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where<00:17:45.779><c> it</c><00:17:46.160><c> can</c><00:17:46.420><c> become</c><00:17:46.740><c> very</c><00:17:47.079><c> difficult</c><00:17:47.640><c> not</c><00:17:47.940><c> to</c><00:17:48.140><c> partake</c><00:17:48.519><c> of</c>

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He<00:17:56.819><c> didn't</c><00:17:57.079><c> partake</c><00:17:57.440><c> of</c><00:17:57.559><c> it.</c>

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brothers<00:18:02.740><c> and</c><00:18:02.980><c> sisters,</c>

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we<00:18:04.359><c> need</c><00:18:05.200><c> to</c><00:18:06.460><c> get</c><00:18:06.859><c> by</c><00:18:07.400><c> past</c><00:18:07.599><c> that</c><00:18:07.799><c> piece</c><00:18:08.039><c> of</c><00:18:08.200><c> fruit</c><00:18:08.339><c> too.</c>

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Cast<00:18:25.819><c> them</c><00:18:26.059><c> aside.</c><00:18:26.839><c> If</c><00:18:26.980><c> they're</c><00:18:27.240><c> not</c><00:18:27.440><c> beneficial</c><00:18:27.960><c> to</c><00:18:28.299><c> me,</c><00:18:29.000><c> then</c><00:18:29.180><c> I</c>

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I<00:18:43.160><c> know</c><00:18:43.440><c> thy</c><00:18:43.640><c> works</c><00:18:43.960><c> in</c><00:18:44.240><c> charity</c><00:18:44.559><c> and</c><00:18:44.900><c> service</c><00:18:45.240><c> and</c><00:18:45.539><c> faith,</c><00:18:46.839><c> thy</c><00:18:46.980><c> patience</c><00:18:47.519><c> and</c><00:18:47.779><c> thy</c><00:18:47.960><c> works,</c><00:18:49.359><c> and</c><00:18:49.559><c> the</c><00:18:49.779><c> last</c><00:18:50.079><c> to</c>

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speaks<00:18:57.480><c> volumes.</c>

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we<00:19:18.980><c> strive</c><00:19:19.359><c> to</c><00:19:19.660><c> improve,</c>

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Well,<00:21:30.859><c> to</c><00:21:31.119><c> have</c><00:21:31.279><c> your</c><00:21:31.599><c> name</c><00:21:31.880><c> not</c><00:21:32.440><c> blotted</c><00:21:32.839><c> out</c><00:21:33.259><c> of</c><00:21:33.420><c> the</c><00:21:33.539><c> book</c>

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Your<00:21:41.819><c> name</c><00:21:42.119><c> is</c><00:21:42.359><c> in</c><00:21:42.500><c> the</c><00:21:42.640><c> book</c><00:21:42.799><c> of</c><00:21:43.000><c> life.</c>

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reason<00:21:52.920><c> to</c><00:21:53.180><c> blot</c><00:21:53.339><c> it</c><00:21:53.519><c> out.</c>

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And<00:21:54.299><c> that's</c><00:21:54.440><c> what</c><00:21:54.539><c> he's</c><00:21:54.799><c> telling</c><00:21:55.039><c> this</c><00:21:55.339><c> ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:21:57.240><c> then</c><00:21:57.380><c> I</c><00:21:57.460><c> will</c><00:21:57.740><c> confess</c><00:21:58.099><c> you</c><00:21:58.380><c> before</c><00:21:58.640><c> my</c><00:21:58.920><c> father.</c>

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What<00:22:00.960><c> a</c><00:22:01.299><c> glorious</c><00:22:01.839><c> thing</c><00:22:02.579><c> for</c><00:22:02.880><c> us</c><00:22:03.119><c> to</c><00:22:03.839><c> hold</c><00:22:04.059><c> onto</c><00:22:04.660><c> as</c><00:22:05.579><c> we</c><00:22:05.880><c> strive</c><00:22:06.259><c> toward</c><00:22:06.480><c> the</c><00:22:06.700><c> kingdom.</c>

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I<00:22:28.880><c> mean,</c><00:22:29.559><c> how</c><00:22:29.880><c> often</c><00:22:30.160><c> do</c><00:22:30.359><c> you</c><00:22:30.599><c> feel</c><00:22:30.779><c> inadequate</c><00:22:31.279><c> when</c><00:22:31.500><c> it</c><00:22:31.740><c> comes</c><00:22:32.319><c> to</c>

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hold<00:22:42.259><c> on</c><00:22:43.059><c> the</c><00:22:43.259><c> kingdom.</c>

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And<00:22:51.319><c> the</c><00:22:51.460><c> answer</c><00:22:51.680><c> to</c><00:22:51.900><c> that</c><00:22:52.079><c> is</c><00:22:52.299><c> we're</c><00:22:52.559><c> not.</c>

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Let's<00:23:01.619><c> look</c><00:23:01.839><c> at</c><00:23:02.039><c> chapter</c><00:23:02.400><c> 3</c><00:23:02.779><c> verse</c><00:23:03.099><c> 7</c><00:23:03.839><c> in</c><00:23:05.480><c> these</c><00:23:05.799><c> words</c><00:23:06.220><c> of</c><00:23:06.559><c> Jesus.</c>

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Rapunzel<00:23:44.180><c> that</c><00:23:44.359><c> lets</c><00:23:44.539><c> down</c><00:23:44.799><c> her</c><00:23:45.019><c> hair,</c><00:23:45.220><c> she's</c><00:23:45.460><c> up</c><00:23:45.619><c> in</c><00:23:45.700><c> the</c><00:23:45.819><c> big</c><00:23:46.059><c> tower?</c>

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But<00:24:00.160><c> what</c><00:24:00.339><c> a</c><00:24:00.660><c> comfort</c><00:24:00.779><c> it</c><00:24:01.019><c> is</c><00:24:01.339><c> that</c><00:24:01.759><c> this</c><00:24:02.160><c> tower</c><00:24:02.740><c> is</c><00:24:04.200><c> not</c><00:24:04.460><c> impenetrable.</c>

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For<00:24:10.200><c> Jesus</c><00:24:10.819><c> is</c><00:24:11.299><c> that</c><00:24:11.579><c> door.</c>

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And<00:24:13.440><c> he's</c><00:24:13.799><c> promised</c><00:24:14.099><c> to</c><00:24:14.440><c> open</c><00:24:14.619><c> it</c><00:24:15.440><c> to</c><00:24:15.900><c> those</c><00:24:16.460><c> who</c><00:24:17.299><c> knock.</c>

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He's<00:24:18.640><c> there.</c>

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He's<00:24:20.160><c> offering</c><00:24:20.420><c> us</c><00:24:20.740><c> entry.</c>

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We<00:24:23.019><c> just</c><00:24:23.359><c> need</c><00:24:23.619><c> to</c><00:24:24.640><c> believe.</c>

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Have<00:24:26.480><c> faith.</c>

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those<00:24:43.839><c> firsts.</c>

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But<00:24:44.599><c> I'd</c><00:24:44.819><c> like</c><00:24:44.920><c> to</c><00:24:45.180><c> concentrate</c><00:24:45.680><c> on</c><00:24:45.900><c> the</c><00:24:46.079><c> remaining</c><00:24:46.480><c> time</c><00:24:47.000><c> to</c>

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the<00:24:47.759><c> letter</c><00:24:47.960><c> to</c><00:24:48.180><c> Laodicea.</c>

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And<00:24:51.300><c> this</c><00:24:51.920><c> last</c><00:24:52.359><c> letter</c><00:24:52.599><c> to</c><00:24:52.819><c> the</c><00:24:53.000><c> seven</c><00:24:53.259><c> churches</c><00:24:53.859><c> has</c><00:24:54.700><c> so</c><00:24:55.079><c> much</c><00:24:55.619><c> to</c><00:24:55.900><c> offer.</c>

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The<00:24:59.259><c> city</c><00:24:59.539><c> of</c><00:24:59.740><c> Laodicea</c><00:25:00.339><c> was</c><00:25:00.740><c> very</c><00:25:01.140><c> much</c><00:25:01.359><c> like</c><00:25:02.079><c> Paris</c><00:25:02.740><c> or</c><00:25:02.960><c> London</c><00:25:03.339><c> or</c>

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New<00:25:03.819><c> York</c><00:25:04.119><c> today.</c>

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It<00:25:04.579><c> was</c><00:25:04.859><c> a</c><00:25:04.980><c> very</c><00:25:05.759><c> cosmopolitan,</c><00:25:06.960><c> for</c><00:25:07.259><c> its</c><00:25:07.579><c> time,</c><00:25:08.279><c> modern</c><00:25:08.400><c> city.</c>

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It<00:25:09.420><c> was</c><00:25:09.640><c> a</c><00:25:09.759><c> very</c><00:25:09.960><c> rich</c><00:25:10.220><c> city.</c>

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I<00:25:11.339><c> mean,</c><00:25:11.500><c> it</c><00:25:11.539><c> was</c><00:25:11.779><c> a</c><00:25:11.920><c> city</c><00:25:12.180><c> full</c><00:25:12.680><c> of</c><00:25:13.019><c> money,</c><00:25:13.599><c> bankers</c><00:25:14.079><c> and</c><00:25:14.440><c> wealthy</c><00:25:14.779><c> men</c>

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who<00:25:16.279><c> lived</c><00:25:16.480><c> there,</c><00:25:16.740><c> who</c><00:25:17.140><c> built</c><00:25:17.460><c> amazing</c><00:25:18.220><c> buildings.</c>

