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he<00:14:20.919><c> humbled</c><00:14:21.500><c> himself.</c>

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that<00:14:30.340><c> speak</c><00:14:30.639><c> of</c><00:14:30.860><c> Jesus's</c><00:14:31.559><c> humility</c>

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in<00:14:33.279><c> his</c><00:14:33.539><c> relationship</c><00:14:34.100><c> with</c><00:14:34.320><c> his</c><00:14:34.519><c> father.</c>

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And<00:14:36.480><c> whereas</c><00:14:36.820><c> the</c><00:14:37.120><c> word</c><00:14:37.320><c> humble</c><00:14:37.799><c> or</c><00:14:38.080><c> humility</c><00:14:38.500><c> may</c><00:14:38.779><c> not</c><00:14:39.000><c> be</c><00:14:39.299><c> used,</c>

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I<00:14:40.820><c> think</c><00:14:41.019><c> you'll</c><00:14:41.299><c> gather</c><00:14:41.600><c> from</c><00:14:41.879><c> these</c><00:14:42.220><c> few</c><00:14:42.419><c> sets</c><00:14:42.679><c> of</c><00:14:42.899><c> verses</c>

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that<00:14:43.320><c> I'm</c><00:14:43.460><c> about</c><00:14:43.700><c> to</c><00:14:43.980><c> read</c>

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that<00:14:45.480><c> we</c><00:14:45.840><c> can</c><00:14:46.139><c> see</c><00:14:46.500><c> the</c><00:14:46.799><c> humility</c><00:14:47.320><c> of</c><00:14:47.740><c> our</c><00:14:47.940><c> savior.</c>

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but<00:14:54.080><c> you'll</c><00:14:54.659><c> know</c><00:14:54.840><c> them</c><00:14:55.080><c> as</c><00:14:55.259><c> soon</c><00:14:55.379><c> as</c><00:14:55.539><c> I</c><00:14:55.679><c> read</c><00:14:55.840><c> them.</c>

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And<00:14:57.259><c> listen</c><00:14:57.480><c> to</c><00:14:57.700><c> how</c><00:14:57.860><c> many</c><00:14:58.100><c> times</c><00:14:58.360><c> you</c><00:14:58.539><c> hear</c><00:14:58.720><c> the</c><00:14:58.980><c> words</c><00:14:59.480><c> not</c>

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or<00:15:01.320><c> nothing</c><00:15:01.740><c> when</c><00:15:02.340><c> Jesus</c><00:15:02.799><c> describes</c><00:15:03.259><c> himself.</c>

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The<00:15:05.759><c> son</c><00:15:06.120><c> can</c><00:15:06.379><c> do</c><00:15:06.659><c> nothing</c><00:15:07.259><c> of</c><00:15:08.039><c> himself.</c>

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I<00:15:10.500><c> am</c><00:15:10.779><c> come</c><00:15:10.980><c> not</c><00:15:11.340><c> to</c><00:15:11.639><c> do</c><00:15:12.500><c> mine</c><00:15:12.799><c> own</c><00:15:13.159><c> will.</c>

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I<00:15:15.480><c> seek</c><00:15:15.840><c> not</c><00:15:16.519><c> my</c><00:15:17.039><c> own</c><00:15:17.340><c> glory.</c>

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I<00:15:19.799><c> do</c><00:15:20.179><c> nothing</c><00:15:20.799><c> of</c><00:15:21.399><c> myself.</c>

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The<00:15:24.240><c> word</c><00:15:24.519><c> which</c><00:15:24.799><c> you</c><00:15:25.039><c> hear</c><00:15:25.399><c> is</c><00:15:26.179><c> not</c><00:15:26.580><c> mine.</c>

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So<00:15:29.639><c> many</c><00:15:29.940><c> of</c><00:15:30.179><c> those</c><00:15:30.559><c> go</c><00:15:30.840><c> contrary</c><00:15:31.460><c> of</c><00:15:32.000><c> how</c><00:15:32.539><c> man</c><00:15:32.820><c> is</c><00:15:33.139><c> today.</c>

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I<00:15:35.100><c> mean,</c><00:15:35.440><c> we</c><00:15:35.679><c> know</c><00:15:35.919><c> people,</c><00:15:36.360><c> we</c><00:15:36.679><c> see</c><00:15:36.940><c> people.</c>

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The<00:15:38.259><c> first</c><00:15:38.460><c> thing</c><00:15:38.580><c> they</c><00:15:38.820><c> do</c><00:15:38.980><c> is</c><00:15:39.399><c> seek</c><00:15:39.620><c> their</c><00:15:39.899><c> own</c><00:15:40.139><c> glory</c>

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but<00:15:41.899><c> not</c><00:15:42.159><c> Jesus.</c>

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That's<00:15:43.860><c> the</c><00:15:44.059><c> kind</c><00:15:44.240><c> of</c><00:15:44.440><c> mind</c><00:15:44.620><c> that</c><00:15:44.840><c> he</c><00:15:45.000><c> had,</c>

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one<00:15:46.100><c> that</c><00:15:46.320><c> was</c><00:15:46.519><c> in</c><00:15:46.740><c> total</c><00:15:46.899><c> harmony</c><00:15:47.360><c> with</c><00:15:47.580><c> his</c><00:15:47.799><c> father.</c>

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Christ<00:15:50.720><c> humbled</c><00:15:51.120><c> himself</c><00:15:51.820><c> by</c><00:15:52.899><c> submitting</c>

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and<00:15:53.700><c> truly</c><00:15:54.059><c> believing</c><00:15:54.519><c> in</c><00:15:54.779><c> his</c><00:15:54.960><c> father's</c><00:15:55.440><c> words.</c>

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In<00:15:57.480><c> Isaiah</c><00:15:57.860><c> 55</c><00:15:58.600><c> verses</c><00:15:59.059><c> eight</c><00:15:59.419><c> and</c><00:15:59.580><c> nine,</c>

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these<00:16:01.580><c> are</c><00:16:01.820><c> words</c><00:16:02.200><c> that</c><00:16:02.580><c> I</c><00:16:02.679><c> think</c><00:16:02.899><c> mankind</c><00:16:03.580><c> needs</c><00:16:03.919><c> to</c><00:16:04.120><c> come</c><00:16:04.340><c> back</c><00:16:04.659><c> to</c>

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that<00:16:05.740><c> we</c><00:16:06.019><c> can</c><00:16:06.259><c> reflect</c><00:16:06.740><c> on</c><00:16:07.059><c> daily.</c>

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Isaiah<00:16:09.419><c> 55</c><00:16:10.019><c> verses</c><00:16:10.360><c> eight</c><00:16:10.740><c> through</c><00:16:10.940><c> nine</c><00:16:11.259><c> read,</c>

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for<00:16:11.779><c> my</c><00:16:12.159><c> thoughts</c><00:16:12.419><c> are</c><00:16:12.679><c> not</c><00:16:12.879><c> your</c><00:16:13.159><c> thoughts.</c>

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Neither<00:16:15.120><c> are</c><00:16:15.419><c> my</c><00:16:15.639><c> ways</c><00:16:15.879><c> your</c><00:16:16.179><c> ways,</c><00:16:16.659><c> saith</c><00:16:16.740><c> the</c><00:16:17.000><c> Lord.</c>

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so<00:16:21.759><c> are</c><00:16:21.980><c> my</c><00:16:22.240><c> ways</c><00:16:22.539><c> higher</c><00:16:22.899><c> than</c><00:16:23.059><c> your</c><00:16:23.320><c> ways</c>

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and<00:16:24.639><c> my</c><00:16:25.000><c> thoughts</c><00:16:25.259><c> higher</c><00:16:25.559><c> than</c><00:16:25.720><c> your</c><00:16:25.960><c> thoughts.</c>

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Brothers<00:16:28.820><c> and</c><00:16:29.100><c> sisters,</c><00:16:29.379><c> we're</c><00:16:29.659><c> here</c><00:16:29.820><c> today</c><00:16:30.139><c> because</c><00:16:30.519><c> we</c>

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accept<00:16:31.179><c> that</c>

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and<00:16:32.679><c> we</c><00:16:32.899><c> wholeheartedly</c><00:16:33.539><c> believe</c><00:16:33.899><c> that</c>

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and<00:16:35.559><c> we</c><00:16:35.759><c> need</c><00:16:36.000><c> to</c><00:16:36.240><c> believe</c><00:16:36.460><c> that.</c>

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We<00:16:36.879><c> can't</c><00:16:37.240><c> become</c><00:16:37.539><c> puffed</c><00:16:37.899><c> up</c><00:16:38.059><c> and</c><00:16:38.220><c> never</c><00:16:38.460><c> forget</c><00:16:38.740><c> that.</c>

