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it<00:12:00.799><c> was</c><00:12:01.000><c> Jesus,</c><00:12:01.919><c> which</c><00:12:02.120><c> had</c><00:12:02.320><c> made</c><00:12:02.419><c> him</c><00:12:02.659><c> whole.</c>

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whole<00:12:10.360><c> means</c><00:12:10.820><c> saved.</c>

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And<00:12:15.360><c> Peter</c><00:12:15.559><c> and</c><00:12:15.639><c> John</c><00:12:15.740><c> didn't</c><00:12:15.940><c> make</c><00:12:16.100><c> the</c><00:12:16.220><c> man</c><00:12:16.360><c> physically</c><00:12:16.740><c> whole.</c>

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But<00:12:18.980><c> the</c><00:12:19.220><c> other</c><00:12:19.379><c> word</c><00:12:19.519><c> is</c><00:12:19.659><c> there</c><00:12:19.759><c> as</c><00:12:19.980><c> well.</c>

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So,<00:12:38.519><c> again,</c><00:12:38.580><c> let's</c><00:12:38.740><c> go</c><00:12:38.940><c> back</c><00:12:39.399><c> to</c><00:12:39.620><c> this</c><00:12:40.139><c> chapter</c><00:12:40.379><c> beginning</c><00:12:40.659><c> of</c>

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chapter<00:12:41.120><c> one.</c>

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Now,<00:12:49.639><c> what</c><00:12:50.059><c> specifically</c><00:12:50.460><c> is</c><00:12:50.659><c> it</c><00:12:50.840><c> talking</c><00:12:51.039><c> about</c><00:12:51.259><c> where</c><00:12:51.379><c> it</c><00:12:51.480><c> says</c><00:12:51.559><c> there</c><00:12:51.759><c> was</c><00:12:51.919><c> a</c>

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Well,<00:12:53.620><c> consider</c><00:12:53.940><c> first</c><00:12:54.179><c> that</c><00:12:54.399><c> idea</c><00:12:54.659><c> of</c><00:12:55.059><c> the</c><00:12:55.299><c> Jews.</c>

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this<00:12:59.399><c> is</c><00:12:59.580><c> not</c><00:12:59.740><c> God's</c><00:13:00.200><c> feast</c><00:13:00.519><c> because</c><00:13:01.080><c> they're</c><00:13:01.279><c> not</c><00:13:01.480><c> practicing</c><00:13:01.779><c> it</c><00:13:02.039><c> the</c><00:13:02.159><c> way</c><00:13:02.259><c> God</c><00:13:02.460><c> wants</c><00:13:02.720><c> it</c>

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and<00:13:03.879><c> because</c><00:13:04.080><c> it's</c><00:13:04.299><c> not</c><00:13:04.639><c> specifically</c><00:13:05.240><c> fulfilling</c><00:13:06.019><c> what</c><00:13:07.139><c> that</c><00:13:07.820><c> feast</c><00:13:08.039><c> represents,</c><00:13:10.039><c> then</c><00:13:10.720><c> John</c><00:13:10.980><c> calls</c><00:13:11.200><c> it</c>

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So,<00:13:12.700><c> for</c><00:13:12.840><c> instance,</c><00:13:13.059><c> in</c><00:13:13.200><c> chapter</c><00:13:13.460><c> six,</c><00:13:13.840><c> it</c><00:13:13.919><c> says</c><00:13:14.039><c> there's</c><00:13:14.299><c> a</c>

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This<00:13:25.879><c> is</c><00:13:26.100><c> their</c><00:13:26.379><c> feast.</c><00:13:26.639><c> They're</c><00:13:26.860><c> going</c><00:13:26.940><c> to</c><00:13:27.100><c> follow</c><00:13:27.240><c> it</c><00:13:27.519><c> their</c><00:13:27.679><c> way.</c>

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represent<00:13:32.980><c> and</c><00:13:33.320><c> this</c><00:13:33.559><c> feast</c><00:13:33.700><c> being</c><00:13:34.019><c> what</c><00:13:34.379><c> the</c><00:13:34.620><c> Jews</c><00:13:34.840><c> represent.</c>

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So<00:13:35.779><c> what</c><00:13:36.100><c> feast</c><00:13:36.419><c> is</c><00:13:36.759><c> this</c><00:13:37.120><c> that's</c><00:13:37.519><c> being</c><00:13:37.759><c> spoken</c><00:13:38.059><c> of</c><00:13:38.299><c> here?</c>

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Well,<00:13:39.519><c> I'm</c><00:13:39.720><c> quite</c><00:13:39.980><c> sure.</c>

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Let<00:13:41.700><c> me</c><00:13:41.799><c> tell</c><00:13:41.899><c> you,</c><00:13:42.080><c> first</c><00:13:42.179><c> of</c><00:13:42.299><c> all,</c><00:13:42.659><c> what</c><00:13:42.840><c> some</c><00:13:43.080><c> people</c><00:13:43.320><c> suggest.</c>

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First<00:13:44.220><c> suggestion</c><00:13:44.600><c> is</c><00:13:44.879><c> that</c><00:13:45.100><c> it's</c><00:13:47.000><c> Passover.</c>

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And<00:13:48.840><c> it</c><00:13:48.940><c> was</c><00:13:49.120><c> interesting</c><00:13:49.539><c> when</c><00:13:49.659><c> I</c><00:13:49.799><c> looked</c><00:13:49.919><c> up</c><00:13:50.080><c> to</c><00:13:50.220><c> see</c><00:13:50.299><c> why</c><00:13:50.980><c> in</c>

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one<00:13:51.879><c> of</c><00:13:51.980><c> the</c><00:13:52.179><c> commentaries</c><00:13:52.559><c> or</c><00:13:52.639><c> whatever,</c><00:13:52.919><c> it</c><00:13:52.919><c> said</c><00:13:53.000><c> it</c><00:13:53.100><c> was</c><00:13:53.320><c> Passover.</c>

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And<00:13:53.759><c> it</c><00:13:53.940><c> said</c><00:13:54.080><c> this.</c>

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It<00:13:54.860><c> said</c><00:13:55.039><c> because</c><00:13:55.340><c> whenever</c><00:13:55.600><c> it</c><00:13:55.899><c> says</c><00:13:56.620><c> a</c><00:13:57.539><c> feast</c><00:13:57.759><c> of</c><00:13:57.940><c> the</c><00:13:58.159><c> Jews,</c>

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that<00:13:59.539><c> represents</c><00:13:59.940><c> Passover.</c>

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So<00:14:01.980><c> that's</c><00:14:02.200><c> an</c><00:14:02.379><c> interesting</c><00:14:02.720><c> argument</c><00:14:03.120><c> that</c><00:14:03.460><c> you</c><00:14:03.679><c> say,</c><00:14:04.320><c> well,</c>

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it<00:14:04.620><c> must</c><00:14:04.740><c> mean</c><00:14:04.899><c> Passover</c><00:14:05.240><c> because</c><00:14:05.519><c> whenever</c><00:14:05.720><c> you</c><00:14:05.879><c> see</c><00:14:05.980><c> that,</c>

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it<00:14:06.220><c> means</c><00:14:06.419><c> Passover.</c>

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And<00:14:07.820><c> I</c><00:14:07.899><c> thought</c><00:14:07.980><c> to</c><00:14:08.080><c> myself,</c><00:14:08.399><c> well,</c><00:14:08.580><c> unless</c><00:14:08.799><c> it</c><00:14:09.000><c> doesn't</c><00:14:09.139><c> mean</c>

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Passover,<00:14:09.820><c> then</c><00:14:10.279><c> your</c><00:14:10.419><c> whole</c><00:14:10.639><c> argument</c><00:14:10.860><c> falls</c><00:14:11.139><c> apart.</c>

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But<00:14:12.379><c> that</c><00:14:12.539><c> was</c><00:14:12.700><c> the</c><00:14:12.860><c> argument.</c>

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The<00:14:13.700><c> other</c><00:14:13.820><c> argument</c><00:14:14.059><c> is</c><00:14:14.279><c> that's</c><00:14:14.600><c> the</c><00:14:14.740><c> Feast</c><00:14:14.879><c> of</c><00:14:15.100><c> Tabernacles.</c>

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in<00:14:18.700><c> chapter</c><00:14:19.039><c> six.</c>

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But<00:14:21.259><c> I'm</c><00:14:21.440><c> quite</c><00:14:21.639><c> sure</c><00:14:21.759><c> this</c><00:14:21.940><c> is</c><00:14:22.139><c> Pentecost.</c>

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Now,<00:14:25.179><c> first</c><00:14:25.539><c> of</c><00:14:25.659><c> all,</c><00:14:25.759><c> I</c><00:14:25.840><c> want</c><00:14:26.019><c> to</c><00:14:26.139><c> thank</c><00:14:26.299><c> Sister</c><00:14:26.580><c> Deb.</c>

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Deb<00:14:27.259><c> gave</c><00:14:27.720><c> me</c><00:14:29.059><c> a</c><00:14:29.240><c> videotape</c><00:14:29.679><c> where</c><00:14:29.980><c> a</c><00:14:30.220><c> gentleman</c><00:14:30.419><c> talked</c>

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about<00:14:30.820><c> Pentecost.</c>

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me<00:14:33.000><c> out</c><00:14:33.059><c> to</c><00:14:33.159><c> Pentecost.</c>

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But<00:14:34.080><c> I've</c><00:14:34.279><c> known</c><00:14:34.419><c> that</c><00:14:34.820><c> this</c><00:14:35.039><c> is</c><00:14:35.200><c> Pentecost</c><00:14:35.620><c> for</c><00:14:35.840><c> a</c><00:14:35.899><c> while,</c><00:14:36.019><c> at</c>

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least<00:14:36.240><c> felt</c><00:14:36.440><c> that</c><00:14:36.600><c> this</c><00:14:36.759><c> is</c><00:14:36.940><c> Pentecost</c><00:14:37.340><c> for</c><00:14:37.559><c> a</c><00:14:37.679><c> while.</c>

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And<00:14:38.740><c> the</c><00:14:38.899><c> reason</c><00:14:39.059><c> I</c><00:14:39.240><c> feel</c><00:14:39.340><c> it's</c><00:14:39.580><c> Pentecost</c><00:14:39.879><c> is</c><00:14:40.059><c> because</c><00:14:40.639><c> the</c>

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events<00:14:41.179><c> that</c><00:14:41.480><c> take</c><00:14:41.679><c> place</c><00:14:43.080><c> fit</c><00:14:43.399><c> very,</c><00:14:43.919><c> very</c><00:14:44.500><c> well</c><00:14:45.059><c> with</c><00:14:45.740><c> the</c>

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requirements<00:14:46.440><c> of</c><00:14:46.700><c> Pentecost.</c>

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So<00:14:48.399><c> what</c><00:14:48.559><c> are</c><00:14:48.620><c> those</c><00:14:48.879><c> requirements</c><00:14:49.440><c> of</c><00:14:50.200><c> Pentecost?</c>

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Well,<00:14:50.940><c> one</c><00:14:51.100><c> of</c><00:14:51.200><c> them</c><00:14:51.279><c> is</c><00:14:51.519><c> found</c><00:14:51.919><c> in</c><00:14:52.340><c> Exodus.</c>

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You<00:14:52.679><c> don't</c><00:14:52.820><c> have</c><00:14:52.960><c> to</c><00:14:53.059><c> look</c><00:14:53.159><c> it</c><00:14:53.259><c> up.</c>

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I'll<00:14:53.480><c> tell</c><00:14:53.620><c> you</c><00:14:53.879><c> just</c><00:14:54.120><c> quickly</c><00:14:54.779><c> what</c><00:14:56.179><c> the</c><00:14:57.960><c> representation</c><00:14:58.559><c> is.</c>

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It<00:14:58.960><c> takes</c><00:14:59.139><c> place</c><00:14:59.779><c> in</c><00:15:00.000><c> Exodus</c><00:15:00.299><c> 34</c><00:15:00.700><c> verse</c><00:15:01.019><c> 22.</c>

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And<00:15:01.740><c> of</c><00:15:01.860><c> course,</c><00:15:02.039><c> in</c><00:15:02.320><c> the</c><00:15:02.440><c> Old</c><00:15:02.580><c> Testament,</c><00:15:03.480><c> it's</c><00:15:03.679><c> not</c><00:15:03.860><c> called</c><00:15:04.059><c> Pentecost.</c>

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It's<00:15:04.879><c> called</c><00:15:05.000><c> the</c><00:15:05.159><c> Feast</c><00:15:05.340><c> of</c><00:15:05.519><c> Weeks.</c>

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Same<00:15:06.820><c> thing.</c>

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You<00:15:08.120><c> take</c><00:15:08.379><c> the</c><00:15:08.580><c> end</c><00:15:08.720><c> of</c><00:15:08.860><c> the</c><00:15:09.039><c> Passover</c><00:15:09.320><c> and</c><00:15:09.539><c> you</c><00:15:09.700><c> count</c><00:15:09.899><c> off</c><00:15:10.399><c> 50</c>

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days<00:15:11.539><c> or</c><00:15:12.039><c> seven</c><00:15:12.320><c> weeks.</c>

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That's<00:15:13.340><c> 49,</c><00:15:13.720><c> but</c><00:15:13.840><c> it's</c><00:15:14.000><c> the</c><00:15:14.080><c> same</c><00:15:14.240><c> thing.</c>

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Then<00:15:15.320><c> you</c><00:15:15.440><c> have</c><00:15:15.580><c> Pentecost.</c>

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So<00:15:16.159><c> the</c><00:15:16.279><c> Feast</c><00:15:16.460><c> of</c><00:15:16.580><c> Weeks</c><00:15:16.820><c> is</c><00:15:16.919><c> seven</c><00:15:17.139><c> weeks</c><00:15:17.379><c> after</c><00:15:17.679><c> Passover</c>

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or<00:15:18.799><c> 50</c><00:15:19.080><c> days</c><00:15:19.639><c> after</c><00:15:20.139><c> Passover,</c><00:15:20.639><c> and</c><00:15:20.820><c> Pentecost</c><00:15:21.299><c> means</c><00:15:22.240><c> 50.</c>

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So<00:15:23.159><c> it's</c><00:15:23.320><c> not</c><00:15:23.440><c> hard</c><00:15:23.559><c> to</c><00:15:23.700><c> figure</c><00:15:23.799><c> out</c><00:15:23.919><c> what</c><00:15:24.059><c> Pentecost</c><00:15:24.480><c> is.</c>

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It's<00:15:24.799><c> 50</c><00:15:25.039><c> days</c><00:15:25.220><c> after</c><00:15:25.440><c> Passover.</c>

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And<00:15:26.980><c> what</c><00:15:27.059><c> happens</c><00:15:27.399><c> at</c><00:15:27.639><c> 50</c><00:15:27.799><c> days</c><00:15:27.960><c> after</c><00:15:28.159><c> Passover</c><00:15:28.519><c> is</c><00:15:28.720><c> you</c><00:15:28.879><c> have</c><00:15:29.039><c> a</c>

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freewill<00:15:29.500><c> offering.</c>

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And<00:15:30.799><c> in</c><00:15:31.039><c> Exodus,</c><00:15:31.460><c> the</c><00:15:31.580><c> first</c><00:15:31.799><c> mention</c><00:15:31.980><c> of</c><00:15:32.100><c> it</c><00:15:32.220><c> is</c><00:15:32.320><c> in</c><00:15:32.519><c> Exodus</c>

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34,<00:15:34.059><c> or</c><00:15:34.259><c> actually</c><00:15:34.519><c> in</c><00:15:34.679><c> Exodus</c><00:15:34.820><c> 23,</c><00:15:35.220><c> but</c><00:15:35.360><c> the</c><00:15:35.480><c> first</c><00:15:35.639><c> specific</c>

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mention<00:15:36.299><c> is</c><00:15:36.500><c> in</c><00:15:36.659><c> Exodus</c><00:15:36.879><c> 34.</c>

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And<00:15:38.240><c> it</c><00:15:38.440><c> says</c><00:15:38.639><c> that</c><00:15:38.860><c> it</c><00:15:38.980><c> is</c><00:15:39.179><c> the</c><00:15:39.419><c> first</c><00:15:39.720><c> fruits</c><00:15:40.159><c> of</c><00:15:40.940><c> the</c><00:15:41.120><c> wheat</c><00:15:41.320><c> harvest.</c>

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So<00:15:44.340><c> what's</c><00:15:44.580><c> the</c><00:15:44.840><c> first</c><00:15:45.159><c> fruits</c><00:15:45.480><c> mean?</c>

