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as<00:14:30.220><c> strong</c><00:14:30.460><c> as</c><00:14:30.779><c> death</c><00:14:31.179><c> and</c><00:14:31.659><c> as</c><00:14:32.320><c> cruel</c>

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as<00:14:32.860><c> the</c><00:14:33.100><c> grave.</c>

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Well,<00:14:33.879><c> this</c><00:14:34.179><c> reads,</c><00:14:35.679><c> the</c><00:14:35.840><c> flash</c><00:14:36.259><c> of</c><00:14:36.500><c> it</c><00:14:36.679><c> is</c><00:14:36.940><c> a</c><00:14:37.120><c> flash</c><00:14:37.320><c> of</c><00:14:37.679><c> fire,</c>

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a<00:14:38.899><c> flame</c><00:14:39.259><c> of</c><00:14:39.659><c> Yahweh</c><00:14:40.100><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:14:42.759><c> they</c><00:14:43.059><c> tell</c><00:14:43.179><c> us</c><00:14:43.379><c> the</c><00:14:43.539><c> name</c><00:14:43.759><c> of</c><00:14:43.960><c> God</c><00:14:44.159><c> is</c><00:14:44.379><c> not</c><00:14:44.620><c> there.</c>

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The<00:14:48.919><c> flash</c><00:14:49.299><c> of</c><00:14:49.559><c> it,</c><00:14:49.960><c> speaking</c><00:14:50.279><c> of</c><00:14:50.519><c> the</c><00:14:50.679><c> love</c><00:14:50.820><c> of</c><00:14:51.039><c> God,</c><00:14:51.460><c> is</c><00:14:51.620><c> a</c><00:14:51.820><c> flash</c><00:14:52.000><c> of</c>

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fire,<00:14:52.779><c> a</c><00:14:52.919><c> flame</c><00:14:53.179><c> of</c><00:14:53.480><c> Yahweh</c><00:14:53.860><c> himself.</c>

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What<00:14:56.620><c> power</c><00:14:57.100><c> in</c><00:14:57.360><c> heaven</c><00:14:57.600><c> and</c><00:14:57.899><c> earth</c><00:14:58.240><c> could</c><00:14:58.600><c> stand</c><00:14:58.940><c> against</c><00:14:59.360><c> that?</c>

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But<00:15:00.940><c> it</c><00:15:01.100><c> is</c><00:15:01.320><c> the</c><00:15:01.500><c> love</c><00:15:02.120><c> which</c><00:15:02.679><c> God</c><00:15:03.220><c> and</c><00:15:03.659><c> Christ</c><00:15:04.279><c> show</c><00:15:04.899><c> for</c><00:15:05.919><c> those</c><00:15:06.399><c> who</c>

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are<00:15:07.120><c> in</c><00:15:07.299><c> covenant</c><00:15:07.679><c> relationship</c>

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with<00:15:08.519><c> him.</c>

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Paul<00:15:11.720><c> must</c><00:15:12.379><c> have</c><00:15:12.860><c> known</c><00:15:13.379><c> about</c><00:15:13.919><c> that</c><00:15:14.259><c> passage</c><00:15:14.659><c> because</c><00:15:15.399><c> you</c>

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remember<00:15:16.799><c> what</c><00:15:17.019><c> he</c><00:15:17.299><c> said,</c><00:15:18.759><c> how</c><00:15:19.080><c> he</c><00:15:19.539><c> almost</c><00:15:20.580><c> quoted.</c>

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As<00:15:25.460><c> we</c><00:15:25.720><c> think</c><00:15:25.960><c> on</c><00:15:26.240><c> this</c><00:15:26.500><c> and</c><00:15:26.720><c> as</c><00:15:27.139><c> we</c><00:15:27.399><c> read</c><00:15:27.679><c> the</c><00:15:28.299><c> 13th</c><00:15:28.840><c> chapter</c>

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of<00:15:29.320><c> the</c><00:15:29.480><c> 1st</c><00:15:29.759><c> of</c><00:15:30.000><c> Corinthians,</c><00:15:31.460><c> we</c><00:15:32.840><c> come</c>

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to<00:15:33.320><c> realize</c><00:15:33.960><c> that</c><00:15:35.700><c> one</c><00:15:36.419><c> word</c><00:15:36.899><c> epitomizes</c><00:15:38.220><c> the</c><00:15:39.299><c> love</c><00:15:39.659><c> which</c><00:15:39.940><c> is</c>

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mentioned<00:15:40.600><c> there</c><00:15:41.019><c> and</c><00:15:41.240><c> that</c><00:15:41.580><c> is</c><00:15:42.600><c> complete</c>

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unselfishness.

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God<00:15:47.960><c> was</c><00:15:48.279><c> so</c><00:15:48.659><c> completely</c><00:15:49.240><c> unselfish</c><00:15:50.279><c> that</c><00:15:50.559><c> he</c><00:15:50.759><c> gave</c><00:15:51.039><c> his</c><00:15:51.320><c> own</c>

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son<00:15:52.379><c> for</c><00:15:53.159><c> men</c><00:15:53.700><c> who</c><00:15:54.340><c> did</c><00:15:54.860><c> not</c><00:15:55.200><c> deserve</c><00:15:55.659><c> it.</c>

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That<00:15:59.139><c> God</c><00:15:59.639><c> is</c><00:16:00.340><c> love.</c>

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Jesus<00:16:04.899><c> was</c><00:16:05.220><c> so</c><00:16:05.500><c> completely</c><00:16:06.039><c> unselfish</c><00:16:06.759><c> that</c><00:16:06.879><c> he</c><00:16:07.039><c> gave</c><00:16:07.299><c> everything,</c><00:16:07.820><c> even</c>

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his<00:16:08.340><c> own</c><00:16:08.559><c> life.</c>

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And<00:16:11.080><c> the</c><00:16:11.259><c> greatest</c><00:16:11.700><c> love</c><00:16:12.399><c> that</c><00:16:12.960><c> any</c><00:16:13.320><c> man</c><00:16:13.580><c> can</c><00:16:13.960><c> show</c><00:16:14.279><c> is</c><00:16:14.659><c> to</c><00:16:14.860><c> lay</c>

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down<00:16:15.320><c> his</c><00:16:15.559><c> life</c><00:16:15.840><c> for</c><00:16:16.080><c> his</c><00:16:16.519><c> friends.</c>

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So<00:16:18.820><c> what</c><00:16:19.080><c> shall</c><00:16:19.279><c> we</c><00:16:19.480><c> say</c><00:16:19.659><c> of</c><00:16:19.820><c> the</c><00:16:20.019><c> one</c><00:16:20.179><c> who</c><00:16:20.399><c> laid</c><00:16:20.600><c> down</c><00:16:20.940><c> his</c><00:16:21.139><c> life</c><00:16:21.379><c> for</c>

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his<00:16:22.039><c> enemies</c><00:16:22.460><c> as</c><00:16:22.740><c> well</c><00:16:23.000><c> as</c><00:16:23.159><c> his</c><00:16:23.440><c> friends?</c>

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What<00:16:25.399><c> sort</c><00:16:25.840><c> of</c><00:16:26.240><c> love</c><00:16:26.620><c> was</c><00:16:26.899><c> that?</c>

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Would<00:16:32.279><c> you</c><00:16:32.639><c> dare</c><00:16:33.460><c> to</c><00:16:35.299><c> go</c><00:16:35.559><c> so</c><00:16:35.960><c> far</c><00:16:36.179><c> as</c><00:16:36.460><c> to</c><00:16:36.639><c> say</c><00:16:36.899><c> we</c><00:16:37.320><c> are</c><00:16:38.559><c> so,</c><00:16:40.059><c> what</c>

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are<00:16:40.679><c> we?</c>

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Do<00:16:44.600><c> you</c><00:16:44.799><c> think</c><00:16:45.159><c> that</c><00:16:45.399><c> you</c><00:16:45.539><c> could</c><00:16:45.840><c> rise</c><00:16:46.519><c> to</c><00:16:47.200><c> a</c><00:16:47.360><c> love</c><00:16:47.700><c> like</c><00:16:48.539><c> that</c>

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which<00:16:49.799><c> Jesus</c><00:16:50.379><c> showed</c><00:16:50.860><c> and</c><00:16:51.220><c> that</c><00:16:51.580><c> which</c><00:16:51.860><c> God</c><00:16:52.320><c> showed?</c>

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Our<00:16:55.799><c> love</c><00:16:56.220><c> is</c><00:16:56.879><c> puny,</c><00:16:57.720><c> weak</c><00:16:58.000><c> and</c><00:16:58.360><c> insignificant</c><00:16:59.519><c> compared</c><00:17:00.759><c> with</c><00:17:01.000><c> the</c>

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love<00:17:01.340><c> of</c><00:17:01.580><c> God</c><00:17:02.379><c> and</c><00:17:03.679><c> of</c><00:17:03.980><c> Christ.</c>

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Now,<00:17:09.920><c> after</c><00:17:10.339><c> considering</c><00:17:10.940><c> God's</c><00:17:11.460><c> love</c><00:17:11.759><c> for</c><00:17:12.099><c> man,</c><00:17:14.180><c> we</c><00:17:14.299><c> should</c>

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think<00:17:14.859><c> of</c><00:17:15.700><c> man's</c><00:17:16.440><c> love</c><00:17:16.740><c> for</c><00:17:17.000><c> God</c><00:17:17.420><c> or</c><00:17:18.740><c> it</c><00:17:18.980><c> might</c><00:17:19.259><c> be</c>

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even<00:17:19.519><c> nearer</c><00:17:20.039><c> to</c><00:17:20.259><c> truth</c><00:17:20.819><c> to</c><00:17:21.259><c> say</c><00:17:21.779><c> what</c><00:17:22.779><c> man's</c><00:17:23.359><c> love</c><00:17:23.619><c> for</c><00:17:23.819><c> God</c>

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ought<00:17:24.339><c> to</c><00:17:24.579><c> be.</c>

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If<00:17:28.420><c> someone</c><00:17:28.819><c> showed</c><00:17:29.140><c> us</c><00:17:29.420><c> much</c><00:17:29.779><c> love,</c><00:17:30.339><c> it's</c><00:17:30.519><c> natural</c><00:17:31.059><c> for</c><00:17:31.380><c> us</c>