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Mankind<00:16:41.120><c> has</c><00:16:41.600><c> forgotten</c><00:16:41.940><c> that</c>

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You<00:16:50.860><c> know,</c><00:16:50.960><c> when</c><00:16:51.159><c> I</c><00:16:51.480><c> printed</c><00:16:51.659><c> out</c><00:16:51.899><c> this</c><00:16:52.120><c> excitation,</c>

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I<00:16:52.759><c> tried</c><00:16:52.940><c> to</c><00:16:53.159><c> print</c><00:16:53.259><c> it</c><00:16:53.480><c> out</c><00:16:53.580><c> on</c><00:16:53.720><c> the</c><00:16:53.899><c> biggest</c><00:16:54.120><c> font</c>

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so<00:16:54.519><c> I</c><00:16:54.620><c> wouldn't</c><00:16:54.799><c> have</c><00:16:55.019><c> to</c><00:16:55.179><c> wear</c><00:16:55.259><c> the</c><00:16:55.419><c> glasses.</c>

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And<00:16:56.700><c> even</c><00:16:56.899><c> with</c><00:16:57.080><c> the</c><00:16:57.240><c> bigger</c><00:16:57.379><c> font,</c><00:16:57.779><c> I</c><00:16:57.779><c> can't</c><00:16:58.039><c> see</c><00:16:58.179><c> it's</c><00:16:58.440><c> oil.</c>

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It's<00:17:00.000><c> tough</c><00:17:00.120><c> getting</c><00:17:00.320><c> old.</c>

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That's<00:17:01.940><c> better.</c>

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So<00:17:04.480><c> working</c><00:17:04.720><c> from</c><00:17:04.980><c> the</c><00:17:05.200><c> young</c><00:17:05.400><c> man's</c><00:17:05.859><c> own</c><00:17:06.099><c> premise,</c>

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Jesus<00:17:06.819><c> gives</c><00:17:07.099><c> him</c><00:17:07.299><c> a</c><00:17:07.519><c> simple,</c><00:17:08.599><c> direct</c><00:17:08.819><c> answer.</c>

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He<00:17:09.359><c> says,</c><00:17:09.640><c> keep</c><00:17:09.819><c> the</c><00:17:10.119><c> commandments.</c>

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And<00:17:12.559><c> in</c><00:17:12.700><c> the</c><00:17:12.900><c> account</c><00:17:13.140><c> in</c><00:17:13.380><c> Matthew,</c><00:17:13.680><c> which</c><00:17:13.859><c> we</c><00:17:14.079><c> didn't</c><00:17:14.319><c> read,</c>

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the<00:17:14.759><c> young</c><00:17:14.940><c> man</c><00:17:15.180><c> asked</c><00:17:15.500><c> him,</c><00:17:15.900><c> well,</c><00:17:16.059><c> which</c><00:17:16.380><c> one?</c>

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Which?

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And<00:17:20.039><c> apparently</c><00:17:20.599><c> the</c><00:17:21.140><c> young</c><00:17:21.420><c> man</c><00:17:21.779><c> seems</c><00:17:22.140><c> like</c>

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he<00:17:22.500><c> was</c><00:17:22.759><c> very</c><00:17:23.779><c> detail</c><00:17:24.500><c>-oriented.</c>

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He<00:17:26.019><c> needed</c><00:17:26.400><c> to</c><00:17:26.720><c> know</c><00:17:26.920><c> exactly</c><00:17:27.700><c> the</c><00:17:28.559><c> what,</c><00:17:28.920><c> the</c><00:17:29.119><c> when,</c>

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and<00:17:29.500><c> the</c><00:17:29.579><c> how</c><00:17:29.859><c> to</c><00:17:30.000><c> do</c><00:17:30.240><c> something</c><00:17:30.599><c> to</c><00:17:30.720><c> be</c><00:17:30.960><c> able</c><00:17:31.099><c> to</c><00:17:31.279><c> do</c><00:17:31.440><c> it.</c>

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But<00:17:34.400><c> Jesus</c><00:17:34.700><c> never</c><00:17:35.000><c> loses</c><00:17:35.299><c> his</c><00:17:35.640><c> patience,</c><00:17:36.380><c> does</c><00:17:36.500><c> he?</c>

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And<00:17:39.119><c> it's</c><00:17:39.319><c> funny</c><00:17:39.859><c> that</c><00:17:40.660><c> the</c><00:17:41.000><c> commandments</c><00:17:41.480><c> that</c><00:17:41.819><c> Jesus</c><00:17:42.259><c> mentions</c>

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all<00:17:45.059><c> concern</c><00:17:45.740><c> our</c><00:17:46.759><c> relationship</c><00:17:47.400><c> with</c><00:17:47.779><c> other</c><00:17:48.019><c> people.</c>

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He<00:17:49.859><c> doesn't</c><00:17:50.240><c> note</c><00:17:50.579><c> any</c><00:17:50.940><c> commandments</c><00:17:51.500><c> to</c><00:17:51.980><c> love</c><00:17:52.319><c> the</c><00:17:52.579><c> Lord,</c>

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thy<00:17:53.480><c> God,</c><00:17:53.759><c> with</c><00:17:53.940><c> all</c><00:17:54.119><c> thy</c><00:17:54.299><c> heart.</c>

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He<00:17:54.779><c> doesn't</c><00:17:55.019><c> say</c><00:17:55.259><c> that.</c>

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So<00:17:57.000><c> to</c><00:17:57.200><c> me,</c><00:17:57.380><c> that</c><00:17:57.619><c> speaks</c><00:17:57.920><c> out</c><00:17:58.200><c> that</c><00:17:58.420><c> Jesus</c><00:17:59.299><c> knows</c>

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that<00:18:00.380><c> this</c><00:18:00.640><c> man</c><00:18:01.180><c> believes</c><00:18:01.680><c> he</c><00:18:01.859><c> loves</c><00:18:02.119><c> God.</c>

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He<00:18:05.119><c> believes</c><00:18:05.420><c> that,</c><00:18:06.960><c> but</c><00:18:07.220><c> there's</c><00:18:07.519><c> still</c><00:18:07.799><c> something</c><00:18:08.259><c> missing.</c>

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There's<00:18:08.960><c> something</c><00:18:09.240><c> that's</c><00:18:09.720><c> holding</c><00:18:09.920><c> this</c><00:18:10.220><c> guy</c><00:18:10.400><c> back.</c>

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As<00:18:14.019><c> much</c><00:18:14.220><c> as</c><00:18:14.440><c> this</c><00:18:14.640><c> young</c><00:18:14.839><c> man</c><00:18:15.140><c> perceived</c><00:18:15.619><c> himself,</c>

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or<00:18:16.559><c> how</c><00:18:16.980><c> those</c><00:18:17.299><c> around</c><00:18:17.700><c> him</c><00:18:17.940><c> perceived</c><00:18:18.339><c> him.</c>

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You<00:18:20.079><c> know,</c><00:18:20.500><c> what</c><00:18:20.680><c> a</c><00:18:20.980><c> great</c><00:18:21.160><c> guy.</c>

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You<00:18:22.920><c> know,</c><00:18:23.019><c> he's</c><00:18:23.259><c> very</c><00:18:23.700><c> knowledgeable.</c>

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He'll<00:18:25.640><c> do</c><00:18:25.880><c> anything</c><00:18:26.220><c> for</c><00:18:26.480><c> you.</c>

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You<00:18:27.880><c> know,</c><00:18:28.240><c> he</c><00:18:28.519><c> gives</c><00:18:28.839><c> generously</c><00:18:29.579><c> to</c><00:18:30.000><c> the</c><00:18:31.200><c> temple,</c>

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to<00:18:31.920><c> the,</c><00:18:32.819><c> you</c><00:18:33.059><c> know,</c><00:18:34.059><c> I</c><00:18:34.279><c> mean,</c><00:18:34.380><c> look</c><00:18:34.559><c> at</c><00:18:34.680><c> the</c><00:18:34.839><c> buildings.</c>

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The<00:18:36.059><c> widow's</c><00:18:36.440><c> mite.</c>

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Look<00:18:37.599><c> at</c><00:18:37.740><c> the</c><00:18:37.940><c> temple.</c>

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This<00:18:39.680><c> man</c><00:18:39.900><c> had</c><00:18:40.099><c> a</c><00:18:40.240><c> lot</c><00:18:40.359><c> to</c><00:18:40.559><c> do</c><00:18:40.640><c> with</c><00:18:40.859><c> that.</c>

