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as<00:10:32.289><c> having</c><00:10:32.509><c> children</c><00:10:32.950><c> goes.</c><00:10:34.350><c> Sarah's</c><00:10:34.830><c> womb</c><00:10:35.110><c> was</c><00:10:35.470><c> dead,</c><00:10:36.149><c> it</c><00:10:36.429><c> says</c><00:10:36.690><c> in</c>

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Romans.<00:10:41.809><c> And</c><00:10:42.210><c> so</c><00:10:42.509><c> it's</c><00:10:42.870><c> made</c><00:10:43.230><c> clear</c><00:10:43.870><c> that</c><00:10:45.309><c> the</c>

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seed<00:10:45.789><c> would</c><00:10:46.009><c> come</c><00:10:46.350><c> through</c><00:10:47.509><c> Sarah,</c><00:10:48.769><c> and</c><00:10:48.850><c> her</c><00:10:48.990><c> name</c><00:10:49.309><c> would</c><00:10:49.549><c> be</c>

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Isaac.<00:10:51.730><c> Now</c><00:10:51.909><c> in</c><00:10:52.029><c> chapter</c><00:10:52.289><c> 20,</c><00:10:54.389><c> Abraham</c><00:10:54.730><c> sojourns</c><00:10:55.850><c> again</c>

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and<00:10:56.769><c> comes</c><00:10:57.009><c> to</c><00:10:57.230><c> the</c><00:10:57.309><c> land</c><00:10:57.509><c> of</c><00:10:57.750><c> Gerar.</c><00:10:58.470><c> And</c><00:10:58.610><c> what</c><00:10:58.730><c> does</c><00:10:58.950><c> he</c><00:10:59.009><c> do?</c>

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Did<00:11:00.710><c> he</c><00:11:01.049><c> really</c><00:11:01.529><c> believe</c><00:11:01.950><c> what</c><00:11:02.129><c> had</c><00:11:02.330><c> been</c><00:11:02.570><c> promised</c>

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to<00:11:03.070><c> him?</c><00:11:03.950><c> Did</c><00:11:04.070><c> he</c><00:11:04.289><c> had</c><00:11:04.570><c> confidence</c><00:11:05.149><c> that</c><00:11:05.330><c> it</c><00:11:05.490><c> was</c><00:11:05.669><c> going</c><00:11:05.809><c> to</c><00:11:05.929><c> come</c><00:11:06.070><c> to</c>

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pass?<00:11:07.889><c> He</c><00:11:08.330><c> lied</c><00:11:08.669><c> about</c><00:11:09.009><c> Sarah</c><00:11:09.529><c> again.</c><00:11:11.549><c> I</c><00:11:11.669><c> mean</c>

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it's<00:11:12.309><c> just,</c><00:11:12.970><c> it's</c><00:11:13.850><c> hard</c><00:11:14.429><c> to</c><00:11:15.129><c> keep</c><00:11:15.389><c> focus</c><00:11:16.009><c> sometimes.</c><00:11:17.070><c> He</c><00:11:17.289><c> now</c>

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understood<00:11:18.190><c> beyond</c><00:11:18.750><c> any</c><00:11:19.210><c> doubt</c><00:11:19.549><c> what</c><00:11:19.929><c> the</c><00:11:20.250><c> true</c>

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promise<00:11:20.850><c> was.</c><00:11:21.690><c> That</c><00:11:21.929><c> he</c><00:11:22.230><c> would</c><00:11:22.389><c> be</c><00:11:22.629><c> a</c><00:11:22.830><c> father,</c><00:11:23.549><c> and</c><00:11:23.649><c> that</c><00:11:23.929><c> Sarah</c><00:11:24.169><c> would</c><00:11:24.330><c> be</c>

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would<00:11:28.049><c> be</c><00:11:28.230><c> Isaac.</c><00:11:29.970><c> And</c><00:11:30.289><c> yet</c><00:11:30.509><c> he</c><00:11:30.769><c> was</c><00:11:31.110><c> worried</c><00:11:31.409><c> for</c><00:11:31.610><c> his</c><00:11:31.870><c> life</c>

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again.<00:11:33.629><c> His</c><00:11:33.970><c> life</c><00:11:34.370><c> was</c><00:11:34.750><c> completely</c><00:11:35.590><c> safe</c><00:11:36.330><c> because</c>

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he<00:11:37.289><c> didn't</c><00:11:37.750><c> have</c><00:11:38.149><c> the</c><00:11:38.350><c> son</c><00:11:38.570><c> yet.</c><00:11:39.889><c> But</c><00:11:40.049><c> he</c><00:11:40.370><c> proved</c><00:11:40.750><c> that</c><00:11:40.990><c> he</c><00:11:41.110><c> had</c>

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doubts,<00:11:42.690><c> that</c><00:11:42.889><c> he</c><00:11:43.149><c> wasn't</c><00:11:43.669><c> strong</c><00:11:44.169><c> in</c><00:11:44.370><c> his</c><00:11:44.690><c> faith.</c>

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By<00:11:45.789><c> his</c><00:11:46.110><c> actions,</c><00:11:47.730><c> he</c><00:11:47.870><c> had</c><00:11:48.190><c> asked</c><00:11:48.549><c> and</c><00:11:48.669><c> God</c><00:11:48.929><c> had</c><00:11:49.230><c> told</c><00:11:49.389><c> him.</c><00:11:49.669><c> He</c>

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understood,<00:11:51.269><c> and</c><00:11:51.470><c> then</c><00:11:51.610><c> he</c><00:11:51.929><c> failed</c><00:11:52.230><c> in</c><00:11:52.429><c> his</c><00:11:52.669><c> faith.</c>

