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day,<00:11:26.419><c> that</c><00:11:26.600><c> they</c><00:11:26.820><c> might</c><00:11:27.039><c> accuse</c><00:11:27.419><c> him.</c>

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That's<00:11:29.879><c> all</c><00:11:29.980><c> they</c><00:11:30.139><c> wanted</c><00:11:30.259><c> to</c><00:11:30.519><c> do</c><00:11:30.659><c> was</c><00:11:30.879><c> accuse</c><00:11:31.299><c> Jesus.</c>

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They<00:11:32.299><c> were</c><00:11:32.500><c> looking</c><00:11:32.720><c> for</c><00:11:33.080><c> anything</c><00:11:33.399><c> to</c><00:11:33.720><c> discredit</c><00:11:34.159><c> this</c><00:11:34.480><c> man.</c>

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And<00:11:35.600><c> he</c><00:11:35.700><c> said</c><00:11:35.899><c> unto</c><00:11:36.120><c> the</c><00:11:36.320><c> man</c><00:11:36.539><c> which</c><00:11:36.779><c> had</c><00:11:36.960><c> the</c><00:11:37.139><c> withered</c><00:11:37.419><c> hand,</c>

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stand<00:11:38.159><c> forth.</c>

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And<00:11:39.840><c> he</c><00:11:40.019><c> saith</c><00:11:40.179><c> unto</c><00:11:40.460><c> them,</c><00:11:41.259><c> is</c><00:11:41.480><c> it</c><00:11:41.700><c> lawful</c><00:11:41.980><c> to</c><00:11:42.179><c> do</c><00:11:42.340><c> good</c>

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To<00:11:46.799><c> save</c><00:11:47.240><c> life</c><00:11:47.559><c> or</c><00:11:47.679><c> to</c><00:11:47.940><c> kill,</c><00:11:48.720><c> but</c><00:11:48.980><c> they</c><00:11:49.259><c> held</c><00:11:49.600><c> their</c><00:11:49.980><c> peace.</c>

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And<00:11:51.600><c> when</c><00:11:51.720><c> he</c><00:11:51.879><c> had</c><00:11:52.039><c> looked</c><00:11:52.259><c> round</c><00:11:52.559><c> about</c><00:11:53.000><c> on</c><00:11:53.379><c> them</c><00:11:53.659><c> with</c><00:11:54.000><c> anger,</c>

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so<00:11:55.840><c> here's</c><00:11:56.220><c> Jesus</c><00:11:56.820><c> looking</c><00:11:57.500><c> around</c><00:11:57.980><c> and</c><00:11:58.299><c> seeing</c>

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waiting<00:12:03.240><c> for</c><00:12:03.460><c> him</c><00:12:03.639><c> to</c><00:12:03.879><c> catch</c><00:12:04.100><c> him.</c>

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And<00:12:05.220><c> what</c><00:12:05.340><c> does</c><00:12:05.519><c> Jesus</c><00:12:05.919><c> do?</c>

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He<00:12:07.919><c> looked</c><00:12:08.139><c> around</c><00:12:08.539><c> them</c><00:12:08.860><c> with</c><00:12:09.139><c> anger,</c>

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being<00:12:09.879><c> grieved</c><00:12:10.220><c> for</c><00:12:10.399><c> the</c><00:12:10.659><c> hardness</c><00:12:10.899><c> of</c><00:12:11.179><c> their</c><00:12:11.379><c> hearts.</c>

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He<00:12:12.639><c> said</c><00:12:12.899><c> unto</c><00:12:13.139><c> the</c><00:12:13.340><c> man,</c><00:12:13.960><c> stretch</c><00:12:13.960><c> forth</c><00:12:14.360><c> thine</c><00:12:14.539><c> hand.</c>

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And<00:12:15.580><c> he</c><00:12:15.820><c> stretched</c><00:12:16.059><c> it</c><00:12:16.259><c> out</c><00:12:16.419><c> and</c><00:12:16.539><c> his</c><00:12:16.700><c> hand</c>

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That's<00:12:22.279><c> how</c><00:12:22.519><c> Jesus</c><00:12:22.899><c> went</c><00:12:23.100><c> back</c><00:12:23.419><c> at</c><00:12:23.639><c> them.</c>

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Now<00:12:26.360><c> after</c><00:12:26.620><c> this</c><00:12:26.960><c> line</c><00:12:27.220><c> of</c><00:12:27.500><c> attack</c><00:12:27.759><c> failed</c>

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where<00:12:28.879><c> they</c><00:12:29.779><c> tried</c><00:12:30.019><c> to</c><00:12:30.279><c> catch</c><00:12:30.460><c> him</c><00:12:31.360><c> supposedly</c>

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what's<00:12:35.899><c> better</c><00:12:36.080><c> to</c><00:12:36.320><c> do</c><00:12:36.580><c> to</c><00:12:37.039><c> give</c><00:12:37.340><c> life,</c><00:12:37.840><c> to</c><00:12:38.019><c> heal?</c>

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They<00:12:40.159><c> try</c><00:12:40.559><c> a</c><00:12:40.779><c> different</c><00:12:41.139><c> method.</c>

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They<00:12:43.519><c> actually</c><00:12:44.000><c> attack</c><00:12:44.519><c> his</c><00:12:44.820><c> miracles.</c>

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They<00:12:52.039><c> say,</c><00:12:52.299><c> you</c><00:12:52.440><c> know,</c><00:12:52.620><c> of</c><00:12:52.840><c> course</c><00:12:53.039><c> he</c><00:12:53.159><c> can</c><00:12:53.320><c> do</c><00:12:53.519><c> miracles.</c>

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We<00:12:55.419><c> don't</c><00:12:55.679><c> deny</c><00:12:56.080><c> that</c><00:12:56.299><c> the</c><00:12:56.440><c> man</c><00:12:56.600><c> can</c><00:12:56.820><c> do</c><00:12:57.019><c> miracles,</c>

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He's<00:13:04.240><c> got</c><00:13:04.440><c> a</c><00:13:04.679><c> devil</c><00:13:04.919><c> in</c><00:13:05.159><c> him.</c>

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That's<00:13:06.259><c> how</c><00:13:06.460><c> he's</c><00:13:06.700><c> able</c><00:13:06.940><c> to</c><00:13:07.200><c> cast</c><00:13:07.500><c> out</c><00:13:07.799><c> the</c><00:13:08.100><c> demons.</c>

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Can't<00:13:09.220><c> you</c><00:13:09.399><c> see</c><00:13:09.600><c> that?</c>

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That's<00:13:10.919><c> why</c><00:13:11.179><c> he</c><00:13:11.320><c> can</c><00:13:11.480><c> do</c><00:13:11.720><c> it.</c>

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was<00:13:21.840><c> brought</c><00:13:22.120><c> to</c><00:13:22.340><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:13:28.220><c> the</c><00:13:28.440><c> crowd</c><00:13:28.700><c> was</c><00:13:29.000><c> amazed</c><00:13:29.360><c> and</c><00:13:29.639><c> said,</c>

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nothing<00:13:30.340><c> like</c><00:13:31.320><c> this</c><00:13:31.720><c> has</c><00:13:32.019><c> ever</c><00:13:32.700><c> been</c><00:13:33.179><c> seen</c><00:13:33.419><c> in</c><00:13:33.659><c> Israel.</c>

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by<00:13:42.500><c> being</c><00:13:42.860><c> demon</c><00:13:43.139><c> possessed.</c>

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But<00:13:44.080><c> the</c><00:13:44.299><c> multitudes,</c><00:13:45.740><c> they</c><00:13:46.080><c> knew</c><00:13:46.279><c> that</c><00:13:46.779><c> wasn't</c><00:13:47.100><c> the</c><00:13:47.299><c> case.</c>

