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was<00:11:59.620><c> the</c><00:11:59.960><c> son</c><00:12:00.139><c> of</c><00:12:00.539><c> Adam,</c><00:12:01.940><c> who</c><00:12:02.220><c> was</c><00:12:02.519><c> the</c><00:12:02.840><c> son</c><00:12:03.539><c> of</c><00:12:03.899><c> God.</c>

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thus<00:12:11.039><c> being</c><00:12:11.320><c> the</c><00:12:11.580><c> perfect</c><00:12:12.139><c> mediator</c><00:12:13.259><c> between</c><00:12:13.860><c> God</c><00:12:14.539><c> and</c><00:12:15.179><c> mankind.</c>

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And<00:12:17.279><c> through</c><00:12:17.539><c> baptism</c><00:12:18.059><c> into</c><00:12:18.279><c> his</c><00:12:18.580><c> saving</c><00:12:18.860><c> name,</c><00:12:19.320><c> he</c><00:12:19.320><c> brings</c>

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the<00:12:20.720><c> children</c><00:12:21.080><c> of</c><00:12:21.379><c> men</c><00:12:21.879><c> to</c><00:12:22.600><c> become</c><00:12:23.000><c> the</c><00:12:23.279><c> children</c><00:12:23.960><c> of</c><00:12:24.620><c> God.</c>

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Now<00:12:28.679><c> after</c><00:12:28.960><c> the</c><00:12:29.200><c> Lord</c><00:12:29.419><c> had</c><00:12:29.620><c> humbled</c><00:12:29.879><c> himself</c><00:12:30.320><c> in</c><00:12:30.539><c> baptism</c><00:12:31.139><c> before</c><00:12:31.740><c> his</c>

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father,<00:12:32.700><c> it</c><00:12:32.860><c> says</c><00:12:33.000><c> a</c><00:12:33.200><c> voice</c><00:12:33.460><c> came</c><00:12:33.740><c> from</c><00:12:34.000><c> heaven</c><00:12:34.379><c> saying,</c>

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Thou<00:12:36.019><c> art</c><00:12:36.200><c> my</c><00:12:36.399><c> beloved</c><00:12:36.779><c> son,</c><00:12:37.799><c> in</c><00:12:38.159><c> thee</c><00:12:38.360><c> I</c><00:12:38.639><c> am</c><00:12:38.820><c> well</c><00:12:39.240><c> pleased.</c>

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And<00:12:49.100><c> what</c><00:12:49.220><c> does</c><00:12:49.379><c> God</c><00:12:49.600><c> have</c><00:12:49.860><c> in</c><00:12:50.019><c> store</c><00:12:50.159><c> for</c><00:12:50.360><c> his</c><00:12:50.580><c> son?</c><00:12:52.679><c> He</c><00:12:52.840><c> tells</c>

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us<00:12:53.259><c> in</c><00:12:53.419><c> the</c><00:12:53.639><c> Psalms.</c>

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Psalm<00:12:59.700><c> 2,</c><00:13:01.039><c> starting</c><00:13:01.220><c> in</c><00:13:01.460><c> verse</c><00:13:01.679><c> 7</c><00:13:02.039><c> says,</c>

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I<00:13:05.720><c> will</c><00:13:06.000><c> declare</c><00:13:06.539><c> the</c><00:13:06.820><c> decree,</c>

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I<00:13:14.580><c> have</c><00:13:14.820><c> begotten</c><00:13:15.299><c> thee.</c>

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thine<00:13:20.179><c> inheritance,</c>

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It<00:13:28.639><c> can't</c><00:13:28.940><c> be</c><00:13:29.100><c> much</c><00:13:29.340><c> simpler</c><00:13:29.720><c> than</c><00:13:29.980><c> this.</c><00:13:30.919><c> God</c><00:13:31.220><c> has</c><00:13:31.600><c> promised</c>

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puts<00:13:48.820><c> it,</c>

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Now<00:14:01.399><c> it's</c><00:14:01.559><c> not</c><00:14:01.759><c> easy</c><00:14:02.019><c> to</c><00:14:02.320><c> overcome</c><00:14:02.600><c> the</c><00:14:02.919><c> flesh,</c><00:14:03.440><c> it's</c><00:14:03.799><c> a</c><00:14:03.899><c> daily</c>

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battle,<00:14:05.340><c> but</c><00:14:05.740><c> it</c><00:14:05.899><c> is</c><00:14:06.120><c> a</c><00:14:06.259><c> battle</c><00:14:06.460><c> worth</c><00:14:06.740><c> fighting.</c>

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Revelation<00:14:39.919><c> chapter</c><00:14:40.379><c> 2,</c><00:14:42.200><c> verse</c><00:14:42.539><c> 26</c><00:14:43.320><c> reads,</c>

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works<00:14:51.019><c> unto</c><00:14:51.480><c> the</c><00:14:51.779><c> end,</c>

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in<00:15:07.580><c> my</c><00:15:07.919><c> throne,</c>

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So<00:15:22.679><c> brothers</c><00:15:22.899><c> and</c><00:15:23.120><c> sisters,</c><00:15:23.379><c> let</c><00:15:23.539><c> us</c><00:15:23.759><c> not</c><00:15:23.960><c> turn</c><00:15:24.279><c> our</c><00:15:24.500><c> backs</c><00:15:24.759><c> on</c>

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the<00:15:25.159><c> salvation</c><00:15:25.960><c> God</c><00:15:26.799><c> has</c><00:15:27.120><c> so</c><00:15:28.019><c> graciously</c><00:15:28.840><c> given</c><00:15:29.259><c> to</c><00:15:29.559><c> us.</c>

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And<00:15:32.139><c> let</c><00:15:32.360><c> us</c><00:15:32.600><c> not</c><00:15:32.940><c> think</c><00:15:33.460><c> that</c><00:15:34.360><c> there</c><00:15:34.620><c> is</c><00:15:34.899><c> any</c><00:15:35.200><c> other</c><00:15:35.460><c> salvation</c><00:15:36.080><c> for</c><00:15:36.379><c> mankind</c>

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