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Then<00:11:55.029><c> chapter</c><00:11:55.330><c> 21,</c><00:11:58.429><c> verse</c><00:11:58.769><c> 1,</c><00:11:59.470><c> And</c><00:11:59.690><c> the</c><00:11:59.789><c> Lord</c><00:12:00.090><c> visited</c><00:12:00.590><c> Sarah</c>

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as<00:12:01.950><c> he</c><00:12:02.090><c> had</c><00:12:02.370><c> said,</c><00:12:03.090><c> and</c><00:12:03.210><c> the</c><00:12:03.309><c> Lord</c><00:12:03.629><c> did</c><00:12:03.870><c> unto</c><00:12:04.090><c> Sarah</c>

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as<00:12:04.909><c> he</c><00:12:05.090><c> had</c><00:12:05.330><c> spoken.</c><00:12:06.610><c> The</c><00:12:06.690><c> Lord</c><00:12:07.090><c> had</c><00:12:07.450><c> said</c><00:12:07.629><c> it,</c><00:12:07.950><c> and</c><00:12:08.049><c> he</c><00:12:08.330><c> did</c><00:12:08.570><c> it.</c><00:12:09.289><c> He</c>

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was<00:12:09.970><c> faithful</c><00:12:10.549><c> to</c><00:12:10.850><c> what</c><00:12:11.110><c> he</c><00:12:11.350><c> had</c><00:12:11.590><c> said</c><00:12:11.710><c> he</c><00:12:11.870><c> would</c><00:12:12.090><c> do.</c>

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For<00:12:13.429><c> Sarah</c><00:12:13.809><c> conceived</c><00:12:14.350><c> and</c><00:12:14.509><c> bare</c><00:12:14.690><c> Abraham</c><00:12:15.169><c> a</c><00:12:15.450><c> son</c><00:12:15.649><c> in</c><00:12:15.809><c> his</c><00:12:15.990><c> old</c>

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age,<00:12:16.889><c> at</c><00:12:17.070><c> the</c><00:12:17.309><c> set</c><00:12:17.490><c> time</c><00:12:17.789><c> of</c><00:12:17.970><c> which</c><00:12:18.210><c> the</c><00:12:18.769><c> God</c><00:12:18.970><c> had</c>

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spoken<00:12:20.269><c> to</c><00:12:20.450><c> him.</c><00:12:21.009><c> And</c><00:12:21.210><c> Abraham</c><00:12:21.509><c> called</c><00:12:21.870><c> the</c><00:12:21.990><c> name</c><00:12:22.169><c> of</c><00:12:22.330><c> his</c><00:12:22.509><c> son</c>

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that<00:12:22.850><c> was</c><00:12:23.129><c> born</c><00:12:23.289><c> unto</c><00:12:23.490><c> him,</c><00:12:24.149><c> whom</c><00:12:24.309><c> Sarah</c>

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bare<00:12:25.250><c> to</c><00:12:25.389><c> him,</c><00:12:26.090><c> Isaac.</c><00:12:27.549><c> So</c><00:12:28.049><c> here,</c><00:12:30.009><c> the</c><00:12:30.210><c> laughter</c><00:12:30.590><c> was</c><00:12:30.909><c> captured.</c><00:12:32.289><c> The</c><00:12:32.570><c> name</c><00:12:33.149><c> Isaac</c><00:12:33.669><c> means</c><00:12:34.070><c> laughter.</c><00:12:35.389><c> And</c>

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remember<00:12:35.850><c> Abraham</c><00:12:36.389><c> and</c><00:12:36.710><c> Sarah</c><00:12:37.029><c> had</c><00:12:37.230><c> both</c><00:12:37.590><c> laughed.</c><00:12:38.690><c> Not</c><00:12:38.970><c> sure</c>

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or<00:12:41.590><c> if</c><00:12:41.669><c> they</c><00:12:42.029><c> laughed</c><00:12:42.690><c> because</c><00:12:43.269><c> it</c><00:12:43.830><c> was</c><00:12:44.190><c> so</c><00:12:44.690><c> joyous</c><00:12:45.389><c> that</c><00:12:45.809><c> they</c>

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would<00:12:46.389><c> indeed</c><00:12:46.809><c> have</c><00:12:47.129><c> a</c><00:12:47.350><c> child.</c><00:12:48.169><c> It</c><00:12:48.429><c> was</c><00:12:48.769><c> something</c>

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to<00:12:49.490><c> celebrate</c><00:12:50.370><c> that</c><00:12:51.490><c> out</c><00:12:52.009><c> of</c><00:12:52.269><c> death,</c><00:12:53.110><c> God</c><00:12:53.429><c> could</c><00:12:53.730><c> bring</c><00:12:53.990><c> life.</c>

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I<00:12:58.230><c> focused</c><00:12:58.789><c> a</c><00:12:59.110><c> little</c><00:12:59.429><c> bit</c><00:12:59.629><c> more</c><00:12:59.909><c> on</c><00:13:00.110><c> this</c><00:13:00.669><c> second</c><00:13:00.950><c> example</c><00:13:01.470><c> of</c>

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by<00:13:05.929><c> patient</c><00:13:06.590><c> continuance</c><00:13:07.649><c> finally</c><00:13:08.549><c> received</c><00:13:09.350><c> the</c><00:13:09.669><c> seed.</c><00:13:10.850><c> It</c>

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wasn't<00:13:11.250><c> just</c><00:13:11.730><c> it's</c><00:13:12.230><c> going</c><00:13:12.370><c> to</c><00:13:12.570><c> happen,</c>

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you<00:13:15.990><c> can</c><00:13:16.269><c> see</c><00:13:16.450><c> Abraham's</c><00:13:17.250><c> faith</c><00:13:17.490><c> was</c><00:13:17.730><c> being</c>

