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turned<00:16:45.100><c> back.</c>

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And<00:16:46.960><c> with</c><00:16:47.240><c> a</c><00:16:47.340><c> loud</c><00:16:47.620><c> voice</c><00:16:48.220><c> glorified</c><00:16:49.080><c> God.</c>

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And<00:16:50.820><c> he</c><00:16:51.039><c> fell</c><00:16:51.240><c> down</c><00:16:51.519><c> on</c><00:16:51.679><c> his</c><00:16:51.960><c> face</c><00:16:52.179><c> at</c><00:16:52.360><c> his</c><00:16:52.620><c> feet,</c><00:16:53.500><c> giving</c><00:16:53.620><c> him</c><00:16:54.000><c> thanks.</c>

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And<00:16:54.639><c> he</c><00:16:54.799><c> was</c><00:16:55.059><c> a</c><00:16:55.240><c> Samaritan.</c>

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And<00:16:57.039><c> Jesus</c><00:16:57.379><c> answering</c><00:16:57.840><c> said,</c><00:16:58.980><c> we're</c><00:16:59.120><c> not</c><00:16:59.679><c> ten</c><00:17:00.039><c> cleansed.</c>

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Where<00:17:02.120><c> are</c><00:17:02.279><c> the</c><00:17:02.500><c> nine?</c>

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You<00:17:04.759><c> know,</c><00:17:05.099><c> all</c><00:17:05.400><c> of</c><00:17:05.539><c> them</c><00:17:05.660><c> were</c><00:17:05.920><c> healed.</c>

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They<00:17:07.099><c> were</c><00:17:07.339><c> all</c><00:17:07.579><c> cured</c><00:17:07.839><c> of</c><00:17:08.019><c> their</c><00:17:08.200><c> leprosy.</c>

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But<00:17:09.599><c> as</c><00:17:09.740><c> verse</c><00:17:09.960><c> 19</c><00:17:10.460><c> points</c><00:17:10.859><c> out,</c><00:17:11.160><c> only</c><00:17:11.440><c> one</c><00:17:11.900><c> was</c><00:17:12.579><c> forgiven.</c>

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And<00:17:14.319><c> he</c><00:17:14.539><c> said</c><00:17:14.720><c> unto</c><00:17:14.980><c> him,</c><00:17:16.039><c> arise.</c>

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Go<00:17:17.900><c> thy</c><00:17:18.160><c> way.</c>

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Thy<00:17:20.240><c> faith</c><00:17:20.839><c> hath</c><00:17:21.359><c> made</c><00:17:21.640><c> thee</c><00:17:21.940><c> whole.</c>

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Of<00:17:24.140><c> the</c><00:17:24.420><c> ten,</c><00:17:24.579><c> only</c><00:17:24.900><c> one</c><00:17:25.119><c> was</c><00:17:25.460><c> truly</c><00:17:25.940><c> reconciled</c><00:17:26.720><c> to</c><00:17:26.940><c> God.</c>

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The<00:17:29.579><c> joyful</c><00:17:30.059><c> one.</c>

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Who<00:17:31.700><c> realized</c><00:17:32.019><c> he</c><00:17:32.180><c> wasn't</c><00:17:32.480><c> just</c><00:17:33.019><c> healed.</c>

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He<00:17:35.220><c> was</c><00:17:35.460><c> forgiven.</c>

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His<00:17:37.460><c> sins</c><00:17:37.920><c> were</c><00:17:38.559><c> gone.</c>

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And<00:17:40.059><c> he</c><00:17:40.140><c> was</c><00:17:40.400><c> a</c><00:17:40.579><c> Samaritan.</c>

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And<00:17:43.059><c> he's</c><00:17:43.380><c> going</c><00:17:43.500><c> to</c><00:17:43.599><c> be</c><00:17:43.720><c> in</c><00:17:43.880><c> the</c><00:17:44.000><c> kingdom.</c>

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You<00:17:46.680><c> know,</c><00:17:46.799><c> if</c><00:17:46.980><c> we're</c><00:17:47.180><c> honest,</c><00:17:48.819><c> a</c><00:17:48.920><c> lot</c><00:17:49.099><c> of</c><00:17:49.279><c> times</c><00:17:49.460><c> we</c><00:17:49.660><c> leave</c>

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here<00:17:50.099><c> Sunday</c><00:17:50.400><c> morning.</c>

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Don't<00:17:51.059><c> we</c><00:17:51.259><c> like</c><00:17:51.559><c> the</c><00:17:51.900><c> nine</c><00:17:52.140><c> lepers?</c>

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You<00:17:54.019><c> know,</c><00:17:54.140><c> we've</c><00:17:54.480><c> been</c><00:17:54.680><c> healed.</c>

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We<00:17:55.200><c> feel</c><00:17:55.400><c> our</c><00:17:55.680><c> sins</c><00:17:55.880><c> have</c><00:17:56.180><c> been</c><00:17:56.380><c> forgiven.</c>

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But<00:17:58.539><c> we're</c><00:17:58.759><c> really</c><00:17:59.079><c> not</c><00:17:59.900><c> joyful.</c>

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But<00:18:02.420><c> I</c><00:18:02.579><c> think</c><00:18:02.720><c> if</c><00:18:02.880><c> we</c><00:18:03.039><c> don't</c><00:18:03.440><c> leave</c><00:18:03.660><c> here</c><00:18:03.900><c> full</c><00:18:04.160><c> of</c><00:18:04.420><c> joy,</c><00:18:04.700><c> then</c>

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we<00:18:04.940><c> are,</c><00:18:05.920><c> the</c><00:18:06.200><c> way</c><00:18:06.319><c> I</c><00:18:06.640><c> see</c><00:18:06.779><c> it,</c>

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somehow<00:18:08.099><c> doubting</c><00:18:08.619><c> that</c><00:18:08.819><c> God's</c><00:18:09.440><c> forgiven</c><00:18:09.700><c> us.</c>

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Perhaps.