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Theaters,<00:25:21.539><c> public</c><00:25:21.720><c> baths,</c><00:25:22.299><c> shopping</c><00:25:22.700><c> centers.</c>

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They<00:25:24.799><c> even</c><00:25:25.140><c> minted</c><00:25:25.460><c> their</c><00:25:25.660><c> own</c><00:25:25.819><c> money.</c>

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With<00:25:28.119><c> inscriptions</c><00:25:28.599><c> to</c><00:25:28.900><c> the</c><00:25:29.059><c> gods,</c><00:25:29.519><c> to</c><00:25:29.640><c> Zeus</c><00:25:29.940><c> and</c><00:25:30.140><c> Apollo,</c><00:25:31.200><c> and</c><00:25:31.420><c> even</c><00:25:32.039><c> inscriptions</c><00:25:32.619><c> to</c>

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the<00:25:33.059><c> emperors.</c>

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There<00:25:35.579><c> were</c><00:25:35.819><c> many</c><00:25:36.079><c> ruins</c><00:25:36.400><c> there</c><00:25:36.700><c> today</c><00:25:37.740><c> that</c><00:25:38.559><c> still</c><00:25:39.339><c> have</c><00:25:39.619><c> gorgeous</c><00:25:40.200><c> homes</c><00:25:40.859><c> and</c>

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buildings,<00:25:41.920><c> as</c><00:25:42.099><c> I</c><00:25:42.220><c> said</c><00:25:42.380><c> earlier.</c>

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In<00:25:44.559><c> the</c><00:25:44.819><c> year</c><00:25:45.099><c> AD</c><00:25:45.480><c> 60,</c><00:25:45.900><c> there</c><00:25:46.059><c> was</c><00:25:46.259><c> a</c><00:25:46.380><c> tremendous</c><00:25:46.740><c> earthquake</c>

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that<00:25:47.660><c> leveled</c><00:25:48.319><c> the</c><00:25:48.519><c> city.</c>

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And<00:25:50.500><c> the</c><00:25:50.740><c> amazing</c><00:25:51.180><c> part</c><00:25:51.539><c> of</c><00:25:51.680><c> it,</c><00:25:52.000><c> if</c><00:25:52.200><c> you</c><00:25:52.339><c> look</c><00:25:52.519><c> at</c><00:25:52.640><c> the</c><00:25:52.759><c> world</c>

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today,<00:25:53.440><c> if</c><00:25:53.700><c> a</c><00:25:53.819><c> country</c><00:25:54.119><c> has</c><00:25:54.980><c> a</c><00:25:55.380><c> terrible</c><00:25:55.680><c> earthquake,</c>

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they<00:25:57.200><c> usually</c><00:25:57.720><c> ask</c><00:25:58.099><c> for</c><00:25:58.259><c> assistance</c><00:25:58.640><c> because</c><00:25:59.240><c> the</c><00:25:59.619><c> bill</c><00:25:59.779><c> is</c>

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just<00:26:00.519><c> too</c><00:26:00.779><c> much</c><00:26:01.039><c> for</c><00:26:01.220><c> them</c><00:26:01.440><c> to</c><00:26:01.700><c> handle</c><00:26:02.119><c> and</c><00:26:02.700><c> the</c><00:26:02.960><c> repairs.</c>

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But<00:26:04.279><c> Laodicea</c><00:26:04.940><c> didn't</c><00:26:05.220><c> ask</c><00:26:05.559><c> for</c><00:26:05.839><c> anything.</c>

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They<00:26:07.299><c> were</c><00:26:07.539><c> able</c><00:26:07.779><c> to</c><00:26:08.259><c> rebuild</c><00:26:08.680><c> on</c><00:26:08.900><c> their</c><00:26:09.119><c> own,</c><00:26:10.039><c> with</c><00:26:10.160><c> their</c>

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own<00:26:10.559><c> money</c><00:26:10.799><c> and</c><00:26:10.940><c> their</c><00:26:11.140><c> own</c><00:26:11.380><c> manpower.</c>

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And<00:26:12.039><c> that's</c><00:26:13.539><c> unheard</c><00:26:13.900><c> of</c><00:26:14.079><c> in</c><00:26:14.299><c> many</c><00:26:14.500><c> countries</c><00:26:14.920><c> today.</c>

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So<00:26:17.079><c> they</c><00:26:17.240><c> were</c><00:26:17.460><c> very</c><00:26:18.000><c> self</c><00:26:18.319><c>-efficient.</c>

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Laodicea<00:26:22.220><c> was</c><00:26:22.460><c> also</c><00:26:22.880><c> home</c><00:26:23.220><c> of</c><00:26:23.839><c> a</c><00:26:24.220><c> famous</c><00:26:24.680><c> cloth</c><00:26:25.339><c> that</c><00:26:25.480><c> was</c><00:26:25.740><c> produced</c><00:26:26.160><c> there</c><00:26:26.500><c> from</c><00:26:26.839><c> black</c><00:26:27.200><c> sheep</c><00:26:27.700><c> that</c><00:26:28.400><c> were</c><00:26:28.640><c> raised</c><00:26:28.900><c> in</c>

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their<00:26:29.299><c> area.</c>

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And<00:26:30.039><c> this</c><00:26:31.039><c> cloth</c><00:26:31.500><c> was</c><00:26:32.079><c> supposedly</c><00:26:32.759><c> the</c><00:26:33.140><c> softest</c><00:26:34.640><c> cloth</c><00:26:35.000><c> around.</c>

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They<00:26:36.619><c> say</c><00:26:36.759><c> it</c><00:26:36.880><c> was</c><00:26:37.079><c> almost</c><00:26:37.380><c> like</c><00:26:37.819><c> silk</c><00:26:38.039><c> and</c><00:26:38.240><c> it</c><00:26:38.460><c> became</c><00:26:38.720><c> very</c>

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famous<00:26:39.519><c> throughout</c><00:26:39.900><c> the</c><00:26:40.119><c> region.</c>

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They<00:26:42.319><c> were</c><00:26:42.500><c> very</c><00:26:42.880><c> proud,</c><00:26:43.559><c> the</c><00:26:43.559><c> Laodiceans,</c><00:26:44.119><c> of</c><00:26:44.299><c> this.</c>

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And<00:26:44.819><c> you</c><00:26:44.920><c> would</c><00:26:45.240><c> see</c><00:26:45.440><c> most</c><00:26:45.779><c> of</c><00:26:45.940><c> them</c><00:26:46.079><c> dressed</c><00:26:46.519><c> in</c><00:26:46.720><c> this</c><00:26:46.900><c> black</c><00:26:47.319><c> cloth.</c>

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They<00:26:49.460><c> were</c><00:26:49.759><c> also</c><00:26:50.259><c> the</c><00:26:50.559><c> city</c><00:26:50.859><c> known</c><00:26:51.160><c> for</c><00:26:51.359><c> its</c><00:26:51.579><c> medicine,</c><00:26:52.039><c> like</c>

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Boston<00:26:52.779><c> is</c><00:26:53.920><c> today.</c>

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World<00:26:55.400><c> famous</c><00:26:55.799><c> medical</c><00:26:56.259><c> center</c><00:26:56.680><c> was</c><00:26:57.200><c> there.</c>

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And<00:26:58.220><c> many</c><00:26:58.680><c> people</c><00:26:59.000><c> would</c><00:26:59.180><c> go</c><00:26:59.420><c> there</c><00:26:59.619><c> to</c><00:26:59.740><c> be</c><00:27:00.019><c> healed</c><00:27:00.299><c> of</c><00:27:00.559><c> their</c>

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various<00:27:01.680><c> illnesses.</c>

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The<00:27:03.839><c> city</c><00:27:04.039><c> was</c><00:27:04.359><c> also</c><00:27:04.759><c> surrounded</c><00:27:05.279><c> by</c><00:27:05.759><c> springs</c><00:27:06.140><c> of</c><00:27:06.480><c> water,</c><00:27:06.819><c> hot</c>

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and<00:27:07.359><c> cold,</c>

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which<00:27:08.619><c> were</c><00:27:09.180><c> believed</c><00:27:09.599><c> that</c><00:27:09.859><c> the</c><00:27:10.099><c> minerals</c><00:27:10.559><c> in</c><00:27:10.900><c> these</c><00:27:11.180><c> waters</c>

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could<00:27:11.819><c> heal</c><00:27:12.059><c> people.</c>

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But<00:27:14.500><c> the</c><00:27:14.680><c> issue</c><00:27:14.859><c> they</c><00:27:15.180><c> had</c><00:27:15.660><c> with</c><00:27:16.019><c> the</c><00:27:16.259><c> water</c><00:27:16.480><c> was</c><00:27:16.700><c> it</c><00:27:16.799><c> wasn't</c>

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pleasing<00:27:18.500><c> to</c><00:27:18.779><c> drink.</c>

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It<00:27:20.019><c> could</c><00:27:20.200><c> make</c><00:27:20.359><c> you</c><00:27:20.599><c> sick.</c>

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So<00:27:22.140><c> they</c><00:27:22.380><c> had</c><00:27:22.779><c> to</c><00:27:23.079><c> build</c><00:27:23.319><c> these</c><00:27:24.200><c> aqueducts,</c><00:27:24.880><c> which</c><00:27:25.079><c> are</c><00:27:25.279><c> still</c>

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in<00:27:26.059><c> part</c><00:27:26.400><c> there</c><00:27:26.720><c> today.</c>

