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brothers<00:15:40.539><c> and</c><00:15:40.759><c> sisters?</c><00:15:41.720><c> Because</c><00:15:41.960><c> that</c><00:15:42.559><c> was</c><00:15:42.879><c> the</c><00:15:43.059><c> exact</c><00:15:43.200><c> thing</c><00:15:43.399><c> that</c>

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if<00:15:53.159><c> we</c><00:15:53.340><c> turn</c><00:15:53.500><c> back</c><00:15:53.720><c> to</c><00:15:53.860><c> Acts</c><00:15:54.039><c> chapter</c><00:15:54.419><c> 9,</c><00:15:56.419><c> we</c><00:15:56.600><c> realise</c><00:15:57.019><c> that</c><00:15:57.259><c> Paul</c><00:15:57.480><c> is</c>

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previous<00:16:05.620><c> spiritual</c><00:16:06.360><c> state.</c><00:16:08.539><c> He's</c><00:16:08.840><c> blind.</c>

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He<00:16:12.480><c> was</c><00:16:12.620><c> blind</c><00:16:12.860><c> for</c><00:16:13.059><c> three</c><00:16:13.320><c> days,</c><00:16:13.980><c> not</c><00:16:14.259><c> eating</c><00:16:14.779><c> or</c><00:16:15.460><c> drinking,</c>

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we're<00:16:16.200><c> told</c><00:16:16.480><c> in</c><00:16:16.980><c> verses</c><00:16:17.399><c> 8</c><00:16:18.340><c> and</c><00:16:18.580><c> 9.</c>

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He's<00:16:24.159><c> absolutely</c><00:16:24.779><c> amazed.</c><00:16:26.740><c> He</c><00:16:26.860><c> sits</c><00:16:27.120><c> there</c><00:16:27.440><c> for</c><00:16:27.740><c> three</c><00:16:28.159><c> days,</c>

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not<00:16:29.159><c> eating,</c><00:16:30.220><c> not</c><00:16:30.539><c> drinking,</c><00:16:31.360><c> absolutely</c><00:16:31.779><c> amazed</c>

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at<00:16:32.460><c> his</c><00:16:32.899><c> vision</c><00:16:33.200><c> of</c><00:16:33.480><c> Christ</c><00:16:34.059><c> in</c><00:16:34.419><c> the</c><00:16:34.639><c> light.</c><00:16:35.899><c> He</c><00:16:36.100><c> sat</c><00:16:36.299><c> there</c><00:16:36.559><c> in</c>

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darkness,<00:16:37.299><c> didn't</c><00:16:37.419><c> he,</c><00:16:37.500><c> brothers</c><00:16:37.740><c> and</c><00:16:38.000><c> sisters,</c><00:16:38.419><c> with</c>

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no<00:16:39.539><c> gratification</c><00:16:40.139><c> of</c><00:16:40.340><c> the</c><00:16:40.620><c> flesh,</c><00:16:41.799><c> pondering</c><00:16:42.460><c> the</c><00:16:42.720><c> things</c>

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able<00:16:49.799><c> to</c><00:16:50.419><c> recite</c><00:16:50.740><c> large</c><00:16:51.240><c> quantities</c><00:16:51.960><c> of</c><00:16:52.320><c> the</c>

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imagine<00:16:56.500><c> him,</c><00:16:56.700><c> can't</c><00:16:56.860><c> we,</c><00:16:57.159><c> sitting</c><00:16:57.279><c> there</c><00:16:57.480><c> for</c><00:16:57.639><c> those</c>

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have<00:17:01.299><c> in</c><00:17:01.419><c> his</c><00:17:01.659><c> mind</c><00:17:02.159><c> and</c><00:17:02.620><c> overcoming</c><00:17:03.200><c> them</c><00:17:03.980><c> with</c><00:17:04.420><c> the</c>

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word<00:17:04.740><c> of</c><00:17:04.920><c> God.</c><00:17:06.880><c> Figuratively,</c><00:17:07.480><c> of</c><00:17:07.640><c> course,</c><00:17:07.859><c> he</c><00:17:07.960><c> is</c><00:17:08.220><c> reenacting</c><00:17:08.880><c> the</c><00:17:09.380><c> death</c>

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destroying<00:17:12.140><c> the</c><00:17:12.660><c> things</c><00:17:12.900><c> of</c><00:17:13.119><c> the</c><00:17:13.319><c> flesh</c><00:17:13.480><c> that</c><00:17:13.640><c> were</c><00:17:13.839><c> hindering</c><00:17:14.180><c> him</c><00:17:14.420><c> before,</c><00:17:15.259><c> destroying</c><00:17:15.680><c> the</c><00:17:16.039><c> flesh.</c>

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into<00:17:30.539><c> these</c><00:17:30.859><c> verses,</c><00:17:31.160><c> but</c><00:17:31.299><c> of</c><00:17:31.519><c> course</c><00:17:31.660><c> we</c><00:17:31.819><c> have</c>

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the<00:17:32.579><c> account</c><00:17:32.819><c> of</c><00:17:32.980><c> that</c><00:17:33.200><c> faithful</c><00:17:33.539><c> brother,</c><00:17:34.299><c> Ananias,</c><00:17:35.359><c> that</c>

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brother<00:17:35.819><c> of</c><00:17:36.039><c> Damascus,</c><00:17:36.660><c> who</c><00:17:37.420><c> was</c><00:17:37.740><c> indeed</c><00:17:38.119><c> extremely</c>

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surprised<00:17:39.460><c> and</c><00:17:39.759><c> worried</c><00:17:40.259><c> at</c><00:17:41.099><c> first</c><00:17:41.619><c> to</c><00:17:42.460><c> be</c><00:17:42.839><c> told</c><00:17:43.220><c> to</c><00:17:43.480><c> go</c><00:17:43.680><c> to</c><00:17:44.000><c> the</c><00:17:44.220><c> apostle</c><00:17:44.539><c> Paul.</c><00:17:45.980><c> But</c><00:17:46.140><c> as</c>

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a<00:17:47.059><c> faithful</c><00:17:47.380><c> servant</c><00:17:47.819><c> of</c>

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or<00:17:54.960><c> gives</c><00:17:55.180><c> some</c><00:17:55.440><c> reason</c><00:17:55.740><c> to</c><00:17:55.980><c> him</c><00:17:56.119><c> at</c><00:17:56.279><c> least,</c><00:17:56.960><c> to</c><00:17:57.180><c> go</c><00:17:57.799><c> to</c><00:17:58.359><c> the</c><00:17:58.559><c> apostle.</c><00:17:59.920><c> We</c>

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read<00:18:00.519><c> in</c><00:18:00.680><c> verse</c><00:18:00.900><c> 15</c><00:18:01.299><c> that</c><00:18:01.460><c> Jesus</c><00:18:01.779><c> says</c><00:18:02.019><c> to</c>

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Paul<00:18:20.859><c> had</c><00:18:21.059><c> been</c><00:18:25.140><c> chosen</c><00:18:25.799><c> to</c><00:18:26.619><c> bear</c><00:18:26.880><c> Christ's</c><00:18:27.680><c> name.</c>

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And<00:18:29.559><c> Christ,</c><00:18:29.859><c> of</c><00:18:30.019><c> course,</c><00:18:30.519><c> bore</c><00:18:30.680><c> the</c><00:18:31.059><c> name</c><00:18:31.240><c> of</c><00:18:31.480><c> the</c><00:18:31.579><c> father,</c>

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didn't<00:18:32.019><c> he?</c><00:18:33.180><c> He</c><00:18:33.460><c> was</c>

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character<00:18:37.259><c> perfectly,</c>

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didn't<00:18:38.500><c> he?</c><00:18:38.839><c> Tempted</c><00:18:39.279><c> in</c><00:18:39.420><c> all</c><00:18:39.680><c> points,</c><00:18:40.460><c> yet</c><00:18:40.460><c> without</c><00:18:41.259><c> sin.</c><00:18:43.980><c> In</c>

