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fulfilled.<00:17:44.089><c> I</c><00:17:44.250><c> think</c><00:17:44.410><c> it's</c><00:17:44.549><c> brother</c><00:17:44.809><c> Alfred</c><00:17:45.029><c> Norris</c><00:17:45.349><c> in</c><00:17:45.529><c> his</c>

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on<00:17:54.230><c> his</c><00:17:54.430><c> face</c><00:17:54.609><c> but</c><00:17:54.809><c> now</c><00:17:55.309><c> Peter</c><00:17:55.650><c> stood</c><00:17:55.970><c> up</c><00:17:56.849><c> and</c><00:17:57.349><c> he</c><00:17:57.569><c> stood</c><00:17:57.690><c> up</c><00:17:57.910><c> brothers</c><00:17:58.150><c> and</c><00:17:58.349><c> sisters</c><00:17:58.630><c> not</c><00:17:58.930><c> because</c><00:17:59.609><c> he</c>

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perhaps<00:25:05.339><c> the</c><00:25:05.559><c> Holy</c><00:25:05.740><c> Spirit</c><00:25:06.160><c> had</c><00:25:06.420><c> brought</c><00:25:06.579><c> them</c><00:25:06.819><c> so</c><00:25:07.160><c> clearly</c>

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but<00:25:12.640><c> whatever</c><00:25:13.180><c> the</c><00:25:13.440><c> reason</c><00:25:13.900><c> Peter</c><00:25:14.640><c> now</c><00:25:15.119><c> quotes</c><00:25:15.480><c> almost</c><00:25:15.960><c> verbatim</c><00:25:16.539><c> what</c>

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Jesus<00:25:17.099><c> had</c><00:25:17.460><c> said</c><00:25:17.700><c> there</c><00:25:18.079><c> had</c><00:25:18.440><c> to</c><00:25:18.720><c> be</c><00:25:19.539><c> one</c>

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had<00:25:24.380><c> witnessed</c><00:25:24.819><c> all</c><00:25:25.339><c> things</c><00:25:25.720><c> from</c><00:25:26.019><c> the</c><00:25:26.240><c> beginning</c>

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whether<00:25:33.059><c> of</c><00:25:33.279><c> Jesus</c><00:25:33.920><c> or</c><00:25:34.279><c> of</c><00:25:34.500><c> those</c><00:25:34.720><c> who</c><00:25:34.940><c> came</c>

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to<00:25:35.140><c> him</c><00:25:35.500><c> repentant</c><00:25:36.759><c> right</c><00:25:37.279><c> up</c><00:25:37.519><c> to</c><00:25:37.700><c> the</c><00:25:37.880><c> resurrection</c><00:25:38.420><c> and</c><00:25:39.200><c> the</c>

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ascension<00:25:39.799><c> of</c><00:25:40.019><c> the</c><00:25:40.180><c> Lord</c><00:25:40.859><c> someone</c><00:25:41.819><c> who</c><00:25:42.259><c> had</c>

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witnessed<00:25:42.960><c> all</c><00:25:43.640><c> those</c><00:25:44.099><c> things</c><00:25:45.059><c> it's</c><00:25:48.539><c> interesting</c><00:25:49.019><c> to</c><00:25:49.299><c> brothers</c><00:25:49.579><c> and</c><00:25:49.819><c> sisters</c><00:25:50.140><c> to</c>

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notice<00:25:51.380><c> Peter's</c><00:25:52.079><c> attitude</c>

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here<00:25:53.380><c> there's</c><00:25:54.839><c> no</c><00:25:55.319><c> great</c><00:25:55.759><c> long</c><00:25:56.359><c> spiel</c><00:25:56.940><c> about</c><00:25:57.480><c> what</c><00:25:58.119><c> Judas</c><00:25:58.519><c> had</c>

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done<00:26:00.440><c> Peter</c><00:26:01.619><c> well</c><00:26:01.960><c> understood</c><00:26:02.599><c> that</c><00:26:02.980><c> that</c><00:26:03.640><c> too</c><00:26:04.059><c> had</c>