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He<00:18:41.759><c> gave</c><00:18:42.160><c> of</c><00:18:42.299><c> his</c><00:18:42.519><c> money.</c>

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But<00:18:45.579><c> Jesus</c><00:18:46.079><c> knew</c><00:18:46.380><c> that</c><00:18:46.599><c> when</c><00:18:46.819><c> push</c><00:18:47.039><c> came</c><00:18:47.400><c> to</c><00:18:47.680><c> shove,</c>

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where<00:18:48.980><c> this</c><00:18:49.240><c> man</c><00:18:49.400><c> really</c><00:18:49.819><c> stood.</c>

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Not<00:18:52.240><c> only</c><00:18:52.559><c> did</c><00:18:52.740><c> he</c><00:18:52.839><c> think</c><00:18:53.019><c> he</c><00:18:53.140><c> could</c><00:18:53.339><c> earn</c><00:18:53.519><c> his</c><00:18:53.779><c> way</c><00:18:53.920><c> to</c><00:18:54.180><c> eternal</c><00:18:54.420><c> life,</c>

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but<00:18:54.859><c> Jesus</c><00:18:55.259><c> knew</c><00:18:55.519><c> where</c><00:18:55.740><c> his</c><00:18:55.980><c> heart</c><00:18:56.240><c> was</c><00:18:56.579><c> also.</c>

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He<00:18:59.279><c> had</c><00:18:59.519><c> great</c><00:18:59.880><c> earthly</c><00:19:00.220><c> possessions</c><00:19:00.819><c> that</c><00:19:01.200><c> possessed</c><00:19:01.579><c> his</c><00:19:01.920><c> heart.</c>

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And<00:19:04.119><c> these</c><00:19:04.339><c> things</c><00:19:04.559><c> were</c><00:19:04.819><c> keeping</c><00:19:05.039><c> him</c>

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from<00:19:05.599><c> giving</c><00:19:06.200><c> 100</c><00:19:07.079><c>%</c><00:19:07.779><c> effort</c><00:19:08.079><c> to</c><00:19:08.299><c> God.</c>

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One<00:19:12.519><c> of</c><00:19:12.680><c> my</c><00:19:12.920><c> favorite</c><00:19:13.299><c> movies</c><00:19:13.680><c> of</c><00:19:13.880><c> all</c><00:19:14.160><c> time</c><00:19:14.359><c> is</c><00:19:14.559><c> the</c><00:19:14.700><c> movie</c><00:19:14.920><c> Miracle,</c>

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and<00:19:15.539><c> maybe</c><00:19:15.740><c> many</c><00:19:16.019><c> of</c><00:19:16.180><c> you</c><00:19:16.299><c> have</c><00:19:16.460><c> watched</c><00:19:16.720><c> that.</c>

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I<00:19:17.559><c> see</c><00:19:17.779><c> Jim</c><00:19:18.059><c> smiling</c><00:19:18.480><c> because</c><00:19:18.660><c> it's</c><00:19:18.920><c> about</c><00:19:19.079><c> hockey,</c><00:19:20.460><c> so.</c>

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If<00:19:21.619><c> you</c><00:19:21.900><c> haven't,</c><00:19:22.980><c> and</c><00:19:23.359><c> you</c><00:19:23.539><c> do</c><00:19:23.819><c> like</c><00:19:24.019><c> a</c><00:19:24.220><c> good</c><00:19:24.420><c> sports</c><00:19:24.740><c> movie,</c>

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it's<00:19:25.819><c> about</c><00:19:26.059><c> the</c><00:19:26.240><c> 1980</c><00:19:26.779><c> Olympic</c><00:19:27.240><c> hockey</c><00:19:27.559><c> team,</c>

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and<00:19:28.220><c> it's</c><00:19:28.359><c> a</c><00:19:28.480><c> really</c><00:19:28.660><c> good</c><00:19:28.839><c> movie.</c>

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The<00:19:31.140><c> US</c><00:19:31.420><c> team</c><00:19:31.740><c> that</c><00:19:32.019><c> year,</c><00:19:32.259><c> if</c><00:19:32.420><c> you</c><00:19:32.559><c> don't</c><00:19:32.839><c> remember,</c>

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and<00:19:33.460><c> it's</c><00:19:33.680><c> hard</c><00:19:33.839><c> to</c><00:19:34.059><c> believe</c><00:19:34.220><c> that</c><00:19:34.480><c> the</c><00:19:34.660><c> eight,</c>

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that<00:19:35.079><c> was</c><00:19:35.380><c> 34</c><00:19:36.099><c> years</c><00:19:36.500><c> ago,</c><00:19:38.220><c> wow,</c>

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seems<00:19:38.839><c> like</c><00:19:39.119><c> yesterday</c><00:19:39.480><c> to</c><00:19:39.700><c> me,</c>

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but<00:19:40.559><c> many</c><00:19:41.039><c> of</c><00:19:41.259><c> you</c><00:19:41.420><c> here</c><00:19:41.759><c> probably</c><00:19:42.140><c> don't</c><00:19:42.440><c> remember</c><00:19:42.799><c> it</c>

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or<00:19:43.059><c> didn't</c><00:19:43.319><c> see</c><00:19:43.559><c> it.</c>

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But<00:19:45.420><c> the</c><00:19:45.700><c> US</c><00:19:45.960><c> team</c><00:19:46.180><c> was</c><00:19:46.400><c> made</c><00:19:46.619><c> up</c><00:19:46.759><c> of</c><00:19:46.940><c> a</c><00:19:47.059><c> bunch</c><00:19:47.220><c> of</c><00:19:47.539><c> college</c><00:19:47.779><c> players</c>

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who<00:19:48.980><c> were</c><00:19:49.240><c> thrown</c><00:19:49.380><c> together</c><00:19:49.799><c> at</c><00:19:50.000><c> the</c><00:19:50.160><c> last</c><00:19:50.400><c> minute</c>

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while<00:19:51.079><c> the</c><00:19:51.299><c> Soviet</c><00:19:51.680><c> team</c><00:19:51.980><c> had</c><00:19:52.259><c> these</c><00:19:52.740><c> big,</c><00:19:53.359><c> bruising</c><00:19:54.180><c> guys</c>

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that<00:19:54.839><c> had</c><00:19:54.960><c> been</c><00:19:55.240><c> playing</c><00:19:55.359><c> together</c><00:19:55.779><c> for</c><00:19:56.059><c> years,</c>

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and<00:19:57.160><c> they</c><00:19:57.339><c> hadn't</c><00:19:57.619><c> lost,</c><00:19:58.099><c> and</c><00:19:58.359><c> I</c><00:19:58.559><c> forget</c><00:19:58.819><c> what</c><00:19:59.019><c> it</c><00:19:59.180><c> was,</c>

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80,<00:19:59.720><c> 90</c><00:20:00.119><c> games.</c>

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They<00:20:01.160><c> were</c><00:20:01.319><c> just</c><00:20:01.539><c> that</c><00:20:01.880><c> good,</c>

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and<00:20:02.559><c> they</c><00:20:02.680><c> were</c><00:20:02.940><c> favored</c><00:20:03.160><c> to</c><00:20:03.380><c> win</c><00:20:03.519><c> the</c><00:20:03.720><c> gold,</c>

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and<00:20:04.660><c> the</c><00:20:04.839><c> US</c><00:20:05.119><c> team</c><00:20:05.359><c> was</c><00:20:05.619><c> favored</c><00:20:05.940><c> to</c><00:20:06.640><c> maybe</c><00:20:07.180><c> make</c><00:20:07.420><c> it</c>

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to<00:20:07.660><c> the</c><00:20:07.759><c> medal</c><00:20:08.000><c> round,</c><00:20:08.220><c> but</c><00:20:08.420><c> probably</c><00:20:08.819><c> not.</c>

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I<00:20:09.720><c> mean,</c><00:20:09.839><c> they</c><00:20:10.079><c> just</c><00:20:10.299><c> weren't</c><00:20:10.420><c> gonna</c><00:20:10.599><c> be</c><00:20:10.759><c> very</c><00:20:11.039><c> good.</c>

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So<00:20:11.839><c> there</c><00:20:11.980><c> were</c><00:20:12.099><c> no</c><00:20:12.319><c> expectations.</c>

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They<00:20:15.759><c> played</c><00:20:15.980><c> in</c><00:20:16.259><c> a</c><00:20:16.480><c> exhibition</c><00:20:16.940><c> game</c><00:20:17.279><c> before</c><00:20:17.599><c> the</c><00:20:17.839><c> Olympics,</c>

