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I'll<00:21:09.220><c> help</c><00:21:09.460><c> you</c><00:21:09.720><c> bear</c><00:21:09.839><c> that</c><00:21:10.180><c> burden.</c>

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run<00:21:15.240><c> that</c><00:21:15.579><c> race.</c>

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story,<00:21:49.220><c> you</c><00:21:49.319><c> know,</c><00:21:49.559><c> an</c><00:21:49.779><c> anecdote.</c>

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wreath<00:23:01.460><c> upon</c><00:23:01.980><c> those</c><00:23:02.400><c> whom</c><00:23:02.619><c> he</c><00:23:02.900><c> chooses.</c>

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signifies<00:23:32.319><c> that</c><00:23:32.599><c> of</c><00:23:32.819><c> a</c><00:23:33.160><c> perfecter.</c>

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The<00:23:35.160><c> comparison</c><00:23:35.819><c> and</c><00:23:36.500><c> the</c><00:23:36.740><c> analogy,</c><00:23:37.140><c> if</c><00:23:37.400><c> you</c><00:23:37.680><c> will,</c><00:23:38.460><c> that</c><00:23:38.799><c> fits</c><00:23:39.000><c> so</c>

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is<00:23:41.660><c> someone</c><00:23:41.920><c> who</c><00:23:42.259><c> crafts</c><00:23:42.579><c> a</c><00:23:42.839><c> piece</c><00:23:43.019><c> of</c><00:23:43.339><c> furniture,</c><00:23:44.660><c> who</c><00:23:44.799><c> takes</c>

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great<00:23:45.539><c> care</c><00:23:45.980><c> to</c><00:23:46.319><c> choose</c><00:23:46.559><c> the</c><00:23:46.880><c> wood,</c>

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who<00:23:48.519><c> knows</c><00:23:48.920><c> the</c><00:23:49.220><c> tools</c><00:23:49.619><c> necessary</c><00:23:50.440><c> to</c><00:23:51.119><c> take</c><00:23:51.380><c> that</c><00:23:51.799><c> tree,</c><00:23:52.380><c> if</c><00:23:52.740><c> you</c><00:23:53.000><c> will,</c><00:23:53.839><c> and</c><00:23:54.000><c> turn</c><00:23:54.180><c> it</c><00:23:54.319><c> into</c><00:23:54.539><c> a</c>

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lovely<00:23:55.180><c> piece</c><00:23:55.519><c> of</c><00:23:55.819><c> furniture</c>

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that<00:23:57.019><c> fulfills</c><00:23:58.599><c> a</c><00:23:59.200><c> purpose</c><00:23:59.640><c> in</c><00:23:59.920><c> day</c><00:24:00.099><c>-to</c><00:24:00.220><c>-day</c><00:24:00.359><c> life.</c>

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turn<00:24:07.880><c> it</c><00:24:08.059><c> into</c><00:24:08.319><c> something</c><00:24:08.680><c> that's</c><00:24:09.160><c> usable,</c>

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the<00:24:10.180><c> last</c><00:24:10.440><c> thing</c><00:24:10.640><c> that's</c><00:24:10.940><c> done</c><00:24:11.339><c> is</c><00:24:12.000><c> all</c><00:24:12.220><c> the</c><00:24:12.559><c> finishing</c><00:24:12.839><c> touches</c><00:24:13.299><c> are</c>

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put<00:24:13.740><c> on</c><00:24:13.980><c> there.</c>

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or<00:24:19.960><c> it's</c><00:24:20.279><c> the</c><00:24:21.279><c> tough</c><00:24:21.680><c> lacquer</c><00:24:22.319><c> or</c><00:24:22.640><c> finish</c><00:24:22.920><c> that</c><00:24:23.140><c> gets</c><00:24:23.380><c> put</c><00:24:23.640><c> on</c>

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there<00:24:24.119><c> so</c><00:24:24.380><c> that</c><00:24:24.579><c> it</c><00:24:24.900><c> stands</c><00:24:25.220><c> the</c><00:24:25.519><c> test</c><00:24:25.779><c> of</c><00:24:26.059><c> time.</c>