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To<00:27:28.039><c> bring</c><00:27:28.200><c> in</c><00:27:28.880><c> drinking</c><00:27:29.119><c> water.</c>

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How<00:27:30.900><c> funny</c><00:27:31.140><c> is</c><00:27:31.400><c> that?</c><00:27:31.599><c> A</c><00:27:31.759><c> place</c><00:27:31.980><c> full</c><00:27:32.240><c> of</c><00:27:32.400><c> water.</c>

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And<00:27:33.640><c> they</c><00:27:33.779><c> couldn't</c><00:27:34.059><c> have</c><00:27:34.299><c> water</c><00:27:34.559><c> to</c><00:27:34.799><c> drink.</c><00:27:35.000><c> They</c><00:27:35.119><c> had</c><00:27:35.319><c> to</c><00:27:35.500><c> bring</c><00:27:35.599><c> it</c>

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in<00:27:35.859><c> from</c><00:27:36.039><c> elsewhere.</c>

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Laodicea<00:27:39.460><c> was</c><00:27:39.980><c> a</c><00:27:40.380><c> playground</c><00:27:40.819><c> for</c><00:27:41.880><c> the</c><00:27:42.359><c> rich,</c><00:27:42.740><c> the</c><00:27:42.900><c> famous</c>

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and<00:27:43.400><c> the</c><00:27:43.759><c> strong.</c>

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The<00:27:47.299><c> Ecclesia</c><00:27:47.700><c> in</c><00:27:48.200><c> Laodicea</c><00:27:48.859><c> was</c><00:27:49.140><c> established</c><00:27:49.599><c> somewhere</c><00:27:50.000><c> around</c><00:27:50.359><c> 50</c>

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A<00:27:50.980><c>.D.</c>

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Probably<00:27:52.579><c> by</c><00:27:53.039><c> epiphrase,</c><00:27:53.759><c> because</c><00:27:54.559><c> in</c><00:27:55.559><c> Colossians</c><00:27:56.079><c> and</c><00:27:56.279><c> elsewhere,</c>

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we<00:27:56.839><c> read</c><00:27:57.039><c> that</c><00:27:57.279><c> Paul</c><00:27:57.640><c> never</c><00:27:58.000><c> actually</c><00:27:58.440><c> went</c><00:27:58.660><c> there,</c><00:27:59.319><c> though</c>

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he<00:27:59.700><c> did</c><00:27:59.960><c> write</c><00:28:00.279><c> letters</c><00:28:00.799><c> to</c><00:28:01.599><c> the</c><00:28:01.960><c> Laodiceans.</c>

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The<00:28:04.920><c> last</c><00:28:05.299><c> of</c><00:28:05.640><c> Christ's</c><00:28:06.119><c> seven</c><00:28:06.359><c> letters</c><00:28:06.700><c> to</c><00:28:06.900><c> the</c><00:28:07.099><c> churches</c><00:28:07.440><c> was</c><00:28:07.680><c> written</c><00:28:07.960><c> to</c>

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this<00:28:08.359><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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and<00:28:09.720><c> its</c><00:28:09.960><c> message</c><00:28:11.000><c> is</c><00:28:12.480><c> one</c><00:28:12.680><c> that</c><00:28:12.839><c> we</c><00:28:13.019><c> need</c><00:28:13.279><c> to</c><00:28:13.519><c> heed</c><00:28:13.980><c> today.</c>

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First,<00:28:18.160><c> it's</c><00:28:18.339><c> interesting</c><00:28:18.779><c> to</c><00:28:19.019><c> note</c><00:28:19.200><c> in</c><00:28:19.380><c> this</c><00:28:19.599><c> letter</c><00:28:19.819><c> that</c>

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Jesus<00:28:20.519><c> introduces</c><00:28:21.140><c> himself</c><00:28:22.059><c> in</c><00:28:25.460><c> two</c><00:28:25.720><c> ways</c><00:28:26.079><c> in</c><00:28:26.259><c> verse</c><00:28:26.500><c> 14.</c>

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He<00:28:28.759><c> says,</c>

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These<00:28:29.279><c> things</c><00:28:29.680><c> saith</c><00:28:30.039><c> the</c><00:28:30.380><c> Amen,</c><00:28:30.940><c> the</c><00:28:31.160><c> faithful</c><00:28:31.519><c> and</c><00:28:31.759><c> the</c><00:28:32.000><c> true</c><00:28:32.160><c> witness,</c><00:28:32.559><c> the</c>

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beginning<00:28:33.160><c> of</c><00:28:33.420><c> the</c><00:28:33.640><c> creation</c><00:28:34.000><c> of</c><00:28:34.160><c> God.</c>

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Now<00:28:37.059><c> I</c><00:28:37.079><c> don't</c><00:28:37.380><c> know,</c><00:28:38.019><c> and</c><00:28:38.140><c> maybe</c><00:28:38.420><c> you</c><00:28:38.660><c> do,</c><00:28:38.960><c> brothers</c><00:28:39.099><c> and</c><00:28:39.319><c> sisters,</c>

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But<00:28:45.779><c> I</c><00:28:46.420><c> think</c><00:28:46.640><c> its</c><00:28:46.920><c> use</c><00:28:47.200><c> here</c><00:28:47.940><c> signifies</c><00:28:48.660><c> to</c><00:28:48.819><c> this</c><00:28:49.079><c> Ecclesia</c>

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the<00:28:49.720><c> importance</c><00:28:50.420><c> of</c><00:28:51.339><c> this</c><00:28:51.579><c> message,</c>

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that<00:28:53.059><c> Jesus</c><00:28:53.940><c> wanted</c><00:28:54.480><c> the</c><00:28:54.759><c> Ecclesia</c><00:28:55.099><c> to</c><00:28:55.319><c> know</c><00:28:55.539><c> that</c><00:28:55.740><c> he</c><00:28:55.980><c> is</c><00:28:56.160><c> the</c><00:28:56.420><c> truth,</c>

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and<00:28:57.759><c> that</c><00:28:57.900><c> his</c><00:28:58.099><c> message</c><00:28:58.460><c> comes</c><00:28:58.920><c> with</c><00:28:59.440><c> absolute</c><00:29:00.000><c> power</c><00:29:00.900><c> and</c><00:29:02.019><c> authority.</c>

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Jesus'<00:29:06.799><c> assessment</c><00:29:07.259><c> of</c><00:29:07.559><c> things</c><00:29:07.779><c> here</c><00:29:08.059><c> at</c><00:29:08.200><c> this</c><00:29:08.400><c> Ecclesia</c><00:29:08.799><c> is</c>

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swift<00:29:09.480><c> and</c><00:29:09.579><c> clear.</c>

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It<00:29:09.579><c> has</c><00:29:09.619><c> gone</c><00:29:09.640><c> right</c><00:29:09.900><c> to</c><00:29:10.059><c> the</c><00:29:10.240><c> point,</c><00:29:10.799><c> and</c><00:29:10.980><c> it's</c><00:29:11.119><c> not</c><00:29:11.400><c> pretty.</c>

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These<00:29:13.960><c> people</c><00:29:14.299><c> have</c><00:29:14.559><c> lost</c><00:29:14.859><c> the</c><00:29:15.140><c> love</c><00:29:15.299><c> and</c><00:29:15.519><c> devotion</c><00:29:15.920><c> that</c><00:29:16.119><c> they</c><00:29:16.319><c> had</c>

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at<00:29:16.720><c> the</c><00:29:16.900><c> beginning,</c>

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and<00:29:17.519><c> that</c><00:29:17.720><c> the</c><00:29:17.920><c> Ecclesia</c><00:29:18.380><c> in</c><00:29:19.119><c> Philadelphia</c><00:29:19.720><c> still</c><00:29:20.140><c> had,</c><00:29:20.539><c> as</c>

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we<00:29:20.859><c> read</c><00:29:21.019><c> earlier.</c>

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The<00:29:23.420><c> first</c><00:29:23.660><c> words</c><00:29:24.119><c> in</c><00:29:24.319><c> verse</c><00:29:24.599><c> 15</c><00:29:25.240><c> should</c><00:29:25.559><c> be</c><00:29:25.900><c> a</c><00:29:26.119><c> warning</c><00:29:26.539><c> for</c>

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each<00:29:27.599><c> and</c><00:29:27.779><c> every</c><00:29:28.039><c> one</c><00:29:28.200><c> of</c><00:29:28.319><c> us,</c>

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for<00:29:28.619><c> Jesus</c><00:29:28.960><c> says,</c><00:29:29.539><c> I</c><00:29:29.539><c> know</c><00:29:29.859><c> thy</c><00:29:30.180><c> works.</c>

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Brothers<00:29:33.700><c> and</c><00:29:33.960><c> sisters,</c><00:29:34.440><c> there's</c><00:29:34.619><c> no</c><00:29:34.819><c> hiding</c><00:29:35.299><c> from</c><00:29:36.240><c> our</c><00:29:36.480><c> father</c><00:29:36.740><c> and</c>

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his<00:29:37.140><c> son.</c>

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They<00:29:39.319><c> know</c><00:29:39.599><c> what</c><00:29:39.779><c> you're</c><00:29:39.960><c> doing,</c><00:29:40.799><c> 24</c><00:29:40.980><c> hours</c><00:29:41.400><c> a</c><00:29:41.579><c> day,</c><00:29:41.880><c> 7</c><00:29:42.140><c> days</c><00:29:42.480><c> a</c><00:29:42.619><c> week.</c>

