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Did<00:14:26.299><c> they</c><00:14:26.539><c> not</c><00:14:26.860><c> sacrifice</c><00:14:27.519><c> their</c><00:14:27.879><c> children</c><00:14:28.419><c> to</c><00:14:29.059><c> idols,</c><00:14:29.620><c> to</c><00:14:29.820><c> stone?</c>

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What<00:14:50.039><c> kind</c><00:14:50.279><c> of</c><00:14:50.519><c> idols</c><00:14:50.740><c> do</c><00:14:51.019><c> we</c><00:14:51.240><c> have</c><00:14:51.440><c> in</c><00:14:51.620><c> our</c><00:14:51.879><c> lives?</c>

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We<00:14:53.679><c> may</c><00:14:54.000><c> not</c><00:14:54.220><c> be</c><00:14:54.480><c> bowing</c><00:14:54.860><c> down</c><00:14:55.139><c> and</c><00:14:55.320><c> worshipping</c><00:14:55.879><c> stones,</c>

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sisters,<00:15:00.080><c> we</c><00:15:00.240><c> know</c><00:15:00.440><c> we</c><00:15:00.659><c> do.</c>

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Things<00:15:09.419><c> that</c><00:15:09.600><c> can</c><00:15:09.799><c> discourage</c><00:15:10.320><c> us</c><00:15:10.659><c> day</c><00:15:10.879><c> by</c><00:15:11.179><c> day.</c>

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And<00:15:57.440><c> if</c><00:15:57.600><c> you</c><00:15:57.840><c> don't,</c><00:15:59.220><c> you</c><00:15:59.379><c> have</c><00:15:59.580><c> no</c><00:15:59.779><c> one</c><00:15:59.940><c> else</c><00:16:00.139><c> to</c><00:16:00.379><c> blame</c><00:16:00.539><c> but</c><00:16:00.740><c> yourself.</c>

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So<00:16:10.960><c> what</c><00:16:11.139><c> does</c><00:16:11.299><c> man</c><00:16:11.519><c> have</c><00:16:11.799><c> to</c><00:16:12.000><c> do?</c>

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we<00:16:25.799><c> do</c><00:16:26.059><c> need</c><00:16:26.220><c> to</c><00:16:26.379><c> be</c><00:16:26.559><c> doing.</c>

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turn<00:16:40.519><c> away</c><00:16:40.960><c> from</c><00:16:41.299><c> idols.</c>

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Here<00:17:07.160><c> on</c><00:17:07.380><c> his</c><00:17:07.700><c> table</c><00:17:08.519><c> before</c><00:17:09.619><c> us</c><00:17:10.000><c> assembled</c><00:17:10.559><c> is</c><00:17:12.180><c> the</c><00:17:12.440><c> loaf</c><00:17:12.700><c> and</c>

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And<00:17:22.720><c> he</c><00:17:22.940><c> didn't</c><00:17:23.339><c> sin,</c><00:17:24.319><c> but</c><00:17:25.900><c> he</c><00:17:26.140><c> was</c><00:17:26.619><c> beaten</c><00:17:27.019><c> bloody</c><00:17:27.660><c> and</c><00:17:28.880><c> nailed</c><00:17:29.140><c> to</c><00:17:29.400><c> a</c>

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cross<00:17:30.220><c> and</c><00:17:31.680><c> suffered</c><00:17:31.940><c> an</c><00:17:32.200><c> agonizing</c><00:17:32.859><c> death.</c>

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share<00:17:50.059><c> the</c><00:17:50.380><c> hope</c><00:17:51.019><c> of</c><00:17:51.720><c> everlasting</c><00:17:52.359><c> life.</c>

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heir<00:17:59.259><c> according</c><00:17:59.839><c> to</c><00:18:00.180><c> the</c><00:18:00.339><c> promise.</c>

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And<00:19:27.779><c> the</c><00:19:27.940><c> people</c><00:19:28.119><c> were</c><00:19:28.420><c> following</c><00:19:28.799><c> them</c><00:19:29.400><c> and</c><00:19:29.779><c> they</c><00:19:29.920><c> were</c><00:19:30.039><c> more</c>

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than<00:19:30.500><c> happy</c><00:19:30.700><c> to</c><00:19:30.960><c> throw</c><00:19:31.099><c> money</c><00:19:31.380><c> into</c><00:19:31.640><c> the</c><00:19:31.960><c> collection.</c>

