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iniquity.

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maybe<00:17:43.720><c> who's</c><00:17:44.099><c> fallen</c><00:17:44.220><c> asleep</c><00:17:44.619><c> now,</c><00:17:45.079><c> who</c><00:17:45.380><c> we</c><00:17:45.900><c> look</c><00:17:46.180><c> to</c><00:17:46.420><c> and</c><00:17:46.539><c> say,</c><00:17:46.799><c> wow,</c><00:17:47.839><c> that's</c><00:17:48.359><c> the</c>

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one<00:17:48.579><c> that</c><00:17:48.740><c> fits</c><00:17:48.920><c> the</c><00:17:49.140><c> bill.</c>

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It<00:17:50.000><c> was</c><00:17:50.160><c> interesting</c><00:17:50.519><c> when</c><00:17:50.640><c> I</c><00:17:50.880><c> came</c><00:17:51.039><c> to</c><00:17:51.160><c> New</c><00:17:51.380><c> England,</c><00:17:52.160><c> this</c><00:17:52.359><c> is</c><00:17:52.519><c> a</c>

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whole<00:17:52.779><c> community</c><00:17:53.220><c> of</c><00:17:53.400><c> folks</c><00:17:53.640><c> that,</c>

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you<00:17:54.359><c> know,</c><00:17:54.359><c> I</c><00:17:54.420><c> didn't</c><00:17:54.660><c> really</c><00:17:54.920><c> know</c><00:17:55.099><c> all</c><00:17:55.279><c> the</c><00:17:55.519><c> family</c><00:17:55.839><c> histories</c><00:17:56.200><c> and</c>

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Ecclesial<00:17:56.759><c> histories,</c>

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and<00:17:57.839><c> I</c><00:17:58.019><c> heard</c><00:17:58.160><c> about</c><00:17:58.420><c> all</c><00:17:58.700><c> these</c><00:17:59.559><c> aged</c><00:17:59.859><c> men</c><00:18:00.140><c> who</c><00:18:00.299><c> had</c><00:18:00.480><c> fallen</c>

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asleep<00:18:00.940><c> now</c><00:18:01.200><c> who,</c><00:18:02.079><c> like</c><00:18:02.559><c> in</c><00:18:02.779><c> Meriden,</c>

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it<00:18:03.160><c> was</c><00:18:03.640><c> Brother</c><00:18:04.079><c> Gene</c><00:18:04.380><c> Turner,</c><00:18:05.000><c> and</c><00:18:05.160><c> everybody</c><00:18:05.339><c> was</c><00:18:05.559><c> like,</c><00:18:06.000><c> well,</c><00:18:06.000><c> you</c><00:18:06.000><c> know,</c><00:18:06.299><c> Gene</c><00:18:06.519><c> was</c><00:18:06.720><c> such</c><00:18:06.920><c> a</c>

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I<00:18:10.759><c> always</c><00:18:11.039><c> heard</c><00:18:11.319><c> about</c><00:18:11.480><c> these</c><00:18:11.740><c> people,</c><00:18:12.019><c> but</c><00:18:12.180><c> never</c><00:18:12.460><c> met</c><00:18:12.680><c> them.</c>

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You<00:18:13.259><c> know,</c><00:18:13.460><c> others</c><00:18:13.720><c> I</c><00:18:13.920><c> think</c><00:18:14.099><c> of</c><00:18:14.259><c> as</c><00:18:14.420><c> Art</c><00:18:14.599><c> Dillingham</c><00:18:15.039><c> and</c><00:18:15.680><c> Doug</c><00:18:16.000><c> Eagles</c><00:18:16.259><c> and</c>

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It<00:18:22.220><c> just</c><00:18:22.440><c> speaks</c><00:18:22.759><c> to</c><00:18:23.680><c> men</c><00:18:24.059><c> who</c><00:18:24.319><c> took</c><00:18:24.539><c> this</c><00:18:24.839><c> exhortation</c><00:18:25.500><c> from</c>

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or<00:18:42.440><c> overindulgence,</c>

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dear<00:19:04.539><c> older</c><00:19:04.859><c> sisters,</c>

