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peace,<00:14:33.149><c> goodwill</c><00:14:33.710><c> toward</c><00:14:34.009><c> men.</c>

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to<00:15:38.750><c> stress</c><00:15:39.129><c> his</c><00:15:39.950><c> inferiority</c><00:15:40.909><c> and</c><00:15:41.149><c> subordination</c><00:15:41.909><c> to</c><00:15:42.129><c> the</c><00:15:42.350><c> Father</c>

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and<00:15:44.090><c> commonly</c><00:15:44.610><c> refers</c><00:15:45.110><c> to</c><00:15:45.350><c> himself</c><00:15:45.769><c> as</c><00:15:46.590><c> the</c><00:15:46.929><c> Son</c><00:15:47.169><c> of</c><00:15:47.450><c> Man.</c>

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and<00:16:10.850><c> when</c><00:16:11.009><c> he</c><00:16:11.309><c> showed</c><00:16:11.509><c> signs</c><00:16:12.029><c> of</c><00:16:12.309><c> anger.</c>

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he<00:16:29.850><c> was</c><00:16:30.090><c> driven</c><00:16:30.409><c> by</c><00:16:30.730><c> the</c><00:16:31.029><c> Spirit</c><00:16:31.309><c> into</c><00:16:31.590><c> the</c><00:16:31.830><c> wilderness</c>

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and<00:16:49.629><c> temptations</c><00:16:50.370><c> of</c><00:16:50.850><c> self</c><00:16:51.129><c>-esteem.</c>

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but<00:17:01.049><c> all</c><00:17:01.549><c> his</c><00:17:01.809><c> spiritual</c><00:17:02.350><c> strength.</c>

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his<00:17:07.849><c> brother</c><00:17:08.329><c> James,</c><00:17:08.849><c> who</c><00:17:09.009><c> wrote</c><00:17:09.230><c> the</c><00:17:09.509><c> epistle,</c>

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Neither<00:17:21.529><c> tempteth</c><00:17:21.970><c> he</c><00:17:22.230><c> any</c><00:17:22.509><c> man.</c>

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is<00:17:29.430><c> within</c><00:17:29.750><c> the</c><00:17:30.049><c> human</c><00:17:30.309><c> frame</c><00:17:30.869><c> when</c><00:17:31.990><c> he</c><00:17:32.250><c> adds</c><00:17:32.390><c> this</c><00:17:32.750><c> verse.</c>

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But<00:17:34.509><c> every</c><00:17:34.890><c> man</c><00:17:35.230><c> is</c><00:17:35.549><c> tempted</c><00:17:36.190><c> when</c><00:17:36.910><c> he</c><00:17:37.089><c> is</c><00:17:37.269><c> drawn</c><00:17:37.529><c> away</c>

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of<00:17:37.950><c> his</c><00:17:38.150><c> own</c><00:17:38.450><c> lust</c><00:17:38.930><c> and</c><00:17:39.630><c> enticed.</c>

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Would<00:17:42.450><c> one</c><00:17:42.769><c> whose</c><00:17:43.069><c> nature</c><00:17:43.490><c> was</c><00:17:43.829><c> divine</c>

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be<00:17:44.730><c> affected</c><00:17:45.130><c> by</c><00:17:45.450><c> these</c><00:17:45.750><c> temptations?</c>

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The<00:17:48.289><c> evidence</c><00:17:48.569><c> says</c><00:17:48.970><c> they</c><00:17:49.349><c> were</c><00:17:49.690><c> human</c><00:17:50.049><c> temptations.</c>

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And<00:17:51.950><c> James</c><00:17:52.309><c> confirms</c><00:17:52.970><c> this.</c>

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If<00:17:54.990><c> indeed</c><00:17:55.349><c> Jesus</c><00:17:55.990><c> was</c><00:17:56.390><c> of</c><00:17:57.029><c> a</c><00:17:57.309><c> divine</c><00:17:57.630><c> nature</c>

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and<00:17:58.329><c> not</c><00:17:58.529><c> the</c><00:17:58.789><c> same</c><00:17:58.990><c> nature</c><00:17:59.410><c> as</c><00:17:59.650><c> you</c><00:17:59.849><c> and</c><00:18:00.069><c> I,</c>

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what<00:18:00.950><c> comfort</c><00:18:01.369><c> would</c><00:18:01.630><c> we</c><00:18:01.950><c> find</c><00:18:02.349><c> in</c><00:18:02.589><c> the</c><00:18:02.809><c> words?</c>

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he<00:18:08.069><c> is</c><00:18:08.369><c> able</c><00:18:08.650><c> to</c><00:18:09.009><c> succor</c><00:18:09.349><c> them</c><00:18:09.930><c> that</c><00:18:10.349><c> are</c><00:18:10.710><c> tempted.</c>

