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The<00:10:45.179><c> man</c><00:10:45.340><c> gave</c><00:10:45.500><c> names</c><00:10:45.759><c> to</c><00:10:46.039><c> all</c><00:10:46.220><c> livestock,</c>

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to<00:10:46.940><c> the</c><00:10:47.120><c> birds</c><00:10:47.299><c> of</c><00:10:47.460><c> the</c><00:10:47.559><c> heavens</c><00:10:47.779><c> and</c><00:10:47.960><c> to</c><00:10:48.120><c> every</c><00:10:48.279><c> beast</c><00:10:48.460><c> of</c><00:10:48.620><c> the</c><00:10:48.759><c> field,</c>

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but<00:10:49.440><c> for</c><00:10:49.779><c> Adam,</c><00:10:51.019><c> there</c><00:10:51.159><c> was</c><00:10:51.340><c> not</c><00:10:51.580><c> found</c><00:10:51.759><c> a</c><00:10:51.940><c> helper</c><00:10:52.139><c> fit</c><00:10:52.659><c> for</c><00:10:53.200><c> him.</c>

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Imagine<00:10:55.399><c> that</c><00:10:55.679><c> profound</c><00:10:56.320><c> sense</c><00:10:56.840><c> of</c><00:10:57.580><c> loneliness</c>

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Adam<00:10:58.679><c> must</c><00:10:59.059><c> have</c><00:10:59.320><c> felt</c><00:10:59.799><c> as</c><00:11:01.139><c> all</c><00:11:01.440><c> the</c><00:11:01.679><c> animals</c><00:11:01.980><c> passed</c><00:11:02.500><c> in</c><00:11:02.759><c> front</c><00:11:02.919><c> of</c><00:11:03.100><c> him,</c>

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aware<00:11:04.500><c> intimately</c><00:11:05.279><c> of</c><00:11:05.960><c> all</c><00:11:06.259><c> of</c><00:11:06.600><c> creation,</c><00:11:07.379><c> brand</c><00:11:07.639><c> new.</c>

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But<00:11:10.419><c> there</c><00:11:10.600><c> was</c><00:11:10.860><c> only</c><00:11:11.179><c> one</c><00:11:11.539><c> of</c><00:11:11.879><c> him.</c>

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He<00:11:15.399><c> was</c><00:11:16.159><c> effectively</c><00:11:17.440><c> alone.</c>

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And<00:11:22.340><c> so</c><00:11:22.639><c> Eve</c><00:11:23.080><c> is</c><00:11:24.039><c> granted</c><00:11:24.440><c> and</c><00:11:24.899><c> given</c><00:11:25.159><c> as</c><00:11:25.559><c> a</c><00:11:25.960><c> fit,</c><00:11:26.220><c> help</c><00:11:26.740><c> me,</c>

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to<00:11:27.240><c> helper</c><00:11:27.559><c> fit</c><00:11:28.259><c> for</c><00:11:28.779><c> him,</c>

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which<00:11:29.500><c> means</c><00:11:29.799><c> the</c><00:11:29.919><c> word</c><00:11:30.080><c> help</c><00:11:30.399><c> me</c><00:11:30.580><c> means</c><00:11:30.940><c> face</c><00:11:31.500><c> to</c><00:11:31.759><c> face.</c>

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Somebody<00:11:34.720><c> who</c><00:11:35.000><c> stands</c><00:11:35.200><c> opposite,</c><00:11:35.960><c> literally</c><00:11:36.360><c> not</c><00:11:37.360><c> alone.</c>

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She<00:11:39.340><c> was</c><00:11:39.580><c> created</c><00:11:40.080><c> so</c><00:11:40.399><c> he</c><00:11:40.539><c> would</c><00:11:40.820><c> not</c><00:11:41.200><c> be</c><00:11:41.480><c> alone.</c>

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And<00:11:44.039><c> if</c><00:11:44.120><c> you're</c><00:11:44.279><c> sitting</c><00:11:44.440><c> there</c><00:11:44.659><c> this</c><00:11:44.840><c> morning,</c><00:11:45.279><c> brothers</c>

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x
and<00:11:45.539><c> sisters,</c>

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and<00:11:46.179><c> you're</c><00:11:46.659><c> alone,</c><00:11:47.580><c> and</c><00:11:47.740><c> you</c><00:11:47.960><c> feel</c><00:11:48.220><c> alone,</c>

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x
there's<00:11:49.620><c> a</c><00:11:49.799><c> little</c><00:11:49.960><c> bit</c><00:11:50.139><c> of</c><00:11:50.320><c> comfort</c><00:11:50.639><c> in</c><00:11:50.820><c> that,</c><00:11:51.059><c> isn't</c><00:11:51.279><c> there?</c>

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Is<00:11:52.480><c> there</c><00:11:52.639><c> not</c><00:11:52.879><c> comfort</c><00:11:53.159><c> in</c><00:11:53.340><c> the</c><00:11:53.500><c> fact</c><00:11:53.659><c> that</c><00:11:53.820><c> the</c><00:11:54.080><c> first</c><00:11:54.320><c> thing</c>

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that<00:11:54.700><c> God</c><00:11:54.899><c> realized</c><00:11:55.620><c> and</c><00:11:56.059><c> recorded</c><00:11:56.440><c> for</c><00:11:56.700><c> us</c>

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was<00:11:57.460><c> he</c><00:11:57.799><c> understood</c><00:11:58.600><c> our</c><00:11:59.779><c> loneliness?</c>

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x
And<00:12:02.960><c> of</c><00:12:03.120><c> course,</c><00:12:04.039><c> we</c><00:12:04.279><c> know</c><00:12:04.500><c> the</c><00:12:04.740><c> story,</c><00:12:04.960><c> right,</c>

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of<00:12:05.299><c> what</c><00:12:05.519><c> happens</c><00:12:05.779><c> after</c><00:12:06.159><c> that.</c>

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x
It's<00:12:07.059><c> a</c><00:12:07.220><c> sad,</c><00:12:07.519><c> sad</c><00:12:07.980><c> story.</c>

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x
Temporarily<00:12:09.700><c> subdued</c><00:12:10.320><c> by</c><00:12:10.539><c> the</c><00:12:10.740><c> creation</c><00:12:11.000><c> of</c><00:12:11.220><c> Eve,</c>

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that<00:12:12.200><c> loneliness</c><00:12:12.580><c> would</c><00:12:12.940><c> come</c><00:12:13.220><c> back,</c>

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x
and<00:12:13.600><c> it</c><00:12:13.679><c> would</c><00:12:13.899><c> come</c><00:12:14.120><c> back</c><00:12:14.360><c> with</c><00:12:14.559><c> a</c><00:12:14.799><c> vengeance,</c><00:12:15.259><c> a</c><00:12:15.539><c> deep</c><00:12:15.879><c> vengeance,</c>

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right,<00:12:17.659><c> that</c><00:12:17.840><c> permeated</c><00:12:18.480><c> Adam's</c><00:12:18.980><c> heart</c><00:12:19.259><c> and</c><00:12:19.759><c> his</c><00:12:20.039><c> life.</c>

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x
And<00:12:21.000><c> the</c><00:12:21.360><c> consequences</c><00:12:21.879><c> of</c><00:12:22.179><c> his</c><00:12:22.480><c> sin</c>

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brought<00:12:23.779><c> a</c><00:12:24.299><c> different</c><00:12:24.559><c> kind</c><00:12:25.000><c> of</c><00:12:25.220><c> loneliness,</c>

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a<00:12:26.600><c> separation</c><00:12:27.419><c> from</c><00:12:28.500><c> his</c><00:12:28.840><c> God</c><00:12:29.139><c> that</c><00:12:29.299><c> had</c><00:12:29.720><c> always</c><00:12:30.240><c> been</c><00:12:30.559><c> there,</c>

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x
from<00:12:31.480><c> his</c><00:12:31.820><c> first</c><00:12:32.200><c> moments</c><00:12:32.679><c> and</c><00:12:32.980><c> memories.</c>

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x
Separation<00:12:35.120><c> from</c><00:12:35.299><c> the</c><00:12:35.500><c> garden.</c>

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Separation<00:12:36.740><c> from</c><00:12:36.919><c> the</c><00:12:37.080><c> tree</c><00:12:37.240><c> of</c><00:12:37.399><c> life.</c>

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x
And<00:12:39.600><c> in</c><00:12:39.820><c> Babylon,</c><00:12:40.379><c> right,</c><00:12:40.500><c> we</c><00:12:40.600><c> have</c><00:12:40.820><c> with</c><00:12:41.259><c> the</c><00:12:41.340><c> Tower</c><00:12:41.600><c> of</c><00:12:41.840><c> Babel</c>

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that<00:12:42.320><c> attempt</c><00:12:42.740><c> to</c><00:12:43.299><c> bring</c><00:12:43.519><c> it</c><00:12:43.720><c> all</c><00:12:43.860><c> back</c><00:12:44.120><c> again,</c>

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which<00:12:44.559><c> is</c><00:12:44.820><c> exactly</c><00:12:45.220><c> what</c><00:12:45.740><c> we're</c><00:12:46.399><c> trying</c><00:12:46.580><c> to</c><00:12:46.759><c> do</c><00:12:46.879><c> today,</c><00:12:48.159><c> humanity.</c>

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x
And<00:12:50.379><c> it</c><00:12:50.539><c> all</c><00:12:50.679><c> began,</c><00:12:51.740><c> that</c><00:12:51.940><c> sense</c><00:12:52.179><c> of</c><00:12:52.399><c> loneliness,</c>

