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So<00:14:03.720><c> all</c><00:14:04.019><c> things</c><00:14:04.240><c> were</c><00:14:04.460><c> made</c><00:14:04.700><c> through</c><00:14:05.120><c> him.</c>

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same<00:14:38.100><c> glory.</c>

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And<00:14:42.759><c> in</c><00:14:43.139><c> him</c><00:14:43.600><c> was</c><00:14:44.700><c> life,</c><00:14:46.779><c> eternal</c><00:14:47.139><c> life.</c>

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That<00:16:30.500><c> I</c><00:16:30.820><c> take</c><00:16:30.960><c> to</c><00:16:31.139><c> be</c><00:16:31.320><c> an</c><00:16:31.539><c> implication,</c><00:16:33.200><c> eternal</c><00:16:33.620><c> life.</c>

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And<00:16:37.399><c> so</c><00:16:37.919><c> John</c><00:16:38.480><c> just</c><00:16:38.799><c> outstrips</c><00:16:39.600><c> the</c><00:16:39.799><c> rest</c><00:16:40.000><c> of</c><00:16:40.159><c> the</c><00:16:40.340><c> gospel</c>

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writers<00:16:41.279><c> combined</c>

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Think<00:17:02.379><c> of</c><00:17:02.580><c> how</c><00:17:02.799><c> much</c><00:17:03.539><c> John</c><00:17:04.180><c> says</c><00:17:05.200><c> things</c><00:17:05.500><c> like</c><00:17:05.859><c> this.</c>

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For<00:17:06.740><c> God</c><00:17:07.160><c> so</c><00:17:07.559><c> loved</c><00:17:07.759><c> the</c><00:17:08.059><c> world</c><00:17:08.660><c> that</c><00:17:09.960><c> he</c><00:17:10.119><c> gave</c><00:17:10.319><c> his</c><00:17:10.539><c> only</c><00:17:10.940><c> son</c>

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that<00:17:12.660><c> whoever</c><00:17:13.000><c> believes</c><00:17:13.480><c> in</c><00:17:13.779><c> him.</c>

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So<00:17:16.079><c> the</c><00:17:16.259><c> world</c><00:17:16.480><c> that's</c><00:17:16.779><c> created</c><00:17:17.279><c> historically</c><00:17:17.980><c> is</c><00:17:18.279><c> all</c><00:17:18.519><c> mankind.</c>

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But<00:17:21.819><c> the</c><00:17:22.160><c> men</c><00:17:22.420><c> who</c><00:17:22.759><c> fulfill</c><00:17:23.359><c> the</c><00:17:23.680><c> mystery</c><00:17:24.000><c> of</c><00:17:24.200><c> Genesis</c><00:17:24.640><c> 126</c><00:17:25.779><c> are</c><00:17:26.180><c> the</c><00:17:26.440><c> whoever</c><00:17:27.079><c> believes</c><00:17:27.880><c> in</c><00:17:28.200><c> him.</c>

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right<00:26:48.839><c> down</c><00:26:49.059><c> to</c><00:26:49.359><c> us.</c>

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Father,<00:26:51.319><c> I</c><00:26:51.319><c> will</c><00:26:51.720><c> that</c><00:26:51.900><c> those</c><00:26:52.339><c> whom</c><00:26:52.539><c> thou</c><00:26:52.839><c> hast</c><00:26:53.220><c> given</c><00:26:53.599><c> me</c><00:26:55.299><c> may</c>

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which<00:27:01.799><c> thou</c><00:27:02.039><c> hast</c><00:27:02.299><c> given</c><00:27:02.559><c> me,</c>

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Brother<00:27:35.319><c> Josh,</c><00:27:36.019><c> your</c><00:27:36.079><c> baptism</c><00:27:36.519><c> last</c><00:27:36.920><c> week,</c><00:27:38.660><c> the</c><00:27:38.759><c> blessings</c><00:27:39.180><c> that</c><00:27:39.440><c> we</c><00:27:39.660><c> have</c><00:27:39.880><c> in</c><00:27:40.160><c> Christ</c><00:27:40.480><c> Jesus,</c><00:27:42.160><c> we</c><00:27:42.319><c> are</c><00:27:42.680><c> a</c>

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blessed<00:27:43.279><c> people.</c><00:27:44.420><c> May</c><00:27:44.579><c> we</c><00:27:44.920><c> never,</c><00:27:45.339><c> ever</c><00:27:45.819><c> forget</c><00:27:46.200><c> it.</c>