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and<00:20:20.400><c> the</c><00:20:20.579><c> Soviet</c><00:20:20.880><c> Union</c><00:20:21.180><c> beat</c><00:20:21.400><c> the</c><00:20:21.640><c> United</c><00:20:21.859><c> States</c><00:20:22.099><c> 10</c><00:20:22.299><c> to</c><00:20:22.519><c> three.</c>

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And<00:20:24.500><c> after</c><00:20:24.759><c> the</c><00:20:25.000><c> game,</c><00:20:25.519><c> one</c><00:20:25.660><c> of</c><00:20:25.779><c> my</c><00:20:25.980><c> favorite</c><00:20:26.299><c> scenes</c><00:20:26.599><c> in</c><00:20:26.740><c> the</c><00:20:26.900><c> movie,</c>

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Coach<00:20:28.740><c> Herb</c><00:20:29.059><c> Brooks</c><00:20:29.240><c> goes</c><00:20:29.519><c> up</c><00:20:29.759><c> to</c><00:20:29.859><c> his</c><00:20:30.079><c> goalie,</c><00:20:30.400><c> Jim</c><00:20:30.640><c> Craig,</c>

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and<00:20:32.440><c> from</c><00:20:32.619><c> Easton,</c><00:20:33.200><c> local</c><00:20:33.460><c> guy,</c>

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and<00:20:34.940><c> he</c><00:20:35.019><c> says,</c><00:20:35.160><c> Jim,</c><00:20:35.400><c> I'm</c><00:20:35.640><c> thinking</c><00:20:35.839><c> of</c><00:20:36.059><c> taking</c><00:20:36.220><c> you</c><00:20:36.420><c> out</c><00:20:36.500><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:36.759><c> net.</c>

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Janie,<00:20:40.099><c> who</c><00:20:40.099><c> was</c><00:20:40.299><c> the</c><00:20:40.480><c> backup</c><00:20:40.799><c> goalie,</c><00:20:41.680><c> needs</c><00:20:42.160><c> some</c><00:20:42.460><c> work.</c>

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Jim<00:20:44.500><c> Craig</c><00:20:44.819><c> lost</c><00:20:45.380><c> it.</c>

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What<00:20:46.839><c> do</c><00:20:47.039><c> you</c><00:20:47.039><c> mean</c><00:20:47.240><c> you're</c><00:20:47.500><c> taking</c><00:20:47.680><c> me</c><00:20:47.920><c> out</c><00:20:48.059><c> of</c><00:20:48.160><c> the</c><00:20:48.319><c> net?</c>

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That's<00:20:48.839><c> my</c><00:20:49.079><c> net.</c>

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You<00:20:50.240><c> don't</c><00:20:50.420><c> take</c><00:20:50.640><c> me</c><00:20:50.859><c> out</c><00:20:50.980><c> of</c><00:20:51.079><c> my</c><00:20:51.299><c> net.</c>

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Coach<00:20:53.640><c> Brooks,</c><00:20:53.880><c> one</c><00:20:54.059><c> of</c><00:20:54.160><c> my</c><00:20:54.319><c> favorite</c><00:20:54.660><c> lines</c><00:20:55.059><c> in</c><00:20:55.299><c> the</c><00:20:55.460><c> movie.</c>

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Jim,<00:20:57.440><c> they</c><00:20:57.740><c> just</c><00:20:58.039><c> scored</c><00:20:58.319><c> 10</c><00:20:58.680><c> goals.</c>

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It's<00:21:00.000><c> everybody's</c><00:21:00.579><c> net</c><00:21:00.660><c> right</c><00:21:00.940><c> now.</c>

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I<00:21:02.759><c> mean,</c><00:21:03.599><c> knocking</c><00:21:03.880><c> a</c><00:21:04.079><c> guy</c><00:21:04.279><c> down.</c>

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So<00:21:05.859><c> Jim</c><00:21:06.200><c> Craig</c><00:21:06.440><c> responds,</c><00:21:07.019><c> what</c><00:21:07.160><c> do</c><00:21:07.359><c> you</c><00:21:07.579><c> expect</c><00:21:08.039><c> from</c><00:21:08.220><c> me?</c>

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What<00:21:08.500><c> do</c><00:21:08.799><c> you</c><00:21:08.839><c> want</c><00:21:09.019><c> from</c><00:21:09.220><c> me?</c>

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I'm<00:21:09.700><c> giving</c><00:21:09.859><c> you</c><00:21:10.160><c> everything</c><00:21:10.460><c> I've</c><00:21:10.799><c> got.</c>

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But<00:21:13.240><c> Coach</c><00:21:13.460><c> Brooks</c><00:21:13.660><c> didn't</c><00:21:13.920><c> think</c><00:21:14.119><c> he</c><00:21:14.400><c> was,</c>

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and<00:21:15.180><c> his</c><00:21:15.359><c> response</c><00:21:15.759><c> was,</c><00:21:16.460><c> Jim,</c>

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I<00:21:18.059><c> don't</c><00:21:18.279><c> think</c><00:21:18.480><c> you're</c><00:21:18.680><c> giving</c><00:21:18.859><c> me</c><00:21:19.099><c> 100%.</c>

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I<00:21:19.859><c> think</c><00:21:20.079><c> there's</c><00:21:20.359><c> a</c><00:21:20.500><c> lot,</c><00:21:20.599><c> and</c><00:21:20.839><c> I</c><00:21:20.920><c> won't</c><00:21:21.079><c> say</c><00:21:21.279><c> the</c><00:21:21.420><c> words</c><00:21:21.559><c> he</c><00:21:21.819><c> used,</c>

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but<00:21:22.519><c> I</c><00:21:22.799><c> think</c><00:21:22.980><c> there's</c><00:21:23.220><c> a</c><00:21:23.299><c> lot</c><00:21:23.480><c> more</c><00:21:23.779><c> inside</c><00:21:24.160><c> of</c><00:21:24.339><c> you</c>

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My<00:23:05.559><c> wiser</c><00:23:06.119><c> companion</c><00:23:06.740><c> approached</c><00:23:07.220><c> this</c><00:23:07.740><c> man</c>

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Now<00:23:24.180><c> Lord</c><00:23:24.420><c> Jesus</c><00:23:24.799><c> doesn't</c><00:23:25.079><c> do</c><00:23:25.339><c> that</c>

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We<00:25:04.960><c> all</c><00:25:05.400><c> have</c><00:25:05.759><c> things</c><00:25:06.140><c> in</c><00:25:06.339><c> our</c><00:25:06.579><c> lives</c>

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that<00:25:07.319><c> are</c><00:25:08.920><c> maybe</c><00:25:09.480><c> holding</c><00:25:09.740><c> us</c><00:25:10.019><c> back</c><00:25:10.220><c> a</c><00:25:10.359><c> little</c><00:25:10.559><c> bit</c>

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from<00:25:20.420><c> not</c><00:25:20.660><c> doing</c><00:25:20.859><c> something</c><00:25:21.420><c> or</c><00:25:22.220><c> when</c><00:25:22.420><c> they're</c><00:25:23.259><c> real</c>

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and<00:25:24.099><c> they're</c><00:25:25.039><c> really</c><00:25:25.200><c> something</c><00:25:25.700><c> you</c><00:25:25.940><c> have</c><00:25:26.240><c> to</c><00:25:26.500><c> do</c>

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that's<00:25:27.460><c> keeping</c><00:25:27.700><c> you</c><00:25:27.960><c> away.</c>

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Hopefully<00:25:29.440><c> I'm</c><00:25:29.859><c> making</c><00:25:30.180><c> that,</c>

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because<00:25:31.339><c> I</c><00:25:31.519><c> have</c><00:25:31.640><c> that</c><00:25:31.880><c> issue</c><00:25:32.140><c> in</c><00:25:32.299><c> my</c><00:25:32.579><c> mind</c><00:25:33.019><c> quite</c><00:25:33.359><c> often.</c>

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Is<00:25:34.619><c> it</c><00:25:34.880><c> really</c><00:25:35.359><c> something</c><00:25:35.720><c> that</c><00:25:35.920><c> I</c><00:25:36.079><c> can't</c><00:25:36.480><c> rearrange</c>

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so<00:25:37.220><c> I</c><00:25:37.299><c> can</c><00:25:37.500><c> do</c><00:25:37.720><c> this</c><00:25:38.119><c> service</c><00:25:38.539><c> for</c><00:25:38.779><c> the</c><00:25:38.920><c> Ecclesia</c>