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Or,<00:18:13.960><c> I</c><00:18:14.099><c> think</c><00:18:14.319><c> maybe</c><00:18:14.680><c> more</c><00:18:14.980><c> likely,</c><00:18:15.400><c> at</c><00:18:15.519><c> least</c><00:18:15.700><c> in</c><00:18:15.900><c> my</c><00:18:16.140><c> case,</c>

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we<00:18:17.779><c> underestimate</c><00:18:18.519><c> the</c><00:18:18.960><c> terrible</c><00:18:19.559><c> consequences</c><00:18:20.640><c> of</c><00:18:22.240><c> our</c><00:18:22.599><c> sin.</c>

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Romans<00:18:26.200><c> 5,</c><00:18:27.220><c> verse</c><00:18:27.579><c> 10.</c>

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For<00:18:40.839><c> if,</c><00:18:42.339><c> when</c><00:18:42.519><c> we</c><00:18:42.700><c> were</c><00:18:43.720><c> enemies,</c><00:18:45.480><c> we</c><00:18:45.700><c> were</c><00:18:46.019><c> reconciled</c><00:18:46.559><c> to</c>

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God<00:18:47.039><c> by</c><00:18:47.279><c> the</c><00:18:47.480><c> death</c><00:18:47.660><c> of</c><00:18:47.859><c> his</c><00:18:48.059><c> Son,</c>

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much<00:18:49.539><c> more,</c><00:18:50.240><c> being</c><00:18:50.579><c> reconciled,</c><00:18:51.299><c> we</c><00:18:51.480><c> shall</c><00:18:51.660><c> be</c><00:18:51.960><c> saved</c><00:18:52.259><c> by</c><00:18:52.519><c> his</c><00:18:52.880><c> life.</c>

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And<00:18:54.099><c> not</c><00:18:54.259><c> only</c><00:18:54.519><c> so,</c><00:18:54.880><c> but</c><00:18:55.039><c> we</c><00:18:55.259><c> also</c><00:18:55.640><c> joy</c><00:18:56.059><c> in</c><00:18:56.220><c> God,</c><00:18:57.420><c> through</c><00:18:57.539><c> our</c>

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Lord<00:18:58.000><c> Jesus</c><00:18:58.440><c> Christ,</c>

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by<00:18:59.099><c> whom</c><00:18:59.299><c> now</c><00:18:59.660><c> we</c><00:18:59.839><c> have</c><00:19:00.019><c> received</c><00:19:00.779><c> the</c><00:19:01.400><c> atonement,</c><00:19:02.539><c> or</c><00:19:02.680><c> the</c><00:19:03.019><c> reconciliation.</c>

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That's<00:19:05.240><c> the</c><00:19:05.359><c> joy</c><00:19:05.559><c> of</c><00:19:05.779><c> Jesus,</c><00:19:06.539><c> saving</c><00:19:06.680><c> us.</c>

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And<00:19:08.279><c> the</c><00:19:08.440><c> joy</c><00:19:08.680><c> of</c><00:19:08.880><c> Jesus</c><00:19:09.259><c> is</c><00:19:09.480><c> us</c><00:19:09.839><c> realizing</c><00:19:10.400><c> it</c><00:19:11.440><c> and</c><00:19:12.000><c> believing</c><00:19:12.420><c> it.</c>

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You<00:19:13.819><c> know,</c><00:19:13.900><c> we</c><00:19:14.079><c> see</c><00:19:14.240><c> this</c><00:19:14.519><c> illustrated</c><00:19:15.039><c> in</c><00:19:15.259><c> the</c><00:19:15.380><c> Old</c><00:19:15.539><c> Testament.</c>

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All<00:19:17.119><c> the</c><00:19:17.200><c> way</c><00:19:17.299><c> back</c><00:19:17.559><c> in</c><00:19:17.779><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:19:19.279><c> they</c><00:19:19.539><c> had</c><00:19:19.720><c> just</c><00:19:19.980><c> returned</c>

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from<00:19:20.660><c> the</c><00:19:20.880><c> captivity.</c>

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They<00:19:22.640><c> knew</c><00:19:22.839><c> they</c><00:19:23.000><c> were</c><00:19:23.200><c> in</c><00:19:23.420><c> captivity</c><00:19:23.920><c> because</c><00:19:24.380><c> of</c><00:19:24.579><c> the</c><00:19:24.839><c> sins</c>

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that<00:19:25.680><c> their</c><00:19:25.940><c> forefathers,</c>

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and<00:19:26.839><c> perhaps</c><00:19:27.099><c> some</c><00:19:27.319><c> of</c><00:19:27.460><c> them,</c><00:19:27.680><c> had</c><00:19:27.819><c> committed.</c>

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And<00:19:28.940><c> now</c><00:19:29.099><c> they're</c><00:19:29.339><c> back</c><00:19:29.619><c> in</c><00:19:29.779><c> the</c><00:19:29.980><c> land.</c>

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And<00:19:31.700><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:19:32.660><c> and</c><00:19:32.859><c> Ezra,</c><00:19:33.559><c> and</c><00:19:33.700><c> the</c><00:19:34.000><c> priests,</c><00:19:34.299><c> and</c><00:19:34.480><c> the</c><00:19:34.599><c> Levites,</c>

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are<00:19:35.299><c> all</c><00:19:35.559><c> gathered</c><00:19:35.859><c> together</c><00:19:36.299><c> with</c><00:19:36.539><c> the</c><00:19:36.720><c> people,</c><00:19:38.460><c> and</c><00:19:38.579><c> they</c>

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read<00:19:39.000><c> the</c><00:19:39.140><c> Book</c><00:19:39.380><c> of</c><00:19:39.539><c> the</c><00:19:39.700><c> Law.</c>

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Nehemiah<00:19:41.240><c> 8,</c><00:19:41.859><c> verse</c><00:19:42.119><c> 1.</c>

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And<00:19:44.559><c> all</c><00:19:44.779><c> the</c><00:19:44.980><c> people</c><00:19:45.259><c> gathered</c><00:19:45.619><c> themselves</c><00:19:46.140><c> together</c><00:19:46.619><c> as</c>

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one<00:19:47.240><c> man</c><00:19:47.519><c> into</c><00:19:47.759><c> the</c><00:19:48.119><c> street</c>