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So<00:14:05.220><c> they</c><00:14:05.440><c> decided</c><00:14:05.860><c> to</c><00:14:06.419><c> start</c><00:14:06.759><c> a</c><00:14:07.039><c> whispering</c><00:14:07.419><c> campaign</c>

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against<00:14:08.340><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:14:08.960><c> in</c><00:14:09.120><c> John</c><00:14:09.399><c> chapter</c><00:14:09.759><c> 8,</c><00:14:10.399><c> you</c><00:14:10.500><c> don't</c><00:14:10.659><c> have</c><00:14:10.860><c> to</c><00:14:11.000><c> look</c><00:14:11.120><c> it</c><00:14:11.320><c> up.</c>

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But<00:14:12.179><c> John</c><00:14:12.500><c> chapter</c><00:14:12.840><c> 8</c><00:14:13.080><c> is</c><00:14:13.299><c> covered</c><00:14:13.759><c> with</c><00:14:14.399><c> a</c><00:14:14.639><c> back</c><00:14:14.820><c> and</c><00:14:15.039><c> forth</c><00:14:15.240><c> dialogue</c>

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And<00:14:23.020><c> finally,</c><00:14:24.820><c> Jesus,</c><00:14:25.740><c> as</c><00:14:26.100><c> they</c><00:14:26.340><c> say,</c><00:14:26.519><c> you</c>

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claim<00:14:26.980><c> to</c><00:14:27.120><c> be</c><00:14:27.299><c> the</c><00:14:27.460><c> Son</c><00:14:27.600><c> of</c><00:14:27.820><c> God.</c>

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Nothing<00:14:34.919><c> good</c><00:14:35.159><c> comes</c><00:14:35.419><c> from</c><00:14:35.700><c> there.</c>

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You<00:14:36.480><c> can't</c><00:14:36.960><c> please</c><00:14:37.460><c> tell</c><00:14:37.879><c> us</c><00:14:38.100><c> where</c><00:14:38.259><c> you</c><00:14:38.480><c> come</c><00:14:38.659><c> from.</c>

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And<00:14:43.399><c> in</c><00:14:43.559><c> John</c><00:14:43.820><c> 8,</c><00:14:44.179><c> Jesus</c><00:14:44.580><c> says,</c><00:14:44.940><c> can</c><00:14:45.100><c> any</c><00:14:45.440><c> of</c><00:14:45.679><c> you</c>

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prove<00:14:46.240><c> me</c><00:14:46.559><c> guilty</c><00:14:46.840><c> of</c><00:14:47.159><c> sin</c><00:14:47.320><c> after</c><00:14:47.700><c> this</c><00:14:48.600><c> badgering?</c>

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If<00:14:50.919><c> I</c><00:14:51.120><c> am</c><00:14:51.279><c> telling</c><00:14:51.480><c> you</c><00:14:51.700><c> the</c><00:14:51.960><c> truth,</c><00:14:52.139><c> why</c><00:14:52.379><c> don't</c><00:14:52.559><c> you</c><00:14:52.779><c> believe</c><00:14:53.120><c> me?</c>

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If<00:15:24.779><c> you</c><00:15:24.919><c> turn</c><00:15:25.100><c> to</c><00:15:25.220><c> John</c><00:15:25.500><c> chapter</c><00:15:25.899><c> 12,</c><00:15:26.840><c> so</c><00:15:27.000><c> we're</c>

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and<00:15:29.639><c> their</c><00:15:29.919><c> battles</c><00:15:30.360><c> against</c><00:15:30.919><c> Jesus.</c>

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But<00:15:31.820><c> in</c><00:15:32.000><c> John</c><00:15:32.240><c> 12,</c><00:15:32.700><c> in</c><00:15:32.840><c> verse</c><00:15:33.080><c> 42,</c><00:15:35.580><c> we</c><00:15:35.720><c> read,</c>

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nevertheless,<00:15:36.799><c> among</c><00:15:37.000><c> the</c><00:15:37.279><c> chief</c><00:15:37.519><c> rulers,</c>

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also<00:15:40.120><c> many</c><00:15:40.679><c> believed</c><00:15:41.360><c> on</c><00:15:41.820><c> him.</c>

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But<00:15:44.480><c> because</c><00:15:44.940><c> of</c><00:15:45.080><c> the</c><00:15:45.299><c> Pharisees,</c><00:15:45.799><c> they</c><00:15:45.960><c> did</c><00:15:46.259><c> not</c><00:15:46.600><c> confess</c><00:15:47.100><c> him,</c>

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For<00:15:51.340><c> they</c><00:15:51.700><c> loved</c><00:15:52.039><c> the</c><00:15:52.340><c> praise</c><00:15:52.580><c> of</c><00:15:52.820><c> men</c><00:15:53.080><c> more</c><00:15:53.399><c> than</c><00:15:53.559><c> the</c><00:15:53.759><c> praise</c>

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of<00:15:54.220><c> God.</c>

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They<00:15:59.019><c> loved</c><00:15:59.419><c> the</c><00:15:59.720><c> praise</c><00:15:59.899><c> of</c><00:16:00.200><c> men</c><00:16:00.600><c> more</c><00:16:01.059><c> than</c><00:16:01.220><c> the</c><00:16:01.419><c> praise</c><00:16:01.580><c> of</c><00:16:01.860><c> God.</c>

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And<00:16:02.559><c> that's</c><00:16:02.860><c> the</c><00:16:03.100><c> battle,</c><00:16:03.799><c> brothers</c><00:16:03.940><c> and</c><00:16:04.220><c> sisters,</c><00:16:04.580><c> that</c><00:16:05.379><c> we</c><00:16:05.980><c> fight.</c>

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So<00:16:07.480><c> these</c><00:16:07.740><c> religious</c><00:16:08.220><c> leaders</c><00:16:08.559><c> believed</c><00:16:09.080><c> on</c><00:16:09.360><c> Jesus.</c>

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and<00:16:16.220><c> what</c><00:16:16.460><c> men</c><00:16:16.720><c> would</c><00:16:16.980><c> think</c><00:16:17.120><c> of</c><00:16:17.360><c> them,</c>

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they<00:16:18.379><c> decided</c><00:16:18.860><c> not</c><00:16:19.179><c> to</c><00:16:19.379><c> act</c><00:16:19.620><c> on</c><00:16:19.860><c> it.</c>

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And<00:16:20.899><c> they</c><00:16:21.120><c> probably</c><00:16:22.019><c> followed</c><00:16:22.419><c> the</c><00:16:22.720><c> crowd</c>

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in<00:16:23.559><c> their</c><00:16:23.779><c> attacks</c><00:16:24.139><c> against</c><00:16:24.539><c> Jesus.</c>

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and<00:16:35.679><c> strength</c><00:16:35.940><c> of</c><00:16:36.179><c> purpose?</c>

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to<00:16:44.360><c> attack</c><00:16:44.440><c> Jesus</c><00:16:44.899><c> from</c><00:16:45.179><c> within.</c>

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And<00:16:49.100><c> they</c><00:16:49.340><c> have</c><00:16:49.519><c> a</c><00:16:49.779><c> willing</c><00:16:50.000><c> partner</c><00:16:50.779><c> in</c><00:16:51.639><c> Judas.</c>

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And<00:17:04.799><c> then</c><00:17:05.000><c> ended</c><00:17:05.220><c> that</c><00:17:05.500><c> Satan,</c><00:17:05.700><c> under</c><00:17:06.019><c> Judas,</c>

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surnamed<00:17:06.960><c> Ascariot,</c><00:17:07.819><c> being</c><00:17:07.940><c> of</c><00:17:08.140><c> the</c><00:17:08.299><c> number</c><00:17:08.519><c> of</c><00:17:08.640><c> the</c><00:17:08.859><c> 12.</c>