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But<00:19:36.740><c> then</c><00:19:37.000><c> Jesus</c><00:19:37.359><c> comes</c><00:19:37.740><c> along</c><00:19:38.220><c> and</c><00:19:40.259><c> he</c><00:19:40.460><c> heals</c><00:19:40.660><c> a</c><00:19:40.960><c> blind</c><00:19:41.180><c> man.</c>

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And<00:19:43.880><c> he</c><00:19:44.059><c> heals</c><00:19:44.240><c> a</c><00:19:44.480><c> leper.</c><00:19:45.339><c> And</c><00:19:45.460><c> he</c><00:19:45.619><c> makes</c><00:19:46.859><c> a</c><00:19:47.119><c> deaf</c><00:19:47.279><c> man</c><00:19:47.599><c> hear</c><00:19:47.960><c> and</c><00:19:48.119><c> a</c>

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Well,<00:19:57.700><c> excuse</c><00:19:58.019><c> me,</c><00:19:58.359><c> Mr.</c><00:19:58.700><c> Chief</c><00:19:58.960><c> Priest,</c><00:20:01.099><c> where</c><00:20:01.319><c> were</c><00:20:01.519><c> you</c><00:20:01.819><c> when</c><00:20:02.019><c> this</c><00:20:02.380><c> man</c>

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laid<00:20:03.039><c> cripple?</c>

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I<00:20:09.660><c> haven't</c><00:20:09.940><c> seen</c><00:20:10.200><c> you</c><00:20:10.480><c> raise</c><00:20:10.779><c> the</c><00:20:11.119><c> dead.</c><00:20:13.740><c> Jesus</c><00:20:13.920><c> just</c><00:20:14.359><c> raised</c>

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Lazarus<00:20:15.240><c> from</c><00:20:15.519><c> the</c><00:20:15.740><c> dead.</c>

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How<00:20:17.680><c> about</c><00:20:17.900><c> you?</c>

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Well,<00:20:21.380><c> maybe</c><00:20:21.559><c> that's</c><00:20:21.859><c> because</c><00:20:22.160><c> Jesus</c><00:20:22.599><c> really</c><00:20:23.019><c> is</c><00:20:23.240><c> the</c><00:20:23.440><c> Son</c><00:20:23.579><c> of</c><00:20:23.819><c> God.</c>

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And<00:20:27.779><c> because</c><00:20:28.119><c> when</c><00:20:28.319><c> he</c><00:20:28.599><c> comes,</c><00:20:30.259><c> he</c><00:20:30.440><c> comes</c><00:20:30.700><c> to</c><00:20:30.920><c> fulfill</c><00:20:31.299><c> the</c><00:20:31.500><c> will</c><00:20:31.660><c> of</c>

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his<00:20:32.019><c> Father</c><00:20:32.299><c> in</c><00:20:32.519><c> heaven.</c>

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So<00:20:36.299><c> yes,</c><00:20:36.599><c> it</c><00:20:36.700><c> was</c><00:20:36.900><c> a</c><00:20:37.000><c> little</c><00:20:37.140><c> difficult</c><00:20:37.680><c> for</c><00:20:37.920><c> them.</c>

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Back<00:20:41.200><c> in</c><00:20:41.420><c> 1</c><00:20:41.599><c> Thessalonians</c><00:20:42.420><c> chapter</c><00:20:42.839><c> 2,</c><00:20:45.420><c> it's</c><00:20:45.960><c> written,</c>

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For<00:20:46.359><c> you,</c><00:20:46.599><c> brethren,</c><00:20:48.579><c> became</c><00:20:48.819><c> followers</c><00:20:49.319><c> of</c><00:20:49.519><c> the</c><00:20:49.740><c> churches</c>

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of<00:20:50.339><c> God,</c><00:20:50.720><c> which</c><00:20:51.019><c> in</c><00:20:51.279><c> Judea</c><00:20:51.779><c> are</c><00:20:51.960><c> in</c><00:20:52.220><c> Christ</c><00:20:52.579><c> Jesus.</c>

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For<00:20:54.279><c> you</c><00:20:54.599><c> also</c><00:20:55.099><c> have</c><00:20:55.420><c> suffered</c><00:20:55.720><c> like</c><00:20:56.180><c> things</c><00:20:56.619><c> of</c><00:20:56.920><c> your</c><00:20:57.119><c> own</c><00:20:57.400><c> countrymen,</c><00:20:58.660><c> even</c><00:20:59.200><c> as</c>