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when<00:12:53.179><c> they</c><00:12:53.379><c> took</c><00:12:53.700><c> of</c><00:12:54.379><c> the</c><00:12:54.740><c> tree,</c><00:12:55.480><c> right,</c>

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the<00:12:56.039><c> fruit</c><00:12:56.220><c> of</c><00:12:56.419><c> the</c><00:12:56.679><c> tree,</c><00:12:57.279><c> of</c><00:12:57.519><c> the</c><00:12:57.860><c> knowledge</c><00:12:58.200><c> of</c><00:12:58.399><c> good</c><00:12:58.539><c> and</c><00:12:58.620><c> evil.</c>

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And<00:12:58.799><c> I'd</c><00:12:59.000><c> like</c><00:12:59.039><c> you</c><00:12:59.200><c> to</c><00:12:59.340><c> take</c><00:12:59.460><c> that</c><00:12:59.679><c> word</c><00:12:59.940><c> knowledge</c>

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and<00:13:01.179><c> just</c><00:13:01.419><c> put</c><00:13:01.519><c> it</c><00:13:01.700><c> right</c><00:13:01.779><c> in</c><00:13:01.940><c> the</c><00:13:02.100><c> back</c><00:13:02.240><c> of</c><00:13:02.399><c> your</c><00:13:02.580><c> head.</c>

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x
We're<00:13:03.039><c> gonna</c><00:13:03.080><c> come</c><00:13:03.320><c> back</c><00:13:03.539><c> to</c><00:13:03.620><c> that</c><00:13:03.840><c> in</c><00:13:03.960><c> a</c><00:13:04.019><c> little</c><00:13:04.159><c> while,</c><00:13:05.019><c> right?</c>

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They<00:13:05.419><c> partook</c><00:13:05.759><c> of</c><00:13:05.919><c> the</c><00:13:06.179><c> tree,</c><00:13:06.360><c> the</c><00:13:06.539><c> fruit</c><00:13:06.620><c> of</c><00:13:06.759><c> the</c><00:13:06.899><c> tree,</c>

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of<00:13:07.159><c> the</c><00:13:07.399><c> knowledge</c><00:13:07.840><c> of</c><00:13:08.299><c> good</c><00:13:08.519><c> and</c><00:13:08.740><c> evil.</c>

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x
And<00:13:09.639><c> in</c><00:13:10.100><c> this</c><00:13:10.299><c> whole</c><00:13:10.600><c> story,</c>

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we<00:13:11.080><c> have</c><00:13:11.200><c> this</c><00:13:11.519><c> perfect</c><00:13:12.379><c> connection</c><00:13:13.159><c> to</c><00:13:13.379><c> Christ,</c><00:13:13.899><c> don't</c><00:13:14.080><c> we,</c>

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in<00:13:14.320><c> the</c><00:13:14.500><c> emblems</c><00:13:14.840><c> this</c><00:13:15.039><c> morning,</c>

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this<00:13:15.820><c> idea</c><00:13:16.120><c> of</c><00:13:16.419><c> loneliness</c><00:13:16.759><c> and</c><00:13:17.019><c> a</c><00:13:17.200><c> lonely</c><00:13:17.480><c> man.</c>

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Turn<00:13:18.460><c> to</c><00:13:19.080><c> Hebrews</c><00:13:19.360><c> 53.</c>

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We<00:13:22.080><c> know</c><00:13:22.299><c> this</c><00:13:23.000><c> chapter,</c><00:13:23.440><c> right,</c><00:13:23.700><c> and</c><00:13:23.860><c> the</c><00:13:24.000><c> story</c><00:13:24.220><c> so</c><00:13:24.580><c> well.</c>

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The<00:13:27.919><c> loneliness</c><00:13:28.299><c> that</c><00:13:28.639><c> Christ</c><00:13:29.100><c> must</c><00:13:29.440><c> have</c><00:13:29.679><c> felt,</c>

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the<00:13:31.100><c> second</c><00:13:31.580><c> Adam,</c><00:13:33.320><c> the</c><00:13:33.559><c> spiritual</c><00:13:34.080><c> Adam,</c><00:13:34.419><c> right,</c>

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who<00:13:34.820><c> took</c><00:13:35.019><c> on</c><00:13:35.360><c> all</c><00:13:35.620><c> the</c><00:13:36.000><c> nature</c><00:13:36.500><c> of</c><00:13:37.080><c> the</c><00:13:37.340><c> first</c><00:13:37.639><c> one</c>

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x
and<00:13:38.159><c> his</c><00:13:38.440><c> loneliness.</c>

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Isaiah<00:13:41.980><c> 53,</c><00:13:44.080><c> verse</c><00:13:44.360><c> one.</c>

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x
Who<00:13:47.320><c> has</c><00:13:47.639><c> believed</c><00:13:47.980><c> what</c><00:13:49.620><c> he</c><00:13:49.879><c> has</c><00:13:50.080><c> heard</c><00:13:50.360><c> from</c><00:13:50.580><c> us?</c>

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x
And<00:13:51.919><c> to</c><00:13:52.100><c> whom</c><00:13:52.240><c> has</c><00:13:52.480><c> the</c><00:13:52.700><c> arm</c><00:13:52.840><c> of</c><00:13:53.039><c> the</c><00:13:53.179><c> Lord</c><00:13:53.419><c> been</c><00:13:53.759><c> revealed?</c>

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x
For<00:13:54.940><c> he</c><00:13:55.139><c> grew</c><00:13:55.320><c> up</c><00:13:55.519><c> before</c><00:13:55.779><c> him</c><00:13:55.919><c> like</c><00:13:56.139><c> a</c><00:13:56.340><c> young</c><00:13:56.580><c> plant,</c>

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a<00:13:57.639><c> root</c><00:13:57.740><c> out</c><00:13:57.960><c> of</c><00:13:58.120><c> dry</c><00:13:58.340><c> ground,</c>

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with<00:13:59.340><c> no</c><00:13:59.740><c> form</c><00:14:00.059><c> or</c><00:14:00.460><c> majesty</c><00:14:00.960><c> that</c><00:14:01.159><c> we</c><00:14:01.379><c> should</c><00:14:01.539><c> look</c><00:14:01.820><c> at</c><00:14:02.000><c> him,</c>

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x
and<00:14:02.620><c> no</c><00:14:02.899><c> beauty</c><00:14:03.159><c> that</c><00:14:03.340><c> we</c><00:14:03.519><c> should</c><00:14:03.659><c> desire</c><00:14:04.080><c> him.</c>

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x
He<00:14:04.820><c> was</c><00:14:05.080><c> despised</c><00:14:05.879><c> and</c><00:14:06.299><c> rejected</c><00:14:07.039><c> by</c><00:14:07.539><c> men,</c>

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x
a<00:14:08.419><c> man</c><00:14:08.559><c> of</c><00:14:08.899><c> sorrows</c><00:14:09.879><c> and</c><00:14:10.519><c> acquainted</c><00:14:11.200><c> with</c><00:14:13.139><c> grief.</c>

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x
And<00:14:16.539><c> as</c><00:14:16.759><c> one</c><00:14:16.960><c> from</c><00:14:17.340><c> whom</c><00:14:17.500><c> men</c><00:14:17.879><c> hid</c><00:14:18.159><c> their</c><00:14:18.480><c> faces,</c>

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he<00:14:18.940><c> was</c><00:14:19.139><c> despised</c><00:14:19.980><c> and</c><00:14:20.299><c> we</c><00:14:20.580><c> esteemed</c><00:14:20.879><c> him</c><00:14:21.120><c> not.</c>

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x
Surely<00:14:22.320><c> he</c><00:14:22.500><c> has</c><00:14:22.679><c> borne</c><00:14:22.899><c> our</c><00:14:23.100><c> griefs</c><00:14:23.480><c> and</c><00:14:23.659><c> carried</c><00:14:23.879><c> our</c><00:14:24.179><c> sorrows,</c>

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yet<00:14:25.200><c> we</c><00:14:25.539><c> esteemed</c><00:14:25.879><c> him</c><00:14:26.120><c> stricken,</c>

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what<00:14:35.519><c> living</c><00:14:35.919><c> in</c><00:14:36.120><c> this</c><00:14:36.360><c> world</c><00:14:37.019><c> must</c><00:14:37.820><c> have</c><00:14:38.000><c> been</c><00:14:38.200><c> like</c><00:14:38.399><c> for</c><00:14:38.620><c> Christ.</c>

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He<00:14:41.620><c> was</c><00:14:41.860><c> without</c><00:14:42.200><c> sin.</c>

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But<00:14:45.379><c> is</c><00:14:45.600><c> that</c><00:14:46.059><c> a</c><00:14:46.240><c> good</c><00:14:46.340><c> or</c><00:14:46.519><c> bad</c><00:14:46.740><c> experience</c><00:14:47.559><c> in</c><00:14:47.960><c> a</c><00:14:48.080><c> world</c><00:14:48.240><c> of</c><00:14:48.500><c> sin?</c>

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Second<00:14:50.559><c> Peter,</c><00:14:51.120><c> and</c><00:14:51.340><c> just</c><00:14:51.820><c> for</c><00:14:52.019><c> time's</c><00:14:52.399><c> sake,</c>

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we're<00:14:52.620><c> not</c><00:14:52.759><c> gonna</c><00:14:52.899><c> go</c><00:14:53.080><c> there,</c><00:14:53.559><c> but</c><00:14:53.740><c> second</c><00:14:54.580><c> Peter,</c>

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Peter<00:14:56.059><c> writes,</c>

