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he's<00:10:13.379><c> going</c><00:10:13.480><c> to</c><00:10:13.679><c> give</c><00:10:13.759><c> us</c><00:10:14.059><c> over</c><00:10:14.299><c> to</c><00:10:14.480><c> a</c><00:10:14.700><c> reprobate</c><00:10:15.220><c> mind,</c>

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that<00:10:18.279><c> the</c><00:10:18.559><c> might</c><00:10:18.799><c> of</c><00:10:19.000><c> the</c><00:10:19.179><c> flesh</c><00:10:19.340><c> will</c><00:10:19.639><c> be</c><00:10:19.940><c> weighed</c><00:10:20.120><c> against</c>

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he<00:10:24.860><c> says,</c><00:10:25.139><c> I'm</c><00:10:25.240><c> going</c><00:10:25.340><c> to</c><00:10:25.440><c> give</c><00:10:25.559><c> you</c><00:10:25.799><c> over</c><00:10:26.080><c> to</c><00:10:26.240><c> an</c><00:10:26.519><c> imbalance</c>

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You're<00:10:30.039><c> not</c><00:10:30.159><c> going</c><00:10:30.299><c> to</c><00:10:30.480><c> overcome</c><00:10:30.820><c> then,</c><00:10:31.120><c> can</c><00:10:31.360><c> you?</c>

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But<00:10:33.480><c> you</c><00:10:33.659><c> see,</c><00:10:33.799><c> if</c><00:10:33.960><c> we</c><00:10:34.139><c> are</c><00:10:34.299><c> in</c><00:10:34.620><c> the</c><00:10:34.879><c> flesh,</c>

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if<00:10:35.460><c> we</c><00:10:35.600><c> are</c><00:10:35.679><c> in</c><00:10:35.840><c> the</c><00:10:36.100><c> spirit</c><00:10:36.340><c> and</c><00:10:36.539><c> our</c><00:10:36.779><c> minds</c><00:10:36.899><c> are</c><00:10:37.179><c> thinking</c>

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about<00:10:37.559><c> the</c><00:10:37.860><c> spirit</c><00:10:38.159><c> word,</c>

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it<00:10:39.360><c> doesn't</c><00:10:39.600><c> mean</c><00:10:39.779><c> the</c><00:10:40.059><c> battle</c><00:10:40.340><c> ceases,</c><00:10:40.960><c> does</c><00:10:41.159><c> it?</c>

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Are<00:10:42.100><c> we</c><00:10:42.200><c> going</c><00:10:42.279><c> to</c><00:10:42.440><c> see</c><00:10:42.639><c> why</c><00:10:43.039><c> that</c><00:10:43.279><c> the</c><00:10:43.460><c> words</c><00:10:43.620><c> actually</c><00:10:44.059><c> used</c><00:10:44.399><c> later</c>

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are<00:10:45.340><c> a</c><00:10:45.720><c> continuous</c><00:10:46.059><c> battle?</c>

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The<00:10:47.539><c> battle</c><00:10:47.799><c> doesn't</c><00:10:48.200><c> stop,</c>

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but<00:10:49.860><c> the</c><00:10:50.059><c> odds</c><00:10:50.340><c> are</c><00:10:50.539><c> just</c><00:10:50.840><c> starting</c><00:10:51.139><c> to</c><00:10:51.440><c> move</c><00:10:51.620><c> against</c><00:10:52.080><c> the</c><00:10:52.360><c> flesh</c>

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and<00:10:53.039><c> against</c><00:10:53.360><c> the</c><00:10:53.679><c> flesh</c><00:10:53.940><c> and</c><00:10:54.200><c> against</c><00:10:54.500><c> the</c><00:10:54.779><c> flesh</c>

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till<00:10:55.500><c> you</c><00:10:55.679><c> can</c><00:10:55.940><c> say</c><00:10:56.139><c> I've</c><00:10:56.440><c> run</c><00:10:56.559><c> a</c><00:10:56.740><c> good</c><00:10:56.899><c> course,</c>

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The<00:11:02.820><c> Lord</c><00:11:03.000><c> Jesus</c><00:11:03.419><c> Christ</c><00:11:03.820><c> says,</c>

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if<00:11:04.240><c> you</c><00:11:04.320><c> come</c><00:11:04.480><c> with</c><00:11:04.679><c> me</c><00:11:04.779><c> to</c><00:11:04.940><c> John</c><00:11:05.220><c> chapter</c><00:11:05.539><c> 10</c><00:11:05.799><c> at</c><00:11:06.019><c> verse</c><00:11:06.279><c> 28,</c>

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the<00:11:08.460><c> Lord</c><00:11:08.639><c> Jesus</c><00:11:09.000><c> Christ</c><00:11:09.220><c> says</c><00:11:09.320><c> some</c><00:11:09.519><c> beautiful</c><00:11:09.940><c> words</c><00:11:10.220><c> here</c>

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which<00:11:10.539><c> are</c><00:11:10.820><c> really</c><00:11:11.100><c> consoling</c>

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You<00:11:16.460><c> see,</c><00:11:16.779><c> we've</c><00:11:17.080><c> got</c><00:11:17.139><c> to</c><00:11:17.340><c> understand</c><00:11:17.700><c> the</c><00:11:17.940><c> greatness</c><00:11:18.179><c> of</c><00:11:18.480><c> God.</c>

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When<00:11:18.899><c> God</c><00:11:19.179><c> is</c><00:11:19.460><c> magnified,</c><00:11:20.620><c> flesh</c><00:11:20.700><c> is</c><00:11:20.960><c> subdued,</c><00:11:21.460><c> isn't</c><00:11:21.779><c> it?</c>

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Every<00:11:23.440><c> time.</c>

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To<00:11:24.779><c> whom</c><00:11:24.960><c> are</c><00:11:25.139><c> we</c><00:11:25.379><c> ascribing</c><00:11:25.779><c> might</c><00:11:26.100><c> in</c><00:11:26.340><c> our</c><00:11:26.539><c> lives?</c>

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Who<00:11:28.179><c> is</c><00:11:28.480><c> our</c><00:11:28.659><c> God,</c><00:11:29.320><c> flesh</c><00:11:29.740><c> or</c><00:11:30.679><c> Yahweh?</c>

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We<00:11:32.460><c> will</c><00:11:32.659><c> worship</c><00:11:33.100><c> one</c><00:11:33.460><c> God</c><00:11:33.659><c> or</c><00:11:33.840><c> the</c><00:11:34.019><c> other,</c><00:11:34.200><c> won't</c><00:11:34.399><c> we?</c>

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And<00:11:34.820><c> we</c><00:11:34.940><c> will</c><00:11:35.120><c> assign</c><00:11:35.460><c> that</c><00:11:35.840><c> God</c><00:11:36.159><c> power</c><00:11:36.519><c> or</c><00:11:36.799><c> might.</c>

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But<00:11:37.960><c> Jesus</c><00:11:38.340><c> says</c><00:11:38.840><c> in</c><00:11:39.100><c> John</c><00:11:40.460><c> 10</c><00:11:40.799><c> verse</c><00:11:41.019><c> 28,</c>

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I<00:11:42.779><c> give</c><00:11:43.360><c> unto</c><00:11:43.720><c> them</c><00:11:43.919><c> eternal</c><00:11:44.299><c> life.</c>

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There's<00:11:45.820><c> a</c><00:11:45.899><c> free</c><00:11:46.159><c> gift.</c>

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It's<00:11:48.279><c> not</c><00:11:48.379><c> by</c><00:11:48.679><c> works,</c>

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just<00:11:49.559><c> any</c><00:11:49.779><c> man</c><00:11:49.940><c> should</c><00:11:50.220><c> boast.</c>

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There's<00:11:54.740><c> eternity.</c>

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Remember<00:11:59.700><c> what</c><00:11:59.860><c> we</c><00:12:00.039><c> said</c><00:12:00.299><c> about</c><00:12:00.559><c> the</c><00:12:00.820><c> Word.</c>

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If<00:12:01.120><c> you</c><00:12:01.440><c> keep</c><00:12:01.720><c> the</c><00:12:02.080><c> Word,</c><00:12:02.679><c> you're</c><00:12:02.980><c> holding</c><00:12:03.200><c> it</c><00:12:03.519><c> tight.</c>

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you<00:12:05.539><c> don't</c><00:12:05.740><c> hold</c><00:12:05.919><c> them</c><00:12:06.179><c> loosely,</c><00:12:06.620><c> do</c><00:12:06.840><c> you?</c>

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If<00:12:07.720><c> you</c><00:12:07.820><c> want</c><00:12:07.960><c> to</c><00:12:08.080><c> keep</c><00:12:08.220><c> them,</c><00:12:08.320><c> you</c><00:12:08.519><c> hold</c><00:12:08.720><c> them.</c>

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And<00:12:09.899><c> Jesus</c><00:12:10.179><c> is</c><00:12:10.440><c> saying,</c><00:12:10.960><c> I</c><00:12:11.200><c> am</c><00:12:11.399><c> keeping</c><00:12:11.740><c> them,</c>

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Nobody.

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Because<00:12:20.759><c> my</c><00:12:21.259><c> Father</c><00:12:21.659><c> which</c><00:12:22.220><c> gave</c><00:12:22.799><c> them</c><00:12:23.059><c> to</c><00:12:23.360><c> me</c>

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is<00:12:25.440><c> greater</c><00:12:25.879><c> than</c><00:12:26.100><c> all.</c>

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And<00:12:28.960><c> that</c><00:12:29.279><c> might</c><00:12:29.539><c> is</c><00:12:29.799><c> greater</c><00:12:30.200><c> than</c><00:12:30.460><c> anything</c><00:12:30.799><c> else</c>

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that<00:12:31.360><c> this</c><00:12:31.600><c> world</c><00:12:31.779><c> can</c><00:12:32.139><c> throw.</c>

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And<00:12:34.179><c> no</c><00:12:34.360><c> man</c><00:12:34.539><c> is</c><00:12:34.740><c> able</c><00:12:34.940><c> to</c><00:12:35.200><c> pluck</c><00:12:35.320><c> them</c><00:12:35.539><c> out</c><00:12:35.840><c> of</c><00:12:36.840><c> my</c><00:12:37.259><c> Father's</c><00:12:37.860><c> hand.</c>

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Now<00:12:39.379><c> we</c><00:12:39.539><c> have</c><00:12:39.700><c> just</c><00:12:39.940><c> heard</c><00:12:40.019><c> Jesus</c><00:12:40.399><c> say</c>

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that<00:12:40.860><c> they</c><00:12:41.059><c> are</c><00:12:41.179><c> in</c><00:12:41.399><c> His</c><00:12:41.779><c> hand,</c>

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and<00:12:44.159><c> He</c><00:12:44.500><c> has</c><00:12:44.659><c> just</c><00:12:44.820><c> said,</c>

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nobody<00:12:45.840><c> is</c><00:12:46.019><c> able</c><00:12:46.259><c> to</c><00:12:46.460><c> pluck</c><00:12:46.559><c> them</c><00:12:46.720><c> out</c><00:12:46.879><c> of</c><00:12:47.019><c> my</c><00:12:47.220><c> Father's</c><00:12:47.700><c> hand.</c>

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We<00:12:50.980><c> are</c><00:12:51.179><c> in</c><00:12:52.399><c> those</c><00:12:53.360><c> hands.</c>

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because<00:12:57.980><c> He</c><00:12:58.100><c> says</c><00:12:58.320><c> it</c><00:12:58.679><c> in</c><00:12:58.799><c> the</c><00:12:58.879><c> next</c><00:12:59.159><c> verse,</c>

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One<00:13:04.720><c> hand</c><00:13:05.039><c> from</c><00:13:05.340><c> Christ,</c><00:13:06.419><c> one</c><00:13:06.639><c> hand</c><00:13:06.860><c> from</c><00:13:07.100><c> God,</c>

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Who<00:13:37.960><c> are</c><00:13:38.840><c> we</c><00:13:39.019><c> assigning</c><00:13:39.379><c> that</c><00:13:39.759><c> power</c><00:13:40.059><c> and</c><00:13:40.480><c> that</c><00:13:40.820><c> position</c>

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now<00:13:48.960><c> about</c><00:13:49.240><c> the</c><00:13:49.460><c> victory</c><00:13:49.840><c> of</c><00:13:50.120><c> faith.</c>

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whosoever<00:13:56.279><c> believeth</c><00:13:56.700><c> that</c><00:13:56.940><c> Jesus</c><00:13:57.539><c> is</c><00:13:58.200><c> the</c><00:13:58.440><c> Christ,</c>

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is<00:13:59.100><c> begotten</c><00:13:59.519><c> of</c><00:13:59.720><c> God,</c>

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and<00:14:00.980><c> every</c><00:14:01.179><c> one</c><00:14:01.340><c> that</c><00:14:01.620><c> loveth</c><00:14:01.879><c> him</c><00:14:02.240><c> also</c><00:14:04.639><c> that</c><00:14:05.240><c> is</c><00:14:05.460><c> begotten</c>

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of<00:14:06.200><c> him.</c>

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By<00:14:07.879><c> this</c><00:14:08.100><c> we</c><00:14:08.279><c> know</c><00:14:08.419><c> that</c><00:14:08.580><c> we</c><00:14:08.759><c> love</c><00:14:08.919><c> the</c><00:14:09.159><c> children</c><00:14:09.399><c> of</c><00:14:09.580><c> God</c>

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You<00:14:14.460><c> see,</c><00:14:14.639><c> the</c><00:14:14.720><c> full</c><00:14:14.960><c> belief</c><00:14:15.320><c> in</c><00:14:15.500><c> the</c><00:14:15.759><c> anointed</c><00:14:16.139><c> of</c><00:14:16.440><c> God</c>

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confers<00:14:20.659><c> true</c><00:14:20.960><c> begettal,</c><00:14:21.440><c> doesn't</c><00:14:21.679><c> it?</c>

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We<00:14:23.200><c> remember</c><00:14:23.480><c> that</c><00:14:23.740><c> Christ</c><00:14:24.059><c> had</c><00:14:24.259><c> to</c><00:14:24.460><c> be</c><00:14:24.620><c> the</c><00:14:24.960><c> beginning</c><00:14:25.279><c> of</c><00:14:25.620><c> faith</c>

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So<00:14:28.779><c> He</c><00:14:28.860><c> had</c><00:14:28.980><c> to</c><00:14:29.120><c> be</c><00:14:29.259><c> the</c><00:14:29.539><c> beginning</c><00:14:30.059><c> of</c><00:14:31.120><c> all</c><00:14:31.360><c> true</c><00:14:31.580><c> faith,</c><00:14:31.919><c> didn't</c><00:14:32.179><c> He?</c>

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So<00:14:33.500><c> then</c><00:14:33.740><c> belief,</c><00:14:34.759><c> which</c><00:14:34.899><c> is</c><00:14:35.200><c> faith</c><00:14:35.460><c> in</c><00:14:35.679><c> action,</c><00:14:36.120><c> isn't</c><00:14:36.120><c> it,</c>

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in<00:14:37.340><c> that</c><00:14:37.580><c> Lord</c><00:14:37.740><c> Jesus</c><00:14:38.120><c> Christ</c><00:14:38.460><c> is</c><00:14:38.779><c> the</c><00:14:39.159><c> first</c><00:14:39.539><c> step</c>

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on<00:14:40.360><c> that</c><00:14:40.620><c> path</c><00:14:41.279><c> of</c><00:14:41.539><c> begettal</c><00:14:42.080><c> of</c><00:14:42.240><c> the</c><00:14:42.440><c> sons</c><00:14:42.639><c> of</c><00:14:42.820><c> God.</c>

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You<00:14:45.179><c> see,</c><00:14:45.320><c> the</c><00:14:45.480><c> confession</c><00:14:45.820><c> of</c><00:14:46.000><c> Peter's</c><00:14:46.440><c> faith</c><00:14:46.600><c> at</c><00:14:46.779><c> this</c><00:14:47.039><c> time</c>

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thou<00:14:52.220><c> art</c><00:14:52.740><c> that</c><00:14:53.200><c> Christ,</c><00:14:54.120><c> the</c><00:14:54.419><c> Son</c><00:14:54.679><c> of</c><00:14:54.860><c> the</c><00:14:55.019><c> living</c><00:14:55.279><c> God,</c>

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they<00:14:58.600><c> were</c><00:14:58.899><c> still</c><00:14:59.179><c> ringing</c><00:14:59.419><c> in</c><00:14:59.600><c> his</c><00:14:59.820><c> ears</c>

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that<00:15:08.460><c> begettal</c><00:15:08.919><c> of</c><00:15:09.080><c> God's</c><00:15:09.580><c> sons?</c>

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as<00:15:16.360><c> many</c><00:15:16.740><c> as</c><00:15:17.120><c> received</c><00:15:17.659><c> Him,</c>

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but<00:15:20.440><c> as</c><00:15:20.620><c> many</c><00:15:20.740><c> as</c><00:15:20.980><c> received</c><00:15:21.399><c> Him,</c>

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to<00:15:22.919><c> them</c><00:15:23.139><c> gave</c><00:15:23.519><c> He</c><00:15:23.799><c> power</c><00:15:24.179><c> to</c><00:15:24.500><c> become</c><00:15:25.200><c> the</c><00:15:26.100><c> sons</c><00:15:26.480><c> of</c><00:15:26.720><c> God,</c>

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and<00:15:49.620><c> we</c><00:15:49.820><c> beheld</c><00:15:50.220><c> His</c><00:15:50.500><c> glory,</c>

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full<00:15:53.639><c> of</c><00:15:53.899><c> grace</c><00:15:54.500><c> and</c><00:15:54.860><c> truth.</c>

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It's<00:16:13.600><c> in</c><00:16:13.759><c> many</c><00:16:14.000><c> ways</c><00:16:14.299><c> easy</c><00:16:14.759><c> to</c><00:16:15.059><c> love</c><00:16:15.299><c> the</c><00:16:15.480><c> Lord</c><00:16:15.659><c> Jesus</c><00:16:15.980><c> Christ</c>

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A<00:16:43.259><c> pure</c><00:16:43.500><c> heart?</c>

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Can<00:16:44.860><c> we</c><00:16:45.100><c> really</c><00:16:45.419><c> say</c><00:16:45.620><c> that</c><00:16:45.779><c> of</c><00:16:45.940><c> ourselves?</c>

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Being<00:16:47.340><c> begotten</c><00:16:47.879><c> again,</c><00:16:48.159><c> not</c><00:16:48.480><c> of</c><00:16:49.100><c> corruptible</c><00:16:49.740><c> seed,</c>

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but<00:16:50.120><c> of</c><00:16:50.399><c> incorruptible</c><00:16:51.259><c> by</c><00:16:51.799><c> the</c><00:16:52.059><c> Word</c><00:16:52.200><c> of</c><00:16:52.440><c> God,</c>

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which<00:16:53.139><c> liveth</c><00:16:53.480><c> and</c><00:16:53.799><c> abideth</c><00:16:54.200><c> forever.</c>

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Peter<00:16:55.399><c> understood</c><00:16:55.980><c> then</c><00:16:56.340><c> that</c><00:16:56.820><c> if</c><00:16:57.039><c> we</c><00:16:57.179><c> are</c><00:16:57.399><c> truly</c><00:16:57.679><c> to</c><00:16:57.899><c> be</c><00:16:58.139><c> begotten</c><00:16:58.559><c> by</c><00:16:58.899><c> God,</c>

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our<00:17:00.100><c> love</c><00:17:00.279><c> to</c><00:17:00.360><c> our</c><00:17:00.519><c> brethren</c><00:17:00.659><c> and</c><00:17:00.899><c> sisters</c><00:17:01.240><c> has</c><00:17:01.580><c> to</c><00:17:01.779><c> be</c><00:17:01.980><c> unfeigned.</c>

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What<00:17:03.779><c> else</c><00:17:04.059><c> had</c><00:17:04.200><c> we</c><00:17:04.440><c> just</c><00:17:04.740><c> read</c><00:17:04.940><c> off</c><00:17:05.359><c> in</c><00:17:05.660><c> one</c><00:17:05.799><c> of</c><00:17:05.940><c> the</c><00:17:06.079><c> other</c><00:17:06.259><c> talks</c>

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about<00:17:08.279><c> unfeigned?</c>

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It<00:17:09.220><c> was</c><00:17:09.440><c> unfeigned</c><00:17:09.839><c> faith,</c><00:17:10.220><c> wasn't</c><00:17:10.420><c> it?</c>

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We<00:17:11.200><c> can</c><00:17:11.539><c> feign</c><00:17:11.660><c> our</c><00:17:11.940><c> faith,</c>

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and<00:17:13.799><c> even</c><00:17:14.000><c> the</c><00:17:14.240><c> actions</c><00:17:14.559><c> of</c><00:17:14.819><c> love</c><00:17:15.019><c> to</c><00:17:15.079><c> our</c><00:17:15.200><c> brethren</c><00:17:15.380><c> and</c><00:17:15.519><c> sisters</c>

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can<00:17:16.000><c> be</c><00:17:16.240><c> feigned,</c><00:17:16.640><c> can't</c><00:17:16.920><c> they?</c>

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It's<00:17:19.259><c> the</c><00:17:19.480><c> unfeigned</c><00:17:20.019><c> love,</c>

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that<00:17:20.660><c> love</c><00:17:20.920><c> which</c><00:17:21.160><c> is</c><00:17:21.460><c> really</c><00:17:21.819><c> transcendent</c><00:17:22.660><c> as</c><00:17:22.819><c> God</c><00:17:23.119><c> loved</c><00:17:23.359><c> us,</c>

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which<00:17:24.839><c> is</c><00:17:25.019><c> the</c><00:17:25.160><c> true</c><00:17:25.359><c> love</c><00:17:25.759><c> which</c><00:17:26.140><c> overcomes.</c>

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And<00:17:28.839><c> this</c><00:17:28.980><c> is</c><00:17:29.180><c> our</c><00:17:29.380><c> test</c><00:17:29.619><c> for</c><00:17:29.880><c> our</c><00:17:30.019><c> love</c><00:17:30.140><c> for</c><00:17:30.299><c> our</c><00:17:30.480><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:17:30.859><c> sisters,</c>

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isn't<00:17:31.299><c> it,</c><00:17:31.480><c> in</c><00:17:31.660><c> verse</c><00:17:31.920><c> 2.</c>

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By<00:17:32.960><c> this</c><00:17:33.420><c> ye</c><00:17:33.720><c> know</c><00:17:34.119><c> that</c><00:17:34.880><c> ye</c><00:17:35.079><c> love</c><00:17:35.259><c> the</c><00:17:35.480><c> children</c><00:17:35.680><c> of</c><00:17:35.900><c> God,</c>

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when<00:17:36.380><c> we</c><00:17:36.599><c> love</c><00:17:36.819><c> God</c><00:17:37.279><c> and</c><00:17:37.980><c> keep</c><00:17:38.279><c> his</c><00:17:38.500><c> commandments.</c>

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You<00:17:40.319><c> see,</c><00:17:40.500><c> it's</c><00:17:40.759><c> not</c><00:17:40.980><c> merely</c><00:17:41.519><c> possible</c><00:17:42.160><c> for</c><00:17:42.380><c> us</c><00:17:42.640><c> to</c><00:17:43.119><c> state,</c>

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just<00:17:44.920><c> merely</c><00:17:45.259><c> state</c><00:17:45.740><c> that</c><00:17:45.980><c> I</c><00:17:46.180><c> have</c><00:17:46.420><c> faith,</c>

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that<00:17:48.220><c> we</c><00:17:48.420><c> love</c><00:17:48.619><c> God.</c>

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Our<00:17:49.940><c> love</c><00:17:50.099><c> is</c><00:17:50.299><c> shown</c><00:17:50.440><c> in</c><00:17:50.680><c> action,</c><00:17:51.039><c> isn't</c><00:17:51.160><c> it?</c>

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And<00:17:52.539><c> that's</c><00:17:52.660><c> what</c><00:17:52.759><c> he's</c><00:17:53.079><c> saying</c><00:17:53.140><c> is</c><00:17:53.299><c> the</c><00:17:53.460><c> true</c><00:17:53.700><c> test</c><00:17:53.960><c> of</c><00:17:54.200><c> faith.</c>

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You<00:17:55.920><c> see,</c><00:17:56.019><c> if</c><00:17:56.119><c> we</c><00:17:56.299><c> think</c><00:17:56.460><c> we</c><00:17:56.599><c> can</c><00:17:56.759><c> love</c><00:17:56.980><c> our</c><00:17:57.220><c> brother</c><00:17:57.440><c> or</c><00:17:57.660><c> sister</c><00:17:57.859><c> in</c><00:17:58.180><c> Christ</c>

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without<00:17:59.400><c> putting</c><00:17:59.980><c> the</c><00:18:00.680><c> Lord</c><00:18:00.900><c> Jesus</c><00:18:01.279><c> Christ</c><00:18:01.680><c> first</c>

