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Or<00:15:17.679><c> we</c><00:15:17.779><c> can</c><00:15:17.960><c> head</c><00:15:18.100><c> east</c><00:15:18.379><c> until</c><00:15:18.580><c> we</c><00:15:18.759><c> come</c><00:15:18.860><c> to</c><00:15:19.000><c> the</c><00:15:19.120><c> west.</c>

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Where<00:15:22.279><c> does</c><00:15:22.399><c> that</c><00:15:22.639><c> measurement</c><00:15:22.919><c> stop?</c>

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Well,<00:15:23.360><c> it</c><00:15:23.559><c> never</c><00:15:23.799><c> stops,</c><00:15:24.220><c> does</c><00:15:24.259><c> it?</c>

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And<00:15:28.460><c> so</c><00:15:28.600><c> we</c><00:15:28.759><c> end</c><00:15:28.919><c> up</c><00:15:29.039><c> just</c><00:15:29.259><c> going</c><00:15:29.399><c> round</c><00:15:29.799><c> and</c><00:15:30.039><c> round</c><00:15:30.240><c> the</c><00:15:30.480><c> globe</c><00:15:31.000><c> forever.</c>

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It's<00:15:33.220><c> a</c><00:15:33.399><c> distance</c><00:15:33.600><c> that</c><00:15:33.940><c> cannot</c><00:15:34.100><c> be</c><00:15:34.419><c> measured.</c>

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And<00:15:35.980><c> that,</c><00:15:36.320><c> brothers</c><00:15:36.460><c> and</c><00:15:36.659><c> sisters,</c><00:15:36.960><c> is</c><00:15:37.059><c> how</c><00:15:37.340><c> far</c><00:15:37.559><c> the</c><00:15:37.700><c> Lord</c>

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has<00:15:38.179><c> removed</c><00:15:38.440><c> our</c><00:15:38.759><c> transgressions</c><00:15:39.220><c> from</c><00:15:39.480><c> us.</c>

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And<00:15:40.720><c> isn't</c><00:15:40.860><c> that</c><00:15:41.100><c> wonderful</c><00:15:41.720><c> that</c><00:15:42.159><c> he</c><00:15:42.299><c> has</c><00:15:42.360><c> shown</c><00:15:42.559><c> his</c><00:15:42.799><c> love</c>

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to<00:15:43.179><c> us</c><00:15:43.299><c> in</c><00:15:43.500><c> that</c><00:15:43.700><c> way?</c>

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And<00:15:47.440><c> so</c><00:15:47.620><c> back</c><00:15:47.919><c> in</c><00:15:48.360><c> Romans,</c><00:15:49.500><c> and</c><00:15:49.679><c> if</c><00:15:49.779><c> you</c><00:15:49.840><c> can</c><00:15:49.960><c> look</c><00:15:50.120><c> at</c><00:15:50.259><c> chapter</c>

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6,<00:15:53.860><c> and</c><00:15:54.120><c> it's</c><00:15:54.340><c> the</c><00:15:54.720><c> whole</c><00:15:55.000><c> idea</c><00:15:55.360><c> that</c>

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we<00:15:55.679><c> read</c><00:15:55.940><c> of</c><00:15:56.080><c> in</c><00:15:56.240><c> Romans</c><00:15:56.519><c> chapter</c><00:15:56.840><c> 6</c><00:15:57.179><c> that</c><00:15:57.679><c> forms</c><00:15:58.139><c> our</c><00:15:58.820><c> unlikely</c><00:15:59.340><c> thing.</c>

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Because<00:16:02.419><c> Romans</c><00:16:02.700><c> chapter</c><00:16:02.980><c> 6</c><00:16:03.360><c> is</c><00:16:03.519><c> about</c><00:16:03.759><c> the</c><00:16:03.919><c> fact</c><00:16:04.100><c> that</c><00:16:04.679><c> death</c>

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of<00:16:07.460><c> Jesus</c><00:16:07.799><c> Christ.</c>

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Have<00:16:09.600><c> you</c><00:16:09.779><c> ever</c><00:16:09.940><c> tried</c><00:16:10.100><c> to</c><00:16:10.480><c> explain</c><00:16:10.700><c> that</c><00:16:10.919><c> to</c><00:16:11.019><c> somebody</c><00:16:11.279><c> who</c>

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who<00:16:13.779><c> doesn't</c><00:16:14.000><c> really</c><00:16:14.340><c> know</c><00:16:14.500><c> what</c><00:16:14.700><c> the</c><00:16:14.919><c> Bible</c><00:16:15.200><c> says?</c>

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It's<00:16:16.840><c> very</c><00:16:17.059><c> difficult</c><00:16:17.340><c> to</c><00:16:17.580><c> explain,</c><00:16:17.879><c> isn't</c><00:16:17.960><c> it?</c>