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for<00:14:58.399><c> if</c><00:14:58.539><c> God</c><00:14:58.759><c> did</c><00:14:58.940><c> not</c><00:14:59.200><c> spare</c><00:14:59.399><c> angels</c><00:14:59.779><c> when</c><00:14:59.980><c> they</c><00:15:00.220><c> sinned,</c>

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but<00:15:00.600><c> cast</c><00:15:00.960><c> them</c><00:15:01.120><c> into</c><00:15:01.360><c> hell</c><00:15:01.659><c> and</c><00:15:01.919><c> committed</c><00:15:02.139><c> them</c><00:15:02.379><c> to</c><00:15:02.559><c> chains</c>

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of<00:15:03.100><c> glory,</c><00:15:04.360><c> of</c><00:15:04.559><c> gloomy</c><00:15:04.860><c> darkness</c><00:15:05.299><c> to</c><00:15:05.519><c> be</c><00:15:05.700><c> kept</c><00:15:05.860><c> until</c><00:15:06.139><c> the</c><00:15:06.360><c> judgment,</c>

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if<00:15:07.139><c> he</c><00:15:07.240><c> did</c><00:15:07.440><c> not</c><00:15:07.659><c> spare</c><00:15:07.840><c> the</c><00:15:08.059><c> ancient</c><00:15:08.360><c> world,</c>

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but<00:15:09.019><c> preserved</c><00:15:09.419><c> Noah,</c><00:15:10.480><c> another</c><00:15:10.799><c> lonely</c><00:15:11.200><c> man,</c>

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a<00:15:12.200><c> herald</c><00:15:12.519><c> of</c><00:15:12.820><c> righteousness</c><00:15:13.379><c> with</c><00:15:13.879><c> seven</c><00:15:14.139><c> others,</c>

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when<00:15:14.980><c> he</c><00:15:15.200><c> brought</c><00:15:15.379><c> flood</c><00:15:15.600><c> upon</c><00:15:15.879><c> the</c><00:15:16.039><c> world</c><00:15:16.220><c> of</c><00:15:16.399><c> the</c><00:15:16.539><c> ungodly,</c>

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if<00:15:17.460><c> by</c><00:15:17.679><c> turning</c><00:15:17.980><c> the</c><00:15:18.200><c> cities</c><00:15:18.399><c> of</c><00:15:18.700><c> Sodom</c><00:15:19.019><c> and</c><00:15:19.120><c> Gomorrah</c><00:15:19.379><c> to</c><00:15:19.659><c> ashes,</c>

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he<00:15:20.519><c> condemned</c><00:15:20.879><c> them</c><00:15:21.120><c> to</c><00:15:21.440><c> extinction,</c>

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making<00:15:22.700><c> them</c><00:15:22.899><c> an</c><00:15:23.159><c> example</c><00:15:23.519><c> of</c><00:15:23.659><c> what</c><00:15:23.799><c> was</c><00:15:24.019><c> going</c><00:15:24.179><c> to</c><00:15:24.419><c> happen</c>

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to<00:15:24.779><c> the</c><00:15:24.960><c> ungodly,</c><00:15:25.580><c> and</c><00:15:25.740><c> if</c><00:15:25.860><c> he</c><00:15:26.100><c> rescued</c><00:15:26.519><c> righteous</c><00:15:27.059><c> Lot,</c>

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greatly<00:15:28.120><c> distressed</c><00:15:29.200><c> by</c><00:15:29.539><c> the</c><00:15:29.820><c> sensual</c><00:15:30.279><c> conduct</c><00:15:30.679><c> of</c><00:15:30.860><c> the</c><00:15:31.019><c> wicked,</c>

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for<00:15:32.679><c> as</c><00:15:32.840><c> that</c><00:15:33.120><c> righteous</c><00:15:33.419><c> man</c><00:15:33.759><c> lived</c><00:15:34.059><c> among</c><00:15:34.419><c> them</c><00:15:34.620><c> day</c><00:15:35.100><c> after</c><00:15:35.559><c> day,</c>

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he<00:15:36.340><c> was</c><00:15:36.659><c> tormenting</c><00:15:37.240><c> his</c><00:15:37.480><c> righteous</c><00:15:37.919><c> soul</c>

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over<00:15:38.559><c> their</c><00:15:38.820><c> lawless</c><00:15:39.320><c> deeds</c><00:15:39.700><c> that</c><00:15:40.120><c> he</c><00:15:40.399><c> saw</c><00:15:40.600><c> and</c><00:15:40.879><c> heard.</c>

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Imagine<00:15:41.580><c> what</c><00:15:42.159><c> Christ</c><00:15:42.620><c> must</c><00:15:42.919><c> have</c><00:15:43.080><c> felt</c><00:15:43.279><c> like.</c>

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How<00:15:45.940><c> much</c><00:15:46.320><c> worse</c><00:15:47.059><c> was</c><00:15:48.000><c> it</c><00:15:48.179><c> for</c><00:15:48.399><c> him?</c>

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And<00:15:51.139><c> now</c><00:15:51.340><c> imagine</c><00:15:51.700><c> his</c><00:15:51.980><c> childhood.</c>

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Isaiah<00:15:54.500><c> 53</c><00:15:54.899><c> tells</c><00:15:55.179><c> us</c><00:15:55.360><c> he</c><00:15:55.500><c> had</c><00:15:55.720><c> no</c><00:15:56.019><c> form</c>

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or<00:15:56.940><c> majesty</c><00:15:57.379><c> or</c><00:15:57.740><c> comeliness.</c>

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There<00:15:58.860><c> was</c><00:15:59.100><c> nothing</c><00:15:59.440><c> physically</c><00:16:00.000><c> about</c><00:16:00.419><c> him</c><00:16:01.019><c> that</c><00:16:01.779><c> was</c><00:16:01.980><c> beautiful</c>

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or<00:16:03.419><c> that</c><00:16:03.620><c> made</c><00:16:03.740><c> people</c><00:16:04.100><c> stop</c><00:16:04.779><c> and</c><00:16:05.299><c> connect</c><00:16:05.580><c> with</c><00:16:05.740><c> him.</c>

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He<00:16:07.480><c> was</c><00:16:07.779><c> odd,</c><00:16:08.179><c> he</c><00:16:08.419><c> stuck</c><00:16:08.600><c> out</c><00:16:08.960><c> morally</c><00:16:09.259><c> like</c><00:16:09.539><c> a</c><00:16:09.759><c> sore</c><00:16:09.940><c> thumb.</c>

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He<00:16:12.679><c> never</c><00:16:12.980><c> fit</c><00:16:13.500><c> in</c><00:16:13.720><c> with</c><00:16:13.860><c> his</c><00:16:14.100><c> peers.</c>

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Like<00:16:15.460><c> Joseph</c><00:16:15.919><c> among</c><00:16:16.279><c> his</c><00:16:16.580><c> brothers,</c><00:16:16.940><c> he</c><00:16:17.240><c> never</c><00:16:17.620><c> fit</c><00:16:17.840><c> in.</c>

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His<00:16:19.700><c> brothers</c><00:16:19.899><c> and</c><00:16:20.159><c> sisters</c><00:16:20.460><c> would</c><00:16:20.759><c> probably</c><00:16:21.179><c> have</c><00:16:21.419><c> grown</c>

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increasingly<00:16:22.379><c> self</c><00:16:23.039><c>-conscious</c><00:16:23.620><c> around</c><00:16:24.179><c> him,</c>

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aware<00:16:26.039><c> of</c><00:16:26.220><c> their</c><00:16:26.460><c> own</c><00:16:26.799><c> sinful,</c><00:16:28.360><c> self</c><00:16:28.399><c>-obsessed</c><00:16:29.139><c> motives</c>

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and<00:16:30.399><c> behavior,</c><00:16:31.240><c> especially</c><00:16:31.620><c> as</c><00:16:31.879><c> they</c><00:16:32.100><c> realized</c>

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Jesus<00:16:33.539><c> didn't</c><00:16:33.820><c> exhibit</c><00:16:34.279><c> those</c><00:16:34.679><c> same</c><00:16:36.019><c> tendencies</c>

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or<00:16:37.100><c> he</c><00:16:37.480><c> didn't</c><00:16:37.720><c> act</c><00:16:38.059><c> on</c><00:16:38.279><c> them.</c>

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And<00:16:40.100><c> we</c><00:16:40.220><c> know</c><00:16:40.399><c> how</c><00:16:40.700><c> cruel</c><00:16:40.940><c> kids</c><00:16:41.379><c> and</c><00:16:41.700><c> families</c><00:16:42.039><c> can</c><00:16:42.360><c> be,</c><00:16:42.539><c> don't</c><00:16:42.700><c> we?</c>

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Cruel,<00:16:46.140><c> sarcastic</c><00:16:46.820><c> remarks</c><00:16:47.500><c> spoken</c><00:16:48.340><c> behind</c><00:16:48.700><c> his</c><00:16:48.980><c> back</c>

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or<00:16:49.340><c> to</c><00:16:49.519><c> his</c><00:16:49.820><c> face,</c><00:16:50.179><c> does</c><00:16:50.340><c> it</c><00:16:50.519><c> matter</c><00:16:51.059><c> when</c><00:16:51.379><c> you're</c><00:16:51.740><c> family?</c>

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He<00:16:54.200><c> was</c><00:16:54.460><c> the</c><00:16:54.600><c> strange</c><00:16:55.039><c> kid</c><00:16:55.299><c> who</c><00:16:55.399><c> was</c><00:16:55.639><c> different</c><00:16:55.879><c> from</c><00:16:56.100><c> everyone</c><00:16:56.379><c> else.</c>