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that<00:19:48.779><c> was</c><00:19:49.019><c> before</c><00:19:49.319><c> the</c><00:19:49.539><c> Water</c><00:19:49.759><c> Gate.</c>

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And<00:19:51.220><c> they</c><00:19:51.480><c> spake</c><00:19:51.720><c> unto</c><00:19:51.900><c> Ezra,</c><00:19:52.299><c> the</c><00:19:52.480><c> scribe,</c><00:19:53.160><c> to</c><00:19:53.299><c> bring</c><00:19:53.500><c> the</c><00:19:53.619><c> Book</c><00:19:53.880><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:54.160><c> Law</c><00:19:54.279><c> of</c><00:19:54.460><c> Moses,</c>

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which<00:19:55.700><c> the</c><00:19:55.980><c> Lord</c><00:19:56.160><c> had</c><00:19:56.440><c> commanded</c><00:19:56.880><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:19:59.259><c> Ezra,</c><00:19:59.559><c> the</c><00:19:59.720><c> priest,</c><00:20:00.079><c> brought</c><00:20:00.240><c> the</c><00:20:00.460><c> law</c><00:20:00.599><c> before</c><00:20:00.940><c> the</c><00:20:01.200><c> congregation,</c>

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both<00:20:02.200><c> of</c><00:20:02.400><c> men</c><00:20:02.559><c> and</c><00:20:02.700><c> women,</c><00:20:03.440><c> and</c><00:20:03.579><c> to</c><00:20:03.740><c> all</c><00:20:03.940><c> that</c><00:20:04.140><c> could</c><00:20:04.339><c> hear</c>

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with<00:20:04.799><c> understanding,</c>

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upon<00:20:06.240><c> the</c><00:20:06.480><c> first</c><00:20:06.740><c> day</c><00:20:06.940><c> of</c><00:20:07.119><c> the</c><00:20:07.319><c> seventh</c><00:20:07.579><c> month.</c>

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And<00:20:09.119><c> he</c><00:20:09.299><c> read</c><00:20:09.519><c> therein</c><00:20:09.960><c> before</c><00:20:10.220><c> the</c><00:20:10.559><c> street</c><00:20:10.759><c> that</c><00:20:10.900><c> was</c><00:20:11.160><c> before</c>

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the<00:20:11.720><c> Water</c><00:20:11.980><c> Gate,</c>

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from<00:20:12.640><c> the</c><00:20:12.859><c> morning</c><00:20:13.099><c> until</c><00:20:13.460><c> midday,</c><00:20:14.740><c> before</c><00:20:15.079><c> the</c><00:20:15.339><c> men</c><00:20:15.480><c> and</c><00:20:15.619><c> the</c><00:20:15.779><c> women,</c>

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and<00:20:16.940><c> those</c><00:20:17.279><c> who</c><00:20:17.460><c> could</c><00:20:17.740><c> understand.</c>

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And<00:20:20.240><c> the</c><00:20:20.359><c> ears</c><00:20:20.619><c> of</c><00:20:20.839><c> all</c><00:20:20.980><c> the</c><00:20:21.180><c> people</c><00:20:21.480><c> were</c><00:20:21.799><c> attentive</c><00:20:22.319><c> unto</c><00:20:22.940><c> the</c><00:20:23.180><c> Book</c><00:20:23.359><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:23.680><c> Law.</c>

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And<00:20:25.180><c> so</c><00:20:25.279><c> they</c><00:20:25.440><c> read</c><00:20:25.619><c> the</c><00:20:25.839><c> Law.</c>

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And<00:20:27.480><c> what</c><00:20:27.579><c> did</c><00:20:27.680><c> the</c><00:20:27.839><c> people</c><00:20:28.079><c> hear?</c>

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They<00:20:28.579><c> just</c><00:20:28.839><c> keep</c><00:20:29.059><c> hearing</c><00:20:29.319><c> about</c><00:20:29.839><c> the</c><00:20:30.200><c> penalty,</c><00:20:30.920><c> the</c><00:20:31.220><c> consequences</c><00:20:31.900><c> of</c>

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their<00:20:32.299><c> sins.</c>

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And<00:20:33.700><c> look</c><00:20:33.900><c> at</c><00:20:34.019><c> verse</c><00:20:34.240><c> 8</c><00:20:34.480><c> and</c><00:20:34.599><c> 9.</c>

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And<00:20:49.380><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:20:50.079><c> which</c><00:20:50.099><c> is</c><00:20:50.339><c> the</c><00:20:50.480><c> Tershatha,</c><00:20:51.380><c> or</c><00:20:51.559><c> governor,</c>

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and<00:20:52.539><c> Ezra,</c><00:20:52.819><c> the</c><00:20:53.000><c> priest,</c><00:20:53.420><c> the</c><00:20:53.559><c> scribe,</c><00:20:53.839><c> and</c><00:20:53.980><c> the</c><00:20:54.119><c> Levites</c><00:20:54.559><c> that</c><00:20:54.779><c> taught</c><00:20:55.000><c> the</c><00:20:55.240><c> people,</c>

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said<00:20:56.460><c> unto</c><00:20:56.680><c> all</c><00:20:56.900><c> the</c><00:20:57.059><c> people,</c>

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This<00:20:59.059><c> day</c><00:20:59.299><c> is</c><00:20:59.559><c> holy</c><00:20:59.859><c> unto</c><00:21:00.140><c> the</c><00:21:00.380><c> Lord</c><00:21:00.579><c> your</c><00:21:00.799><c> God.</c>

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More<00:21:02.500><c> not,</c><00:21:03.779><c> nor</c><00:21:03.980><c> weep.</c>

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For<00:21:05.819><c> all</c><00:21:06.039><c> the</c><00:21:06.220><c> people</c><00:21:06.500><c> wept</c><00:21:07.000><c> when</c><00:21:07.380><c> they</c><00:21:07.599><c> heard</c><00:21:07.819><c> the</c><00:21:08.019><c> words</c><00:21:08.299><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:08.660><c> Law.</c>

