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Let's<00:12:53.700><c> take</c><00:12:53.840><c> a</c><00:12:53.980><c> look</c><00:12:54.139><c> back</c><00:12:54.399><c> in</c><00:12:54.620><c> chapter</c><00:12:54.940><c> two,</c><00:12:55.220><c> and</c><00:12:55.360><c> I</c><00:12:55.440><c> think</c><00:12:55.980><c> some</c><00:12:56.519><c> verses</c><00:12:56.820><c> in</c>

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But<00:14:42.929><c> John</c><00:14:43.210><c> goes</c><00:14:43.710><c> one</c><00:14:44.110><c> step</c><00:14:44.309><c> further</c><00:14:44.730><c> in</c><00:14:44.929><c> verse</c><00:14:45.190><c> 24</c><00:14:45.730><c> when</c><00:14:45.990><c> he</c><00:14:46.210><c> adds,</c>

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Now<00:15:48.110><c> not</c><00:15:48.330><c> the</c><00:15:48.590><c> king</c><00:15:49.049><c> that</c><00:15:49.370><c> God</c><00:15:49.669><c> had</c><00:15:49.950><c> planned</c><00:15:50.129><c> him</c><00:15:50.350><c> to</c><00:15:50.529><c> be,</c>

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So<00:15:59.970><c> maybe</c><00:16:00.269><c> Jesus</c><00:16:00.750><c> knew</c><00:16:00.990><c> that.</c>

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And<00:16:02.129><c> that's</c><00:16:02.490><c> the</c><00:16:02.649><c> reason.</c>

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Nationalistic<00:16:03.870><c> pride</c><00:16:04.269><c> had</c><00:16:04.570><c> swelled</c><00:16:04.850><c> up.</c>

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And<00:16:06.250><c> that's</c><00:16:06.730><c> why</c><00:16:07.090><c> they</c><00:16:07.490><c> believed</c><00:16:07.830><c> in</c><00:16:08.070><c> him.</c>

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This<00:16:11.309><c> surge</c><00:16:11.610><c> of</c><00:16:11.950><c> patriotism</c><00:16:12.529><c> drove</c><00:16:12.870><c> the</c><00:16:13.129><c> people</c><00:16:13.370><c> to</c><00:16:13.610><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:16:16.429><c> that's</c><00:16:16.950><c> why.</c><00:16:17.250><c> I</c><00:16:17.409><c> don't</c><00:16:17.690><c> know.</c>

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But<00:16:19.889><c> Jesus,</c><00:16:20.870><c> we</c><00:16:20.950><c> knew</c><00:16:21.330><c> with</c><00:16:21.669><c> the</c><00:16:21.990><c> strength</c><00:16:22.190><c> of</c><00:16:22.769><c> the</c><00:16:23.129><c> patriotism</c><00:16:23.889><c> and</c><00:16:24.169><c> forcing</c><00:16:24.409><c> him</c>

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to<00:16:24.730><c> be</c><00:16:24.970><c> king,</c>

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he<00:16:25.269><c> would</c><00:16:25.450><c> have</c><00:16:25.629><c> none</c><00:16:25.809><c> of</c><00:16:25.970><c> it</c><00:16:26.269><c> because</c><00:16:26.789><c> that</c><00:16:27.090><c> was</c><00:16:27.330><c> not</c><00:16:27.470><c> his</c>

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father's<00:16:28.169><c> will.</c>

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Or<00:16:30.210><c> maybe</c><00:16:30.570><c> it</c><00:16:30.710><c> could</c><00:16:30.929><c> be,</c><00:16:31.409><c> brothers</c><00:16:31.509><c> and</c><00:16:31.769><c> sisters,</c><00:16:32.230><c> that</c><00:16:32.370><c> Jesus</c><00:16:32.730><c> knew</c>

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that<00:16:34.289><c> at</c><00:16:34.450><c> the</c><00:16:34.629><c> time</c><00:16:34.830><c> of</c><00:16:34.990><c> his</c><00:16:35.230><c> trial</c><00:16:35.610><c> and</c><00:16:35.830><c> his</c><00:16:36.070><c> crucifixion</c>

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that<00:16:41.230><c> would</c><00:16:41.450><c> yell,</c><00:16:41.629><c> crucify</c><00:16:42.309><c> him,</c><00:16:42.629><c> crucify</c><00:16:43.210><c> him.</c>

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We<00:16:45.129><c> don't</c><00:16:45.370><c> know.</c><00:16:45.830><c> It's</c><00:16:46.149><c> not</c><00:16:46.370><c> given.</c>

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But<00:16:47.090><c> Jesus</c><00:16:47.490><c> was</c><00:16:47.850><c> guarded</c><00:16:48.429><c> with</c><00:16:50.149><c> these</c><00:16:50.450><c> people.</c>

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And<00:16:52.610><c> then</c><00:16:52.730><c> we</c><00:16:52.929><c> have</c><00:16:53.110><c> Nicodemus</c><00:16:53.789><c> coming</c><00:16:54.090><c> into</c><00:16:54.370><c> the</c><00:16:54.610><c> scene.</c>

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And<00:16:57.470><c> whether</c><00:16:57.950><c> Nicodemus</c><00:16:58.730><c> was</c><00:16:58.970><c> part</c><00:16:59.269><c> of</c><00:16:59.450><c> a</c><00:16:59.590><c> group</c><00:16:59.950><c> of</c><00:17:01.129><c> moderate</c><00:17:01.690><c> Sanhedrin</c>

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it's<00:17:07.670><c> a</c><00:17:07.769><c> wonderful</c><00:17:08.190><c> opportunity</c><00:17:08.910><c> again</c><00:17:09.529><c> for</c><00:17:09.730><c> us</c><00:17:09.970><c> to</c><00:17:10.210><c> see</c><00:17:11.210><c> the</c>