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And<00:16:58.019><c> remember,</c><00:16:58.360><c> his</c><00:16:58.500><c> brothers,</c><00:16:58.940><c> his</c><00:16:59.179><c> family</c><00:16:59.440><c> didn't</c><00:16:59.779><c> believe</c><00:17:00.139><c> him</c>

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until<00:17:01.299><c> after</c><00:17:01.620><c> the</c><00:17:01.840><c> resurrection.</c>

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His<00:17:03.919><c> parents</c><00:17:04.200><c> didn't</c><00:17:04.440><c> even</c><00:17:04.680><c> fully</c><00:17:04.839><c> understand.</c>

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He<00:17:05.740><c> was</c><00:17:06.000><c> the</c><00:17:06.200><c> boy</c><00:17:06.400><c> so</c><00:17:06.799><c> strange</c><00:17:07.220><c> and</c><00:17:07.539><c> different</c>

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that<00:17:09.240><c> people</c><00:17:09.579><c> avoided</c><00:17:10.019><c> him</c><00:17:10.759><c> because</c><00:17:11.799><c> it</c><00:17:11.960><c> was</c><00:17:12.140><c> an</c><00:17:12.440><c> awkward</c><00:17:12.779><c> moment.</c>

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He<00:17:16.000><c> was</c><00:17:16.240><c> a</c><00:17:16.420><c> sinless</c><00:17:16.720><c> person</c><00:17:17.500><c> living</c><00:17:17.960><c> with</c><00:17:18.319><c> sinful</c><00:17:18.700><c> parents,</c>

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sinful<00:17:20.259><c> siblings,</c><00:17:21.680><c> sinful</c><00:17:21.880><c> extended</c><00:17:22.420><c> relatives</c>

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and<00:17:23.299><c> sinful</c><00:17:23.759><c> neighbors.</c>

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No<00:17:25.480><c> one</c><00:17:25.640><c> on</c><00:17:25.799><c> earth</c><00:17:25.940><c> could</c><00:17:26.160><c> identify</c><00:17:26.680><c> with</c><00:17:26.920><c> him.</c>

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No<00:17:28.380><c> human</c><00:17:28.680><c> being</c><00:17:28.940><c> could</c><00:17:29.140><c> put</c><00:17:29.319><c> an</c><00:17:29.519><c> arm</c><00:17:29.680><c> around</c><00:17:30.039><c> him</c>

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as<00:17:30.799><c> he</c><00:17:31.059><c> sat</c><00:17:31.200><c> in</c><00:17:31.539><c> tears</c><00:17:32.019><c> and</c><00:17:32.779><c> say,</c>

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I<00:17:33.839><c> know</c><00:17:34.039><c> exactly</c><00:17:34.519><c> what</c><00:17:34.740><c> you're</c><00:17:35.019><c> going</c><00:17:35.220><c> through.</c>

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We<00:17:38.480><c> see</c><00:17:38.640><c> a</c><00:17:38.819><c> glimpse</c><00:17:38.940><c> of</c><00:17:39.119><c> this,</c><00:17:39.420><c> I</c><00:17:39.420><c> believe,</c>

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in<00:17:40.099><c> the</c><00:17:40.259><c> Garden</c><00:17:40.460><c> of</c><00:17:40.680><c> Gethsemane,</c><00:17:41.319><c> don't</c><00:17:42.200><c> we?</c>

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When<00:17:42.819><c> he</c><00:17:42.960><c> asks</c><00:17:43.559><c> a</c><00:17:44.000><c> three,</c><00:17:44.480><c> his</c><00:17:44.680><c> closest</c><00:17:45.240><c> three</c><00:17:45.779><c> disciples,</c>

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just<00:17:46.640><c> to</c><00:17:46.920><c> sit</c><00:17:47.140><c> and</c><00:17:47.640><c> pray,</c><00:17:47.940><c> just</c><00:17:48.420><c> come</c><00:17:48.700><c> with</c><00:17:48.920><c> me</c><00:17:49.099><c> and</c><00:17:49.259><c> sit</c><00:17:49.440><c> with</c><00:17:49.660><c> me.</c>

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Just<00:17:50.839><c> pray</c><00:17:51.279><c> for</c><00:17:51.680><c> a</c><00:17:51.799><c> little</c><00:17:51.980><c> while.</c>

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He<00:17:55.420><c> was</c><00:17:55.819><c> despised</c><00:17:56.660><c> and</c><00:17:56.900><c> rejected</c><00:17:57.460><c> by</c><00:17:58.079><c> everyone</c><00:17:58.539><c> around</c><00:17:58.960><c> him,</c>

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a<00:18:00.240><c> man</c><00:18:00.440><c> of</c><00:18:00.720><c> sorrows,</c><00:18:02.160><c> acquainted</c><00:18:02.680><c> with</c><00:18:03.680><c> grief.</c>

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And<00:18:06.240><c> let's</c><00:18:06.380><c> just</c><00:18:06.599><c> take</c><00:18:06.759><c> a</c><00:18:06.799><c> look</c><00:18:06.880><c> at</c><00:18:07.000><c> that</c><00:18:07.220><c> word.</c>

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In<00:18:07.579><c> Isaiah</c><00:18:07.900><c> 53,</c><00:18:08.460><c> that</c><00:18:08.519><c> word</c><00:18:08.779><c> acquainted,</c>

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at<00:18:09.740><c> least</c><00:18:09.940><c> in</c><00:18:10.160><c> the</c><00:18:10.319><c> King</c><00:18:10.500><c> James</c><00:18:10.700><c> Version,</c><00:18:11.019><c> it</c><00:18:11.200><c> says</c><00:18:11.400><c> acquainted.</c>

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It<00:18:12.420><c> means</c><00:18:13.039><c> a</c><00:18:13.740><c> couple</c><00:18:13.960><c> different</c><00:18:14.319><c> things,</c>

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a<00:18:24.200><c> comprehension</c><00:18:24.579><c> or</c><00:18:24.920><c> a</c><00:18:25.079><c> grasp</c><00:18:25.579><c> of.</c>

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as<00:18:30.359><c> almost</c><00:18:30.579><c> being</c><00:18:30.839><c> sarcastic,</c><00:18:32.359><c> right?</c>

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Acquainted<00:18:33.220><c> with</c><00:18:33.480><c> anybody</c><00:18:33.900><c> who</c><00:18:34.059><c> was</c><00:18:34.359><c> acquainted</c><00:18:34.680><c> with</c><00:18:35.000><c> grief,</c>

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it<00:18:40.660><c> was</c><00:18:40.880><c> this</c><00:18:41.160><c> man.</c>

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Somebody<00:18:49.539><c> who</c><00:18:49.759><c> knows</c><00:18:50.039><c> something,</c><00:18:51.099><c> slightly.</c>

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We're<00:18:51.880><c> not</c><00:18:52.000><c> a</c><00:18:52.200><c> close</c><00:18:52.380><c> friend,</c><00:18:52.579><c> it's</c><00:18:52.799><c> an</c><00:18:53.019><c> acquaintance.</c>

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A<00:18:55.119><c> wide</c><00:18:55.319><c> circle</c><00:18:55.599><c> of</c><00:18:55.819><c> friends</c><00:18:56.099><c> and</c><00:18:56.400><c> acquaintances.</c>

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There's<00:18:58.839><c> a</c><00:18:58.980><c> lot</c><00:18:59.059><c> of</c><00:18:59.200><c> those</c><00:18:59.380><c> on</c><00:18:59.619><c> social</c><00:18:59.920><c> media.</c>

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with<00:19:09.160><c> direct</c><00:19:09.619><c> personal</c><00:19:10.160><c> communication</c>

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because<00:19:12.119><c> often</c><00:19:12.759><c> their</c><00:19:13.059><c> main</c><00:19:13.220><c> method</c><00:19:13.559><c> is</c><00:19:13.859><c> social</c><00:19:14.200><c> media.</c>

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This<00:19:17.000><c> is</c><00:19:17.200><c> the</c><00:19:17.359><c> only</c><00:19:17.559><c> time,</c><00:19:17.819><c> at</c><00:19:17.940><c> least</c><00:19:18.079><c> in</c><00:19:18.240><c> the</c><00:19:18.400><c> King</c><00:19:18.579><c> James</c><00:19:18.799><c> Version,</c>

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that<00:19:19.359><c> the</c><00:19:19.480><c> word</c><00:19:19.599><c> is</c><00:19:19.859><c> translated</c><00:19:20.299><c> acquaintance.</c>

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Even<00:19:21.839><c> though</c><00:19:22.000><c> it's</c><00:19:22.200><c> used</c><00:19:22.339><c> over</c><00:19:22.740><c> 900</c><00:19:23.339><c> times,</c>

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over<00:19:26.519><c> 800,</c><00:19:27.039><c> almost</c><00:19:27.299><c> 900</c><00:19:27.640><c> times,</c><00:19:28.099><c> it's</c><00:19:28.359><c> used</c><00:19:28.660><c> to</c><00:19:29.119><c> know</c>

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the<00:19:30.980><c> man</c><00:19:31.279><c> who</c><00:19:31.700><c> knew</c><00:19:32.839><c> grief.</c>

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You<00:19:37.500><c> know</c><00:19:37.579><c> where</c><00:19:37.740><c> the</c><00:19:37.900><c> first</c><00:19:38.119><c> time</c><00:19:38.339><c> it</c><00:19:38.440><c> was</c><00:19:38.660><c> used</c><00:19:39.019><c> was?</c>

