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dwelleth<00:11:24.919><c> no</c><00:11:25.220><c> good</c><00:11:25.519><c> thing.</c>

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I<00:11:32.700><c> know</c><00:11:33.019><c> what</c><00:11:33.159><c> I</c><00:11:33.360><c> should</c><00:11:33.480><c> do,</c><00:11:34.720><c> but</c><00:11:35.259><c> I'm</c><00:11:35.480><c> struggling.</c>

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But<00:11:38.240><c> how</c><00:11:38.460><c> to</c><00:11:38.659><c> perform</c><00:11:39.120><c> that</c><00:11:39.379><c> which</c><00:11:39.519><c> is</c><00:11:39.740><c> good,</c>

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I<00:11:39.980><c> find</c><00:11:40.279><c> not</c><00:11:40.580><c> for</c><00:11:40.860><c> the</c><00:11:41.460><c> good</c><00:11:41.600><c> that</c><00:11:41.820><c> I</c><00:11:42.120><c> would,</c><00:11:42.480><c> I</c><00:11:42.480><c> do</c><00:11:42.759><c> not.</c>

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But<00:11:44.519><c> the</c><00:11:44.820><c> evil</c><00:11:45.019><c> which</c><00:11:45.279><c> I</c><00:11:45.539><c> would</c><00:11:45.700><c> not,</c><00:11:45.919><c> that's</c><00:11:46.879><c> what</c><00:11:47.039><c> I</c><00:11:47.299><c> do.</c>

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Now,<00:11:49.019><c> if</c><00:11:49.159><c> I</c><00:11:49.379><c> do</c><00:11:49.779><c> that,</c><00:11:50.440><c> I</c><00:11:50.580><c> would</c><00:11:50.899><c> not.</c>

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Is<00:11:51.559><c> it</c><00:11:51.860><c> not</c><00:11:52.100><c> more?</c>

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I<00:11:53.960><c> that</c><00:11:54.139><c> do</c><00:11:54.340><c> it,</c><00:11:54.559><c> but</c><00:11:54.679><c> sin</c><00:11:54.840><c> that</c><00:11:55.100><c> dwelleth</c><00:11:55.379><c> in</c><00:11:55.500><c> me.</c>

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I<00:11:55.940><c> find</c><00:11:56.240><c> then</c><00:11:56.460><c> in</c><00:11:56.639><c> a</c><00:11:56.919><c> law</c><00:11:57.240><c> that</c><00:11:57.580><c> when</c><00:11:57.879><c> I</c><00:11:58.320><c> would</c><00:11:58.580><c> do</c><00:11:58.860><c> good,</c>

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evil<00:11:59.460><c> is</c><00:11:59.840><c> present</c><00:12:00.120><c> with</c><00:12:00.399><c> me.</c>

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For<00:12:02.379><c> I</c><00:12:02.679><c> delight</c><00:12:02.960><c> in</c><00:12:03.139><c> the</c><00:12:03.360><c> law</c><00:12:03.559><c> of</c><00:12:03.779><c> God</c><00:12:04.340><c> after</c><00:12:04.899><c> the</c><00:12:05.299><c> inward</c><00:12:05.600><c> man.</c>

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But<00:12:07.259><c> I</c><00:12:07.500><c> see</c><00:12:07.740><c> another</c><00:12:08.139><c> law</c><00:12:08.639><c> in</c><00:12:08.820><c> my</c><00:12:09.200><c> members,</c><00:12:09.960><c> warring.</c>

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There's<00:12:12.539><c> a</c><00:12:12.899><c> war</c><00:12:13.360><c> going</c><00:12:13.759><c> on.</c>

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You<00:12:14.159><c> can</c><00:12:14.480><c> see</c><00:12:14.820><c> the</c><00:12:15.059><c> frustration</c><00:12:15.919><c> that</c><00:12:16.960><c> Paul</c><00:12:17.179><c> was</c><00:12:17.460><c> having.</c>

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And<00:12:17.820><c> I'm</c><00:12:17.980><c> sure</c><00:12:18.120><c> we've</c><00:12:18.480><c> all</c><00:12:18.720><c> felt</c><00:12:19.000><c> this</c><00:12:19.320><c> frustration.</c>