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and<00:18:02.519><c> keeping</c><00:18:02.859><c> his</c><00:18:03.079><c> commandments,</c>

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we<00:18:04.119><c> are</c><00:18:04.359><c> doing</c><00:18:04.559><c> God</c><00:18:04.819><c> a</c><00:18:04.980><c> disservice.</c>

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And<00:18:05.940><c> this</c><00:18:06.160><c> comes</c><00:18:06.480><c> down</c><00:18:06.720><c> to</c><00:18:06.960><c> many</c><00:18:07.180><c> of</c><00:18:07.319><c> the</c><00:18:07.559><c> problems</c>

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that<00:18:07.960><c> we</c><00:18:08.099><c> have</c><00:18:08.200><c> in</c><00:18:08.380><c> the</c><00:18:08.519><c> Ecclesias.</c>

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When<00:18:10.059><c> we</c><00:18:10.319><c> have</c><00:18:10.440><c> a</c><00:18:10.700><c> problem</c><00:18:10.900><c> in</c><00:18:11.099><c> Ecclesia</c>

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with<00:18:11.920><c> certain</c><00:18:12.339><c> individuals</c><00:18:12.940><c> or</c><00:18:13.400><c> circumstances</c><00:18:14.019><c> or</c><00:18:14.339><c> difficulties,</c>

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we<00:18:16.259><c> can</c><00:18:16.539><c> say</c><00:18:16.720><c> that</c><00:18:16.940><c> we</c><00:18:17.099><c> love</c><00:18:17.359><c> the</c><00:18:17.579><c> brother</c><00:18:17.759><c> or</c><00:18:17.920><c> sister</c>

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and<00:18:18.220><c> want</c><00:18:18.339><c> to</c><00:18:18.680><c> solve</c><00:18:18.900><c> them,</c>

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but<00:18:19.619><c> we</c><00:18:19.859><c> are</c><00:18:19.960><c> doing</c><00:18:20.160><c> despite</c><00:18:20.759><c> to</c><00:18:21.019><c> the</c><00:18:21.240><c> spirit</c><00:18:21.420><c> of</c><00:18:21.740><c> grace</c>

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because<00:18:22.940><c> the</c><00:18:23.539><c> truth</c><00:18:23.859><c> doesn't</c><00:18:24.299><c> intervene.</c>

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And<00:18:25.859><c> Christ</c><00:18:26.220><c> is</c><00:18:26.460><c> not</c><00:18:26.599><c> put</c><00:18:26.880><c> first.</c>

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That<00:18:27.880><c> the</c><00:18:28.220><c> spirit</c><00:18:28.480><c> of</c><00:18:28.980><c> truth</c><00:18:29.400><c> pervades</c>

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in<00:18:30.720><c> dealing</c><00:18:30.920><c> with</c><00:18:31.160><c> that</c><00:18:31.359><c> problem.</c>

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And<00:18:33.299><c> that's</c><00:18:33.559><c> what</c><00:18:33.720><c> has</c><00:18:33.960><c> to</c><00:18:34.140><c> happen</c><00:18:34.259><c> in</c><00:18:34.500><c> our</c><00:18:34.720><c> Ecclesias,</c><00:18:35.259><c> doesn't</c><00:18:35.519><c> it?</c>

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By<00:18:37.079><c> putting</c><00:18:37.339><c> the</c><00:18:37.559><c> Lord</c><00:18:37.759><c> Jesus</c><00:18:38.240><c> Christ</c><00:18:38.960><c> first</c>

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and<00:18:39.880><c> keeping</c><00:18:40.140><c> his</c><00:18:40.420><c> commandments,</c>

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then<00:18:41.599><c> we</c><00:18:41.960><c> show</c><00:18:42.180><c> that</c><00:18:42.380><c> we</c><00:18:42.559><c> really</c><00:18:42.859><c> love</c><00:18:43.039><c> that</c><00:18:43.200><c> brother</c><00:18:43.500><c> or</c><00:18:43.599><c> sister</c>

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and<00:18:44.519><c> we</c><00:18:44.660><c> do</c><00:18:44.799><c> what</c><00:18:44.980><c> is</c><00:18:45.200><c> right</c><00:18:45.420><c> for</c><00:18:45.599><c> them</c><00:18:46.059><c> in</c><00:18:46.519><c> God's</c><00:18:47.500><c> eyes.</c>

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Verse<00:18:50.319><c> 3.</c>

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For<00:18:51.160><c> this</c><00:18:51.420><c> is</c><00:18:51.579><c> the</c><00:18:51.700><c> love</c><00:18:51.819><c> of</c><00:18:52.000><c> God</c><00:18:52.240><c> that</c><00:18:52.420><c> we</c><00:18:52.680><c> keep</c><00:18:52.819><c> his</c><00:18:53.079><c> commandments,</c>

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and<00:18:54.079><c> his</c><00:18:54.299><c> commandments</c><00:18:54.779><c> are</c><00:18:55.059><c> not</c><00:18:55.420><c> grievous.</c>

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That's<00:18:57.099><c> lovely,</c><00:18:57.480><c> isn't</c><00:18:57.579><c> it?</c>

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Because<00:18:59.359><c> grievousness</c><00:18:59.880><c> implies</c><00:19:00.460><c> that</c><00:19:00.759><c> which</c><00:19:01.000><c> is</c><00:19:01.460><c> weighing</c><00:19:01.799><c> down.</c>

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You<00:19:03.279><c> know,</c><00:19:03.400><c> the</c><00:19:03.500><c> world</c><00:19:03.900><c> pulls</c><00:19:04.380><c> us</c><00:19:04.700><c> down</c><00:19:04.900><c> all</c><00:19:05.259><c> the</c><00:19:05.440><c> time.</c>

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You<00:19:05.720><c> go</c><00:19:06.059><c> out</c><00:19:06.200><c> here</c><00:19:06.440><c> and</c><00:19:06.859><c> in</c><00:19:07.059><c> five</c><00:19:07.240><c> minutes</c>

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your<00:19:07.740><c> flesh</c><00:19:08.000><c> feels</c><00:19:08.279><c> pulled</c><00:19:08.720><c> down</c><00:19:08.920><c> by</c><00:19:09.180><c> the</c><00:19:09.339><c> things</c><00:19:09.519><c> of</c><00:19:09.680><c> the</c><00:19:09.779><c> world.</c>

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His<00:19:11.279><c> commandments,</c><00:19:11.900><c> when</c><00:19:12.019><c> you're</c><00:19:12.299><c> doing</c><00:19:12.519><c> them,</c>

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are<00:19:13.259><c> actually</c><00:19:14.059><c> bearing</c><00:19:14.599><c> up.</c>

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That<00:19:16.039><c> which</c><00:19:16.380><c> lifts</c><00:19:16.960><c> and</c><00:19:17.319><c> elevates</c><00:19:17.839><c> and</c><00:19:18.180><c> supports.</c>

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And<00:19:20.259><c> in</c><00:19:20.339><c> so</c><00:19:20.539><c> doing,</c><00:19:20.960><c> we</c><00:19:21.059><c> get</c><00:19:21.319><c> lifted</c><00:19:21.619><c> up.</c>

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Why<00:19:22.740><c> do</c><00:19:22.880><c> you</c><00:19:22.940><c> want</c><00:19:23.119><c> to</c><00:19:23.339><c> not</c><00:19:23.559><c> do</c><00:19:23.819><c> something</c><00:19:24.200><c> which</c><00:19:24.480><c> lifts</c><00:19:24.740><c> you</c><00:19:25.000><c> up?</c>

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It's<00:19:26.359><c> incongruous,</c><00:19:27.019><c> isn't</c><00:19:27.200><c> it?</c>

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The<00:19:30.660><c> love</c><00:19:30.839><c> of</c><00:19:31.079><c> God</c><00:19:31.460><c> is</c><00:19:32.619><c> the</c><00:19:33.720><c> keeping</c><00:19:34.180><c> of</c><00:19:34.720><c> his</c><00:19:34.839><c> commandments.</c>

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That's<00:19:35.839><c> what</c><00:19:35.920><c> he</c><00:19:36.160><c> said.</c>

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You<00:19:37.240><c> can</c><00:19:37.539><c> say</c><00:19:37.740><c> all</c><00:19:38.059><c> your</c><00:19:38.500><c> platitudes.</c>

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Oh,<00:19:39.680><c> we</c><00:19:39.819><c> in</c><00:19:39.900><c> the</c><00:19:40.140><c> truth</c><00:19:40.259><c> actually</c><00:19:40.599><c> love</c><00:19:40.900><c> God</c><00:19:41.180><c> and</c><00:19:41.339><c> we</c><00:19:41.519><c> know</c><00:19:41.740><c> God.</c>

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He<00:19:42.640><c> says,</c><00:19:43.039><c> just</c><00:19:43.599><c> don't</c><00:19:44.200><c> say</c><00:19:44.519><c> it.</c><00:19:45.440><c> Do</c><00:19:45.619><c> it.</c>

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Then<00:19:47.500><c> I</c><00:19:47.619><c> know</c><00:19:47.700><c> you</c><00:19:47.880><c> love</c><00:19:48.019><c> me.</c>

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Then<00:19:49.859><c> I</c><00:19:50.000><c> know</c><00:19:50.119><c> you</c><00:19:50.339><c> are</c><00:19:50.579><c> exalting</c><00:19:51.019><c> my</c><00:19:51.440><c> word</c><00:19:51.799><c> as</c><00:19:52.420><c> I</c><00:19:52.700><c> have</c><00:19:52.940><c> exalted</c><00:19:53.299><c> my</c><00:19:53.720><c> word.</c>

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And<00:19:54.720><c> the</c><00:19:54.859><c> word</c><00:19:54.980><c> is</c><00:19:55.180><c> dwelling</c><00:19:55.339><c> in</c><00:19:55.539><c> you</c><00:19:55.660><c> and</c><00:19:55.740><c> you</c><00:19:55.980><c> are</c><00:19:55.980><c> truly</c><00:19:56.160><c> begotten</c><00:19:56.579><c> of</c><00:19:56.720><c> me.</c>

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And<00:19:57.539><c> you</c><00:19:57.680><c> are</c><00:19:57.859><c> led</c><00:19:58.200><c> by</c><00:19:58.660><c> the</c><00:19:58.920><c> Spirit.</c>

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That's<00:20:00.039><c> the</c><00:20:00.200><c> process</c><00:20:00.500><c> that</c><00:20:00.720><c> God</c><00:20:00.920><c> is</c><00:20:01.160><c> wanting.</c>

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Have<00:20:03.539><c> a</c><00:20:03.640><c> look</c><00:20:03.740><c> with</c><00:20:03.940><c> me</c><00:20:04.079><c> at</c><00:20:04.259><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:20:04.779><c> chapter</c><00:20:05.240><c> 7.</c>

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Deuteronomy<00:20:09.220><c> chapter</c><00:20:09.559><c> 7</c><00:20:10.140><c> at</c><00:20:10.519><c> verse</c><00:20:10.799><c> 8.</c>

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We<00:20:18.960><c> read,</c><00:20:19.460><c> Because</c><00:20:19.680><c> the</c><00:20:19.880><c> Lord</c><00:20:20.119><c> loved</c><00:20:20.480><c> you,</c>

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and<00:20:22.599><c> because</c><00:20:22.980><c> he</c><00:20:23.079><c> would</c><00:20:23.279><c> keep</c><00:20:23.539><c> the</c><00:20:23.799><c> oath</c><00:20:23.980><c> which</c><00:20:24.240><c> he</c><00:20:24.339><c> had</c><00:20:24.480><c> sworn</c>

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unto<00:20:24.940><c> your</c><00:20:25.200><c> fathers,</c>

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hath<00:20:26.880><c> Yahweh</c><00:20:27.460><c> brought</c><00:20:27.819><c> you</c><00:20:27.980><c> out</c><00:20:28.160><c> with</c><00:20:28.380><c> a</c><00:20:28.740><c> mighty</c><00:20:29.259><c> hand,</c>

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and<00:20:30.819><c> hath</c><00:20:31.160><c> redeemed</c><00:20:31.640><c> you</c><00:20:31.900><c> out</c><00:20:31.980><c> of</c><00:20:32.119><c> the</c><00:20:32.279><c> house</c><00:20:32.480><c> of</c><00:20:32.779><c> Bonman</c>

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from<00:20:34.099><c> the</c><00:20:34.359><c> hand</c><00:20:34.559><c> of</c><00:20:34.839><c> Pharaoh</c><00:20:35.000><c> king</c><00:20:35.259><c> of</c><00:20:35.500><c> Egypt.</c>

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You<00:20:36.480><c> see,</c><00:20:36.720><c> there</c><00:20:36.819><c> was</c><00:20:36.980><c> a</c><00:20:37.220><c> problem</c><00:20:37.420><c> when</c><00:20:37.799><c> they</c><00:20:38.160><c> had</c><00:20:38.920><c> insurmountable</c><00:20:39.859><c> problems.</c>

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They<00:20:41.119><c> couldn't</c><00:20:41.519><c> solve</c><00:20:41.859><c> that</c><00:20:42.079><c> problem</c><00:20:42.339><c> with</c><00:20:42.599><c> Pharaoh</c><00:20:42.839><c> easily,</c>

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could<00:20:43.500><c> they?</c>

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What<00:20:45.000><c> could</c><00:20:45.220><c> that</c><00:20:45.559><c> bunch</c><00:20:45.799><c> of</c><00:20:46.460><c> underpowered</c><00:20:47.059><c> and</c><00:20:47.319><c> probably</c><00:20:47.700><c> undernourished</c><00:20:48.480><c> Jews</c><00:20:48.900><c> do</c>

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against<00:20:50.299><c> Pharaoh</c><00:20:50.740><c> and</c><00:20:50.960><c> all</c><00:20:51.099><c> his</c><00:20:51.400><c> chariots?</c>

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It<00:20:51.960><c> was</c><00:20:52.359><c> an</c><00:20:52.480><c> insurmountable</c><00:20:53.160><c> problem.</c>

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He<00:20:53.920><c> says,</c><00:20:54.380><c> I</c><00:20:54.599><c> just</c><00:20:54.839><c> take</c><00:20:55.019><c> you</c><00:20:55.099><c> out</c><00:20:55.200><c> with</c><00:20:55.359><c> a</c><00:20:55.420><c> mighty</c><00:20:55.539><c> hand.</c>

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And<00:20:57.619><c> it's</c><00:20:57.859><c> because</c><00:20:58.200><c> of</c><00:20:58.519><c> love.</c>

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At<00:20:59.660><c> the</c><00:20:59.779><c> beginning</c><00:20:59.980><c> of</c><00:21:00.099><c> verse</c><00:21:00.279><c> 8.</c>

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Verse<00:21:01.400><c> 9,</c><00:21:02.259><c> Know</c><00:21:02.539><c> therefore</c><00:21:02.880><c> that</c><00:21:03.180><c> Yahweh</c><00:21:03.519><c> thy</c><00:21:03.779><c> God,</c>

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he<00:21:04.460><c> is</c><00:21:04.680><c> God,</c><00:21:06.039><c> the</c><00:21:06.579><c> faithful</c><00:21:07.240><c> God,</c>

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he<00:21:08.619><c> is</c><00:21:08.700><c> full</c><00:21:08.880><c> of</c><00:21:09.119><c> faith,</c><00:21:09.900><c> which</c><00:21:10.519><c> keeps</c><00:21:11.359><c> covenant</c><00:21:11.839><c> and</c><00:21:12.160><c> mercy</c>

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with<00:21:13.940><c> them</c><00:21:14.259><c> that</c><00:21:14.759><c> love</c><00:21:14.980><c> him</c><00:21:15.779><c> and</c><00:21:17.079><c> keep</c><00:21:17.359><c> his</c><00:21:17.539><c> commandments.</c>

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And<00:21:20.740><c> we're</c><00:21:20.980><c> going</c><00:21:21.039><c> to</c><00:21:21.319><c> see</c><00:21:21.480><c> this</c><00:21:22.240><c> throughout</c><00:21:22.680><c> this</c><00:21:23.000><c> talk</c><00:21:23.279><c> to</c><00:21:23.799><c> a</c>

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thousand<00:21:24.200><c> generations.</c>

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You<00:21:26.279><c> see,</c><00:21:26.480><c> when</c><00:21:26.660><c> we</c><00:21:26.940><c> love</c><00:21:27.119><c> God</c><00:21:27.420><c> in</c><00:21:27.640><c> our</c><00:21:27.980><c> small,</c><00:21:28.519><c> pitiful</c><00:21:28.799><c> way,</c>

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God's<00:21:30.160><c> love</c><00:21:30.339><c> is</c><00:21:30.640><c> so</c><00:21:31.039><c> overwhelming</c><00:21:31.700><c> back</c><00:21:32.039><c> to</c><00:21:32.240><c> us</c>

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that<00:21:33.539><c> we</c><00:21:33.660><c> are</c><00:21:33.920><c> sometimes</c><00:21:34.420><c> just</c><00:21:35.319><c> overawed</c>

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by<00:21:36.259><c> the</c><00:21:36.519><c> disproportionate</c><00:21:37.319><c> mercy</c><00:21:37.779><c> and</c><00:21:38.720><c> truth</c>

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and<00:21:40.400><c> kindness</c><00:21:40.900><c> that</c><00:21:41.119><c> God</c><00:21:41.319><c> shows</c><00:21:41.599><c> to</c><00:21:41.799><c> us.</c>

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He's<00:21:42.500><c> keeping</c><00:21:42.819><c> covenant</c><00:21:43.240><c> and</c><00:21:43.539><c> mercy</c>

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to<00:21:44.519><c> those</c><00:21:44.799><c> who</c><00:21:44.960><c> would</c><00:21:45.279><c> just</c><00:21:45.680><c> keep</c><00:21:45.940><c> his</c><00:21:46.200><c> word</c><00:21:46.339><c> and</c><00:21:46.539><c> approach</c><00:21:46.920><c> him.</c>

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And<00:21:48.599><c> he</c><00:21:48.640><c> gives</c><00:21:48.900><c> them</c><00:21:49.720><c> to</c><00:21:50.180><c> a</c><00:21:50.180><c> thousand</c><00:21:50.559><c> generations,</c>

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more<00:21:51.619><c> than</c><00:21:51.720><c> we</c><00:21:51.859><c> could</c><00:21:52.039><c> ever</c><00:21:52.299><c> consider.</c>

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He'll<00:21:53.460><c> repay</c><00:21:53.720><c> them</c><00:21:54.200><c> that</c><00:21:54.619><c> hate</c><00:21:54.900><c> him</c><00:21:55.099><c> to</c><00:21:55.259><c> their</c><00:21:55.480><c> face</c><00:21:55.859><c> to</c><00:21:56.339><c> destroy</c><00:21:56.779><c> them.</c>

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He<00:21:57.599><c> will</c><00:21:57.740><c> not</c><00:21:57.900><c> be</c><00:21:58.140><c> slack</c><00:21:58.460><c> to</c><00:21:59.200><c> him</c><00:21:59.440><c> that</c><00:21:59.779><c> hateth</c><00:22:00.059><c> them.</c>

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He<00:22:00.339><c> will</c><00:22:00.519><c> repay</c><00:22:00.700><c> him</c><00:22:00.799><c> to</c><00:22:00.980><c> his</c><00:22:01.200><c> face.</c>

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Therefore<00:22:02.180><c> thou</c><00:22:02.460><c> shalt</c><00:22:02.779><c> keep</c><00:22:03.099><c> the</c><00:22:03.380><c> commandments</c>

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and<00:22:04.099><c> the</c><00:22:04.339><c> statutes</c><00:22:04.740><c> and</c><00:22:04.900><c> the</c><00:22:05.140><c> judgments</c>

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which<00:22:05.660><c> I</c><00:22:05.900><c> command</c><00:22:06.259><c> thee</c><00:22:06.500><c> this</c><00:22:06.859><c> day</c><00:22:07.420><c> to</c><00:22:08.440><c> do</c><00:22:08.759><c> them.</c>

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And<00:22:10.259><c> in</c><00:22:10.359><c> so</c><00:22:10.599><c> doing</c><00:22:10.900><c> is</c><00:22:11.599><c> God's</c><00:22:12.039><c> word</c><00:22:12.220><c> elevated.</c>

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And<00:22:14.059><c> then</c><00:22:14.140><c> we</c><00:22:14.319><c> come</c><00:22:14.440><c> to</c><00:22:14.619><c> that</c><00:22:14.839><c> verse</c><00:22:15.160><c> 4,</c>

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our<00:22:16.619><c> first</c><00:22:16.839><c> John</c><00:22:17.039><c> chapter</c><00:22:17.400><c> 5,</c>

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from<00:22:19.099><c> whence</c><00:22:19.380><c> our</c><00:22:19.579><c> title</c><00:22:19.819><c> is</c><00:22:20.079><c> taken</c><00:22:20.359><c> today.</c>

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First<00:22:22.819><c> John</c><00:22:23.059><c> chapter</c><00:22:23.500><c> 5,</c><00:22:24.579><c> at</c><00:22:24.619><c> verse</c><00:22:24.880><c> 4.</c>

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For<00:22:26.700><c> whatsoever</c><00:22:27.240><c> is</c><00:22:27.539><c> begotten</c><00:22:28.039><c> of</c><00:22:28.200><c> God,</c>

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overcometh<00:22:29.319><c> the</c><00:22:29.559><c> world.</c>

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And<00:22:30.900><c> this</c><00:22:31.099><c> is</c><00:22:31.299><c> the</c><00:22:31.440><c> victory</c><00:22:31.740><c> that</c><00:22:32.220><c> overcometh</c><00:22:32.700><c> the</c><00:22:32.940><c> world,</c>

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even<00:22:34.680><c> our</c><00:22:34.980><c> faith.</c>

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You<00:22:37.259><c> see,</c><00:22:37.460><c> God's</c><00:22:37.920><c> purpose</c><00:22:38.359><c> and</c><00:22:38.680><c> through</c><00:22:39.079><c> his</c><00:22:39.359><c> word</c>

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is<00:22:39.799><c> never</c><00:22:40.039><c> going</c><00:22:40.220><c> to</c><00:22:40.480><c> fail,</c><00:22:40.799><c> is</c><00:22:40.859><c> it,</c><00:22:41.099><c> brethren</c><00:22:41.299><c> and</c><00:22:41.539><c> sisters?</c>

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We<00:22:43.059><c> might</c><00:22:43.299><c> be</c><00:22:43.579><c> swept</c><00:22:43.759><c> away,</c>

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as<00:22:44.420><c> our</c><00:22:44.579><c> brother</c><00:22:44.799><c> John</c><00:22:45.039><c> has</c><00:22:45.240><c> been</c><00:22:45.559><c> showing</c><00:22:45.740><c> us</c>

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so<00:22:46.299><c> many</c><00:22:46.519><c> in</c><00:22:46.640><c> the</c><00:22:46.839><c> Ecclesia</c><00:22:47.220><c> were</c><00:22:47.619><c> in</c><00:22:47.779><c> those</c><00:22:48.099><c> days</c><00:22:48.279><c> of</c><00:22:48.500><c> their</c><00:22:48.680><c> tribulation.</c>

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But<00:22:50.759><c> God's</c><00:22:51.359><c> purpose</c><00:22:51.700><c> will</c><00:22:52.059><c> not</c><00:22:52.420><c> fail</c>

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in<00:22:53.720><c> bringing</c><00:22:53.980><c> many</c><00:22:54.660><c> sons</c><00:22:55.099><c> unto</c><00:22:55.460><c> glory.</c>

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It's<00:22:56.480><c> our</c><00:22:56.599><c> choice</c><00:22:56.859><c> whether</c><00:22:57.019><c> we</c><00:22:57.160><c> want</c><00:22:57.299><c> to</c><00:22:57.460><c> be</c><00:22:57.599><c> amongst</c><00:22:57.900><c> them.</c>

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You<00:22:59.859><c> see,</c><00:23:00.220><c> it's</c><00:23:00.460><c> saying</c><00:23:00.700><c> here</c><00:23:00.880><c> that</c><00:23:01.099><c> all</c><00:23:01.440><c> of</c><00:23:01.680><c> God's</c><00:23:02.259><c> true</c><00:23:02.519><c> offspring</c>

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will<00:23:03.559><c> overcome</c><00:23:03.880><c> the</c><00:23:04.140><c> world.</c>

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If<00:23:04.920><c> we</c><00:23:05.220><c> don't</c><00:23:05.599><c> overcome</c><00:23:06.019><c> the</c><00:23:06.319><c> world,</c>

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it<00:23:06.900><c> says</c><00:23:07.240><c> by</c><00:23:07.619><c> converse,</c><00:23:08.319><c> by</c><00:23:08.500><c> implication,</c>

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that<00:23:10.000><c> we're</c><00:23:10.160><c> not</c><00:23:10.400><c> really</c><00:23:10.940><c> ever</c><00:23:11.539><c> God's</c><00:23:12.140><c> true</c><00:23:12.259><c> offspring</c><00:23:12.640><c> are</c><00:23:12.880><c> being.</c>

