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were<00:14:05.659><c> in</c><00:14:05.740><c> his</c><00:14:06.019><c> own</c><00:14:06.360><c> household,</c><00:14:06.960><c> though</c><00:14:07.159><c> they</c><00:14:07.259><c> were</c><00:14:07.519><c> related</c>

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by<00:14:07.960><c> the</c><00:14:08.240><c> flesh,</c><00:14:08.460><c> they</c><00:14:08.580><c> were</c><00:14:08.960><c> divided</c><00:14:09.360><c> by</c>

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the<00:14:09.840><c> spirit.</c>

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One<00:14:10.539><c> brought</c><00:14:10.860><c> forth</c><00:14:11.039><c> fruit</c><00:14:11.440><c> and</c><00:14:11.779><c> the</c><00:14:11.899><c> other</c><00:14:12.120><c> one</c><00:14:12.340><c> didn't.</c>

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And<00:14:13.720><c> so</c><00:14:13.919><c> the</c><00:14:14.000><c> Lord</c><00:14:14.240><c> tells</c><00:14:14.539><c> us</c><00:14:14.740><c> we</c><00:14:14.820><c> have</c><00:14:14.960><c> to</c><00:14:15.039><c> take</c><00:14:15.340><c> up</c><00:14:15.539><c> our</c><00:14:15.840><c> cross,</c><00:14:16.039><c> he</c><00:14:16.200><c> says</c><00:14:16.539><c> in</c>

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verse<00:14:17.179><c> 38,</c><00:14:17.620><c> and</c><00:14:17.799><c> follow</c>

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him.

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You<00:14:19.419><c> know,</c><00:14:19.759><c> brothers</c><00:14:19.899><c> and</c><00:14:20.139><c> sisters,</c><00:14:20.480><c> because</c><00:14:20.840><c> of</c><00:14:21.100><c> the</c><00:14:21.500><c> fact</c>

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we<00:14:21.779><c> never</c><00:14:22.080><c> lived</c><00:14:22.279><c> in</c><00:14:22.460><c> those</c><00:14:22.759><c> days,</c><00:14:23.019><c> we</c>

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really<00:14:23.480><c> don't</c><00:14:23.679><c> appreciate</c><00:14:24.179><c> those</c><00:14:24.539><c> terms.</c>

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I'd<00:14:25.759><c> like</c><00:14:25.860><c> to</c><00:14:25.980><c> be</c><00:14:26.019><c> able</c><00:14:26.120><c> to</c><00:14:26.220><c> think</c><00:14:26.320><c> of</c><00:14:26.460><c> a</c><00:14:26.620><c> homely</c><00:14:26.860><c> illustration,</c><00:14:27.340><c> but</c><00:14:27.440><c> it</c><00:14:27.500><c> won't</c>

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come<00:14:27.899><c> to</c><00:14:28.080><c> mind.</c>

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But<00:14:28.879><c> you</c><00:14:29.179><c> see,</c><00:14:30.620><c> how</c><00:14:30.759><c> can</c><00:14:31.159><c> I</c><00:14:31.279><c> put</c><00:14:31.460><c> it?</c>

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You<00:14:31.840><c> see,</c><00:14:31.960><c> when</c><00:14:32.159><c> you're</c><00:14:32.340><c> talking</c><00:14:32.559><c> about</c><00:14:32.799><c> taking</c><00:14:33.059><c> up</c><00:14:33.259><c> your</c><00:14:33.580><c> cross,</c><00:14:34.700><c> you've</c><00:14:35.019><c> got</c>

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to<00:14:35.340><c> realize</c><00:14:35.679><c> what</c>

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that<00:14:36.220><c> cross</c><00:14:36.480><c> stood</c><00:14:36.759><c> for.</c>

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You've<00:14:38.039><c> got</c><00:14:38.059><c> to</c><00:14:38.240><c> put</c><00:14:38.419><c> yourself</c><00:14:38.720><c> back</c><00:14:39.100><c> in</c><00:14:39.399><c> the</c><00:14:39.679><c> times.</c>

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Now,<00:14:40.379><c> what</c><00:14:40.539><c> they</c><00:14:40.820><c> did,</c><00:14:41.039><c> you</c><00:14:41.220><c> see,</c><00:14:41.399><c> there</c><00:14:41.580><c> are</c><00:14:41.899><c> criminals</c><00:14:42.360><c> and</c>

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there<00:14:42.879><c> are</c><00:14:43.139><c> criminals,</c><00:14:43.679><c> right?</c>

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You<00:14:44.879><c> might</c><00:14:45.139><c> have</c><00:14:45.379><c> a</c><00:14:45.700><c> man</c><00:14:46.039><c> that</c><00:14:46.600><c> he's</c><00:14:47.039><c> poor</c><00:14:47.379><c> and</c><00:14:47.840><c> he's</c><00:14:48.639><c> got</c><00:14:48.799><c> no</c>

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food<00:14:49.240><c> for</c><00:14:49.419><c> his</c><00:14:49.580><c> family,</c><00:14:50.320><c> and</c><00:14:50.399><c> he</c><00:14:50.519><c> might</c><00:14:50.860><c> break</c>

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into<00:14:51.440><c> a</c><00:14:51.620><c> house</c><00:14:51.860><c> to</c><00:14:52.139><c> steal</c><00:14:52.279><c> some</c><00:14:52.600><c> food.</c>