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Well,<00:15:47.019><c> the</c><00:15:47.200><c> first</c><00:15:47.360><c> fruits</c><00:15:47.679><c> are,</c><00:15:48.220><c> first</c><00:15:48.340><c> of</c><00:15:48.460><c> all,</c><00:15:48.659><c> specifically</c><00:15:49.100><c> are</c><00:15:49.379><c> those</c>

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first<00:15:49.940><c> parts</c><00:15:50.200><c> of</c><00:15:50.419><c> your</c><00:15:50.659><c> crop</c><00:15:51.039><c> that</c><00:15:51.620><c> start</c><00:15:52.419><c> to</c><00:15:52.639><c> grow.</c>

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And<00:15:54.440><c> so</c><00:15:54.659><c> you</c><00:15:55.820><c> take</c><00:15:56.279><c> these</c><00:15:56.620><c> first</c><00:15:56.840><c> fruits</c><00:15:57.039><c> and</c><00:15:57.200><c> you</c><00:15:57.360><c> offer</c><00:15:57.559><c> them</c>

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as<00:15:57.840><c> a</c><00:15:58.019><c> thanksgiving</c><00:15:58.779><c> offering</c><00:15:59.299><c> to</c><00:16:00.179><c> the</c><00:16:00.379><c> Lord.</c>

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It's<00:16:00.820><c> not</c><00:16:01.480><c> the</c><00:16:02.039><c> general</c><00:16:02.340><c> harvest.</c>

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That's<00:16:02.940><c> what</c><00:16:03.000><c> takes</c><00:16:03.240><c> place</c><00:16:03.740><c> in</c><00:16:04.100><c> October</c><00:16:04.539><c> when</c><00:16:04.700><c> you</c><00:16:04.879><c> have</c><00:16:05.000><c> the</c>

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Passover,<00:16:05.580><c> when</c><00:16:05.659><c> you</c><00:16:05.879><c> have</c><00:16:05.879><c> the</c><00:16:06.039><c> Atonement,</c><00:16:06.299><c> you</c><00:16:06.419><c> have</c><00:16:06.460><c> the</c><00:16:06.659><c> Passover.</c>

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That's<00:16:07.240><c> the</c><00:16:07.519><c> harvest.</c>

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But<00:16:08.860><c> this</c><00:16:09.059><c> is</c><00:16:09.200><c> the</c><00:16:09.440><c> first</c><00:16:09.679><c> fruits.</c>

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This<00:16:10.179><c> is</c><00:16:10.360><c> those</c><00:16:10.659><c> first</c><00:16:11.360><c> sheaves</c><00:16:11.679><c> that</c><00:16:11.940><c> come</c><00:16:12.100><c> up.</c>

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And<00:16:12.440><c> you</c><00:16:12.539><c> can</c><00:16:12.820><c> see</c><00:16:13.279><c> that</c><00:16:13.600><c> the</c><00:16:13.799><c> crop</c><00:16:13.960><c> is</c><00:16:14.139><c> starting</c><00:16:14.379><c> to</c><00:16:14.679><c> grow.</c>

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And<00:16:15.500><c> it's</c><00:16:16.399><c> one</c><00:16:16.539><c> of</c><00:16:16.659><c> the</c><00:16:16.840><c> three</c><00:16:17.059><c> feasts</c><00:16:17.279><c> that</c><00:16:17.440><c> you're</c><00:16:17.700><c> required</c>

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to<00:16:18.139><c> go</c><00:16:18.360><c> to</c><00:16:18.779><c> in</c><00:16:19.139><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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You<00:16:19.659><c> have</c><00:16:19.980><c> the</c><00:16:20.159><c> Passover,</c><00:16:21.379><c> you</c><00:16:21.419><c> have</c><00:16:21.639><c> Pentecost,</c><00:16:22.600><c> or</c><00:16:22.799><c> Feast</c>

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of<00:16:23.179><c> Weeks,</c><00:16:23.919><c> and</c><00:16:24.039><c> then</c><00:16:24.179><c> you</c><00:16:24.240><c> have</c><00:16:24.440><c> the</c><00:16:24.559><c> Feast</c><00:16:24.740><c> of</c><00:16:24.940><c> Tabernacles.</c>

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And<00:16:27.379><c> this</c><00:16:27.519><c> is</c><00:16:27.659><c> the</c><00:16:27.879><c> first</c><00:16:28.159><c> fruits.</c>

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That's<00:16:28.600><c> the</c><00:16:28.740><c> key</c><00:16:28.980><c> aspect</c><00:16:29.519><c> of</c><00:16:29.759><c> what</c><00:16:30.480><c> Pentecost</c><00:16:31.000><c> is</c><00:16:31.240><c> about,</c><00:16:31.519><c> is</c>

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the<00:16:31.860><c> first</c><00:16:32.080><c> fruits.</c>

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We<00:16:33.399><c> actually</c><00:16:33.860><c> are</c><00:16:34.240><c> living</c><00:16:35.200><c> today</c><00:16:36.059><c> in</c><00:16:36.519><c> the</c><00:16:36.679><c> time</c><00:16:36.820><c> of</c><00:16:36.980><c> Pentecost.</c>

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Now,<00:16:39.000><c> the</c><00:16:39.059><c> reason</c><00:16:39.220><c> I</c><00:16:39.340><c> say</c><00:16:39.519><c> that</c><00:16:39.700><c> is</c><00:16:39.879><c> because</c><00:16:40.240><c> you</c><00:16:40.559><c> have</c><00:16:40.679><c> your</c><00:16:41.019><c> calendar,</c><00:16:42.200><c> and</c><00:16:42.460><c> it's</c><00:16:42.659><c> both</c><00:16:42.940><c> a</c>

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physical<00:16:43.519><c> calendar.</c>

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You<00:16:44.220><c> celebrated</c><00:16:44.879><c> these</c><00:16:45.159><c> three</c><00:16:45.360><c> feasts</c><00:16:45.580><c> every</c><00:16:45.919><c> year,</c><00:16:46.399><c> but</c><00:16:46.620><c> it's</c><00:16:46.740><c> also</c><00:16:46.899><c> a</c>

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spiritual<00:16:47.320><c> calendar.</c>

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And<00:16:49.139><c> we</c><00:16:49.259><c> don't</c><00:16:49.419><c> live</c><00:16:49.559><c> in</c><00:16:49.659><c> the</c><00:16:49.779><c> time</c><00:16:49.899><c> of</c><00:16:50.120><c> Passover</c><00:16:50.360><c> because</c><00:16:50.620><c> the</c>

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Passover<00:16:51.120><c> is</c><00:16:51.259><c> already</c><00:16:51.480><c> taking</c><00:16:51.600><c> place.</c>

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So<00:16:53.299><c> that</c><00:16:53.460><c> Passover,</c><00:16:54.019><c> the</c><00:16:54.159><c> time</c><00:16:54.320><c> of</c><00:16:54.500><c> Passover</c><00:16:54.740><c> ended</c><00:16:55.019><c> with</c><00:16:55.240><c> the</c>

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Passover,<00:16:56.080><c> with</c><00:16:56.240><c> the</c><00:16:56.419><c> sacrifice</c><00:16:56.799><c> of</c><00:16:56.940><c> the</c><00:16:57.039><c> Lord</c><00:16:57.159><c> Jesus</c><00:16:57.460><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:16:59.139><c> we</c><00:16:59.279><c> don't</c><00:16:59.500><c> live</c><00:16:59.620><c> in</c><00:16:59.740><c> the</c><00:16:59.899><c> time</c><00:17:00.019><c> of</c><00:17:00.240><c> Atonement</c><00:17:00.700><c> and</c><00:17:01.080><c> the</c><00:17:01.200><c> Feast</c><00:17:01.340><c> of</c>

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Tabernacles<00:17:02.100><c> because</c><00:17:02.799><c> the</c><00:17:03.059><c> Atonement</c><00:17:03.299><c> will</c><00:17:03.559><c> come</c>

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That's<00:17:10.819><c> what</c><00:17:11.259><c> the</c><00:17:11.660><c> Atonement</c><00:17:12.140><c> is</c><00:17:12.380><c> going</c><00:17:12.480><c> to</c><00:17:12.579><c> be</c><00:17:12.720><c> about.</c>

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And<00:17:13.000><c> then</c><00:17:13.160><c> you</c><00:17:13.200><c> have</c><00:17:13.319><c> the</c><00:17:13.440><c> Feast</c><00:17:13.539><c> of</c><00:17:13.759><c> Tabernacles,</c><00:17:14.740><c> which</c><00:17:14.839><c> is</c>

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a<00:17:15.220><c> celebration,</c><00:17:16.279><c> which</c><00:17:16.440><c> is</c><00:17:16.640><c> the</c><00:17:16.960><c> harvest</c><00:17:17.440><c> celebration</c>

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that<00:17:18.700><c> the</c><00:17:19.019><c> full</c><00:17:19.299><c> harvest</c><00:17:19.740><c> of</c><00:17:20.000><c> God's</c><00:17:20.400><c> people</c><00:17:20.579><c> are</c><00:17:20.839><c> brought</c><00:17:21.119><c> in.</c>

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And<00:17:22.599><c> that</c><00:17:22.779><c> time</c><00:17:22.940><c> in</c><00:17:23.259><c> between</c><00:17:23.640><c> is</c><00:17:24.519><c> the</c><00:17:24.859><c> second</c><00:17:25.940><c> feast.</c>

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That's<00:17:26.720><c> the</c><00:17:26.839><c> Feast</c><00:17:27.019><c> of</c><00:17:27.200><c> Passover.</c>

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That's<00:17:28.480><c> the</c><00:17:28.779><c> spreading</c><00:17:29.000><c> of</c><00:17:29.240><c> the</c><00:17:29.420><c> Gospel.</c>

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That's<00:17:30.240><c> where</c><00:17:30.380><c> we</c><00:17:30.539><c> are</c><00:17:30.700><c> today.</c>

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That's<00:17:31.799><c> the</c><00:17:32.000><c> bringing</c><00:17:32.240><c> in</c><00:17:32.660><c> of</c><00:17:32.859><c> the</c><00:17:33.079><c> first</c><00:17:33.359><c> fruits.</c>

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That's<00:17:34.779><c> what</c><00:17:35.380><c> we</c><00:17:35.640><c> are.</c>

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We<00:17:36.680><c> are</c><00:17:36.859><c> part</c><00:17:37.000><c> of</c><00:17:37.160><c> the</c><00:17:37.319><c> first</c><00:17:37.539><c> fruits.</c>

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Now<00:17:38.019><c> we</c><00:17:38.099><c> are</c><00:17:38.799><c> probably</c><00:17:39.299><c> the</c><00:17:39.779><c> last</c><00:17:40.140><c> part</c><00:17:40.480><c> of</c><00:17:41.059><c> the</c><00:17:41.279><c> first</c><00:17:41.500><c> fruits</c>

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because<00:17:42.160><c> by</c><00:17:42.579><c> all</c><00:17:43.240><c> appearances</c><00:17:43.700><c> the</c><00:17:43.920><c> Lord</c><00:17:44.119><c> Jesus</c><00:17:44.420><c> Christ</c><00:17:44.680><c> is</c>

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coming<00:17:45.079><c> very,</c><00:17:45.460><c> very</c><00:17:45.660><c> soon.</c>

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And<00:17:45.980><c> we</c><00:17:46.099><c> certainly</c><00:17:46.339><c> hope</c><00:17:46.880><c> that</c><00:17:47.440><c> he</c><00:17:47.700><c> is.</c>

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But<00:17:48.519><c> until</c><00:17:48.880><c> he</c><00:17:49.099><c> does</c><00:17:49.599><c> and</c><00:17:49.980><c> you</c><00:17:50.160><c> have</c><00:17:50.319><c> the</c><00:17:50.460><c> Day</c><00:17:50.619><c> of</c><00:17:50.759><c> Atonement</c>

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and<00:17:51.339><c> you</c><00:17:51.539><c> have</c><00:17:52.240><c> the</c><00:17:52.920><c> Day</c><00:17:53.160><c> of</c><00:17:53.259><c> the</c><00:17:53.460><c> Apocalypse</c><00:17:53.859><c> and</c><00:17:54.680><c> all</c><00:17:54.940><c> of</c><00:17:55.160><c> that,</c>

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we<00:17:55.799><c> are</c><00:17:55.920><c> in</c><00:17:56.559><c> the</c><00:17:56.619><c> period</c><00:17:56.859><c> of</c><00:17:57.039><c> Pentecost.</c>

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We're<00:17:57.579><c> in</c><00:17:57.740><c> the</c><00:17:57.839><c> period</c><00:17:58.000><c> of</c><00:17:58.220><c> first</c><00:17:58.420><c> fruits.</c>

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So<00:17:59.579><c> how</c><00:17:59.839><c> are</c><00:18:00.019><c> we</c><00:18:00.119><c> to</c><00:18:00.380><c> feel</c><00:18:00.880><c> as</c><00:18:01.519><c> people</c><00:18:01.759><c> who</c><00:18:01.960><c> are</c><00:18:02.079><c> in</c><00:18:02.180><c> the</c><00:18:02.380><c> first</c><00:18:02.660><c> fruits?</c>

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So<00:18:03.279><c> it's</c><00:18:03.799><c> Exodus</c><00:18:04.000><c> that</c><00:18:04.299><c> tells</c><00:18:04.460><c> us</c><00:18:04.640><c> it's</c><00:18:04.880><c> the</c><00:18:05.000><c> first</c><00:18:05.240><c> fruits</c><00:18:05.740><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:06.099><c> wheat</c><00:18:06.259><c> harvest.</c>

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In<00:18:08.539><c> Leviticus</c><00:18:08.940><c> it</c><00:18:09.099><c> says</c><00:18:09.460><c> this.</c>

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And<00:18:11.119><c> this</c><00:18:11.519><c> is</c><00:18:11.700><c> very</c><00:18:11.980><c> interesting</c><00:18:12.460><c> and</c><00:18:12.960><c> it</c><00:18:13.200><c> sort</c><00:18:13.299><c> of</c><00:18:13.440><c> touches</c>

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There's<00:18:17.720><c> more</c><00:18:17.940><c> to</c><00:18:18.359><c> what</c><00:18:18.480><c> it</c><00:18:18.619><c> says</c><00:18:18.700><c> in</c><00:18:18.839><c> Leviticus,</c><00:18:19.279><c> but</c><00:18:19.339><c> there's</c><00:18:19.640><c> one</c><00:18:19.960><c> key</c><00:18:20.299><c> difference</c><00:18:20.640><c> between</c><00:18:20.920><c> what</c><00:18:21.079><c> it</c>

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says<00:18:21.660><c> in</c><00:18:22.099><c> Leviticus</c><00:18:22.619><c> about</c><00:18:23.680><c> Pentecost</c><00:18:24.380><c> and</c><00:18:24.599><c> about</c><00:18:24.799><c> the</c><00:18:24.900><c> other</c>

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two<00:18:25.240><c> feasts.</c>

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And<00:18:25.599><c> it's</c><00:18:25.759><c> this.</c>

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It<00:18:27.079><c> says</c><00:18:27.279><c> it</c><00:18:27.539><c> shall</c><00:18:27.680><c> be</c><00:18:27.920><c> a</c><00:18:28.180><c> statute</c><00:18:28.539><c> forever</c><00:18:29.420><c> in</c><00:18:30.940><c> all</c><00:18:31.259><c> your</c>

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dwellings<00:18:32.099><c> throughout</c><00:18:32.460><c> your</c><00:18:32.720><c> generations.</c>

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Now<00:18:35.160><c> what</c><00:18:35.380><c> exactly</c><00:18:35.720><c> does</c><00:18:35.980><c> that</c><00:18:36.220><c> mean?</c>

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A<00:18:36.960><c> statute</c><00:18:37.200><c> forever.</c>

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Okay,<00:18:37.859><c> we</c><00:18:37.980><c> can</c><00:18:38.160><c> understand</c><00:18:38.500><c> that.</c>

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This<00:18:39.700><c> is</c><00:18:39.839><c> something</c><00:18:40.039><c> that</c><00:18:40.200><c> goes</c><00:18:40.359><c> on</c><00:18:40.660><c> forever.</c>

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In<00:18:42.859><c> all</c><00:18:43.099><c> your</c><00:18:43.380><c> dwellings,</c><00:18:44.259><c> does</c><00:18:44.519><c> that</c><00:18:44.700><c> mean</c><00:18:44.859><c> wherever</c><00:18:45.119><c> you</c><00:18:45.359><c> live?</c>

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Or<00:18:47.000><c> does</c><00:18:47.119><c> it</c><00:18:47.119><c> mean</c><00:18:47.259><c> something</c><00:18:47.579><c> else?</c>

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Throughout<00:18:48.240><c> your</c><00:18:48.519><c> generation.</c>