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This<00:23:14.460><c> issue</c><00:23:14.779><c> of</c><00:23:15.319><c> coping</c><00:23:15.619><c> with</c><00:23:15.900><c> tribulations</c>

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is<00:23:17.059><c> the</c><00:23:17.339><c> purpose</c><00:23:17.980><c> of</c><00:23:18.700><c> tribulations.</c>

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To<00:23:20.819><c> overcome</c><00:23:21.160><c> is</c><00:23:21.500><c> the</c><00:23:21.700><c> purpose</c><00:23:22.279><c> that</c><00:23:22.539><c> God</c><00:23:22.759><c> has</c><00:23:23.019><c> given.</c>

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He's<00:23:24.019><c> not</c><00:23:24.160><c> wanting</c><00:23:24.299><c> us</c><00:23:24.539><c> to</c><00:23:24.680><c> be</c><00:23:24.900><c> weighed</c><00:23:25.099><c> down</c><00:23:25.359><c> and</c><00:23:25.519><c> destroyed</c>

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by<00:23:26.119><c> them.</c>

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By<00:23:26.980><c> so</c><00:23:27.160><c> doing,</c><00:23:27.420><c> he's</c><00:23:27.619><c> created</c><00:23:27.940><c> characters</c>

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which<00:23:29.220><c> glow</c><00:23:29.700><c> in</c><00:23:29.920><c> the</c><00:23:30.119><c> kingdom,</c><00:23:30.519><c> don't</c><00:23:30.819><c> they?</c>

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Now<00:23:33.839><c> we're</c><00:23:34.019><c> not</c><00:23:34.339><c> overcoming</c><00:23:34.720><c> by</c><00:23:35.000><c> our</c><00:23:35.099><c> own</c><00:23:35.279><c> strength</c>

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in<00:23:35.859><c> any</c><00:23:35.980><c> means,</c><00:23:36.380><c> do</c><00:23:36.539><c> we?</c>

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John<00:23:38.339><c> shows</c><00:23:38.720><c> plainly</c><00:23:39.400><c> that</c><00:23:39.759><c> our</c><00:23:40.200><c> part</c>

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in<00:23:41.220><c> overcoming</c><00:23:41.559><c> the</c><00:23:41.859><c> world</c>

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is<00:23:43.259><c> the</c><00:23:43.500><c> expression</c><00:23:43.940><c> of</c><00:23:44.259><c> action</c><00:23:44.799><c> in</c><00:23:45.259><c> complete</c><00:23:45.839><c> faith</c>

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in<00:23:46.759><c> the</c><00:23:46.940><c> goodness,</c><00:23:47.339><c> mercy,</c><00:23:48.339><c> and</c><00:23:48.480><c> direction</c><00:23:48.839><c> of</c><00:23:49.079><c> our</c><00:23:49.259><c> God.</c>

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Ephesians<00:23:52.700><c> 2</c><00:23:52.960><c> verse</c><00:23:53.220><c> 8</c><00:23:53.480><c> says,</c>

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For<00:23:54.039><c> grace</c><00:23:54.420><c> ye</c><00:23:54.619><c> are</c><00:23:54.779><c> saved</c><00:23:55.420><c> through</c><00:23:56.420><c> faith,</c>

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and<00:23:57.319><c> that</c><00:23:57.559><c> not</c><00:23:57.720><c> of</c><00:23:57.880><c> yourselves.</c>

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It<00:23:58.819><c> is</c><00:23:59.059><c> the</c><00:23:59.200><c> gift</c><00:23:59.440><c> of</c><00:23:59.660><c> God,</c>

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not<00:24:00.960><c> of</c><00:24:01.299><c> works</c><00:24:01.640><c> lest</c><00:24:01.880><c> any</c><00:24:02.220><c> man</c><00:24:02.460><c> should</c><00:24:02.779><c> boast.</c>

00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:06.859
Do<00:24:04.420><c> we</c><00:24:04.640><c> think</c><00:24:04.880><c> our</c><00:24:05.240><c> own</c><00:24:05.519><c> selves</c><00:24:05.759><c> are</c><00:24:05.960><c> going</c><00:24:06.079><c> to</c><00:24:06.420><c> save</c><00:24:06.579><c> us</c>

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and<00:24:07.019><c> redeem</c><00:24:07.319><c> us,</c><00:24:07.700><c> brethren</c><00:24:07.859><c> and</c><00:24:08.079><c> sisters?</c>

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For<00:24:09.880><c> whatsoever</c><00:24:10.380><c> is</c><00:24:10.680><c> begotten</c><00:24:11.220><c> of</c><00:24:11.359><c> God</c>

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overcomes<00:24:12.359><c> the</c><00:24:12.619><c> world,</c><00:24:12.880><c> and</c><00:24:12.940><c> this</c><00:24:13.140><c> is</c><00:24:13.359><c> the</c><00:24:13.720><c> victory</c>

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that<00:24:14.859><c> overcomes</c><00:24:15.259><c> the</c><00:24:15.460><c> world,</c><00:24:15.700><c> even</c><00:24:15.900><c> our</c><00:24:16.180><c> faith.</c>

00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:20.539
Now<00:24:18.559><c> we</c><00:24:18.700><c> need</c><00:24:18.940><c> to</c><00:24:19.059><c> have</c><00:24:19.140><c> a</c><00:24:19.180><c> look</c><00:24:19.339><c> at</c><00:24:19.440><c> one</c><00:24:19.579><c> or</c><00:24:19.720><c> two</c><00:24:19.839><c> of</c><00:24:19.980><c> those</c><00:24:20.220><c> words</c>

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there<00:24:20.779><c> in</c><00:24:20.900><c> the</c><00:24:21.119><c> Greek.</c>

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And<00:24:22.799><c> you'll</c><00:24:23.059><c> find</c><00:24:23.180><c> that</c><00:24:23.400><c> those</c><00:24:23.660><c> words,</c><00:24:24.039><c> overcome,</c><00:24:24.720><c> victory,</c>

00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:28.099
and<00:24:25.559><c> overcome</c><00:24:25.839><c> are</c><00:24:26.079><c> fundamentally</c><00:24:26.660><c> the</c><00:24:26.960><c> same</c><00:24:27.220><c> word.</c>

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And<00:24:29.440><c> for</c><00:24:29.579><c> those</c><00:24:29.900><c> sports</c><00:24:30.240><c> fanatics</c><00:24:30.740><c> amongst</c><00:24:31.180><c> you,</c>

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if<00:24:32.259><c> you</c><00:24:32.420><c> want</c><00:24:32.599><c> to</c><00:24:32.920><c> overcome</c><00:24:33.380><c> in</c><00:24:34.099><c> a</c><00:24:34.220><c> good</c><00:24:34.420><c> race,</c>

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you<00:24:34.940><c> need</c><00:24:35.099><c> good</c><00:24:35.319><c> equipment,</c><00:24:35.720><c> don't</c><00:24:36.000><c> you?</c>

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You<00:24:37.039><c> need</c><00:24:37.259><c> a</c><00:24:37.339><c> pair</c><00:24:37.519><c> of</c><00:24:37.839><c> Nike</c><00:24:38.200><c> running</c><00:24:38.599><c> shoes.</c>

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Because<00:24:40.759><c> this</c><00:24:41.220><c> word</c><00:24:41.480><c> here,</c>

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you<00:24:42.859><c> can</c><00:24:43.079><c> pronounce</c><00:24:43.339><c> it</c><00:24:43.579><c> differently,</c><00:24:44.059><c> is</c><00:24:44.200><c> Nike.</c>

00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:49.420
Just<00:24:46.519><c> remember,</c><00:24:46.900><c> if</c><00:24:47.019><c> you</c><00:24:47.160><c> want</c><00:24:47.319><c> to</c><00:24:47.579><c> overcome,</c><00:24:47.960><c> you</c><00:24:48.140><c> need</c><00:24:48.440><c> Nike.</c>

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Because<00:24:50.220><c> it</c><00:24:50.519><c> says</c><00:24:50.740><c> here</c><00:24:51.059><c> in</c><00:24:51.200><c> verse</c><00:24:51.619><c> 4,</c>

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For<00:24:53.140><c> whatsoever</c><00:24:53.579><c> is</c><00:24:53.839><c> begotten</c><00:24:54.279><c> of</c><00:24:54.460><c> God,</c>

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Nike<00:24:56.279><c> the</c><00:24:56.700><c> world,</c>

00:24:57.680 --> 00:25:00.380
and<00:24:57.819><c> this</c><00:24:58.000><c> is</c><00:24:58.180><c> the</c><00:24:58.339><c> Nike</c><00:24:58.660><c> that</c><00:24:59.059><c> Nike's</c><00:24:59.819><c> the</c><00:25:00.099><c> world,</c>

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even<00:25:00.759><c> our</c><00:25:01.059><c> faith.</c>

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It's<00:25:03.720><c> a</c><00:25:03.980><c> continuous</c><00:25:04.319><c> victory,</c><00:25:04.759><c> isn't</c><00:25:05.000><c> it?</c>

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That<00:25:05.660><c> word</c><00:25:06.079><c> overcometh.</c>

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It's<00:25:07.019><c> not,</c><00:25:07.599><c> well,</c><00:25:08.599><c> I've</c><00:25:09.059><c> overcome</c><00:25:09.380><c> and</c><00:25:09.559><c> that's</c><00:25:09.900><c> it</c><00:25:10.039><c> now.</c>

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My<00:25:10.640><c> work</c><00:25:10.839><c> is</c><00:25:11.059><c> done.</c>

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If<00:25:12.019><c> you</c><00:25:12.140><c> actually</c><00:25:12.359><c> have</c><00:25:12.480><c> a</c><00:25:12.559><c> look</c><00:25:12.660><c> at</c><00:25:12.819><c> the</c><00:25:12.940><c> way</c><00:25:13.160><c> that</c><00:25:13.980><c> Nike,</c>

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or<00:25:15.380><c> however</c><00:25:16.079><c> it's</c><00:25:16.440><c> pronounced</c><00:25:16.799><c> in</c><00:25:16.980><c> the</c><00:25:17.160><c> Greek,</c>

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actually<00:25:18.500><c> is,</c><00:25:18.940><c> it's</c><00:25:19.180><c> actually</c><00:25:19.480><c> a</c><00:25:19.819><c> continuous</c><00:25:20.119><c> victory</c>

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because<00:25:20.980><c> it's</c><00:25:21.299><c> a</c><00:25:21.579><c> continuous</c><00:25:21.900><c> struggle.</c>

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John<00:25:23.339><c> is</c><00:25:23.640><c> exhorting</c><00:25:24.119><c> them</c><00:25:24.220><c> to</c><00:25:24.500><c> continue</c><00:25:25.180><c> being</c><00:25:25.519><c> victorious.</c>

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Isn't<00:25:27.859><c> he?</c>

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Continue<00:25:29.480><c> conquering</c><00:25:29.960><c> the</c><00:25:30.220><c> world.</c>

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And<00:25:32.579><c> he</c><00:25:32.759><c> says</c><00:25:32.960><c> to</c><00:25:33.279><c> conquer</c><00:25:33.720><c> is</c><00:25:34.880><c> to</c><00:25:35.259><c> overcome.</c>

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Everyone<00:25:38.140><c> that</c><00:25:38.420><c> is</c><00:25:38.619><c> begotten</c><00:25:39.039><c> of</c><00:25:39.160><c> God</c><00:25:39.539><c> conquers</c><00:25:40.279><c> the</c><00:25:40.539><c> world.</c>

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And<00:25:41.779><c> this</c><00:25:42.019><c> is</c><00:25:42.240><c> the</c><00:25:42.779><c> conquering</c><00:25:43.359><c> that</c><00:25:43.960><c> conquereth.</c>

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You<00:25:46.380><c> see,</c><00:25:46.599><c> there</c><00:25:46.680><c> is</c><00:25:46.920><c> a</c><00:25:47.160><c> conquering</c><00:25:47.559><c> which</c><00:25:47.880><c> fails.</c>

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And<00:25:50.119><c> it's</c><00:25:50.339><c> the</c><00:25:50.640><c> conquering</c><00:25:51.039><c> when</c><00:25:51.359><c> we</c><00:25:51.660><c> apply</c><00:25:51.960><c> it</c><00:25:52.420><c> in</c><00:25:52.599><c> our</c><00:25:52.759><c> own</c><00:25:53.000><c> strength.</c>

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But<00:25:54.740><c> John</c><00:25:54.940><c> says</c><00:25:55.200><c> there</c><00:25:55.400><c> is</c><00:25:55.640><c> a</c><00:25:55.839><c> conquering</c><00:25:56.920><c> that</c><00:25:57.740><c> conquereth.</c>

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And<00:25:59.599><c> it</c><00:25:59.740><c> is</c><00:25:59.980><c> the</c><00:26:00.180><c> action</c><00:26:00.599><c> of</c><00:26:01.079><c> faith</c><00:26:01.539><c> in</c><00:26:01.980><c> God</c>

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able<00:26:03.720><c> to</c><00:26:04.220><c> overcome</c><00:26:04.640><c> the</c><00:26:05.019><c> world.</c>

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And<00:26:05.519><c> it's</c><00:26:05.859><c> the</c><00:26:06.039><c> order</c><00:26:06.279><c> of</c><00:26:06.579><c> things.</c>

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We<00:26:07.880><c> should</c><00:26:08.039><c> probably</c><00:26:08.259><c> even</c><00:26:08.559><c> say</c><00:26:08.720><c> the</c><00:26:08.940><c> disorder</c><00:26:09.440><c> of</c><00:26:09.660><c> things</c><00:26:09.799><c> in</c>

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this<00:26:10.180><c> world.</c>

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It's<00:26:11.660><c> that</c><00:26:11.900><c> faith</c><00:26:12.279><c> which</c><00:26:12.539><c> has</c><00:26:13.019><c> perfected</c><00:26:13.500><c> in</c><00:26:13.660><c> us,</c>

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brethren<00:26:14.059><c> and</c><00:26:14.339><c> sisters,</c><00:26:15.000><c> is</c><00:26:15.160><c> the</c><00:26:15.400><c> victory</c><00:26:16.079><c> that</c><00:26:16.799><c> knows</c><00:26:17.059><c> no</c><00:26:17.339><c> defeat.</c>

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And<00:26:18.640><c> if</c><00:26:18.819><c> we</c><00:26:19.079><c> perfect</c><00:26:19.420><c> that,</c><00:26:19.799><c> brethren</c><00:26:19.920><c> and</c><00:26:20.140><c> sisters,</c>

00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:24.339
we<00:26:20.940><c> shall</c><00:26:21.140><c> by</c><00:26:21.339><c> God's</c><00:26:21.839><c> grace</c><00:26:22.480><c> receive</c><00:26:23.039><c> an</c><00:26:23.380><c> ample</c><00:26:23.819><c> entrance</c>

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into<00:26:24.660><c> that</c><00:26:24.920><c> kingdom.</c>

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In<00:26:28.759><c> 1</c><00:26:29.039><c> John</c><00:26:29.319><c> 5</c><00:26:29.680><c> verse</c><00:26:29.880><c> 13,</c>

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These<00:26:30.619><c> things</c><00:26:30.940><c> have</c><00:26:31.119><c> I</c><00:26:31.279><c> written</c><00:26:31.480><c> unto</c><00:26:31.799><c> you</c>

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:34.779
that<00:26:32.660><c> believe</c><00:26:33.119><c> on</c><00:26:33.339><c> the</c><00:26:33.460><c> name</c><00:26:33.619><c> of</c><00:26:33.819><c> the</c><00:26:33.920><c> Son</c><00:26:34.160><c> of</c><00:26:34.400><c> God,</c>

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that<00:26:35.220><c> ye</c><00:26:35.440><c> may</c><00:26:35.680><c> know</c><00:26:35.960><c> that</c><00:26:36.200><c> ye</c><00:26:36.440><c> have</c><00:26:36.700><c> eternal</c><00:26:37.119><c> life,</c>

00:26:37.880 --> 00:26:41.319
and<00:26:38.140><c> that</c><00:26:38.299><c> ye</c><00:26:38.519><c> may</c><00:26:38.700><c> believe</c><00:26:39.119><c> on</c><00:26:39.339><c> the</c><00:26:39.460><c> name</c><00:26:39.660><c> of</c><00:26:39.839><c> the</c><00:26:39.960><c> Son</c><00:26:40.200><c> of</c><00:26:40.400><c> God.</c>

00:26:42.380 --> 00:26:47.279
You<00:26:42.440><c> know</c><00:26:42.640><c> in</c><00:26:42.740><c> chapter</c><00:26:43.019><c> 1</c><00:26:43.339><c> verse</c><00:26:43.680><c> 4</c><00:26:44.799><c> of</c><00:26:45.220><c> this</c><00:26:45.980><c> epistle,</c>

00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:50.660
John<00:26:47.799><c> had</c><00:26:48.119><c> said,</c><00:26:48.819><c> I</c><00:26:48.819><c> write</c><00:26:49.180><c> these</c><00:26:49.519><c> things.</c>

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:55.539
Now<00:26:51.680><c> he's</c><00:26:51.960><c> saying,</c><00:26:53.099><c> I</c><00:26:53.220><c> have</c><00:26:53.500><c> written</c><00:26:54.019><c> unto</c><00:26:54.440><c> you</c><00:26:54.980><c> that</c><00:26:55.220><c> believe.</c>

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Isn't<00:26:55.859><c> that</c><00:26:56.039><c> lovely?</c>

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That<00:26:57.220><c> through</c><00:26:57.480><c> this</c><00:26:57.819><c> epistle</c><00:26:58.299><c> the</c><00:26:58.579><c> work</c><00:26:58.920><c> of</c><00:26:59.240><c> God</c><00:26:59.539><c> has</c><00:27:00.079><c> been</c><00:27:00.500><c> perfected</c>

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in<00:27:01.880><c> that</c><00:27:02.059><c> which</c><00:27:02.299><c> John</c><00:27:02.519><c> has</c><00:27:02.779><c> given</c><00:27:02.960><c> to</c><00:27:03.200><c> them.</c>

00:27:03.380 --> 00:27:06.079
He<00:27:03.740><c> was</c><00:27:03.960><c> writing,</c><00:27:05.160><c> and</c><00:27:05.339><c> now</c><00:27:05.460><c> he</c><00:27:05.539><c> can</c><00:27:05.720><c> say,</c>

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:09.140
I<00:27:06.519><c> have</c><00:27:06.859><c> written</c><00:27:07.200><c> unto</c><00:27:07.660><c> those</c><00:27:08.039><c> that</c><00:27:08.339><c> believe.</c>

00:27:09.339 --> 00:27:12.460
The<00:27:09.559><c> word</c><00:27:09.819><c> has</c><00:27:10.079><c> borne</c><00:27:10.319><c> fruit,</c><00:27:10.660><c> hasn't</c><00:27:10.819><c> it,</c><00:27:11.079><c> in</c><00:27:11.180><c> the</c><00:27:11.339><c> Ephesians?</c>

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Blessed<00:27:13.500><c> are</c><00:27:13.680><c> they</c><00:27:13.859><c> that</c><00:27:14.019><c> have</c><00:27:14.279><c> not</c><00:27:14.640><c> seen</c><00:27:15.160><c> and</c><00:27:15.799><c> have</c><00:27:16.059><c> yet</c><00:27:16.299><c> believed.</c>

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But<00:27:18.140><c> these</c><00:27:18.420><c> are</c><00:27:18.619><c> written</c><00:27:19.000><c> that</c><00:27:19.299><c> they</c><00:27:19.500><c> might</c><00:27:19.779><c> believe</c><00:27:20.259><c> that</c><00:27:20.500><c> Jesus</c><00:27:21.000><c> is</c>

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the<00:27:21.500><c> Christ,</c>

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the<00:27:22.039><c> Son</c><00:27:22.240><c> of</c><00:27:22.460><c> God,</c><00:27:23.059><c> and</c><00:27:23.220><c> that</c><00:27:23.400><c> believing</c><00:27:23.799><c> ye</c><00:27:24.000><c> might</c><00:27:24.240><c> have</c><00:27:24.519><c> life</c>

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through<00:27:25.160><c> his</c><00:27:25.380><c> name.</c>

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We<00:27:30.779><c> come</c><00:27:30.960><c> to</c><00:27:31.140><c> another</c><00:27:31.359><c> interesting</c><00:27:31.900><c> verse,</c><00:27:32.500><c> don't</c><00:27:32.519><c> we?</c>

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Because<00:27:33.859><c> to</c><00:27:34.220><c> overcome</c><00:27:34.960><c> requires</c><00:27:36.059><c> a</c><00:27:36.619><c> great</c><00:27:37.059><c> attuning</c><00:27:38.859><c> of</c><00:27:39.200><c> our</c>

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spiritual<00:27:39.940><c> eyes</c>

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to<00:27:41.359><c> understand</c><00:27:41.880><c> what</c><00:27:42.059><c> is</c><00:27:42.279><c> the</c><00:27:42.480><c> true</c><00:27:42.660><c> power</c><00:27:43.000><c> and</c><00:27:43.240><c> the</c><00:27:43.359><c> true</c><00:27:43.480><c> might</c><00:27:43.700><c> in</c>

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our<00:27:44.099><c> lives.</c>

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We<00:27:45.460><c> can</c><00:27:45.680><c> often</c><00:27:46.200><c> depend</c><00:27:46.740><c> on</c><00:27:46.900><c> that</c><00:27:47.099><c> which</c><00:27:47.339><c> is</c><00:27:47.700><c> undependable</c><00:27:48.339><c> by</c>

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its<00:27:48.799><c> very</c><00:27:48.940><c> nature.</c>

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But<00:27:51.079><c> come</c><00:27:51.200><c> with</c><00:27:51.339><c> me</c><00:27:51.460><c> to</c><00:27:51.640><c> Hebrews</c><00:27:51.880><c> 11</c><00:27:52.240><c> at</c><00:27:52.500><c> verse</c><00:27:52.720><c> 6.</c>

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You<00:27:54.059><c> know</c><00:27:54.299><c> this</c><00:27:54.500><c> word</c><00:27:54.799><c> very</c><00:27:55.400><c> well.</c>

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But<00:27:56.440><c> let's</c><00:27:56.960><c> have</c><00:27:57.140><c> a</c><00:27:57.220><c> look</c><00:27:57.359><c> at</c><00:27:57.480><c> just</c><00:27:57.700><c> one</c><00:27:57.900><c> or</c><00:27:58.039><c> two</c><00:27:58.220><c> of</c><00:27:58.240><c> these</c>

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little<00:27:59.059><c> phrases</c>

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in<00:27:59.819><c> this</c><00:28:00.720><c> sentence</c><00:28:01.200><c> of</c><00:28:01.799><c> Hebrews</c><00:28:02.079><c> 11,</c><00:28:02.519><c> verse</c><00:28:02.740><c> 6.</c>

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Paul<00:28:05.579><c> is</c><00:28:05.799><c> again</c><00:28:06.680><c> exalting</c><00:28:07.119><c> us,</c><00:28:07.420><c> and</c><00:28:07.480><c> he</c><00:28:07.680><c> says,</c>

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But<00:28:11.119><c> without</c><00:28:11.640><c> faith</c><00:28:12.019><c> it</c><00:28:12.180><c> is</c><00:28:12.440><c> impossible</c><00:28:12.960><c> to</c><00:28:13.359><c> please</c><00:28:13.599><c> him,</c>

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for<00:28:14.700><c> he</c><00:28:14.920><c> that</c><00:28:15.119><c> cometh</c><00:28:15.380><c> to</c><00:28:15.599><c> God</c><00:28:15.839><c> must</c><00:28:16.099><c> believe</c><00:28:16.519><c> that</c><00:28:16.720><c> he</c><00:28:16.920><c> is,</c>

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and<00:28:17.700><c> that</c><00:28:17.920><c> he</c><00:28:18.039><c> is</c><00:28:18.220><c> a</c><00:28:18.559><c> reward</c><00:28:18.779><c> of</c><00:28:18.960><c> them</c><00:28:19.279><c> that</c><00:28:19.660><c> diligently</c><00:28:20.119><c> seek</c><00:28:20.519><c> him.</c>

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Paul<00:28:22.359><c> has</c><00:28:22.619><c> said</c><00:28:22.799><c> there</c><00:28:22.940><c> is</c><00:28:23.319><c> no</c><00:28:23.579><c> alternative</c><00:28:24.339><c> to</c><00:28:24.759><c> please</c><00:28:25.119><c> God</c>

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but<00:28:26.559><c> through</c><00:28:26.839><c> faith,</c><00:28:27.140><c> isn't</c><00:28:27.339><c> it?</c>

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That's<00:28:27.839><c> what</c><00:28:27.920><c> it</c><00:28:28.119><c> means,</c><00:28:28.319><c> impossible.</c>

