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tells<00:10:14.879><c> us</c><00:10:15.320><c> that</c><00:10:15.759><c> liars</c><00:10:16.279><c> cannot</c><00:10:16.860><c> be</c><00:10:17.399><c> part</c><00:10:17.860><c> of</c><00:10:18.120><c> the</c><00:10:18.259><c> New</c><00:10:18.440><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:10:20.759><c> We're</c><00:10:21.059><c> reminded</c><00:10:21.779><c> it</c><00:10:22.960><c> is</c><00:10:23.259><c> a</c>

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written<00:10:39.659><c> in</c><00:10:40.259><c> the</c><00:10:40.559><c> Lamb's</c><00:10:41.200><c> Book</c><00:10:41.559><c> of</c><00:10:41.860><c> Life.</c><00:10:44.120><c> Sick</c><00:10:44.320><c> folk</c><00:10:44.679><c> were</c>

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brought<00:10:45.340><c> out</c><00:10:45.759><c> into</c><00:10:46.019><c> the</c><00:10:46.320><c> streets</c>

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them,<00:10:52.679><c> as</c><00:10:52.879><c> it</c><00:10:53.120><c> says</c><00:10:53.279><c> in</c>

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brought<00:11:07.100><c> their</c><00:11:07.480><c> sick</c><00:11:07.659><c> from</c>

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surrounding<00:11:08.500><c> cities,</c><00:11:09.220><c> including</c><00:11:09.580><c> those</c><00:11:10.320><c> vexed</c><00:11:10.679><c> with</c><00:11:10.940><c> unclean</c><00:11:11.600><c> spirits.</c><00:11:13.320><c> The</c><00:11:13.519><c> word</c>

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who,<00:11:27.659><c> during</c><00:11:28.120><c> Jesus'</c><00:11:28.720><c> ministry,</c><00:11:30.179><c> had</c><00:11:30.379><c> not</c><00:11:30.779><c> been</c><00:11:31.039><c> able</c><00:11:31.320><c> to</c><00:11:31.620><c> heal</c><00:11:31.919><c> an</c>

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verses<00:12:02.419><c> 17</c><00:12:03.159><c> to</c><00:12:03.440><c> 24.</c><00:12:04.759><c> Prison</c><00:12:05.279><c> and</c><00:12:06.259><c> deliverance.</c><00:12:08.919><c> They</c><00:12:09.440><c> were</c>

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and<00:12:17.860><c> envy</c><00:12:18.179><c> was</c><00:12:18.580><c> consuming</c>

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daybreak<00:13:32.960><c> in</c><00:13:33.179><c> the</c><00:13:33.360><c> revised</c><00:13:33.659><c> version,</c>

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life.<00:13:40.960><c> The</c><00:13:41.320><c> word</c><00:13:41.679><c> spoken</c><00:13:42.120><c> through</c><00:13:42.440><c> the</c><00:13:42.740><c> apostles</c>

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assembled<00:14:06.980><c> to</c><00:14:07.379><c> try</c><00:14:07.679><c> the</c><00:14:07.980><c> prisoners.</c><00:14:09.399><c> The</c><00:14:09.720><c> Senate</c><00:14:10.019><c> was</c><00:14:10.460><c> a</c><00:14:10.759><c> council</c><00:14:11.139><c> of</c><00:14:11.539><c> elders.</c>

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The<00:14:13.440><c> same</c><00:14:13.840><c> Greek</c><00:14:14.159><c> word</c><00:14:14.460><c> for</c><00:14:14.740><c> Senate</c><00:14:15.039><c> is</c><00:14:15.379><c> used</c><00:14:15.600><c> in</c><00:14:15.860><c> the</c><00:14:16.039><c> Septurgeon</c><00:14:16.759><c> translation</c><00:14:17.580><c> for</c><00:14:18.340><c> judges</c><00:14:19.000><c> in</c><00:14:19.600><c> Deuteronomy</c>

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21<00:14:21.039><c> verse</c><00:14:21.440><c> 2.</c><00:14:23.559><c> The</c><00:14:23.919><c> officers</c><00:14:24.340><c> reported</c><00:14:24.940><c> that</c><00:14:25.220><c> the</c><00:14:25.460><c> prison</c><00:14:25.700><c> security</c><00:14:26.340><c> was</c>

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in<00:14:26.919><c> order,</c>

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but<00:14:28.379><c> that</c><00:14:28.620><c> the</c><00:14:28.960><c> prisoners</c><00:14:29.159><c> had</c><00:14:29.539><c> disappeared.</c><00:14:31.539><c> The</c><00:14:31.779><c> high</c><00:14:32.080><c> priest,</c><00:14:32.519><c> captain,</c><00:14:33.000><c> and</c>

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chief<00:14:33.500><c> priests</c><00:14:33.759><c> were</c><00:14:34.019><c> embarrassed,</c>

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and<00:14:35.960><c> more</c><00:14:36.320><c> so</c><00:14:36.539><c> when</c><00:14:36.720><c> it</c><00:14:36.919><c> was</c><00:14:37.139><c> reported</c><00:14:37.580><c> that</c><00:14:37.820><c> the</c><00:14:38.059><c> prisoners</c>

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were<00:14:38.960><c> teaching</c><00:14:39.419><c> in</c><00:14:39.720><c> the</c><00:14:39.940><c> temple.</c>

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Chapter<00:14:42.700><c> 5</c><00:14:43.200><c> verses</c><00:14:43.639><c> 25</c><00:14:44.460><c> to</c><00:14:44.720><c> 42.</c><00:14:46.500><c> Witness</c><00:14:46.500><c> to</c><00:14:47.080><c> the</c><00:14:47.340><c> Council.</c>

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The<00:14:50.320><c> captain</c><00:14:50.740><c> and</c><00:14:51.080><c> officers</c><00:14:51.600><c> rearrested</c><00:14:52.679><c> the</c><00:14:52.899><c> apostles,</c><00:14:54.360><c> but</c>