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tested.<00:13:19.049><c> And</c><00:13:19.250><c> you</c><00:13:19.389><c> know,</c><00:13:19.529><c> it</c><00:13:19.629><c> was</c><00:13:19.889><c> a</c><00:13:20.029><c> pretty</c><00:13:20.309><c> rocky</c><00:13:20.830><c> little</c><00:13:21.409><c> path</c><00:13:21.870><c> there.</c><00:13:22.730><c> And</c><00:13:22.929><c> I</c>

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think<00:13:23.210><c> we</c><00:13:23.429><c> can</c><00:13:23.669><c> learn</c><00:13:23.950><c> from</c><00:13:24.190><c> that.</c>

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into<00:13:28.629><c> another</c><00:13:28.889><c> failure?</c><00:13:30.090><c> No,</c><00:13:30.250><c> we've</c><00:13:30.549><c> got</c><00:13:30.649><c> to</c><00:13:30.789><c> get</c>

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to<00:13:34.889><c> come</c><00:13:35.090><c> back</c><00:13:35.409><c> up.</c><00:13:35.750><c> We've</c><00:13:36.110><c> got</c><00:13:36.210><c> to</c><00:13:36.330><c> get</c><00:13:36.470><c> away</c><00:13:36.789><c> from</c>

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him,<00:14:38.990><c> Abraham,</c><00:14:39.710><c> and</c><00:14:39.789><c> he</c><00:14:39.970><c> said,</c><00:14:40.669><c> Behold,</c><00:14:41.129><c> here</c><00:14:41.389><c> I</c><00:14:41.730><c> am.</c>

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whom<00:14:47.289><c> thou</c><00:14:47.690><c> lovest,</c><00:14:48.610><c> and</c><00:14:48.809><c> get</c><00:14:49.090><c> thee</c><00:14:49.210><c> into</c><00:14:49.470><c> the</c>

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land<00:14:49.789><c> of</c><00:14:50.049><c> Moriah,</c><00:14:50.490><c> and</c><00:14:50.690><c> offer</c><00:14:50.889><c> him</c><00:14:51.129><c> there</c><00:14:51.409><c> for</c><00:14:51.629><c> a</c><00:14:51.730><c> burnt</c><00:14:51.909><c> offering</c><00:14:52.269><c> upon</c>

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tell<00:14:54.789><c> thee</c><00:14:55.070><c> of.</c><00:14:56.549><c> You</c><00:14:56.970><c> have</c><00:14:57.330><c> waited</c><00:14:57.830><c> for</c><00:14:58.870><c> a</c><00:14:59.110><c> long</c><00:14:59.509><c> time</c><00:15:00.169><c> for</c><00:15:00.750><c> this</c><00:15:01.090><c> seed.</c><00:15:02.169><c> The</c>

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promise<00:15:02.850><c> is</c><00:15:03.029><c> through</c><00:15:03.230><c> the</c><00:15:03.549><c> seed.</c>

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I<00:15:04.629><c> now</c><00:15:04.889><c> ask</c><00:15:05.190><c> you,</c><00:15:05.889><c> go</c><00:15:06.169><c> offer</c><00:15:06.909><c> Isaac.</c><00:15:09.629><c> Here</c><00:15:10.149><c> was</c><00:15:10.429><c> a</c><00:15:10.710><c> real</c><00:15:11.049><c> test.</c>

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have<00:15:14.909><c> easily</c><00:15:15.389><c> reasoned.</c><00:15:16.350><c> But</c><00:15:16.669><c> Lord,</c><00:15:17.289><c> you've</c><00:15:17.690><c> said</c><00:15:17.950><c> that</c><00:15:18.909><c> the</c>

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promises<00:15:19.590><c> are</c><00:15:19.809><c> going</c><00:15:19.909><c> to</c><00:15:20.070><c> come</c><00:15:20.210><c> through</c><00:15:20.429><c> Isaac.</c>

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If<00:15:21.250><c> I</c><00:15:21.509><c> go</c><00:15:21.789><c> and</c><00:15:21.970><c> offer</c><00:15:22.169><c> Isaac,</c><00:15:22.950><c> the</c><00:15:23.250><c> promises</c><00:15:23.590><c> can't</c><00:15:23.929><c> come</c><00:15:24.149><c> to</c>

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pass.<00:15:24.549><c> You</c><00:15:24.710><c> can't</c><00:15:25.070><c> keep</c><00:15:25.269><c> your</c><00:15:25.529><c> word.</c>

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early<00:15:33.190><c> in</c><00:15:33.370><c> the</c><00:15:33.509><c> morning</c><00:15:33.730><c> and</c>

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saddled<00:15:34.350><c> his</c><00:15:34.629><c> ass</c><00:15:34.830><c> and</c><00:15:35.009><c> took</c><00:15:35.289><c> two</c><00:15:35.610><c> of</c><00:15:35.730><c> his</c><00:15:35.830><c> young</c><00:15:36.090><c> men</c><00:15:36.289><c> with</c><00:15:36.490><c> him</c><00:15:36.850><c> and</c><00:15:37.149><c> Isaac</c><00:15:37.409><c> his</c><00:15:37.690><c> son,</c><00:15:38.110><c> and</c><00:15:38.909><c> he</c>

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went<00:15:39.309><c> to</c><00:15:39.629><c> offer</c><00:15:39.850><c> Isaac.</c>

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I<00:15:41.990><c> mean,</c><00:15:42.090><c> here</c><00:15:42.250><c> a</c><00:15:42.370><c> man</c><00:15:42.690><c> who</c><00:15:42.909><c> had</c><00:15:43.149><c> had</c><00:15:43.570><c> shaky</c><00:15:43.870><c> faith</c><00:15:44.190><c> throughout</c>