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they<00:21:00.619><c> have</c><00:21:00.819><c> of</c><00:21:01.019><c> the</c><00:21:01.279><c> Jews,</c>

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who<00:21:02.299><c> both</c><00:21:02.740><c> killed</c><00:21:03.180><c> the</c><00:21:03.440><c> Lord</c><00:21:03.660><c> Jesus</c><00:21:04.359><c> and</c><00:21:04.859><c> their</c><00:21:05.099><c> own</c><00:21:05.440><c> prophets</c>

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And<00:21:09.240><c> they</c><00:21:09.500><c> please</c><00:21:09.859><c> not</c><00:21:10.259><c> God,</c><00:21:11.559><c> and</c><00:21:11.819><c> are</c><00:21:12.079><c> contrary</c><00:21:12.740><c> to</c><00:21:13.599><c> all</c><00:21:13.880><c> men.</c>

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But<00:21:15.599><c> the</c><00:21:15.759><c> good</c><00:21:16.019><c> news,</c><00:21:17.519><c> the</c><00:21:17.779><c> Jews</c><00:21:18.319><c> were</c><00:21:19.339><c> not</c><00:21:19.660><c> abandoned</c><00:21:20.119><c> by</c><00:21:20.440><c> God.</c>

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Because<00:21:21.819><c> we</c><00:21:22.000><c> can</c><00:21:22.220><c> read</c><00:21:22.440><c> in</c><00:21:22.619><c> Romans</c><00:21:22.960><c> chapter</c><00:21:23.480><c> 11</c><00:21:23.980><c> where</c><00:21:24.259><c> it's</c><00:21:24.619><c> written,</c>

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For<00:21:25.599><c> I</c><00:21:25.859><c> would</c><00:21:26.119><c> not,</c><00:21:26.420><c> brethren,</c><00:21:26.720><c> that</c><00:21:26.859><c> you</c><00:21:27.059><c> should</c><00:21:27.180><c> be</c><00:21:27.440><c> ignorant</c><00:21:27.720><c> of</c><00:21:27.920><c> this</c><00:21:28.180><c> mystery.</c>

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And<00:21:39.700><c> so</c><00:21:39.960><c> all</c><00:21:40.240><c> Israel</c><00:21:40.700><c> shall</c><00:21:41.059><c> be</c><00:21:41.480><c> saved,</c><00:21:41.920><c> as</c><00:21:42.059><c> it</c><00:21:42.240><c> is</c><00:21:42.420><c> written.</c>

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turn<00:21:47.539><c> away</c><00:21:47.799><c> ungodliness</c><00:21:48.440><c> from</c><00:21:48.759><c> Jacob.</c>

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For<00:21:49.259><c> this</c><00:21:49.460><c> is</c><00:21:49.619><c> my</c><00:21:49.880><c> covenant</c><00:21:50.220><c> unto</c><00:21:50.539><c> them,</c><00:21:51.940><c> when</c><00:21:52.140><c> I</c><00:21:52.440><c> shall</c><00:21:52.579><c> take</c>

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away<00:21:53.759><c> their</c><00:21:54.599><c> sins.</c>

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There's<00:21:58.940><c> nothing</c><00:21:59.220><c> we</c><00:21:59.460><c> can</c><00:21:59.779><c> do</c><00:22:00.500><c> that</c><00:22:00.920><c> God</c><00:22:01.240><c> won't</c><00:22:01.660><c> forgive.</c>

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It<00:22:06.299><c> doesn't</c><00:22:06.680><c> matter</c><00:22:07.460><c> what</c><00:22:09.720><c> may</c><00:22:09.920><c> have</c><00:22:10.180><c> happened</c><00:22:10.420><c> in</c><00:22:10.680><c> our</c><00:22:10.880><c> past.</c>

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What<00:22:12.740><c> we</c><00:22:12.960><c> do</c><00:22:13.079><c> from</c><00:22:13.319><c> this</c><00:22:13.599><c> moment</c><00:22:13.920><c> walking</c><00:22:14.339><c> forward</c><00:22:14.839><c> is</c><00:22:15.119><c> what</c><00:22:15.279><c> counts.</c>