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So<00:18:49.160><c> it</c><00:18:49.220><c> goes</c><00:18:49.420><c> on</c><00:18:49.680><c> and</c><00:18:49.759><c> on</c><00:18:49.920><c> and</c><00:18:50.019><c> on.</c>

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Now<00:18:50.859><c> when</c><00:18:51.059><c> we</c><00:18:51.180><c> look</c><00:18:51.299><c> at</c><00:18:51.420><c> the</c><00:18:51.579><c> point</c><00:18:51.700><c> in</c><00:18:51.839><c> Deuteronomy,</c><00:18:53.440><c> it</c><00:18:53.680><c> says</c><00:18:53.980><c> this.</c>

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That<00:18:56.119><c> you</c><00:18:56.640><c> celebrate</c><00:18:56.980><c> with</c><00:18:57.140><c> all</c><00:18:57.319><c> these</c><00:18:57.500><c> people</c><00:18:57.799><c> in</c><00:18:58.140><c> the</c><00:18:58.400><c> place</c>

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which<00:18:58.960><c> the</c><00:18:59.220><c> Lord</c><00:18:59.400><c> thy</c><00:18:59.640><c> God</c><00:18:59.940><c> hath</c><00:19:00.200><c> chosen</c><00:19:00.539><c> to</c><00:19:00.819><c> place</c><00:19:01.019><c> his</c><00:19:01.240><c> name</c><00:19:01.440><c> there.</c>

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Well<00:19:02.940><c> we</c><00:19:02.960><c> know</c><00:19:03.160><c> exactly</c><00:19:03.460><c> what</c><00:19:03.680><c> that</c><00:19:03.940><c> is.</c>

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That's<00:19:05.039><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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So<00:19:06.660><c> do</c><00:19:06.779><c> we</c><00:19:06.940><c> celebrate</c><00:19:07.220><c> it</c><00:19:07.420><c> in</c><00:19:07.579><c> our</c><00:19:07.720><c> dwellings</c><00:19:07.960><c> or</c><00:19:08.099><c> do</c><00:19:08.180><c> we</c><00:19:08.339><c> celebrate</c><00:19:08.759><c> it</c><00:19:08.920><c> in</c><00:19:09.359><c> Jerusalem?</c>

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Well<00:19:11.200><c> the</c><00:19:11.339><c> answer</c><00:19:11.559><c> is</c><00:19:11.980><c> that</c><00:19:12.200><c> dwellings</c><00:19:12.519><c> means</c><00:19:12.720><c> something</c><00:19:13.019><c> else.</c>

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From<00:19:14.380><c> a</c><00:19:14.599><c> literal</c><00:19:14.740><c> point,</c><00:19:15.059><c> yes,</c><00:19:15.200><c> it</c><00:19:15.200><c> means</c><00:19:15.380><c> wherever</c><00:19:15.980><c> you</c><00:19:16.220><c> are</c>

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physically,<00:19:19.259><c> then</c><00:19:19.380><c> you</c><00:19:19.519><c> should</c><00:19:19.740><c> celebrate</c><00:19:20.119><c> the</c><00:19:20.299><c> Feast</c><00:19:20.539><c> of</c><00:19:20.880><c> Pentecost.</c>

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Wherever<00:19:21.880><c> that</c><00:19:22.099><c> is.</c>

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Whether<00:19:22.980><c> you're</c><00:19:23.559><c> here</c><00:19:23.720><c> in</c><00:19:23.900><c> Stoughton</c><00:19:24.160><c> or</c><00:19:24.319><c> whether</c><00:19:24.420><c> you're</c><00:19:24.519><c> in</c>

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Jerusalem<00:19:24.980><c> or</c><00:19:25.119><c> whether</c><00:19:25.319><c> you're</c><00:19:25.480><c> in</c><00:19:25.599><c> your</c><00:19:25.720><c> homes</c><00:19:26.019><c> like</c><00:19:26.980><c> people</c>

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online<00:19:27.740><c> or</c><00:19:27.819><c> whatever.</c>

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It<00:19:28.140><c> doesn't</c><00:19:28.259><c> matter.</c>

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You<00:19:28.680><c> celebrate</c><00:19:28.920><c> it.</c>

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But<00:19:29.299><c> that's</c><00:19:29.500><c> not</c><00:19:29.579><c> what</c><00:19:29.660><c> it</c><00:19:29.720><c> means</c><00:19:29.859><c> spiritually.</c>

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And<00:19:31.980><c> spiritually</c><00:19:32.200><c> it</c><00:19:32.319><c> means</c><00:19:32.500><c> this.</c>

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No<00:19:34.519><c> matter</c><00:19:34.680><c> where</c><00:19:34.900><c> you're</c><00:19:35.220><c> at,</c><00:19:36.220><c> you</c><00:19:36.460><c> should</c><00:19:36.640><c> celebrate</c><00:19:36.940><c> this</c><00:19:37.200><c> feast.</c>

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Whether<00:19:38.980><c> you're</c><00:19:39.200><c> dwelling</c><00:19:39.359><c> with</c><00:19:39.599><c> God</c><00:19:40.220><c> or</c><00:19:40.980><c> whether</c><00:19:41.099><c> you're</c>

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dwelling<00:19:41.359><c> with</c><00:19:41.619><c> men.</c>

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Whether<00:19:42.680><c> you're</c><00:19:42.960><c> struggling</c><00:19:43.200><c> in</c><00:19:43.380><c> your</c><00:19:43.599><c> faith</c><00:19:43.799><c> or</c><00:19:43.980><c> whether</c><00:19:44.079><c> you're</c><00:19:44.299><c> strong</c><00:19:44.440><c> in</c>

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your<00:19:44.779><c> faith.</c>

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Wherever<00:19:45.539><c> you</c><00:19:45.859><c> are,</c><00:19:47.119><c> celebrate</c><00:19:47.339><c> this</c><00:19:47.599><c> Passover.</c>

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Celebrate<00:19:50.579><c> Pentecost.</c>

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And<00:19:53.380><c> that's</c><00:19:53.700><c> where</c><00:19:54.099><c> all</c><00:19:54.480><c> the</c><00:19:54.619><c> people</c><00:19:54.779><c> in</c><00:19:54.960><c> First</c><00:19:55.119><c> Fruits</c><00:19:55.299><c> are.</c>

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Brother<00:19:56.980><c> Mark</c><00:19:57.220><c> made</c><00:19:57.400><c> that</c><00:19:57.619><c> point</c><00:19:57.740><c> this</c><00:19:57.960><c> morning.</c>

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Sometimes<00:20:00.059><c> we're</c><00:20:00.460><c> strong</c><00:20:00.740><c> in</c><00:20:00.900><c> our</c><00:20:01.079><c> faith</c><00:20:01.460><c> and</c><00:20:02.319><c> sometimes</c><00:20:02.640><c> we're</c><00:20:02.799><c> weak</c><00:20:02.900><c> in</c>

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our<00:20:03.220><c> faith.</c>

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Doesn't<00:20:04.480><c> matter.</c>

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You<00:20:34.319><c> hold</c><00:20:34.839><c> on.</c>

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No<00:20:47.839><c> matter</c><00:20:48.000><c> how</c><00:20:48.299><c> bad</c><00:20:48.460><c> you</c><00:20:48.720><c> feel</c><00:20:48.859><c> about</c><00:20:49.119><c> your</c><00:20:49.339><c> sin,</c><00:20:50.579><c> never</c><00:20:50.880><c> let</c>

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So<00:20:56.599><c> Leviticus</c><00:20:56.920><c> picks</c><00:20:57.119><c> up</c><00:20:57.299><c> that</c><00:20:57.579><c> point.</c>

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And<00:21:00.480><c> this</c><00:21:00.640><c> is</c><00:21:00.779><c> where</c><00:21:00.900><c> it</c><00:21:01.079><c> really</c><00:21:01.279><c> comes</c><00:21:01.480><c> out</c><00:21:01.680><c> where</c><00:21:01.799><c> we'll</c><00:21:02.079><c> be</c>

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Actually,<00:21:11.799><c> let</c><00:21:11.940><c> me</c><00:21:12.019><c> turn</c><00:21:12.140><c> to</c><00:21:12.279><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:21:12.599><c> because</c><00:21:12.700><c> I</c><00:21:12.819><c> want</c><00:21:12.920><c> to</c><00:21:13.720><c> give</c><00:21:13.740><c> a</c>

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Deuteronomy<00:21:18.679><c> 16.</c>

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That's<00:21:39.599><c> Pentecost.</c>

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So<00:22:17.299><c> there's</c><00:22:17.579><c> the</c><00:22:17.779><c> feast</c><00:22:18.279><c> of</c><00:22:19.400><c> weeks</c><00:22:19.720><c> laid</c><00:22:20.160><c> out</c><00:22:20.559><c> in</c><00:22:20.819><c> Deuteronomy.</c>

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And<00:22:22.480><c> look</c><00:22:22.619><c> what</c><00:22:22.740><c> it</c><00:22:22.980><c> says.</c>

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Now<00:22:29.440><c> that's</c><00:22:29.559><c> what</c><00:22:29.720><c> the</c><00:22:29.839><c> wheat</c><00:22:29.920><c> was.</c>

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the<00:22:47.539><c> Lord</c><00:22:47.799><c> hath</c><00:22:48.180><c> blessed</c><00:22:48.759><c> thee.</c>

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So<00:22:51.259><c> as</c><00:22:51.539><c> God</c><00:22:51.799><c> has</c><00:22:52.079><c> blessed</c><00:22:52.359><c> you</c><00:22:52.900><c> in</c><00:22:53.079><c> the</c><00:22:53.200><c> way</c><00:22:53.319><c> that</c><00:22:53.539><c> God</c><00:22:53.660><c> has</c><00:22:53.940><c> blessed</c><00:22:54.140><c> you,</c><00:22:54.720><c> you</c>

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make<00:22:55.099><c> this</c><00:22:55.420><c> free</c><00:22:55.579><c> will</c><00:22:55.779><c> offering.</c>

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Now<00:22:56.819><c> here's</c><00:22:56.960><c> one</c><00:22:57.099><c> of</c><00:22:57.180><c> the</c><00:22:57.279><c> interesting</c><00:22:57.599><c> things</c><00:22:57.839><c> about</c><00:22:58.079><c> Pentecost.</c>

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this<00:23:02.539><c> is</c><00:23:02.740><c> it,</c><00:23:04.319><c> of</c><00:23:04.579><c> Pentecost</c><00:23:05.119><c> in</c><00:23:05.299><c> the</c><00:23:05.440><c> Gospels.</c>

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mentioned<00:23:10.400><c> in</c><00:23:10.539><c> the</c><00:23:10.680><c> Gospels.</c>

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The<00:23:11.180><c> first</c><00:23:11.380><c> time</c><00:23:11.579><c> is</c><00:23:11.980><c> in</c><00:23:12.359><c> Acts</c><00:23:12.519><c> chapter</c><00:23:12.839><c> 2,</c><00:23:17.099><c> right?</c>

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So<00:23:20.819><c> in</c><00:23:21.339><c> that</c><00:23:21.599><c> inclination</c><00:23:22.059><c> of</c><00:23:22.339><c> Pentecost</c><00:23:23.019><c> had</c><00:23:23.279><c> fully</c><00:23:23.519><c> come,</c><00:23:24.839><c> there's</c><00:23:24.940><c> the</c><00:23:25.099><c> implication</c><00:23:25.680><c> that</c><00:23:26.180><c> there</c><00:23:26.299><c> was</c><00:23:26.440><c> a</c>

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partial<00:23:26.799><c> Pentecost.</c>

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Because<00:23:30.200><c> Pentecost</c><00:23:30.720><c> is</c><00:23:30.960><c> the</c><00:23:31.299><c> full</c><00:23:31.500><c> coming</c><00:23:31.779><c> of</c><00:23:32.200><c> it.</c>

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That's<00:23:32.579><c> when</c><00:23:33.220><c> the</c><00:23:33.700><c> tongues</c><00:23:33.920><c> of</c><00:23:34.180><c> fire</c><00:23:34.400><c> fill</c><00:23:34.599><c> and</c><00:23:34.940><c> the</c><00:23:35.119><c> Gospel</c>

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message<00:23:35.839><c> is</c><00:23:36.099><c> given</c><00:23:36.259><c> to</c><00:23:36.440><c> Jesus'</c><00:23:36.720><c> disciples</c><00:23:37.200><c> and</c><00:23:37.680><c> they</c><00:23:37.880><c> go</c><00:23:38.039><c> out</c>

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and<00:23:38.420><c> preach.</c>

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That's<00:23:39.000><c> Pentecost.</c>

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But<00:23:41.160><c> it</c><00:23:41.299><c> says</c><00:23:41.420><c> that</c><00:23:41.579><c> it</c><00:23:41.660><c> had</c><00:23:41.759><c> fully</c><00:23:42.059><c> come.</c>

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Well,<00:23:42.519><c> when</c><00:23:42.660><c> did</c><00:23:42.779><c> it</c><00:23:42.920><c> partially</c><00:23:43.140><c> come?</c>

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Second<00:23:45.140><c> thing</c><00:23:45.400><c> is,</c><00:23:46.160><c> if</c><00:23:46.380><c> God</c><00:23:46.660><c> is</c><00:23:46.940><c> calling</c><00:23:47.640><c> anyone</c><00:23:48.380><c> to</c><00:23:49.299><c> offer</c><00:23:49.599><c> a</c>

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free<00:23:50.039><c> will</c><00:23:50.200><c> offering</c><00:23:50.559><c> based</c><00:23:50.839><c> upon</c><00:23:51.039><c> the</c><00:23:51.240><c> blessing</c><00:23:51.440><c> that</c><00:23:51.619><c> he</c><00:23:51.779><c> has,</c>

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would<00:23:53.119><c> he</c><00:23:53.240><c> not</c><00:23:53.359><c> be</c><00:23:53.599><c> speaking</c><00:23:53.720><c> to</c><00:23:53.920><c> Jesus</c><00:23:54.200><c> Christ</c><00:23:54.519><c> first</c><00:23:54.799><c> and</c>

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foremost,<00:23:55.380><c> his</c><00:23:55.640><c> son?</c>

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Would<00:23:57.240><c> not</c><00:23:57.440><c> his</c><00:23:57.680><c> son</c><00:23:57.940><c> see</c><00:23:58.240><c> these</c><00:23:58.500><c> passages</c><00:23:58.900><c> and</c><00:23:59.119><c> say</c><00:23:59.279><c> he</c><00:23:59.440><c> is</c><00:23:59.680><c> speaking</c><00:23:59.960><c> specifically</c><00:24:00.819><c> to</c><00:24:02.000><c> me?</c>

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And<00:24:02.380><c> notice</c><00:24:02.519><c> it</c><00:24:02.740><c> says,</c><00:24:03.920><c> in</c><00:24:04.099><c> the</c><00:24:04.359><c> place</c><00:24:04.640><c> that</c><00:24:04.859><c> God</c><00:24:05.119><c> hath</c><00:24:05.420><c> chosen</c>

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to<00:24:06.200><c> place</c><00:24:06.420><c> his</c><00:24:06.779><c> name,</c><00:24:08.619><c> in</c><00:24:10.019><c> your</c><00:24:10.240><c> dwellings.</c>

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Well,<00:24:11.839><c> Jesus'</c><00:24:12.500><c> place</c><00:24:13.779><c> is</c><00:24:14.859><c> in</c><00:24:15.000><c> the</c><00:24:15.140><c> temple,</c><00:24:15.680><c> is</c><00:24:15.819><c> in</c><00:24:15.960><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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So<00:24:18.960><c> I</c><00:24:19.079><c> believe</c><00:24:19.220><c> this</c><00:24:19.400><c> is</c><00:24:19.559><c> very</c><00:24:19.880><c> much</c><00:24:20.859><c> a</c><00:24:22.420><c> reflection</c><00:24:22.839><c> of</c><00:24:23.039><c> Pentecost.</c>

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Because<00:24:23.819><c> look</c><00:24:24.000><c> what</c><00:24:24.220><c> happens</c><00:24:24.599><c> when</c><00:24:25.119><c> we</c><00:24:25.279><c> go</c><00:24:25.539><c> back</c><00:24:25.839><c> to</c><00:24:26.160><c> John</c><00:24:26.440><c> chapter</c><00:24:26.779><c> 5.</c>

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Look<00:24:27.319><c> what</c><00:24:27.440><c> Jesus</c><00:24:27.799><c> does.</c>

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Again,<00:24:32.220><c> picking</c><00:24:32.319><c> up</c><00:24:32.599><c> on</c><00:24:33.819><c> at</c><00:24:34.059><c> verse</c><00:24:34.339><c> 2.</c>