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grace<00:17:12.029><c> of</c><00:17:12.230><c> God</c><00:17:12.430><c> at</c><00:17:12.670><c> work.</c>

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Now,<00:17:15.609><c> John</c><00:17:15.930><c> 3</c><00:17:16.390><c> verse</c><00:17:16.750><c> 2</c>

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says,<00:17:18.869><c> The</c><00:17:18.869><c> same</c><00:17:19.210><c> came</c><00:17:19.549><c> to</c><00:17:19.730><c> Jesus</c><00:17:20.089><c> by</c><00:17:20.410><c> night</c><00:17:20.609><c> and</c><00:17:20.829><c> said</c><00:17:20.930><c> unto</c><00:17:21.150><c> him,</c>

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Rabbi,<00:17:22.430><c> we</c><00:17:22.470><c> know</c><00:17:22.869><c> that</c><00:17:23.089><c> thou</c><00:17:23.630><c> art</c><00:17:23.769><c> a</c><00:17:24.009><c> teacher</c><00:17:24.309><c> come</c><00:17:24.589><c> from</c><00:17:24.809><c> God,</c>

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be<00:17:31.349><c> with</c><00:17:31.549><c> him.</c>

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I<00:17:34.130><c> read</c><00:17:34.289><c> that</c><00:17:34.589><c> verse</c><00:17:34.849><c> over</c><00:17:35.269><c> 40</c><00:17:35.569><c> times</c><00:17:36.029><c> last</c><00:17:36.390><c> night.</c>

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And<00:17:38.190><c> I</c><00:17:38.410><c> still</c><00:17:38.609><c> don't</c><00:17:38.829><c> see</c><00:17:39.009><c> a</c><00:17:39.250><c> question</c><00:17:39.549><c> in</c><00:17:39.769><c> there.</c>

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Do<00:17:41.150><c> you?</c><00:17:41.829><c> Can</c><00:17:42.349><c> you</c><00:17:42.549><c> read</c><00:17:42.750><c> that</c><00:17:43.069><c> and</c><00:17:43.269><c> see</c><00:17:43.470><c> a</c><00:17:43.650><c> question?</c>

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I<00:17:44.950><c> don't.</c>

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you,<00:18:05.109><c> you'd</c><00:18:05.369><c> probably</c><00:18:05.730><c> blush</c>

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and<00:18:07.309><c> say,</c><00:18:08.009><c> oh,</c><00:18:08.089><c> you</c><00:18:08.130><c> know,</c><00:18:08.450><c> thanks,</c><00:18:08.750><c> but,</c><00:18:09.210><c> you</c><00:18:09.210><c> know,</c><00:18:09.210><c> I'm</c><00:18:09.329><c> not</c>

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really<00:18:09.970><c> that</c><00:18:10.529><c> special.</c>

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You<00:18:11.849><c> know,</c><00:18:11.950><c> don't</c><00:18:12.190><c> paint</c><00:18:12.410><c> me</c><00:18:12.630><c> that</c><00:18:12.849><c> way.</c>

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But<00:18:14.430><c> Jesus</c><00:18:15.089><c> doesn't.</c><00:18:15.490><c> He</c><00:18:15.650><c> doesn't</c><00:18:16.009><c> really</c><00:18:16.529><c> even</c><00:18:17.730><c> acknowledge</c><00:18:18.289><c> it.</c>

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What<00:18:19.869><c> does</c><00:18:20.029><c> he</c><00:18:20.109><c> do?</c>

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He<00:18:22.390><c> comes</c><00:18:22.710><c> out</c><00:18:23.769><c> in</c><00:18:24.250><c> verse</c><00:18:24.529><c> 3</c><00:18:24.849><c> and</c><00:18:25.089><c> it</c><00:18:25.589><c> says,</c><00:18:26.309><c> Jesus</c><00:18:26.309><c> answered.</c>

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So<00:18:30.410><c> Jesus</c><00:18:30.789><c> knew,</c><00:18:31.069><c> I</c><00:18:31.250><c> think,</c><00:18:31.509><c> this</c><00:18:31.690><c> whole</c><00:18:31.950><c> time</c><00:18:32.549><c> what</c><00:18:32.950><c> he</c><00:18:33.109><c> wanted</c><00:18:33.329><c> to</c><00:18:33.549><c> say</c><00:18:33.670><c> to</c>

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this<00:18:34.069><c> man.</c>

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And<00:18:34.690><c> no</c><00:18:34.829><c> matter</c><00:18:35.009><c> what</c><00:18:35.309><c> Nicodemus</c><00:18:35.950><c> said,</c><00:18:37.069><c> Jesus</c><00:18:37.450><c> knew</c><00:18:37.750><c> where</c>

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he<00:18:38.390><c> wanted</c><00:18:38.650><c> to</c><00:18:38.890><c> go.</c>

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He<00:18:40.069><c> knew</c><00:18:40.650><c> where</c><00:18:40.849><c> this</c><00:18:41.109><c> man</c><00:18:41.289><c> was</c><00:18:41.549><c> coming</c><00:18:41.789><c> from</c><00:18:42.250><c> and</c><00:18:42.670><c> he</c><00:18:42.789><c> knew</c><00:18:42.950><c> what</c><00:18:43.190><c> he</c><00:18:43.269><c> needed,</c>

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what<00:18:43.950><c> message</c><00:18:44.349><c> he</c><00:18:44.490><c> needed</c><00:18:44.769><c> to</c><00:18:44.950><c> get</c><00:18:45.130><c> across</c><00:18:45.670><c> to</c><00:18:46.190><c> Nicodemus.</c>