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Because<00:16:19.019><c> unless</c><00:16:19.500><c> you</c><00:16:19.700><c> know</c><00:16:19.840><c> what</c><00:16:20.039><c> the</c><00:16:20.159><c> Bible</c><00:16:20.500><c> teaching</c><00:16:20.879><c> is,</c>

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and<00:16:21.740><c> to</c><00:16:21.899><c> us</c><00:16:22.039><c> these</c><00:16:22.240><c> things</c><00:16:22.440><c> make</c><00:16:22.720><c> perfect</c><00:16:23.100><c> sense,</c>

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but<00:16:23.460><c> if</c><00:16:23.559><c> you</c><00:16:23.740><c> don't</c><00:16:23.940><c> have</c><00:16:24.100><c> that</c><00:16:24.360><c> background,</c><00:16:25.259><c> then</c><00:16:25.259><c> it</c><00:16:25.740><c> doesn't</c><00:16:26.000><c> make</c>

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sense,<00:16:26.659><c> does</c><00:16:26.700><c> it?</c>

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How<00:16:27.759><c> can</c><00:16:28.039><c> death</c><00:16:28.539><c> be</c><00:16:29.299><c> overcome</c><00:16:29.779><c> by</c><00:16:30.419><c> somebody</c><00:16:30.779><c> dying?</c>

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How<00:16:32.559><c> can</c><00:16:32.919><c> sin</c><00:16:33.259><c> be</c><00:16:33.820><c> defeated</c><00:16:34.440><c> through</c><00:16:35.360><c> the</c><00:16:35.519><c> death</c><00:16:35.700><c> of</c><00:16:35.899><c> one</c><00:16:36.200><c> who</c>

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did<00:16:36.639><c> no</c><00:16:36.879><c> sin?</c>

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It<00:16:38.519><c> just</c><00:16:38.720><c> doesn't</c><00:16:39.019><c> make</c><00:16:39.259><c> sense</c><00:16:39.519><c> when</c><00:16:39.700><c> we</c><00:16:39.820><c> look</c><00:16:39.960><c> at</c><00:16:40.120><c> it</c><00:16:40.279><c> as</c><00:16:40.519><c> a</c>

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cold<00:16:41.220><c> question</c><00:16:41.600><c> like</c><00:16:41.960><c> that,</c><00:16:42.240><c> does</c><00:16:42.320><c> it?</c>

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How<00:16:45.000><c> can</c><00:16:45.259><c> sin</c><00:16:45.399><c> be</c><00:16:45.620><c> defeated</c><00:16:46.120><c> through</c><00:16:46.399><c> the</c><00:16:46.580><c> death</c><00:16:47.179><c> of</c><00:16:47.500><c> one</c><00:16:47.620><c> who</c>

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did<00:16:47.960><c> no</c><00:16:48.220><c> sin?</c>

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Sin<00:16:49.259><c> we</c><00:16:49.539><c> know</c><00:16:49.779><c> leads</c><00:16:50.179><c> to</c><00:16:50.460><c> death.</c>

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Jesus<00:16:52.000><c> did</c><00:16:52.299><c> no</c><00:16:52.580><c> sin,</c><00:16:53.539><c> therefore</c><00:16:53.879><c> Jesus</c><00:16:54.299><c> should</c><00:16:54.580><c> not</c><00:16:54.779><c> die.</c>

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And<00:16:57.039><c> so</c><00:16:57.159><c> we</c><00:16:57.279><c> can</c><00:16:57.460><c> imagine</c><00:16:58.000><c> death</c><00:16:58.600><c> looking</c><00:16:59.240><c> at</c><00:16:59.399><c> what's</c><00:16:59.679><c> happening</c><00:16:59.919><c> and</c><00:17:00.179><c> seeing</c><00:17:00.379><c> Jesus</c><00:17:00.740><c> there</c><00:17:00.940><c> doing</c><00:17:01.120><c> no</c>

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sin<00:17:01.580><c> and</c><00:17:01.799><c> thinking,</c><00:17:02.240><c> well,</c><00:17:02.700><c> I'm</c><00:17:02.940><c> going</c><00:17:03.059><c> to</c><00:17:03.220><c> miss</c><00:17:03.440><c> out</c><00:17:03.600><c> on</c><00:17:03.779><c> Jesus.</c>

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He's<00:17:05.099><c> not</c><00:17:05.299><c> going</c><00:17:05.440><c> to</c><00:17:05.619><c> die</c><00:17:05.759><c> because</c><00:17:05.980><c> he's</c><00:17:06.259><c> done</c><00:17:06.339><c> no</c><00:17:06.700><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:17:08.519><c> then</c><00:17:08.680><c> Jesus</c><00:17:09.039><c> dies</c><00:17:09.400><c> anyway.</c>