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You<00:21:10.319><c> know,</c><00:21:10.400><c> they</c><00:21:10.599><c> missed</c><00:21:10.819><c> the</c><00:21:11.019><c> point.</c>

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All<00:21:12.059><c> they</c><00:21:12.339><c> could</c><00:21:12.559><c> hear</c><00:21:12.720><c> was</c><00:21:12.940><c> their</c><00:21:13.240><c> sins</c><00:21:13.579><c> being</c><00:21:13.940><c> pointed</c><00:21:14.279><c> out</c>

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again<00:21:15.039><c> and</c><00:21:15.240><c> again.</c>

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And<00:21:15.960><c> we</c><00:21:16.079><c> know</c><00:21:16.299><c> the</c><00:21:16.539><c> curses</c><00:21:16.859><c> of</c><00:21:17.039><c> the</c><00:21:17.180><c> Book.</c>

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We<00:21:17.819><c> know</c><00:21:18.059><c> at</c><00:21:18.259><c> the</c><00:21:18.380><c> end</c><00:21:18.539><c> of</c><00:21:18.700><c> Deuteronomy.</c>

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We<00:21:19.880><c> know</c><00:21:20.180><c> what</c><00:21:20.359><c> would</c><00:21:20.599><c> happen</c><00:21:20.859><c> if</c><00:21:20.980><c> they</c><00:21:21.279><c> didn't</c><00:21:21.619><c> keep</c><00:21:21.980><c> the</c><00:21:22.220><c> Law,</c>

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and<00:21:22.519><c> that's</c><00:21:22.720><c> all</c><00:21:22.900><c> they</c><00:21:23.160><c> heard.</c>

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And<00:21:24.000><c> they</c><00:21:24.279><c> wept</c><00:21:24.539><c> because</c><00:21:24.960><c> of</c><00:21:25.119><c> their</c><00:21:25.380><c> sins,</c><00:21:25.700><c> but</c><00:21:25.859><c> they</c><00:21:26.079><c> missed</c>

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the<00:21:26.519><c> point.</c>

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God<00:21:28.579><c> hadn't</c><00:21:28.900><c> condemned</c><00:21:29.299><c> them.</c>

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They<00:21:31.339><c> were</c><00:21:31.599><c> forgiven.</c>

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Their<00:21:33.579><c> hearts</c><00:21:34.039><c> were</c><00:21:34.339><c> made</c><00:21:34.700><c> clean.</c>

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Don't<00:21:46.660><c> cry,</c><00:21:47.039><c> don't</c><00:21:47.400><c> mourn,</c><00:21:48.099><c> don't</c><00:21:48.099><c> weep.</c>

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And<00:21:48.500><c> he</c><00:21:48.559><c> goes</c><00:21:48.759><c> on</c><00:21:48.920><c> in</c><00:21:49.019><c> verse</c><00:21:49.259><c> 10.</c>

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He<00:21:50.220><c> said</c><00:21:50.380><c> unto</c><00:21:50.599><c> them,</c><00:21:50.920><c> Go</c><00:21:51.119><c> your</c><00:21:51.380><c> way.</c>

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Eat<00:21:52.640><c> the</c><00:21:52.900><c> fat,</c><00:21:53.480><c> drink</c><00:21:53.779><c> the</c><00:21:54.119><c> sweet.</c>

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Send<00:21:54.960><c> portions</c><00:21:55.480><c> unto</c><00:21:55.759><c> them</c><00:21:55.980><c> for</c><00:21:56.200><c> whom</c><00:21:56.440><c> nothing</c><00:21:56.779><c> is</c><00:21:57.079><c> prepared.</c>

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For<00:21:58.660><c> this</c><00:21:58.940><c> day</c><00:21:59.099><c> is</c><00:21:59.319><c> holy</c><00:21:59.640><c> unto</c><00:21:59.920><c> the</c><00:22:00.160><c> Lord.</c>

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Neither<00:22:01.440><c> be</c><00:22:01.740><c> ye</c><00:22:02.099><c> sorry.</c>

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He<00:22:06.700><c> said</c><00:22:06.779><c> you've</c><00:22:07.059><c> missed</c><00:22:07.259><c> the</c><00:22:07.480><c> point.</c>

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God's<00:22:08.220><c> forgiven</c><00:22:08.539><c> you.</c>

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Be<00:22:09.319><c> happy.</c>

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God's<00:22:11.160><c> forgiveness</c><00:22:11.720><c> should</c><00:22:12.420><c> be</c><00:22:12.619><c> your</c><00:22:12.880><c> joy</c><00:22:13.220><c> and</c><00:22:13.440><c> your</c><00:22:13.740><c> strength.</c>

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And<00:22:16.319><c> that</c><00:22:16.460><c> word</c><00:22:16.740><c> strength</c><00:22:17.180><c> means</c><00:22:17.880><c> fortress.</c>

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Something<00:22:20.960><c> you</c><00:22:21.119><c> can</c><00:22:21.359><c> be</c><00:22:21.660><c> sheltered</c><00:22:22.160><c> in.</c>

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Confident<00:22:23.740><c> in.</c>

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Something<00:22:24.819><c> that</c><00:22:25.039><c> will</c><00:22:25.339><c> protect</c><00:22:25.839><c> you.</c>

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And<00:22:26.759><c> what</c><00:22:26.900><c> is</c><00:22:27.039><c> it?</c>

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It's<00:22:27.519><c> the</c><00:22:27.700><c> joy</c><00:22:27.900><c> of</c><00:22:28.059><c> the</c><00:22:28.200><c> Lord.</c>

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What's<00:22:28.759><c> the</c><00:22:28.880><c> joy</c><00:22:29.099><c> of</c><00:22:29.220><c> the</c><00:22:29.359><c> Lord?</c>

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Our<00:22:30.440><c> sins</c><00:22:30.940><c> forgiven.</c>

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We<00:22:33.460><c> really</c><00:22:33.799><c> need</c><00:22:34.000><c> to</c><00:22:34.240><c> believe</c><00:22:34.480><c> there's</c><00:22:34.759><c> a</c><00:22:35.019><c> place</c><00:22:35.279><c> prepared</c><00:22:35.740><c> for</c><00:22:35.920><c> us</c>