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but<00:18:45.900><c> chapter</c><00:18:46.140><c> one</c><00:18:46.339><c> and</c><00:18:46.480><c> verse</c><00:18:46.700><c> 23,</c><00:18:47.299><c> we</c><00:18:47.519><c> read</c><00:18:47.940><c> of</c><00:18:48.420><c> being</c><00:18:48.720><c> born</c>

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again<00:18:49.740><c> of</c><00:18:50.660><c> the</c><00:18:50.920><c> word</c><00:18:51.180><c> of</c><00:18:51.460><c> God.</c>

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Now<00:18:53.119><c> when</c><00:18:53.240><c> a</c><00:18:53.460><c> baby</c><00:18:53.779><c> in</c><00:18:54.039><c> the</c><00:18:54.220><c> natural</c><00:18:54.579><c> world</c><00:18:55.220><c> is</c><00:18:55.640><c> born,</c><00:18:57.759><c> it</c><00:18:57.759><c> takes</c><00:18:57.920><c> on</c>

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the<00:18:58.279><c> name,</c><00:18:58.519><c> doesn't</c><00:18:58.779><c> he,</c><00:18:59.400><c> of</c><00:18:59.619><c> the</c><00:18:59.819><c> father,</c>

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concerning.<00:19:03.559><c> And</c><00:19:04.000><c> just</c><00:19:04.500><c> as</c><00:19:04.960><c> you've</c><00:19:05.400><c> been</c><00:19:05.720><c> reborn</c><00:19:06.200><c> today</c><00:19:06.559><c> to</c>

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walk<00:19:07.160><c> in</c><00:19:07.440><c> newness</c><00:19:07.700><c> of</c><00:19:07.960><c> life,</c><00:19:08.200><c> as</c><00:19:08.319><c> it</c><00:19:08.539><c> says</c><00:19:08.660><c> in</c>

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become,<00:19:16.259><c> don't</c><00:19:16.460><c> we,</c><00:19:16.599><c> the</c><00:19:16.819><c> sons</c><00:19:17.099><c> of</c><00:19:17.400><c> God</c><00:19:18.000><c> through</c><00:19:18.859><c> Christ.</c>

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that<00:19:23.859><c> name</c><00:19:24.539><c> of</c><00:19:24.960><c> Christ,</c><00:19:25.420><c> which</c><00:19:25.619><c> is,</c><00:19:25.880><c> of</c><00:19:26.059><c> course,</c>

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an<00:19:26.559><c> extension</c><00:19:27.059><c> of</c><00:19:28.240><c> the</c><00:19:28.440><c> name</c><00:19:28.740><c> of</c><00:19:29.019><c> the</c><00:19:29.220><c> father.</c><00:19:31.619><c> And</c><00:19:32.000><c> we</c><00:19:32.299><c> know</c><00:19:32.579><c> from</c><00:19:33.119><c> our</c><00:19:33.359><c> studies,</c><00:19:33.700><c> don't</c><00:19:33.900><c> we,</c><00:19:34.099><c> that</c><00:19:34.299><c> to</c><00:19:34.859><c> bear</c><00:19:35.119><c> a</c>

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name<00:19:35.640><c> in</c><00:19:35.920><c> the</c><00:19:36.019><c> scriptures</c><00:19:36.319><c> is</c><00:19:36.759><c> a</c><00:19:36.880><c> very</c><00:19:37.160><c> profound</c><00:19:37.579><c> thing.</c><00:19:38.400><c> It</c>

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And<00:20:13.440><c> an</c><00:20:13.619><c> exhortation</c><00:20:14.119><c> for</c><00:20:14.339><c> us</c><00:20:14.539><c> all</c><00:20:14.720><c> to</c><00:20:14.880><c> check</c><00:20:15.160><c> where</c><00:20:15.420><c> we're</c><00:20:15.740><c> at.</c><00:20:16.599><c> Are</c><00:20:16.799><c> we</c>

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manifesting<00:20:17.640><c> God</c><00:20:18.299><c> in</c><00:20:18.700><c> our</c><00:20:19.000><c> lives</c><00:20:19.220><c> and</c><00:20:19.460><c> godly</c>

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characteristics?<00:20:22.559><c> And</c><00:20:22.819><c> the</c><00:20:23.299><c> wonder</c><00:20:23.559><c> of</c><00:20:23.740><c> it</c><00:20:23.900><c> all</c><00:20:24.059><c> is,</c><00:20:24.319><c> of</c><00:20:24.500><c> course,</c><00:20:25.240><c> that</c>

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if<00:20:25.480><c> we</c><00:20:25.680><c> put</c><00:20:25.819><c> the</c><00:20:26.059><c> effort</c><00:20:26.259><c> in</c><00:20:26.500><c> today</c><00:20:27.200><c> to</c>

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manifest<00:20:28.819><c> God's</c><00:20:29.160><c> name,</c><00:20:29.539><c> then</c><00:20:29.799><c> we</c><00:20:30.160><c> know</c><00:20:30.359><c> that</c><00:20:30.539><c> he</c><00:20:30.759><c> will</c><00:20:31.059><c> be</c><00:20:31.740><c> manifested</c><00:20:32.359><c> in</c>

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word<00:20:40.619><c> today,</c><00:20:40.940><c> as</c><00:20:41.119><c> we've</c><00:20:41.940><c> considered</c><00:20:42.339><c> earlier,</c>

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that<00:20:43.779><c> God</c><00:20:44.099><c> has</c><00:20:44.539><c> visited</c><00:20:44.880><c> us</c><00:20:45.259><c> gentiles</c><00:20:46.119><c> to</c><00:20:46.799><c> take</c><00:20:47.079><c> out</c><00:20:47.720><c> a</c><00:20:48.140><c> people</c>

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And<00:20:51.359><c> that's</c><00:20:51.619><c> why,</c><00:20:52.559><c> as</c><00:20:53.160><c> newborn</c><00:20:53.700><c> babes,</c><00:20:54.559><c> when</c><00:20:54.680><c> we've</c><00:20:54.920><c> first</c><00:20:55.140><c> been</c><00:20:55.359><c> baptized,</c><00:20:55.960><c> we</c>

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should<00:20:56.660><c> desire</c>

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might<00:21:02.759><c> grow.</c>

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Grow<00:21:05.779><c> our</c><00:21:06.359><c> characters</c><00:21:07.039><c> to</c><00:21:07.720><c> be</c><00:21:07.859><c> more</c><00:21:08.079><c> like</c><00:21:08.339><c> God's.</c><00:21:09.960><c> And</c><00:21:10.160><c> so,</c>

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brother<00:21:10.480><c> Paul,</c><00:21:10.859><c> make</c><00:21:11.119><c> time</c><00:21:11.940><c> for</c><00:21:12.319><c> growth.</c>

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Make<00:21:13.519><c> time</c><00:21:13.859><c> for</c><00:21:14.140><c> study</c><00:21:14.539><c> of</c><00:21:15.140><c> God's</c><00:21:15.619><c> word.</c><00:21:16.920><c> Read</c><00:21:17.359><c> the</c><00:21:17.619><c> works</c><00:21:17.900><c> of</c>

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you<00:21:25.480><c> learn</c><00:21:25.740><c> about</c><00:21:26.079><c> God's</c><00:21:27.319><c> character</c>

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into<00:21:28.059><c> practice</c><00:21:28.680><c> in</c><00:21:29.279><c> your</c><00:21:29.500><c> life.</c><00:21:31.180><c> And</c><00:21:31.319><c> that</c><00:21:31.420><c> goes</c><00:21:31.680><c> for</c><00:21:31.859><c> all</c><00:21:32.099><c> of</c>

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us,<00:21:32.480><c> doesn't</c><00:21:32.559><c> it,</c><00:21:32.740><c> brothers</c><00:21:32.900><c> and</c><00:21:33.099><c> sisters,</c><00:21:33.359><c> this</c><00:21:33.640><c> day?</c>