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or<00:25:40.240><c> is</c><00:25:40.480><c> it</c><00:25:41.180><c> an</c><00:25:41.420><c> excuse</c><00:25:41.900><c> not</c><00:25:42.279><c> to</c><00:25:42.480><c> do</c><00:25:42.619><c> something?</c>

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If<00:25:46.279><c> we</c><00:25:46.460><c> were</c><00:25:46.579><c> to</c><00:25:46.740><c> read</c><00:25:46.880><c> in</c><00:25:47.019><c> Luke</c><00:25:47.220><c> 22</c><00:25:47.980><c> today,</c><00:25:48.500><c> and</c><00:25:48.700><c> we</c><00:25:48.880><c> won't,</c>

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but<00:25:50.019><c> look</c><00:25:50.180><c> this</c><00:25:50.400><c> up,</c><00:25:50.559><c> I</c><00:25:50.700><c> found</c><00:25:50.900><c> this</c><00:25:51.160><c> interesting.</c>

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I<00:25:51.819><c> mentioned</c><00:25:52.119><c> it</c><00:25:52.319><c> at</c><00:25:52.900><c> a</c><00:25:53.039><c> men's</c><00:25:53.500><c> class</c><00:25:53.640><c> the</c><00:25:53.799><c> other</c><00:25:53.960><c> night.</c>

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And<00:25:55.480><c> these</c><00:25:55.660><c> words</c><00:25:55.900><c> never</c><00:25:56.220><c> crossed</c><00:25:56.559><c> my</c><00:25:56.920><c> mind</c>

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as<00:25:58.099><c> just</c><00:25:58.740><c> before</c><00:25:59.220><c> Peter</c><00:25:59.579><c> denies</c><00:26:00.059><c> Christ,</c>

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Christ<00:26:01.039><c> tells</c><00:26:01.339><c> him</c><00:26:01.599><c> in</c><00:26:01.779><c> Luke</c><00:26:02.019><c> 22</c><00:26:02.519><c> verse</c><00:26:02.819><c> 31,</c>

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when<00:26:05.140><c> thou</c><00:26:05.519><c> art</c><00:26:05.779><c> converted,</c><00:26:08.220><c> strengthen</c><00:26:08.500><c> thy</c><00:26:08.799><c> brethren.</c>

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Jesus<00:26:13.720><c> telling</c><00:26:14.160><c> Peter</c><00:26:14.480><c> he</c><00:26:14.680><c> wasn't</c><00:26:15.019><c> converted</c><00:26:15.480><c> yet.</c>

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I<00:26:19.340><c> never</c><00:26:19.900><c> put</c><00:26:20.099><c> that</c><00:26:20.420><c> together.</c>

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You<00:26:22.380><c> know,</c><00:26:22.519><c> you</c><00:26:22.519><c> read</c><00:26:22.660><c> these</c><00:26:22.920><c> lines</c><00:26:23.200><c> over</c><00:26:23.599><c> and</c><00:26:24.339><c> to</c><00:26:25.119><c> me,</c>

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Peter<00:26:26.940><c> was</c><00:26:27.259><c> converted</c><00:26:27.660><c> by</c><00:26:27.940><c> then,</c><00:26:29.299><c> but</c><00:26:29.559><c> not</c><00:26:29.779><c> to</c><00:26:30.019><c> Christ,</c>

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not<00:26:31.819><c> to</c><00:26:32.079><c> Christ,</c><00:26:32.599><c> and</c><00:26:32.859><c> Peter's</c><00:26:33.400><c> actions</c><00:26:33.660><c> as</c><00:26:33.920><c> we</c><00:26:34.099><c> all</c><00:26:34.220><c> know,</c>

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we<00:26:34.480><c> won't</c><00:26:34.640><c> look</c><00:26:34.839><c> it</c><00:26:34.980><c> up,</c><00:26:35.680><c> but</c><00:26:35.759><c> we</c><00:26:35.980><c> know</c><00:26:36.099><c> that</c><00:26:36.319><c> Christ</c><00:26:36.519><c> was</c><00:26:36.740><c> right.</c>

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Peter<00:26:38.880><c> wasn't</c><00:26:39.319><c> truly</c><00:26:39.720><c> converted</c><00:26:40.200><c> yet.</c>

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And<00:26:42.440><c> I</c><00:26:42.559><c> always</c><00:26:42.759><c> go</c><00:26:43.000><c> back</c><00:26:43.259><c> to</c><00:26:43.420><c> Isaiah</c><00:26:43.660><c> 55,</c>

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my<00:26:44.779><c> thoughts</c><00:26:45.140><c> are</c><00:26:45.400><c> higher</c><00:26:45.640><c> than</c><00:26:45.779><c> your</c><00:26:46.059><c> thoughts.</c>

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Ralph<00:26:50.079><c> Waldo</c><00:26:50.519><c> Emerson</c><00:26:50.880><c> once</c><00:26:51.240><c> said,</c>

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we<00:26:53.359><c> become</c><00:26:53.779><c> what</c><00:26:53.980><c> we</c><00:26:54.240><c> think</c><00:26:54.440><c> about</c><00:26:54.720><c> all</c><00:26:54.980><c> day</c><00:26:55.180><c> long.</c>

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x
And<00:26:57.920><c> when</c><00:26:58.099><c> Jesus</c><00:26:58.480><c> tells</c><00:26:58.839><c> the</c><00:26:59.039><c> young</c><00:26:59.259><c> man</c><00:26:59.440><c> to</c><00:26:59.720><c> sell</c><00:26:59.859><c> all</c><00:27:00.119><c> that</c>

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he<00:27:00.480><c> has</c>

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and<00:27:00.940><c> distribute</c><00:27:01.380><c> to</c><00:27:01.559><c> the</c><00:27:01.759><c> poor</c><00:27:01.920><c> and</c><00:27:02.180><c> follow</c><00:27:02.440><c> him,</c>

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I<00:27:03.279><c> think</c><00:27:03.480><c> Jesus</c><00:27:03.920><c> was</c><00:27:04.200><c> thinking</c><00:27:04.500><c> like</c><00:27:05.019><c> Emerson,</c>

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or<00:27:06.680><c> Emerson</c><00:27:06.980><c> was</c><00:27:07.220><c> thinking</c><00:27:07.460><c> like</c><00:27:07.740><c> Jesus.</c>

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We<00:27:09.539><c> become</c><00:27:09.940><c> what</c><00:27:10.119><c> we</c><00:27:10.400><c> think</c><00:27:10.579><c> about</c><00:27:10.880><c> all</c><00:27:11.119><c> day</c><00:27:11.319><c> long.</c>

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x
And<00:27:13.519><c> if</c><00:27:13.759><c> we</c><00:27:13.980><c> read</c><00:27:14.740><c> all</c><00:27:16.420><c> of</c><00:27:16.619><c> Jesus's</c><00:27:17.720><c> words,</c>

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he<00:27:20.140><c> doesn't</c><00:27:20.420><c> make</c><00:27:20.660><c> it</c><00:27:20.779><c> a</c><00:27:20.940><c> practice</c><00:27:21.200><c> to</c><00:27:21.519><c> tell</c><00:27:21.680><c> everybody</c>

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to<00:27:22.440><c> sell</c><00:27:22.619><c> everything</c><00:27:22.980><c> you</c><00:27:23.259><c> have</c><00:27:23.500><c> and</c><00:27:23.680><c> come</c><00:27:23.920><c> follow</c><00:27:24.180><c> me,</c><00:27:24.559><c> does</c><00:27:24.599><c> he?</c>

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I<00:27:25.660><c> don't</c><00:27:25.819><c> think</c><00:27:25.940><c> he</c><00:27:26.099><c> does.</c>

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x
But<00:27:28.000><c> this</c><00:27:28.299><c> young</c><00:27:28.500><c> man</c><00:27:28.700><c> was</c><00:27:28.940><c> different.</c>

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Jesus<00:27:31.460><c> knew</c><00:27:31.980><c> that</c><00:27:32.960><c> this</c><00:27:33.220><c> man's</c><00:27:33.640><c> wealth</c>

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was<00:27:34.019><c> like</c><00:27:34.240><c> an</c><00:27:34.460><c> illness</c><00:27:34.720><c> inside</c><00:27:35.140><c> of</c><00:27:35.339><c> him.</c>

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This<00:27:36.720><c> man,</c><00:27:36.960><c> you</c><00:27:37.160><c> remember,</c><00:27:37.380><c> wanted</c><00:27:37.579><c> to</c><00:27:37.759><c> be</c><00:27:38.019><c> perfect,</c><00:27:38.440><c> right?</c>