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and<00:17:12.980><c> captains</c><00:17:13.359><c> how</c><00:17:13.579><c> he</c><00:17:13.799><c> might</c><00:17:14.099><c> betray</c><00:17:14.559><c> him</c><00:17:15.240><c> unto</c><00:17:15.619><c> them.</c>

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And<00:17:18.420><c> they</c><00:17:18.519><c> were</c><00:17:18.740><c> glad.</c>

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And<00:17:20.420><c> they</c><00:17:20.680><c> coveted</c><00:17:21.119><c> to</c><00:17:21.339><c> give</c><00:17:21.519><c> him</c><00:17:21.740><c> money.</c>

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And<00:17:23.839><c> Judas</c><00:17:24.119><c> promised</c><00:17:24.839><c> and</c><00:17:25.240><c> sought</c><00:17:25.420><c> opportunity</c>

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So<00:17:34.059><c> for</c><00:17:34.279><c> all</c><00:17:34.460><c> this</c><00:17:34.640><c> time,</c><00:17:34.940><c> Jesus,</c><00:17:35.859><c> with</c><00:17:36.279><c> his</c><00:17:36.519><c> beautiful</c><00:17:37.019><c> works,</c>

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he<00:17:42.539><c> was</c><00:17:42.720><c> being</c><00:17:42.980><c> attacked</c><00:17:43.500><c> on</c><00:17:43.759><c> all</c><00:17:44.039><c> sides</c><00:17:44.380><c> by</c><00:17:44.599><c> the</c><00:17:44.799><c> religious</c><00:17:45.160><c> leaders.</c>

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And<00:17:46.839><c> it</c><00:17:46.900><c> was</c><00:17:47.140><c> bad</c><00:17:47.359><c> enough,</c><00:17:47.799><c> all</c><00:17:47.960><c> the</c><00:17:48.180><c> things</c>

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to<00:17:56.859><c> betray</c><00:17:57.119><c> him.</c>

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that's<00:18:15.740><c> been</c><00:18:15.940><c> with</c><00:18:16.259><c> you</c><00:18:16.559><c> all</c><00:18:16.819><c> this</c><00:18:17.039><c> time,</c><00:18:17.579><c> would</c><00:18:17.720><c> betray</c><00:18:18.079><c> you.</c>

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And<00:18:20.519><c> Jesus</c><00:18:20.799><c> knew</c><00:18:21.000><c> this.</c>

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And<00:18:24.160><c> it</c><00:18:24.240><c> must</c><00:18:24.460><c> have</c><00:18:24.640><c> pained</c><00:18:24.900><c> him</c><00:18:25.299><c> to</c><00:18:25.539><c> no</c><00:18:25.740><c> end.</c>

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knowing<00:18:32.460><c> ahead</c><00:18:32.700><c> of</c><00:18:32.920><c> time</c><00:18:33.059><c> that</c><00:18:33.279><c> my</c><00:18:33.559><c> son</c><00:18:33.940><c> was</c>

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going<00:18:34.740><c> to</c><00:18:34.980><c> betray</c><00:18:35.220><c> me</c><00:18:36.259><c> in</c><00:18:36.680><c> such</c><00:18:36.859><c> a</c><00:18:37.019><c> way.</c>

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But<00:18:40.660><c> now</c><00:18:40.960><c> we</c><00:18:41.200><c> see</c><00:18:41.680><c> the</c><00:18:42.099><c> beauty</c><00:18:42.579><c> in</c><00:18:43.380><c> the</c><00:18:43.660><c> greatness</c><00:18:43.940><c> of</c><00:18:44.200><c> Jesus.</c>

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this<00:23:17.450><c> great</c><00:23:17.910><c> life</c><00:23:18.210><c> lesson</c><00:23:18.529><c> he</c><00:23:18.730><c> gives</c><00:23:18.990><c> them</c>

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on<00:23:20.630><c> how</c><00:23:20.829><c> to</c><00:23:20.990><c> humble</c><00:23:21.250><c> oneself.</c>

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Back<00:23:26.569><c> to</c><00:23:26.730><c> Luke</c><00:23:26.890><c> 22</c><00:23:27.390><c> and</c><00:23:27.549><c> verse</c><00:23:27.869><c> 39,</c><00:23:32.069><c> Jesus</c><00:23:32.549><c> came</c><00:23:32.849><c> out</c><00:23:33.190><c> and</c><00:23:33.369><c> went,</c>

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as<00:23:33.769><c> he</c><00:23:34.009><c> was</c><00:23:34.170><c> warned,</c><00:23:34.450><c> to</c><00:23:34.529><c> the</c><00:23:34.690><c> Mount</c><00:23:34.809><c> of</c><00:23:35.029><c> Olives,</c>

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and<00:23:35.529><c> the</c><00:23:35.710><c> disciples</c><00:23:36.170><c> also</c><00:23:36.710><c> followed</c><00:23:37.029><c> him.</c>

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And<00:23:37.849><c> when</c><00:23:37.950><c> he</c><00:23:38.069><c> was</c><00:23:38.170><c> at</c><00:23:38.309><c> the</c><00:23:38.509><c> place,</c><00:23:38.730><c> he</c><00:23:38.849><c> said</c><00:23:39.009><c> unto</c><00:23:39.210><c> them,</c>

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pray<00:23:39.849><c> that</c><00:23:40.029><c> ye</c><00:23:40.269><c> enter</c><00:23:40.569><c> not</c><00:23:40.910><c> into</c><00:23:41.369><c> temptation.</c>

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And<00:23:43.390><c> he</c><00:23:43.549><c> was</c><00:23:43.809><c> withdrawn</c><00:23:44.349><c> from</c><00:23:44.630><c> them</c><00:23:44.849><c> about</c><00:23:45.069><c> a</c><00:23:45.349><c> stone's</c><00:23:45.849><c> cast,</c>

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and<00:23:47.369><c> he</c><00:23:47.529><c> kneeled</c><00:23:47.769><c> down</c><00:23:48.529><c> and</c><00:23:48.829><c> prayed,</c><00:23:49.069><c> saying,</c>

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Father,<00:23:51.069><c> if</c><00:23:51.289><c> thou</c><00:23:51.630><c> be</c><00:23:51.910><c> willing,</c><00:23:52.230><c> remove</c><00:23:52.690><c> this</c><00:23:53.029><c> cup</c><00:23:53.190><c> from</c><00:23:53.450><c> me.</c>

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Nevertheless,<00:23:56.390><c> not</c><00:23:56.609><c> my</c><00:23:56.910><c> will,</c><00:23:57.769><c> but</c><00:23:57.950><c> thine</c><00:23:58.210><c> be</c><00:23:58.430><c> done.</c>

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If<00:24:05.349><c> you</c><00:24:05.490><c> look</c><00:24:05.650><c> at</c><00:24:05.789><c> the</c><00:24:06.009><c> account</c><00:24:06.230><c> in</c><00:24:06.470><c> Mark,</c>

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it<00:24:06.829><c> says</c><00:24:07.109><c> that</c><00:24:07.329><c> he</c><00:24:07.509><c> fell</c><00:24:07.809><c> on</c><00:24:08.029><c> the</c><00:24:08.230><c> ground.</c>

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And<00:24:10.329><c> Matthew's</c><00:24:10.950><c> account</c><00:24:11.210><c> says</c><00:24:11.490><c> that</c><00:24:11.690><c> he</c><00:24:11.890><c> fell</c><00:24:12.210><c> on</c><00:24:12.529><c> his</c><00:24:12.849><c> face.</c>