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And<00:21:35.119><c> we</c><00:21:35.240><c> know</c><00:21:35.480><c> that</c><00:21:35.759><c> if</c><00:21:36.039><c> we</c><00:21:36.259><c> do</c><00:21:36.460><c> this,</c><00:21:36.839><c> that</c><00:21:36.960><c> when</c><00:21:37.460><c> our</c><00:21:37.700><c> Lord</c><00:21:37.859><c> Jesus</c><00:21:38.259><c> Christ</c><00:21:38.579><c> returns,</c><00:21:39.299><c> as</c>

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we're<00:21:39.779><c> told</c><00:21:39.980><c> in</c><00:21:40.119><c> Revelation</c><00:21:40.619><c> 14,</c>

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that<00:21:41.599><c> we</c><00:21:42.799><c> have</c><00:21:43.059><c> an</c><00:21:43.200><c> opportunity</c><00:21:43.720><c> to</c><00:21:44.059><c> stand</c><00:21:44.319><c> before</c><00:21:44.799><c> him</c><00:21:45.019><c> with</c>

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enters<00:21:58.220><c> into</c><00:21:58.480><c> the</c><00:21:58.700><c> house</c><00:21:59.019><c> and</c>

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hath<00:22:10.140><c> sent</c><00:22:10.380><c> me,</c><00:22:11.079><c> that</c><00:22:11.240><c> thou</c><00:22:11.359><c> mightest</c><00:22:11.740><c> receive</c><00:22:12.019><c> thy</c><00:22:12.279><c> sight</c>

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And<00:22:20.759><c> he</c><00:22:20.980><c> received</c><00:22:21.359><c> sight</c><00:22:21.799><c> forthwith</c><00:22:22.420><c> and</c><00:22:22.640><c> arose</c><00:22:23.200><c> and</c><00:22:23.880><c> was</c><00:22:24.059><c> baptized.</c><00:22:26.799><c> And</c>

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so<00:22:27.200><c> the</c><00:22:27.420><c> blindness</c><00:22:27.799><c> then</c><00:22:28.180><c> departs</c><00:22:28.819><c> from</c>

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Paul.<00:22:31.880><c> And</c><00:22:32.400><c> he</c><00:22:32.539><c> sees</c><00:22:32.660><c> before</c><00:22:33.000><c> him</c><00:22:33.140><c> Ananias.</c><00:22:34.559><c> I</c><00:22:34.819><c> don't</c><00:22:34.940><c> know</c><00:22:35.019><c> if</c>

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you<00:22:35.180><c> know,</c><00:22:35.440><c> brothers</c><00:22:35.579><c> and</c><00:22:35.779><c> sisters,</c><00:22:36.000><c> but</c>

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considering<00:22:40.240><c> it's</c><00:22:40.539><c> the</c><00:22:40.700><c> first</c><00:22:41.079><c> thing</c>

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that<00:22:41.619><c> the</c><00:22:41.759><c> apostle</c><00:22:42.079><c> would</c><00:22:42.220><c> have</c><00:22:42.460><c> probably</c><00:22:42.839><c> seen,</c><00:22:44.019><c> because</c><00:22:44.259><c> it's</c><00:22:44.539><c> of</c>

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it<00:22:48.460><c> means</c><00:22:48.779><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:49.519><c> is</c><00:22:50.619><c> gracious.</c><00:22:53.640><c> So</c><00:22:53.779><c> that's</c><00:22:53.940><c> the</c><00:22:54.140><c> first</c><00:22:54.319><c> thing</c><00:22:54.460><c> he</c><00:22:54.660><c> sees.</c><00:22:55.039><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:55.460><c> is</c><00:22:55.700><c> gracious,</c><00:22:56.039><c> a</c><00:22:56.200><c> wonderful</c>

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lesson<00:22:57.119><c> for</c><00:22:57.619><c> us</c><00:22:57.859><c> all.</c><00:22:58.720><c> We</c><00:22:58.880><c> are</c><00:22:59.160><c> saved,</c><00:22:59.400><c> of</c><00:22:59.619><c> course,</c><00:22:59.799><c> as</c><00:22:59.980><c> we</c><00:23:00.119><c> read</c><00:23:00.240><c> earlier,</c><00:23:01.200><c> by</c>

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and<00:23:13.339><c> spiritually.</c><00:23:14.019><c> And</c><00:23:14.140><c> in</c><00:23:14.279><c> verse</c><00:23:14.500><c> 20,</c><00:23:14.920><c> we</c><00:23:15.039><c> see</c><00:23:15.200><c> him</c><00:23:15.559><c> go</c><00:23:15.839><c> around</c><00:23:16.119><c> doing</c>

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witness<00:23:23.680><c> to</c><00:23:24.279><c> the</c><00:23:24.519><c> truth.</c><00:23:32.059><c> An</c><00:23:32.779><c> example</c>

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heard<00:23:33.259><c> him</c><00:23:34.039><c> were</c><00:23:34.779><c> amazed.</c><00:23:38.240><c> Again,</c><00:23:38.799><c> a</c><00:23:38.839><c> powerful</c><00:23:39.299><c> exhortation,</c>

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because<00:23:40.559><c> these,</c><00:23:41.920><c> all</c><00:23:42.160><c> that</c><00:23:42.400><c> saw</c><00:23:42.660><c> him,</c>

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they<00:23:43.519><c> were</c><00:23:43.740><c> absolutely</c><00:23:44.380><c> amazed,</c><00:23:45.019><c> because</c><00:23:45.200><c> they</c><00:23:45.359><c> saw</c><00:23:45.559><c> a</c><00:23:45.759><c> marked</c><00:23:46.000><c> difference</c><00:23:46.660><c> in</c>

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his<00:23:47.859><c> behaviour.</c>

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Definitely<00:23:50.460><c> a</c><00:23:50.599><c> lesson</c><00:23:50.759><c> for</c><00:23:50.960><c> us.</c><00:23:51.599><c> And</c><00:23:51.759><c> I</c><00:23:51.900><c> don't</c><00:23:52.079><c> know</c><00:23:52.180><c> about</c><00:23:52.299><c> you,</c><00:23:52.500><c> but</c><00:23:52.619><c> when</c><00:23:52.799><c> I</c>

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think<00:23:53.099><c> back</c><00:23:53.359><c> to</c><00:23:53.519><c> my</c><00:23:53.759><c> baptism,</c>

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I<00:23:54.400><c> wonder</c><00:23:54.759><c> if</c><00:23:55.460><c> there</c><00:23:55.619><c> is</c><00:23:55.779><c> a</c><00:23:55.920><c> marked</c><00:23:56.079><c> difference.</c><00:23:57.559><c> And</c><00:23:57.799><c> I</c><00:23:57.880><c> hope</c>

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and<00:23:58.160><c> pray</c><00:23:58.299><c> that</c><00:23:58.420><c> there</c><00:23:58.579><c> is,</c><00:23:58.900><c> but</c><00:23:59.380><c> it's</c><00:23:59.779><c> worth</c>

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pondering,<00:24:01.000><c> isn't</c><00:24:01.119><c> it,</c><00:24:01.279><c> brothers</c><00:24:01.420><c> and</c><00:24:01.599><c> sisters?</c><00:24:02.000><c> How</c><00:24:02.259><c> different</c><00:24:02.880><c> are</c><00:24:03.160><c> we</c>

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now?<00:24:03.619><c> How</c><00:24:04.099><c> have</c><00:24:04.539><c> we</c><00:24:05.400><c> allowed</c><00:24:05.839><c> God's</c>

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word<00:24:06.480><c> to</c><00:24:06.700><c> mould</c><00:24:06.880><c> our</c><00:24:07.240><c> characters?</c><00:24:10.619><c> So</c><00:24:10.900><c> the</c><00:24:11.019><c> apostle</c><00:24:11.319><c> Paul,</c><00:24:11.599><c> then,</c><00:24:12.019><c> begins</c><00:24:12.279><c> his</c><00:24:12.599><c> work</c><00:24:12.980><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:13.759><c> truth</c><00:24:14.160><c> as</c><00:24:14.680><c> you</c><00:24:14.960><c> will.</c>

