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darkness<00:10:41.519><c> is</c><00:10:41.759><c> something</c><00:10:42.100><c> worth</c><00:10:42.360><c> dying</c><00:10:42.700><c> for.</c>

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him.<00:10:55.980><c> He</c><00:10:56.259><c> promised</c><00:10:56.580><c> us.</c>

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everybody<00:11:18.919><c> around</c><00:11:19.299><c> him.</c>

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He<00:11:20.919><c> loved</c><00:11:21.220><c> freely.</c><00:11:22.860><c> He</c><00:11:23.100><c> gave</c><00:11:23.320><c> to</c><00:11:23.620><c> everyone</c><00:11:23.960><c> as</c><00:11:24.159><c> they</c><00:11:24.360><c> had</c><00:11:24.559><c> need.</c>

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He<00:11:26.500><c> loved</c><00:11:26.779><c> the</c><00:11:27.080><c> lonely.</c><00:11:27.960><c> He</c><00:11:28.179><c> fed</c><00:11:28.440><c> the</c><00:11:28.720><c> hungry.</c>

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He<00:11:33.039><c> was</c><00:11:33.200><c> the</c><00:11:33.360><c> only</c><00:11:33.580><c> person</c><00:11:34.679><c> ever</c><00:11:35.379><c> who</c><00:11:35.740><c> truly</c><00:11:36.139><c> understood</c><00:11:36.820><c> that</c>

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there<00:11:38.000><c> was</c><00:11:38.299><c> nothing</c><00:11:38.600><c> in</c><00:11:38.799><c> this</c><00:11:39.039><c> world</c><00:11:40.019><c> worth</c><00:11:40.720><c> separating</c><00:11:41.019><c> himself</c><00:11:41.500><c> from</c><00:11:41.720><c> God.</c>

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if<00:11:52.519><c> we</c><00:11:52.720><c> live</c><00:11:52.879><c> in</c><00:11:53.120><c> light</c><00:11:53.360><c> instead</c><00:11:53.740><c> of</c><00:11:53.860><c> darkness.</c>

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He<00:11:55.519><c> lived</c><00:11:55.700><c> in</c><00:11:55.820><c> a</c><00:11:55.919><c> way</c><00:11:56.019><c> that</c><00:11:56.320><c> showed</c><00:11:56.720><c> that</c><00:11:57.539><c> he</c><00:11:57.759><c> and</c><00:11:58.000><c> God</c><00:11:58.240><c> were</c><00:11:58.620><c> one.</c>

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He<00:12:00.440><c> showed</c><00:12:00.559><c> us</c><00:12:00.700><c> what</c><00:12:00.840><c> it</c><00:12:01.000><c> looked</c><00:12:01.159><c> like</c><00:12:01.840><c> to</c><00:12:02.159><c> be</c><00:12:02.379><c> like</c><00:12:02.659><c> God.</c>

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He<00:12:04.940><c> showed</c><00:12:05.039><c> us</c><00:12:05.159><c> how</c><00:12:05.399><c> good</c><00:12:05.580><c> the</c><00:12:05.820><c> world</c><00:12:06.059><c> can</c><00:12:06.320><c> be</c><00:12:06.480><c> when</c><00:12:06.659><c> God</c><00:12:06.980><c> is</c><00:12:07.259><c> alive</c><00:12:07.559><c> in</c><00:12:07.740><c> it.</c>

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And<00:12:09.039><c> he</c><00:12:09.279><c> showed</c><00:12:09.399><c> us</c><00:12:09.580><c> what</c><00:12:09.720><c> the</c><00:12:09.940><c> world</c><00:12:10.159><c> could</c><00:12:10.559><c> look</c><00:12:10.840><c> like</c><00:12:11.320><c> if</c><00:12:11.639><c> there</c><00:12:11.820><c> was</c><00:12:11.980><c> no</c>

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hatred,<00:12:13.480><c> no</c><00:12:13.720><c> hunger,</c><00:12:14.419><c> no</c><00:12:14.679><c> sadness,</c><00:12:15.340><c> no</c><00:12:15.519><c> fear.</c>

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Finally,<00:12:18.639><c> there</c><00:12:18.740><c> was</c><00:12:18.919><c> a</c><00:12:19.080><c> man</c><00:12:19.299><c> who</c><00:12:19.539><c> became</c><00:12:19.820><c> like</c><00:12:20.059><c> God.</c>

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God<00:12:23.580><c> called</c><00:12:23.879><c> him</c><00:12:24.240><c> his</c><00:12:24.559><c> beloved</c><00:12:24.960><c> son.</c>