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help<00:19:05.420><c> my</c><00:19:05.640><c> wife</c><00:19:05.799><c> to</c><00:19:06.059><c> love</c><00:19:06.200><c> me</c><00:19:06.420><c> more,</c><00:19:06.660><c> help</c><00:19:06.779><c> my</c><00:19:06.980><c> wife</c><00:19:07.140><c> to</c><00:19:07.380><c> love</c>

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our<00:19:07.880><c> daughter.</c>

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I'm<00:19:12.859><c> not</c><00:19:12.980><c> sure</c><00:19:13.079><c> what</c><00:19:13.220><c> Boston</c><00:19:13.460><c> is</c><00:19:13.680><c> doing</c><00:19:13.799><c> for</c><00:19:14.039><c> a</c><00:19:14.200><c> sisters</c><00:19:14.319><c> class</c>

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right<00:19:15.160><c> now.</c>

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meeting<00:19:19.119><c> of</c><00:19:20.000><c> sisters</c><00:19:20.220><c> that</c><00:19:20.400><c> meet</c><00:19:20.500><c> from</c>

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really<00:19:43.700><c> good</c><00:19:43.960><c> exchange</c><00:19:44.400><c> happening.</c>

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the<00:19:49.700><c> Ecclesia</c><00:19:50.140><c> for</c><00:19:51.019><c> your</c><00:19:51.299><c> generosity,</c>

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family<00:22:33.619><c> life.</c>

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So<00:23:35.559><c> I</c><00:23:35.700><c> mentioned</c><00:23:36.000><c> the</c><00:23:36.940><c> rationale</c><00:23:37.420><c> provided</c><00:23:37.859><c> in</c><00:23:38.039><c> each</c><00:23:38.240><c> case,</c>

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verse<00:23:38.640><c> five,</c><00:23:39.059><c> verse</c><00:23:39.200><c> eight,</c><00:23:39.460><c> and</c><00:23:39.579><c> verse</c><00:23:39.859><c> 10,</c>

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to<00:23:41.039><c> the</c><00:23:41.240><c> women,</c><00:23:41.559><c> the</c><00:23:41.680><c> young</c><00:23:41.900><c> men,</c><00:23:42.140><c> and</c><00:23:42.299><c> to</c><00:23:42.480><c> the</c><00:23:42.640><c> servants.</c>

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In<00:23:43.180><c> each</c><00:23:43.460><c> case,</c><00:23:43.700><c> it</c><00:23:43.880><c> relates</c><00:23:44.160><c> to</c><00:23:44.420><c> the</c><00:23:44.619><c> reputation</c><00:23:45.099><c> of</c><00:23:45.339><c> the</c><00:23:45.519><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:23:46.779><c> by</c><00:23:47.299><c> proxy,</c><00:23:47.880><c> the</c><00:23:48.000><c> reputation</c><00:23:48.519><c> of</c><00:23:48.759><c> the</c><00:23:48.920><c> Lord</c><00:23:49.039><c> himself.</c>

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We're<00:23:51.619><c> being</c><00:23:51.839><c> held</c><00:23:52.019><c> to</c><00:23:52.200><c> a</c><00:23:52.200><c> really</c><00:23:52.440><c> high</c><00:23:52.640><c> standard</c><00:23:52.940><c> here,</c><00:23:53.380><c> brothers</c><00:23:53.519><c> and</c><00:23:53.720><c> sisters.</c>

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Remember<00:23:55.339><c> the</c><00:23:55.539><c> Cretans,</c><00:23:55.759><c> they</c><00:23:55.900><c> had</c><00:23:56.000><c> that</c><00:23:56.240><c> reputation</c><00:23:56.680><c> of</c>

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being<00:23:57.180><c> liars,</c>

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and<00:23:58.240><c> slow</c><00:23:58.400><c> bellies,</c><00:23:58.819><c> lazy</c><00:23:58.980><c> guns.</c>

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With<00:24:01.460><c> such</c><00:24:01.759><c> a</c><00:24:02.000><c> low</c><00:24:02.220><c> standard</c><00:24:02.579><c> of</c><00:24:02.779><c> behavior</c><00:24:03.220><c> in</c><00:24:03.519><c> the</c><00:24:03.680><c> island,</c>