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And<00:24:35.259><c> so</c><00:24:35.359><c> we</c><00:24:35.579><c> read</c><00:24:35.819><c> in</c><00:24:36.099><c> the</c><00:24:36.319><c> Psalms,</c>

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Yahweh<00:24:39.160><c> will</c><00:24:39.460><c> perfect</c><00:24:40.299><c> that</c><00:24:41.279><c> which</c><00:24:41.819><c> concerneth</c><00:24:42.640><c> me.</c>

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Thy<00:24:43.660><c> mercy,</c><00:24:44.420><c> O</c><00:24:44.619><c> Yahweh,</c><00:24:45.400><c> endures</c><00:24:45.700><c> forever.</c>

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Psalm<00:24:47.680><c> 138</c><00:24:48.460><c> verse</c><00:24:48.720><c> 8.</c>

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And<00:24:49.660><c> again</c><00:24:49.960><c> in</c><00:24:50.279><c> Philippians</c><00:24:50.839><c> chapter</c><00:24:51.240><c> 1</c><00:24:51.640><c> verse</c><00:24:51.960><c> 6,</c>

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He<00:24:53.519><c> which</c><00:24:53.759><c> hath</c><00:24:54.079><c> begun</c><00:24:54.519><c> a</c><00:24:54.980><c> good</c><00:24:55.259><c> work</c><00:24:55.619><c> in</c><00:24:56.000><c> you</c><00:24:56.700><c> will</c><00:24:57.660><c> finish</c><00:24:58.160><c> it.</c>

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we'll<00:25:03.119><c> finish</c><00:25:03.460><c> it</c><00:25:04.440><c> until</c><00:25:04.819><c> the</c><00:25:05.059><c> day</c><00:25:05.279><c> of</c><00:25:05.500><c> Jesus</c><00:25:05.940><c> Christ.</c>

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There's<00:25:08.460><c> this</c><00:25:08.700><c> great</c><00:25:09.460><c> importance</c><00:25:10.319><c> in</c><00:25:11.019><c> maintaining</c><00:25:11.740><c> a</c><00:25:12.319><c> constant</c><00:25:12.740><c> picture</c><00:25:13.180><c> of</c><00:25:13.440><c> the</c>

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kingdom<00:25:13.940><c> in</c><00:25:14.180><c> our</c><00:25:14.380><c> minds</c>

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and<00:25:15.099><c> that</c><00:25:15.420><c> ever</c><00:25:15.759><c>-present</c><00:25:16.079><c> picture</c><00:25:16.500><c> of</c><00:25:16.740><c> our</c><00:25:16.920><c> Lord</c><00:25:17.140><c> Jesus</c><00:25:17.599><c> Christ</c><00:25:18.019><c> waiting</c><00:25:18.319><c> at</c>

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the<00:25:18.839><c> finish</c><00:25:19.039><c> line</c><00:25:19.359><c> with</c><00:25:19.640><c> arms</c><00:25:20.000><c> wide</c><00:25:20.359><c> open.</c>

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It<00:25:23.119><c> imparted</c><00:25:23.759><c> to</c><00:25:23.940><c> Christ</c><00:25:24.539><c> a</c><00:25:25.799><c> strength</c><00:25:26.140><c> that</c><00:25:26.420><c> enabled</c><00:25:26.799><c> him</c><00:25:27.079><c> to</c><00:25:27.420><c> overcome.</c>

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And<00:25:29.259><c> while</c><00:25:29.440><c> we</c><00:25:29.819><c> still</c><00:25:30.079><c> struggle</c><00:25:30.819><c> with</c><00:25:31.799><c> our</c><00:25:32.039><c> own</c><00:25:32.259><c> nature,</c>