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Well,<00:17:34.240><c> Jesus</c><00:17:34.680><c> said</c><00:17:35.099><c> sinners</c><00:17:35.519><c> also</c><00:17:36.099><c> love</c><00:17:36.299><c> those</c><00:17:36.619><c> that</c><00:17:36.880><c> love</c><00:17:37.059><c> them,</c><00:17:37.500><c> so</c>

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there's<00:17:39.500><c> nothing</c><00:17:39.500><c> very</c><00:17:40.799><c> virtuous</c><00:17:41.420><c> in</c><00:17:41.819><c> that.</c>

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But<00:17:45.319><c> with</c><00:17:46.200><c> the</c><00:17:46.460><c> love</c><00:17:46.779><c> that</c><00:17:46.980><c> God</c><00:17:47.240><c> has</c><00:17:47.539><c> shown</c><00:17:47.819><c> to</c><00:17:48.119><c> us,</c><00:17:49.819><c> surely</c><00:17:50.339><c> our</c><00:17:50.940><c> response</c><00:17:51.819><c> should</c><00:17:52.240><c> be</c><00:17:52.579><c> great,</c>

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even<00:17:54.259><c> if</c><00:17:54.480><c> it</c><00:17:54.720><c> is</c><00:17:55.519><c> only</c><00:17:56.480><c> loving</c><00:17:57.079><c> him</c><00:17:57.940><c> because</c><00:17:58.940><c> he</c><00:17:59.680><c> loved</c><00:17:59.940><c> us.</c>

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Well,<00:18:01.460><c> Scripture</c><00:18:01.839><c> says</c><00:18:02.359><c> we</c><00:18:02.680><c> love</c><00:18:02.940><c> him</c><00:18:03.240><c> because</c><00:18:03.720><c> he</c><00:18:04.000><c> first</c><00:18:04.440><c> loved</c><00:18:04.740><c> us.</c>

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That<00:18:07.740><c> at</c><00:18:08.000><c> least</c><00:18:08.519><c> is</c><00:18:09.160><c> the</c><00:18:09.579><c> minimum</c><00:18:10.039><c> response</c><00:18:10.779><c> that</c><00:18:11.000><c> one</c><00:18:11.200><c> expects</c><00:18:11.759><c> from</c>

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any<00:18:12.599><c> human</c><00:18:12.900><c> being</c><00:18:13.279><c> to</c><00:18:13.440><c> love</c><00:18:13.720><c> those</c><00:18:14.059><c> who</c><00:18:14.359><c> love</c><00:18:14.599><c> them.</c>

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So<00:18:17.099><c> surely</c><00:18:17.880><c> after</c><00:18:18.460><c> the</c><00:18:18.720><c> love</c><00:18:18.880><c> of</c><00:18:19.119><c> God</c><00:18:19.279><c> that</c><00:18:19.480><c> we</c><00:18:19.759><c> have</c><00:18:20.440><c> talked</c><00:18:20.900><c> about,</c>

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there<00:18:22.200><c> should</c><00:18:22.460><c> be</c><00:18:23.380><c> some</c><00:18:23.859><c> sort</c><00:18:24.279><c> of</c><00:18:24.539><c> love</c><00:18:25.119><c> shown</c><00:18:25.619><c> by</c><00:18:26.039><c> human</c><00:18:26.400><c> beings</c><00:18:27.039><c> for</c><00:18:27.640><c> God.</c>

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Did<00:18:31.740><c> Israel</c><00:18:32.160><c> respond</c><00:18:32.680><c> in</c><00:18:32.920><c> that</c><00:18:33.140><c> way?</c>

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In<00:18:36.079><c> the</c><00:18:36.339><c> main,</c><00:18:37.440><c> no.</c><00:18:38.680><c> There</c><00:18:38.859><c> were</c><00:18:39.220><c> exceptions.</c>

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Hosea<00:18:45.259><c> 6</c><00:18:45.579><c> verse</c><00:18:45.940><c> 4,</c><00:18:46.420><c> this</c><00:18:46.700><c> is</c><00:18:46.920><c> the</c><00:18:47.000><c> New</c><00:18:47.160><c> English</c><00:18:47.480><c> Bible,</c>

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O<00:18:48.380><c> Ephraim,</c><00:18:49.019><c> how</c><00:18:49.319><c> shall</c><00:18:49.539><c> I</c><00:18:49.819><c> deal</c><00:18:50.019><c> with</c><00:18:50.299><c> you?</c>

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How<00:18:51.980><c> shall</c><00:18:52.200><c> I</c><00:18:52.480><c> deal</c><00:18:52.660><c> with</c><00:18:52.960><c> you,</c><00:18:53.259><c> Judah?</c>

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Your<00:18:55.299><c> loyalty</c><00:18:55.900><c> to</c><00:18:56.200><c> me</c><00:18:56.480><c> is</c><00:18:56.700><c> like</c><00:18:56.960><c> the</c><00:18:57.180><c> morning</c><00:18:57.619><c> mist,</c><00:18:58.019><c> like</c><00:18:58.480><c> dew</c>

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that<00:18:59.079><c> vanishes</c><00:18:59.599><c> early.</c>

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Loyalty<00:19:01.880><c> is</c><00:19:02.059><c> my</c><00:19:02.339><c> desire,</c><00:19:03.000><c> not</c><00:19:03.160><c> sacrifice,</c><00:19:05.000><c> not</c><00:19:05.299><c> whole</c><00:19:05.559><c> offerings,</c><00:19:06.299><c> but</c><00:19:06.420><c> knowledge</c><00:19:06.819><c> of</c><00:19:07.079><c> God.</c>

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Loyalty<00:19:09.519><c> and</c><00:19:10.099><c> knowledge</c><00:19:10.680><c> of</c><00:19:11.039><c> God.</c>

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Jeremiah<00:19:15.500><c> 22</c><00:19:16.099><c> verses</c><00:19:16.579><c> 15</c><00:19:17.059><c> to</c><00:19:17.220><c> 16,</c>

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Did<00:19:18.059><c> not</c><00:19:18.339><c> thy</c><00:19:18.640><c> father</c><00:19:19.099><c> eat</c><00:19:19.539><c> and</c><00:19:19.779><c> drink</c><00:19:20.059><c> and</c><00:19:20.299><c> do</c><00:19:20.539><c> judgment</c><00:19:21.000><c> and</c><00:19:21.279><c> justice?</c>

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And<00:19:22.779><c> then</c><00:19:22.960><c> it</c><00:19:23.140><c> was</c><00:19:23.299><c> well</c><00:19:23.539><c> with</c><00:19:23.759><c> him.</c>

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He<00:19:25.299><c> judged</c><00:19:25.640><c> the</c><00:19:25.940><c> cause</c><00:19:26.180><c> of</c><00:19:26.380><c> the</c><00:19:26.579><c> poor</c><00:19:26.819><c> and</c><00:19:27.099><c> needy,</c><00:19:27.720><c> then</c><00:19:27.940><c> it</c>

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To<00:19:35.339><c> do</c><00:19:35.579><c> judgment</c><00:19:36.180><c> and</c><00:19:36.819><c> justice</c><00:19:37.559><c> and</c><00:19:37.980><c> to</c><00:19:38.200><c> judge</c><00:19:38.380><c> the</c><00:19:38.720><c> cause</c><00:19:38.960><c> of</c>

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he<00:20:04.779><c> it</c><00:20:05.039><c> is</c><00:20:05.279><c> who</c><00:20:05.500><c> loves</c><00:20:05.859><c> me.</c>

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And<00:20:07.180><c> he</c><00:20:07.380><c> who</c><00:20:07.579><c> loves</c><00:20:07.880><c> me</c><00:20:08.240><c> will</c><00:20:08.420><c> be</c><00:20:08.680><c> loved</c><00:20:08.980><c> by</c><00:20:09.359><c> my</c><00:20:09.680><c> father.</c>

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So<00:20:13.059><c> there</c><00:20:13.420><c> we</c><00:20:13.619><c> have</c><00:20:13.859><c> a</c><00:20:14.019><c> repetition</c><00:20:14.440><c> of</c><00:20:14.579><c> what</c><00:20:14.720><c> the</c><00:20:14.880><c> Old</c><00:20:15.059><c> Testament</c><00:20:15.619><c> said</c><00:20:16.220><c> to</c>

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loyalty<00:20:20.000><c> to</c><00:20:20.460><c> God</c><00:20:20.839><c> or</c><00:20:21.299><c> keeping</c><00:20:21.700><c> his</c><00:20:22.140><c> law</c>

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That<00:20:29.140><c> quotation</c><00:20:29.740><c> I</c><00:20:30.019><c> gave</c><00:20:30.279><c> you</c><00:20:30.559><c> just</c><00:20:30.759><c> now</c><00:20:31.019><c> is</c><00:20:31.220><c> John</c><00:20:31.500><c> 14</c><00:20:32.039><c> verse</c><00:20:32.359><c> 21.</c>

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And<00:20:34.160><c> in</c><00:20:34.359><c> verse</c><00:20:34.559><c> 23,</c><00:20:35.759><c> anyone</c><00:20:36.059><c> who</c><00:20:36.319><c> loves</c><00:20:36.640><c> me</c><00:20:36.940><c> will</c><00:20:37.200><c> heed</c><00:20:37.359><c> what</c><00:20:37.599><c> I</c><00:20:37.960><c> say,</c>

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then<00:20:39.259><c> my</c><00:20:39.599><c> father</c><00:20:39.900><c> will</c><00:20:40.180><c> love</c><00:20:40.400><c> him</c><00:20:40.799><c> and</c><00:20:41.019><c> we</c><00:20:41.240><c> will</c><00:20:41.519><c> come</c><00:20:41.819><c> to</c><00:20:42.099><c> him</c>

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and<00:20:42.759><c> make</c><00:20:43.059><c> our</c><00:20:43.480><c> dwelling</c><00:20:43.759><c> with</c><00:20:44.180><c> him.</c>

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Now,<00:20:50.099><c> this</c><00:20:50.319><c> next</c><00:20:50.740><c> passage</c><00:20:50.980><c> I</c><00:20:51.140><c> want</c><00:20:51.279><c> to</c><00:20:51.440><c> read</c><00:20:51.559><c> from</c><00:20:51.819><c> the</c><00:20:52.000><c> Jerusalem</c><00:20:52.500><c> Bible.</c>

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It's<00:20:53.319><c> the</c><00:20:53.420><c> first</c><00:20:53.660><c> of</c><00:20:53.839><c> John</c><00:20:54.079><c> 2</c><00:20:54.420><c> verse</c><00:20:54.759><c> 5.</c>

