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Joshua.

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us,<00:11:09.039><c> to</c><00:11:09.299><c> bring</c><00:11:09.440><c> us</c><00:11:09.940><c> into</c><00:11:10.360><c> that</c><00:11:10.759><c> oneness</c><00:11:11.460><c> with</c><00:11:11.940><c> them.</c>

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coming<00:11:47.600><c> back</c><00:11:47.980><c> regularly</c><00:11:48.440><c> to</c><00:11:48.820><c> chapter</c><00:11:49.100><c> 12</c><00:11:49.500><c> of</c><00:11:49.759><c> Hebrews.</c>

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Hebrews<00:11:51.740><c> chapter</c><00:11:52.080><c> 12,</c><00:11:53.059><c> verse</c><00:11:53.279><c> 1.</c>

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great<00:11:58.259><c> a</c><00:11:58.440><c> cloud</c><00:11:58.580><c> of</c><00:11:58.820><c> witnesses,</c>

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let<00:11:59.860><c> us</c><00:12:00.080><c> lay</c><00:12:00.379><c> aside</c><00:12:00.620><c> every</c><00:12:01.059><c> weight</c><00:12:01.279><c> and</c><00:12:01.460><c> the</c><00:12:01.679><c> sin</c><00:12:01.799><c> which</c><00:12:02.139><c> doth</c>

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looking<00:12:08.340><c> unto</c><00:12:08.639><c> Jesus,</c><00:12:09.240><c> the</c><00:12:09.419><c> author</c><00:12:09.700><c> and</c><00:12:10.019><c> finisher</c><00:12:10.299><c> of</c><00:12:10.539><c> our</c><00:12:10.799><c> faith,</c>

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who<00:12:12.279><c> for</c><00:12:12.460><c> the</c><00:12:12.720><c> joy</c><00:12:12.919><c> that</c><00:12:13.080><c> was</c><00:12:13.340><c> set</c><00:12:13.559><c> before</c><00:12:13.980><c> him,</c><00:12:15.100><c> endured</c><00:12:15.360><c> the</c>

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cross,<00:12:16.840><c> despising</c><00:12:17.220><c> the</c><00:12:17.500><c> shame,</c>

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sin<00:12:25.379><c> as</c><00:12:25.539><c> against</c><00:12:25.840><c> himself,</c>

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lest<00:12:27.759><c> he</c><00:12:28.259><c> be</c><00:12:28.539><c> weary</c><00:12:28.879><c> and</c><00:12:29.700><c> faint</c><00:12:30.039><c> in</c><00:12:30.460><c> your</c><00:12:30.720><c> minds.</c>

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Let<00:13:22.279><c> us</c><00:13:22.559><c> rid</c><00:13:22.720><c> ourselves,</c><00:13:23.679><c> therefore,</c><00:13:24.480><c> of</c><00:13:24.720><c> anything</c><00:13:25.179><c> and</c><00:13:25.440><c> everything</c><00:13:26.039><c> that</c>

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hinders<00:13:27.179><c> us</c><00:13:27.600><c> in</c><00:13:27.779><c> this</c><00:13:28.080><c> race</c><00:13:28.379><c> for</c><00:13:28.620><c> life.</c>

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In<00:13:30.539><c> other</c><00:13:30.820><c> words,</c><00:13:32.139><c> let</c><00:13:32.279><c> us</c><00:13:32.720><c> flee</c><00:13:33.039><c> from</c><00:13:33.440><c> sin,</c><00:13:35.559><c> because</c><00:13:36.220><c> it</c><00:13:37.200><c> will</c>

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destroy<00:13:37.879><c> us.</c>

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We<00:13:39.820><c> must</c><00:13:40.159><c> create</c><00:13:40.639><c> a</c><00:13:40.919><c> mental</c><00:13:41.279><c> vision</c><00:13:41.679><c> of</c><00:13:41.919><c> that</c><00:13:42.220><c> finishing</c><00:13:42.559><c> pose.</c>

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We<00:13:45.840><c> know</c><00:13:46.799><c> that</c><00:13:47.320><c> the</c><00:13:47.820><c> glory</c><00:13:48.159><c> that</c><00:13:48.360><c> is</c><00:13:48.559><c> set</c><00:13:48.740><c> before</c><00:13:49.100><c> us,</c>

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Paul<00:13:50.179><c> says</c><00:13:50.440><c> we</c><00:13:50.600><c> must</c><00:13:50.860><c> keep</c><00:13:51.139><c> our</c><00:13:51.440><c> eyes</c><00:13:51.799><c> fixed</c><00:13:52.179><c> upon</c><00:13:52.480><c> Jesus,</c><00:13:53.000><c> the</c>

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front<00:13:53.559><c> runner,</c>

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the<00:13:55.960><c> one</c><00:13:56.840><c> that</c><00:13:57.320><c> has</c><00:13:57.899><c> finished</c><00:13:58.320><c> the</c><00:13:58.600><c> course,</c><00:13:59.700><c> the</c><00:14:00.000><c> only</c><00:14:00.440><c> one</c><00:14:00.679><c> to</c>

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have<00:14:01.120><c> gone</c><00:14:01.360><c> the</c><00:14:01.580><c> whole</c><00:14:01.820><c> distance.</c>

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And<00:14:04.080><c> in</c><00:14:04.279><c> writing</c><00:14:04.539><c> to</c><00:14:04.820><c> the</c><00:14:04.960><c> Philippians,</c><00:14:05.500><c> Paul</c><00:14:05.840><c> said,</c>

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press<00:14:07.639><c> toward</c><00:14:08.200><c> the</c><00:14:08.500><c> mark</c><00:14:08.899><c> for</c><00:14:09.360><c> the</c><00:14:09.720><c> prize</c><00:14:10.019><c> of</c><00:14:10.240><c> the</c><00:14:10.460><c> high</c><00:14:10.779><c> calling</c><00:14:11.159><c> of</c>

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Christ<00:14:11.639><c> Jesus.</c>

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Jesus<00:14:14.460><c> is</c><00:14:14.740><c> the</c><00:14:15.000><c> captain</c><00:14:15.340><c> and</c><00:14:15.639><c> the</c><00:14:15.980><c> perfecter</c><00:14:17.139><c> of</c><00:14:17.460><c> faith.</c>

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It<00:14:19.940><c> was</c><00:14:20.659><c> the</c><00:14:21.179><c> lack</c><00:14:21.379><c> of</c><00:14:21.639><c> faith</c><00:14:22.139><c> that</c><00:14:22.840><c> caused</c><00:14:23.120><c> Israel</c><00:14:23.679><c> to</c><00:14:23.960><c> lose</c>

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that<00:14:24.580><c> race</c><00:14:24.799><c> in</c><00:14:25.000><c> the</c><00:14:25.139><c> wilderness.</c>

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Where<00:14:27.799><c> there</c><00:14:28.039><c> is</c><00:14:28.179><c> no</c><00:14:28.440><c> vision,</c><00:14:29.700><c> the</c><00:14:29.940><c> people</c><00:14:30.240><c> perish.</c>

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How<00:14:33.200><c> important</c><00:14:33.720><c> it</c><00:14:33.919><c> is</c><00:14:34.139><c> then,</c><00:14:34.519><c> brethren</c><00:14:34.620><c> and</c><00:14:34.879><c> sisters,</c><00:14:36.080><c> for</c>

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the<00:14:36.419><c> Ecclesia</c><00:14:36.759><c> to</c><00:14:36.980><c> understand</c><00:14:37.740><c> the</c><00:14:37.940><c> prophetic</c><00:14:38.360><c> word,</c>

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that<00:14:40.379><c> we</c><00:14:40.480><c> have</c><00:14:40.679><c> a</c><00:14:40.919><c> clear</c><00:14:41.139><c> vision</c><00:14:41.480><c> of</c><00:14:41.679><c> the</c><00:14:41.879><c> glorious</c><00:14:42.340><c> things</c><00:14:42.740><c> that</c><00:14:42.980><c> will</c><00:14:43.259><c> shortly</c><00:14:43.679><c> be</c>

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a<00:14:44.679><c> reality</c><00:14:45.059><c> in</c><00:14:45.299><c> the</c><00:14:45.460><c> earth.</c>

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And<00:14:47.500><c> how</c><00:14:47.899><c> sad</c><00:14:48.139><c> it</c><00:14:48.399><c> is</c><00:14:48.919><c> when</c><00:14:49.639><c> our</c><00:14:49.899><c> Lord</c><00:14:50.120><c> Jesus</c><00:14:50.539><c> Christ</c><00:14:51.000><c> is</c><00:14:51.200><c> at</c><00:14:51.399><c> the</c><00:14:51.620><c> very</c><00:14:51.919><c> door</c><00:14:52.860><c> of</c>

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the<00:14:54.220><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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His<00:14:56.100><c> body</c><00:14:56.440><c> is</c><00:14:56.679><c> being</c><00:14:57.019><c> torn</c><00:14:57.299><c> apart</c><00:14:57.960><c> with</c><00:14:58.960><c> numerous</c><00:14:59.440><c> and</c><00:14:59.820><c> conflicting</c><00:15:00.519><c> ideas</c>

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on<00:15:01.919><c> prophecy.</c>

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Our<00:15:04.440><c> young</c><00:15:04.679><c> people</c><00:15:05.019><c> become</c><00:15:05.399><c> confused</c><00:15:06.320><c> and</c><00:15:06.700><c> bewildered.</c>

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And<00:15:08.039><c> the</c><00:15:08.120><c> net</c><00:15:08.299><c> result</c><00:15:08.740><c> is</c><00:15:09.220><c> they</c><00:15:09.700><c> don't</c><00:15:10.000><c> accept</c><00:15:10.360><c> the</c><00:15:10.659><c> truth</c><00:15:10.840><c> and</c>

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they<00:15:11.179><c> go</c><00:15:11.419><c> out.</c>

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And<00:15:12.559><c> we</c><00:15:12.740><c> find</c><00:15:13.000><c> Ecclesias</c><00:15:14.139><c> with</c><00:15:14.700><c> no</c><00:15:14.919><c> young</c><00:15:15.159><c> people,</c><00:15:16.899><c> about</c><00:15:17.220><c> to</c>

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close<00:15:17.720><c> their</c><00:15:17.960><c> doors.</c>

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Paul<00:15:20.779><c> says</c><00:15:21.500><c> it</c><00:15:22.559><c> was</c><00:15:22.960><c> for</c><00:15:23.200><c> the</c><00:15:23.500><c> joy</c><00:15:23.740><c> that</c><00:15:23.940><c> was</c><00:15:24.220><c> set</c><00:15:24.440><c> before</c><00:15:24.840><c> him</c>

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that<00:15:26.019><c> he</c><00:15:26.299><c> endured</c><00:15:26.659><c> the</c><00:15:26.980><c> stake,</c><00:15:28.279><c> despising</c><00:15:28.659><c> the</c><00:15:28.919><c> shame.</c>

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This<00:15:31.000><c> was</c><00:15:31.259><c> the</c><00:15:31.519><c> secret</c><00:15:31.759><c> of</c><00:15:31.940><c> his</c><00:15:32.139><c> victory.</c>

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He<00:15:34.019><c> knew</c><00:15:34.379><c> who</c><00:15:34.639><c> he</c><00:15:34.940><c> was.</c>

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He<00:15:36.779><c> knew</c><00:15:37.480><c> his</c><00:15:38.159><c> father.</c>

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The<00:15:40.980><c> glories</c><00:15:41.360><c> of</c><00:15:41.580><c> the</c><00:15:41.799><c> future</c><00:15:42.259><c> were</c><00:15:42.759><c> a</c><00:15:42.980><c> reality</c><00:15:43.399><c> to</c><00:15:43.580><c> him.</c>

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Paul<00:15:45.720><c> says</c><00:15:46.279><c> we</c><00:15:46.860><c> should</c><00:15:47.220><c> consider</c><00:15:47.820><c> him.</c>

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The<00:15:49.440><c> Greek</c><00:15:49.659><c> word</c><00:15:49.919><c> for</c><00:15:50.159><c> consider</c><00:15:50.559><c> is</c><00:15:51.200><c> reflect</c><00:15:52.240><c> upon</c><00:15:53.299><c> his</c><00:15:53.740><c> example.</c>

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That<00:15:56.259><c> we</c><00:15:56.460><c> may</c><00:15:56.740><c> gain</c><00:15:57.039><c> strength</c><00:15:57.659><c> and</c><00:15:58.299><c> not</c><00:15:58.879><c> think</c><00:15:59.360><c> that</c><00:16:00.139><c> we</c><00:16:00.240><c> do</c>

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not<00:16:00.559><c> lose</c><00:16:00.879><c> this</c><00:16:01.120><c> race.</c>

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In<00:16:04.539><c> Hebrews</c><00:16:04.860><c> 12</c><00:16:05.320><c> verses</c><00:16:05.679><c> 4</c><00:16:06.100><c> to</c><00:16:06.200><c> 15,</c><00:16:07.059><c> we</c><00:16:07.580><c> see</c><00:16:07.919><c> the</c><00:16:08.179><c> need</c><00:16:08.480><c> to</c><00:16:08.899><c> practice</c><00:16:09.399><c> discipline</c><00:16:10.179><c> in</c>

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training<00:16:11.200><c> for</c><00:16:11.539><c> the</c><00:16:11.700><c> victory.</c>

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Are<00:16:15.220><c> we</c><00:16:15.460><c> then</c><00:16:15.720><c> the</c><00:16:16.000><c> sons</c><00:16:16.179><c> of</c><00:16:16.460><c> God?</c>

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Have<00:16:18.399><c> we</c><00:16:18.679><c> been</c><00:16:19.039><c> begotten</c><00:16:19.659><c> from</c><00:16:19.960><c> above?</c>

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Are<00:16:22.840><c> we</c><00:16:23.139><c> here</c><00:16:23.279><c> because</c><00:16:23.799><c> the</c><00:16:24.179><c> Father</c><00:16:24.580><c> has</c><00:16:25.860><c> planted</c><00:16:26.179><c> his</c><00:16:26.600><c> Spirit</c>

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Word<00:16:27.320><c> in</c><00:16:27.519><c> our</c><00:16:27.820><c> minds?</c>

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Our<00:16:30.440><c> Father</c><00:16:30.759><c> wants</c><00:16:31.120><c> the</c><00:16:31.299><c> very</c><00:16:31.620><c> best</c><00:16:31.899><c> for</c><00:16:32.100><c> us.</c>

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He<00:16:33.659><c> desires</c><00:16:34.320><c> to</c><00:16:35.460><c> give</c><00:16:35.559><c> us</c><00:16:35.820><c> life,</c><00:16:36.799><c> his</c><00:16:37.039><c> life.</c>

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He<00:16:38.899><c> desires</c><00:16:39.279><c> to</c><00:16:39.519><c> give</c><00:16:39.620><c> us</c><00:16:39.879><c> life</c><00:16:40.159><c> in</c><00:16:40.340><c> that</c><00:16:40.559><c> glorious</c><00:16:41.019><c> kingdom</c><00:16:41.399><c> that</c><00:16:41.620><c> will</c><00:16:41.940><c> soon</c><00:16:42.159><c> be</c><00:16:42.379><c> a</c>

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reality<00:16:42.919><c> on</c><00:16:43.120><c> the</c><00:16:43.299><c> earth.</c>

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And<00:16:45.659><c> so</c><00:16:45.779><c> he</c><00:16:46.059><c> strives</c><00:16:46.539><c> to</c><00:16:46.820><c> develop</c><00:16:47.039><c> us,</c><00:16:48.419><c> to</c><00:16:48.639><c> bring</c><00:16:48.740><c> us</c><00:16:48.980><c> to</c><00:16:49.159><c> maturity.</c>