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So<00:18:47.609><c> Jesus</c><00:18:47.930><c> answered.</c>

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And<00:18:50.049><c> it's</c><00:18:50.650><c> so</c><00:18:50.990><c> cool</c><00:18:51.569><c> that</c><00:18:52.309><c> even</c><00:18:52.609><c> though</c><00:18:52.910><c> Nicodemus</c><00:18:53.730><c> doesn't</c><00:18:54.250><c> ask</c><00:18:54.650><c> Jesus</c><00:18:55.069><c> a</c>

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direct<00:18:55.609><c> question,</c>

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we<00:18:58.309><c> know</c><00:18:58.490><c> that</c><00:18:58.710><c> Jesus</c><00:18:59.089><c> knew</c><00:18:59.309><c> all</c><00:18:59.609><c> men,</c><00:18:59.970><c> didn't</c><00:19:00.170><c> he?</c>

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So<00:19:02.569><c> Jesus</c><00:19:03.210><c> knew</c><00:19:03.569><c> there</c><00:19:03.750><c> was</c><00:19:04.009><c> an</c><00:19:04.250><c> implied</c><00:19:04.630><c> question</c><00:19:05.150><c> in</c><00:19:05.349><c> there</c><00:19:05.630><c> somewhere</c>

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that<00:19:07.570><c> Nicodemus</c><00:19:08.130><c> needed</c><00:19:08.650><c> something</c><00:19:09.049><c> explained</c><00:19:09.569><c> to</c><00:19:09.750><c> him.</c>

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And<00:19:11.869><c> for</c><00:19:12.210><c> some</c><00:19:12.450><c> reason,</c><00:19:12.849><c> Nicodemus</c><00:19:13.509><c> couldn't</c><00:19:15.049><c> form</c><00:19:15.410><c> a</c><00:19:15.650><c> concise</c><00:19:16.069><c> question</c><00:19:16.470><c> to</c><00:19:16.730><c> ask</c><00:19:16.950><c> Jesus,</c>

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but<00:19:18.410><c> Jesus</c><00:19:18.769><c> knew</c><00:19:19.009><c> what</c><00:19:19.210><c> he</c><00:19:19.430><c> came</c><00:19:19.670><c> for,</c><00:19:19.990><c> what</c><00:19:20.150><c> he</c><00:19:20.390><c> needed</c><00:19:20.589><c> to</c><00:19:20.869><c> hear.</c>

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Jesus'<00:19:24.410><c> answer</c><00:19:24.710><c> suggests</c><00:19:25.190><c> that</c><00:19:25.430><c> he</c><00:19:25.569><c> was</c><00:19:25.769><c> thinking</c><00:19:26.009><c> back</c><00:19:26.390><c> to</c>

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verses<00:19:26.970><c> 23</c><00:19:27.470><c> and</c><00:19:27.650><c> 24,</c>

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which<00:19:28.450><c> we</c><00:19:28.650><c> just</c><00:19:28.910><c> read.</c>

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Believing<00:19:31.329><c> because</c><00:19:31.849><c> of</c><00:19:32.549><c> seeing</c><00:19:32.809><c> miracles</c><00:19:33.490><c> or,</c><00:19:34.630><c> as</c><00:19:34.829><c> we</c><00:19:34.950><c> know</c>

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later<00:19:35.509><c> on,</c>

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one's<00:19:36.910><c> stomach</c><00:19:37.130><c> is</c><00:19:37.390><c> full</c><00:19:37.609><c> of</c><00:19:37.809><c> bread</c><00:19:37.950><c> and</c><00:19:38.210><c> fish</c><00:19:38.450><c> is</c><00:19:38.690><c> not</c><00:19:38.970><c> enough.</c>

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that<00:20:43.470><c> Jesus</c><00:20:44.210><c> totally</c><00:20:45.650><c> ignores</c><00:20:46.309><c> Nicodemus'</c><00:20:47.329><c> statement</c>

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Verily,<00:21:39.269><c> verily,</c><00:21:39.670><c> I</c><00:21:39.849><c> say</c><00:21:40.069><c> unto</c><00:21:40.269><c> thee,</c>

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he<00:21:43.930><c> cannot</c><00:21:44.349><c> enter</c><00:21:44.789><c> the</c><00:21:45.009><c> kingdom</c><00:21:45.329><c> of</c><00:21:45.569><c> God.</c>

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Nicodemus,<00:22:41.470><c> you</c><00:22:41.670><c> can't</c><00:22:41.990><c> say</c><00:22:42.250><c> to</c><00:22:42.430><c> yourself</c><00:22:42.789><c> anymore</c><00:22:43.250><c> that</c><00:22:43.490><c> we</c>

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have<00:22:43.930><c> Abraham</c><00:22:44.589><c> as</c><00:22:45.470><c> our</c><00:22:45.690><c> father.</c>

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the<00:23:00.170><c> weakness</c><00:23:00.490><c> of</c><00:23:00.750><c> the</c><00:23:00.910><c> philosophy</c><00:23:01.410><c> of</c><00:23:01.630><c> the</c><00:23:01.769><c> Pharisees.</c>

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And<00:23:07.890><c> Jesus</c><00:23:08.190><c> is</c><00:23:08.430><c> telling</c><00:23:08.609><c> him</c><00:23:08.789><c> that</c><00:23:08.970><c> you</c><00:23:09.089><c> can</c><00:23:09.269><c> go</c><00:23:09.569><c> through</c><00:23:09.769><c> your</c>

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whole<00:23:10.170><c> life</c>