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And<00:24:17.460><c> he</c><00:24:17.619><c> had</c><00:24:17.759><c> his</c><00:24:18.039><c> role,</c><00:24:18.380><c> and</c><00:24:18.859><c> you</c><00:24:19.200><c> will</c><00:24:19.519><c> find</c><00:24:19.740><c> yours</c><00:24:20.019><c> in</c><00:24:20.220><c> the</c>

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Ecclesia,<00:24:20.680><c> I'm</c><00:24:20.960><c> sure.</c>

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But<00:24:23.420><c> I</c><00:24:23.519><c> must</c><00:24:23.680><c> warn</c><00:24:23.839><c> you,</c><00:24:24.000><c> brother</c><00:24:24.079><c> Paul,</c><00:24:25.079><c> that</c><00:24:25.299><c> life</c><00:24:25.539><c> in</c><00:24:25.680><c> the</c>

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truth<00:24:25.980><c> is</c><00:24:26.180><c> not</c><00:24:26.559><c> always</c><00:24:27.019><c> easy.</c><00:24:28.220><c> Look</c><00:24:28.400><c> at</c><00:24:28.519><c> verse</c><00:24:28.759><c> 16.</c>

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We<00:24:31.220><c> read</c><00:24:31.599><c> that</c><00:24:32.440><c> Jesus</c><00:24:32.779><c> said,</c><00:24:33.279><c> for</c><00:24:33.279><c> I</c><00:24:33.420><c> will</c><00:24:33.619><c> show</c><00:24:33.779><c> unto</c><00:24:33.960><c> him</c><00:24:34.220><c> how</c>

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great<00:24:34.779><c> things</c><00:24:35.079><c> he</c><00:24:35.259><c> must</c><00:24:35.440><c> suffer</c><00:24:35.940><c> for</c><00:24:36.579><c> my</c><00:24:36.819><c> name's</c><00:24:37.299><c> sake.</c>

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And<00:24:39.160><c> so</c><00:24:39.460><c> we</c><00:24:40.119><c> realise</c><00:24:40.559><c> that</c><00:24:40.700><c> there's</c><00:24:40.920><c> an</c><00:24:41.099><c> element</c><00:24:41.380><c> of</c><00:24:41.799><c> suffering</c><00:24:42.079><c> for</c>

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Christ's<00:24:43.039><c> sake,</c><00:24:43.259><c> isn't</c><00:24:43.420><c> there?</c>

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And<00:24:44.180><c> suffer</c><00:24:44.480><c> the</c><00:24:44.720><c> apostle</c><00:24:45.059><c> Paul</c><00:24:45.359><c> did,</c><00:24:46.140><c> beaten,</c><00:24:46.740><c> imprisoned,</c>

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shipwrecked,<00:24:49.519><c> spending</c><00:24:49.640><c> most</c><00:24:49.920><c> of</c><00:24:50.059><c> his</c><00:24:50.259><c> time</c><00:24:50.599><c> chained</c>

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to<00:24:51.799><c> a</c><00:24:51.940><c> centurion,</c><00:24:52.660><c> going</c><00:24:52.980><c> to</c><00:24:53.319><c> Rome,</c><00:24:53.599><c> going</c><00:24:53.799><c> through</c><00:24:54.200><c> juries</c>

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and<00:24:55.019><c> courts,</c><00:24:56.519><c> witnessing</c><00:24:56.920><c> to</c><00:24:57.559><c> the</c><00:24:57.799><c> truth</c>

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and<00:24:58.700><c> ministering</c><00:24:59.579><c> in</c><00:24:59.660><c> his</c><00:24:59.940><c> epistles</c><00:25:00.480><c> to</c><00:25:00.920><c> his</c><00:25:01.099><c> brothers</c><00:25:01.339><c> and</c><00:25:01.559><c> sisters.</c>

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Now<00:25:03.980><c> there's</c><00:25:04.119><c> a</c><00:25:04.220><c> secret</c><00:25:04.579><c> of</c><00:25:04.759><c> how</c><00:25:05.339><c> he</c><00:25:05.539><c> got</c><00:25:05.740><c> through</c><00:25:06.099><c> those</c><00:25:06.519><c> trials</c><00:25:06.839><c> and</c>

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times,<00:25:07.579><c> isn't</c><00:25:07.700><c> it?</c>

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It<00:25:08.980><c> turns</c><00:25:09.079><c> to</c><00:25:09.299><c> Acts</c><00:25:09.500><c> chapter</c><00:25:09.859><c> 28.</c><00:25:11.740><c> You</c><00:25:11.839><c> see,</c><00:25:11.940><c> the</c><00:25:12.079><c> secret,</c><00:25:12.500><c> brothers</c><00:25:12.660><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:25:13.180><c> and</c><00:25:13.579><c> our</c><00:25:13.759><c> new</c><00:25:13.859><c> brother</c><00:25:14.059><c> Paul,</c>

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was<00:25:14.559><c> that</c><00:25:15.400><c> that</c><00:25:15.700><c> vision</c><00:25:15.980><c> of</c><00:25:16.180><c> the</c><00:25:16.319><c> Lord</c><00:25:16.500><c> Jesus</c><00:25:16.920><c> Christ</c><00:25:17.380><c> that</c><00:25:17.619><c> appeared</c><00:25:17.880><c> to</c>

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him<00:25:18.099><c> in</c><00:25:18.220><c> the</c><00:25:18.420><c> way</c><00:25:19.319><c> stayed</c><00:25:19.980><c> with</c><00:25:20.259><c> him.</c>

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And<00:25:23.839><c> in</c><00:25:23.960><c> verse</c><00:25:24.519><c> 20,</c><00:25:25.160><c> we</c><00:25:25.299><c> could</c><00:25:25.420><c> have</c><00:25:25.480><c> gone</c><00:25:25.599><c> to</c><00:25:25.740><c> a</c><00:25:25.880><c> few,</c><00:25:26.000><c> but</c><00:25:26.079><c> this</c><00:25:26.259><c> is</c>

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a<00:25:26.519><c> nice</c><00:25:26.720><c> one,</c><00:25:27.960><c> we</c><00:25:28.220><c> read,</c>

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that<00:25:30.279><c> for</c><00:25:30.420><c> this</c><00:25:30.700><c> cause,</c><00:25:31.079><c> says</c><00:25:31.079><c> the</c><00:25:31.299><c> apostle,</c><00:25:31.619><c> therefore</c><00:25:32.059><c> have</c>

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I<00:25:32.400><c> called</c><00:25:32.539><c> for</c><00:25:32.759><c> you,</c><00:25:33.000><c> to</c><00:25:33.380><c> see</c><00:25:33.720><c> you</c><00:25:33.900><c> and</c><00:25:34.059><c> to</c><00:25:34.319><c> speak</c>

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with<00:25:34.640><c> you,</c><00:25:35.099><c> because</c><00:25:35.519><c> that</c><00:25:35.779><c> for</c><00:25:36.000><c> the</c><00:25:36.279><c> hope</c><00:25:36.460><c> of</c><00:25:36.680><c> Israel</c><00:25:37.180><c> I</c><00:25:37.940><c> am</c><00:25:38.299><c> bound</c><00:25:38.740><c> with</c><00:25:39.319><c> this</c><00:25:39.680><c> chain.</c><00:25:41.180><c> It</c>

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was<00:25:41.759><c> for</c><00:25:41.940><c> the</c><00:25:42.220><c> hope</c>

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of<00:25:42.859><c> Israel</c><00:25:43.599><c> that</c><00:25:44.140><c> he</c><00:25:44.420><c> suffered.</c><00:25:46.099><c> He</c><00:25:46.240><c> had</c><00:25:46.440><c> that</c><00:25:46.740><c> hope,</c><00:25:47.019><c> didn't</c>

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he?<00:25:47.380><c> That</c><00:25:47.680><c> vision</c><00:25:48.059><c> in</c><00:25:48.299><c> his</c><00:25:48.559><c> mind.</c>

