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should<00:14:19.919><c> bear</c><00:14:20.159><c> each</c><00:14:20.399><c> other's</c><00:14:20.840><c> burdens,</c><00:14:21.360><c> verse</c><00:14:21.600><c> 2.</c>

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Then<00:14:23.639><c> he</c><00:14:23.759><c> comes</c><00:14:23.960><c> around</c><00:14:24.159><c> and</c><00:14:24.299><c> says,</c><00:14:24.679><c> but</c><00:14:24.679><c> you're</c><00:14:24.940><c> going</c><00:14:24.940><c> to</c><00:14:24.960><c> have</c><00:14:25.120><c> to</c>

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carry<00:14:25.500><c> your</c><00:14:25.720><c> own</c><00:14:25.899><c> burden.</c>

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Which<00:14:27.740><c> is</c><00:14:27.940><c> he</c><00:14:28.159><c> saying?</c>

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They're<00:14:32.240><c> half</c><00:14:32.259><c> the</c><00:14:32.519><c> story.</c>

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He's<00:14:34.820><c> telling</c><00:14:35.000><c> us</c><00:14:35.220><c> to</c><00:14:35.399><c> do</c><00:14:35.559><c> both.</c><00:14:37.059><c> It's</c><00:14:37.360><c> not</c><00:14:37.519><c> one</c><00:14:37.759><c> or</c><00:14:37.899><c> the</c><00:14:38.100><c> other.</c>

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Indeed,<00:14:39.419><c> we</c><00:14:39.539><c> are</c><00:14:39.740><c> to</c><00:14:39.840><c> help</c><00:14:40.039><c> each</c><00:14:40.320><c> other</c><00:14:40.519><c> and</c><00:14:40.620><c> help</c><00:14:40.820><c> each</c><00:14:41.080><c> other</c><00:14:41.279><c> develop.</c>

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But<00:14:42.159><c> we</c><00:14:42.320><c> also</c><00:14:42.600><c> have</c><00:14:42.799><c> our</c><00:14:43.019><c> own</c><00:14:43.299><c> responsibilities.</c>

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And<00:14:45.919><c> we</c><00:14:46.059><c> also</c><00:14:46.279><c> have</c><00:14:46.399><c> a</c><00:14:46.620><c> responsibility</c><00:14:47.100><c> to</c><00:14:47.360><c> develop</c><00:14:47.559><c> our</c><00:14:47.779><c> own</c>

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character<00:14:48.580><c> and</c><00:14:49.200><c> our</c><00:14:49.440><c> own</c><00:14:49.659><c> life</c>

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and<00:14:50.200><c> our</c><00:14:50.340><c> own</c><00:14:50.639><c> contributions</c><00:14:51.220><c> to</c><00:14:51.440><c> the</c><00:14:51.539><c> Word</c><00:14:51.700><c> of</c><00:14:51.899><c> God.</c>

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And<00:14:53.360><c> so</c><00:14:53.559><c> both</c><00:14:53.820><c> are</c><00:14:54.039><c> true.</c>

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And<00:14:56.000><c> I</c><00:14:56.299><c> have</c><00:14:56.519><c> indeed</c><00:14:56.820><c> heard</c><00:14:57.240><c> one</c><00:14:57.879><c> or</c><00:14:57.940><c> the</c><00:14:58.120><c> other,</c><00:14:58.659><c> depending</c>

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on<00:14:58.879><c> which</c><00:14:59.159><c> crotchet</c><00:14:59.580><c> you</c><00:15:00.259><c> want</c><00:15:00.440><c> to</c><00:15:00.600><c> bang</c><00:15:00.799><c> on.</c>

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You<00:15:01.080><c> can</c><00:15:01.279><c> take</c><00:15:01.440><c> either</c><00:15:01.700><c> one</c><00:15:01.799><c> of</c><00:15:01.899><c> these</c><00:15:02.059><c> verses</c><00:15:02.360><c> and</c><00:15:02.539><c> you</c><00:15:02.539><c> can</c>

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say,<00:15:03.240><c> see,</c><00:15:03.500><c> we</c><00:15:03.639><c> ought</c><00:15:03.779><c> to</c><00:15:03.840><c> help</c><00:15:04.059><c> everyone</c><00:15:04.399><c> else</c><00:15:04.600><c> and</c><00:15:04.720><c> not</c><00:15:04.860><c> think</c><00:15:05.039><c> of</c>

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ourselves<00:15:05.559><c> at</c><00:15:05.899><c> all.</c>

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Or<00:15:06.639><c> you</c><00:15:06.639><c> could</c><00:15:06.820><c> take</c><00:15:06.940><c> the</c><00:15:07.159><c> other</c><00:15:07.480><c> verse</c><00:15:07.720><c> and</c><00:15:07.940><c> say,</c><00:15:09.159><c> well,</c><00:15:09.860><c> everyone's</c><00:15:10.519><c> just</c>

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responsible<00:15:11.100><c> for</c><00:15:11.220><c> yourself.</c>

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Don't<00:15:11.679><c> really</c><00:15:11.919><c> worry</c><00:15:12.139><c> about</c><00:15:12.299><c> anyone</c><00:15:12.620><c> else.</c><00:15:13.480><c> And</c><00:15:13.639><c> neither</c><00:15:13.799><c> one</c>

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of<00:15:14.100><c> those</c><00:15:14.279><c> is</c><00:15:14.500><c> true.</c>

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We<00:15:16.820><c> have</c><00:15:17.039><c> a</c><00:15:17.240><c> responsibility</c><00:15:17.879><c> to</c><00:15:18.220><c> develop</c><00:15:18.639><c> ourselves</c><00:15:19.220><c> and</c><00:15:19.679><c> to</c>

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develop<00:15:20.159><c> the</c><00:15:20.399><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:15:20.820><c> to</c><00:15:20.980><c> help</c><00:15:21.320><c> others</c><00:15:21.779><c> develop.</c>

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Every<00:15:24.419><c> man</c><00:15:24.840><c> according</c><00:15:25.299><c> to</c><00:15:25.519><c> his</c><00:15:25.720><c> several</c><00:15:26.019><c> abilities.</c>

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Let's<00:15:27.879><c> go</c><00:15:28.100><c> back</c><00:15:28.299><c> to</c><00:15:28.480><c> Matthew</c><00:15:28.679><c> 25.</c><00:15:29.379><c> See,</c><00:15:29.519><c> he</c><00:15:29.700><c> gives</c><00:15:30.059><c> this</c><00:15:30.440><c> talent,</c><00:15:31.960><c> this</c>

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sum<00:15:32.360><c> of</c><00:15:32.480><c> money,</c><00:15:32.720><c> and</c><00:15:32.860><c> he</c><00:15:32.960><c> asks</c><00:15:33.139><c> them</c><00:15:33.259><c> to</c><00:15:33.440><c> be</c><00:15:33.679><c> traded.</c>

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And<00:15:34.639><c> in</c><00:15:34.759><c> Luke</c><00:15:35.480><c> chapter</c><00:15:36.100><c> 19,</c><00:15:36.639><c> he</c><00:15:36.779><c> gives</c><00:15:37.000><c> them</c><00:15:37.240><c> goods.</c>

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In<00:15:38.080><c> Luke</c><00:15:38.320><c> chapter</c><00:15:38.580><c> 19,</c><00:15:38.980><c> he</c><00:15:39.159><c> actually</c><00:15:39.480><c> says</c><00:15:39.679><c> he's</c><00:15:39.919><c> giving</c><00:15:40.100><c> them</c>

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a<00:15:40.620><c> mina,</c>

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which<00:15:41.519><c> is</c><00:15:41.779><c> again</c><00:15:42.019><c> a</c><00:15:42.379><c> weight</c><00:15:42.700><c> of</c><00:15:43.639><c> material</c><00:15:44.659><c> wealth</c><00:15:45.159><c> that</c><00:15:45.519><c> he</c><00:15:45.759><c> asked</c><00:15:45.980><c> them</c><00:15:46.139><c> to</c>

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do<00:15:46.600><c> something</c><00:15:47.000><c> with.</c>

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And<00:15:48.220><c> the</c><00:15:48.440><c> nobleman</c><00:15:48.980><c> goes</c><00:15:49.279><c> off</c><00:15:49.559><c> to</c><00:15:49.720><c> a</c><00:15:49.820><c> far</c><00:15:49.940><c> country.</c>

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From<00:15:51.200><c> Luke,</c><00:15:52.279><c> it</c><00:15:52.440><c> becomes</c><00:15:52.720><c> absolutely</c><00:15:53.240><c> clear</c><00:15:53.580><c> he's</c><00:15:53.820><c> talking</c>

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of<00:15:54.379><c> himself,</c><00:15:54.899><c> Jesus</c><00:15:55.279><c> Christ.</c>

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Whereas<00:15:56.259><c> you</c><00:15:56.379><c> wouldn't</c><00:15:56.659><c> quite</c><00:15:56.980><c> get</c><00:15:57.240><c> that</c><00:15:57.779><c> from</c><00:15:58.100><c> Matthew.</c>

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And<00:15:59.940><c> so</c><00:16:00.100><c> Jesus</c><00:16:00.539><c> Christ,</c><00:16:01.320><c> the</c><00:16:01.480><c> Father,</c><00:16:01.779><c> has</c><00:16:02.059><c> given</c><00:16:02.279><c> us</c><00:16:02.879><c> certain</c>

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qualities<00:16:04.200><c> that</c><00:16:04.460><c> we</c><00:16:04.679><c> ought</c><00:16:04.820><c> to</c><00:16:05.080><c> develop.</c>

