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We<00:13:38.120><c> patiently</c><00:13:38.519><c> wait,</c><00:13:39.120><c> and</c><00:13:39.440><c> we</c><00:13:39.700><c> hope</c><00:13:40.039><c> that</c><00:13:40.559><c> this</c><00:13:40.820><c> will</c><00:13:40.980><c> lead</c><00:13:41.159><c> to</c><00:13:41.360><c> salvation.</c>

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his<00:13:59.639><c> stripes</c><00:14:00.059><c> we</c><00:14:00.799><c> are</c><00:14:01.100><c> healed.</c>

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What<00:14:04.779><c> is</c><00:14:04.960><c> our</c><00:14:05.179><c> charge?</c>

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We<00:14:07.240><c> are</c><00:14:07.480><c> called</c><00:14:07.639><c> then</c><00:14:07.919><c> to</c><00:14:08.080><c> be</c><00:14:08.259><c> holy.</c>

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Peter,<00:14:11.440><c> a</c><00:14:11.720><c> disciple,</c><00:14:13.440><c> an</c><00:14:13.679><c> ambassador,</c><00:14:15.240><c> a</c><00:14:15.620><c> delegate,</c><00:14:16.919><c> instructs</c><00:14:17.379><c> us</c><00:14:17.720><c> in</c>

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Wherefore<00:14:21.120><c> gird</c><00:14:21.360><c> up</c><00:14:21.539><c> the</c><00:14:21.759><c> loins</c><00:14:21.940><c> of</c><00:14:22.080><c> your</c><00:14:22.259><c> mind,</c><00:14:23.240><c> be</c><00:14:23.559><c> sober,</c>

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and<00:14:24.480><c> hope</c><00:14:24.679><c> to</c><00:14:24.899><c> the</c><00:14:25.039><c> end</c><00:14:25.220><c> for</c><00:14:25.379><c> the</c><00:14:25.600><c> grace</c>

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that<00:14:26.000><c> is</c><00:14:26.179><c> to</c><00:14:26.299><c> be</c><00:14:26.480><c> brought</c><00:14:26.720><c> unto</c><00:14:26.919><c> you</c><00:14:27.259><c> at</c><00:14:27.440><c> the</c><00:14:27.639><c> revelation</c><00:14:28.019><c> of</c>

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Jesus<00:14:28.480><c> Christ.</c>

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Our<00:14:48.460><c> charge</c><00:14:48.860><c> is</c><00:14:49.159><c> to</c><00:14:49.379><c> prepare</c><00:14:49.559><c> ourselves</c><00:14:50.120><c> for</c><00:14:50.320><c> the</c><00:14:50.539><c> trials</c><00:14:50.779><c> that</c><00:14:50.980><c> we</c>

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passions<00:14:59.639><c> and</c><00:14:59.940><c> desires</c><00:15:00.620><c> will</c><00:15:01.139><c> do</c><00:15:01.299><c> their</c><00:15:01.539><c> best</c><00:15:01.919><c> to</c><00:15:02.259><c> overtake</c><00:15:02.639><c> us.</c>

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dead,<00:16:25.679><c> and</c><00:16:25.940><c> gave</c><00:16:26.159><c> him</c><00:16:26.379><c> glory,</c><00:16:27.419><c> that</c>

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amount<00:16:39.700><c> of</c><00:16:39.940><c> wealth</c><00:16:40.259><c> that</c><00:16:40.840><c> could</c><00:16:41.120><c> purchase</c><00:16:41.940><c> salvation</c><00:16:42.879><c> for</c><00:16:43.779><c> us.</c>

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Good<00:16:46.059><c> thing,</c><00:16:46.500><c> because</c><00:16:47.000><c> I</c><00:16:47.580><c> don't</c><00:16:47.720><c> think</c><00:16:47.860><c> I'd</c><00:16:48.019><c> be</c><00:16:48.080><c> able</c><00:16:48.240><c> to</c><00:16:48.360><c> afford</c><00:16:48.539><c> it.</c>

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servitude<00:17:03.600><c> to</c><00:17:03.799><c> God</c><00:17:04.059><c> his</c><00:17:04.319><c> Father,</c>

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healing,<00:17:12.599><c> and</c><00:17:12.700><c> at</c><00:17:12.940><c> every</c><00:17:13.160><c> miracle.</c><00:17:15.279><c> His</c><00:17:15.539><c> life</c><00:17:15.759><c> was</c><00:17:16.019><c> meant</c><00:17:16.240><c> to</c>

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direct<00:17:16.740><c> our</c><00:17:16.980><c> hope</c><00:17:17.160><c> to</c><00:17:17.339><c> God,</c><00:17:18.539><c> to</c><00:17:18.779><c> glorify</c>

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his<00:17:19.480><c> name</c><00:17:19.660><c> in</c><00:17:19.880><c> all</c><00:17:20.099><c> the</c><00:17:20.299><c> earth,</c><00:17:20.799><c> so</c><00:17:20.940><c> that</c><00:17:21.200><c> all</c><00:17:21.400><c> might</c><00:17:21.599><c> come</c><00:17:21.839><c> to</c>