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To<00:16:50.879><c> help</c><00:16:51.120><c> us</c><00:16:51.379><c> to</c><00:16:51.700><c> understand</c><00:16:52.639><c> that</c><00:16:53.580><c> to</c><00:16:53.759><c> serve</c><00:16:54.000><c> self,</c><00:16:54.659><c> to</c><00:16:54.659><c> sin,</c>

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is<00:16:55.940><c> to</c><00:16:56.100><c> commit</c><00:16:56.340><c> suicide.</c>

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But<00:16:58.639><c> to</c><00:16:58.799><c> sacrifice</c><00:16:59.419><c> self,</c><00:17:00.799><c> to</c><00:17:00.980><c> follow</c><00:17:01.440><c> the</c><00:17:02.039><c> ways</c><00:17:02.360><c> that</c><00:17:02.620><c> he</c><00:17:02.840><c> has</c>

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set<00:17:03.080><c> in</c><00:17:03.259><c> his</c><00:17:03.519><c> son,</c><00:17:04.700><c> is</c><00:17:04.799><c> to</c><00:17:05.039><c> come</c><00:17:05.180><c> into</c><00:17:05.460><c> life.</c>

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Hebrews<00:17:09.029><c> chapter</c><00:17:09.430><c> 12</c><00:17:09.750><c> at</c><00:17:09.970><c> verse</c><00:17:10.289><c> 5.</c>

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And<00:17:15.069><c> ye</c><00:17:15.230><c> have</c><00:17:15.450><c> forgotten</c><00:17:15.869><c> the</c><00:17:16.289><c> exhortation</c><00:17:16.970><c> which</c><00:17:17.369><c> speaketh</c>

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unto<00:17:17.890><c> you</c><00:17:18.210><c> as</c><00:17:18.430><c> unto</c><00:17:18.589><c> children.</c>

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My<00:17:20.069><c> son,</c><00:17:20.569><c> despise</c><00:17:21.390><c> not</c><00:17:21.990><c> thou</c><00:17:22.190><c> the</c><00:17:22.450><c> chastening</c><00:17:22.849><c> of</c><00:17:23.049><c> the</c><00:17:23.230><c> Lord,</c>

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nor<00:17:24.170><c> faint</c><00:17:24.450><c> when</c><00:17:24.690><c> thou</c><00:17:24.910><c> art</c><00:17:25.130><c> rebuked</c><00:17:25.589><c> of</c><00:17:25.789><c> him.</c>

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The<00:17:27.529><c> Greek</c><00:17:27.789><c> word</c><00:17:28.210><c> for</c><00:17:28.710><c> exhortation</c><00:17:29.730><c> is</c><00:17:30.849><c> to</c><00:17:31.769><c> converse</c><00:17:32.789><c> intently.</c>

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Paul<00:17:35.130><c> now</c><00:17:35.589><c> quotes</c><00:17:35.970><c> from</c><00:17:36.349><c> the</c><00:17:36.490><c> words</c><00:17:36.730><c> of</c><00:17:37.049><c> Solomon</c><00:17:37.309><c> in</c><00:17:37.630><c> Proverbs.</c>

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God<00:17:40.509><c> treats</c><00:17:40.930><c> us</c><00:17:41.250><c> as</c><00:17:41.549><c> sons,</c><00:17:43.309><c> for</c><00:17:43.410><c> he</c><00:17:43.750><c> is</c><00:17:44.509><c> conversing</c><00:17:45.430><c> intently</c>

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with<00:17:46.329><c> us.</c>

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He<00:17:47.329><c> is</c><00:17:47.690><c> appealing</c><00:17:48.069><c> to</c><00:17:48.390><c> our</c><00:17:48.690><c> intelligence.</c>

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The<00:17:51.630><c> background</c><00:17:51.990><c> of</c><00:17:52.269><c> Solomon's</c><00:17:52.789><c> words</c><00:17:53.470><c> are</c><00:17:53.970><c> found</c><00:17:54.170><c> in</c><00:17:54.390><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:17:54.890><c> 8</c><00:17:55.170><c> at</c>

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verse<00:17:55.650><c> 5,</c>

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where<00:17:56.730><c> God</c><00:17:57.349><c> is</c><00:17:57.990><c> disciplining</c><00:17:58.430><c> his</c><00:17:58.789><c> son</c><00:17:58.950><c> Israel</c><00:17:59.390><c> in</c><00:17:59.589><c> the</c><00:17:59.730><c> wilderness,</c>

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suffering<00:18:01.430><c> them</c><00:18:01.789><c> to</c><00:18:02.089><c> hunger,</c><00:18:04.089><c> in</c><00:18:04.230><c> order</c><00:18:04.450><c> that</c><00:18:04.609><c> he</c><00:18:04.690><c> might</c><00:18:04.970><c> teach</c><00:18:05.329><c> them</c>

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a<00:18:05.769><c> lesson</c><00:18:06.470><c> that</c><00:18:07.650><c> man</c><00:18:08.130><c> does</c><00:18:08.650><c> not</c><00:18:08.990><c> live</c><00:18:09.490><c> by</c><00:18:10.089><c> bread</c><00:18:10.349><c> only.</c>

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But<00:18:13.369><c> we</c><00:18:13.549><c> know</c><00:18:13.690><c> that</c><00:18:13.910><c> generation</c><00:18:14.490><c> failed</c><00:18:14.970><c> in</c><00:18:16.089><c> the</c><00:18:16.450><c> wilderness</c>

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of<00:18:17.130><c> temptation.</c>

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We<00:18:19.369><c> remember</c><00:18:19.970><c> how</c><00:18:20.549><c> God's</c><00:18:21.089><c> obedient</c><00:18:21.549><c> son,</c><00:18:22.190><c> the</c><00:18:22.329><c> Lord</c><00:18:22.549><c> Jesus</c><00:18:22.970><c> Christ,</c><00:18:23.690><c> in</c>

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the<00:18:24.309><c> temptation</c><00:18:24.930><c> in</c><00:18:25.150><c> his</c><00:18:25.470><c> wilderness,</c>

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used<00:18:27.609><c> those</c><00:18:28.049><c> words</c><00:18:28.450><c> and</c><00:18:28.849><c> overcame.</c>

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It<00:18:30.890><c> is</c><00:18:31.109><c> written,</c><00:18:32.309><c> Man</c><00:18:32.569><c> shall</c><00:18:32.829><c> not</c><00:18:33.089><c> live</c><00:18:33.369><c> by</c><00:18:33.710><c> bread</c><00:18:33.950><c> alone,</c><00:18:34.650><c> but</c>

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by<00:18:35.049><c> every</c><00:18:35.410><c> word</c><00:18:35.710><c> that</c><00:18:35.950><c> proceedeth</c><00:18:36.450><c> out</c><00:18:36.630><c> of</c><00:18:36.730><c> the</c><00:18:36.890><c> mouth</c><00:18:37.089><c> of</c><00:18:37.349><c> God.</c>

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Are<00:18:40.650><c> we,</c><00:18:41.029><c> brethren</c><00:18:41.150><c> and</c><00:18:41.490><c> sisters,</c><00:18:43.089><c> giving</c><00:18:43.269><c> enough</c><00:18:43.670><c> time</c><00:18:44.190><c> with</c>

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our<00:18:44.829><c> families</c><00:18:45.210><c> around</c><00:18:45.690><c> the</c><00:18:45.910><c> word</c><00:18:46.130><c> of</c><00:18:46.410><c> God?</c>

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If<00:18:50.069><c> we</c><00:18:50.250><c> are</c><00:18:50.470><c> the</c><00:18:50.650><c> sons</c><00:18:50.869><c> of</c><00:18:51.069><c> God,</c><00:18:52.369><c> we</c><00:18:54.890><c> should</c><00:18:55.150><c> remember</c><00:18:55.609><c> these</c><00:18:55.930><c> things.</c>

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If<00:18:58.329><c> we</c><00:18:58.509><c> can</c><00:18:58.809><c> remember</c><00:18:59.210><c> that,</c><00:19:00.950><c> we</c><00:19:01.150><c> must</c><00:19:01.509><c> live</c><00:19:02.049><c> by</c><00:19:02.769><c> every</c><00:19:03.269><c> word</c>

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that<00:19:04.049><c> proceedeth</c><00:19:04.450><c> out</c><00:19:04.630><c> of</c><00:19:04.769><c> the</c><00:19:04.970><c> mouth</c><00:19:05.190><c> of</c><00:19:05.430><c> Yahweh.</c>

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Hebrews<00:19:08.769><c> 12</c><00:19:09.170><c> at</c><00:19:09.369><c> verse</c><00:19:09.589><c> 6,</c><00:19:11.329><c> For</c><00:19:11.569><c> whom</c><00:19:11.829><c> the</c><00:19:11.990><c> Lord</c><00:19:12.250><c> loveth,</c><00:19:12.630><c> he</c>

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chaseneth<00:19:13.349><c> and</c><00:19:13.690><c> scourgeth</c><00:19:14.069><c> every</c><00:19:14.450><c> son</c><00:19:14.789><c> whom</c><00:19:14.990><c> he</c><00:19:15.309><c> receiveth.</c>

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This<00:19:16.950><c> word,</c><00:19:17.650><c> chaseneth,</c><00:19:18.329><c> has</c><00:19:18.650><c> the</c><00:19:18.829><c> idea</c><00:19:19.210><c> of</c><00:19:19.490><c> instruction,</c>

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discipline,<00:19:21.910><c> correction.</c>

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In<00:19:24.529><c> Ephesians,</c><00:19:25.349><c> it</c><00:19:25.549><c> has</c><00:19:25.750><c> been</c><00:19:25.990><c> translated</c><00:19:26.589><c> as</c><00:19:27.029><c> nurture.</c>

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So<00:19:29.569><c> it</c><00:19:29.750><c> has</c><00:19:29.950><c> the</c><00:19:30.150><c> idea</c><00:19:30.450><c> of</c><00:19:30.670><c> a</c><00:19:30.869><c> father</c><00:19:31.470><c> training</c><00:19:32.369><c> up</c><00:19:32.650><c> a</c><00:19:32.930><c> child</c><00:19:33.210><c> in</c>

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the<00:19:33.589><c> way</c><00:19:33.750><c> he</c><00:19:33.910><c> should</c><00:19:34.089><c> go.</c>

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The<00:19:36.109><c> word</c><00:19:36.410><c> scourgeth</c><00:19:37.029><c> means</c><00:19:37.490><c> to</c><00:19:37.930><c> flog.</c>

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Our<00:19:40.730><c> blood</c><00:19:41.289><c> has</c><00:19:41.970><c> not</c><00:19:42.230><c> been</c><00:19:42.609><c> shed</c><00:19:42.809><c> in</c><00:19:43.049><c> our</c><00:19:43.289><c> efforts</c><00:19:43.549><c> to</c><00:19:43.970><c> stand</c>

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for<00:19:44.490><c> the</c><00:19:44.730><c> truth.</c>

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Do<00:19:46.829><c> we</c><00:19:47.009><c> sometimes</c><00:19:47.630><c> avoid</c><00:19:48.170><c> suffering</c><00:19:48.650><c> by</c><00:19:49.089><c> drawing</c><00:19:49.450><c> back?</c>

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Do<00:19:50.970><c> we</c><00:19:51.190><c> avoid</c><00:19:51.670><c> situations</c><00:19:52.569><c> that</c><00:19:53.369><c> we</c><00:19:53.569><c> don't</c><00:19:53.970><c> like?</c>

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Look<00:19:57.069><c> at</c><00:19:57.210><c> what</c><00:19:57.410><c> the</c><00:19:57.710><c> Father</c><00:19:57.950><c> has</c><00:19:58.230><c> done</c><00:19:58.390><c> for</c><00:19:58.609><c> us.</c>

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He<00:20:00.390><c> gave</c><00:20:00.710><c> His</c><00:20:00.910><c> only</c><00:20:01.250><c> begotten</c><00:20:01.750><c> Son</c><00:20:02.049><c> that</c><00:20:02.250><c> whosoever</c><00:20:02.890><c> believeth</c><00:20:03.230><c> in</c><00:20:03.390><c> Him</c>

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should<00:20:03.849><c> not</c><00:20:04.130><c> perish,</c><00:20:05.349><c> but</c><00:20:05.490><c> have</c><00:20:05.750><c> everlasting</c><00:20:06.309><c> life.</c>

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And<00:20:08.809><c> so</c><00:20:09.349><c> the</c><00:20:09.769><c> Father</c><00:20:10.130><c> nurtures</c><00:20:10.650><c> us.</c>

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And<00:20:12.369><c> He</c><00:20:12.529><c> flogs</c><00:20:12.890><c> us,</c><00:20:14.930><c> but</c><00:20:15.109><c> always</c><00:20:15.890><c> with</c><00:20:16.309><c> one</c><00:20:16.670><c> end</c><00:20:16.990><c> in</c><00:20:17.250><c> view,</c><00:20:18.529><c> to</c>

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bring<00:20:18.990><c> us</c><00:20:19.329><c> unto</c><00:20:19.670><c> Himself.</c>

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There<00:20:23.369><c> are</c><00:20:24.130><c> legitimate</c><00:20:24.670><c> sons,</c><00:20:25.109><c> and</c><00:20:25.289><c> there</c><00:20:25.549><c> are</c><00:20:25.730><c> also</c><00:20:26.089><c> illegitimate</c><00:20:26.670><c> sons.</c>

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Under<00:20:29.109><c> the</c><00:20:29.390><c> law,</c><00:20:30.190><c> an</c><00:20:30.390><c> illegitimate</c><00:20:30.950><c> son</c><00:20:31.190><c> was</c><00:20:31.450><c> not</c><00:20:31.690><c> permitted</c>

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to<00:20:32.349><c> enter</c><00:20:32.609><c> into</c><00:20:32.890><c> the</c><00:20:33.089><c> congregation</c><00:20:33.630><c> of</c><00:20:33.890><c> Yahweh.</c>

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And<00:20:37.009><c> nor</c><00:20:37.190><c> will</c><00:20:37.450><c> we,</c><00:20:39.269><c> if</c><00:20:39.509><c> by</c><00:20:39.789><c> our</c><00:20:40.049><c> conduct</c><00:20:40.569><c> it</c><00:20:41.890><c> is</c><00:20:42.190><c> proved</c><00:20:42.750><c> that</c>

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we<00:20:43.589><c> have</c><00:20:43.809><c> been</c><00:20:44.069><c> begotten</c><00:20:44.529><c> by</c><00:20:44.849><c> the</c><00:20:45.089><c> world.</c>

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We<00:20:48.670><c> who</c><00:20:49.309><c> have</c><00:20:49.529><c> been</c><00:20:49.849><c> promised</c><00:20:50.150><c> so</c><00:20:50.529><c> much</c><00:20:51.329><c> the</c><00:20:52.650><c> glorious</c><00:20:53.309><c> sin</c><00:20:53.950><c>-free</c><00:20:54.190><c> nature</c><00:20:54.650><c> of</c>

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immortality<00:20:55.769><c> in</c><00:20:57.029><c> God's</c><00:20:57.549><c> eternal</c><00:20:57.869><c> and</c><00:20:58.089><c> wonderful</c><00:20:58.410><c> Kingdom,</c>

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how<00:21:00.789><c> can</c><00:21:00.950><c> we,</c><00:21:01.309><c> brothers</c><00:21:01.349><c> and</c><00:21:01.609><c> sisters,</c><00:21:01.930><c> be</c><00:21:02.230><c> so</c><00:21:02.529><c> foolish</c><00:21:03.109><c> as</c><00:21:03.970><c> to</c>

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let<00:21:04.349><c> such</c><00:21:04.670><c> a</c><00:21:05.009><c> prize</c><00:21:05.809><c> slip</c><00:21:06.430><c> through</c><00:21:06.690><c> our</c><00:21:06.950><c> fingers?</c>