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it's<00:25:33.660><c> able</c><00:25:33.960><c> to</c><00:25:34.319><c> strengthen</c><00:25:34.619><c> us</c><00:25:35.200><c> as</c><00:25:35.680><c> we</c><00:25:35.859><c> look</c><00:25:36.039><c> beyond</c><00:25:36.619><c> the</c><00:25:36.920><c> present</c><00:25:37.180><c>-day</c><00:25:37.480><c> difficulties</c>

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will<00:25:42.200><c> be</c><00:25:42.480><c> removed</c><00:25:42.859><c> from</c><00:25:43.160><c> us.</c>

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there<00:25:49.039><c> is</c><00:25:49.299><c> no</c><00:25:49.599><c> vision</c><00:25:50.059><c> the</c><00:25:50.559><c> people</c><00:25:50.880><c> perish,</c>

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but<00:25:52.319><c> he</c><00:25:52.619><c> that</c><00:25:52.859><c> keepeth</c><00:25:53.220><c> the</c><00:25:53.480><c> law</c><00:25:54.119><c> happy</c><00:25:54.819><c> he</c><00:25:55.180><c> is.</c>

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Notice<00:25:57.740><c> the</c><00:25:58.000><c> marginal</c><00:25:58.500><c> alternative</c><00:25:59.299><c> rendering</c><00:25:59.859><c> for</c><00:26:00.240><c> the</c>

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word<00:26:00.640><c> perish</c><00:26:01.180><c> here.</c>

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It's<00:26:07.000><c> made</c><00:26:07.259><c> naked.</c>

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And<00:26:07.920><c> where</c><00:26:08.019><c> do</c><00:26:08.140><c> our</c><00:26:08.339><c> minds</c><00:26:08.619><c> go</c><00:26:08.880><c> when</c><00:26:09.059><c> we</c><00:26:09.279><c> think</c><00:26:09.440><c> about</c><00:26:09.759><c> that?</c>

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Go<00:26:11.680><c> right</c><00:26:12.059><c> back</c><00:26:12.380><c> to</c><00:26:12.559><c> the</c><00:26:12.759><c> garden</c><00:26:13.200><c> in</c><00:26:13.859><c> Genesis</c><00:26:14.700><c> when</c><00:26:15.279><c> Adam</c><00:26:15.599><c> and</c>

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Eve<00:26:16.519><c> had</c><00:26:16.779><c> committed</c><00:26:17.059><c> their</c><00:26:17.420><c> sin</c>

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And<00:26:22.259><c> it</c><00:26:22.359><c> was</c><00:26:22.599><c> insufficient</c><00:26:23.240><c> and</c><00:26:23.420><c> they</c><00:26:23.559><c> were</c><00:26:23.920><c> scared.</c>

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And<00:26:26.960><c> God</c><00:26:27.240><c> provided</c><00:26:27.960><c> them</c><00:26:28.339><c> with</c><00:26:28.619><c> that</c><00:26:28.940><c> covering.</c>

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but<00:26:41.200><c> Revelation,</c><00:26:41.859><c> the</c><00:26:42.079><c> end</c><00:26:42.259><c> of</c><00:26:42.440><c> our</c><00:26:42.640><c> Bibles,</c><00:26:43.019><c> also</c><00:26:43.460><c> gives</c><00:26:43.759><c> us</c>

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some<00:26:44.240><c> insight.</c>

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In<00:26:45.359><c> Revelation</c><00:26:45.900><c> chapter</c><00:26:46.420><c> 16,</c><00:26:47.539><c> behold,</c><00:26:48.119><c> I</c><00:26:48.240><c> come</c><00:26:48.460><c> as</c><00:26:48.660><c> a</c><00:26:48.940><c> thief.</c>

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Blessed<00:26:50.519><c> is</c><00:26:50.799><c> he</c><00:26:51.019><c> that</c><00:26:51.420><c> watcheth</c><00:26:52.000><c> and</c><00:26:52.619><c> keepeth</c><00:26:53.140><c> his</c><00:26:53.519><c> garment,</c>