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Back<00:19:41.119><c> in</c><00:19:41.319><c> Genesis,</c><00:19:42.740><c> chapter</c><00:19:43.220><c> three.</c>

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but<00:19:46.380><c> if</c><00:19:46.619><c> you</c><00:19:46.680><c> turn</c><00:19:46.779><c> back</c><00:19:47.000><c> to</c><00:19:47.140><c> Genesis</c><00:19:47.480><c> chapter</c><00:19:47.799><c> three,</c>

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we'll<00:19:53.119><c> find</c><00:19:53.339><c> the</c><00:19:53.559><c> word</c><00:19:53.740><c> acquainted</c><00:19:54.180><c> or</c><00:19:54.519><c> no</c>

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back<00:19:58.680><c> in</c><00:19:58.859><c> verse</c><00:19:59.079><c> five.</c>

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For<00:20:05.460><c> God</c><00:20:05.900><c> knows</c><00:20:06.680><c> that</c><00:20:07.720><c> when</c><00:20:07.880><c> you</c><00:20:08.039><c> eat</c><00:20:08.200><c> of</c><00:20:08.339><c> it,</c>

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your<00:20:09.640><c> eyes</c><00:20:09.940><c> will</c><00:20:10.119><c> be</c><00:20:10.359><c> opened</c><00:20:10.799><c> and</c><00:20:11.579><c> you</c><00:20:11.759><c> will</c><00:20:11.920><c> be</c><00:20:12.079><c> like</c><00:20:12.299><c> God,</c>

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knowing<00:20:14.460><c> good</c><00:20:14.900><c> and</c><00:20:15.619><c> evil.</c>

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So<00:20:17.380><c> when</c><00:20:17.519><c> the</c><00:20:17.640><c> woman</c><00:20:17.839><c> saw</c><00:20:18.140><c> that</c><00:20:18.319><c> the</c><00:20:18.460><c> tree</c><00:20:18.519><c> was</c><00:20:18.720><c> good</c><00:20:18.920><c> for</c><00:20:19.160><c> food</c>

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and<00:20:19.519><c> that</c><00:20:19.599><c> it</c><00:20:19.720><c> was</c><00:20:19.920><c> a</c><00:20:20.059><c> delight</c><00:20:20.279><c> to</c><00:20:20.480><c> the</c><00:20:20.640><c> eyes</c>

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and<00:20:21.380><c> that</c><00:20:21.539><c> the</c><00:20:21.740><c> tree</c><00:20:21.859><c> was</c><00:20:22.039><c> to</c><00:20:22.180><c> be</c><00:20:22.380><c> desired</c><00:20:22.799><c> to</c><00:20:23.039><c> make</c><00:20:23.200><c> one</c><00:20:23.440><c> wise,</c>

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she<00:20:24.680><c> took</c><00:20:24.880><c> of</c><00:20:25.039><c> its</c><00:20:25.259><c> fruit</c><00:20:25.619><c> and</c><00:20:26.440><c> ate.</c>

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And<00:20:27.680><c> she</c><00:20:27.859><c> also</c><00:20:28.160><c> gave</c><00:20:28.380><c> some</c><00:20:28.579><c> to</c><00:20:28.740><c> her</c><00:20:28.920><c> husband,</c>

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who<00:20:30.019><c> was</c><00:20:30.319><c> with</c><00:20:30.740><c> her,</c><00:20:33.000><c> and</c><00:20:33.000><c> he</c><00:20:33.259><c> ate.</c>

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It's<00:20:34.740><c> a</c><00:20:34.839><c> whole</c><00:20:35.039><c> passage</c><00:20:35.500><c> about</c><00:20:35.819><c> loneliness.</c>

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And<00:20:38.559><c> ever</c><00:20:38.859><c> since</c><00:20:39.200><c> that</c><00:20:39.579><c> day,</c><00:20:40.960><c> when</c><00:20:41.119><c> Adam</c><00:20:41.380><c> and</c><00:20:41.539><c> Eve</c>

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partook<00:20:42.200><c> of</c><00:20:42.359><c> the</c><00:20:42.819><c> fruit</c><00:20:43.059><c> of</c><00:20:43.279><c> the</c><00:20:43.539><c> tree,</c>

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of<00:20:44.279><c> the</c><00:20:44.680><c> knowledge</c><00:20:45.259><c> of</c><00:20:45.940><c> good</c><00:20:46.160><c> and</c><00:20:46.400><c> evil,</c>

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they<00:20:48.440><c> became</c><00:20:48.740><c> acquainted</c><00:20:49.500><c> with</c><00:20:50.559><c> evil.</c>

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Ever<00:20:54.140><c> since</c><00:20:54.420><c> that</c><00:20:54.680><c> day,</c><00:20:55.079><c> God's</c><00:20:55.500><c> creation</c><00:20:55.740><c> became</c><00:20:56.400><c> acquainted</c>

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with<00:20:57.180><c> the</c><00:20:57.380><c> knowledge</c><00:20:57.619><c> of</c><00:20:57.779><c> good</c><00:20:57.940><c> and</c><00:20:58.119><c> evil,</c>

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and<00:20:58.720><c> more</c><00:20:58.980><c> specifically,</c><00:20:59.940><c> the</c><00:21:00.079><c> mortality</c><00:21:00.680><c> that</c><00:21:01.039><c> resulted</c>

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and<00:21:01.920><c> the</c><00:21:02.200><c> moral</c><00:21:02.400><c> dilemma</c><00:21:02.819><c> presented</c><00:21:03.380><c> by</c><00:21:03.680><c> that</c><00:21:03.900><c> knowledge.</c>

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Our<00:21:05.339><c> flesh</c><00:21:05.880><c> has</c><00:21:06.640><c> become</c><00:21:06.960><c> acquainted</c><00:21:07.640><c> with</c><00:21:08.299><c> grief.</c>

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Paul<00:21:12.599><c> writes</c><00:21:12.839><c> in</c><00:21:13.019><c> 1</c><00:21:13.220><c> Timothy,</c>

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O<00:21:13.839><c> Timothy,</c><00:21:14.359><c> guard</c><00:21:14.680><c> the</c><00:21:14.980><c> deposit</c><00:21:15.380><c> entrusted</c><00:21:16.079><c> to</c><00:21:16.500><c> you.</c>

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Avoid<00:21:17.440><c> irreverent</c><00:21:19.059><c> babble</c><00:21:19.559><c> and</c><00:21:20.099><c> contradictions</c>

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of<00:21:21.079><c> what</c><00:21:21.220><c> is</c><00:21:21.539><c> falsely</c><00:21:22.079><c> called</c><00:21:22.500><c> knowledge.</c>

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For<00:21:25.059><c> by</c><00:21:25.420><c> professing</c><00:21:25.900><c> it,</c><00:21:26.059><c> some</c><00:21:26.299><c> have</c><00:21:26.660><c> swerved</c><00:21:27.099><c> from</c><00:21:27.400><c> the</c><00:21:27.680><c> faith.</c>

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In<00:21:29.960><c> Colossians,</c><00:21:30.779><c> he</c><00:21:30.940><c> writes,</c><00:21:31.400><c> see</c><00:21:31.400><c> to</c><00:21:31.539><c> it</c>

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that<00:21:31.779><c> no</c><00:21:31.960><c> one</c><00:21:32.099><c> takes</c><00:21:32.359><c> you</c><00:21:32.619><c> captive</c><00:21:33.000><c> by</c><00:21:33.339><c> philosophy</c>

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and<00:21:34.799><c> empty</c><00:21:35.400><c> deceit</c><00:21:36.380><c> according</c><00:21:36.839><c> to</c><00:21:37.220><c> human</c><00:21:37.460><c> tradition,</c>

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according<00:21:38.619><c> to</c><00:21:38.799><c> the</c><00:21:39.019><c> elemental</c><00:21:39.380><c> spirits</c><00:21:39.779><c> of</c><00:21:39.940><c> the</c><00:21:40.079><c> world</c>

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and<00:21:40.460><c> not</c><00:21:40.740><c> according</c><00:21:41.079><c> to</c><00:21:41.359><c> Christ.</c>

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Generation<00:21:45.039><c> of</c><00:21:45.319><c> evil</c><00:21:45.579><c> was</c><00:21:46.140><c> born.</c>

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In<00:21:48.539><c> chapter</c><00:21:48.839><c> six,</c><00:21:49.259><c> the</c><00:21:49.400><c> Lord</c><00:21:49.579><c> saw</c><00:21:49.960><c> of</c><00:21:50.180><c> Genesis</c>

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that<00:21:51.400><c> the</c><00:21:51.640><c> wickedness</c><00:21:52.019><c> of</c><00:21:52.220><c> man</c><00:21:52.380><c> was</c><00:21:52.640><c> great</c><00:21:52.859><c> on</c><00:21:53.059><c> the</c><00:21:53.180><c> earth</c>

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and<00:21:53.579><c> every</c><00:21:53.900><c> intent</c><00:21:54.259><c> and</c><00:21:54.619><c> thought</c><00:21:54.779><c> of</c><00:21:54.880><c> his</c><00:21:55.160><c> heart</c>

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was<00:21:55.599><c> only</c><00:21:55.980><c> evil</c><00:21:56.599><c> continually.</c>

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We<00:21:58.640><c> know</c><00:21:58.839><c> those</c><00:21:59.059><c> verses</c><00:21:59.400><c> right.</c>