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But<00:18:12.730><c> we</c><00:18:12.990><c> are</c><00:18:13.369><c> comforted.</c>

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For<00:18:15.109><c> we</c><00:18:15.329><c> know</c><00:18:15.549><c> that</c><00:18:15.890><c> verily</c><00:18:16.250><c> he</c><00:18:16.509><c> took</c><00:18:16.809><c> not</c><00:18:17.130><c> on</c><00:18:17.470><c> him</c><00:18:17.750><c> the</c><00:18:18.069><c> nature</c>

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of<00:18:19.089><c> angels,</c>

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but<00:18:20.829><c> he</c><00:18:21.069><c> took</c><00:18:21.349><c> on</c><00:18:21.750><c> him</c><00:18:22.269><c> the</c><00:18:22.809><c> seed</c><00:18:23.089><c> of</c><00:18:23.549><c> Abraham.</c>

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Wherefore<00:18:26.309><c> in</c><00:18:26.529><c> all</c><00:18:26.849><c> things</c><00:18:27.089><c> it</c><00:18:27.410><c> behoved</c><00:18:27.809><c> him</c><00:18:28.049><c> to</c><00:18:28.250><c> be</c><00:18:28.450><c> made</c>

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like<00:18:29.069><c> unto</c><00:18:29.329><c> his</c><00:18:29.609><c> brethren,</c><00:18:30.829><c> that</c><00:18:31.049><c> he</c><00:18:31.210><c> might</c><00:18:31.529><c> be</c><00:18:31.910><c> a</c><00:18:32.250><c> merciful</c>

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and<00:18:33.130><c> faithful</c>

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high<00:18:34.029><c> priest</c><00:18:34.450><c> in</c><00:18:34.950><c> things</c><00:18:35.230><c> pertaining</c><00:18:35.670><c> to</c><00:18:35.970><c> God</c>

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to<00:18:36.710><c> make</c><00:18:37.069><c> reconciliation</c><00:18:38.049><c> for</c><00:18:38.430><c> the</c><00:18:38.710><c> sins</c><00:18:39.009><c> of</c><00:18:39.289><c> the</c><00:18:39.509><c> people.</c>

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When<00:18:44.329><c> Adam</c><00:18:44.769><c> and</c><00:18:45.190><c> Eve</c><00:18:45.490><c> sinned</c><00:18:46.170><c> and</c><00:18:46.349><c> fell</c><00:18:46.630><c> from</c><00:18:46.890><c> grace,</c>

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God<00:18:48.609><c> would</c><00:18:48.849><c> have</c><00:18:49.049><c> been</c><00:18:49.269><c> justified</c><00:18:49.970><c> to</c><00:18:50.250><c> have</c><00:18:50.529><c> allowed</c>

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them<00:18:51.309><c> to</c><00:18:51.809><c> die</c><00:18:52.250><c> an</c><00:18:52.589><c> eternal</c><00:18:53.029><c> death</c><00:18:53.630><c> and</c><00:18:54.490><c> bring</c><00:18:54.710><c> his</c><00:18:55.150><c> human</c><00:18:55.569><c> creation</c>

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to<00:18:56.470><c> an</c><00:18:56.670><c> abrupt</c><00:18:57.069><c> end.</c>

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But<00:19:00.029><c> he</c><00:19:00.549><c> didn't.</c>

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Rather,<00:19:03.589><c> he</c><00:19:04.210><c> devised</c><00:19:04.650><c> a</c><00:19:04.869><c> way</c><00:19:05.130><c> of</c><00:19:05.390><c> restoring</c><00:19:05.930><c> men</c><00:19:06.369><c> and</c><00:19:06.690><c> women</c>

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from<00:19:07.829><c> their</c><00:19:08.150><c> mortal</c><00:19:08.589><c> and</c><00:19:08.950><c> sinful</c><00:19:09.309><c> condition.</c>

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Although<00:19:11.890><c> man</c><00:19:12.170><c> is</c><00:19:12.509><c> guilty</c><00:19:12.849><c> of</c><00:19:13.109><c> his</c><00:19:13.450><c> sins</c>

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and<00:19:14.210><c> rightfully</c><00:19:14.710><c> subjected</c><00:19:15.369><c> to</c><00:19:15.809><c> the</c><00:19:16.069><c> penalty</c><00:19:16.509><c> of</c><00:19:16.829><c> death,</c>

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God<00:19:18.329><c> would</c><00:19:18.650><c> enforce</c><00:19:19.150><c> his</c><00:19:19.490><c> laws</c><00:19:19.970><c> of</c><00:19:20.289><c> sin</c><00:19:20.549><c> and</c><00:19:20.750><c> death</c>

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while<00:19:21.349><c> at</c><00:19:21.490><c> the</c><00:19:21.789><c> same</c><00:19:22.230><c> time</c><00:19:23.190><c> forgiving</c><00:19:23.670><c> men</c><00:19:24.069><c> their</c><00:19:24.430><c> sins</c>