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No<00:21:09.829><c> matter</c><00:21:10.109><c> what</c><00:21:10.509><c> we</c><00:21:10.789><c> have</c><00:21:11.049><c> to</c><00:21:11.210><c> deny</c><00:21:11.549><c> in</c><00:21:11.789><c> this</c><00:21:12.029><c> life,</c><00:21:13.990><c> nothing</c>

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can<00:21:15.289><c> be</c><00:21:15.609><c> compared</c><00:21:16.269><c> to</c><00:21:16.569><c> the</c><00:21:16.930><c> glorious</c><00:21:17.369><c> future</c><00:21:18.009><c> that</c><00:21:18.630><c> is</c><00:21:18.869><c> set</c>

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before<00:21:19.430><c> those</c><00:21:19.789><c> who</c><00:21:20.109><c> overcome.</c>

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Let<00:21:22.509><c> us</c><00:21:22.809><c> therefore</c><00:21:23.190><c> take</c><00:21:23.930><c> Paul's</c><00:21:24.470><c> advice</c><00:21:25.029><c> and</c><00:21:25.930><c> be</c><00:21:26.250><c> in</c><00:21:26.509><c> subjection</c><00:21:27.730><c> unto</c><00:21:28.109><c> the</c><00:21:28.430><c> Father</c><00:21:28.750><c> of</c>

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Spirits<00:21:29.650><c> and</c><00:21:30.069><c> live.</c>

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Our<00:21:34.230><c> Father</c><00:21:34.529><c> knows</c><00:21:34.849><c> us</c><00:21:35.130><c> better</c><00:21:35.369><c> than</c><00:21:35.529><c> we</c><00:21:35.670><c> know</c><00:21:35.890><c> ourselves.</c>

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We<00:21:38.789><c> are</c><00:21:39.069><c> constantly</c><00:21:39.690><c> in</c><00:21:39.950><c> His</c><00:21:40.269><c> vision.</c>

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He<00:21:42.250><c> knows</c><00:21:42.630><c> the</c><00:21:42.930><c> thoughts</c><00:21:43.289><c> which</c><00:21:43.670><c> occupy</c><00:21:44.150><c> our</c><00:21:44.430><c> minds.</c>

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He<00:21:45.890><c> knows</c><00:21:46.130><c> our</c><00:21:46.410><c> thoughts</c><00:21:46.609><c> before</c><00:21:47.009><c> they</c><00:21:47.250><c> even</c><00:21:47.490><c> become</c><00:21:47.789><c> our</c><00:21:48.049><c> own.</c>

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And<00:21:51.250><c> He</c><00:21:51.450><c> reveals</c><00:21:51.849><c> to</c><00:21:52.009><c> us</c><00:21:52.269><c> the</c><00:21:52.529><c> error</c><00:21:52.710><c> of</c><00:21:52.910><c> our</c><00:21:53.109><c> ways.</c>

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But<00:21:56.130><c> as</c><00:21:56.410><c> we</c><00:21:56.549><c> have</c><00:21:56.769><c> said</c><00:21:56.910><c> before,</c><00:21:58.609><c> God</c><00:21:58.990><c> cannot</c><00:21:59.410><c> bring</c><00:21:59.650><c> us</c><00:21:59.869><c> into</c>

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His<00:22:00.410><c> Kingdom</c><00:22:01.049><c> without</c><00:22:02.450><c> our</c><00:22:03.549><c> willing</c><00:22:03.849><c> submission</c><00:22:04.630><c> to</c><00:22:05.309><c> Him.</c>

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Let<00:22:07.549><c> us</c><00:22:07.730><c> never</c><00:22:07.970><c> forget</c><00:22:08.369><c> this.</c>

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Let<00:22:10.630><c> us</c><00:22:10.769><c> have</c><00:22:10.910><c> a</c><00:22:10.970><c> look</c><00:22:11.109><c> at</c><00:22:11.309><c> 1</c><00:22:11.589><c> Peter.</c>

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1<00:22:13.990><c> Peter</c><00:22:14.349><c> chapter</c><00:22:14.809><c> 1</c>

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1<00:22:23.710><c> Peter</c><00:22:24.089><c> chapter</c><00:22:24.450><c> 1,</c><00:22:25.430><c> verses</c><00:22:25.750><c> 13</c><00:22:26.390><c> to</c><00:22:26.490><c> 15</c>

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Wherefore,<00:22:34.910><c> gird</c><00:22:35.049><c> up</c><00:22:35.289><c> the</c><00:22:35.490><c> loins</c><00:22:35.809><c> of</c><00:22:36.009><c> your</c><00:22:36.250><c> mind,</c><00:22:37.109><c> be</c><00:22:37.410><c> sober,</c>

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and<00:22:38.329><c> hope</c><00:22:38.569><c> to</c><00:22:38.789><c> the</c><00:22:38.990><c> end</c><00:22:39.170><c> for</c><00:22:39.410><c> the</c><00:22:39.650><c> grace</c><00:22:40.250><c> that</c><00:22:40.529><c> is</c><00:22:40.769><c> to</c><00:22:40.930><c> be</c><00:22:41.170><c> brought</c><00:22:41.369><c> unto</c>

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you<00:22:42.150><c> at</c><00:22:42.450><c> the</c><00:22:42.710><c> revelation</c><00:22:43.269><c> of</c><00:22:43.470><c> Jesus</c><00:22:43.910><c> Christ.</c>

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As<00:22:45.450><c> obedient</c><00:22:46.150><c> children,</c><00:22:47.150><c> not</c><00:22:47.450><c> fashioning</c><00:22:48.029><c> yourselves</c><00:22:48.549><c> according</c><00:22:48.950><c> to</c>

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the<00:22:49.410><c> former</c><00:22:49.710><c> lusts</c><00:22:50.230><c> and</c><00:22:50.289><c> your</c><00:22:50.589><c> ignorance,</c>

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But<00:22:52.410><c> as</c><00:22:52.950><c> he</c><00:22:53.670><c> which</c><00:22:54.109><c> hath</c><00:22:54.390><c> called</c><00:22:54.750><c> you</c><00:22:54.990><c> is</c><00:22:55.250><c> holy,</c><00:22:56.589><c> so</c><00:22:56.950><c> be</c><00:22:57.369><c> ye</c><00:22:57.650><c> holy</c><00:22:58.190><c> in</c>

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all<00:22:59.529><c> manner</c><00:22:59.829><c> of</c><00:23:00.130><c> conversation,</c><00:23:01.190><c> in</c><00:23:01.430><c> all</c><00:23:01.910><c> manner</c><00:23:02.190><c> of</c><00:23:02.490><c> living.</c>

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The<00:23:03.769><c> Father</c><00:23:04.349><c> is</c><00:23:04.990><c> requesting</c><00:23:05.529><c> that</c><00:23:05.789><c> we</c><00:23:05.990><c> be</c><00:23:06.309><c> holy</c><00:23:06.809><c> as</c><00:23:07.390><c> he</c><00:23:07.670><c> is</c><00:23:07.910><c> holy.</c>

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Chastening<00:23:11.690><c> is</c><00:23:11.910><c> not</c><00:23:12.170><c> pleasant,</c><00:23:13.849><c> but</c><00:23:14.170><c> look</c><00:23:14.369><c> what</c><00:23:14.509><c> it</c><00:23:14.789><c> brings</c><00:23:15.069><c> forth.</c>

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It<00:23:16.890><c> yieldeth</c><00:23:17.849><c> the</c><00:23:18.269><c> peaceable</c><00:23:18.809><c> fruit</c><00:23:19.069><c> of</c><00:23:19.349><c> righteousness</c><00:23:19.970><c> unto</c>

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them<00:23:21.390><c> which</c><00:23:21.630><c> are</c><00:23:22.009><c> exercised</c><00:23:22.650><c> thereby.</c>

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Hebrews<00:23:25.589><c> 12,</c><00:23:27.250><c> verses</c><00:23:27.569><c> 14</c><00:23:28.009><c> and</c><00:23:28.210><c> 15</c>

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Follow<00:23:35.309><c> peace</c><00:23:35.730><c> with</c><00:23:35.990><c> all</c><00:23:36.230><c> men,</c><00:23:37.029><c> and</c><00:23:37.150><c> holiness,</c><00:23:38.150><c> without</c><00:23:38.470><c> which</c><00:23:39.150><c> no</c>

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man<00:23:40.150><c> shall</c><00:23:40.410><c> see</c><00:23:40.690><c> the</c><00:23:40.910><c> Lord.</c>

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Looking<00:23:42.650><c> diligently,</c><00:23:43.470><c> lest</c><00:23:43.529><c> any</c><00:23:43.829><c> man</c><00:23:44.150><c> fail</c><00:23:44.450><c> of</c><00:23:44.650><c> the</c><00:23:44.849><c> grace</c><00:23:45.069><c> of</c>

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God,<00:23:46.529><c> lest</c><00:23:46.730><c> any</c><00:23:47.089><c> root</c><00:23:47.269><c> of</c><00:23:47.569><c> bitterness</c><00:23:47.890><c> springing</c><00:23:48.470><c> up</c><00:23:48.710><c> trouble</c>

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you,<00:23:49.769><c> and</c><00:23:50.029><c> thereby</c><00:23:50.329><c> many</c><00:23:50.789><c> be</c><00:23:51.109><c> defiled.</c>

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We<00:23:54.269><c> must</c><00:23:54.569><c> pursue</c><00:23:55.130><c> earnestly</c><00:23:55.690><c> the</c><00:23:56.029><c> things</c><00:23:56.529><c> which</c><00:23:57.049><c> make</c><00:23:57.329><c> for</c><00:23:57.609><c> peace.</c>

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Not<00:23:59.630><c> the</c><00:23:59.910><c> peace</c><00:24:00.349><c> which</c><00:24:00.869><c> the</c><00:24:01.170><c> world</c><00:24:01.410><c> offers</c><00:24:01.730><c> us,</c><00:24:02.690><c> but</c><00:24:02.990><c> real</c><00:24:03.289><c> peace.</c>

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That<00:24:04.789><c> peace</c><00:24:05.130><c> which</c><00:24:05.450><c> makes</c><00:24:05.730><c> a</c><00:24:05.930><c> man</c><00:24:06.150><c> free</c><00:24:06.650><c> from</c><00:24:06.910><c> the</c><00:24:07.170><c> bondage</c><00:24:07.549><c> of</c>

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sin<00:24:07.829><c> and</c><00:24:08.069><c> death.</c>

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It<00:24:09.950><c> is</c><00:24:10.309><c> imperative</c><00:24:11.009><c> that</c><00:24:11.690><c> we</c><00:24:12.589><c> strive</c><00:24:13.009><c> to</c><00:24:13.410><c> perfect</c><00:24:13.869><c> holiness</c>

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in<00:24:14.609><c> the</c><00:24:14.809><c> fear</c><00:24:14.970><c> of</c><00:24:15.230><c> God.</c>

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Without<00:24:17.250><c> which,</c><00:24:17.930><c> the</c><00:24:18.269><c> apostle</c><00:24:18.589><c> says,</c><00:24:19.690><c> no</c><00:24:19.869><c> man</c><00:24:20.349><c> shall</c><00:24:20.630><c> see</c><00:24:20.930><c> the</c><00:24:21.130><c> Lord.</c>

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In<00:24:23.089><c> verse</c><00:24:23.369><c> 15,</c><00:24:23.950><c> Paul</c><00:24:24.210><c> invites</c><00:24:24.650><c> us</c><00:24:25.390><c> to</c><00:24:25.769><c> see</c><00:24:26.049><c> the</c><00:24:26.269><c> whole</c><00:24:26.630><c> race</c><00:24:26.930><c> of</c>

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life<00:24:27.750><c> in</c><00:24:28.230><c> the</c><00:24:28.549><c> correct</c><00:24:28.789><c> perspective.</c>

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We<00:24:30.990><c> have</c><00:24:31.289><c> seen</c><00:24:31.589><c> Jesus,</c><00:24:32.269><c> the</c><00:24:32.470><c> author</c><00:24:32.769><c> and</c><00:24:33.029><c> finisher</c><00:24:33.309><c> of</c><00:24:33.569><c> our</c><00:24:33.809><c> faith,</c><00:24:35.210><c> the</c><00:24:35.430><c> one</c><00:24:35.890><c> and</c><00:24:36.490><c> only</c><00:24:36.910><c> one</c><00:24:37.109><c> that</c><00:24:37.250><c> is</c>

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able<00:24:37.789><c> to</c><00:24:38.089><c> go</c><00:24:38.269><c> the</c><00:24:38.470><c> whole</c><00:24:38.710><c> distance.</c>

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But<00:24:41.630><c> this</c><00:24:41.829><c> is</c><00:24:42.049><c> no</c><00:24:42.369><c> reason</c><00:24:42.710><c> for</c><00:24:43.009><c> despondency.</c>

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Rather,<00:24:45.309><c> it</c><00:24:45.309><c> is</c><00:24:45.569><c> the</c><00:24:45.690><c> very</c><00:24:46.029><c> basis</c><00:24:46.410><c> of</c><00:24:46.650><c> our</c><00:24:46.910><c> joy</c><00:24:47.130><c> in</c><00:24:47.410><c> Christ.</c>

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In<00:24:49.589><c> fact,</c><00:24:50.950><c> that</c><00:24:51.230><c> God,</c><00:24:52.809><c> through</c><00:24:53.109><c> his</c><00:24:53.410><c> work</c><00:24:53.630><c> in</c><00:24:53.950><c> Christ,</c><00:24:54.809><c> has</c><00:24:55.049><c> opened</c><00:24:55.369><c> up</c>

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this<00:24:55.829><c> way</c><00:24:56.049><c> of</c><00:24:56.309><c> escape</c><00:24:56.609><c> for</c><00:24:56.910><c> us.</c>

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Now<00:24:59.069><c> we</c><00:24:59.230><c> have</c><00:24:59.509><c> grace,</c><00:25:00.769><c> this</c><00:25:01.109><c> unmerited</c><00:25:01.849><c> divine</c><00:25:02.349><c> favor.</c>

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We<00:25:04.589><c> know</c><00:25:04.829><c> that</c><00:25:05.069><c> God</c><00:25:05.309><c> will</c><00:25:05.650><c> forgive</c><00:25:05.970><c> us</c><00:25:06.289><c> of</c><00:25:06.470><c> our</c><00:25:06.710><c> weaknesses.</c>

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But<00:25:09.390><c> let</c><00:25:09.650><c> us</c><00:25:09.869><c> beware,</c><00:25:10.509><c> brethren</c><00:25:10.589><c> and</c><00:25:10.890><c> sisters,</c><00:25:11.769><c> for</c><00:25:11.970><c> Paul</c><00:25:12.349><c> says,</c><00:25:13.329><c> lest</c><00:25:13.769><c> any</c>

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man<00:25:15.170><c> fail.</c>

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The<00:25:17.190><c> word</c><00:25:17.410><c> is</c><00:25:17.650><c> to</c><00:25:17.930><c> fall</c><00:25:18.269><c> from</c><00:25:18.890><c> the</c><00:25:19.569><c> grace</c><00:25:19.789><c> of</c><00:25:20.009><c> God.</c>

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It<00:25:22.029><c> is</c><00:25:22.269><c> not</c><00:25:22.430><c> difficult</c><00:25:22.930><c> for</c><00:25:23.170><c> us</c><00:25:23.450><c> to</c><00:25:23.730><c> presume</c><00:25:24.089><c> upon</c><00:25:24.430><c> the</c><00:25:24.670><c> grace</c>

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of<00:25:25.150><c> God.</c>

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To<00:25:27.309><c> gratify</c><00:25:27.869><c> lust</c><00:25:28.289><c> and</c><00:25:28.630><c> then</c><00:25:29.450><c> attempt</c><00:25:30.049><c> to</c><00:25:30.410><c> justify</c><00:25:30.950><c> it</c><00:25:31.230><c> by</c>

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claiming<00:25:31.910><c> weakness.</c>