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In<00:22:00.460><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:22:02.039><c> the</c><00:22:02.220><c> heart</c><00:22:02.359><c> is</c><00:22:02.500><c> more</c><00:22:02.779><c> deceitful</c>

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than<00:22:03.440><c> all</c><00:22:03.720><c> else</c><00:22:03.980><c> and</c><00:22:04.279><c> desperately</c><00:22:04.839><c> sick.</c>

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Yet<00:22:08.079><c> we</c><00:22:08.279><c> live</c><00:22:08.460><c> in</c><00:22:08.619><c> a</c><00:22:08.779><c> lonely</c><00:22:09.039><c> and</c><00:22:09.319><c> divided</c><00:22:09.559><c> world</c>

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that's<00:22:10.240><c> still</c><00:22:10.599><c> clinging</c><00:22:11.079><c> to</c><00:22:11.299><c> the</c><00:22:11.519><c> belief</c>

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that<00:22:12.500><c> all</c><00:22:12.900><c> these</c><00:22:13.200><c> things</c><00:22:13.500><c> are</c><00:22:13.799><c> good.</c>

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Thousands<00:22:16.180><c> of</c><00:22:16.440><c> years</c><00:22:16.619><c> later,</c>

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especially<00:22:18.980><c> in</c><00:22:19.140><c> the</c><00:22:19.259><c> Western</c><00:22:19.539><c> world</c><00:22:19.900><c> where</c><00:22:20.160><c> people</c>

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and<00:22:21.079><c> especially</c><00:22:21.579><c> our</c><00:22:21.819><c> young</c><00:22:22.000><c> people</c>

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are<00:22:23.259><c> becoming</c><00:22:23.559><c> acquainted</c><00:22:24.059><c> with</c><00:22:24.339><c> the</c><00:22:24.619><c> same</c><00:22:24.839><c> loneliness</c>

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Jesus<00:22:25.740><c> experienced</c><00:22:26.579><c> but</c><00:22:27.680><c> without</c><00:22:28.940><c> a</c><00:22:29.319><c> God</c><00:22:29.640><c> consciousness</c>

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to<00:22:32.039><c> provide</c><00:22:32.359><c> a</c><00:22:32.759><c> desperately</c><00:22:33.220><c> needed</c><00:22:33.759><c> balance.</c>

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And<00:22:36.500><c> the</c><00:22:36.700><c> privilege</c><00:22:37.099><c> again</c><00:22:37.519><c> that</c><00:22:37.779><c> we</c><00:22:37.920><c> are</c><00:22:38.039><c> all</c><00:22:38.299><c> here</c>

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is<00:22:39.140><c> because</c><00:22:39.519><c> we</c><00:22:40.160><c> recognize</c><00:22:40.880><c> we</c><00:22:41.619><c> need</c><00:22:42.019><c> that</c><00:22:42.559><c> balance.</c>

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We<00:22:45.000><c> need</c><00:22:45.259><c> that</c><00:22:45.619><c> one</c><00:22:45.880><c> who</c><00:22:46.079><c> was</c><00:22:46.319><c> acquainted</c><00:22:46.859><c> with</c><00:22:47.380><c> grief</c><00:22:47.759><c> as</c><00:22:48.339><c> we</c><00:22:48.619><c> are.</c>

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In<00:22:51.320><c> 1</c><00:22:51.920><c> Corinthians</c><00:22:52.339><c> 1,</c><00:22:54.819><c> Paul</c><00:22:55.000><c> writes,</c>

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has<00:22:55.440><c> not</c><00:22:55.819><c> God</c><00:22:56.059><c> made</c><00:22:56.359><c> foolish</c><00:22:56.740><c> the</c><00:22:56.980><c> wisdom</c><00:22:57.220><c> of</c><00:22:57.400><c> the</c><00:22:57.559><c> world?</c>

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For<00:22:58.400><c> since</c><00:22:58.660><c> in</c><00:22:58.839><c> the</c><00:22:58.980><c> wisdom</c><00:22:59.279><c> of</c><00:22:59.539><c> God,</c>

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the<00:23:00.000><c> world</c><00:23:00.279><c> did</c><00:23:00.720><c> not</c><00:23:01.099><c> know</c><00:23:01.400><c> God</c><00:23:01.819><c> through</c><00:23:02.119><c> wisdom,</c>

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it<00:23:03.599><c> pleased</c><00:23:03.940><c> God</c><00:23:04.319><c> through</c><00:23:04.539><c> the</c><00:23:04.799><c> folly</c><00:23:05.019><c> of</c><00:23:05.180><c> what</c><00:23:05.339><c> we</c><00:23:05.619><c> preach</c>

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to<00:23:06.119><c> save</c><00:23:06.519><c> those</c><00:23:07.019><c> who</c><00:23:07.680><c> believe.</c>

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The<00:23:11.400><c> human</c><00:23:11.680><c> condition</c><00:23:12.119><c> mirrors</c><00:23:12.880><c> the</c><00:23:13.660><c> way</c><00:23:13.859><c> that</c><00:23:14.160><c> studies</c><00:23:14.400><c> are</c><00:23:14.660><c> saying</c>

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that<00:23:15.160><c> the</c><00:23:15.420><c> society</c><00:23:15.799><c> around</c><00:23:16.180><c> us</c><00:23:16.660><c> and</c><00:23:17.200><c> teens</c><00:23:17.519><c> and</c><00:23:17.799><c> 20</c><00:23:18.059><c>-somethings</c>

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around<00:23:18.779><c> us</c><00:23:19.000><c> are</c><00:23:19.220><c> feeling,</c>

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craving<00:23:21.019><c> real</c><00:23:21.400><c> connection</c><00:23:21.880><c> with</c><00:23:22.099><c> the</c><00:23:22.339><c> creator</c><00:23:22.619><c> and</c><00:23:23.240><c> with</c><00:23:23.519><c> Jesus.</c>

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They<00:23:25.779><c> just</c><00:23:25.980><c> don't</c><00:23:26.160><c> always</c><00:23:26.480><c> know</c><00:23:26.700><c> it.</c>

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Desperately<00:23:29.079><c> looking</c><00:23:29.400><c> for</c><00:23:29.680><c> something.</c>

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So<00:23:32.900><c> brothers</c><00:23:33.079><c> and</c><00:23:33.339><c> sisters,</c>

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loneliness,<00:23:36.279><c> a</c><00:23:36.460><c> feeling</c><00:23:36.640><c> of</c><00:23:36.980><c> separation,</c><00:23:38.759><c> isolation,</c>

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or<00:23:40.579><c> distance</c><00:23:41.359><c> in</c><00:23:42.079><c> human</c><00:23:42.400><c> relations.</c>

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Loneliness<00:23:44.859><c> implies</c><00:23:45.299><c> emotional</c><00:23:45.900><c> pain</c><00:23:46.240><c> and</c><00:23:46.559><c> emptiness</c>

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and<00:23:47.640><c> empty</c><00:23:48.079><c> feeling,</c>

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a<00:23:49.519><c> yearning</c><00:23:49.819><c> to</c><00:23:50.059><c> feel</c><00:23:50.200><c> understood</c><00:23:50.700><c> and</c><00:23:51.079><c> accepted</c><00:23:51.400><c> by</c><00:23:51.700><c> someone.</c>

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Loneliness<00:23:54.380><c> is</c><00:23:54.599><c> not</c><00:23:54.720><c> the</c><00:23:54.940><c> same</c><00:23:55.119><c> as</c><00:23:55.279><c> being</c><00:23:55.460><c> alone.</c>

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Loneliness<00:23:58.019><c> is</c><00:23:58.440><c> feeling</c><00:23:58.859><c> alone</c>

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no<00:24:00.759><c> matter</c><00:24:01.000><c> how</c><00:24:01.220><c> many</c><00:24:01.400><c> people</c><00:24:01.680><c> are</c><00:24:01.880><c> around</c><00:24:02.119><c> you,</c>

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whether<00:24:03.240><c> you're</c><00:24:03.359><c> with</c><00:24:03.579><c> your</c><00:24:03.799><c> family</c><00:24:04.200><c> or</c><00:24:04.539><c> your</c><00:24:04.799><c> spouse</c><00:24:05.240><c> or</c><00:24:05.660><c> not.</c>

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It's<00:24:08.019><c> a</c><00:24:08.099><c> feeling</c><00:24:08.259><c> of</c><00:24:08.440><c> being</c><00:24:08.680><c> disconnected,</c>

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unplugged,<00:24:10.119><c> left</c><00:24:10.279><c> out,</c><00:24:11.160><c> isolated.</c>

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You<00:24:13.019><c> can</c><00:24:13.160><c> be</c><00:24:13.279><c> in</c><00:24:13.420><c> a</c><00:24:13.539><c> crowded</c><00:24:13.779><c> room</c><00:24:14.079><c> and</c><00:24:14.299><c> feel</c><00:24:14.460><c> isolated</c><00:24:15.000><c> and</c><00:24:15.299><c> alone</c>

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and<00:24:15.880><c> we're</c><00:24:16.160><c> in</c><00:24:16.279><c> a</c><00:24:16.519><c> crowded</c><00:24:16.799><c> world,</c>

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screaming<00:24:19.619><c> out,</c><00:24:21.200><c> yet</c><00:24:21.319><c> feeling</c><00:24:21.579><c> isolated</c><00:24:22.259><c> and</c><00:24:23.039><c> alone</c><00:24:23.319><c> is</c><00:24:23.640><c> common.</c>

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An<00:24:25.059><c> epidemic,</c><00:24:25.539><c> they're</c><00:24:25.799><c> starting</c><00:24:26.119><c> to</c><00:24:26.380><c> call</c><00:24:26.500><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:24:28.500><c> fitting,</c><00:24:30.200><c> brothers</c><00:24:30.279><c> and</c><00:24:30.519><c> sisters,</c><00:24:30.779><c> as</c><00:24:31.000><c> always,</c>

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that<00:24:32.900><c> Jesus,</c><00:24:34.700><c> mirroring</c><00:24:35.539><c> the</c><00:24:35.700><c> example</c><00:24:36.200><c> that</c><00:24:36.460><c> God</c><00:24:36.799><c> preserved</c>

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throughout<00:24:37.900><c> the</c><00:24:38.200><c> generations,</c>

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asked<00:24:40.240><c> his</c><00:24:40.519><c> disciples</c><00:24:40.940><c> to</c><00:24:41.259><c> break</c><00:24:41.519><c> bread</c>

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and<00:24:43.220><c> share</c><00:24:43.599><c> wine</c><00:24:43.980><c> in</c><00:24:44.380><c> remembrance</c><00:24:44.799><c> of</c><00:24:45.059><c> him</c>

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as<00:24:46.220><c> often</c><00:24:46.680><c> as</c><00:24:47.000><c> you</c><00:24:47.240><c> meet</c><00:24:47.599><c> together.</c>

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Together.