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And<00:22:19.619><c> we're</c><00:22:19.819><c> told</c><00:22:20.039><c> that</c><00:22:20.220><c> he</c><00:22:20.299><c> hears</c><00:22:20.519><c> all</c><00:22:20.839><c> prayer</c><00:22:21.200><c> except</c><00:22:21.500><c> when</c>

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there's<00:22:21.920><c> iniquity</c><00:22:22.380><c> in</c><00:22:22.539><c> the</c><00:22:22.720><c> heart</c><00:22:22.859><c> of</c><00:22:23.039><c> him</c><00:22:23.140><c> that</c><00:22:23.440><c> prays.</c>

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So<00:22:26.920><c> please,</c><00:22:27.559><c> don't</c><00:22:28.000><c> think,</c><00:22:29.619><c> I'm</c><00:22:30.099><c> not</c><00:22:30.359><c> good</c><00:22:30.599><c> enough</c><00:22:30.759><c> for</c><00:22:30.940><c> the</c>

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kingdom<00:22:31.339><c> of</c><00:22:31.619><c> God.</c>

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I'm<00:22:33.140><c> a</c><00:22:33.359><c> sinner.</c>

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came<00:22:36.940><c> to</c><00:22:37.180><c> call</c><00:22:37.339><c> the</c><00:22:37.599><c> sinners</c><00:22:37.819><c> to</c><00:22:38.119><c> repentance.</c>

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That's<00:22:39.420><c> his</c><00:22:39.640><c> entire</c><00:22:40.039><c> mission.</c>

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So<00:22:43.819><c> if</c><00:22:43.960><c> you're</c><00:22:44.180><c> a</c><00:22:44.359><c> sinner,</c><00:22:44.819><c> congratulations.</c>

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That<00:22:49.079><c> means</c><00:22:49.299><c> that</c><00:22:49.500><c> we</c><00:22:49.700><c> have</c><00:22:49.839><c> the</c><00:22:49.960><c> hope</c><00:22:50.119><c> of</c><00:22:50.380><c> eternal</c><00:22:50.660><c> life.</c>

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And<00:22:56.460><c> if</c><00:22:56.599><c> we</c><00:22:56.900><c> don't,</c><00:22:58.859><c> we</c><00:22:59.119><c> may</c><00:22:59.359><c> very</c><00:22:59.720><c> well</c><00:22:59.880><c> ignore</c><00:23:00.220><c> it</c><00:23:00.900><c> and</c><00:23:01.400><c> return</c><00:23:01.720><c> to</c><00:23:01.920><c> the</c><00:23:02.079><c> dust</c><00:23:02.259><c> from</c><00:23:02.480><c> which</c><00:23:02.680><c> we</c>

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We<00:23:09.019><c> either</c><00:23:09.299><c> choose,</c><00:23:09.900><c> yes,</c><00:23:10.299><c> to</c><00:23:10.559><c> serve</c><00:23:10.779><c> the</c><00:23:11.039><c> Lord,</c><00:23:11.920><c> or</c><00:23:12.180><c> yes,</c><00:23:12.579><c> we</c>

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will<00:23:13.079><c> not</c><00:23:13.319><c> serve</c><00:23:13.579><c> the</c><00:23:13.819><c> Lord.</c>

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Yes,<00:23:14.859><c> we</c><00:23:15.079><c> will</c><00:23:15.299><c> obey</c><00:23:15.500><c> his</c><00:23:15.819><c> commandments,</c><00:23:16.920><c> or</c><00:23:17.240><c> yes,</c><00:23:17.779><c> we</c><00:23:17.819><c> will</c>

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not<00:23:19.279><c> obey</c><00:23:19.779><c> his</c><00:23:20.099><c> commandments.</c>

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Yes,<00:23:22.059><c> we</c><00:23:22.359><c> seek</c><00:23:22.920><c> everlasting</c><00:23:23.519><c> life,</c><00:23:25.000><c> or</c><00:23:25.180><c> yes,</c><00:23:25.500><c> we</c><00:23:25.579><c> do</c><00:23:25.799><c> not.</c>

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But<00:23:28.220><c> either</c><00:23:28.480><c> way,</c><00:23:30.180><c> we</c><00:23:30.500><c> make</c><00:23:30.680><c> a</c><00:23:30.839><c> choice.</c>