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that<00:22:37.819><c> God</c><00:22:38.200><c> wants</c><00:22:38.539><c> to</c><00:22:38.880><c> save</c><00:22:39.180><c> each</c><00:22:39.700><c> one</c><00:22:39.920><c> of</c><00:22:40.099><c> us.</c>

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And<00:22:45.400><c> you</c><00:22:45.480><c> know,</c><00:22:45.559><c> here's</c><00:22:45.799><c> the</c><00:22:45.960><c> odd</c><00:22:46.140><c> thing.</c>

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And<00:22:48.279><c> I</c><00:22:48.460><c> always</c><00:22:48.700><c> struggled</c><00:22:49.079><c> with</c><00:22:49.279><c> this</c><00:22:49.519><c> verse</c><00:22:49.720><c> until</c><00:22:50.000><c> I</c><00:22:50.319><c> read</c><00:22:50.480><c> a</c>

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James<00:22:55.259><c> the</c><00:22:55.480><c> Lord's</c><00:22:55.920><c> brother</c><00:22:56.140><c> says</c><00:22:56.480><c> you</c><00:22:56.680><c> should</c><00:22:57.000><c> really</c><00:22:57.480><c> be</c>

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joyful<00:22:58.259><c> when</c><00:22:59.319><c> you're</c><00:22:59.559><c> undergoing</c><00:23:00.000><c> trials.</c>

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It<00:23:03.220><c> just</c><00:23:03.519><c> doesn't</c><00:23:03.880><c> sound</c><00:23:04.160><c> right,</c><00:23:04.519><c> does</c><00:23:04.579><c> it?</c>

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He<00:23:05.299><c> says</c><00:23:05.500><c> when</c><00:23:05.700><c> you're</c><00:23:05.960><c> at</c><00:23:06.059><c> your</c><00:23:06.319><c> lowest</c><00:23:06.579><c> point</c><00:23:07.079><c> and</c><00:23:07.420><c> when</c>

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you're<00:23:07.880><c> furthest</c><00:23:08.240><c> from</c><00:23:08.480><c> God,</c>

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you<00:23:08.960><c> should</c><00:23:09.160><c> be</c><00:23:09.460><c> filled</c><00:23:09.640><c> with</c><00:23:09.880><c> the</c><00:23:10.019><c> most</c><00:23:10.359><c> joy.</c>

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And<00:23:11.480><c> you</c><00:23:11.599><c> say</c><00:23:11.700><c> how</c><00:23:11.880><c> do</c><00:23:11.980><c> you</c><00:23:12.119><c> make</c><00:23:12.319><c> sense</c><00:23:12.660><c> out</c><00:23:12.819><c> of</c><00:23:12.980><c> that?</c>

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How<00:23:15.700><c> am</c><00:23:16.220><c> I</c><00:23:16.339><c> filled</c><00:23:16.539><c> with</c><00:23:16.819><c> joy</c><00:23:17.099><c> when</c><00:23:17.279><c> my</c><00:23:17.599><c> love</c><00:23:17.779><c> is</c><00:23:18.140><c> waxing</c><00:23:18.579><c> cold?</c>

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Look<00:23:19.799><c> at</c><00:23:19.960><c> James</c><00:23:20.279><c> 1</c><00:23:20.579><c> verse</c><00:23:20.900><c> 2,</c><00:23:21.819><c> all</c><00:23:21.940><c> the</c><00:23:21.960><c> way</c><00:23:22.039><c> at</c><00:23:22.140><c> the</c><00:23:22.259><c> back</c><00:23:22.420><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:22.599><c> New</c><00:23:22.779><c> Testament.</c>

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Here<00:23:27.660><c> it</c><00:23:27.779><c> is.</c>

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My<00:23:28.359><c> brethren,</c><00:23:30.380><c> count</c><00:23:30.579><c> it</c><00:23:30.779><c> all</c><00:23:31.019><c> joy</c><00:23:31.660><c> when</c><00:23:32.480><c> you</c><00:23:32.680><c> fall</c><00:23:33.019><c> into</c>

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divers<00:23:33.980><c> temptations.</c>

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And<00:23:37.460><c> now</c><00:23:37.680><c> compare</c><00:23:37.980><c> that</c><00:23:38.259><c> to</c><00:23:38.440><c> Luke</c><00:23:38.759><c> 6,</c><00:23:39.500><c> 22.</c>

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Sorry<00:23:41.859><c> to</c><00:23:42.039><c> make</c><00:23:42.160><c> you</c><00:23:42.380><c> jump</c><00:23:42.539><c> around</c><00:23:42.859><c> a</c><00:23:43.019><c> bit.</c>

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Blessed<00:23:47.460><c> are</c><00:23:47.720><c> ye</c><00:23:48.259><c> when</c><00:23:49.859><c> men</c><00:23:50.140><c> shall</c><00:23:50.400><c> hate</c><00:23:50.700><c> you,</c>

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when<00:23:52.420><c> they</c><00:23:52.579><c> shall</c><00:23:52.880><c> separate</c><00:23:53.259><c> you</c><00:23:53.640><c> from</c><00:23:53.799><c> their</c><00:23:54.039><c> company,</c>

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and<00:23:55.440><c> shall</c><00:23:55.640><c> reproach</c><00:23:56.240><c> you</c><00:23:57.220><c> and</c><00:23:57.680><c> cast</c><00:23:57.960><c> out</c><00:23:58.180><c> your</c><00:23:58.359><c> name</c><00:23:58.579><c> as</c><00:23:58.799><c> evil</c>

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for<00:24:00.299><c> the</c><00:24:00.519><c> son</c><00:24:00.680><c> of</c><00:24:00.799><c> man's</c><00:24:01.220><c> sake.</c>

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Rejoice<00:24:03.380><c> ye</c><00:24:03.660><c> in</c><00:24:03.980><c> that</c><00:24:04.339><c> day.</c>