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When<00:20:58.900><c> anyone</c><00:20:59.680><c> does</c><00:21:00.299><c> obey</c><00:21:00.799><c> what</c><00:21:01.119><c> he</c><00:21:01.359><c> has</c><00:21:01.680><c> said,</c><00:21:03.460><c> God's</c><00:21:03.900><c> love</c><00:21:04.259><c> comes</c><00:21:04.759><c> to</c>

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perfection<00:21:05.940><c> in</c><00:21:06.440><c> him.</c>

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We<00:21:09.200><c> can</c><00:21:09.579><c> be</c><00:21:09.960><c> sure</c><00:21:10.400><c> that</c><00:21:10.740><c> we</c><00:21:10.960><c> are</c><00:21:11.200><c> in</c><00:21:11.500><c> God</c><00:21:12.019><c> only</c><00:21:12.819><c> when</c><00:21:13.559><c> the</c><00:21:13.799><c> one</c>

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who<00:21:14.599><c> claims</c><00:21:15.039><c> to</c><00:21:15.339><c> be</c><00:21:15.599><c> living</c><00:21:15.859><c> in</c><00:21:16.259><c> him</c>

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is<00:21:17.980><c> living</c><00:21:18.259><c> the</c><00:21:18.480><c> same</c><00:21:18.900><c> kind</c><00:21:19.400><c> of</c><00:21:19.640><c> life</c><00:21:20.019><c> as</c><00:21:20.279><c> Christ</c><00:21:20.740><c> lived.</c>

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That<00:21:25.339><c> is</c><00:21:25.859><c> the</c><00:21:26.460><c> manifestation</c><00:21:27.579><c> of</c><00:21:28.319><c> love</c><00:21:28.680><c> in</c><00:21:29.039><c> human</c><00:21:29.460><c> beings.</c>

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We<00:21:31.099><c> can</c><00:21:31.420><c> be</c><00:21:31.740><c> sure</c><00:21:32.000><c> that</c><00:21:32.359><c> we</c><00:21:32.579><c> are</c><00:21:32.880><c> in</c><00:21:33.220><c> God</c><00:21:33.559><c> only</c><00:21:34.220><c> when</c><00:21:35.079><c> the</c><00:21:35.859><c> one</c>

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who<00:21:36.519><c> claims</c><00:21:36.900><c> to</c><00:21:37.140><c> be</c><00:21:37.380><c> living</c><00:21:37.599><c> in</c><00:21:38.000><c> him</c>

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is<00:21:39.019><c> living</c><00:21:39.480><c> the</c><00:21:39.779><c> same</c><00:21:40.099><c> kind</c><00:21:40.460><c> of</c><00:21:40.680><c> life</c><00:21:40.920><c> as</c><00:21:41.200><c> Christ</c><00:21:41.599><c> lived.</c>

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Well,<00:21:44.740><c> how</c><00:21:45.000><c> do</c><00:21:45.180><c> we</c><00:21:45.339><c> measure</c><00:21:45.619><c> up</c><00:21:45.900><c> to</c><00:21:46.119><c> that?</c>

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That<00:21:49.460><c> is</c><00:21:49.779><c> the</c><00:21:49.960><c> love</c><00:21:50.319><c> which</c><00:21:51.380><c> God</c><00:21:51.819><c> would</c><00:21:52.119><c> like</c><00:21:52.400><c> to</c><00:21:52.720><c> see.</c>

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We<00:22:00.700><c> know</c><00:22:01.259><c> what</c><00:22:01.599><c> constitutes</c><00:22:02.619><c> love</c><00:22:03.059><c> for</c><00:22:03.339><c> God,</c><00:22:05.099><c> but</c><00:22:05.400><c> like</c><00:22:05.859><c> them</c>

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we<00:22:06.900><c> fail</c><00:22:07.480><c> very</c><00:22:08.079><c> often.</c>

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And,<00:22:31.599><c> of</c><00:22:31.740><c> course,</c><00:22:32.059><c> this</c><00:22:32.359><c> is</c><00:22:32.779><c> really</c><00:22:33.279><c> an</c><00:22:33.740><c> outcome</c><00:22:34.180><c> of</c><00:22:34.400><c> what</c><00:22:34.559><c> we</c>

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have<00:22:34.980><c> already</c><00:22:35.380><c> said.</c>

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Dr.<00:22:39.079><c> Barclay,</c><00:22:39.339><c> a</c><00:22:39.380><c> New</c><00:22:39.660><c> Testament</c><00:22:40.079><c> word,</c><00:22:40.799><c> says</c><00:22:40.880><c> the</c><00:22:41.099><c> noun</c><00:22:41.839><c> storgie</c><00:22:42.859><c> and</c>

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have<00:22:45.460><c> specially</c><00:22:46.000><c> to</c><00:22:46.299><c> do</c><00:22:46.640><c> with</c><00:22:47.099><c> family</c><00:22:47.559><c> affection.</c>

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These<00:22:49.740><c> words</c><00:22:50.099><c> do</c><00:22:50.339><c> not</c><00:22:50.519><c> occur</c><00:22:50.859><c> in</c><00:22:51.039><c> the</c><00:22:51.140><c> New</c><00:22:51.339><c> Testament,</c><00:22:53.099><c> but</c><00:22:53.299><c> a</c>

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kindred<00:22:54.019><c> adjective</c><00:22:54.839><c> does</c><00:22:55.460><c> once.</c>

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ethical<00:23:02.240><c> chapter,</c><00:23:02.859><c> Romans</c><00:23:03.339><c> 12,</c><00:23:04.180><c> verse</c><00:23:04.400><c> 10,</c>

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where<00:23:05.700><c> the</c><00:23:05.980><c> authorized</c><00:23:06.460><c> version</c><00:23:06.980><c> translates</c><00:23:07.619><c> it</c><00:23:08.240><c> kindly</c><00:23:09.579><c> affectioned.</c>

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That<00:23:13.759><c> is</c><00:23:14.140><c> suggestive</c><00:23:14.960><c> because</c><00:23:15.359><c> it</c><00:23:15.660><c> implies</c><00:23:16.180><c> that</c><00:23:16.660><c> the</c><00:23:16.880><c> Christian</c><00:23:17.460><c> community</c><00:23:18.319><c> is</c><00:23:18.720><c> not</c>

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a<00:23:20.519><c> society,</c><00:23:22.740><c> but</c><00:23:23.220><c> a</c><00:23:23.859><c> family.</c>

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You<00:23:27.599><c> see,</c><00:23:28.619><c> the</c><00:23:29.119><c> meaning</c><00:23:29.460><c> you</c><00:23:29.759><c> can</c><00:23:30.240><c> get</c><00:23:30.559><c> when</c><00:23:30.799><c> you</c><00:23:31.000><c> really</c><00:23:31.299><c> understand</c><00:23:31.940><c> what</c>

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the<00:23:32.460><c> original</c><00:23:32.799><c> words</c><00:23:33.140><c> mean.</c>

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The<00:23:34.960><c> ties</c><00:23:35.299><c> in</c><00:23:35.619><c> family</c><00:23:35.920><c> are</c><00:23:36.299><c> closer</c><00:23:36.740><c> and</c><00:23:37.240><c> they</c><00:23:37.539><c> are</c><00:23:37.740><c> more</c><00:23:38.119><c> permanent</c><00:23:38.700><c> than</c>

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those<00:23:39.539><c> in</c><00:23:40.099><c> a</c><00:23:40.839><c> society.</c>

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And<00:23:43.059><c> it</c><00:23:43.299><c> is</c><00:23:43.539><c> certainly</c><00:23:44.259><c> very</c><00:23:45.519><c> suggestive</c><00:23:46.480><c> and</c><00:23:47.039><c> worthy</c><00:23:47.519><c> of</c>

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careful<00:23:48.440><c> consideration.</c>

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The<00:23:51.259><c> first</c><00:23:51.700><c> of</c><00:23:51.880><c> Peter</c><00:23:52.079><c> 4,</c><00:23:52.460><c> verse</c><00:23:52.720><c> 8</c><00:23:52.940><c> says,</c><00:23:53.579><c> Above</c><00:23:53.579><c> all</c><00:23:54.019><c> things</c>

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have<00:23:55.259><c> fervent</c><00:23:55.700><c> love</c><00:23:55.980><c> among</c><00:23:56.319><c> yourselves.</c>

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Why<00:23:59.339><c> above</c><00:24:00.420><c> all</c><00:24:00.859><c> things?</c>

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Surely<00:24:03.140><c> it</c><00:24:03.339><c> is</c><00:24:03.680><c> because</c><00:24:04.940><c> love</c><00:24:05.960><c> is</c><00:24:06.319><c> the</c><00:24:06.619><c> principal</c><00:24:07.140><c> virtue.</c>

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With<00:24:09.200><c> it,</c><00:24:10.079><c> all</c><00:24:10.240><c> other</c><00:24:10.539><c> aspects</c><00:24:11.000><c> of</c><00:24:11.259><c> life</c><00:24:11.700><c> follow</c><00:24:12.160><c> naturally.</c>

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The<00:24:17.559><c> second</c><00:24:18.059><c> of</c><00:24:18.180><c> Peter</c><00:24:18.400><c> 1,</c><00:24:18.700><c> verse</c><00:24:19.000><c> 7,</c><00:24:19.559><c> after</c><00:24:19.740><c> listing</c><00:24:20.019><c> various</c>

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characteristics<00:24:21.599><c> of</c><00:24:22.220><c> the</c><00:24:22.400><c> Christian</c><00:24:23.039><c> love,</c>

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of<00:24:24.480><c> Christian</c><00:24:25.359><c> virtues</c><00:24:25.859><c> in</c><00:24:26.160><c> ascending</c><00:24:26.619><c> order,</c><00:24:28.119><c> concludes</c><00:24:28.500><c> with</c><00:24:28.980><c> the</c><00:24:29.359><c> acquisition</c><00:24:29.839><c> of</c><00:24:30.180><c> love.</c>

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Now<00:24:32.460><c> there</c><00:24:32.660><c> are</c><00:24:32.960><c> two</c><00:24:34.359><c> paragraphs</c><00:24:35.200><c> from</c><00:24:35.759><c> this</c><00:24:36.440><c> book</c><00:24:36.779><c> by</c><00:24:37.039><c> Dr.</c><00:24:37.660><c> Barclay</c><00:24:37.799><c> on</c>