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Now,<00:16:07.580><c> these</c><00:16:07.659><c> people</c><00:16:08.000><c> handle</c><00:16:08.399><c> it</c><00:16:08.600><c> in</c><00:16:08.940><c> far</c><00:16:09.500><c> different</c><00:16:10.080><c> ways.</c>

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The<00:16:12.559><c> first</c><00:16:12.820><c> person,</c><00:16:13.580><c> what</c><00:16:13.759><c> does</c><00:16:13.899><c> he</c><00:16:13.980><c> do</c><00:16:14.159><c> with</c><00:16:14.299><c> it?</c>

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He<00:16:15.799><c> that</c><00:16:16.039><c> had</c><00:16:16.279><c> received</c><00:16:16.720><c> the</c><00:16:16.980><c> five</c><00:16:17.240><c> talents</c><00:16:17.519><c> went</c><00:16:17.960><c> and</c><00:16:18.759><c> traded</c>

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with<00:16:20.059><c> the</c><00:16:20.340><c> same</c><00:16:20.559><c> and</c><00:16:20.759><c> made</c><00:16:21.120><c> them</c><00:16:21.480><c> other</c><00:16:21.879><c> five</c><00:16:22.340><c> talents.</c>

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That's<00:16:23.799><c> not</c><00:16:23.980><c> a</c><00:16:24.120><c> bad</c><00:16:24.299><c> deal,</c><00:16:24.679><c> right?</c><00:16:24.820><c> He</c><00:16:24.940><c> got</c><00:16:25.159><c> a</c><00:16:25.460><c> hundred</c>

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percent<00:16:26.080><c> markup.</c>

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He<00:16:28.120><c> put</c><00:16:28.240><c> his</c><00:16:28.539><c> talents</c><00:16:28.799><c> at</c><00:16:28.980><c> the</c><00:16:29.220><c> trading</c><00:16:29.480><c> post.</c>

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I<00:16:30.240><c> guess</c><00:16:30.500><c> that</c><00:16:30.679><c> might</c><00:16:30.899><c> have</c><00:16:31.039><c> been</c><00:16:31.299><c> something</c><00:16:31.700><c> like</c><00:16:33.200><c> playing</c>

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the<00:16:33.899><c> market</c><00:16:34.159><c> in</c><00:16:34.379><c> Wall</c><00:16:34.700><c> Street</c><00:16:34.919><c> or</c><00:16:35.019><c> whatever.</c>

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There<00:16:36.279><c> were</c><00:16:36.440><c> ways</c><00:16:36.700><c> to</c><00:16:36.940><c> invest</c><00:16:37.240><c> money</c><00:16:37.500><c> even</c><00:16:37.700><c> in</c><00:16:37.899><c> the</c><00:16:38.000><c> first</c><00:16:38.179><c> century</c><00:16:38.740><c> so</c>

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that<00:16:39.500><c> that</c><00:16:39.639><c> money</c><00:16:39.820><c> could</c><00:16:40.019><c> be</c><00:16:40.299><c> used.</c>

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And<00:16:41.440><c> that</c><00:16:41.840><c> is</c><00:16:42.080><c> indeed</c><00:16:42.379><c> quite</c><00:16:42.620><c> a</c><00:16:42.799><c> good</c><00:16:42.960><c> return.</c>

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Likewise,<00:16:45.539><c> he</c><00:16:45.720><c> that</c><00:16:45.899><c> had</c><00:16:46.139><c> received</c><00:16:46.500><c> two</c><00:16:47.139><c> also</c><00:16:48.259><c> gained</c><00:16:48.720><c> other</c><00:16:49.159><c> two.</c>

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So<00:16:50.679><c> he</c><00:16:50.919><c> also</c><00:16:51.440><c> doubled</c><00:16:52.279><c> the</c><00:16:54.139><c> investment</c><00:16:54.620><c> that</c><00:16:54.759><c> was</c><00:16:55.000><c> given</c><00:16:55.220><c> him.</c>

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And<00:16:56.740><c> if</c><00:16:57.100><c> you</c><00:16:57.240><c> look</c><00:16:57.440><c> at</c><00:16:57.600><c> it</c><00:16:57.740><c> in</c><00:16:57.860><c> a</c><00:16:58.000><c> proportional</c><00:16:58.399><c> sense,</c><00:16:58.879><c> you</c><00:16:58.899><c> might</c><00:16:59.120><c> say,</c><00:16:59.500><c> well,</c><00:16:59.519><c> the</c><00:16:59.620><c> man</c><00:16:59.779><c> who</c><00:16:59.919><c> had</c><00:17:00.039><c> a</c>

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lot<00:17:00.279><c> more</c><00:17:00.539><c> talent</c><00:17:01.220><c> made</c><00:17:04.259><c> a</c><00:17:04.400><c> lot</c><00:17:04.519><c> more</c><00:17:04.740><c> money.</c>

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But<00:17:05.180><c> in</c><00:17:05.400><c> proportion,</c><00:17:05.940><c> he</c><00:17:06.099><c> did</c><00:17:06.299><c> the</c><00:17:06.619><c> same</c><00:17:07.079><c> amount</c><00:17:07.599><c> of</c><00:17:07.900><c> development</c><00:17:08.559><c> as</c><00:17:09.440><c> the</c>

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person<00:17:10.279><c> who</c><00:17:10.920><c> had</c><00:17:11.200><c> two.</c>

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Now,<00:17:13.299><c> I</c><00:17:13.400><c> don't</c><00:17:13.559><c> want</c><00:17:13.680><c> to</c><00:17:13.779><c> be</c><00:17:13.900><c> a</c><00:17:14.099><c> mathematician</c><00:17:14.599><c> about</c><00:17:14.980><c> this</c><00:17:15.119><c> and</c><00:17:15.279><c> say</c><00:17:15.400><c> everyone</c><00:17:15.759><c> has</c><00:17:16.000><c> to</c>

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develop<00:17:16.500><c> their</c><00:17:16.799><c> talent</c><00:17:17.059><c> at</c><00:17:17.160><c> least</c><00:17:17.440><c> twofold,</c><00:17:18.099><c> right?</c>

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We<00:17:18.880><c> could</c><00:17:19.039><c> get</c><00:17:19.279><c> down</c><00:17:19.500><c> to</c><00:17:19.599><c> that</c><00:17:19.720><c> and</c><00:17:19.759><c> say,</c><00:17:19.920><c> well,</c><00:17:20.619><c> whatever</c><00:17:20.859><c> you</c>

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do,<00:17:21.180><c> you</c><00:17:21.220><c> got</c><00:17:21.339><c> to</c><00:17:21.440><c> do</c><00:17:21.579><c> twice</c><00:17:21.859><c> as</c><00:17:22.059><c> good</c><00:17:22.220><c> next</c><00:17:22.539><c> week</c><00:17:22.720><c> or</c><00:17:22.859><c> whatever.</c>

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But<00:17:23.440><c> it</c><00:17:23.619><c> does</c><00:17:24.019><c> show</c><00:17:24.339><c> you</c><00:17:24.960><c> in</c><00:17:25.880><c> a</c><00:17:26.019><c> very,</c><00:17:26.299><c> very</c><00:17:26.680><c> concrete</c><00:17:27.039><c> way</c><00:17:27.779><c> that</c><00:17:28.160><c> whatever</c><00:17:28.539><c> base</c><00:17:28.880><c> we</c>

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start<00:17:29.539><c> from,</c><00:17:30.319><c> we</c><00:17:30.480><c> can</c><00:17:30.779><c> all</c><00:17:31.400><c> develop</c><00:17:32.759><c> in</c><00:17:33.039><c> the</c><00:17:33.400><c> same</c><00:17:33.920><c> measure.</c>

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We<00:17:34.480><c> can</c><00:17:34.779><c> all</c><00:17:35.119><c> get</c><00:17:35.480><c> a</c><00:17:35.660><c> lot</c><00:17:35.880><c> better.</c><00:17:36.480><c> That</c><00:17:36.720><c> won't</c><00:17:36.920><c> take</c><00:17:37.180><c> us</c><00:17:37.400><c> up</c><00:17:37.579><c> to</c>

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the<00:17:37.900><c> same</c><00:17:38.119><c> level.</c>

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two<00:17:42.680><c> had</c><00:17:42.900><c> four.</c>

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In<00:17:44.680><c> fact,</c><00:17:44.920><c> the</c><00:17:45.019><c> gap</c><00:17:45.299><c> between</c><00:17:45.680><c> them</c><00:17:45.859><c> even</c><00:17:46.140><c> grew,</c><00:17:46.460><c> right?</c>

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The<00:17:47.839><c> one</c><00:17:47.900><c> who</c><00:17:48.019><c> had</c><00:17:48.200><c> five</c><00:17:48.539><c> was</c><00:17:48.700><c> only</c><00:17:49.000><c> three</c><00:17:49.299><c> talents</c><00:17:49.619><c> better</c>

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than<00:17:50.079><c> the</c><00:17:50.299><c> other</c><00:17:50.500><c> one.</c>

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And<00:17:50.779><c> the</c><00:17:50.839><c> one</c><00:17:51.000><c> that</c><00:17:51.220><c> had,</c><00:17:52.680><c> when</c><00:17:52.839><c> they</c><00:17:53.160><c> doubled</c><00:17:53.440><c> it,</c><00:17:53.779><c> they</c><00:17:53.900><c> were</c>

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six<00:17:54.319><c> talents</c><00:17:54.700><c> apart.</c>