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Jesus<00:24:38.440><c> went</c><00:24:38.740><c> to</c><00:24:39.000><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:24:39.559><c> in</c><00:24:39.720><c> the</c><00:24:39.880><c> place</c><00:24:40.019><c> that</c><00:24:40.180><c> I</c><00:24:40.359><c> placed</c>

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my<00:24:40.740><c> name</c><00:24:40.940><c> there.</c>

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Now<00:24:42.039><c> he</c><00:24:42.079><c> would</c><00:24:42.240><c> have</c><00:24:42.319><c> gone</c><00:24:42.480><c> there</c><00:24:42.640><c> for</c><00:24:42.740><c> any</c><00:24:42.940><c> feast,</c><00:24:43.099><c> I</c><00:24:43.279><c> recognize</c><00:24:43.619><c> that.</c>

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Now<00:24:44.839><c> there</c><00:24:45.000><c> was</c><00:24:45.160><c> at</c><00:24:45.319><c> Jerusalem</c><00:24:45.680><c> by</c><00:24:45.880><c> the</c><00:24:46.160><c> sheep</c><00:24:46.420><c> gate</c><00:24:46.859><c> market,</c>

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a<00:24:47.460><c> pool,</c><00:24:47.720><c> which</c><00:24:47.880><c> is</c><00:24:48.119><c> called</c><00:24:48.319><c> in</c><00:24:48.460><c> the</c><00:24:48.619><c> Hebrew</c><00:24:48.839><c> tongue</c><00:24:49.220><c> Bethesda,</c><00:24:50.339><c> having</c>

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five<00:24:51.039><c> porches.</c>

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Now<00:24:51.619><c> that</c><00:24:51.700><c> word</c><00:24:51.859><c> Bethesda,</c><00:24:52.460><c> interestingly</c><00:24:52.720><c> enough,</c><00:24:53.539><c> can</c><00:24:53.660><c> either</c><00:24:53.880><c> mean</c><00:24:54.059><c> house</c><00:24:54.279><c> of</c>

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mercy<00:24:54.759><c> or</c><00:24:54.940><c> house</c><00:24:55.140><c> of</c><00:24:55.359><c> grace.</c>

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And<00:24:57.160><c> there's</c><00:24:57.299><c> a</c><00:24:57.420><c> difference</c><00:24:57.599><c> between</c><00:24:57.859><c> mercy</c><00:24:58.180><c> and</c><00:24:58.339><c> grace.</c>

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Mercy<00:24:59.480><c> is</c><00:24:59.839><c> your</c><00:25:00.059><c> forgiveness,</c><00:25:01.039><c> grace</c><00:25:01.339><c> is</c><00:25:01.539><c> the</c><00:25:01.660><c> gift</c><00:25:01.839><c> of</c><00:25:02.059><c> God.</c>

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So<00:25:03.680><c> how</c><00:25:03.920><c> are</c><00:25:04.140><c> we</c><00:25:04.359><c> directed?</c><00:25:04.859><c> Are</c><00:25:04.980><c> we</c><00:25:05.220><c> directed</c><00:25:05.480><c> by</c><00:25:05.720><c> God's</c><00:25:06.099><c> mercy</c><00:25:06.319><c> or</c>

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by<00:25:06.740><c> God's</c><00:25:07.319><c> grace?</c>

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Well,<00:25:07.779><c> you</c><00:25:07.920><c> have</c><00:25:08.059><c> that</c><00:25:08.200><c> opportunity</c><00:25:08.660><c> either</c><00:25:09.000><c> way</c><00:25:09.220><c> with</c><00:25:09.759><c> Bethesda.</c>

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In<00:25:11.859><c> these</c><00:25:12.299><c> lay</c><00:25:12.500><c> a</c><00:25:12.859><c> great</c><00:25:13.160><c> multitude</c><00:25:13.759><c> of</c><00:25:14.039><c> impotent</c><00:25:14.480><c> folk,</c><00:25:14.819><c> of</c>

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blind,<00:25:15.880><c> halt,</c><00:25:16.079><c> withered,</c><00:25:16.339><c> waiting</c><00:25:16.619><c> for</c><00:25:17.279><c> the</c><00:25:17.460><c> moving</c><00:25:17.619><c> of</c><00:25:17.799><c> the</c><00:25:18.019><c> waters.</c>

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And<00:25:18.519><c> you</c><00:25:18.619><c> know</c><00:25:18.759><c> the</c><00:25:18.960><c> story</c><00:25:19.200><c> that</c><00:25:19.740><c> supposedly</c><00:25:20.299><c> there</c><00:25:20.579><c> was</c><00:25:20.799><c> this</c>

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really<00:25:21.559><c> superstition.</c>

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In<00:25:23.519><c> which</c><00:25:23.819><c> the</c><00:25:24.599><c> spring</c><00:25:25.019><c> that</c><00:25:25.539><c> fed</c><00:25:25.680><c> the</c><00:25:25.920><c> pool</c><00:25:26.180><c> would</c><00:25:26.400><c> sometime</c>

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cause<00:25:27.140><c> the</c><00:25:27.339><c> water</c><00:25:27.559><c> to</c><00:25:27.759><c> bubble.</c>

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And<00:25:29.279><c> what</c><00:25:29.480><c> they</c><00:25:29.779><c> thought</c><00:25:30.000><c> was,</c><00:25:30.519><c> as</c><00:25:30.519><c> soon</c><00:25:30.740><c> as,</c><00:25:31.319><c> and</c><00:25:31.339><c> it's</c><00:25:31.680><c> presented,</c><00:25:32.259><c> supposedly</c><00:25:32.500><c> an</c>

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angel<00:25:32.920><c> comes</c><00:25:33.140><c> down</c><00:25:33.400><c> and</c><00:25:33.539><c> bubbles</c><00:25:33.779><c> the</c><00:25:34.000><c> waters.</c>

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I<00:25:34.319><c> don't</c><00:25:34.420><c> want</c><00:25:34.519><c> to</c><00:25:34.599><c> get</c><00:25:34.640><c> into</c><00:25:34.779><c> the</c><00:25:34.960><c> controversy</c><00:25:35.299><c> of</c><00:25:35.420><c> it,</c><00:25:35.519><c> but</c><00:25:35.579><c> think</c><00:25:35.799><c> about</c><00:25:35.980><c> it</c><00:25:36.059><c> for</c><00:25:36.200><c> a</c><00:25:36.279><c> second.</c>

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So<00:25:37.420><c> the</c><00:25:37.559><c> water</c><00:25:37.700><c> bubbles,</c><00:25:38.279><c> and</c><00:25:38.400><c> the</c><00:25:38.519><c> person</c><00:25:38.680><c> who's</c><00:25:39.019><c> quickest</c>

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and<00:25:39.779><c> gets</c><00:25:39.940><c> into</c><00:25:40.140><c> the</c><00:25:40.339><c> water,</c><00:25:40.539><c> that</c><00:25:40.720><c> person</c><00:25:40.940><c> comes</c><00:25:41.200><c> out</c><00:25:41.380><c> healed.</c>

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Now<00:25:44.339><c> the</c><00:25:44.460><c> God</c><00:25:44.720><c> that</c><00:25:44.920><c> we</c><00:25:45.099><c> know,</c><00:25:46.259><c> who</c><00:25:46.359><c> it</c><00:25:46.480><c> says</c><00:25:46.579><c> he</c><00:25:46.700><c> takes</c><00:25:46.900><c> the</c><00:25:47.140><c> weak</c><00:25:47.299><c> things</c><00:25:47.500><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:47.779><c> world</c><00:25:47.940><c> to</c><00:25:48.140><c> confound</c><00:25:48.440><c> the</c><00:25:48.720><c> strong.</c>

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Would<00:25:50.339><c> he</c><00:25:50.559><c> set</c><00:25:50.680><c> up</c><00:25:50.799><c> a</c><00:25:50.980><c> situation</c><00:25:51.579><c> in</c><00:25:52.119><c> which</c><00:25:52.319><c> the</c><00:25:52.559><c> strongest</c>

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person<00:25:53.200><c> wins?</c>

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That's<00:25:55.420><c> not</c><00:25:55.599><c> the</c><00:25:55.759><c> God</c><00:25:55.900><c> that</c><00:25:56.079><c> we</c><00:25:56.220><c> know.</c>

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On<00:25:57.119><c> top</c><00:25:57.299><c> of</c><00:25:57.440><c> it,</c><00:25:57.579><c> it</c><00:25:57.660><c> is</c><00:25:57.880><c> all</c><00:25:58.119><c> going</c><00:25:58.259><c> to</c><00:25:58.380><c> be</c><00:25:58.539><c> thrown</c><00:25:58.660><c> out</c><00:25:58.839><c> the</c><00:25:58.960><c> window</c><00:25:59.359><c> by</c>

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the<00:26:00.019><c> fact</c><00:26:00.140><c> that</c><00:26:00.279><c> the</c><00:26:00.420><c> very</c><00:26:00.640><c> healing</c><00:26:00.839><c> that</c><00:26:01.079><c> takes</c><00:26:01.299><c> place</c><00:26:01.880><c> at</c><00:26:02.220><c> the</c><00:26:02.400><c> pool</c><00:26:02.640><c> is</c>

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to<00:26:04.420><c> the</c><00:26:04.559><c> weakest</c><00:26:04.819><c> man.</c>

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The<00:26:06.000><c> impotent</c><00:26:06.299><c> man</c><00:26:06.460><c> who</c><00:26:06.640><c> can't</c><00:26:06.859><c> get</c><00:26:07.240><c> into</c><00:26:07.920><c> the</c><00:26:08.160><c> pool.</c>

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So<00:26:09.119><c> it's</c><00:26:09.279><c> what</c><00:26:09.420><c> we</c><00:26:09.640><c> know</c><00:26:09.799><c> as</c><00:26:10.559><c> superstition.</c>

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Now<00:26:13.859><c> you</c><00:26:14.339><c> wonder</c><00:26:14.720><c> how</c><00:26:15.220><c> often</c><00:26:15.900><c> the</c><00:26:16.460><c> waters</c><00:26:16.880><c> bubbled</c><00:26:17.480><c> up.</c>

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And<00:26:18.420><c> how</c><00:26:18.720><c> often</c><00:26:19.059><c> somebody</c><00:26:19.400><c> saw</c><00:26:19.640><c> somebody</c><00:26:19.940><c> go</c><00:26:20.079><c> into</c><00:26:20.299><c> the</c><00:26:20.539><c> pool</c>

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and<00:26:21.839><c> come</c><00:26:22.220><c> out</c><00:26:22.579><c> healed.</c>

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How<00:26:23.299><c> often</c><00:26:23.500><c> would</c><00:26:23.680><c> that</c><00:26:23.799><c> have</c><00:26:24.000><c> happened?</c>

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And<00:26:25.559><c> it</c><00:26:25.720><c> made</c><00:26:25.799><c> me</c><00:26:25.980><c> think</c><00:26:26.140><c> of</c><00:26:26.359><c> all</c><00:26:26.559><c> those</c><00:26:26.740><c> places</c><00:26:27.099><c> that</c><00:26:27.319><c> we</c><00:26:27.519><c> have</c>

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in<00:26:27.940><c> this</c><00:26:28.160><c> world</c><00:26:28.460><c> where</c><00:26:28.759><c> you</c><00:26:28.920><c> can</c><00:26:29.019><c> go</c><00:26:29.279><c> there</c><00:26:29.519><c> if</c><00:26:29.700><c> you're</c><00:26:29.960><c> sick.</c>

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And<00:26:30.880><c> supposedly</c><00:26:31.299><c> if</c><00:26:31.460><c> you</c><00:26:31.579><c> get</c><00:26:31.720><c> lucky,</c><00:26:32.019><c> like</c><00:26:32.259><c> Lourdes,</c><00:26:32.920><c> you</c><00:26:33.980><c> can</c><00:26:34.119><c> go</c>

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to<00:26:34.279><c> Lourdes</c><00:26:34.700><c> and</c><00:26:34.880><c> hopefully</c><00:26:35.960><c> you</c><00:26:36.119><c> can</c><00:26:36.339><c> get</c><00:26:36.519><c> healed.</c>

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How<00:26:37.000><c> often</c><00:26:37.720><c> do</c><00:26:38.339><c> people</c><00:26:38.579><c> actually</c><00:26:38.980><c> get</c><00:26:39.220><c> healed</c><00:26:39.799><c> at</c><00:26:40.640><c> Lourdes?</c>

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Well<00:26:42.740><c> if</c><00:26:42.819><c> you</c><00:26:42.980><c> go</c><00:26:43.140><c> by</c><00:26:43.740><c> people's</c><00:26:44.500><c> sort</c><00:26:44.539><c> of</c><00:26:44.779><c> superstition,</c><00:26:45.799><c> I</c><00:26:46.380><c> have</c><00:26:46.660><c> arthritis</c><00:26:47.079><c> and</c><00:26:47.380><c> then</c><00:26:47.880><c> the</c><00:26:48.920><c> Pentecostal</c><00:26:49.500><c> guy</c><00:26:49.660><c> touches</c><00:26:49.940><c> me</c>

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on<00:26:50.200><c> the</c><00:26:50.339><c> forehead</c><00:26:50.559><c> and</c><00:26:50.740><c> my</c><00:26:50.980><c> arthritis</c><00:26:51.359><c> is</c><00:26:51.940><c> gone.</c>

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Right?<00:26:54.720><c> It's</c><00:26:54.799><c> superstition.</c>

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So<00:26:56.180><c> why</c><00:26:56.400><c> is</c><00:26:56.559><c> this</c><00:26:56.740><c> man</c><00:26:56.920><c> caught</c><00:26:57.140><c> up</c><00:26:57.640><c> in</c><00:26:57.900><c> superstition?</c>

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Well,<00:26:59.039><c> kindly</c><00:26:59.440><c> the</c><00:26:59.720><c> passage</c><00:27:00.039><c> tells</c><00:27:00.339><c> us</c><00:27:00.559><c> specifically</c><00:27:01.039><c> why</c><00:27:01.380><c> it</c><00:27:01.619><c> is.</c>

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And<00:27:02.700><c> that's</c><00:27:02.880><c> in</c><00:27:03.000><c> verse</c><00:27:03.220><c> five.</c>

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A<00:27:05.319><c> certain</c><00:27:05.539><c> man</c><00:27:05.759><c> was</c><00:27:06.019><c> there</c><00:27:06.180><c> which</c><00:27:06.380><c> had</c><00:27:06.559><c> an</c><00:27:06.779><c> infirmity</c><00:27:07.299><c> thirty</c>

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and<00:27:07.880><c> eight</c><00:27:08.079><c> years.</c>

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How<00:27:08.619><c> do</c><00:27:08.799><c> we</c><00:27:08.920><c> know,</c><00:27:09.299><c> how</c><00:27:09.460><c> does</c><00:27:09.720><c> John</c><00:27:10.059><c> the</c><00:27:10.259><c> writer</c><00:27:10.700><c> know</c><00:27:11.380><c> it's</c>

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specifically<00:27:12.460><c> thirty</c><00:27:13.299><c> and</c><00:27:13.420><c> eight</c><00:27:13.579><c> years?</c>

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Couldn't<00:27:15.140><c> be</c><00:27:15.599><c> because</c><00:27:16.059><c> Jesus</c><00:27:16.359><c> saw</c><00:27:16.579><c> him</c><00:27:16.700><c> there</c><00:27:16.779><c> for</c><00:27:16.980><c> thirty</c>

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eight<00:27:17.339><c> years,</c><00:27:18.119><c> right?</c>

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Because<00:27:18.519><c> Jesus</c><00:27:18.779><c> hadn't</c><00:27:18.960><c> been</c><00:27:19.119><c> around</c><00:27:19.700><c> for</c><00:27:20.180><c> thirty</c><00:27:20.440><c> eight</c><00:27:20.599><c> years.</c>

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x
So<00:27:21.599><c> how</c><00:27:21.720><c> does</c><00:27:21.839><c> he</c><00:27:22.000><c> know</c><00:27:22.319><c> it's</c><00:27:23.079><c> thirty</c><00:27:23.299><c> and</c><00:27:23.460><c> eight</c><00:27:23.619><c> years?</c>

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x
So<00:27:25.180><c> then</c><00:27:25.339><c> you</c><00:27:25.460><c> go,</c><00:27:25.700><c> okay,</c><00:27:25.819><c> so</c><00:27:25.920><c> what</c><00:27:26.019><c> does</c><00:27:26.200><c> thirty</c><00:27:26.420><c> eight</c><00:27:26.519><c> mean</c>

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in<00:27:27.279><c> the</c><00:27:27.420><c> Bible?</c>

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Well,<00:27:28.400><c> thirty</c><00:27:28.599><c> eight</c><00:27:28.680><c> is</c><00:27:28.819><c> not</c><00:27:29.140><c> a</c><00:27:29.359><c> common</c><00:27:29.519><c> number.</c>

