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with<00:15:53.940><c> the</c><00:15:54.580><c> implements,</c>

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their<00:15:57.000><c> implements</c><00:15:57.700><c> of</c><00:15:58.320><c> fire,</c><00:15:58.899><c> torches</c><00:15:59.360><c> that</c><00:15:59.720><c> give</c><00:15:59.919><c> light,</c><00:16:01.059><c> but</c><00:16:01.279><c> obviously</c><00:16:01.940><c> they</c><00:16:02.679><c> were</c><00:16:02.980><c> walking</c><00:16:03.480><c> in</c>

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of<00:16:06.500><c> their</c><00:16:07.159><c> light.</c>

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So<00:16:12.539><c> let's</c><00:16:12.720><c> be</c><00:16:13.019><c> clear.</c><00:16:15.240><c> God</c><00:16:15.559><c> did</c><00:16:15.899><c> not</c><00:16:17.399><c> divorce</c><00:16:18.139><c> Israel.</c><00:16:20.080><c> God</c><00:16:20.480><c> had</c><00:16:20.919><c> no</c>

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hardness<00:16:22.200><c> in</c><00:16:22.519><c> his</c><00:16:22.779><c> heart.</c>

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It<00:16:24.519><c> was</c><00:16:25.600><c> Israel</c><00:16:26.139><c> that</c><00:16:26.419><c> had</c><00:16:26.559><c> the</c><00:16:26.879><c> hard</c><00:16:28.019><c> heart,</c><00:16:29.940><c> and</c><00:16:29.980><c> she</c><00:16:30.480><c> separated</c><00:16:31.100><c> herself</c><00:16:31.759><c> from</c><00:16:32.059><c> God,</c>

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and<00:16:34.240><c> as</c><00:16:34.480><c> a</c><00:16:34.700><c> result,</c><00:16:35.039><c> they</c><00:16:35.259><c> became</c><00:16:35.620><c> slaves</c><00:16:36.179><c> of</c><00:16:36.500><c> sin</c><00:16:36.840><c> and</c><00:16:37.100><c> idolatry.</c>

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But<00:16:42.500><c> the</c><00:16:43.139><c> Redeemer</c><00:16:43.659><c> is</c><00:16:43.960><c> at</c><00:16:44.220><c> hand,</c><00:16:44.559><c> the</c><00:16:44.799><c> Savior,</c><00:16:45.220><c> to</c><00:16:45.379><c> save</c><00:16:45.620><c> Israel,</c><00:16:46.720><c> and</c>

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brothers<00:16:47.320><c> and</c><00:16:47.600><c> sisters,</c><00:16:48.159><c> a</c><00:16:48.399><c> Redeemer</c><00:16:48.679><c> to</c>

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the<00:16:53.460><c> world.</c><00:16:53.840><c> The</c><00:16:53.840><c> Apostle</c><00:16:54.019><c> Paul,</c><00:16:55.860><c> in</c><00:16:56.559><c> writing</c><00:16:58.080><c> in</c><00:16:58.480><c> Romans,</c>

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is<00:17:09.779><c> experiencing</c><00:17:10.619><c> the</c><00:17:11.680><c> same</c><00:17:12.059><c> thing,</c><00:17:13.740><c> trying</c><00:17:14.160><c> to</c><00:17:14.559><c> remove</c><00:17:15.539><c> himself</c><00:17:16.220><c> from</c>

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the<00:17:17.539><c> law</c><00:17:17.740><c> of</c><00:17:18.160><c> sin</c><00:17:18.559><c> and</c><00:17:18.940><c> death.</c>

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He<00:17:19.660><c> is</c><00:17:19.960><c> experiencing</c><00:17:20.759><c> the</c><00:17:21.059><c> same</c><00:17:21.460><c> theme,</c><00:17:21.839><c> the</c><00:17:22.079><c> same</c><00:17:22.339><c> issue,</c><00:17:23.720><c> when</c><00:17:23.839><c> he</c>

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dealt<00:17:24.460><c> with</c><00:17:24.980><c> and</c><00:17:25.440><c> made</c><00:17:25.900><c> a</c><00:17:26.440><c> personal</c>

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commitment<00:17:27.359><c> to</c><00:17:28.259><c> the</c><00:17:28.420><c> Lord</c><00:17:28.619><c> Jesus</c><00:17:29.059><c> Christ.</c><00:17:32.279><c> Paul</c><00:17:32.460><c> says</c><00:17:32.680><c> in</c><00:17:32.900><c> Romans,</c>

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But<00:17:50.000><c> I</c><00:17:50.599><c> see</c><00:17:50.880><c> another</c><00:17:51.200><c> work,</c><00:17:52.220><c> another</c><00:17:52.519><c> law,</c><00:17:53.380><c> waging</c><00:17:53.819><c> in</c><00:17:54.119><c> me</c><00:17:54.319><c> against</c><00:17:54.700><c> the</c>