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So<00:17:55.279><c> you</c><00:17:55.339><c> might</c><00:17:55.539><c> even</c><00:17:55.799><c> find</c><00:17:55.960><c> that</c><00:17:56.119><c> some</c><00:17:56.299><c> seem</c><00:17:56.539><c> to</c><00:17:56.720><c> grow</c><00:17:56.880><c> even</c><00:17:57.299><c> faster.</c>

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But<00:17:58.519><c> that's</c><00:17:58.819><c> not</c><00:17:59.200><c> really</c><00:17:59.480><c> the</c><00:17:59.579><c> way</c><00:17:59.740><c> God</c><00:18:00.000><c> would</c><00:18:00.180><c> look</c><00:18:00.359><c> at</c><00:18:00.539><c> it.</c>

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The<00:18:01.259><c> humble</c><00:18:01.980><c> brother</c><00:18:02.400><c> who</c><00:18:03.000><c> is</c><00:18:03.460><c> working</c><00:18:03.940><c> his</c><00:18:04.380><c> hardest</c><00:18:04.700><c> with</c><00:18:05.119><c> abilities</c><00:18:05.700><c> that</c><00:18:06.160><c> he</c>

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has<00:18:06.700><c> or</c><00:18:06.920><c> the</c><00:18:07.099><c> humble</c><00:18:07.500><c> sister</c><00:18:07.920><c> who's</c><00:18:08.400><c> doing</c><00:18:08.579><c> the</c><00:18:08.740><c> very</c><00:18:09.000><c> best</c>

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that<00:18:09.440><c> they</c><00:18:09.680><c> are</c><00:18:09.859><c> doing</c>

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might<00:18:10.519><c> actually</c><00:18:11.160><c> be</c><00:18:11.500><c> performing</c><00:18:12.079><c> to</c><00:18:12.640><c> a</c><00:18:12.799><c> higher</c><00:18:13.119><c> level</c><00:18:13.460><c> of</c><00:18:13.740><c> performance</c><00:18:14.240><c> than</c><00:18:15.240><c> the</c>

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person<00:18:15.839><c> who</c><00:18:16.019><c> is</c><00:18:16.259><c> obvious.</c>

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I<00:18:18.740><c> don't</c><00:18:18.900><c> think</c><00:18:18.980><c> there's</c><00:18:19.119><c> any</c><00:18:19.339><c> question</c><00:18:19.660><c> about</c><00:18:19.960><c> it.</c>

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When<00:18:20.859><c> we</c><00:18:21.319><c> joined</c><00:18:23.019><c> the</c><00:18:23.220><c> Detroit</c><00:18:23.579><c> Livonia</c><00:18:24.039><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:18:25.579><c> Mary</c><00:18:25.799><c> and</c>

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I,<00:18:26.339><c> the</c><00:18:26.480><c> first</c><00:18:26.700><c> thing</c><00:18:26.839><c> we</c><00:18:27.079><c> did</c><00:18:27.200><c> was</c><00:18:27.359><c> sign</c><00:18:27.619><c> up</c><00:18:27.779><c> for</c><00:18:27.920><c> the</c><00:18:28.079><c> whole</c>

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cleaning<00:18:28.579><c> list.</c>

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And<00:18:31.019><c> those</c><00:18:31.220><c> of</c><00:18:31.319><c> you</c><00:18:31.440><c> who</c><00:18:31.559><c> know</c><00:18:31.660><c> me</c><00:18:32.160><c> know</c><00:18:32.420><c> that</c><00:18:32.519><c> this</c><00:18:32.759><c> is</c><00:18:32.940><c> not</c><00:18:33.099><c> something</c><00:18:33.440><c> I</c>

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really<00:18:33.980><c> like</c><00:18:34.220><c> to</c><00:18:34.440><c> do.</c>

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My<00:18:35.839><c> office</c><00:18:36.200><c> looks</c><00:18:36.500><c> like</c><00:18:36.799><c> a</c><00:18:37.000><c> tornado</c><00:18:37.380><c> hit</c><00:18:37.619><c> it.</c>

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And<00:18:39.319><c> I</c><00:18:39.460><c> did</c><00:18:39.900><c> this,</c><00:18:40.259><c> and</c><00:18:40.420><c> Mary</c><00:18:40.559><c> and</c><00:18:40.720><c> I</c><00:18:40.839><c> did</c><00:18:41.000><c> this</c><00:18:41.339><c> very,</c><00:18:41.799><c> very</c><00:18:42.220><c> specifically,</c><00:18:43.240><c> because</c><00:18:43.759><c> the</c><00:18:44.420><c> hall</c><00:18:44.539><c> needed</c><00:18:44.920><c> to</c>

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be<00:18:45.319><c> clean.</c>

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And<00:18:46.539><c> anyway,</c><00:18:47.619><c> I</c><00:18:47.759><c> don't</c><00:18:47.920><c> know</c><00:18:48.039><c> what's</c><00:18:48.259><c> more</c><00:18:48.480><c> important.</c>

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To<00:18:50.099><c> my</c><00:18:50.359><c> mind,</c><00:18:50.720><c> a</c><00:18:50.880><c> really</c><00:18:51.299><c> dirty</c><00:18:51.680><c> hall</c><00:18:52.059><c> and</c><00:18:52.259><c> a</c><00:18:52.339><c> dirty</c><00:18:52.640><c> toilet</c><00:18:53.039><c> that's</c><00:18:53.400><c> capable</c><00:18:53.759><c> of</c>

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spreading<00:18:54.220><c> disease</c><00:18:54.799><c> may</c><00:18:55.279><c> be</c><00:18:55.460><c> a</c><00:18:55.539><c> lot</c><00:18:55.720><c> worse</c><00:18:56.039><c> for</c><00:18:56.259><c> an</c><00:18:56.440><c> ecclesia</c>

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than<00:18:56.940><c> a</c><00:18:57.119><c> good</c><00:18:57.299><c> exitation.</c>

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It<00:18:59.039><c> might</c><00:18:59.200><c> be</c><00:18:59.380><c> a</c><00:18:59.460><c> lot</c><00:18:59.539><c> more</c><00:18:59.839><c> important.</c>

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And<00:19:01.519><c> several</c><00:19:01.759><c> members</c><00:19:02.220><c> came</c><00:19:02.500><c> up</c><00:19:02.779><c> to</c><00:19:02.859><c> us</c><00:19:03.200><c> a</c><00:19:03.380><c> few</c><00:19:03.539><c> months</c><00:19:03.779><c> later</c>

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and<00:19:04.140><c> said,</c>

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we<00:19:05.480><c> didn't</c><00:19:05.720><c> think</c><00:19:05.880><c> anyone</c><00:19:06.200><c> like</c><00:19:06.480><c> you</c><00:19:06.680><c> would</c><00:19:07.119><c> join</c><00:19:07.380><c> the</c><00:19:07.660><c> cleaning</c><00:19:07.880><c> list.</c>

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That<00:19:08.519><c> was</c><00:19:08.779><c> way</c><00:19:09.059><c> above</c><00:19:09.339><c> your</c><00:19:09.640><c> ability</c><00:19:09.960><c> and</c><00:19:10.240><c> talent.</c>

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And<00:19:12.299><c> I</c><00:19:12.720><c> didn't</c><00:19:12.880><c> know</c><00:19:12.980><c> it</c><00:19:13.140><c> took</c><00:19:13.279><c> talent</c><00:19:13.619><c> to</c><00:19:13.859><c> clean</c><00:19:14.019><c> a</c><00:19:14.160><c> bathroom</c><00:19:14.380><c> anyway.</c>

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But<00:19:15.579><c> I</c><00:19:16.240><c> said,</c><00:19:16.599><c> look,</c><00:19:16.819><c> I</c><00:19:17.220><c> personally</c><00:19:17.559><c> don't</c><00:19:17.759><c> think</c><00:19:17.960><c> that</c><00:19:18.140><c> anyone</c><00:19:18.500><c> should</c><00:19:19.099><c> have</c>

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anything<00:19:19.500><c> to</c><00:19:19.759><c> say</c><00:19:19.859><c> in</c><00:19:20.000><c> an</c><00:19:20.160><c> ecclesia</c><00:19:20.519><c> unless</c><00:19:20.799><c> they're</c><00:19:21.000><c> willing</c>

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to<00:19:21.359><c> do</c><00:19:21.480><c> every</c><00:19:21.819><c> task</c><00:19:22.099><c> that</c><00:19:22.259><c> needs</c><00:19:22.480><c> to</c><00:19:22.660><c> be</c><00:19:22.819><c> done.</c>

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I<00:19:24.220><c> didn't</c><00:19:24.400><c> expect</c><00:19:24.740><c> to</c><00:19:24.859><c> just</c><00:19:25.019><c> be</c><00:19:25.200><c> on</c><00:19:26.220><c> the</c><00:19:26.319><c> speaking</c><00:19:26.660><c> list.</c>

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I<00:19:28.220><c> expected</c><00:19:28.519><c> that</c><00:19:29.119><c> we</c><00:19:29.480><c> would</c><00:19:29.700><c> contribute</c><00:19:30.140><c> wherever</c><00:19:30.480><c> it</c><00:19:30.619><c> was</c><00:19:30.819><c> needed.</c>

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And<00:19:31.420><c> it</c><00:19:31.519><c> looked</c><00:19:31.700><c> important</c><00:19:32.200><c> to</c><00:19:32.440><c> me.</c>

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And<00:19:33.960><c> I</c><00:19:34.099><c> think</c><00:19:34.339><c> we</c><00:19:34.559><c> do.</c><00:19:34.839><c> You</c><00:19:34.940><c> do</c><00:19:35.180><c> have</c><00:19:35.359><c> people</c><00:19:35.680><c> who</c><00:19:35.920><c> feel</c><00:19:36.160><c> that</c>