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And<00:25:50.660><c> I</c><00:25:50.740><c> know,</c><00:25:50.980><c> brother</c><00:25:51.099><c> Paul,</c><00:25:51.319><c> from</c><00:25:51.720><c> our</c><00:25:51.960><c> trip</c><00:25:52.059><c> to</c><00:25:52.240><c> Israel,</c><00:25:53.259><c> how</c><00:25:53.420><c> much</c><00:25:53.920><c> you</c><00:25:54.619><c> love</c><00:25:55.039><c> the</c><00:25:55.619><c> hope</c><00:25:55.779><c> of</c><00:25:56.059><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:25:57.200><c> like</c><00:25:57.339><c> the</c><00:25:57.539><c> apostle</c><00:25:57.819><c> Paul</c><00:25:58.180><c> here,</c><00:25:58.579><c> whose</c><00:25:58.960><c> spiritual</c><00:25:59.660><c> sight</c>

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was<00:26:00.160><c> on</c><00:26:00.359><c> that</c><00:26:00.619><c> hope</c>

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of<00:26:02.079><c> the</c><00:26:02.279><c> kingdom</c><00:26:02.700><c> of</c><00:26:02.940><c> Israel</c><00:26:03.279><c> being</c><00:26:03.559><c> restored</c><00:26:04.500><c> under</c><00:26:05.000><c> the</c><00:26:05.339><c> messiahship</c><00:26:05.859><c> of</c>

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Christ,<00:26:06.519><c> of</c><00:26:06.900><c> the</c><00:26:07.200><c> third</c><00:26:07.420><c> temple</c>

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being<00:26:08.160><c> rebuilt,</c><00:26:09.599><c> and</c><00:26:09.660><c> of</c><00:26:09.819><c> all</c><00:26:09.980><c> those</c><00:26:10.259><c> nations</c><00:26:10.700><c> going</c><00:26:10.980><c> to</c><00:26:11.160><c> Jerusalem</c><00:26:11.680><c> to</c>

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learn<00:26:12.180><c> about</c><00:26:12.460><c> God,</c>

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I<00:26:14.240><c> know</c><00:26:14.579><c> that</c><00:26:14.740><c> you</c><00:26:14.980><c> share</c><00:26:15.220><c> that</c><00:26:15.559><c> hope</c><00:26:15.880><c> and</c><00:26:16.200><c> that</c><00:26:16.480><c> love.</c><00:26:18.819><c> Don't</c>

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lose<00:26:19.619><c> that</c><00:26:19.880><c> vision,</c><00:26:20.240><c> brother</c><00:26:20.380><c> Paul.</c>

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You<00:26:21.660><c> must</c><00:26:21.859><c> continue</c><00:26:22.359><c> to</c><00:26:22.700><c> study,</c><00:26:22.960><c> like</c><00:26:23.099><c> us</c><00:26:23.359><c> all,</c><00:26:24.180><c> to</c><00:26:24.500><c> sharpen</c>

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that<00:26:25.160><c> vision</c><00:26:25.700><c> so</c><00:26:26.420><c> that</c><00:26:26.539><c> your</c><00:26:26.759><c> spiritual</c>

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sight<00:26:27.559><c> can</c><00:26:27.839><c> become</c><00:26:28.079><c> even</c><00:26:28.440><c> more</c><00:26:28.740><c> acute,</c><00:26:28.980><c> so</c><00:26:29.160><c> that</c><00:26:29.519><c> you</c><00:26:29.660><c> can</c><00:26:29.920><c> overcome</c><00:26:30.519><c> the</c>

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trials,<00:26:32.079><c> hopefully</c><00:26:32.480><c> not</c><00:26:33.019><c> as</c><00:26:34.059><c> strong</c><00:26:34.279><c> and</c>

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as<00:26:35.119><c> desperate</c><00:26:35.519><c> as</c><00:26:35.720><c> those</c><00:26:35.900><c> of</c><00:26:36.079><c> the</c><00:26:36.200><c> apostle</c><00:26:36.480><c> Paul.</c><00:26:36.819><c> But</c><00:26:37.259><c> you</c><00:26:37.480><c> may</c><00:26:37.880><c> have</c><00:26:38.339><c> to,</c><00:26:38.460><c> we</c>

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don't<00:26:38.839><c> know.</c><00:26:40.240><c> But</c><00:26:40.460><c> if</c><00:26:40.660><c> we</c><00:26:40.839><c> do,</c>

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and<00:26:41.299><c> if</c><00:26:41.480><c> we</c><00:26:41.720><c> do,</c><00:26:42.819><c> then</c><00:26:43.000><c> it's</c><00:26:43.240><c> the</c><00:26:43.420><c> vision</c><00:26:43.619><c> of</c><00:26:43.779><c> the</c><00:26:43.940><c> future</c><00:26:44.160><c> that's</c><00:26:44.400><c> going</c><00:26:44.519><c> to</c>

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get<00:26:44.680><c> us</c><00:26:44.980><c> through.</c>

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It's<00:26:45.700><c> that</c><00:26:45.920><c> vision</c><00:26:46.220><c> that's</c><00:26:46.440><c> going</c><00:26:46.559><c> to</c><00:26:46.700><c> help</c><00:26:46.819><c> us</c><00:26:47.059><c> to</c><00:26:47.400><c> overcome.</c>

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This<00:26:49.799><c> is</c><00:26:50.359><c> the</c><00:26:51.440><c> scriptural</c><00:26:52.119><c> secret</c><00:26:52.519><c> of</c><00:26:52.839><c> staying</c>

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faithful<00:26:53.819><c> under</c><00:26:54.660><c> trial.</c><00:26:57.359><c> It's</c><00:26:57.519><c> worth</c><00:26:57.680><c> considering</c><00:26:58.160><c> as</c><00:26:58.420><c> well,</c>

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brothers<00:26:58.799><c> and</c><00:26:59.019><c> sisters,</c><00:26:59.299><c> that</c><00:26:59.660><c> the</c><00:27:00.059><c> world</c><00:27:00.460><c> is</c>

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trying<00:27:00.940><c> to</c><00:27:01.119><c> get</c><00:27:01.279><c> its</c><00:27:01.740><c> visions</c><00:27:02.359><c> into</c><00:27:03.519><c> our</c><00:27:03.859><c> heads,</c><00:27:04.099><c> isn't</c><00:27:04.319><c> it?</c>

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And<00:27:06.180><c> so</c><00:27:06.519><c> we</c><00:27:06.819><c> have</c><00:27:07.039><c> God's</c><00:27:07.480><c> vision</c><00:27:07.619><c> on</c><00:27:07.839><c> one</c><00:27:08.099><c> side</c><00:27:08.339><c> and</c>

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the<00:27:09.259><c> world's</c><00:27:09.700><c> visions</c><00:27:10.000><c> trying</c><00:27:10.299><c> to</c><00:27:10.519><c> bombard</c><00:27:10.859><c> us</c><00:27:11.140><c> with</c><00:27:11.319><c> their</c>

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vision.<00:27:13.539><c> And</c><00:27:13.900><c> it's</c><00:27:14.039><c> worth</c><00:27:14.299><c> considering</c><00:27:14.839><c> that</c>

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we<00:27:16.099><c> need</c><00:27:16.380><c> to</c><00:27:17.059><c> hang</c><00:27:17.299><c> on</c><00:27:17.519><c> to</c><00:27:17.740><c> our</c><00:27:17.920><c> vision.</c><00:27:19.640><c> The</c><00:27:19.859><c> fog</c><00:27:20.079><c> of</c><00:27:20.640><c> the</c><00:27:20.920><c> teachings</c><00:27:21.259><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:21.660><c> world</c><00:27:22.200><c> disappears,</c><00:27:23.240><c> doesn't</c><00:27:23.480><c> it,</c>

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when<00:27:24.039><c> we</c><00:27:24.559><c> have</c><00:27:24.700><c> a</c><00:27:24.920><c> sharp</c><00:27:25.099><c> vision</c><00:27:25.380><c> of</c><00:27:25.559><c> where</c><00:27:25.720><c> we</c><00:27:25.920><c> are</c><00:27:26.079><c> going.</c><00:27:27.059><c> And</c><00:27:27.200><c> as</c>

