750><c> this</c><00:29:33.009><c> morning,</c><00:29:33.410><c> brothers</c><00:29:33.490><c> and</c><00:29:33.750><c> sisters,</c>

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