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this<00:15:48.029><c> son,</c><00:15:48.389><c> knew</c><00:15:48.789><c> that</c><00:15:49.590><c> the</c><00:15:49.950><c> promise</c><00:15:50.289><c> was</c><00:15:50.610><c> through</c><00:15:50.990><c> this</c><00:15:51.450><c> son</c>

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and<00:15:52.830><c> had</c><00:15:53.330><c> confidence,</c><00:15:54.690><c> knew</c><00:15:54.850><c> for</c><00:15:55.230><c> sure</c>

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that<00:15:56.350><c> God</c><00:15:56.649><c> was</c><00:15:56.909><c> going</c><00:15:57.110><c> to</c><00:15:57.269><c> accomplish</c><00:15:57.610><c> the</c><00:15:57.870><c> promise.</c><00:15:58.690><c> He</c><00:15:58.929><c> might</c><00:15:59.250><c> not</c>

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have<00:15:59.690><c> a</c><00:15:59.990><c> clue</c><00:16:00.190><c> how</c><00:16:00.470><c> it</c><00:16:00.610><c> was</c><00:16:00.789><c> going</c><00:16:00.909><c> to</c><00:16:01.129><c> happen.</c>

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He<00:16:02.570><c> might</c><00:16:02.929><c> not</c><00:16:03.330><c> have</c><00:16:03.629><c> any</c><00:16:04.049><c> idea</c><00:16:04.570><c> how</c><00:16:04.889><c> God</c><00:16:05.210><c> would</c><00:16:05.429><c> do</c><00:16:05.669><c> it,</c><00:16:06.710><c> but</c>

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he<00:16:07.389><c> trusted</c><00:16:07.850><c> that</c><00:16:08.210><c> God</c><00:16:08.629><c> would</c><00:16:09.169><c> do</c><00:16:09.470><c> it.</c><00:16:10.129><c> So</c><00:16:10.429><c> he</c><00:16:10.669><c> was</c>

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more<00:16:11.289><c> than</c><00:16:11.570><c> willing</c><00:16:11.830><c> to</c><00:16:12.009><c> take</c><00:16:12.289><c> this</c><00:16:12.590><c> son,</c><00:16:12.929><c> this</c><00:16:13.230><c> special</c><00:16:14.289><c> son,</c>

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his<00:16:15.190><c> only</c><00:16:15.629><c> son,</c><00:16:16.370><c> the</c><00:16:16.649><c> son</c><00:16:16.870><c> that</c><00:16:17.090><c> he</c><00:16:17.370><c> loved,</c>

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and<00:16:18.830><c> as</c><00:16:19.129><c> a</c><00:16:19.350><c> type</c><00:16:19.549><c> of</c><00:16:19.889><c> God,</c><00:16:20.450><c> who</c><00:16:20.590><c> was</c><00:16:20.789><c> to</c><00:16:21.029><c> offer</c><00:16:21.169><c> his</c><00:16:21.429><c> only</c><00:16:21.830><c> son,</c>

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to<00:16:22.909><c> take</c><00:16:23.149><c> him</c><00:16:23.509><c> up</c><00:16:23.970><c> to</c><00:16:24.169><c> the</c><00:16:24.330><c> mount</c>

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and<00:16:25.850><c> offer</c><00:16:26.129><c> him</c><00:16:26.389><c> a</c><00:16:26.649><c> sacrifice.</c><00:16:31.309><c> He</c><00:16:31.870><c> was</c><00:16:32.230><c> ready</c><00:16:32.509><c> to</c><00:16:32.690><c> do</c><00:16:32.870><c> it,</c><00:16:33.070><c> and</c>

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now<00:16:36.509><c> I</c><00:16:37.049><c> know,</c><00:16:38.429><c> now</c><00:16:39.149><c> I</c><00:16:40.230><c> know</c><00:16:40.830><c> that</c><00:16:42.669><c> thou</c><00:16:43.049><c> fearst</c><00:16:43.629><c> God,</c><00:16:44.269><c> seeing</c>

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thou<00:16:45.149><c> hast</c><00:16:45.509><c> not</c><00:16:45.850><c> withheld</c><00:16:46.250><c> thy</c><00:16:46.570><c> son,</c>

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thine<00:16:47.549><c> only</c><00:16:48.009><c> son,</c><00:16:48.330><c> from</c><00:16:48.590><c> me.</c><00:16:49.429><c> The</c><00:16:49.889><c> angel</c><00:16:50.309><c> of</c><00:16:50.509><c> the</c><00:16:50.669><c> Lord</c><00:16:51.049><c> had</c>

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He<00:16:56.350><c> showed</c><00:16:56.750><c> it.</c><00:16:57.110><c> He</c><00:16:57.549><c> proved</c><00:16:57.970><c> it,</c><00:16:58.929><c> that</c><00:16:59.230><c> he</c><00:16:59.629><c> believed</c><00:17:00.110><c> that</c><00:17:00.309><c> God</c>

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would<00:17:00.830><c> bring</c><00:17:01.009><c> to</c><00:17:01.250><c> pass</c><00:17:01.490><c> what</c><00:17:01.710><c> God</c><00:17:01.990><c> had</c><00:17:02.230><c> promised.</c>

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And<00:17:06.950><c> so</c><00:17:07.210><c> in</c><00:17:07.430><c> verse</c><00:17:07.589><c> 16,</c><00:17:10.109><c> we</c><00:17:10.109><c> read</c><00:17:10.670><c> that</c><00:17:11.109><c> the</c><00:17:11.329><c> angel</c><00:17:11.670><c> said,</c><00:17:12.990><c> by</c><00:17:13.130><c> myself</c><00:17:13.690><c> have</c><00:17:13.910><c> I</c>