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without<00:14:55.240><c> violence,</c><00:14:56.279><c> for</c><00:14:56.419><c> they</c><00:14:56.740><c> feared</c><00:14:56.960><c> the</c><00:14:57.220><c> people</c>

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lest<00:14:57.779><c> they</c><00:14:58.019><c> should</c><00:14:58.240><c> have</c><00:14:58.460><c> been</c><00:14:58.799><c> stoned.</c><00:15:01.080><c> Feelings</c><00:15:01.580><c> were</c>

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had<00:15:08.960><c> King</c><00:15:09.320><c> Saul</c><00:15:09.759><c> so</c><00:15:10.120><c> long</c><00:15:10.360><c> before</c><00:15:10.919><c> in</c><00:15:11.139><c> the</c><00:15:11.279><c> first</c><00:15:11.500><c> of</c>

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Samuel<00:15:12.139><c> 15</c><00:15:13.100><c> verse</c><00:15:13.440><c> 24.</c><00:15:15.820><c> To</c><00:15:16.259><c> the</c><00:15:16.580><c> officers'</c><00:15:17.320><c> reliefs,</c><00:15:18.519><c> the</c><00:15:18.840><c> apostles</c><00:15:19.240><c> submitted</c><00:15:19.840><c> to</c>

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the<00:15:20.399><c> arrest</c><00:15:20.740><c> and</c><00:15:20.980><c> went</c>

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Council,<00:15:27.419><c> two</c><00:15:27.899><c> charges</c><00:15:28.440><c> were</c><00:15:28.740><c> brought</c><00:15:28.980><c> against</c>

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the<00:15:29.639><c> apostles.</c><00:15:31.539><c> The</c><00:15:31.799><c> first</c><00:15:32.139><c> charge</c><00:15:32.580><c> was</c><00:15:33.080><c> disobedience</c><00:15:34.059><c> to</c><00:15:34.299><c> the</c><00:15:34.500><c> Council</c><00:15:34.919><c> from</c><00:15:35.259><c> chapter</c><00:15:35.580><c> 4</c>

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verse<00:15:36.179><c> 18.</c>

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The<00:15:38.480><c> second</c><00:15:38.840><c> charge</c><00:15:39.259><c> was</c><00:15:39.580><c> that</c><00:15:39.759><c> they</c><00:15:39.960><c> had</c><00:15:40.299><c> accused</c><00:15:40.659><c> the</c><00:15:40.940><c> rulers</c><00:15:41.299><c> of</c><00:15:41.639><c> murder,</c><00:15:43.080><c> a</c>

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teaching<00:15:43.620><c> with</c><00:15:43.960><c> which</c>

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the<00:15:44.460><c> apostles</c><00:15:44.879><c> had</c><00:15:45.279><c> filled</c><00:15:45.480><c> Jerusalem</c><00:15:46.840><c> in</c><00:15:47.179><c> fulfillment</c><00:15:48.360><c> of</c>

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the<00:15:49.039><c> Lord's</c><00:15:50.059><c> instruction.</c>

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In<00:15:52.940><c> laying</c><00:15:53.419><c> the</c><00:15:53.940><c> charges,</c><00:15:54.679><c> the</c><00:15:54.740><c> high</c><00:15:55.080><c> priest</c><00:15:55.379><c> could</c><00:15:55.759><c> not</c><00:15:56.200><c> bring</c><00:15:56.539><c> himself</c><00:15:57.059><c> to</c>

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pronounce<00:15:57.779><c> the</c><00:15:58.000><c> name</c><00:15:58.279><c> Jesus.</c>

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His<00:16:00.220><c> hatred</c><00:16:00.659><c> was</c><00:16:01.000><c> such</c><00:16:01.240><c> that</c><00:16:01.820><c> he</c><00:16:02.120><c> referred</c><00:16:02.399><c> to</c><00:16:02.659><c> Jesus</c><00:16:02.980><c> as</c><00:16:03.379><c> this</c><00:16:03.879><c> man.</c>

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There<00:16:06.240><c> are</c><00:16:06.480><c> still</c><00:16:06.759><c> Jews</c><00:16:07.059><c> who</c><00:16:07.399><c> find</c><00:16:07.580><c> it</c><00:16:07.879><c> difficult</c><00:16:08.299><c> to</c><00:16:08.639><c> pronounce</c><00:16:09.139><c> the</c><00:16:09.500><c> name.</c>

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We<00:16:16.159><c> ought</c><00:16:16.419><c> to</c><00:16:16.720><c> obey</c><00:16:17.080><c> God</c><00:16:17.519><c> rather</c><00:16:17.960><c> than</c><00:16:18.220><c> men.</c>

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Perhaps<00:16:20.379><c> it</c><00:16:20.600><c> was</c><00:16:20.860><c> this</c><00:16:21.480><c> statement</c><00:16:22.039><c> that</c><00:16:22.460><c> aroused</c><00:16:22.840><c> the</c><00:16:23.139><c> concern</c><00:16:23.919><c> that</c>

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underlies<00:16:25.460><c> Gamaliel's</c><00:16:26.559><c> words,</c>

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Lest<00:16:27.860><c> happily</c><00:16:28.600><c> ye</c><00:16:28.960><c> be</c><00:16:29.240><c> found</c><00:16:29.500><c> even</c><00:16:29.799><c> to</c><00:16:30.159><c> fight</c><00:16:30.399><c> against</c><00:16:30.980><c> God.</c>

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Peter's<00:16:34.480><c> statement</c><00:16:34.759><c> became</c><00:16:35.240><c> stronger</c><00:16:35.779><c> when</c><00:16:36.019><c> he</c><00:16:36.299><c> added,</c>