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and<00:19:25.329><c> freeing</c><00:19:25.809><c> them</c><00:19:26.069><c> from</c><00:19:26.410><c> their</c><00:19:26.750><c> guilt.</c>

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But<00:19:29.650><c> in</c><00:19:29.890><c> order</c><00:19:30.089><c> for</c><00:19:30.410><c> God's</c><00:19:30.890><c> method</c><00:19:31.190><c> to</c><00:19:31.529><c> succeed,</c>

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it<00:19:33.109><c> was</c><00:19:33.450><c> vital</c><00:19:34.190><c> that</c><00:19:34.910><c> his</c><00:19:35.190><c> righteousness</c><00:19:35.730><c> should</c>

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be<00:19:36.450><c> exhibited</c><00:19:36.970><c> in</c><00:19:37.569><c> one</c><00:19:37.890><c> person</c><00:19:38.609><c> who</c><00:19:39.609><c> was</c><00:19:39.869><c> subject</c><00:19:40.329><c> to</c><00:19:40.670><c> death,</c>

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because<00:19:42.190><c> death</c><00:19:42.490><c> is</c><00:19:42.829><c> the</c><00:19:43.049><c> penalty</c><00:19:43.470><c> of</c><00:19:43.869><c> sin.</c>

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But<00:19:45.490><c> even</c><00:19:45.809><c> more</c><00:19:46.089><c> so,</c><00:19:46.410><c> it</c><00:19:46.490><c> had</c><00:19:46.650><c> to</c><00:19:46.869><c> be</c><00:19:47.150><c> accomplished</c>

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in<00:19:47.789><c> one</c><00:19:48.130><c> person</c><00:19:48.710><c> with</c><00:19:49.390><c> that</c><00:19:49.750><c> nature</c><00:19:50.130><c> that</c><00:19:50.369><c> is</c><00:19:50.690><c> capable</c><00:19:51.190><c> of</c><00:19:51.589><c> sin</c>

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and<00:19:52.329><c> therefore</c><00:19:52.869><c> death,</c><00:19:53.970><c> but</c><00:19:54.190><c> was</c><00:19:54.609><c> sinless,</c>

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so<00:19:56.269><c> that</c><00:19:56.430><c> he</c><00:19:56.549><c> could</c><00:19:56.750><c> be</c><00:19:57.049><c> raised</c><00:19:57.369><c> from</c><00:19:57.670><c> the</c><00:19:57.869><c> dead.</c>

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He<00:20:00.069><c> could</c><00:20:00.309><c> not</c><00:20:00.490><c> be</c><00:20:00.670><c> a</c><00:20:00.950><c> sinner,</c><00:20:01.970><c> for</c><00:20:02.109><c> that</c>

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would<00:20:02.490><c> have</c><00:20:02.670><c> been</c><00:20:02.809><c> the</c><00:20:02.970><c> end</c><00:20:03.130><c> of</c><00:20:03.250><c> it</c><00:20:03.410><c> right</c><00:20:03.650><c> then</c><00:20:03.930><c> and</c><00:20:04.170><c> there.</c>

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Death<00:20:06.009><c> would</c><00:20:06.349><c> claim</c><00:20:06.630><c> its</c><00:20:06.890><c> victory.</c>

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And<00:20:08.789><c> it</c><00:20:08.910><c> could</c><00:20:09.109><c> not</c><00:20:09.289><c> be</c><00:20:09.470><c> an</c><00:20:09.710><c> angel,</c><00:20:10.829><c> since</c><00:20:11.089><c> angels</c><00:20:11.450><c> are</c><00:20:11.809><c> not</c>

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under<00:20:12.450><c> the</c><00:20:12.670><c> curse</c><00:20:12.930><c> of</c><00:20:13.230><c> death.</c>

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It<00:20:15.609><c> had</c><00:20:15.789><c> to</c><00:20:15.950><c> be</c><00:20:16.230><c> someone</c><00:20:16.509><c> who</c><00:20:16.750><c> was</c><00:20:17.049><c> made</c><00:20:17.349><c> of</c><00:20:17.710><c> sinful</c><00:20:18.009><c> flesh,</c><00:20:19.069><c> who</c>

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could<00:20:19.509><c> be</c><00:20:19.809><c> subject</c><00:20:20.329><c> to</c><00:20:20.710><c> sin</c><00:20:20.950><c> and</c><00:20:21.269><c> death,</c>

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but<00:20:22.109><c> lived</c><00:20:22.349><c> a</c><00:20:22.650><c> sinless</c><00:20:23.069><c> life</c><00:20:23.990><c> devoted</c><00:20:25.190><c> to</c><00:20:25.549><c> doing</c><00:20:25.890><c> God's</c><00:20:26.529><c> work.</c>