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There's<00:12:22.539><c> a</c><00:12:22.720><c> war</c><00:12:22.879><c> taking</c><00:12:23.120><c> place.</c>

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Where<00:12:23.600><c> does</c><00:12:23.720><c> it</c><00:12:23.919><c> take</c><00:12:24.100><c> place?</c>

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In<00:12:24.600><c> the</c><00:12:24.840><c> mind.</c>

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Who<00:12:26.779><c> shall</c><00:12:27.080><c> I</c><00:12:27.379><c> serve?</c>

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The<00:12:27.980><c> flesh</c><00:12:28.139><c> screams</c><00:12:28.600><c> to</c><00:12:28.820><c> be</c><00:12:29.000><c> self</c><00:12:29.360><c>-serving.</c>

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And<00:12:30.879><c> the</c><00:12:31.139><c> spirit</c><00:12:31.360><c> knows,</c><00:12:32.600><c> no,</c><00:12:32.740><c> we've</c><00:12:32.879><c> got</c><00:12:32.960><c> to</c><00:12:33.059><c> serve</c><00:12:33.320><c> God.</c>

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And<00:12:35.419><c> it's</c><00:12:35.720><c> quite</c><00:12:36.000><c> a</c><00:12:36.240><c> battle.</c>

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And<00:12:37.019><c> the</c><00:12:37.159><c> frustration</c><00:12:37.580><c> comes</c><00:12:37.840><c> to</c><00:12:38.080><c> a</c><00:12:38.240><c> boiling</c><00:12:38.500><c> point</c>

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where<00:12:39.059><c> Paul</c><00:12:39.399><c> declares,</c><00:12:40.519><c> oh</c><00:12:40.840><c> wretched</c><00:12:41.220><c> man</c><00:12:41.879><c> that</c><00:12:42.740><c> I</c><00:12:43.159><c> am.</c>

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It's<00:12:45.559><c> probably</c><00:12:45.740><c> a</c><00:12:45.940><c> phrase</c><00:12:46.080><c> we've</c><00:12:46.399><c> all</c><00:12:46.779><c> said</c><00:12:46.980><c> of</c><00:12:47.200><c> ourselves,</c>

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or<00:12:48.080><c> should</c><00:12:48.360><c> say.</c>

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This<00:12:52.539><c> is</c><00:12:52.759><c> a</c><00:12:52.960><c> fight</c><00:12:53.159><c> that</c><00:12:53.379><c> we</c><00:12:53.559><c> all</c><00:12:53.820><c> face.</c>

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And<00:12:54.700><c> we</c><00:12:54.899><c> must</c><00:12:55.159><c> fight.</c>

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For<00:12:56.379><c> if</c><00:12:56.580><c> we're</c><00:12:56.799><c> not</c><00:12:57.100><c> fighting,</c><00:12:58.259><c> well,</c><00:12:58.379><c> then</c><00:12:58.500><c> we've</c><00:12:58.779><c> given</c><00:12:58.940><c> in</c>

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to<00:12:59.320><c> king</c><00:12:59.500><c> sin</c>

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and<00:13:00.840><c> said,</c><00:13:01.139><c> I'll</c><00:13:01.480><c> be</c><00:13:01.600><c> a</c><00:13:01.700><c> good</c><00:13:01.860><c> slave.</c>

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I'll<00:13:03.039><c> obey.</c>

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And<00:13:07.320><c> that's</c><00:13:07.480><c> what</c><00:13:07.600><c> God's</c><00:13:07.940><c> looking</c><00:13:08.139><c> for,</c><00:13:08.440><c> those</c><00:13:08.700><c> who</c><00:13:08.899><c> are</c><00:13:09.039><c> willing</c>

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that<00:13:13.659><c> we're</c><00:13:13.820><c> familiar</c><00:13:14.259><c> with,</c><00:13:14.639><c> with</c><00:13:15.360><c> Eglon,</c><00:13:16.159><c> the</c><00:13:16.460><c> king</c><00:13:16.679><c> of</c><00:13:16.960><c> Moab.</c>

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We've<00:13:20.379><c> got</c><00:13:20.500><c> to</c><00:13:20.659><c> fight.</c>