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The<00:16:37.860><c> God</c><00:16:38.220><c> of</c><00:16:38.480><c> our</c><00:16:38.759><c> fathers</c><00:16:39.220><c> raised</c><00:16:39.659><c> up</c><00:16:40.059><c> Jesus,</c><00:16:41.399><c> whom</c><00:16:41.659><c> ye</c><00:16:42.379><c> slew.</c>

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God<00:16:45.159><c> had</c><00:16:45.460><c> not</c><00:16:45.679><c> only</c><00:16:46.059><c> raised</c><00:16:46.419><c> up</c><00:16:46.700><c> Jesus</c><00:16:47.100><c> as</c><00:16:47.460><c> the</c><00:16:47.779><c> seed</c><00:16:48.120><c> promised</c>

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to<00:16:48.840><c> the</c><00:16:49.039><c> fathers,</c>

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but<00:16:50.539><c> he</c><00:16:50.720><c> had</c><00:16:50.960><c> also</c><00:16:51.360><c> raised</c><00:16:51.720><c> him</c><00:16:51.980><c> up</c><00:16:52.240><c> from</c><00:16:52.539><c> the</c><00:16:52.779><c> dead.</c>

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The<00:16:54.820><c> Council</c><00:16:55.360><c> had</c><00:16:55.740><c> murdered</c><00:16:56.100><c> him,</c><00:16:57.559><c> and</c><00:16:57.820><c> their</c><00:16:58.159><c> refusal</c><00:16:58.740><c> to</c><00:16:59.019><c> be</c>

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responsible<00:16:59.980><c> for</c><00:17:00.220><c> the</c><00:17:00.419><c> act</c>

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was<00:17:01.360><c> in</c><00:17:01.759><c> contradiction</c><00:17:02.379><c> to</c><00:17:02.720><c> their</c><00:17:03.120><c> cry</c><00:17:03.320><c> at</c><00:17:03.559><c> Jesus'</c><00:17:04.319><c> trial,</c><00:17:05.059><c> His</c><00:17:05.359><c> blood</c><00:17:05.779><c> be</c>

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on<00:17:06.099><c> us</c><00:17:06.420><c> and</c><00:17:06.700><c> on</c><00:17:06.960><c> our</c><00:17:07.299><c> children.</c>

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Matthew<00:17:09.160><c> 23</c><00:17:09.839><c> verse</c><00:17:10.160><c> 35</c><00:17:10.980><c> and</c><00:17:11.779><c> 27</c><00:17:12.500><c> verse</c><00:17:12.859><c> 25.</c>

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This<00:17:15.599><c> was</c><00:17:16.140><c> not</c><00:17:16.500><c> an</c><00:17:16.839><c> answer</c><00:17:17.299><c> to</c><00:17:17.579><c> the</c><00:17:17.900><c> second</c><00:17:18.240><c> charge,</c><00:17:20.099><c> but</c><00:17:20.339><c> an</c>

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irrefutable<00:17:21.940><c> accusation</c><00:17:23.019><c> of</c><00:17:23.240><c> the</c><00:17:23.599><c> Council's</c>

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complicity<00:17:25.279><c> in</c><00:17:25.759><c> the</c><00:17:26.039><c> murder</c><00:17:26.480><c> of</c><00:17:26.880><c> the</c><00:17:27.140><c> Saviour.</c><00:17:28.359><c> He</c><00:17:28.839><c> is</c><00:17:29.400><c> the</c><00:17:29.680><c> chief</c><00:17:30.039><c> prince,</c><00:17:31.119><c> the</c><00:17:31.400><c> leader</c><00:17:31.880><c> or</c>

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author<00:17:33.200><c> of</c><00:17:33.700><c> life,</c>

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as<00:17:35.180><c> Paul</c><00:17:35.519><c> says</c><00:17:35.839><c> in</c><00:17:36.019><c> Hebrews</c><00:17:36.319><c> 12</c><00:17:36.740><c> verse</c><00:17:37.059><c> 2</c><00:17:37.359><c> as</c><00:17:37.700><c> well.</c>

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They<00:17:39.539><c> had</c><00:17:39.880><c> forced</c><00:17:40.359><c> Pilate's</c><00:17:41.099><c> hand</c><00:17:41.380><c> so</c><00:17:41.700><c> that</c><00:17:41.880><c> Jesus</c><00:17:42.240><c> had</c><00:17:42.519><c> been</c>

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hung<00:17:43.019><c> on</c><00:17:43.220><c> a</c><00:17:43.480><c> tree</c><00:17:43.980><c> when</c><00:17:44.539><c> Pilate</c><00:17:45.079><c> would</c><00:17:45.339><c> have</c><00:17:45.539><c> set</c>

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him<00:17:46.140><c> free.</c><00:17:47.940><c> In</c><00:17:48.279><c> this</c><00:17:48.559><c> action</c><00:17:49.000><c> they</c><00:17:49.279><c> had</c><00:17:49.599><c> cursed</c><00:17:50.000><c> Jesus,</c><00:17:51.720><c> for</c><00:17:51.940><c> cursed</c><00:17:52.420><c> is</c><00:17:52.720><c> everyone</c><00:17:53.240><c> that</c><00:17:53.660><c> hangeth</c><00:17:54.000><c> on</c><00:17:54.220><c> a</c><00:17:54.500><c> tree.</c>

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Deuteronomy<00:17:56.039><c> 21</c><00:17:56.759><c> verse</c><00:17:57.119><c> 22</c><00:17:57.720><c> to</c><00:17:58.039><c> 23.</c>

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But<00:18:00.519><c> God,</c><00:18:01.960><c> in</c><00:18:02.180><c> exalting</c><00:18:02.920><c> him</c><00:18:03.339><c> to</c><00:18:03.640><c> his</c><00:18:03.960><c> right</c><00:18:04.339><c> hand,</c><00:18:05.920><c> unquestionably</c><00:18:06.920><c> showed</c><00:18:07.359><c> his</c><00:18:07.880><c> approval</c><00:18:08.299><c> of</c>