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lest<00:26:55.299><c> he</c><00:26:55.599><c> walk</c><00:26:55.880><c> naked</c><00:26:56.559><c> and</c><00:26:57.539><c> they</c><00:26:57.859><c> see</c><00:26:58.079><c> his</c><00:26:58.400><c> shame.</c>

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keep<00:27:06.039><c> our</c><00:27:06.359><c> garments.</c>

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But<00:27:08.720><c> lack</c><00:27:09.019><c> of</c><00:27:09.400><c> sight</c><00:27:09.859><c> means</c><00:27:10.619><c> we</c><00:27:10.759><c> do</c><00:27:11.000><c> not</c><00:27:11.259><c> have</c><00:27:11.579><c> the</c><00:27:11.900><c> strength</c>

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to<00:27:12.920><c> keep</c><00:27:13.079><c> them</c><00:27:13.339><c> unspotted</c><00:27:14.039><c> from</c><00:27:14.299><c> the</c><00:27:14.599><c> world.</c>

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We<00:27:16.880><c> are</c><00:27:17.259><c> clothed</c><00:27:18.099><c> with</c><00:27:18.400><c> the</c><00:27:18.619><c> garments</c><00:27:18.960><c> of</c><00:27:19.279><c> righteousness</c>

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provided<00:27:21.399><c> through</c><00:27:22.079><c> the</c><00:27:22.339><c> Lamb</c><00:27:22.599><c> slain</c><00:27:23.039><c> from</c><00:27:23.299><c> the</c><00:27:23.480><c> foundation</c>

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of<00:27:24.200><c> the</c><00:27:24.400><c> world.</c>

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And<00:27:26.019><c> we</c><00:27:26.240><c> must</c><00:27:26.599><c> share</c><00:27:27.039><c> in</c><00:27:27.240><c> his</c><00:27:27.500><c> victory,</c>

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we<00:27:28.960><c> must</c><00:27:29.240><c> share</c><00:27:29.559><c> in</c><00:27:29.740><c> his</c><00:27:30.019><c> vision</c><00:27:30.519><c> of</c><00:27:31.140><c> the</c><00:27:31.420><c> love</c><00:27:31.599><c> of</c><00:27:31.799><c> his</c><00:27:32.059><c> Father,</c>

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which<00:27:33.720><c> drove</c><00:27:34.059><c> him</c><00:27:34.299><c> to</c><00:27:34.480><c> the</c><00:27:34.700><c> cross</c><00:27:35.000><c> willingly</c><00:27:35.640><c> for</c><00:27:36.240><c> you</c><00:27:36.759><c> and</c>

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for<00:27:37.579><c> me.</c>

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It<00:27:40.099><c> was</c><00:27:40.339><c> love.</c>

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I<00:27:42.799><c> don't</c><00:27:42.920><c> think</c><00:27:43.019><c> it</c><00:27:43.160><c> was</c><00:27:43.420><c> obedience.</c>

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I<00:27:45.019><c> think</c><00:27:45.220><c> obedience</c><00:27:45.700><c> is</c><00:27:45.980><c> a</c><00:27:46.099><c> byproduct</c><00:27:46.660><c> of</c><00:27:46.960><c> love.</c>

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You<00:27:49.160><c> have</c><00:27:49.380><c> obedience</c><00:27:49.900><c> as</c><00:27:50.180><c> a</c><00:27:50.359><c> result</c><00:27:50.660><c> of</c><00:27:50.920><c> love.</c>

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Our<00:27:52.640><c> children</c><00:27:53.019><c> love</c><00:27:53.339><c> us</c><00:27:54.220><c> and</c><00:27:54.900><c> they</c><00:27:55.099><c> obey</c><00:27:55.380><c> us.</c>

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Our<00:27:57.500><c> Father</c><00:27:57.819><c> loves</c><00:27:58.220><c> us,</c><00:27:59.380><c> therefore</c><00:27:59.680><c> we</c><00:27:59.960><c> should</c><00:28:00.200><c> obey</c><00:28:00.579><c> him.</c>