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They<00:29:45.400><c> know</c><00:29:45.539><c> what</c><00:29:45.700><c> we're</c><00:29:45.859><c> thinking.</c>

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I<00:29:48.119><c> know</c><00:29:48.380><c> thy</c><00:29:48.660><c> works,</c><00:29:49.180><c> I</c><00:29:49.380><c> know</c><00:29:49.680><c> thy</c><00:29:49.920><c> motives.</c>

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He<00:29:51.859><c> gets</c><00:29:52.099><c> right</c><00:29:52.359><c> to</c><00:29:52.559><c> the</c><00:29:52.740><c> point,</c><00:29:53.140><c> no</c><00:29:53.299><c> matter</c><00:29:53.480><c> where</c><00:29:53.720><c> we</c><00:29:53.980><c> are,</c>

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no<00:29:54.339><c> matter</c><00:29:54.519><c> what</c><00:29:54.740><c> we're</c><00:29:54.940><c> doing.</c>

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He<00:29:57.740><c> knows</c><00:29:58.059><c> our</c><00:29:58.359><c> true</c><00:29:58.619><c> condition.</c>

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And<00:30:02.279><c> we</c><00:30:02.519><c> need</c><00:30:02.740><c> to</c><00:30:02.980><c> reach</c><00:30:03.200><c> out</c><00:30:03.660><c> daily</c><00:30:04.140><c> and</c><00:30:05.599><c> pray</c><00:30:05.980><c> that</c><00:30:06.319><c> we</c><00:30:06.700><c> can</c>

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see<00:30:07.180><c> ourselves</c><00:30:07.779><c> the</c><00:30:08.019><c> way</c><00:30:08.680><c> Jesus</c><00:30:09.140><c> sees</c><00:30:09.420><c> us.</c>

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Jesus<00:30:11.940><c> comes</c><00:30:12.299><c> right</c><00:30:12.539><c> out</c><00:30:13.319><c> and</c><00:30:13.519><c> says,</c><00:30:14.059><c> I</c><00:30:14.180><c> see</c><00:30:14.460><c> a</c><00:30:14.660><c> lukewarm</c><00:30:15.140><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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Funny<00:30:17.640><c> that</c><00:30:17.880><c> this</c><00:30:18.180><c> Ecclesia</c><00:30:18.579><c> surrounded</c><00:30:19.200><c> by</c><00:30:19.940><c> hot</c><00:30:20.920><c> and</c><00:30:22.319><c> cold</c>

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water<00:30:23.039><c> springs</c><00:30:23.480><c> is</c><00:30:23.839><c> described</c><00:30:24.319><c> as</c><00:30:24.539><c> lukewarm.</c>

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See,<00:30:26.359><c> Jesus</c><00:30:26.920><c> is</c><00:30:27.519><c> awesome</c><00:30:27.960><c> when</c><00:30:28.119><c> it</c><00:30:28.279><c> comes</c><00:30:28.779><c> to</c><00:30:29.099><c> using</c><00:30:29.500><c> words</c><00:30:30.079><c> that</c><00:30:30.920><c> these</c><00:30:31.259><c> people</c><00:30:31.619><c> would</c><00:30:31.960><c> understand</c><00:30:32.380><c> that</c><00:30:32.579><c> would</c><00:30:32.859><c> pierce</c><00:30:33.279><c> to</c>

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the<00:30:33.619><c> heart.</c>

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And<00:30:36.339><c> the</c><00:30:36.559><c> water</c><00:30:36.740><c> was</c><00:30:37.039><c> nauseous,</c><00:30:38.099><c> you</c><00:30:38.339><c> couldn't</c><00:30:38.599><c> drink</c><00:30:38.859><c> the</c><00:30:39.119><c> water.</c>

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And<00:30:40.900><c> what</c><00:30:41.019><c> does</c><00:30:41.180><c> Jesus</c><00:30:41.519><c> say</c><00:30:41.819><c> about</c><00:30:42.180><c> lukewarmness?</c>

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I<00:30:44.440><c> will</c><00:30:44.720><c> spew</c><00:30:45.099><c> thee</c><00:30:45.279><c> out</c><00:30:45.460><c> of</c><00:30:45.900><c> my</c><00:30:46.079><c> mouth.</c>

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Just<00:30:48.619><c> like</c><00:30:48.819><c> the</c><00:30:49.039><c> people</c><00:30:49.420><c> would</c><00:30:49.980><c> spew</c><00:30:50.259><c> out</c><00:30:50.420><c> the</c><00:30:50.640><c> water</c><00:30:51.079><c> if</c><00:30:51.880><c> they</c>

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drank<00:30:52.400><c> from</c><00:30:52.599><c> the</c><00:30:52.839><c> springs,</c>

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Jesus<00:30:54.880><c> will</c><00:30:55.579><c> spew</c><00:30:55.980><c> them</c><00:30:56.259><c> out</c><00:30:57.119><c> unless</c><00:30:57.799><c> they</c><00:30:58.619><c> have</c><00:30:58.900><c> a</c><00:30:59.140><c> change.</c>

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Just<00:31:01.359><c> amazing</c><00:31:02.000><c> how</c><00:31:02.220><c> he</c><00:31:02.440><c> uses</c><00:31:02.940><c> the</c><00:31:03.299><c> right</c><00:31:03.500><c> words</c><00:31:04.119><c> to</c><00:31:05.680><c> prick</c>

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one's<00:31:06.319><c> heart.</c>

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His<00:31:10.460><c> intention</c><00:31:10.980><c> is</c><00:31:11.660><c> not</c><00:31:12.019><c> final,</c><00:31:12.640><c> but</c><00:31:12.799><c> rather</c><00:31:13.200><c> a</c><00:31:13.519><c> threat</c>

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unless<00:31:14.779><c> things</c><00:31:15.140><c> change.</c>

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There's<00:31:16.140><c> still</c><00:31:16.420><c> a</c><00:31:16.619><c> pulse,</c><00:31:17.240><c> but</c><00:31:17.599><c> their</c><00:31:17.960><c> illness</c><00:31:18.319><c> has</c><00:31:18.619><c> left</c><00:31:18.819><c> them</c><00:31:19.160><c> sluggish</c><00:31:20.099><c> and</c>

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semi<00:31:20.880><c>-conscious.</c>

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Now<00:31:21.400><c> remember</c><00:31:22.019><c> how</c><00:31:23.059><c> they</c><00:31:23.240><c> were</c><00:31:23.420><c> living,</c><00:31:23.680><c> they</c><00:31:23.859><c> were</c><00:31:24.099><c> in</c><00:31:24.259><c> a</c>

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prosperous<00:31:24.900><c> city.</c>

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Full,<00:31:27.000><c> I'm</c><00:31:27.359><c> sure,</c><00:31:27.759><c> of</c><00:31:27.819><c> distraction,</c><00:31:28.819><c> immorality,</c><00:31:30.619><c> same</c><00:31:30.859><c> things</c><00:31:31.119><c> that</c>

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we're<00:31:31.480><c> surrounded</c><00:31:31.940><c> by.</c>

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And<00:31:33.680><c> that's</c><00:31:33.859><c> why</c><00:31:34.039><c> I</c><00:31:34.279><c> find</c><00:31:34.400><c> this</c><00:31:34.779><c> letter</c><00:31:35.119><c> so</c><00:31:35.640><c> appropriate</c><00:31:36.140><c> for</c>

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us<00:31:36.599><c> today</c><00:31:37.000><c> because</c><00:31:37.599><c> we</c><00:31:39.019><c> live</c><00:31:39.259><c> in</c><00:31:39.400><c> a</c><00:31:39.640><c> world</c><00:31:40.079><c> with</c><00:31:40.640><c> the</c><00:31:40.859><c> same</c><00:31:41.039><c> condition.</c>

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And<00:31:43.319><c> this</c><00:31:43.579><c> is</c><00:31:43.779><c> how</c><00:31:44.019><c> Jesus</c><00:31:44.539><c> addressed</c><00:31:45.039><c> this</c><00:31:45.339><c> ecclesia.</c>

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If<00:31:47.059><c> they</c><00:31:47.279><c> let</c><00:31:47.440><c> the</c><00:31:47.660><c> things</c><00:31:47.819><c> of</c><00:31:48.059><c> the</c><00:31:48.200><c> world</c><00:31:48.500><c> intrude</c><00:31:49.299><c> into</c><00:31:49.640><c> their</c><00:31:49.940><c> lives</c><00:31:50.220><c> and</c>

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into<00:31:50.500><c> the</c><00:31:50.680><c> kingdom</c><00:31:51.019><c> walk.</c>

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So<00:31:52.500><c> it's</c><00:31:52.779><c> very</c><00:31:53.200><c> appropriate</c><00:31:53.720><c> to</c><00:31:54.019><c> us</c><00:31:54.539><c> here</c><00:31:54.859><c> in</c><00:31:55.059><c> 2014</c><00:31:55.980><c> as</c><00:31:56.319><c> well.</c>

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This<00:31:59.039><c> Laodicean</c><00:31:59.680><c> community</c><00:32:01.000><c> rebuilt</c><00:32:01.740><c> this</c><00:32:02.039><c> city</c><00:32:02.259><c> after</c><00:32:02.599><c> an</c><00:32:02.779><c> earthquake.</c>

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Why<00:32:04.759><c> did</c><00:32:04.940><c> they</c><00:32:05.160><c> need</c><00:32:05.920><c> Jesus</c><00:32:06.440><c> Christ?</c>