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his<00:18:09.000><c> son,</c>

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as<00:18:10.480><c> Peter</c><00:18:10.779><c> has</c><00:18:11.160><c> explained</c><00:18:11.900><c> in</c><00:18:12.640><c> Acts</c><00:18:13.019><c> chapter</c><00:18:13.519><c> 2.</c>

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He<00:18:15.240><c> is</c><00:18:15.720><c> therefore</c><00:18:16.180><c> the</c><00:18:16.539><c> Saviour</c><00:18:16.960><c> to</c><00:18:17.220><c> give</c><00:18:17.460><c> repentance</c><00:18:18.160><c> to</c><00:18:18.440><c> Israel</c><00:18:19.019><c> and</c>

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forgiveness<00:18:20.720><c> of</c><00:18:21.099><c> sins,</c>

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something<00:18:22.500><c> the</c><00:18:22.920><c> priests</c><00:18:23.180><c> were</c><00:18:23.579><c> quite</c><00:18:24.160><c> unable</c><00:18:24.579><c> to</c><00:18:24.900><c> do.</c>

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This<00:18:27.039><c> repentance</c><00:18:27.819><c> was</c><00:18:28.319><c> first</c><00:18:28.700><c> to</c><00:18:28.900><c> Israel</c><00:18:29.559><c> and</c><00:18:30.400><c> then</c><00:18:30.660><c> to</c><00:18:30.940><c> the</c>

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Gentiles,<00:18:32.299><c> chapter</c><00:18:32.500><c> 11</c><00:18:32.859><c> verse</c><00:18:33.160><c> 15,</c>

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to<00:18:34.759><c> fulfill</c><00:18:35.200><c> Christ's</c><00:18:36.119><c> words</c><00:18:36.740><c> and</c><00:18:37.640><c> that</c><00:18:37.900><c> repentance</c><00:18:38.660><c> and</c><00:18:38.960><c> remission</c><00:18:39.460><c> of</c>

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sins<00:18:40.059><c> should</c><00:18:40.339><c> be</c><00:18:40.640><c> preached</c><00:18:40.960><c> in</c>

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among<00:18:41.980><c> all</c><00:18:42.539><c> nations</c><00:18:43.180><c> beginning</c><00:18:44.220><c> at</c><00:18:44.980><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:18:46.460><c> Luke</c><00:18:46.579><c> 24</c><00:18:47.180><c> verse</c><00:18:47.559><c> 47.</c>

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In<00:18:50.279><c> his</c><00:18:50.599><c> Gospel,</c><00:18:51.140><c> Luke</c><00:18:51.299><c> records</c><00:18:51.940><c> that</c><00:18:52.279><c> the</c><00:18:52.460><c> Lord</c><00:18:52.779><c> added,</c>

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And<00:18:54.539><c> ye</c><00:18:54.740><c> are</c><00:18:54.920><c> witnesses</c><00:18:55.460><c> of</c><00:18:55.839><c> these</c><00:18:56.240><c> things.</c><00:18:57.579><c> So</c><00:18:58.059><c> in</c><00:18:58.640><c> Acts.</c>

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Luke<00:19:00.339><c> adds</c><00:19:00.779><c> that</c><00:19:01.180><c> Peter</c><00:19:01.500><c> continued,</c><00:19:02.859><c> We</c><00:19:03.200><c> are</c><00:19:03.640><c> witnesses</c><00:19:04.140><c> of</c>

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these<00:19:04.819><c> things,</c>

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and<00:19:05.920><c> so</c><00:19:06.200><c> also</c><00:19:06.500><c> is</c><00:19:06.759><c> the</c><00:19:07.039><c> Holy</c><00:19:07.400><c> Spirit,</c><00:19:08.259><c> whom</c><00:19:08.420><c> God</c><00:19:08.819><c> hath</c><00:19:09.099><c> given</c>

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to<00:19:09.680><c> them</c><00:19:09.920><c> that</c><00:19:10.220><c> obey</c><00:19:10.640><c> him.</c>

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As<00:19:12.819><c> an</c><00:19:13.059><c> aside,</c><00:19:13.799><c> it</c><00:19:13.920><c> is</c><00:19:14.180><c> interesting</c><00:19:14.660><c> in</c><00:19:14.900><c> the</c><00:19:15.079><c> light</c><00:19:15.220><c> of</c><00:19:15.559><c> modern</c>

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claims<00:19:16.140><c> to</c><00:19:16.460><c> spirit</c><00:19:16.759><c> possession</c>

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that<00:19:18.380><c> the</c><00:19:18.680><c> Spirit</c><00:19:18.900><c> was</c><00:19:19.160><c> only</c><00:19:19.640><c> given</c><00:19:19.819><c> to</c><00:19:20.079><c> those</c><00:19:20.440><c> who</c><00:19:20.680><c> had</c><00:19:20.960><c> first</c>

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obeyed<00:19:21.839><c> the</c><00:19:21.980><c> Gospel.</c>

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It<00:19:24.000><c> was</c><00:19:24.279><c> never</c><00:19:24.640><c> given</c><00:19:25.039><c> to</c><00:19:25.380><c> make</c><00:19:25.579><c> a</c><00:19:25.839><c> person</c><00:19:26.339><c> obedient.</c>

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The<00:19:29.180><c> truth</c><00:19:29.420><c> of</c><00:19:29.740><c> Peter's</c><00:19:30.339><c> witness</c><00:19:30.799><c> was</c><00:19:31.259><c> undeniable,</c><00:19:33.119><c> but</c><00:19:33.339><c> the</c>