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Leap<00:24:05.859><c> for</c><00:24:06.140><c> joy,</c><00:24:07.380><c> for</c><00:24:07.539><c> behold</c><00:24:07.920><c> your</c><00:24:08.279><c> reward</c><00:24:08.680><c> is</c><00:24:08.980><c> great</c><00:24:09.200><c> in</c><00:24:09.480><c> heaven,</c>

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for<00:24:10.599><c> in</c><00:24:10.740><c> the</c><00:24:10.880><c> like</c><00:24:11.099><c> manner</c><00:24:11.380><c> did</c><00:24:11.559><c> their</c><00:24:11.799><c> fathers</c><00:24:12.220><c> unto</c><00:24:12.519><c> the</c><00:24:12.900><c> prophets.</c>

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You<00:24:14.640><c> know,</c><00:24:14.920><c> it's</c><00:24:14.960><c> not</c><00:24:15.180><c> that</c><00:24:15.299><c> we're</c><00:24:15.559><c> happy</c><00:24:15.980><c> suffering.</c>

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Nobody's<00:24:18.000><c> happy</c><00:24:18.319><c> when</c><00:24:18.519><c> they're</c><00:24:18.940><c> suffering.</c>

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The<00:24:20.200><c> point</c><00:24:20.339><c> is</c><00:24:20.619><c> that</c><00:24:20.920><c> joy,</c><00:24:22.140><c> the</c><00:24:22.339><c> joy</c><00:24:22.559><c> spoken</c><00:24:22.920><c> up</c><00:24:23.099><c> by</c><00:24:23.319><c> James</c><00:24:23.680><c> and</c><00:24:23.900><c> Jesus,</c>

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should<00:24:26.200><c> help</c><00:24:26.380><c> us</c><00:24:26.660><c> look</c><00:24:27.000><c> past</c><00:24:27.460><c> our</c><00:24:27.940><c> sufferings,</c>

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should<00:24:30.880><c> keep</c><00:24:31.200><c> our</c><00:24:31.460><c> hearts</c><00:24:31.819><c> from</c><00:24:32.079><c> getting</c><00:24:32.359><c> cold.</c>

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Think<00:24:33.980><c> of</c><00:24:34.099><c> John</c><00:24:34.299><c> and</c><00:24:34.480><c> Peter.</c>

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They<00:24:35.859><c> were</c><00:24:36.119><c> chastened</c><00:24:36.599><c> by</c><00:24:36.819><c> the</c><00:24:37.019><c> rulers.</c>

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Think<00:24:38.079><c> of</c><00:24:38.319><c> Paul</c><00:24:38.599><c> and</c><00:24:38.920><c> Silas</c><00:24:39.319><c> in</c><00:24:39.579><c> prison.</c>

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And<00:24:41.180><c> yet</c><00:24:41.319><c> they're</c><00:24:41.559><c> all</c><00:24:41.839><c> full</c><00:24:42.039><c> of</c><00:24:42.319><c> joy.</c>

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They're<00:24:43.160><c> singing</c><00:24:43.579><c> praises.</c>

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Why?

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Because<00:24:46.920><c> they</c><00:24:47.119><c> look</c><00:24:47.319><c> past</c><00:24:47.640><c> their</c><00:24:47.980><c> sufferings,</c><00:24:48.539><c> the</c><00:24:48.779><c> trials,</c>

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the<00:24:49.880><c> evil</c><00:24:50.079><c> that's</c><00:24:50.460><c> falling</c><00:24:50.740><c> on</c><00:24:50.980><c> them,</c>

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and<00:24:51.940><c> they</c><00:24:52.160><c> saw</c><00:24:52.299><c> the</c><00:24:52.559><c> kingdom.</c>

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And<00:24:54.400><c> that</c><00:24:54.680><c> image</c><00:24:55.039><c> of</c><00:24:55.400><c> joy,</c><00:24:55.799><c> the</c><00:24:56.079><c> new</c><00:24:56.339><c> creation</c><00:24:56.900><c> fulfilled,</c>

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pulled<00:24:59.160><c> them</c><00:24:59.480><c> through.</c>

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I<00:25:00.599><c> mean,</c><00:25:00.740><c> you</c><00:25:00.940><c> would</c><00:25:01.119><c> have</c><00:25:01.160><c> focused</c><00:25:01.599><c> on</c><00:25:01.940><c> the</c><00:25:02.180><c> poor</c><00:25:02.339><c> conditions,</c>

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the<00:25:04.000><c> fetters</c><00:25:04.359><c> on</c><00:25:04.539><c> your</c><00:25:04.819><c> wrist</c><00:25:05.079><c> and</c><00:25:05.279><c> arms,</c>

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the<00:25:06.099><c> wounds</c><00:25:06.359><c> on</c><00:25:06.539><c> your</c><00:25:06.779><c> back.</c>

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We<00:25:07.140><c> would</c><00:25:07.339><c> think</c><00:25:07.539><c> about</c><00:25:07.779><c> all</c><00:25:08.000><c> those</c><00:25:08.279><c> things.</c>

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But<00:25:10.160><c> these</c><00:25:10.500><c> four</c><00:25:10.740><c> men</c><00:25:10.960><c> thought</c><00:25:11.220><c> about</c><00:25:11.440><c> the</c><00:25:11.740><c> kingdom</c>

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and<00:25:13.220><c> the</c><00:25:13.359><c> day</c><00:25:13.480><c> that</c><00:25:13.640><c> would</c><00:25:13.819><c> all</c><00:25:14.000><c> be</c><00:25:14.279><c> removed.</c>

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And<00:25:15.299><c> that</c><00:25:15.599><c> helped</c><00:25:15.819><c> them</c><00:25:16.140><c> endure</c><00:25:16.460><c> their</c><00:25:16.819><c> trials.</c>

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One<00:25:20.160><c> last</c><00:25:20.559><c> thought.</c>

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This<00:25:24.380><c> is</c><00:25:24.680><c> my</c><00:25:24.859><c> belief.</c>

