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this<00:30:44.150><c> person</c><00:30:44.650><c> could</c><00:30:45.589><c> articulate</c>

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his<00:30:48.190><c> beliefs</c><00:30:48.849><c> his</c><00:30:49.289><c> faith</c><00:30:49.589><c> flawlessly</c>

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so<00:31:04.109><c> then</c><00:31:04.250><c> verse</c><00:31:04.509><c> 18</c><00:31:04.930><c> the</c><00:31:05.170><c> second</c><00:31:05.450><c> stage</c><00:31:05.829><c> of</c><00:31:06.009><c> the</c><00:31:06.230><c> argument</c>

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generates<00:31:23.529><c> fruitful</c><00:31:24.130><c> outcomes</c>

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think<00:31:25.150><c> of</c><00:31:25.289><c> that</c>

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a<00:31:26.450><c> saving</c><00:31:26.869><c> faith</c><00:31:27.509><c> generates</c><00:31:28.529><c> fruitful</c><00:31:29.710><c> outcomes</c>

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an<00:31:36.849><c> act</c><00:31:37.170><c> of</c><00:31:37.410><c> faith</c>

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he<00:31:45.789><c> says</c><00:31:46.009><c> his</c><00:31:46.250><c> own</c><00:31:46.529><c> works</c><00:31:46.769><c> are</c><00:31:47.089><c> proof</c><00:31:47.250><c> positive</c><00:31:47.730><c> of</c><00:31:47.990><c> a</c><00:31:48.130><c> dynamic</c><00:31:48.549><c> faith</c>

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that's<00:31:49.869><c> real</c><00:31:50.190><c> living</c><00:31:50.509><c> faith</c>

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you<00:32:39.490><c> who</c><00:32:39.990><c> vainly</c><00:32:40.609><c> protest</c>

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it<00:32:54.430><c> only</c><00:32:54.789><c> has</c><00:32:55.150><c> power</c>

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so<00:33:25.029><c> clearly</c><00:33:25.589><c> faith</c><00:33:26.190><c> alone</c><00:33:27.089><c> didn't</c><00:33:27.670><c> bring</c><00:33:27.950><c> out</c><00:33:28.130><c> that</c><00:33:28.349><c> wonderful</c><00:33:28.809><c> promise</c>

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of<00:33:29.390><c> Genesis</c><00:33:29.690><c> 22</c>

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it<00:33:32.009><c> was</c><00:33:32.269><c> a</c><00:33:32.569><c> maturing</c><00:33:32.970><c> of</c><00:33:33.190><c> that</c><00:33:33.509><c> faith</c><00:33:33.789><c> way</c><00:33:34.109><c> back</c><00:33:34.430><c> from</c><00:33:34.690><c> Genesis</c><00:33:35.069><c> 15</c>

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seest<00:33:37.569><c> thou</c><00:33:37.750><c> how</c><00:33:38.089><c> faith</c><00:33:38.509><c> wrought</c><00:33:38.970><c> with</c><00:33:39.210><c> his</c><00:33:39.549><c> works</c>

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or<00:33:48.230><c> this</c><00:33:48.549><c> process</c><00:33:49.490><c> of</c><00:33:49.990><c> maturing</c>

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when<00:33:54.549><c> facing</c><00:33:55.250><c> humanly</c><00:33:56.109><c> impossible</c><00:33:56.750><c> situations</c>

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Abraham<00:33:58.670><c> looks</c><00:33:58.910><c> up</c><00:33:59.150><c> to</c><00:33:59.309><c> the</c><00:33:59.509><c> stars</c><00:33:59.789><c> of</c><00:34:00.049><c> heaven</c><00:34:00.349><c> and</c><00:34:00.769><c> believes</c>

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that<00:34:04.890><c> this</c><00:34:05.250><c> faith</c><00:34:05.569><c> was</c><00:34:05.930><c> imputed</c><00:34:06.309><c> to</c><00:34:06.529><c> him</c><00:34:06.730><c> for</c><00:34:07.049><c> righteousness</c>

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the<00:34:11.829><c> generated</c><00:34:12.309><c> works</c><00:34:12.730><c> in</c><00:34:13.230><c> Genesis</c><00:34:13.550><c> 22</c>

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you<00:34:15.750><c> know</c><00:34:15.909><c> when</c><00:34:16.050><c> you</c><00:34:16.250><c> said</c><00:34:16.389><c> I</c><00:34:16.730><c> and</c><00:34:16.869><c> the</c><00:34:17.030><c> lad</c><00:34:17.230><c> shall</c><00:34:17.449><c> come</c><00:34:17.730><c> again</c>

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you<00:34:22.030><c> count</c><00:34:22.329><c> up</c><00:34:22.570><c> the</c><00:34:22.789><c> number</c><00:34:23.050><c> of</c><00:34:23.389><c> action</c><00:34:23.869><c> words</c><00:34:24.670><c> in</c><00:34:25.550><c> Genesis</c><00:34:25.929><c> 22</c>