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Let's<00:24:16.069><c> just</c><00:24:16.329><c> picture,</c><00:24:16.750><c> if</c><00:24:16.750><c> we</c><00:24:16.950><c> can,</c><00:24:17.150><c> brothers</c><00:24:17.430><c> and</c><00:24:17.730><c> sisters,</c>

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this<00:24:19.369><c> picture</c><00:24:19.670><c> of</c><00:24:19.849><c> Jesus,</c><00:24:21.230><c> fully</c><00:24:21.529><c> prostrate</c>

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under<00:24:23.450><c> the</c><00:24:23.789><c> trees</c><00:24:24.029><c> in</c><00:24:24.210><c> the</c><00:24:24.390><c> garden,</c><00:24:26.309><c> visibly</c>

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convulsed<00:24:27.609><c> in</c><00:24:27.809><c> agony</c><00:24:28.230><c> of</c><00:24:28.490><c> mind.</c>

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Verse<00:24:30.390><c> 44</c><00:24:30.910><c> says,</c><00:24:33.210><c> being</c><00:24:33.349><c> in</c><00:24:33.549><c> an</c><00:24:33.789><c> agony,</c><00:24:34.250><c> he</c><00:24:34.309><c> prayed</c><00:24:34.750><c> more</c><00:24:35.150><c> earnestly,</c>

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and<00:24:35.809><c> his</c><00:24:36.230><c> sweat</c><00:24:36.890><c> was,</c><00:24:37.990><c> as</c><00:24:38.289><c> it</c><00:24:38.470><c> were,</c><00:24:38.789><c> great</c><00:24:39.009><c> drops</c><00:24:39.369><c> of</c><00:24:39.710><c> blood</c>

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falling<00:24:41.410><c> down</c><00:24:41.730><c> to</c><00:24:41.890><c> the</c><00:24:42.089><c> ground,</c><00:24:44.529><c> pouring</c><00:24:44.869><c> down</c><00:24:45.170><c> his</c><00:24:45.450><c> body.</c>

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And<00:24:47.890><c> through</c><00:24:48.069><c> all</c><00:24:48.329><c> this</c><00:24:48.549><c> agony,</c><00:24:50.490><c> if</c><00:24:51.069><c> we</c>

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were<00:24:51.750><c> there,</c><00:24:52.049><c> if</c><00:24:52.210><c> we</c><00:24:52.349><c> could</c><00:24:52.549><c> hear</c><00:24:52.869><c> Jesus</c><00:24:53.349><c> speak,</c>

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we<00:24:55.369><c> would</c><00:24:55.549><c> have</c><00:24:55.730><c> heard</c><00:24:55.829><c> him</c><00:24:56.130><c> say,</c><00:24:58.869><c> not</c><00:24:58.950><c> my</c><00:24:59.309><c> will,</c><00:25:01.190><c> but</c><00:25:01.410><c> thine</c>

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be<00:25:02.109><c> done.</c>

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And<00:25:04.829><c> here</c><00:25:05.089><c> is</c><00:25:05.309><c> the</c><00:25:05.509><c> crux</c><00:25:05.789><c> of</c><00:25:05.930><c> the</c><00:25:06.029><c> whole</c><00:25:06.210><c> matter,</c><00:25:06.609><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:25:06.970><c> sisters.</c>

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Do<00:25:14.069><c> we</c><00:25:14.390><c> strive</c><00:25:14.890><c> fully</c><00:25:15.369><c> to</c><00:25:16.769><c> do</c><00:25:16.970><c> the</c><00:25:17.190><c> Father's</c><00:25:17.690><c> will?</c>

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Is<00:25:18.089><c> that</c><00:25:18.329><c> what</c><00:25:18.529><c> prevails</c><00:25:18.950><c> in</c><00:25:19.170><c> our</c><00:25:19.390><c> lives?</c>

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Jesus<00:25:21.890><c> was</c><00:25:22.170><c> struggling,</c><00:25:22.630><c> just</c><00:25:22.890><c> like</c><00:25:23.089><c> he</c><00:25:23.190><c> did</c><00:25:23.309><c> in</c><00:25:23.490><c> the</c><00:25:23.650><c> wilderness,</c>

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with<00:25:24.450><c> the</c><00:25:25.190><c> conflicts</c><00:25:25.750><c> between</c><00:25:26.430><c> two</c><00:25:27.130><c> wills,</c><00:25:30.190><c> the</c><00:25:30.450><c> will</c><00:25:30.769><c> of,</c>

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we'll<00:25:31.710><c> call</c><00:25:31.829><c> it</c><00:25:31.990><c> the</c><00:25:32.150><c> old</c><00:25:32.349><c> man,</c><00:25:32.609><c> because</c><00:25:32.869><c> that's</c>

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what<00:25:33.289><c> scripture</c><00:25:33.710><c> calls</c><00:25:34.069><c> it,</c><00:25:34.289><c> and</c><00:25:34.789><c> the</c><00:25:35.170><c> will</c><00:25:35.309><c> of</c><00:25:35.529><c> the</c><00:25:35.670><c> new</c><00:25:35.829><c> man.</c>

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And<00:25:38.609><c> Jesus</c><00:25:38.950><c> had</c><00:25:39.210><c> that</c><00:25:39.509><c> same</c><00:25:39.789><c> struggle</c><00:25:40.609><c> inside</c><00:25:41.289><c> of</c><00:25:41.509><c> him</c>

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that<00:25:41.809><c> we</c><00:25:42.029><c> have</c><00:25:42.190><c> each</c><00:25:42.490><c> and</c><00:25:42.690><c> every</c><00:25:42.910><c> day.</c>

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But<00:25:45.470><c> we're</c><00:25:45.750><c> told</c><00:25:45.990><c> that</c><00:25:46.150><c> for</c><00:25:46.329><c> the</c><00:25:46.589><c> joy</c><00:25:46.910><c> set</c><00:25:47.109><c> before</c><00:25:47.569><c> him,</c><00:25:47.809><c> Jesus</c><00:25:48.430><c> overcame.</c>

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He<00:25:49.349><c> endured</c><00:25:49.890><c> the</c><00:25:50.730><c> cross.</c>

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Well,<00:25:53.589><c> what</c><00:25:53.769><c> joy?</c>

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What<00:25:54.769><c> joy</c><00:25:55.069><c> would</c><00:25:55.309><c> sit</c><00:25:55.450><c> before</c><00:25:55.809><c> Jesus?</c>

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And<00:25:56.390><c> we</c><00:25:56.549><c> all</c><00:25:56.789><c> know</c><00:25:57.009><c> that</c><00:25:57.390><c> it's</c><00:25:57.809><c> the</c><00:25:58.029><c> joy</c><00:25:58.289><c> that,</c><00:25:59.089><c> in</c><00:25:59.369><c> the</c><00:25:59.589><c> future,</c>

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that<00:26:00.069><c> someday</c><00:26:00.490><c> there</c><00:26:00.710><c> would</c><00:26:00.890><c> be</c><00:26:01.109><c> thousands</c><00:26:01.609><c> upon</c><00:26:01.930><c> thousands</c>

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that<00:26:03.430><c> would</c><00:26:03.769><c> have</c><00:26:04.029><c> eternal</c><00:26:04.490><c> life</c><00:26:04.950><c> through</c><00:26:05.170><c> his</c><00:26:05.490><c> saving</c><00:26:05.750><c> name,</c>

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that<00:26:07.089><c> would</c><00:26:07.329><c> join</c><00:26:07.609><c> him</c><00:26:07.829><c> in</c><00:26:07.990><c> a</c><00:26:08.190><c> kingdom</c><00:26:08.430><c> to</c><00:26:08.690><c> come</c><00:26:08.829><c> that</c><00:26:09.009><c> would</c>

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never<00:26:09.470><c> end.</c>