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New<00:24:38.180><c> Testament</c><00:24:38.599><c> words,</c>

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which<00:24:39.220><c> I</c><00:24:39.480><c> would</c><00:24:40.160><c> like</c><00:24:40.880><c> to</c><00:24:41.119><c> read</c><00:24:41.299><c> to</c><00:24:41.579><c> you.</c>

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He<00:24:44.160><c> says,</c><00:24:44.839><c> Love</c><00:24:45.180><c> must</c><00:24:45.500><c> be</c><00:24:45.799><c> the</c><00:24:46.059><c> very</c><00:24:46.400><c> atmosphere</c><00:24:47.180><c> of</c><00:24:47.460><c> the</c>

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Christian<00:24:48.160><c> life.</c>

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Love<00:24:50.720><c> is</c><00:24:51.180><c> the</c><00:24:51.460><c> badge</c><00:24:51.920><c> of</c><00:24:52.299><c> the</c><00:24:52.500><c> Christian</c><00:24:53.000><c> society.</c>

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You<00:24:54.180><c> remember,</c><00:24:54.599><c> Jesus</c><00:24:54.980><c> said,</c><00:24:55.539><c> By</c><00:24:55.539><c> this</c><00:24:55.839><c> shall</c><00:24:56.059><c> all</c><00:24:56.240><c> men</c><00:24:56.420><c> know</c>

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that<00:24:56.900><c> you</c><00:24:57.099><c> are</c><00:24:57.240><c> my</c><00:24:57.380><c> disciples.</c>

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A<00:24:59.180><c> church</c><00:24:59.539><c> where</c><00:24:59.799><c> there</c><00:25:00.000><c> is</c><00:25:00.160><c> bitterness</c><00:25:00.480><c> and</c><00:25:01.019><c> strife</c><00:25:01.400><c> may</c><00:25:01.660><c> call</c><00:25:01.940><c> itself</c><00:25:02.519><c> a</c>

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church<00:25:03.019><c> of</c><00:25:03.240><c> men,</c>

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but<00:25:03.859><c> it</c><00:25:04.059><c> has</c><00:25:04.299><c> no</c><00:25:04.619><c> right</c><00:25:05.019><c> to</c><00:25:05.599><c> call</c><00:25:05.839><c> itself</c><00:25:06.359><c> a</c><00:25:06.559><c> church</c><00:25:06.859><c> of</c><00:25:07.119><c> Christ.</c>

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It<00:25:08.960><c> has</c><00:25:09.299><c> destroyed</c><00:25:09.859><c> the</c><00:25:10.180><c> atmosphere</c><00:25:10.740><c> of</c><00:25:10.960><c> the</c><00:25:11.099><c> Christian</c><00:25:11.480><c> life</c>

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and<00:25:12.000><c> is</c><00:25:12.279><c> bound</c><00:25:12.480><c> to</c><00:25:12.680><c> be</c><00:25:12.920><c> suffocated.</c>

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It<00:25:14.019><c> has</c><00:25:14.279><c> lost</c><00:25:14.579><c> the</c><00:25:14.880><c> badge</c><00:25:15.079><c> of</c><00:25:15.259><c> the</c><00:25:15.440><c> Christian</c><00:25:15.799><c> life</c><00:25:16.059><c> and</c><00:25:16.279><c> is</c><00:25:16.519><c> no</c>

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longer<00:25:17.119><c> recognizable</c><00:25:17.900><c> as</c><00:25:18.960><c> a</c><00:25:19.420><c> church.</c>

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And<00:25:23.859><c> the</c><00:25:24.059><c> second</c><00:25:24.299><c> one</c><00:25:24.799><c> is,</c><00:25:26.859><c> the</c><00:25:27.019><c> Christian</c><00:25:27.440><c> love</c><00:25:27.900><c> goes</c><00:25:28.380><c> out</c><00:25:28.920><c> to</c>

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the<00:25:29.680><c> brotherhood.</c>

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It<00:25:32.099><c> was</c><00:25:32.700><c> the</c><00:25:33.119><c> astonished</c><00:25:33.700><c> cry</c><00:25:33.960><c> of</c><00:25:34.180><c> the</c><00:25:34.339><c> heathen</c><00:25:34.640><c> in</c><00:25:34.819><c> the</c><00:25:35.000><c> early</c><00:25:35.359><c> days,</c>

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see<00:25:36.259><c> how</c><00:25:36.599><c> these</c><00:25:36.960><c> Christians</c><00:25:37.460><c> love</c><00:25:37.799><c> one</c><00:25:38.099><c> another.</c>

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One<00:25:39.980><c> of</c><00:25:40.180><c> the</c><00:25:40.380><c> severest</c><00:25:40.839><c> handicaps</c><00:25:41.420><c> of</c><00:25:41.619><c> the</c><00:25:41.779><c> modern</c><00:25:42.039><c> church</c><00:25:42.519><c> is</c>

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that<00:25:43.039><c> to</c><00:25:43.559><c> the</c><00:25:43.799><c> outsider</c>

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it<00:25:44.640><c> must</c><00:25:44.880><c> often</c><00:25:45.160><c> appear</c><00:25:45.500><c> to</c><00:25:45.720><c> be</c><00:25:45.920><c> a</c><00:25:46.039><c> company</c><00:25:46.319><c> of</c><00:25:46.599><c> people</c><00:25:46.920><c> squabbling</c><00:25:47.559><c> bitterly</c><00:25:48.019><c> about</c><00:25:48.299><c> nothing.</c>

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A<00:25:50.579><c> church</c><00:25:50.980><c> completely</c><00:25:51.859><c> enveloped</c><00:25:52.720><c> in</c><00:25:53.039><c> the</c><00:25:53.339><c> peace</c><00:25:53.720><c> of</c><00:25:54.180><c> mutual</c>

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love<00:25:55.440><c> is</c><00:25:55.859><c> a</c><00:25:56.140><c> rare</c><00:25:56.460><c> phenomenon.</c>

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Such<00:25:58.720><c> a</c><00:25:58.980><c> church</c><00:25:59.319><c> would</c><00:25:59.599><c> not</c><00:25:59.859><c> be</c><00:26:00.079><c> a</c><00:26:00.299><c> church</c><00:26:00.599><c> where</c><00:26:00.920><c> everyone</c><00:26:01.440><c> thought</c><00:26:01.839><c> the</c><00:26:02.140><c> same</c><00:26:02.420><c> and</c><00:26:02.740><c> agreed</c><00:26:02.960><c> on</c><00:26:03.259><c> everything,</c>

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but<00:26:04.680><c> it</c><00:26:04.900><c> would</c><00:26:05.160><c> be</c><00:26:05.460><c> a</c><00:26:05.640><c> church</c><00:26:05.880><c> in</c><00:26:06.079><c> which</c><00:26:06.259><c> men</c><00:26:06.539><c> could</c><00:26:06.819><c> differ</c>

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and<00:26:09.200><c> still</c><00:26:10.160><c> love</c><00:26:10.779><c> each</c><00:26:11.240><c> other.</c>

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And<00:26:14.920><c> I</c><00:26:15.039><c> think</c><00:26:15.240><c> you'll</c><00:26:15.619><c> agree</c><00:26:16.079><c> that</c><00:26:17.140><c> those</c><00:26:17.759><c> words</c><00:26:18.259><c> are</c><00:26:19.099><c> very</c><00:26:19.680><c> true.</c>

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We<00:26:25.480><c> have</c><00:26:25.720><c> already</c><00:26:26.079><c> dealt</c><00:26:26.400><c> with</c><00:26:26.839><c> the</c><00:26:27.420><c> case</c><00:26:27.759><c> of</c><00:26:28.640><c> the</c><00:26:29.039><c> woman</c><00:26:29.359><c> in</c>

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the<00:26:29.839><c> house</c><00:26:30.079><c> of</c><00:26:30.400><c> Simon.</c>

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I<00:26:31.619><c> just</c><00:26:31.960><c> mentioned</c><00:26:32.319><c> that</c><00:26:32.619><c> in</c><00:26:32.819><c> passing</c><00:26:33.299><c> though</c><00:26:33.680><c> to</c><00:26:33.880><c> remind</c><00:26:34.259><c> you</c>

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of<00:26:34.660><c> it,</c>

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that<00:26:35.339><c> the</c><00:26:35.599><c> woman</c><00:26:36.259><c> before</c><00:26:37.599><c> she</c><00:26:37.960><c> was</c><00:26:38.380><c> forgiven</c><00:26:38.960><c> did</c><00:26:40.079><c> show</c><00:26:40.660><c> much</c><00:26:41.240><c> love</c>

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and<00:26:42.960><c> apparently</c><00:26:43.500><c> merited</c><00:26:44.039><c> the</c><00:26:44.339><c> forgiveness</c><00:26:44.660><c> because</c><00:26:45.259><c> that</c>

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was<00:26:46.039><c> so.</c>

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And<00:26:48.440><c> it</c><00:26:48.599><c> is</c><00:26:48.799><c> still</c><00:26:49.099><c> true</c><00:26:49.400><c> of</c><00:26:49.660><c> us.</c><00:26:51.019><c> God</c><00:26:51.380><c> has</c><00:26:51.819><c> forgiven</c><00:26:52.220><c> us</c><00:26:52.980><c> much</c>

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and<00:26:53.980><c> therefore</c><00:26:54.660><c> we</c><00:26:56.359><c> should</c><00:26:56.579><c> love</c><00:26:56.940><c> him</c><00:26:57.279><c> much.</c>

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There<00:27:02.359><c> is</c><00:27:02.640><c> a</c><00:27:02.799><c> piece</c><00:27:03.079><c> I</c><00:27:03.539><c> want</c><00:27:03.819><c> to</c><00:27:04.059><c> read</c><00:27:04.279><c> to</c><00:27:04.400><c> you</c><00:27:04.519><c> now</c><00:27:04.779><c> from</c><00:27:05.000><c> the</c>

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Reader's<00:27:05.599><c> Digest</c><00:27:06.240><c> in</c><00:27:06.720><c> March</c><00:27:07.119><c> 1968.</c>

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It<00:27:08.940><c> was</c><00:27:09.180><c> on</c><00:27:09.420><c> page</c><00:27:09.779><c> 204</c><00:27:10.859><c> and</c><00:27:11.779><c> it</c><00:27:12.099><c> has</c><00:27:12.660><c> a</c><00:27:12.900><c> great</c><00:27:13.079><c> deal</c><00:27:13.299><c> of</c><00:27:13.599><c> truth</c>