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x
You<00:27:30.400><c> know,</c><00:27:30.460><c> it's</c><00:27:30.559><c> not</c><00:27:30.680><c> like</c><00:27:30.900><c> five</c><00:27:31.259><c> or</c><00:27:31.380><c> seven</c><00:27:31.720><c> or</c><00:27:31.940><c> three</c><00:27:32.339><c> or</c><00:27:32.559><c> eleven</c><00:27:32.900><c> or</c>

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x
some<00:27:33.299><c> of</c><00:27:33.380><c> the</c><00:27:33.559><c> all</c><00:27:33.720><c> these</c><00:27:33.859><c> other</c><00:27:34.059><c> numbers</c><00:27:34.279><c> that</c><00:27:34.519><c> people</c><00:27:34.720><c> follow.</c>

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Thirty<00:27:35.880><c> eight</c><00:27:35.960><c> is</c><00:27:36.099><c> a</c><00:27:36.240><c> very</c><00:27:36.500><c> rare,</c><00:27:36.839><c> rare,</c><00:27:37.079><c> rare</c><00:27:37.240><c> number</c><00:27:37.700><c> in</c><00:27:38.160><c> scripture.</c>

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In<00:27:38.619><c> fact,</c><00:27:38.740><c> I</c><00:27:38.900><c> can</c><00:27:39.000><c> only</c><00:27:39.160><c> find</c><00:27:39.359><c> one</c><00:27:39.539><c> other</c><00:27:39.680><c> place</c><00:27:39.940><c> where</c><00:27:40.099><c> thirty</c>

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eight<00:27:41.380><c> adds</c><00:27:41.599><c> up</c><00:27:41.759><c> to</c><00:27:41.900><c> anything.</c>

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And<00:27:43.420><c> it</c><00:27:43.539><c> is</c><00:27:43.740><c> this.</c>

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The<00:27:45.720><c> children</c><00:27:45.940><c> of</c><00:27:46.079><c> Israel</c><00:27:46.279><c> were</c><00:27:46.460><c> lost</c><00:27:46.599><c> in</c><00:27:46.700><c> the</c><00:27:46.839><c> wilderness</c>

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for<00:27:47.319><c> forty</c><00:27:47.559><c> years.</c>

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Were<00:27:48.680><c> wandering</c><00:27:48.940><c> in</c><00:27:49.079><c> the</c><00:27:49.180><c> wilderness</c><00:27:49.359><c> for</c><00:27:49.599><c> forty</c><00:27:49.819><c> years.</c>

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x
We<00:27:50.599><c> know</c><00:27:50.779><c> that</c><00:27:50.960><c> number.</c>

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Two<00:27:52.740><c> years</c><00:27:52.960><c> into</c><00:27:53.140><c> the</c><00:27:53.299><c> wilderness,</c><00:27:54.240><c> they</c><00:27:54.359><c> went</c><00:27:54.500><c> through</c><00:27:54.759><c> Sinai</c><00:27:55.319><c> and</c>

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they<00:27:55.740><c> went</c><00:27:55.799><c> into</c><00:27:56.000><c> Kadesh</c><00:27:56.220><c> Barnea.</c>

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And<00:27:57.400><c> in</c><00:27:57.440><c> Kadesh</c><00:27:57.660><c> Barnea,</c><00:27:58.220><c> they</c><00:27:58.319><c> entered,</c><00:27:58.619><c> they</c><00:27:58.799><c> sent</c><00:27:58.940><c> the</c><00:27:59.160><c> spies</c><00:27:59.319><c> into</c><00:27:59.519><c> the</c><00:27:59.740><c> land.</c>

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When<00:28:00.980><c> they</c><00:28:01.140><c> came</c><00:28:01.319><c> out,</c><00:28:02.180><c> they</c><00:28:02.380><c> gave</c><00:28:02.460><c> a</c><00:28:02.660><c> bad</c><00:28:02.859><c> report.</c>

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They<00:28:04.599><c> then</c><00:28:04.839><c> wandered</c><00:28:05.119><c> in</c><00:28:05.279><c> the</c><00:28:05.400><c> wilderness</c><00:28:05.839><c> for</c><00:28:06.920><c> thirty</c><00:28:07.180><c> eight</c><00:28:07.359><c> years.</c>

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That's<00:28:09.440><c> exactly</c><00:28:09.819><c> what</c><00:28:10.039><c> this</c><00:28:10.299><c> man</c><00:28:10.460><c> represents.</c>

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He<00:28:12.500><c> represents</c><00:28:13.000><c> natural</c><00:28:13.619><c> Israel</c><00:28:14.339><c> wandering</c><00:28:15.299><c> lost</c><00:28:15.880><c> in</c><00:28:16.319><c> the</c><00:28:16.440><c> wilderness.</c>

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That's<00:28:17.559><c> what</c><00:28:17.660><c> he</c><00:28:17.880><c> represents.</c>

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Now,<00:28:20.019><c> what</c><00:28:20.140><c> does</c><00:28:20.339><c> that</c><00:28:20.579><c> mean?</c>

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It's<00:28:21.839><c> a</c><00:28:22.019><c> fascinating</c><00:28:22.519><c> story</c><00:28:22.980><c> about</c><00:28:23.319><c> these</c><00:28:23.579><c> people</c><00:28:23.900><c> wandering</c>

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in<00:28:24.400><c> the</c><00:28:24.539><c> wilderness.</c>

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Because<00:28:26.519><c> for</c><00:28:26.759><c> thirty</c><00:28:26.880><c> eight</c><00:28:27.019><c> years,</c><00:28:27.160><c> we</c><00:28:27.259><c> know</c><00:28:27.400><c> that</c><00:28:27.579><c> they</c>

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died<00:28:27.960><c> off.</c>

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And<00:28:29.579><c> we</c><00:28:29.660><c> know</c><00:28:29.900><c> that</c><00:28:30.099><c> at</c><00:28:30.319><c> the</c><00:28:30.400><c> very</c><00:28:30.559><c> beginning,</c><00:28:30.880><c> they</c><00:28:31.019><c> said,</c><00:28:31.200><c> oh,</c><00:28:31.339><c> well,</c><00:28:31.480><c> we</c>

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will<00:28:31.759><c> go</c><00:28:31.920><c> in.</c>

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And<00:28:32.099><c> they</c><00:28:32.160><c> have</c><00:28:32.279><c> this</c><00:28:32.759><c> ridiculous</c><00:28:33.440><c> fight</c><00:28:33.700><c> in</c><00:28:33.859><c> which</c><00:28:34.319><c> Joshua</c>

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says,<00:28:34.940><c> the</c><00:28:35.079><c> Lord's</c><00:28:35.339><c> not</c><00:28:35.539><c> going</c><00:28:35.660><c> to</c><00:28:35.759><c> be</c><00:28:35.859><c> with</c><00:28:36.019><c> you.</c>

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And<00:28:36.180><c> they</c><00:28:36.299><c> lose</c><00:28:36.460><c> the</c><00:28:36.660><c> battle.</c>

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And<00:28:37.859><c> then</c><00:28:37.960><c> for</c><00:28:38.119><c> thirty</c><00:28:38.359><c> eight</c><00:28:38.539><c> years,</c><00:28:38.700><c> what</c><00:28:38.859><c> did</c><00:28:38.900><c> they</c><00:28:39.079><c> do?</c>

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What<00:28:41.460><c> did</c><00:28:41.559><c> they</c><00:28:41.740><c> do</c><00:28:41.880><c> for</c><00:28:42.059><c> the</c><00:28:42.200><c> next</c><00:28:42.380><c> thirty</c><00:28:42.700><c> eight</c><00:28:42.920><c> years?</c>

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They<00:28:45.480><c> did</c><00:28:45.619><c> nothing.</c>

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They<00:28:47.359><c> didn't</c><00:28:47.519><c> repent.</c>

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You<00:28:48.980><c> know,</c><00:28:49.079><c> they</c><00:28:49.220><c> didn't</c><00:28:49.440><c> even</c><00:28:49.700><c> prepare</c><00:28:49.960><c> their</c><00:28:50.220><c> children.</c>

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Yes,<00:28:50.960><c> they</c><00:28:51.119><c> were</c><00:28:51.279><c> going</c><00:28:51.400><c> to</c><00:28:51.559><c> die</c><00:28:51.619><c> in</c><00:28:51.740><c> the</c><00:28:51.859><c> wilderness.</c>

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x
It<00:28:52.700><c> had</c><00:28:52.839><c> been</c><00:28:52.940><c> proclaimed.</c>

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So<00:28:53.599><c> you</c><00:28:53.720><c> say,</c><00:28:53.960><c> oh,</c><00:28:54.339><c> I</c><00:28:54.519><c> guess</c><00:28:54.740><c> I</c><00:28:54.740><c> guess</c><00:28:54.839><c> I'm</c><00:28:55.039><c> done.</c>

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But<00:28:55.779><c> wouldn't</c><00:28:55.960><c> they</c><00:28:56.200><c> then</c><00:28:56.400><c> prepare</c><00:28:56.680><c> their</c><00:28:56.920><c> children?</c>

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OK,<00:28:57.500><c> I'm</c><00:28:57.779><c> going</c><00:28:57.859><c> to</c><00:28:58.000><c> die.</c>

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x
Right.

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But<00:28:59.099><c> I'm</c><00:28:59.259><c> going</c><00:28:59.259><c> to</c><00:28:59.339><c> get</c><00:28:59.380><c> my</c><00:28:59.599><c> children</c><00:28:59.819><c> ready</c><00:29:00.039><c> to</c><00:29:00.220><c> go</c><00:29:00.380><c> in.</c>

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None<00:29:02.720><c> of</c><00:29:02.859><c> the</c><00:29:02.980><c> children</c><00:29:03.160><c> were</c><00:29:03.400><c> circumcised</c><00:29:04.279><c> in</c><00:29:04.819><c> the</c><00:29:04.960><c> wilderness.</c>

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They<00:29:06.940><c> practiced</c><00:29:07.240><c> no</c><00:29:07.619><c> feasts</c><00:29:08.039><c> in</c><00:29:08.559><c> thirty</c><00:29:08.819><c> eight</c><00:29:08.980><c> years.</c>

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It<00:29:10.640><c> specifically</c><00:29:11.000><c> says</c><00:29:11.319><c> that</c><00:29:11.579><c> Joshua</c><00:29:11.900><c> and</c><00:29:12.220><c> God</c><00:29:12.660><c> taught</c><00:29:13.119><c> their</c><00:29:13.380><c> children.</c>

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The<00:29:14.299><c> parents</c><00:29:14.500><c> did</c><00:29:14.779><c> not.</c>

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Why<00:29:15.559><c> not?</c>

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Because<00:29:18.440><c> they</c><00:29:18.579><c> were</c><00:29:18.700><c> just</c><00:29:18.940><c> like</c><00:29:19.140><c> this</c><00:29:19.420><c> man</c><00:29:20.039><c> right</c><00:29:20.759><c> here.</c>

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I<00:29:22.579><c> have</c><00:29:22.759><c> no</c><00:29:23.000><c> man.</c>

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They<00:29:24.759><c> were</c><00:29:24.960><c> defeated.</c>

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They<00:29:26.339><c> were</c><00:29:26.579><c> lost.</c>

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I<00:29:28.440><c> have</c><00:29:28.720><c> nobody.</c>

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They<00:29:30.079><c> spent</c><00:29:30.420><c> thirty</c><00:29:30.920><c> eight</c><00:29:31.180><c> years</c><00:29:31.859><c> in</c><00:29:32.500><c> pity</c><00:29:32.799><c> and</c><00:29:33.500><c> died</c><00:29:33.700><c> in</c><00:29:33.859><c> the</c><00:29:33.980><c> wilderness.</c>

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This<00:29:35.980><c> isn't</c><00:29:36.220><c> right.</c>

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This<00:29:36.759><c> isn't</c><00:29:37.059><c> fair.</c>

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I<00:29:38.640><c> should</c><00:29:38.900><c> have.</c>

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I<00:29:40.220><c> couldn't.</c>

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They<00:29:42.839><c> were</c><00:29:43.099><c> stuck</c><00:29:43.279><c> in</c><00:29:43.579><c> time</c><00:29:43.980><c> for</c><00:29:44.380><c> thirty</c><00:29:44.740><c> eight</c><00:29:44.960><c> years,</c><00:29:45.460><c> never</c><00:29:45.640><c> repenting,</c>

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never<00:29:47.339><c> looking</c><00:29:47.559><c> at</c><00:29:47.740><c> their</c><00:29:47.859><c> children</c><00:29:48.140><c> and</c><00:29:48.359><c> saying,</c><00:29:48.619><c> I'm</c><00:29:48.759><c> going</c>

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to<00:29:48.859><c> get</c><00:29:48.960><c> them</c><00:29:49.160><c> ready.</c>

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Not<00:29:50.000><c> doing</c><00:29:50.200><c> anything,</c><00:29:51.059><c> but</c><00:29:51.200><c> feeling</c><00:29:51.460><c> sorry</c><00:29:51.720><c> for</c><00:29:51.900><c> themselves</c>

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for<00:29:52.539><c> thirty</c><00:29:52.779><c> eight</c><00:29:52.960><c> years.</c>

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Just<00:29:53.779><c> like</c><00:29:53.960><c> this</c><00:29:54.200><c> guy</c><00:29:54.400><c> here.</c>

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That's<00:29:54.859><c> why</c><00:29:55.000><c> we're</c><00:29:55.160><c> told</c><00:29:55.339><c> it's</c><00:29:55.559><c> thirty</c><00:29:55.779><c> eight</c><00:29:55.960><c> years.</c>

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And<00:29:57.240><c> then</c><00:29:57.400><c> notice</c><00:29:57.519><c> what</c><00:29:57.700><c> it</c><00:29:57.799><c> says</c><00:29:57.920><c> next.</c>

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It<00:29:59.700><c> says</c><00:29:59.819><c> when</c><00:29:59.980><c> Jesus</c><00:30:00.279><c> saw</c><00:30:00.539><c> him</c><00:30:00.819><c> lie</c><00:30:00.960><c> and</c><00:30:01.180><c> knew</c><00:30:01.339><c> that</c><00:30:01.559><c> he</c><00:30:01.700><c> had</c><00:30:02.180><c> been</c><00:30:02.359><c> now</c><00:30:02.740><c> a</c>

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long<00:30:03.500><c> time</c><00:30:04.099><c> in</c><00:30:05.019><c> that</c><00:30:05.339><c> case.</c>

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Well,<00:30:06.599><c> why</c><00:30:06.799><c> doesn't</c><00:30:06.940><c> it</c><00:30:07.200><c> say</c><00:30:07.359><c> that</c><00:30:07.859><c> Jesus</c><00:30:08.140><c> knew</c><00:30:08.319><c> that</c><00:30:08.500><c> the</c><00:30:08.539><c> man</c>

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had<00:30:08.779><c> been</c><00:30:08.880><c> in</c><00:30:09.000><c> there</c><00:30:09.039><c> for</c><00:30:09.240><c> thirty</c><00:30:09.420><c> eight</c><00:30:09.599><c> years?</c>

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I<00:30:11.039><c> mean,</c><00:30:11.140><c> if</c><00:30:11.279><c> we</c><00:30:11.420><c> can</c><00:30:11.599><c> figure</c><00:30:11.759><c> out</c><00:30:12.140><c> it's</c><00:30:12.460><c> thirty</c><00:30:12.660><c> eight</c><00:30:12.859><c> years</c>

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and<00:30:13.259><c> if</c><00:30:13.420><c> John</c><00:30:13.759><c> the</c><00:30:14.079><c> writer</c><00:30:14.339><c> knows</c><00:30:14.680><c> that</c><00:30:14.880><c> it's</c><00:30:15.059><c> thirty</c><00:30:15.259><c> eight</c>

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years,<00:30:15.599><c> certainly</c><00:30:15.900><c> Jesus</c><00:30:16.299><c> knew</c><00:30:16.500><c> that</c><00:30:16.660><c> it</c><00:30:16.740><c> was</c><00:30:16.900><c> thirty</c><00:30:17.160><c> eight</c><00:30:17.339><c> years.</c>

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So<00:30:18.019><c> then</c><00:30:18.160><c> why</c><00:30:18.259><c> does</c><00:30:18.460><c> it</c><00:30:18.519><c> not</c><00:30:18.700><c> say</c><00:30:18.859><c> here</c><00:30:19.579><c> thirty</c><00:30:20.319><c> eight</c><00:30:20.500><c> years?</c>

