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So<00:24:32.849><c> what</c><00:24:33.009><c> is</c><00:24:33.289><c> this</c><00:24:33.569><c> lie?</c>

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Thou<00:24:43.529><c> shalt</c><00:24:44.170><c> not</c><00:24:45.309><c> surely</c><00:24:46.049><c> die.</c>

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It<00:24:48.849><c> was</c><00:24:49.170><c> the</c><00:24:49.430><c> lie</c><00:24:49.670><c> in</c><00:24:49.990><c> Eden.</c>

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It<00:24:52.029><c> was</c><00:24:52.329><c> the</c><00:24:52.630><c> lie</c><00:24:52.910><c> in</c><00:24:53.109><c> the</c><00:24:53.289><c> first</c><00:24:53.569><c> century.</c>

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It<00:24:54.690><c> is</c><00:24:55.069><c> the</c><00:24:55.369><c> lie</c><00:24:55.730><c> today.</c>

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The<00:25:11.609><c> only</c><00:25:11.950><c> escape</c><00:25:12.490><c> from</c><00:25:12.789><c> death</c><00:25:13.509><c> is</c><00:25:14.829><c> owing</c><00:25:15.269><c> to</c><00:25:15.650><c> salvation</c><00:25:16.509><c> in</c>

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Christ<00:25:17.589><c> Jesus</c><00:25:18.349><c> who</c><00:25:18.950><c> defeated</c><00:25:19.630><c> sin</c><00:25:20.529><c> and</c><00:25:21.869><c> gives</c><00:25:22.130><c> us</c><00:25:22.490><c> hope.</c>

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Now<00:25:31.450><c> we</c><00:25:31.690><c> command</c><00:25:32.069><c> you,</c><00:25:32.470><c> brethren,</c><00:25:32.890><c> in</c><00:25:33.029><c> the</c><00:25:33.130><c> name</c><00:25:33.349><c> of</c><00:25:33.549><c> the</c><00:25:33.650><c> Lord</c>

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from<00:25:52.970><c> them.</c>

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to<00:26:04.390><c> worry</c><00:26:04.589><c> yourselves</c><00:26:05.150><c> over</c><00:26:05.450><c> them.</c>

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But<00:26:09.769><c> do</c><00:26:09.970><c> not</c><00:26:10.150><c> count</c><00:26:10.430><c> them</c><00:26:10.630><c> as</c><00:26:10.849><c> your</c><00:26:11.089><c> enemy,</c><00:26:11.930><c> but</c><00:26:12.130><c> rather</c><00:26:12.690><c> admonish</c><00:26:13.390><c> them</c>

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as<00:26:13.930><c> a</c><00:26:14.130><c> brother.</c>

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by<00:26:23.630><c> casting</c><00:26:24.069><c> him</c><00:26:24.390><c> out</c><00:26:25.069><c> and</c><00:26:25.710><c> pretty</c><00:26:25.990><c> much</c><00:26:26.250><c> removing</c><00:26:26.690><c> his</c><00:26:27.029><c> hope.</c>

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by<00:26:35.809><c> name.</c>

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way<00:26:57.630><c> through</c><00:26:58.069><c> the</c><00:26:58.289><c> land.</c>

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people<00:27:05.549><c> that</c><00:27:05.910><c> regard</c><00:27:06.309><c> the</c><00:27:06.589><c> light</c><00:27:06.930><c> stand</c><00:27:07.309><c> that</c><00:27:07.809><c> once</c><00:27:08.190><c> stood</c><00:27:08.730><c> and</c><00:27:09.589><c> the</c><00:27:09.769><c> devout</c><00:27:10.109><c> brethren</c><00:27:10.690><c> who</c><00:27:11.390><c> labored</c><00:27:12.049><c> to</c>

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the<00:27:12.609><c> end.</c>

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We<00:27:21.690><c> have</c><00:27:21.970><c> the</c><00:27:22.150><c> opportunity</c><00:27:22.910><c> to</c><00:27:24.049><c> come</c><00:27:24.569><c> to</c><00:27:24.950><c> the</c><00:27:25.109><c> table</c><00:27:25.390><c> of</c><00:27:25.769><c> remembrance.</c>

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We<00:27:27.609><c> have</c><00:27:28.009><c> the</c><00:27:28.210><c> opportunity</c><00:27:28.930><c> to</c><00:27:29.450><c> examine</c><00:27:29.809><c> ourselves</c><00:27:30.710><c> and</c><00:27:31.730><c> to</c>

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share<00:27:32.450><c> this</c><00:27:32.950><c> communion</c><00:27:33.529><c> one</c><00:27:34.289><c> with</c><00:27:34.589><c> another.</c>

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Now,<00:27:39.049><c> the</c><00:27:39.190><c> Lord</c><00:27:39.369><c> of</c><00:27:39.549><c> peace</c><00:27:39.890><c> himself</c><00:27:40.789><c> give</c><00:27:41.910><c> you</c><00:27:42.170><c> peace</c><00:27:43.029><c> always</c>

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by<00:27:44.130><c> all</c><00:27:44.369><c> means.</c>

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The<00:27:46.269><c> Lord</c><00:27:46.490><c> be</c><00:27:46.710><c> with</c><00:27:46.950><c> you</c><00:27:47.190><c> all.</c><00:27:48.490><c> Amen.</c>