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think<00:14:57.919><c> on</c><00:14:58.399><c> higher</c><00:14:58.820><c> things,</c>

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we<00:15:55.480><c> see</c><00:15:55.720><c> that</c><00:15:56.000><c> day</c><00:15:56.220><c> approaching.</c>

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your<00:16:37.490><c> fellow</c><00:16:37.870><c> believers.</c>

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man.<00:17:38.130><c> But</c><00:17:38.470><c> we</c><00:17:38.690><c> do</c><00:17:38.890><c> just</c><00:17:39.190><c> the</c><00:17:39.470><c> opposite.</c>

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Paul<00:17:49.029><c> says,</c><00:17:50.130><c> for</c><00:17:50.269><c> I</c><00:17:50.430><c> reckon</c><00:17:50.650><c> the</c><00:17:51.009><c> sufferings</c><00:17:51.450><c> of</c><00:17:51.609><c> this</c><00:17:51.890><c> present</c><00:17:52.190><c> time</c>

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Peter<00:18:02.609><c> was</c><00:18:03.089><c> listening</c><00:18:03.549><c> to</c><00:18:03.930><c> Paul</c>

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sisters,<00:18:11.789><c> you</c><00:18:11.869><c> know,</c><00:18:12.130><c> in</c><00:18:12.250><c> the</c>

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Peter<00:18:19.009><c> quoting</c><00:18:19.910><c> from</c><00:18:20.970><c> the</c><00:18:21.309><c> Psalms.</c><00:18:23.269><c> So</c><00:18:23.490><c> we're</c><00:18:23.930><c> here</c>

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in<00:18:24.670><c> chapter</c><00:18:25.049><c> 3</c><00:18:25.369><c> verse</c><00:18:25.630><c> 9.</c><00:18:26.069><c> He</c><00:18:26.069><c> says,</c><00:18:26.529><c> don't</c><00:18:26.650><c> repay</c><00:18:27.069><c> evil</c><00:18:27.509><c> for</c>

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that<00:27:50.069><c> you</c><00:27:50.250><c> can</c><00:27:50.569><c> pray.</c>

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And<00:27:52.930><c> here's</c><00:27:53.230><c> that</c><00:27:53.369><c> ecclesial</c><00:27:53.910><c> advice.</c>

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a<00:28:05.210><c> multitude</c><00:28:05.730><c> of</c><00:28:06.130><c> sins.</c>

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prepare<00:28:31.410><c> our</c><00:28:31.769><c> own</c><00:28:31.990><c> minds,</c>

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than<00:28:37.809><c> ourselves.</c><00:28:39.190><c> We</c><00:28:39.470><c> think</c><00:28:39.650><c> about</c><00:28:39.930><c> Jesus</c>

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advice<00:28:45.869><c> was</c><00:28:46.210><c> to</c><00:28:46.589><c> love</c><00:28:47.089><c> one</c><00:28:47.529><c> another</c><00:28:47.950><c> deeply.</c>

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experience.<00:29:16.769><c> It</c><00:29:16.890><c> had</c><00:29:17.109><c> a</c><00:29:17.309><c> lasting</c><00:29:17.670><c> impact</c><00:29:18.210><c> on</c><00:29:18.470><c> Peter.</c><00:29:21.069><c> He</c><00:29:21.170><c> says</c>

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devoted<00:29:43.470><c> your</c><00:29:43.750><c> lives</c><00:29:44.109><c> to</c><00:29:44.250><c> me</c><00:29:44.369><c> over</c><00:29:44.569><c> the</c><00:29:44.750><c> last</c><00:29:45.130><c> three</c><00:29:45.430><c> years</c><00:29:45.750><c> was</c><00:29:45.990><c> a</c>

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complete<00:29:46.609><c> waste</c><00:29:47.009><c> of</c><00:29:47.269><c> time.</c>

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spirit<00:30:08.109><c> and</c><00:30:09.210><c> testified.</c>

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I<00:30:10.750><c> tell</c><00:30:11.009><c> you</c><00:30:11.210><c> the</c><00:30:11.509><c> truth,</c><00:30:11.869><c> one</c><00:30:12.109><c> of</c><00:30:12.369><c> you</c><00:30:12.549><c> is</c><00:30:12.809><c> going</c><00:30:13.150><c> to</c><00:30:13.430><c> betray</c><00:30:13.849><c> me.</c>

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they<00:30:23.069><c> said,</c><00:30:23.230><c> who</c><00:30:23.349><c> is</c><00:30:23.589><c> it?</c>

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it<00:30:33.269><c> was</c><00:30:33.529><c> night.</c><00:30:34.109><c> Judas</c><00:30:34.450><c> was</c>

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glorified,<00:30:43.690><c> and</c><00:30:44.069><c> God</c><00:30:44.329><c> is</c><00:30:44.650><c> glorified</c><00:30:45.210><c> in</c><00:30:45.490><c> him.</c><00:30:45.730><c> If</c><00:30:45.910><c> God</c><00:30:46.150><c> is</c><00:30:46.450><c> glorified</c><00:30:46.910><c> in</c>