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been<00:26:04.819><c> full</c><00:26:05.059><c> fill</c><00:26:05.279><c> in</c><00:26:05.599><c> fulfillment</c><00:26:06.099><c> of</c><00:26:06.359><c> the</c><00:26:06.519><c> scriptures</c><00:26:07.000><c> so</c><00:26:08.759><c> there</c><00:26:08.940><c> is</c>

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no<00:26:09.299><c> bitter</c><00:26:09.640><c> diatribe</c><00:26:10.519><c> about</c><00:26:10.880><c> Judas's</c>

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treachery<00:26:14.240><c> though</c><00:26:14.799><c> we</c><00:26:15.099><c> might</c><00:26:15.500><c> from</c><00:26:15.980><c> a</c><00:26:16.160><c> human</c><00:26:16.359><c> point</c><00:26:16.720><c> of</c><00:26:17.180><c> view</c>

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have<00:26:17.619><c> expected</c><00:26:18.099><c> that</c><00:26:18.440><c> sort</c><00:26:18.619><c> of</c><00:26:18.799><c> thing</c><00:26:19.440><c> there</c><00:26:21.839><c> are</c>

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just<00:26:22.359><c> a</c><00:26:22.640><c> couple</c><00:26:22.900><c> of</c><00:26:23.819><c> very</c><00:26:24.099><c> interesting</c><00:26:24.740><c> illusions</c><00:26:25.220><c> that</c><00:26:25.500><c> we</c>

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haven't<00:26:25.960><c> time</c><00:26:26.140><c> to</c><00:26:26.259><c> go</c><00:26:26.380><c> into</c><00:26:26.539><c> this</c><00:26:26.819><c> morning</c><00:26:27.079><c> but</c><00:26:27.279><c> you</c>

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consider<00:26:29.180><c> why</c><00:26:29.940><c> they</c><00:26:30.259><c> are</c><00:26:30.500><c> there</c><00:26:31.140><c> a</c><00:26:31.519><c> couple</c><00:26:31.740><c> of</c><00:26:32.000><c> interesting</c><00:26:32.279><c> illusions</c><00:26:32.900><c> to</c><00:26:33.980><c> Balaam</c><00:26:34.819><c> in</c><00:26:35.339><c> this</c><00:26:35.599><c> regard</c><00:26:36.500><c> chapter</c><00:26:38.180><c> 1</c><00:26:38.480><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:46.099><c> reward</c><00:26:46.759><c> of</c><00:26:47.180><c> iniquity</c><00:26:48.119><c> you</c><00:26:48.579><c> can</c><00:26:48.880><c> find</c><00:26:49.160><c> that</c>

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in<00:26:49.940><c> 2</c><00:26:50.240><c> Peter</c><00:26:50.619><c> chapter</c><00:26:51.000><c> 2</c><00:26:51.460><c> and</c><00:26:51.680><c> verse</c><00:26:51.859><c> 13</c><00:26:52.380><c> concerning</c><00:26:53.180><c> Balaam</c><00:26:55.039><c> and</c><00:26:55.480><c> again</c><00:26:55.660><c> in</c><00:26:55.839><c> Acts</c><00:26:56.000><c> 1</c>

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and<00:26:56.299><c> verse</c><00:26:56.480><c> 25</c><00:26:57.599><c> that</c><00:26:58.420><c> he</c>

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may<00:26:58.799><c> take</c><00:26:59.079><c> part</c><00:26:59.279><c> in</c><00:26:59.420><c> this</c><00:26:59.680><c> ministry</c><00:27:00.039><c> and</c><00:27:00.259><c> apostleship</c><00:27:00.900><c> from</c>

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which<00:27:01.359><c> Judas</c><00:27:01.779><c> by</c><00:27:02.279><c> transgression</c><00:27:02.900><c> fell</c><00:27:03.319><c> that</c><00:27:03.839><c> he</c>