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We<00:32:08.359><c> can</c><00:32:08.579><c> take</c><00:32:08.779><c> care</c><00:32:08.960><c> of</c><00:32:09.160><c> ourselves.</c>

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We<00:32:10.740><c> have</c><00:32:10.940><c> more</c><00:32:11.160><c> money</c><00:32:11.440><c> than</c><00:32:11.599><c> we</c><00:32:11.779><c> need.</c>

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Look<00:32:13.359><c> what</c><00:32:13.480><c> we</c><00:32:13.720><c> did.</c><00:32:14.220><c> Look</c><00:32:14.380><c> at</c><00:32:14.500><c> these</c><00:32:14.700><c> buildings.</c>

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They<00:32:17.319><c> became</c><00:32:17.720><c> too</c><00:32:18.160><c> self</c><00:32:18.480><c>-sufficient,</c><00:32:19.440><c> not</c><00:32:19.559><c> needing</c><00:32:20.079><c> Christ</c>

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in<00:32:20.759><c> their</c><00:32:20.940><c> lives.</c>

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A<00:32:22.559><c> warning</c><00:32:22.819><c> for</c><00:32:23.079><c> each</c><00:32:23.299><c> and</c><00:32:23.420><c> every</c><00:32:23.660><c> one</c><00:32:23.799><c> of</c><00:32:23.980><c> us,</c><00:32:24.519><c> each</c><00:32:24.740><c> and</c><00:32:24.900><c> every</c><00:32:25.079><c> day.</c>

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Remember<00:32:29.660><c> back</c><00:32:30.039><c> to</c><00:32:30.240><c> the</c><00:32:30.359><c> letter</c><00:32:30.539><c> to</c><00:32:30.779><c> Smyrna,</c><00:32:31.180><c> Jesus</c><00:32:31.579><c> says,</c><00:32:32.099><c> I</c>

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know<00:32:32.380><c> thy</c><00:32:32.619><c> works,</c><00:32:33.539><c> your</c><00:32:33.759><c> tribulation</c><00:32:34.339><c> and</c><00:32:34.660><c> poverty.</c>

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So<00:32:37.099><c> there</c><00:32:37.380><c> you</c><00:32:37.579><c> have</c><00:32:37.859><c> a</c><00:32:38.500><c> relatively</c><00:32:39.039><c> poor</c><00:32:39.500><c> ecclesia.</c>

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x
But<00:32:40.940><c> what</c><00:32:41.079><c> does</c><00:32:41.259><c> Jesus</c><00:32:41.579><c> say</c><00:32:41.859><c> about</c><00:32:42.079><c> that</c><00:32:42.319><c> ecclesia?</c>

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But<00:32:43.839><c> thou</c><00:32:44.119><c> art</c><00:32:44.460><c> rich,</c><00:32:46.440><c> for</c><00:32:46.559><c> you're</c><00:32:46.819><c> rich</c><00:32:47.119><c> in</c><00:32:47.319><c> love</c><00:32:47.759><c> and</c><00:32:48.000><c> faith.</c>

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Whereas<00:32:51.000><c> the</c><00:32:51.859><c> prosperous</c><00:32:52.279><c> Laodicean</c><00:32:53.039><c> ecclesia</c><00:32:53.500><c> was</c><00:32:53.799><c> lukewarm.</c>

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So<00:32:57.420><c> what's</c><00:32:57.720><c> the</c><00:32:57.900><c> cure?</c>

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Verse<00:33:00.659><c> 18</c><00:33:01.299><c> of</c><00:33:02.200><c> chapter</c><00:33:02.559><c> 3,</c><00:33:02.880><c> Jesus</c><00:33:03.279><c> says,</c>

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Now<00:33:05.619><c> listen</c><00:33:05.900><c> to</c><00:33:06.079><c> the</c><00:33:06.259><c> words</c><00:33:06.460><c> he</c><00:33:06.660><c> uses,</c><00:33:07.140><c> I</c><00:33:07.140><c> counsel</c><00:33:07.619><c> thee</c><00:33:07.859><c> to</c><00:33:08.039><c> buy</c><00:33:08.380><c> of</c>

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me<00:33:08.779><c> gold,</c><00:33:10.980><c> tried</c><00:33:11.200><c> in</c><00:33:11.400><c> the</c><00:33:11.619><c> fire.</c>

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He's<00:33:14.799><c> asking</c><00:33:15.079><c> these</c><00:33:15.440><c> people</c><00:33:15.759><c> who</c><00:33:16.660><c> are</c><00:33:16.940><c> rich,</c><00:33:18.279><c> wealthy</c><00:33:18.539><c> people,</c><00:33:19.480><c> to</c><00:33:19.660><c> buy</c>

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of<00:33:20.119><c> him</c><00:33:20.720><c> gold.</c>

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The<00:33:23.079><c> money</c><00:33:23.339><c> that</c><00:33:23.559><c> you</c><00:33:23.839><c> have,</c><00:33:24.220><c> the</c><00:33:24.440><c> possessions</c><00:33:24.799><c> that</c><00:33:25.019><c> you</c><00:33:25.279><c> have,</c><00:33:26.740><c> are</c><00:33:26.920><c> useless.</c>

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Buy<00:33:28.940><c> of</c><00:33:29.180><c> me</c><00:33:29.400><c> gold,</c><00:33:30.380><c> that's</c><00:33:30.599><c> been</c><00:33:30.880><c> tried</c><00:33:31.059><c> in</c><00:33:31.259><c> the</c><00:33:31.480><c> fire,</c><00:33:31.720><c> he</c><00:33:31.920><c> says.</c>

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That<00:33:33.039><c> thou</c><00:33:33.279><c> mayest</c><00:33:33.700><c> be</c><00:33:33.940><c> rich,</c><00:33:35.059><c> rich</c><00:33:35.299><c> in</c><00:33:35.539><c> love,</c><00:33:35.859><c> rich</c><00:33:36.079><c> in</c><00:33:36.420><c> faith.</c>

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In<00:33:38.759><c> white</c><00:33:39.039><c> raiment</c><00:33:39.420><c> that</c><00:33:39.640><c> thou</c><00:33:39.880><c> mayest</c><00:33:40.319><c> be</c><00:33:40.619><c> clothed.</c>

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Well,<00:33:43.339><c> they</c><00:33:43.500><c> were</c><00:33:43.700><c> famous</c><00:33:44.099><c> for</c><00:33:44.420><c> their</c><00:33:44.799><c> black</c><00:33:45.240><c> wool.</c><00:33:45.660><c> That's</c>

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what<00:33:46.079><c> they</c><00:33:46.240><c> were</c><00:33:46.420><c> famous</c><00:33:46.720><c> for.</c>

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Jesus<00:33:48.700><c> says,</c><00:33:49.019><c> no,</c><00:33:49.160><c> I'm</c><00:33:49.460><c> offering</c><00:33:49.759><c> you</c><00:33:50.019><c> better</c><00:33:50.319><c> than</c><00:33:50.640><c> that.</c>

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White<00:33:52.099><c> raiment.</c>

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Spiritual<00:33:56.839><c> purification.</c>

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This<00:33:59.339><c> is</c><00:33:59.480><c> what</c><00:33:59.640><c> I'm</c><00:33:59.900><c> offering.</c><00:34:00.539><c> This</c><00:34:00.720><c> is</c><00:34:00.880><c> what</c><00:34:01.000><c> you</c><00:34:01.220><c> should</c><00:34:01.380><c> be</c>

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striving<00:34:01.880><c> for.</c>

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That<00:34:03.519><c> my</c><00:34:03.720><c> mouth</c><00:34:03.900><c> may</c><00:34:04.019><c> be</c><00:34:04.220><c> closed.</c>

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Anoint<00:34:06.700><c> thine</c><00:34:06.920><c> eyes</c><00:34:07.240><c> with</c><00:34:07.539><c> eye</c><00:34:07.880><c> salve,</c><00:34:08.059><c> and</c><00:34:08.199><c> I</c><00:34:08.280><c> don't</c><00:34:08.539><c> think</c><00:34:08.659><c> I</c>

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mentioned<00:34:09.079><c> the</c><00:34:09.340><c> eye</c><00:34:09.579><c> salve,</c>

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but<00:34:10.159><c> they</c><00:34:10.619><c> were</c><00:34:10.880><c> famous</c><00:34:11.320><c> for</c><00:34:11.539><c> this</c><00:34:12.079><c> salve</c><00:34:12.840><c> that</c><00:34:13.159><c> they</c><00:34:13.460><c> use</c><00:34:13.639><c> medically</c><00:34:14.260><c> in</c>

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their<00:34:15.559><c> hospitals.</c>

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And<00:34:17.300><c> here</c><00:34:17.639><c> Jesus</c><00:34:18.039><c> says,</c><00:34:19.360><c> anoint</c><00:34:19.579><c> thy</c><00:34:19.840><c> eyes</c><00:34:20.480><c> with</c><00:34:21.199><c> my</c><00:34:21.699><c> eye</c><00:34:21.860><c> salve,</c><00:34:22.480><c> so</c>

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that<00:34:23.280><c> you</c><00:34:23.320><c> may</c><00:34:23.659><c> see,</c>