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law<00:17:55.099><c> of</c><00:17:55.339><c> my</c><00:17:55.640><c> mind,</c>

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and<00:17:57.119><c> making</c><00:17:57.380><c> me</c><00:17:57.680><c> a</c><00:17:57.880><c> prisoner</c><00:17:58.259><c> of</c><00:17:58.599><c> the</c><00:17:58.799><c> law</c><00:17:59.079><c> of</c><00:17:59.460><c> sin</c><00:17:59.720><c> that</c><00:18:00.039><c> works</c>

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within<00:18:00.559><c> me.</c>

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And<00:18:03.500><c> he</c><00:18:03.619><c> comes</c><00:18:03.819><c> to</c><00:18:04.019><c> the</c><00:18:04.160><c> conclusion,</c><00:18:04.819><c> what</c><00:18:05.000><c> a</c><00:18:05.279><c> wretched</c><00:18:05.539><c> man</c><00:18:06.140><c> I</c>

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am.<00:18:08.599><c> Who</c><00:18:08.940><c> will</c><00:18:09.240><c> rescue</c>

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me<00:18:11.140><c> from</c><00:18:11.539><c> this</c><00:18:12.079><c> body</c><00:18:12.480><c> that</c><00:18:12.759><c> is</c><00:18:13.000><c> subject</c><00:18:13.299><c> to</c><00:18:13.599><c> death?</c>

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through<00:18:21.559><c> Jesus</c><00:18:22.079><c> Christ,</c><00:18:22.619><c> our</c><00:18:22.839><c> Lord.</c>

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So<00:18:25.259><c> then</c><00:18:25.700><c> I</c><00:18:26.299><c> myself,</c><00:18:27.039><c> in</c><00:18:27.700><c> my</c><00:18:28.039><c> mind,</c><00:18:29.119><c> am</c><00:18:29.319><c> a</c><00:18:29.619><c> slave</c><00:18:30.019><c> to</c><00:18:30.480><c> God's</c><00:18:30.960><c> law,</c><00:18:31.819><c> but</c>

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in<00:18:32.599><c> my</c><00:18:32.880><c> sinful</c><00:18:33.240><c> nature,</c><00:18:34.619><c> I</c><00:18:34.819><c> am</c><00:18:34.940><c> a</c><00:18:35.160><c> slave</c><00:18:35.599><c> to</c><00:18:36.339><c> the</c><00:18:36.500><c> law</c><00:18:36.680><c> of</c><00:18:36.960><c> sin.</c>

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He<00:19:00.019><c> continues</c><00:19:00.779><c> in</c><00:19:01.400><c> the</c><00:19:01.539><c> eighth</c><00:19:01.759><c> chapter</c><00:19:02.220><c> of</c><00:19:02.460><c> Romans,</c><00:19:04.339><c> What</c><00:19:04.799><c> then</c><00:19:05.279><c> shall</c><00:19:05.680><c> we</c>

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say<00:19:06.339><c> in</c><00:19:06.559><c> response</c><00:19:07.039><c> to</c><00:19:07.319><c> these</c><00:19:07.599><c> things?</c>

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all<00:19:17.819><c> for</c><00:19:18.960><c> us,</c><00:19:20.059><c> how</c><00:19:20.519><c> will</c><00:19:20.900><c> he</c><00:19:21.220><c> not</c><00:19:21.599><c> also,</c><00:19:22.839><c> along</c><00:19:23.440><c> with</c><00:19:23.759><c> him,</c><00:19:24.200><c> graciously</c><00:19:24.579><c> give</c><00:19:24.799><c> up</c>

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all<00:19:25.359><c> things?</c>

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It<00:19:32.359><c> is</c><00:19:32.559><c> God</c><00:19:32.980><c> who</c><00:19:33.240><c> justifies.</c><00:19:34.720><c> Who</c><00:19:34.960><c> then</c><00:19:35.619><c> is</c><00:19:36.200><c> the</c><00:19:36.380><c> one</c><00:19:36.539><c> who</c><00:19:36.839><c> condemns?</c><00:19:38.140><c> No</c><00:19:38.519><c> one.</c>

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Jesus<00:19:41.079><c> Christ</c><00:19:41.400><c> who</c><00:19:41.619><c> died,</c><00:19:42.000><c> more</c><00:19:42.259><c> than</c><00:19:42.500><c> that,</c><00:19:42.799><c> who</c><00:19:42.900><c> was</c><00:19:43.180><c> raised</c>