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certain<00:19:36.759><c> tasks</c><00:19:37.119><c> are</c><00:19:37.359><c> beneath</c><00:19:37.660><c> their</c><00:19:37.920><c> dignity.</c>

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Now,<00:19:39.299><c> I</c><00:19:39.420><c> want</c><00:19:39.599><c> to</c><00:19:39.720><c> warn</c><00:19:39.839><c> my</c><00:19:40.079><c> wife.</c><00:19:40.319><c> That</c><00:19:40.400><c> does</c><00:19:40.680><c> not</c><00:19:40.839><c> mean</c><00:19:40.940><c> I'm</c>

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going<00:19:41.240><c> to</c><00:19:41.400><c> clean</c><00:19:41.519><c> the</c><00:19:41.740><c> bathrooms</c><00:19:42.000><c> at</c><00:19:42.279><c> home.</c>

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But<00:19:43.259><c> it</c><00:19:43.460><c> is</c><00:19:43.740><c> important</c><00:19:44.119><c> in</c><00:19:44.279><c> the</c><00:19:44.460><c> community</c><00:19:44.859><c> sense</c><00:19:45.299><c> that</c>

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everyone<00:19:46.319><c> contribute.</c>

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Everyone<00:19:49.019><c> has</c><00:19:49.380><c> to</c><00:19:49.619><c> contribute</c><00:19:50.160><c> if</c><00:19:50.680><c> the</c><00:19:50.900><c> ecclesia</c><00:19:51.200><c> is</c><00:19:51.319><c> going</c><00:19:51.460><c> to</c><00:19:51.539><c> be</c><00:19:51.700><c> a</c>

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functioning<00:19:52.160><c> entity.</c>

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Now,<00:19:54.599><c> when</c><00:19:55.079><c> the</c><00:19:56.200><c> last</c><00:19:56.519><c> person</c><00:19:56.940><c> got</c><00:19:57.240><c> his</c><00:19:57.660><c> talent,</c><00:19:58.420><c> what</c><00:19:58.640><c> did</c><00:19:58.740><c> he</c>

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do<00:19:59.160><c> with</c><00:19:59.279><c> it?</c>

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Verse<00:20:01.539><c> 18,</c><00:20:01.940><c> but</c><00:20:02.079><c> he</c><00:20:02.299><c> that</c><00:20:02.440><c> received</c><00:20:02.880><c> one</c><00:20:03.259><c> digged</c><00:20:03.660><c> in</c><00:20:03.799><c> the</c><00:20:04.000><c> earth</c><00:20:04.220><c> and</c>

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hid<00:20:05.079><c> his</c><00:20:05.779><c> Lord's</c><00:20:06.640><c> money.</c>

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I<00:20:10.400><c> think</c><00:20:10.660><c> sometimes</c><00:20:11.299><c> we</c><00:20:11.660><c> think</c><00:20:12.119><c> with</c><00:20:12.519><c> exactly</c><00:20:13.079><c> that</c><00:20:13.420><c> mentality.</c>

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We<00:20:15.319><c> have</c><00:20:15.539><c> the</c><00:20:15.839><c> treasure</c><00:20:16.119><c> of</c><00:20:16.299><c> God.</c>

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And<00:20:18.319><c> we're</c><00:20:18.480><c> going</c><00:20:18.640><c> to</c><00:20:18.839><c> close</c><00:20:19.119><c> those</c><00:20:19.420><c> doors</c><00:20:19.619><c> of</c><00:20:19.819><c> the</c><00:20:19.960><c> ecclesial</c>

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hall,<00:20:21.339><c> shut</c><00:20:21.500><c> ourselves</c><00:20:21.900><c> out</c><00:20:22.180><c> from</c><00:20:22.359><c> the</c><00:20:22.599><c> world.</c>

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I'm<00:20:23.339><c> going</c><00:20:23.400><c> to</c><00:20:23.480><c> make</c><00:20:23.619><c> sure</c><00:20:23.880><c> nothing</c><00:20:24.200><c> contaminates</c><00:20:24.960><c> us</c><00:20:25.299><c> and</c><00:20:25.880><c> nothing</c><00:20:26.259><c> interacts</c><00:20:26.720><c> with</c><00:20:26.900><c> anything</c><00:20:27.180><c> else</c><00:20:27.440><c> around</c><00:20:27.759><c> us</c>

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so<00:20:28.359><c> we</c><00:20:28.559><c> don't</c><00:20:28.759><c> get</c><00:20:29.079><c> contaminated.</c>

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And<00:20:29.700><c> we're</c><00:20:29.859><c> going</c><00:20:29.980><c> to</c><00:20:30.160><c> protect</c><00:20:30.539><c> what</c><00:20:30.740><c> God</c><00:20:31.000><c> gave</c><00:20:31.259><c> us</c><00:20:31.900><c> by</c><00:20:32.460><c> burying</c><00:20:32.960><c> it</c><00:20:33.200><c> in</c>

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a<00:20:33.480><c> way</c><00:20:33.599><c> that</c><00:20:33.920><c> no</c><00:20:34.119><c> one</c><00:20:34.200><c> else</c><00:20:34.380><c> can</c><00:20:34.539><c> get</c><00:20:34.740><c> near</c><00:20:34.920><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:20:37.920><c> almost</c><00:20:38.240><c> the</c><00:20:38.720><c> same</c><00:20:38.980><c> kind</c><00:20:39.279><c> of</c><00:20:39.579><c> story.</c>

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Luke<00:20:40.400><c> 11</c><00:20:41.319><c> and</c><00:20:41.500><c> 33,</c><00:20:42.900><c> it's</c><00:20:43.359><c> almost</c><00:20:43.660><c> the</c><00:20:43.920><c> same</c><00:20:44.240><c> kind</c><00:20:44.579><c> of</c><00:20:44.859><c> story</c><00:20:45.259><c> as</c>

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what<00:20:46.279><c> happens</c><00:20:46.740><c> to</c><00:20:47.000><c> the</c><00:20:47.240><c> light</c><00:20:47.460><c> of</c><00:20:47.700><c> the</c><00:20:47.940><c> gospel</c><00:20:48.319><c> when</c><00:20:48.519><c> it</c><00:20:48.700><c> is</c><00:20:48.920><c> hidden.</c>

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No<00:20:51.180><c> man,</c><00:20:51.759><c> verse</c><00:20:52.099><c> 33</c><00:20:52.619><c> of</c><00:20:52.819><c> Luke</c><00:20:53.079><c> 11,</c><00:20:53.799><c> no</c><00:20:54.160><c> man</c><00:20:54.619><c> when</c><00:20:55.200><c> he</c><00:20:55.359><c> had</c><00:20:55.500><c> lighted</c><00:20:55.859><c> a</c><00:20:56.059><c> candle</c><00:20:56.359><c> put</c>

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it<00:20:56.819><c> in</c><00:20:57.039><c> a</c><00:20:57.420><c> secret</c><00:20:57.799><c> place,</c>

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neither<00:20:59.359><c> under</c><00:20:59.700><c> a</c><00:20:59.960><c> bushel,</c><00:21:01.019><c> but</c><00:21:01.160><c> on</c><00:21:01.380><c> a</c><00:21:01.700><c> candlestick,</c><00:21:02.880><c> that</c><00:21:03.019><c> they</c><00:21:03.299><c> which</c><00:21:03.519><c> come</c><00:21:03.779><c> in</c>

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may<00:21:04.420><c> see</c><00:21:04.839><c> the</c><00:21:05.220><c> light.</c>

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And<00:21:06.579><c> so</c><00:21:06.720><c> the</c><00:21:06.940><c> abilities</c><00:21:07.380><c> we</c><00:21:07.799><c> have</c><00:21:07.980><c> have</c><00:21:08.160><c> to</c><00:21:08.359><c> be</c><00:21:08.619><c> developed.</c>

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They<00:21:10.160><c> have</c><00:21:10.220><c> to</c><00:21:10.339><c> be</c><00:21:10.579><c> developed</c><00:21:10.779><c> so</c><00:21:11.000><c> that</c><00:21:11.160><c> the</c><00:21:11.299><c> word</c><00:21:11.480><c> of</c><00:21:11.660><c> God</c>

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might<00:21:12.200><c> shine.</c>

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So<00:21:13.960><c> that</c><00:21:14.099><c> the</c><00:21:14.339><c> work</c><00:21:14.680><c> of</c><00:21:15.039><c> the</c><00:21:15.180><c> ecclesia</c><00:21:15.579><c> might</c><00:21:16.160><c> prosper.</c>

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And<00:21:17.579><c> so</c><00:21:17.759><c> that</c><00:21:17.940><c> the</c><00:21:18.220><c> truth</c><00:21:18.440><c> might</c><00:21:18.779><c> come</c><00:21:19.420><c> to</c><00:21:19.859><c> our</c><00:21:20.119><c> children</c><00:21:20.480><c> and</c>

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to<00:21:20.980><c> others.</c>

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And<00:21:24.779><c> then</c><00:21:24.900><c> we</c><00:21:25.059><c> are</c><00:21:25.259><c> told</c><00:21:25.440><c> that</c><00:21:25.660><c> after</c><00:21:25.920><c> a</c><00:21:26.180><c> long</c><00:21:26.460><c> time</c><00:21:27.220><c> the</c><00:21:28.059><c> Lord</c>