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in<00:27:13.980><c> it</c><00:27:14.279><c> and</c><00:27:14.460><c> is</c><00:27:14.740><c> worth</c><00:27:14.980><c> considering.</c>

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It<00:27:17.579><c> said,</c>

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The<00:27:17.900><c> remarkable</c><00:27:18.420><c> thing</c><00:27:18.799><c> is</c><00:27:19.119><c> that</c><00:27:19.380><c> we</c><00:27:19.559><c> really</c><00:27:19.920><c> love</c><00:27:20.180><c> our</c><00:27:20.420><c> neighbor</c><00:27:20.700><c> as</c><00:27:21.000><c> ourselves.</c>

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We<00:27:23.960><c> do</c><00:27:24.200><c> unto</c><00:27:24.420><c> others</c><00:27:24.799><c> as</c><00:27:25.039><c> we</c><00:27:25.220><c> do</c><00:27:25.460><c> unto</c><00:27:25.740><c> ourselves.</c>

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We<00:27:27.759><c> hate</c><00:27:28.039><c> others</c><00:27:28.400><c> when</c><00:27:28.619><c> we</c><00:27:28.819><c> hate</c><00:27:29.019><c> ourselves.</c>

00:27:30.140 --> 00:27:33.660
We<00:27:30.500><c> forgive</c><00:27:30.900><c> others</c><00:27:31.339><c> when</c><00:27:31.599><c> we</c><00:27:31.839><c> forgive</c><00:27:32.160><c> ourselves.</c>

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It<00:27:34.099><c> is</c><00:27:34.380><c> not</c><00:27:34.579><c> love</c><00:27:34.920><c> of</c><00:27:35.299><c> self</c><00:27:35.579><c> but</c><00:27:35.880><c> hatred</c><00:27:36.359><c> of</c><00:27:36.720><c> self</c><00:27:37.079><c> which</c><00:27:37.500><c> is</c><00:27:37.720><c> at</c>

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the<00:27:38.000><c> root</c><00:27:38.160><c> of</c><00:27:38.400><c> the</c><00:27:38.599><c> troubles</c><00:27:39.099><c> that</c><00:27:39.579><c> afflict</c><00:27:40.059><c> our</c><00:27:40.759><c> world.</c>

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Now<00:27:44.140><c> I'm</c><00:27:44.240><c> not</c><00:27:44.460><c> going</c><00:27:44.759><c> to</c><00:27:45.759><c> comment</c><00:27:46.180><c> on</c><00:27:46.460><c> that.</c><00:27:46.720><c> I</c><00:27:46.940><c> leave</c><00:27:47.160><c> that</c><00:27:47.859><c> with</c><00:27:48.160><c> you</c><00:27:48.579><c> to</c>

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think<00:27:49.420><c> over.</c>

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Now<00:27:54.099><c> often</c><00:27:54.559><c> we</c><00:27:55.180><c> speak</c><00:27:55.539><c> of</c><00:27:55.839><c> being</c><00:27:56.519><c> in</c><00:27:57.519><c> Christ.</c>

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We<00:27:58.480><c> say</c><00:27:58.779><c> that</c><00:27:59.099><c> we</c><00:27:59.440><c> become</c><00:28:00.000><c> in</c><00:28:00.940><c> Christ</c><00:28:01.539><c> as</c><00:28:01.980><c> a</c><00:28:02.140><c> result</c><00:28:02.440><c> of</c><00:28:02.680><c> baptism</c><00:28:03.160><c> which</c>

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is<00:28:04.000><c> perfectly</c><00:28:04.420><c> true.</c>

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But<00:28:08.220><c> what</c><00:28:08.940><c> about</c><00:28:09.519><c> Christ</c><00:28:10.099><c> being</c><00:28:10.359><c> in</c><00:28:10.640><c> us?</c>

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Romans<00:28:15.259><c> 8</c><00:28:15.519><c> verse</c><00:28:15.819><c> 10,</c>

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If<00:28:16.779><c> Christ</c><00:28:17.660><c> be</c><00:28:18.000><c> in</c><00:28:18.299><c> you,</c><00:28:20.059><c> the</c><00:28:20.319><c> body</c><00:28:20.680><c> is</c><00:28:20.960><c> dead</c><00:28:21.299><c> because</c><00:28:21.740><c> of</c><00:28:22.039><c> sin</c>

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but<00:28:22.680><c> the</c><00:28:22.960><c> spirit</c><00:28:23.259><c> is</c><00:28:23.559><c> life</c><00:28:23.859><c> because</c><00:28:24.319><c> of</c><00:28:24.579><c> righteousness.</c>

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The<00:28:29.220><c> Apostle</c><00:28:29.819><c> Paul</c><00:28:30.200><c> in</c><00:28:30.380><c> Galatians</c><00:28:30.900><c> 2</c><00:28:31.160><c> verse</c><00:28:31.400><c> 20</c><00:28:31.819><c> says,</c>

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Christ<00:28:32.819><c> liveth</c><00:28:33.440><c> in</c><00:28:33.759><c> me</c><00:28:34.599><c> and</c><00:28:35.539><c> the</c><00:28:35.680><c> life</c><00:28:35.920><c> which</c><00:28:36.220><c> I</c><00:28:36.440><c> now</c><00:28:36.680><c> live</c><00:28:36.779><c> in</c>

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the<00:28:37.180><c> flesh,</c>

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I<00:28:37.720><c> live</c><00:28:37.900><c> by</c><00:28:38.180><c> the</c><00:28:38.400><c> faith</c><00:28:38.579><c> of</c><00:28:38.779><c> the</c><00:28:38.880><c> Son</c><00:28:39.059><c> of</c><00:28:39.259><c> God</c><00:28:39.519><c> who</c><00:28:39.759><c> loved</c><00:28:40.059><c> me</c>

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and<00:28:40.480><c> gave</c><00:28:40.759><c> himself</c><00:28:41.380><c> for</c><00:28:41.740><c> me.</c>

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And<00:28:45.480><c> also</c><00:28:45.880><c> there</c><00:28:46.220><c> is</c><00:28:47.559><c> the</c><00:28:48.000><c> prayer</c><00:28:48.400><c> of</c><00:28:48.680><c> Christ</c><00:28:49.319><c> in</c><00:28:50.140><c> John</c><00:28:50.460><c> 17</c><00:28:51.160><c> verses</c><00:28:52.099><c> 20</c>

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to<00:28:52.799><c> 23,</c>

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Neither<00:28:54.859><c> pray</c><00:28:55.220><c> I</c><00:28:55.420><c> for</c><00:28:55.599><c> these</c><00:28:55.839><c> alone,</c><00:28:56.440><c> but</c><00:28:56.559><c> for</c><00:28:56.700><c> them</c><00:28:56.980><c> also</c><00:28:57.380><c> which</c><00:28:57.660><c> shall</c><00:28:57.900><c> believe</c><00:28:58.220><c> on</c>

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me<00:28:58.640><c> through</c><00:28:58.859><c> their</c><00:28:59.200><c> word,</c>

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that<00:28:59.700><c> they</c><00:29:00.000><c> all</c><00:29:00.259><c> may</c><00:29:00.500><c> be</c><00:29:00.740><c> one,</c><00:29:01.519><c> as</c><00:29:01.759><c> thou,</c><00:29:02.059><c> Father,</c><00:29:02.680><c> art</c><00:29:02.680><c> in</c><00:29:02.940><c> me</c>

00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:04.400
and<00:29:03.460><c> I</c><00:29:03.819><c> in</c><00:29:04.019><c> thee,</c>

00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:07.539
that<00:29:04.819><c> they</c><00:29:05.160><c> also</c><00:29:05.500><c> may</c><00:29:05.779><c> be</c><00:29:05.980><c> one</c><00:29:06.119><c> in</c><00:29:06.319><c> us,</c><00:29:06.660><c> that</c><00:29:06.799><c> the</c><00:29:07.000><c> world</c><00:29:07.259><c> may</c>

00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:09.519
believe<00:29:07.880><c> that</c><00:29:08.099><c> thou</c><00:29:08.279><c> hast</c><00:29:08.559><c> sent</c><00:29:08.900><c> me.</c>

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:13.460
And<00:29:10.220><c> the</c><00:29:10.380><c> glory</c><00:29:10.640><c> which</c><00:29:10.900><c> thou</c><00:29:11.180><c> gavest</c><00:29:11.640><c> me</c><00:29:12.119><c> I</c><00:29:12.500><c> have</c><00:29:12.740><c> given</c><00:29:13.019><c> them,</c>

00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:16.460
that<00:29:13.839><c> they</c><00:29:14.079><c> may</c><00:29:14.319><c> be</c><00:29:14.619><c> one</c><00:29:15.019><c> even</c><00:29:15.480><c> as</c><00:29:15.680><c> we</c><00:29:15.940><c> are</c><00:29:16.180><c> one.</c>

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:25.960
That<00:29:17.539><c> I</c><00:29:17.539><c> in</c><00:29:18.339><c> them</c><00:29:19.099><c> and</c><00:29:20.059><c> thou</c><00:29:20.519><c> in</c><00:29:20.940><c> me,</c><00:29:22.039><c> they</c><00:29:22.480><c> may</c><00:29:22.759><c> be</c><00:29:22.960><c> made</c><00:29:23.500><c> perfect</c><00:29:24.279><c> in</c><00:29:24.819><c> one.</c>

00:29:30.059 --> 00:29:35.519
Is<00:29:30.259><c> it</c><00:29:30.420><c> any</c><00:29:30.619><c> wonder</c><00:29:30.940><c> that</c><00:29:31.259><c> Paul</c><00:29:31.559><c> said</c><00:29:31.980><c> the</c><00:29:32.279><c> fruit</c><00:29:32.519><c> of</c><00:29:32.799><c> the</c><00:29:33.039><c> spirit</c><00:29:33.380><c> is</c><00:29:34.380><c> love?</c>

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:46.779
I<00:29:39.880><c> won't</c><00:29:40.480><c> read</c><00:29:40.900><c> it</c><00:29:41.119><c> now</c><00:29:41.579><c> but</c><00:29:42.619><c> Romans</c><00:29:43.059><c> 8</c><00:29:43.420><c> verses</c><00:29:43.779><c> 35</c><00:29:44.319><c> to</c><00:29:44.559><c> 39</c><00:29:45.259><c> is</c><00:29:45.700><c> the</c><00:29:45.900><c> section</c><00:29:46.259><c> which</c><00:29:46.559><c> I</c>