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You're<00:28:29.779><c> not</c><00:28:29.940><c> going</c><00:28:30.039><c> to</c><00:28:30.240><c> gain</c><00:28:30.380><c> any</c><00:28:30.680><c> other</c><00:28:30.839><c> victory</c><00:28:31.599><c> except</c><00:28:33.339><c> understanding</c><00:28:35.059><c> that</c><00:28:36.119><c> God</c><00:28:36.680><c> is.</c>

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If<00:28:39.519><c> we</c><00:28:39.680><c> understand</c><00:28:40.039><c> that</c><00:28:40.339><c> God</c><00:28:40.680><c> is,</c>

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he<00:28:42.259><c> is</c><00:28:42.500><c> then</c><00:28:42.880><c> a</c><00:28:43.359><c> rewarder</c><00:28:44.440><c> of</c><00:28:44.640><c> those</c><00:28:45.019><c> who</c><00:28:45.299><c> by</c><00:28:45.779><c> diligent</c><00:28:46.359><c> application</c><00:28:47.259><c> are</c>

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seeking<00:28:48.019><c> after</c><00:28:48.400><c> him.</c>

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Then<00:28:50.240><c> God</c><00:28:50.559><c> becomes</c><00:28:51.059><c> the</c><00:28:51.380><c> true</c><00:28:51.619><c> might</c><00:28:52.039><c> and</c><00:28:53.660><c> flesh</c><00:28:54.180><c> is</c><00:28:54.940><c> subdued.</c>

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Then<00:28:56.319><c> it</c><00:28:56.519><c> is</c><00:28:57.299><c> possible</c><00:28:57.759><c> to</c><00:28:58.059><c> please</c><00:28:58.220><c> him</c><00:28:58.460><c> through</c><00:28:58.680><c> faith.</c>

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2<00:29:01.940><c> Corinthians</c><00:29:02.400><c> 4,</c><00:29:02.839><c> verse</c><00:29:03.039><c> 13.</c>

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We<00:29:04.339><c> have</c><00:29:04.539><c> the</c><00:29:04.900><c> same</c><00:29:05.240><c> spirit</c><00:29:05.599><c> of</c><00:29:05.900><c> faith,</c><00:29:06.500><c> according</c><00:29:07.119><c> as</c><00:29:07.400><c> it</c><00:29:07.539><c> is</c><00:29:07.720><c> written,</c>

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I<00:29:08.500><c> believed</c><00:29:09.000><c> and</c><00:29:09.559><c> therefore</c><00:29:09.900><c> have</c><00:29:10.140><c> I</c><00:29:10.380><c> spoken.</c>

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We<00:29:11.640><c> also</c><00:29:12.019><c> believe</c><00:29:12.400><c> and</c><00:29:12.640><c> therefore</c><00:29:12.940><c> speak.</c>

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Knowing<00:29:14.880><c> that</c><00:29:15.180><c> he</c><00:29:15.400><c> which</c><00:29:15.640><c> raised</c><00:29:15.940><c> up</c><00:29:16.160><c> the</c><00:29:16.279><c> Lord</c><00:29:16.539><c> Jesus</c><00:29:16.940><c> shall</c>

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raise<00:29:17.619><c> up</c><00:29:17.920><c> us</c><00:29:18.480><c> also</c><00:29:19.140><c> by</c><00:29:19.660><c> Jesus</c>

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and<00:29:20.380><c> shall</c><00:29:20.559><c> present</c><00:29:20.960><c> us</c><00:29:21.220><c> with</c><00:29:21.519><c> you.</c>

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For<00:29:23.039><c> all</c><00:29:23.660><c> things</c><00:29:24.039><c> are</c><00:29:24.380><c> for</c><00:29:24.700><c> your</c><00:29:25.500><c> sakes,</c><00:29:26.160><c> brethren</c><00:29:26.299><c> and</c><00:29:26.539><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:29:27.680><c> the</c><00:29:28.019><c> abundant</c><00:29:28.359><c> grace</c><00:29:29.619><c> of</c><00:29:29.880><c> God</c><00:29:30.619><c> might</c><00:29:31.119><c> through</c><00:29:31.940><c> the</c><00:29:32.259><c> thanksgiving</c><00:29:33.539><c> of</c><00:29:34.019><c> many</c>

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redound<00:29:35.000><c> to</c><00:29:35.220><c> the</c><00:29:35.440><c> glory</c><00:29:35.700><c> of</c><00:29:35.940><c> God,</c><00:29:36.740><c> for</c><00:29:37.019><c> which</c><00:29:37.339><c> cause</c><00:29:37.640><c> we</c><00:29:38.180><c> faint</c><00:29:38.519><c> not.</c>

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You<00:29:40.440><c> see,</c><00:29:41.160><c> God</c><00:29:41.400><c> is</c><00:29:41.579><c> not</c><00:29:41.880><c> wanting</c><00:29:42.140><c> us</c><00:29:42.299><c> to</c><00:29:42.440><c> be</c><00:29:42.740><c> crushed</c><00:29:43.039><c> by</c><00:29:43.359><c> oppression,</c><00:29:43.940><c> is</c><00:29:44.019><c> he?</c>

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He's<00:29:45.039><c> wanting</c><00:29:45.339><c> us</c><00:29:45.599><c> to</c><00:29:45.880><c> truly</c><00:29:46.140><c> overcome.</c>

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Though<00:29:47.319><c> our</c><00:29:47.720><c> outward</c><00:29:48.039><c> man</c><00:29:48.380><c> perish,</c>

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though<00:29:50.279><c> the</c><00:29:50.740><c> appearance</c><00:29:51.200><c> is</c><00:29:51.500><c> that</c><00:29:51.680><c> of</c><00:29:51.940><c> decay</c><00:29:52.299><c> and</c><00:29:52.599><c> crumble</c><00:29:52.859><c> both</c><00:29:53.140><c> in</c>

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our<00:29:53.460><c> lives</c><00:29:53.660><c> and</c><00:29:53.799><c> the</c><00:29:54.000><c> world,</c>

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the<00:29:55.400><c> inward</c><00:29:55.619><c> man</c><00:29:55.859><c> can</c><00:29:56.079><c> be</c><00:29:56.319><c> renewed</c><00:29:56.720><c> day</c><00:29:57.440><c> by</c><00:29:57.720><c> day</c>

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because<00:29:58.980><c> every</c><00:29:59.660><c> morning</c><00:30:00.019><c> renewed</c><00:30:00.480><c> by</c><00:30:00.779><c> day</c><00:30:01.000><c> by</c><00:30:01.299><c> day</c><00:30:01.640><c> are</c><00:30:02.240><c> his</c>

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mercies,<00:30:03.279><c> aren't</c><00:30:03.480><c> they?</c>

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That's<00:30:04.480><c> what</c><00:30:04.559><c> we</c><00:30:04.799><c> read.</c><00:30:05.440><c> His</c><00:30:05.539><c> mercies</c><00:30:05.880><c> are</c><00:30:06.039><c> new</c><00:30:06.140><c> every</c><00:30:07.019><c> day</c><00:30:07.339><c> when</c><00:30:07.559><c> he</c>

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stands<00:30:08.180><c> up.</c>

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When<00:30:09.359><c> we</c><00:30:09.579><c> wake</c><00:30:09.839><c> up</c><00:30:10.079><c> and</c><00:30:10.319><c> God</c><00:30:10.619><c> is</c><00:30:10.819><c> with</c><00:30:10.940><c> us,</c><00:30:11.220><c> it's</c><00:30:11.500><c> renewed</c><00:30:11.880><c> every</c><00:30:12.319><c> single</c><00:30:12.700><c> day</c>

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for<00:30:14.279><c> our</c><00:30:14.539><c> light</c><00:30:14.759><c> affliction,</c><00:30:15.279><c> verse</c><00:30:15.480><c> 17</c><00:30:15.980><c> of</c><00:30:16.440><c> 2</c><00:30:16.680><c> Corinthians</c><00:30:17.160><c> 4,</c>

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which<00:30:18.140><c> is</c><00:30:18.460><c> but</c><00:30:18.759><c> for</c><00:30:19.039><c> a</c><00:30:19.220><c> moment.</c>

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It<00:30:20.039><c> doesn't</c><00:30:20.259><c> seem</c><00:30:20.519><c> a</c><00:30:20.720><c> moment</c><00:30:20.940><c> in</c><00:30:21.140><c> our</c><00:30:21.299><c> lives,</c><00:30:21.579><c> does</c><00:30:21.700><c> it?</c>

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It<00:30:22.259><c> seems</c><00:30:22.440><c> that</c><00:30:22.619><c> this</c><00:30:22.819><c> is</c><00:30:23.059><c> so</c><00:30:23.339><c> eternal</c>

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that<00:30:25.460><c> he</c><00:30:25.640><c> says</c><00:30:25.759><c> it's</c><00:30:25.940><c> just</c><00:30:26.119><c> that</c><00:30:26.279><c> little</c><00:30:26.579><c> twinkling</c><00:30:26.900><c> of</c><00:30:27.079><c> an</c><00:30:27.279><c> eye</c>

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worketh<00:30:28.740><c> for</c><00:30:29.039><c> us</c><00:30:29.420><c> a</c><00:30:29.779><c> far</c><00:30:30.079><c> more</c><00:30:30.359><c> and</c><00:30:30.640><c> exceeding</c><00:30:32.059><c> an</c><00:30:32.579><c> eternal</c><00:30:33.539><c> weight</c><00:30:34.160><c> of</c><00:30:34.579><c> glory.</c>

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You<00:30:35.599><c> see,</c><00:30:35.759><c> where's</c><00:30:35.920><c> the</c><00:30:36.079><c> balance</c><00:30:36.339><c> of</c><00:30:36.640><c> power</c><00:30:36.799><c> there?</c>

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You've<00:30:37.819><c> got</c><00:30:38.660><c> a</c><00:30:39.000><c> cantilever</c><00:30:39.700><c> and</c><00:30:39.940><c> he</c><00:30:40.220><c> says</c><00:30:40.660><c> that</c><00:30:41.559><c> our</c><00:30:41.859><c> light</c><00:30:42.059><c> affliction</c><00:30:42.839><c> is</c>

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doing<00:30:43.660><c> a</c><00:30:43.980><c> work.</c>

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It's<00:30:45.599><c> far</c><00:30:45.900><c> more,</c><00:30:46.859><c> it's</c><00:30:47.160><c> exceeding,</c><00:30:48.500><c> it's</c><00:30:48.799><c> eternal</c><00:30:49.359><c> and</c><00:30:49.920><c> it's</c><00:30:50.279><c> weighty</c>

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and<00:30:51.900><c> that's</c><00:30:52.359><c> what</c><00:30:52.380><c> is</c><00:30:52.859><c> for</c><00:30:53.240><c> us.</c>

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What<00:30:54.000><c> can</c><00:30:54.200><c> be</c><00:30:54.400><c> against</c><00:30:54.720><c> us</c><00:30:54.920><c> on</c><00:30:55.059><c> the</c><00:30:55.180><c> other</c><00:30:55.420><c> side?</c>

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But<00:30:58.720><c> the</c><00:30:58.819><c> issue</c><00:30:59.119><c> is</c><00:31:00.400><c> while</c><00:31:00.799><c> we</c><00:31:00.980><c> look</c><00:31:01.240><c> at</c><00:31:01.480><c> things</c><00:31:01.819><c> which</c><00:31:02.079><c> are</c>

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not<00:31:02.960><c> seen</c>

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but<00:31:04.740><c> at</c><00:31:05.000><c> things</c><00:31:05.500><c> which,</c><00:31:06.279><c> I'm</c><00:31:07.319><c> sorry,</c><00:31:07.579><c> let</c><00:31:07.720><c> me</c><00:31:07.839><c> read</c><00:31:07.980><c> that</c><00:31:08.160><c> again,</c><00:31:08.440><c> verse</c><00:31:08.660><c> 18,</c>

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while<00:31:09.299><c> we</c><00:31:09.519><c> look</c><00:31:09.720><c> not</c><00:31:09.960><c> at</c><00:31:10.140><c> the</c><00:31:10.319><c> things</c><00:31:10.480><c> which</c><00:31:10.740><c> are</c><00:31:10.980><c> seen</c>

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but<00:31:12.200><c> at</c><00:31:12.359><c> the</c><00:31:12.619><c> things</c><00:31:12.859><c> which</c><00:31:13.119><c> are</c><00:31:13.380><c> not</c><00:31:13.720><c> seen</c>

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for<00:31:15.000><c> the</c><00:31:15.220><c> things</c><00:31:15.380><c> which</c><00:31:15.619><c> are</c><00:31:15.859><c> seen</c><00:31:16.119><c> are</c><00:31:16.799><c> temporal,</c><00:31:17.259><c> they're</c>

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:18.519
vanishing<00:31:17.920><c> away</c>

00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:21.700
but<00:31:19.619><c> the</c><00:31:19.799><c> things</c><00:31:20.019><c> which</c><00:31:20.240><c> are</c><00:31:20.480><c> not</c><00:31:20.759><c> seen</c><00:31:20.980><c> are</c><00:31:21.339><c> eternal</c>

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:23.799
and<00:31:22.019><c> this</c><00:31:22.279><c> is</c><00:31:22.480><c> the</c><00:31:22.599><c> problem</c><00:31:22.799><c> with</c><00:31:23.019><c> us,</c><00:31:23.380><c> isn't</c><00:31:23.380><c> it?</c>

00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:27.119
We<00:31:24.519><c> cannot</c><00:31:24.839><c> resolve</c><00:31:25.519><c> the</c><00:31:25.759><c> difference</c><00:31:26.079><c> in</c><00:31:26.259><c> our</c><00:31:26.480><c> minds</c><00:31:26.700><c> between</c>

00:31:27.119 --> 00:31:28.740
things<00:31:27.460><c> which</c><00:31:27.740><c> seem</c><00:31:27.980><c> so</c><00:31:28.400><c> real,</c>

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:31.640
problems<00:31:29.279><c> which</c><00:31:29.539><c> are</c><00:31:29.859><c> so</c><00:31:30.119><c> mighty</c><00:31:30.539><c> now,</c>

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:34.299
which<00:31:32.400><c> are</c><00:31:32.680><c> really</c><00:31:33.079><c> trivial</c><00:31:33.420><c> in</c><00:31:33.660><c> God's</c><00:31:34.099><c> eyes.</c>

00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:37.180
This<00:31:34.859><c> is</c><00:31:35.039><c> all</c><00:31:35.279><c> temporal</c><00:31:35.660><c> and</c><00:31:36.240><c> that</c><00:31:36.380><c> which</c><00:31:36.500><c> is</c><00:31:36.740><c> eternal</c>

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:41.579
just<00:31:37.740><c> doesn't</c><00:31:38.099><c> become</c><00:31:38.480><c> quite</c><00:31:38.920><c> focused</c><00:31:39.460><c> in</c><00:31:39.660><c> our</c><00:31:39.839><c> eyes,</c><00:31:40.119><c> does</c><00:31:40.299><c> it?</c>

00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:45.059
We<00:31:43.019><c> look</c><00:31:43.500><c> not.</c>

00:31:45.119 --> 00:31:46.700
He's<00:31:45.460><c> saying,</c><00:31:45.980><c> where</c><00:31:46.039><c> are</c><00:31:46.279><c> our</c><00:31:46.279><c> eyes?</c>

00:31:46.700 --> 00:31:49.339
We've<00:31:47.480><c> got</c><00:31:47.599><c> to</c><00:31:47.660><c> look</c><00:31:47.900><c> at</c><00:31:48.079><c> things</c><00:31:48.319><c> which</c><00:31:48.559><c> are</c><00:31:48.720><c> not</c><00:31:49.039><c> seen.</c>

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:52.799
What<00:31:49.960><c> gives</c><00:31:50.279><c> us</c><00:31:50.539><c> the</c><00:31:50.720><c> ability</c><00:31:51.059><c> to</c><00:31:51.440><c> see</c><00:31:51.680><c> that</c><00:31:51.880><c> which</c><00:31:52.039><c> is</c><00:31:52.200><c> not</c><00:31:52.519><c> seen?</c>

00:31:53.099 --> 00:31:57.720
But<00:31:53.259><c> faith,</c><00:31:54.640><c> Paul</c><00:31:54.859><c> told</c><00:31:55.119><c> us</c><00:31:55.359><c> in</c><00:31:55.440><c> Hebrews</c><00:31:55.759><c> 11,</c><00:31:56.359><c> verse</c><00:31:56.579><c> 1,</c>

00:31:58.460 --> 00:32:01.839
it's<00:31:58.680><c> able</c><00:31:58.900><c> to</c><00:31:59.259><c> see</c><00:31:59.559><c> beyond</c><00:32:00.019><c> all</c><00:32:00.579><c> the</c><00:32:00.920><c> appearance</c><00:32:01.279><c> of</c><00:32:01.660><c> doubt</c>

00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:06.000
and<00:32:02.099><c> everything</c><00:32:02.420><c> contrary</c><00:32:03.099><c> to</c><00:32:04.099><c> the</c><00:32:04.279><c> kingdom</c><00:32:04.519><c> and</c><00:32:04.720><c> that</c><00:32:04.839><c> true</c><00:32:05.039><c> hope.</c>

00:32:06.099 --> 00:32:08.119
That's<00:32:06.619><c> the</c><00:32:06.720><c> purpose</c><00:32:07.059><c> of</c><00:32:07.299><c> faith,</c><00:32:07.539><c> isn't</c><00:32:07.720><c> it?</c>

00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:12.039
It<00:32:08.480><c> allows</c><00:32:08.640><c> us</c><00:32:08.920><c> to</c><00:32:09.200><c> see</c><00:32:09.700><c> with</c><00:32:10.259><c> 20</c><00:32:10.700><c>-20</c><00:32:11.039><c> spiritual</c><00:32:11.539><c> vision</c>

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:16.279
because<00:32:13.039><c> Moses</c><00:32:14.079><c> did</c><00:32:14.339><c> it</c><00:32:14.500><c> in</c><00:32:14.680><c> Hebrews</c><00:32:14.940><c> 11,</c><00:32:15.539><c> verse</c><00:32:15.740><c> 27,</c>

00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:20.559
by<00:32:16.579><c> faith</c><00:32:17.220><c> Moses</c><00:32:17.940><c> forsook</c><00:32:18.519><c> Egypt</c><00:32:18.980><c> not</c><00:32:19.660><c> fearing</c><00:32:20.059><c> the</c><00:32:20.240><c> wrath</c><00:32:20.359><c> of</c>

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:20.759
the<00:32:20.660><c> king.</c>

00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:23.259
You<00:32:20.980><c> see,</c><00:32:21.200><c> he</c><00:32:21.779><c> could</c><00:32:22.119><c> forsake</c><00:32:22.640><c> the</c><00:32:22.859><c> world</c>

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:27.779
not<00:32:23.980><c> fearing</c><00:32:24.400><c> the</c><00:32:24.680><c> world's</c><00:32:25.119><c> greatest</c><00:32:25.400><c> superpower</c><00:32:26.019><c> against</c><00:32:26.619><c> him,</c>

00:32:27.900 --> 00:32:30.299
not<00:32:28.259><c> fearing</c><00:32:28.599><c> it,</c>

00:32:30.579 --> 00:32:34.640
for<00:32:30.880><c> he</c><00:32:31.160><c> endured</c><00:32:31.640><c> as</c><00:32:32.500><c> seeing</c><00:32:32.920><c> him</c><00:32:33.259><c> who</c><00:32:33.440><c> is</c><00:32:33.640><c> invisible.</c>

00:32:35.059 --> 00:32:39.799
He<00:32:35.319><c> could</c><00:32:35.579><c> literally</c><00:32:36.039><c> with</c><00:32:36.299><c> the</c><00:32:36.519><c> eye</c><00:32:36.680><c> of</c><00:32:36.980><c> faith</c><00:32:37.920><c> see</c><00:32:38.819><c> God.</c>

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:42.680
Isn't<00:32:41.339><c> that</c><00:32:41.539><c> amazing?</c>

00:32:43.079 --> 00:32:45.579
Flesh<00:32:43.279><c> can't</c><00:32:43.539><c> see</c><00:32:43.799><c> God,</c><00:32:44.400><c> can</c><00:32:44.480><c> it?</c>

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:49.319
But<00:32:46.640><c> it</c><00:32:46.740><c> never</c><00:32:47.000><c> says</c><00:32:47.240><c> spirit</c><00:32:47.599><c> can't</c><00:32:47.900><c> see</c><00:32:48.079><c> God.</c>

00:32:49.880 --> 00:32:53.400
Scripture<00:32:50.200><c> says</c><00:32:50.559><c> that</c><00:32:50.779><c> the</c><00:32:50.920><c> eye</c><00:32:51.180><c> of</c><00:32:51.359><c> the</c><00:32:51.740><c> spirit</c><00:32:52.440><c> can</c><00:32:52.839><c> see</c><00:32:53.059><c> God</c>

00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:55.019
and<00:32:53.599><c> Moses</c><00:32:53.940><c> did.</c>

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:59.160
There's<00:32:56.599><c> a</c><00:32:56.700><c> little</c><00:32:56.839><c> poem</c><00:32:57.019><c> I'd</c><00:32:57.279><c> like</c><00:32:57.339><c> to</c><00:32:57.579><c> read</c><00:32:57.740><c> you</c>

00:32:59.220 --> 00:33:01.500
and<00:32:59.539><c> it's</c><00:32:59.920><c> by</c><00:33:00.019><c> an</c><00:33:00.259><c> unknown</c><00:33:00.519><c> author.</c>

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:05.279
The<00:33:02.539><c> things</c><00:33:02.960><c> unknown</c><00:33:03.539><c> to</c><00:33:03.859><c> feeble</c><00:33:04.299><c> sense</c>

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:08.460
unseen<00:33:06.259><c> by</c><00:33:06.720><c> reasonings</c><00:33:07.319><c> glimmering</c><00:33:07.940><c> ray</c>

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:13.880
with<00:33:09.279><c> strong</c><00:33:09.839><c> commanding</c><00:33:10.519><c> evidence</c><00:33:10.960><c> the</c><00:33:11.339><c> heavenly</c><00:33:11.819><c> origin</c><00:33:12.220><c> display.</c>

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:16.720
Faith<00:33:14.400><c> lends</c><00:33:14.740><c> its</c><00:33:15.059><c> realizing</c><00:33:15.640><c> light,</c>

00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:18.519
the<00:33:17.119><c> clouds</c><00:33:17.400><c> disperse,</c>

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:20.440
the<00:33:19.160><c> shadows</c><00:33:19.460><c> fly.</c>

00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:23.440
The<00:33:21.099><c> invisible</c><00:33:21.539><c> appears</c><00:33:22.039><c> in</c><00:33:22.420><c> sight</c>

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:25.900
and<00:33:24.180><c> God</c><00:33:24.460><c> is</c><00:33:24.720><c> seen</c><00:33:24.839><c> by</c><00:33:25.099><c> mortal</c><00:33:25.440><c> eye.</c>

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:27.579
Isn't<00:33:26.359><c> that</c><00:33:26.519><c> lovely?</c>

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:30.380
That<00:33:28.279><c> we</c><00:33:28.420><c> can</c><00:33:28.619><c> actually</c><00:33:29.019><c> with</c><00:33:29.299><c> the</c><00:33:29.500><c> eye</c><00:33:29.680><c> of</c><00:33:29.839><c> the</c><00:33:30.140><c> spirit</c>

00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:33.180
look<00:33:30.880><c> at</c><00:33:31.240><c> him</c><00:33:31.519><c> who</c><00:33:31.720><c> is</c><00:33:32.079><c> eternal</c>

00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:37.839
and<00:33:33.799><c> see</c><00:33:33.980><c> him</c><00:33:34.799><c> and</c><00:33:35.299><c> know</c><00:33:35.559><c> him</c><00:33:36.319><c> as</c><00:33:36.740><c> we</c><00:33:36.920><c> are</c><00:33:37.099><c> known.</c>

00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:40.180
That's<00:33:38.440><c> a</c><00:33:38.579><c> wonderful</c><00:33:38.759><c> relationship</c><00:33:39.380><c> to</c><00:33:39.579><c> have</c><00:33:39.660><c> with</c><00:33:39.880><c> our</c><00:33:40.039><c> God,</c>

00:33:40.420 --> 00:33:41.319
isn't<00:33:40.480><c> it?</c>

00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:44.480
And<00:33:41.559><c> he</c><00:33:41.680><c> will</c><00:33:41.859><c> lift</c><00:33:42.019><c> us</c><00:33:42.279><c> up</c><00:33:42.400><c> at</c><00:33:42.539><c> the</c><00:33:42.720><c> last</c><00:33:42.940><c> day</c><00:33:43.119><c> for</c><00:33:43.359><c> sure.</c>

00:33:45.859 --> 00:33:48.900
Come<00:33:46.039><c> with</c><00:33:46.240><c> me</c><00:33:46.500><c> to</c><00:33:47.319><c> a</c><00:33:47.700><c> lovely</c><00:33:48.359><c> passage</c>