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an<00:17:22.119><c> understanding</c><00:17:22.559><c> and</c><00:17:22.740><c> a</c><00:17:22.920><c> knowledge,</c>

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and<00:17:24.900><c> to</c><00:17:25.079><c> give</c><00:17:25.220><c> our</c><00:17:25.440><c> will</c><00:17:25.539><c> up</c><00:17:25.700><c> to</c><00:17:25.880><c> him,</c><00:17:26.920><c> just</c><00:17:27.099><c> as</c><00:17:27.319><c> Jesus</c><00:17:27.680><c> himself</c>

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did.<00:17:31.299><c> His</c><00:17:31.740><c> life</c><00:17:31.980><c> and</c><00:17:32.180><c> death</c><00:17:32.359><c> gave</c><00:17:32.559><c> us</c><00:17:32.759><c> an</c>

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opportunity<00:17:33.339><c> to</c><00:17:33.599><c> live</c><00:17:33.819><c> forever</c><00:17:34.380><c> in</c><00:17:34.839><c> that</c><00:17:34.980><c> eternal</c><00:17:35.339><c> kingdom</c>

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with<00:17:36.339><c> him.</c>

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So<00:17:39.099><c> as</c><00:17:39.220><c> we</c><00:17:39.400><c> approach</c><00:17:39.619><c> the</c><00:17:39.799><c> table</c><00:17:40.000><c> of</c><00:17:40.240><c> remembrance</c><00:17:40.440><c> this</c><00:17:40.759><c> morning,</c><00:17:41.339><c> with</c>

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the<00:17:41.759><c> bread</c><00:17:41.859><c> and</c><00:17:41.980><c> the</c><00:17:42.180><c> wine,</c>

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I'd<00:17:43.819><c> like</c><00:17:43.900><c> to</c><00:17:44.180><c> revisit</c><00:17:44.700><c> verse</c><00:17:45.180><c> one</c><00:17:45.339><c> of</c><00:17:45.480><c> the</c><00:17:45.660><c> chapter</c><00:17:45.980><c> and</c><00:17:46.420><c> slightly</c><00:17:46.839><c> edit</c>

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the<00:17:47.400><c> greeting.</c>

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Brother<00:17:50.400><c> Rich,</c><00:17:52.839><c> Brother</c><00:17:53.099><c> Butch,</c><00:17:55.700><c> Brother</c><00:17:55.900><c> Jason</c><00:17:56.279><c> and</c><00:17:56.500><c> Sister</c>

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Jim,<00:17:58.960><c> Brother</c><00:17:59.240><c> Jim</c><00:17:59.740><c> and</c><00:18:00.380><c> Brother</c><00:18:00.619><c> Phil,</c>

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Brother<00:18:02.720><c> Joel,</c><00:18:04.319><c> Brother</c><00:18:04.460><c> Chris</c><00:18:04.940><c> and</c><00:18:05.220><c> Sister</c><00:18:05.500><c> Bonnie,</c><00:18:07.339><c> Brother</c><00:18:07.500><c> Bob,</c>

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and<00:18:09.640><c> to</c><00:18:09.799><c> all</c><00:18:10.059><c> those</c><00:18:10.940><c> in</c><00:18:11.519><c> this</c><00:18:11.720><c> Stoughten</c>

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Ecclesia,<00:18:13.680><c> apostles,</c><00:18:15.559><c> delegates,</c><00:18:17.599><c> ambassadors</c><00:18:18.339><c> of</c><00:18:19.940><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ,<00:18:22.400><c> to</c><00:18:22.720><c> the</c><00:18:23.019><c> strangers</c><00:18:23.480><c> scattered</c>

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throughout<00:18:24.440><c> the</c><00:18:24.720><c> world,</c><00:18:25.819><c> grace</c><00:18:26.160><c> unto</c><00:18:26.480><c> you,</c><00:18:27.980><c> and</c><00:18:28.220><c> peace</c><00:18:28.839><c> be</c><00:18:29.359><c> multiplied.</c>

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Seeing<00:18:32.180><c> that</c><00:18:32.380><c> ye</c><00:18:32.559><c> have</c><00:18:32.779><c> purified</c><00:18:33.220><c> your</c><00:18:33.480><c> souls</c><00:18:33.759><c> and</c><00:18:33.960><c> obeying</c>

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the<00:18:34.539><c> truth</c><00:18:34.779><c> through</c><00:18:35.019><c> the</c><00:18:35.279><c> Spirit</c><00:18:35.559><c> unto</c>

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unfeigned<00:18:36.500><c> love</c><00:18:36.819><c> of</c><00:18:37.000><c> the</c><00:18:37.160><c> brethren,</c><00:18:38.220><c> see</c><00:18:38.359><c> that</c><00:18:38.539><c> ye</c><00:18:38.799><c> love</c><00:18:39.039><c> one</c>