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You<00:25:26.420><c> may</c><00:25:26.680><c> or</c><00:25:26.839><c> may</c><00:25:26.980><c> not</c><00:25:27.140><c> be</c><00:25:27.259><c> able</c><00:25:27.440><c> to</c><00:25:27.680><c> prove</c><00:25:27.819><c> it,</c>

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but<00:25:28.180><c> my</c><00:25:28.460><c> belief</c><00:25:28.779><c> is</c><00:25:29.859><c> that</c><00:25:30.619><c> seeing</c><00:25:31.000><c> you</c><00:25:31.960><c> in</c><00:25:32.539><c> the</c><00:25:32.740><c> kingdom</c>

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is<00:25:34.680><c> what</c><00:25:34.900><c> allowed</c><00:25:35.240><c> Jesus</c><00:25:35.759><c> to</c><00:25:36.039><c> endure</c><00:25:36.319><c> the</c><00:25:36.640><c> cross.</c>

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We're<00:25:38.940><c> told</c><00:25:39.180><c> who,</c><00:25:39.480><c> for</c><00:25:39.700><c> the</c><00:25:40.000><c> joy</c><00:25:40.740><c> set</c><00:25:41.220><c> before</c><00:25:41.859><c> him,</c>

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endured<00:25:43.140><c> the</c><00:25:43.460><c> cross.</c>

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And<00:25:47.339><c> you</c><00:25:47.440><c> know,</c><00:25:47.619><c> we</c><00:25:47.839><c> should</c><00:25:48.079><c> see</c><00:25:48.380><c> ourselves</c><00:25:48.920><c> with</c><00:25:49.339><c> him</c>

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in<00:25:49.660><c> the</c><00:25:49.839><c> kingdom</c><00:25:50.400><c> to</c><00:25:51.039><c> get</c><00:25:51.220><c> past</c><00:25:51.519><c> our</c><00:25:51.880><c> trials.</c>

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The<00:25:54.019><c> joy</c><00:25:54.319><c> of</c><00:25:54.460><c> the</c><00:25:54.619><c> Lord</c><00:25:54.779><c> is</c><00:25:54.980><c> your</c><00:25:55.359><c> strength,</c>

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your<00:25:56.000><c> fortress,</c><00:25:57.059><c> said</c><00:25:57.180><c> Nehemiah.</c>

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And<00:25:58.700><c> it</c><00:25:58.779><c> makes</c><00:25:59.019><c> no</c><00:25:59.319><c> sense</c><00:25:59.579><c> to</c><00:25:59.799><c> me</c><00:25:59.960><c> that</c>

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we<00:26:02.279><c> still</c><00:26:02.519><c> have</c><00:26:02.700><c> so</c><00:26:02.980><c> many</c><00:26:03.279><c> standing</c><00:26:03.599><c> outside</c><00:26:04.140><c> the</c><00:26:04.400><c> fortress</c>

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who<00:26:06.180><c> don't</c><00:26:06.460><c> want</c><00:26:06.619><c> to</c><00:26:06.779><c> take</c><00:26:06.900><c> that</c><00:26:07.279><c> step</c><00:26:07.740><c> and</c><00:26:08.099><c> come</c><00:26:08.299><c> in,</c>

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who<00:26:09.460><c> don't</c><00:26:09.720><c> want</c><00:26:09.900><c> to</c><00:26:10.119><c> join</c><00:26:10.380><c> the</c><00:26:10.579><c> new</c><00:26:10.779><c> creation.</c>

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And<00:26:12.460><c> we</c><00:26:12.680><c> said</c><00:26:12.839><c> this</c><00:26:13.079><c> yesterday.</c>

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I'm<00:26:13.619><c> going</c><00:26:13.740><c> to</c><00:26:13.920><c> repeat</c><00:26:14.200><c> it.</c>

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Baptism<00:26:15.279><c> is</c><00:26:15.539><c> just</c><00:26:15.920><c> one</c><00:26:16.420><c> step</c><00:26:17.299><c> in</c><00:26:18.279><c> serving</c><00:26:18.579><c> God.</c>

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But<00:26:20.099><c> it's</c><00:26:20.539><c> so</c><00:26:20.880><c> critical.</c>

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It's<00:26:22.059><c> a</c><00:26:22.299><c> step</c><00:26:22.460><c> that</c><00:26:22.819><c> needs</c><00:26:23.180><c> to</c><00:26:23.420><c> be</c><00:26:23.680><c> taken.</c>

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If<00:26:25.039><c> we're</c><00:26:25.279><c> thinking</c><00:26:25.579><c> of</c><00:26:25.799><c> it,</c><00:26:25.920><c> we</c><00:26:26.059><c> need</c><00:26:26.299><c> to</c><00:26:26.460><c> do</c><00:26:26.640><c> it.</c>

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If<00:26:27.180><c> we</c><00:26:27.279><c> don't</c><00:26:27.519><c> think</c><00:26:27.740><c> we're</c><00:26:27.940><c> ready,</c>

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we<00:26:28.420><c> should</c><00:26:28.579><c> be</c><00:26:28.859><c> preparing</c><00:26:29.339><c> ourselves.</c>

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This<00:26:30.599><c> is</c><00:26:30.859><c> for</c><00:26:31.059><c> young</c><00:26:31.200><c> and</c><00:26:31.440><c> old.</c>

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We<00:26:33.119><c> can't</c><00:26:33.519><c> live</c><00:26:33.819><c> our</c><00:26:34.299><c> lives</c><00:26:34.660><c> outside</c><00:26:35.299><c> the</c><00:26:35.619><c> fortress.</c>

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If<00:26:45.000><c> we've</c><00:26:45.359><c> left</c><00:26:45.519><c> the</c><00:26:45.759><c> meeting,</c>

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if<00:26:48.640><c> we've</c><00:26:48.960><c> left</c><00:26:49.079><c> the</c><00:26:49.339><c> meeting</c><00:26:49.579><c> physically,</c>

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obviously<00:26:51.259><c> none</c><00:26:51.519><c> of</c><00:26:51.599><c> those</c><00:26:51.799><c> people</c><00:26:52.039><c> are</c><00:26:52.259><c> here</c><00:26:52.460><c> today,</c><00:26:52.740><c> I</c>