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And<00:21:34.819><c> so</c><00:21:34.940><c> we</c><00:21:35.099><c> know</c><00:21:35.359><c> that</c><00:21:35.680><c> there's</c><00:21:36.000><c> going</c><00:21:36.200><c> to</c><00:21:36.339><c> be</c><00:21:36.519><c> a</c><00:21:36.680><c> day</c><00:21:37.140><c> when</c><00:21:38.660><c> we're</c><00:21:38.819><c> going</c><00:21:38.920><c> to</c>

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have<00:21:39.160><c> to</c><00:21:39.339><c> give</c><00:21:39.460><c> an</c><00:21:39.740><c> account</c><00:21:40.200><c> as</c><00:21:41.920><c> to</c><00:21:42.019><c> what</c><00:21:42.200><c> we've</c><00:21:42.460><c> done</c><00:21:42.700><c> with</c>

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what<00:21:43.099><c> God</c><00:21:43.299><c> has</c><00:21:43.460><c> given</c><00:21:43.619><c> us.</c>

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We're<00:21:44.859><c> going</c><00:21:44.960><c> to</c><00:21:45.059><c> have</c><00:21:45.160><c> to</c><00:21:45.279><c> say</c><00:21:45.960><c> to</c><00:21:46.980><c> our</c><00:21:47.259><c> Lord</c><00:21:47.440><c> and</c><00:21:47.619><c> Master</c><00:21:47.900><c> at</c>

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Lord,<00:21:50.920><c> here's</c><00:21:51.220><c> what</c><00:21:51.400><c> I</c><00:21:51.579><c> did</c><00:21:51.720><c> with</c><00:21:51.920><c> my</c><00:21:52.180><c> life.</c>

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And<00:21:55.119><c> he</c><00:21:55.319><c> will</c><00:21:55.519><c> know</c><00:21:56.099><c> to</c><00:21:57.359><c> what</c><00:21:57.579><c> measure</c><00:21:57.900><c> we</c><00:21:58.099><c> should</c><00:21:58.299><c> have</c><00:21:58.480><c> developed</c><00:21:59.019><c> our</c><00:21:59.539><c> talent.</c>

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And<00:22:00.900><c> if</c><00:22:01.180><c> we're</c><00:22:01.359><c> going</c><00:22:01.539><c> to</c><00:22:02.000><c> find</c><00:22:02.279><c> ourselves</c><00:22:03.440><c> worthy</c><00:22:05.000><c> of</c><00:22:05.259><c> that</c><00:22:05.579><c> calling,</c>

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we're<00:22:07.920><c> going</c><00:22:08.039><c> to</c><00:22:08.279><c> find</c><00:22:08.519><c> ourselves</c><00:22:08.980><c> worthy</c><00:22:09.319><c> because</c><00:22:09.640><c> we've</c><00:22:09.940><c> done</c><00:22:10.099><c> the</c><00:22:10.400><c> very</c><00:22:10.839><c> best</c><00:22:11.119><c> that</c><00:22:11.319><c> we</c>

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are<00:22:11.779><c> capable</c><00:22:12.220><c> of</c><00:22:12.500><c> doing.</c>

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And<00:22:13.880><c> only</c><00:22:14.380><c> we</c><00:22:14.660><c> can</c><00:22:14.900><c> know</c><00:22:15.079><c> that</c><00:22:15.420><c> individually.</c>

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He<00:22:18.539><c> says</c><00:22:18.779><c> in</c><00:22:19.240><c> 2</c><00:22:19.500><c> Corinthians</c><00:22:20.140><c> chapter</c><00:22:20.779><c> 5,</c><00:22:21.839><c> interesting</c><00:22:22.319><c> passage.</c>

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There's<00:22:24.259><c> no</c><00:22:26.140><c> question</c><00:22:26.660><c> that</c><00:22:27.160><c> the</c><00:22:27.839><c> Corinthian</c><00:22:28.279><c> Ecclesias</c><00:22:29.079><c> had</c>

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to<00:22:36.579><c> Corinthians.</c>

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In<00:22:37.140><c> 2</c><00:22:37.299><c> Corinthians</c><00:22:37.819><c> chapter</c><00:22:38.400><c> 5,</c><00:22:42.519><c> verse</c><00:22:42.599><c> 10.</c>

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For<00:22:44.740><c> we</c><00:22:45.160><c> must</c><00:22:45.559><c> all</c><00:22:46.579><c> appear</c><00:22:47.319><c> before</c><00:22:48.099><c> the</c><00:22:48.359><c> judgment</c><00:22:48.660><c> seat</c><00:22:48.859><c> of</c><00:22:49.099><c> Christ</c><00:22:49.599><c> that</c><00:22:50.059><c> everyone</c><00:22:50.859><c> may</c><00:22:51.660><c> receive</c><00:22:52.480><c> the</c><00:22:52.900><c> things</c><00:22:53.240><c> done</c><00:22:53.599><c> in</c>

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And<00:23:01.279><c> I</c><00:23:01.440><c> want</c><00:23:01.579><c> to</c><00:23:01.720><c> make</c><00:23:01.839><c> that</c><00:23:02.059><c> emphasis</c><00:23:02.460><c> because</c><00:23:02.819><c> there's</c><00:23:03.039><c> so</c>

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much<00:23:03.519><c> in</c><00:23:03.660><c> the</c><00:23:03.859><c> world</c><00:23:04.019><c> today,</c>

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so<00:23:04.440><c> many</c><00:23:04.640><c> people</c><00:23:05.039><c> believe</c><00:23:05.400><c> that</c><00:23:05.539><c> if</c><00:23:05.640><c> you</c><00:23:05.680><c> just</c><00:23:05.900><c> believe</c><00:23:06.140><c> in</c><00:23:06.279><c> Jesus</c><00:23:06.640><c> Christ</c><00:23:06.960><c> you're</c><00:23:07.099><c> going</c><00:23:07.180><c> to</c>

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be<00:23:07.480><c> saved</c><00:23:07.859><c> and</c><00:23:08.319><c> there's</c><00:23:08.500><c> nothing</c><00:23:08.700><c> else</c><00:23:08.980><c> to</c><00:23:09.200><c> it.</c>

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And<00:23:10.900><c> this</c><00:23:11.019><c> passage</c><00:23:11.420><c> in</c><00:23:11.680><c> Corinthians</c><00:23:12.259><c> put</c><00:23:13.059><c> right</c><00:23:13.319><c> alongside</c>

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this<00:23:14.140><c> parable</c><00:23:14.759><c> makes</c><00:23:15.079><c> it</c><00:23:15.400><c> absolutely</c><00:23:15.920><c> clear</c>

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that<00:23:16.900><c> we</c><00:23:17.140><c> are</c><00:23:17.640><c> responsible</c><00:23:18.420><c> to</c><00:23:18.700><c> develop</c><00:23:19.019><c> the</c><00:23:19.259><c> gifts</c><00:23:19.440><c> that</c><00:23:19.619><c> God</c>

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gave<00:23:20.039><c> us</c><00:23:20.259><c> to</c><00:23:20.400><c> the</c><00:23:20.619><c> fullest.</c>

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There's<00:23:22.859><c> no</c><00:23:23.259><c> escaping</c><00:23:23.680><c> it.</c>

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not<00:23:27.900><c> save</c><00:23:28.119><c> us</c>

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if<00:23:29.000><c> the</c><00:23:29.299><c> treasure</c><00:23:29.660><c> of</c><00:23:29.960><c> what</c><00:23:30.119><c> we</c><00:23:30.299><c> have</c><00:23:30.380><c> been</c><00:23:30.599><c> given</c><00:23:31.119><c> through</c><00:23:31.539><c> the</c><00:23:31.799><c> graciousness</c><00:23:32.359><c> of</c>

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If<00:23:37.819><c> we</c><00:23:38.059><c> dig</c><00:23:38.220><c> a</c><00:23:38.420><c> hole</c><00:23:38.680><c> and</c><00:23:38.900><c> hide</c><00:23:39.180><c> it,</c><00:23:40.019><c> he</c><00:23:40.180><c> will</c><00:23:40.359><c> hide</c><00:23:40.559><c> himself</c>

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from<00:23:41.319><c> us.</c>

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We<00:23:43.339><c> will</c><00:23:43.599><c> not</c><00:23:43.980><c> experience</c><00:23:45.099><c> the</c><00:23:46.279><c> wonders</c><00:23:46.579><c> that</c><00:23:46.839><c> he</c><00:23:47.079><c> speaks</c><00:23:47.420><c> of</c>

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But<00:23:53.140><c> as</c><00:23:53.480><c> it</c><00:23:53.579><c> is</c><00:23:53.819><c> written,</c><00:23:55.859><c> I</c><00:23:56.160><c> hath</c><00:23:56.440><c> not</c><00:23:56.900><c> seen</c><00:23:57.440><c> nor</c><00:23:57.980><c> ear</c><00:23:58.339><c> heard,</c>

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neither<00:23:59.420><c> have</c><00:23:59.660><c> entered</c><00:23:59.880><c> into</c><00:24:00.140><c> the</c><00:24:00.319><c> heart</c><00:24:00.619><c> of</c><00:24:00.900><c> man</c><00:24:01.400><c> the</c><00:24:02.140><c> things</c>

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which<00:24:02.779><c> God</c><00:24:03.059><c> hath</c><00:24:03.359><c> prepared</c><00:24:04.180><c> for</c><00:24:04.720><c> them</c><00:24:05.359><c> that</c><00:24:05.839><c> love</c><00:24:06.019><c> him.</c>