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But<00:28:01.799><c> it's</c><00:28:02.019><c> not</c><00:28:02.240><c> the</c><00:28:02.539><c> obedience</c><00:28:02.960><c> that's</c><00:28:03.339><c> the</c><00:28:03.619><c> motivator</c><00:28:04.180><c> to</c><00:28:04.440><c> do</c>

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and<00:28:05.420><c> say</c><00:28:05.640><c> those</c><00:28:05.920><c> things</c>

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which<00:28:06.400><c> God</c><00:28:06.680><c> would</c><00:28:06.920><c> have</c><00:28:07.099><c> us</c><00:28:07.319><c> to</c><00:28:07.460><c> do</c><00:28:07.559><c> and</c><00:28:07.799><c> say.</c>

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It's<00:28:08.519><c> because</c><00:28:08.779><c> we</c><00:28:09.039><c> love</c><00:28:09.220><c> him.</c>

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So<00:28:12.160><c> the</c><00:28:12.279><c> most</c><00:28:12.539><c> logical</c><00:28:12.980><c> question</c><00:28:13.420><c> to</c><00:28:13.660><c> come</c><00:28:13.819><c> to</c><00:28:14.039><c> then</c><00:28:14.220><c> is,</c>

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well,<00:28:14.480><c> how</c><00:28:14.660><c> do</c><00:28:14.779><c> you</c><00:28:14.920><c> love</c><00:28:15.059><c> something</c><00:28:15.440><c> that</c><00:28:15.619><c> you</c><00:28:15.779><c> can't</c><00:28:16.099><c> necessarily</c><00:28:16.779><c> see?</c>

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Well,<00:28:20.339><c> Brother</c><00:28:20.359><c> Bob</c><00:28:20.599><c> illustrated</c><00:28:21.119><c> that</c><00:28:21.420><c> for</c><00:28:21.660><c> us</c><00:28:21.799><c> this</c><00:28:22.059><c> morning.</c>

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We<00:28:23.240><c> see</c><00:28:23.440><c> the</c><00:28:23.599><c> love</c><00:28:23.720><c> of</c><00:28:23.940><c> God</c><00:28:24.140><c> all</c><00:28:24.400><c> around</c><00:28:24.759><c> us.</c>

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We<00:28:25.559><c> just</c><00:28:25.740><c> don't</c><00:28:25.880><c> always</c><00:28:26.099><c> stop</c><00:28:26.359><c> to</c><00:28:26.539><c> pay</c><00:28:26.700><c> attention</c><00:28:27.140><c> to</c><00:28:27.359><c> it.</c>

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We<00:28:29.299><c> don't</c><00:28:29.299><c> always</c><00:28:29.500><c> stop</c><00:28:29.759><c> to</c><00:28:29.940><c> pay</c><00:28:30.099><c> attention</c><00:28:30.440><c> to</c><00:28:30.579><c> how</c><00:28:30.839><c> beautiful</c><00:28:31.319><c> the</c><00:28:31.559><c> clouds</c><00:28:31.839><c> are</c>

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and<00:28:32.619><c> how</c><00:28:32.819><c> blue</c><00:28:33.079><c> the</c><00:28:33.279><c> sky</c><00:28:33.619><c> is.</c>

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And<00:28:35.539><c> if</c><00:28:35.660><c> I</c><00:28:35.779><c> may</c><00:28:35.960><c> plagiarize</c><00:28:36.519><c> a</c><00:28:36.619><c> little</c><00:28:36.880><c> bit,</c><00:28:37.319><c> how</c><00:28:37.519><c> beautiful</c>

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the<00:28:38.339><c> rose</c><00:28:38.599><c> is</c><00:28:39.000><c> on</c><00:28:39.279><c> the</c><00:28:39.500><c> vine,</c>

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even<00:28:40.279><c> when</c><00:28:40.460><c> we</c><00:28:40.680><c> see</c><00:28:40.839><c> it</c><00:28:41.119><c> dying.</c>