00:33:48.900 --> 00:33:50.940
which<00:33:49.200><c> is</c><00:33:49.420><c> one</c><00:33:49.599><c> of</c><00:33:49.740><c> my</c><00:33:49.940><c> favorites</c><00:33:50.299><c> in</c><00:33:50.599><c> Scriptures</c>

00:33:50.940 --> 00:33:54.940
in<00:33:51.200><c> Romans</c><00:33:51.519><c> 8</c><00:33:51.839><c> verse</c><00:33:52.140><c> 28</c><00:33:52.839><c> to</c><00:33:53.359><c> verse</c><00:33:53.700><c> 39.</c>

00:33:57.099 --> 00:34:01.039
Again<00:33:57.619><c> our</c><00:33:58.140><c> great</c><00:33:58.640><c> disciple</c><00:33:59.259><c> and</c><00:33:59.619><c> great</c><00:33:59.839><c> apostle,</c>

00:34:01.339 --> 00:34:03.619
the<00:34:01.420><c> one</c><00:34:01.599><c> who</c><00:34:01.779><c> is</c><00:34:02.079><c> born</c><00:34:02.259><c> out</c><00:34:02.539><c> of</c><00:34:02.700><c> due</c><00:34:02.920><c> time,</c>

00:34:03.619 --> 00:34:07.940
Paul<00:34:04.660><c> says</c><00:34:04.980><c> to</c><00:34:05.180><c> us</c><00:34:05.359><c> in</c><00:34:05.420><c> Romans</c><00:34:05.779><c> 8</c><00:34:06.180><c> verse</c><00:34:06.500><c> 28,</c>

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:12.980
and<00:34:09.199><c> we</c><00:34:09.380><c> know</c><00:34:09.960><c> that</c><00:34:10.980><c> all</c><00:34:11.219><c> things</c><00:34:11.519><c> work</c><00:34:11.840><c> together</c><00:34:12.280><c> for</c><00:34:12.639><c> good</c>

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:15.380
to<00:34:13.500><c> them</c><00:34:13.760><c> that</c><00:34:14.099><c> love</c><00:34:14.400><c> God,</c>

00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:18.599
to<00:34:15.780><c> them</c><00:34:16.039><c> who</c><00:34:16.239><c> are</c><00:34:16.559><c> called</c><00:34:16.780><c> according</c><00:34:17.179><c> to</c><00:34:17.380><c> his</c><00:34:17.519><c> purpose.</c>

00:34:18.719 --> 00:34:21.420
You<00:34:18.900><c> see</c><00:34:19.019><c> his</c><00:34:19.239><c> faith</c><00:34:19.579><c> was</c><00:34:20.019><c> stabilized,</c><00:34:20.780><c> wasn't</c><00:34:20.980><c> it?</c>

00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:25.139
He<00:34:22.000><c> didn't</c><00:34:22.300><c> doubt</c><00:34:22.659><c> anymore,</c><00:34:23.780><c> he</c><00:34:24.219><c> knew.</c>

00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:29.960
We<00:34:25.679><c> know</c><00:34:26.300><c> that</c><00:34:27.460><c> all</c><00:34:27.800><c> things</c><00:34:28.079><c> work</c><00:34:28.420><c> together</c><00:34:28.840><c> for</c><00:34:29.119><c> good.</c>

00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:32.760
It<00:34:30.880><c> doesn't</c><00:34:31.440><c> mean</c><00:34:31.840><c> then</c>

00:34:32.760 --> 00:34:35.340
that<00:34:33.119><c> life</c><00:34:33.480><c> does</c><00:34:33.840><c> only</c><00:34:34.139><c> consist</c><00:34:34.599><c> of</c><00:34:34.780><c> good,</c><00:34:35.159><c> does</c><00:34:35.179><c> it?</c>

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:36.300
He<00:34:35.480><c> didn't</c><00:34:35.739><c> say</c><00:34:36.019><c> that.</c>

00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:40.539
He<00:34:36.599><c> said</c><00:34:36.820><c> that</c><00:34:37.340><c> all</c><00:34:37.760><c> things</c><00:34:38.139><c> work</c><00:34:38.920><c> for</c><00:34:39.659><c> good</c>

00:34:40.739 --> 00:34:44.260
because<00:34:41.420><c> God</c><00:34:41.679><c> is</c><00:34:41.900><c> taking</c><00:34:42.179><c> the</c><00:34:42.420><c> good</c><00:34:42.800><c> and</c><00:34:43.500><c> the</c><00:34:43.719><c> bad</c>

00:34:44.260 --> 00:34:46.679
and<00:34:44.840><c> like</c><00:34:45.159><c> a</c><00:34:45.860><c> volume</c><00:34:46.179><c> control,</c>

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:50.539
he's<00:34:47.400><c> regulating</c><00:34:48.099><c> everything</c><00:34:48.840><c> for</c><00:34:49.760><c> good.</c>

00:34:50.760 --> 00:34:53.300
He<00:34:50.880><c> can</c><00:34:51.139><c> turn</c><00:34:51.639><c> evil</c><00:34:52.179><c> into</c><00:34:52.579><c> good</c>

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:54.960
and<00:34:54.099><c> good</c><00:34:54.320><c> into</c><00:34:54.639><c> better.</c>

00:34:55.239 --> 00:34:57.639
That's<00:34:55.519><c> what</c><00:34:55.679><c> God</c><00:34:55.920><c> does</c><00:34:56.260><c> with</c><00:34:56.559><c> our</c><00:34:56.780><c> lives.</c>

00:34:58.380 --> 00:35:00.659
He<00:34:58.940><c> had</c><00:34:59.139><c> a</c><00:34:59.320><c> substantive</c><00:34:59.719><c> faith,</c><00:35:00.039><c> didn't</c><00:35:00.320><c> he?</c>

00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:02.739
But<00:35:01.019><c> he</c><00:35:01.079><c> could</c><00:35:01.280><c> literally</c><00:35:01.599><c> say</c><00:35:01.920><c> we</c><00:35:02.300><c> know.</c>

00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:05.460
We<00:35:03.500><c> don't</c><00:35:03.800><c> know,</c><00:35:04.059><c> we</c><00:35:04.380><c> doubt</c><00:35:04.619><c> and</c><00:35:04.840><c> we</c><00:35:05.119><c> waver</c>

00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:07.139
and<00:35:05.880><c> our</c><00:35:06.139><c> faith</c><00:35:06.320><c> is</c><00:35:06.579><c> tossed</c><00:35:06.780><c> about</c>

00:35:07.139 --> 00:35:09.039
as<00:35:07.500><c> the</c><00:35:07.760><c> waves</c><00:35:08.019><c> crash</c><00:35:08.380><c> upon</c><00:35:08.659><c> us.</c>

00:35:09.239 --> 00:35:12.619
He<00:35:09.519><c> said</c><00:35:09.639><c> we</c><00:35:09.940><c> know</c><00:35:10.260><c> all</c><00:35:10.619><c> things</c><00:35:10.840><c> work</c><00:35:11.059><c> together</c><00:35:11.440><c> for</c><00:35:11.679><c> good.</c>

00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:15.519
In<00:35:14.280><c> verse</c><00:35:14.480><c> 29</c><00:35:14.980><c> to</c><00:35:15.159><c> 30,</c>

00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:17.940
for<00:35:15.800><c> whom</c><00:35:16.179><c> he</c><00:35:16.619><c> did</c><00:35:16.900><c> foreknow,</c>

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:21.639
he<00:35:18.239><c> also</c><00:35:18.559><c> did</c><00:35:18.820><c> predestinate</c><00:35:19.980><c> to</c><00:35:20.199><c> be</c><00:35:20.400><c> conformed</c>

00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:23.900
to<00:35:22.179><c> the</c><00:35:22.420><c> image</c><00:35:22.599><c> of</c><00:35:22.820><c> his</c><00:35:23.039><c> son,</c>

00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:27.119
that<00:35:24.219><c> he</c><00:35:24.380><c> might</c><00:35:24.599><c> be</c><00:35:24.800><c> the</c><00:35:25.039><c> firstborn</c><00:35:25.460><c> among</c><00:35:25.699><c> many</c><00:35:26.039><c> brethren</c>

00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:30.079
Moreover,<00:35:28.199><c> whom</c><00:35:28.500><c> he</c><00:35:28.599><c> did</c><00:35:28.840><c> predestinate,</c>

00:35:30.300 --> 00:35:32.099
then<00:35:30.539><c> he</c><00:35:30.940><c> also</c><00:35:31.699><c> called</c>

00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:33.820
and<00:35:33.019><c> whom</c><00:35:33.219><c> he</c><00:35:33.460><c> called,</c>

00:35:34.260 --> 00:35:35.619
then<00:35:34.360><c> he</c><00:35:34.539><c> also</c><00:35:34.900><c> justified</c>

00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:38.059
and<00:35:36.460><c> whom</c><00:35:36.619><c> he</c><00:35:36.860><c> justified,</c>

00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:40.619
then<00:35:38.679><c> he</c><00:35:38.900><c> also</c><00:35:39.300><c> glorified.</c>

00:35:41.619 --> 00:35:43.239
You<00:35:41.820><c> see,</c><00:35:41.920><c> we</c><00:35:42.019><c> need</c><00:35:42.239><c> to</c><00:35:42.380><c> be</c><00:35:42.619><c> justified.</c>

00:35:43.340 --> 00:35:46.760
We<00:35:43.559><c> can't</c><00:35:44.039><c> be</c><00:35:44.320><c> just</c><00:35:44.659><c> ourselves,</c><00:35:45.280><c> can</c><00:35:45.539><c> we?</c>

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:52.480
Can<00:35:47.900><c> we</c><00:35:48.159><c> by</c><00:35:48.440><c> works</c><00:35:49.159><c> alone</c><00:35:50.199><c> become</c><00:35:51.199><c> just?</c>

00:35:52.699 --> 00:35:54.599
We<00:35:52.900><c> need</c><00:35:53.139><c> to</c><00:35:53.480><c> be</c><00:35:53.820><c> justified</c>

00:35:54.599 --> 00:35:57.260
so<00:35:55.639><c> that</c><00:35:55.940><c> we</c><00:35:56.159><c> can</c><00:35:56.420><c> be</c><00:35:56.659><c> glorified.</c>

00:35:57.360 --> 00:35:59.739
We<00:35:57.659><c> come</c><00:35:57.920><c> before</c><00:35:58.260><c> the</c><00:35:58.500><c> judgment</c><00:35:58.860><c> seat</c><00:35:59.079><c> of</c><00:35:59.340><c> Christ</c>

00:35:59.739 --> 00:36:03.139
and<00:36:00.199><c> the</c><00:36:00.420><c> very</c><00:36:00.940><c> best</c><00:36:01.280><c> of</c><00:36:01.500><c> what</c><00:36:01.699><c> our</c><00:36:02.059><c> flesh</c><00:36:02.300><c> presents</c>

00:36:03.139 --> 00:36:06.000
still<00:36:04.179><c> needs</c><00:36:04.519><c> justification.</c>

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:09.440
It<00:36:06.639><c> needs</c><00:36:06.860><c> to</c><00:36:07.139><c> be</c><00:36:07.360><c> made</c><00:36:07.619><c> to</c><00:36:08.099><c> appear</c><00:36:08.719><c> just</c>

00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:12.320
through<00:36:10.139><c> grace</c><00:36:10.719><c> and</c><00:36:11.260><c> mercy</c><00:36:11.599><c> and</c><00:36:11.880><c> truth</c>

00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:15.380
and<00:36:12.960><c> the</c><00:36:13.179><c> covering</c><00:36:13.460><c> of</c><00:36:13.780><c> the</c><00:36:13.900><c> blood</c><00:36:14.059><c> of</c><00:36:14.260><c> our</c><00:36:14.460><c> Christ.</c>

00:36:16.380 --> 00:36:18.800
And<00:36:16.760><c> he</c><00:36:16.920><c> is</c><00:36:17.239><c> then</c><00:36:17.519><c> able</c><00:36:17.840><c> to</c><00:36:18.179><c> raise</c><00:36:18.360><c> us</c><00:36:18.599><c> up</c>

00:36:18.800 --> 00:36:22.139
to<00:36:19.119><c> glorify</c><00:36:19.719><c> us</c><00:36:19.880><c> and</c><00:36:20.039><c> give</c><00:36:20.139><c> us</c><00:36:20.320><c> that</c><00:36:20.539><c> crown</c><00:36:20.699><c> of</c><00:36:20.960><c> glory</c>

00:36:22.340 --> 00:36:24.960
Cross<00:36:22.860><c> before</c><00:36:23.280><c> the</c><00:36:23.480><c> crown.</c>

00:36:25.699 --> 00:36:27.079
Verse<00:36:25.820><c> 31</c>

00:36:27.340 --> 00:36:29.900
What<00:36:27.860><c> shall</c><00:36:28.039><c> we</c><00:36:28.260><c> say</c><00:36:28.440><c> then</c><00:36:28.619><c> to</c><00:36:28.800><c> these</c><00:36:29.039><c> things?</c>

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:32.820
If<00:36:30.099><c> God</c><00:36:30.420><c> before</c><00:36:30.860><c> us,</c><00:36:31.119><c> who</c><00:36:31.300><c> can</c><00:36:31.440><c> be</c><00:36:31.699><c> against</c><00:36:32.079><c> us?</c>

00:36:33.179 --> 00:36:35.199
He<00:36:33.360><c> that</c><00:36:33.719><c> spared</c><00:36:34.019><c> not</c><00:36:34.460><c> his</c><00:36:34.679><c> own</c><00:36:34.960><c> son,</c>

00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:36.880
but<00:36:35.460><c> delivered</c><00:36:35.739><c> him</c><00:36:35.940><c> up</c><00:36:36.119><c> for</c><00:36:36.340><c> us</c><00:36:36.579><c> all,</c>

00:36:37.159 --> 00:36:39.300
how<00:36:37.420><c> shall</c><00:36:37.619><c> he</c><00:36:37.820><c> not</c><00:36:38.000><c> with</c><00:36:38.219><c> him</c><00:36:38.440><c> also</c><00:36:38.880><c> freely</c>

00:36:39.300 --> 00:36:41.000
give<00:36:39.539><c> us</c><00:36:39.800><c> all</c><00:36:40.079><c> things?</c>

00:36:41.199 --> 00:36:44.559
Who<00:36:41.440><c> shall</c><00:36:41.659><c> lay</c><00:36:41.840><c> anything</c><00:36:42.239><c> to</c><00:36:42.539><c> the</c><00:36:42.800><c> charge</c><00:36:43.059><c> of</c><00:36:43.340><c> God's</c><00:36:43.780><c> elect?</c>

00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:46.719
It<00:36:44.780><c> is</c><00:36:44.940><c> God</c><00:36:45.159><c> that</c><00:36:45.480><c> justifieth.</c>

00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:48.400
Who<00:36:47.239><c> is</c><00:36:47.440><c> he</c><00:36:47.559><c> that</c><00:36:47.800><c> condemneth?</c>

00:36:48.900 --> 00:36:50.179
It<00:36:49.019><c> is</c><00:36:49.260><c> Christ</c><00:36:49.599><c> that</c><00:36:49.920><c> died,</c>

00:36:50.179 --> 00:36:52.039
rather<00:36:50.699><c> that</c><00:36:51.000><c> is</c><00:36:51.199><c> risen</c><00:36:51.420><c> again,</c>

00:36:52.380 --> 00:36:54.519
who<00:36:52.559><c> is</c><00:36:52.639><c> even</c><00:36:52.860><c> at</c><00:36:53.059><c> the</c><00:36:53.239><c> right</c><00:36:53.539><c> hand</c><00:36:53.719><c> of</c><00:36:53.920><c> God,</c>

00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:57.539
who<00:36:54.960><c> also</c><00:36:55.159><c> maketh</c><00:36:55.539><c> intercession</c><00:36:56.179><c> for</c><00:36:56.440><c> us.</c>

00:36:59.199 --> 00:37:02.519
If<00:36:59.800><c> you're</c><00:37:00.039><c> prepared</c><00:37:00.400><c> to</c><00:37:00.739><c> give</c><00:37:00.960><c> your</c><00:37:01.440><c> only</c>

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:05.059
begotten,<00:37:03.800><c> pure</c><00:37:04.159><c> son</c>

00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:07.900
for<00:37:05.800><c> those</c><00:37:06.139><c> who</c><00:37:06.360><c> at</c><00:37:06.579><c> that</c><00:37:06.880><c> time</c><00:37:07.079><c> were</c><00:37:07.320><c> unlovely</c>

00:37:07.900 --> 00:37:09.639
in<00:37:08.119><c> God's</c><00:37:08.579><c> eyes,</c>

00:37:11.119 --> 00:37:14.780
how<00:37:11.400><c> much</c><00:37:11.699><c> more</c><00:37:12.659><c> would</c><00:37:13.400><c> he</c><00:37:13.659><c> give</c><00:37:13.920><c> all</c><00:37:14.380><c> things</c>

00:37:14.780 --> 00:37:16.500
freely<00:37:15.179><c> to</c><00:37:15.480><c> us</c><00:37:15.780><c> for</c><00:37:15.980><c> our</c><00:37:16.159><c> redemption?</c>

00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:19.320
If<00:37:17.280><c> you're</c><00:37:17.599><c> prepared</c><00:37:17.739><c> to</c><00:37:18.019><c> show</c><00:37:18.219><c> that</c><00:37:18.519><c> level</c><00:37:18.780><c> of</c><00:37:19.059><c> love,</c>

00:37:19.320 --> 00:37:21.280
how<00:37:19.699><c> can</c><00:37:20.000><c> we</c><00:37:20.260><c> doubt</c><00:37:20.500><c> God</c>

00:37:21.280 --> 00:37:22.940
and<00:37:21.960><c> his</c><00:37:22.099><c> motivation</c>

00:37:22.940 --> 00:37:26.059
to<00:37:23.639><c> love</c><00:37:23.860><c> us</c><00:37:24.159><c> and</c><00:37:24.340><c> to</c><00:37:24.519><c> care</c><00:37:24.659><c> for</c><00:37:24.780><c> us</c><00:37:24.920><c> through</c><00:37:25.139><c> all</c><00:37:25.440><c> things</c>

00:37:26.059 --> 00:37:28.280
to<00:37:26.760><c> make</c><00:37:26.900><c> us</c><00:37:27.219><c> overcome?</c>

00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:33.340
It<00:37:31.400><c> is</c><00:37:31.619><c> going</c><00:37:31.719><c> to</c><00:37:31.880><c> be</c><00:37:32.019><c> given</c><00:37:32.300><c> mercifully</c>

00:37:33.800 --> 00:37:36.219
and<00:37:34.320><c> freely.</c><00:37:35.079><c> Isn't</c><00:37:35.159><c> that</c><00:37:35.340><c> lovely?</c>

00:37:36.780 --> 00:37:39.820
Go<00:37:36.940><c> and</c><00:37:37.119><c> buy</c><00:37:37.219><c> that</c><00:37:37.519><c> which</c><00:37:37.699><c> is</c><00:37:38.440><c> without</c><00:37:38.820><c> price.</c>

00:37:41.340 --> 00:37:43.719
What<00:37:41.579><c> can</c><00:37:41.840><c> we</c><00:37:42.139><c> actually</c><00:37:42.519><c> go</c><00:37:42.780><c> and</c><00:37:43.079><c> do</c><00:37:43.219><c> for</c><00:37:43.480><c> this,</c>

00:37:43.880 --> 00:37:45.179
brethren<00:37:44.019><c> and</c><00:37:44.159><c> sisters?</c>

00:37:46.179 --> 00:37:49.039
If<00:37:46.599><c> God</c><00:37:46.880><c> is</c><00:37:47.179><c> for</c><00:37:47.380><c> us,</c><00:37:47.920><c> who</c><00:37:48.139><c> can</c><00:37:48.260><c> be</c><00:37:48.480><c> against</c><00:37:48.800><c> us?</c>

00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:50.800
And<00:37:49.280><c> there</c><00:37:49.380><c> we've</c><00:37:49.659><c> got</c><00:37:49.820><c> the</c><00:37:50.000><c> might.</c>

00:37:51.340 --> 00:37:53.519
If<00:37:51.480><c> we've</c><00:37:51.780><c> got</c><00:37:52.099><c> God</c><00:37:52.400><c> on</c><00:37:52.599><c> our</c><00:37:52.880><c> side,</c>

00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:56.320
what<00:37:54.500><c> ever</c><00:37:55.059><c> in</c><00:37:55.219><c> this</c><00:37:55.579><c> universe</c>

00:37:56.320 --> 00:37:58.539
can<00:37:56.900><c> weigh</c><00:37:57.119><c> against</c><00:37:57.579><c> that?</c>

00:37:58.760 --> 00:38:00.900
Can<00:37:58.940><c> you</c><00:37:59.159><c> think</c><00:37:59.360><c> of</c><00:37:59.619><c> one</c><00:37:59.880><c> thing?</c>

00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:02.900
Not<00:38:02.300><c> one</c><00:38:02.579><c> thing.</c>

00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:04.559
If<00:38:03.280><c> God</c><00:38:03.480><c> is</c><00:38:03.679><c> really</c><00:38:03.920><c> with</c><00:38:04.159><c> us</c>

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:06.280
and<00:38:05.239><c> he'll</c><00:38:05.420><c> give</c><00:38:05.500><c> us</c><00:38:05.699><c> all</c><00:38:05.960><c> things.</c>

00:38:06.699 --> 00:38:08.300
And<00:38:06.920><c> then</c><00:38:07.139><c> he</c><00:38:07.440><c> says,</c>

00:38:08.340 --> 00:38:10.239
he<00:38:08.539><c> is</c><00:38:08.800><c> going</c><00:38:08.920><c> to</c><00:38:09.280><c> declare</c><00:38:09.539><c> our</c><00:38:09.840><c> righteousness.</c>

00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:12.380
God<00:38:10.800><c> shall</c><00:38:11.139><c> declare</c><00:38:11.559><c> our</c><00:38:11.840><c> righteousness.</c>

00:38:12.739 --> 00:38:14.840
And<00:38:13.019><c> who</c><00:38:13.199><c> is</c><00:38:13.340><c> the</c><00:38:13.539><c> appointed</c><00:38:13.880><c> judge?</c>

00:38:15.300 --> 00:38:16.559
It's<00:38:15.539><c> the</c><00:38:15.639><c> Lord</c><00:38:15.820><c> Jesus</c><00:38:16.179><c> Christ.</c>

00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:19.239
So<00:38:16.800><c> there</c><00:38:16.940><c> we've</c><00:38:17.219><c> got</c><00:38:17.380><c> a</c><00:38:17.579><c> courtroom,</c><00:38:17.960><c> don't</c><00:38:18.239><c> we?</c>

00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:21.280
Here's<00:38:19.880><c> Christ</c><00:38:20.159><c> the</c><00:38:20.360><c> appointed</c><00:38:20.739><c> judge</c>

00:38:21.280 --> 00:38:23.380
and<00:38:22.119><c> God</c><00:38:22.480><c> saying,</c>

00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:25.699
I<00:38:23.500><c> will</c><00:38:23.760><c> declare</c><00:38:24.280><c> his</c><00:38:24.619><c> righteousness.</c>

00:38:26.920 --> 00:38:29.400
Who<00:38:27.119><c> is</c><00:38:27.360><c> going</c><00:38:27.440><c> to</c><00:38:27.780><c> stand</c><00:38:28.000><c> and</c><00:38:28.260><c> alter</c><00:38:28.460><c> that</c><00:38:28.800><c> sentence</c>

00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:32.880
if<00:38:30.199><c> we</c><00:38:30.480><c> are</c><00:38:30.699><c> confessed</c><00:38:31.360><c> before</c><00:38:31.800><c> God</c>

00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:34.500
and<00:38:33.099><c> the</c><00:38:33.179><c> holy</c><00:38:33.400><c> angels</c><00:38:33.739><c> by</c><00:38:34.039><c> Christ?</c>

00:38:34.820 --> 00:38:36.159
God<00:38:35.079><c> declares</c><00:38:35.500><c> our</c><00:38:35.800><c> righteousness</c>

00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:37.920
and<00:38:36.500><c> Christ</c><00:38:36.860><c> confesses</c><00:38:37.579><c> us</c>

00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:39.480
to<00:38:38.360><c> the</c><00:38:38.599><c> Father</c><00:38:38.800><c> and</c><00:38:38.980><c> the</c><00:38:39.260><c> angels.</c>

00:38:39.679 --> 00:38:42.360
Who's<00:38:40.079><c> going</c><00:38:40.219><c> to</c><00:38:40.500><c> stand</c><00:38:40.619><c> against</c><00:38:41.000><c> that</c><00:38:41.360><c> sentence?</c>

00:38:43.659 --> 00:38:44.900
This,<00:38:44.539><c> friends</c><00:38:44.539><c> and</c><00:38:44.760><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:44.980 --> 00:38:46.940
is<00:38:45.260><c> a</c><00:38:45.420><c> rigged</c><00:38:45.980><c> courtroom</c>

00:38:47.300 --> 00:38:48.960
against<00:38:47.880><c> the</c><00:38:48.159><c> flesh.</c>

00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:51.780
It's<00:38:49.739><c> a</c><00:38:49.960><c> rigged</c><00:38:50.539><c> juristic</c><00:38:51.239><c> system</c>

00:38:51.780 --> 00:38:54.130
because<00:38:52.480><c> God</c><00:38:52.880><c> and</c><00:38:53.099><c> Christ</c><00:38:53.380><c> are</c><00:38:53.840><c> desirous</c>

00:38:54.400 --> 00:38:55.940
that<00:38:54.559><c> we</c><00:38:54.820><c> overcome.</c>

00:38:56.800 --> 00:38:58.840
That's<00:38:57.199><c> rigged</c><00:38:57.500><c> against</c><00:38:57.840><c> flesh.</c>

00:38:59.300 --> 00:39:01.019
He<00:38:59.420><c> is</c><00:38:59.659><c> mightier</c><00:39:00.099><c> that</c><00:39:00.300><c> is</c><00:39:00.599><c> in</c><00:39:00.780><c> us</c>

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:02.619
than<00:39:01.159><c> is</c><00:39:01.320><c> in</c><00:39:01.440><c> the</c><00:39:01.639><c> world.</c>

00:39:02.719 --> 00:39:05.300
And<00:39:03.280><c> we</c><00:39:03.400><c> will</c><00:39:03.599><c> not</c><00:39:03.780><c> believe</c><00:39:04.099><c> that.</c>

00:39:06.579 --> 00:39:08.900
The<00:39:06.800><c> world</c><00:39:06.940><c> has</c><00:39:07.179><c> no</c><00:39:07.440><c> chance</c><00:39:07.840><c> against</c><00:39:08.199><c> that</c><00:39:08.480><c> system</c>

00:39:08.900 --> 00:39:10.320
that<00:39:09.179><c> God</c><00:39:09.400><c> has</c><00:39:09.579><c> put</c><00:39:09.699><c> in</c><00:39:09.900><c> place.</c>

00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:13.059
Verse<00:39:10.980><c> 35,</c><00:39:11.900><c> who's</c><00:39:12.219><c> going</c><00:39:12.320><c> to</c><00:39:12.559><c> separate</c><00:39:12.840><c> us</c>

00:39:13.059 --> 00:39:14.340
from<00:39:13.219><c> the</c><00:39:13.380><c> love</c><00:39:13.500><c> of</c><00:39:13.699><c> Christ?</c>

00:39:14.639 --> 00:39:15.619
Who?