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trying<00:23:10.789><c> to</c><00:23:11.190><c> justify</c><00:23:11.450><c> yourself</c><00:23:11.950><c> by</c><00:23:12.269><c> works,</c>

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but<00:23:13.309><c> your</c><00:23:13.589><c> effort</c><00:23:13.769><c> will</c><00:23:14.009><c> be</c><00:23:14.190><c> in</c><00:23:14.390><c> vain.</c>

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who<00:23:23.269><c> shall</c><00:23:23.509><c> deliver</c><00:23:23.910><c> me</c><00:23:24.210><c> from</c><00:23:24.390><c> the</c><00:23:24.609><c> body</c><00:23:24.869><c> of</c><00:23:25.109><c> sin</c><00:23:25.230><c> and</c><00:23:25.450><c> death.</c>

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You<00:23:28.329><c> can</c><00:23:28.589><c> imagine</c><00:23:29.109><c> the</c><00:23:29.430><c> wonder</c><00:23:30.430><c> that</c><00:23:31.130><c> Nicodemus</c><00:23:31.789><c> must</c><00:23:32.069><c> have</c>

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felt<00:23:32.490><c> at</c><00:23:32.710><c> this</c><00:23:32.930><c> time.</c>

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And<00:23:35.509><c> Jesus</c><00:23:35.849><c> tells</c><00:23:36.170><c> him</c><00:23:36.529><c> to</c><00:23:36.829><c> marvel</c><00:23:37.109><c> not.</c>

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Jesus'<00:23:39.769><c> doctrine</c><00:23:40.109><c> was</c><00:23:40.369><c> so</c><00:23:40.730><c> different</c><00:23:41.470><c> from</c><00:23:42.210><c> anything</c><00:23:42.690><c> that</c>

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Nicodemus<00:23:43.509><c> had</c><00:23:43.769><c> known</c><00:23:43.950><c> growing</c><00:23:44.269><c> up.</c>

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what<00:23:49.130><c> profit</c><00:23:49.529><c> is</c><00:23:49.809><c> there</c><00:23:49.950><c> in</c><00:23:50.069><c> being</c><00:23:50.349><c> a</c><00:23:50.549><c> Jew</c><00:23:50.869><c> or</c><00:23:52.190><c> a</c><00:23:52.450><c> Pharisee</c>

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about<00:24:06.329><c> how</c><00:24:07.130><c> the</c><00:24:07.410><c> Spirit</c><00:24:07.670><c> of</c><00:24:07.869><c> God</c><00:24:08.269><c> can</c><00:24:08.710><c> regenerate</c><00:24:09.410><c> a</c><00:24:09.549><c> man</c>

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make<00:24:15.109><c> sense</c><00:24:15.430><c> of.</c>

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And<00:24:17.490><c> Jesus</c><00:24:17.769><c> tells</c><00:24:18.089><c> him</c><00:24:18.289><c> that</c><00:24:18.430><c> by</c><00:24:18.690><c> listening</c><00:24:19.049><c> to</c><00:24:19.329><c> him</c><00:24:19.509><c> now,</c>

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Nicodemus<00:24:21.609><c> is</c><00:24:22.250><c> hearing</c><00:24:22.549><c> the</c><00:24:22.849><c> voice</c><00:24:23.089><c> of</c><00:24:23.309><c> the</c><00:24:23.569><c> Spirit.</c>

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And<00:24:25.690><c> in</c><00:24:25.869><c> John</c><00:24:26.170><c> 6</c><00:24:26.549><c> verse</c><00:24:26.829><c> 63,</c>

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this<00:24:29.190><c> is</c><00:24:29.369><c> what</c><00:24:29.549><c> we</c><00:24:29.849><c> read</c><00:24:30.309><c> in</c><00:24:31.089><c> regards</c><00:24:31.490><c> to</c><00:24:31.710><c> the</c><00:24:31.930><c> Spirit.</c>

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It<00:24:38.130><c> is</c><00:24:39.109><c> the</c><00:24:39.430><c> Spirit</c><00:24:39.789><c> that</c><00:24:40.230><c> quickeneth,</c>

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the<00:24:41.890><c> flesh</c><00:24:42.170><c> profiteth</c><00:24:42.809><c> nothing,</c>

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the<00:24:44.609><c> words</c><00:24:45.329><c> that</c><00:24:46.029><c> I</c><00:24:46.329><c> speak</c><00:24:46.569><c> unto</c><00:24:46.809><c> you,</c>

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they<00:24:48.470><c> are</c><00:24:48.789><c> Spirit</c><00:24:49.450><c> and</c><00:24:50.549><c> they</c><00:24:50.769><c> are</c><00:24:50.930><c> life.</c>

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There<00:24:52.990><c> is</c><00:24:53.230><c> no</c><00:24:53.710><c> new</c><00:24:54.089><c> life</c><00:24:54.490><c> except</c><00:24:55.089><c> the</c><00:24:55.990><c> one</c><00:24:56.170><c> in</c><00:24:56.349><c> which</c><00:24:56.930><c> Jesus</c>

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speaks<00:24:57.750><c> of.</c>

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where<00:25:05.329><c> to</c><00:25:05.509><c> go</c><00:25:05.690><c> with</c><00:25:05.910><c> this?</c>

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This<00:25:07.549><c> new</c><00:25:07.990><c> information,</c><00:25:08.990><c> this</c><00:25:09.230><c> new</c><00:25:09.569><c> feeling.</c>

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His<00:25:11.390><c> heart</c><00:25:11.730><c> must</c><00:25:12.049><c> have</c><00:25:12.210><c> been</c><00:25:12.410><c> pounding.</c>