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This<00:27:39.299><c> rich</c><00:27:39.799><c> young</c><00:27:40.019><c> ruler,</c><00:27:40.259><c> he</c><00:27:40.420><c> wanted</c><00:27:40.660><c> to</c><00:27:40.819><c> be</c><00:27:41.000><c> perfect.</c>

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And<00:27:42.380><c> the</c><00:27:42.519><c> only</c><00:27:42.759><c> way</c><00:27:42.920><c> to</c><00:27:43.079><c> do</c><00:27:43.240><c> that</c><00:27:43.480><c> was</c><00:27:43.759><c> to</c><00:27:44.140><c> eliminate</c>

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that<00:27:46.539><c> illness</c><00:27:46.900><c> that</c><00:27:47.099><c> was</c><00:27:47.359><c> keeping</c><00:27:47.599><c> him</c><00:27:48.019><c> from</c><00:27:48.240><c> being</c><00:27:48.539><c> perfect.</c>

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x
So<00:27:49.880><c> he</c><00:27:50.039><c> tells</c><00:27:50.319><c> him</c><00:27:50.500><c> to</c><00:27:50.779><c> sell</c><00:27:50.960><c> all,</c>

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and<00:27:53.259><c> the</c><00:27:53.339><c> young</c><00:27:53.539><c> man</c><00:27:54.700><c> walks</c><00:27:55.119><c> away.</c>

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It<00:27:56.799><c> was</c><00:27:56.980><c> too</c><00:27:57.200><c> much</c><00:27:57.380><c> for</c><00:27:57.500><c> him</c><00:27:57.680><c> to</c><00:27:57.900><c> bear.</c>

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Jesus<00:28:00.799><c> has</c><00:28:01.119><c> demonstrated</c><00:28:01.680><c> to</c><00:28:01.880><c> his</c><00:28:02.099><c> disciples</c><00:28:02.539><c> and</c><00:28:02.740><c> to</c><00:28:02.900><c> us</c>

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that<00:28:03.259><c> no</c><00:28:03.480><c> matter</c><00:28:04.140><c> how</c><00:28:05.119><c> we</c><00:28:05.440><c> perceive</c><00:28:05.839><c> ourselves,</c>

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or<00:28:08.980><c> how</c><00:28:09.579><c> you</c><00:28:10.400><c> all</c><00:28:10.640><c> perceive</c><00:28:11.000><c> me,</c>

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or<00:28:11.859><c> how</c><00:28:12.140><c> we</c><00:28:12.359><c> all</c><00:28:12.559><c> perceive</c><00:28:12.900><c> Jim,</c><00:28:14.380><c> or</c><00:28:15.059><c> any</c><00:28:15.380><c> of</c><00:28:15.599><c> that,</c>

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that's<00:28:16.740><c> not</c><00:28:16.980><c> important.</c>

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It's<00:28:17.799><c> how</c><00:28:18.420><c> Jesus</c><00:28:18.880><c> and</c><00:28:19.039><c> his</c><00:28:19.220><c> father</c><00:28:19.519><c> perceive</c><00:28:19.900><c> us.</c>

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So<00:28:22.059><c> another</c><00:28:22.359><c> part,</c><00:28:23.160><c> brothers</c><00:28:23.200><c> and</c><00:28:23.500><c> sisters,</c>

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is<00:28:24.680><c> having</c><00:28:24.980><c> a</c><00:28:25.180><c> Christ</c><00:28:25.440><c>-like</c><00:28:25.640><c> mind</c><00:28:25.980><c> is</c><00:28:26.180><c> to</c><00:28:26.339><c> let</c><00:28:26.519><c> go</c>

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of<00:28:26.980><c> those</c><00:28:27.220><c> things</c><00:28:27.500><c> within</c><00:28:27.779><c> us</c><00:28:28.839><c> that</c><00:28:29.579><c> separate</c><00:28:29.980><c> us</c>

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from<00:28:30.500><c> being</c><00:28:31.220><c> more</c><00:28:32.059><c> faithful</c><00:28:32.460><c> in</c><00:28:32.799><c> our</c><00:28:33.039><c> walk.</c>

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x
And<00:28:36.259><c> you</c><00:28:36.859><c> can</c><00:28:37.119><c> probably</c><00:28:37.400><c> guess</c><00:28:37.880><c> by</c><00:28:38.380><c> some</c><00:28:38.640><c> of</c><00:28:38.839><c> my</c><00:28:39.140><c> examples</c><00:28:39.599><c> today</c>

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what<00:28:40.299><c> one</c><00:28:40.539><c> of</c><00:28:40.700><c> mine</c><00:28:40.900><c> might</c><00:28:41.119><c> be.</c>

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If<00:28:42.759><c> you're</c><00:28:43.099><c> still</c><00:28:43.400><c> awake</c><00:28:43.779><c> and</c><00:28:44.000><c> you</c><00:28:44.180><c> paid</c><00:28:44.279><c> attention,</c>

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most<00:28:46.099><c> of</c><00:28:46.440><c> my</c><00:28:47.940><c> out</c><00:28:48.099><c> of</c><00:28:48.259><c> scripture</c><00:28:48.539><c> examples</c><00:28:49.160><c> were</c><00:28:49.480><c> about</c><00:28:50.619><c> sports.</c>

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And<00:28:53.259><c> I'm</c><00:28:53.519><c> here</c><00:28:53.700><c> to</c><00:28:53.900><c> tell</c><00:28:54.059><c> you</c><00:28:54.220><c> that</c><00:28:54.400><c> is</c><00:28:54.680><c> one</c><00:28:54.859><c> of</c><00:28:57.059><c> my</c><00:28:57.339><c> illnesses.</c>

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x
Now<00:28:59.140><c> I'm</c><00:28:59.279><c> not</c><00:28:59.579><c> telling</c><00:28:59.859><c> everyone,</c>

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x
I<00:29:00.420><c> know</c><00:29:01.039><c> a</c><00:29:01.440><c> lot</c><00:29:01.640><c> of</c><00:29:01.779><c> you</c><00:29:01.839><c> like</c><00:29:02.079><c> sports,</c>

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and<00:29:03.099><c> there's</c><00:29:03.359><c> nothing</c><00:29:03.579><c> wrong</c><00:29:03.900><c> with</c><00:29:04.059><c> watching</c><00:29:04.359><c> sports.</c>

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I'm<00:29:05.180><c> not</c><00:29:05.400><c> saying</c><00:29:05.619><c> that.</c>

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x
But<00:29:06.660><c> when</c><00:29:06.880><c> it</c><00:29:07.180><c> interferes</c><00:29:09.339><c> with</c><00:29:09.720><c> our</c><00:29:10.559><c> God</c><00:29:10.880><c> time,</c>

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x
our<00:29:12.539><c> spiritual</c><00:29:13.059><c> time,</c><00:29:13.680><c> our</c><00:29:13.900><c> spiritual</c><00:29:14.440><c> work,</c>

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then<00:29:15.319><c> it's</c><00:29:15.579><c> a</c><00:29:15.720><c> problem.</c>

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And<00:29:17.099><c> it's</c><00:29:17.259><c> one</c><00:29:17.440><c> that</c><00:29:17.720><c> I</c><00:29:17.940><c> know,</c><00:29:18.440><c> brothers,</c>

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I've<00:29:18.940><c> been</c><00:29:19.099><c> introduced</c><00:29:19.400><c> to</c><00:29:19.579><c> brothers</c><00:29:19.759><c> from</c><00:29:19.960><c> Brother</c><00:29:20.160><c> Jim</c>

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that<00:29:20.539><c> get</c><00:29:20.660><c> rid</c><00:29:20.839><c> of</c><00:29:20.960><c> their</c><00:29:21.160><c> TVs</c>

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I'm<00:29:25.420><c> not</c><00:29:25.619><c> saying</c><00:29:25.799><c> you</c><00:29:25.920><c> need</c><00:29:26.099><c> to</c><00:29:26.220><c> do</c><00:29:26.380><c> that.</c>

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That's<00:29:26.839><c> your</c><00:29:27.019><c> decision</c><00:29:27.460><c> to</c><00:29:27.700><c> make.</c>

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But<00:29:28.480><c> we</c><00:29:28.759><c> need</c><00:29:28.960><c> to</c><00:29:29.119><c> be</c><00:29:29.319><c> aware</c><00:29:29.539><c> of</c><00:29:29.759><c> these</c><00:29:30.039><c> things.</c>

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that<00:29:34.339><c> keep</c><00:29:34.519><c> us</c><00:29:35.119><c> from</c><00:29:35.440><c> that</c><00:29:35.700><c> 100</c><00:29:36.099><c>%</c><00:29:36.559><c> effort</c><00:29:36.799><c> in</c><00:29:37.059><c> our</c><00:29:37.299><c> service.</c>