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And<00:20:28.009><c> it</c><00:20:28.250><c> was</c><00:20:28.589><c> realized</c><00:20:29.329><c> in</c><00:20:29.829><c> Jesus</c><00:20:30.329><c> Christ.</c>

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If<00:20:32.970><c> Jesus</c><00:20:33.390><c> were</c><00:20:33.609><c> the</c><00:20:33.910><c> second</c><00:20:34.130><c> person</c><00:20:34.569><c> of</c><00:20:34.809><c> a</c><00:20:35.049><c> trying</c><00:20:35.750><c> Godhead,</c>

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then<00:20:37.529><c> he</c><00:20:37.789><c> wasn't</c><00:20:38.130><c> really</c><00:20:38.630><c> tempted.</c>

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He<00:20:40.490><c> wasn't</c><00:20:40.809><c> really</c><00:20:41.390><c> of</c><00:20:41.670><c> a</c><00:20:41.710><c> mortal</c><00:20:42.089><c> nature.</c>

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And<00:20:44.289><c> he</c><00:20:44.470><c> did</c><00:20:44.730><c> not</c><00:20:45.009><c> really</c><00:20:45.349><c> die.</c>

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There<00:20:47.869><c> would</c><00:20:48.089><c> have</c><00:20:48.210><c> been</c><00:20:48.369><c> no</c><00:20:48.630><c> real</c><00:20:48.990><c> victory.</c>

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But<00:20:51.609><c> on</c><00:20:51.869><c> the</c><00:20:52.009><c> other</c><00:20:52.230><c> hand,</c><00:20:52.529><c> we</c><00:20:52.789><c> must</c><00:20:53.130><c> remember</c>

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that<00:20:54.269><c> Jesus</c><00:20:54.650><c> was</c><00:20:55.009><c> no</c><00:20:55.349><c> mortal,</c><00:20:56.609><c> mere</c><00:20:56.769><c> mortal.</c>

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While<00:20:59.930><c> he</c><00:21:00.150><c> bore</c><00:21:00.309><c> the</c><00:21:00.589><c> same</c><00:21:00.789><c> nature</c><00:21:01.230><c> as</c><00:21:01.490><c> you</c><00:21:01.690><c> and</c><00:21:01.930><c> me,</c>

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he<00:21:03.029><c> was</c><00:21:03.490><c> the</c><00:21:03.970><c> Word</c><00:21:04.349><c> made</c><00:21:04.829><c> flesh.</c>

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He<00:21:06.809><c> was</c><00:21:07.069><c> the</c><00:21:07.390><c> Son</c><00:21:07.549><c> of</c><00:21:07.829><c> God.</c>

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And<00:21:09.009><c> the</c><00:21:09.269><c> holiness</c><00:21:09.750><c> and</c><00:21:10.210><c> purity</c><00:21:10.789><c> of</c><00:21:11.369><c> his</c><00:21:11.710><c> Father</c>

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was<00:21:12.430><c> manifested</c><00:21:13.289><c> in</c><00:21:13.750><c> him.</c>

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He<00:21:16.289><c> was</c><00:21:16.589><c> the</c><00:21:16.869><c> unique</c><00:21:17.309><c> blending</c><00:21:17.789><c> of</c><00:21:18.210><c> the</c><00:21:18.470><c> human</c><00:21:18.890><c> with</c><00:21:19.609><c> the</c><00:21:19.970><c> divine,</c>

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so<00:21:21.670><c> that</c><00:21:21.890><c> God's</c><00:21:22.349><c> great</c><00:21:22.650><c> work</c><00:21:22.849><c> of</c><00:21:23.130><c> salvation</c><00:21:23.690><c> could</c><00:21:23.930><c> be</c><00:21:24.170><c> brought</c><00:21:24.390><c> about.</c>

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Jesus<00:21:26.789><c> was</c><00:21:27.230><c> tempted</c><00:21:27.589><c> exactly</c><00:21:28.329><c> like</c><00:21:28.789><c> we</c><00:21:29.150><c> are</c><00:21:29.390><c> tempted.</c>

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And<00:21:30.990><c> therefore,</c><00:21:31.210><c> his</c><00:21:31.529><c> victory</c><00:21:31.990><c> over</c><00:21:32.529><c> sin</c><00:21:32.910><c> was</c><00:21:33.430><c> real.</c>

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Therefore,<00:21:36.289><c> he</c><00:21:36.470><c> is</c><00:21:36.750><c> able</c><00:21:37.069><c> to</c><00:21:37.490><c> succor</c><00:21:37.829><c> them</c><00:21:38.369><c> that</c><00:21:38.869><c> are</c><00:21:39.210><c> tempted.</c>