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sworn,<00:17:14.750><c> saith</c><00:17:14.869><c> the</c><00:17:15.109><c> Lord,</c>

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because<00:17:15.670><c> thou</c><00:17:15.890><c> hast</c><00:17:16.130><c> done</c><00:17:16.369><c> this</c><00:17:16.690><c> thing,</c><00:17:17.390><c> and</c><00:17:17.490><c> hast</c><00:17:17.670><c> not</c><00:17:17.890><c> withheld</c><00:17:18.170><c> thy</c>

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son,<00:17:18.769><c> thine</c><00:17:18.950><c> only</c><00:17:19.309><c> son,</c><00:17:20.029><c> that</c><00:17:20.170><c> in</c><00:17:20.410><c> blessing</c>

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I<00:17:20.950><c> will</c><00:17:21.109><c> bless</c><00:17:21.329><c> thee,</c><00:17:21.630><c> and</c><00:17:21.750><c> in</c><00:17:21.869><c> multiplying</c><00:17:22.390><c> I</c><00:17:22.609><c> will</c><00:17:22.829><c> multiply</c>

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and<00:17:25.410><c> as</c><00:17:25.569><c> the</c><00:17:25.809><c> sand</c><00:17:26.029><c> which</c><00:17:26.170><c> is</c><00:17:26.349><c> upon</c><00:17:26.589><c> the</c><00:17:26.829><c> seashore,</c><00:17:27.609><c> and</c><00:17:27.829><c> thy</c>

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seed<00:17:28.490><c> shall</c><00:17:28.670><c> possess</c><00:17:29.029><c> the</c><00:17:29.269><c> gate</c><00:17:29.390><c> of</c><00:17:29.509><c> his</c><00:17:29.789><c> enemies,</c>

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and<00:17:30.869><c> in</c><00:17:31.369><c> thy</c><00:17:31.789><c> seed</c><00:17:32.490><c> shall</c><00:17:33.210><c> all</c><00:17:33.849><c> the</c><00:17:34.069><c> nations</c><00:17:34.390><c> of</c><00:17:34.569><c> the</c><00:17:34.690><c> earth</c><00:17:34.809><c> be</c>

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blessed,<00:17:35.950><c> because</c><00:17:36.190><c> thou</c><00:17:36.589><c> hast</c><00:17:36.950><c> obeyed</c><00:17:37.430><c> my</c><00:17:37.849><c> voice.</c>

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that<00:17:45.930><c> we</c><00:17:46.190><c> are</c><00:17:46.390><c> blessed.</c><00:17:47.589><c> It</c><00:17:47.769><c> was</c><00:17:48.029><c> going</c><00:17:48.230><c> to</c><00:17:48.410><c> be</c><00:17:48.569><c> a</c>

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descendant<00:17:49.230><c> of</c><00:17:49.450><c> Abraham,</c><00:17:50.309><c> and</c><00:17:50.490><c> Abraham</c><00:17:50.890><c> saw</c><00:17:51.289><c> that</c><00:17:51.650><c> day</c><00:17:52.069><c> and</c>

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rejoiced.<00:17:54.549><c> So</c><00:17:55.109><c> we</c><00:17:55.309><c> turn</c><00:17:55.509><c> back</c><00:17:55.809><c> to</c><00:17:56.029><c> Hebrews</c><00:17:56.349><c> and</c><00:17:56.549><c> we</c>

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see<00:17:57.029><c> the</c><00:17:57.190><c> comments.</c><00:18:01.049><c> In</c><00:18:01.230><c> verse</c><00:18:01.529><c> 11,</c><00:18:02.529><c> through</c><00:18:02.990><c> faith</c><00:18:03.470><c> also</c><00:18:04.150><c> Sarah</c><00:18:04.569><c> herself</c><00:18:05.130><c> received</c><00:18:05.569><c> strength</c><00:18:05.990><c> to</c>

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conceive<00:18:06.670><c> seed,</c>

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promised.<00:18:14.289><c> Therefore</c><00:18:14.690><c> sprang</c><00:18:15.150><c> there</c><00:18:15.470><c> even</c><00:18:15.730><c> of</c><00:18:16.009><c> one,</c><00:18:16.369><c> and</c><00:18:16.549><c> him</c>

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sense,<00:20:03.730><c> faith</c><00:20:03.730><c> possessed</c>

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we<00:20:27.150><c> declare</c><00:20:27.650><c> that</c><00:20:28.130><c> we</c><00:20:28.329><c> believe.</c><00:20:29.309><c> I'm</c><00:20:29.470><c> going</c><00:20:29.609><c> to</c><00:20:29.609><c> just</c>

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do<00:20:30.009><c> two</c><00:20:30.289><c> examples.</c><00:20:31.809><c> The</c><00:20:32.069><c> first</c><00:20:32.349><c> example</c><00:20:32.930><c> is</c><00:20:33.630><c> one</c><00:20:33.849><c> that</c><00:20:34.029><c> should</c>

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Christ,<00:21:05.869><c> the</c><00:21:06.089><c> Word</c><00:21:06.349><c> made</c><00:21:06.690><c> flesh.</c><00:21:07.730><c> If</c><00:21:07.950><c> that's</c><00:21:08.349><c> true,</c><00:21:08.730><c> and</c><00:21:08.910><c> if</c>

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wine.<00:25:29.430><c> And</c><00:25:29.769><c> we</c><00:25:30.029><c> emphasize</c><00:25:30.509><c> these</c><00:25:30.829><c> things</c><00:25:31.069><c> in</c><00:25:31.269><c> our</c>