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And<00:24:07.599><c> I</c><00:24:07.779><c> think,</c><00:24:08.259><c> brethren</c><00:24:08.440><c> and</c><00:24:08.700><c> sisters</c><00:24:09.039><c> and</c><00:24:09.299><c> friends,</c><00:24:10.240><c> the</c><00:24:10.420><c> events</c><00:24:10.640><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:11.039><c> last</c><00:24:11.500><c> few</c><00:24:11.859><c> weeks,</c><00:24:12.400><c> the</c><00:24:12.500><c> last</c><00:24:13.000><c> few</c><00:24:13.279><c> years</c><00:24:13.619><c> have</c><00:24:13.819><c> been</c><00:24:14.039><c> so</c><00:24:14.900><c> remarkable</c>

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that<00:24:16.339><c> I</c><00:24:16.539><c> don't</c><00:24:16.900><c> think</c><00:24:17.119><c> that</c><00:24:17.339><c> any</c><00:24:17.539><c> of</c><00:24:17.720><c> us</c><00:24:18.240><c> who</c><00:24:18.640><c> have</c><00:24:18.940><c> followed</c>

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the<00:24:20.319><c> prophecies</c><00:24:21.039><c> in</c><00:24:21.359><c> our</c><00:24:21.599><c> lifetimes</c><00:24:21.980><c> can</c><00:24:22.279><c> doubt</c><00:24:22.660><c> that</c><00:24:23.319><c> the</c><00:24:23.519><c> hand</c><00:24:23.740><c> of</c>

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God<00:24:24.160><c> still</c><00:24:24.500><c> speaks,</c>

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that<00:24:25.700><c> he</c><00:24:25.779><c> is</c><00:24:25.960><c> the</c><00:24:26.119><c> God</c><00:24:26.299><c> of</c><00:24:26.579><c> history,</c><00:24:27.359><c> and</c><00:24:28.000><c> that</c><00:24:28.200><c> through</c><00:24:28.480><c> his</c>

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people<00:24:28.980><c> Israel</c><00:24:29.740><c> the</c><00:24:30.539><c> events</c><00:24:30.960><c> and</c><00:24:32.799><c> times</c><00:24:33.099><c> of</c><00:24:33.319><c> the</c><00:24:33.519><c> end</c><00:24:34.019><c> are</c><00:24:34.680><c> upon</c><00:24:34.980><c> us.</c>

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And<00:24:35.640><c> we</c><00:24:35.759><c> ought</c><00:24:35.880><c> to</c><00:24:36.079><c> be</c><00:24:36.299><c> prepared</c><00:24:36.799><c> and</c><00:24:37.019><c> ready.</c>

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The<00:24:39.700><c> development</c><00:24:40.160><c> of</c><00:24:40.799><c> our</c><00:24:41.000><c> lives</c><00:24:41.299><c> may</c><00:24:41.539><c> not</c><00:24:41.819><c> have</c><00:24:42.059><c> very</c><00:24:42.339><c> much</c>

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more<00:24:42.920><c> to</c><00:24:43.119><c> go.</c>

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It<00:24:44.420><c> may</c><00:24:44.839><c> be</c><00:24:45.059><c> too</c><00:24:45.339><c> late</c><00:24:45.559><c> to</c><00:24:45.720><c> put</c><00:24:45.980><c> off</c><00:24:46.259><c> until</c><00:24:46.599><c> next</c><00:24:46.900><c> week</c><00:24:47.140><c> or</c><00:24:47.319><c> next</c>

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year<00:24:47.880><c> that</c><00:24:48.119><c> which</c><00:24:48.319><c> we</c><00:24:48.519><c> were</c><00:24:48.700><c> going</c><00:24:48.900><c> to</c><00:24:49.079><c> do.</c>

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We<00:24:50.579><c> were</c><00:24:50.799><c> all</c><00:24:51.140><c> born</c><00:24:51.460><c> procrastinators.</c>

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It's<00:24:53.319><c> always</c><00:24:53.599><c> easier</c><00:24:54.059><c> to</c><00:24:54.279><c> take</c><00:24:54.559><c> what</c><00:24:54.779><c> God</c><00:24:55.000><c> has</c><00:24:55.359><c> given</c><00:24:55.539><c> us</c><00:24:55.759><c> and</c>

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hide<00:24:56.180><c> it.</c>

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Maybe<00:24:56.819><c> we'll</c><00:24:57.039><c> dig</c><00:24:57.160><c> it</c><00:24:57.259><c> up</c><00:24:57.420><c> later.</c><00:24:57.720><c> We</c><00:24:57.819><c> can</c><00:24:58.000><c> use</c><00:24:58.200><c> it</c><00:24:58.319><c> next</c><00:24:58.579><c> week</c>

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or<00:24:58.839><c> the</c><00:24:58.980><c> week</c><00:24:59.160><c> after.</c><00:24:59.380><c> It'll</c><00:24:59.640><c> still</c><00:24:59.859><c> be</c><00:25:00.140><c> there.</c>

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But<00:25:01.839><c> to</c><00:25:01.920><c> go</c><00:25:02.079><c> on</c><00:25:02.220><c> our</c><00:25:02.359><c> way</c><00:25:02.500><c> doing</c><00:25:02.759><c> everything</c><00:25:03.079><c> else,</c><00:25:06.200><c> we</c><00:25:06.859><c> find</c>

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that<00:25:07.700><c> in</c><00:25:08.140><c> this</c><00:25:08.380><c> parable</c><00:25:08.759><c> he</c><00:25:08.960><c> literally</c><00:25:09.380><c> repeats</c><00:25:09.779><c> the</c><00:25:10.019><c> words</c>

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that<00:25:11.160><c> he</c><00:25:11.299><c> would</c><00:25:11.579><c> use</c><00:25:12.119><c> in</c><00:25:12.539><c> the</c><00:25:12.779><c> context</c><00:25:13.319><c> of</c><00:25:13.519><c> 1</c><00:25:13.720><c> Corinthians.</c>

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Verse<00:25:15.500><c> 23,</c><00:25:16.119><c> his</c><00:25:16.279><c> Lord</c><00:25:16.519><c> said</c><00:25:16.740><c> unto</c><00:25:16.859><c> him,</c><00:25:17.440><c> Well</c><00:25:17.440><c> done,</c><00:25:18.299><c> good</c><00:25:18.720><c> and</c>

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faithful<00:25:19.700><c> servant.</c>

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Thou<00:25:20.940><c> hast</c><00:25:21.160><c> been</c><00:25:21.420><c> faithful</c><00:25:21.799><c> over</c><00:25:22.140><c> a</c><00:25:22.380><c> few</c><00:25:22.539><c> things.</c><00:25:23.359><c> I</c><00:25:23.619><c> will</c>

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make<00:25:24.220><c> thee</c><00:25:24.539><c> ruler</c><00:25:24.880><c> over</c><00:25:25.220><c> many</c><00:25:25.640><c> things.</c>

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Enter<00:25:27.000><c> thou</c><00:25:27.279><c> into</c><00:25:27.579><c> the</c><00:25:27.940><c> joy</c><00:25:28.839><c> of</c><00:25:29.380><c> thy</c><00:25:29.660><c> Lord.</c>

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But<00:25:32.519><c> the</c><00:25:32.660><c> man</c><00:25:32.859><c> who</c><00:25:32.960><c> had</c><00:25:33.099><c> hidden</c><00:25:33.279><c> the</c><00:25:33.579><c> talent</c><00:25:33.819><c> says,</c><00:25:34.619><c> I</c><00:25:34.779><c> was</c><00:25:35.019><c> afraid</c><00:25:35.720><c> and</c>

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went<00:25:36.940><c> and</c><00:25:37.640><c> hid</c><00:25:37.779><c> thy</c><00:25:38.119><c> talent</c><00:25:38.460><c> in</c><00:25:38.680><c> the</c><00:25:38.900><c> earth.</c>

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And<00:25:39.839><c> notice</c><00:25:40.200><c> those</c><00:25:40.460><c> words,</c><00:25:40.880><c> I</c><00:25:41.339><c> was</c><00:25:41.819><c> afraid.</c>

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What<00:25:44.339><c> was</c><00:25:44.500><c> he</c><00:25:44.779><c> afraid</c><00:25:45.019><c> of?</c>

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What<00:25:46.900><c> are</c><00:25:47.099><c> we</c><00:25:47.319><c> afraid</c><00:25:47.559><c> of</c><00:25:47.700><c> in</c><00:25:47.900><c> developing</c><00:25:48.299><c> our</c><00:25:48.599><c> talents?</c>

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Are<00:25:49.599><c> we</c><00:25:49.779><c> afraid</c><00:25:50.000><c> of</c><00:25:50.240><c> criticism?</c>

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Are<00:25:53.079><c> we</c><00:25:53.319><c> afraid</c><00:25:53.500><c> that</c><00:25:53.720><c> someone</c><00:25:53.960><c> won't</c><00:25:54.220><c> like</c><00:25:54.500><c> what</c><00:25:54.660><c> we</c><00:25:54.880><c> did?</c>

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Are<00:25:56.779><c> we</c><00:25:57.039><c> afraid</c><00:25:57.240><c> it</c><00:25:57.319><c> will</c><00:25:57.500><c> take</c><00:25:57.680><c> us</c><00:25:57.900><c> away</c><00:25:58.119><c> from</c><00:25:58.299><c> something</c><00:25:58.660><c> else</c><00:25:58.940><c> we'd</c><00:25:59.299><c> rather</c><00:25:59.440><c> be</c>