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And<00:23:33.960><c> these</c><00:23:34.140><c> are</c><00:23:34.380><c> the</c><00:23:34.720><c> things</c><00:23:35.019><c> that</c><00:23:35.599><c> Paul</c><00:23:35.859><c> and</c><00:23:36.180><c> Silas</c><00:23:36.500><c> faced</c><00:23:36.859><c> in</c>

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some<00:23:37.240><c> of</c><00:23:37.400><c> their</c><00:23:37.599><c> journeys.</c>

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And<00:23:39.319><c> it's</c><00:23:39.619><c> a</c><00:23:39.720><c> few</c><00:23:39.940><c> of</c><00:23:40.279><c> the</c><00:23:40.480><c> many</c><00:23:40.720><c> things</c><00:23:41.000><c> that</c><00:23:41.299><c> happened</c><00:23:41.480><c> throughout</c><00:23:41.880><c> scriptures</c><00:23:42.519><c> that</c>

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have<00:23:43.299><c> been</c><00:23:43.539><c> recorded</c><00:23:43.980><c> for</c><00:23:44.259><c> our</c><00:23:44.420><c> benefit.</c>

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Because<00:23:46.220><c> indeed,</c><00:23:46.799><c> brothers</c><00:23:46.900><c> and</c><00:23:47.220><c> sisters,</c><00:23:48.720><c> we</c><00:23:49.000><c> still</c><00:23:49.400><c> are</c><00:23:49.700><c> alive,</c><00:23:50.519><c> and</c><00:23:50.700><c> there</c><00:23:50.900><c> is</c>

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still<00:23:51.380><c> time,</c><00:23:52.119><c> and</c><00:23:52.440><c> we</c><00:23:52.619><c> are</c><00:23:52.799><c> still</c><00:23:53.019><c> watching</c><00:23:53.380><c> for</c><00:23:53.700><c> his</c><00:23:53.900><c> coming.</c>

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Because<00:23:55.240><c> we</c><00:23:55.519><c> know</c><00:23:56.000><c> that</c><00:23:56.319><c> the</c><00:23:56.519><c> day</c><00:23:56.940><c> will</c><00:23:57.359><c> come.</c>

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What<00:24:00.160><c> else</c><00:24:00.380><c> did</c><00:24:00.579><c> Paul</c><00:24:00.799><c> speak</c><00:24:01.140><c> of?</c>

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Well,<00:24:02.819><c> Brother</c><00:24:02.920><c> Richard</c><00:24:03.279><c> very</c><00:24:03.660><c> clearly</c><00:24:04.059><c> read</c><00:24:04.259><c> for</c><00:24:04.440><c> us</c><00:24:04.720><c> today</c>

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the<00:24:05.259><c> things</c><00:24:05.660><c> that</c><00:24:06.640><c> are</c><00:24:06.819><c> very</c><00:24:07.079><c> important</c><00:24:07.539><c> that</c><00:24:07.740><c> we</c><00:24:07.980><c> should</c><00:24:08.119><c> be</c>

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aware<00:24:08.619><c> of.</c>

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Specifically,<00:24:10.440><c> in</c><00:24:10.819><c> chapter</c><00:24:11.099><c> 5,</c><00:24:12.259><c> the</c><00:24:12.460><c> way</c><00:24:12.779><c> that</c><00:24:13.599><c> Christians</c>

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should<00:24:14.339><c> behave.</c>

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There's<00:24:16.720><c> a</c><00:24:16.960><c> whole</c><00:24:17.200><c> list</c><00:24:17.400><c> here.</c><00:24:17.619><c> We</c><00:24:17.859><c> don't</c><00:24:18.059><c> have</c><00:24:18.299><c> to</c><00:24:18.440><c> read</c><00:24:18.619><c> it</c>

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again,<00:24:19.140><c> but</c><00:24:19.299><c> it's</c><00:24:20.019><c> all</c><00:24:20.279><c> right</c><00:24:20.519><c> here.</c>

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Brother<00:24:21.079><c> Richard</c><00:24:21.440><c> read</c><00:24:21.599><c> it</c><00:24:21.819><c> for</c><00:24:21.920><c> us</c><00:24:22.039><c> this</c><00:24:22.299><c> morning.</c>

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He<00:24:24.339><c> tells</c><00:24:24.599><c> us</c><00:24:24.819><c> that</c><00:24:24.960><c> we</c><00:24:25.039><c> need</c><00:24:25.240><c> to</c><00:24:25.380><c> be</c><00:24:25.579><c> patient.</c>