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Let's<00:25:35.329><c> go</c><00:25:35.569><c> back</c><00:25:35.829><c> to</c><00:25:36.029><c> Hebrews</c><00:25:36.329><c> 10</c><00:25:36.750><c> at</c><00:25:36.970><c> verse</c><00:25:37.190><c> 26.</c>

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Hebrews<00:25:40.829><c> 10</c><00:25:41.230><c> at</c><00:25:41.410><c> verse</c><00:25:41.650><c> 26.</c>

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If<00:25:49.089><c> we</c><00:25:49.349><c> sin</c><00:25:49.609><c> willfully</c><00:25:50.109><c> after</c><00:25:50.690><c> we</c><00:25:51.109><c> have</c><00:25:51.309><c> received</c><00:25:51.990><c> the</c><00:25:52.369><c> knowledge</c><00:25:52.609><c> of</c><00:25:52.829><c> the</c>

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truth,<00:25:53.690><c> there</c><00:25:53.910><c> remaineth</c><00:25:54.309><c> no</c><00:25:54.549><c> more</c><00:25:54.829><c> sacrifice</c><00:25:55.450><c> for</c><00:25:55.750><c> sins.</c>

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But<00:25:56.730><c> a</c><00:25:57.049><c> certain</c><00:25:57.390><c> fearful</c><00:25:58.069><c> looking</c><00:25:58.470><c> for</c><00:25:58.670><c> of</c><00:25:58.910><c> judgment</c><00:25:59.369><c> and</c><00:25:59.769><c> fiery</c><00:26:00.069><c> indignation</c><00:26:00.970><c> which</c><00:26:01.349><c> shall</c><00:26:01.569><c> devour</c><00:26:02.089><c> the</c><00:26:02.390><c> adversaries.</c>

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He<00:26:04.349><c> that</c><00:26:04.750><c> despised</c><00:26:05.230><c> Moses'</c><00:26:05.910><c> law</c><00:26:06.410><c> died</c><00:26:06.970><c> without</c><00:26:07.509><c> mercy</c><00:26:07.890><c> under</c>

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two<00:26:08.549><c> or</c><00:26:08.789><c> three</c><00:26:08.990><c> witnesses.</c>

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Of<00:26:10.630><c> how</c><00:26:10.910><c> much</c><00:26:11.190><c> sorrow</c><00:26:11.509><c> punishment,</c><00:26:12.150><c> suppose</c><00:26:12.809><c> ye,</c><00:26:14.009><c> shall</c><00:26:14.150><c> he</c>

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be<00:26:14.630><c> thought</c><00:26:14.930><c> worthy,</c><00:26:15.750><c> who</c><00:26:15.869><c> hath</c><00:26:16.150><c> trodden</c><00:26:16.529><c> underfoot</c><00:26:17.170><c> the</c><00:26:17.549><c> Son</c>

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of<00:26:17.970><c> God,</c>

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And<00:26:18.930><c> hath</c><00:26:19.150><c> counted</c><00:26:19.450><c> the</c><00:26:19.710><c> blood</c><00:26:19.890><c> of</c><00:26:20.089><c> the</c><00:26:20.369><c> covenant,</c><00:26:21.069><c> wherewith</c>

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he<00:26:22.009><c> was</c><00:26:22.329><c> sanctified</c><00:26:23.170><c> an</c><00:26:23.690><c> unholy</c><00:26:24.150><c> thing,</c><00:26:25.150><c> and</c><00:26:25.349><c> hath</c><00:26:25.529><c> done</c><00:26:25.769><c> despite</c><00:26:26.329><c> under</c><00:26:26.630><c> the</c>

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Spirit<00:26:27.130><c> of</c><00:26:27.349><c> grace.</c>

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Hebrews<00:26:34.650><c> chapter</c><00:26:35.029><c> 12,</c><00:26:36.130><c> verses</c><00:26:36.450><c> 16</c><00:26:36.950><c> and</c><00:26:37.150><c> 17.</c>

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Lest<00:26:44.509><c> there</c><00:26:45.230><c> be</c><00:26:45.509><c> any</c><00:26:46.130><c> fornicator</c><00:26:46.890><c> or</c><00:26:47.150><c> profane</c><00:26:47.690><c> person</c><00:26:48.490><c> as</c><00:26:49.029><c> Esau,</c><00:26:49.990><c> who</c>

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for<00:26:50.369><c> one</c><00:26:50.730><c> morsel</c><00:26:51.109><c> of</c><00:26:51.430><c> meat</c><00:26:51.750><c> sold</c><00:26:52.230><c> his</c><00:26:52.589><c> birthright.</c>

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For<00:26:54.430><c> ye</c><00:26:54.730><c> know</c><00:26:55.269><c> how</c><00:26:55.690><c> that</c><00:26:55.990><c> afterward,</c><00:26:57.309><c> when</c><00:26:57.609><c> he</c><00:26:57.869><c> would</c><00:26:58.130><c> have</c><00:26:58.390><c> inherited</c><00:26:58.869><c> the</c><00:26:59.150><c> blessing,</c><00:27:00.289><c> he</c>

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was<00:27:00.829><c> rejected.</c>

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For<00:27:02.750><c> he</c><00:27:02.990><c> found</c><00:27:03.369><c> no</c><00:27:03.769><c> place</c><00:27:04.289><c> of</c><00:27:04.630><c> repentance,</c><00:27:05.930><c> though</c><00:27:06.190><c> he</c><00:27:06.450><c> sought</c>

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it<00:27:06.990><c> carefully</c><00:27:07.529><c> with</c><00:27:08.069><c> tears.</c>

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Paul<00:27:10.609><c> has</c><00:27:10.930><c> brought</c><00:27:11.150><c> before</c><00:27:11.549><c> us</c><00:27:12.269><c> the</c><00:27:12.730><c> mind</c><00:27:13.230><c> of</c><00:27:13.490><c> the</c><00:27:13.730><c> Spirit,</c><00:27:14.769><c> so</c>

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perfectly<00:27:15.509><c> manifested</c><00:27:16.130><c> in</c><00:27:16.369><c> the</c><00:27:16.470><c> Lord</c><00:27:16.670><c> Jesus</c><00:27:17.089><c> Christ.</c>

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Now<00:27:18.809><c> he</c><00:27:18.990><c> brings</c><00:27:19.309><c> before</c><00:27:19.710><c> us</c><00:27:20.289><c> the</c><00:27:20.650><c> mind</c><00:27:20.990><c> of</c><00:27:21.150><c> the</c><00:27:21.410><c> flesh,</c><00:27:22.130><c> the</c><00:27:22.329><c> mind</c><00:27:22.609><c> that</c><00:27:22.930><c> treats</c><00:27:23.210><c> lightly</c><00:27:23.690><c> the</c><00:27:23.930><c> commandments</c><00:27:24.390><c> of</c><00:27:24.670><c> God.</c>

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The<00:27:26.150><c> mind</c><00:27:26.549><c> that</c><00:27:26.970><c> is</c><00:27:27.210><c> not</c><00:27:27.490><c> preoccupied</c><00:27:28.369><c> with</c><00:27:28.670><c> honoring</c><00:27:28.970><c> the</c><00:27:29.309><c> Father,</c><00:27:31.069><c> but</c><00:27:31.349><c> rather</c><00:27:31.849><c> that</c><00:27:32.890><c> mind</c><00:27:33.170><c> that</c><00:27:33.369><c> is</c>

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intent<00:27:33.990><c> upon</c><00:27:34.410><c> gratifying</c><00:27:35.109><c> self.</c>

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It<00:27:37.430><c> is</c><00:27:37.569><c> a</c><00:27:37.809><c> faithless</c><00:27:38.269><c> mind</c><00:27:39.150><c> that</c><00:27:40.670><c> is</c><00:27:40.910><c> dwelling</c><00:27:41.190><c> on</c><00:27:41.410><c> the</c><00:27:41.650><c> present</c><00:27:42.450><c> and</c><00:27:43.410><c> not</c><00:27:44.009><c> looking</c><00:27:44.410><c> forward</c><00:27:44.829><c> in</c>

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faith<00:27:45.430><c> to</c><00:27:45.650><c> the</c><00:27:45.829><c> future.</c>

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So<00:27:49.750><c> Paul</c><00:27:50.089><c> brings</c><00:27:50.430><c> before</c><00:27:50.849><c> us</c><00:27:51.170><c> as</c><00:27:51.349><c> an</c><00:27:51.609><c> example</c><00:27:51.990><c> of</c><00:27:52.309><c> such</c><00:27:53.210><c> Esau,</c>

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this<00:27:55.509><c> son</c><00:27:55.730><c> of</c><00:27:55.950><c> Abraham</c><00:27:56.509><c> who</c><00:27:57.269><c> despised</c><00:27:57.990><c> his</c><00:27:58.369><c> birthright.</c>

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He<00:28:00.349><c> was</c><00:28:00.630><c> prepared</c><00:28:01.190><c> to</c><00:28:01.609><c> sell</c><00:28:01.829><c> his</c><00:28:02.230><c> divine</c><00:28:02.670><c> birthright</c><00:28:03.529><c> for</c><00:28:04.369><c> the</c>

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immediate<00:28:05.069><c> gratification</c><00:28:05.910><c> of</c><00:28:06.269><c> fleshly</c><00:28:06.730><c> desires.</c>

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Esau<00:28:09.730><c> and</c><00:28:10.049><c> Jacob,</c><00:28:11.569><c> as</c><00:28:11.789><c> sons</c><00:28:12.109><c> of</c><00:28:12.430><c> Isaac,</c><00:28:13.450><c> stood</c><00:28:13.690><c> related</c><00:28:14.170><c> to</c><00:28:14.470><c> the</c><00:28:14.650><c> blessings</c><00:28:15.009><c> of</c><00:28:15.250><c> Abraham.</c>

00:28:18.009 --> 00:28:22.210
But<00:28:18.130><c> to</c><00:28:18.349><c> this</c><00:28:18.609><c> carnally</c><00:28:19.069><c> minded</c><00:28:19.369><c> Esau,</c><00:28:20.630><c> this</c><00:28:20.930><c> meant</c><00:28:21.269><c> nothing.</c>

00:28:23.589 --> 00:28:29.450
He<00:28:23.809><c> was</c><00:28:24.049><c> more</c><00:28:24.349><c> interested</c><00:28:24.789><c> in</c><00:28:25.130><c> satisfying</c><00:28:25.630><c> his</c><00:28:25.970><c> immediate</c><00:28:26.309><c> lusts</c><00:28:27.589><c> than</c><00:28:27.710><c> looking</c><00:28:28.089><c> forward</c><00:28:28.789><c> in</c>

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hope<00:28:29.750><c> to</c><00:28:29.970><c> the</c><00:28:30.130><c> Kingdom</c><00:28:30.390><c> of</c><00:28:30.650><c> God.</c>

00:28:32.609 --> 00:28:36.910
When<00:28:33.410><c> Esau</c><00:28:33.890><c> realized</c><00:28:34.450><c> the</c><00:28:34.809><c> enormity</c><00:28:35.609><c> of</c><00:28:35.930><c> what</c><00:28:36.109><c> he</c><00:28:36.289><c> had</c><00:28:36.509><c> done</c>

00:28:36.910 --> 00:28:41.670
by<00:28:37.289><c> rejecting</c><00:28:37.930><c> the</c><00:28:38.329><c> joy</c><00:28:38.549><c> that</c><00:28:38.710><c> was</c><00:28:39.009><c> set</c><00:28:39.190><c> before</c><00:28:39.630><c> him,</c><00:28:40.930><c> it</c><00:28:41.450><c> was</c>

00:28:41.670 --> 00:28:42.890
too<00:28:41.930><c> late.</c>

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He<00:28:43.829><c> was</c><00:28:44.109><c> not</c><00:28:44.309><c> able</c><00:28:44.589><c> to</c><00:28:44.869><c> change</c><00:28:45.150><c> his</c><00:28:45.450><c> father's</c><00:28:45.990><c> mind.</c>

00:28:48.829 --> 00:28:53.509
Isaac<00:28:49.309><c> now</c><00:28:50.150><c> saw</c><00:28:50.490><c> in</c><00:28:50.710><c> this</c><00:28:51.210><c> the</c><00:28:51.730><c> hand</c><00:28:51.970><c> of</c><00:28:52.250><c> providence.</c>

00:28:53.789 --> 00:28:59.730
Like<00:28:54.470><c> Isaac,</c><00:28:55.809><c> our</c><00:28:56.170><c> Father</c><00:28:56.490><c> wishes</c><00:28:56.789><c> to</c><00:28:57.089><c> bless</c><00:28:57.309><c> us,</c><00:28:58.269><c> even</c><00:28:58.630><c> though</c><00:28:58.890><c> at</c><00:28:59.089><c> one</c><00:28:59.369><c> time</c><00:28:59.569><c> we</c>

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were<00:29:00.069><c> carnally</c><00:29:00.470><c> minded.</c>

00:29:02.529 --> 00:29:06.910
But<00:29:02.690><c> providing</c><00:29:03.289><c> this</c><00:29:03.670><c> change</c><00:29:03.990><c> of</c><00:29:04.269><c> mind</c><00:29:04.450><c> has</c><00:29:04.730><c> taken</c><00:29:04.990><c> place,</c><00:29:06.410><c> when</c><00:29:06.569><c> we</c>

00:29:06.910 --> 00:29:12.789
stand<00:29:07.150><c> before</c><00:29:07.509><c> the</c><00:29:07.769><c> Judge</c><00:29:07.990><c> of</c><00:29:08.190><c> all</c><00:29:08.329><c> the</c><00:29:08.529><c> earth,</c><00:29:09.869><c> we</c><00:29:10.250><c> will</c><00:29:10.609><c> receive</c><00:29:12.009><c> life</c>

00:29:12.789 --> 00:29:14.089
from<00:29:13.049><c> him.</c>

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But<00:29:15.049><c> if</c><00:29:15.329><c> like</c><00:29:15.630><c> Esau,</c><00:29:16.150><c> brethren</c><00:29:16.369><c> and</c><00:29:16.670><c> sisters,</c><00:29:17.450><c> we</c><00:29:17.789><c> remain</c><00:29:18.450><c> carnally</c><00:29:19.150><c> minded,</c><00:29:20.950><c> then</c><00:29:21.250><c> like</c><00:29:21.569><c> Esau,</c><00:29:23.029><c> we</c>

00:29:23.349 --> 00:29:27.849
will<00:29:23.650><c> find</c><00:29:23.910><c> no</c><00:29:24.289><c> changing</c><00:29:24.670><c> of</c><00:29:24.910><c> that</c><00:29:25.170><c> verdict,</c><00:29:26.950><c> even</c><00:29:27.390><c> though</c><00:29:27.630><c> we</c>

00:29:27.849 --> 00:29:30.890
may<00:29:28.150><c> seek</c><00:29:28.329><c> it</c><00:29:28.609><c> with</c><00:29:29.029><c> strong</c><00:29:29.329><c> crying</c><00:29:29.710><c> and</c><00:29:30.089><c> tears.</c>

00:29:32.569 --> 00:29:34.529
These<00:29:32.930><c> things</c><00:29:33.210><c> are</c><00:29:33.450><c> written</c><00:29:33.650><c> for</c><00:29:33.950><c> our</c><00:29:34.170><c> learning.</c>

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Let<00:29:35.829><c> us</c><00:29:36.170><c> keep</c><00:29:36.430><c> our</c><00:29:36.829><c> minds</c><00:29:37.630><c> fixed</c><00:29:38.289><c> steadfastly</c><00:29:39.069><c> upon</c><00:29:39.289><c> the</c><00:29:39.569><c> glorious</c><00:29:40.029><c> future</c><00:29:40.349><c> that</c>