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The<00:13:24.220><c> picture</c><00:13:24.659><c> of</c><00:13:24.840><c> the</c><00:13:25.000><c> Christian</c><00:13:25.320><c> is</c><00:13:25.519><c> a</c><00:13:25.580><c> little</c><00:13:25.840><c> timid.</c>

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Best<00:13:29.360><c> defense</c><00:13:29.659><c> is</c><00:13:29.820><c> a</c><00:13:29.899><c> good</c><00:13:30.019><c> offense.</c>

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We'll<00:13:31.659><c> see</c><00:13:31.779><c> that</c><00:13:31.940><c> today,</c><00:13:32.360><c> won't</c><00:13:32.460><c> we?</c>

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God<00:13:36.700><c> said</c><00:13:36.899><c> to</c><00:13:37.080><c> Israel,</c><00:13:37.419><c> go</c><00:13:37.679><c> in</c><00:13:37.940><c> there</c><00:13:38.059><c> and</c><00:13:38.120><c> get</c><00:13:38.279><c> the</c><00:13:38.519><c> land.</c>

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It's<00:13:38.980><c> yours.</c>

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We're<00:13:41.399><c> not</c><00:13:41.539><c> playing</c><00:13:41.700><c> defense.</c>

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He<00:13:47.440><c> went</c><00:13:47.659><c> to</c><00:13:47.940><c> attack</c><00:13:48.159><c> him.</c>

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He<00:13:49.639><c> went</c><00:13:49.820><c> to</c><00:13:49.980><c> the</c><00:13:50.200><c> parlor.</c>

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What's<00:13:55.480><c> that?</c>

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Well,<00:13:55.779><c> that's</c><00:13:56.000><c> the</c><00:13:56.200><c> mind.</c>

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That's<00:13:57.399><c> where</c><00:13:57.480><c> sin</c><00:13:57.740><c> reigns.</c>

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And<00:13:59.659><c> he</c><00:13:59.740><c> destroyed</c><00:14:00.220><c> him.</c>

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He<00:14:00.720><c> killed</c><00:14:00.980><c> him</c><00:14:01.879><c> with</c><00:14:02.220><c> what?</c>

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A<00:14:02.740><c> dagger,</c><00:14:03.139><c> a</c><00:14:03.159><c> two</c><00:14:03.360><c>-edged</c><00:14:03.600><c> dagger.</c>

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What's<00:14:06.000><c> the</c><00:14:06.200><c> scripture</c><00:14:06.659><c> referred</c><00:14:07.259><c> to?</c>

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The<00:14:09.139><c> two</c><00:14:09.460><c>-edged</c><00:14:09.779><c> sword.</c>

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So<00:14:12.320><c> that's</c><00:14:12.559><c> we</c><00:14:12.639><c> go</c><00:14:12.799><c> on</c><00:14:12.860><c> the</c><00:14:13.100><c> offensive.</c>

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Can't<00:14:14.179><c> play</c><00:14:14.299><c> defense.</c>

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Sin<00:14:14.919><c> will</c><00:14:15.179><c> run</c><00:14:15.539><c> right</c><00:14:15.740><c> over</c><00:14:15.960><c> us.</c>

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We<00:14:16.740><c> go</c><00:14:16.879><c> on</c><00:14:17.019><c> the</c><00:14:17.179><c> offense,</c><00:14:17.639><c> filling</c><00:14:17.799><c> our</c><00:14:18.120><c> minds</c><00:14:18.700><c> with</c><00:14:19.840><c> the</c><00:14:20.080><c> scripture.</c>

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God's<00:14:24.360><c> looking</c><00:14:24.519><c> for</c><00:14:24.700><c> those</c><00:14:24.980><c> willing</c><00:14:25.299><c> to</c><00:14:25.559><c> fight</c>

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and<00:14:25.860><c> to</c><00:14:26.080><c> seek</c><00:14:26.220><c> his</c><00:14:26.460><c> help,</c><00:14:27.019><c> to</c><00:14:27.299><c> shout</c><00:14:27.559><c> out</c><00:14:27.759><c> the</c><00:14:27.980><c> question</c><00:14:28.220><c> that</c><00:14:28.399><c> Paul</c>