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you<00:34:24.980><c> may</c><00:34:25.280><c> see</c><00:34:25.519><c> clearly,</c><00:34:26.340><c> you</c><00:34:26.460><c> may</c><00:34:26.760><c> see</c><00:34:27.000><c> what</c><00:34:27.199><c> you</c><00:34:27.440><c> need</c><00:34:27.679><c> to</c><00:34:27.860><c> be</c><00:34:28.099><c> seeing.</c>

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Not<00:34:29.699><c> what's</c><00:34:30.059><c> over</c><00:34:30.260><c> there,</c><00:34:30.860><c> but</c><00:34:31.019><c> what</c><00:34:31.199><c> I</c><00:34:31.519><c> offer.</c>

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As<00:34:33.960><c> many</c><00:34:34.219><c> as</c><00:34:34.519><c> I</c><00:34:34.760><c> love,</c><00:34:35.059><c> I</c><00:34:35.179><c> rebuke</c><00:34:36.139><c> and</c><00:34:36.539><c> chasten.</c>

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Be<00:34:38.719><c> zealous</c><00:34:39.179><c> and</c><00:34:39.519><c> repent.</c>

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So<00:34:42.119><c> he's</c><00:34:42.480><c> offering</c><00:34:42.820><c> them</c><00:34:43.079><c> these</c><00:34:43.440><c> wonderful,</c><00:34:45.179><c> wonderful</c><00:34:45.719><c> words</c><00:34:46.260><c> of</c>

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ways<00:34:48.280><c> that</c><00:34:48.500><c> they</c><00:34:48.719><c> can</c><00:34:49.099><c> turn</c><00:34:49.360><c> things</c><00:34:49.659><c> around.</c>

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Secondly,<00:34:54.000><c> he</c><00:34:54.300><c> tells,</c><00:34:54.920><c> and</c><00:34:55.099><c> we</c><00:34:55.280><c> mentioned</c><00:34:55.539><c> the</c><00:34:55.760><c> white</c><00:34:55.980><c> robes</c>

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and<00:34:56.639><c> the</c><00:34:56.860><c> eye</c><00:34:57.079><c> salve,</c>

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and<00:34:59.059><c> now</c><00:34:59.960><c> the</c><00:35:01.280><c> promise</c><00:35:01.699><c> he</c><00:35:01.960><c> offers,</c><00:35:02.659><c> and</c><00:35:02.760><c> he</c><00:35:03.099><c> does</c><00:35:03.380><c> so</c><00:35:03.699><c> in</c><00:35:03.900><c> his</c><00:35:04.099><c> letters.</c>

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He<00:35:04.739><c> offers</c><00:35:05.199><c> rebuke,</c><00:35:05.900><c> he</c><00:35:06.099><c> offers</c><00:35:06.559><c> encouragement,</c><00:35:07.599><c> and</c><00:35:07.900><c> then</c><00:35:08.039><c> he</c><00:35:08.239><c> offers</c><00:35:08.519><c> a</c>

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reward,<00:35:09.199><c> doesn't</c><00:35:09.380><c> he?</c>

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Verses<00:35:10.940><c> 19</c><00:35:11.460><c> through</c><00:35:11.639><c> 22</c><00:35:12.719><c> of</c><00:35:13.079><c> chapter</c><00:35:13.420><c> 3.</c>

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As<00:35:14.940><c> many</c><00:35:15.239><c> as</c><00:35:15.519><c> I</c><00:35:15.719><c> love,</c><00:35:16.019><c> I</c><00:35:16.139><c> rebuke,</c><00:35:16.559><c> as</c><00:35:16.760><c> I</c><00:35:16.920><c> read</c><00:35:17.039><c> earlier,</c><00:35:17.840><c> and</c><00:35:18.139><c> chasten.</c>

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Be<00:35:18.719><c> zealous</c><00:35:19.079><c> and</c><00:35:19.280><c> repent.</c><00:35:20.119><c> Behold,</c><00:35:20.619><c> I</c><00:35:20.920><c> stand</c><00:35:21.239><c> at</c><00:35:21.440><c> the</c><00:35:21.619><c> door</c>

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and<00:35:23.000><c> knock.</c>

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If<00:35:23.559><c> any</c><00:35:23.840><c> man</c><00:35:24.039><c> hear</c><00:35:24.260><c> my</c><00:35:24.559><c> voice</c><00:35:25.300><c> and</c><00:35:25.900><c> open</c><00:35:26.159><c> the</c><00:35:26.380><c> door,</c><00:35:26.639><c> I</c><00:35:26.739><c> will</c>

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come<00:35:27.199><c> into</c><00:35:27.460><c> him,</c>

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will<00:35:28.719><c> sup</c><00:35:28.900><c> with</c><00:35:29.119><c> him,</c><00:35:30.159><c> and</c><00:35:30.500><c> he</c><00:35:30.619><c> with</c><00:35:30.800><c> me.</c>

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To<00:35:32.840><c> him</c><00:35:33.059><c> that</c><00:35:33.360><c> overcometh</c><00:35:33.920><c> will</c><00:35:34.099><c> I</c><00:35:34.400><c> grant</c><00:35:34.659><c> to</c><00:35:35.340><c> sit</c><00:35:35.519><c> with</c><00:35:35.820><c> me</c><00:35:36.039><c> in</c>

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my<00:35:36.599><c> throne,</c>

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even<00:35:38.820><c> as</c><00:35:39.159><c> I</c><00:35:39.440><c> also</c><00:35:39.900><c> overcame</c><00:35:40.460><c> and</c><00:35:40.739><c> am</c><00:35:40.940><c> set</c><00:35:41.179><c> down</c><00:35:41.900><c> with</c><00:35:42.300><c> my</c><00:35:42.579><c> father</c><00:35:43.219><c> in</c>

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his<00:35:44.119><c> throne.</c>

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What<00:35:48.179><c> great</c><00:35:48.500><c> love</c><00:35:48.780><c> Jesus</c><00:35:49.179><c> is</c><00:35:49.420><c> showing</c><00:35:49.639><c> this</c><00:35:49.940><c> ecclesia.</c>

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He<00:35:51.440><c> rebukes</c><00:35:51.940><c> them</c><00:35:52.159><c> because</c><00:35:52.500><c> he</c><00:35:52.760><c> loves</c><00:35:53.099><c> them,</c><00:35:54.000><c> and</c><00:35:54.219><c> he</c><00:35:54.440><c> cares</c>

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for<00:35:54.880><c> them.</c>

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He<00:35:55.460><c> cares</c><00:35:55.820><c> for</c><00:35:56.099><c> their</c><00:35:56.579><c> eternal</c><00:35:57.239><c> life.</c>

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It's<00:36:01.219><c> easier</c><00:36:01.639><c> to</c><00:36:02.440><c> accept</c><00:36:02.599><c> reproof</c><00:36:03.239><c> and</c><00:36:03.460><c> discipline</c><00:36:03.940><c> when</c><00:36:04.679><c> the</c>

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one<00:36:05.219><c> who</c><00:36:05.360><c> is</c><00:36:05.619><c> offering</c><00:36:05.960><c> it</c>

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is<00:36:07.320><c> controlled</c><00:36:07.820><c> by</c><00:36:08.099><c> a</c><00:36:08.300><c> spirit</c><00:36:08.480><c> of</c><00:36:08.639><c> love</c><00:36:09.400><c> and</c><00:36:10.159><c> not</c><00:36:10.380><c> of</c><00:36:10.639><c> anger</c><00:36:11.280><c> or</c><00:36:12.480><c> envy.</c>

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This<00:36:14.840><c> rebuke</c><00:36:15.440><c> of</c><00:36:15.739><c> genuine</c><00:36:16.199><c> love</c><00:36:17.380><c> awakens</c><00:36:18.159><c> a</c><00:36:18.280><c> response</c><00:36:18.820><c> of</c><00:36:19.019><c> love</c><00:36:19.320><c> in</c>

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return<00:36:20.000><c> from</c><00:36:20.260><c> the</c><00:36:20.460><c> offender.</c>

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For<00:36:22.440><c> love</c><00:36:22.760><c> begets</c><00:36:23.179><c> love.</c>

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It's<00:36:26.300><c> interesting</c><00:36:26.780><c> to</c><00:36:27.019><c> note</c><00:36:27.159><c> here</c><00:36:27.599><c> in</c><00:36:28.360><c> this</c><00:36:28.579><c> letter</c><00:36:28.780><c> to</c><00:36:29.000><c> Laodicea</c><00:36:29.619><c> that</c>

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the<00:36:30.079><c> metaphor</c><00:36:30.500><c> of</c><00:36:30.679><c> the</c><00:36:30.920><c> door</c><00:36:31.440><c> is</c><00:36:32.440><c> changed</c><00:36:32.860><c> in</c><00:36:33.079><c> this</c><00:36:33.340><c> letter.</c>

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Here<00:36:35.440><c> it's</c><00:36:35.880><c> Jesus</c><00:36:36.380><c> knocking</c><00:36:36.760><c> at</c><00:36:37.059><c> the</c><00:36:37.199><c> door</c><00:36:37.500><c> earlier</c><00:36:38.139><c> in</c><00:36:39.199><c> Revelation.</c>

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It's<00:36:41.340><c> different.</c><00:36:42.079><c> It's</c><00:36:42.380><c> us.</c><00:36:43.139><c> It's</c><00:36:43.440><c> the</c><00:36:43.659><c> believers</c><00:36:43.940><c> knocking</c>

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at<00:36:44.619><c> the</c><00:36:44.739><c> door</c><00:36:44.920><c> for</c><00:36:45.119><c> Christ.</c>