00:39:17.179 --> 00:39:18.940
Tribulation,<00:39:17.659><c> distress,</c><00:39:18.400><c> persecution,</c>

00:39:19.260 --> 00:39:21.380
famine,<00:39:19.679><c> nakedness,</c><00:39:20.260><c> peril,</c><00:39:20.480><c> the</c><00:39:20.659><c> sort.</c>

00:39:21.539 --> 00:39:23.719
He<00:39:21.739><c> actually</c><00:39:22.199><c> says</c><00:39:22.539><c> for</c><00:39:22.920><c> thy</c><00:39:23.380><c> sake.</c>

00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:25.039
You<00:39:23.940><c> see,</c><00:39:24.099><c> these</c><00:39:24.260><c> are</c><00:39:24.420><c> friends</c><00:39:24.539><c> and</c><00:39:24.760><c> sisters</c>

00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:26.639
who<00:39:25.440><c> are</c><00:39:25.539><c> doing</c><00:39:25.760><c> things</c><00:39:26.019><c> for</c><00:39:26.199><c> God's</c><00:39:26.579><c> sake,</c>

00:39:26.679 --> 00:39:27.860
not<00:39:26.840><c> their</c><00:39:27.079><c> own.</c>

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:29.300
But<00:39:28.099><c> because</c><00:39:28.539><c> for</c><00:39:28.820><c> thy</c><00:39:29.059><c> sake</c>

00:39:29.300 --> 00:39:30.860
we<00:39:29.519><c> are</c><00:39:29.739><c> killed</c><00:39:29.920><c> all</c><00:39:30.159><c> the</c><00:39:30.300><c> day</c><00:39:30.500><c> long,</c>

00:39:31.340 --> 00:39:33.980
we<00:39:31.519><c> are</c><00:39:31.719><c> counted</c><00:39:32.320><c> as</c><00:39:32.599><c> sheep</c><00:39:32.739><c> for</c><00:39:32.960><c> the</c><00:39:33.199><c> slaughter.</c>

00:39:35.340 --> 00:39:36.679
On<00:39:35.619><c> the</c><00:39:35.760><c> basis</c><00:39:36.079><c> of</c><00:39:36.360><c> that,</c>

00:39:36.679 --> 00:39:40.179
there<00:39:37.179><c> is</c><00:39:37.619><c> a</c><00:39:37.940><c> bond</c><00:39:38.239><c> which</c><00:39:38.599><c> is</c><00:39:39.079><c> unbreakable.</c>

00:39:40.639 --> 00:39:42.119
It's<00:39:40.840><c> a</c><00:39:40.980><c> bond</c><00:39:41.099><c> of</c><00:39:41.579><c> perfectness,</c>

00:39:42.139 --> 00:39:44.539
as<00:39:42.320><c> we</c><00:39:42.440><c> are</c><00:39:42.659><c> told</c><00:39:42.980><c> by</c><00:39:43.500><c> Paul.</c>

00:39:45.380 --> 00:39:48.260
What's<00:39:45.719><c> going</c><00:39:45.840><c> to</c><00:39:46.119><c> separate</c><00:39:46.559><c> true</c><00:39:46.920><c> love?</c>

00:39:49.400 --> 00:39:51.960
If<00:39:49.900><c> we</c><00:39:50.219><c> are</c><00:39:50.480><c> truly</c><00:39:50.739><c> in</c><00:39:50.940><c> this</c><00:39:51.179><c> love</c><00:39:51.320><c> of</c><00:39:51.539><c> Christ,</c>

00:39:52.119 --> 00:39:53.360
Christ<00:39:52.500><c> has</c><00:39:52.840><c> loved</c><00:39:53.000><c> us,</c>

00:39:53.360 --> 00:39:55.539
and<00:39:53.500><c> if</c><00:39:53.659><c> we</c><00:39:53.960><c> reciprocate</c><00:39:54.519><c> that</c><00:39:54.739><c> love</c><00:39:54.960><c> and</c><00:39:55.260><c> truth,</c>

00:39:56.039 --> 00:39:57.519
what<00:39:56.420><c> breaks</c><00:39:56.860><c> true</c><00:39:57.199><c> love?</c>

00:39:57.739 --> 00:39:59.300
Have<00:39:57.900><c> you</c><00:39:57.940><c> ever</c><00:39:58.119><c> thought</c><00:39:58.360><c> of</c><00:39:58.500><c> that?</c>

00:39:59.559 --> 00:40:01.260
If<00:39:59.940><c> you</c><00:40:00.199><c> know</c><00:40:00.400><c> of</c><00:40:00.780><c> a</c><00:40:00.920><c> person</c>

00:40:01.260 --> 00:40:03.360
or<00:40:01.500><c> if</c><00:40:01.739><c> you</c><00:40:01.860><c> yourself</c><00:40:02.239><c> have</c><00:40:02.500><c> lost</c><00:40:02.760><c> a</c><00:40:03.019><c> spouse</c>

00:40:03.360 --> 00:40:06.260
or<00:40:03.980><c> a</c><00:40:04.360><c> child</c><00:40:04.699><c> or</c><00:40:04.900><c> something</c><00:40:05.260><c> of</c><00:40:05.579><c> that</c><00:40:05.780><c> nature,</c>

00:40:06.260 --> 00:40:08.920
or<00:40:06.679><c> even</c><00:40:06.980><c> a</c><00:40:07.579><c> fond</c><00:40:07.880><c> friend,</c>

00:40:09.019 --> 00:40:11.539
does<00:40:09.340><c> that</c><00:40:09.719><c> true</c><00:40:10.019><c> love</c><00:40:10.659><c> die</c>

00:40:11.539 --> 00:40:13.739
when<00:40:12.019><c> that</c><00:40:12.260><c> person</c><00:40:12.579><c> dies?</c>

00:40:14.920 --> 00:40:16.500
It<00:40:15.219><c> doesn't,</c><00:40:15.500><c> does</c><00:40:15.659><c> it?</c>

00:40:16.980 --> 00:40:19.199
Because<00:40:17.460><c> the</c><00:40:17.719><c> person</c><00:40:18.000><c> who</c><00:40:18.159><c> is</c><00:40:18.320><c> alive</c>

00:40:19.199 --> 00:40:22.119
bears<00:40:19.940><c> memorial</c><00:40:20.659><c> to</c><00:40:20.960><c> that</c><00:40:21.179><c> love.</c>

00:40:22.139 --> 00:40:24.760
And<00:40:22.260><c> in</c><00:40:22.400><c> fact</c><00:40:22.519><c> you</c><00:40:22.679><c> find</c><00:40:22.980><c> that</c><00:40:23.199><c> true</c><00:40:23.440><c> love</c><00:40:23.739><c> strengthens,</c>

00:40:24.960 --> 00:40:26.699
don't<00:40:25.159><c> you,</c><00:40:25.960><c> after</c><00:40:26.320><c> death.</c>

00:40:27.079 --> 00:40:29.119
It<00:40:27.300><c> actually</c><00:40:27.860><c> strengthens.</c>

00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:31.679
Now<00:40:29.800><c> what</c><00:40:29.960><c> we've</c><00:40:30.260><c> got</c><00:40:30.440><c> here</c><00:40:30.719><c> is</c><00:40:30.860><c> the</c><00:40:31.139><c> circumstance</c>

00:40:31.679 --> 00:40:35.119
where<00:40:32.079><c> Christ</c><00:40:32.579><c> and</c><00:40:32.880><c> God</c><00:40:33.539><c> have</c><00:40:34.260><c> loved</c><00:40:34.599><c> us</c>

00:40:35.119 --> 00:40:37.780
that<00:40:35.360><c> even</c><00:40:35.780><c> though</c><00:40:36.260><c> we</c><00:40:36.719><c> die,</c>

00:40:38.280 --> 00:40:39.980
there's<00:40:38.480><c> a</c><00:40:38.659><c> memorial</c><00:40:38.960><c> of</c><00:40:39.159><c> the</c><00:40:39.380><c> true</c><00:40:39.579><c> love</c>

00:40:39.980 --> 00:40:42.260
in<00:40:40.219><c> the</c><00:40:40.420><c> eternity</c><00:40:40.780><c> of</c><00:40:41.039><c> God</c><00:40:41.179><c> and</c><00:40:41.380><c> Christ.</c>

00:40:42.719 --> 00:40:44.219
That<00:40:42.960><c> love</c><00:40:43.219><c> then</c><00:40:43.559><c> cannot</c><00:40:43.780><c> die.</c>

00:40:44.500 --> 00:40:46.780
That<00:40:44.739><c> true</c><00:40:44.960><c> love</c><00:40:45.139><c> is</c><00:40:45.340><c> kept</c><00:40:45.599><c> alive</c><00:40:45.920><c> by</c><00:40:46.159><c> the</c><00:40:46.320><c> one</c>

00:40:46.780 --> 00:40:49.139
who<00:40:47.099><c> shall</c><00:40:47.380><c> never</c><00:40:47.800><c> slumber</c><00:40:48.119><c> or</c><00:40:48.420><c> sleep.</c>

00:40:50.659 --> 00:40:53.079
Do<00:40:50.820><c> you</c><00:40:50.840><c> think</c><00:40:51.019><c> I'm</c><00:40:51.119><c> just</c><00:40:51.320><c> making</c><00:40:51.599><c> this</c><00:40:51.880><c> up?</c>

00:40:53.480 --> 00:40:57.219
Flip<00:40:53.679><c> over</c><00:40:53.900><c> to</c><00:40:54.119><c> Jeremiah</c><00:40:54.460><c> 31</c><00:40:54.920><c> verse</c><00:40:55.280><c> 3.</c>

00:40:59.239 --> 00:41:00.559
We're<00:40:59.599><c> going</c><00:40:59.699><c> to</c><00:40:59.760><c> come</c><00:40:59.960><c> back</c><00:41:00.139><c> to</c><00:41:00.320><c> Romans,</c>

00:41:00.699 --> 00:41:02.059
but<00:41:01.000><c> keep</c><00:41:01.239><c> your</c><00:41:01.420><c> finger</c><00:41:01.719><c> there.</c>

00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:05.139
Jeremiah<00:41:02.760><c> 31</c><00:41:03.340><c> verse</c><00:41:03.699><c> 3.</c>

00:41:05.400 --> 00:41:06.699
You<00:41:05.519><c> see,</c><00:41:05.699><c> that</c><00:41:05.840><c> true</c><00:41:06.119><c> love</c>

00:41:06.699 --> 00:41:09.699
is<00:41:07.500><c> that</c><00:41:07.679><c> which</c><00:41:07.800><c> is</c><00:41:08.019><c> going</c><00:41:08.159><c> to</c><00:41:08.599><c> sustain</c>

00:41:10.010 --> 00:41:11.820
and<00:41:10.320><c> will</c><00:41:10.559><c> actually</c><00:41:10.960><c> waken</c><00:41:11.340><c> us</c><00:41:11.619><c> up</c>

00:41:11.820 --> 00:41:13.159
out<00:41:12.000><c> of</c><00:41:12.119><c> our</c><00:41:12.400><c> sleep</c><00:41:12.539><c> of</c><00:41:12.820><c> death.</c>

00:41:13.599 --> 00:41:16.079
It's<00:41:13.699><c> a</c><00:41:13.800><c> love</c><00:41:13.940><c> which</c><00:41:14.260><c> passes</c><00:41:14.619><c> through</c><00:41:15.000><c> death.</c>

00:41:17.219 --> 00:41:21.260
Yahweh<00:41:17.699><c> hath</c><00:41:17.960><c> appeared</c><00:41:18.820><c> of</c><00:41:19.300><c> old</c><00:41:19.599><c> unto</c><00:41:19.840><c> me,</c><00:41:20.460><c> saying,</c>

00:41:21.659 --> 00:41:26.099
Yea,<00:41:21.920><c> I</c><00:41:22.179><c> have</c><00:41:22.460><c> loved</c><00:41:22.739><c> thee</c><00:41:23.360><c> with</c><00:41:24.179><c> an</c><00:41:24.400><c> everlasting</c><00:41:24.980><c> love,</c>

00:41:26.400 --> 00:41:29.780
an<00:41:26.659><c> eternal</c><00:41:27.059><c> love,</c><00:41:28.179><c> an</c><00:41:28.360><c> undying</c><00:41:28.800><c> love.</c>

00:41:29.920 --> 00:41:33.519
Therefore,<00:41:30.519><c> with</c><00:41:30.920><c> loving</c><00:41:31.300><c> kindness</c><00:41:31.920><c> have</c><00:41:32.639><c> I</c><00:41:32.920><c> drawn</c><00:41:33.199><c> thee.</c>

00:41:33.699 --> 00:41:36.639
You<00:41:33.920><c> see,</c><00:41:34.199><c> we</c><00:41:34.340><c> said</c><00:41:34.559><c> that</c><00:41:34.900><c> love</c><00:41:35.199><c> and</c><00:41:35.460><c> faith</c><00:41:35.739><c> are</c><00:41:36.000><c> led,</c><00:41:36.139><c> aren't</c><00:41:36.380><c> they?</c>

00:41:36.860 --> 00:41:39.880
There<00:41:37.139><c> it</c><00:41:37.360><c> is.</c><00:41:37.559><c> There's</c><00:41:37.860><c> the</c><00:41:38.019><c> love</c><00:41:38.219><c> which</c><00:41:38.440><c> is</c><00:41:38.599><c> being</c><00:41:38.920><c> drawn.</c>

00:41:39.960 --> 00:41:42.019
And<00:41:40.119><c> because</c><00:41:40.539><c> God's</c><00:41:40.960><c> love</c><00:41:41.099><c> is</c><00:41:41.420><c> eternal,</c>

00:41:42.320 --> 00:41:44.119
it<00:41:42.539><c> transcends</c><00:41:43.059><c> death.</c>

00:41:44.719 --> 00:41:48.099
And<00:41:44.880><c> He</c><00:41:45.079><c> draws</c><00:41:45.420><c> us</c><00:41:45.800><c> to</c><00:41:46.039><c> Him,</c><00:41:47.079><c> line</c><00:41:47.260><c> upon</c><00:41:47.579><c> line,</c>

00:41:48.380 --> 00:41:51.260
putting<00:41:48.639><c> more</c><00:41:49.000><c> and</c><00:41:49.000><c> more</c><00:41:49.219><c> faith</c><00:41:49.579><c> and</c><00:41:49.840><c> trust</c><00:41:50.159><c> and</c><00:41:50.420><c> growth</c><00:41:50.679><c> in</c><00:41:50.780><c> Him.</c>

00:41:51.760 --> 00:41:53.920
And<00:41:51.960><c> our</c><00:41:52.139><c> love</c><00:41:52.619><c> is</c><00:41:53.000><c> developed.</c>

00:41:55.420 --> 00:41:58.380
We<00:41:55.719><c> might</c><00:41:55.940><c> be</c><00:41:56.300><c> separated</c><00:41:56.739><c> from</c><00:41:56.980><c> a</c><00:41:57.260><c> human</c><00:41:57.480><c> leader,</c>

00:41:58.519 --> 00:42:03.699
but<00:41:59.079><c> from</c><00:41:59.400><c> Christ</c><00:42:00.400><c> we</c><00:42:01.300><c> can</c><00:42:01.480><c> never</c><00:42:01.659><c> be</c><00:42:01.980><c> separated,</c><00:42:02.420><c> can</c><00:42:02.699><c> we?</c>

00:42:03.940 --> 00:42:07.079
I'll<00:42:04.139><c> read</c><00:42:04.280><c> to</c><00:42:04.559><c> you</c><00:42:04.559><c> Psalm</c><00:42:04.719><c> 56</c><00:42:05.340><c> verse</c><00:42:05.639><c> 3</c><00:42:05.920><c> to</c><00:42:06.019><c> 4.</c>

00:42:07.400 --> 00:42:08.500
What<00:42:07.400><c> time</c><00:42:07.780><c> I</c><00:42:07.960><c> am</c><00:42:08.099><c> afraid,</c>

00:42:08.500 --> 00:42:11.340
and<00:42:08.659><c> we're</c><00:42:08.880><c> all</c><00:42:09.079><c> afraid</c><00:42:09.639><c> many</c><00:42:10.099><c> times</c><00:42:10.480><c> in</c><00:42:10.699><c> life,</c><00:42:10.880><c> aren't</c><00:42:11.159><c> we?</c>

00:42:11.420 --> 00:42:12.880
Of<00:42:11.460><c> many</c><00:42:11.760><c> things.</c>

00:42:13.219 --> 00:42:15.280
I<00:42:13.440><c> will</c><00:42:13.699><c> trust</c><00:42:14.039><c> in</c><00:42:14.239><c> thee.</c>

00:42:15.780 --> 00:42:18.079
In<00:42:16.019><c> God</c><00:42:16.179><c> I</c><00:42:16.340><c> will</c><00:42:16.539><c> praise</c><00:42:16.800><c> His</c><00:42:17.059><c> word.</c>

00:42:18.159 --> 00:42:20.480
In<00:42:18.440><c> God</c><00:42:18.739><c> I</c><00:42:18.940><c> have</c><00:42:19.059><c> put</c><00:42:19.179><c> my</c><00:42:19.480><c> trust.</c>

00:42:21.420 --> 00:42:23.820
I<00:42:21.719><c> will</c><00:42:21.940><c> not</c><00:42:22.159><c> fear</c><00:42:22.300><c> what</c><00:42:22.559><c> flesh</c><00:42:22.800><c> can</c><00:42:23.000><c> do</c><00:42:23.119><c> to</c><00:42:23.320><c> me.</c>

00:42:24.260 --> 00:42:26.940
You<00:42:24.500><c> see,</c><00:42:24.619><c> that's</c><00:42:25.000><c> actually</c><00:42:25.380><c> seeing</c><00:42:25.679><c> Him</c><00:42:26.099><c> who</c><00:42:26.420><c> is</c><00:42:26.559><c> invisible.</c>

00:42:26.940 --> 00:42:30.340
And<00:42:27.800><c> it's</c><00:42:28.019><c> making</c><00:42:28.420><c> that</c><00:42:28.679><c> one</c><00:42:28.820><c> who</c><00:42:28.960><c> is</c><00:42:29.139><c> invisible,</c>

00:42:30.800 --> 00:42:32.659
so<00:42:31.000><c> real</c><00:42:31.239><c> and</c><00:42:31.500><c> so</c><00:42:31.699><c> powerful,</c>

00:42:33.480 --> 00:42:35.079
that<00:42:33.559><c> when</c><00:42:33.780><c> we're</c><00:42:34.139><c> afraid,</c>

00:42:35.260 --> 00:42:37.239
we<00:42:35.360><c> don't</c><00:42:35.579><c> even</c><00:42:35.880><c> fear</c><00:42:36.079><c> what</c><00:42:36.340><c> flesh</c><00:42:36.519><c> can</c><00:42:36.800><c> do.</c>

00:42:37.579 --> 00:42:39.340
In<00:42:37.760><c> whatever</c><00:42:38.039><c> its</c><00:42:38.340><c> forms,</c>

00:42:39.820 --> 00:42:42.199
flesh<00:42:39.960><c> is</c><00:42:40.340><c> outweighed.</c>

00:42:42.380 --> 00:42:44.760
The<00:42:42.440><c> death</c><00:42:42.719><c> of</c><00:42:42.980><c> sin</c><00:42:43.139><c> and</c><00:42:43.360><c> the</c><00:42:43.579><c> strength</c><00:42:43.840><c> of</c><00:42:44.039><c> sin</c><00:42:44.159><c> is</c><00:42:44.380><c> the</c><00:42:44.519><c> law,</c>

00:42:45.179 --> 00:42:48.860
but<00:42:45.360><c> thanks</c><00:42:45.679><c> be</c><00:42:45.920><c> to</c><00:42:46.119><c> God</c><00:42:46.400><c> which</c><00:42:47.059><c> gives</c><00:42:47.619><c> us</c><00:42:48.079><c> the</c><00:42:48.420><c> victory</c>

00:42:48.860 --> 00:42:50.199
through<00:42:49.219><c> the</c><00:42:49.380><c> Lord</c><00:42:49.599><c> Jesus</c><00:42:49.960><c> Christ.</c>

00:42:50.280 --> 00:42:52.099
There's<00:42:50.519><c> the</c><00:42:50.679><c> victory</c><00:42:50.900><c> and</c><00:42:51.059><c> it's</c><00:42:51.179><c> given.</c>

00:42:54.019 --> 00:42:56.440
And<00:42:54.300><c> the</c><00:42:54.480><c> victory</c><00:42:54.760><c> now</c><00:42:55.039><c> is</c><00:42:55.199><c> not</c><00:42:55.340><c> only</c><00:42:55.699><c> overcoming</c><00:42:56.039><c> the</c><00:42:56.320><c> world,</c>

00:42:56.440 --> 00:42:59.260
it's<00:42:56.659><c> the</c><00:42:56.780><c> victory</c><00:42:57.039><c> out</c><00:42:57.380><c> of</c><00:42:57.599><c> that</c><00:42:58.179><c> transient</c><00:42:58.780><c> position</c>

00:42:59.260 --> 00:43:03.260
which<00:42:59.539><c> we</c><00:42:59.840><c> view</c><00:43:00.039><c> so</c><00:43:00.760><c> badly</c><00:43:01.320><c> and</c><00:43:01.719><c> so</c><00:43:02.019><c> darkly</c><00:43:02.860><c> to</c><00:43:03.039><c> God.</c>

00:43:03.760 --> 00:43:04.900
It's<00:43:04.039><c> a</c><00:43:04.159><c> victory</c><00:43:04.440><c> over</c><00:43:04.739><c> it.</c>

00:43:04.960 --> 00:43:07.840
It's<00:43:05.280><c> transparent</c><00:43:05.920><c> to</c><00:43:06.639><c> true</c><00:43:06.860><c> love,</c>

00:43:07.940 --> 00:43:09.980
the<00:43:08.179><c> love</c><00:43:08.340><c> that</c><00:43:08.559><c> looks</c><00:43:08.820><c> through</c><00:43:09.079><c> death.</c>

00:43:10.840 --> 00:43:13.280
And<00:43:10.920><c> as</c><00:43:11.139><c> Paul</c><00:43:11.340><c> says</c><00:43:11.579><c> in</c><00:43:11.739><c> Romans</c><00:43:12.099><c> 37,</c>