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He<00:24:27.240><c> tells</c><00:24:27.599><c> us</c><00:24:28.500><c> that</c><00:24:29.119><c> we</c><00:24:29.859><c> should</c><00:24:30.359><c> not</c><00:24:30.559><c> render</c><00:24:30.960><c> evil</c><00:24:31.279><c> for</c><00:24:31.599><c> evil.</c>

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That<00:24:32.819><c> we</c><00:24:32.980><c> should</c><00:24:33.180><c> follow</c><00:24:33.559><c> that</c><00:24:33.859><c> which</c><00:24:34.039><c> is</c><00:24:34.339><c> good.</c>

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That<00:24:35.200><c> we</c><00:24:35.359><c> need</c><00:24:35.579><c> to</c><00:24:35.819><c> rejoice.</c>

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That<00:24:36.740><c> we</c><00:24:36.859><c> need</c><00:24:37.059><c> to</c><00:24:37.299><c> pray</c><00:24:37.480><c> without</c><00:24:38.079><c> ceasing,</c><00:24:38.859><c> and</c><00:24:39.019><c> everything</c>

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give<00:24:39.700><c> thanks.</c>

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It's<00:24:41.400><c> all</c><00:24:41.539><c> right</c><00:24:41.759><c> there</c><00:24:41.960><c> in</c><00:24:42.180><c> front</c><00:24:42.279><c> of</c><00:24:42.420><c> us.</c>

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And<00:24:43.859><c> it</c><00:24:44.000><c> doesn't</c><00:24:44.279><c> end</c><00:24:44.559><c> there,</c><00:24:45.359><c> but</c><00:24:45.500><c> it's</c><00:24:45.740><c> a</c><00:24:45.839><c> good</c><00:24:46.099><c> start.</c>

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And<00:24:47.500><c> it's</c><00:24:47.660><c> the</c><00:24:47.759><c> things</c><00:24:48.000><c> Paul</c><00:24:48.440><c> wrote</c><00:24:48.759><c> down</c><00:24:49.180><c> so</c><00:24:49.500><c> that</c><00:24:50.119><c> the</c><00:24:50.539><c> church</c><00:24:50.859><c> here</c>

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at<00:24:51.259><c> Thessalonica</c><00:24:51.920><c> would</c><00:24:52.160><c> have</c><00:24:52.319><c> it,</c><00:24:52.700><c> and</c><00:24:53.019><c> that</c><00:24:53.180><c> it</c><00:24:53.359><c> would</c><00:24:53.500><c> benefit</c><00:24:53.859><c> us</c>

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as<00:24:54.400><c> well.</c>

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We<00:24:56.059><c> need</c><00:24:56.259><c> to</c><00:24:56.480><c> encourage</c><00:24:57.099><c> one</c><00:24:57.339><c> another.</c>

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Thessalonians<00:24:59.480><c> chapter</c><00:24:59.880><c> 5,</c><00:25:00.359><c> verse</c><00:25:00.700><c> 11,</c><00:25:01.039><c> didn't</c><00:25:01.579><c> that</c><00:25:02.220><c> was</c>

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read<00:25:02.500><c> this</c><00:25:02.799><c> morning?</c>

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Wherefore,<00:25:04.279><c> comfort</c><00:25:04.640><c> yourselves</c><00:25:05.200><c> together</c><00:25:05.700><c> and</c><00:25:05.940><c> edify</c><00:25:06.539><c> another.</c>

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We<00:25:08.839><c> have</c><00:25:09.059><c> to</c><00:25:09.339><c> comfort</c><00:25:09.599><c> each</c><00:25:09.980><c> other.</c><00:25:10.180><c> We</c><00:25:10.339><c> have</c><00:25:10.559><c> to</c><00:25:10.759><c> be</c><00:25:10.980><c> there</c>

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one<00:25:11.380><c> for</c><00:25:11.599><c> another.</c>

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It's<00:25:13.880><c> not</c><00:25:14.019><c> enough</c><00:25:14.180><c> to</c><00:25:14.420><c> look</c><00:25:14.619><c> after</c><00:25:15.000><c> ourselves</c><00:25:15.619><c> and</c><00:25:15.880><c> our</c><00:25:16.119><c> families,</c><00:25:16.539><c> but</c>

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we<00:25:16.900><c> have</c><00:25:17.079><c> to</c><00:25:17.259><c> be</c><00:25:17.420><c> there</c><00:25:17.640><c> one</c><00:25:17.819><c> for</c><00:25:18.099><c> another.</c>