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Was<00:25:14.470><c> he</c><00:25:14.609><c> going</c><00:25:14.769><c> to</c><00:25:14.789><c> go</c><00:25:15.109><c> back</c><00:25:15.490><c> to</c><00:25:16.829><c> his</c><00:25:17.029><c> comfortable</c><00:25:17.490><c> life</c><00:25:17.970><c> as</c><00:25:18.210><c> a</c>

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ruler<00:25:18.769><c> of</c><00:25:20.309><c> the</c><00:25:20.630><c> Pharisees</c>

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or<00:25:22.410><c> was</c><00:25:23.109><c> he</c><00:25:23.269><c> going</c><00:25:23.450><c> to</c><00:25:23.829><c> change</c><00:25:24.190><c> as</c><00:25:24.509><c> Jesus</c><00:25:24.869><c> had</c><00:25:25.150><c> talked</c><00:25:25.349><c> to</c><00:25:25.450><c> him</c><00:25:25.609><c> about?</c>

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Would<00:25:27.349><c> his</c><00:25:27.589><c> fellow</c><00:25:27.930><c> Pharisees</c><00:25:29.029><c> accept</c><00:25:29.410><c> Jesus'</c><00:25:30.029><c> message?</c>

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Jesus<00:25:32.650><c> told</c><00:25:32.950><c> him</c><00:25:33.109><c> to</c><00:25:33.309><c> look</c><00:25:33.470><c> at</c><00:25:33.609><c> yourself.</c>

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You,<00:25:36.769><c> who</c><00:25:36.890><c> are</c><00:25:37.029><c> a</c><00:25:37.170><c> teacher</c><00:25:37.390><c> of</c><00:25:37.609><c> Israel,</c>

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but<00:25:40.569><c> you</c><00:25:40.710><c> can't</c><00:25:40.990><c> do</c><00:25:41.230><c> the</c><00:25:41.450><c> one</c><00:25:41.670><c> thing</c><00:25:41.869><c> that's</c><00:25:42.190><c> required</c><00:25:42.730><c> for</c>

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true<00:25:43.829><c> repentance.</c>

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You<00:25:44.509><c> can't</c><00:25:44.809><c> humble</c><00:25:45.109><c> yourself.</c>

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because<00:25:50.710><c> you</c><00:25:51.069><c> refuse</c><00:25:51.390><c> to</c><00:25:51.630><c> let</c><00:25:51.849><c> go</c><00:25:51.990><c> of</c><00:25:52.150><c> your</c><00:25:52.410><c> past</c><00:25:52.990><c> and</c><00:25:53.369><c> you're</c>

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standing<00:25:53.849><c> amongst</c><00:25:54.190><c> the</c><00:25:54.470><c> people.</c>

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Nicodemus'<00:25:57.590><c> meekness</c><00:25:58.150><c> is</c><00:25:59.069><c> part</c><00:25:59.349><c> of</c><00:25:59.569><c> rebirth.</c>

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I<00:26:04.750><c> didn't</c><00:26:04.910><c> mention</c><00:26:05.170><c> this</c><00:26:05.369><c> earlier,</c><00:26:05.650><c> but</c><00:26:05.829><c> the</c><00:26:05.990><c> name</c><00:26:06.170><c> Nicodemus</c>

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means<00:26:07.230><c> conqueror</c><00:26:08.049><c> or</c><00:26:08.450><c> overcomer.</c>

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And<00:26:11.869><c> as</c><00:26:12.250><c> we</c><00:26:12.450><c> read</c><00:26:12.650><c> more</c><00:26:12.950><c> into</c><00:26:13.170><c> John</c><00:26:13.470><c> 3,</c>

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we're<00:26:15.730><c> kind</c><00:26:15.849><c> of</c><00:26:15.990><c> left</c><00:26:16.269><c> hanging</c><00:26:16.890><c> as</c><00:26:17.809><c> to</c><00:26:17.950><c> what</c><00:26:18.170><c> happens</c><00:26:18.490><c> to</c><00:26:18.730><c> this</c><00:26:18.950><c> man</c>

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for<00:26:21.009><c> he</c><00:26:21.150><c> is</c><00:26:21.390><c> not</c><00:26:21.609><c> mentioned</c><00:26:21.930><c> again</c><00:26:22.589><c> in</c><00:26:24.150><c> chapter</c><00:26:24.549><c> 3.</c>

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And<00:26:26.809><c> whether</c><00:26:27.009><c> he</c><00:26:27.269><c> came</c><00:26:27.509><c> to</c><00:26:27.710><c> Christ</c><00:26:28.069><c> as</c><00:26:28.289><c> a</c><00:26:28.470><c> spokesman</c><00:26:28.849><c> for</c><00:26:29.069><c> the</c><00:26:29.250><c> Sanhedrin</c>

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or<00:26:30.470><c> whether</c><00:26:30.829><c> he</c><00:26:31.150><c> came</c><00:26:31.490><c> on</c><00:26:31.849><c> his</c><00:26:32.089><c> own,</c><00:26:32.269><c> we</c><00:26:32.470><c> do</c><00:26:32.789><c> know</c>

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that<00:26:34.630><c> he</c><00:26:34.789><c> must</c><00:26:35.109><c> have</c><00:26:35.349><c> left</c><00:26:35.549><c> with</c><00:26:35.789><c> a</c><00:26:35.910><c> better</c><00:26:36.170><c> understanding</c><00:26:36.789><c> of</c>

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spiritual<00:26:37.589><c> things.</c>

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But<00:26:39.789><c> we</c><00:26:39.950><c> are</c><00:26:40.150><c> not</c><00:26:40.390><c> told</c><00:26:40.730><c> if</c><00:26:40.990><c> his</c><00:26:41.529><c> renewal</c><00:26:42.049><c> was</c><00:26:42.490><c> completed.</c>