00:29:40.630 --> 00:29:43.910
awaits<00:29:40.869><c> us,</c><00:29:42.230><c> for</c><00:29:42.430><c> those</c><00:29:42.710><c> who</c><00:29:43.029><c> overcome.</c>

00:29:44.769 --> 00:29:47.150
We<00:29:44.970><c> look</c><00:29:45.190><c> at</c><00:29:45.369><c> Romans</c><00:29:45.710><c> chapter</c><00:29:46.250><c> 2.</c>

00:29:48.049 --> 00:29:50.029
Romans<00:29:48.609><c> chapter</c><00:29:49.029><c> 2.</c>

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At<00:29:59.710><c> verse</c><00:30:00.109><c> 7.</c>

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Romans<00:30:02.849><c> 2,</c><00:30:03.329><c> at</c><00:30:03.450><c> verse</c><00:30:03.690><c> 7.</c>

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To<00:30:30.529><c> the</c><00:30:30.589><c> Jew</c><00:30:30.589><c> first</c><00:30:31.049><c> and</c><00:30:31.349><c> also</c><00:30:31.809><c> of</c><00:30:32.029><c> the</c><00:30:32.170><c> Gentile,</c><00:30:33.490><c> but</c><00:30:33.690><c> glory</c>

00:30:34.190 --> 00:30:38.190
and<00:30:34.450><c> honor</c><00:30:35.009><c> and</c><00:30:35.349><c> peace</c><00:30:35.950><c> to</c><00:30:36.569><c> every</c><00:30:36.869><c> man</c><00:30:37.089><c> that</c><00:30:37.390><c> worketh</c><00:30:37.769><c> good,</c>

00:30:38.670 --> 00:30:42.769
to<00:30:38.809><c> the</c><00:30:38.990><c> Jew</c><00:30:39.150><c> first</c><00:30:39.750><c> and</c><00:30:40.369><c> also</c><00:30:40.789><c> to</c><00:30:40.990><c> the</c><00:30:41.150><c> Gentile,</c><00:30:42.329><c> for</c><00:30:42.490><c> there</c>

00:30:42.769 --> 00:30:46.190
is<00:30:42.930><c> no</c><00:30:43.170><c> respect</c><00:30:43.609><c> of</c><00:30:43.869><c> persons</c><00:30:44.410><c> with</c><00:30:45.089><c> God.</c>

00:30:46.750 --> 00:30:51.549
Paul<00:30:47.509><c> says</c><00:30:47.869><c> to</c><00:30:48.109><c> the</c><00:30:48.269><c> Hebrew</c><00:30:48.529><c> believers</c><00:30:49.130><c> in</c><00:30:50.450><c> verse</c><00:30:50.730><c> 18</c><00:30:51.130><c> of</c><00:30:51.309><c> his</c>

00:30:51.549 --> 00:30:58.369
12th<00:30:53.069><c> chapter,</c><00:30:53.789><c> ye</c><00:30:53.849><c> are</c><00:30:54.470><c> not</c><00:30:55.210><c> come</c><00:30:55.809><c> unto</c><00:30:56.329><c> the</c><00:30:56.690><c> mount</c><00:30:57.069><c> that</c><00:30:57.710><c> might</c><00:30:58.009><c> be</c>

00:30:58.369 --> 00:31:01.450
touched<00:30:58.769><c> and</c><00:30:59.549><c> that</c><00:30:59.869><c> burned</c><00:31:00.130><c> with</c><00:31:00.509><c> fire.</c>

00:31:02.130 --> 00:31:05.950
In<00:31:02.329><c> the</c><00:31:02.509><c> 22nd</c><00:31:03.150><c> verse</c><00:31:03.390><c> we</c><00:31:03.650><c> read,</c><00:31:04.509><c> but</c><00:31:04.650><c> ye</c><00:31:04.930><c> are</c><00:31:05.150><c> come</c><00:31:05.309><c> unto</c><00:31:05.609><c> Mount</c>

00:31:05.950 --> 00:31:12.390
Zion<00:31:06.410><c> and</c><00:31:07.289><c> unto</c><00:31:07.509><c> the</c><00:31:07.829><c> city</c><00:31:08.230><c> of</c><00:31:08.650><c> living</c><00:31:08.910><c> God,</c><00:31:10.369><c> the</c><00:31:10.549><c> heavenly</c><00:31:10.970><c> Jerusalem</c><00:31:11.710><c> and</c><00:31:12.250><c> to</c>

00:31:12.390 --> 00:31:14.910
an<00:31:12.630><c> innumerable</c><00:31:13.250><c> company</c><00:31:13.670><c> of</c><00:31:13.990><c> angels.</c>

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To<00:31:15.930><c> the</c><00:31:16.170><c> general</c><00:31:16.589><c> assembly</c><00:31:17.369><c> and</c><00:31:18.170><c> ecclesia</c><00:31:18.829><c> of</c><00:31:19.609><c> firstborns,</c>

00:31:21.130 --> 00:31:24.849
which<00:31:21.309><c> are</c><00:31:21.589><c> written</c><00:31:21.789><c> in</c><00:31:22.069><c> heaven,</c><00:31:23.289><c> and</c><00:31:23.450><c> to</c><00:31:23.650><c> God</c><00:31:24.029><c> the</c><00:31:24.250><c> judge</c><00:31:24.549><c> of</c>

00:31:24.849 --> 00:31:29.329
all,<00:31:25.970><c> and</c><00:31:26.210><c> to</c><00:31:26.349><c> the</c><00:31:26.710><c> spirits</c><00:31:26.970><c> of</c><00:31:27.309><c> just</c><00:31:27.569><c> men</c><00:31:27.869><c> made</c><00:31:28.250><c> perfect.</c>

00:31:29.630 --> 00:31:33.930
And<00:31:29.970><c> to</c><00:31:30.170><c> Jesus</c><00:31:30.569><c> the</c><00:31:30.890><c> mediator</c><00:31:31.369><c> of</c><00:31:31.529><c> the</c><00:31:31.690><c> new</c><00:31:31.890><c> covenant,</c><00:31:33.450><c> and</c><00:31:33.769><c> to</c>

00:31:33.930 --> 00:31:37.150
the<00:31:34.150><c> blood</c><00:31:34.289><c> of</c><00:31:34.690><c> sprinkling</c><00:31:35.289><c> that</c><00:31:35.950><c> speaketh</c><00:31:36.349><c> better</c><00:31:36.670><c> things</c>

00:31:37.150 --> 00:31:39.130
than<00:31:37.369><c> that</c><00:31:37.549><c> of</c><00:31:37.769><c> Abel.</c>

00:31:39.549 --> 00:31:45.930
And<00:31:40.309><c> so</c><00:31:40.589><c> Paul</c><00:31:41.329><c> contrasts</c><00:31:42.369><c> Mount</c><00:31:42.630><c> Sinai</c><00:31:43.349><c> and</c><00:31:44.069><c> Mount</c><00:31:44.390><c> Zion,</c><00:31:45.769><c> the</c>

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two<00:31:46.109><c> covenants.</c>

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The<00:31:47.990><c> one</c><00:31:48.250><c> historic</c><00:31:48.930><c> and</c><00:31:49.450><c> a</c><00:31:49.690><c> failure</c><00:31:49.910><c> because</c><00:31:50.250><c> of</c><00:31:50.410><c> the</c><00:31:50.569><c> weakness</c><00:31:50.829><c> of</c><00:31:51.109><c> human</c><00:31:51.329><c> flesh,</c><00:31:52.829><c> the</c>

00:31:53.130 --> 00:31:58.309
other<00:31:53.769><c> prophetic</c><00:31:54.390><c> and</c><00:31:54.750><c> salvation</c><00:31:55.410><c> because</c><00:31:57.029><c> of</c><00:31:57.630><c> the</c><00:31:57.890><c> work</c><00:31:58.069><c> of</c>

00:31:58.309 --> 00:32:03.809
the<00:31:58.589><c> Father</c><00:31:58.829><c> and</c><00:31:58.990><c> the</c><00:31:59.289><c> Son</c><00:31:59.670><c> and</c><00:32:01.089><c> the</c><00:32:01.470><c> grace</c><00:32:01.950><c> which</c><00:32:02.509><c> this</c><00:32:03.450><c> joint</c>

00:32:03.809 --> 00:32:06.609
work<00:32:04.410><c> has</c><00:32:04.730><c> accomplished</c><00:32:05.250><c> for</c><00:32:05.549><c> us.</c>

00:32:08.130 --> 00:32:12.289
Paul<00:32:08.690><c> has</c><00:32:08.950><c> already</c><00:32:09.390><c> shown</c><00:32:10.009><c> us</c><00:32:10.769><c> the</c><00:32:11.089><c> disastrous</c><00:32:11.650><c> consequences</c>

00:32:12.289 --> 00:32:16.529
of<00:32:12.609><c> human</c><00:32:12.849><c> nature</c><00:32:13.150><c> at</c><00:32:13.349><c> the</c><00:32:13.549><c> judgment</c><00:32:13.829><c> seat</c><00:32:14.009><c> of</c><00:32:14.289><c> Christ</c><00:32:14.569><c> by</c><00:32:15.490><c> bringing</c><00:32:15.869><c> before</c><00:32:16.269><c> us</c>

00:32:16.529 --> 00:32:18.250
the<00:32:16.789><c> folly</c><00:32:17.029><c> of</c><00:32:17.309><c> Esau.</c>

00:32:18.849 --> 00:32:22.170
At<00:32:19.049><c> the</c><00:32:19.309><c> judgment</c><00:32:19.609><c> seat</c><00:32:19.769><c> of</c><00:32:20.049><c> Christ</c><00:32:20.430><c> it</c><00:32:21.150><c> will</c><00:32:21.369><c> be</c><00:32:21.609><c> our</c><00:32:21.970><c> faith</c>

00:32:22.170 --> 00:32:26.190
in<00:32:22.390><c> the</c><00:32:22.589><c> things</c><00:32:22.769><c> of</c><00:32:22.990><c> the</c><00:32:23.210><c> kingdom</c><00:32:23.650><c> that</c><00:32:24.690><c> will</c><00:32:24.869><c> be</c><00:32:25.069><c> the</c><00:32:25.329><c> determining</c><00:32:25.710><c> factor,</c>

00:32:26.410 --> 00:32:29.829
brethren<00:32:26.509><c> and</c><00:32:26.829><c> sisters,</c><00:32:27.450><c> of</c><00:32:27.609><c> whether</c><00:32:27.809><c> we</c><00:32:28.190><c> obtain</c><00:32:28.650><c> that</c><00:32:29.049><c> joy.</c>

00:32:30.910 --> 00:32:35.150
Therefore,<00:32:32.569><c> our</c><00:32:32.589><c> attitude</c><00:32:33.130><c> to</c><00:32:33.369><c> the</c><00:32:33.589><c> judgment</c><00:32:34.069><c> must</c><00:32:34.769><c> be</c><00:32:35.029><c> a</c>

00:32:35.150 --> 00:32:36.809
positive<00:32:35.529><c> one.</c>

00:32:37.430 --> 00:32:40.349
We<00:32:37.589><c> must</c><00:32:37.809><c> let</c><00:32:37.970><c> our</c><00:32:38.329><c> minds</c><00:32:38.630><c> dwell</c><00:32:38.950><c> upon</c><00:32:39.250><c> the</c><00:32:39.509><c> glorious</c><00:32:39.970><c> things</c>

00:32:40.349 --> 00:32:41.950
of<00:32:40.589><c> the</c><00:32:40.650><c> coming</c><00:32:40.890><c> age.</c>

00:32:42.990 --> 00:32:46.670
We<00:32:43.170><c> have</c><00:32:43.390><c> been</c><00:32:43.589><c> doing</c><00:32:43.849><c> this</c><00:32:44.490><c> during</c><00:32:44.890><c> this</c><00:32:45.170><c> week</c><00:32:45.410><c> in</c><00:32:45.609><c> our</c><00:32:45.769><c> Brother</c><00:32:46.009><c> Ron's</c><00:32:46.509><c> studies.</c>

00:32:46.710 --> 00:32:50.910
We<00:32:46.869><c> have</c><00:32:47.029><c> seen</c><00:32:47.210><c> a</c><00:32:47.450><c> glorious</c><00:32:47.869><c> picture</c><00:32:48.329><c> of</c><00:32:49.150><c> the</c><00:32:49.269><c> age</c><00:32:49.569><c> to</c><00:32:49.869><c> come.</c>

00:32:51.349 --> 00:32:59.029
This<00:32:52.130><c> will</c><00:32:52.410><c> induce</c><00:32:52.849><c> within</c><00:32:53.150><c> us</c><00:32:53.390><c> the</c><00:32:53.690><c> determination</c><00:32:54.329><c> to</c><00:32:55.210><c> be</c><00:32:55.450><c> amongst</c><00:32:55.769><c> that</c><00:32:56.170><c> joyful</c><00:32:56.670><c> throng</c><00:32:57.450><c> who</c><00:32:58.190><c> will</c><00:32:58.470><c> receive</c><00:32:58.829><c> of</c>

00:32:59.029 --> 00:33:02.809
the<00:32:59.210><c> grace</c><00:32:59.390><c> of</c><00:32:59.650><c> God</c><00:33:00.009><c> in</c><00:33:00.589><c> that</c><00:33:00.849><c> day.</c>

00:33:03.609 --> 00:33:07.349
So<00:33:03.690><c> now</c><00:33:04.309><c> let</c><00:33:04.789><c> us</c><00:33:05.069><c> consider</c><00:33:05.490><c> these</c><00:33:05.789><c> eight</c><00:33:06.130><c> positives</c><00:33:06.730><c> that</c>

00:33:07.349 --> 00:33:10.849
Paul<00:33:07.650><c> advances</c><00:33:08.369><c> concerning</c><00:33:09.589><c> Mount</c><00:33:09.910><c> Zion.</c>

00:33:12.150 --> 00:33:16.569
First<00:33:12.490><c> of</c><00:33:12.750><c> all,</c><00:33:13.789><c> but</c><00:33:13.910><c> ye</c><00:33:14.210><c> are</c><00:33:14.589><c> come</c><00:33:15.109><c> unto</c><00:33:15.589><c> Mount</c><00:33:16.009><c> Zion.</c>

00:33:16.569 --> 00:33:23.470
Zion<00:33:18.390><c> means</c><00:33:18.990><c> conspicuous,</c><00:33:20.990><c> but</c><00:33:21.650><c> it</c><00:33:21.890><c> isn't,</c><00:33:22.269><c> is</c><00:33:22.269><c> it?</c>

00:33:23.690 --> 00:33:29.230
Sinai<00:33:24.230><c> is</c><00:33:24.430><c> very</c><00:33:24.769><c> conspicuous,</c><00:33:26.650><c> literally</c><00:33:27.049><c> speaking</c><00:33:27.630><c> a</c><00:33:28.950><c> great</c>

00:33:29.230 --> 00:33:31.170
and<00:33:29.509><c> majestic</c><00:33:30.089><c> mountain.</c>

00:33:32.529 --> 00:33:37.690
So<00:33:33.150><c> the</c><00:33:34.329><c> very</c><00:33:34.630><c> meaning</c><00:33:34.990><c> of</c><00:33:35.349><c> Zion</c><00:33:35.809><c> demands</c><00:33:36.690><c> faith.</c>

00:33:38.910 --> 00:33:45.569
Zion<00:33:39.670><c> speaks</c><00:33:40.390><c> of</c><00:33:41.589><c> the</c><00:33:41.849><c> spiritual</c><00:33:42.410><c> principles</c><00:33:43.109><c> which</c><00:33:44.049><c> are</c><00:33:44.930><c> yet</c>

00:33:45.569 --> 00:33:53.589
inconspicuous,<00:33:48.269><c> but</c><00:33:48.970><c> will</c><00:33:49.210><c> it</c><00:33:49.410><c> be</c><00:33:49.710><c> manifested</c><00:33:50.269><c> in</c><00:33:52.569><c> the</c><00:33:52.710><c> fullness</c><00:33:52.950><c> of</c><00:33:53.329><c> time?</c>