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to<00:19:43.859><c> life,</c><00:19:44.599><c> is</c><00:19:44.700><c> at</c><00:19:44.900><c> the</c><00:19:45.059><c> right</c><00:19:45.319><c> hand</c><00:19:45.539><c> of</c><00:19:45.779><c> God,</c>

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and<00:19:47.440><c> is</c><00:19:47.819><c> also</c><00:19:48.619><c> interceding</c><00:19:49.400><c> for</c><00:19:49.720><c> us.</c>

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that<00:19:57.740><c> Israel</c><00:19:59.039><c> experienced</c><00:19:59.880><c> through</c><00:20:00.180><c> Moses,</c><00:20:00.740><c> but</c><00:20:00.940><c> it</c><00:20:01.180><c> is</c><00:20:01.400><c> a</c>

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much<00:20:01.880><c> greater</c><00:20:02.660><c> deliverance.</c>

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from<00:20:18.160><c> the</c><00:20:18.380><c> Assyrian</c><00:20:18.900><c> captivity,</c>

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and<00:20:22.079><c> another</c><00:20:22.480><c> new</c><00:20:22.819><c> exodus</c><00:20:23.259><c> is</c><00:20:23.480><c> going</c><00:20:23.599><c> to</c><00:20:23.859><c> occur</c><00:20:24.319><c> when,</c><00:20:24.880><c> at</c><00:20:25.279><c> last,</c><00:20:26.640><c> Israel</c><00:20:27.140><c> is</c>

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regathered<00:20:28.920><c> under</c><00:20:29.160><c> the</c><00:20:29.460><c> hand</c><00:20:30.420><c> of</c><00:20:31.519><c> our</c><00:20:31.779><c> Lord.</c>

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But<00:20:35.799><c> the</c><00:20:36.000><c> court,</c><00:20:37.480><c> the</c><00:20:37.880><c> court</c><00:20:38.099><c> of</c><00:20:38.299><c> law</c><00:20:38.519><c> described</c><00:20:39.180><c> in</c><00:20:39.720><c> verses</c>

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eight<00:20:40.579><c> and</c><00:20:40.799><c> nine,</c><00:20:41.500><c> makes</c><00:20:41.619><c> it</c><00:20:41.960><c> clear</c><00:20:42.200><c> that</c>

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we<00:20:44.319><c> should</c><00:20:44.539><c> not</c><00:20:44.779><c> be</c><00:20:45.019><c> that</c><00:20:45.339><c> concerned,</c><00:20:47.720><c> because</c><00:20:48.059><c> a</c><00:20:48.460><c> pleading</c><00:20:48.920><c> disciple</c>

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should<00:20:52.079><c> not</c><00:20:52.319><c> be</c><00:20:52.599><c> nervous</c><00:20:53.299><c> because</c><00:20:54.519><c> of</c><00:20:54.720><c> the</c><00:20:54.920><c> judgment,</c><00:20:56.559><c> because</c><00:20:57.000><c> God</c><00:20:57.539><c> is</c>

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both<00:20:59.859><c> judge</c><00:21:00.500><c> and</c><00:21:00.779><c> counsel</c><00:21:01.319><c> for</c><00:21:01.720><c> the</c>

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who<00:21:13.079><c> feareth</c><00:21:14.000><c> the</c><00:21:14.420><c> Lord.</c><00:21:16.440><c> Let</c><00:21:16.559><c> him</c><00:21:16.779><c> hearken</c><00:21:17.200><c> to</c><00:21:17.420><c> the</c><00:21:17.640><c> voice</c><00:21:17.920><c> of</c>

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his<00:21:18.380><c> servant,</c><00:21:20.240><c> he</c><00:21:20.420><c> that</c><00:21:20.599><c> walks</c><00:21:20.960><c> in</c><00:21:21.259><c> darkness</c>

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and<00:21:22.299><c> has</c><00:21:22.579><c> no</c><00:21:22.839><c> light,</c><00:21:24.640><c> and</c><00:21:24.980><c> brothers</c><00:21:25.220><c> and</c><00:21:25.480><c> sisters,</c><00:21:25.759><c> that</c><00:21:26.019><c> could</c><00:21:26.220><c> be</c>

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you<00:21:26.559><c> and</c><00:21:26.759><c> me,</c><00:21:28.019><c> because</c><00:21:28.640><c> when</c><00:21:29.680><c> we</c><00:21:30.319><c> are</c><00:21:30.559><c> mystified</c>

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or<00:21:31.680><c> bewildered</c><00:21:32.359><c> by</c><00:21:32.720><c> the</c><00:21:33.000><c> sins</c><00:21:33.380><c> that</c><00:21:34.000><c> are</c><00:21:35.299><c> around</c><00:21:35.619><c> us</c><00:21:35.980><c> every</c><00:21:36.279><c> day,</c>

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