00:43:13.300 --> 00:43:17.420
No,<00:43:13.400><c> in</c><00:43:13.500><c> all</c><00:43:13.780><c> these</c><00:43:14.099><c> things</c><00:43:14.719><c> we</c><00:43:15.260><c> are</c><00:43:15.420><c> more</c><00:43:15.699><c> than</c><00:43:15.960><c> conquerors</c>

00:43:17.420 --> 00:43:19.039
through<00:43:17.880><c> Him</c><00:43:18.079><c> that</c><00:43:18.340><c> loved</c><00:43:18.519><c> us.</c>

00:43:19.519 --> 00:43:20.639
Isn't<00:43:19.699><c> it</c><00:43:19.860><c> lovely</c><00:43:20.019><c> he</c><00:43:20.320><c> says,</c>

00:43:21.079 --> 00:43:22.880
we're<00:43:21.320><c> not</c><00:43:21.380><c> only</c><00:43:21.780><c> conquerors,</c>

00:43:23.179 --> 00:43:25.019
we're<00:43:23.280><c> more</c><00:43:23.539><c> than</c><00:43:23.800><c> conquerors.</c>

00:43:25.440 --> 00:43:29.079
It's<00:43:26.000><c> the</c><00:43:26.460><c> victory</c><00:43:27.000><c> that</c><00:43:27.760><c> is</c><00:43:27.960><c> victorious.</c>

00:43:29.760 --> 00:43:30.559
It's<00:43:29.800><c> not</c><00:43:29.920><c> only</c><00:43:30.099><c> a</c><00:43:30.360><c> victory,</c>

00:43:30.900 --> 00:43:32.139
not<00:43:31.059><c> only</c><00:43:31.199><c> a</c><00:43:31.579><c> conqueror,</c>

00:43:32.260 --> 00:43:35.079
but<00:43:32.480><c> it's</c><00:43:32.699><c> a</c><00:43:32.840><c> conqueror</c><00:43:34.219><c> that</c><00:43:34.460><c> is</c><00:43:34.619><c> victorious.</c>

00:43:35.260 --> 00:43:36.500
It's<00:43:35.380><c> more</c><00:43:35.719><c> than</c><00:43:35.880><c> a</c><00:43:36.239><c> conqueror.</c>

00:43:36.760 --> 00:43:39.139
You<00:43:36.860><c> see,</c><00:43:37.099><c> not</c><00:43:37.219><c> only</c><00:43:37.519><c> is</c><00:43:37.760><c> the</c><00:43:37.980><c> trouble</c><00:43:38.280><c> of</c><00:43:38.519><c> this</c><00:43:38.840><c> age</c>

00:43:39.139 --> 00:43:42.000
and<00:43:39.340><c> the</c><00:43:39.579><c> difficulties</c><00:43:40.059><c> of</c><00:43:40.380><c> this</c><00:43:40.599><c> life</c><00:43:40.880><c> overcome,</c>

00:43:42.719 --> 00:43:44.659
but<00:43:42.840><c> those</c><00:43:43.219><c> troubles</c><00:43:43.659><c> in</c><00:43:43.860><c> the</c><00:43:44.159><c> world</c>

00:43:44.659 --> 00:43:47.760
become<00:43:45.199><c> the</c><00:43:45.559><c> basis</c><00:43:46.119><c> of</c><00:43:47.219><c> our</c><00:43:47.480><c> faith.</c>

00:43:48.119 --> 00:43:49.860
They're<00:43:48.280><c> not</c><00:43:48.559><c> only</c><00:43:48.960><c> being</c><00:43:49.320><c> overcome,</c>

00:43:50.139 --> 00:43:52.039
but<00:43:50.219><c> they</c><00:43:50.400><c> are</c><00:43:50.559><c> making</c><00:43:50.880><c> us</c><00:43:51.159><c> something.</c>

00:43:53.199 --> 00:43:54.920
The<00:43:53.679><c> world</c><00:43:53.920><c> says,</c><00:43:54.380><c> oh</c><00:43:54.400><c> well,</c><00:43:54.659><c> you</c><00:43:54.659><c> know,</c>

00:43:54.920 --> 00:43:56.320
we've<00:43:54.980><c> got</c><00:43:55.059><c> over</c><00:43:55.280><c> that</c><00:43:55.559><c> hurdle.</c>

00:43:57.159 --> 00:43:58.699
With<00:43:57.440><c> God</c><00:43:57.719><c> we</c><00:43:57.940><c> get</c><00:43:58.159><c> over</c><00:43:58.340><c> the</c><00:43:58.539><c> hurdle,</c>

00:43:58.780 --> 00:43:59.739
but<00:43:58.940><c> the</c><00:43:59.139><c> hurdle</c><00:43:59.340><c> itself,</c>

00:43:59.760 --> 00:44:00.719
getting<00:44:00.019><c> over</c><00:44:00.260><c> the</c><00:44:00.460><c> hurdle,</c>

00:44:01.000 --> 00:44:02.639
has<00:44:01.199><c> made</c><00:44:01.460><c> us</c><00:44:01.699><c> something.</c>

00:44:02.760 --> 00:44:04.159
And<00:44:02.960><c> it's</c><00:44:03.079><c> made</c><00:44:03.260><c> us</c><00:44:03.460><c> that</c><00:44:03.699><c> character</c>

00:44:04.159 --> 00:44:06.880
which<00:44:04.539><c> is</c><00:44:04.820><c> glowing</c><00:44:05.139><c> and</c><00:44:05.460><c> bright</c><00:44:05.619><c> in</c><00:44:05.780><c> the</c><00:44:05.940><c> Kingdom.</c>

00:44:08.139 --> 00:44:10.519
And<00:44:08.340><c> Paul</c><00:44:08.619><c> says</c><00:44:09.119><c> in</c><00:44:09.219><c> verse</c><00:44:09.480><c> 38,</c>

00:44:10.559 --> 00:44:11.340
I<00:44:10.719><c> am</c><00:44:10.920><c> persuaded.</c>

00:44:11.380 --> 00:44:12.000
Isn't<00:44:11.539><c> that</c><00:44:11.739><c> lovely?</c>

00:44:12.360 --> 00:44:14.940
Again,<00:44:13.420><c> a</c><00:44:13.579><c> sure</c><00:44:13.860><c> and</c><00:44:14.280><c> confident</c><00:44:14.579><c> faith.</c>

00:44:15.199 --> 00:44:17.079
This<00:44:15.400><c> is</c><00:44:15.559><c> the</c><00:44:15.719><c> faith</c><00:44:15.860><c> we</c><00:44:16.059><c> need,</c><00:44:16.460><c> brothers</c><00:44:16.500><c> and</c><00:44:16.699><c> sisters.</c>

00:44:17.420 --> 00:44:18.739
In<00:44:17.659><c> our</c><00:44:17.900><c> day</c><00:44:18.019><c> and</c><00:44:18.179><c> our</c><00:44:18.420><c> age,</c>

00:44:19.019 --> 00:44:20.219
when<00:44:19.159><c> the</c><00:44:19.400><c> world</c><00:44:19.539><c> is</c><00:44:19.880><c> weak</c>

00:44:20.219 --> 00:44:21.920
and<00:44:20.699><c> the</c><00:44:20.960><c> truth</c><00:44:21.139><c> in</c><00:44:21.360><c> all</c><00:44:21.519><c> its</c><00:44:21.719><c> ways,</c>

00:44:21.920 --> 00:44:23.460
as<00:44:22.139><c> our</c><00:44:22.280><c> brother</c><00:44:22.460><c> was</c><00:44:22.679><c> saying</c><00:44:22.880><c> this</c><00:44:23.199><c> morning,</c>

00:44:23.840 --> 00:44:26.340
all<00:44:24.019><c> the</c><00:44:24.300><c> downward</c><00:44:24.579><c> progression</c><00:44:25.179><c> of</c><00:44:25.539><c> the</c><00:44:25.960><c> excitement</c>

00:44:26.340 --> 00:44:28.179
and<00:44:26.639><c> things</c><00:44:26.800><c> of</c><00:44:27.019><c> the</c><00:44:27.239><c> truth,</c>

00:44:28.340 --> 00:44:31.519
Paul<00:44:28.500><c> says</c><00:44:28.840><c> he</c><00:44:29.199><c> is</c><00:44:29.800><c> absolutely</c><00:44:30.699><c> persuaded.</c>

00:44:31.719 --> 00:44:35.159
Are<00:44:31.980><c> you</c><00:44:32.119><c> and</c><00:44:32.320><c> I</c><00:44:33.780><c> really</c><00:44:34.599><c> persuaded</c>

00:44:35.159 --> 00:44:37.320
that<00:44:35.519><c> it</c><00:44:35.780><c> actually</c><00:44:36.019><c> makes</c><00:44:36.260><c> a</c><00:44:36.480><c> difference?</c>

00:44:37.480 --> 00:44:38.599
Not<00:44:37.679><c> say,</c><00:44:38.059><c> are</c><00:44:38.059><c> we</c><00:44:38.219><c> persuaded?</c>

00:44:38.860 --> 00:44:41.500
It<00:44:39.380><c> really</c><00:44:39.840><c> makes</c><00:44:40.159><c> a</c><00:44:40.400><c> difference.</c>

00:44:44.019 --> 00:44:45.340
Death<00:44:44.300><c> can't</c><00:44:44.679><c> separate</c><00:44:45.079><c> us</c>

00:44:45.340 --> 00:44:47.820
from<00:44:45.559><c> the</c><00:44:45.719><c> love</c><00:44:45.880><c> of</c><00:44:46.079><c> God</c><00:44:46.219><c> and</c><00:44:46.420><c> Christ,</c><00:44:46.920><c> can</c><00:44:47.000><c> it?</c>

00:44:48.119 --> 00:44:50.460
Jesus<00:44:48.679><c> has</c><00:44:48.880><c> got</c><00:44:48.960><c> the</c><00:44:49.079><c> keys</c><00:44:49.199><c> of</c><00:44:49.420><c> death.</c>

00:44:50.960 --> 00:44:52.599
We're<00:44:50.960><c> told</c><00:44:51.199><c> that</c><00:44:51.320><c> in</c><00:44:51.480><c> Scripture.</c>

00:44:53.119 --> 00:44:55.559
Nothing<00:44:53.280><c> pertaining</c><00:44:53.699><c> to</c><00:44:53.960><c> life</c><00:44:54.199><c> can</c><00:44:54.460><c> separate</c><00:44:54.880><c> us</c>

00:44:55.559 --> 00:44:58.639
because<00:44:55.820><c> Jesus</c><00:44:56.219><c> has</c><00:44:56.340><c> given</c><00:44:56.539><c> all</c><00:44:56.840><c> power</c><00:44:57.039><c> in</c><00:44:57.239><c> heaven</c><00:44:57.400><c> and</c><00:44:57.599><c> earth.</c>

00:44:59.079 --> 00:45:00.739
The<00:44:59.219><c> angels</c><00:44:59.500><c> would</c><00:44:59.800><c> not.</c>

00:45:01.219 --> 00:45:03.820
The<00:45:01.400><c> human</c><00:45:01.619><c> principalities</c><00:45:02.559><c> could</c><00:45:02.880><c> not.</c>

00:45:04.400 --> 00:45:05.699
Time<00:45:04.679><c> cannot.</c>

00:45:06.659 --> 00:45:08.139
Distance<00:45:07.119><c> cannot.</c>

00:45:08.179 --> 00:45:09.139
Nor<00:45:08.280><c> can</c><00:45:08.420><c> any</c><00:45:08.639><c> other</c><00:45:08.880><c> creature,</c>

00:45:09.219 --> 00:45:10.719
Paul<00:45:09.460><c> just</c><00:45:09.780><c> says</c><00:45:09.900><c> any</c><00:45:10.119><c> other</c><00:45:10.400><c> creature,</c>

00:45:11.000 --> 00:45:12.940
whatever<00:45:11.300><c> you</c><00:45:11.440><c> could</c><00:45:11.739><c> think</c><00:45:11.960><c> of,</c>

00:45:13.139 --> 00:45:16.840
what<00:45:13.360><c> in</c><00:45:13.719><c> time,</c><00:45:14.380><c> in</c><00:45:14.539><c> dimension,</c><00:45:15.719><c> in</c><00:45:15.920><c> might,</c><00:45:16.260><c> in</c><00:45:16.539><c> power</c>

00:45:16.840 --> 00:45:19.480
is<00:45:17.420><c> greater</c><00:45:17.500><c> than</c><00:45:17.719><c> that</c><00:45:17.960><c> love</c><00:45:18.139><c> in</c><00:45:18.340><c> Christ.</c>

00:45:20.099 --> 00:45:21.800
Do<00:45:20.260><c> you</c><00:45:20.420><c> know</c><00:45:20.539><c> of</c><00:45:20.679><c> one</c><00:45:20.920><c> thing?</c>

00:45:22.119 --> 00:45:24.860
And<00:45:22.199><c> the</c><00:45:22.340><c> odds</c><00:45:22.440><c> are</c><00:45:22.739><c> stacked</c><00:45:22.940><c> against</c><00:45:23.380><c> flesh,</c><00:45:23.980><c> aren't</c><00:45:23.980><c> they?</c>

00:45:25.260 --> 00:45:27.800
He<00:45:25.420><c> is</c><00:45:25.780><c> mightier</c><00:45:26.219><c> that</c><00:45:26.380><c> is</c><00:45:26.599><c> in</c><00:45:26.739><c> us</c>

00:45:27.659 --> 00:45:29.420
than<00:45:27.920><c> is</c><00:45:28.139><c> in</c><00:45:28.280><c> the</c><00:45:28.480><c> world.</c>

00:45:30.820 --> 00:45:33.639
And<00:45:31.179><c> Jesus</c><00:45:31.679><c> says</c><00:45:31.960><c> in</c><00:45:32.099><c> John</c><00:45:32.360><c> 13,</c>

00:45:33.659 --> 00:45:35.219
now<00:45:33.840><c> before</c><00:45:34.219><c> the</c><00:45:34.400><c> feast</c><00:45:34.579><c> of</c><00:45:34.820><c> the</c><00:45:34.960><c> Passover,</c>

00:45:35.480 --> 00:45:38.280
when<00:45:35.679><c> Jesus</c><00:45:36.360><c> knew</c><00:45:36.900><c> that</c><00:45:37.280><c> his</c><00:45:37.719><c> hour</c><00:45:37.940><c> has</c><00:45:38.159><c> come,</c>

00:45:38.300 --> 00:45:40.539
that<00:45:38.460><c> he</c><00:45:38.679><c> should</c><00:45:38.840><c> depart</c><00:45:39.139><c> out</c><00:45:39.380><c> of</c><00:45:39.519><c> the</c><00:45:39.739><c> world,</c>

00:45:41.079 --> 00:45:43.219
imagine<00:45:41.519><c> the</c><00:45:42.039><c> pressure</c><00:45:42.380><c> on</c><00:45:42.659><c> Jesus.</c>

00:45:43.340 --> 00:45:45.219
It's<00:45:43.860><c> his</c><00:45:44.179><c> departing.</c>

00:45:45.219 --> 00:45:46.920
And<00:45:45.719><c> now</c><00:45:45.960><c> he</c><00:45:46.099><c> knows</c><00:45:46.400><c> the</c><00:45:46.699><c> hour.</c>

00:45:47.199 --> 00:45:50.139
That<00:45:47.400><c> great</c><00:45:47.940><c> pressure</c><00:45:48.360><c> slips</c><00:45:48.840><c> upon</c><00:45:49.260><c> him</c>

00:45:50.139 --> 00:45:53.519
was<00:45:51.099><c> now</c><00:45:51.420><c> his</c><00:45:51.840><c> trial</c><00:45:52.119><c> of</c><00:45:52.400><c> his</c><00:45:52.719><c> faith.</c>

00:45:53.659 --> 00:45:55.139
Now<00:45:53.800><c> what</c><00:45:53.900><c> does</c><00:45:54.099><c> he</c><00:45:54.219><c> do?</c>

00:45:55.699 --> 00:45:58.039
He<00:45:55.980><c> loved</c><00:45:56.320><c> his</c><00:45:56.579><c> own</c><00:45:56.739><c> which</c><00:45:57.000><c> were</c><00:45:57.159><c> in</c><00:45:57.360><c> the</c><00:45:57.619><c> world</c>

00:45:58.039 --> 00:46:01.079
and<00:45:58.539><c> he</c><00:45:58.760><c> loved</c><00:45:58.920><c> them</c><00:45:59.719><c> to</c><00:46:00.000><c> the</c><00:46:00.179><c> end.</c>

00:46:01.559 --> 00:46:03.360
See,<00:46:01.719><c> it's</c><00:46:01.840><c> not</c><00:46:02.079><c> transient</c><00:46:02.360><c> with</c><00:46:02.599><c> Christ,</c><00:46:03.159><c> is</c><00:46:03.159><c> it?</c>

00:46:03.420 --> 00:46:04.699
He<00:46:03.699><c> loves</c><00:46:03.900><c> them</c><00:46:04.099><c> through</c><00:46:04.400><c> the</c><00:46:04.579><c> end.</c>

00:46:04.840 --> 00:46:08.500
He<00:46:05.079><c> knows</c><00:46:05.300><c> he's</c><00:46:05.539><c> got</c><00:46:05.619><c> to</c><00:46:05.739><c> go</c><00:46:05.900><c> through</c><00:46:06.159><c> this</c><00:46:06.820><c> terrible</c><00:46:07.480><c> veil</c><00:46:07.739><c> of</c><00:46:08.079><c> tears.</c>

00:46:09.000 --> 00:46:11.739
He<00:46:09.280><c> knows</c><00:46:09.500><c> he's</c><00:46:09.760><c> got</c><00:46:09.840><c> to</c><00:46:09.920><c> go</c><00:46:10.079><c> through</c><00:46:10.260><c> that</c><00:46:10.519><c> terrible</c><00:46:10.920><c> crucifixion</c>

00:46:11.739 --> 00:46:14.480
but<00:46:11.980><c> his</c><00:46:12.239><c> faith</c><00:46:12.460><c> actually</c><00:46:12.800><c> projects</c><00:46:13.099><c> him</c><00:46:13.619><c> straight</c><00:46:13.960><c> through</c>

00:46:14.960 --> 00:46:17.400
to<00:46:15.440><c> love</c><00:46:15.699><c> those</c><00:46:16.059><c> to</c><00:46:16.280><c> the</c><00:46:16.420><c> end.</c>

00:46:17.519 --> 00:46:18.440
That's<00:46:17.860><c> the</c><00:46:17.980><c> love.</c>

00:46:18.679 --> 00:46:20.940
We're<00:46:18.800><c> with</c><00:46:18.940><c> you</c><00:46:19.139><c> and</c><00:46:19.260><c> I,</c><00:46:19.559><c> our</c><00:46:19.559><c> love,</c><00:46:19.719><c> friends</c><00:46:19.940><c> and</c><00:46:20.139><c> sisters.</c>

00:46:21.280 --> 00:46:23.380
How<00:46:21.460><c> do</c><00:46:21.639><c> we</c><00:46:21.860><c> reciprocate?</c>

00:46:24.800 --> 00:46:27.340
As<00:46:24.920><c> you</c><00:46:25.039><c> see,</c><00:46:25.199><c> there's</c><00:46:25.460><c> a</c><00:46:25.659><c> catalogue</c><00:46:26.019><c> of</c><00:46:26.260><c> blessings</c><00:46:26.579><c> in</c><00:46:26.780><c> the</c><00:46:26.940><c> Apocalypse</c>

00:46:27.340 --> 00:46:29.039
which<00:46:27.559><c> we</c><00:46:27.739><c> all</c><00:46:27.860><c> know</c><00:46:28.019><c> well.</c>

00:46:29.360 --> 00:46:31.960
But<00:46:29.480><c> you</c><00:46:29.599><c> know</c><00:46:29.699><c> those</c><00:46:29.920><c> blessings</c><00:46:30.340><c> that</c><00:46:30.500><c> are</c><00:46:30.719><c> given</c><00:46:31.000><c> in</c><00:46:31.260><c> the</c><00:46:31.480><c> Apocalypse</c>

00:46:31.960 --> 00:46:35.260
are<00:46:32.719><c> given</c><00:46:33.260><c> freely,</c><00:46:34.039><c> aren't</c><00:46:34.280><c> they?</c>

00:46:35.440 --> 00:46:38.960
When<00:46:35.719><c> you</c><00:46:35.860><c> actually</c><00:46:36.239><c> read</c><00:46:36.460><c> those</c><00:46:37.139><c> seven</c><00:46:37.500><c> blessings</c><00:46:37.980><c> of</c><00:46:38.199><c> the</c><00:46:38.380><c> Apocalypse,</c>

00:46:38.960 --> 00:46:44.780
every<00:46:40.139><c> single</c><00:46:40.460><c> time</c><00:46:40.800><c> the</c><00:46:41.059><c> words,</c><00:46:42.019><c> I</c><00:46:42.079><c> will,</c><00:46:43.219><c> I</c><00:46:43.679><c> will.</c>

00:46:44.960 --> 00:46:47.420
We're<00:46:45.380><c> not</c><00:46:45.400><c> going</c><00:46:45.559><c> to</c><00:46:45.760><c> be</c><00:46:45.900><c> given</c><00:46:46.099><c> the</c><00:46:46.300><c> overcoming,</c>

00:46:48.099 --> 00:46:50.719
given<00:46:48.500><c> these</c><00:46:48.800><c> blessings</c><00:46:49.199><c> unless</c><00:46:49.519><c> we</c><00:46:49.840><c> overcome.</c>

00:46:50.739 --> 00:46:54.599
To<00:46:50.739><c> him</c><00:46:50.960><c> that</c><00:46:51.380><c> overcometh,</c><00:46:52.340><c> will</c><00:46:52.739><c> I</c><00:46:53.500><c> give.</c>

00:46:55.559 --> 00:46:58.159
It's<00:46:55.800><c> the</c><00:46:55.960><c> free</c><00:46:56.099><c> gift</c><00:46:56.360><c> of</c><00:46:56.599><c> grace,</c><00:46:57.039><c> isn't</c><00:46:57.039><c> it?</c>

00:46:58.440 --> 00:47:00.719
The<00:46:58.800><c> tree</c><00:46:59.000><c> of</c><00:46:59.260><c> life,</c>

00:47:01.579 --> 00:47:04.099
that<00:47:01.639><c> there</c><00:47:01.820><c> shall</c><00:47:01.980><c> not</c><00:47:02.219><c> be</c><00:47:02.360><c> hurt</c><00:47:02.480><c> of</c><00:47:02.659><c> the</c><00:47:02.820><c> second</c><00:47:03.099><c> death,</c>

00:47:04.780 --> 00:47:08.000
the<00:47:04.980><c> hidden</c><00:47:05.199><c> manna</c><00:47:05.519><c> and</c><00:47:05.639><c> the</c><00:47:05.840><c> white</c><00:47:06.079><c> stone</c><00:47:06.460><c> and</c><00:47:06.639><c> the</c><00:47:06.820><c> new</c><00:47:07.019><c> name,</c>

00:47:08.500 --> 00:47:11.119
power<00:47:09.139><c> over</c><00:47:09.460><c> the</c><00:47:09.639><c> nations,</c>

00:47:11.800 --> 00:47:13.480
clothed<00:47:12.119><c> in</c><00:47:12.219><c> white</c><00:47:12.539><c> raiment,</c>

00:47:14.420 --> 00:47:17.099
our<00:47:14.579><c> name</c><00:47:14.760><c> not</c><00:47:15.079><c> blotted</c><00:47:15.360><c> out</c><00:47:15.659><c> of</c><00:47:15.800><c> the</c><00:47:15.960><c> book,</c>

00:47:17.579 --> 00:47:20.539
confessed<00:47:17.980><c> before</c><00:47:18.320><c> my</c><00:47:18.619><c> Father</c><00:47:18.940><c> in</c><00:47:19.099><c> that</c><00:47:19.300><c> great</c><00:47:19.639><c> courtroom,</c>

00:47:21.280 --> 00:47:23.539
a<00:47:21.460><c> pillar</c><00:47:21.599><c> in</c><00:47:21.800><c> the</c><00:47:21.960><c> temple</c><00:47:22.179><c> of</c><00:47:22.420><c> God,</c>

00:47:24.000 --> 00:47:25.980
the<00:47:24.139><c> name</c><00:47:24.280><c> of</c><00:47:24.579><c> God</c><00:47:24.880><c> written</c><00:47:25.099><c> upon</c><00:47:25.440><c> us,</c>

00:47:26.199 --> 00:47:28.340
holiness<00:47:26.599><c> to</c><00:47:27.019><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:47:28.980 --> 00:47:30.599
a<00:47:29.199><c> new</c><00:47:29.380><c> name,</c>

00:47:31.199 --> 00:47:33.539
and<00:47:31.400><c> granting</c><00:47:31.679><c> to</c><00:47:32.039><c> sit</c><00:47:32.199><c> with</c><00:47:32.440><c> me,</c>