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Therefore,<00:21:41.089><c> we</c><00:21:41.089><c> have</c><00:21:41.369><c> not</c><00:21:41.630><c> a</c><00:21:41.769><c> high</c><00:21:42.069><c> priest</c>

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which<00:21:43.029><c> cannot</c><00:21:43.349><c> be</c><00:21:43.710><c> touched</c><00:21:43.970><c> with</c><00:21:44.210><c> the</c><00:21:44.450><c> feelings</c><00:21:44.809><c> of</c><00:21:45.109><c> our</c><00:21:45.509><c> infirmities,</c>

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but<00:21:47.150><c> was</c><00:21:47.390><c> in</c><00:21:47.430><c> all</c><00:21:47.849><c> points</c><00:21:48.150><c> tempted</c><00:21:48.589><c> like</c><00:21:48.890><c> as</c><00:21:49.210><c> we</c><00:21:49.430><c> are,</c><00:21:50.390><c> yet</c>

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without<00:21:51.049><c> sin.</c>

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Yet<00:21:54.309><c> while</c><00:21:54.730><c> Jesus</c><00:21:55.210><c> was</c><00:21:55.589><c> sinless</c><00:21:56.089><c> in</c><00:21:56.289><c> his</c><00:21:56.509><c> own</c><00:21:56.769><c> right,</c>

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he<00:21:57.910><c> became</c><00:21:58.450><c> the</c><00:21:59.170><c> sin</c><00:21:59.509><c> bearer.</c>

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In<00:22:01.930><c> the</c><00:22:02.130><c> 53rd</c><00:22:02.670><c> chapter</c><00:22:03.150><c> of</c><00:22:03.390><c> Isaiah,</c><00:22:04.009><c> it</c><00:22:04.009><c> is</c><00:22:04.210><c> written,</c>

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Truly<00:22:05.690><c> he</c><00:22:06.049><c> who</c><00:22:06.250><c> has</c><00:22:06.490><c> borne</c><00:22:06.930><c> our</c><00:22:07.450><c> griefs</c><00:22:08.690><c> and</c><00:22:08.890><c> carried</c><00:22:09.329><c> our</c><00:22:10.009><c> sorrows.</c>

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He<00:22:11.990><c> was</c><00:22:12.250><c> wounded</c><00:22:12.609><c> for</c><00:22:13.029><c> our</c><00:22:13.569><c> transgressions.</c>

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He<00:22:15.470><c> was</c><00:22:15.849><c> bruised</c><00:22:16.130><c> for</c><00:22:16.569><c> our</c><00:22:17.109><c> iniquities.</c>

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The<00:22:18.769><c> chastisement</c><00:22:19.690><c> of</c><00:22:20.009><c> our</c><00:22:20.349><c> peace</c><00:22:20.710><c> was</c><00:22:21.029><c> upon</c><00:22:21.450><c> him.</c>

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The<00:22:22.930><c> Lord</c><00:22:23.289><c> hath</c><00:22:23.609><c> laid</c><00:22:23.910><c> on</c><00:22:24.230><c> him</c><00:22:24.549><c> the</c><00:22:24.930><c> iniquity</c><00:22:25.769><c> of</c><00:22:26.029><c> us</c><00:22:26.470><c> all.</c>

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It<00:22:30.069><c> was</c><00:22:30.289><c> not</c><00:22:30.509><c> that</c><00:22:30.710><c> Jesus</c><00:22:31.210><c> bore</c><00:22:31.509><c> the</c><00:22:31.809><c> guilt</c><00:22:32.029><c> of</c><00:22:32.289><c> our</c><00:22:32.609><c> sins,</c>

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but<00:22:33.190><c> rather</c><00:22:33.930><c> it</c><00:22:34.809><c> was</c><00:22:35.089><c> the</c><00:22:35.390><c> nature</c><00:22:35.690><c> that</c><00:22:35.910><c> he</c><00:22:36.150><c> shared</c><00:22:36.529><c> with</c><00:22:36.809><c> us,</c>

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that<00:22:38.250><c> of</c><00:22:38.490><c> sinful</c><00:22:38.789><c> flesh</c><00:22:39.269><c> that</c><00:22:39.589><c> was</c><00:22:39.930><c> crucified</c>

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that<00:22:40.890><c> day</c><00:22:41.130><c> on</c><00:22:41.369><c> the</c><00:22:41.569><c> cross.</c>

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He<00:22:43.529><c> was</c><00:22:43.849><c> our</c><00:22:44.329><c> representative,</c><00:22:46.089><c> yours</c><00:22:46.430><c> and</c><00:22:46.809><c> mine.</c>

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Paul<00:22:48.730><c> wrote</c><00:22:48.990><c> to</c><00:22:49.190><c> the</c><00:22:49.390><c> Romans,</c>