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Council<00:19:33.980><c> was</c><00:19:34.319><c> not</c><00:19:34.980><c> bricked</c><00:19:35.380><c> in</c><00:19:35.819><c> heart,</c>

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as<00:19:36.559><c> were</c><00:19:37.019><c> Peter's</c><00:19:37.619><c> hearers</c><00:19:37.799><c> on</c><00:19:38.039><c> the</c><00:19:38.140><c> day</c><00:19:38.400><c> of</c><00:19:38.559><c> Pentecost.</c>

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They<00:19:40.519><c> were</c><00:19:41.160><c> cut</c><00:19:41.660><c> to</c><00:19:42.220><c> the</c><00:19:42.460><c> heart.</c>

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Murder<00:19:44.779><c> was</c><00:19:45.160><c> counseled</c><00:19:45.940><c> until</c><00:19:46.299><c> Gamaliel,</c><00:19:47.099><c> a</c><00:19:47.259><c> doctor</c><00:19:47.519><c> of</c><00:19:47.720><c> the</c>

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law<00:19:48.079><c> who</c><00:19:48.319><c> was</c><00:19:48.579><c> had</c><00:19:48.759><c> in</c><00:19:48.980><c> reputation,</c>

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came<00:19:50.980><c> to</c><00:19:51.220><c> the</c><00:19:51.420><c> rescue</c><00:19:51.859><c> with</c><00:19:52.279><c> wise</c><00:19:52.740><c> counsel.</c>

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Gamaliel,<00:19:56.220><c> his</c><00:19:56.380><c> name</c><00:19:56.619><c> means</c><00:19:57.119><c> reward</c><00:19:57.759><c> of</c><00:19:58.259><c> ale,</c><00:19:59.480><c> was</c><00:19:59.660><c> Saul's</c><00:20:00.380><c> teacher,</c><00:20:00.940><c> we</c>

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find<00:20:01.319><c> from</c><00:20:01.519><c> Acts</c><00:20:01.799><c> 22</c><00:20:02.359><c> verse</c><00:20:02.680><c> 3.</c>

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He<00:20:04.079><c> was</c><00:20:04.319><c> the</c><00:20:04.559><c> grandson</c><00:20:05.099><c> of</c><00:20:05.400><c> the</c><00:20:05.579><c> great</c><00:20:05.940><c> Hillel</c><00:20:06.559><c> and</c><00:20:07.279><c> a</c>

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celebrated<00:20:08.420><c> teacher.</c>

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Gamaliel<00:20:10.640><c> was</c><00:20:10.880><c> the</c><00:20:11.140><c> first</c><00:20:11.400><c> of</c><00:20:11.619><c> only</c><00:20:12.000><c> seven</c><00:20:12.460><c> given</c><00:20:12.880><c> the</c><00:20:13.180><c> title</c><00:20:13.579><c> Rabban.</c>

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It<00:20:15.579><c> is</c><00:20:15.779><c> written</c><00:20:16.019><c> in</c><00:20:16.279><c> the</c><00:20:16.559><c> Talmud,</c><00:20:17.839><c> Since</c><00:20:18.319><c> Rabban</c><00:20:19.000><c> Gamaliel</c><00:20:19.720><c> died,</c><00:20:20.920><c> the</c><00:20:21.099><c> glory</c><00:20:21.500><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:21.920><c> law</c><00:20:22.140><c> has</c><00:20:22.559><c> ceased.</c>

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He<00:20:24.579><c> was</c><00:20:24.859><c> a</c><00:20:25.180><c> Pharisee</c><00:20:25.720><c> who</c><00:20:26.039><c> did</c><00:20:26.359><c> believe</c><00:20:26.839><c> in</c><00:20:27.119><c> resurrection</c><00:20:27.640><c> and</c>

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was<00:20:28.759><c> respected</c><00:20:29.440><c> by</c><00:20:30.039><c> all.</c>

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First,<00:20:32.460><c> Gamaliel</c><00:20:32.859><c> commanded</c><00:20:33.420><c> the</c><00:20:33.700><c> apostles</c><00:20:34.059><c> to</c><00:20:34.299><c> be</c><00:20:34.500><c> put</c><00:20:34.700><c> aside</c><00:20:35.180><c> while</c><00:20:35.500><c> the</c>

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Council<00:20:36.160><c> deliberated.</c>

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Then,<00:20:38.920><c> knowing</c><00:20:39.380><c> his</c><00:20:39.720><c> audience</c><00:20:40.099><c> well,</c><00:20:41.240><c> he</c><00:20:41.519><c> appealed</c><00:20:41.980><c> to</c><00:20:42.180><c> their</c>

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self<00:20:42.940><c>-interest,</c><00:20:43.920><c> saying,</c>

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Take<00:20:44.960><c> heed</c><00:20:45.220><c> to</c><00:20:45.519><c> yourselves.</c>

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They<00:20:47.420><c> had</c><00:20:47.619><c> been</c><00:20:47.880><c> unable</c><00:20:48.180><c> to</c><00:20:48.480><c> decide</c><00:20:48.920><c> whether</c><00:20:49.220><c> John's</c><00:20:49.859><c> baptism</c>

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was<00:20:50.619><c> from</c><00:20:50.880><c> heaven</c><00:20:51.359><c> or</c><00:20:52.079><c> of</c><00:20:52.319><c> men,</c><00:20:52.779><c> as</c><00:20:52.920><c> in</c><00:20:53.059><c> Luke</c><00:20:53.299><c> 20</c><00:20:53.700><c> verse</c><00:20:54.019><c> 4.</c>

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Gamaliel<00:20:56.240><c> left</c><00:20:56.599><c> the</c><00:20:56.900><c> same</c><00:20:57.240><c> question</c><00:20:57.740><c> open</c><00:20:58.180><c> with</c><00:20:58.500><c> regard</c><00:20:59.000><c> to</c>