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Because<00:28:42.799><c> we</c><00:28:42.920><c> know</c><00:28:43.099><c> that</c><00:28:43.299><c> in</c><00:28:43.519><c> death</c><00:28:43.940><c> next</c><00:28:44.400><c> spring</c><00:28:44.779><c> it</c><00:28:45.099><c> will</c>

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resurrect<00:28:46.059><c> again.</c>

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And<00:28:46.940><c> we</c><00:28:47.240><c> see</c><00:28:47.640><c> the</c><00:28:47.940><c> wonder</c><00:28:48.259><c> of</c><00:28:48.519><c> God's</c><00:28:49.119><c> love</c><00:28:49.819><c> towards</c><00:28:50.200><c> his</c><00:28:50.500><c> people</c><00:28:50.859><c> evident</c><00:28:51.240><c> in</c>

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everything<00:28:52.160><c> around</c><00:28:52.619><c> us.</c>

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We<00:28:56.599><c> see</c><00:28:56.799><c> the</c><00:28:56.980><c> love</c><00:28:57.099><c> of</c><00:28:57.299><c> God</c><00:28:57.680><c> every</c><00:28:58.019><c> time</c><00:28:58.220><c> a</c><00:28:58.339><c> new</c><00:28:58.539><c> child</c><00:28:58.900><c> is</c><00:28:59.180><c> born.</c>

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We<00:29:01.299><c> see</c><00:29:01.500><c> the</c><00:29:01.680><c> love</c><00:29:01.859><c> of</c><00:29:02.039><c> God</c><00:29:02.380><c> every</c><00:29:02.700><c> time</c><00:29:02.920><c> one</c><00:29:03.119><c> of</c><00:29:03.240><c> the</c><00:29:03.420><c> older</c><00:29:03.640><c> members</c><00:29:04.039><c> of</c>

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our<00:29:04.519><c> Ecclesia</c>

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struggles<00:29:05.519><c> to</c><00:29:05.839><c> their</c><00:29:06.119><c> seat</c><00:29:06.339><c> in</c><00:29:06.519><c> the</c><00:29:06.660><c> morning.</c>

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With<00:29:10.039><c> 60,</c><00:29:10.720><c> 70,</c><00:29:11.880><c> 80,</c><00:29:12.900><c> 90.</c>

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And<00:29:14.980><c> in</c><00:29:15.180><c> some</c><00:29:15.380><c> cases</c><00:29:15.700><c> maybe</c><00:29:16.099><c> even</c><00:29:16.480><c> close</c><00:29:16.720><c> to</c><00:29:16.980><c> 100</c><00:29:17.500><c> years</c>

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of<00:29:21.079><c> life</c>

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in<00:29:23.480><c> the</c><00:29:23.779><c> truth,</c>

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in<00:29:25.160><c> a</c><00:29:25.380><c> relationship</c><00:29:26.039><c> with</c><00:29:26.380><c> God.</c>

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Those<00:29:30.480><c> kinds</c><00:29:30.740><c> of</c><00:29:31.079><c> ideas,</c>

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those<00:29:32.380><c> kinds</c><00:29:32.619><c> of</c><00:29:32.880><c> concepts</c><00:29:33.299><c> which</c><00:29:33.539><c> we</c><00:29:33.700><c> can</c><00:29:33.940><c> easily</c><00:29:34.380><c> lose</c><00:29:34.759><c> sight</c><00:29:34.980><c> of,</c>

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particularly<00:29:35.880><c> today</c><00:29:36.440><c> as</c><00:29:36.680><c> we're</c><00:29:36.940><c> bombarded</c><00:29:37.480><c> with</c><00:29:37.839><c> everything</c>

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under<00:29:38.799><c> the</c><00:29:39.059><c> sun,</c>