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teachings,<00:25:32.609><c> on</c><00:25:32.730><c> our</c><00:25:32.930><c> teachings</c><00:25:33.210><c> on</c><00:25:33.430><c> the</c><00:25:33.630><c> atonement,</c><00:25:34.009><c> and</c><00:25:34.190><c> we're</c><00:25:34.509><c> right</c><00:25:34.690><c> about</c><00:25:34.990><c> those</c><00:25:35.329><c> things.</c><00:25:35.950><c> We</c>

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emphasize<00:25:36.950><c> them</c>

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have<00:25:41.529><c> an</c><00:25:41.710><c> active</c><00:25:42.150><c> faith,</c><00:25:42.849><c> we</c><00:25:43.190><c> come</c><00:25:43.490><c> and</c><00:25:43.670><c> we</c>

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remember<00:25:44.190><c> the</c><00:25:44.490><c> Lord,</c><00:25:44.789><c> we</c><00:25:45.109><c> remember</c><00:25:45.450><c> his</c><00:25:45.710><c> sacrifice,</c><00:25:46.750><c> and</c><00:25:47.369><c> we</c>

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are<00:25:48.069><c> forgiven</c><00:25:48.329><c> of</c><00:25:48.549><c> our</c><00:25:48.789><c> sins.</c><00:25:49.930><c> But</c><00:25:50.210><c> there's</c><00:25:50.509><c> a</c><00:25:50.710><c> point</c>

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that<00:25:51.069><c> we</c><00:25:51.210><c> need</c><00:25:51.349><c> to</c><00:25:51.670><c> remember</c><00:25:52.069><c> that's</c><00:25:52.630><c> an</c><00:25:52.990><c> important</c><00:25:53.369><c> point</c><00:25:53.650><c> when</c><00:25:53.789><c> it</c>

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comes<00:25:54.190><c> to</c><00:25:54.450><c> forgiveness</c><00:25:54.730><c> of</c><00:25:55.069><c> sins.</c>

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And<00:25:56.009><c> it's</c><00:25:56.230><c> made</c><00:25:56.490><c> by</c><00:25:56.789><c> Christ</c><00:25:57.329><c> in</c><00:25:57.869><c> the</c><00:25:58.069><c> Sermon</c><00:25:58.289><c> on</c><00:25:58.470><c> the</c><00:25:58.630><c> Mount.</c>

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And<00:26:00.250><c> we</c><00:26:00.789><c> must</c><00:26:01.329><c> test</c><00:26:01.849><c> ourselves</c><00:26:02.529><c> as</c><00:26:02.809><c> to</c><00:26:02.970><c> whether</c>

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we<00:26:03.309><c> really</c><00:26:03.730><c> believe</c><00:26:04.130><c> this</c><00:26:04.349><c> or</c><00:26:04.549><c> not.</c><00:26:05.710><c> In</c><00:26:05.750><c> Matthew</c><00:26:06.349><c> chapter</c><00:26:06.930><c> six,</c><00:26:08.210><c> in</c>

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the<00:26:08.529><c> Lord's</c><00:26:08.970><c> prayer,</c><00:26:09.990><c> something</c><00:26:10.410><c> that</c><00:26:10.750><c> we</c>

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should<00:26:11.130><c> do</c><00:26:11.369><c> every</c><00:26:11.829><c> day,</c><00:26:12.589><c> we</c><00:26:12.950><c> should</c><00:26:13.289><c> think</c><00:26:13.730><c> about</c><00:26:14.170><c> whether</c><00:26:14.410><c> we</c>

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truly<00:26:15.109><c> believe</c><00:26:15.670><c> these</c><00:26:16.049><c> words</c><00:26:16.609><c> and</c><00:26:17.410><c> whether</c><00:26:17.630><c> we</c><00:26:17.950><c> carry</c>

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them<00:26:18.349><c> out</c><00:26:18.529><c> in</c><00:26:18.670><c> the</c><00:26:18.809><c> things</c><00:26:18.970><c> that</c><00:26:19.150><c> we</c><00:26:19.289><c> do.</c><00:26:21.829><c> We</c><00:26:21.930><c> know</c><00:26:22.230><c> the</c><00:26:22.410><c> words,</c>

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verse<00:26:23.509><c> 12,</c><00:26:24.769><c> and</c><00:26:25.069><c> forgive</c><00:26:25.369><c> us</c><00:26:25.650><c> our</c><00:26:25.930><c> debts</c><00:26:26.329><c> as</c><00:26:27.450><c> we</c>

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forgive<00:26:28.009><c> our</c><00:26:28.289><c> debtors,</c><00:26:29.750><c> as</c><00:26:30.069><c> we</c><00:26:30.609><c> forgive</c><00:26:30.950><c> our</c><00:26:31.190><c> debtors.</c><00:26:32.089><c> We</c><00:26:32.430><c> come</c><00:26:32.730><c> here</c><00:26:33.089><c> as</c>

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sinners<00:26:33.730><c> eager</c><00:26:34.730><c> to</c><00:26:34.950><c> have</c><00:26:35.210><c> our</c><00:26:35.490><c> sins</c>

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forgiven.<00:26:37.190><c> How</c><00:26:37.509><c> eager</c><00:26:37.789><c> are</c><00:26:38.049><c> we</c><00:26:38.230><c> to</c><00:26:38.430><c> forgive</c><00:26:38.730><c> those</c><00:26:39.089><c> that</c><00:26:39.210><c> have</c>

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sinned<00:26:39.589><c> against</c><00:26:39.910><c> us?</c><00:26:40.990><c> He</c><00:26:41.190><c> goes</c><00:26:41.470><c> on</c><00:26:41.809><c> to,</c><00:26:42.450><c> and</c><00:26:42.609><c> it</c>