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And<00:26:11.349><c> he</c><00:26:11.490><c> asked</c><00:26:11.769><c> those</c><00:26:12.069><c> that</c><00:26:12.390><c> believe</c><00:26:12.549><c> on</c><00:26:12.809><c> him,</c>

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to<00:26:14.269><c> him</c><00:26:14.430><c> that</c><00:26:14.730><c> overcometh</c><00:26:15.309><c> will</c><00:26:15.450><c> I</c><00:26:15.609><c> grant</c><00:26:15.910><c> that</c><00:26:16.109><c> he</c>

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sit<00:26:16.509><c> with</c><00:26:16.789><c> me</c><00:26:17.029><c> on</c><00:26:17.210><c> my</c><00:26:17.609><c> throne,</c><00:26:18.950><c> even</c><00:26:19.250><c> as</c><00:26:19.509><c> I</c><00:26:19.789><c> also</c><00:26:20.210><c> overcame</c>

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and<00:26:21.450><c> sat</c><00:26:21.710><c> down</c><00:26:21.950><c> with</c><00:26:22.170><c> my</c><00:26:22.410><c> father</c><00:26:22.730><c> on</c><00:26:22.910><c> his</c><00:26:23.269><c> throne.</c>

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The<00:26:26.150><c> question</c><00:26:26.450><c> for</c><00:26:26.710><c> us,</c><00:26:27.089><c> brothers</c><00:26:27.210><c> and</c><00:26:27.490><c> sisters,</c>

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is<00:26:27.950><c> what</c><00:26:28.069><c> does</c><00:26:28.329><c> it</c><00:26:28.509><c> mean</c><00:26:28.630><c> to</c><00:26:28.849><c> overcome?</c>

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Certainly,<00:26:31.829><c> our</c><00:26:31.829><c> Heavenly</c><00:26:32.130><c> Father</c><00:26:32.509><c> has</c><00:26:32.809><c> not</c>

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asked<00:26:33.450><c> us</c><00:26:33.829><c> to</c><00:26:34.450><c> crucify</c><00:26:35.170><c> our</c><00:26:35.470><c> physical</c><00:26:35.869><c> bodies,</c><00:26:36.490><c> as</c><00:26:37.069><c> Jesus</c><00:26:37.609><c> did.</c>

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But<00:26:39.630><c> to</c><00:26:39.890><c> be</c><00:26:40.150><c> his</c><00:26:40.509><c> sons</c><00:26:40.750><c> and</c><00:26:41.049><c> daughters,</c>

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we<00:26:41.650><c> must</c><00:26:41.970><c> follow</c><00:26:42.470><c> the</c><00:26:42.809><c> lead</c><00:26:43.029><c> of</c><00:26:43.289><c> his</c><00:26:43.549><c> son.</c>

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And<00:26:45.190><c> Paul</c><00:26:45.390><c> puts</c><00:26:45.670><c> it</c><00:26:45.890><c> so</c><00:26:46.190><c> well.</c>

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To<00:26:47.529><c> crucify</c><00:26:48.150><c> the</c><00:26:48.390><c> old</c><00:26:48.630><c> man</c><00:26:48.950><c> with</c><00:26:49.170><c> his</c><00:26:49.509><c> affections</c><00:26:50.029><c> and</c><00:26:50.289><c> lust,</c>

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this<00:26:51.490><c> is</c><00:26:51.710><c> the</c><00:26:51.910><c> command</c><00:26:52.150><c> that</c><00:26:52.390><c> God</c><00:26:52.650><c> gives</c><00:26:52.869><c> us,</c>

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brothers<00:26:53.369><c> and</c><00:26:53.650><c> sisters</c><00:26:54.130><c> and</c><00:26:54.509><c> friends.</c>

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To<00:26:55.410><c> crucify</c><00:26:56.769><c> our</c><00:26:57.250><c> old</c><00:26:57.470><c> ways</c><00:26:57.750><c> of</c><00:26:58.029><c> life.</c>

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And<00:26:59.410><c> boy,</c><00:26:59.769><c> is</c><00:26:59.930><c> that</c><00:27:00.109><c> a</c><00:27:00.910><c> tough</c><00:27:01.150><c> battle.</c>

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And<00:27:02.990><c> it's</c><00:27:03.230><c> the</c><00:27:03.410><c> one</c><00:27:03.569><c> that</c><00:27:03.990><c> doesn't</c><00:27:04.269><c> end</c><00:27:04.569><c> at</c><00:27:04.809><c> baptism.</c>

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Our<00:27:07.390><c> baptisms</c><00:27:08.130><c> symbolically</c><00:27:08.910><c> identify</c><00:27:09.529><c> us</c>

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with<00:27:10.029><c> the</c><00:27:10.230><c> death</c><00:27:10.410><c> and</c><00:27:10.690><c> resurrection</c><00:27:11.210><c> of</c><00:27:11.450><c> Jesus.</c>

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When<00:27:14.430><c> our</c><00:27:14.769><c> bodies</c><00:27:15.109><c> go</c><00:27:15.329><c> under</c><00:27:15.569><c> the</c><00:27:15.890><c> water</c><00:27:16.390><c> that</c><00:27:17.529><c> serves</c><00:27:17.890><c> sin,</c>

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the<00:27:18.349><c> old</c><00:27:18.650><c> man</c><00:27:18.950><c> is</c><00:27:19.490><c> crucified.</c>

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And<00:27:21.630><c> when</c><00:27:21.769><c> we're</c><00:27:21.990><c> raised</c><00:27:22.289><c> up</c><00:27:22.569><c> out</c><00:27:22.710><c> of</c><00:27:22.809><c> the</c><00:27:23.049><c> water,</c>

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we're<00:27:23.509><c> raised</c><00:27:23.869><c> in</c><00:27:24.109><c> the</c><00:27:24.230><c> newness</c><00:27:24.509><c> of</c><00:27:24.769><c> life</c><00:27:25.009><c> in</c><00:27:25.250><c> Christ,</c><00:27:26.230><c> the</c>

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new<00:27:26.609><c> man.</c>

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But<00:27:29.730><c> we</c><00:27:29.930><c> continue</c><00:27:30.329><c> to</c><00:27:30.630><c> sin.</c>

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You<00:27:32.950><c> see,</c><00:27:33.130><c> until</c><00:27:33.509><c> Christ</c><00:27:33.910><c> returns,</c><00:27:35.329><c> we</c><00:27:35.609><c> still</c>

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live<00:27:36.230><c> with</c><00:27:37.289><c> these</c><00:27:37.710><c> old</c><00:27:38.009><c> bodies,</c><00:27:38.529><c> these</c><00:27:38.829><c> corruptible</c><00:27:39.490><c> bodies.</c>

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We<00:27:42.650><c> still</c><00:27:42.990><c> have</c><00:27:43.269><c> to</c><00:27:43.470><c> deal</c><00:27:43.650><c> with</c><00:27:43.849><c> the</c><00:27:44.029><c> old</c><00:27:44.269><c> man.</c>

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And<00:27:45.269><c> the</c><00:27:45.450><c> old</c><00:27:45.690><c> man</c><00:27:45.930><c> has</c><00:27:46.150><c> a</c><00:27:46.309><c> lot</c><00:27:46.430><c> to</c><00:27:46.690><c> say.</c>

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The<00:27:49.390><c> old</c><00:27:49.690><c> man</c><00:27:49.930><c> will</c><00:27:50.130><c> tell</c><00:27:50.269><c> you</c><00:27:50.410><c> to</c><00:27:50.589><c> hate</c><00:27:50.750><c> your</c><00:27:50.970><c> enemies</c>

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when<00:27:51.450><c> someone</c><00:27:52.329><c> does</c><00:27:52.869><c> something</c><00:27:53.410><c> to</c><00:27:54.289><c> wrong</c><00:27:54.509><c> you.</c>