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does<00:14:28.860><c> at</c><00:14:29.039><c> the</c><00:14:29.200><c> end</c><00:14:29.399><c> of</c><00:14:29.559><c> verse</c><00:14:29.779><c> 24</c><00:14:30.600><c> of</c><00:14:31.240><c> chapter</c><00:14:31.860><c> 7.</c>

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Who<00:14:36.259><c> shall</c><00:14:36.779><c> deliver</c><00:14:37.179><c> me</c><00:14:37.440><c> from</c><00:14:37.639><c> this</c><00:14:37.919><c> body</c><00:14:38.279><c> of</c><00:14:38.600><c> death?</c>

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That's<00:14:41.679><c> what</c><00:14:41.840><c> we're</c><00:14:42.039><c> looking</c><00:14:42.340><c> for.</c>

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We<00:14:44.340><c> need</c><00:14:44.639><c> help.</c>

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We<00:14:45.840><c> realize</c><00:14:46.480><c> that</c><00:14:46.700><c> we</c><00:14:46.879><c> need</c><00:14:47.120><c> this</c><00:14:47.340><c> help.</c>

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I<00:14:47.659><c> have</c><00:14:47.860><c> no</c><00:14:48.120><c> strength</c><00:14:48.399><c> of</c><00:14:48.620><c> myself</c><00:14:49.159><c> to</c><00:14:49.860><c> overcome</c><00:14:50.240><c> this.</c>

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But<00:14:52.460><c> God</c><00:14:52.700><c> has</c><00:14:53.059><c> the</c><00:14:53.299><c> strength.</c>

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And<00:14:59.059><c> again,</c><00:14:59.179><c> this</c><00:14:59.360><c> can</c><00:14:59.539><c> be</c><00:14:59.720><c> a</c><00:14:59.840><c> little</c><00:15:00.179><c> overwhelming.</c>

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But<00:15:01.299><c> we</c><00:15:01.840><c> can</c><00:15:02.940><c> see</c><00:15:03.620><c> Paul</c><00:15:03.919><c> and</c><00:15:04.039><c> go,</c><00:15:04.259><c> all</c><00:15:04.360><c> right.</c>

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Well,<00:15:05.299><c> hey,</c><00:15:05.460><c> Paul's</c><00:15:05.879><c> struggling,</c><00:15:06.299><c> too.</c>

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And<00:15:07.480><c> so</c><00:15:07.720><c> am</c><00:15:07.840><c> I.</c><00:15:07.919><c> But</c><00:15:08.100><c> look</c><00:15:08.279><c> at</c><00:15:08.480><c> how</c><00:15:08.779><c> chapter</c><00:15:09.120><c> 8</c><00:15:09.399><c> opens</c><00:15:09.740><c> up.</c>

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He<00:15:10.960><c> just</c><00:15:11.179><c> goes</c><00:15:11.379><c> through</c><00:15:11.559><c> this</c><00:15:11.779><c> whole</c><00:15:12.080><c> thing</c><00:15:12.279><c> with</c><00:15:12.460><c> this</c><00:15:12.720><c> frustration</c>

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And<00:15:16.200><c> he</c><00:15:16.320><c> says,</c><00:15:16.799><c> there</c><00:15:16.899><c> is</c><00:15:17.399><c> therefore</c><00:15:17.860><c> now</c><00:15:18.779><c> no</c><00:15:19.700><c> condemnation</c>

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to<00:15:21.700><c> them</c><00:15:22.419><c> who</c><00:15:23.139><c> are</c><00:15:23.460><c> in</c><00:15:24.220><c> Christ</c><00:15:24.480><c> Jesus,</c><00:15:24.960><c> who</c><00:15:25.100><c> walk</c><00:15:25.620><c> not</c><00:15:26.139><c> after</c>

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the<00:15:26.820><c> flesh,</c>

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but<00:15:28.299><c> after</c><00:15:28.620><c> the</c><00:15:28.879><c> spirit.</c>