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Now<00:17:11.740><c> that</c><00:17:11.980><c> should</c><00:17:12.180><c> have</c><00:17:12.339><c> been</c><00:17:12.480><c> a</c><00:17:12.599><c> victory</c><00:17:12.839><c> for</c><00:17:13.099><c> death,</c><00:17:13.480><c> shouldn't</c><00:17:13.660><c> it?</c>

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Death<00:17:14.759><c> should</c><00:17:14.940><c> have</c><00:17:15.039><c> said,</c><00:17:15.220><c> well,</c><00:17:15.359><c> I</c><00:17:15.420><c> wasn't</c><00:17:15.599><c> going</c><00:17:15.799><c> to</c><00:17:15.940><c> get</c>

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Jesus<00:17:16.299><c> and</c><00:17:16.400><c> now</c><00:17:16.559><c> I've</c><00:17:16.779><c> got</c><00:17:16.880><c> him,</c><00:17:17.059><c> so</c><00:17:17.180><c> that's</c>

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a<00:17:17.500><c> great</c><00:17:17.660><c> victory</c><00:17:18.000><c> for</c><00:17:18.240><c> me</c><00:17:18.720><c> over</c><00:17:19.180><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:17:21.660><c> yet</c><00:17:21.759><c> if</c><00:17:21.880><c> that's</c><00:17:22.160><c> how</c><00:17:22.339><c> it</c><00:17:22.500><c> had</c><00:17:22.740><c> stayed,</c><00:17:23.099><c> then</c><00:17:23.519><c> it</c><00:17:23.960><c> would</c><00:17:24.119><c> have</c><00:17:24.259><c> been</c><00:17:24.380><c> a</c>

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victory<00:17:24.700><c> for</c><00:17:24.940><c> death,</c><00:17:25.180><c> wouldn't</c><00:17:25.339><c> it?</c>

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Just<00:17:26.799><c> as</c><00:17:27.000><c> we've</c><00:17:27.259><c> been</c><00:17:27.440><c> reading</c><00:17:28.180><c> in</c><00:17:29.920><c> Romans,</c><00:17:30.440><c> just</c><00:17:30.640><c> as</c><00:17:30.819><c> we've</c>

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been<00:17:31.119><c> reading,</c><00:17:32.319><c> the</c><00:17:33.119><c> important</c><00:17:33.500><c> thing</c>

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is<00:17:34.039><c> that</c><00:17:34.539><c> Jesus</c><00:17:34.920><c> did</c><00:17:35.160><c> not</c><00:17:35.380><c> remain</c><00:17:35.740><c> dead.</c>

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The<00:17:36.579><c> victory</c><00:17:36.880><c> was</c><00:17:37.140><c> not</c><00:17:37.380><c> in</c><00:17:37.599><c> Jesus'</c><00:17:38.059><c> death,</c><00:17:38.220><c> but</c><00:17:38.359><c> the</c><00:17:38.539><c> victory</c>

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was<00:17:38.940><c> in</c><00:17:39.079><c> Jesus'</c><00:17:39.960><c> resurrection</c><00:17:39.980><c> from</c><00:17:40.400><c> that</c>

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dead.

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And<00:17:42.259><c> we</c><00:17:42.440><c> see</c><00:17:42.559><c> that</c><00:17:42.740><c> in</c><00:17:42.900><c> the</c><00:17:43.039><c> symbol</c><00:17:43.200><c> of</c><00:17:43.440><c> baptism,</c><00:17:43.920><c> don't</c><00:17:44.079><c> we?</c>

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Jesus<00:17:44.480><c> speaks</c><00:17:44.559><c> of</c><00:17:44.759><c> baptism</c><00:17:45.059><c> here</c><00:17:45.400><c> in</c><00:17:45.480><c> Romans</c><00:17:45.799><c> chapter</c><00:17:46.099><c> 6.</c>

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Now<00:17:48.039><c> when</c><00:17:48.240><c> somebody</c><00:17:48.519><c> is</c><00:17:48.759><c> baptized,</c><00:17:49.579><c> it's</c><00:17:49.960><c> no</c><00:17:50.220><c> good</c><00:17:50.339><c> just</c><00:17:50.640><c> lowering</c><00:17:50.880><c> them</c>

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down<00:17:51.279><c> into</c><00:17:51.440><c> the</c><00:17:51.599><c> water</c><00:17:51.779><c> and</c>

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leaving<00:17:52.200><c> them</c><00:17:52.440><c> there,</c><00:17:52.700><c> is</c><00:17:52.799><c> it?</c>

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Because<00:17:53.779><c> they</c><00:17:53.940><c> will</c><00:17:54.140><c> drown.</c>

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And<00:17:55.720><c> so</c><00:17:55.839><c> when</c><00:17:56.039><c> Jesus</c><00:17:56.359><c> died,</c><00:17:57.039><c> he</c><00:17:57.200><c> could</c><00:17:57.400><c> achieve</c><00:17:57.660><c> nothing</c><00:17:57.940><c> for</c>

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created.

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