00:47:33.539 --> 00:47:37.179
not<00:47:33.880><c> on</c><00:47:34.219><c> my</c><00:47:34.500><c> throne,</c><00:47:35.699><c> in</c><00:47:35.980><c> my</c><00:47:36.260><c> throne.</c>

00:47:38.019 --> 00:47:41.159
And<00:47:38.219><c> those</c><00:47:38.460><c> eternal</c><00:47:38.860><c> hands</c><00:47:39.199><c> of</c><00:47:39.400><c> grace</c><00:47:39.719><c> and</c><00:47:39.900><c> mercy</c><00:47:40.139><c> are</c><00:47:40.380><c> about</c><00:47:40.639><c> us.</c>

00:47:41.659 --> 00:47:44.760
Those<00:47:41.900><c> are</c><00:47:42.119><c> the</c><00:47:42.219><c> blessings</c><00:47:42.539><c> in</c><00:47:43.340><c> the</c><00:47:43.599><c> Apocalypse</c><00:47:44.039><c> for</c><00:47:44.239><c> those</c>

00:47:44.760 --> 00:47:46.260
who<00:47:45.340><c> overcome.</c>

00:47:46.920 --> 00:47:49.280
We've<00:47:47.280><c> always</c><00:47:47.619><c> said</c><00:47:47.800><c> that</c><00:47:47.960><c> it</c><00:47:48.079><c> was</c><00:47:48.639><c> imbalanced,</c>

00:47:49.380 --> 00:47:52.059
the<00:47:49.579><c> mercy</c><00:47:49.960><c> and</c><00:47:50.179><c> the</c><00:47:50.400><c> greatness</c><00:47:50.659><c> that</c><00:47:50.920><c> God</c><00:47:51.159><c> gives</c><00:47:51.420><c> to</c><00:47:51.659><c> us</c>

00:47:52.059 --> 00:47:53.920
compared<00:47:52.400><c> with</c><00:47:52.599><c> the</c><00:47:52.780><c> feeble</c><00:47:53.039><c> love</c><00:47:53.239><c> of</c><00:47:53.360><c> our</c><00:47:53.559><c> hearts.</c>

00:47:54.360 --> 00:47:55.300
There<00:47:54.599><c> it</c><00:47:54.780><c> is.</c>

00:47:55.719 --> 00:47:58.059
Look<00:47:55.860><c> at</c><00:47:55.940><c> that</c><00:47:56.280><c> chronicle</c><00:47:56.840><c> of</c><00:47:57.139><c> mercy</c>

00:47:58.059 --> 00:48:02.139
versus,<00:47:59.619><c> if</c><00:47:59.780><c> you</c><00:47:59.920><c> love</c><00:48:00.119><c> God,</c><00:48:01.260><c> just</c><00:48:01.599><c> do</c><00:48:01.920><c> it.</c>

00:48:02.139 --> 00:48:03.139
Keep<00:48:02.400><c> His</c><00:48:02.539><c> commandments.</c>

00:48:03.440 --> 00:48:05.119
Overcome<00:48:03.940><c> that</c><00:48:04.239><c> world.</c>

00:48:05.360 --> 00:48:08.559
Make<00:48:05.579><c> Him</c><00:48:05.780><c> that</c><00:48:05.880><c> is</c><00:48:06.079><c> in</c><00:48:06.119><c> you</c><00:48:06.360><c> greater</c><00:48:06.699><c> than</c><00:48:06.920><c> that</c><00:48:07.099><c> is</c><00:48:07.119><c> in</c><00:48:07.320><c> the</c><00:48:07.579><c> flesh.</c>

00:48:10.039 --> 00:48:11.780
So<00:48:10.239><c> in</c><00:48:10.400><c> conclusion,</c>

00:48:12.019 --> 00:48:14.900
would<00:48:12.039><c> you</c><00:48:12.239><c> turn</c><00:48:12.380><c> with</c><00:48:12.559><c> me</c><00:48:12.760><c> to</c><00:48:13.019><c> 2</c><00:48:13.239><c> Timothy</c><00:48:13.619><c> 4.</c>

00:48:15.880 --> 00:48:19.800
We're<00:48:16.059><c> reading</c><00:48:16.360><c> now</c><00:48:16.699><c> of</c><00:48:17.039><c> Paul's</c><00:48:18.940><c> final</c><00:48:19.320><c> statements</c>

00:48:19.800 --> 00:48:22.500
as<00:48:20.019><c> he</c><00:48:20.159><c> is</c><00:48:20.380><c> writing</c><00:48:20.699><c> to</c><00:48:21.400><c> that</c><00:48:21.539><c> young</c><00:48:21.800><c> man</c><00:48:22.000><c> Timothy,</c>

00:48:22.860 --> 00:48:26.380
one<00:48:23.119><c> whose</c><00:48:23.380><c> faith</c><00:48:23.639><c> himself</c><00:48:24.179><c> needed</c><00:48:24.480><c> to</c><00:48:24.739><c> be</c><00:48:24.940><c> bolstered,</c>

00:48:26.440 --> 00:48:30.800
especially<00:48:26.739><c> at</c><00:48:26.940><c> this</c><00:48:27.139><c> time</c><00:48:27.420><c> since</c><00:48:28.159><c> the</c><00:48:28.420><c> great</c><00:48:28.760><c> father</c><00:48:29.659><c> of</c><00:48:30.219><c> Timothy</c>

00:48:30.800 --> 00:48:33.300
and<00:48:31.320><c> Titus</c><00:48:31.800><c> in</c><00:48:32.059><c> the</c><00:48:32.300><c> Spirit,</c>

00:48:33.340 --> 00:48:35.059
was<00:48:33.500><c> about</c><00:48:33.760><c> to</c><00:48:33.940><c> be</c><00:48:34.159><c> offered.</c>

00:48:37.519 --> 00:48:39.659
Many<00:48:37.780><c> teachers</c><00:48:38.119><c> in</c><00:48:38.300><c> Christ,</c><00:48:38.579><c> but</c><00:48:38.679><c> not</c><00:48:38.800><c> many</c><00:48:39.019><c> fathers</c><00:48:39.380><c> like</c>

00:48:39.659 --> 00:48:41.179
Paul<00:48:39.940><c> were</c><00:48:40.239><c> there.</c>

00:48:41.599 --> 00:48:43.139
We've<00:48:41.960><c> got</c><00:48:42.000><c> to</c><00:48:42.159><c> become</c><00:48:42.380><c> like</c><00:48:42.699><c> Paul.</c>

00:48:43.579 --> 00:48:46.780
And<00:48:43.699><c> he's</c><00:48:43.920><c> writing</c><00:48:44.280><c> with</c><00:48:45.039><c> concern</c><00:48:45.519><c> to</c><00:48:45.840><c> his</c><00:48:46.139><c> young</c><00:48:46.440><c> man.</c>

00:48:46.900 --> 00:48:49.679
And<00:48:47.039><c> he</c><00:48:47.159><c> says,</c><00:48:47.719><c> for</c><00:48:47.739><c> I</c><00:48:47.880><c> am</c><00:48:48.059><c> now</c><00:48:48.260><c> ready</c><00:48:48.480><c> to</c><00:48:48.679><c> be</c><00:48:48.940><c> offered.</c>

00:48:50.239 --> 00:48:52.039
I'm<00:48:50.539><c> ready</c><00:48:50.780><c> to</c><00:48:50.960><c> be</c><00:48:51.219><c> offered.</c>

00:48:52.679 --> 00:48:55.019
That<00:48:52.920><c> means</c><00:48:53.119><c> that</c><00:48:53.340><c> the</c><00:48:53.519><c> flesh</c><00:48:53.679><c> means</c><00:48:54.039><c> nothing.</c>

00:48:56.519 --> 00:48:58.539
And<00:48:56.679><c> the</c><00:48:56.880><c> time</c><00:48:57.079><c> of</c><00:48:57.300><c> my</c><00:48:57.559><c> departures</c><00:48:58.059><c> at</c><00:48:58.340><c> hand,</c>

00:48:58.539 --> 00:49:02.679
he<00:48:58.860><c> knew</c><00:48:59.019><c> just</c><00:48:59.300><c> like</c><00:48:59.559><c> Christ</c><00:48:59.960><c> is</c><00:49:00.280><c> our</c><00:49:01.159><c> Hanukkah.</c>

00:49:03.079 --> 00:49:05.719
And<00:49:03.179><c> he</c><00:49:03.280><c> can</c><00:49:03.500><c> say,</c><00:49:03.960><c> I</c><00:49:03.960><c> have</c><00:49:04.159><c> fought</c><00:49:04.300><c> a</c><00:49:04.519><c> good</c><00:49:04.739><c> fight.</c>

00:49:06.780 --> 00:49:09.500
And<00:49:06.920><c> it's</c><00:49:07.079><c> actually</c><00:49:07.500><c> a</c><00:49:07.800><c> fight</c><00:49:07.960><c> of</c><00:49:08.199><c> good,</c><00:49:08.460><c> isn't</c><00:49:08.579><c> it?</c>

00:49:10.000 --> 00:49:13.500
It's<00:49:10.139><c> both</c><00:49:10.280><c> a</c><00:49:10.440><c> good</c><00:49:10.639><c> fight,</c><00:49:11.159><c> because</c><00:49:11.599><c> the</c><00:49:11.780><c> purpose</c><00:49:12.119><c> of</c><00:49:12.280><c> it</c><00:49:12.440><c> is</c><00:49:12.619><c> good,</c>

00:49:14.179 --> 00:49:18.599
but<00:49:14.280><c> it</c><00:49:14.400><c> is</c><00:49:14.639><c> a</c><00:49:14.800><c> fight</c><00:49:15.000><c> of</c><00:49:15.340><c> good</c><00:49:16.280><c> over</c><00:49:17.780><c> evil.</c>

00:49:18.940 --> 00:49:20.179
I<00:49:19.159><c> have</c><00:49:19.360><c> finished</c><00:49:19.579><c> my</c><00:49:19.940><c> course.</c>

00:49:20.360 --> 00:49:23.699
Remember,<00:49:21.039><c> we</c><00:49:21.159><c> could</c><00:49:21.360><c> have</c><00:49:21.519><c> a</c><00:49:21.719><c> faith</c><00:49:21.860><c> that</c><00:49:22.300><c> falls</c><00:49:22.679><c> short</c><00:49:23.360><c> of</c>

00:49:23.699 --> 00:49:24.360
the<00:49:23.900><c> hope.</c>

00:49:24.360 --> 00:49:29.179
Paul<00:49:25.159><c> says,</c><00:49:26.300><c> my</c><00:49:26.380><c> faith</c><00:49:26.579><c> has</c><00:49:26.800><c> actually</c><00:49:27.260><c> projected</c><00:49:27.739><c> me</c><00:49:28.019><c> to</c><00:49:28.219><c> complete</c><00:49:28.579><c> the</c><00:49:28.880><c> course,</c>

00:49:29.519 --> 00:49:34.360
to<00:49:29.699><c> see</c><00:49:29.920><c> that</c><00:49:30.159><c> true</c><00:49:30.360><c> hope,</c><00:49:31.119><c> because</c><00:49:31.800><c> I've</c><00:49:33.139><c> kept</c><00:49:33.280><c> the</c><00:49:33.539><c> faith.</c>

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I<00:49:34.739><c> have</c><00:49:35.059><c> kept.</c>

00:49:35.659 --> 00:49:37.920
I<00:49:35.820><c> have</c><00:49:36.000><c> not</c><00:49:36.159><c> dissipated</c><00:49:36.739><c> the</c><00:49:37.000><c> faith.</c>

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It's<00:49:38.219><c> been</c><00:49:38.420><c> kept</c><00:49:38.619><c> in</c><00:49:38.780><c> me.</c>

00:49:40.639 --> 00:49:45.840
Henceforth<00:49:41.099><c> there</c><00:49:41.340><c> is</c><00:49:41.559><c> laid</c><00:49:41.699><c> up</c><00:49:41.920><c> for</c><00:49:42.059><c> me</c><00:49:43.139><c> the</c><00:49:43.920><c> crown</c><00:49:44.360><c> of</c><00:49:44.820><c> righteousness.</c>

00:49:46.940 --> 00:49:48.440
It's<00:49:47.119><c> not</c><00:49:47.280><c> righteousness</c><00:49:47.800><c> as</c><00:49:48.219><c> a</c><00:49:48.219><c> crown.</c>

00:49:48.679 --> 00:49:50.760
It's<00:49:48.900><c> the</c><00:49:49.059><c> crown</c><00:49:49.219><c> of</c><00:49:49.460><c> righteousness,</c><00:49:49.940><c> as</c><00:49:50.059><c> we</c><00:49:50.219><c> said</c><00:49:50.360><c> before.</c>

00:49:51.019 --> 00:49:52.619
This<00:49:51.260><c> is</c><00:49:51.460><c> hope's</c><00:49:51.780><c> reward,</c><00:49:52.079><c> isn't</c><00:49:52.300><c> it?</c>

00:49:52.619 --> 00:49:55.840
That's<00:49:53.139><c> waiting</c><00:49:53.480><c> at</c><00:49:53.719><c> the</c><00:49:53.900><c> end</c><00:49:54.219><c> of</c><00:49:54.559><c> faith's</c><00:49:54.980><c> rainbow,</c>

00:49:55.980 --> 00:49:59.699
which<00:49:56.219><c> the</c><00:49:56.480><c> Lord,</c><00:49:57.039><c> the</c><00:49:57.199><c> righteous</c><00:49:57.559><c> judge,</c><00:49:58.360><c> shall</c><00:49:58.360><c> give</c><00:49:59.119><c> me</c><00:49:59.539><c> at</c>

00:49:59.699 --> 00:50:00.179
that<00:49:59.960><c> day.</c>

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Remember,<00:50:00.659><c> this</c><00:50:00.820><c> is</c><00:50:00.980><c> all</c><00:50:01.199><c> a</c><00:50:01.360><c> gift.</c>

00:50:02.320 --> 00:50:05.940
Every<00:50:02.659><c> time</c><00:50:02.840><c> we</c><00:50:02.940><c> see</c><00:50:03.139><c> from</c><00:50:03.380><c> God,</c><00:50:03.820><c> it's</c><00:50:03.960><c> give,</c><00:50:04.380><c> give,</c><00:50:04.880><c> give.</c>

00:50:06.940 --> 00:50:09.199
We<00:50:07.119><c> don't</c><00:50:07.400><c> give</c><00:50:07.639><c> too</c><00:50:07.880><c> much,</c><00:50:08.199><c> do</c><00:50:08.320><c> we?</c>

00:50:10.360 --> 00:50:15.780
And<00:50:10.539><c> not</c><00:50:10.719><c> to</c><00:50:10.860><c> me</c><00:50:11.019><c> only,</c><00:50:12.159><c> but</c><00:50:12.300><c> to</c><00:50:12.500><c> all</c><00:50:12.860><c> those</c><00:50:13.400><c> that</c><00:50:14.239><c> love</c><00:50:14.619><c> his</c><00:50:15.159><c> appearing.</c>

00:50:16.199 --> 00:50:18.219
He<00:50:16.500><c> could</c><00:50:16.840><c> see</c><00:50:17.159><c> him</c><00:50:17.460><c> who</c><00:50:17.579><c> was</c><00:50:17.800><c> invisible.</c>

00:50:18.420 --> 00:50:21.840
He<00:50:18.539><c> was</c><00:50:18.780><c> waiting</c><00:50:19.139><c> for</c><00:50:19.380><c> that</c><00:50:19.539><c> appearing</c><00:50:19.880><c> to</c><00:50:20.079><c> be</c><00:50:20.340><c> real</c><00:50:20.539><c> in</c><00:50:20.739><c> his</c><00:50:20.940><c> eyes.</c>

00:50:21.980 --> 00:50:25.559
So<00:50:22.579><c> he</c><00:50:22.800><c> could</c><00:50:23.039><c> write</c><00:50:23.320><c> that</c><00:50:23.760><c> there</c><00:50:24.059><c> abideth</c><00:50:24.500><c> now</c><00:50:24.820><c> faith,</c><00:50:25.239><c> hope</c>

00:50:25.559 --> 00:50:26.079
and<00:50:25.679><c> love,</c>

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and<00:50:26.420><c> the</c><00:50:26.579><c> greatest</c><00:50:26.880><c> of</c><00:50:27.159><c> those</c><00:50:27.460><c> is</c><00:50:27.760><c> the</c><00:50:27.960><c> love,</c>

00:50:28.920 --> 00:50:32.659
which<00:50:29.260><c> transcends</c><00:50:29.920><c> the</c><00:50:30.300><c> faith</c><00:50:30.980><c> projecting</c><00:50:31.900><c> to</c><00:50:32.179><c> the</c><00:50:32.340><c> hope</c><00:50:32.480><c> of</c>

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the<00:50:32.840><c> kingdom.</c>

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What<00:50:34.219><c> remains</c><00:50:34.719><c> once</c><00:50:35.039><c> that</c><00:50:35.400><c> faith</c><00:50:35.639><c> is</c><00:50:36.079><c> visualized,</c>

00:50:37.039 --> 00:50:39.079
when<00:50:37.239><c> Christ</c><00:50:37.539><c> is</c><00:50:37.760><c> in</c><00:50:37.900><c> the</c><00:50:38.059><c> earth,</c>

00:50:40.119 --> 00:50:44.139
it's<00:50:40.300><c> that</c><00:50:40.539><c> love</c><00:50:40.800><c> which</c><00:50:41.019><c> is</c><00:50:41.260><c> the</c><00:50:41.360><c> love</c><00:50:41.579><c> he</c><00:50:41.900><c> said</c><00:50:42.360><c> to</c><00:50:42.860><c> the</c><00:50:43.039><c> end.</c>

00:50:46.340 --> 00:50:49.360
O<00:50:46.659><c> for</c><00:50:46.880><c> the</c><00:50:47.119><c> peace</c><00:50:47.340><c> that</c><00:50:47.639><c> flows</c><00:50:47.900><c> like</c><00:50:48.239><c> a</c><00:50:48.380><c> river,</c>

00:50:49.559 --> 00:50:53.239
making<00:50:50.159><c> life's</c><00:50:50.760><c> desert</c><00:50:50.960><c> faces</c><00:50:51.360><c> bloom</c><00:50:51.719><c> and</c><00:50:52.039><c> smile,</c>

00:50:53.739 --> 00:50:56.159
O<00:50:53.900><c> for</c><00:50:54.079><c> a</c><00:50:54.300><c> faith</c><00:50:54.500><c> to</c><00:50:54.760><c> grasp</c><00:50:55.159><c> the</c><00:50:55.420><c> bright</c><00:50:55.659><c> forever</c>

00:50:56.159 --> 00:50:59.619
and<00:50:57.219><c> the</c><00:50:57.460><c> shadows</c><00:50:57.800><c> of</c><00:50:58.119><c> this</c><00:50:58.380><c> little</c><00:50:58.699><c> while.</c>

00:51:00.659 --> 00:51:03.400
A<00:51:00.860><c> little</c><00:51:01.079><c> while</c><00:51:01.420><c> for</c><00:51:01.619><c> patient</c><00:51:02.039><c> vigil</c><00:51:02.380><c> keeping,</c>

00:51:03.639 --> 00:51:06.519
to<00:51:03.760><c> face</c><00:51:04.039><c> the</c><00:51:04.360><c> storm,</c><00:51:04.840><c> to</c><00:51:04.900><c> wrestle</c><00:51:05.179><c> with</c><00:51:05.440><c> the</c><00:51:05.699><c> strong.</c>

00:51:07.119 --> 00:51:10.139
A<00:51:07.320><c> little</c><00:51:07.619><c> while</c><00:51:07.960><c> to</c><00:51:08.239><c> sow</c><00:51:08.380><c> the</c><00:51:08.679><c> seed</c><00:51:08.840><c> with</c><00:51:09.059><c> weeping,</c>

00:51:10.599 --> 00:51:14.099
then<00:51:10.800><c> bind</c><00:51:11.219><c> the</c><00:51:11.579><c> sheaves</c><00:51:12.019><c> and</c><00:51:12.300><c> sing</c><00:51:12.519><c> the</c><00:51:12.800><c> harvest</c><00:51:13.159><c> song.</c>

00:51:14.619 --> 00:51:16.960
A<00:51:14.900><c> little</c><00:51:15.199><c> while</c><00:51:15.519><c> to</c><00:51:15.760><c> wear</c><00:51:15.880><c> the</c><00:51:16.119><c> robe</c><00:51:16.260><c> of</c><00:51:16.579><c> sadness,</c>

00:51:16.960 --> 00:51:21.039
to<00:51:18.079><c> toil</c><00:51:18.320><c> with</c><00:51:18.659><c> weary</c><00:51:18.940><c> steps</c><00:51:19.360><c> through</c><00:51:19.619><c> erring</c><00:51:19.960><c> ways,</c>

00:51:21.460 --> 00:51:24.940
then<00:51:21.800><c> to</c><00:51:22.079><c> pour</c><00:51:22.340><c> forth</c><00:51:22.599><c> the</c><00:51:22.880><c> fragrant</c><00:51:23.239><c> oil</c><00:51:23.480><c> of</c><00:51:23.679><c> gladness</c>

00:51:24.960 --> 00:51:28.619
and<00:51:25.639><c> clasp</c><00:51:25.980><c> the</c><00:51:26.219><c> girdle</c><00:51:26.699><c> of</c><00:51:26.980><c> the</c><00:51:27.139><c> robe</c><00:51:27.280><c> of</c><00:51:27.639><c> praise.</c>

00:51:29.679 --> 00:51:32.500
A<00:51:29.920><c> little</c><00:51:30.199><c> while</c><00:51:30.460><c> to</c><00:51:30.679><c> keep</c><00:51:30.900><c> the</c><00:51:31.139><c> oil</c><00:51:31.320><c> from</c><00:51:31.619><c> failing,</c>

00:51:33.139 --> 00:51:36.380
a<00:51:33.320><c> little</c><00:51:33.599><c> while</c><00:51:33.980><c> faith's</c><00:51:34.440><c> flickering</c><00:51:34.840><c> lamp</c><00:51:35.139><c> to</c><00:51:35.460><c> trim,</c>

00:51:36.960 --> 00:51:40.219
and<00:51:37.219><c> then</c><00:51:37.400><c> the</c><00:51:37.619><c> bridegroom's</c><00:51:38.280><c> coming</c><00:51:38.519><c> footsteps</c><00:51:39.079><c> hailing</c>

00:51:40.219 --> 00:51:43.579
to<00:51:40.679><c> haste</c><00:51:41.119><c> to</c><00:51:41.219><c> meet</c><00:51:41.420><c> him</c><00:51:41.719><c> with</c><00:51:41.940><c> the</c><00:51:42.099><c> bridal</c><00:51:42.440><c> hymn.</c>

00:51:43.579 --> 00:51:47.880
He<00:51:44.079><c> is</c><00:51:45.159><c> at</c><00:51:45.440><c> once</c><00:51:45.880><c> both</c><00:51:46.239><c> gift</c><00:51:46.579><c> and</c><00:51:46.880><c> giver,</c>

00:51:48.139 --> 00:51:52.000
the<00:51:48.320><c> future</c><00:51:48.639><c> glory</c><00:51:49.260><c> and</c><00:51:50.340><c> the</c><00:51:50.559><c> present</c><00:51:50.820><c> smile,</c>

00:51:52.199 --> 00:51:54.480
with<00:51:52.500><c> the</c><00:51:52.719><c> bright</c><00:51:52.920><c> promise</c><00:51:53.260><c> of</c><00:51:53.460><c> the</c><00:51:53.699><c> glad</c><00:51:53.920><c> forever</c>

00:51:54.480 --> 00:51:58.300
who<00:51:55.519><c> will</c><00:51:55.619><c> light</c><00:51:55.760><c> the</c><00:51:56.059><c> shadows</c><00:51:56.539><c> of</c><00:51:56.840><c> this</c><00:51:57.059><c> little</c><00:51:57.380><c> while.</c>

00:51:58.800 --> 00:52:01.940
And<00:51:59.199><c> when</c><00:51:59.420><c> that</c><00:51:59.699><c> happy</c><00:52:00.019><c> time</c><00:52:00.340><c> shall</c><00:52:00.579><c> come</c><00:52:00.900><c> of</c><00:52:01.119><c> endless</c><00:52:01.559><c> peace</c>

00:52:01.940 --> 00:52:02.739
and<00:52:02.219><c> rest,</c>

00:52:03.179 --> 00:52:06.119
we<00:52:03.380><c> shall</c><00:52:03.559><c> look</c><00:52:03.800><c> back</c><00:52:04.059><c> upon</c><00:52:04.320><c> our</c><00:52:04.619><c> path</c><00:52:04.900><c> and</c><00:52:05.159><c> say,</c>

00:52:06.320 --> 00:52:09.260
it<00:52:06.440><c> was</c><00:52:06.739><c> the</c><00:52:06.920><c> best.</c><00:52:08.320><c> Amen.</c>

00:52:17.239 --> 00:52:19.139
Amen.