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we<00:27:27.480><c> read</c><00:27:27.599><c> in</c><00:27:27.759><c> the</c><00:27:27.920><c> Proverbs,</c>

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where<00:27:28.940><c> there</c><00:27:29.140><c> is</c><00:27:29.400><c> no</c><00:27:29.660><c> vision,</c><00:27:30.880><c> the</c><00:27:31.140><c> people</c><00:27:31.500><c> perish.</c><00:27:33.059><c> And</c><00:27:33.319><c> so</c>

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we<00:27:33.519><c> must</c><00:27:33.740><c> see</c><00:27:34.019><c> things</c><00:27:34.279><c> like</c><00:27:34.480><c> the</c><00:27:34.640><c> apostle</c><00:27:34.900><c> Paul</c><00:27:35.200><c> did</c>

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with<00:27:35.539><c> our</c><00:27:35.859><c> spiritual</c><00:27:36.380><c> sight</c><00:27:36.859><c> and</c><00:27:37.380><c> with</c><00:27:37.660><c> application</c><00:27:38.500><c> of</c><00:27:39.039><c> our</c>

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knowledge<00:27:39.519><c> of</c><00:27:39.700><c> the</c><00:27:39.859><c> word.</c><00:27:41.380><c> When</c><00:27:41.500><c> we</c><00:27:41.700><c> think</c><00:27:41.880><c> about</c><00:27:42.119><c> it,</c>

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that's<00:27:42.539><c> where</c><00:27:42.740><c> God's</c><00:27:43.240><c> focus</c><00:27:43.619><c> really</c><00:27:43.980><c> is,</c><00:27:44.259><c> isn't</c><00:27:44.339><c> it?</c><00:27:45.019><c> His</c><00:27:45.299><c> name,</c><00:27:46.140><c> he</c>

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who<00:27:46.900><c> will</c><00:27:47.299><c> be,</c><00:27:49.000><c> focus</c><00:27:49.279><c> on</c><00:27:49.480><c> the</c><00:27:49.740><c> future,</c>

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a<00:27:50.519><c> focus</c><00:27:50.839><c> on</c><00:27:51.059><c> his</c><00:27:51.279><c> purpose</c><00:27:51.839><c> for</c><00:27:52.180><c> his</c><00:27:52.500><c> glory</c><00:27:52.819><c> to</c><00:27:53.039><c> fill</c><00:27:53.220><c> the</c><00:27:53.420><c> earth.</c><00:27:54.259><c> All</c>

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the<00:27:54.980><c> things</c><00:27:55.220><c> that</c><00:27:55.420><c> God</c><00:27:55.599><c> does</c><00:27:55.880><c> is</c><00:27:56.200><c> moving</c>

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towards<00:27:57.160><c> the</c><00:27:57.359><c> fulfilment</c><00:27:57.940><c> of</c><00:27:58.099><c> that</c><00:27:58.339><c> purpose,</c><00:27:59.240><c> for</c><00:27:59.500><c> calling</c>

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you<00:28:00.200><c> out</c><00:28:00.400><c> of</c><00:28:00.519><c> the</c><00:28:00.660><c> Gentiles</c><00:28:01.180><c> to</c><00:28:01.619><c> bear</c><00:28:01.839><c> his</c><00:28:02.099><c> name.</c>

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It's<00:28:03.259><c> all</c><00:28:03.500><c> part</c><00:28:03.720><c> of</c><00:28:03.819><c> that</c><00:28:03.980><c> purpose.</c><00:28:05.380><c> And</c><00:28:05.500><c> so</c><00:28:05.579><c> no</c><00:28:05.740><c> matter</c><00:28:06.000><c> what</c>

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trials<00:28:06.920><c> come</c><00:28:07.740><c> your</c><00:28:08.000><c> way,</c><00:28:08.180><c> my</c><00:28:08.339><c> little</c><00:28:08.599><c> brother,</c>

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if<00:28:09.859><c> you</c><00:28:10.059><c> keep</c><00:28:10.220><c> that</c><00:28:10.539><c> vision</c><00:28:10.779><c> of</c><00:28:10.980><c> the</c><00:28:11.180><c> hope</c><00:28:11.359><c> of</c><00:28:11.559><c> Israel,</c><00:28:12.380><c> like</c>

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the<00:28:12.720><c> apostle</c><00:28:12.980><c> Paul</c><00:28:13.259><c> did,</c><00:28:14.099><c> you</c><00:28:14.319><c> will</c><00:28:14.619><c> overcome.</c>

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And<00:28:16.920><c> Paul</c><00:28:17.059><c> writes</c><00:28:17.339><c> about</c><00:28:17.579><c> that</c><00:28:17.819><c> vision</c><00:28:18.079><c> in</c><00:28:18.539><c> Hebrews,</c><00:28:19.019><c> chapter</c>

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11,<00:28:20.160><c> of</c><00:28:20.539><c> other</c><00:28:20.940><c> men</c><00:28:21.180><c> that</c><00:28:21.539><c> shared</c><00:28:21.799><c> that</c><00:28:22.339><c> hope</c>

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with<00:28:22.700><c> him.</c><00:28:25.720><c> It's</c><00:28:26.200><c> that</c><00:28:26.420><c> wonderful</c><00:28:27.039><c> chapter</c><00:28:27.500><c> of</c><00:28:27.819><c> faith,</c><00:28:28.660><c> Hebrews</c><00:28:29.019><c> chapter</c><00:28:29.519><c> 11.</c>

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And<00:28:31.440><c> we</c><00:28:31.579><c> understand,</c>

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suddenly,<00:28:32.720><c> the</c><00:28:32.900><c> apostles,</c><00:28:33.700><c> to</c><00:28:34.220><c> have</c><00:28:34.420><c> written</c><00:28:34.759><c> this,</c><00:28:36.059><c> he</c><00:28:36.359><c> had</c>

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such<00:28:36.839><c> a</c><00:28:37.000><c> wonderful</c><00:28:37.319><c> understanding.</c><00:28:38.039><c> Verse</c><00:28:38.299><c> 1,</c>

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Now<00:28:39.279><c> faith</c><00:28:39.960><c> is</c><00:28:40.759><c> the</c><00:28:41.000><c> substance</c><00:28:41.480><c> of</c><00:28:41.779><c> things</c><00:28:42.119><c> hoped</c><00:28:42.440><c> for,</c><00:28:42.779><c> the</c>

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evidence<00:28:43.460><c> of</c><00:28:43.779><c> things</c><00:28:44.099><c> not</c><00:28:44.559><c> seen.</c>

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For<00:28:45.940><c> by</c><00:28:46.200><c> it</c><00:28:46.359><c> the</c><00:28:46.579><c> elders</c><00:28:46.839><c> obtained</c><00:28:47.319><c> a</c><00:28:47.500><c> good</c><00:28:47.640><c> report.</c><00:28:48.799><c> Through</c>

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faith<00:28:49.500><c> we</c><00:28:49.700><c> understand</c><00:28:50.279><c> that</c><00:28:50.559><c> the</c><00:28:50.960><c> worlds</c>

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or<00:28:51.980><c> the</c><00:28:52.079><c> ages</c><00:28:52.480><c> were</c><00:28:52.779><c> framed</c><00:28:53.460><c> by</c><00:28:54.980><c> the</c><00:28:55.299><c> word</c><00:28:55.480><c> of</c><00:28:55.740><c> God,</c><00:28:56.880><c> so</c><00:28:57.000><c> that</c>

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things<00:28:57.500><c> which</c><00:28:57.720><c> are</c><00:28:57.940><c> seen</c><00:28:58.339><c> were</c><00:28:58.900><c> not</c><00:28:59.099><c> made</c>

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of<00:29:00.200><c> things</c><00:29:00.599><c> which</c><00:29:01.220><c> do</c><00:29:01.500><c> appear.</c><00:29:04.420><c> This</c><00:29:04.759><c> age</c><00:29:05.279><c> that</c><00:29:06.240><c> the</c><00:29:06.440><c> word</c><00:29:06.640><c> of</c>