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there<00:24:04.279><c> probably</c><00:24:04.579><c> wasn't,</c><00:24:04.859><c> it</c><00:24:04.960><c> wasn't</c><00:24:05.180><c> that</c><00:24:05.480><c> difficult</c><00:24:05.799><c> to</c>

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distinguish<00:24:06.579><c> themselves</c>

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There<00:24:12.400><c> was</c><00:24:12.599><c> this</c><00:24:12.759><c> opportunity</c><00:24:13.380><c> that</c><00:24:13.660><c> the</c><00:24:13.859><c> disciples</c><00:24:14.180><c> of</c><00:24:14.380><c> Christ</c><00:24:14.700><c> in</c><00:24:14.940><c> Crete</c>

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could<00:24:15.319><c> show</c><00:24:15.500><c> themselves</c><00:24:15.859><c> to</c><00:24:16.059><c> be</c><00:24:16.180><c> what</c><00:24:16.380><c> Jesus</c><00:24:16.759><c> calls</c><00:24:17.339><c> salt</c><00:24:18.079><c> and</c><00:24:18.480><c> light,</c>

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right,<00:24:19.140><c> from</c><00:24:19.400><c> the</c><00:24:20.279><c> Sermon</c><00:24:20.480><c> on</c><00:24:20.640><c> the</c><00:24:20.740><c> Mount,</c><00:24:21.400><c> Matthew</c><00:24:21.640><c> five.</c>

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So<00:24:24.759><c> the</c><00:24:24.980><c> salt</c><00:24:25.180><c> of</c><00:24:25.380><c> the</c><00:24:25.500><c> earth,</c><00:24:26.759><c> in</c><00:24:26.839><c> that</c><00:24:26.940><c> they</c><00:24:27.319><c> could</c><00:24:27.579><c> bring</c>

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bright<00:24:28.339><c> and</c><00:24:28.700><c> exciting</c><00:24:29.000><c> flavor</c><00:24:29.680><c> of</c><00:24:30.660><c> transformed</c><00:24:31.119><c> gospel</c><00:24:31.579><c> living.</c>

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They<00:24:33.700><c> could</c><00:24:33.839><c> be</c><00:24:33.980><c> the</c><00:24:34.180><c> light</c><00:24:34.279><c> of</c><00:24:34.460><c> the</c><00:24:34.599><c> world</c><00:24:34.740><c> by</c><00:24:34.980><c> demonstrating</c>

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how<00:24:36.039><c> a</c><00:24:36.259><c> life</c><00:24:36.440><c> could</c><00:24:36.640><c> be</c><00:24:36.859><c> illuminated</c><00:24:37.279><c> by</c><00:24:37.579><c> the</c><00:24:37.779><c> love</c><00:24:37.920><c> of</c><00:24:38.119><c> Christ</c>

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within<00:24:38.599><c> them.</c>

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so<00:24:42.500><c> that</c><00:24:42.619><c> they</c><00:24:42.720><c> may</c><00:24:42.859><c> see</c><00:24:43.099><c> your</c><00:24:43.299><c> good</c><00:24:43.480><c> works</c><00:24:43.759><c> and</c><00:24:44.059><c> give</c><00:24:44.240><c> glory</c>

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So<00:24:48.220><c> fundamentally,</c><00:24:48.880><c> I</c><00:24:48.980><c> believe</c><00:24:49.200><c> Paul</c><00:24:49.460><c> is</c><00:24:49.660><c> arguing</c><00:24:49.940><c> that</c><00:24:50.180><c> the</c>

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Cretans<00:24:50.539><c> had</c><00:24:50.759><c> this</c><00:24:50.980><c> opportunity</c>

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that<00:24:54.920><c> was</c><00:24:55.200><c> really</c><00:24:55.900><c> countercultural.</c>

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It<00:24:58.080><c> busted</c><00:24:58.640><c> the</c><00:24:58.960><c> societal</c><00:24:59.420><c> norm</c><00:25:00.019><c> of</c><00:25:00.680><c> and</c><00:25:00.819><c> the</c><00:25:01.079><c> expectation</c><00:25:01.740><c> of</c>