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Look<00:36:48.239><c> again</c><00:36:48.519><c> at</c><00:36:48.679><c> verse</c><00:36:48.940><c> 20.</c>

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All<00:36:50.760><c> they</c><00:36:51.000><c> have</c><00:36:51.300><c> to</c><00:36:51.539><c> do</c><00:36:52.360><c> is</c><00:36:53.519><c> hear</c><00:36:53.719><c> his</c><00:36:54.000><c> voice</c><00:36:54.260><c> and</c><00:36:54.460><c> open</c><00:36:54.679><c> the</c><00:36:54.900><c> door.</c>

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Now<00:36:56.800><c> a</c><00:36:56.960><c> door</c><00:36:57.300><c> can</c><00:36:57.579><c> be</c><00:36:57.780><c> one</c><00:36:58.000><c> of</c><00:36:58.099><c> two</c><00:36:58.340><c> things.</c><00:36:58.840><c> It's</c><00:36:58.900><c> either</c><00:36:59.519><c> an</c><00:37:00.059><c> entrance</c><00:37:00.360><c> into</c><00:37:00.679><c> a</c><00:37:00.940><c> room,</c>

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or<00:37:02.400><c> it's</c><00:37:02.739><c> a</c><00:37:02.840><c> barrier</c><00:37:03.239><c> against</c><00:37:03.639><c> getting</c><00:37:03.900><c> into</c><00:37:04.219><c> something.</c>

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As<00:37:04.699><c> I</c><00:37:04.900><c> said</c><00:37:05.039><c> earlier,</c><00:37:06.380><c> the</c><00:37:06.559><c> high</c><00:37:06.880><c> tower</c><00:37:07.239><c> with</c><00:37:07.460><c> the</c><00:37:07.639><c> bolted</c><00:37:07.980><c> door,</c><00:37:08.219><c> that's</c><00:37:08.579><c> a</c><00:37:08.659><c> barrier.</c>

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The<00:37:10.679><c> locks</c><00:37:11.179><c> and</c><00:37:11.619><c> the</c><00:37:11.860><c> bars</c><00:37:12.480><c> keep</c><00:37:13.159><c> one</c><00:37:13.380><c> out.</c>

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Those<00:37:15.380><c> locks</c><00:37:15.699><c> and</c><00:37:16.000><c> bars</c><00:37:16.579><c> are</c><00:37:17.320><c> representative</c><00:37:17.780><c> of</c><00:37:18.059><c> our</c><00:37:18.280><c> sin</c><00:37:18.420><c> and</c><00:37:18.659><c> our</c><00:37:18.940><c> refusal</c><00:37:19.480><c> to</c>

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accept<00:37:21.320><c> our</c><00:37:22.199><c> need</c><00:37:22.460><c> for</c><00:37:22.699><c> Jesus</c><00:37:23.099><c> in</c><00:37:23.320><c> our</c><00:37:23.519><c> lives.</c>

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And<00:37:25.179><c> until</c><00:37:25.420><c> we</c><00:37:25.860><c> remove</c><00:37:26.119><c> these</c><00:37:26.440><c> barriers,</c><00:37:27.199><c> these</c><00:37:27.440><c> things</c><00:37:27.699><c> that</c>

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we<00:37:28.059><c> need</c><00:37:28.260><c> to</c><00:37:28.519><c> purge</c><00:37:28.760><c> in</c><00:37:28.980><c> our</c><00:37:29.179><c> lives,</c>

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Jesus<00:37:31.260><c> will</c><00:37:31.480><c> be</c><00:37:31.679><c> kept</c><00:37:31.860><c> on</c><00:37:32.039><c> the</c><00:37:32.179><c> outside.</c>

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But<00:37:34.960><c> the</c><00:37:35.159><c> beauty</c><00:37:35.420><c> of</c><00:37:35.639><c> it</c><00:37:35.800><c> all,</c><00:37:36.039><c> isn't</c><00:37:36.239><c> it,</c><00:37:36.599><c> is</c><00:37:36.860><c> that</c><00:37:37.099><c> Jesus</c>

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doesn't<00:37:37.940><c> stop</c><00:37:38.300><c> knocking.</c>

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He'll<00:37:41.539><c> keep</c><00:37:41.820><c> knocking</c><00:37:42.639><c> until</c><00:37:44.639><c> he</c><00:37:45.940><c> returns,</c><00:37:47.699><c> which</c><00:37:47.940><c> at</c><00:37:48.139><c> that</c>

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point<00:37:48.760><c> it'll</c><00:37:49.139><c> be</c><00:37:49.320><c> too</c><00:37:49.599><c> late.</c>

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For<00:37:52.280><c> we</c><00:37:52.639><c> read</c><00:37:53.000><c> in</c><00:37:53.239><c> Scripture</c><00:37:53.519><c> that</c><00:37:53.820><c> there</c><00:37:54.119><c> will</c><00:37:54.320><c> be</c><00:37:54.500><c> those</c><00:37:54.760><c> who</c>

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will<00:37:55.099><c> be</c><00:37:55.300><c> knocking,</c>

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Master,<00:37:56.219><c> Master,</c><00:37:57.199><c> and</c><00:37:57.360><c> he</c><00:37:57.360><c> will</c><00:37:57.559><c> say,</c><00:37:57.739><c> I</c><00:37:57.880><c> know</c><00:37:58.139><c> thee</c><00:37:58.320><c> not.</c>

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So<00:38:01.239><c> now</c><00:38:01.480><c> is</c><00:38:01.699><c> the</c><00:38:01.900><c> time,</c><00:38:02.219><c> my</c><00:38:02.400><c> friends.</c><00:38:02.760><c> Jesus</c><00:38:03.139><c> is</c><00:38:03.420><c> knocking.</c>

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Don't<00:38:05.900><c> wait.</c>

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It's<00:38:10.460><c> very</c><00:38:10.940><c> worthy</c><00:38:11.219><c> to</c><00:38:11.500><c> note,</c><00:38:11.659><c> my</c><00:38:11.940><c> friends,</c><00:38:12.300><c> in</c><00:38:12.440><c> closing,</c><00:38:12.840><c> that</c><00:38:13.059><c> the</c>

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worst<00:38:13.539><c> of</c><00:38:13.719><c> the</c><00:38:13.920><c> seven</c><00:38:14.179><c> ecclesias,</c>

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as<00:38:16.340><c> Jesus</c><00:38:16.679><c> said,</c><00:38:16.960><c> I'd</c><00:38:17.219><c> rather</c><00:38:17.420><c> have</c><00:38:17.679><c> you</c><00:38:17.840><c> be</c><00:38:18.059><c> hot</c><00:38:18.219><c> or</c><00:38:18.460><c> cold,</c>

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not<00:38:18.940><c> lukewarm.</c>

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Be<00:38:20.059><c> one</c><00:38:20.280><c> or</c><00:38:20.400><c> the</c><00:38:20.559><c> other.</c>

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It<00:38:22.840><c> is</c><00:38:23.019><c> offered</c><00:38:23.320><c> the</c><00:38:23.500><c> most</c><00:38:23.800><c> glorious</c><00:38:24.239><c> promise.</c>

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Back<00:38:26.059><c> to</c><00:38:26.260><c> verse</c><00:38:26.480><c> 21,</c><00:38:27.119><c> I</c><00:38:27.500><c> will</c><00:38:28.000><c> grant</c><00:38:28.639><c> to</c><00:38:29.300><c> sit</c><00:38:29.460><c> with</c><00:38:29.719><c> me</c><00:38:30.340><c> in</c><00:38:30.539><c> my</c><00:38:30.860><c> throne.</c>

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This<00:38:34.099><c> wonderful</c><00:38:34.579><c> offer</c><00:38:34.920><c> truly</c><00:38:35.360><c> shows</c><00:38:35.719><c> us</c><00:38:36.039><c> the</c><00:38:36.199><c> depth</c><00:38:36.519><c> of</c><00:38:36.760><c> the</c>

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love<00:38:37.119><c> of</c><00:38:37.280><c> Jesus</c><00:38:37.639><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:38:39.860><c> it's</c><00:38:40.320><c> further</c><00:38:40.559><c> evidence</c><00:38:40.920><c> that</c><00:38:41.099><c> he</c><00:38:41.280><c> has</c><00:38:41.500><c> not</c><00:38:42.099><c> cast</c><00:38:42.539><c> them</c><00:38:42.760><c> away.</c>

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It's<00:38:45.460><c> hard</c><00:38:45.619><c> to</c><00:38:45.880><c> believe</c><00:38:46.079><c> that</c><00:38:46.280><c> the</c><00:38:46.480><c> same</c><00:38:46.719><c> people</c><00:38:47.019><c> he</c><00:38:47.400><c> threatens</c><00:38:47.780><c> to</c><00:38:48.099><c> spew</c>

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out<00:38:48.559><c> of</c><00:38:48.679><c> his</c><00:38:48.920><c> mouth</c>

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can<00:38:50.519><c> also</c><00:38:50.920><c> be</c><00:38:51.260><c> offered</c><00:38:51.760><c> a</c><00:38:52.239><c> seat</c><00:38:52.519><c> on</c><00:38:52.900><c> Christ's</c><00:38:53.460><c> throne.</c>

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And<00:38:55.159><c> right</c><00:38:55.400><c> away</c><00:38:55.659><c> I</c><00:38:55.880><c> think</c><00:38:56.099><c> of</c><00:38:56.360><c> Paul.</c>