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It<00:30:20.740><c> just</c><00:30:20.900><c> says</c><00:30:20.980><c> a</c><00:30:21.160><c> long</c><00:30:21.299><c> time</c><00:30:21.460><c> in</c><00:30:21.619><c> that</c><00:30:21.740><c> case.</c>

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Because<00:30:23.619><c> they</c><00:30:23.819><c> want</c><00:30:23.940><c> you</c><00:30:24.079><c> to</c><00:30:24.259><c> recognize</c><00:30:24.720><c> that</c><00:30:24.940><c> there's</c><00:30:25.200><c> something</c><00:30:25.440><c> else</c>

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here<00:30:25.940><c> besides</c><00:30:26.259><c> the</c><00:30:26.400><c> fact</c><00:30:26.500><c> he'd</c><00:30:26.660><c> been</c><00:30:26.759><c> there</c><00:30:26.859><c> for</c><00:30:27.039><c> thirty</c>

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eight<00:30:27.460><c> years.</c>

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How<00:30:29.400><c> would</c><00:30:29.640><c> Jesus</c><00:30:30.000><c> have</c><00:30:30.259><c> known</c><00:30:30.779><c> that</c><00:30:31.559><c> he</c><00:30:31.740><c> had</c><00:30:31.900><c> been</c><00:30:32.059><c> there</c><00:30:32.400><c> a</c>

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long<00:30:32.900><c> time?</c>

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If<00:30:34.680><c> it's</c><00:30:34.980><c> thirty</c><00:30:35.180><c> eight</c><00:30:35.380><c> years</c><00:30:35.599><c> because</c><00:30:35.880><c> Jesus</c><00:30:36.160><c> knew</c><00:30:36.319><c> he</c><00:30:36.740><c> represented</c><00:30:37.240><c> Israel,</c><00:30:37.559><c> then</c>

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it<00:30:37.759><c> would</c><00:30:37.900><c> say</c><00:30:38.359><c> Jesus</c><00:30:38.900><c> knew</c><00:30:39.079><c> that</c><00:30:39.220><c> he'd</c><00:30:39.339><c> been</c><00:30:39.380><c> there</c><00:30:39.500><c> for</c>

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thirty<00:30:39.859><c> eight</c><00:30:40.019><c> years.</c>

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But<00:30:40.279><c> that's</c><00:30:40.440><c> not</c><00:30:40.539><c> what</c><00:30:40.680><c> it</c><00:30:40.799><c> says.</c>

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It<00:30:41.660><c> says</c><00:30:41.759><c> he</c><00:30:41.859><c> knew</c><00:30:41.960><c> they'd</c><00:30:42.140><c> been</c><00:30:42.200><c> there</c><00:30:42.359><c> a</c><00:30:42.460><c> long</c><00:30:42.680><c> time</c><00:30:42.819><c> in</c><00:30:42.980><c> that</c><00:30:43.119><c> case.</c>

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How<00:30:43.440><c> did</c><00:30:43.579><c> Jesus</c><00:30:43.799><c> know?</c>

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Jesus<00:30:47.279><c> knew</c><00:30:47.400><c> because</c><00:30:47.640><c> of</c><00:30:47.799><c> this.</c>

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Because<00:30:49.339><c> he'd</c><00:30:49.559><c> seen</c><00:30:49.680><c> the</c><00:30:49.819><c> man</c><00:30:50.240><c> there</c><00:30:51.299><c> for</c><00:30:52.299><c> a</c><00:30:52.400><c> long</c><00:30:52.640><c> time.</c>

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He'd<00:30:54.099><c> come</c><00:30:54.240><c> by</c><00:30:54.420><c> every</c><00:30:54.660><c> year</c><00:30:54.799><c> and</c><00:30:54.839><c> there</c><00:30:55.000><c> he</c><00:30:55.119><c> was.</c>

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Next<00:30:55.759><c> year</c><00:30:55.900><c> there</c><00:30:56.019><c> he</c><00:30:56.160><c> is.</c><00:30:56.619><c> Next</c><00:30:56.819><c> year</c><00:30:56.960><c> there</c><00:30:57.099><c> he</c><00:30:57.200><c> is.</c><00:30:57.700><c> Next</c><00:30:57.920><c> year</c><00:30:58.039><c> there</c><00:30:58.200><c> he</c>

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is.<00:30:59.240><c> Every</c><00:30:59.480><c> year</c><00:30:59.740><c> there</c><00:30:59.920><c> he</c><00:31:00.039><c> is.</c>

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So<00:31:01.819><c> why</c><00:31:02.019><c> didn't</c><00:31:02.140><c> Jesus</c><00:31:02.440><c> heal</c><00:31:02.660><c> him</c><00:31:03.000><c> when</c><00:31:03.160><c> he</c><00:31:03.240><c> was</c><00:31:03.359><c> twelve,</c><00:31:03.720><c> when</c>

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he<00:31:03.880><c> was</c><00:31:04.019><c> fifteen,</c><00:31:04.460><c> when</c><00:31:04.539><c> he</c><00:31:04.579><c> was</c><00:31:04.720><c> nineteen,</c><00:31:05.119><c> when</c><00:31:05.160><c> he</c><00:31:05.220><c> was</c><00:31:05.359><c> twenty</c><00:31:05.640><c> one,</c><00:31:05.779><c> when</c><00:31:05.880><c> he</c>

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was<00:31:06.099><c> twenty</c><00:31:06.380><c> seven?</c>

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Why<00:31:06.859><c> didn't</c><00:31:06.980><c> he</c><00:31:07.059><c> go</c><00:31:07.200><c> over</c><00:31:07.380><c> and</c><00:31:07.480><c> go</c><00:31:07.720><c> stand</c><00:31:08.160><c> up</c><00:31:08.299><c> and</c><00:31:08.500><c> walk?</c>

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Because<00:31:10.420><c> he</c><00:31:10.500><c> didn't</c><00:31:10.559><c> have</c><00:31:10.619><c> the</c><00:31:10.740><c> power</c><00:31:10.880><c> to</c><00:31:11.039><c> do</c><00:31:11.140><c> it.</c>

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Right?<00:31:13.580><c> We</c><00:31:13.900><c> saw</c><00:31:14.039><c> back</c><00:31:14.279><c> in</c><00:31:14.400><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:31:14.839><c> it</c><00:31:14.960><c> says</c><00:31:15.680><c> that</c><00:31:17.299><c> you</c>

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use<00:31:17.960><c> the</c><00:31:18.180><c> blessings</c><00:31:18.500><c> that</c><00:31:18.720><c> God</c><00:31:18.900><c> gives</c><00:31:19.119><c> you.</c>

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Well<00:31:21.099><c> the</c><00:31:21.380><c> Lord</c><00:31:21.539><c> had</c><00:31:21.660><c> given</c><00:31:21.779><c> Jesus</c><00:31:22.140><c> a</c><00:31:22.299><c> blessing</c><00:31:22.700><c> at</c><00:31:23.079><c> his</c><00:31:23.240><c> baptism.</c>

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The<00:31:24.400><c> power</c><00:31:24.460><c> of</c><00:31:24.619><c> the</c><00:31:24.619><c> Holy</c><00:31:24.759><c> Spirit</c><00:31:24.980><c> came</c><00:31:25.220><c> down</c><00:31:25.420><c> and</c><00:31:25.480><c> he</c><00:31:25.539><c> had</c><00:31:25.640><c> the</c>

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power<00:31:25.940><c> of</c><00:31:26.039><c> the</c><00:31:26.099><c> Holy</c><00:31:26.240><c> Spirit.</c>

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And<00:31:27.779><c> now</c><00:31:27.920><c> it</c><00:31:28.000><c> comes</c><00:31:28.140><c> to</c><00:31:28.319><c> Pentecost</c><00:31:28.680><c> and</c><00:31:28.779><c> he</c><00:31:28.859><c> goes</c><00:31:29.039><c> straight</c><00:31:29.319><c> to</c>

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this<00:31:29.700><c> man.</c>

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He<00:31:30.140><c> knows</c><00:31:30.319><c> what</c><00:31:30.440><c> he</c><00:31:30.619><c> represents.</c>

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He<00:31:31.680><c> knows</c><00:31:31.859><c> he's</c><00:31:32.000><c> been</c><00:31:32.180><c> there</c><00:31:32.319><c> for</c><00:31:32.579><c> year</c><00:31:32.859><c> after</c><00:31:33.099><c> year</c><00:31:33.420><c> after</c><00:31:33.640><c> year.</c>

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And<00:31:34.460><c> he</c><00:31:34.579><c> saw</c><00:31:34.740><c> him</c><00:31:34.900><c> there</c><00:31:35.359><c> every</c><00:31:35.920><c> year.</c>

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And<00:31:37.460><c> every</c><00:31:37.819><c> year</c><00:31:38.000><c> he</c><00:31:38.119><c> said</c><00:31:38.220><c> to</c><00:31:38.400><c> himself</c><00:31:39.400><c> when</c><00:31:40.000><c> the</c><00:31:40.240><c> time</c><00:31:40.440><c> comes</c>

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I<00:31:43.079><c> will</c><00:31:43.299><c> heal</c><00:31:43.460><c> this</c><00:31:43.759><c> man</c><00:31:44.559><c> as</c><00:31:46.559><c> a</c><00:31:46.660><c> blessing</c><00:31:46.859><c> to</c><00:31:47.059><c> my</c><00:31:47.220><c> father.</c>

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And<00:31:49.319><c> that's</c><00:31:49.500><c> just</c><00:31:49.700><c> what</c><00:31:49.819><c> he</c><00:31:49.940><c> does.</c>

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And<00:31:51.420><c> when</c><00:31:51.539><c> Jesus</c><00:31:51.779><c> saw</c><00:31:51.980><c> him</c><00:31:52.220><c> lie</c><00:31:52.420><c> and</c><00:31:52.559><c> he</c><00:31:52.680><c> knew</c><00:31:52.779><c> that</c><00:31:52.900><c> he'd</c><00:31:53.059><c> been</c>

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a<00:31:53.319><c> long</c><00:31:53.460><c> time</c><00:31:53.539><c> in</c><00:31:53.680><c> that</c><00:31:53.799><c> case</c><00:31:53.940><c> he</c><00:31:54.039><c> said</c><00:31:54.220><c> to</c><00:31:54.319><c> him,</c>

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Do<00:31:55.759><c> you</c><00:31:56.160><c> want</c><00:31:56.160><c> to</c><00:31:56.299><c> be</c><00:31:56.420><c> healed?</c><00:31:57.140><c> Do</c><00:31:57.220><c> you</c><00:31:57.299><c> want</c><00:31:57.420><c> to</c><00:31:57.500><c> be</c><00:31:57.720><c> saved?</c><00:31:59.079><c> Do</c>

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you<00:31:59.180><c> want</c><00:31:59.259><c> to</c><00:31:59.299><c> be</c><00:31:59.480><c> healed?</c>

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And<00:32:01.019><c> then</c><00:32:01.200><c> of</c><00:32:01.279><c> course</c><00:32:01.400><c> the</c><00:32:01.579><c> man</c><00:32:01.700><c> expresses</c><00:32:02.059><c> exactly</c><00:32:02.559><c> what</c><00:32:02.700><c> you</c>

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would<00:32:02.960><c> expect</c><00:32:03.160><c> him</c><00:32:03.359><c> to</c><00:32:03.440><c> express.</c>

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Sir,<00:32:05.480><c> I</c><00:32:05.539><c> have</c><00:32:05.759><c> no</c><00:32:05.960><c> man</c><00:32:06.200><c> when</c><00:32:06.720><c> the</c><00:32:06.940><c> water</c><00:32:07.119><c> is</c><00:32:07.259><c> troubled</c><00:32:07.480><c> to</c><00:32:07.640><c> put</c>

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me<00:32:07.880><c> in</c><00:32:07.920><c> the</c><00:32:08.099><c> pool.</c>

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But<00:32:08.960><c> while</c><00:32:09.200><c> I</c><00:32:09.319><c> am</c><00:32:09.440><c> coming</c><00:32:09.619><c> another</c><00:32:10.000><c> stepeth</c><00:32:10.339><c> down</c><00:32:10.619><c> before</c><00:32:10.940><c> me.</c>

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I'm<00:32:12.160><c> stuck.</c><00:32:12.579><c> I</c><00:32:12.579><c> can't.</c><00:32:13.160><c> There's</c><00:32:13.400><c> nothing</c><00:32:13.559><c> I</c><00:32:13.720><c> can</c><00:32:13.940><c> do.</c>

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Notice<00:32:17.140><c> something</c><00:32:17.359><c> about</c><00:32:17.579><c> this</c><00:32:17.859><c> healing.</c>

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The<00:32:19.140><c> man</c><00:32:19.279><c> doesn't</c><00:32:19.539><c> call</c><00:32:19.799><c> Jesus.</c>

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This<00:32:22.400><c> is</c><00:32:22.579><c> a</c><00:32:22.880><c> free</c><00:32:23.099><c> will</c><00:32:23.279><c> offering</c><00:32:23.740><c> at</c><00:32:24.200><c> the</c><00:32:24.299><c> hand</c><00:32:24.440><c> of</c><00:32:24.579><c> the</c><00:32:24.660><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:32:25.079><c> Christ.</c>

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This<00:32:26.440><c> is</c><00:32:26.680><c> not</c><00:32:26.859><c> like</c><00:32:27.119><c> the</c><00:32:27.319><c> nobleman</c><00:32:27.720><c> who</c><00:32:27.940><c> said</c><00:32:28.099><c> please</c><00:32:28.359><c> come</c><00:32:28.559><c> and</c><00:32:28.700><c> heal</c><00:32:28.779><c> my</c><00:32:29.059><c> son.</c>

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Or<00:32:30.319><c> all</c><00:32:30.500><c> the</c><00:32:30.619><c> others</c><00:32:30.779><c> that</c><00:32:30.960><c> we've</c><00:32:31.180><c> seen</c><00:32:31.299><c> where</c><00:32:31.480><c> somebody</c><00:32:31.720><c> calls</c><00:32:31.980><c> him</c>

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and<00:32:32.220><c> says</c><00:32:32.359><c> is</c><00:32:32.480><c> there</c><00:32:32.599><c> anything</c><00:32:32.740><c> you</c><00:32:32.900><c> can</c><00:32:32.940><c> do</c><00:32:33.039><c> about</c><00:32:33.180><c> it.</c>

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Jesus<00:32:33.720><c> does</c><00:32:33.940><c> it</c><00:32:34.079><c> just</c><00:32:34.259><c> as</c><00:32:34.420><c> a</c><00:32:34.500><c> free</c><00:32:34.599><c> will</c><00:32:34.740><c> offering.</c>

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I've<00:32:35.839><c> been</c><00:32:35.940><c> seeing</c><00:32:36.059><c> that</c><00:32:36.220><c> man</c><00:32:36.339><c> for</c><00:32:36.480><c> 38</c><00:32:36.740><c> years.</c>

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And<00:32:38.380><c> it's</c><00:32:38.500><c> Pentecost.</c>

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And<00:32:40.039><c> in</c><00:32:40.119><c> Pentecost</c><00:32:40.460><c> I'm</c><00:32:40.640><c> supposed</c><00:32:40.779><c> to</c><00:32:40.960><c> do</c><00:32:41.079><c> something</c><00:32:41.500><c> for</c><00:32:41.940><c> the</c>

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stranger,<00:32:42.559><c> the</c><00:32:42.700><c> fatherless,</c><00:32:43.220><c> and</c><00:32:43.339><c> the</c><00:32:43.440><c> widow</c><00:32:43.619><c> that</c><00:32:43.799><c> is</c><00:32:44.420><c> among</c><00:32:44.619><c> us.</c>

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And<00:32:45.059><c> here</c><00:32:45.220><c> he</c><00:32:45.359><c> is.</c><00:32:45.519><c> Here's</c><00:32:45.759><c> that</c><00:32:45.940><c> man</c><00:32:46.440><c> representing</c><00:32:46.960><c> that</c>

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very<00:32:47.460><c> thing.</c>

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And<00:32:48.779><c> Jesus</c><00:32:49.019><c> says</c><00:32:49.279><c> rise</c><00:32:49.619><c> take</c><00:32:49.880><c> up</c><00:32:50.000><c> your</c><00:32:50.180><c> bed</c><00:32:50.319><c> and</c><00:32:50.480><c> walk</c><00:32:50.619><c> and</c><00:32:50.819><c> the</c>

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man<00:32:51.059><c> is</c><00:32:51.519><c> physically</c><00:32:52.359><c> healed.</c>

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And<00:32:53.200><c> immediately</c><00:32:53.740><c> the</c><00:32:54.339><c> man</c><00:32:54.460><c> was</c><00:32:54.680><c> made</c><00:32:54.940><c> whole,</c><00:32:55.680><c> healed.</c>