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another<00:18:39.559><c> with</c><00:18:39.819><c> a</c><00:18:40.059><c> pure</c><00:18:40.480><c> heart</c><00:18:41.519><c> fervently,</c>

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being<00:18:43.779><c> born</c><00:18:44.079><c> again</c><00:18:44.519><c> not</c><00:18:44.859><c> of</c><00:18:45.140><c> corruptible</c><00:18:45.660><c> seed,</c><00:18:46.420><c> but</c><00:18:46.559><c> of</c><00:18:46.839><c> incorruptible,</c><00:18:48.160><c> by</c>

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the<00:18:48.559><c> word</c><00:18:48.700><c> of</c><00:18:48.940><c> God,</c>

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which<00:18:49.740><c> liveth</c><00:18:50.359><c> and</c><00:18:50.900><c> abideth</c><00:18:51.680><c> forever.</c><00:18:55.019><c> For</c><00:18:55.400><c> all</c><00:18:55.859><c> flesh</c><00:18:56.200><c> is</c><00:18:56.579><c> as</c>

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grass,<00:18:57.980><c> and</c><00:18:58.240><c> all</c><00:18:58.460><c> the</c><00:18:58.640><c> glory</c>

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of<00:18:58.940><c> man</c><00:18:59.279><c> as</c><00:18:59.519><c> the</c><00:18:59.759><c> flower</c><00:19:00.039><c> of</c><00:19:00.299><c> grass,</c><00:19:01.599><c> the</c><00:19:01.799><c> grass</c><00:19:02.180><c> withereth</c>

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and<00:19:03.579><c> the</c><00:19:03.839><c> flower</c><00:19:04.079><c> thereof</c><00:19:05.180><c> falleth</c><00:19:05.680><c> away.</c>

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But<00:19:07.960><c> the</c><00:19:08.200><c> word</c><00:19:08.359><c> of</c><00:19:08.539><c> the</c><00:19:08.740><c> Lord</c><00:19:09.579><c> endureth</c><00:19:11.220><c> forever,</c><00:19:13.220><c> and</c><00:19:13.559><c> this</c>

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is<00:19:13.980><c> the</c><00:19:14.119><c> word</c><00:19:14.539><c> which</c><00:19:14.900><c> by</c><00:19:15.099><c> the</c><00:19:15.299><c> gospel</c><00:19:15.759><c> is</c>

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preached<00:19:17.200><c> unto</c><00:19:17.880><c> you,</c><00:19:18.920><c> and</c><00:19:19.059><c> it</c><00:19:19.200><c> is</c><00:19:19.319><c> our</c><00:19:19.539><c> charge</c><00:19:19.880><c> to</c><00:19:20.200><c> preach</c><00:19:20.759><c> unto</c><00:19:21.160><c> all</c>

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that<00:19:22.000><c> we</c><00:19:22.140><c> come</c><00:19:22.319><c> across.</c>

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So,<00:19:24.640><c> in</c><00:19:24.640><c> closing,</c><00:19:26.059><c> be</c><00:19:26.220><c> not</c><00:19:26.460><c> conformed</c><00:19:26.960><c> to</c><00:19:27.059><c> this</c><00:19:27.279><c> world,</c><00:19:28.099><c> brothers,</c><00:19:28.980><c> sisters,</c><00:19:29.680><c> friends,</c><00:19:30.819><c> and</c>

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young<00:19:31.160><c> people.</c>

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Renew<00:19:33.420><c> your</c><00:19:33.619><c> minds.</c><00:19:35.440><c> Go</c><00:19:35.700><c> forth</c><00:19:36.039><c> and</c><00:19:36.259><c> share</c><00:19:36.579><c> the</c><00:19:36.779><c> good</c><00:19:36.960><c> news</c>

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that<00:19:37.420><c> the</c><00:19:37.619><c> eternal</c><00:19:37.900><c> kingdom</c><00:19:38.200><c> that</c><00:19:38.339><c> has</c><00:19:38.519><c> been</c>

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promised<00:19:39.119><c> is</c><00:19:39.460><c> surely</c><00:19:39.680><c> to</c><00:19:39.900><c> come,</c><00:19:41.160><c> and</c><00:19:41.400><c> we</c><00:19:41.619><c> wait</c><00:19:41.740><c> on</c><00:19:42.000><c> that</c><00:19:42.220><c> day</c>

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where<00:19:44.180><c> the</c><00:19:44.420><c> whole</c><00:19:44.740><c> world</c><00:19:45.140><c> will</c><00:19:45.440><c> know</c><00:19:46.079><c> that</c>

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Jesus<00:19:47.619><c> Christ,</c><00:19:48.740><c> the</c><00:19:48.900><c> Son</c><00:19:49.039><c> of</c><00:19:49.220><c> the</c><00:19:49.319><c> Living</c><00:19:49.519><c> God,</c><00:19:50.759><c> has</c><00:19:50.960><c> returned</c>

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and<00:19:52.220><c> will</c><00:19:52.460><c> reign</c><00:19:53.099><c> forever.</c><00:19:54.460><c> Amen.</c>