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When<00:22:50.650><c> ye</c><00:22:50.930><c> were</c><00:22:51.130><c> without</c><00:22:51.549><c> strength,</c><00:22:52.170><c> Christ</c><00:22:52.609><c> died</c><00:22:53.029><c> for</c><00:22:53.269><c> the</c><00:22:53.569><c> ungodly.</c>

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God<00:22:55.349><c> commendeth</c><00:22:55.890><c> his</c><00:22:56.150><c> love</c><00:22:56.430><c> towards</c><00:22:56.750><c> us,</c>

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in<00:22:57.309><c> that</c><00:22:57.529><c> while</c><00:22:57.890><c> we</c><00:22:58.170><c> were</c><00:22:58.490><c> yet</c><00:22:58.869><c> sinners,</c><00:23:00.029><c> Christ</c><00:23:00.430><c> died</c><00:23:00.990><c> for</c><00:23:01.309><c> us.</c>

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And<00:23:04.589><c> Peter</c><00:23:04.789><c> wrote</c><00:23:05.130><c> this,</c>

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For<00:23:07.829><c> Christ</c><00:23:08.210><c> also</c><00:23:08.750><c> hath</c><00:23:09.009><c> once</c><00:23:09.490><c> suffered</c><00:23:10.109><c> for</c><00:23:11.069><c> sins,</c>

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the<00:23:12.750><c> just</c><00:23:13.289><c> for</c><00:23:13.730><c> the</c><00:23:14.029><c> unjust,</c>

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that<00:23:15.710><c> he</c><00:23:15.869><c> might</c><00:23:16.089><c> bring</c><00:23:16.349><c> us</c><00:23:16.609><c> to</c><00:23:16.869><c> God,</c>

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being<00:23:17.849><c> put</c><00:23:18.109><c> to</c><00:23:18.450><c> death</c><00:23:18.849><c> in</c><00:23:19.269><c> the</c><00:23:19.549><c> flesh,</c><00:23:20.029><c> but</c><00:23:20.190><c> quickened</c><00:23:20.630><c> by</c><00:23:20.930><c> the</c><00:23:21.269><c> Spirit,</c>

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As<00:23:24.309><c> Jesus</c><00:23:24.789><c> was</c><00:23:25.190><c> representative</c><00:23:26.150><c> of</c><00:23:26.950><c> us,</c>

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so<00:23:28.549><c> Adam</c><00:23:28.890><c> was</c><00:23:29.349><c> representative</c><00:23:30.089><c> of</c><00:23:30.750><c> us</c><00:23:31.430><c> as</c><00:23:31.769><c> well.</c>

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And<00:23:33.450><c> because</c><00:23:33.670><c> he</c><00:23:34.089><c> failed</c><00:23:34.410><c> to</c><00:23:34.710><c> obey</c><00:23:35.009><c> God</c><00:23:35.410><c> when</c><00:23:35.650><c> he</c><00:23:35.849><c> was</c><00:23:36.109><c> tested,</c>

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so<00:23:37.690><c> death</c><00:23:37.950><c> passed</c><00:23:38.309><c> upon</c><00:23:38.710><c> all</c><00:23:39.130><c> men</c><00:23:39.670><c> that</c><00:23:40.549><c> all</c><00:23:40.970><c> have</c><00:23:41.289><c> sinned.</c>

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When<00:23:43.210><c> Adam</c><00:23:43.589><c> failed,</c><00:23:44.769><c> we</c><00:23:45.049><c> failed</c><00:23:45.470><c> as</c><00:23:45.890><c> well.</c>

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None<00:23:47.690><c> of</c><00:23:47.869><c> us</c><00:23:48.670><c> would</c><00:23:49.029><c> have</c><00:23:49.190><c> done</c><00:23:49.430><c> any</c><00:23:49.849><c> better</c>

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had<00:23:50.589><c> we</c><00:23:50.849><c> been</c><00:23:51.150><c> in</c><00:23:51.609><c> Adam's</c><00:23:52.130><c> place.</c>

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Since<00:23:55.769><c> none</c><00:23:56.069><c> of</c><00:23:56.250><c> us</c><00:23:56.410><c> would</c><00:23:56.630><c> have</c><00:23:56.869><c> succeeded</c><00:23:57.369><c> where</c><00:23:57.710><c> Adam</c><00:23:57.990><c> failed,</c>

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God's<00:23:59.789><c> judgment</c><00:24:00.230><c> in</c><00:24:00.589><c> placing</c><00:24:00.950><c> the</c><00:24:01.309><c> curse</c><00:24:01.609><c> of</c><00:24:01.930><c> death</c><00:24:02.190><c> on</c><00:24:02.589><c> Adam's</c><00:24:03.329><c> children</c><00:24:03.769><c> was</c><00:24:04.490><c> just.</c>

