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heavenly<00:12:28.940><c> father</c><00:12:29.279><c> was</c><00:12:29.539><c> with</c><00:12:29.799><c> him</c>

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vindicated<00:18:59.559><c> and</c><00:18:59.819><c> shown</c><00:19:00.000><c> his</c><00:19:00.259><c> approval</c><00:19:00.559><c> of</c><00:19:00.720><c> him</c>

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message.<00:19:48.119><c> That</c><00:19:48.220><c> is</c><00:19:48.279><c> why</c><00:19:48.480><c> verse</c><00:19:48.759><c> 1</c><00:19:49.000><c> of</c><00:19:49.079><c> chapter</c><00:19:49.359><c> 51</c>

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says,<00:19:50.640><c> hearken</c><00:19:50.940><c> to</c><00:19:51.220><c> me.</c><00:19:51.799><c> That</c><00:19:52.019><c> is</c><00:19:52.200><c> the</c><00:19:52.400><c> source</c><00:19:52.799><c> of</c><00:19:53.059><c> understanding,</c><00:19:53.940><c> the</c><00:19:54.119><c> ear.</c>

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