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No<00:15:30.340><c> condemnation,</c><00:15:31.659><c> no</c><00:15:31.879><c> judgments</c><00:15:32.440><c> for</c><00:15:33.559><c> those</c><00:15:33.980><c> in</c><00:15:34.360><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:15:35.720><c> we</c><00:15:35.799><c> know</c><00:15:35.879><c> what</c><00:15:36.000><c> that</c><00:15:36.179><c> means.</c>

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That's<00:15:36.799><c> baptism.</c>

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For<00:15:39.919><c> we</c><00:15:40.340><c> walk</c><00:15:40.879><c> or</c><00:15:42.500><c> are</c><00:15:42.720><c> in</c><00:15:42.899><c> agreement</c><00:15:43.419><c> with</c><00:15:44.500><c> the</c><00:15:44.879><c> ways</c><00:15:45.080><c> of</c><00:15:45.320><c> God.</c>

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We<00:15:46.120><c> submitted</c><00:15:46.500><c> to</c><00:15:46.740><c> that</c><00:15:46.879><c> at</c><00:15:47.059><c> baptism.</c>

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We<00:15:48.139><c> said</c><00:15:48.279><c> the</c><00:15:48.440><c> ways</c><00:15:48.679><c> of</c><00:15:48.899><c> man</c><00:15:49.039><c> are</c><00:15:49.240><c> no</c><00:15:49.419><c> good.</c>

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The<00:15:50.360><c> ways</c><00:15:50.559><c> of</c><00:15:50.840><c> God</c><00:15:51.080><c> are</c><00:15:51.299><c> good.</c>

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Abraham<00:15:52.200><c> walked</c><00:15:52.860><c> with</c><00:15:54.000><c> God.</c>

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When<00:15:54.679><c> you</c><00:15:55.019><c> walk</c><00:15:55.259><c> with</c><00:15:55.500><c> somebody,</c><00:15:55.820><c> you're</c><00:15:56.019><c> going</c><00:15:56.100><c> in</c><00:15:56.320><c> one</c><00:15:56.519><c> direction.</c>

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You're<00:15:57.220><c> in</c><00:15:57.379><c> agreement.</c>

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Well,<00:15:58.580><c> we</c><00:15:58.700><c> agree,</c><00:15:59.299><c> though</c><00:15:59.399><c> we</c><00:15:59.679><c> fall</c><00:15:59.940><c> to</c><00:16:00.120><c> the</c><00:16:00.340><c> flesh.</c>

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We're<00:16:01.799><c> in</c><00:16:02.019><c> agreement.</c>

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God's<00:16:02.940><c> ways</c><00:16:03.379><c> are</c><00:16:04.820><c> the</c><00:16:05.120><c> right</c><00:16:05.360><c> ways.</c>

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And<00:16:08.519><c> while</c><00:16:08.740><c> we</c><00:16:08.919><c> do</c><00:16:09.179><c> struggle,</c><00:16:09.519><c> let</c><00:16:09.700><c> us</c><00:16:09.879><c> remember</c>

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that<00:16:10.419><c> our</c><00:16:10.720><c> God</c><00:16:11.240><c> reveals</c><00:16:12.139><c> himself</c><00:16:12.759><c> not</c><00:16:13.019><c> as</c><00:16:13.240><c> a</c><00:16:13.340><c> God</c><00:16:13.419><c> of</c><00:16:13.639><c> weakness,</c>

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but<00:16:14.980><c> a</c><00:16:15.220><c> God</c><00:16:15.539><c> of</c><00:16:15.899><c> great</c><00:16:16.399><c> strength.</c>

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So<00:16:19.000><c> going</c><00:16:19.240><c> back</c><00:16:20.000><c> to</c><00:16:20.299><c> the</c><00:16:20.480><c> first</c><00:16:20.720><c> verse</c><00:16:21.019><c> we</c><00:16:21.279><c> read,</c><00:16:21.519><c> Romans</c><00:16:21.799><c> 5</c>

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I<00:16:22.879><c> think,</c><00:16:25.019><c> what</c><00:16:25.179><c> Paul</c><00:16:25.480><c> meant.</c>

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He<00:16:27.259><c> certainly</c><00:16:27.679><c> did</c><00:16:27.940><c> not</c><00:16:28.200><c> mean,</c><00:16:28.740><c> let's</c><00:16:28.940><c> continue</c><00:16:29.340><c> in</c><00:16:29.620><c> sin,</c>