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a<00:25:02.700><c> really</c><00:25:02.920><c> low</c><00:25:03.119><c> standard</c><00:25:03.460><c> of</c><00:25:03.720><c> behavior.</c>

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You<00:25:04.940><c> know,</c><00:25:05.039><c> I</c><00:25:05.099><c> had</c><00:25:05.200><c> this</c><00:25:05.420><c> reputation</c><00:25:06.039><c> that</c><00:25:06.859><c> the</c><00:25:07.160><c> Christians</c>

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could<00:25:07.680><c> say,</c>

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we're<00:25:08.440><c> not</c><00:25:08.700><c> like</c><00:25:09.000><c> that.</c>

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We<00:25:09.779><c> are</c><00:25:10.000><c> the</c><00:25:10.380><c> other</c><00:25:10.759><c> Cretans.</c>

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We're<00:25:12.259><c> the</c><00:25:12.420><c> Cretans</c><00:25:12.759><c> that</c><00:25:13.119><c> are</c><00:25:13.500><c> not</c><00:25:13.680><c> liars,</c><00:25:14.480><c> you</c><00:25:14.480><c> obese</c><00:25:14.759><c> and</c>

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slow<00:25:15.180><c> bellies.</c>

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So<00:25:19.500><c> he's</c><00:25:19.859><c> lifting</c><00:25:20.079><c> up</c><00:25:20.299><c> all</c><00:25:20.460><c> of</c><00:25:20.579><c> these</c><00:25:20.720><c> groups</c><00:25:20.960><c> and</c><00:25:21.160><c> just</c><00:25:21.480><c> asking</c><00:25:21.759><c> a</c>

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little<00:25:22.140><c> more</c><00:25:22.380><c> from</c><00:25:22.579><c> them.</c>

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By<00:25:25.460><c> analogy,</c><00:25:26.119><c> I</c><00:25:26.200><c> think</c><00:25:26.480><c> the</c><00:25:26.599><c> city</c><00:25:26.900><c> of</c><00:25:27.200><c> Corinth</c><00:25:27.380><c> had</c><00:25:27.619><c> a</c><00:25:27.660><c> lot</c><00:25:27.880><c> of</c>

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similarities,<00:25:28.960><c> right?</c>

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We<00:25:30.519><c> think</c><00:25:30.640><c> about</c><00:25:30.980><c> Corinth</c><00:25:31.319><c> and</c><00:25:31.519><c> how</c><00:25:31.680><c> it</c><00:25:31.880><c> was</c><00:25:32.099><c> also</c><00:25:32.460><c> a</c><00:25:32.660><c> port</c>

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city,<00:25:33.319><c> right?</c>

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It's<00:25:33.539><c> on</c><00:25:33.640><c> that</c><00:25:33.880><c> very</c><00:25:34.240><c> narrow,</c><00:25:34.599><c> it's</c><00:25:34.960><c> miss</c><00:25:35.180><c> of</c><00:25:35.640><c> Greece.</c>

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So<00:25:36.960><c> you</c><00:25:37.039><c> had</c><00:25:37.240><c> sailors</c><00:25:37.579><c> kind</c><00:25:37.819><c> of</c><00:25:37.980><c> coming</c><00:25:38.099><c> in.</c>

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You<00:25:38.839><c> had</c><00:25:39.460><c> the</c><00:25:41.140><c> temple</c><00:25:41.579><c> of</c><00:25:41.859><c> Aphrodite,</c><00:25:42.640><c> right?</c>

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And<00:25:43.000><c> the</c><00:25:43.140><c> cult</c><00:25:43.299><c> prostitution</c><00:25:43.960><c> that</c><00:25:44.099><c> was</c><00:25:44.279><c> involved</c><00:25:44.579><c> there.</c>

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So,<00:25:46.440><c> you</c><00:25:46.619><c> know,</c><00:25:47.059><c> moral</c><00:25:47.240><c> standards</c><00:25:47.819><c> pretty</c><00:25:48.339><c> low.</c>