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God<00:29:06.980><c> has</c><00:29:07.299><c> framed</c><00:29:07.880><c> is</c><00:29:08.640><c> soon</c><00:29:08.779><c> to</c><00:29:09.039><c> pass</c><00:29:09.220><c> away.</c>

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And<00:29:11.220><c> so</c><00:29:11.319><c> we</c><00:29:11.460><c> have</c><00:29:11.660><c> to</c><00:29:11.900><c> keep</c><00:29:12.180><c> that</c><00:29:12.640><c> faith,</c><00:29:13.759><c> the</c><00:29:14.079><c> evidence</c><00:29:14.480><c> of</c><00:29:14.819><c> things</c><00:29:15.119><c> not</c><00:29:15.559><c> seen,</c><00:29:16.960><c> close</c><00:29:17.299><c> to</c>

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our<00:29:17.839><c> hearts.</c>

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Keep<00:29:19.519><c> that</c><00:29:19.880><c> hope</c><00:29:20.119><c> of</c><00:29:20.240><c> Israel</c><00:29:20.599><c> in</c><00:29:20.740><c> your</c><00:29:21.019><c> mind.</c><00:29:22.619><c> In</c><00:29:22.660><c> verses</c><00:29:22.940><c> 8</c><00:29:23.240><c> and</c><00:29:23.319><c> 9</c>

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we<00:29:23.740><c> have</c><00:29:24.000><c> the</c><00:29:24.160><c> example</c><00:29:24.599><c> of</c><00:29:24.799><c> that</c>

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faithful<00:29:25.420><c> man</c><00:29:25.700><c> Abraham.</c><00:29:26.519><c> Abraham,</c><00:29:27.059><c> don't</c><00:29:27.279><c> we?</c><00:29:28.920><c> By</c><00:29:29.059><c> faith</c><00:29:29.559><c> Abraham,</c><00:29:30.140><c> when</c><00:29:30.319><c> he</c>

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was<00:29:30.779><c> called</c><00:29:31.039><c> to</c><00:29:31.180><c> go</c><00:29:31.539><c> out</c><00:29:31.839><c> into</c><00:29:32.079><c> a</c><00:29:32.259><c> place</c>

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which<00:29:32.640><c> he</c><00:29:32.799><c> should</c><00:29:32.960><c> after</c><00:29:33.259><c> receive</c><00:29:33.579><c> for</c><00:29:33.759><c> an</c><00:29:33.980><c> inheritance,</c><00:29:35.319><c> obeyed</c><00:29:35.960><c> and</c>

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he<00:29:36.420><c> went</c><00:29:36.599><c> out</c><00:29:36.880><c> not</c><00:29:37.059><c> knowing</c><00:29:37.339><c> whether</c><00:29:37.480><c> he</c>

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went.<00:29:38.640><c> You've</c><00:29:39.019><c> just</c><00:29:39.759><c> been</c><00:29:40.160><c> baptized</c><00:29:40.839><c> and</c><00:29:41.740><c> we</c><00:29:41.900><c> don't</c><00:29:42.059><c> know</c><00:29:42.180><c> where</c><00:29:42.339><c> you're</c><00:29:42.599><c> going</c><00:29:42.720><c> to</c>

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go.<00:29:44.940><c> But</c><00:29:45.099><c> look</c><00:29:45.299><c> what</c><00:29:46.000><c> the</c><00:29:46.319><c> example</c>

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Abraham<00:29:47.119><c> tells</c><00:29:47.420><c> us,</c><00:29:47.680><c> verse</c><00:29:47.880><c> 9.</c><00:29:48.440><c> By</c><00:29:48.440><c> faith</c><00:29:49.279><c> he</c><00:29:50.299><c> sojourned</c><00:29:50.759><c> in</c><00:29:50.900><c> the</c><00:29:51.000><c> land</c><00:29:51.240><c> of</c><00:29:51.519><c> promise,</c><00:29:52.099><c> as</c><00:29:52.279><c> in</c><00:29:52.420><c> a</c>

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strange<00:29:53.079><c> country,</c>

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dwelling<00:29:54.039><c> in</c><00:29:54.700><c> tabernacles</c><00:29:55.200><c> with</c><00:29:55.400><c> Isaac</c><00:29:56.039><c> and</c><00:29:56.400><c> Jacob,</c><00:29:56.980><c> the</c><00:29:57.240><c> heirs</c><00:29:57.680><c> with</c><00:29:57.960><c> him</c>

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of<00:29:58.720><c> the</c><00:29:58.900><c> same</c><00:29:59.180><c> promise.</c><00:30:00.019><c> For</c><00:30:00.180><c> he</c><00:30:00.420><c> looked</c>

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for<00:30:01.279><c> a</c><00:30:01.420><c> city</c><00:30:02.339><c> which</c><00:30:03.319><c> have</c><00:30:03.599><c> foundations</c><00:30:04.660><c> whose</c><00:30:05.380><c> builder</c><00:30:05.900><c> and</c><00:30:06.640><c> maker</c><00:30:06.859><c> is</c><00:30:07.119><c> God.</c><00:30:07.519><c> There's</c><00:30:07.920><c> Abraham,</c><00:30:08.299><c> he</c><00:30:08.420><c> has</c><00:30:08.640><c> a</c><00:30:08.859><c> vision</c>

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of<00:30:09.299><c> the</c><00:30:09.319><c> future</c><00:30:09.920><c> and</c><00:30:10.819><c> he's</c><00:30:11.079><c> looking</c><00:30:11.720><c> for</c><00:30:12.359><c> that.</c><00:30:15.339><c> And</c><00:30:15.440><c> Paul</c><00:30:15.640><c> of</c>

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course<00:30:16.000><c> records</c><00:30:16.380><c> many</c><00:30:16.720><c> of</c><00:30:16.859><c> the</c><00:30:17.039><c> faithfuls</c><00:30:17.480><c> of</c><00:30:17.579><c> old</c>

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in<00:30:17.859><c> this</c><00:30:17.960><c> chapter.</c><00:30:18.559><c> Sarah,</c><00:30:18.880><c> Isaac,</c><00:30:19.900><c> Jacob,</c><00:30:20.460><c> Joseph,</c><00:30:21.019><c> Moses,</c>

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Rahab<00:30:22.000><c> and</c><00:30:22.460><c> so</c><00:30:22.720><c> on.</c><00:30:23.779><c> And</c><00:30:23.900><c> in</c><00:30:24.039><c> verse</c><00:30:24.220><c> 39</c><00:30:24.759><c> he</c>

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concludes<00:30:25.420><c> his</c><00:30:25.660><c> account</c><00:30:25.920><c> with</c><00:30:26.160><c> these</c><00:30:26.440><c> words.</c><00:30:28.480><c> And</c><00:30:28.660><c> these</c><00:30:29.940><c> all,</c><00:30:31.039><c> having</c><00:30:31.539><c> obtained</c><00:30:32.099><c> a</c>

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good<00:30:32.480><c> report</c><00:30:32.980><c> through</c><00:30:33.380><c> faith,</c>

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received<00:30:34.819><c> not</c><00:30:35.220><c> the</c><00:30:35.420><c> promise,</c><00:30:36.700><c> God</c><00:30:36.960><c> having</c><00:30:37.240><c> provided</c><00:30:37.759><c> some</c><00:30:38.160><c> better</c><00:30:38.500><c> thing</c><00:30:38.700><c> for</c><00:30:38.859><c> us,</c><00:30:39.940><c> that</c><00:30:40.160><c> they</c><00:30:40.519><c> without</c><00:30:40.900><c> us</c>

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should<00:30:42.220><c> not</c><00:30:43.000><c> be</c><00:30:43.339><c> made</c><00:30:43.619><c> perfect.</c><00:30:46.279><c> They</c><00:30:46.940><c> all</c><00:30:47.180><c> had</c><00:30:47.339><c> that</c><00:30:47.559><c> vision</c>