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the<00:20:59.440><c> work</c><00:20:59.619><c> of</c><00:20:59.880><c> the</c><00:21:00.160><c> apostles,</c>

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and<00:21:01.940><c> advised</c><00:21:02.420><c> that</c><00:21:02.640><c> they</c><00:21:02.940><c> refrain</c><00:21:03.440><c> from</c><00:21:03.740><c> these</c><00:21:04.039><c> men</c><00:21:04.319><c> lest</c><00:21:04.640><c> they</c><00:21:04.900><c> be</c>

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found<00:21:05.500><c> to</c><00:21:05.819><c> fight</c><00:21:06.099><c> against</c><00:21:06.680><c> God.</c>

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In<00:21:09.539><c> referring</c><00:21:10.059><c> to</c><00:21:10.759><c> Theodos</c><00:21:11.279><c> and</c><00:21:11.799><c> Judas</c><00:21:12.180><c> of</c><00:21:12.420><c> Galilee,</c><00:21:13.880><c> Gamaliel</c><00:21:14.440><c> avoided</c>

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the<00:21:15.099><c> use</c><00:21:15.279><c> of</c><00:21:15.519><c> the</c><00:21:15.619><c> word</c><00:21:15.900><c> Messiah.</c>

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Both<00:21:18.400><c> men</c><00:21:18.740><c> had</c><00:21:19.019><c> been</c><00:21:19.400><c> slain.</c>

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Gamaliel<00:21:21.420><c> was</c><00:21:21.819><c> well</c><00:21:22.160><c> aware</c><00:21:22.500><c> that</c><00:21:22.779><c> Jesus</c><00:21:23.140><c> had</c><00:21:23.380><c> been</c><00:21:23.680><c> murdered.</c>

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He<00:21:25.160><c> used</c><00:21:25.579><c> the</c><00:21:25.799><c> same</c><00:21:26.119><c> word,</c><00:21:26.819><c> slain,</c><00:21:27.720><c> that</c><00:21:27.920><c> Peter</c><00:21:28.240><c> had</c><00:21:28.539><c> used</c><00:21:28.779><c> in</c>

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verse<00:21:29.279><c> 30.</c>

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How<00:21:31.500><c> many</c><00:21:32.140><c> more</c><00:21:32.660><c> murders</c><00:21:33.259><c> were</c><00:21:33.579><c> they</c><00:21:33.859><c> prepared</c><00:21:34.380><c> to</c><00:21:34.720><c> commit?</c>

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It<00:21:36.819><c> would</c><00:21:37.039><c> appear</c><00:21:37.380><c> that</c><00:21:37.680><c> Gamaliel</c><00:21:38.319><c> defended</c><00:21:38.980><c> the</c><00:21:39.279><c> apostles</c>

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because<00:21:40.220><c> he</c><00:21:40.579><c> wondered</c><00:21:41.000><c> about</c><00:21:41.380><c> the</c><00:21:41.720><c> significance</c><00:21:42.220><c> of</c><00:21:42.519><c> the</c>

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signs,<00:21:43.759><c> and</c><00:21:44.339><c> was</c><00:21:44.660><c> well</c><00:21:45.019><c> aware</c><00:21:45.539><c> that</c><00:21:45.799><c> there</c><00:21:46.039><c> had</c><00:21:46.240><c> been</c><00:21:46.519><c> a</c><00:21:46.680><c> miscarriage</c><00:21:47.420><c> of</c><00:21:47.660><c> justice</c><00:21:48.059><c> in</c>

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Jesus'<00:21:49.099><c> case.</c>

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His<00:21:50.619><c> statement</c><00:21:51.220><c> that</c><00:21:51.380><c> they</c><00:21:51.599><c> may</c><00:21:51.839><c> be</c><00:21:52.059><c> found</c><00:21:52.259><c> to</c><00:21:52.420><c> be</c><00:21:52.619><c> fighting</c>

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against<00:21:53.420><c> God</c><00:21:54.019><c> shows</c><00:21:54.740><c> that</c><00:21:55.079><c> Gamaliel</c><00:21:55.660><c> was</c>

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worried,<00:21:57.339><c> and</c><00:21:57.480><c> not</c><00:21:57.859><c> too</c><00:21:58.319><c> proud</c><00:21:58.779><c> to</c><00:21:59.119><c> entertain</c><00:21:59.579><c> the</c><00:21:59.819><c> thought</c>

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they<00:22:00.180><c> might</c><00:22:00.440><c> be</c><00:22:00.700><c> wrong.</c>

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Remarkably,<00:22:03.700><c> the</c><00:22:03.859><c> Pharisees</c><00:22:04.480><c> used</c><00:22:04.700><c> the</c><00:22:04.940><c> same</c><00:22:05.160><c> argument</c><00:22:05.680><c> against</c><00:22:06.099><c> the</c><00:22:06.440><c> Sadducees</c>

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when<00:22:08.160><c> supporting</c><00:22:08.839><c> Paul's</c><00:22:09.619><c> belief</c><00:22:09.900><c> in</c><00:22:10.200><c> resurrection</c><00:22:10.880><c> in</c><00:22:11.759><c> 23rd</c>

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chapter<00:22:13.039><c> of</c><00:22:13.259><c> Acts</c><00:22:13.539><c> and</c><00:22:13.720><c> verse</c><00:22:13.960><c> 9.</c>

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Having<00:22:16.680><c> agreed</c><00:22:17.240><c> in</c><00:22:17.579><c> principle</c><00:22:18.039><c> to</c><00:22:18.339><c> Gamaliel's</c><00:22:19.059><c> proposal</c><00:22:19.500><c> to</c>

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do<00:22:20.000><c> nothing</c><00:22:20.359><c> against</c><00:22:20.839><c> the</c><00:22:21.119><c> apostles</c><00:22:21.599><c> for</c><00:22:21.940><c> the</c><00:22:22.180><c> time</c>