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So<00:25:49.759><c> the</c><00:25:49.980><c> believers</c><00:25:50.299><c> in</c><00:25:50.539><c> Corinth</c><00:25:50.859><c> also</c><00:25:51.279><c> had</c><00:25:51.519><c> this</c><00:25:51.720><c> opportunity</c>

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to<00:25:52.579><c> distinguish</c><00:25:52.880><c> themselves.</c>

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So<00:25:57.000><c> Paul</c><00:25:57.160><c> wrote</c><00:25:57.420><c> in</c><00:25:57.660><c> 2</c><00:25:57.839><c> Corinthians</c><00:25:58.160><c> 2</c><00:25:58.539><c> verse</c><00:25:58.759><c> 14,</c>

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Thanks<00:26:00.960><c> be</c><00:26:01.200><c> to</c><00:26:01.359><c> God</c><00:26:01.779><c> who</c><00:26:02.339><c> always</c><00:26:02.759><c> leads</c><00:26:02.960><c> us</c><00:26:03.220><c> in</c><00:26:03.519><c> triumphal</c><00:26:04.059><c> procession</c><00:26:04.680><c> in</c><00:26:05.019><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:26:05.799><c> who</c><00:26:06.000><c> makes</c><00:26:06.279><c> known</c><00:26:06.619><c> through</c><00:26:06.900><c> us</c><00:26:07.339><c> the</c><00:26:07.799><c> fragrance</c><00:26:08.119><c> that</c><00:26:08.359><c> consists</c><00:26:08.740><c> of</c>

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For<00:26:11.640><c> we</c><00:26:12.000><c> are</c><00:26:12.299><c> a</c><00:26:12.500><c> sweet</c><00:26:12.720><c> aroma</c><00:26:13.160><c> of</c><00:26:13.519><c> Christ</c><00:26:13.880><c> to</c><00:26:14.119><c> God</c><00:26:14.460><c> among</c><00:26:14.799><c> those</c>

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who<00:26:15.279><c> are</c><00:26:15.359><c> being</c><00:26:15.680><c> saved</c>

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and<00:26:16.880><c> among</c><00:26:17.099><c> those</c><00:26:17.400><c> who</c><00:26:17.559><c> are</c><00:26:17.759><c> perishing.</c>

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This<00:26:20.480><c> idea</c><00:26:20.839><c> of</c><00:26:21.000><c> being</c><00:26:21.180><c> in</c><00:26:21.359><c> a</c><00:26:21.519><c> triumphal</c><00:26:21.980><c> procession.</c>

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This<00:26:22.900><c> is</c><00:26:23.119><c> the</c><00:26:23.279><c> language</c><00:26:23.720><c> of</c><00:26:24.160><c> the</c><00:26:24.539><c> conquering</c><00:26:25.140><c> Roman</c><00:26:25.519><c> generals</c>

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that<00:26:26.099><c> would</c><00:26:26.299><c> come</c><00:26:26.559><c> back</c><00:26:26.859><c> from</c><00:26:27.119><c> their</c><00:26:27.799><c> various</c><00:26:28.180><c> campaigns</c><00:26:28.819><c> at</c>

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the<00:26:29.339><c> frontier</c><00:26:29.700><c> of</c><00:26:29.880><c> the</c><00:26:30.039><c> empire.</c>

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And<00:26:31.180><c> they</c><00:26:31.279><c> would</c><00:26:31.500><c> be</c><00:26:31.799><c> victorious</c><00:26:32.299><c> and</c><00:26:32.480><c> they</c><00:26:32.619><c> come</c><00:26:32.720><c> back</c>

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and<00:26:33.059><c> they</c><00:26:33.160><c> get</c><00:26:33.400><c> basically</c><00:26:33.960><c> the</c><00:26:34.180><c> Roman</c><00:26:34.480><c> equivalent</c><00:26:34.819><c> of</c><00:26:35.039><c> a</c><00:26:35.200><c> ticker</c><00:26:35.480><c> tape</c>

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parade,<00:26:36.180><c> right?</c>

