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a<00:12:45.980><c> young</c><00:12:46.120><c> man</c><00:12:46.320><c> named</c><00:12:46.539><c> Saul.</c>

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get<00:13:21.379><c> the</c><00:13:21.620><c> lesson.</c>

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to<00:13:36.299><c> stone</c><00:13:36.519><c> him.</c>

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But<00:13:51.639><c> Stephen</c><00:13:51.879><c> is</c><00:13:52.100><c> ready.</c>

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Talk<00:13:53.159><c> about</c><00:13:53.500><c> being</c><00:13:53.919><c> ready</c><00:13:54.159><c> to</c><00:13:54.460><c> meet</c><00:13:54.639><c> your</c><00:13:54.919><c> maker.</c>

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the<00:14:09.980><c> call</c><00:14:10.480><c> of</c><00:14:10.799><c> Jesus.</c>

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He's<00:14:13.960><c> ready.</c>

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Stephen<00:14:17.460><c> is</c><00:14:17.620><c> very</c><00:14:17.860><c> much</c><00:14:18.039><c> like</c><00:14:18.299><c> Jesus.</c>

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Falling<00:14:25.799><c> to</c><00:14:25.960><c> his</c><00:14:26.120><c> knees</c><00:14:26.279><c> he</c><00:14:26.539><c> cried</c><00:14:26.679><c> out</c><00:14:26.820><c> with</c><00:14:26.980><c> a</c><00:14:27.039><c> loud</c><00:14:27.179><c> voice,</c>

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Lord<00:14:28.360><c> do</c><00:14:28.559><c> not</c><00:14:28.720><c> hold</c><00:14:28.980><c> this</c><00:14:29.240><c> sin</c><00:14:29.399><c> against</c><00:14:29.779><c> them.</c>

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Stephen<00:14:37.000><c> says</c><00:14:37.240><c> the</c><00:14:37.460><c> same</c><00:14:37.659><c> thing.</c>

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Don't<00:14:38.179><c> hold</c><00:14:38.539><c> this</c><00:14:38.779><c> against</c><00:14:39.159><c> them.</c>

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were<00:14:43.539><c> doing.</c>

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killing<00:14:49.220><c> him.</c>

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But<00:14:54.299><c> what</c><00:14:54.460><c> a</c><00:14:54.600><c> blessing</c><00:14:54.879><c> God</c><00:14:55.179><c> showed</c><00:14:55.519><c> him.</c>

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To<00:15:03.440><c> see</c><00:15:03.740><c> the</c><00:15:04.100><c> glory</c><00:15:04.639><c> of</c><00:15:05.000><c> God</c><00:15:05.360><c> in</c><00:15:05.600><c> heaven.</c>

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Nobody<00:15:08.340><c> wants</c><00:15:09.019><c> to</c><00:15:09.299><c> die.</c>

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It<00:15:11.320><c> doesn't</c><00:15:11.460><c> matter</c><00:15:11.679><c> how</c><00:15:11.919><c> old</c><00:15:12.259><c> you</c><00:15:12.539><c> are.</c>

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You<00:15:13.600><c> don't</c><00:15:13.759><c> want</c><00:15:13.940><c> to</c><00:15:14.100><c> die.</c>

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And<00:15:15.340><c> absolutely</c><00:15:15.679><c> nobody</c><00:15:16.279><c> wants</c><00:15:16.740><c> to</c><00:15:16.940><c> die</c><00:15:17.080><c> of</c><00:15:17.320><c> violent</c><00:15:17.759><c> death.</c>

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done<00:15:25.639><c> that</c><00:15:25.840><c> you</c><00:15:26.059><c> die.</c>

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But<00:15:29.019><c> I've</c><00:15:29.200><c> got</c><00:15:29.200><c> to</c><00:15:29.299><c> believe</c><00:15:29.539><c> that</c><00:15:29.840><c> Stephen</c><00:15:30.139><c> goes</c><00:15:30.419><c> out</c><00:15:31.139><c> with</c><00:15:31.519><c> a</c>

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smile<00:15:31.879><c> on</c><00:15:32.019><c> his</c><00:15:32.259><c> face.</c>

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Jesus.

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I<00:15:57.100><c> don't</c><00:15:57.320><c> think</c><00:15:57.480><c> so.</c>

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Besides<00:16:03.940><c> the</c><00:16:04.179><c> fact</c><00:16:04.399><c> that</c><00:16:04.639><c> Stephen</c><00:16:04.860><c> was</c><00:16:05.460><c> full</c><00:16:05.840><c> of</c><00:16:06.059><c> grace</c><00:16:06.299><c> and</c><00:16:06.559><c> power.</c>

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I'm<00:16:08.200><c> full</c><00:16:08.379><c> of</c><00:16:08.539><c> other</c><00:16:08.720><c> things.</c>

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Stephen<00:16:12.060><c> was</c><00:16:12.580><c> friends</c><00:16:12.899><c> with</c><00:16:13.100><c> Jesus.</c>