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But<00:26:45.430><c> there</c><00:26:45.710><c> are,</c><00:26:46.710><c> however,</c><00:26:47.170><c> a</c><00:26:47.329><c> few</c><00:26:47.490><c> mentions</c><00:26:47.910><c> of</c><00:26:48.130><c> Nicodemus</c>

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in<00:26:49.490><c> the</c><00:26:49.769><c> remainder</c><00:26:50.009><c> of</c><00:26:50.210><c> John's</c><00:26:50.690><c> Gospel,</c><00:26:50.950><c> which</c><00:26:51.150><c> you'll</c><00:26:51.390><c> be</c>

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reading<00:26:52.269><c> through</c><00:26:52.750><c> the</c><00:26:52.910><c> week.</c>

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In<00:26:54.849><c> John</c><00:26:55.150><c> 7,</c><00:26:56.190><c> as</c><00:26:56.450><c> Jesus</c><00:26:56.849><c> is</c><00:26:57.109><c> teaching</c><00:26:57.309><c> in</c><00:26:57.490><c> the</c><00:26:57.650><c> temple,</c>

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we<00:26:58.069><c> are</c><00:26:58.309><c> told</c><00:26:58.589><c> that</c><00:26:59.509><c> there</c><00:26:59.690><c> was</c><00:26:59.869><c> a</c><00:27:00.029><c> division</c><00:27:00.390><c> amongst</c><00:27:00.750><c> the</c><00:27:01.029><c> people</c>

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and<00:27:02.890><c> the</c><00:27:03.069><c> Pharisees</c><00:27:03.730><c> wanted</c><00:27:03.990><c> Jesus</c><00:27:04.450><c> brought</c><00:27:04.769><c> in</c><00:27:04.990><c> to</c><00:27:05.190><c> arrest</c><00:27:05.490><c> him.</c>

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But<00:27:08.089><c> somebody</c><00:27:08.430><c> stands</c><00:27:08.750><c> up</c><00:27:08.990><c> for</c><00:27:09.210><c> Jesus.</c>

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Nicodemus.

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Chapter<00:27:15.789><c> 7,</c><00:27:16.349><c> verses</c><00:27:16.690><c> 45</c><00:27:17.329><c> to</c><00:27:17.529><c> 52.</c><00:27:18.089><c> Let's</c><00:27:18.269><c> turn</c><00:27:18.450><c> that</c><00:27:18.650><c> up</c><00:27:18.789><c> real</c><00:27:19.109><c> quick.</c>

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John<00:27:22.630><c> 7,</c><00:27:23.549><c> 45.</c>

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Then<00:27:25.410><c> came</c><00:27:25.690><c> the</c><00:27:25.970><c> officers</c><00:27:26.289><c> to</c><00:27:26.609><c> the</c><00:27:26.789><c> chief</c><00:27:27.049><c> priests</c><00:27:27.329><c> and</c><00:27:27.490><c> the</c>

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Pharisees,<00:27:28.329><c> and</c><00:27:28.390><c> they</c><00:27:28.569><c> said</c><00:27:28.730><c> unto</c><00:27:28.990><c> him,</c>

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Why<00:27:30.269><c> have</c><00:27:30.549><c> ye</c><00:27:30.829><c> not</c><00:27:31.089><c> brought</c><00:27:31.390><c> him?</c>

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And<00:27:33.710><c> the</c><00:27:33.990><c> officers</c><00:27:34.450><c> answered,</c><00:27:36.170><c> Never</c><00:27:36.369><c> man</c><00:27:36.869><c> spake</c><00:27:37.230><c> like</c><00:27:37.490><c> this</c><00:27:37.769><c> man.</c>

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Then<00:27:40.230><c> answered</c><00:27:40.509><c> them</c><00:27:40.710><c> the</c><00:27:40.950><c> Pharisees,</c><00:27:42.750><c> Are</c><00:27:42.950><c> you</c><00:27:43.170><c> also</c><00:27:43.569><c> deceived?</c>

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Have<00:27:46.369><c> any</c><00:27:46.650><c> of</c><00:27:46.789><c> the</c><00:27:46.930><c> rulers</c><00:27:47.609><c> or</c><00:27:48.410><c> of</c><00:27:48.569><c> the</c><00:27:48.769><c> Pharisees</c><00:27:49.750><c> believed</c>

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on<00:27:50.269><c> him?</c>

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Interesting<00:27:53.049><c> question.</c>

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But<00:27:55.390><c> this</c><00:27:55.670><c> people</c><00:27:56.230><c> who</c><00:27:56.690><c> knoweth</c><00:27:57.009><c> not</c><00:27:57.150><c> the</c><00:27:57.369><c> law</c><00:27:57.589><c> are</c><00:27:57.809><c> accursed.</c>

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But<00:28:00.789><c> then</c><00:28:01.029><c> Nicodemus</c><00:28:01.710><c> boldly</c><00:28:02.329><c> stands</c><00:28:02.569><c> up</c><00:28:02.849><c> and</c><00:28:03.089><c> saith</c><00:28:03.250><c> unto</c><00:28:03.529><c> them,</c>

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and<00:28:04.829><c> it</c><00:28:05.009><c> says,</c><00:28:05.349><c> He</c><00:28:05.410><c> that</c><00:28:05.569><c> came</c><00:28:05.849><c> to</c><00:28:06.029><c> Jesus</c><00:28:06.430><c> by</c><00:28:06.730><c> night,</c>