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talks<00:26:43.250><c> about</c><00:26:43.589><c> this</c><00:26:44.150><c> particular</c><00:26:44.849><c> part</c><00:26:45.390><c> of</c><00:26:45.529><c> the</c><00:26:45.730><c> prayer</c><00:26:46.089><c> in</c><00:26:46.710><c> verses</c><00:26:47.410><c> 14</c>

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and<00:26:48.029><c> 15.</c><00:26:49.430><c> For</c><00:26:49.450><c> you,</c><00:26:49.809><c> if</c><00:26:49.990><c> you</c><00:26:50.289><c> forgive</c><00:26:50.630><c> men</c>

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their<00:26:51.150><c> trespasses,</c><00:26:51.829><c> your</c><00:26:52.009><c> heavenly</c><00:26:52.390><c> Father</c><00:26:52.690><c> will</c><00:26:52.970><c> also</c><00:26:53.329><c> forgive</c><00:26:53.630><c> you.</c>

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But<00:26:54.789><c> if</c><00:26:54.990><c> you</c><00:26:55.269><c> forgive</c><00:26:55.529><c> not</c><00:26:55.890><c> men</c><00:26:56.089><c> their</c>

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trespasses,<00:26:57.089><c> neither</c><00:26:57.410><c> will</c><00:26:57.769><c> your</c><00:26:58.049><c> Father</c><00:26:58.430><c> forgive</c><00:26:58.890><c> your</c><00:26:59.230><c> trespasses.</c><00:27:01.490><c> This</c><00:27:01.930><c> is</c>

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a<00:27:02.569><c> test.</c><00:27:03.710><c> Do</c><00:27:04.049><c> we</c><00:27:04.369><c> believe</c><00:27:04.789><c> these</c>

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words?<00:27:06.210><c> Are</c><00:27:06.410><c> we</c><00:27:06.670><c> here</c><00:27:06.970><c> to</c><00:27:07.250><c> receive</c><00:27:07.650><c> forgiveness,</c><00:27:08.950><c> having</c><00:27:09.069><c> forgotten</c><00:27:09.829><c> the</c>

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sins<00:27:10.650><c> of</c><00:27:10.809><c> those</c><00:27:11.109><c> against</c><00:27:11.450><c> us?</c>

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Are<00:27:13.329><c> we</c><00:27:13.630><c> here</c><00:27:13.990><c> seeking</c><00:27:14.289><c> forgiveness,</c><00:27:15.730><c> holding</c><00:27:16.170><c> the</c><00:27:16.490><c> grudge,</c>

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keeping<00:27:17.849><c> inside</c><00:27:18.450><c> of</c><00:27:18.630><c> us</c><00:27:18.829><c> this</c><00:27:19.170><c> sin</c><00:27:19.410><c> that's</c><00:27:19.670><c> been</c>

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against<00:27:20.109><c> us,</c><00:27:21.569><c> not</c><00:27:21.849><c> forgiving,</c><00:27:23.609><c> keeping</c><00:27:23.990><c> that</c><00:27:24.390><c> debt</c><00:27:24.630><c> around,</c>

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having<00:27:25.970><c> been</c><00:27:26.269><c> forgiven</c><00:27:26.690><c> this</c><00:27:26.990><c> great</c><00:27:27.369><c> debt</c>

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of<00:27:27.710><c> a</c><00:27:27.930><c> lifetime?</c><00:27:29.109><c> Are</c><00:27:29.349><c> we</c><00:27:29.630><c> insisting</c><00:27:30.309><c> that</c><00:27:30.470><c> this</c><00:27:30.829><c> meager</c><00:27:31.269><c> little</c><00:27:31.670><c> thing</c><00:27:32.210><c> that's</c><00:27:32.809><c> been</c>

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held<00:27:33.329><c> against,</c><00:27:33.910><c> you</c><00:27:34.029><c> know,</c>

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that's<00:27:34.309><c> been</c><00:27:34.549><c> done</c><00:27:34.690><c> to</c><00:27:34.890><c> us,</c><00:27:35.529><c> that</c><00:27:35.710><c> we</c><00:27:36.029><c> insist</c><00:27:36.549><c> on</c><00:27:36.849><c> payment</c><00:27:37.130><c> for</c>

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it?<00:27:38.589><c> I</c><00:27:38.910><c> tell</c><00:27:39.130><c> you,</c><00:27:39.390><c> we</c><00:27:39.609><c> are</c><00:27:39.690><c> being</c><00:27:39.990><c> challenged.</c>

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Do<00:27:41.849><c> we</c><00:27:42.289><c> believe</c><00:27:42.690><c> this?</c><00:27:43.869><c> We</c><00:27:44.130><c> are</c><00:27:44.410><c> tested</c><00:27:44.710><c> by</c><00:27:44.970><c> the</c><00:27:45.150><c> things</c><00:27:45.329><c> that</c>

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we<00:27:45.710><c> do.</c><00:27:46.529><c> We</c><00:27:46.829><c> will</c><00:27:47.089><c> demonstrate</c><00:27:47.769><c> by</c><00:27:48.349><c> our</c><00:27:48.670><c> actions</c>

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whether<00:27:49.390><c> we</c><00:27:49.630><c> believe</c><00:27:50.029><c> this</c><00:27:50.269><c> thing</c><00:27:50.450><c> that</c><00:27:50.609><c> we've</c><00:27:50.710><c> been</c><00:27:50.990><c> told.</c><00:27:52.230><c> And</c><00:27:52.430><c> I</c>

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can<00:27:52.730><c> only</c><00:27:52.970><c> say,</c><00:27:53.390><c> I</c><00:27:53.490><c> think</c><00:27:54.029><c> that</c><00:27:54.809><c> we</c><00:27:55.069><c> all</c>