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mentioned<00:29:47.400><c> earlier</c>

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:52.220
where<00:29:48.819><c> I</c><00:29:49.019><c> think</c><00:29:49.299><c> that</c><00:29:49.559><c> the</c><00:29:49.740><c> Apostle</c><00:29:50.220><c> Paul</c><00:29:50.759><c> has</c><00:29:51.240><c> in</c><00:29:51.480><c> mind</c><00:29:51.880><c> that</c>

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:54.240
passage<00:29:52.539><c> from</c><00:29:52.819><c> the</c><00:29:52.980><c> Song</c><00:29:53.140><c> of</c><00:29:53.299><c> Solomon.</c>

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:58.140
So<00:29:55.200><c> if</c><00:29:55.339><c> you</c><00:29:55.500><c> just</c><00:29:55.740><c> want</c><00:29:55.920><c> to</c><00:29:56.099><c> note</c><00:29:56.279><c> that</c><00:29:56.559><c> Romans</c><00:29:56.920><c> 8</c><00:29:57.220><c> verse</c><00:29:57.359><c> 35</c><00:29:57.839><c> to</c>

00:29:58.140 --> 00:30:01.180
39,<00:29:58.740><c> you</c><00:29:59.240><c> can</c><00:29:59.400><c> read</c><00:29:59.579><c> it</c><00:29:59.819><c> at</c><00:29:59.980><c> your</c><00:30:00.200><c> leisure,</c>

00:30:01.640 --> 00:30:07.240
you'll<00:30:02.440><c> find</c><00:30:02.660><c> it</c><00:30:03.259><c> I</c><00:30:03.319><c> think</c><00:30:03.740><c> ties</c><00:30:04.119><c> in</c><00:30:04.319><c> very</c><00:30:04.660><c> well</c><00:30:04.960><c> with</c><00:30:05.440><c> the</c><00:30:05.779><c> Song</c><00:30:05.960><c> of</c><00:30:06.180><c> Solomon.</c>

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:16.140
Now<00:30:09.299><c> Jesus</c><00:30:10.099><c> prayed</c><00:30:10.579><c> for</c><00:30:10.900><c> his</c><00:30:11.160><c> enemies</c><00:30:11.700><c> and</c><00:30:13.559><c> he</c><00:30:13.859><c> said</c><00:30:14.299><c> to</c><00:30:14.759><c> us,</c>

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:17.779
Love<00:30:16.359><c> your</c><00:30:16.660><c> enemies.</c>

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:27.279
Now<00:30:20.539><c> long</c><00:30:21.339><c> ago</c><00:30:21.740><c> I</c><00:30:21.920><c> used</c><00:30:22.220><c> to</c><00:30:22.460><c> wonder</c><00:30:23.539><c> what</c><00:30:25.640><c> scripture</c><00:30:26.440><c> meant</c><00:30:26.779><c> when</c><00:30:27.000><c> it</c>

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:28.299
said<00:30:27.440><c> for</c><00:30:27.819><c> example,</c>

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:31.559
you<00:30:28.759><c> should</c><00:30:28.980><c> love</c><00:30:29.319><c> God,</c><00:30:30.000><c> you</c><00:30:30.059><c> should</c><00:30:30.319><c> love</c><00:30:30.640><c> your</c><00:30:30.920><c> husband</c><00:30:31.339><c> or</c>

00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:34.220
your<00:30:31.839><c> wife</c><00:30:32.319><c> and</c><00:30:32.900><c> you</c><00:30:33.059><c> should</c><00:30:33.240><c> love</c><00:30:33.539><c> your</c><00:30:33.759><c> enemies</c>

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:38.940
that<00:30:35.240><c> somehow</c><00:30:35.660><c> or</c><00:30:35.880><c> other</c><00:30:36.019><c> it</c><00:30:36.160><c> didn't</c><00:30:36.440><c> seem</c><00:30:37.259><c> that</c><00:30:38.039><c> it</c><00:30:38.180><c> was</c><00:30:38.420><c> quite</c><00:30:38.700><c> the</c>

00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:40.420
same<00:30:39.240><c> thing.</c>

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:45.960
There<00:30:41.000><c> must</c><00:30:41.319><c> be</c><00:30:41.559><c> a</c><00:30:41.799><c> difference</c><00:30:42.119><c> in</c><00:30:42.380><c> the</c><00:30:42.559><c> meaning</c><00:30:43.079><c> and</c><00:30:44.380><c> there</c><00:30:44.619><c> is</c><00:30:45.240><c> a</c>

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difference<00:30:46.299><c> in</c><00:30:46.559><c> the</c><00:30:46.720><c> meaning.</c>

00:30:48.839 --> 00:30:54.200
It<00:30:49.599><c> is</c><00:30:49.920><c> because</c><00:30:50.460><c> in</c><00:30:50.740><c> the</c><00:30:50.940><c> Greek</c><00:30:51.160><c> there</c><00:30:51.539><c> are</c><00:30:52.000><c> more</c><00:30:52.559><c> than</c><00:30:53.279><c> one</c>

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:59.460
word<00:30:54.859><c> for</c><00:30:56.500><c> one</c><00:30:57.259><c> English</c><00:30:57.940><c> word,</c><00:30:58.440><c> love.</c>

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:05.039
And<00:31:00.799><c> I</c><00:31:00.960><c> want</c><00:31:01.119><c> to</c><00:31:01.380><c> quote</c><00:31:01.799><c> again</c><00:31:02.519><c> from</c><00:31:02.960><c> this</c><00:31:03.359><c> New</c><00:31:03.579><c> Testament</c><00:31:04.079><c> words</c><00:31:04.460><c> because</c><00:31:04.880><c> I</c>

00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:07.819
think<00:31:05.339><c> that</c><00:31:05.559><c> Dr.</c><00:31:06.099><c> Barkley</c><00:31:06.299><c> explains</c><00:31:06.819><c> it</c>

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:13.079
much<00:31:08.299><c> more</c><00:31:08.640><c> clearly</c><00:31:08.819><c> than</c><00:31:09.039><c> I</c><00:31:09.420><c> could</c><00:31:09.640><c> and</c><00:31:10.000><c> much</c><00:31:10.279><c> more</c><00:31:10.660><c> concisely</c><00:31:11.559><c> than</c><00:31:11.779><c> I</c><00:31:12.180><c> could.</c>

00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:20.259
He<00:31:15.400><c> says,</c><00:31:17.059><c> Agape</c><00:31:17.400><c> has</c><00:31:17.980><c> to</c><00:31:18.240><c> do</c><00:31:18.440><c> with</c><00:31:18.819><c> the</c><00:31:19.079><c> mind.</c>

00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:25.299
It<00:31:21.640><c> is</c><00:31:21.880><c> not</c><00:31:22.079><c> simply</c><00:31:22.539><c> an</c><00:31:22.839><c> emotion</c><00:31:23.480><c> which</c><00:31:23.880><c> rises</c><00:31:24.440><c> unbidden</c><00:31:25.039><c> in</c>

00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:26.460
our<00:31:25.559><c> hearts.</c>

00:31:26.859 --> 00:31:31.039
It<00:31:27.019><c> is</c><00:31:27.240><c> a</c><00:31:27.440><c> principle</c><00:31:28.079><c> by</c><00:31:28.579><c> which</c><00:31:28.839><c> we</c><00:31:29.220><c> deliberately</c><00:31:29.839><c> love.</c>

00:31:31.839 --> 00:31:34.839
Agape<00:31:32.259><c> has</c><00:31:32.740><c> supremely</c><00:31:33.359><c> to</c><00:31:33.500><c> do</c><00:31:33.640><c> with</c><00:31:33.880><c> the</c><00:31:34.019><c> will.</c>

00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:38.940
It<00:31:35.779><c> is</c><00:31:36.059><c> a</c><00:31:36.200><c> conquest,</c><00:31:37.039><c> a</c><00:31:37.140><c> victory</c><00:31:37.619><c> and</c><00:31:38.140><c> achievement.</c>

00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:43.980
No<00:31:40.140><c> one</c><00:31:40.579><c> ever</c><00:31:41.359><c> naturally</c><00:31:42.319><c> loved</c><00:31:42.720><c> his</c><00:31:43.039><c> enemies.</c>

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:50.519
To<00:31:45.140><c> love</c><00:31:45.299><c> one's</c><00:31:45.779><c> enemies</c><00:31:46.099><c> is</c><00:31:46.339><c> a</c><00:31:46.519><c> conquest</c><00:31:47.039><c> of</c><00:31:47.299><c> all</c><00:31:47.539><c> our</c><00:31:47.839><c> natural</c><00:31:48.200><c> inclinations</c><00:31:48.960><c> and</c><00:31:49.259><c> emotions.</c>

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:56.859
This<00:31:51.940><c> Agape,</c><00:31:52.839><c> this</c><00:31:53.180><c> Christian</c><00:31:53.640><c> love</c><00:31:53.980><c> is</c><00:31:54.160><c> not</c><00:31:54.519><c> merely</c><00:31:54.799><c> an</c><00:31:55.059><c> emotional</c><00:31:55.460><c> experience</c><00:31:56.059><c> which</c><00:31:56.339><c> comes</c><00:31:56.619><c> to</c>

00:31:56.859 --> 00:31:59.240
us<00:31:57.160><c> unbidden</c><00:31:57.619><c> and</c><00:31:58.039><c> unsought.</c>

00:31:59.480 --> 00:32:04.960
It<00:31:59.720><c> is</c><00:31:59.960><c> a</c><00:32:00.200><c> deliberate</c><00:32:00.660><c> principle</c><00:32:01.220><c> of</c><00:32:01.440><c> the</c><00:32:01.680><c> mind</c><00:32:02.160><c> and</c><00:32:02.559><c> a</c><00:32:02.799><c> deliberate</c><00:32:03.240><c> conquest</c><00:32:03.920><c> and</c><00:32:04.279><c> achievement</c><00:32:04.660><c> of</c>

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:06.059
the<00:32:05.160><c> will.</c>

00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:14.079
It<00:32:07.119><c> is</c><00:32:07.680><c> in</c><00:32:08.000><c> fact</c><00:32:08.619><c> the</c><00:32:09.359><c> power</c><00:32:09.779><c> to</c><00:32:10.099><c> love</c><00:32:10.380><c> the</c><00:32:10.799><c> unlovable,</c><00:32:12.900><c> to</c><00:32:13.019><c> love</c><00:32:13.299><c> people</c><00:32:13.759><c> whom</c><00:32:13.940><c> we</c>