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Doth<00:28:07.970><c> our</c><00:28:08.289><c> law</c><00:28:08.549><c> judge</c><00:28:08.970><c> any</c><00:28:09.269><c> man</c><00:28:09.549><c> before</c><00:28:09.930><c> it</c><00:28:10.109><c> hear</c><00:28:10.250><c> him,</c>

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and<00:28:12.089><c> know</c><00:28:13.450><c> what</c><00:28:14.109><c> he</c><00:28:14.309><c> doeth?</c>

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And<00:28:16.609><c> look</c><00:28:16.750><c> at</c><00:28:16.890><c> this</c><00:28:17.089><c> answer.</c><00:28:17.410><c> They</c><00:28:17.609><c> answered</c><00:28:18.049><c> and</c><00:28:18.250><c> said</c><00:28:18.430><c> unto</c><00:28:18.869><c> him,</c>

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Art<00:28:19.910><c> thou</c><00:28:20.250><c> also</c><00:28:20.789><c> of</c><00:28:21.130><c> Galilee?</c>

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Art<00:28:25.769><c> thou</c><00:28:25.950><c> also</c><00:28:26.369><c> of</c><00:28:26.589><c> Galilee?</c><00:28:27.049><c> Search</c><00:28:27.410><c> and</c><00:28:27.650><c> look,</c>

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for<00:28:29.009><c> out</c><00:28:29.170><c> of</c><00:28:29.250><c> Galilee</c><00:28:29.930><c> ariseth</c><00:28:30.509><c> no</c><00:28:30.829><c> prophet,</c><00:28:31.609><c> and</c><00:28:31.829><c> every</c><00:28:32.009><c> man</c>

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to<00:28:32.529><c> do</c><00:28:32.710><c> his</c><00:28:32.890><c> own</c><00:28:33.130><c> house.</c>

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Wouldn't<00:28:33.750><c> you</c><00:28:33.990><c> love</c><00:28:34.109><c> to</c><00:28:34.309><c> know</c><00:28:34.470><c> the</c><00:28:34.670><c> answer</c><00:28:35.309><c> to</c><00:28:35.869><c> that</c><00:28:36.130><c> question?</c>

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Did<00:28:38.349><c> Nicodemus</c><00:28:38.829><c> say</c><00:28:39.490><c> yes?</c>

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I<00:28:41.569><c> believe</c><00:28:42.069><c> in</c><00:28:42.269><c> what</c><00:28:42.410><c> Jesus</c><00:28:42.769><c> is</c><00:28:43.069><c> saying,</c><00:28:43.390><c> or</c><00:28:43.710><c> did</c><00:28:43.869><c> he</c><00:28:44.049><c> stay</c><00:28:44.269><c> quiet?</c><00:28:44.670><c> We</c>

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don't<00:28:45.069><c> know.</c>

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But<00:28:46.509><c> he</c><00:28:46.650><c> was</c><00:28:46.869><c> bold</c><00:28:47.130><c> enough</c><00:28:47.410><c> to</c><00:28:47.690><c> stand</c><00:28:47.869><c> up</c><00:28:48.069><c> in</c><00:28:48.250><c> that</c><00:28:48.430><c> instance.</c>

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And<00:28:49.869><c> later</c><00:28:50.250><c> on,</c><00:28:50.730><c> and</c><00:28:50.970><c> we</c><00:28:51.109><c> won't</c><00:28:51.269><c> look</c><00:28:51.470><c> this</c><00:28:51.710><c> up,</c><00:28:51.970><c> but</c><00:28:52.130><c> in</c><00:28:52.289><c> John</c><00:28:52.549><c> 19,</c>

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we<00:28:55.549><c> are</c><00:28:55.829><c> told</c><00:28:56.069><c> that</c><00:28:57.309><c> Nicodemus</c>

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joined<00:28:59.769><c> Joseph</c><00:29:00.309><c> of</c><00:29:00.670><c> Arimathea</c><00:29:01.329><c> in</c><00:29:01.569><c> asking</c><00:29:01.910><c> for</c><00:29:02.190><c> Jesus'</c><00:29:02.849><c> body,</c>

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so<00:29:04.609><c> that</c><00:29:04.789><c> they</c><00:29:04.950><c> could</c><00:29:05.309><c> prepare</c><00:29:05.630><c> it</c><00:29:05.869><c> for</c><00:29:06.069><c> burial.</c>

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Interesting.

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So<00:29:11.309><c> we</c><00:29:11.490><c> don't</c><00:29:11.809><c> know</c><00:29:12.029><c> if</c><00:29:12.250><c> he</c><00:29:12.490><c> was</c><00:29:13.569><c> totally</c>

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reborn<00:29:17.569><c> into</c><00:29:18.009><c> a</c><00:29:18.190><c> life</c><00:29:18.349><c> in</c><00:29:18.569><c> Christ,</c><00:29:18.950><c> but</c><00:29:19.170><c> it</c><00:29:19.390><c> seems</c><00:29:19.549><c> like</c><00:29:19.769><c> he</c><00:29:19.890><c> was</c><00:29:20.109><c> pointed</c><00:29:20.430><c> in</c>

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that<00:29:20.809><c> direction.</c>

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We're<00:29:22.950><c> not</c><00:29:23.190><c> told</c><00:29:23.470><c> if</c><00:29:23.670><c> Nicodemus</c><00:29:24.289><c> saw</c><00:29:24.630><c> Jesus</c><00:29:25.089><c> after</c><00:29:25.490><c> his</c><00:29:25.789><c> resurrection,</c>

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but<00:29:28.450><c> we</c><00:29:28.609><c> can</c><00:29:28.809><c> only</c><00:29:29.029><c> hope</c><00:29:29.230><c> and</c><00:29:29.529><c> pray,</c><00:29:29.769><c> as</c><00:29:30.029><c> we</c><00:29:30.250><c> do</c><00:29:31.029><c> for</c><00:29:31.730><c> so</c><00:29:32.009><c> many</c>