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And<00:32:57.099><c> he</c><00:32:57.200><c> took</c><00:32:57.279><c> up</c><00:32:57.420><c> his</c><00:32:57.579><c> bed</c><00:32:57.720><c> and</c><00:32:57.940><c> walked</c><00:32:58.099><c> and</c><00:32:58.240><c> on</c><00:32:58.359><c> the</c><00:32:58.599><c> same</c><00:32:58.799><c> day</c>

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was<00:32:59.180><c> the</c><00:32:59.480><c> Sabbath.</c>

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Well<00:33:00.920><c> of</c><00:33:01.000><c> course</c><00:33:01.119><c> Jesus</c><00:33:01.400><c> knows</c><00:33:01.660><c> it's</c><00:33:01.880><c> the</c><00:33:02.059><c> Sabbath.</c>

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He<00:33:02.440><c> knows</c><00:33:02.640><c> what</c><00:33:02.799><c> the</c><00:33:02.940><c> response</c><00:33:03.240><c> is</c><00:33:03.380><c> going</c><00:33:03.559><c> to</c><00:33:03.700><c> be,</c><00:33:03.839><c> the</c><00:33:03.920><c> fact</c>

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that<00:33:04.200><c> he</c><00:33:04.240><c> heals</c><00:33:04.420><c> in</c><00:33:04.619><c> the</c><00:33:04.779><c> Sabbath.</c>

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And<00:33:06.359><c> notice</c><00:33:06.480><c> what</c><00:33:06.599><c> it</c><00:33:06.700><c> says</c><00:33:06.859><c> about</c><00:33:07.019><c> the</c><00:33:07.200><c> man.</c>

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So<00:33:07.900><c> they</c><00:33:08.019><c> come</c><00:33:08.160><c> to</c><00:33:08.259><c> him</c><00:33:08.319><c> and</c><00:33:08.400><c> they</c><00:33:08.579><c> ask</c><00:33:08.700><c> him</c><00:33:08.839><c> about</c><00:33:09.099><c> why</c><00:33:09.740><c> did</c><00:33:09.960><c> you</c><00:33:09.980><c> take</c><00:33:10.160><c> up</c>

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your<00:33:10.420><c> bed</c><00:33:10.539><c> and</c><00:33:10.740><c> walk?</c>

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It's<00:33:11.059><c> the</c><00:33:11.200><c> Sabbath.</c><00:33:11.440><c> You</c><00:33:11.539><c> can't</c><00:33:11.759><c> do</c><00:33:11.940><c> that.</c>

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And<00:33:12.180><c> he</c><00:33:12.220><c> said</c><00:33:12.319><c> the</c><00:33:12.440><c> guy</c><00:33:12.660><c> that</c><00:33:13.079><c> healed</c><00:33:13.259><c> me</c><00:33:13.619><c> doesn't</c><00:33:13.859><c> even</c><00:33:14.039><c> know</c>

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who<00:33:14.279><c> it</c><00:33:14.400><c> is.</c>

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It<00:33:17.000><c> doesn't</c><00:33:17.240><c> follow</c><00:33:17.579><c> him.</c>

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I<00:33:18.640><c> know</c><00:33:18.759><c> it</c><00:33:18.900><c> says</c><00:33:19.099><c> Jesus</c><00:33:19.380><c> got</c><00:33:19.559><c> lost</c><00:33:19.839><c> in</c><00:33:19.960><c> it,</c><00:33:20.059><c> but</c><00:33:20.420><c> you</c><00:33:20.720><c> know</c><00:33:20.839><c> what?</c>

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The<00:33:21.319><c> guy</c><00:33:21.539><c> in</c><00:33:21.660><c> Acts</c><00:33:21.799><c> chapter</c><00:33:22.059><c> 2,</c><00:33:22.279><c> he</c><00:33:22.440><c> wasn't</c><00:33:22.680><c> going</c><00:33:22.859><c> to</c><00:33:22.980><c> lose</c><00:33:23.220><c> hold</c><00:33:23.480><c> of</c>

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Peter<00:33:23.880><c> and</c><00:33:24.079><c> John.</c>

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He<00:33:25.039><c> literally</c><00:33:25.480><c> physically</c><00:33:26.019><c> grabbed</c><00:33:26.359><c> onto</c><00:33:26.619><c> them</c><00:33:26.799><c> even</c><00:33:26.980><c> though</c>

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he<00:33:27.279><c> could</c><00:33:27.460><c> not</c><00:33:27.660><c> walk.</c>

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This<00:33:28.519><c> man</c><00:33:28.720><c> loses</c><00:33:29.039><c> track</c><00:33:29.359><c> of</c><00:33:29.519><c> Jesus.</c>

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x
And<00:33:31.480><c> he</c><00:33:31.720><c> that</c><00:33:31.859><c> was</c><00:33:32.099><c> healed,</c><00:33:32.559><c> wiseth</c><00:33:32.799><c> not</c><00:33:32.960><c> who</c><00:33:33.160><c> it</c><00:33:33.339><c> was,</c><00:33:33.779><c> verse</c>

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13,<00:33:34.500><c> for</c><00:33:34.619><c> Jesus</c><00:33:34.900><c> had</c><00:33:35.140><c> conveyed</c><00:33:35.380><c> himself</c><00:33:35.720><c> away.</c>

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A<00:33:37.799><c> multitude</c><00:33:38.200><c> being</c><00:33:38.500><c> in</c><00:33:38.660><c> that</c><00:33:38.859><c> place.</c>

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Afterward<00:33:39.799><c> Jesus</c><00:33:40.119><c> findeth</c><00:33:40.420><c> him</c><00:33:40.559><c> in</c><00:33:40.680><c> the</c><00:33:40.839><c> temple</c><00:33:41.039><c> and</c><00:33:41.220><c> saith</c>

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unto<00:33:41.579><c> him,</c>

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Behold<00:33:43.579><c> thou</c><00:33:43.940><c> art</c><00:33:44.119><c> made</c><00:33:44.460><c> whole.</c>

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Sin<00:33:47.160><c> no</c><00:33:47.539><c> more,</c><00:33:48.019><c> lest</c><00:33:48.119><c> the</c><00:33:48.319><c> worst</c><00:33:48.500><c> thing</c><00:33:48.700><c> come</c><00:33:48.920><c> on</c><00:33:49.099><c> to</c><00:33:49.240><c> thee.</c>

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x
Well,<00:33:51.380><c> that's</c><00:33:51.700><c> a</c><00:33:51.819><c> lot</c><00:33:51.900><c> to</c><00:33:52.220><c> ask,</c><00:33:52.480><c> don't</c><00:33:52.640><c> you</c><00:33:52.839><c> think?</c>

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Sin<00:33:54.700><c> no</c><00:33:55.039><c> more?</c>

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He<00:33:55.859><c> says</c><00:33:55.980><c> the</c><00:33:56.180><c> same</c><00:33:56.319><c> thing</c><00:33:56.480><c> to</c><00:33:56.579><c> the</c><00:33:56.779><c> adulterous</c><00:33:57.240><c> woman,</c><00:33:57.400><c> by</c>

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the<00:33:57.740><c> way.</c>

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Don't<00:33:58.039><c> sin</c><00:33:58.240><c> anymore.</c>

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And<00:34:00.299><c> we</c><00:34:00.380><c> don't</c><00:34:00.539><c> know</c><00:34:00.640><c> if</c><00:34:00.859><c> the</c><00:34:01.180><c> adulterous</c><00:34:01.599><c> woman</c><00:34:01.759><c> follows</c><00:34:02.119><c> him</c><00:34:02.299><c> either.</c>

00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:04.779
x
So<00:34:03.279><c> why</c><00:34:03.500><c> does</c><00:34:03.619><c> Jesus</c><00:34:03.880><c> say</c><00:34:04.079><c> to</c><00:34:04.099><c> him,</c><00:34:04.299><c> sin</c><00:34:04.420><c> no</c><00:34:04.680><c> more?</c>

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I<00:34:04.819><c> mean</c><00:34:05.099><c> you</c><00:34:05.680><c> can't</c><00:34:05.980><c> ask</c><00:34:06.200><c> the</c><00:34:06.279><c> man</c><00:34:06.440><c> never</c><00:34:06.779><c> to</c><00:34:07.079><c> sin</c><00:34:07.619><c> again.</c>

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:13.000
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So<00:34:10.460><c> then</c><00:34:10.619><c> why</c><00:34:10.780><c> does</c><00:34:10.940><c> Jesus</c><00:34:11.179><c> say</c><00:34:11.340><c> to</c><00:34:11.480><c> him,</c><00:34:11.679><c> sin</c><00:34:11.739><c> no</c><00:34:12.019><c> more?</c>

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:18.760
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Because<00:34:15.059><c> the</c><00:34:15.260><c> man</c><00:34:15.460><c> is</c><00:34:15.719><c> not</c><00:34:16.440><c> saved</c><00:34:16.940><c> by</c><00:34:17.199><c> the</c><00:34:17.340><c> Lord</c><00:34:17.460><c> Jesus</c><00:34:17.780><c> Christ.</c>

00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:23.079
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We're<00:34:20.340><c> never</c><00:34:20.559><c> told</c><00:34:20.920><c> ourselves</c><00:34:21.500><c> to</c><00:34:21.719><c> sin</c><00:34:21.860><c> no</c><00:34:22.119><c> more.</c>

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Because<00:34:23.579><c> we're</c><00:34:23.780><c> not</c><00:34:23.880><c> going</c><00:34:24.079><c> to</c><00:34:24.300><c> succeed.</c>

00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:30.340
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But<00:34:25.820><c> if</c><00:34:25.940><c> you're</c><00:34:26.179><c> caught</c><00:34:26.300><c> under</c><00:34:26.519><c> the</c><00:34:26.760><c> law,</c><00:34:28.719><c> alright</c><00:34:28.900><c> then</c><00:34:29.059><c> don't</c><00:34:29.260><c> sin</c><00:34:29.440><c> anymore.</c>

00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:32.940
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But<00:34:30.820><c> I</c><00:34:31.199><c> can't</c><00:34:31.460><c> do</c><00:34:31.659><c> that,</c><00:34:31.940><c> exactly.</c>

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Exactly.

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You<00:34:35.659><c> can't</c><00:34:35.920><c> do</c><00:34:36.079><c> it.</c>

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But<00:34:37.500><c> if</c><00:34:37.599><c> you're</c><00:34:37.800><c> going</c><00:34:37.800><c> to</c><00:34:37.880><c> live</c><00:34:37.980><c> under</c><00:34:38.159><c> the</c><00:34:38.340><c> law,</c><00:34:38.760><c> that's</c><00:34:39.079><c> the</c>

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law<00:34:39.380><c> you</c><00:34:39.539><c> live</c><00:34:39.659><c> under.</c>

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Don't<00:34:40.900><c> sin.</c>

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That's<00:34:43.460><c> the</c><00:34:43.579><c> law</c><00:34:43.820><c> of</c><00:34:44.239><c> mercy.</c>

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That's<00:34:44.760><c> not</c><00:34:44.900><c> the</c><00:34:44.960><c> law</c><00:34:45.119><c> of</c><00:34:45.320><c> grace.</c>

00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:50.599
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That's<00:34:47.239><c> not</c><00:34:47.420><c> the</c><00:34:47.519><c> law</c><00:34:47.679><c> that</c><00:34:48.260><c> the</c><00:34:48.480><c> impotent</c><00:34:48.719><c> man</c><00:34:48.940><c> in</c><00:34:49.079><c> Acts</c><00:34:49.239><c> chapter</c><00:34:49.480><c> 2</c><00:34:49.719><c> saw.</c>

00:34:52.239 --> 00:34:54.920
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That's<00:34:52.519><c> not</c><00:34:52.679><c> the</c><00:34:52.820><c> law</c><00:34:52.980><c> that</c><00:34:53.559><c> the</c><00:34:53.739><c> leprous</c><00:34:54.079><c> man</c><00:34:54.280><c> saw</c><00:34:54.500><c> who</c><00:34:54.679><c> came</c>

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back<00:34:55.179><c> to</c><00:34:55.320><c> Jesus.</c>

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All<00:34:57.920><c> them</c><00:34:58.079><c> understood.</c>

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That's<00:35:01.139><c> exactly</c><00:35:01.380><c> what</c><00:35:01.559><c> this</c><00:35:01.780><c> man</c><00:35:01.920><c> should</c><00:35:02.099><c> have</c><00:35:02.300><c> known.</c>

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I've<00:35:03.119><c> been</c><00:35:03.139><c> here</c><00:35:03.280><c> for</c><00:35:03.460><c> 38</c><00:35:03.840><c> years,</c><00:35:04.179><c> I</c><00:35:04.280><c> can't</c><00:35:04.480><c> get</c><00:35:04.619><c> in</c><00:35:04.739><c> the</c><00:35:04.860><c> water.</c>

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This<00:35:05.139><c> guy</c><00:35:05.340><c> comes</c><00:35:05.559><c> by</c><00:35:05.780><c> and</c><00:35:05.920><c> says</c><00:35:06.019><c> stand</c><00:35:06.239><c> up</c><00:35:06.400><c> and</c><00:35:06.559><c> walk,</c><00:35:06.780><c> and</c><00:35:06.780><c> I</c>

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stand<00:35:06.980><c> up</c><00:35:07.159><c> and</c><00:35:07.340><c> walk?</c>

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How<00:35:09.119><c> am</c><00:35:09.239><c> I</c><00:35:09.280><c> to</c><00:35:09.420><c> respond</c><00:35:09.780><c> to</c><00:35:10.000><c> that?</c>

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Just<00:35:11.880><c> like</c><00:35:12.280><c> Brother</c><00:35:12.539><c> Steve</c><00:35:12.760><c> was</c><00:35:12.940><c> pointing</c><00:35:13.199><c> this</c><00:35:13.420><c> morning</c>

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about<00:35:13.960><c> Romans.</c>

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How<00:35:14.619><c> are</c><00:35:14.800><c> we</c><00:35:14.900><c> to</c><00:35:15.099><c> respond</c><00:35:15.579><c> to</c><00:35:16.079><c> what</c><00:35:16.260><c> the</c><00:35:16.440><c> Lord</c><00:35:16.599><c> God</c><00:35:16.840><c> has</c><00:35:17.059><c> done</c>

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for<00:35:17.559><c> us?</c>

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To<00:35:18.599><c> sin</c><00:35:18.760><c> no</c><00:35:19.059><c> more?</c>

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We're<00:35:19.420><c> not</c><00:35:19.780><c> under</c><00:35:20.219><c> the</c><00:35:20.380><c> law</c><00:35:20.539><c> of</c><00:35:20.719><c> sin</c><00:35:20.920><c> and</c><00:35:21.079><c> death</c><00:35:21.260><c> anymore.</c>

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We're<00:35:22.760><c> under</c><00:35:22.880><c> the</c><00:35:23.099><c> law</c><00:35:23.219><c> of</c><00:35:23.519><c> grace.</c>

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And<00:35:26.420><c> what</c><00:35:26.539><c> does</c><00:35:26.699><c> it</c><00:35:26.860><c> say</c><00:35:26.980><c> about</c><00:35:27.219><c> Pentecost</c><00:35:27.739><c> back</c><00:35:27.980><c> in</c><00:35:28.139><c> Deuteronomy?</c>

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It<00:35:29.480><c> says,</c>

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And<00:35:30.000><c> thou</c><00:35:30.239><c> shalt</c><00:35:30.679><c> rejoice</c><00:35:31.719><c> before</c><00:35:32.679><c> the</c><00:35:32.920><c> Lord</c><00:35:33.159><c> thy</c><00:35:33.400><c> God</c><00:35:34.000><c> with</c>

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thy<00:35:35.239><c> son</c><00:35:35.539><c> and</c><00:35:35.679><c> thy</c><00:35:35.900><c> daughter</c><00:35:36.219><c> and</c><00:35:36.380><c> thy</c><00:35:36.539><c> manservant</c><00:35:37.019><c> and</c><00:35:37.139><c> thy</c>

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maidservant<00:35:37.840><c> and</c><00:35:38.239><c> everybody</c><00:35:38.840><c> and</c><00:35:39.559><c> anybody.</c>

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That's<00:35:40.639><c> Pentecost.</c>

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Rejoice<00:35:43.079><c> in</c><00:35:43.199><c> the</c><00:35:43.380><c> Lord.</c>

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Paul<00:35:44.980><c> says</c><00:35:45.300><c> in</c><00:35:45.539><c> Philippians,</c>

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Rejoice<00:35:46.840><c> in</c><00:35:46.940><c> the</c><00:35:47.119><c> Lord</c><00:35:47.320><c> always</c><00:35:47.820><c> and</c><00:35:48.039><c> again</c><00:35:48.340><c> I</c><00:35:48.639><c> say</c><00:35:48.820><c> rejoice.</c>