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And<00:24:52.380><c> that</c><00:24:52.579><c> Paul</c><00:24:52.799><c> implored,</c>

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don't<00:24:54.160><c> forsake</c><00:24:54.680><c> the</c><00:24:55.000><c> assembling</c><00:24:55.420><c> of</c><00:24:55.680><c> yourselves</c><00:24:56.279><c> together.</c>

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And<00:25:00.359><c> just</c><00:25:00.599><c> in</c><00:25:00.859><c> closing,</c><00:25:01.819><c> turn</c><00:25:02.000><c> back</c><00:25:02.259><c> to</c><00:25:02.519><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:02.920><c> 51.</c>

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As<00:25:10.779><c> we</c><00:25:11.279><c> mentioned,</c><00:25:11.559><c> there's</c><00:25:11.720><c> so</c><00:25:12.000><c> many</c><00:25:12.160><c> people</c><00:25:12.420><c> in</c><00:25:12.619><c> scripture</c>

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described<00:25:13.480><c> as</c><00:25:13.700><c> being</c><00:25:13.880><c> lonely,</c><00:25:15.099><c> and</c><00:25:15.339><c> here's</c><00:25:15.559><c> an</c><00:25:15.819><c> example</c><00:25:16.200><c> of</c><00:25:16.440><c> one.</c>

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So<00:25:17.779><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:18.039><c> 51</c><00:25:18.500><c> is</c><00:25:18.859><c> really</c><00:25:19.259><c> setting</c><00:25:19.500><c> up,</c>

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at<00:25:20.640><c> least</c><00:25:20.859><c> in</c><00:25:21.099><c> one</c><00:25:21.359><c> sense,</c><00:25:21.660><c> the</c><00:25:21.940><c> context</c><00:25:22.500><c> of</c><00:25:22.759><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:23.140><c> 53.</c>

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Isaiah<00:25:27.519><c> 51,</c><00:25:28.160><c> verse</c><00:25:28.339><c> one,</c>

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listen<00:25:29.880><c> to</c><00:25:30.180><c> me,</c><00:25:30.819><c> you</c><00:25:31.140><c> who</c><00:25:31.359><c> pursue</c><00:25:31.740><c> righteousness,</c>

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you<00:25:33.339><c> who</c><00:25:33.680><c> seek</c><00:25:33.779><c> righteousness,</c>

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seek<00:25:33.779><c> the</c><00:25:34.079><c> Lord,</c><00:25:35.140><c> look</c><00:25:35.500><c> to</c><00:25:35.720><c> the</c><00:25:35.960><c> rock</c><00:25:36.220><c> from</c><00:25:36.420><c> which</c><00:25:36.619><c> you</c><00:25:36.759><c> were</c><00:25:37.000><c> hewn</c>

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and<00:25:37.359><c> the</c><00:25:37.660><c> quarry</c><00:25:37.960><c> from</c><00:25:38.140><c> which</c><00:25:38.319><c> you</c><00:25:38.460><c> were</c><00:25:38.660><c> dug,</c>

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look<00:25:39.539><c> to</c><00:25:39.819><c> Abraham,</c><00:25:40.480><c> your</c><00:25:40.680><c> father,</c><00:25:41.440><c> and</c><00:25:41.599><c> to</c><00:25:41.960><c> Sarah</c><00:25:42.220><c> who</c><00:25:42.539><c> bore</c><00:25:42.700><c> you,</c>

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for<00:25:43.559><c> he</c><00:25:43.880><c> was</c><00:25:44.140><c> but</c><00:25:44.579><c> one</c><00:25:45.259><c> when</c><00:25:46.559><c> I</c><00:25:46.779><c> called</c><00:25:47.039><c> him.</c>

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He<00:25:49.019><c> was</c><00:25:49.339><c> alone</c><00:25:49.940><c> when</c><00:25:51.180><c> I</c><00:25:51.460><c> called</c><00:25:51.680><c> him,</c>

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that<00:25:53.380><c> I</c><00:25:53.579><c> might</c><00:25:53.740><c> bless</c><00:25:54.119><c> him</c><00:25:54.759><c> and</c><00:25:55.259><c> multiply</c><00:25:55.920><c> him,</c>

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for<00:25:57.819><c> the</c><00:25:58.079><c> Lord</c><00:25:58.460><c> comforts</c><00:25:59.640><c> Zion.</c>

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He<00:26:01.019><c> comforts</c><00:26:01.559><c> all</c><00:26:01.680><c> her</c><00:26:01.940><c> waste</c><00:26:02.200><c> places</c>

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and<00:26:03.039><c> makes</c><00:26:03.339><c> her</c><00:26:03.579><c> wilderness</c><00:26:03.960><c> like</c><00:26:04.319><c> Eden,</c>

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her<00:26:05.380><c> desert</c><00:26:05.740><c> like</c><00:26:05.980><c> the</c><00:26:06.259><c> garden</c><00:26:06.539><c> of</c><00:26:06.759><c> the</c><00:26:06.960><c> Lord,</c>

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joy<00:26:08.160><c> and</c><00:26:08.559><c> gladness</c><00:26:09.079><c> will</c><00:26:09.279><c> be</c><00:26:09.539><c> found</c><00:26:09.779><c> in</c><00:26:10.039><c> her,</c>

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thanksgiving<00:26:11.359><c> in</c><00:26:11.559><c> the</c><00:26:11.779><c> voice</c><00:26:12.140><c> of</c><00:26:12.720><c> song.</c>

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So<00:26:20.099><c> when</c><00:26:20.440><c> we</c><00:26:20.579><c> come</c><00:26:20.759><c> down</c><00:26:21.400><c> to</c><00:26:22.079><c> chapter</c><00:26:22.380><c> 53,</c><00:26:22.960><c> verse</c><00:26:23.200><c> 11,</c>

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we<00:26:25.599><c> see</c><00:26:25.759><c> the</c><00:26:26.140><c> conclusion,</c><00:26:26.680><c> right,</c><00:26:27.039><c> of</c><00:26:27.240><c> the</c><00:26:27.420><c> matter.</c>

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Appropriately,<00:26:35.079><c> out</c><00:26:35.259><c> of</c><00:26:35.380><c> the</c><00:26:35.599><c> anguish</c><00:26:36.019><c> of</c><00:26:36.240><c> his</c><00:26:36.579><c> soul,</c>

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speaking<00:26:38.319><c> of</c><00:26:38.539><c> Christ,</c><00:26:39.940><c> he</c><00:26:40.140><c> shall</c><00:26:40.400><c> see</c><00:26:41.079><c> and</c><00:26:41.740><c> be</c><00:26:42.019><c> satisfied</c>

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by<00:26:44.099><c> his</c><00:26:45.359><c> knowledge,</c><00:26:48.380><c> by</c><00:26:48.819><c> his</c><00:26:49.200><c> acquaintance,</c>

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shall<00:26:51.220><c> the</c><00:26:51.460><c> righteous</c><00:26:51.819><c> one,</c><00:26:52.240><c> my</c><00:26:52.440><c> servant,</c>

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make<00:26:53.240><c> many</c><00:26:53.819><c> to</c><00:26:54.299><c> be</c><00:26:54.539><c> accounted</c><00:26:54.900><c> righteousness,</c>

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all<00:26:56.359><c> over,</c><00:26:57.220><c> pouring</c><00:26:57.319><c> out</c><00:26:57.559><c> of</c><00:26:57.700><c> the</c><00:26:57.900><c> pages</c><00:26:58.160><c> of</c><00:26:58.400><c> Isaiah,</c>

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are<00:27:00.220><c> words</c><00:27:00.619><c> that</c><00:27:01.200><c> are</c><00:27:01.759><c> the</c><00:27:02.000><c> opposite</c><00:27:02.440><c> of</c><00:27:02.740><c> lonely</c><00:27:03.059><c> and</c><00:27:03.400><c> single</c><00:27:03.700><c> words,</c>

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togetherness,<00:27:06.000><c> comfort,</c><00:27:07.099><c> gladness,</c>

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the<00:27:08.259><c> voice</c><00:27:08.519><c> of</c><00:27:08.980><c> song,</c><00:27:09.539><c> a</c><00:27:09.880><c> united</c><00:27:10.339><c> voice.</c>