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of<00:29:32.410><c> our</c><00:29:32.609><c> friends</c><00:29:33.029><c> today,</c>

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that<00:29:35.690><c> his</c><00:29:36.250><c> rebirth,</c><00:29:36.829><c> his</c><00:29:37.230><c> transformation</c><00:29:37.990><c> into</c><00:29:39.890><c> Christ</c><00:29:40.369><c> was</c><00:29:40.609><c> recognized,</c>

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and<00:29:41.589><c> that</c><00:29:41.690><c> he</c><00:29:41.789><c> was</c><00:29:42.069><c> baptized.</c>

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Brothers<00:29:46.029><c> and</c><00:29:46.309><c> sisters,</c><00:29:46.609><c> we</c><00:29:46.869><c> have</c><00:29:47.130><c> been</c><00:29:48.710><c> so</c><00:29:49.210><c> blessed</c><00:29:49.450><c> by</c><00:29:49.690><c> our</c>

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Heavenly<00:29:50.089><c> Father,</c>

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His<00:29:50.829><c> mercy</c><00:29:51.230><c> and</c><00:29:51.410><c> His</c><00:29:51.630><c> love,</c><00:29:51.950><c> for</c><00:29:52.009><c> He</c><00:29:52.250><c> has</c><00:29:53.650><c> shined</c><00:29:54.710><c> His</c><00:29:55.430><c> light,</c>

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His<00:29:57.289><c> Son,</c><00:29:57.930><c> into</c><00:29:58.130><c> our</c><00:29:58.369><c> hearts.</c>

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My<00:30:01.109><c> heart,</c><00:30:02.089><c> your</c><00:30:02.529><c> heart</c><00:30:02.769><c> has</c><00:30:02.990><c> been</c><00:30:03.230><c> touched,</c><00:30:03.609><c> and</c><00:30:03.769><c> we</c><00:30:03.950><c> have</c><00:30:04.190><c> come</c><00:30:04.529><c> to</c>

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the<00:30:06.069><c> realization</c><00:30:06.630><c> of</c><00:30:06.910><c> our</c><00:30:07.150><c> need.</c>

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We<00:30:09.410><c> have</c><00:30:09.589><c> been</c><00:30:09.809><c> baptized,</c><00:30:10.569><c> we</c><00:30:10.789><c> have</c><00:30:11.930><c> been</c><00:30:12.250><c> baptized</c><00:30:12.750><c> for</c><00:30:12.950><c> the</c>

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remission<00:30:13.450><c> of</c><00:30:13.650><c> our</c><00:30:13.890><c> sins,</c>

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and<00:30:15.549><c> we</c><00:30:15.650><c> have</c><00:30:15.890><c> declared</c><00:30:16.250><c> that</c><00:30:16.470><c> our</c><00:30:16.670><c> lives</c><00:30:17.069><c> are</c><00:30:17.289><c> no</c><00:30:17.450><c> longer</c><00:30:17.750><c> ours,</c><00:30:18.369><c> but</c>

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that<00:30:18.670><c> we</c><00:30:18.809><c> will</c><00:30:19.130><c> live</c>

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for<00:30:21.509><c> and</c><00:30:21.710><c> through</c><00:30:21.970><c> Jesus</c><00:30:22.410><c> Christ.</c>

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What<00:30:25.970><c> a</c><00:30:26.190><c> great</c><00:30:26.329><c> comfort</c><00:30:26.690><c> that</c><00:30:26.869><c> is</c><00:30:27.069><c> for</c><00:30:27.269><c> us</c><00:30:27.509><c> in</c><00:30:27.650><c> these</c><00:30:27.849><c> dark</c><00:30:28.109><c> times.</c>

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And<00:30:30.329><c> as</c><00:30:30.450><c> we</c><00:30:30.730><c> meet</c><00:30:30.890><c> here</c><00:30:31.150><c> this</c><00:30:31.430><c> morning,</c>

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to<00:30:33.750><c> thank</c><00:30:34.009><c> Him</c><00:30:34.390><c> and</c><00:30:34.710><c> to</c><00:30:35.829><c> remember</c><00:30:36.410><c> what</c><00:30:37.809><c> His</c><00:30:38.069><c> Son</c><00:30:38.309><c> willingly</c>

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did<00:30:38.970><c> for</c><00:30:39.150><c> us,</c>

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that<00:30:40.970><c> light</c><00:30:41.230><c> of</c><00:30:41.450><c> life,</c>

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we<00:30:43.289><c> humbly</c><00:30:43.789><c> meet</c><00:30:44.049><c> around</c><00:30:44.410><c> this</c><00:30:44.710><c> table</c><00:30:45.049><c> to</c><00:30:45.750><c> do</c><00:30:46.130><c> this</c><00:30:46.430><c> in</c><00:30:46.730><c> remembrance</c><00:30:47.089><c> of</c><00:30:47.329><c> Him,</c>

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our<00:30:49.009><c> Savior,</c><00:30:49.470><c> the</c><00:30:49.549><c> Lord</c><00:30:49.809><c> Jesus</c><00:30:50.269><c> Christ,</c>

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in<00:30:52.470><c> whom</c><00:30:53.089><c> whosoever</c><00:30:54.329><c> believeth</c><00:30:54.750><c> in</c><00:30:54.930><c> Him</c><00:30:55.690><c> shall</c><00:30:56.730><c> not</c><00:30:57.049><c> perish,</c>

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but<00:30:58.690><c> have</c><00:30:58.910><c> eternal</c><00:30:59.190><c> life.</c>