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I'm<00:16:16.360><c> afraid</c><00:16:16.659><c> that</c><00:16:17.120><c> to</c><00:16:17.480><c> me</c><00:16:18.559><c> Jesus</c><00:16:19.179><c> is</c><00:16:19.980><c> more</c><00:16:20.320><c> of</c><00:16:20.500><c> a</c><00:16:20.539><c> Bible</c><00:16:20.899><c> story</c>

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than<00:16:22.259><c> a</c><00:16:22.519><c> friend.</c>

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He's<00:16:23.620><c> more</c><00:16:23.820><c> of</c><00:16:24.100><c> a</c><00:16:24.440><c> historical</c><00:16:24.940><c> figure</c><00:16:25.580><c> than</c><00:16:26.360><c> a</c><00:16:26.539><c> friend.</c>

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Now<00:16:27.639><c> Jesus</c><00:16:27.899><c> is</c><00:16:28.159><c> important</c><00:16:28.419><c> to</c><00:16:28.559><c> me.</c>

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Don't<00:16:28.919><c> get</c><00:16:29.139><c> me</c><00:16:29.340><c> wrong.</c>

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I'm<00:16:30.379><c> really</c><00:16:30.480><c> looking</c><00:16:30.679><c> forward</c><00:16:31.120><c> to</c><00:16:31.500><c> seeing</c><00:16:31.779><c> Jesus</c><00:16:32.419><c> on</c><00:16:32.960><c> the</c><00:16:33.179><c> throne.</c>

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He's<00:16:33.600><c> my</c><00:16:34.539><c> coming</c><00:16:34.940><c> Lord.</c>

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I<00:16:35.799><c> think</c><00:16:35.980><c> of</c><00:16:36.059><c> him</c><00:16:36.200><c> as</c><00:16:36.299><c> my</c><00:16:36.559><c> coming</c><00:16:36.899><c> Lord.</c>

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He's<00:16:38.600><c> the</c><00:16:38.799><c> coming</c><00:16:39.059><c> King</c><00:16:39.340><c> of</c><00:16:39.559><c> the</c><00:16:39.720><c> earth.</c>

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In<00:16:41.179><c> my</c><00:16:41.460><c> mind</c><00:16:41.919><c> Jesus</c><00:16:42.419><c> lived</c><00:16:42.659><c> for</c><00:16:42.899><c> 33</c><00:16:43.279><c> years,</c><00:16:44.039><c> 2</c><00:16:44.059><c>,000</c><00:16:44.299><c> years</c><00:16:44.559><c> ago,</c>

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more<00:16:53.740><c> important</c><00:16:54.059><c> things.</c>

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But<00:16:55.759><c> if</c><00:16:55.860><c> I'm</c><00:16:55.919><c> really</c><00:16:56.139><c> honest</c><00:16:56.419><c> with</c><00:16:56.559><c> myself</c><00:16:56.980><c> right</c><00:16:57.299><c> now,</c><00:16:58.159><c> in</c><00:16:58.379><c> my</c>

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Like<00:17:15.140><c> you'd</c><00:17:15.440><c> remember</c><00:17:15.640><c> someone</c><00:17:15.940><c> who</c><00:17:16.740><c> used</c><00:17:16.980><c> to</c><00:17:17.119><c> be</c><00:17:17.339><c> alive.</c>

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still<00:17:23.319><c> alive</c><00:17:23.720><c> but</c><00:17:23.960><c> simply</c><00:17:24.700><c> away.</c>

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Someplace<00:17:26.839><c> they've</c><00:17:27.259><c> moved</c><00:17:27.480><c> away.</c>

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I<00:18:52.279><c> call</c><00:18:52.460><c> you</c><00:18:52.720><c> friends.</c>

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I<00:19:05.140><c> saw</c><00:19:05.299><c> some</c><00:19:05.500><c> verses</c><00:19:05.839><c> in</c><00:19:06.500><c> Colossians</c><00:19:06.900><c> 3</c><00:19:07.579><c> and</c><00:19:08.480><c> it</c><00:19:09.140><c> really</c><00:19:09.339><c> made</c>

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me<00:19:09.579><c> think</c><00:19:09.759><c> of</c><00:19:09.920><c> Stephen.</c>

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So<00:19:10.420><c> I</c><00:19:10.460><c> want</c><00:19:10.619><c> to</c><00:19:10.740><c> close</c><00:19:11.240><c> with</c><00:19:11.859><c> these</c><00:19:12.039><c> verses</c><00:19:12.400><c> because</c><00:19:12.880><c> they</c><00:19:13.640><c> apply</c><00:19:13.839><c> to</c>

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us<00:19:14.180><c> as</c><00:19:14.420><c> well.</c>

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If<00:19:18.980><c> then</c><00:19:19.259><c> you</c><00:19:19.400><c> have</c><00:19:19.519><c> been</c><00:19:19.660><c> raised</c><00:19:19.940><c> with</c><00:19:20.160><c> Christ,</c><00:19:21.839><c> seek</c><00:19:22.119><c> the</c><00:19:22.319><c> things</c><00:19:22.519><c> that</c><00:19:22.680><c> are</c><00:19:22.839><c> above,</c><00:19:24.420><c> where</c><00:19:24.579><c> Christ</c><00:19:24.900><c> is,</c><00:19:26.059><c> seated</c><00:19:26.240><c> at</c>

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