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that<00:35:06.590><c> perseverance</c>

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he<00:35:22.349><c> obtained</c><00:35:22.710><c> the</c><00:35:22.969><c> promise</c>

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you<00:35:24.530><c> see</c><00:35:24.769><c> them</c><00:35:25.010><c> James</c><00:35:25.329><c> says</c>

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so<00:35:31.690><c> faith</c><00:35:32.130><c> and</c><00:35:32.489><c> works</c><00:35:32.730><c> are</c><00:35:33.050><c> like</c><00:35:33.510><c> cause</c><00:35:34.010><c> and</c><00:35:34.789><c> effect</c>

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a<00:35:42.590><c> foreigner</c>

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and<00:35:44.309><c> a</c><00:35:44.550><c> sinner</c>

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and<00:35:45.710><c> she</c><00:35:45.869><c> was</c><00:35:46.070><c> justified</c>

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verse<00:35:47.369><c> 25</c>

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likewise<00:35:48.630><c> also</c><00:35:49.070><c> was</c><00:35:49.289><c> not</c><00:35:49.510><c> Rahab</c><00:35:49.969><c> the</c><00:35:50.170><c> harlot</c><00:35:50.449><c> justified</c><00:35:51.030><c> by</c><00:35:51.309><c> works</c>

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and<00:36:03.510><c> we</c><00:36:03.650><c> think</c><00:36:03.769><c> about</c><00:36:03.989><c> it</c><00:36:04.110><c> when</c><00:36:04.210><c> we</c><00:36:04.469><c> teach</c><00:36:04.730><c> these</c><00:36:05.070><c> lessons</c>

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we<00:36:05.670><c> realise</c><00:36:06.070><c> that</c><00:36:06.269><c> many</c><00:36:06.530><c> people</c><00:36:06.829><c> in</c><00:36:07.190><c> Canaan</c>

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but<00:36:11.329><c> only</c>

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only<00:36:13.230><c> Rahab</c>

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okay

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the<00:36:23.989><c> two</c><00:36:24.250><c> spies</c>

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she<00:36:26.190><c> makes</c><00:36:26.489><c> a</c><00:36:26.730><c> very</c><00:36:27.170><c> clear</c><00:36:27.369><c> confession</c><00:36:27.849><c> of</c><00:36:28.110><c> her</c><00:36:28.449><c> faith</c>

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she<00:36:31.889><c> let</c><00:36:32.090><c> the</c><00:36:32.449><c> spies</c><00:36:32.670><c> go</c>

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she<00:36:33.530><c> hangs</c><00:36:33.929><c> a</c><00:36:34.329><c> scarlet</c><00:36:34.769><c> cord</c><00:36:34.949><c> in</c><00:36:35.130><c> her</c><00:36:35.329><c> window</c>

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she<00:36:36.329><c> keeps</c><00:36:36.610><c> her</c><00:36:36.929><c> family</c><00:36:37.250><c> together</c>

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in<00:36:38.369><c> her</c><00:36:38.670><c> house</c>

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fifth<00:36:42.309><c> day</c>

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you<00:36:46.429><c> man</c>

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seven<00:36:52.369><c> days</c>

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yeah

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and<00:37:09.429><c> compare</c><00:37:09.690><c> that</c><00:37:09.949><c> to</c><00:37:10.110><c> Lot's</c><00:37:10.449><c> wife</c>

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she<00:37:12.269><c> was</c><00:37:12.570><c> drawn</c><00:37:12.769><c> back</c><00:37:13.090><c> to</c><00:37:13.389><c> her</c><00:37:14.250><c> city</c>

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and<00:37:31.989><c> his</c><00:37:32.110><c> purpose</c>

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James<00:37:41.510><c> says</c>

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so<00:37:45.570><c> faith</c><00:37:45.989><c> without</c><00:37:46.530><c> works</c><00:37:46.989><c> is</c><00:37:47.289><c> dead</c><00:37:47.489><c> also</c>

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brother<00:37:49.929><c> and</c><00:37:50.230><c> sisters</c>

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we<00:37:53.590><c> know</c>

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that<00:37:55.570><c> if</c><00:37:55.789><c> God</c><00:37:56.170><c> withdraws</c><00:37:57.570><c> the</c><00:37:57.829><c> Numa</c><00:37:58.309><c> spirit</c><00:37:59.090><c> power</c><00:37:59.809><c> to</c><00:38:00.489><c> breathe</c>

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we<00:38:02.269><c> die</c>

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that<00:38:08.369><c> our</c><00:38:08.829><c> faith</c>

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is<00:38:10.889><c> likewise</c><00:38:11.369><c> dead</c>

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and<00:38:13.789><c> brother</c><00:38:13.969><c> and</c><00:38:14.250><c> sisters</c>

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God<00:38:16.210><c> is</c><00:38:16.429><c> not</c><00:38:16.670><c> glorified</c>

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