00:33:53.789 --> 00:33:56.869
Let's<00:33:54.009><c> have</c><00:33:54.170><c> a</c><00:33:54.210><c> look</c><00:33:54.390><c> at</c><00:33:54.769><c> Psalm</c><00:33:54.970><c> 48</c><00:33:55.470><c> at</c><00:33:55.730><c> verse</c><00:33:55.990><c> 2.</c>

00:33:58.509 --> 00:34:00.970
Psalm<00:33:58.950><c> 48</c><00:33:59.569><c> at</c><00:33:59.789><c> verse</c><00:34:00.089><c> 2.</c>

00:34:18.389 --> 00:34:22.829
Beautiful<00:34:19.110><c> for</c><00:34:19.829><c> situation,</c><00:34:21.510><c> the</c><00:34:21.610><c> joy</c><00:34:21.849><c> of</c><00:34:22.030><c> the</c><00:34:22.210><c> whole</c><00:34:22.449><c> earth</c>

00:34:22.829 --> 00:34:29.349
is<00:34:23.190><c> Mount</c><00:34:23.510><c> Zion,</c><00:34:25.230><c> on</c><00:34:25.510><c> the</c><00:34:25.829><c> sides</c><00:34:26.090><c> of</c><00:34:26.289><c> the</c><00:34:26.570><c> north,</c><00:34:28.449><c> the</c><00:34:28.690><c> city</c><00:34:29.050><c> of</c>

00:34:29.349 --> 00:34:30.750
the<00:34:29.530><c> great</c><00:34:29.750><c> king.</c>

00:34:32.190 --> 00:34:36.429
The<00:34:32.449><c> Hebrew</c><00:34:32.769><c> word</c><00:34:33.130><c> for</c><00:34:33.469><c> situation</c><00:34:34.210><c> really</c><00:34:34.829><c> means</c><00:34:35.289><c> elevation.</c>

00:34:37.210 --> 00:34:42.469
And<00:34:37.889><c> the</c><00:34:38.170><c> psalmist</c><00:34:38.489><c> says</c><00:34:38.889><c> on</c><00:34:39.309><c> the</c><00:34:39.610><c> sides</c><00:34:40.030><c> of</c><00:34:40.369><c> the</c><00:34:40.610><c> north,</c><00:34:42.269><c> from</c>

00:34:42.469 --> 00:34:46.090
that<00:34:42.789><c> position,</c><00:34:43.309><c> from</c><00:34:43.590><c> the</c><00:34:43.789><c> north,</c><00:34:44.590><c> the</c><00:34:44.730><c> hill</c><00:34:44.869><c> of</c><00:34:45.170><c> Zion</c><00:34:45.530><c> would</c>

00:34:46.090 --> 00:34:48.769
be<00:34:46.369><c> most</c><00:34:46.789><c> inconspicuous.</c>

00:34:49.570 --> 00:34:53.389
Clearly<00:34:49.969><c> the</c><00:34:50.230><c> word</c><00:34:50.489><c> is</c><00:34:50.829><c> directing</c><00:34:51.230><c> our</c><00:34:51.590><c> minds</c><00:34:51.809><c> to</c><00:34:52.010><c> the</c><00:34:52.230><c> future,</c><00:34:53.170><c> when</c>

00:34:53.389 --> 00:34:57.829
Jerusalem<00:34:54.010><c> will</c><00:34:54.250><c> be</c><00:34:54.489><c> elevated,</c><00:34:55.690><c> both</c><00:34:56.030><c> literally</c><00:34:56.449><c> and</c><00:34:56.889><c> spiritually.</c>

00:34:58.590 --> 00:35:01.909
When<00:34:58.889><c> it</c><00:34:59.170><c> shall</c><00:34:59.329><c> indeed</c><00:34:59.750><c> be</c><00:34:59.969><c> the</c><00:35:00.210><c> joy</c><00:35:00.409><c> of</c><00:35:00.590><c> the</c><00:35:00.730><c> whole</c><00:35:00.929><c> earth.</c>

00:35:01.969 --> 00:35:04.949
When<00:35:02.530><c> the</c><00:35:02.690><c> Lord</c><00:35:02.949><c> Jesus</c><00:35:03.369><c> Christ</c><00:35:03.710><c> shall</c><00:35:03.889><c> be</c><00:35:04.050><c> King</c><00:35:04.230><c> of</c><00:35:04.409><c> kings</c><00:35:04.769><c> and</c>

00:35:04.949 --> 00:35:09.050
Lord<00:35:05.250><c> of</c><00:35:05.429><c> lords,</c><00:35:06.690><c> ruling</c><00:35:06.809><c> from</c><00:35:07.110><c> that</c><00:35:07.369><c> city,</c><00:35:07.929><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:35:10.949 --> 00:35:15.030
The<00:35:11.150><c> second</c><00:35:11.449><c> point</c><00:35:11.769><c> that</c><00:35:12.030><c> Paul</c><00:35:12.230><c> brings</c><00:35:12.510><c> before</c><00:35:12.909><c> us,</c><00:35:14.489><c> the</c><00:35:14.670><c> city</c>

00:35:15.030 --> 00:35:18.710
of<00:35:15.269><c> the</c><00:35:15.429><c> living</c><00:35:15.650><c> God,</c><00:35:16.889><c> the</c><00:35:17.090><c> heavenly</c><00:35:17.530><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:35:20.429 --> 00:35:23.849
It<00:35:20.630><c> is</c><00:35:20.809><c> not</c><00:35:21.030><c> speaking</c><00:35:21.389><c> of</c><00:35:21.670><c> Jerusalem</c><00:35:22.150><c> as</c><00:35:22.349><c> it</c><00:35:22.570><c> now</c><00:35:22.809><c> exists.</c>

00:35:24.130 --> 00:35:28.309
It<00:35:24.769><c> is</c><00:35:24.949><c> looking</c><00:35:25.230><c> forward</c><00:35:25.630><c> to</c><00:35:25.789><c> that</c><00:35:26.050><c> time</c><00:35:26.610><c> when</c><00:35:27.190><c> Jerusalem</c><00:35:27.750><c> will</c><00:35:27.989><c> be</c>

00:35:28.309 --> 00:35:32.429
transformed,<00:35:30.710><c> when</c><00:35:30.829><c> it</c><00:35:31.070><c> shall</c><00:35:31.210><c> be</c><00:35:31.389><c> the</c><00:35:31.590><c> metropolis</c><00:35:32.070><c> of</c><00:35:32.309><c> the</c>

00:35:32.429 --> 00:35:33.670
whole<00:35:32.650><c> earth.</c>

00:35:34.849 --> 00:35:38.409
It<00:35:35.030><c> is</c><00:35:35.269><c> also</c><00:35:35.590><c> speaking</c><00:35:35.949><c> of</c><00:35:36.130><c> the</c><00:35:36.329><c> bride</c><00:35:36.530><c> of</c><00:35:36.769><c> Christ,</c><00:35:37.949><c> which</c><00:35:38.110><c> is</c>

00:35:38.409 --> 00:35:40.750
likened<00:35:38.690><c> to</c><00:35:38.889><c> that</c><00:35:39.110><c> heavenly</c><00:35:39.570><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:35:43.130 --> 00:35:45.949
The<00:35:43.449><c> third</c><00:35:43.730><c> point</c><00:35:44.050><c> that</c><00:35:44.269><c> the</c><00:35:44.449><c> apostle</c><00:35:44.769><c> Paul</c><00:35:45.170><c> brings</c><00:35:45.550><c> before</c>

00:35:45.949 --> 00:35:51.829
us,<00:35:46.829><c> that</c><00:35:47.130><c> innumerable</c><00:35:47.889><c> company</c><00:35:48.349><c> of</c><00:35:48.630><c> angels</c><00:35:49.150><c> to</c><00:35:50.269><c> the</c><00:35:50.730><c> general</c><00:35:51.130><c> assembly.</c>

00:35:51.829 --> 00:35:58.570
The<00:35:53.170><c> Greek</c><00:35:53.530><c> word</c><00:35:53.949><c> for</c><00:35:54.369><c> innumerable</c><00:35:55.809><c> indicates</c><00:35:56.710><c> ten</c><00:35:57.409><c> thousands.</c>

00:36:00.250 --> 00:36:03.929
And<00:36:00.530><c> for</c><00:36:00.769><c> general</c><00:36:01.150><c> assembly,</c><00:36:02.309><c> a</c><00:36:02.489><c> festive</c><00:36:02.789><c> occasion.</c>

00:36:04.969 --> 00:36:08.650
And<00:36:05.230><c> so</c><00:36:05.510><c> the</c><00:36:05.769><c> spirit</c><00:36:06.030><c> takes</c><00:36:06.349><c> us</c><00:36:06.690><c> forward</c><00:36:07.110><c> to</c><00:36:07.550><c> that</c><00:36:07.809><c> time</c><00:36:08.230><c> when</c>

00:36:08.650 --> 00:36:13.449
the<00:36:08.929><c> saints</c><00:36:09.170><c> are</c><00:36:09.610><c> made</c><00:36:09.889><c> immortal,</c><00:36:11.489><c> equal</c><00:36:11.769><c> unto</c><00:36:12.170><c> the</c><00:36:12.429><c> angels.</c>

00:36:13.869 --> 00:36:16.650
When<00:36:14.070><c> the</c><00:36:14.349><c> saints</c><00:36:14.570><c> will</c><00:36:14.909><c> take</c><00:36:15.210><c> over</c><00:36:15.449><c> the</c><00:36:15.730><c> administration</c><00:36:16.369><c> of</c>

00:36:16.650 --> 00:36:18.530
the<00:36:16.849><c> affairs</c><00:36:17.110><c> of</c><00:36:17.309><c> this</c><00:36:17.570><c> world.</c>

00:36:19.750 --> 00:36:24.809
This<00:36:20.630><c> fourth</c><00:36:20.869><c> point,</c><00:36:22.429><c> the</c><00:36:22.630><c> ecclesia</c><00:36:23.030><c> of</c><00:36:23.409><c> firstborns,</c><00:36:24.650><c> which</c>

00:36:24.809 --> 00:36:26.969
are<00:36:25.110><c> written</c><00:36:25.409><c> in</c><00:36:25.829><c> heaven.</c>

00:36:28.349 --> 00:36:32.869
Israel<00:36:28.949><c> were</c><00:36:29.650><c> Yahweh's</c><00:36:30.630><c> firstborn</c><00:36:31.289><c> national</c><00:36:31.889><c> son.</c>

00:36:33.789 --> 00:36:38.530
The<00:36:34.090><c> true</c><00:36:34.329><c> sons</c><00:36:34.690><c> of</c><00:36:34.969><c> Abraham</c><00:36:35.610><c> are</c><00:36:36.690><c> the</c><00:36:37.090><c> firstborns</c><00:36:38.090><c> of</c><00:36:38.289><c> the</c>

00:36:38.530 --> 00:36:39.909
new<00:36:38.789><c> creation.</c>

00:36:40.989 --> 00:36:45.050
Their<00:36:41.289><c> names</c><00:36:41.730><c> are</c><00:36:42.550><c> written</c><00:36:42.909><c> in</c><00:36:43.409><c> the</c><00:36:43.590><c> book</c><00:36:43.750><c> of</c><00:36:44.030><c> life.</c>

00:36:45.550 --> 00:36:49.849
But<00:36:46.070><c> just</c><00:36:46.309><c> because</c><00:36:46.590><c> our</c><00:36:46.849><c> names</c><00:36:47.090><c> are</c><00:36:47.389><c> written</c><00:36:47.750><c> in</c><00:36:48.429><c> the</c><00:36:48.550><c> book</c><00:36:48.690><c> of</c><00:36:48.889><c> life,</c>

00:36:50.289 --> 00:36:53.510
it<00:36:50.369><c> does</c><00:36:50.710><c> not</c><00:36:50.989><c> mean</c><00:36:51.250><c> to</c><00:36:51.530><c> say</c><00:36:51.750><c> that</c><00:36:51.909><c> they</c><00:36:52.030><c> will</c><00:36:52.349><c> still</c><00:36:52.550><c> be</c><00:36:52.869><c> there</c>

00:36:53.510 --> 00:36:56.010
when<00:36:53.869><c> we</c><00:36:54.230><c> stand</c><00:36:54.510><c> before</c><00:36:54.869><c> the</c><00:36:55.130><c> judge</c><00:36:55.329><c> of</c><00:36:55.510><c> all</c><00:36:55.670><c> the</c><00:36:55.849><c> earth.</c>

00:36:56.269 --> 00:37:00.849
It<00:36:56.469><c> depends</c><00:36:57.170><c> upon</c><00:36:57.530><c> what</c><00:36:57.710><c> is</c><00:36:58.010><c> written</c><00:36:58.429><c> in</c><00:36:59.110><c> the</c><00:36:59.250><c> book</c><00:36:59.389><c> of</c><00:36:59.590><c> the</c><00:36:59.809><c> lives,</c>

00:37:01.469 --> 00:37:04.989
upon<00:37:01.670><c> what</c><00:37:01.889><c> we've</c><00:37:02.130><c> been</c><00:37:02.389><c> doing</c><00:37:02.670><c> with</c><00:37:02.949><c> our</c><00:37:03.190><c> lives,</c><00:37:04.510><c> from</c><00:37:04.690><c> our</c>

00:37:04.989 --> 00:37:08.550
baptism<00:37:05.449><c> till</c><00:37:06.070><c> the</c><00:37:06.329><c> coming</c><00:37:06.510><c> of</c><00:37:06.750><c> our</c><00:37:06.889><c> Lord</c><00:37:07.070><c> Jesus</c><00:37:07.510><c> Christ.</c>

00:37:09.710 --> 00:37:14.269
We<00:37:10.269><c> must</c><00:37:10.510><c> remember,</c><00:37:11.969><c> our</c><00:37:12.150><c> names</c><00:37:12.489><c> can</c><00:37:12.869><c> be</c><00:37:13.110><c> expunged</c><00:37:13.829><c> from</c><00:37:14.030><c> that</c>

00:37:14.269 --> 00:37:16.630
book<00:37:14.469><c> of</c><00:37:14.690><c> life.</c>

00:37:17.110 --> 00:37:21.710
His<00:37:17.369><c> fifth</c><00:37:17.570><c> point,</c><00:37:19.030><c> to</c><00:37:19.210><c> God</c><00:37:19.630><c> the</c><00:37:19.909><c> judge</c><00:37:20.190><c> of</c><00:37:20.469><c> all.</c>

00:37:22.769 --> 00:37:26.969
How<00:37:22.969><c> the</c><00:37:23.250><c> faithful</c><00:37:23.610><c> long</c><00:37:23.929><c> for</c><00:37:24.190><c> this</c><00:37:24.449><c> time</c><00:37:24.650><c> to</c><00:37:24.929><c> come,</c><00:37:25.969><c> when</c><00:37:26.190><c> God</c>

00:37:26.969 --> 00:37:31.050
will<00:37:27.530><c> judge</c><00:37:27.809><c> the</c><00:37:28.130><c> world</c><00:37:28.630><c> in</c><00:37:29.010><c> the</c><00:37:29.250><c> person</c><00:37:29.530><c> of</c><00:37:29.690><c> his</c><00:37:29.909><c> son.</c>

00:37:32.650 --> 00:37:37.809
Righteous<00:37:33.349><c> and</c><00:37:34.050><c> merciful</c><00:37:34.530><c> judgment,</c><00:37:36.489><c> when</c><00:37:36.630><c> the</c><00:37:36.929><c> faithful</c><00:37:37.289><c> will</c><00:37:37.690><c> be</c>

00:37:37.809 --> 00:37:39.989
vindicated<00:37:38.429><c> and</c><00:37:38.730><c> rewarded.</c>