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And<00:26:37.339><c> so</c><00:26:37.779><c> something</c><00:26:38.119><c> if</c><00:26:38.319><c> that's</c><00:26:38.660><c> happening</c><00:26:38.880><c> in</c><00:26:39.039><c> your</c><00:26:39.279><c> city,</c><00:26:39.680><c> it's</c><00:26:39.980><c> going</c><00:26:40.099><c> to</c>

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draw<00:26:40.640><c> everybody</c><00:26:41.200><c> to</c><00:26:41.579><c> it,</c><00:26:42.039><c> right?</c>

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the<00:26:51.839><c> sweet</c><00:26:52.160><c> aroma</c><00:26:52.619><c> of</c><00:26:52.859><c> Christ.</c>

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it<00:26:57.640><c> hits</c><00:26:57.960><c> you</c><00:26:58.200><c> like</c><00:26:58.380><c> a</c><00:26:58.559><c> wall</c><00:26:58.700><c> when</c><00:26:58.859><c> you</c><00:26:59.019><c> go</c><00:26:59.119><c> into</c><00:26:59.319><c> their</c><00:26:59.519><c> house.</c>

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away<00:27:16.579><c> from</c><00:27:17.099><c> the</c><00:27:17.339><c> culture,</c>

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from<00:27:17.980><c> our</c><00:27:18.200><c> society,</c><00:27:19.940><c> right?</c>

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Such<00:27:20.319><c> that</c><00:27:20.559><c> we</c><00:27:21.380><c> also</c><00:27:22.779><c> don't</c><00:27:23.059><c> want</c><00:27:23.140><c> a</c><00:27:23.259><c> brother</c><00:27:23.440><c> Ray</c><00:27:23.700><c> in</c><00:27:23.859><c> our</c>

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talked<00:27:25.319><c> about</c><00:27:25.559><c> assimilation</c><00:27:26.180><c> and</c><00:27:26.380><c> we</c><00:27:26.500><c> don't</c><00:27:26.640><c> want</c><00:27:26.759><c> to</c><00:27:26.859><c> do</c>

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that<00:27:27.259><c> either.</c>

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That's<00:27:27.859><c> the</c><00:27:28.000><c> other</c><00:27:28.440><c> extreme.</c>

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Totally<00:27:29.859><c> make</c><00:27:30.099><c> it</c><00:27:30.319><c> so</c><00:27:31.140><c> nobody</c><00:27:31.759><c> notices</c><00:27:32.819><c> that</c><00:27:33.039><c> we're</c><00:27:33.180><c> any</c><00:27:33.420><c> different.</c>

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draw<00:27:42.599><c> attention</c><00:27:42.980><c> to</c><00:27:43.180><c> ourselves,</c>

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2<00:27:57.460><c> verse</c><00:27:57.759><c> 11,</c>

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men,<00:28:04.819><c> for</c><00:28:05.059><c> all</c><00:28:05.279><c> people.</c>

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Messages<00:28:07.079><c> for</c><00:28:07.400><c> everyone.</c>

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And<00:28:16.940><c> that's</c><00:28:17.279><c> Titus</c><00:28:17.579><c> 2</c><00:28:17.940><c> verse</c><00:28:18.220><c> 14.</c>

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Lord<00:28:20.980><c> Jesus</c><00:28:21.480><c> truly</c><00:28:21.940><c> gave</c><00:28:22.240><c> himself</c><00:28:22.640><c> for</c><00:28:22.940><c> us</c><00:28:23.140><c> that</c><00:28:23.279><c> he</c><00:28:23.440><c> might</c><00:28:23.680><c> redeem</c><00:28:24.140><c> us</c>

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from<00:28:40.400><c> all</c><00:28:40.660><c> iniquity.</c>

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The<00:28:51.539><c> third</c><00:28:51.740><c> thing</c><00:28:51.940><c> is</c><00:28:52.140><c> our</c><00:28:52.400><c> belonging</c><00:28:52.839><c> to</c><00:28:53.140><c> Christ,</c><00:28:54.119><c> that</c><00:28:54.279><c> we</c><00:28:54.400><c> are</c><00:28:54.599><c> a</c>