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The<00:27:54.970><c> first</c><00:27:55.170><c> thing</c><00:27:55.329><c> is</c><00:27:55.549><c> to</c><00:27:55.829><c> strike</c><00:27:56.029><c> back,</c><00:27:56.490><c> isn't</c><00:27:56.630><c> it?</c>

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But<00:27:59.049><c> God's</c><00:27:59.490><c> will</c><00:27:59.690><c> tells</c><00:27:59.950><c> us</c><00:28:00.250><c> to</c><00:28:00.750><c> do</c><00:28:01.130><c> good</c><00:28:01.349><c> to</c><00:28:01.609><c> them</c><00:28:01.869><c> that</c><00:28:02.150><c> hate</c><00:28:02.349><c> you.</c>

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The<00:28:03.990><c> old</c><00:28:04.289><c> man</c><00:28:04.549><c> says,</c><00:28:04.809><c> I</c><00:28:05.049><c> love</c><00:28:05.369><c> money.</c>

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I<00:28:05.950><c> love</c><00:28:06.250><c> things.</c>

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I<00:28:06.869><c> love</c><00:28:07.109><c> owning</c><00:28:07.430><c> cars</c><00:28:07.930><c> and</c><00:28:08.190><c> boats</c><00:28:08.569><c> and</c><00:28:09.390><c> all</c><00:28:09.869><c> that</c><00:28:10.170><c> kind</c><00:28:10.329><c> of</c><00:28:10.549><c> stuff.</c>

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And<00:28:11.009><c> God</c><00:28:11.289><c> says,</c><00:28:12.130><c> the</c><00:28:12.269><c> love</c><00:28:12.450><c> of</c><00:28:12.670><c> money</c><00:28:12.829><c> is</c><00:28:13.069><c> the</c><00:28:13.210><c> root</c><00:28:13.289><c> of</c><00:28:13.490><c> all</c><00:28:13.650><c> evil.</c>

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The<00:28:15.630><c> old</c><00:28:15.930><c> man</c><00:28:16.230><c> says,</c><00:28:16.569><c> don't</c><00:28:16.730><c> deny</c><00:28:17.069><c> yourself</c><00:28:17.490><c> pleasure.</c>

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Do<00:28:19.970><c> what</c><00:28:20.150><c> you</c><00:28:20.410><c> want</c><00:28:20.569><c> to</c><00:28:20.750><c> do.</c>

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Do<00:28:21.970><c> stuff</c><00:28:22.250><c> that</c><00:28:22.410><c> makes</c><00:28:22.589><c> you</c><00:28:22.809><c> feel</c><00:28:23.029><c> good.</c>

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God<00:28:25.529><c> says,</c><00:28:25.869><c> deny</c><00:28:26.250><c> all</c><00:28:26.609><c> ungodliness</c><00:28:27.369><c> and</c><00:28:27.690><c> worldly</c><00:28:27.950><c> lust.</c>

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The<00:28:30.630><c> old</c><00:28:30.890><c> man</c><00:28:31.130><c> tells</c><00:28:31.470><c> us,</c><00:28:31.690><c> and</c><00:28:31.829><c> I</c><00:28:31.930><c> know</c><00:28:32.049><c> he's</c><00:28:32.349><c> told</c><00:28:32.490><c> me</c><00:28:32.730><c> this,</c>

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I<00:28:33.309><c> can</c><00:28:33.529><c> have</c><00:28:33.690><c> it</c><00:28:33.930><c> both.</c>

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I<00:28:36.309><c> can</c><00:28:36.509><c> have</c><00:28:36.970><c> some</c><00:28:37.309><c> of</c><00:28:37.430><c> the</c><00:28:37.630><c> world,</c><00:28:38.049><c> and</c><00:28:38.289><c> I</c><00:28:38.390><c> can</c><00:28:38.609><c> have</c><00:28:39.150><c> the</c><00:28:39.450><c> word</c>

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of<00:28:39.789><c> God.</c>

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God<00:28:42.150><c> says,</c><00:28:42.569><c> no,</c><00:28:43.829><c> you</c><00:28:44.109><c> can't</c><00:28:44.490><c> serve</c><00:28:44.750><c> God</c><00:28:45.089><c> in</c><00:28:45.329><c> mammon.</c>

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The<00:28:48.910><c> old</c><00:28:49.150><c> man</c><00:28:49.430><c> says,</c><00:28:50.410><c> you</c><00:28:50.410><c> can</c><00:28:50.670><c> delight</c><00:28:51.029><c> in</c><00:28:51.289><c> worldly</c><00:28:51.529><c> thoughts.</c>

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x
But<00:28:54.349><c> God</c><00:28:54.589><c> says,</c><00:28:55.190><c> no,</c><00:28:55.750><c> I</c><00:28:55.990><c> have</c><00:28:56.230><c> called</c><00:28:56.390><c> you</c><00:28:56.549><c> to</c><00:28:56.750><c> holiness.</c>

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This<00:28:58.170><c> is</c><00:28:58.390><c> the</c><00:28:58.609><c> struggle</c><00:28:58.829><c> we</c><00:28:59.109><c> all</c><00:28:59.589><c> deal</c><00:28:59.890><c> with</c><00:29:00.190><c> each</c><00:29:00.589><c> and</c><00:29:00.910><c> every</c><00:29:01.130><c> day.</c>

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Jesus<00:29:03.870><c> struggled</c><00:29:04.430><c> with</c><00:29:04.630><c> that</c><00:29:04.829><c> in</c><00:29:04.970><c> the</c><00:29:05.130><c> wilderness.</c>

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He<00:29:05.950><c> struggled</c><00:29:06.289><c> with</c><00:29:06.529><c> it</c><00:29:07.210><c> here</c><00:29:07.509><c> in</c><00:29:07.670><c> the</c><00:29:07.849><c> garden.</c>

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And<00:29:09.769><c> it's</c><00:29:09.970><c> an</c><00:29:10.150><c> ongoing</c><00:29:10.490><c> battle,</c><00:29:10.950><c> isn't</c><00:29:11.150><c> it?</c>

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This<00:29:13.730><c> struggle</c><00:29:14.289><c> should</c><00:29:15.829><c> be</c><00:29:16.250><c> recognized,</c><00:29:16.910><c> though,</c>

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whose<00:29:17.269><c> heart</c><00:29:17.549><c> is</c><00:29:17.869><c> truly</c><00:29:18.130><c> upon</c><00:29:18.490><c> God</c><00:29:19.269><c> in</c><00:29:22.890><c> spiritual</c><00:29:23.750><c> things.</c>

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x
For<00:29:24.529><c> the</c><00:29:24.789><c> old</c><00:29:25.109><c> man</c><00:29:25.410><c> within</c><00:29:25.690><c> us</c><00:29:25.970><c> will</c><00:29:26.130><c> be</c><00:29:26.430><c> pained</c><00:29:26.829><c> and</c><00:29:27.009><c> turned</c><00:29:27.210><c> back</c>

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when<00:29:28.309><c> we</c><00:29:29.190><c> reply</c><00:29:29.549><c> to</c><00:29:29.710><c> it,</c><00:29:29.789><c> when</c><00:29:29.910><c> we're</c><00:29:30.230><c> tempted</c><00:29:30.609><c> by</c><00:29:30.950><c> the</c><00:29:31.150><c> old</c><00:29:31.349><c> man,</c>

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when<00:29:31.769><c> we</c><00:29:32.049><c> say,</c><00:29:33.349><c> we</c><00:29:33.410><c> ought</c><00:29:33.650><c> to</c><00:29:33.849><c> obey</c><00:29:34.089><c> God</c><00:29:34.430><c> rather</c><00:29:34.769><c> than</c><00:29:35.029><c> men.</c>