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doing<00:26:00.019><c> that</c><00:26:01.000><c> is</c><00:26:01.220><c> not</c><00:26:01.420><c> in</c><00:26:01.539><c> the</c><00:26:01.640><c> Ecclesia?</c>

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Are<00:26:04.000><c> we</c><00:26:04.240><c> afraid</c><00:26:04.559><c> that</c><00:26:04.859><c> our</c><00:26:05.200><c> neighbors</c><00:26:05.460><c> or</c><00:26:05.740><c> friends</c><00:26:06.000><c> or</c><00:26:06.160><c> colleagues</c><00:26:06.519><c> at</c><00:26:06.779><c> work</c><00:26:06.980><c> might</c><00:26:07.259><c> make</c><00:26:07.539><c> fun</c>

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of<00:26:07.819><c> us</c><00:26:08.019><c> for</c><00:26:08.599><c> what</c><00:26:08.819><c> we're</c><00:26:09.059><c> saying</c><00:26:09.319><c> and</c><00:26:09.539><c> preaching?</c>

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Are<00:26:11.779><c> we</c><00:26:12.059><c> afraid</c><00:26:12.259><c> because</c><00:26:12.680><c> we</c><00:26:12.880><c> need</c><00:26:13.099><c> more</c><00:26:13.440><c> time</c><00:26:13.700><c> to</c><00:26:13.859><c> earn</c><00:26:14.000><c> more</c>

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money<00:26:14.519><c> and</c><00:26:14.660><c> be</c><00:26:14.819><c> more</c><00:26:15.079><c> successful</c><00:26:15.640><c> and</c><00:26:15.900><c> richer</c><00:26:16.099><c> in</c><00:26:16.279><c> this</c><00:26:16.519><c> life?</c>

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What<00:26:18.920><c> are</c><00:26:19.059><c> we</c><00:26:19.259><c> afraid</c><00:26:19.480><c> of?</c>

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His<00:26:23.039><c> Lord</c><00:26:23.240><c> answered</c><00:26:23.599><c> and</c><00:26:23.779><c> said</c><00:26:23.920><c> unto</c><00:26:24.119><c> him,</c><00:26:24.339><c> Thou</c><00:26:24.559><c> wicked</c><00:26:24.960><c> and</c>

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slothful<00:26:25.880><c> servant,</c>

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Thou<00:26:26.839><c> newest</c><00:26:27.519><c> that</c><00:26:27.839><c> I</c><00:26:28.099><c> reap</c><00:26:28.400><c> where</c><00:26:28.720><c> I</c><00:26:28.960><c> sowed</c><00:26:29.279><c> not,</c><00:26:29.500><c> and</c><00:26:29.779><c> gather</c>

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where<00:26:31.079><c> I</c><00:26:31.200><c> have</c><00:26:31.400><c> not</c><00:26:31.740><c> stored.</c>

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Thou<00:26:32.460><c> oughtest</c><00:26:32.859><c> therefore</c><00:26:33.240><c> to</c><00:26:33.420><c> have</c><00:26:33.619><c> put</c><00:26:33.779><c> my</c><00:26:34.079><c> money</c><00:26:34.480><c> to</c><00:26:34.920><c> the</c><00:26:35.200><c> exchanges.</c>

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And<00:26:36.579><c> then</c><00:26:36.759><c> at</c><00:26:36.940><c> my</c><00:26:37.140><c> coming</c><00:26:37.519><c> I</c><00:26:38.000><c> should</c><00:26:38.220><c> have</c><00:26:38.400><c> received</c><00:26:38.819><c> mine</c><00:26:39.099><c> own</c>

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with<00:26:39.660><c> usury.</c>

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And<00:26:42.359><c> you</c><00:26:42.519><c> know,</c><00:26:42.819><c> usury,</c><00:26:43.319><c> the</c><00:26:43.519><c> interest</c><00:26:43.779><c> rates</c><00:26:44.019><c> were</c><00:26:44.240><c> really</c>

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low<00:26:45.200><c> in</c><00:26:45.660><c> the</c><00:26:45.819><c> first</c><00:26:46.019><c> century.</c>

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There's<00:26:47.180><c> no</c><00:26:47.319><c> way</c><00:26:47.500><c> they</c><00:26:47.640><c> would</c><00:26:47.799><c> have</c><00:26:47.960><c> doubled.</c><00:26:48.279><c> He</c><00:26:48.420><c> would</c><00:26:48.559><c> have</c>

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doubled<00:26:48.980><c> his</c><00:26:49.200><c> talent,</c><00:26:49.420><c> but</c><00:26:49.559><c> he</c><00:26:49.619><c> would</c><00:26:49.779><c> have</c><00:26:49.960><c> gotten</c><00:26:50.220><c> something.</c>

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And<00:26:51.380><c> what</c><00:26:51.539><c> I</c><00:26:51.720><c> think</c><00:26:51.859><c> is</c><00:26:52.019><c> being</c><00:26:52.319><c> said</c><00:26:52.559><c> here</c><00:26:52.839><c> is</c><00:26:53.059><c> even</c><00:26:53.559><c> if</c><00:26:53.759><c> you</c><00:26:53.940><c> yourself</c><00:26:54.460><c> don't</c><00:26:54.740><c> want</c><00:26:54.940><c> to</c>

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develop<00:26:55.480><c> your</c><00:26:55.779><c> talent,</c><00:26:56.420><c> help</c><00:26:56.779><c> others</c><00:26:57.099><c> to</c><00:26:57.440><c> develop</c><00:26:57.700><c> it.</c>

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Encourage<00:26:58.799><c> and</c><00:26:59.019><c> support</c><00:26:59.380><c> other</c><00:26:59.660><c> people.</c>

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At<00:27:01.779><c> a</c><00:27:02.000><c> minimum,</c><00:27:03.180><c> that</c><00:27:03.279><c> is</c><00:27:03.480><c> the</c><00:27:03.619><c> least</c><00:27:03.839><c> we</c><00:27:04.039><c> can</c><00:27:04.299><c> do.</c>

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If<00:27:05.400><c> we</c><00:27:05.599><c> ourselves</c><00:27:05.920><c> don't</c><00:27:06.220><c> have</c><00:27:06.619><c> some</c><00:27:06.900><c> ability,</c><00:27:07.359><c> don't</c><00:27:07.680><c> stop</c>

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other<00:27:08.240><c> people</c><00:27:08.539><c> from</c><00:27:08.799><c> developing.</c>

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Encourage<00:27:10.079><c> and</c><00:27:10.259><c> help</c><00:27:10.460><c> them.</c>

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If<00:27:11.519><c> someone</c><00:27:11.759><c> else</c><00:27:12.059><c> wants</c><00:27:12.279><c> to</c><00:27:12.460><c> run</c><00:27:12.599><c> a</c><00:27:12.759><c> campaign</c><00:27:13.160><c> and</c><00:27:13.380><c> you</c><00:27:13.559><c> don't</c>

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have<00:27:13.940><c> the</c><00:27:14.099><c> ability</c><00:27:14.380><c> to</c><00:27:14.619><c> manage</c><00:27:14.880><c> it,</c><00:27:15.160><c> run</c><00:27:15.160><c> it,</c><00:27:15.319><c> or</c><00:27:15.380><c> have</c><00:27:15.480><c> a</c><00:27:15.559><c> lot</c>

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of<00:27:15.920><c> time,</c>

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what<00:27:16.579><c> is</c><00:27:16.740><c> it</c><00:27:16.839><c> you</c><00:27:17.000><c> can</c><00:27:17.220><c> do</c><00:27:17.359><c> to</c><00:27:17.579><c> help?</c>

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And<00:27:19.359><c> I</c><00:27:19.480><c> think</c><00:27:19.619><c> that's</c><00:27:19.839><c> what</c><00:27:19.980><c> he's</c><00:27:20.180><c> saying.</c>

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He's<00:27:21.140><c> saying</c><00:27:21.220><c> at</c><00:27:21.480><c> a</c><00:27:21.740><c> minimum,</c><00:27:22.680><c> even</c><00:27:22.779><c> if</c><00:27:22.940><c> you</c><00:27:23.140><c> don't</c><00:27:23.599><c> do</c><00:27:23.839><c> your</c><00:27:24.200><c> fullest,</c>

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I<00:27:25.059><c> will</c><00:27:25.319><c> expect</c><00:27:25.720><c> you</c><00:27:26.000><c> at</c><00:27:26.000><c> least</c><00:27:26.559><c> to</c><00:27:26.900><c> have</c><00:27:27.259><c> helped</c><00:27:27.519><c> and</c><00:27:27.839><c> contributed</c><00:27:28.299><c> to</c>

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developing<00:27:29.619><c> others.</c>

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Lend<00:27:30.500><c> it</c><00:27:30.720><c> out</c><00:27:30.920><c> to</c><00:27:31.160><c> others.</c><00:27:31.519><c> Lend</c><00:27:31.799><c> your</c><00:27:32.079><c> talent</c><00:27:32.579><c> out</c><00:27:33.099><c> to</c><00:27:33.380><c> others</c>

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to<00:27:33.900><c> be</c><00:27:34.099><c> developed.</c>

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For<00:27:35.079><c> them</c><00:27:35.339><c> to</c><00:27:35.640><c> gain</c><00:27:35.880><c> interest</c><00:27:36.440><c> on</c><00:27:36.680><c> it.</c>

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And<00:27:38.579><c> I</c><00:27:38.700><c> think</c><00:27:38.799><c> that's</c><00:27:39.119><c> a</c><00:27:40.059><c> very</c><00:27:40.160><c> powerful</c><00:27:40.720><c> lesson.</c>