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Finally,<00:12:27.080><c> someone</c><00:12:27.379><c> got</c><00:12:27.659><c> it.</c>

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You<00:12:32.779><c> can</c><00:12:32.980><c> see</c><00:12:33.100><c> the</c><00:12:33.340><c> joy</c><00:12:33.500><c> in</c><00:12:33.659><c> God's</c><00:12:34.019><c> words</c><00:12:34.220><c> here.</c>

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And<00:12:42.700><c> then</c><00:12:43.080><c> the</c><00:12:43.399><c> people</c><00:12:43.639><c> killed</c><00:12:43.960><c> him.</c>

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They<00:12:50.320><c> thought</c><00:12:50.500><c> he</c><00:12:50.620><c> was</c><00:12:50.799><c> trying</c><00:12:50.980><c> to</c><00:12:51.159><c> put</c><00:12:51.259><c> them</c><00:12:51.500><c> in</c><00:12:51.759><c> chains</c><00:12:52.039><c> instead</c><00:12:52.379><c> of</c>

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set<00:12:52.700><c> them</c><00:12:53.000><c> free.</c>

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It's<00:12:57.539><c> heartbreaking.</c>

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But<00:13:01.480><c> that's</c><00:13:01.620><c> not</c><00:13:01.820><c> the</c><00:13:01.960><c> end.</c>

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the<00:13:09.779><c> way</c><00:13:09.919><c> of</c><00:13:10.139><c> peace,</c><00:13:10.860><c> the</c><00:13:10.879><c> way</c><00:13:11.059><c> of</c><00:13:11.299><c> compassion,</c><00:13:12.840><c> the</c><00:13:12.879><c> way</c><00:13:13.019><c> of</c>

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love<00:13:13.639><c> was</c><00:13:13.980><c> the</c><00:13:14.240><c> best</c><00:13:14.580><c> way.</c>

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He<00:13:16.860><c> died.</c>

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For<00:13:23.519><c> ages,</c><00:13:24.679><c> God</c><00:13:24.899><c> tried</c><00:13:25.159><c> telling</c><00:13:25.460><c> us</c><00:13:25.799><c> that</c><00:13:26.059><c> nothing</c><00:13:26.399><c> was</c><00:13:26.659><c> worth</c>

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separating<00:13:27.379><c> ourselves</c><00:13:27.879><c> from</c><00:13:28.100><c> him.</c>

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The<00:13:29.960><c> tragic</c><00:13:30.379><c> but</c><00:13:30.700><c> beautiful</c><00:13:31.139><c> thing</c><00:13:31.620><c> is</c><00:13:33.539><c> that</c><00:13:34.259><c> in</c><00:13:34.360><c> order</c><00:13:34.539><c> for</c>

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you<00:13:34.860><c> and</c><00:13:35.080><c> me</c><00:13:35.559><c> to</c><00:13:35.960><c> finally</c><00:13:36.220><c> get</c><00:13:36.500><c> it,</c>

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Jesus<00:13:37.679><c> showed</c><00:13:37.960><c> that</c><00:13:38.159><c> the</c><00:13:38.440><c> only</c><00:13:38.820><c> thing</c><00:13:39.240><c> worth</c><00:13:39.519><c> dying</c><00:13:39.879><c> for</c><00:13:40.580><c> was</c>

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showing<00:13:41.580><c> the</c><00:13:41.820><c> world</c><00:13:42.100><c> that</c><00:13:42.440><c> nothing</c><00:13:42.899><c> is</c><00:13:43.379><c> worth</c><00:13:43.600><c> dying</c><00:13:43.919><c> for.</c>

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So<00:13:50.740><c> God</c><00:13:50.919><c> raised</c><00:13:51.200><c> him</c><00:13:51.360><c> from</c><00:13:51.539><c> the</c><00:13:51.720><c> dead.</c>

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The<00:13:52.679><c> grave</c><00:13:52.860><c> couldn't</c><00:13:53.059><c> hold</c><00:13:53.340><c> him,</c><00:13:53.539><c> it</c><00:13:53.740><c> says.</c>

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Now<00:13:55.860><c> it</c><00:13:55.860><c> wasn't</c><00:13:56.039><c> that</c><00:13:56.220><c> God</c><00:13:56.480><c> owed</c><00:13:56.820><c> Jesus</c><00:13:57.220><c> anything.</c>