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know<00:27:55.490><c> this,</c><00:27:56.250><c> and</c><00:27:56.430><c> I</c><00:27:56.670><c> think</c><00:27:56.970><c> we</c><00:27:57.349><c> all</c><00:27:57.569><c> come</c><00:27:57.769><c> short</c><00:27:58.029><c> on</c><00:27:58.190><c> this</c><00:27:58.329><c> at</c>

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times,<00:27:59.190><c> and</c><00:27:59.509><c> we've</c><00:27:59.910><c> got</c><00:28:00.109><c> to</c><00:28:00.349><c> come</c><00:28:00.769><c> to</c><00:28:01.190><c> grips</c><00:28:01.390><c> with</c><00:28:01.589><c> this</c>

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particular<00:28:02.390><c> issue.</c><00:28:03.509><c> It's</c><00:28:03.730><c> an</c><00:28:03.910><c> issue</c><00:28:04.069><c> of</c><00:28:04.230><c> the</c><00:28:04.410><c> atonement</c><00:28:04.750><c> we</c>

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never<00:28:05.289><c> talk</c><00:28:05.609><c> about.</c><00:28:06.410><c> We</c><00:28:06.809><c> keep</c><00:28:07.089><c> this</c><00:28:07.349><c> as</c><00:28:07.630><c> far</c><00:28:07.849><c> away</c><00:28:08.130><c> from</c>

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issues<00:28:08.809><c> as</c><00:28:09.289><c> we</c><00:28:09.470><c> can</c><00:28:09.690><c> possibly</c><00:28:10.130><c> keep</c><00:28:10.410><c> it,</c><00:28:10.950><c> but</c><00:28:11.390><c> we</c><00:28:12.029><c> have</c><00:28:12.369><c> to</c><00:28:12.650><c> forgive</c><00:28:12.990><c> one</c>

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another<00:28:13.650><c> in</c><00:28:14.750><c> order</c><00:28:14.930><c> to</c><00:28:15.109><c> be</c><00:28:15.329><c> forgiven.</c>

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I'd<00:28:17.109><c> like</c><00:28:17.230><c> to</c><00:28:17.450><c> close</c><00:28:18.230><c> the</c><00:28:19.089><c> comments</c><00:28:19.329><c> this</c><00:28:19.589><c> weekend</c>

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with<00:28:22.970><c> the</c><00:28:23.210><c> prayer</c><00:28:23.410><c> of</c><00:28:23.650><c> blessing</c><00:28:24.009><c> from</c><00:28:24.490><c> Hebrews</c><00:28:24.869><c> chapter</c><00:28:25.269><c> 13.</c>

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Now<00:28:28.650><c> the</c><00:28:28.809><c> God</c><00:28:29.130><c> of</c><00:28:29.289><c> peace</c><00:28:30.190><c> that</c><00:28:31.130><c> brought</c><00:28:31.369><c> again</c><00:28:31.730><c> from</c><00:28:31.990><c> the</c><00:28:32.190><c> dead</c>

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our<00:28:32.569><c> Lord</c><00:28:32.769><c> Jesus,</c>

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that<00:28:34.789><c> great</c><00:28:35.190><c> shepherd</c><00:28:35.509><c> of</c><00:28:35.690><c> the</c><00:28:35.910><c> sheep</c><00:28:36.529><c> from</c><00:28:37.269><c> Ezekiel</c><00:28:37.769><c> chapter</c>

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Through<00:28:45.269><c> the</c><00:28:45.509><c> blood</c><00:28:45.809><c> of</c><00:28:46.009><c> the</c><00:28:46.210><c> everlasting</c><00:28:46.650><c> covenant,</c><00:28:47.829><c> his</c><00:28:48.049><c> own</c><00:28:48.369><c> blood,</c><00:28:49.170><c> that</c><00:28:49.269><c> he</c>

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partook<00:28:50.029><c> of</c><00:28:50.150><c> with</c><00:28:50.450><c> us</c>

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at<00:28:51.309><c> the</c><00:28:51.470><c> Last</c><00:28:51.769><c> Supper,</c><00:28:52.609><c> that</c><00:28:52.769><c> we</c><00:28:53.069><c> partake</c><00:28:53.509><c> of</c><00:28:53.710><c> with</c><00:28:53.970><c> him</c><00:28:54.230><c> now</c>

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in<00:28:55.250><c> the</c><00:28:55.509><c> presence</c><00:28:55.789><c> of</c><00:28:55.990><c> our</c><00:28:56.089><c> heavenly</c><00:28:56.430><c> father.</c>

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The<00:28:59.390><c> God</c><00:28:59.710><c> of</c><00:28:59.869><c> peace</c><00:29:00.450><c> make</c><00:29:01.089><c> you</c><00:29:01.589><c> perfect</c><00:29:02.250><c> in</c><00:29:02.750><c> every</c><00:29:03.150><c> good</c><00:29:03.509><c> work</c>

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to<00:29:03.950><c> do</c><00:29:04.210><c> his</c><00:29:04.630><c> will,</c><00:29:05.630><c> working</c><00:29:05.950><c> in</c><00:29:06.309><c> you</c><00:29:06.829><c> that</c><00:29:07.289><c> which</c>

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is<00:29:07.829><c> well</c><00:29:08.089><c> pleasing</c><00:29:08.390><c> in</c><00:29:08.630><c> his</c><00:29:08.890><c> sight,</c><00:29:09.829><c> through</c><00:29:09.950><c> Jesus</c><00:29:10.430><c> Christ,</c>

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to<00:29:11.710><c> whom</c><00:29:11.910><c> be</c><00:29:12.210><c> glory</c><00:29:12.829><c> forever</c><00:29:13.690><c> and</c><00:29:13.890><c> ever.</c><00:29:15.309><c> Amen.</c>