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being,<00:22:24.019><c> the</c><00:22:24.259><c> Council,</c><00:22:25.660><c> ignoring</c><00:22:26.299><c> Gamaliel's</c><00:22:27.279><c> advice</c><00:22:27.559><c> to</c><00:22:28.079><c> let</c>

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them<00:22:28.880><c> alone,</c><00:22:30.500><c> called</c><00:22:30.759><c> the</c><00:22:31.039><c> apostles</c><00:22:31.400><c> back,</c>

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beat<00:22:32.559><c> them,</c><00:22:34.079><c> no</c><00:22:34.240><c> doubt</c><00:22:34.539><c> with</c><00:22:34.859><c> forty</c><00:22:35.259><c> stripes</c><00:22:35.660><c> save</c><00:22:36.079><c> one,</c><00:22:36.460><c> as</c>

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mentioned<00:22:37.019><c> in</c><00:22:37.220><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:22:37.839><c> 25</c><00:22:38.519><c> verse</c><00:22:38.779><c> 3,</c>

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and<00:22:40.680><c> commanded</c><00:22:41.579><c> that</c><00:22:41.920><c> they</c><00:22:42.140><c> should</c><00:22:42.440><c> not</c><00:22:42.859><c> speak</c><00:22:43.359><c> in</c><00:22:43.599><c> the</c><00:22:43.759><c> name</c>

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of<00:22:44.220><c> Jesus,</c><00:22:45.740><c> and</c><00:22:46.059><c> let</c><00:22:46.259><c> them</c><00:22:46.500><c> go.</c>

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To<00:22:48.759><c> beat</c><00:22:48.940><c> a</c><00:22:49.119><c> man</c><00:22:49.319><c> who</c><00:22:49.559><c> was</c><00:22:49.859><c> uncondemned</c><00:22:50.700><c> was</c><00:22:50.980><c> of</c><00:22:51.220><c> course</c><00:22:51.680><c> totally</c><00:22:52.319><c> against</c><00:22:52.859><c> the</c>

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law<00:22:53.420><c> that</c><00:22:54.000><c> they</c><00:22:54.359><c> professed</c>

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to<00:22:55.519><c> uphold,</c><00:22:57.279><c> and</c><00:22:57.740><c> it</c><00:22:57.920><c> was</c><00:22:58.119><c> totally</c><00:22:58.539><c> against</c><00:22:58.920><c> the</c><00:22:59.259><c> spirit</c><00:22:59.579><c> of</c><00:22:59.819><c> that</c><00:23:00.039><c> law</c><00:23:00.400><c> to</c><00:23:00.740><c> beat</c><00:23:01.000><c> a</c>

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man<00:23:01.420><c> for</c><00:23:01.740><c> healing</c><00:23:02.059><c> the</c><00:23:02.500><c> sick</c>

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in<00:23:03.700><c> response</c><00:23:04.299><c> to</c><00:23:04.579><c> the</c><00:23:04.839><c> command</c><00:23:05.240><c> to</c><00:23:05.599><c> love</c><00:23:05.900><c> thy</c><00:23:06.319><c> neighbour.</c>

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Rejoicing<00:23:10.019><c> in</c><00:23:10.339><c> Tribulation</c>

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The<00:23:13.019><c> effect</c><00:23:13.339><c> upon</c><00:23:13.660><c> the</c><00:23:13.960><c> disciples,</c><00:23:15.039><c> however,</c><00:23:15.680><c> was</c><00:23:15.880><c> that</c><00:23:16.019><c> they</c>

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rejoiced,<00:23:16.980><c> that</c><00:23:17.079><c> they</c><00:23:17.359><c> were</c><00:23:17.680><c> counted</c><00:23:18.299><c> worthy</c><00:23:18.819><c> to</c>

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suffer<00:23:19.400><c> shame</c><00:23:19.980><c> for</c><00:23:20.619><c> his</c><00:23:21.019><c> name.</c><00:23:22.980><c> This</c><00:23:23.180><c> is</c><00:23:23.420><c> not</c><00:23:23.619><c> a</c><00:23:23.839><c> reaction</c><00:23:24.299><c> that</c><00:23:24.559><c> is</c>

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common<00:23:25.019><c> to</c><00:23:25.299><c> us,</c><00:23:26.480><c> but</c><00:23:26.759><c> one</c><00:23:27.079><c> that</c><00:23:27.339><c> has</c><00:23:27.660><c> full</c>

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scriptural<00:23:28.680><c> endorsement</c><00:23:29.519><c> in</c><00:23:29.740><c> the</c><00:23:29.940><c> Lord's</c><00:23:30.500><c> words,</c><00:23:32.539><c> Blessed</c>

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are<00:23:33.279><c> they</c><00:23:33.640><c> which</c><00:23:33.859><c> are</c><00:23:34.279><c> persecuted</c><00:23:34.920><c> for</c><00:23:35.259><c> righteousness</c>

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sake,<00:23:37.000><c> for</c><00:23:37.299><c> theirs</c><00:23:37.819><c> is</c><00:23:38.279><c> the</c><00:23:38.619><c> kingdom</c><00:23:39.119><c> of</c><00:23:39.539><c> heaven.</c><00:23:41.940><c> Peter</c><00:23:42.259><c> recalled</c><00:23:42.880><c> his</c>

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experience<00:23:44.000><c> at</c><00:23:44.259><c> this</c><00:23:44.519><c> time</c><00:23:44.819><c> when</c><00:23:45.079><c> he</c>

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encouraged<00:23:45.779><c> those</c><00:23:46.240><c> who</c><00:23:46.599><c> suffer</c><00:23:47.000><c> similarly,</c><00:23:48.640><c> 1</c><00:23:48.759><c> Peter</c><00:23:49.059><c> 2,</c><00:23:49.420><c> 19</c>