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don't<00:26:53.180><c> think,</c>

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but<00:26:55.400><c> you</c><00:26:55.700><c> know,</c><00:26:55.700><c> we</c><00:26:55.740><c> can</c><00:26:55.960><c> leave</c><00:26:56.220><c> the</c><00:26:56.440><c> meeting</c><00:26:56.759><c> spiritually.</c>

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We<00:26:59.220><c> need</c><00:26:59.440><c> to</c><00:26:59.599><c> get</c><00:26:59.740><c> ourselves</c><00:27:00.339><c> back</c><00:27:00.799><c> in</c><00:27:01.579><c> and</c><00:27:02.079><c> involved.</c>

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The<00:27:03.579><c> prodigal</c><00:27:04.160><c> left</c><00:27:04.539><c> the</c><00:27:04.839><c> father,</c><00:27:05.420><c> left</c><00:27:05.700><c> the</c><00:27:05.960><c> household,</c>

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and<00:27:07.559><c> was</c><00:27:07.839><c> welcomed</c><00:27:08.099><c> back</c><00:27:08.440><c> with</c><00:27:08.700><c> open</c><00:27:08.940><c> arms.</c>

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He<00:27:09.359><c> was</c><00:27:09.960><c> lost</c><00:27:10.440><c> and</c><00:27:10.799><c> found.</c>

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The<00:27:13.539><c> older</c><00:27:13.759><c> brother</c><00:27:14.039><c> was</c><00:27:14.299><c> in</c><00:27:14.500><c> the</c><00:27:14.640><c> house</c><00:27:14.859><c> the</c><00:27:15.099><c> whole</c><00:27:15.319><c> time.</c>

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x
And<00:27:17.279><c> that</c><00:27:17.440><c> older</c><00:27:17.740><c> brother</c><00:27:18.039><c> was</c><00:27:18.480><c> just</c><00:27:18.880><c> as</c><00:27:19.180><c> lost</c><00:27:19.480><c> as</c><00:27:19.700><c> his</c>

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younger<00:27:20.180><c> brother,</c>

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living<00:27:21.460><c> riotously.</c>

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He<00:27:23.079><c> just</c><00:27:23.339><c> didn't</c><00:27:23.539><c> have</c><00:27:23.740><c> a</c><00:27:23.980><c> clue</c><00:27:24.140><c> about</c><00:27:24.440><c> forgiveness</c>

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and<00:27:25.799><c> what</c><00:27:26.039><c> service</c><00:27:26.460><c> meant.</c>

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He<00:27:27.519><c> had</c><00:27:27.700><c> left</c><00:27:27.980><c> and</c><00:27:28.140><c> he</c><00:27:28.259><c> was</c><00:27:28.539><c> inside.</c>

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That<00:27:29.400><c> whole</c><00:27:29.680><c> chapter</c><00:27:30.059><c> that</c><00:27:30.259><c> was</c><00:27:30.440><c> read</c><00:27:30.619><c> before</c><00:27:31.019><c> us,</c>

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how<00:27:31.839><c> many</c><00:27:32.119><c> things</c><00:27:32.380><c> were</c><00:27:32.680><c> lost</c><00:27:33.000><c> that</c><00:27:33.279><c> were</c><00:27:33.940><c> the</c><00:27:34.240><c> coin</c><00:27:34.440><c> in</c><00:27:34.680><c> the</c><00:27:34.819><c> house?</c>

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These<00:27:36.299><c> are</c><00:27:36.579><c> things</c><00:27:36.839><c> that</c><00:27:37.079><c> are</c><00:27:37.420><c> right</c><00:27:37.700><c> here</c><00:27:37.880><c> this</c><00:27:38.160><c> morning.</c>

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We<00:27:38.519><c> can</c><00:27:38.740><c> show</c><00:27:38.980><c> up</c><00:27:39.140><c> every</c><00:27:39.400><c> week</c><00:27:39.859><c> but</c><00:27:40.779><c> not</c><00:27:40.980><c> have</c><00:27:41.119><c> our</c><00:27:41.359><c> heart</c><00:27:41.519><c> in</c><00:27:41.660><c> it,</c>

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not<00:27:42.779><c> feel</c><00:27:43.039><c> that</c><00:27:43.420><c> joy</c><00:27:43.759><c> and</c><00:27:44.079><c> forgiveness.</c>

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We<00:27:46.900><c> need</c><00:27:47.140><c> to</c><00:27:47.279><c> get</c><00:27:47.440><c> back</c><00:27:47.680><c> in</c><00:27:47.880><c> the</c><00:27:48.059><c> fortress.</c>

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x
We<00:27:49.819><c> need</c><00:27:50.019><c> to</c><00:27:50.279><c> realize</c><00:27:50.599><c> what</c><00:27:51.160><c> God</c><00:27:51.559><c> has</c><00:27:51.960><c> done</c><00:27:52.160><c> for</c><00:27:52.380><c> us.</c>

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Samuel<00:27:56.559><c> says,</c><00:27:56.900><c> only</c><00:27:57.599><c> fear</c><00:27:58.220><c> the</c><00:27:58.480><c> Lord.</c>

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Serve<00:28:00.380><c> him</c><00:28:00.579><c> in</c><00:28:00.900><c> truth</c><00:28:01.140><c> with</c><00:28:01.519><c> all</c><00:28:01.819><c> your</c><00:28:02.099><c> heart,</c>

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for<00:28:03.839><c> consider</c><00:28:04.319><c> what</c><00:28:04.740><c> great</c><00:28:05.200><c> things</c><00:28:05.660><c> he</c><00:28:05.859><c> hath</c><00:28:06.000><c> done</c><00:28:06.279><c> for</c><00:28:06.579><c> you.</c>

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And<00:28:08.599><c> now</c><00:28:08.819><c> before</c><00:28:09.160><c> the</c><00:28:09.420><c> table,</c><00:28:10.720><c> let</c><00:28:10.839><c> us</c><00:28:11.039><c> remember</c><00:28:11.400><c> the</c><00:28:11.680><c> second</c><00:28:12.059><c> Adam,</c>

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