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him,<00:30:47.390><c> God</c><00:30:47.710><c> will</c><00:30:47.990><c> glorify</c><00:30:48.549><c> the</c><00:30:48.789><c> Son</c><00:30:48.950><c> in</c>

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sisters<00:30:55.470><c> in</c><00:30:55.789><c> Bithnia</c><00:30:56.150><c> would</c><00:30:56.390><c> experience</c><00:30:56.930><c> persecution</c><00:30:57.650><c> and</c><00:30:57.910><c> death,</c><00:30:58.390><c> they</c><00:30:58.650><c> had</c><00:30:58.849><c> a</c>

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hope.<00:30:59.269><c> And</c><00:30:59.450><c> the</c><00:30:59.630><c> hope</c><00:30:59.849><c> was</c><00:31:00.130><c> that</c>

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longer,<00:31:09.710><c> Jesus</c><00:31:10.170><c> said.</c><00:31:11.410><c> You</c><00:31:11.609><c> look</c><00:31:11.809><c> for</c><00:31:12.049><c> me,</c>

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I'm<00:31:17.289><c> going</c><00:31:17.609><c> you</c><00:31:17.869><c> cannot</c><00:31:18.250><c> come.</c>

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this<00:31:26.509><c> wasn't</c><00:31:26.789><c> a</c><00:31:26.990><c> new</c><00:31:27.190><c> command.</c>

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This<00:31:28.089><c> command</c><00:31:28.529><c> is</c><00:31:28.710><c> in</c><00:31:28.910><c> the</c><00:31:29.069><c> Jewish</c><00:31:29.349><c> scriptures</c><00:31:29.869><c> back</c><00:31:30.250><c> in</c><00:31:30.470><c> Leviticus.</c><00:31:31.069><c> They</c>

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were<00:31:31.490><c> told</c><00:31:31.869><c> to</c><00:31:32.210><c> love</c><00:31:32.789><c> one</c><00:31:33.109><c> another.</c>

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But<00:31:34.670><c> what's</c><00:31:35.150><c> new</c><00:31:35.650><c> is</c><00:31:36.910><c> the</c><00:31:37.130><c> extent</c><00:31:37.690><c> of</c><00:31:37.950><c> how</c><00:31:38.289><c> that</c><00:31:38.690><c> love</c><00:31:38.890><c> is</c><00:31:39.190><c> to</c><00:31:39.430><c> work.</c>

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We<00:31:42.430><c> are</c><00:31:42.650><c> to</c><00:31:42.950><c> love</c><00:31:43.609><c> as</c><00:31:44.289><c> Jesus</c><00:31:44.930><c> loved.</c><00:31:46.549><c> Jesus</c><00:31:47.049><c> loved</c><00:31:47.630><c> us,</c><00:31:48.910><c> loved</c>

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you<00:31:49.589><c> so</c><00:31:49.950><c> much</c><00:31:50.529><c> that</c><00:31:51.029><c> he</c><00:31:51.230><c> gave</c><00:31:51.529><c> his</c><00:31:51.809><c> life,</c>

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he<00:31:52.329><c> allowed</c><00:31:52.829><c> himself</c><00:31:53.450><c> to</c><00:31:53.690><c> be</c><00:31:54.009><c> crucified</c><00:31:54.569><c> on</c><00:31:54.789><c> that</c><00:31:55.069><c> cross</c><00:31:55.410><c> that</c>

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day.<00:31:56.970><c> That's</c><00:31:57.390><c> the</c><00:31:57.529><c> attitude</c><00:31:57.890><c> that</c><00:31:58.150><c> we</c><00:31:58.309><c> should</c><00:31:58.529><c> have.</c>

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Why?<00:32:04.369><c> Because</c><00:32:04.670><c> it's</c><00:32:05.009><c> through</c><00:32:05.309><c> this</c><00:32:05.549><c> that</c><00:32:05.849><c> all</c><00:32:06.150><c> men</c><00:32:06.349><c> will</c><00:32:06.690><c> know</c>

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that<00:32:08.109><c> you</c><00:32:08.309><c> are</c><00:32:08.569><c> my</c><00:32:08.789><c> disciples,</c>

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if<00:32:10.390><c> you</c><00:32:10.609><c> love</c><00:32:10.950><c> one</c><00:32:11.190><c> another.</c><00:32:12.549><c> And</c><00:32:12.670><c> so</c><00:32:12.809><c> brothers</c><00:32:13.049><c> and</c><00:32:13.329><c> sisters,</c>

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this<00:32:13.869><c> is</c><00:32:14.089><c> our</c><00:32:14.289><c> exhortation</c><00:32:14.910><c> today.</c>

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We<00:32:16.210><c> seek</c><00:32:16.430><c> to</c><00:32:16.809><c> follow</c><00:32:17.069><c> the</c><00:32:17.369><c> example</c><00:32:17.730><c> of</c><00:32:17.930><c> Jesus</c><00:32:18.490><c> and</c><00:32:19.230><c> love</c><00:32:19.789><c> deeply</c><00:32:20.450><c> as</c><00:32:20.890><c> he</c><00:32:21.089><c> did.</c>

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Amen.