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It<00:14:00.259><c> wasn't</c><00:14:00.399><c> that</c><00:14:00.559><c> he</c><00:14:00.740><c> earned</c><00:14:01.000><c> his</c><00:14:01.340><c> life,</c><00:14:01.639><c> that</c><00:14:01.820><c> he</c><00:14:02.019><c> was</c><00:14:02.279><c> raised</c>

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from<00:14:02.639><c> the</c><00:14:02.759><c> dead.</c>

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He<00:14:04.360><c> was</c><00:14:04.600><c> simply</c><00:14:05.080><c> united</c><00:14:05.639><c> with</c><00:14:05.899><c> God</c><00:14:06.139><c> again.</c>

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So<00:14:07.639><c> God</c><00:14:07.840><c> welcomed</c><00:14:08.259><c> him</c><00:14:08.500><c> home,</c><00:14:09.879><c> back</c><00:14:10.039><c> to</c><00:14:10.220><c> his</c><00:14:10.440><c> life.</c>

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It's<00:14:12.419><c> a</c><00:14:12.580><c> love</c><00:14:12.799><c> story.</c>

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A<00:14:14.279><c> beautiful,</c><00:14:15.220><c> epic,</c><00:14:15.899><c> tragic</c><00:14:16.139><c> love</c><00:14:16.500><c> story.</c>

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And<00:14:19.379><c> somehow,</c><00:14:20.080><c> that's</c><00:14:20.299><c> still</c><00:14:20.639><c> not</c><00:14:20.879><c> the</c><00:14:21.019><c> end.</c>

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God's<00:14:23.340><c> vision</c><00:14:23.820><c> wasn't</c><00:14:24.220><c> just</c><00:14:24.600><c> to</c><00:14:24.779><c> be</c><00:14:24.940><c> reunited</c><00:14:25.259><c> with</c><00:14:26.379><c> one</c><00:14:26.639><c> person,</c><00:14:27.500><c> one</c><00:14:27.779><c> man.</c>

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God's<00:14:30.200><c> vision</c><00:14:30.419><c> was</c><00:14:30.600><c> to</c><00:14:30.779><c> be</c><00:14:31.000><c> reunited</c><00:14:31.340><c> with</c><00:14:31.620><c> the</c><00:14:31.759><c> whole</c><00:14:31.960><c> world.</c>

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He<00:14:34.440><c> didn't</c><00:14:34.600><c> want</c><00:14:34.799><c> the</c><00:14:35.000><c> world</c><00:14:35.279><c> to</c><00:14:35.720><c> just</c><00:14:35.899><c> get</c><00:14:36.080><c> a</c><00:14:36.299><c> taste</c><00:14:36.600><c> of</c><00:14:36.799><c> his</c>

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love,<00:14:38.299><c> of</c><00:14:38.480><c> his</c><00:14:38.720><c> life.</c>

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It<00:15:00.080><c> says</c><00:15:00.279><c> we</c><00:15:00.399><c> were</c><00:15:00.639><c> buried</c><00:15:00.879><c> with</c><00:15:01.100><c> Jesus</c><00:15:01.679><c> by</c><00:15:02.320><c> baptism</c><00:15:02.860><c> into</c><00:15:03.240><c> death.</c>

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We<00:15:12.700><c> can</c><00:15:12.879><c> take</c><00:15:13.100><c> that</c><00:15:13.379><c> stand.</c>

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life<00:15:18.299><c> itself.</c>

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Share<00:16:36.840><c> what's</c><00:16:37.220><c> unconventional.</c>

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Answer<00:17:09.440><c> your</c><00:17:09.740><c> antagonizers</c><00:17:10.440><c> thoughtfully.</c>

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Consider<00:17:13.819><c> your</c><00:17:14.160><c> family</c><00:17:14.680><c> to</c><00:17:15.079><c> be</c><00:17:15.220><c> those</c><00:17:15.680><c> who</c><00:17:16.099><c> share</c><00:17:16.220><c> your</c><00:17:16.440><c> values.</c>

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Calm<00:17:23.339><c> storms.</c>

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Challenge<00:17:26.480><c> people</c><00:17:26.779><c> to</c><00:17:27.000><c> increase</c><00:17:27.319><c> their</c><00:17:27.619><c> faith.</c>

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intimate<00:17:45.279><c> friends.</c>

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Don't<00:18:08.019><c> resist</c><00:18:08.440><c> arrest.</c>

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Don't<00:18:10.059><c> fight.</c>

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Pity<00:18:21.119><c> the</c><00:18:21.359><c> hateful.</c>

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Raise<00:18:25.920><c> from</c><00:18:26.160><c> the</c><00:18:26.339><c> dead.</c>

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