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:16.500
do<00:32:14.319><c> not</c><00:32:14.619><c> like.</c>

00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:19.759
Christianity<00:32:17.240><c> does</c><00:32:17.740><c> not</c><00:32:17.960><c> ask</c><00:32:18.339><c> us</c><00:32:18.599><c> to</c><00:32:18.799><c> love</c><00:32:18.980><c> our</c><00:32:19.220><c> enemies</c><00:32:19.500><c> and</c>

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:20.940
to<00:32:19.880><c> love</c><00:32:20.079><c> men</c><00:32:20.319><c> at</c><00:32:20.619><c> large</c>

00:32:20.940 --> 00:32:23.859
in<00:32:21.220><c> the</c><00:32:21.420><c> same</c><00:32:21.660><c> way</c><00:32:21.940><c> that</c><00:32:22.160><c> we</c><00:32:22.319><c> love</c><00:32:22.519><c> our</c><00:32:22.799><c> nearest</c><00:32:23.160><c> and</c><00:32:23.460><c> dearest</c>

00:32:23.859 --> 00:32:26.200
and<00:32:24.079><c> those</c><00:32:24.299><c> who</c><00:32:24.480><c> are</c><00:32:24.700><c> closest</c><00:32:24.980><c> to</c><00:32:25.299><c> us.</c>

00:32:26.400 --> 00:32:30.380
That<00:32:26.819><c> would</c><00:32:27.200><c> be</c><00:32:27.539><c> at</c><00:32:27.700><c> one</c><00:32:27.880><c> and</c><00:32:28.039><c> the</c><00:32:28.180><c> same</c><00:32:28.420><c> time</c><00:32:28.779><c> impossible</c><00:32:29.460><c> and</c><00:32:29.900><c> wrong.</c>

00:32:30.380 --> 00:32:35.039
But<00:32:31.299><c> it</c><00:32:31.500><c> does</c><00:32:31.799><c> demand</c><00:32:32.500><c> that</c><00:32:32.839><c> we</c><00:32:33.119><c> should</c><00:32:33.299><c> have</c><00:32:33.500><c> at</c><00:32:33.680><c> all</c><00:32:33.960><c> times</c><00:32:34.500><c> a</c>

00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:36.640
certain<00:32:35.420><c> attitude</c><00:32:35.980><c> of</c><00:32:36.299><c> mind</c>

00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:40.359
and<00:32:36.940><c> a</c><00:32:37.119><c> certain</c><00:32:37.400><c> direction</c><00:32:37.900><c> of</c><00:32:38.200><c> the</c><00:32:38.380><c> will</c><00:32:38.859><c> towards</c><00:32:39.680><c> all</c><00:32:40.099><c> men</c>

00:32:40.359 --> 00:32:42.859
no<00:32:40.559><c> matter</c><00:32:40.880><c> who</c><00:32:41.160><c> they</c><00:32:41.519><c> are.</c>

00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:45.799
What<00:32:43.880><c> then</c><00:32:44.160><c> is</c><00:32:44.359><c> the</c><00:32:44.500><c> meaning</c><00:32:44.759><c> of</c><00:32:45.099><c> this</c><00:32:45.339><c> Agape?</c>

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:50.220
The<00:32:46.500><c> supreme</c><00:32:46.940><c> passage</c><00:32:47.460><c> for</c><00:32:47.740><c> the</c><00:32:48.039><c> interpretation</c><00:32:48.880><c> of</c><00:32:49.640><c> the</c><00:32:49.779><c> meaning</c><00:32:49.960><c> of</c>

00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:54.359
Agape<00:32:50.519><c> is</c><00:32:50.740><c> Matthew</c><00:32:51.099><c> 5</c><00:32:51.720><c> verses</c><00:32:52.140><c> 43</c><00:32:52.740><c> to</c><00:32:53.079><c> 48.</c>

00:32:55.140 --> 00:32:59.019
There<00:32:55.740><c> we</c><00:32:56.160><c> are</c><00:32:56.500><c> bidden</c><00:32:56.900><c> to</c><00:32:57.500><c> love</c><00:32:57.779><c> our</c><00:32:58.079><c> enemies.</c>

00:32:59.279 --> 00:33:04.339
Why?<00:33:00.980><c> In</c><00:33:01.140><c> order</c><00:33:01.460><c> that</c><00:33:01.740><c> we</c><00:33:01.960><c> should</c><00:33:02.200><c> be</c><00:33:02.539><c> like</c><00:33:03.019><c> God.</c>

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:08.200
And<00:33:04.859><c> what</c><00:33:05.099><c> is</c><00:33:05.299><c> the</c><00:33:05.460><c> typical</c><00:33:05.779><c> action</c><00:33:06.220><c> of</c><00:33:06.460><c> God</c><00:33:06.700><c> that</c><00:33:07.000><c> is</c><00:33:07.279><c> cited?</c>

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:12.720
God<00:33:09.059><c> sends</c><00:33:09.380><c> his</c><00:33:09.680><c> reign</c><00:33:09.900><c> on</c><00:33:10.119><c> the</c><00:33:10.339><c> just</c><00:33:10.519><c> and</c><00:33:10.839><c> the</c><00:33:11.099><c> unjust</c><00:33:11.680><c> and</c><00:33:12.480><c> on</c>

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the<00:33:12.940><c> evil</c><00:33:13.140><c> and</c><00:33:13.400><c> the</c><00:33:13.619><c> good.</c>

00:33:14.619 --> 00:33:20.220
That<00:33:14.880><c> is</c><00:33:15.079><c> to</c><00:33:15.359><c> say,</c><00:33:15.740><c> no</c><00:33:15.980><c> matter</c><00:33:16.279><c> what</c><00:33:16.559><c> a</c><00:33:16.700><c> man</c><00:33:16.880><c> is</c><00:33:17.200><c> like,</c><00:33:18.140><c> God</c><00:33:18.519><c> seeks</c><00:33:18.900><c> nothing</c><00:33:19.420><c> but</c>

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:22.059
his<00:33:20.640><c> highest</c><00:33:21.039><c> good.</c>

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:28.019
Let<00:33:24.660><c> a</c><00:33:24.920><c> man</c><00:33:25.079><c> be</c><00:33:25.319><c> a</c><00:33:25.500><c> saint</c><00:33:25.880><c> or</c><00:33:26.299><c> let</c><00:33:26.519><c> a</c><00:33:26.680><c> man</c><00:33:26.900><c> be</c><00:33:27.160><c> a</c><00:33:27.319><c> sinner,</c><00:33:27.539><c> God's</c>

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:31.819
only<00:33:28.259><c> desire</c><00:33:28.799><c> is</c><00:33:29.019><c> for</c><00:33:29.299><c> that</c><00:33:29.579><c> man's</c><00:33:30.400><c> highest</c><00:33:30.799><c> good.</c>

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:35.700
Now<00:33:32.720><c> that</c><00:33:32.900><c> is</c><00:33:33.160><c> what</c><00:33:33.559><c> Agape</c><00:33:33.960><c> is.</c>

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:38.859
Agape<00:33:36.660><c> is</c><00:33:37.019><c> the</c><00:33:37.259><c> spirit</c><00:33:37.519><c> which</c><00:33:37.839><c> says,</c>

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:42.440
No<00:33:39.880><c> matter</c><00:33:40.140><c> what</c><00:33:40.440><c> any</c><00:33:40.660><c> man</c><00:33:40.799><c> does</c><00:33:41.079><c> to</c><00:33:41.299><c> me,</c><00:33:41.519><c> I</c><00:33:41.680><c> will</c><00:33:41.880><c> never</c><00:33:42.160><c> seek</c>

00:33:42.440 --> 00:33:43.839
to<00:33:42.660><c> do</c><00:33:42.819><c> harm</c><00:33:43.059><c> to</c><00:33:43.259><c> him.</c>

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:46.680
I<00:33:44.660><c> will</c><00:33:44.940><c> never</c><00:33:45.240><c> set</c><00:33:45.420><c> out</c><00:33:45.640><c> for</c><00:33:45.940><c> revenge.</c>

00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:50.420
I<00:33:47.180><c> will</c><00:33:47.440><c> always</c><00:33:47.940><c> seek</c><00:33:48.220><c> nothing</c><00:33:48.740><c> but</c><00:33:49.099><c> his</c><00:33:49.519><c> highest</c><00:33:49.940><c> good.</c>

00:33:50.420 --> 00:33:56.059
That<00:33:51.680><c> is</c><00:33:51.960><c> to</c><00:33:52.160><c> say,</c><00:33:52.779><c> Christian</c><00:33:53.160><c> love</c><00:33:53.720><c> Agape</c><00:33:54.240><c> is</c><00:33:55.019><c> unconquerable</c>

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:59.759
benevolence,<00:33:57.579><c> invincible</c><00:33:58.119><c> good</c><00:33:58.759><c> will.</c>

00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:03.799
It<00:34:00.359><c> is</c><00:34:00.619><c> not</c><00:34:01.039><c> simply</c><00:34:01.900><c> a</c><00:34:02.200><c> wave</c><00:34:02.440><c> of</c><00:34:02.700><c> emotion.</c>

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:08.159
It<00:34:04.680><c> is</c><00:34:04.940><c> a</c><00:34:05.079><c> deliberate</c><00:34:05.539><c> conviction</c><00:34:06.240><c> of</c><00:34:06.519><c> the</c><00:34:06.740><c> mind</c><00:34:07.259><c> issuing</c><00:34:07.779><c> in</c>

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:10.519
a<00:34:08.300><c> deliberate</c><00:34:08.780><c> policy</c><00:34:09.320><c> of</c><00:34:09.599><c> life.</c>

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:14.380
It<00:34:11.039><c> is</c><00:34:11.320><c> a</c><00:34:11.360><c> deliberate</c><00:34:11.900><c> achievement</c><00:34:12.679><c> and</c><00:34:13.039><c> conquest</c><00:34:13.599><c> and</c><00:34:13.820><c> victory</c><00:34:14.079><c> of</c>

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:15.400
the<00:34:14.579><c> will.</c>