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But<00:29:38.700><c> you</c><00:29:38.900><c> may</c><00:29:39.180><c> feel</c><00:29:39.660><c> that</c><00:29:40.259><c> you</c><00:29:40.440><c> need</c><00:29:40.640><c> to</c><00:29:41.059><c> remove</c><00:29:41.299><c> it</c><00:29:41.579><c> 100%.</c>

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That's<00:29:44.259><c> your</c><00:29:44.400><c> call.</c>

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I<00:29:44.859><c> can't</c><00:29:45.140><c> make</c><00:29:45.259><c> that</c><00:29:45.539><c> call</c><00:29:45.700><c> for</c><00:29:45.900><c> you.</c>

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It's<00:29:49.000><c> the</c><00:29:49.160><c> eye</c><00:29:49.440><c>-centric</c><00:29:49.759><c> we</c><00:29:50.000><c> need</c><00:29:50.160><c> to</c><00:29:50.359><c> work</c><00:29:50.500><c> on.</c>

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We<00:29:50.759><c> need</c><00:29:50.940><c> to</c><00:29:51.079><c> get</c><00:29:51.200><c> rid</c><00:29:51.339><c> of</c><00:29:51.500><c> it.</c>

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And<00:29:55.000><c> what</c><00:29:55.519><c> a</c><00:29:55.799><c> great,</c>

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I<00:29:57.380><c> mean,</c><00:29:57.519><c> think</c><00:29:57.740><c> of</c><00:29:57.880><c> the</c><00:29:58.079><c> times</c><00:29:58.279><c> when</c><00:29:58.460><c> Jesus</c><00:29:58.779><c> was</c><00:29:59.039><c> tempted.</c>

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If<00:29:59.500><c> anyone</c><00:29:59.779><c> had</c><00:30:00.140><c> any</c><00:30:01.420><c> reason</c><00:30:01.799><c> to</c><00:30:01.960><c> be</c><00:30:02.140><c> eye</c><00:30:02.380><c>-centric,</c>

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it<00:30:02.799><c> was</c><00:30:03.000><c> Jesus,</c><00:30:03.599><c> the</c><00:30:03.839><c> Son</c><00:30:04.000><c> of</c><00:30:04.220><c> God,</c>

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all<00:30:05.599><c> that</c><00:30:05.819><c> power</c><00:30:06.559><c> that</c><00:30:07.619><c> he</c><00:30:07.819><c> had.</c>

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And<00:30:09.579><c> he</c><00:30:09.700><c> was</c><00:30:09.940><c> able,</c><00:30:10.359><c> those</c><00:30:10.599><c> times</c><00:30:11.000><c> when</c><00:30:11.220><c> the</c><00:30:11.579><c> inner,</c>

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I<00:30:12.720><c> call</c><00:30:12.859><c> it</c><00:30:12.980><c> the</c><00:30:13.119><c> inner</c><00:30:13.319><c> voice,</c>

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told<00:30:16.440><c> him,</c>

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you<00:30:18.359><c> can</c><00:30:18.720><c> take</c><00:30:19.019><c> these</c><00:30:19.339><c> kingdoms</c><00:30:19.660><c> right</c><00:30:19.980><c> now,</c><00:30:20.319><c> Jesus.</c>

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You<00:30:21.420><c> can</c><00:30:21.640><c> do</c><00:30:21.920><c> that.</c>

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The<00:30:25.019><c> Father's</c><00:30:25.420><c> ways</c><00:30:25.559><c> are</c><00:30:25.819><c> higher</c><00:30:26.019><c> than</c><00:30:26.160><c> my</c><00:30:26.480><c> ways,</c><00:30:26.920><c> Isaiah</c><00:30:27.220><c> 55.</c>

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And<00:30:29.079><c> he</c><00:30:29.380><c> squashed</c><00:30:29.779><c> it.</c>

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That's<00:30:32.000><c> what</c><00:30:32.119><c> we</c><00:30:32.339><c> need</c><00:30:32.460><c> to</c><00:30:32.619><c> do</c><00:30:32.740><c> as</c><00:30:32.960><c> well.</c>

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We<00:30:33.599><c> need</c><00:30:33.819><c> to</c><00:30:34.119><c> squash</c><00:30:34.400><c> that</c><00:30:34.759><c> inner</c><00:30:34.980><c> voice</c>

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that<00:30:36.359><c> keeps</c><00:30:36.579><c> us</c><00:30:36.859><c> from</c><00:30:37.200><c> serving</c><00:30:37.920><c> our</c><00:30:38.880><c> Father.</c>

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Our<00:30:40.920><c> transformation,</c><00:30:41.720><c> brothers</c><00:30:41.799><c> and</c><00:30:42.059><c> sisters,</c>

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and<00:30:42.440><c> we</c><00:30:42.599><c> all</c><00:30:42.819><c> know</c><00:30:43.019><c> this,</c><00:30:43.319><c> is</c><00:30:43.460><c> entirely</c><00:30:44.019><c> the</c><00:30:44.960><c> work</c><00:30:45.380><c> of</c><00:30:45.700><c> God.</c>

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If<00:30:47.839><c> we</c><00:30:47.980><c> go</c><00:30:48.180><c> back</c><00:30:48.420><c> to</c><00:30:48.660><c> Philippians</c><00:30:49.279><c> 2,</c><00:30:49.859><c> verse</c><00:30:50.200><c> 13,</c>

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we<00:30:52.539><c> read,</c><00:30:52.859><c> it</c><00:30:52.859><c> is</c><00:30:53.099><c> God</c><00:30:53.480><c> which</c><00:30:53.900><c> worketh</c><00:30:54.519><c> in</c><00:30:54.880><c> you,</c>

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both<00:30:55.460><c> to</c><00:30:55.680><c> will</c><00:30:56.019><c> and</c><00:30:57.119><c> to</c><00:30:57.380><c> do</c><00:30:57.519><c> of</c><00:30:57.700><c> his</c><00:30:57.920><c> good</c><00:30:58.180><c> pleasure.</c>

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Salvation<00:31:01.099><c> doesn't</c><00:31:01.440><c> come</c><00:31:02.539><c> about</c><00:31:03.299><c> from</c><00:31:03.579><c> ourselves.</c>

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It<00:31:04.339><c> doesn't</c><00:31:04.599><c> come</c><00:31:04.940><c> from</c><00:31:05.180><c> our</c><00:31:05.440><c> works.</c>

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We<00:31:05.859><c> all</c><00:31:06.079><c> know</c><00:31:06.259><c> that.</c>

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It's<00:31:07.180><c> a</c><00:31:07.299><c> gift</c><00:31:07.440><c> from</c><00:31:07.680><c> God.</c>

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But<00:31:10.059><c> we</c><00:31:10.240><c> need</c><00:31:10.380><c> to</c><00:31:10.539><c> do</c><00:31:10.680><c> our</c><00:31:10.960><c> part</c><00:31:11.099><c> as</c><00:31:11.359><c> well.</c>

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We<00:31:11.700><c> need</c><00:31:12.059><c> to</c><00:31:12.380><c> show</c><00:31:12.619><c> our</c><00:31:12.980><c> faith</c><00:31:13.420><c> by</c><00:31:14.140><c> what</c><00:31:14.299><c> we</c><00:31:14.539><c> do</c><00:31:14.680><c> each</c><00:31:14.960><c> and</c><00:31:15.160><c> every</c><00:31:15.380><c> day.</c>

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James<00:31:18.680><c> chapter</c><00:31:19.079><c> two</c><00:31:20.059><c> tells</c><00:31:20.480><c> us</c><00:31:20.680><c> that</c><00:31:20.819><c> a</c><00:31:20.960><c> man's</c><00:31:21.339><c> faith</c>

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must<00:31:21.759><c> be</c><00:31:22.039><c> manifested</c><00:31:22.799><c> in</c><00:31:23.240><c> righteous</c><00:31:23.759><c> works.</c>

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And<00:31:25.619><c> that's</c><00:31:26.000><c> what</c><00:31:26.180><c> we</c><00:31:26.440><c> must</c><00:31:26.660><c> do.</c>

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The<00:31:29.859><c> faith</c><00:31:30.079><c> that</c><00:31:30.279><c> we</c><00:31:30.539><c> have</c><00:31:30.900><c> and</c><00:31:31.200><c> show</c><00:31:31.380><c> by</c><00:31:31.599><c> our</c><00:31:31.859><c> conduct</c><00:31:32.180><c> in</c><00:31:32.440><c> life</c>