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that<00:16:30.639><c> grace</c><00:16:30.899><c> may</c><00:16:31.220><c> abound.</c>

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What<00:16:31.580><c> he</c><00:16:31.879><c> meant</c><00:16:32.500><c> by</c><00:16:35.440><c> sin</c><00:16:35.779><c> abound</c><00:16:36.200><c> and</c><00:16:36.399><c> grace</c><00:16:37.139><c> did</c><00:16:37.779><c> much</c><00:16:38.200><c> more</c><00:16:38.519><c> abound.</c>

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What<00:16:39.379><c> he's</c><00:16:39.600><c> saying</c><00:16:39.799><c> is,</c><00:16:40.139><c> listen,</c><00:16:40.440><c> the</c><00:16:40.620><c> grace</c><00:16:40.960><c> of</c><00:16:41.279><c> God</c>

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is<00:16:42.860><c> stronger</c><00:16:43.259><c> than</c><00:16:43.639><c> our</c><00:16:43.919><c> sin.</c>

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Yeah,<00:16:45.899><c> you</c><00:16:46.200><c> can't</c><00:16:46.580><c> overcome</c><00:16:46.860><c> it,</c><00:16:47.019><c> but</c><00:16:47.139><c> God</c><00:16:47.419><c> can.</c>

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So<00:16:51.720><c> like</c><00:16:52.120><c> Paul,</c><00:16:52.860><c> we</c><00:16:53.419><c> thank</c><00:16:53.740><c> God</c><00:16:54.559><c> through</c><00:16:55.179><c> Jesus</c><00:16:55.659><c> Christ</c><00:16:56.120><c> our</c><00:16:56.379><c> Lord,</c>

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as<00:16:56.879><c> we</c><00:16:57.139><c> remember</c><00:16:57.480><c> him</c><00:16:57.700><c> this</c><00:16:58.000><c> morning,</c><00:16:59.220><c> the</c><00:16:59.500><c> only</c><00:16:59.940><c> perfect</c><00:17:00.419><c> one.</c>

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It<00:17:02.899><c> says,</c><00:17:03.299><c> the</c><00:17:03.419><c> word</c><00:17:03.779><c> of</c><00:17:03.980><c> the</c><00:17:04.160><c> Lord</c><00:17:04.460><c> dwelt</c><00:17:05.039><c> in</c><00:17:05.380><c> him.</c>

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It<00:17:06.720><c> dwelt</c><00:17:06.880><c> in</c><00:17:07.019><c> him</c><00:17:07.099><c> so</c><00:17:07.420><c> much</c><00:17:07.980><c> that</c><00:17:08.880><c> he</c><00:17:09.019><c> could</c>

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be<00:17:09.400><c> called</c><00:17:09.539><c> the</c><00:17:09.839><c> word</c><00:17:10.240><c> made</c><00:17:10.720><c> flesh.</c>

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So<00:17:13.319><c> much</c><00:17:13.500><c> so</c><00:17:13.640><c> that</c><00:17:13.779><c> Jesus</c><00:17:14.119><c> is</c><00:17:14.339><c> able</c><00:17:14.480><c> to</c><00:17:14.859><c> state,</c>

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I<00:17:15.700><c> and</c><00:17:15.880><c> my</c><00:17:16.099><c> father</c><00:17:16.440><c> are</c><00:17:16.819><c> one</c><00:17:17.200><c> of</c><00:17:18.140><c> one</c><00:17:18.440><c> mind,</c>

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never<00:17:24.660><c> yielding</c><00:17:25.279><c> to</c><00:17:25.440><c> the</c><00:17:25.640><c> call</c><00:17:25.880><c> of</c><00:17:26.099><c> the</c><00:17:26.299><c> flesh.</c>

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And<00:17:28.019><c> of</c><00:17:28.160><c> course,</c><00:17:28.299><c> we're</c><00:17:28.519><c> told,</c><00:17:29.599><c> brothers</c><00:17:29.880><c> and</c><00:17:30.200><c> sisters,</c>