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might<00:27:04.420><c> go</c><00:27:04.900><c> to</c><00:27:05.160><c> his</c><00:27:05.420><c> own</c><00:27:05.859><c> place</c><00:27:06.400><c> and</c><00:27:07.039><c> that's</c><00:27:08.359><c> a</c><00:27:08.440><c> quotation</c><00:27:08.880><c> verbatim</c><00:27:10.240><c> from</c>

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numbers<00:27:11.220><c> 22</c><00:27:11.759><c> the</c><00:27:12.220><c> Septuagint</c><00:27:12.759><c> rendering</c>

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of<00:27:13.400><c> it</c><00:27:14.400><c> numbers</c><00:27:14.700><c> 22</c><00:27:15.240><c> and</c><00:27:15.420><c> verse</c><00:27:15.759><c> sorry</c><00:27:16.099><c> 24</c><00:27:16.700><c> and</c><00:27:17.039><c> verse</c><00:27:17.279><c> 25</c><00:27:18.200><c> interesting</c><00:27:20.440><c> isn't</c><00:27:20.680><c> it</c>

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that<00:27:21.119><c> Peter</c><00:27:21.359><c> should</c><00:27:22.259><c> see</c>

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some<00:27:25.039><c> representation</c><00:27:25.880><c> some</c><00:27:27.099><c> some</c><00:27:27.480><c> parallel</c><00:27:28.140><c> in</c><00:27:29.099><c> the</c><00:27:29.359><c> work</c><00:27:29.579><c> of</c>

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Balaam<00:27:30.700><c> with</c><00:27:31.119><c> that</c><00:27:31.480><c> of</c><00:27:31.759><c> Judas</c><00:27:32.039><c> Iscariot</c><00:27:33.960><c> well</c>

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they<00:27:36.059><c> select</c><00:27:36.579><c> those</c><00:27:37.200><c> who</c><00:27:37.559><c> were</c><00:27:37.900><c> suitable</c><00:27:38.400><c> for</c><00:27:38.839><c> this</c><00:27:39.200><c> work</c><00:27:39.619><c> those</c><00:27:40.299><c> who</c>

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would<00:27:40.740><c> make</c><00:27:41.039><c> a</c><00:27:41.319><c> witness</c><00:27:41.740><c> on</c><00:27:42.680><c> Peter's</c>

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advice<00:27:43.900><c> and</c><00:27:44.619><c> they</c><00:27:45.160><c> submit</c><00:27:45.579><c> the</c><00:27:45.880><c> final</c><00:27:46.220><c> choice</c><00:27:46.759><c> to</c><00:27:47.200><c> God</c><00:27:47.539><c> himself</c><00:27:48.240><c> because</c><00:27:48.940><c> as</c><00:27:49.160><c> we</c>

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said<00:27:49.720><c> the</c><00:27:49.980><c> original</c><00:27:50.440><c> choice</c>

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had<00:27:51.079><c> been</c><00:27:51.359><c> God's</c><00:27:52.299><c> Luke</c><00:27:52.559><c> 6</c><00:27:53.000><c> you</c><00:27:53.200><c> remember</c><00:27:53.640><c> how</c><00:27:53.920><c> it</c><00:27:54.140><c> says</c><00:27:54.380><c> that</c>

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Jesus<00:27:55.000><c> continued</c><00:27:55.880><c> all</c><00:27:56.339><c> night</c><00:27:56.579><c> in</c><00:27:56.960><c> prayer</c><00:27:57.619><c> and</c><00:27:58.119><c> when</c>

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and<00:28:01.539><c> from</c><00:28:02.000><c> them</c><00:28:02.299><c> or</c><00:28:02.579><c> of</c><00:28:03.079><c> them</c><00:28:03.559><c> he</c><00:28:04.079><c> chose</c>

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to<00:28:05.740><c> be</c><00:28:06.500><c> with</c><00:28:06.759><c> him</c><00:28:07.019><c> or</c><00:28:07.299><c> close</c><00:28:07.700><c> to</c><00:28:07.980><c> him</c><00:28:08.480><c> Jesus</c><00:28:10.440><c> had</c><00:28:10.779><c> asked</c><00:28:11.279><c> God</c><00:28:11.700><c> it</c>