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That's<00:29:37.410><c> how</c><00:29:37.589><c> we</c><00:29:37.769><c> push</c><00:29:38.009><c> back</c><00:29:38.390><c> the</c><00:29:38.650><c> old</c><00:29:38.890><c> man</c><00:29:39.329><c> that's</c><00:29:39.769><c> within</c><00:29:39.890><c> us.</c>

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Our<00:29:43.250><c> conflict</c><00:29:43.750><c> now</c><00:29:44.450><c> can</c><00:29:44.829><c> be</c><00:29:45.089><c> painful,</c><00:29:46.730><c> but</c><00:29:47.509><c> it</c><00:29:48.670><c> doesn't</c><00:29:48.869><c> nearly</c>

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compare<00:29:49.630><c> to</c><00:29:49.710><c> what</c><00:29:49.910><c> our</c><00:29:50.170><c> Savior</c><00:29:50.349><c> went</c><00:29:50.609><c> through.</c>

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As<00:29:52.849><c> he</c><00:29:53.130><c> hung</c><00:29:53.289><c> on</c><00:29:53.490><c> the</c><00:29:53.789><c> cross</c><00:29:53.970><c> of</c><00:29:54.289><c> agony</c><00:29:54.650><c> that</c><00:29:55.809><c> ended</c><00:29:56.329><c> in</c><00:29:56.569><c> a</c><00:29:56.650><c> loud</c><00:29:56.809><c> cry</c>

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at<00:29:57.390><c> the</c><00:29:57.549><c> ninth</c><00:29:57.730><c> hour.</c>

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Everything<00:30:01.710><c> that</c><00:30:01.970><c> the</c><00:30:02.210><c> old</c><00:30:02.450><c> man</c><00:30:02.710><c> inside</c><00:30:03.069><c> of</c><00:30:03.289><c> us</c><00:30:03.450><c> desires,</c>

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wealth<00:30:04.490><c> and</c><00:30:04.769><c> fame</c><00:30:05.170><c> and</c><00:30:05.470><c> things,</c><00:30:07.809><c> lead</c><00:30:07.970><c> to</c><00:30:08.190><c> only</c><00:30:08.369><c> one</c><00:30:08.670><c> thing.</c>

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x
And<00:30:10.109><c> I'm</c><00:30:10.309><c> reminded</c><00:30:10.809><c> of</c><00:30:11.349><c> a</c><00:30:11.589><c> wonderful</c><00:30:12.069><c> movie</c><00:30:12.890><c> that</c><00:30:16.210><c> is</c><00:30:17.690><c> blanking</c><00:30:18.130><c> me</c><00:30:18.349><c> out,</c>

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the<00:30:18.650><c> title</c><00:30:18.930><c> of</c><00:30:19.049><c> it.</c>

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But<00:30:19.390><c> Robin</c><00:30:19.630><c> Williams</c><00:30:20.009><c> was</c><00:30:20.390><c> in</c><00:30:20.509><c> it.</c>

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He<00:30:20.730><c> played</c><00:30:20.910><c> a</c><00:30:21.130><c> professor.</c>

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You'll<00:30:22.349><c> all</c><00:30:22.490><c> remember</c><00:30:22.869><c> it</c><00:30:23.029><c> if</c><00:30:23.089><c> you've</c><00:30:23.289><c> seen</c><00:30:23.430><c> it.</c>

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He<00:30:25.210><c> has</c><00:30:25.569><c> a</c><00:30:26.569><c> poetry</c><00:30:26.970><c> class.</c>

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And<00:30:28.170><c> this</c><00:30:28.390><c> school</c><00:30:28.549><c> is</c><00:30:28.769><c> for</c><00:30:28.910><c> young</c><00:30:29.269><c> boys.</c>

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What<00:30:30.809><c> was</c><00:30:31.029><c> it,</c><00:30:31.349><c> Sharon?</c>

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Dead<00:30:32.049><c> poets.</c>

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Thank<00:30:32.609><c> you,</c><00:30:32.809><c> Sharon.</c>

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In<00:30:34.789><c> this</c><00:30:35.029><c> class,</c><00:30:35.410><c> he</c><00:30:35.569><c> teaches</c><00:30:35.829><c> poetry.</c>

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x
And<00:30:36.690><c> these</c><00:30:36.950><c> young</c><00:30:37.210><c> men</c><00:30:37.430><c> that</c><00:30:37.589><c> go</c><00:30:37.710><c> to</c><00:30:37.890><c> the</c><00:30:38.130><c> school,</c>

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they're<00:30:39.250><c> going</c><00:30:39.390><c> there</c><00:30:39.589><c> to</c><00:30:39.670><c> be</c><00:30:39.809><c> doctors,</c><00:30:40.470><c> lawyers,</c>

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worthy<00:30:42.930><c> to</c><00:30:43.450><c> make</c><00:30:43.609><c> money.</c>

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x
And<00:30:45.069><c> he</c><00:30:45.230><c> teaches</c><00:30:45.450><c> a</c><00:30:45.730><c> poetry</c><00:30:46.009><c> class</c><00:30:46.410><c> to</c><00:30:46.630><c> these</c><00:30:46.849><c> boys.</c>

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And<00:30:47.250><c> he</c><00:30:47.369><c> brings</c><00:30:47.589><c> them</c><00:30:47.809><c> down</c><00:30:48.130><c> on</c><00:30:48.269><c> the</c><00:30:48.430><c> first</c><00:30:48.690><c> day.</c>

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And<00:30:50.049><c> I'll</c><00:30:50.190><c> never</c><00:30:50.390><c> forget</c><00:30:50.690><c> it.</c>

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He<00:30:51.670><c> leads</c><00:30:51.910><c> them</c><00:30:52.109><c> into</c><00:30:52.309><c> the</c><00:30:52.490><c> main.</c>

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You<00:30:52.690><c> know</c><00:30:52.809><c> how</c><00:30:53.009><c> in</c><00:30:53.170><c> most</c><00:30:53.369><c> schools</c><00:30:53.650><c> you</c><00:30:53.789><c> have</c><00:30:53.970><c> a</c><00:30:54.130><c> main</c><00:30:54.269><c> lobby</c>

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where<00:30:54.849><c> the</c><00:30:55.069><c> trophies</c><00:30:55.450><c> are</c><00:30:55.650><c> kept</c><00:30:55.950><c> and</c><00:30:56.549><c> pictures</c>

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of<00:30:57.210><c> great</c><00:30:57.410><c> athletic</c><00:30:57.910><c> teams</c><00:30:58.369><c> and</c><00:30:58.569><c> stuff</c><00:30:58.730><c> like</c><00:30:59.029><c> that?</c>

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Well,<00:30:59.769><c> he</c><00:30:59.930><c> brings</c><00:31:00.089><c> them</c><00:31:00.250><c> to</c><00:31:00.369><c> the</c><00:31:00.569><c> lobby</c>

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and<00:31:00.910><c> they</c><00:31:01.069><c> have</c><00:31:01.230><c> pictures</c><00:31:01.589><c> of</c><00:31:02.269><c> previous</c><00:31:02.809><c> classes</c>

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that<00:31:03.630><c> had</c><00:31:03.809><c> attended</c><00:31:04.069><c> the</c><00:31:04.390><c> school.</c>

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And<00:31:06.130><c> you</c><00:31:06.289><c> see</c><00:31:06.450><c> these</c><00:31:06.690><c> pictures.</c>

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And<00:31:07.069><c> I</c><00:31:07.150><c> don't</c><00:31:07.250><c> want</c><00:31:07.390><c> to</c><00:31:07.569><c> try</c><00:31:07.710><c> to</c><00:31:08.210><c> date</c><00:31:08.390><c> them.</c>