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to<00:17:30.740><c> let</c><00:17:30.920><c> this</c><00:17:31.220><c> mind</c><00:17:31.740><c> be</c><00:17:31.980><c> in</c><00:17:32.180><c> you</c><00:17:32.460><c> that</c><00:17:32.660><c> was</c><00:17:33.000><c> also</c><00:17:33.619><c> in</c><00:17:34.339><c> Christ</c><00:17:34.640><c> Jesus.</c>

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It<00:17:35.359><c> was</c><00:17:35.579><c> a</c><00:17:35.839><c> mind</c><00:17:36.059><c> that</c><00:17:36.220><c> was</c><00:17:36.599><c> saturated</c><00:17:37.180><c> in</c><00:17:38.480><c> the</c><00:17:38.599><c> ways</c><00:17:38.779><c> of</c><00:17:39.000><c> God.</c>

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When<00:17:40.619><c> our</c><00:17:40.960><c> Lord</c><00:17:41.119><c> returns</c><00:17:41.759><c> and</c><00:17:42.059><c> changes</c><00:17:42.460><c> us,</c>

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no<00:17:42.980><c> longer</c><00:17:43.400><c> will</c><00:17:43.619><c> we</c><00:17:43.839><c> struggle</c><00:17:44.160><c> with</c><00:17:44.400><c> the</c><00:17:44.619><c> flesh.</c>

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We<00:17:45.619><c> looked</c><00:17:45.920><c> forward</c><00:17:46.220><c> to</c><00:17:46.400><c> the</c><00:17:46.579><c> kingdom</c><00:17:46.799><c> for</c><00:17:46.980><c> a</c><00:17:47.039><c> lot</c><00:17:47.259><c> of</c><00:17:47.460><c> reasons,</c><00:17:48.299><c> right?</c>

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No<00:17:48.680><c> more</c><00:17:48.920><c> pain,</c><00:17:49.339><c> no</c><00:17:49.559><c> more</c><00:17:49.799><c> sorrow.</c>

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Reunited<00:17:51.440><c> with</c><00:17:51.700><c> loved</c><00:17:52.000><c> ones.</c>

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It's<00:17:53.819><c> going</c><00:17:53.920><c> to</c><00:17:54.019><c> be</c><00:17:54.160><c> a</c><00:17:54.319><c> great</c><00:17:54.500><c> day.</c>

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But<00:17:56.059><c> we'll</c><00:17:56.319><c> also</c><00:17:56.700><c> be</c><00:17:56.920><c> able</c><00:17:57.140><c> to</c><00:17:57.400><c> fulfill</c><00:17:58.079><c> 100</c><00:17:58.839><c>%</c><00:17:59.180><c> the</c><00:17:59.420><c> commitment</c>

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that<00:18:00.019><c> we</c><00:18:00.180><c> made</c><00:18:00.579><c> at</c><00:18:01.579><c> baptism</c><00:18:02.039><c> to</c><00:18:02.299><c> crucify</c><00:18:02.980><c> that</c><00:18:03.299><c> flesh</c>

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and<00:18:04.079><c> live</c><00:18:04.279><c> only</c><00:18:04.579><c> by</c><00:18:04.839><c> the</c><00:18:05.119><c> spirit.</c>

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So<00:18:09.180><c> till</c><00:18:09.440><c> that</c><00:18:09.740><c> day,</c><00:18:10.140><c> brothers</c><00:18:10.240><c> and</c><00:18:10.559><c> sisters,</c><00:18:11.019><c> we,</c><00:18:11.200><c> as</c><00:18:11.400><c> Paul</c><00:18:11.619><c> says,</c>

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we<00:18:12.119><c> fight</c><00:18:12.440><c> the</c><00:18:12.619><c> good</c><00:18:12.859><c> fight</c><00:18:13.299><c> to</c><00:18:13.599><c> the</c><00:18:13.680><c> best</c><00:18:13.859><c> of</c><00:18:14.059><c> our</c><00:18:14.259><c> ability,</c>

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but<00:18:16.039><c> we</c><00:18:16.240><c> never</c><00:18:16.420><c> give</c><00:18:16.640><c> up.</c>

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Even<00:18:18.880><c> so,</c><00:18:19.240><c> come</c><00:18:19.339><c> Lord</c><00:18:19.579><c> Jesus.</c>