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That's<00:35:50.039><c> what</c><00:35:50.219><c> Pentecost</c><00:35:50.820><c> is.</c>

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That's<00:35:51.539><c> where</c><00:35:51.739><c> we</c><00:35:52.059><c> are.</c>

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That's<00:35:52.519><c> what</c><00:35:52.659><c> the</c><00:35:52.900><c> firstfruits</c><00:35:53.280><c> are</c><00:35:53.460><c> to</c><00:35:53.619><c> do.</c>

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Despite<00:35:54.699><c> sin,</c><00:35:55.659><c> despite</c><00:35:55.659><c> weakness,</c><00:35:56.320><c> despite</c><00:35:56.519><c> all</c><00:35:56.860><c> the</c><00:35:57.119><c> terrible</c><00:35:57.420><c> things</c>

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we<00:35:57.800><c> have</c><00:35:58.000><c> to</c><00:35:58.079><c> go</c><00:35:58.320><c> through</c><00:35:58.420><c> and</c><00:35:58.539><c> all</c><00:35:58.659><c> the</c><00:35:58.840><c> struggles</c><00:35:59.119><c> that</c><00:35:59.340><c> we</c><00:35:59.539><c> have,</c>

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rejoice<00:36:00.860><c> in</c><00:36:01.059><c> the</c><00:36:01.199><c> Lord.</c>

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That<00:36:01.820><c> salvation</c><00:36:02.239><c> is</c><00:36:02.619><c> ours.</c>

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And<00:36:03.420><c> never</c><00:36:03.679><c> lose</c><00:36:04.059><c> hold</c><00:36:04.460><c> of</c><00:36:04.900><c> that</c><00:36:05.099><c> rejoicing</c><00:36:05.719><c> in</c><00:36:05.860><c> what</c><00:36:06.099><c> God</c><00:36:06.400><c> has</c>

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done<00:36:06.840><c> for</c><00:36:07.119><c> you.</c>

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This<00:36:08.000><c> bread</c><00:36:08.360><c> and</c><00:36:08.559><c> this</c><00:36:08.840><c> wine</c><00:36:09.280><c> represent</c><00:36:10.519><c> the</c><00:36:11.320><c> fact</c><00:36:11.460><c> that</c><00:36:11.639><c> we</c>

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could<00:36:12.059><c> never</c><00:36:12.719><c> partake</c><00:36:13.199><c> of</c><00:36:13.340><c> this</c><00:36:13.739><c> without</c><00:36:14.199><c> the</c><00:36:14.400><c> grace</c><00:36:14.579><c> of</c><00:36:14.800><c> God.</c>

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And<00:36:17.619><c> whether</c><00:36:17.860><c> we</c><00:36:18.239><c> are</c><00:36:18.639><c> struggling</c><00:36:19.260><c> in</c><00:36:19.539><c> our</c><00:36:19.699><c> dwellings</c><00:36:20.000><c> or</c><00:36:20.179><c> whether</c><00:36:20.380><c> we</c>

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are<00:36:20.940><c> walking</c><00:36:21.239><c> in</c><00:36:21.480><c> that</c><00:36:21.900><c> wonderful</c><00:36:22.420><c> feeling</c><00:36:22.820><c> when</c><00:36:23.019><c> we</c><00:36:23.239><c> are</c><00:36:23.579><c> filled</c><00:36:23.840><c> with</c><00:36:24.099><c> joy</c><00:36:24.300><c> ourselves,</c>

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we<00:36:25.360><c> must</c><00:36:25.659><c> always</c><00:36:26.119><c> and</c><00:36:26.360><c> should</c><00:36:26.599><c> always</c><00:36:27.059><c> and</c><00:36:27.420><c> need</c><00:36:27.699><c> always</c><00:36:28.519><c> to</c>

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rejoice<00:36:29.980><c> in</c><00:36:30.139><c> the</c><00:36:30.340><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:36:32.800><c> if</c><00:36:32.920><c> we</c><00:36:33.159><c> make</c><00:36:33.300><c> it</c><00:36:33.500><c> our</c><00:36:33.820><c> character</c><00:36:34.400><c> instead</c><00:36:35.099><c> of</c><00:36:35.380><c> our</c><00:36:35.880><c> remembrance,</c>

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then<00:36:38.280><c> the</c><00:36:38.539><c> joy</c><00:36:38.739><c> of</c><00:36:38.900><c> Jesus</c><00:36:39.239><c> Christ</c><00:36:39.519><c> will</c><00:36:39.760><c> fill</c><00:36:39.920><c> our</c><00:36:40.179><c> hearts.</c>

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And<00:36:42.920><c> we</c><00:36:43.059><c> will</c><00:36:43.260><c> know</c><00:36:43.360><c> the</c><00:36:43.559><c> joy</c><00:36:43.800><c> of</c><00:36:44.039><c> God</c><00:36:44.360><c> and</c><00:36:44.519><c> we</c><00:36:44.639><c> will</c><00:36:44.820><c> know</c><00:36:44.920><c> the</c>

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peace<00:36:45.420><c> of</c><00:36:45.659><c> God</c><00:36:46.619><c> by</c><00:36:48.079><c> holding</c><00:36:48.460><c> on</c><00:36:48.659><c> to</c><00:36:48.800><c> Jesus</c><00:36:49.139><c> with</c><00:36:49.360><c> all</c><00:36:49.559><c> our</c><00:36:49.739><c> hearts</c><00:36:50.019><c> and</c>

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all<00:36:50.400><c> our</c><00:36:50.619><c> minds</c><00:36:51.099><c> and</c><00:36:51.659><c> all</c><00:36:51.900><c> our</c><00:36:52.139><c> souls.</c>

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And<00:36:52.960><c> that's</c><00:36:53.219><c> the</c><00:36:53.360><c> message</c><00:36:53.599><c> of</c><00:36:53.820><c> Pentecost</c><00:36:54.300><c> and</c><00:36:54.440><c> that's</c><00:36:54.639><c> what</c>

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Jesus<00:36:55.119><c> understands.</c>

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And<00:36:56.559><c> even</c><00:36:56.739><c> though</c><00:36:56.980><c> they</c><00:36:57.699><c> rejected</c><00:36:58.219><c> him</c><00:36:58.480><c> for</c><00:36:58.739><c> it,</c><00:36:59.340><c> even</c><00:36:59.539><c> though</c>

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it<00:36:59.940><c> says</c><00:37:00.380><c> there</c><00:37:00.780><c> in</c><00:37:00.960><c> verse</c><00:37:02.639><c> 18,</c>

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Therefore<00:37:04.480><c> the</c><00:37:04.760><c> Jews</c><00:37:04.980><c> sought</c><00:37:05.280><c> the</c><00:37:05.539><c> more</c><00:37:05.659><c> to</c><00:37:05.960><c> kill</c><00:37:06.139><c> him,</c><00:37:06.800><c> because</c><00:37:07.239><c> he</c>

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had<00:37:07.539><c> not</c><00:37:07.739><c> only</c><00:37:07.940><c> broken</c><00:37:08.239><c> the</c><00:37:08.519><c> Sabbath</c><00:37:08.719><c> but</c><00:37:08.940><c> said</c><00:37:09.260><c> that</c><00:37:09.719><c> God</c><00:37:10.059><c> was</c>

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his<00:37:10.579><c> father,</c>

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making<00:37:11.219><c> him</c><00:37:11.500><c> equal</c><00:37:11.719><c> with</c><00:37:11.980><c> God,</c><00:37:12.619><c> even</c><00:37:13.000><c> though</c><00:37:13.320><c> that</c><00:37:13.760><c> lie</c><00:37:14.199><c> is</c><00:37:14.639><c> going</c><00:37:14.820><c> to</c>

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continue<00:37:15.480><c> for</c><00:37:15.880><c> two</c><00:37:16.179><c> thousand</c><00:37:16.659><c> years.</c>

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Yet<00:37:19.340><c> the</c><00:37:19.579><c> joy</c><00:37:19.699><c> never</c><00:37:19.980><c> changes.</c>

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And<00:37:22.179><c> notice</c><00:37:22.280><c> what</c><00:37:22.420><c> Jesus</c><00:37:22.679><c> says.</c>

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He<00:37:24.280><c> says,</c><00:37:24.659><c> Verily,</c><00:37:24.800><c> verily</c><00:37:25.039><c> I</c><00:37:25.219><c> say</c><00:37:25.340><c> unto</c><00:37:25.480><c> you,</c><00:37:25.619><c> the</c><00:37:25.739><c> son</c><00:37:25.920><c> can</c>

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do<00:37:26.260><c> nothing</c><00:37:26.460><c> of</c><00:37:26.599><c> himself,</c>

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but<00:37:27.199><c> he</c><00:37:27.679><c> seeth</c><00:37:27.960><c> the</c><00:37:28.199><c> father,</c><00:37:29.059><c> what</c><00:37:29.300><c> he</c><00:37:29.539><c> seeth</c><00:37:30.079><c> the</c><00:37:30.280><c> father</c><00:37:30.579><c> do,</c>

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for<00:37:31.440><c> what</c><00:37:31.599><c> things,</c><00:37:31.780><c> whoever</c><00:37:32.000><c> he</c><00:37:32.340><c> does,</c><00:37:33.059><c> the</c><00:37:33.239><c> son</c><00:37:33.360><c> does</c><00:37:33.639><c> likewise.</c>

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And<00:37:35.000><c> let</c><00:37:35.099><c> me</c><00:37:35.159><c> give</c><00:37:35.239><c> you</c><00:37:35.380><c> a</c><00:37:35.539><c> paraphrase</c><00:37:35.860><c> of</c><00:37:36.059><c> that.</c>

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Whatever<00:37:37.099><c> the</c><00:37:37.320><c> father</c><00:37:37.519><c> does,</c><00:37:37.760><c> I</c><00:37:37.980><c> do.</c>

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Here's<00:37:40.360><c> a</c><00:37:40.480><c> nice</c><00:37:40.659><c> paraphrase.</c>

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For<00:37:41.960><c> two</c><00:37:42.099><c> thousand</c><00:37:42.340><c> years,</c><00:37:42.619><c> that's</c><00:37:42.940><c> exactly</c><00:37:43.219><c> what</c><00:37:43.639><c> people</c>

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read<00:37:44.119><c> when</c><00:37:44.239><c> they</c><00:37:44.400><c> see</c><00:37:44.559><c> that.</c>

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Whatever<00:37:45.659><c> the</c><00:37:45.860><c> father</c><00:37:46.079><c> does,</c><00:37:46.420><c> I</c><00:37:46.639><c> do.</c>

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And<00:37:48.400><c> that's</c><00:37:48.599><c> not</c><00:37:48.760><c> what</c><00:37:48.880><c> it</c><00:37:49.079><c> says.</c>

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He<00:37:50.900><c> says</c><00:37:51.079><c> the</c><00:37:51.199><c> son</c><00:37:51.420><c> can</c><00:37:51.599><c> do</c><00:37:51.699><c> nothing</c><00:37:51.920><c> of</c><00:37:52.019><c> himself,</c><00:37:52.480><c> but</c><00:37:52.639><c> what</c>

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he<00:37:53.219><c> seeth</c><00:37:54.119><c> the</c><00:37:54.699><c> father</c><00:37:55.000><c> do,</c><00:37:56.380><c> he</c><00:37:56.659><c> does.</c>

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You<00:37:59.219><c> see,</c><00:37:59.500><c> he</c><00:37:59.719><c> does</c><00:38:00.059><c> what</c><00:38:00.239><c> he</c><00:38:00.519><c> sees</c><00:38:00.820><c> his</c><00:38:01.059><c> father</c><00:38:01.300><c> do.</c>

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He<00:38:02.179><c> doesn't</c><00:38:02.440><c> do</c><00:38:02.619><c> what</c><00:38:02.719><c> his</c><00:38:02.920><c> father</c><00:38:03.099><c> does</c><00:38:03.360><c> because</c><00:38:03.760><c> he's</c><00:38:04.159><c> one</c>

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with<00:38:04.539><c> the</c><00:38:04.679><c> father.</c>

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father<00:38:08.260><c> does</c><00:38:08.880><c> and</c><00:38:09.619><c> he</c><00:38:09.780><c> does</c><00:38:09.980><c> it.</c>

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That's<00:38:11.400><c> his</c><00:38:11.639><c> connection</c><00:38:11.980><c> to</c><00:38:12.280><c> us,</c><00:38:13.000><c> for</c><00:38:13.119><c> we</c><00:38:13.300><c> can</c><00:38:13.639><c> see</c><00:38:13.840><c> what</c><00:38:14.019><c> Jesus</c><00:38:14.360><c> does</c>

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and<00:38:15.599><c> do</c><00:38:15.760><c> it</c><00:38:15.920><c> ourselves.</c>

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We're<00:38:17.260><c> not</c><00:38:17.320><c> one</c><00:38:17.480><c> with</c><00:38:17.659><c> Jesus.</c>

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Well,<00:38:18.159><c> whatever</c><00:38:18.400><c> Jesus</c><00:38:18.719><c> does,</c><00:38:19.039><c> if</c><00:38:19.119><c> Jesus</c><00:38:19.500><c> was</c><00:38:19.940><c> suffering</c><00:38:20.159><c> on</c>

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the<00:38:20.460><c> cross,</c><00:38:20.780><c> well,</c><00:38:20.840><c> then</c><00:38:20.980><c> I'll</c><00:38:21.199><c> be</c><00:38:21.380><c> suffering</c><00:38:21.619><c> on</c><00:38:21.820><c> the</c><00:38:21.960><c> cross.</c>

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We<00:38:22.440><c> may</c><00:38:22.639><c> suffer</c><00:38:22.880><c> on</c><00:38:23.019><c> the</c><00:38:23.179><c> cross,</c><00:38:23.400><c> but</c><00:38:23.500><c> it's</c><00:38:23.619><c> because</c><00:38:23.860><c> we</c><00:38:24.059><c> do</c><00:38:24.260><c> what</c><00:38:24.440><c> we</c>

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see<00:38:24.780><c> Jesus</c><00:38:25.099><c> doing.</c>

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And<00:38:26.679><c> that's</c><00:38:26.960><c> a</c><00:38:27.059><c> walk</c><00:38:27.219><c> in</c><00:38:27.440><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:38:28.559><c> when</c><00:38:28.699><c> we</c><00:38:28.940><c> do</c><00:38:29.139><c> that,</c><00:38:29.960><c> our</c><00:38:30.039><c> hearts</c><00:38:30.219><c> are</c><00:38:30.380><c> full</c><00:38:30.579><c> of</c><00:38:30.760><c> joy.</c>

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And<00:38:32.440><c> we</c><00:38:32.599><c> can</c><00:38:32.780><c> be</c><00:38:33.360><c> one</c><00:38:33.699><c> with</c><00:38:33.920><c> the</c><00:38:34.099><c> father</c><00:38:34.679><c> and</c><00:38:35.380><c> one</c><00:38:35.579><c> with</c><00:38:35.800><c> the</c><00:38:35.980><c> son</c><00:38:36.599><c> through</c><00:38:37.420><c> the</c><00:38:37.699><c> sacrifice</c><00:38:38.260><c> and</c><00:38:38.480><c> through</c><00:38:38.679><c> the</c><00:38:38.820><c> love</c><00:38:38.940><c> of</c><00:38:39.119><c> God.</c>

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That<00:38:41.219><c> is</c><00:38:41.440><c> our</c><00:38:41.679><c> calling,</c><00:38:42.059><c> brothers</c><00:38:42.199><c> and</c><00:38:42.420><c> sisters.</c>

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We<00:38:43.599><c> are</c><00:38:43.840><c> the</c><00:38:44.179><c> first</c><00:38:44.480><c> fruits.</c>

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We<00:38:46.079><c> pray</c><00:38:46.360><c> for</c><00:38:46.559><c> the</c><00:38:46.699><c> day</c><00:38:46.860><c> of</c><00:38:47.000><c> the</c><00:38:47.199><c> great</c><00:38:47.380><c> harvest.</c>

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And<00:38:48.679><c> when</c><00:38:48.760><c> that</c><00:38:48.960><c> day</c><00:38:49.139><c> comes,</c><00:38:50.159><c> we</c><00:38:50.239><c> will</c><00:38:50.519><c> rejoice</c><00:38:51.119><c> with</c><00:38:51.380><c> the</c><00:38:51.559><c> Lord</c><00:38:51.920><c> that</c><00:38:52.900><c> all</c>

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the<00:38:53.460><c> earth</c><00:38:54.059><c> will</c><00:38:54.780><c> be</c><00:38:54.900><c> full</c><00:38:55.059><c> of</c><00:38:55.300><c> joy.</c>