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we<00:29:41.799><c> can</c><00:29:42.119><c> lose</c><00:29:42.480><c> sight</c><00:29:42.759><c> of</c><00:29:43.059><c> how</c><00:29:43.640><c> much</c><00:29:43.980><c> God</c><00:29:44.339><c> really</c><00:29:44.740><c> does</c><00:29:45.079><c> love</c><00:29:45.339><c> us.</c>

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And<00:29:46.420><c> while</c><00:29:46.539><c> he</c><00:29:46.640><c> doesn't</c><00:29:46.960><c> necessarily</c><00:29:47.640><c> speak</c><00:29:47.980><c> to</c><00:29:48.160><c> us</c><00:29:48.420><c> in</c><00:29:48.599><c> terms</c>

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of<00:29:49.299><c> prophets</c><00:29:49.740><c> and</c><00:29:50.099><c> messengers</c><00:29:50.680><c> and</c><00:29:50.960><c> signs</c><00:29:51.279><c> from</c><00:29:51.539><c> heaven,</c>

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there<00:29:52.319><c> are</c><00:29:52.640><c> signs</c><00:29:52.980><c> all</c><00:29:53.299><c> over</c><00:29:53.579><c> the</c><00:29:53.799><c> place</c><00:29:54.019><c> that</c><00:29:54.180><c> he's</c><00:29:54.460><c> still</c><00:29:54.819><c> here.</c>

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We<00:29:56.119><c> just</c><00:29:56.400><c> have</c><00:29:56.579><c> to</c><00:29:56.680><c> look</c><00:29:56.920><c> for</c><00:29:57.160><c> them</c><00:29:57.319><c> brothers</c><00:29:57.619><c> and</c><00:29:57.920><c> sisters.</c>

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Look<00:30:01.160><c> to</c><00:30:01.359><c> that</c><00:30:01.619><c> love</c><00:30:02.019><c> and</c><00:30:02.420><c> rely</c><00:30:02.759><c> on</c><00:30:02.940><c> that</c><00:30:03.240><c> love.</c>

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This<00:30:07.779><c> is</c><00:30:08.099><c> what</c><00:30:08.279><c> drove</c><00:30:08.720><c> Jesus</c><00:30:09.259><c> to</c><00:30:09.500><c> the</c><00:30:09.700><c> cross.</c>

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This<00:30:11.200><c> is</c><00:30:11.460><c> what</c><00:30:11.640><c> drove</c><00:30:11.960><c> him</c><00:30:12.180><c> to</c><00:30:12.339><c> give</c><00:30:12.500><c> up</c><00:30:12.660><c> his</c><00:30:12.900><c> life.</c>

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He<00:30:15.259><c> endured</c><00:30:15.640><c> that</c><00:30:16.000><c> cross.</c>

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He<00:30:17.359><c> despised</c><00:30:17.819><c> the</c><00:30:18.119><c> shame</c>

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because<00:30:20.359><c> he</c><00:30:20.680><c> loved</c><00:30:20.940><c> his</c><00:30:21.220><c> father.</c>

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And<00:30:23.779><c> he</c><00:30:24.019><c> loved</c><00:30:24.299><c> us.</c>

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And<00:30:26.859><c> he</c><00:30:27.440><c> looked</c><00:30:27.839><c> forward</c>

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to<00:30:30.359><c> the</c><00:30:30.640><c> joy</c><00:30:30.880><c> that</c><00:30:31.019><c> was</c><00:30:31.299><c> set</c><00:30:31.539><c> before</c><00:30:31.980><c> him</c>

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in<00:30:33.240><c> the</c><00:30:33.440><c> final</c><00:30:33.799><c> outcome</c><00:30:34.259><c> of</c><00:30:34.500><c> all</c><00:30:34.779><c> things.</c>

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And<00:30:36.859><c> we</c><00:30:37.039><c> have</c><00:30:37.319><c> his</c><00:30:37.559><c> example</c><00:30:38.119><c> recorded</c><00:30:38.740><c> for</c><00:30:39.140><c> us</c>

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in<00:30:40.240><c> the</c><00:30:40.440><c> scripture.</c>

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