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If<00:38:58.280><c> anyone</c><00:38:58.559><c> was</c><00:38:58.760><c> going</c><00:38:58.900><c> to</c><00:38:59.039><c> be</c><00:38:59.360><c> spewed</c><00:38:59.559><c> out</c><00:38:59.860><c> of</c><00:39:00.159><c> Christ's</c><00:39:00.659><c> mouth,</c><00:39:00.860><c> it</c>

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would<00:39:01.119><c> have</c><00:39:01.260><c> been</c><00:39:01.340><c> him.</c>

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But<00:39:04.679><c> he</c><00:39:05.199><c> went</c><00:39:05.539><c> through</c><00:39:05.940><c> a</c><00:39:06.340><c> 180</c><00:39:06.739><c> and</c><00:39:07.579><c> he</c><00:39:07.880><c> served</c><00:39:08.119><c> his</c><00:39:08.340><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:39:10.099><c> now</c><00:39:10.300><c> he</c><00:39:10.480><c> awaits</c><00:39:10.699><c> the</c><00:39:10.980><c> kingdom.</c>

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And<00:39:13.400><c> for</c><00:39:13.539><c> those</c><00:39:13.760><c> of</c><00:39:13.940><c> us</c><00:39:14.139><c> who</c><00:39:14.320><c> have</c><00:39:14.519><c> not</c><00:39:15.300><c> been</c><00:39:15.880><c> baptized</c><00:39:16.380><c> as</c><00:39:16.619><c> of</c>

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yet<00:39:16.960><c> and</c><00:39:17.219><c> have</c><00:39:17.300><c> put</c><00:39:17.440><c> on</c><00:39:17.719><c> Christ,</c>

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there's<00:39:19.659><c> still</c><00:39:19.920><c> time</c><00:39:20.239><c> for</c><00:39:20.460><c> us</c><00:39:20.719><c> as</c><00:39:20.900><c> well</c><00:39:21.300><c> to</c><00:39:21.559><c> do</c><00:39:21.820><c> that.</c>

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So<00:39:23.480><c> please,</c><00:39:24.940><c> if</c><00:39:25.119><c> you're</c><00:39:25.360><c> thinking</c><00:39:25.639><c> of</c><00:39:25.940><c> it,</c><00:39:26.199><c> please</c><00:39:26.539><c> pray.</c>

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Please<00:39:28.659><c> pray.</c>

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Only<00:39:34.440><c> divine</c><00:39:34.880><c> love</c><00:39:35.280><c> could</c><00:39:35.500><c> be</c><00:39:35.679><c> this</c><00:39:35.980><c> generous</c><00:39:36.360><c> when</c><00:39:36.599><c> dealing</c>

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with<00:39:37.239><c> undeserving</c><00:39:37.800><c> subjects,</c>

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which<00:39:38.639><c> we</c><00:39:39.019><c> all</c><00:39:39.519><c> are</c><00:39:39.719><c> too.</c>

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And<00:39:42.079><c> the</c><00:39:42.280><c> very</c><00:39:42.659><c> highest</c><00:39:43.019><c> place</c><00:39:43.420><c> has</c><00:39:43.639><c> been</c><00:39:43.920><c> made</c><00:39:44.679><c> available</c><00:39:45.440><c> to</c>

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those<00:39:46.420><c> who</c><00:39:47.239><c> were</c><00:39:47.460><c> once</c><00:39:47.780><c> low.</c>

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Brothers<00:39:50.000><c> and</c><00:39:50.280><c> sisters,</c><00:39:50.739><c> whether</c><00:39:51.119><c> we</c><00:39:52.420><c> read</c><00:39:52.860><c> the</c><00:39:53.039><c> book</c><00:39:53.199><c> of</c><00:39:53.460><c> Revelation</c><00:39:53.920><c> and</c>

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understand<00:39:54.739><c> it,</c>

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if<00:39:56.980><c> we</c><00:39:57.980><c> read</c><00:39:58.239><c> it</c><00:39:58.440><c> and</c><00:39:58.559><c> understand</c><00:39:59.019><c> the</c><00:39:59.300><c> imagery</c><00:39:59.599><c> or</c><00:40:00.139><c> can</c><00:40:00.400><c> rightly</c><00:40:00.719><c> interpret</c><00:40:01.179><c> all</c>

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the<00:40:01.780><c> prophecy</c><00:40:02.099><c> of</c><00:40:02.280><c> this</c><00:40:02.519><c> book,</c>

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it's<00:40:04.360><c> the</c><00:40:04.559><c> message</c><00:40:04.860><c> of</c><00:40:05.119><c> Christ</c><00:40:05.679><c> which</c><00:40:06.360><c> applies</c><00:40:06.800><c> to</c><00:40:07.059><c> us</c><00:40:07.219><c> as</c><00:40:07.360><c> it</c>

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did<00:40:07.579><c> to</c><00:40:07.780><c> the</c><00:40:07.960><c> churches.</c>

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What<00:40:09.480><c> is</c><00:40:09.699><c> that</c><00:40:09.880><c> message?</c><00:40:11.719><c> Acknowledgement</c><00:40:12.320><c> of</c><00:40:12.579><c> sin.</c>

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Encouragement.<00:40:15.880><c> Hope.</c><00:40:17.800><c> Repentance.</c><00:40:19.579><c> Forgiveness.</c><00:40:21.659><c> Salvation.</c><00:40:23.739><c> Love.</c>

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If<00:40:26.179><c> anything</c><00:40:26.579><c> else</c><00:40:26.960><c> we</c><00:40:27.559><c> get</c><00:40:27.780><c> out</c><00:40:27.980><c> of</c><00:40:28.079><c> this</c><00:40:28.300><c> book,</c><00:40:30.460><c> those</c><00:40:30.780><c> are</c>

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the<00:40:31.119><c> things</c><00:40:31.300><c> we</c><00:40:31.519><c> need</c><00:40:31.780><c> to</c><00:40:32.599><c> take</c><00:40:33.099><c> from</c><00:40:33.539><c> this</c><00:40:33.780><c> book</c><00:40:33.960><c> of</c><00:40:34.199><c> Revelation.</c>

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As<00:40:36.360><c> Jesus</c><00:40:36.860><c> told</c><00:40:37.179><c> the</c><00:40:37.360><c> disciples</c><00:40:38.000><c> that</c><00:40:38.860><c> he</c><00:40:39.179><c> eagerly</c><00:40:39.739><c> desired</c>

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to<00:40:40.900><c> eat</c><00:40:41.280><c> bread</c><00:40:41.679><c> and</c><00:40:42.039><c> drink</c><00:40:42.300><c> wine</c><00:40:42.619><c> with</c><00:40:42.820><c> them</c><00:40:43.239><c> at</c><00:40:43.559><c> the</c><00:40:43.739><c> Last</c><00:40:43.960><c> Supper,</c>

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he<00:40:46.119><c> desires</c><00:40:46.579><c> to</c><00:40:46.840><c> do</c><00:40:46.960><c> the</c><00:40:47.260><c> same</c><00:40:48.119><c> with</c><00:40:49.559><c> these</c><00:40:49.860><c> ecclesias.</c>

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He<00:40:51.679><c> desired</c><00:40:52.159><c> that.</c><00:40:53.840><c> And</c><00:40:53.960><c> you</c><00:40:54.059><c> know</c><00:40:54.199><c> what,</c><00:40:54.519><c> brothers</c><00:40:54.639><c> and</c><00:40:54.900><c> sisters,</c><00:40:55.119><c> that</c>

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hasn't<00:40:55.679><c> changed.</c>

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Thousands<00:40:57.780><c> of</c><00:40:58.099><c> years</c><00:40:58.340><c> and</c><00:40:58.480><c> he</c><00:40:58.719><c> still</c><00:40:58.980><c> desires</c><00:40:59.719><c> to</c><00:41:00.599><c> eat</c><00:41:00.840><c> bread</c>

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and<00:41:01.940><c> drink</c><00:41:02.199><c> wine</c><00:41:02.739><c> with</c><00:41:03.900><c> his</c><00:41:04.059><c> brothers</c><00:41:04.300><c> and</c><00:41:04.579><c> sisters,</c><00:41:05.820><c> you</c><00:41:05.920><c> and</c><00:41:06.139><c> I.</c>

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As<00:41:08.420><c> we</c><00:41:08.679><c> remember</c><00:41:09.000><c> him</c><00:41:09.199><c> now</c><00:41:09.559><c> by</c><00:41:10.039><c> partaking</c><00:41:10.519><c> of</c><00:41:10.800><c> this</c><00:41:11.340><c> bread</c><00:41:11.559><c> and</c><00:41:11.860><c> wine,</c>

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let<00:41:12.360><c> us</c><00:41:12.599><c> pray</c><00:41:12.980><c> that</c><00:41:14.000><c> we</c><00:41:14.599><c> will</c><00:41:14.800><c> be</c><00:41:15.039><c> granted</c><00:41:15.320><c> a</c><00:41:15.619><c> seat</c><00:41:16.059><c> with</c><00:41:16.619><c> Jesus</c>

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to<00:41:18.619><c> eat</c><00:41:19.079><c> and</c><00:41:19.699><c> to</c><00:41:19.940><c> drink</c><00:41:20.079><c> with</c><00:41:20.260><c> him</c><00:41:20.480><c> anew</c><00:41:20.940><c> in</c><00:41:21.260><c> the</c><00:41:21.440><c> Kingdom</c><00:41:21.639><c> of</c>

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God.<00:41:23.019><c> Amen.</c>