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official<00:20:17.900><c> religion</c><00:20:18.339><c> of</c><00:20:18.539><c> the</c><00:20:18.720><c> empire.</c>

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Revelation<00:22:14.000><c> 2,</c><00:22:14.480><c> verse</c><00:22:14.779><c> 11,</c><00:22:17.319><c> He</c><00:22:17.500><c> that</c><00:22:17.779><c> hath</c><00:22:18.079><c> an</c><00:22:18.259><c> ear,</c><00:22:18.680><c> here</c><00:22:18.839><c> we</c>

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go<00:22:19.500><c> again,</c><00:22:19.940><c> He</c><00:22:20.140><c> that</c><00:22:20.380><c> hath</c><00:22:20.579><c> an</c><00:22:20.759><c> ear,</c>

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Him<00:23:28.339><c> that</c><00:23:28.660><c> overcometh</c><00:23:30.160><c> will</c><00:23:30.359><c> I</c><00:23:30.539><c> make</c><00:23:30.660><c> a</c><00:23:30.920><c> pillar</c><00:23:31.099><c> in</c><00:23:31.299><c> the</c><00:23:31.480><c> temple</c><00:23:31.720><c> of</c><00:23:31.920><c> my</c><00:23:32.200><c> God,</c>

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And<00:23:32.680><c> he</c><00:23:32.940><c> shall</c><00:23:33.099><c> go</c><00:23:33.440><c> no</c><00:23:33.700><c> more</c><00:23:33.900><c> out,</c><00:23:35.240><c> and</c><00:23:35.460><c> I</c><00:23:35.619><c> will</c><00:23:35.799><c> write</c><00:23:36.000><c> upon</c><00:23:36.380><c> him</c><00:23:36.640><c> the</c><00:23:36.839><c> name</c><00:23:37.059><c> of</c>

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my<00:23:37.519><c> God,</c>

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And<00:23:49.200><c> finally</c><00:23:49.519><c> in</c><00:23:49.720><c> verse</c><00:23:49.980><c> 21,</c>

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my<00:23:57.000><c> throne,</c>

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But<00:24:14.099><c> what</c><00:24:14.319><c> did</c><00:24:14.460><c> he</c><00:24:14.720><c> overcome?</c>

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John<00:24:17.660><c> 16,</c><00:24:18.259><c> verse</c><00:24:18.480><c> 33</c><00:24:18.900><c> tells</c><00:24:19.220><c> us,</c>

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in<00:24:23.759><c> me</c><00:24:23.980><c> you</c><00:24:24.119><c> might</c><00:24:24.359><c> have</c><00:24:24.619><c> peace,</c>

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In<00:24:26.519><c> the</c><00:24:26.759><c> world</c><00:24:26.980><c> you</c><00:24:27.200><c> shall</c><00:24:27.339><c> have</c><00:24:27.579><c> tribulation,</c>

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But<00:24:29.539><c> be</c><00:24:29.779><c> of</c><00:24:29.900><c> good</c><00:24:30.200><c> cheer,</c><00:24:30.819><c> I</c><00:24:31.079><c> have</c><00:24:31.279><c> overcome</c><00:24:31.819><c> the</c><00:24:33.339><c> world.</c>

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The<00:24:35.059><c> world.</c><00:24:36.039><c> So</c><00:24:36.220><c> we</c><00:24:36.460><c> are</c><00:24:36.559><c> to</c><00:24:36.759><c> overcome</c><00:24:37.099><c> the</c><00:24:37.400><c> world</c><00:24:37.700><c> as</c><00:24:38.000><c> Jesus</c><00:24:38.380><c> did.</c>

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Okay,<00:24:40.140><c> that's</c><00:24:40.380><c> a</c><00:24:40.500><c> pretty</c><00:24:40.700><c> broad</c><00:24:41.019><c> statement.</c><00:24:41.440><c> What</c><00:24:41.579><c> does</c><00:24:41.779><c> that</c><00:24:42.039><c> mean?</c>