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it<00:28:12.440><c> would</c><00:28:12.539><c> be</c><00:28:12.700><c> most</c><00:28:12.960><c> difficult</c><00:28:13.759><c> wouldn't</c><00:28:14.059><c> it</c><00:28:14.180><c> for</c>

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Jesus<00:28:14.940><c> deliberately</c><00:28:15.819><c> to</c><00:28:16.279><c> choose</c><00:28:16.640><c> the</c><00:28:17.079><c> traitor</c><00:28:17.579><c> be</c><00:28:18.759><c> very</c><00:28:19.079><c> hard</c>

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had<00:28:23.400><c> to</c><00:28:23.640><c> be</c><00:28:23.799><c> the</c><00:28:24.039><c> fathers</c><00:28:24.359><c> it</c><00:28:24.759><c> it</c><00:28:25.079><c> must</c><00:28:25.400><c> be</c><00:28:25.779><c> what</c><00:28:26.119><c> God</c><00:28:26.500><c> intended</c>

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what<00:28:27.299><c> God</c><00:28:27.579><c> wanted</c><00:28:28.039><c> for</c><00:28:28.400><c> him</c><00:28:29.039><c> and</c><00:28:29.859><c> he</c><00:28:30.140><c> knew</c>

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that<00:28:30.539><c> there</c><00:28:30.960><c> had</c><00:28:31.279><c> to</c><00:28:31.500><c> be</c><00:28:31.680><c> a</c><00:28:31.839><c> traitor</c><00:28:32.039><c> amongst</c><00:28:32.500><c> them</c><00:28:33.099><c> and</c><00:28:36.440><c> so</c><00:28:36.640><c> it</c>

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was<00:28:36.980><c> God's</c><00:28:37.440><c> choice</c><00:28:37.660><c> on</c><00:28:38.019><c> this</c><00:28:38.180><c> occasion</c><00:28:38.660><c> too</c><00:28:39.400><c> they</c>

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submitted<00:28:40.819><c> it</c><00:28:41.059><c> to</c><00:28:41.240><c> God</c><00:28:41.440><c> and</c><00:28:41.660><c> they</c><00:28:41.859><c> prayed</c><00:28:42.079><c> about</c><00:28:42.380><c> it</c><00:28:42.539><c> and</c><00:28:42.680><c> they</c>

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cast<00:28:43.200><c> lots</c><00:28:43.640><c> and</c><00:28:44.279><c> the</c><00:28:44.460><c> lot</c><00:28:44.599><c> fell</c><00:28:44.920><c> upon</c><00:28:45.319><c> Matthias</c><00:28:46.220><c> and</c>

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he<00:28:46.819><c> was</c><00:28:47.019><c> the</c><00:28:47.240><c> one</c><00:28:47.619><c> numbered</c><00:28:48.240><c> with</c><00:28:48.680><c> the</c><00:28:48.920><c> twelve</c><00:28:49.500><c> but</c><00:28:53.220><c> what</c><00:28:53.319><c> I</c><00:28:53.440><c> want</c><00:28:53.559><c> us</c>

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to<00:28:53.880><c> notice</c><00:28:54.160><c> particularly</c><00:28:54.799><c> here</c><00:28:55.119><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:28:55.400><c> sisters</c><00:28:55.980><c> is</c><00:28:57.019><c> the</c><00:28:57.359><c> way</c><00:28:57.599><c> in</c><00:28:57.799><c> which</c><00:28:58.220><c> in</c><00:28:58.640><c> this</c><00:28:58.940><c> incident</c><00:28:59.700><c> Peter</c><00:29:00.380><c> is</c>

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is<00:29:01.279><c> used</c><00:29:01.720><c> by</c><00:29:02.079><c> God</c><00:29:02.480><c> it's</c><00:29:02.920><c> Peter</c><00:29:03.180><c> who</c><00:29:03.640><c> stands</c><00:29:04.039><c> up</c>

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amen

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