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And<00:24:06.809><c> as</c><00:24:07.049><c> Paul</c><00:24:07.369><c> wrote</c><00:24:07.630><c> in</c><00:24:07.890><c> Romans,</c>

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By<00:24:09.589><c> one</c><00:24:09.849><c> man's</c><00:24:10.349><c> offense,</c><00:24:11.109><c> death</c><00:24:11.369><c> reigned</c><00:24:11.829><c> by</c><00:24:12.309><c> one.</c>

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But<00:24:14.730><c> because</c><00:24:15.089><c> Jesus</c><00:24:15.549><c> was</c><00:24:15.890><c> a</c><00:24:16.269><c> representative</c><00:24:16.910><c> of</c><00:24:17.430><c> our</c><00:24:17.769><c> race</c><00:24:18.049><c> as</c><00:24:18.450><c> well,</c>

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who<00:24:19.269><c> was</c><00:24:19.670><c> born</c><00:24:19.930><c> with</c><00:24:20.230><c> the</c><00:24:20.470><c> same</c><00:24:20.710><c> nature</c><00:24:21.150><c> as</c><00:24:21.410><c> you</c><00:24:21.630><c> and</c><00:24:21.890><c> I,</c>

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who<00:24:22.930><c> was</c><00:24:23.309><c> tempted</c><00:24:23.690><c> but</c><00:24:24.029><c> did</c><00:24:24.289><c> not</c><00:24:24.630><c> yield</c><00:24:24.910><c> to</c><00:24:25.170><c> those</c><00:24:25.450><c> temptations,</c>

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and<00:24:27.029><c> who</c><00:24:27.349><c> willingly</c><00:24:27.769><c> died,</c>

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Paul<00:24:29.410><c> was</c><00:24:29.730><c> able</c><00:24:29.970><c> to</c><00:24:30.490><c> complete</c><00:24:30.789><c> that</c><00:24:31.289><c> verse</c><00:24:31.730><c> with</c><00:24:32.930><c> these</c><00:24:33.390><c> words,</c>

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So<00:24:35.049><c> by</c><00:24:35.329><c> the</c><00:24:35.609><c> obedience</c><00:24:36.049><c> of</c><00:24:36.450><c> one</c><00:24:37.009><c> shall</c><00:24:37.710><c> many</c><00:24:38.069><c> be</c><00:24:38.390><c> made</c><00:24:38.730><c> righteous.</c>

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What<00:24:44.289><c> a</c><00:24:44.529><c> shame</c><00:24:44.990><c> that</c><00:24:45.450><c> the</c><00:24:45.750><c> two</c><00:24:46.009><c> great</c><00:24:46.390><c> religions</c><00:24:46.849><c> of</c><00:24:47.150><c> the</c><00:24:47.369><c> ages,</c>

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that<00:24:48.849><c> of</c><00:24:49.089><c> the</c><00:24:49.349><c> Jews</c><00:24:49.789><c> and</c><00:24:50.769><c> of</c><00:24:51.009><c> the</c><00:24:51.190><c> Christians,</c>

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failed<00:24:52.130><c> to</c><00:24:52.430><c> realize</c><00:24:53.089><c> the</c><00:24:53.529><c> significance</c><00:24:54.190><c> and</c><00:24:55.210><c> real</c><00:24:55.589><c> meaning</c>

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of<00:24:56.349><c> the</c><00:24:56.589><c> sacrifice</c><00:24:57.170><c> of</c><00:24:57.470><c> our</c><00:24:57.630><c> Lord</c><00:24:57.910><c> Jesus</c><00:24:58.369><c> Christ.</c>

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With<00:25:01.230><c> the</c><00:25:01.470><c> exception</c><00:25:01.849><c> of</c><00:25:02.170><c> only</c><00:25:02.410><c> a</c><00:25:02.690><c> few,</c>

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the<00:25:04.130><c> Jews</c><00:25:04.450><c> throughout</c><00:25:04.890><c> the</c><00:25:05.170><c> ages</c><00:25:05.529><c> would</c><00:25:06.009><c> not</c><00:25:06.450><c> accept</c><00:25:07.029><c> that</c><00:25:07.410><c> the</c><00:25:07.630><c> law</c><00:25:07.930><c> of</c><00:25:08.130><c> Moses</c>

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and<00:25:09.430><c> its</c><00:25:09.710><c> sacrificial</c><00:25:10.529><c> shedding</c><00:25:10.910><c> of</c><00:25:11.250><c> blood</c><00:25:11.490><c> was</c><00:25:11.869><c> fulfilled</c>

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in<00:25:13.009><c> the</c><00:25:13.230><c> crucifixion</c><00:25:13.930><c> of</c><00:25:14.130><c> Jesus.</c>

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Likewise,<00:25:17.670><c> the</c><00:25:17.809><c> Christian</c><00:25:18.250><c> churches,</c>

