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Therefore,<00:13:05.559><c> it</c><00:13:05.759><c> appears</c><00:13:06.139><c> that</c><00:13:06.360><c> as</c><00:13:06.559><c> a</c><00:13:06.679><c> young</c><00:13:06.899><c> man,</c><00:13:07.399><c> Zephaniah</c>

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No,<00:14:07.200><c> it</c><00:14:07.240><c> does</c><00:14:07.519><c> not.</c>

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keep<00:14:54.779><c> his</c><00:14:55.500><c> commandments.</c>

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Yes,<00:15:11.820><c> baptism</c><00:15:12.259><c> puts</c><00:15:12.980><c> us</c><00:15:13.740><c> in</c><00:15:14.080><c> his</c><00:15:14.419><c> name.</c>

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I'm<00:15:24.940><c> pretty</c><00:15:25.240><c> sure</c><00:15:25.360><c> that</c><00:15:25.500><c> was</c><00:15:25.720><c> part</c><00:15:25.940><c> of</c><00:15:26.320><c> the</c><00:15:26.500><c> gist</c><00:15:26.799><c> of</c><00:15:27.200><c> Brother</c>

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John's<00:15:27.840><c> remarks.</c>

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Indeed,<00:15:29.919><c> baptism</c><00:15:30.240><c> puts</c><00:15:30.559><c> us</c><00:15:30.799><c> into</c><00:15:31.039><c> his</c><00:15:31.299><c> name.</c>

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Absolutely.

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We<00:15:32.299><c> take</c><00:15:32.519><c> on</c><00:15:32.740><c> the</c><00:15:32.860><c> name</c><00:15:33.000><c> of</c><00:15:33.259><c> Christ.</c>

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We<00:15:43.340><c> take</c><00:15:43.659><c> on</c><00:15:44.100><c> that</c><00:15:44.480><c> name.</c>

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Because<00:15:44.960><c> the</c><00:15:45.080><c> name</c><00:15:45.259><c> that</c><00:15:45.440><c> we</c><00:15:45.639><c> have</c><00:15:45.840><c> now</c><00:15:46.159><c> isn't</c><00:15:46.340><c> going</c><00:15:46.519><c> to</c><00:15:46.580><c> get</c>

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us<00:15:46.840><c> anywhere</c><00:15:47.139><c> except</c><00:15:47.419><c> right</c><00:15:47.700><c> back</c><00:15:47.879><c> into</c><00:15:48.059><c> the</c><00:15:48.220><c> dust.</c>

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And<00:15:52.019><c> I</c><00:15:52.519><c> think</c><00:15:52.720><c> John</c><00:15:53.259><c> made</c><00:15:53.980><c> that</c><00:15:55.000><c> abundantly</c><00:15:55.539><c> clear.</c>

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He<00:15:58.419><c> also</c><00:15:58.700><c> went</c><00:15:58.860><c> on</c><00:15:59.080><c> to</c><00:15:59.360><c> say,</c><00:16:01.019><c> I</c><00:16:01.100><c> know</c><00:16:01.340><c> him</c><00:16:01.940><c> and</c><00:16:02.539><c> keep</c><00:16:02.740><c> not</c><00:16:02.919><c> his</c><00:16:03.139><c> commandments.</c>

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That<00:16:04.580><c> person</c><00:16:04.919><c> is</c><00:16:05.120><c> a</c><00:16:05.320><c> liar.</c>

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And<00:16:06.220><c> the</c><00:16:06.379><c> truth</c><00:16:06.639><c> is</c><00:16:06.919><c> not</c><00:16:07.100><c> in</c><00:16:07.240><c> him.</c>

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But<00:16:08.100><c> whosoever</c><00:16:08.980><c> keeps</c><00:16:09.379><c> his</c><00:16:09.779><c> word</c><00:16:10.179><c> in</c><00:16:10.720><c> him</c><00:16:11.120><c> verily</c><00:16:11.679><c> is</c><00:16:12.080><c> the</c><00:16:12.259><c> love</c><00:16:12.419><c> of</c>

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God<00:16:12.860><c> perfected.</c>

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Love<00:16:21.679><c> not</c><00:16:21.980><c> the</c><00:16:22.240><c> world.</c>

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not<00:16:32.419><c> in</c><00:16:32.720><c> him.</c>

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Little<00:17:01.580><c> children,</c><00:17:03.899><c> keep</c><00:17:04.240><c> yourselves</c><00:17:05.099><c> from</c><00:17:06.059><c> idols.</c>

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Judah<00:17:18.059><c> lived</c><00:17:19.019><c> in</c><00:17:19.240><c> wickedness.</c>

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They<00:17:31.859><c> were</c><00:17:32.220><c> warned</c><00:17:32.400><c> of</c><00:17:32.660><c> destruction</c><00:17:33.259><c> and</c><00:17:33.599><c> they</c><00:17:33.759><c> were</c><00:17:34.180><c> warned</c>

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