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Hence,<00:17:14.849><c> we</c><00:17:15.069><c> find</c><00:17:15.490><c> that</c><00:17:15.670><c> we</c><00:17:15.970><c> are</c><00:17:16.250><c> but</c><00:17:16.450><c> grass</c><00:17:16.970><c> which</c><00:17:17.410><c> perishes.</c>

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and<00:18:02.470><c> Jesus</c><00:18:02.930><c> covered</c><00:18:03.430><c> our</c><00:18:04.130><c> sins.</c>

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we<00:18:17.529><c> can</c><00:18:18.130><c> appreciate</c><00:18:18.769><c> him,</c><00:18:19.069><c> we</c><00:18:19.210><c> can</c><00:18:19.369><c> do</c><00:18:19.609><c> all</c><00:18:19.849><c> things,</c>

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there<00:19:13.069><c> is</c><00:19:13.289><c> abundance</c><00:19:13.829><c> in</c><00:19:14.190><c> the</c><00:19:14.390><c> life</c><00:19:14.690><c> in</c><00:19:14.970><c> Christ.</c>

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so<00:19:29.190><c> that</c><00:19:29.390><c> your</c><00:19:29.650><c> faith</c><00:19:30.150><c> and</c><00:19:30.529><c> hope</c><00:19:30.970><c> are</c><00:19:31.549><c> in</c><00:19:32.150><c> God.</c>

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love<00:20:19.029><c> one</c><00:20:19.329><c> another</c><00:20:20.269><c> fervently</c><00:20:21.509><c> with</c><00:20:21.930><c> a</c><00:20:22.170><c> pure</c><00:20:22.509><c> heart,</c>

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having<00:20:24.150><c> been</c><00:20:24.490><c> born</c><00:20:24.670><c> again</c><00:20:24.970><c> not</c><00:20:25.250><c> of</c><00:20:25.490><c> corruptible</c><00:20:26.069><c> seed,</c>

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we<00:21:19.849><c> threw</c><00:21:20.009><c> baptism,</c><00:21:21.549><c> symbolically</c><00:21:22.150><c> dying.</c>

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We<00:21:23.769><c> then</c><00:21:23.910><c> are</c><00:21:24.150><c> hidden</c><00:21:24.410><c> in</c><00:21:24.490><c> Christ.</c>

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that<00:21:52.089><c> now</c><00:21:52.609><c> saves</c><00:21:52.990><c> you</c><00:21:53.549><c> also.</c>

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and<00:23:10.869><c> partook</c><00:23:11.269><c> of</c><00:23:11.450><c> these</c><00:23:11.809><c> memorials,</c>

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our<00:23:17.250><c> Lord</c><00:23:17.369><c> Jesus</c><00:23:17.809><c> Christ</c><00:23:18.069><c> and</c><00:23:18.309><c> Savior.</c>

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in<00:23:24.529><c> the</c><00:23:24.670><c> kingdom</c><00:23:24.890><c> of</c><00:23:25.190><c> God</c>

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when<00:23:30.730><c> all</c><00:23:31.069><c> people</c><00:23:31.329><c> will</c><00:23:31.589><c> come</c><00:23:31.750><c> to</c><00:23:32.009><c> know</c><00:23:32.230><c> the</c><00:23:32.470><c> sacrifice</c><00:23:33.170><c> of</c>

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