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forms<00:31:32.940><c> the</c><00:31:33.240><c> basis</c><00:31:33.500><c> of</c><00:31:33.759><c> our</c><00:31:33.960><c> redemption,</c>

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our<00:31:35.920><c> subsequent</c><00:31:36.400><c> transformation</c><00:31:37.279><c> into</c><00:31:37.559><c> a</c><00:31:37.799><c> Christ</c><00:31:38.079><c>-like</c><00:31:38.279><c> mind,</c>

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and<00:31:39.740><c> we</c><00:31:40.019><c> pray</c><00:31:40.240><c> earnestly</c><00:31:40.740><c> for</c><00:31:41.119><c> immortality.</c>

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We<00:31:43.920><c> must</c><00:31:44.319><c> put</c><00:31:44.539><c> all</c><00:31:44.900><c> our</c><00:31:45.180><c> trust</c><00:31:45.700><c> in</c><00:31:46.420><c> God's</c><00:31:46.880><c> wisdom</c><00:31:47.119><c> and</c><00:31:47.339><c> not</c><00:31:47.500><c> our</c><00:31:47.779><c> own</c>

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and<00:31:48.119><c> love</c><00:31:48.380><c> him</c><00:31:49.000><c> because</c><00:31:49.720><c> of</c><00:31:49.900><c> the</c><00:31:50.059><c> great</c><00:31:50.240><c> things</c>

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he<00:31:50.619><c> has</c><00:31:50.819><c> done</c><00:31:50.960><c> for</c><00:31:51.160><c> us.</c>

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In<00:31:53.339><c> John,</c><00:31:54.099><c> first</c><00:31:54.359><c> John</c><00:31:54.660><c> four,</c><00:31:55.119><c> we</c><00:31:55.279><c> read,</c><00:31:56.180><c> here</c><00:31:56.339><c> in</c><00:31:56.500><c> his</c><00:31:56.759><c> love,</c>

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not<00:31:58.579><c> that</c><00:31:58.960><c> we</c><00:31:59.440><c> love</c><00:31:59.660><c> God,</c><00:32:01.799><c> but</c><00:32:02.259><c> that</c><00:32:02.480><c> he</c><00:32:03.400><c> loved</c><00:32:03.720><c> us</c>

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and<00:32:05.480><c> sent</c><00:32:05.799><c> his</c><00:32:06.140><c> son</c><00:32:06.640><c> to</c><00:32:07.440><c> be</c><00:32:07.599><c> the</c><00:32:07.799><c> propiation</c><00:32:08.460><c> for</c><00:32:08.759><c> our</c><00:32:08.980><c> sins.</c>

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The<00:32:11.319><c> father</c><00:32:11.799><c> called</c><00:32:12.259><c> you,</c><00:32:13.940><c> the</c><00:32:14.079><c> father</c><00:32:14.460><c> called</c><00:32:14.799><c> me.</c>

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Not<00:32:17.059><c> when</c><00:32:17.279><c> we</c><00:32:18.559><c> loved</c><00:32:18.960><c> him,</c><00:32:20.059><c> but</c><00:32:20.160><c> when</c><00:32:20.339><c> we</c><00:32:20.579><c> were</c><00:32:20.819><c> dead</c><00:32:20.980><c> in</c><00:32:21.200><c> our</c><00:32:21.480><c> sins.</c>

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That's<00:32:23.000><c> when</c><00:32:23.079><c> he</c><00:32:23.319><c> called</c><00:32:23.519><c> us.</c>

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So<00:32:24.940><c> it</c><00:32:25.099><c> had</c><00:32:25.259><c> nothing</c><00:32:25.579><c> to</c><00:32:25.880><c> do</c><00:32:26.559><c> with</c><00:32:27.099><c> our</c><00:32:27.319><c> love</c><00:32:27.440><c> for</c><00:32:27.640><c> him.</c>

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It's<00:32:29.660><c> all</c><00:32:29.839><c> about</c><00:32:30.059><c> his</c><00:32:30.339><c> love</c><00:32:30.480><c> for</c><00:32:30.700><c> you.</c>

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It's<00:32:32.599><c> all</c><00:32:32.799><c> about</c><00:32:33.000><c> his</c><00:32:33.240><c> love</c><00:32:33.359><c> for</c><00:32:33.559><c> you.</c>

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The<00:32:35.799><c> entire</c><00:32:36.180><c> process,</c><00:32:37.220><c> my</c><00:32:37.420><c> friends,</c><00:32:38.400><c> brothers</c><00:32:38.579><c> and</c><00:32:38.799><c> sisters,</c>

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of<00:32:40.200><c> the</c><00:32:40.380><c> father,</c><00:32:41.700><c> and</c><00:32:42.480><c> there</c><00:32:42.640><c> should</c><00:32:42.819><c> be</c><00:32:43.079><c> no</c><00:32:43.299><c> I</c><00:32:43.559><c> centric</c>

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in<00:32:44.079><c> that</c><00:32:44.279><c> at</c><00:32:44.440><c> all.</c>

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So<00:32:46.440><c> as</c><00:32:46.599><c> we</c><00:32:46.799><c> come</c><00:32:47.000><c> together</c><00:32:47.359><c> this</c><00:32:47.640><c> morning,</c><00:32:48.240><c> my</c><00:32:48.359><c> dear</c><00:32:48.680><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:32:49.240><c> sisters,</c><00:32:50.420><c> to</c><00:32:50.539><c> partake</c><00:32:50.960><c> of</c><00:32:51.079><c> this</c><00:32:51.339><c> communion,</c>

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we<00:32:53.960><c> behold</c><00:32:54.299><c> the</c><00:32:54.599><c> means</c><00:32:54.880><c> of</c><00:32:55.220><c> forgiveness</c><00:32:55.700><c> and</c><00:32:56.680><c> reconciliation</c>

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that<00:32:58.680><c> the</c><00:32:59.059><c> great</c><00:32:59.359><c> Potter,</c><00:32:59.799><c> our</c><00:33:00.119><c> Lord</c><00:33:00.380><c> God,</c><00:33:00.799><c> has</c><00:33:01.019><c> extended</c><00:33:01.319><c> to</c><00:33:01.599><c> us.</c>

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Our<00:33:04.160><c> nature</c><00:33:04.420><c> is</c><00:33:04.779><c> inherently</c><00:33:05.200><c> sinful,</c>

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rightly<00:33:10.400><c> being</c><00:33:10.720><c> brought</c><00:33:11.039><c> to</c><00:33:11.220><c> the</c><00:33:11.440><c> grave.</c>

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in<00:33:15.440><c> requiring</c><00:33:16.000><c> death</c><00:33:16.400><c> of</c><00:33:16.720><c> sinful</c><00:33:17.039><c> flesh,</c>

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yet<00:33:18.299><c> also</c><00:33:19.740><c> raising</c><00:33:20.920><c> one</c><00:33:22.680><c> from</c><00:33:22.940><c> the</c><00:33:23.140><c> dead</c><00:33:23.279><c> who</c><00:33:23.500><c> did</c><00:33:23.700><c> no</c><00:33:24.000><c> sin.</c>

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his<00:33:30.500><c> obedience,</c><00:33:32.119><c> his</c><00:33:32.339><c> humility,</c><00:33:33.519><c> and</c><00:33:33.839><c> his</c><00:33:34.079><c> efforts</c><00:33:34.339><c> to</c><00:33:34.700><c> give</c>

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all<00:33:36.440><c> for</c><00:33:36.599><c> the</c><00:33:36.819><c> Father's</c><00:33:37.259><c> glory,</c>

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Philippians<00:33:51.940><c> chapter</c><00:33:52.339><c> two.</c>

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one<00:34:01.099><c> which</c><00:34:01.279><c> is</c><00:34:01.519><c> in</c><00:34:01.660><c> harmony</c><00:34:01.940><c> with</c><00:34:02.220><c> God's</c>

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but<00:34:11.039><c> that</c><00:34:11.239><c> of</c><00:34:11.400><c> his</c><00:34:11.639><c> Father.</c>

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that<00:34:24.719><c> we</c><00:34:25.079><c> too</c><00:34:25.320><c> may</c><00:34:25.519><c> be</c><00:34:25.800><c> found</c><00:34:26.280><c> in</c><00:34:26.880><c> us</c>

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a<00:34:43.280><c> worthiness</c><00:34:43.780><c> to</c><00:34:45.000><c> inherit</c><00:34:45.300><c> the</c><00:34:45.539><c> kingdom</c><00:34:45.760><c> to</c><00:34:45.980><c> come.</c>