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Because<00:27:41.940><c> if</c><00:27:42.220><c> all</c><00:27:42.440><c> of</c><00:27:42.559><c> those</c><00:27:42.720><c> things</c><00:27:42.960><c> are</c><00:27:43.240><c> followed,</c>

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we<00:27:44.420><c> find</c><00:27:44.819><c> that</c><00:27:45.319><c> even</c><00:27:45.579><c> when</c><00:27:45.799><c> we</c><00:27:45.980><c> don't</c><00:27:46.359><c> have</c><00:27:46.599><c> an</c><00:27:46.759><c> ability</c><00:27:47.059><c> to</c><00:27:47.259><c> do</c>

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a<00:27:47.539><c> particular</c><00:27:47.920><c> thing,</c>

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we<00:27:48.400><c> help</c><00:27:48.599><c> someone</c><00:27:48.980><c> else</c><00:27:50.019><c> develop</c><00:27:50.680><c> their</c><00:27:51.380><c> talent</c><00:27:51.859><c> and</c><00:27:52.200><c> their</c>

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contribution<00:27:53.299><c> to</c><00:27:53.940><c> the</c><00:27:54.140><c> work</c><00:27:54.440><c> of</c><00:27:54.680><c> the</c><00:27:54.839><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:27:56.759><c> then</c><00:27:56.960><c> comes</c><00:27:57.619><c> his</c><00:27:59.519><c> admonition.</c>

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Verse<00:28:01.640><c> 29.</c>

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Now<00:28:14.140><c> as</c><00:28:14.380><c> we</c><00:28:14.559><c> are</c><00:28:14.819><c> about</c><00:28:15.420><c> to</c><00:28:15.759><c> partake</c><00:28:16.200><c> of</c><00:28:16.380><c> this</c><00:28:16.619><c> bread</c><00:28:16.839><c> and</c><00:28:17.099><c> wine,</c>

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we<00:28:18.079><c> might</c><00:28:18.339><c> remember</c><00:28:18.940><c> that</c><00:28:19.759><c> the</c><00:28:19.940><c> ultimate</c><00:28:20.420><c> example</c><00:28:21.099><c> of</c><00:28:21.400><c> the</c><00:28:21.619><c> development</c><00:28:21.980><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:22.400><c> gift</c><00:28:22.619><c> of</c><00:28:22.859><c> God</c><00:28:23.140><c> was</c><00:28:23.380><c> Jesus</c><00:28:23.740><c> Christ.</c>

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He<00:28:25.880><c> held</c><00:28:26.119><c> back</c><00:28:26.500><c> nothing.</c><00:28:27.880><c> Absolutely</c><00:28:28.460><c> nothing.</c>

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He<00:28:30.420><c> gave</c><00:28:30.839><c> indeed</c><00:28:31.359><c> even</c><00:28:31.619><c> his</c><00:28:31.819><c> own</c><00:28:32.039><c> life</c><00:28:32.619><c> for</c><00:28:33.640><c> what</c><00:28:34.079><c> the</c><00:28:34.380><c> Father</c>

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had<00:28:34.900><c> asked</c><00:28:35.200><c> him</c><00:28:36.079><c> to</c><00:28:36.279><c> do.</c>

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It<00:28:38.180><c> wouldn't</c><00:28:38.319><c> have</c><00:28:38.480><c> been</c><00:28:38.640><c> terrible</c><00:28:39.319><c> if</c><00:28:40.220><c> he</c><00:28:40.359><c> had</c><00:28:40.500><c> held</c><00:28:40.660><c> back.</c>

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If<00:28:41.900><c> he</c><00:28:42.099><c> had</c><00:28:42.279><c> said</c><00:28:42.380><c> at</c><00:28:42.539><c> the</c><00:28:42.640><c> last</c><00:28:42.920><c> moment,</c><00:28:43.319><c> I</c><00:28:43.319><c> can't</c><00:28:43.680><c> do</c><00:28:43.880><c> it.</c>

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And<00:28:46.119><c> we</c><00:28:46.259><c> have</c><00:28:46.440><c> this</c><00:28:47.259><c> prayer</c><00:28:47.799><c> in</c><00:28:48.420><c> the</c><00:28:48.559><c> next</c><00:28:48.900><c> chapter</c><00:28:49.660><c> of</c><00:28:49.920><c> Matthew,</c>

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where<00:28:51.660><c> he</c><00:28:51.819><c> says</c><00:28:52.119><c> three</c><00:28:52.440><c> times,</c><00:28:54.259><c> verse</c><00:28:54.440><c> 39,</c>

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Oh<00:28:56.359><c> my</c><00:28:56.680><c> Father,</c><00:28:57.519><c> if</c><00:28:57.799><c> it</c><00:28:58.019><c> be</c><00:28:58.299><c> possible,</c><00:28:59.480><c> let</c><00:28:59.759><c> this</c><00:29:00.119><c> cup</c><00:29:00.359><c> pass</c>

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from<00:29:01.119><c> me.</c>

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Nevertheless,<00:29:05.420><c> not</c><00:29:05.599><c> as</c><00:29:06.019><c> I</c><00:29:06.420><c> will,</c><00:29:07.880><c> but</c><00:29:08.079><c> as</c><00:29:08.259><c> thou</c><00:29:08.519><c> wilt.</c>

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And<00:29:10.619><c> again</c><00:29:10.920><c> in</c><00:29:11.099><c> verse</c><00:29:11.339><c> 42,</c><00:29:12.599><c> thy</c><00:29:13.180><c> will</c><00:29:14.039><c> be</c><00:29:14.539><c> done.</c>

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Notice<00:29:15.240><c> the</c><00:29:15.599><c> same</c><00:29:16.400><c> words</c><00:29:17.059><c> of</c><00:29:19.640><c> the</c><00:29:19.900><c> Lord's</c><00:29:20.680><c> prayer.</c>

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Thy<00:29:22.140><c> will</c><00:29:22.359><c> be</c><00:29:22.619><c> done</c><00:29:22.759><c> on</c><00:29:23.339><c> heaven</c><00:29:24.119><c> as</c><00:29:25.019><c> it</c><00:29:25.279><c> is</c><00:29:25.579><c> in</c><00:29:26.200><c> earth.</c>

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Thy<00:29:28.099><c> will</c><00:29:28.299><c> be</c><00:29:28.519><c> done</c><00:29:28.640><c> on</c><00:29:28.980><c> earth</c><00:29:29.579><c> as</c><00:29:29.980><c> it</c><00:29:30.140><c> is</c><00:29:30.319><c> in</c><00:29:30.559><c> heaven.</c>

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The<00:29:32.579><c> symmetry</c><00:29:32.920><c> of</c><00:29:33.259><c> it.</c><00:29:34.039><c> The</c><00:29:34.319><c> prayer.</c>

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Here<00:29:35.299><c> it's</c><00:29:35.619><c> on</c><00:29:35.859><c> earth</c><00:29:36.259><c> that</c><00:29:36.640><c> he's</c><00:29:36.759><c> saying,</c><00:29:37.240><c> I'm</c><00:29:37.359><c> going</c><00:29:37.480><c> to</c><00:29:37.660><c> do</c>

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your<00:29:38.380><c> will,</c><00:29:39.059><c> God.</c>

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In<00:29:40.079><c> the</c><00:29:40.339><c> prayer,</c><00:29:41.220><c> he</c><00:29:41.380><c> wants</c><00:29:41.680><c> the</c><00:29:41.880><c> will</c><00:29:42.059><c> of</c><00:29:42.279><c> heaven</c><00:29:42.519><c> to</c><00:29:42.779><c> be</c><00:29:42.960><c> done</c>

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on<00:29:43.539><c> earth.</c>

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He<00:29:45.059><c> takes</c><00:29:45.339><c> the</c><00:29:45.640><c> same</c><00:29:46.079><c> words.</c>

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And<00:29:47.940><c> then</c><00:29:48.220><c> finally</c><00:29:48.440><c> in</c><00:29:48.619><c> verse</c><00:29:48.799><c> 44,</c><00:29:49.779><c> saying</c><00:29:50.339><c> the</c><00:29:51.160><c> same</c><00:29:51.880><c> words.</c>

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As<00:29:53.720><c> we</c><00:29:53.920><c> partake</c><00:29:54.359><c> of</c><00:29:54.480><c> this</c><00:29:54.720><c> bread</c><00:29:54.960><c> and</c><00:29:55.160><c> wine,</c>

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we<00:29:56.380><c> ought</c><00:29:56.480><c> to</c><00:29:56.559><c> focus</c><00:29:56.980><c> on</c><00:29:57.180><c> it</c><00:29:57.359><c> and</c><00:29:57.460><c> realize</c><00:29:57.920><c> that</c><00:29:58.140><c> that's</c><00:29:58.519><c> how</c>

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we<00:29:59.740><c> can</c><00:29:59.960><c> take</c><00:30:00.299><c> the</c><00:30:00.599><c> talent</c><00:30:00.880><c> of</c><00:30:01.140><c> God</c>

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and<00:30:02.220><c> use</c><00:30:02.440><c> it</c><00:30:02.779><c> by</c><00:30:03.099><c> suppressing</c><00:30:04.200><c> our</c><00:30:04.779><c> own</c><00:30:05.099><c> will</c>

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and<00:30:06.740><c> yielding</c><00:30:07.720><c> to</c><00:30:07.900><c> the</c><00:30:08.099><c> will</c><00:30:08.380><c> of</c><00:30:08.819><c> the</c><00:30:08.980><c> Father.</c>

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Thank<00:30:10.079><c> you.</c>