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And<00:27:12.880><c> isn't</c><00:27:13.039><c> that</c><00:27:13.220><c> the</c><00:27:13.359><c> lesson</c><00:27:13.559><c> of</c><00:27:13.779><c> Abraham?</c>

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From<00:27:14.579><c> one,</c><00:27:15.779><c> many,</c><00:27:17.460><c> raised</c><00:27:17.680><c> up,</c><00:27:19.160><c> called</c><00:27:19.400><c> ones.</c>

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Therefore,<00:27:21.660><c> I</c><00:27:21.779><c> will</c><00:27:22.039><c> divide</c><00:27:22.359><c> him</c><00:27:22.599><c> a</c><00:27:22.799><c> portion</c><00:27:23.079><c> with</c><00:27:23.319><c> the</c><00:27:23.500><c> many,</c>

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and<00:27:23.819><c> he</c><00:27:24.859><c> will</c><00:27:25.039><c> divide</c><00:27:25.380><c> the</c><00:27:25.740><c> spoil</c><00:27:25.980><c> with</c><00:27:26.220><c> the</c><00:27:26.579><c> strong,</c>

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because<00:27:27.619><c> he</c><00:27:27.940><c> poured</c><00:27:28.079><c> out</c><00:27:28.319><c> his</c><00:27:28.599><c> soul</c><00:27:28.819><c> to</c><00:27:29.079><c> death</c>

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and<00:27:30.160><c> was</c><00:27:30.500><c> numbered</c><00:27:30.839><c> with</c><00:27:31.079><c> the</c><00:27:31.420><c> transgressors,</c>

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yet<00:27:33.200><c> he</c><00:27:33.519><c> bore</c><00:27:33.720><c> the</c><00:27:34.039><c> sin</c><00:27:34.140><c> of</c><00:27:34.420><c> many</c>

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and<00:27:35.700><c> makes</c><00:27:36.000><c> intercession</c><00:27:36.900><c> for</c><00:27:37.759><c> the</c><00:27:38.019><c> transgressors.</c>

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Brothers<00:27:41.460><c> and</c><00:27:41.720><c> sisters,</c><00:27:42.140><c> throughout</c><00:27:42.420><c> the</c><00:27:42.700><c> scriptures,</c>

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when<00:27:44.960><c> men</c><00:27:45.160><c> and</c><00:27:45.319><c> women</c><00:27:45.500><c> of</c><00:27:45.660><c> faith</c><00:27:46.160><c> faced</c><00:27:46.619><c> great</c><00:27:47.039><c> challenges,</c>

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inevitably,<00:27:50.140><c> God</c><00:27:50.480><c> reminded</c><00:27:51.019><c> them</c><00:27:51.240><c> of</c><00:27:51.380><c> his</c><00:27:51.619><c> powerful</c><00:27:52.140><c> presence,</c>

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inevitably,<00:27:55.220><c> God</c><00:27:55.500><c> said</c><00:27:55.819><c> in</c><00:27:56.099><c> one</c><00:27:56.319><c> way</c><00:27:56.539><c> or</c><00:27:56.740><c> another</c><00:27:56.960><c> in</c><00:27:57.119><c> their</c><00:27:57.359><c> lives,</c>

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I<00:27:58.579><c> am</c><00:27:59.059><c> with</c><00:27:59.380><c> you,</c><00:28:00.299><c> you</c><00:28:00.700><c> are</c><00:28:01.160><c> not</c><00:28:01.619><c> alone.</c>

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They<00:28:04.759><c> were</c><00:28:05.019><c> afraid,</c><00:28:06.720><c> anxious,</c><00:28:08.380><c> doubtful,</c><00:28:10.079><c> bewildered,</c>

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but<00:28:12.099><c> the</c><00:28:12.339><c> awareness</c><00:28:12.720><c> of</c><00:28:12.960><c> God's</c><00:28:13.460><c> presence</c><00:28:13.839><c> became</c><00:28:14.299><c> their</c><00:28:14.680><c> strength,</c>

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their<00:28:16.660><c> strength</c><00:28:16.920><c> to</c><00:28:17.140><c> deal</c><00:28:17.299><c> with</c><00:28:17.900><c> loneliness,</c><00:28:19.359><c> formidable</c><00:28:19.680><c> odds.</c>

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Lonely<00:28:22.200><c> leaders</c><00:28:22.460><c> were</c><00:28:22.700><c> instilled</c><00:28:23.059><c> with</c><00:28:23.279><c> courage,</c>

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prophets<00:28:24.220><c> with</c><00:28:24.519><c> boldness,</c><00:28:25.420><c> disciples</c><00:28:25.819><c> with</c><00:28:26.119><c> hope.</c>

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Scripture<00:28:28.119><c> makes</c><00:28:28.400><c> sure</c><00:28:28.660><c> we're</c><00:28:28.980><c> acquainted</c><00:28:29.420><c> with</c><00:28:29.859><c> the</c><00:28:30.059><c> lonely</c>

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within<00:28:30.619><c> its</c><00:28:31.160><c> passages,</c><00:28:32.099><c> over</c><00:28:32.660><c> and</c><00:28:33.059><c> over</c><00:28:33.619><c> and</c><00:28:33.920><c> over,</c>

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because<00:28:34.779><c> loneliness</c><00:28:35.220><c> is</c><00:28:35.720><c> our</c><00:28:36.000><c> condition.</c>

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The<00:28:39.000><c> intense</c><00:28:39.319><c> need</c><00:28:39.660><c> we</c><00:28:39.900><c> were</c><00:28:40.099><c> created</c><00:28:40.400><c> with</c><00:28:40.680><c> to</c><00:28:40.880><c> make</c><00:28:41.119><c> connections.</c>

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So<00:28:43.119><c> let's</c><00:28:43.299><c> not</c><00:28:43.619><c> forget</c><00:28:43.859><c> the</c><00:28:44.140><c> connections</c><00:28:44.500><c> of</c><00:28:44.700><c> the</c><00:28:44.880><c> one</c>

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who<00:28:45.799><c> called</c><00:28:46.039><c> us</c><00:28:47.019><c> back</c><00:28:47.640><c> to</c><00:28:48.019><c> him,</c>

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and<00:28:50.180><c> the</c><00:28:50.380><c> one</c><00:28:50.579><c> who</c><00:28:50.799><c> gave</c><00:28:51.000><c> his</c><00:28:51.279><c> life,</c><00:28:51.640><c> his</c><00:28:51.920><c> son,</c>

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that<00:28:53.359><c> we</c><00:28:53.559><c> might</c><00:28:53.779><c> not</c><00:28:54.079><c> feel</c><00:28:54.380><c> alone</c><00:28:54.819><c> and</c><00:28:55.819><c> be</c><00:28:56.099><c> alone.</c>

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The<00:28:58.640><c> psalmist</c><00:28:58.839><c> writes</c><00:28:59.200><c> in</c><00:28:59.440><c> conclusion,</c>

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yet<00:29:00.160><c> I</c><00:29:00.380><c> am</c><00:29:00.599><c> always</c><00:29:01.000><c> with</c><00:29:01.259><c> you,</c><00:29:02.460><c> you</c><00:29:02.920><c> hold</c><00:29:03.119><c> me</c><00:29:03.339><c> by</c><00:29:03.559><c> my</c><00:29:03.880><c> right</c><00:29:04.180><c> hand,</c>

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you<00:29:05.619><c> guide</c><00:29:05.880><c> me</c><00:29:06.079><c> with</c><00:29:06.240><c> your</c><00:29:06.440><c> counsel,</c>

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and<00:29:07.180><c> afterward</c><00:29:07.619><c> you</c><00:29:08.200><c> will</c><00:29:08.480><c> take</c><00:29:08.720><c> me</c><00:29:08.960><c> into</c><00:29:09.240><c> glory.</c>

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Whom<00:29:11.319><c> have</c><00:29:11.579><c> I</c><00:29:11.940><c> in</c><00:29:12.160><c> heaven</c><00:29:12.460><c> but</c><00:29:12.740><c> you,</c>

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and<00:29:14.920><c> earth</c><00:29:15.299><c> has</c><00:29:16.160><c> nothing</c><00:29:16.559><c> I</c><00:29:16.859><c> desire</c><00:29:17.259><c> beside</c><00:29:17.680><c> you,</c>

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my<00:29:19.140><c> flesh</c><00:29:19.380><c> and</c><00:29:19.599><c> my</c><00:29:19.819><c> heart</c><00:29:19.960><c> may</c><00:29:20.259><c> fail,</c>

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but<00:29:22.019><c> the</c><00:29:22.220><c> God,</c><00:29:22.700><c> but</c><00:29:22.920><c> God</c><00:29:23.380><c> is</c><00:29:23.960><c> the</c><00:29:24.279><c> strength</c><00:29:24.519><c> of</c><00:29:24.759><c> my</c><00:29:25.019><c> heart</c>

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and<00:29:26.819><c> my</c><00:29:27.240><c> portion</c><00:29:28.019><c> forever.</c>

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As<00:29:30.940><c> for</c><00:29:31.140><c> me,</c><00:29:31.259><c> it</c><00:29:31.380><c> is</c><00:29:31.579><c> good</c><00:29:31.700><c> to</c><00:29:31.920><c> be</c><00:29:32.059><c> near</c><00:29:32.259><c> God.</c>

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I<00:29:33.740><c> have</c><00:29:33.940><c> made</c><00:29:34.140><c> the</c><00:29:34.420><c> sovereign</c><00:29:34.680><c> Lord</c><00:29:35.099><c> my</c><00:29:36.039><c> refuge.</c>