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Well<00:24:43.880><c> what</c><00:24:44.000><c> does</c><00:24:44.180><c> the</c><00:24:44.400><c> world</c><00:24:44.619><c> signify?</c>

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Who<00:25:38.799><c> is</c><00:25:39.059><c> he</c><00:25:39.259><c> that</c><00:25:39.500><c> overcomeeth</c><00:25:39.960><c> the</c><00:25:40.119><c> world?</c>

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these<00:26:57.680><c> Gentile</c><00:26:58.119><c> Ecclesiastes,</c>

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Are<00:26:59.920><c> so</c><00:27:00.180><c> relevant</c><00:27:00.539><c> to</c><00:27:00.720><c> us</c><00:27:01.000><c> today</c><00:27:01.400><c> as</c><00:27:01.839><c> we</c><00:27:02.779><c> approach</c><00:27:03.180><c> the</c><00:27:03.420><c> end</c><00:27:03.640><c> of</c>

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Gentile<00:27:04.359><c> times</c>

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Overcoming.<00:27:19.480><c> Blessings.</c>

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We<00:27:37.480><c> are</c><00:27:37.579><c> to</c><00:27:37.779><c> hear</c><00:27:38.400><c> and</c><00:27:39.019><c> to</c><00:27:39.220><c> keep</c><00:27:39.539><c> his</c><00:27:39.900><c> words.</c>

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what<00:27:45.839><c> we</c><00:27:46.140><c> have.</c>

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We<00:27:49.400><c> are</c><00:27:49.579><c> to</c><00:27:49.700><c> strengthen</c><00:27:50.019><c> what</c><00:27:50.240><c> remains.</c>

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says<00:27:54.680><c> strengthen,</c>

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to<00:28:07.619><c> read</c><00:28:07.779><c> this</c><00:28:08.019><c> wonderful</c><00:28:08.380><c> book</c><00:28:08.859><c> is</c><00:28:09.940><c> in</c><00:28:10.119><c> December.</c>

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My<00:28:12.660><c> words</c><00:28:12.900><c> to</c><00:28:13.119><c> you</c><00:28:13.339><c> are,</c><00:28:13.859><c> Why</c><00:28:13.859><c> wait?</c>

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I<00:28:21.599><c> come</c><00:28:21.839><c> quickly.</c><00:28:23.579><c> My</c><00:28:23.819><c> reward</c><00:28:24.180><c> is</c><00:28:24.380><c> with</c><00:28:24.539><c> me.</c>

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To<00:28:24.900><c> give</c><00:28:25.119><c> every</c><00:28:25.480><c> man</c><00:28:25.779><c> according</c><00:28:26.200><c> to</c><00:28:26.420><c> his</c><00:28:26.640><c> work</c><00:28:26.819><c> shall</c><00:28:27.059><c> be.</c>

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I<00:28:28.640><c> am</c><00:28:28.799><c> Alpha</c><00:28:29.200><c> and</c><00:28:29.400><c> Omega.</c><00:28:30.700><c> The</c><00:28:30.980><c> beginning</c><00:28:31.220><c> and</c><00:28:31.420><c> the</c><00:28:31.619><c> end.</c>

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Blessed<00:28:35.380><c> are</c><00:28:35.680><c> they</c><00:28:35.960><c> that</c><00:28:36.279><c> do</c><00:28:36.559><c> his</c><00:28:36.920><c> commandments.</c>

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That<00:28:38.819><c> they</c><00:28:39.099><c> may</c><00:28:39.380><c> have</c><00:28:39.779><c> right</c><00:28:40.400><c> to</c><00:28:41.640><c> the</c><00:28:41.859><c> tree</c><00:28:42.079><c> of</c><00:28:42.359><c> life.</c>

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And<00:28:44.480><c> may</c><00:28:44.819><c> enter</c><00:28:45.319><c> in</c><00:28:46.319><c> through</c><00:28:46.839><c> the</c><00:28:47.079><c> gates</c><00:28:47.480><c> of</c><00:28:48.220><c> the</c><00:28:48.380><c> city,</c><00:28:49.740><c> New</c><00:28:49.819><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Amen.