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That's<00:25:21.220><c> how</c><00:25:21.400><c> we</c><00:25:21.559><c> build</c><00:25:21.759><c> ourselves</c><00:25:22.200><c> up.</c><00:25:22.460><c> That's</c><00:25:22.680><c> how</c><00:25:22.859><c> we</c><00:25:23.160><c> strengthen</c><00:25:23.460><c> our</c><00:25:23.759><c> community.</c>

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That's<00:25:24.859><c> how</c><00:25:25.000><c> we</c><00:25:25.319><c> strengthen</c><00:25:25.559><c> each</c><00:25:25.920><c> other.</c><00:25:26.059><c> That's</c><00:25:26.220><c> how</c><00:25:26.359><c> we</c>

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strengthen<00:25:26.880><c> ourselves.</c>

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And<00:25:30.740><c> nothing</c><00:25:30.920><c> has</c><00:25:31.200><c> changed</c><00:25:31.480><c> in</c><00:25:31.720><c> 2</c><00:25:31.900><c>,000</c><00:25:32.200><c> years.</c>

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That's<00:25:33.079><c> how</c><00:25:33.220><c> we</c><00:25:33.220><c> build</c><00:25:36.900><c> ourselves.</c>

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Greet<00:25:39.920><c> all</c><00:25:40.180><c> the</c><00:25:40.440><c> brethren</c><00:25:40.759><c> with</c><00:25:42.359><c> a</c><00:25:42.519><c> holy</c><00:25:42.799><c> kiss.</c>

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Yeah,<00:25:46.220><c> love</c><00:25:46.460><c> one</c><00:25:46.660><c> another.</c>

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I<00:25:49.359><c> charge</c><00:25:49.660><c> you</c><00:25:49.839><c> by</c><00:25:50.039><c> the</c><00:25:50.220><c> Lord</c><00:25:50.700><c> that</c><00:25:51.880><c> this</c><00:25:52.160><c> epistle</c><00:25:53.160><c> be</c><00:25:53.700><c> read</c>

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unto<00:25:55.220><c> all</c><00:25:55.539><c> the</c><00:25:55.720><c> holy</c><00:25:56.000><c> brethren.</c>

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Why?<00:25:58.339><c> Because</c><00:25:58.619><c> it</c><00:25:58.819><c> gives</c><00:25:58.960><c> us</c><00:25:59.279><c> strength.</c>

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And<00:26:01.560><c> finally,</c><00:26:03.460><c> may</c><00:26:03.579><c> the</c><00:26:03.920><c> grace,</c><00:26:05.839><c> may</c><00:26:06.059><c> the</c><00:26:06.339><c> grace</c><00:26:06.640><c> of</c><00:26:06.880><c> our</c><00:26:07.059><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:26:07.700><c> Christ,</c>

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who<00:26:09.880><c> now</c><00:26:10.200><c> sits</c><00:26:10.400><c> at</c><00:26:10.599><c> the</c><00:26:10.759><c> right</c><00:26:10.980><c> hand</c><00:26:11.119><c> of</c><00:26:11.359><c> God,</c><00:26:13.079><c> whose</c><00:26:13.299><c> sacrifice</c><00:26:13.960><c> we</c><00:26:14.240><c> remember</c><00:26:14.619><c> by</c><00:26:14.880><c> the</c><00:26:15.200><c> sharing</c><00:26:15.400><c> of</c>

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this<00:26:15.819><c> communion,</c>

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the<00:26:18.460><c> focal</c><00:26:18.720><c> point</c><00:26:19.079><c> of</c><00:26:19.240><c> the</c><00:26:19.460><c> reason</c><00:26:19.759><c> that</c><00:26:19.960><c> we</c><00:26:20.200><c> came</c><00:26:20.440><c> here</c><00:26:20.779><c> this</c><00:26:21.099><c> morning,</c>

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may<00:26:22.920><c> the</c><00:26:23.220><c> grace</c><00:26:23.480><c> of</c><00:26:23.720><c> our</c><00:26:23.960><c> Lord</c><00:26:24.119><c> Jesus</c><00:26:24.579><c> Christ</c><00:26:25.400><c> be</c><00:26:26.240><c> with</c><00:26:26.480><c> us</c><00:26:26.759><c> all.</c>

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Amen.