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But<00:29:02.460><c> the</c><00:29:02.619><c> idea</c><00:29:02.839><c> is</c><00:29:02.980><c> that</c><00:29:03.160><c> we</c><00:29:03.519><c> belong</c><00:29:03.819><c> to</c><00:29:04.019><c> Christ,</c><00:29:04.619><c> we're</c><00:29:04.740><c> part</c>

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of<00:29:05.059><c> his</c><00:29:05.220><c> body.</c>

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And<00:29:06.820><c> finally,</c><00:29:08.039><c> fruitfulness.</c>

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That's<00:29:09.539><c> zealous</c><00:29:09.720><c> of</c><00:29:09.900><c> good</c><00:29:10.099><c> works.</c>

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And<00:29:13.819><c> we</c><00:29:13.980><c> receive</c><00:29:14.180><c> all</c><00:29:14.440><c> these</c><00:29:14.640><c> wonderful</c><00:29:15.039><c> things</c><00:29:15.339><c> by</c><00:29:15.619><c> the</c><00:29:15.819><c> grace</c><00:29:16.000><c> of</c>

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God<00:29:16.460><c> through</c><00:29:16.740><c> Christ's</c><00:29:17.240><c> sacrifice.</c>

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So<00:29:19.579><c> as</c><00:29:19.759><c> we</c><00:29:20.119><c> participate</c><00:29:20.599><c> now</c><00:29:20.940><c> in</c><00:29:21.079><c> this</c><00:29:21.279><c> memorial</c><00:29:21.799><c> service,</c>

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let's<00:29:23.319><c> meditate</c><00:29:23.680><c> on</c><00:29:23.900><c> how</c><00:29:24.119><c> our</c><00:29:24.420><c> character</c><00:29:24.680><c> and</c><00:29:24.940><c> behavior</c><00:29:25.380><c> are</c>

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pointing<00:29:25.980><c> others</c><00:29:26.319><c> to</c><00:29:26.599><c> Christ.</c>

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Let's<00:29:28.140><c> reaffirm</c><00:29:28.660><c> our</c><00:29:29.000><c> identity</c><00:29:29.500><c> as</c><00:29:29.720><c> members</c><00:29:30.059><c> of</c><00:29:30.259><c> Christ's</c><00:29:30.740><c> body</c>

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live<00:29:38.619><c> in.</c>

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We're<00:29:40.559><c> not</c><00:29:40.759><c> in</c><00:29:40.940><c> first</c><00:29:41.059><c> century</c><00:29:41.460><c> Crete,</c><00:29:41.900><c> that's</c><00:29:42.200><c> for</c><00:29:42.359><c> sure.</c>

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or<00:29:47.279><c> old,</c><00:29:47.819><c> employees.</c>

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every<00:29:51.420><c> effort</c><00:29:51.700><c> that</c><00:29:51.859><c> we</c><00:29:52.119><c> undertake,</c>

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we<00:29:53.019><c> have</c><00:29:53.220><c> a</c><00:29:53.420><c> mandate</c><00:29:53.960><c> to</c><00:29:54.500><c> highlight</c><00:29:54.720><c> the</c><00:29:55.000><c> countercultural</c><00:29:55.759><c> power</c><00:29:56.339><c> of</c>

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the<00:29:57.180><c> gospel</c><00:29:57.480><c> of</c><00:29:57.680><c> Jesus</c><00:29:58.000><c> Christ.</c>

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words<00:30:03.059><c> and</c><00:30:03.420><c> deeds.</c>

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we<00:30:44.839><c> may</c><00:30:45.000><c> be</c><00:30:45.319><c> activated</c><00:30:45.680><c> by</c><00:30:46.119><c> his</c><00:30:46.400><c> goodness</c><00:30:46.740><c> and</c><00:30:46.980><c> love</c><00:30:47.160><c> towards</c><00:30:47.519><c> us.</c>

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our<00:31:29.480><c> Savior,</c>

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we<00:31:33.319><c> might</c><00:31:33.559><c> become</c><00:31:33.900><c> heirs</c><00:31:34.400><c> according</c><00:31:34.859><c> to</c><00:31:35.079><c> the</c><00:31:35.220><c> hope</c><00:31:35.400><c> of</c><00:31:35.640><c> eternal</c><00:31:35.900><c> life.</c>