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again<00:25:19.849><c> with</c><00:25:20.069><c> the</c><00:25:20.329><c> exception</c><00:25:20.650><c> of</c><00:25:20.950><c> a</c><00:25:21.210><c> few,</c>

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for<00:25:22.869><c> almost</c><00:25:23.230><c> 2</c><00:25:23.589><c>,000</c><00:25:23.950><c> years</c><00:25:24.329><c> have</c><00:25:24.609><c> in</c><00:25:24.829><c> effect</c><00:25:25.089><c> denied</c><00:25:25.670><c> the</c><00:25:25.950><c> human</c><00:25:26.230><c> nature</c><00:25:26.650><c> of</c><00:25:26.930><c> Jesus</c>

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x
and<00:25:28.250><c> therefore</c><00:25:28.630><c> made</c><00:25:29.089><c> his</c><00:25:29.450><c> victory</c><00:25:29.849><c> over</c><00:25:30.190><c> temptation</c><00:25:30.890><c> and</c><00:25:31.309><c> sin</c><00:25:31.710><c> to</c>

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be<00:25:32.349><c> of</c><00:25:32.569><c> none</c><00:25:32.789><c> effect</c>

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by<00:25:33.609><c> attributing</c><00:25:34.309><c> to</c><00:25:34.630><c> him</c><00:25:35.269><c> a</c><00:25:35.690><c> divine</c><00:25:36.069><c> nature</c><00:25:36.549><c> incapable</c><00:25:37.349><c> of</c><00:25:38.089><c> sin</c><00:25:38.509><c> and</c><00:25:39.029><c> incapable</c><00:25:39.529><c> of</c><00:25:39.930><c> death.</c>

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If<00:25:42.769><c> Jesus</c><00:25:43.369><c> could</c><00:25:43.769><c> not</c><00:25:44.069><c> have</c><00:25:44.369><c> sinned,</c><00:25:45.809><c> then</c><00:25:46.029><c> his</c><00:25:46.230><c> temptation</c>

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was<00:25:47.230><c> not</c><00:25:47.549><c> real.</c>

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And<00:25:49.930><c> if</c><00:25:50.069><c> his</c><00:25:50.329><c> temptation</c><00:25:50.829><c> was</c><00:25:51.130><c> not</c><00:25:51.430><c> real,</c><00:25:52.730><c> then</c><00:25:52.910><c> his</c><00:25:53.130><c> victory</c>

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over<00:25:53.950><c> sin</c><00:25:54.349><c> was</c><00:25:55.009><c> a</c><00:25:55.269><c> hollow</c><00:25:55.549><c> one.</c>

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But<00:25:57.950><c> as</c><00:25:58.250><c> we</c><00:25:58.430><c> believe</c><00:25:58.690><c> in</c><00:25:58.950><c> our</c><00:25:59.250><c> hearts,</c><00:26:00.450><c> this</c><00:26:00.630><c> is</c><00:26:00.869><c> not</c><00:26:01.130><c> the</c><00:26:01.329><c> case.</c>

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silent<00:26:11.289><c> in</c><00:26:11.569><c> the</c><00:26:11.809><c> tomb.</c>

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But<00:26:14.289><c> the</c><00:26:14.470><c> victory</c><00:26:14.890><c> of</c><00:26:15.170><c> our</c><00:26:15.390><c> Lord</c><00:26:15.650><c> Jesus</c><00:26:16.130><c> over</c><00:26:16.490><c> sin</c><00:26:16.690><c> and</c><00:26:16.829><c> death</c>

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was<00:26:17.309><c> complete.</c>

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and<00:26:39.150><c> his</c><00:26:39.349><c> human</c><00:26:39.630><c> nature</c><00:26:40.130><c> supplanted</c><00:26:41.170><c> by</c><00:26:41.549><c> that</c><00:26:41.890><c> which</c><00:26:42.109><c> is</c><00:26:42.450><c> divine.</c>

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sins<00:26:58.430><c> of</c><00:26:58.750><c> mankind.</c>

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the<00:27:24.529><c> prospect</c><00:27:25.009><c> of</c><00:27:25.309><c> something</c><00:27:25.750><c> better,</c>

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that<00:27:28.069><c> of</c><00:27:28.329><c> eternal</c><00:27:28.670><c> life</c><00:27:29.130><c> in</c><00:27:29.369><c> God's</c><00:27:29.829><c> kingdom</c><00:27:30.450><c> soon</c><00:27:31.210><c> to</c><00:27:31.410><c> be</c><00:27:31.730><c> established</c><00:27:32.349><c> here</c>

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on<00:27:33.029><c> earth.</c>

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have<00:27:50.430><c> eternal</c><00:27:50.849><c> life.</c>

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have<00:28:02.029><c> everlasting</c><00:28:02.849><c> life.</c>