00:37:41.329 --> 00:37:45.710
His<00:37:41.510><c> sixth</c><00:37:41.809><c> point,</c><00:37:42.670><c> to</c><00:37:42.849><c> the</c><00:37:43.170><c> spirits</c><00:37:43.449><c> of</c><00:37:43.769><c> just</c><00:37:44.010><c> men</c><00:37:44.289><c> made</c><00:37:44.650><c> perfect.</c>

00:37:46.670 --> 00:37:52.349
Here<00:37:46.869><c> we</c><00:37:47.110><c> see</c><00:37:47.269><c> a</c><00:37:47.510><c> company</c><00:37:47.789><c> of</c><00:37:48.130><c> people</c><00:37:48.750><c> who</c><00:37:49.449><c> had</c><00:37:49.570><c> the</c><00:37:49.889><c> right</c><00:37:50.230><c> disposition,</c><00:37:52.030><c> the</c>

00:37:52.349 --> 00:37:54.010
correct<00:37:52.730><c> attitude</c><00:37:53.230><c> of</c><00:37:53.550><c> mind.</c>

00:37:54.010 --> 00:37:58.230
Men<00:37:55.369><c> and</c><00:37:55.590><c> women</c><00:37:55.809><c> whose</c><00:37:56.070><c> lives</c><00:37:56.530><c> have</c><00:37:56.769><c> been</c><00:37:57.230><c> characterized</c><00:37:57.829><c> by</c>

00:37:58.230 --> 00:38:00.510
spiritual<00:37:58.730><c> discernment.</c>

00:38:01.010 --> 00:38:05.789
God<00:38:01.510><c> is</c><00:38:02.210><c> their</c><00:38:02.489><c> father</c><00:38:03.030><c> and</c><00:38:04.070><c> they</c><00:38:04.289><c> have</c><00:38:04.510><c> been</c><00:38:04.849><c> justified</c><00:38:05.449><c> in</c>

00:38:05.789 --> 00:38:08.769
Christ<00:38:06.190><c> and</c><00:38:06.989><c> saved</c><00:38:07.289><c> by</c><00:38:07.670><c> grace.</c>

00:38:10.110 --> 00:38:15.750
And<00:38:10.530><c> now</c><00:38:10.730><c> we</c><00:38:11.010><c> see</c><00:38:11.190><c> them</c><00:38:12.090><c> having</c><00:38:12.510><c> been</c><00:38:12.849><c> made</c><00:38:13.269><c> perfect</c><00:38:14.030><c> through</c><00:38:14.650><c> suffering.</c>

00:38:17.630 --> 00:38:23.510
His<00:38:18.369><c> seventh</c><00:38:18.590><c> point,</c><00:38:20.010><c> Jesus</c><00:38:20.369><c> the</c><00:38:20.809><c> mediator</c><00:38:21.570><c> of</c><00:38:22.130><c> the</c><00:38:22.309><c> new</c><00:38:22.489><c> covenant.</c>

00:38:24.929 --> 00:38:30.090
We<00:38:25.090><c> have</c><00:38:25.329><c> one</c><00:38:26.050><c> pleading</c><00:38:26.570><c> for</c><00:38:26.849><c> us,</c><00:38:27.869><c> who</c><00:38:27.989><c> is</c><00:38:28.289><c> aware</c><00:38:28.630><c> of</c><00:38:28.849><c> our</c><00:38:29.090><c> weaknesses.</c>

00:38:30.610 --> 00:38:33.869
Jesus<00:38:30.989><c> who</c><00:38:31.269><c> experienced</c><00:38:31.889><c> the</c><00:38:32.170><c> weakness</c><00:38:32.469><c> of</c><00:38:32.730><c> our</c><00:38:32.929><c> nature,</c>

00:38:34.449 --> 00:38:39.070
and<00:38:34.630><c> by</c><00:38:34.829><c> his</c><00:38:35.130><c> willing</c><00:38:35.369><c> obedience</c><00:38:36.110><c> has</c><00:38:36.929><c> won</c><00:38:37.150><c> for</c><00:38:37.389><c> us</c><00:38:37.909><c> the</c><00:38:38.329><c> forgiveness</c><00:38:38.789><c> of</c>

00:38:39.070 --> 00:38:40.289
our<00:38:39.309><c> sins.</c>

00:38:40.769 --> 00:38:46.030
Knowing<00:38:41.429><c> this,</c><00:38:42.590><c> the</c><00:38:42.750><c> faithful</c><00:38:43.090><c> can</c><00:38:43.449><c> be</c><00:38:43.769><c> filled</c><00:38:44.070><c> with</c><00:38:44.469><c> confidence.</c>

00:38:47.929 --> 00:38:51.590
His<00:38:48.070><c> eighth</c><00:38:48.389><c> point,</c><00:38:49.429><c> the</c><00:38:49.570><c> blood</c><00:38:49.829><c> of</c><00:38:50.190><c> sprinkling</c><00:38:50.570><c> that</c><00:38:50.929><c> speaketh</c><00:38:51.269><c> better</c>

00:38:51.590 --> 00:38:53.809
things<00:38:52.130><c> than</c><00:38:52.449><c> that</c><00:38:52.670><c> of</c><00:38:52.969><c> Abel.</c>

00:38:55.050 --> 00:38:57.989
Abel's<00:38:55.510><c> blood</c><00:38:56.030><c> cries</c><00:38:56.610><c> from</c><00:38:56.909><c> the</c><00:38:57.170><c> ground.</c>

00:38:58.050 --> 00:39:01.489
The<00:38:58.250><c> Hebrew</c><00:38:58.489><c> word</c><00:38:58.769><c> for</c><00:38:58.989><c> cries</c><00:38:59.289><c> is</c><00:38:59.610><c> shrieks,</c><00:39:00.710><c> and</c><00:39:00.869><c> so</c><00:39:01.050><c> Abel's</c>

00:39:01.489 --> 00:39:04.050
blood<00:39:01.690><c> shrieks</c><00:39:02.070><c> from</c><00:39:02.309><c> the</c><00:39:02.510><c> ground</c><00:39:02.710><c> for</c><00:39:02.969><c> vengeance.</c>

00:39:04.539 --> 00:39:09.110
But<00:39:04.929><c> the</c><00:39:05.130><c> blood</c><00:39:05.329><c> of</c><00:39:05.650><c> sprinkling,</c><00:39:07.050><c> this</c><00:39:07.349><c> is</c><00:39:07.590><c> the</c><00:39:07.909><c> blood</c><00:39:08.349><c> that</c>

00:39:09.110 --> 00:39:10.869
makes<00:39:09.449><c> an</c><00:39:09.730><c> atonement.</c>

00:39:11.789 --> 00:39:15.090
The<00:39:11.989><c> blood</c><00:39:12.190><c> of</c><00:39:12.409><c> Jesus</c><00:39:12.809><c> that</c><00:39:13.269><c> speaketh</c><00:39:13.610><c> in</c><00:39:13.789><c> heaven,</c><00:39:14.409><c> it</c><00:39:14.750><c> speaks</c>

00:39:15.090 --> 00:39:16.530
for<00:39:15.489><c> mercy.</c>

00:39:17.150 --> 00:39:19.269
It<00:39:17.409><c> calls</c><00:39:17.789><c> for</c><00:39:18.210><c> mercy.</c>

00:39:20.710 --> 00:39:23.730
My<00:39:20.949><c> beloved</c><00:39:21.289><c> brethren</c><00:39:21.590><c> and</c><00:39:21.809><c> sisters,</c><00:39:22.969><c> our</c><00:39:23.050><c> loving</c><00:39:23.309><c> heavenly</c>

00:39:23.730 --> 00:39:29.289
father<00:39:24.369><c> has</c><00:39:25.590><c> given</c><00:39:26.150><c> the</c><00:39:26.769><c> kingdom</c><00:39:27.289><c> to</c><00:39:27.969><c> his</c><00:39:28.250><c> saints.</c>

00:39:29.690 --> 00:39:34.289
To<00:39:30.289><c> those</c><00:39:30.869><c> who</c><00:39:31.590><c> desire</c><00:39:32.130><c> to</c><00:39:32.449><c> enter</c><00:39:32.670><c> into</c><00:39:32.969><c> it.</c>

00:39:34.469 --> 00:39:38.989
We<00:39:34.590><c> read</c><00:39:34.809><c> in</c><00:39:35.110><c> Proverbs,</c><00:39:36.190><c> he</c><00:39:36.389><c> that</c><00:39:36.789><c> covereth</c><00:39:37.250><c> his</c><00:39:37.550><c> sins</c><00:39:38.110><c> shall</c>

00:39:38.989 --> 00:39:40.289
not<00:39:39.289><c> prosper,</c>

00:39:40.670 --> 00:39:45.570
but<00:39:40.849><c> who</c><00:39:41.090><c> so</c><00:39:41.369><c> confesses</c><00:39:42.070><c> and</c><00:39:42.289><c> forsaketh</c><00:39:42.909><c> them</c><00:39:43.849><c> shall</c><00:39:44.369><c> have</c><00:39:44.650><c> mercy.</c>

00:39:46.570 --> 00:39:49.789
And<00:39:46.750><c> so</c><00:39:46.849><c> here</c><00:39:47.030><c> we</c><00:39:47.230><c> see</c><00:39:47.389><c> there</c><00:39:47.590><c> are</c><00:39:47.829><c> two</c><00:39:48.010><c> attitudes</c><00:39:48.550><c> of</c><00:39:48.849><c> mind</c><00:39:49.110><c> revealed</c><00:39:49.590><c> in</c>

00:39:49.789 --> 00:39:50.989
this<00:39:50.050><c> verse.</c>

00:39:52.070 --> 00:39:55.150
There<00:39:52.289><c> is</c><00:39:52.530><c> the</c><00:39:52.789><c> mind</c><00:39:53.010><c> that</c><00:39:53.329><c> tries</c><00:39:53.590><c> to</c><00:39:53.929><c> hide</c><00:39:54.190><c> and</c><00:39:54.429><c> to</c><00:39:54.869><c> continue</c>

00:39:55.150 --> 00:39:56.269
in<00:39:55.489><c> sin.</c>

00:39:56.710 --> 00:40:01.269
Then<00:39:57.309><c> there</c><00:39:57.510><c> is</c><00:39:57.710><c> the</c><00:39:57.889><c> mind</c><00:39:58.130><c> that</c><00:39:58.349><c> is</c><00:39:58.489><c> open,</c><00:39:59.449><c> the</c><00:39:59.610><c> mind</c><00:39:59.909><c> that</c><00:40:00.230><c> confesses,</c>

00:40:01.449 --> 00:40:05.789
the<00:40:01.610><c> mind</c><00:40:01.909><c> that</c><00:40:02.070><c> is</c><00:40:02.309><c> determined</c><00:40:02.730><c> to</c><00:40:02.989><c> forsake</c><00:40:03.550><c> the</c><00:40:03.710><c> ways</c><00:40:03.889><c> of</c><00:40:04.190><c> flesh.</c>

00:40:07.150 --> 00:40:11.710
In<00:40:07.230><c> verses</c><00:40:07.409><c> 25</c><00:40:08.090><c> to</c><00:40:08.269><c> 29</c><00:40:08.929><c> of</c><00:40:09.269><c> Hebrews</c><00:40:09.510><c> 12,</c><00:40:10.530><c> Paul</c><00:40:10.849><c> is</c><00:40:11.150><c> warning</c><00:40:11.449><c> the</c>

00:40:11.710 --> 00:40:16.309
Jewish<00:40:11.989><c> brethren</c><00:40:12.469><c> of</c><00:40:13.150><c> the</c><00:40:13.429><c> dissolution</c><00:40:14.070><c> of</c><00:40:14.650><c> the</c><00:40:14.809><c> Hebrew</c><00:40:15.190><c> commonwealth.</c>

00:40:16.969 --> 00:40:20.610
But<00:40:17.329><c> we</c><00:40:17.570><c> must</c><00:40:17.789><c> look</c><00:40:18.309><c> for</c><00:40:18.809><c> the</c><00:40:19.250><c> personal</c><00:40:19.710><c> exhortation</c><00:40:20.409><c> in</c>

00:40:20.610 --> 00:40:21.869
these<00:40:20.809><c> verses.</c>

00:40:23.030 --> 00:40:27.329
Israel<00:40:23.630><c> had</c><00:40:23.969><c> refused</c><00:40:24.510><c> God</c><00:40:24.949><c> who</c><00:40:25.250><c> spoke</c><00:40:25.550><c> to</c><00:40:25.690><c> them</c><00:40:25.909><c> from</c><00:40:26.269><c> Sinai.</c>

00:40:27.869 --> 00:40:30.070
They<00:40:28.010><c> did</c><00:40:28.230><c> not</c><00:40:28.389><c> want</c><00:40:28.530><c> to</c><00:40:28.710><c> hear</c><00:40:28.829><c> that</c><00:40:29.090><c> voice.</c>

00:40:31.630 --> 00:40:38.010
And<00:40:31.769><c> since</c><00:40:32.130><c> that</c><00:40:32.429><c> time,</c><00:40:33.730><c> the</c><00:40:33.889><c> nation</c><00:40:34.570><c> has</c><00:40:35.349><c> refused</c><00:40:35.889><c> to</c><00:40:36.210><c> hearken</c><00:40:36.489><c> to</c><00:40:36.789><c> his</c><00:40:37.030><c> voice.</c>

00:40:40.010 --> 00:40:43.230
But<00:40:40.170><c> that</c><00:40:40.449><c> voice</c><00:40:40.750><c> was</c><00:40:40.989><c> the</c><00:40:41.150><c> voice</c><00:40:41.369><c> of</c><00:40:41.590><c> the</c><00:40:41.750><c> law,</c><00:40:42.710><c> and</c><00:40:42.889><c> it</c><00:40:43.010><c> was</c>

00:40:43.230 --> 00:40:45.429
added<00:40:43.489><c> because</c><00:40:43.929><c> of</c><00:40:44.250><c> transgression.</c>

00:40:45.789 --> 00:40:51.210
Until<00:40:46.530><c> that</c><00:40:46.989><c> seed</c><00:40:47.250><c> should</c><00:40:47.570><c> come,</c><00:40:49.289><c> the</c><00:40:49.329><c> voice</c><00:40:49.630><c> of</c><00:40:49.829><c> his</c><00:40:50.110><c> son</c><00:40:50.590><c> who</c>

00:40:51.210 --> 00:40:56.250
now<00:40:51.630><c> speaks</c><00:40:52.010><c> to</c><00:40:52.289><c> us,</c><00:40:53.269><c> not</c><00:40:53.630><c> in</c><00:40:54.070><c> law,</c><00:40:54.849><c> but</c><00:40:54.929><c> of</c><00:40:55.190><c> grace.</c>

00:40:57.630 --> 00:41:01.730
The<00:40:57.789><c> Jewish</c><00:40:58.170><c> believers</c><00:40:58.769><c> to</c><00:40:59.289><c> whom</c><00:40:59.530><c> Paul</c><00:41:00.349><c> were</c><00:41:01.130><c> writing</c><00:41:01.449><c> were</c>

00:41:01.730 --> 00:41:02.650
growing<00:41:02.130><c> weary.</c>

00:41:03.070 --> 00:41:06.269
They<00:41:03.250><c> were</c><00:41:03.489><c> contemplating</c><00:41:04.210><c> going</c><00:41:04.530><c> back</c><00:41:04.869><c> to</c><00:41:05.070><c> the</c><00:41:05.269><c> synagogue.</c>

00:41:07.289 --> 00:41:10.909
Such<00:41:07.570><c> action</c><00:41:08.289><c> would</c><00:41:08.710><c> be</c><00:41:08.889><c> to</c><00:41:09.190><c> crucify</c><00:41:09.730><c> to</c><00:41:09.909><c> themselves</c><00:41:10.429><c> the</c><00:41:10.710><c> Son</c>