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-20,<00:23:50.480><c> and</c><00:23:50.660><c> in</c><00:23:50.839><c> other</c><00:23:51.099><c> places.</c><00:23:52.619><c> Paul</c><00:23:53.099><c> also</c><00:23:54.259><c> fellowshiped</c>

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his<00:23:55.460><c> sufferings,</c><00:23:56.140><c> the</c><00:23:56.339><c> sufferings</c><00:23:56.680><c> of</c><00:23:56.839><c> Jesus,</c><00:23:58.279><c> and</c><00:23:58.599><c> set</c><00:23:58.779><c> us</c>

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an<00:23:59.380><c> example</c><00:23:59.900><c> of</c><00:24:00.259><c> rejoicing</c><00:24:01.180><c> in</c><00:24:01.619><c> tribulation.</c>

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Were<00:24:05.119><c> the</c><00:24:05.420><c> disciples</c><00:24:06.019><c> cowed</c><00:24:06.980><c> by</c><00:24:07.299><c> the</c><00:24:07.519><c> beating</c><00:24:07.819><c> and</c><00:24:08.160><c> warning</c><00:24:08.440><c> they</c><00:24:08.640><c> had</c><00:24:08.960><c> received?</c><00:24:10.339><c> Not</c><00:24:10.759><c> a</c>

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bit.<00:24:12.519><c> Daily</c><00:24:12.920><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:13.420><c> temple</c><00:24:13.680><c> and</c><00:24:13.920><c> in</c><00:24:14.200><c> every</c><00:24:14.420><c> house</c><00:24:14.799><c> they</c><00:24:15.140><c> ceased</c><00:24:15.599><c> not</c><00:24:16.079><c> to</c><00:24:16.759><c> teach</c><00:24:17.140><c> and</c>

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to<00:24:17.819><c> preach</c><00:24:18.160><c> Jesus</c><00:24:18.839><c> Christ.</c><00:24:20.740><c> They</c><00:24:21.339><c> surely</c><00:24:21.759><c> acted</c>

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upon<00:24:22.460><c> the</c><00:24:22.680><c> Lord's</c><00:24:23.299><c> words,</c><00:24:24.579><c> If</c><00:24:24.880><c> any</c><00:24:25.180><c> man</c><00:24:25.420><c> come</c><00:24:25.680><c> after</c><00:24:26.000><c> me,</c><00:24:27.400><c> let</c>

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him<00:24:27.900><c> deny</c><00:24:28.380><c> himself,</c><00:24:30.099><c> and</c><00:24:30.480><c> take</c><00:24:30.759><c> up</c><00:24:31.019><c> his</c><00:24:31.359><c> cross</c><00:24:31.700><c> and</c>

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follow<00:24:32.740><c> me.</c><00:24:33.839><c> Matthew</c><00:24:34.180><c> 16</c><00:24:34.819><c> verse</c><00:24:35.180><c> 24.</c><00:24:37.599><c> It</c><00:24:37.859><c> takes</c><00:24:38.200><c> a</c><00:24:38.559><c> rare</c><00:24:38.980><c> brunt</c>

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of<00:24:39.920><c> courage</c><00:24:40.339><c> to</c><00:24:40.660><c> continue</c><00:24:41.180><c> to</c><00:24:41.480><c> carry</c><00:24:41.660><c> the</c><00:24:41.940><c> name</c>

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into<00:24:42.519><c> the</c><00:24:42.900><c> enemy's</c><00:24:43.460><c> camp,</c><00:24:44.400><c> even</c><00:24:44.759><c> into</c><00:24:45.119><c> the</c><00:24:45.400><c> temple</c><00:24:45.759><c> itself.</c>

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Let<00:24:48.839><c> us</c><00:24:49.119><c> not</c><00:24:49.480><c> be</c><00:24:49.839><c> faint</c><00:24:50.200><c>-hearted</c><00:24:50.559><c> in</c><00:24:50.880><c> our</c><00:24:51.140><c> preaching.</c>

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Our<00:24:53.039><c> Lord</c><00:24:53.359><c> has</c><00:24:53.640><c> been</c><00:24:53.960><c> raised</c><00:24:54.180><c> from</c><00:24:54.380><c> the</c><00:24:54.660><c> dead.</c><00:24:56.259><c> What</c><00:24:56.519><c> greater</c>

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incentive<00:24:57.480><c> to</c><00:24:57.859><c> preach</c><00:24:58.160><c> could</c><00:24:58.420><c> we</c><00:24:58.720><c> have?</c>

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Let<00:25:00.720><c> us</c><00:25:01.380><c> preach</c><00:25:02.000><c> the</c><00:25:02.279><c> word.</c><00:25:03.779><c> Be</c><00:25:04.160><c> instant</c><00:25:04.720><c> in</c><00:25:05.099><c> season,</c><00:25:06.000><c> out</c><00:25:06.200><c> of</c><00:25:06.519><c> season.</c>

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For<00:25:08.440><c> there</c><00:25:08.740><c> is</c><00:25:09.000><c> a</c><00:25:09.299><c> crown</c><00:25:09.680><c> of</c><00:25:10.140><c> righteousness</c><00:25:10.680><c> to</c><00:25:10.980><c> be</c><00:25:11.160><c> given</c><00:25:11.339><c> to</c>

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those<00:25:12.059><c> that</c><00:25:12.799><c> love</c><00:25:13.319><c> his</c><00:25:14.180><c> appearing.</c>

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The<00:25:16.579><c> first</c><00:25:16.839><c> of</c><00:25:17.019><c> Timothy</c><00:25:17.380><c> 4</c><00:25:17.819><c> verse</c><00:25:18.119><c> 2</c><00:25:18.980><c> and</c><00:25:19.839><c> verse</c><00:25:20.279><c> 8.</c>