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But<00:31:08.690><c> they're</c><00:31:09.130><c> probably</c><00:31:09.470><c> some</c><00:31:09.789><c> 40,</c><00:31:10.130><c> 50,</c><00:31:10.589><c> 60</c><00:31:10.910><c> years</c>

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before<00:31:12.049><c> these</c><00:31:12.369><c> young</c><00:31:12.549><c> guys,</c><00:31:13.650><c> or</c><00:31:13.849><c> even</c><00:31:14.089><c> older,</c><00:31:15.109><c> attended</c><00:31:15.190><c> the</c><00:31:15.470><c> school.</c>

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And<00:31:15.730><c> he</c><00:31:15.869><c> says,</c><00:31:16.069><c> look</c><00:31:16.250><c> in</c><00:31:16.390><c> their</c><00:31:16.630><c> eyes.</c>

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Look<00:31:18.369><c> at</c><00:31:18.549><c> the</c><00:31:18.809><c> brightness</c><00:31:19.210><c> and</c><00:31:19.430><c> the</c><00:31:19.730><c> happiness</c><00:31:20.009><c> that</c><00:31:20.230><c> they</c>

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all<00:31:20.769><c> share.</c>

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And<00:31:23.289><c> he</c><00:31:23.470><c> says,</c><00:31:26.130><c> where</c><00:31:26.369><c> are</c><00:31:26.490><c> they</c><00:31:26.650><c> now?</c>

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They're<00:31:28.210><c> dead</c><00:31:28.410><c> and</c><00:31:28.670><c> buried.</c>

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They<00:31:30.650><c> have</c><00:31:30.769><c> food</c><00:31:31.049><c> for</c><00:31:31.250><c> the</c><00:31:31.450><c> worms,</c><00:31:31.710><c> I</c><00:31:31.809><c> think</c><00:31:31.990><c> he</c><00:31:32.210><c> says</c><00:31:32.329><c> at</c><00:31:32.549><c> one</c><00:31:32.750><c> point.</c>

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And<00:31:33.950><c> basically,</c><00:31:34.329><c> he's</c><00:31:34.710><c> telling</c><00:31:34.869><c> them,</c>

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live<00:31:36.170><c> for</c><00:31:36.490><c> today.</c>

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And<00:31:38.529><c> I</c><00:31:38.670><c> think</c><00:31:38.849><c> that's</c><00:31:39.130><c> what</c><00:31:39.269><c> we</c><00:31:39.450><c> need</c><00:31:39.609><c> to</c><00:31:39.809><c> do</c><00:31:39.930><c> in</c><00:31:40.089><c> our</c><00:31:40.309><c> lives</c>

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with<00:31:40.690><c> Christ.</c>

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Live<00:31:41.990><c> for</c><00:31:42.230><c> today.</c>

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Make<00:31:42.930><c> this</c><00:31:43.289><c> day</c><00:31:43.690><c> a</c><00:31:44.069><c> day</c><00:31:44.369><c> where</c><00:31:44.609><c> we</c><00:31:44.789><c> glorify</c><00:31:45.309><c> God</c>

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and<00:31:46.269><c> continue</c><00:31:46.690><c> to</c><00:31:47.009><c> strengthen</c><00:31:47.289><c> our</c><00:31:47.630><c> faith.</c>

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Because<00:31:48.910><c> we</c><00:31:49.069><c> don't</c><00:31:49.289><c> know</c><00:31:49.450><c> what's</c><00:31:49.710><c> going</c>

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to<00:31:49.970><c> happen</c><00:31:50.150><c> in</c><00:31:50.309><c> the</c><00:31:50.470><c> next</c><00:31:50.730><c> hour,</c><00:31:51.089><c> or</c><00:31:51.190><c> the</c><00:31:51.349><c> next</c><00:31:51.569><c> day,</c><00:31:51.829><c> or</c><00:31:51.970><c> the</c>

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next<00:31:52.269><c> week.</c>

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And<00:31:53.710><c> that's</c><00:31:53.970><c> what</c><00:31:54.109><c> we</c><00:31:54.289><c> need</c><00:31:54.410><c> to</c><00:31:54.630><c> focus</c><00:31:54.890><c> on.</c>

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Because<00:31:55.529><c> if</c><00:31:55.910><c> we</c><00:31:56.109><c> let</c><00:31:56.230><c> the</c><00:31:56.509><c> old</c><00:31:56.710><c> man</c><00:31:57.029><c> dominate</c><00:31:57.769><c> and</c><00:31:58.569><c> control</c>

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our<00:31:59.210><c> lives,</c>

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that<00:32:01.549><c> leads</c><00:32:01.789><c> to</c><00:32:02.029><c> death.</c>

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That's<00:32:02.930><c> the</c><00:32:03.049><c> reward.</c>

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That's<00:32:04.990><c> it.</c>

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But<00:32:07.509><c> God's</c><00:32:07.970><c> offered</c><00:32:08.130><c> us</c><00:32:08.390><c> something</c><00:32:08.630><c> better</c><00:32:08.970><c> than</c><00:32:09.230><c> that</c>

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through<00:32:10.410><c> his</c><00:32:10.690><c> Son.</c>

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He's<00:32:12.369><c> offered</c><00:32:12.529><c> us</c><00:32:13.029><c> eternal</c><00:32:13.410><c> life</c><00:32:14.250><c> if</c><00:32:15.950><c> we</c><00:32:17.450><c> make</c><00:32:17.670><c> every</c><00:32:18.049><c> effort</c>

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to<00:32:18.970><c> put</c><00:32:19.130><c> aside</c><00:32:19.509><c> the</c><00:32:19.769><c> old</c><00:32:19.990><c> man</c><00:32:20.349><c> and</c><00:32:20.589><c> his</c><00:32:20.849><c> wants.</c>

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And<00:32:23.130><c> as</c><00:32:23.910><c> Jesus</c><00:32:24.369><c> did,</c><00:32:25.829><c> as</c><00:32:26.069><c> he</c><00:32:27.230><c> prayed</c><00:32:27.769><c> in</c><00:32:28.630><c> the</c><00:32:28.829><c> garden,</c>

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he<00:32:30.450><c> reached</c><00:32:30.829><c> out</c><00:32:31.549><c> to</c><00:32:31.869><c> his</c><00:32:32.069><c> Father.</c>

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And<00:32:34.210><c> in</c><00:32:34.549><c> that</c><00:32:34.829><c> agony</c><00:32:35.490><c> and</c><00:32:37.410><c> bitterness</c><00:32:37.789><c> of</c><00:32:38.210><c> soul</c><00:32:38.390><c> says,</c>

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not<00:32:40.089><c> my</c><00:32:40.450><c> will,</c><00:32:41.349><c> Father,</c><00:32:42.670><c> but</c><00:32:42.890><c> thine</c><00:32:43.509><c> be</c><00:32:43.829><c> done.</c>

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And<00:32:45.930><c> that's</c><00:32:46.210><c> the</c><00:32:46.369><c> crux</c><00:32:46.609><c> of</c><00:32:46.769><c> the</c><00:32:46.890><c> matter</c><00:32:47.049><c> for</c><00:32:47.329><c> us</c><00:32:47.609><c> each</c><00:32:47.930><c> and</c><00:32:48.190><c> every</c><00:32:48.390><c> day</c>

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that<00:32:49.309><c> God</c><00:32:49.529><c> has</c><00:32:49.789><c> given</c><00:32:49.950><c> us.</c>

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Not<00:32:51.849><c> my</c><00:32:52.150><c> will,</c><00:32:52.390><c> Father,</c><00:32:54.009><c> but</c><00:32:54.210><c> thine</c><00:32:54.990><c> be</c><00:32:55.309><c> done.</c>