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brothers<00:30:48.059><c> and</c><00:30:48.299><c> sisters,</c><00:30:48.920><c> but</c><00:30:49.079><c> they</c><00:30:49.279><c> have</c><00:30:49.579><c> not</c>

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received<00:30:50.440><c> the</c><00:30:50.740><c> promise.</c><00:30:52.460><c> And</c><00:30:52.980><c> they</c><00:30:53.160><c> won't</c><00:30:53.480><c> until</c><00:30:53.920><c> the</c><00:30:54.519><c> whole</c>

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number<00:30:55.339><c> has</c><00:30:55.980><c> been</c><00:30:56.279><c> called.</c><00:30:58.359><c> And</c><00:30:58.579><c> it's</c><00:30:58.759><c> going</c><00:30:58.839><c> to</c>

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come<00:30:59.059><c> a</c><00:30:59.200><c> day,</c><00:30:59.339><c> isn't</c><00:30:59.480><c> there,</c><00:30:59.660><c> brothers</c><00:30:59.839><c> and</c><00:31:00.000><c> sisters,</c><00:31:00.180><c> when</c>

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the<00:31:00.680><c> last</c><00:31:01.059><c> one</c><00:31:01.319><c> will</c><00:31:01.640><c> be</c><00:31:01.839><c> baptised.</c><00:31:03.200><c> How</c><00:31:03.539><c> real</c><00:31:03.759><c> is</c>

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that<00:31:04.099><c> to</c><00:31:04.240><c> us,</c><00:31:04.579><c> brothers</c><00:31:04.819><c> and</c><00:31:05.039><c> sisters,</c><00:31:05.160><c> as</c><00:31:05.359><c> a</c><00:31:05.539><c> community?</c><00:31:07.000><c> You</c>

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could<00:31:07.440><c> be</c><00:31:07.640><c> the</c><00:31:07.839><c> last</c><00:31:08.220><c> one,</c><00:31:08.480><c> brother</c><00:31:08.740><c> Paul,</c><00:31:09.319><c> because</c>

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all<00:31:09.900><c> the</c><00:31:10.160><c> signs</c><00:31:10.380><c> are</c><00:31:10.599><c> there</c><00:31:10.779><c> that</c><00:31:10.980><c> the</c><00:31:11.119><c> Lord</c><00:31:11.259><c> is</c><00:31:11.519><c> soon</c><00:31:11.680><c> to</c><00:31:11.960><c> return.</c><00:31:14.640><c> And</c>

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so<00:31:15.619><c> as</c><00:31:16.460><c> you</c><00:31:16.799><c> start</c><00:31:16.980><c> your</c><00:31:17.240><c> walk</c><00:31:17.460><c> then,</c>

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remember<00:31:19.000><c> your</c><00:31:19.259><c> namesake,</c><00:31:20.380><c> the</c><00:31:20.599><c> apostle</c><00:31:20.960><c> Paul,</c><00:31:21.819><c> the</c><00:31:21.980><c> one</c><00:31:22.180><c> who</c>

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asked,<00:31:23.259><c> Lord,</c><00:31:24.259><c> what</c><00:31:24.579><c> wilt</c><00:31:24.839><c> thou</c><00:31:25.039><c> have</c><00:31:25.380><c> me</c><00:31:25.640><c> do?</c>

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The<00:31:26.880><c> minister,</c><00:31:28.720><c> the</c><00:31:28.859><c> witness</c><00:31:29.460><c> of</c><00:31:29.819><c> the</c><00:31:30.059><c> truth,</c><00:31:30.660><c> the</c><00:31:30.759><c> one</c><00:31:31.299><c> with</c>

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spiritual<00:31:32.440><c> sight,</c><00:31:33.579><c> the</c><00:31:33.680><c> one</c><00:31:33.859><c> who</c><00:31:34.039><c> had</c><00:31:34.180><c> that</c><00:31:34.519><c> vision</c>

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of<00:31:35.359><c> the</c><00:31:35.599><c> future,</c><00:31:36.359><c> the</c><00:31:36.539><c> one</c><00:31:36.960><c> who</c><00:31:37.359><c> gave</c><00:31:37.579><c> up</c><00:31:37.779><c> his</c><00:31:38.019><c> life</c><00:31:38.680><c> to</c><00:31:39.140><c> serve</c><00:31:39.460><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:31:43.440><c> of</c><00:31:43.660><c> course</c><00:31:43.859><c> no</c><00:31:44.079><c> exhortation</c><00:31:44.779><c> would</c><00:31:45.140><c> be</c><00:31:45.539><c> complete</c><00:31:45.880><c> without</c><00:31:46.220><c> drawing</c><00:31:46.559><c> our</c><00:31:46.819><c> attention</c><00:31:47.180><c> to</c>

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the<00:31:47.559><c> work</c><00:31:47.759><c> of</c>

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also<00:31:56.460><c> are</c><00:31:56.839><c> compassed</c><00:31:57.299><c> about</c><00:31:58.019><c> with</c><00:31:59.279><c> so</c><00:31:59.519><c> great</c><00:32:00.019><c> a</c><00:32:00.160><c> cloud</c><00:32:00.380><c> of</c><00:32:00.599><c> witnesses.</c><00:32:02.000><c> Let</c>

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us<00:32:03.059><c> lay</c><00:32:03.319><c> aside</c><00:32:03.799><c> every</c><00:32:04.180><c> weight</c>

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and<00:32:05.400><c> the</c><00:32:05.680><c> sin</c><00:32:06.079><c> which</c><00:32:06.660><c> doth</c><00:32:06.819><c> so</c><00:32:07.200><c> easily</c><00:32:07.720><c> beset</c><00:32:08.119><c> us</c><00:32:08.339><c> and</c><00:32:08.460><c> let</c><00:32:08.660><c> us</c>

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run<00:32:09.460><c> with</c><00:32:09.960><c> patience</c><00:32:10.660><c> the</c><00:32:11.380><c> race</c><00:32:11.779><c> that</c><00:32:12.000><c> is</c><00:32:12.259><c> set</c><00:32:12.440><c> before</c><00:32:12.799><c> us</c>

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looking<00:32:14.380><c> unto</c><00:32:14.700><c> Jesus,</c><00:32:16.559><c> the</c><00:32:16.759><c> author</c><00:32:17.420><c> and</c><00:32:18.099><c> finisher</c><00:32:18.460><c> of</c><00:32:18.680><c> our</c>

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faith,<00:32:19.720><c> who</c><00:32:19.779><c> for</c><00:32:19.960><c> the</c><00:32:20.299><c> joy</c><00:32:20.940><c> that</c><00:32:21.200><c> was</c><00:32:21.660><c> set</c><00:32:21.880><c> before</c><00:32:22.259><c> him</c>

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endured<00:32:24.180><c> the</c><00:32:24.759><c> cross,</c><00:32:25.700><c> despising</c><00:32:26.059><c> the</c><00:32:26.339><c> shame</c><00:32:26.779><c> and</c><00:32:27.440><c> is</c><00:32:27.680><c> set</c><00:32:27.859><c> down</c><00:32:28.160><c> at</c>

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the<00:32:28.599><c> right</c><00:32:28.920><c> hand</c>

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of<00:32:30.440><c> the</c><00:32:30.599><c> throne</c><00:32:30.759><c> of</c><00:32:31.000><c> God.</c><00:32:32.640><c> And</c><00:32:32.759><c> so</c><00:32:32.880><c> may</c><00:32:33.019><c> God</c><00:32:33.200><c> bless</c><00:32:33.440><c> you,</c><00:32:33.759><c> brother,</c><00:32:34.460><c> as</c><00:32:34.619><c> you</c><00:32:34.960><c> start</c><00:32:35.299><c> your</c><00:32:35.779><c> new</c><00:32:36.059><c> life</c><00:32:36.619><c> in</c><00:32:37.299><c> Christ,</c>

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our<00:32:39.079><c> little</c><00:32:39.299><c> brother</c><00:32:39.900><c> Paul.</c>