00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:19.820
It<00:34:16.119><c> takes</c><00:34:16.519><c> all</c><00:34:16.900><c> of</c><00:34:17.099><c> a</c><00:34:17.260><c> man</c><00:34:17.780><c> to</c><00:34:18.420><c> achieve</c><00:34:18.760><c> Christian</c><00:34:19.300><c> love.</c>

00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:25.659
It<00:34:20.039><c> takes</c><00:34:20.380><c> not</c><00:34:20.639><c> only</c><00:34:21.079><c> his</c><00:34:21.519><c> heart,</c><00:34:22.639><c> it</c><00:34:22.840><c> takes</c><00:34:23.199><c> his</c><00:34:23.460><c> mind</c><00:34:23.860><c> and</c><00:34:24.219><c> will</c><00:34:24.380><c> as</c><00:34:24.679><c> well.</c>

00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:30.320
Then<00:34:27.099><c> he</c><00:34:27.239><c> goes</c><00:34:27.440><c> on</c><00:34:27.679><c> to</c><00:34:27.900><c> say</c><00:34:28.119><c> that</c><00:34:28.380><c> such</c><00:34:28.579><c> an</c><00:34:28.860><c> achievement</c><00:34:29.340><c> must</c>

00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:33.059
be<00:34:30.880><c> a</c><00:34:31.179><c> product</c><00:34:31.679><c> of</c><00:34:32.139><c> the</c><00:34:32.420><c> spirit,</c>

00:34:33.460 --> 00:34:37.380
not<00:34:33.860><c> being</c><00:34:34.239><c> possible</c><00:34:34.719><c> for</c><00:34:34.940><c> the</c><00:34:35.099><c> natural</c><00:34:35.619><c> man</c><00:34:36.179><c> and</c><00:34:36.699><c> adds,</c>

00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:47.840
Practically<00:34:38.719><c> he</c><00:34:39.000><c> cannot</c><00:34:39.860><c> live</c><00:34:40.260><c> it</c><00:34:41.599><c> until</c><00:34:44.559><c> Christ</c><00:34:45.579><c> lives</c><00:34:46.260><c> in</c><00:34:46.739><c> him.</c>

00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:58.260
So<00:34:50.679><c> you</c><00:34:51.000><c> see,</c><00:34:52.539><c> when</c><00:34:52.739><c> we</c><00:34:53.099><c> said</c><00:34:53.579><c> there</c><00:34:54.719><c> is</c><00:34:55.139><c> a</c><00:34:55.460><c> question</c><00:34:55.840><c> of</c><00:34:56.139><c> Christ</c><00:34:56.679><c> living</c><00:34:57.179><c> in</c><00:34:57.679><c> us</c>

00:34:58.260 --> 00:35:01.780
as<00:34:58.780><c> well</c><00:34:59.019><c> as</c><00:34:59.199><c> us</c><00:34:59.480><c> being</c><00:34:59.920><c> in</c><00:35:00.559><c> Christ,</c>

00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:06.440
according<00:35:03.139><c> to</c><00:35:03.460><c> what</c><00:35:03.699><c> Dr.</c><00:35:04.320><c> Barclay</c><00:35:04.460><c> says,</c><00:35:05.079><c> it</c><00:35:05.099><c> is</c><00:35:05.380><c> a</c><00:35:05.460><c> case</c><00:35:05.820><c> of</c>

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:13.519
Christ<00:35:07.019><c> living</c><00:35:07.539><c> in</c><00:35:07.980><c> us</c><00:35:08.260><c> before</c><00:35:08.920><c> we</c><00:35:09.380><c> can</c><00:35:10.460><c> cultivate</c><00:35:11.559><c> that</c><00:35:12.880><c> love</c>

00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:19.199
which<00:35:14.079><c> is</c><00:35:14.659><c> like</c><00:35:15.239><c> the</c><00:35:15.800><c> love</c><00:35:15.980><c> of</c><00:35:16.260><c> God</c><00:35:16.719><c> in</c><00:35:17.559><c> his</c><00:35:17.860><c> treatment</c><00:35:18.480><c> of,</c>

00:35:19.199 --> 00:35:21.400
well,<00:35:20.380><c> the</c><00:35:20.500><c> wicked.</c>

00:35:22.739 --> 00:35:25.719
It's<00:35:22.880><c> quite</c><00:35:23.159><c> a</c><00:35:23.340><c> long</c><00:35:23.480><c> quotation,</c><00:35:24.179><c> but</c><00:35:24.400><c> I</c><00:35:24.579><c> hope</c><00:35:24.780><c> it</c><00:35:25.099><c> explains</c>

00:35:25.719 --> 00:35:27.599
clearly<00:35:26.260><c> what</c><00:35:26.519><c> is</c><00:35:26.820><c> involved</c>

00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:33.260
much<00:35:28.480><c> better</c><00:35:30.340><c> than</c><00:35:30.579><c> I</c><00:35:30.840><c> could</c><00:35:31.079><c> do</c><00:35:31.340><c> it.</c>

00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:41.199
I<00:35:36.500><c> suppose</c><00:35:36.980><c> we</c><00:35:37.340><c> all</c><00:35:37.460><c> agree</c><00:35:37.920><c> we've</c><00:35:38.340><c> got</c><00:35:38.460><c> a</c><00:35:38.619><c> long</c><00:35:38.840><c> way</c><00:35:39.159><c> yet</c><00:35:39.500><c> to</c><00:35:39.739><c> go,</c>

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:46.559
but<00:35:41.739><c> if</c><00:35:41.960><c> we</c><00:35:42.219><c> have</c><00:35:42.480><c> a</c><00:35:42.820><c> clear</c><00:35:43.079><c> idea</c><00:35:43.760><c> of</c><00:35:43.940><c> what</c><00:35:44.159><c> it</c><00:35:44.380><c> is</c><00:35:44.519><c> we're</c><00:35:44.760><c> aiming</c><00:35:45.139><c> at,</c>

00:35:46.699 --> 00:35:50.280
at<00:35:46.840><c> least</c><00:35:47.360><c> we</c><00:35:48.539><c> can</c><00:35:48.780><c> make</c><00:35:49.079><c> progress.</c>

00:35:52.860 --> 00:35:59.960
We<00:35:53.780><c> have</c><00:35:54.579><c> considered</c><00:35:55.280><c> the</c><00:35:56.480><c> perfect,</c><00:35:57.619><c> the</c><00:35:57.960><c> eternal</c><00:35:58.440><c> love</c><00:35:58.699><c> of</c><00:35:59.000><c> God.</c>

00:36:01.119 --> 00:36:05.679
We<00:36:02.039><c> have</c><00:36:02.280><c> spoken</c><00:36:02.619><c> of</c><00:36:02.900><c> the</c><00:36:03.139><c> supreme</c><00:36:03.820><c> love</c><00:36:04.280><c> of</c><00:36:04.659><c> Christ.</c>

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:11.440
We<00:36:07.039><c> have</c><00:36:07.340><c> tried</c><00:36:07.579><c> to</c><00:36:07.960><c> show</c><00:36:08.500><c> the</c><00:36:09.079><c> love</c><00:36:09.480><c> that</c><00:36:09.719><c> we</c><00:36:09.980><c> should</c><00:36:10.219><c> have.</c>

00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:16.800
What<00:36:13.360><c> it</c><00:36:13.719><c> is</c><00:36:14.360><c> with</c><00:36:14.699><c> the</c><00:36:14.900><c> beautiful</c><00:36:15.320><c> epitome</c><00:36:15.900><c> of</c><00:36:16.179><c> the</c><00:36:16.360><c> 1st</c><00:36:16.639><c> of</c>

00:36:16.800 --> 00:36:19.059
Corinthians<00:36:17.320><c> 13</c>

00:36:19.719 --> 00:36:23.460
and<00:36:20.119><c> the</c><00:36:20.340><c> greater</c><00:36:20.599><c> love</c><00:36:21.079><c> that</c><00:36:21.519><c> we</c><00:36:21.800><c> can</c><00:36:22.139><c> develop,</c><00:36:23.019><c> the</c><00:36:23.099><c> greater</c>

00:36:23.460 --> 00:36:26.219
love<00:36:23.980><c> that</c><00:36:24.260><c> we</c><00:36:24.500><c> can</c><00:36:24.800><c> manifest,</c>

00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:30.039
the<00:36:26.440><c> more</c><00:36:27.139><c> like</c><00:36:27.519><c> God</c><00:36:28.019><c> we</c><00:36:28.380><c> will</c><00:36:28.699><c> become.</c>

00:36:32.219 --> 00:36:39.000
Perfect<00:36:33.019><c> love</c><00:36:33.820><c> covers</c><00:36:34.719><c> all</c><00:36:36.280><c> that</c><00:36:36.480><c> God</c><00:36:36.840><c> requires</c><00:36:37.400><c> of</c><00:36:37.639><c> us.</c>

00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:42.440
To<00:36:40.579><c> please</c><00:36:40.960><c> him.</c>

00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:50.840
It<00:36:43.480><c> is</c><00:36:43.820><c> the</c><00:36:44.340><c> final</c><00:36:44.860><c> achievement</c><00:36:45.679><c> because</c><00:36:47.719><c> it</c><00:36:48.039><c> is</c><00:36:48.780><c> what</c><00:36:49.300><c> God</c><00:36:49.579><c> is.</c>

00:36:52.019 --> 00:36:57.920
It<00:36:52.280><c> is</c><00:36:52.539><c> the</c><00:36:52.800><c> characteristic</c><00:36:53.579><c> which</c><00:36:54.659><c> unquestionably</c><00:36:56.239><c> will</c><00:36:57.360><c> bring</c><00:36:57.559><c> us</c>

00:36:57.920 --> 00:37:01.519
the<00:36:58.619><c> greatest</c><00:36:59.280><c> desire</c><00:37:00.199><c> of</c><00:37:00.639><c> our</c><00:37:00.960><c> hearts.</c>

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:11.780
It<00:37:02.760><c> is</c><00:37:04.239><c> God's</c><00:37:05.019><c> pleasure</c><00:37:05.400><c> to</c><00:37:06.039><c> give</c><00:37:06.219><c> us</c><00:37:07.360><c> a</c><00:37:08.460><c> place</c><00:37:08.820><c> in</c><00:37:09.139><c> his</c><00:37:09.460><c> kingdom</c><00:37:10.059><c> where</c>

00:37:11.780 --> 00:37:14.820
love<00:37:12.139><c> will</c><00:37:12.539><c> be</c><00:37:13.139><c> eternally.</c>

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Thank<00:37:31.860><c> you.</c>