00:41:10.909 --> 00:41:12.489
of<00:41:11.110><c> God</c><00:41:11.289><c> afresh.</c>

00:41:13.190 --> 00:41:18.670
And<00:41:13.750><c> if</c><00:41:13.869><c> we</c><00:41:14.070><c> go</c><00:41:14.349><c> back</c><00:41:14.630><c> to</c><00:41:14.849><c> the</c><00:41:15.010><c> ways</c><00:41:15.210><c> of</c><00:41:15.429><c> the</c><00:41:15.630><c> world,</c><00:41:16.750><c> are</c><00:41:16.929><c> we</c><00:41:17.070><c> not</c><00:41:17.329><c> just</c><00:41:17.610><c> as</c><00:41:17.849><c> guilty?</c>

00:41:19.130 --> 00:41:23.110
If<00:41:19.389><c> we</c><00:41:19.730><c> dabble</c><00:41:20.030><c> in</c><00:41:20.190><c> the</c><00:41:20.389><c> things</c><00:41:20.670><c> of</c><00:41:21.010><c> this</c><00:41:21.269><c> life,</c><00:41:22.489><c> are</c><00:41:22.710><c> we</c><00:41:22.869><c> not</c>

00:41:23.110 --> 00:41:25.090
just<00:41:23.429><c> as</c><00:41:23.690><c> guilty</c><00:41:23.949><c> as</c><00:41:24.210><c> them?</c>

00:41:26.230 --> 00:41:31.289
We<00:41:26.789><c> are</c><00:41:27.170><c> living</c><00:41:27.610><c> like</c><00:41:28.110><c> they</c><00:41:28.449><c> were</c><00:41:28.829><c> at</c><00:41:29.369><c> an</c><00:41:29.590><c> end</c><00:41:29.829><c> of</c><00:41:29.989><c> an</c><00:41:30.170><c> age.</c>

00:41:32.289 --> 00:41:36.630
More<00:41:32.610><c> than</c><00:41:32.789><c> ever</c><00:41:33.030><c> before,</c><00:41:34.329><c> we</c><00:41:34.590><c> can</c><00:41:34.909><c> see</c><00:41:35.150><c> that</c><00:41:35.389><c> day</c><00:41:35.610><c> approaching.</c>

00:41:36.789 --> 00:41:40.630
We<00:41:37.389><c> need</c><00:41:37.730><c> to</c><00:41:37.989><c> hold</c><00:41:38.429><c> fast</c><00:41:38.849><c> to</c><00:41:39.070><c> the</c><00:41:39.250><c> grace</c><00:41:39.489><c> of</c><00:41:39.769><c> God.</c>

00:41:44.130 --> 00:41:47.449
It<00:41:44.730><c> is</c><00:41:44.929><c> very</c><00:41:45.210><c> obvious</c><00:41:45.590><c> to</c><00:41:45.869><c> all</c><00:41:46.130><c> who</c><00:41:46.309><c> know</c><00:41:46.530><c> anything</c><00:41:46.849><c> about</c><00:41:47.190><c> the</c>

00:41:47.449 --> 00:41:52.289
truth<00:41:47.889><c> that</c><00:41:48.849><c> we</c><00:41:49.050><c> are</c><00:41:49.250><c> living</c><00:41:49.670><c> in</c><00:41:50.489><c> the</c><00:41:50.650><c> very</c><00:41:51.030><c> last</c><00:41:51.489><c> days</c><00:41:51.989><c> of</c>

00:41:52.289 --> 00:41:53.829
Gentile<00:41:52.889><c> time.</c>

00:41:54.110 --> 00:41:56.889
In<00:41:54.469><c> the</c><00:41:54.670><c> very</c><00:41:54.949><c> day</c><00:41:55.210><c> of</c><00:41:55.449><c> our</c><00:41:55.610><c> Lord's</c><00:41:56.030><c> appearing.</c>

00:41:58.030 --> 00:42:03.349
It<00:41:58.150><c> is</c><00:41:58.349><c> time</c><00:41:58.670><c> for</c><00:41:58.949><c> us</c><00:41:59.969><c> to</c><00:42:00.449><c> heed</c><00:42:00.690><c> the</c><00:42:01.030><c> exhortation</c><00:42:02.349><c> about</c><00:42:03.110><c> the</c>

00:42:03.349 --> 00:42:05.610
days<00:42:03.570><c> of</c><00:42:03.889><c> Noah</c><00:42:04.070><c> and</c><00:42:04.289><c> the</c><00:42:04.429><c> days</c><00:42:04.570><c> of</c><00:42:04.829><c> Lot.</c>

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Today<00:42:07.210><c> we</c><00:42:07.849><c> need</c><00:42:08.130><c> a</c><00:42:08.409><c> living</c><00:42:08.630><c> and</c><00:42:08.869><c> a</c><00:42:09.030><c> virile</c><00:42:09.429><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:42:11.789><c> there</c><00:42:11.949><c> is</c><00:42:12.150><c> no</c><00:42:12.409><c> motive</c><00:42:12.690><c> force</c><00:42:13.289><c> that</c><00:42:14.090><c> will</c><00:42:14.269><c> be</c><00:42:14.510><c> sufficient</c>

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to<00:42:16.170><c> help</c><00:42:16.409><c> us</c><00:42:16.730><c> to</c><00:42:16.889><c> gain</c><00:42:17.070><c> that</c><00:42:17.349><c> kingdom</c><00:42:18.230><c> than</c><00:42:18.789><c> that.</c>

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Paul<00:42:21.050><c> says</c><00:42:21.349><c> in</c><00:42:21.489><c> his</c><00:42:21.690><c> 26th</c><00:42:22.909><c> verse,</c><00:42:22.989><c> quoting</c><00:42:23.309><c> from</c><00:42:23.690><c> Haggai,</c>

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Yet<00:42:25.170><c> once</c><00:42:25.630><c> more</c><00:42:25.989><c> I</c><00:42:26.710><c> shake</c><00:42:27.010><c> not</c><00:42:27.530><c> the</c><00:42:27.849><c> earth</c><00:42:28.050><c> only,</c><00:42:29.070><c> but</c><00:42:29.309><c> also</c><00:42:29.829><c> heaven.</c>

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Verse<00:42:31.329><c> 27,</c><00:42:32.110><c> And</c><00:42:32.750><c> this</c><00:42:33.070><c> word</c><00:42:33.369><c> yet</c><00:42:33.650><c> once</c><00:42:34.070><c> more</c><00:42:34.289><c> signifieth</c><00:42:34.969><c> the</c>

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removing<00:42:35.650><c> of</c><00:42:35.909><c> those</c><00:42:36.250><c> things</c><00:42:36.489><c> that</c><00:42:36.650><c> are</c><00:42:36.909><c> shaken,</c>

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As<00:42:38.690><c> the</c><00:42:38.949><c> things</c><00:42:39.469><c> that</c><00:42:40.070><c> are</c><00:42:40.409><c> made,</c><00:42:41.469><c> that</c><00:42:41.750><c> those</c><00:42:42.150><c> things</c><00:42:42.489><c> which</c>

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cannot<00:42:43.130><c> be</c><00:42:43.469><c> shaken</c><00:42:43.949><c> may</c><00:42:44.570><c> remain.</c>

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How<00:42:46.110><c> often</c><00:42:46.429><c> do</c><00:42:46.650><c> we</c><00:42:46.829><c> warn</c><00:42:47.030><c> our</c><00:42:47.309><c> Gentile</c><00:42:47.829><c> friends</c><00:42:48.150><c> of</c><00:42:48.369><c> God's</c>

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impending<00:42:49.309><c> judgments?</c>

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Of<00:42:51.010><c> this</c><00:42:51.269><c> time</c><00:42:51.550><c> of</c><00:42:51.829><c> trouble</c><00:42:52.449><c> that</c><00:42:52.750><c> is</c><00:42:53.030><c> coming,</c><00:42:54.550><c> such</c><00:42:54.750><c> as</c><00:42:54.949><c> this</c>

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earth<00:42:55.349><c> has</c><00:42:55.630><c> never</c><00:42:55.969><c> experienced</c><00:42:56.630><c> before.</c>

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Of<00:42:58.190><c> this</c><00:42:58.469><c> time</c><00:42:59.010><c> when</c><00:42:59.489><c> Yahweh</c><00:42:59.869><c> will</c><00:43:00.150><c> gather</c><00:43:00.409><c> all</c><00:43:00.769><c> the</c><00:43:00.909><c> nations</c>

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to<00:43:01.489><c> Jerusalem</c><00:43:02.050><c> to</c><00:43:02.369><c> battle.</c>

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Of<00:43:04.949><c> this</c><00:43:05.210><c> time</c><00:43:05.530><c> when</c><00:43:05.750><c> Yahweh</c><00:43:06.110><c> will</c><00:43:06.250><c> go</c><00:43:06.550><c> forth</c><00:43:06.909><c> and</c><00:43:07.150><c> fight</c><00:43:07.429><c> against</c><00:43:07.750><c> those</c><00:43:08.050><c> nations</c><00:43:08.429><c> as</c>

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when<00:43:08.730><c> He</c><00:43:08.949><c> fought</c><00:43:09.170><c> in</c><00:43:09.349><c> the</c><00:43:09.429><c> day</c><00:43:09.590><c> of</c><00:43:09.849><c> battle.</c>

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Of<00:43:11.590><c> this</c><00:43:11.889><c> time</c><00:43:12.409><c> when</c><00:43:12.710><c> Yahweh</c><00:43:13.090><c> will</c><00:43:13.349><c> arise</c><00:43:13.670><c> to</c><00:43:14.050><c> shake</c><00:43:14.289><c> terribly</c>

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the<00:43:15.110><c> earth,</c>

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When<00:43:16.789><c> all</c><00:43:17.130><c> men</c><00:43:17.409><c> that</c><00:43:17.570><c> are</c><00:43:17.730><c> upon</c><00:43:17.969><c> the</c><00:43:18.230><c> face</c><00:43:18.409><c> of</c><00:43:18.630><c> the</c><00:43:18.789><c> earth</c><00:43:19.210><c> shall</c><00:43:19.670><c> shake</c><00:43:20.389><c> at</c>

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My<00:43:21.349><c> presence,</c><00:43:21.730><c> He</c><00:43:21.889><c> says.</c>

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But<00:43:24.489><c> my</c><00:43:24.690><c> dear</c><00:43:24.889><c> brethren</c><00:43:25.190><c> and</c><00:43:25.449><c> sisters,</c><00:43:26.789><c> do</c><00:43:26.989><c> we</c><00:43:27.190><c> really</c><00:43:27.530><c> believe</c><00:43:27.969><c> these</c>

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things<00:43:28.550><c> ourselves?</c>

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Wherefore,<00:43:32.070><c> we</c><00:43:32.409><c> receiving</c><00:43:32.849><c> a</c><00:43:33.190><c> kingdom</c><00:43:33.429><c> which</c><00:43:33.789><c> cannot</c><00:43:34.030><c> be</c><00:43:34.369><c> moved,</c><00:43:35.570><c> let</c>

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us<00:43:35.909><c> have</c><00:43:36.150><c> grace,</c>

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Whereby<00:43:37.730><c> we</c><00:43:37.929><c> may</c><00:43:38.269><c> serve</c><00:43:38.690><c> God</c><00:43:39.090><c> acceptably</c><00:43:40.050><c> with</c><00:43:40.690><c> reverence</c><00:43:41.250><c> and</c><00:43:41.530><c> godly</c><00:43:41.989><c> fear,</c><00:43:43.409><c> for</c><00:43:43.730><c> our</c><00:43:44.130><c> God</c><00:43:44.510><c> is</c>

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a<00:43:45.530><c> consuming</c><00:43:46.030><c> fire.</c>

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What<00:43:49.309><c> a</c><00:43:49.610><c> magnificent</c><00:43:50.110><c> hope</c><00:43:50.369><c> we</c><00:43:50.670><c> have.</c><00:43:52.650><c> What</c><00:43:52.849><c> a</c><00:43:53.110><c> wonderful</c><00:43:53.489><c> future</c><00:43:53.969><c> is</c>

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set<00:43:54.469><c> before</c><00:43:54.789><c> us.</c>

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So<00:43:57.369><c> let</c><00:43:57.530><c> us</c><00:43:58.610><c> present</c><00:43:59.230><c> our</c><00:43:59.670><c> bodies</c><00:44:00.090><c> a</c><00:44:00.929><c> living</c><00:44:01.309><c> sacrifice</c><00:44:02.250><c> acceptable</c><00:44:03.809><c> unto</c>

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our<00:44:05.110><c> God.</c>

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And<00:44:06.849><c> so</c><00:44:07.030><c> as</c><00:44:07.230><c> we</c><00:44:07.349><c> go</c><00:44:07.550><c> from</c><00:44:07.750><c> this</c><00:44:08.070><c> school,</c><00:44:09.250><c> let</c><00:44:09.429><c> us</c><00:44:09.710><c> determine</c><00:44:10.130><c> in</c>

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our<00:44:10.610><c> hearts</c><00:44:11.409><c> to</c><00:44:12.349><c> contend</c><00:44:13.469><c> earnestly</c><00:44:14.150><c> for</c><00:44:14.409><c> that</c><00:44:14.769><c> faith</c><00:44:15.389><c> that</c>

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has<00:44:16.070><c> been</c><00:44:16.269><c> given</c><00:44:16.429><c> to</c><00:44:16.670><c> us.</c>

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We<00:44:18.590><c> close</c><00:44:18.789><c> with</c><00:44:19.010><c> the</c><00:44:19.150><c> words</c><00:44:19.369><c> of</c><00:44:19.590><c> Hebrews</c><00:44:19.909><c> 13</c><00:44:20.389><c> at</c><00:44:20.590><c> verse</c><00:44:20.789><c> 20.</c>

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May<00:44:22.329><c> the</c><00:44:22.630><c> God</c><00:44:22.849><c> of</c><00:44:23.050><c> peace</c><00:44:23.750><c> that</c><00:44:24.429><c> brought</c><00:44:24.750><c> again</c><00:44:25.110><c> from</c><00:44:25.389><c> the</c><00:44:25.610><c> dead</c>

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our<00:44:25.989><c> Lord</c><00:44:26.230><c> Jesus,</c>

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That<00:44:27.550><c> great</c><00:44:28.010><c> shepherd</c><00:44:28.309><c> of</c><00:44:28.510><c> the</c><00:44:28.690><c> sheep</c><00:44:29.309><c> through</c><00:44:29.949><c> the</c><00:44:30.269><c> blood</c><00:44:30.389><c> of</c>

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the<00:44:30.849><c> everlasting</c><00:44:31.369><c> covenant,</c>

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Make<00:44:33.309><c> you</c><00:44:33.710><c> perfect</c><00:44:34.289><c> in</c><00:44:35.369><c> every</c><00:44:35.750><c> good</c><00:44:36.110><c> work</c><00:44:36.590><c> to</c><00:44:37.349><c> do</c><00:44:37.570><c> His</c><00:44:37.909><c> will,</c>

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Working<00:44:39.510><c> in</c><00:44:39.909><c> you</c><00:44:40.389><c> that</c><00:44:40.809><c> which</c><00:44:41.050><c> is</c><00:44:41.329><c> well</c><00:44:41.670><c> pleasing</c><00:44:41.949><c> in</c><00:44:42.190><c> His</c>

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sight<00:44:43.289><c> through</c><00:44:43.909><c> Jesus</c><00:44:44.409><c> Christ,</c>

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To<00:44:46.190><c> whom</c><00:44:46.630><c> be</c><00:44:47.349><c> glory</c><00:44:47.769><c> forever</c><00:44:48.210><c> and</c><00:44:48.469><c> ever.</c><00:44:49.469><c> Amen.</c>