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All<00:14:53.379><c> right,</c><00:14:53.519><c> he's</c><00:14:53.779><c> wrong,</c><00:14:54.340><c> okay?</c>

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And<00:14:55.139><c> he's</c><00:14:55.399><c> convicted</c><00:14:55.659><c> in</c><00:14:55.860><c> the</c><00:14:56.039><c> court</c><00:14:56.179><c> of</c><00:14:56.379><c> law</c><00:14:56.539><c> and</c><00:14:56.659><c> you</c><00:14:56.820><c> say,</c>

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well,<00:14:57.179><c> he</c><00:14:57.299><c> shouldn't</c><00:14:57.500><c> have</c><00:14:57.659><c> done</c><00:14:57.840><c> that.</c>

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But<00:14:58.080><c> you've</c><00:14:58.320><c> got</c><00:14:58.480><c> some</c><00:14:59.080><c> sympathy</c><00:14:59.419><c> for</c><00:14:59.679><c> him.</c>

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You<00:14:59.860><c> think,</c><00:15:00.080><c> well,</c><00:15:00.580><c> the</c><00:15:00.679><c> poor</c><00:15:00.860><c> beggar,</c><00:15:01.519><c> you</c><00:15:01.740><c> know,</c><00:15:01.759><c> he</c><00:15:01.860><c> got</c>

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desperate<00:15:02.419><c> and</c><00:15:02.639><c> you</c><00:15:02.799><c> can</c><00:15:03.059><c> understand</c><00:15:03.559><c> him.</c>

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And<00:15:04.120><c> so</c><00:15:04.399><c> there</c><00:15:04.639><c> are</c><00:15:04.840><c> some</c><00:15:05.080><c> criminals</c><00:15:05.440><c> that</c><00:15:05.659><c> you</c><00:15:05.720><c> don't</c><00:15:05.960><c> agree</c>

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with,<00:15:06.519><c> you</c><00:15:06.580><c> think</c><00:15:06.700><c> that's</c><00:15:06.960><c> wrong,</c><00:15:07.259><c> but</c><00:15:07.440><c> you</c>

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can<00:15:07.799><c> have</c><00:15:08.299><c> some</c><00:15:08.919><c> sympathy</c><00:15:09.360><c> towards</c><00:15:09.799><c> their</c><00:15:10.080><c> circumstances.</c>

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But<00:15:13.259><c> there</c><00:15:13.700><c> are</c><00:15:13.940><c> other</c><00:15:14.240><c> crimes,</c><00:15:14.740><c> brothers</c><00:15:15.000><c> and</c><00:15:15.100><c> sisters,</c><00:15:15.539><c> which</c><00:15:15.659><c> I</c>

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won't<00:15:16.039><c> even</c><00:15:16.399><c> speak</c><00:15:16.620><c> about,</c>

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but<00:15:17.259><c> people</c><00:15:17.600><c> just</c><00:15:17.879><c> hear</c><00:15:17.980><c> about</c><00:15:18.179><c> and</c><00:15:18.240><c> they</c><00:15:18.419><c> say,</c><00:15:18.659><c> oh,</c><00:15:19.220><c> don't</c>

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make<00:15:19.639><c> you</c><00:15:19.919><c> feel</c><00:15:20.299><c> sick,</c><00:15:21.860><c> make</c><00:15:22.080><c> you</c><00:15:22.279><c> feel</c><00:15:22.559><c> ill.</c>

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When<00:15:23.740><c> you</c><00:15:23.840><c> hear</c><00:15:24.059><c> about</c><00:15:24.340><c> what</c><00:15:24.559><c> some</c><00:15:24.799><c> people</c><00:15:24.960><c> are</c><00:15:25.120><c> convicted</c>

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for,<00:15:25.879><c> you</c><00:15:25.899><c> think,</c><00:15:27.039><c> oh,</c><00:15:27.340><c> and</c><00:15:27.559><c> you</c><00:15:27.700><c> just</c>

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shake<00:15:28.500><c> your</c><00:15:28.620><c> head</c><00:15:28.740><c> and</c><00:15:28.820><c> think,</c><00:15:29.120><c> well,</c><00:15:29.200><c> you</c><00:15:29.379><c> know,</c><00:15:29.539><c> they're</c>

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not<00:15:29.919><c> animals</c><00:15:30.259><c> because</c><00:15:30.600><c> animals</c><00:15:30.879><c> don't</c>

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act<00:15:31.299><c> like</c><00:15:31.559><c> that.</c>

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That's<00:15:32.659><c> your</c><00:15:32.740><c> attitude.</c>

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Now,<00:15:33.980><c> it</c><00:15:33.980><c> was</c><00:15:34.320><c> for</c><00:15:34.519><c> that</c><00:15:34.779><c> latter</c><00:15:35.019><c> class</c><00:15:35.940><c> of</c><00:15:37.139><c> people</c><00:15:37.480><c> that</c><00:15:37.740><c> committed</c><00:15:38.059><c> crimes</c><00:15:38.519><c> of</c>

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some<00:15:40.000><c> despicable</c><00:15:40.919><c> nature</c>

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that<00:15:41.600><c> they</c><00:15:41.879><c> reserved</c><00:15:42.299><c> the</c><00:15:42.500><c> cross.</c>

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And<00:15:43.879><c> when</c><00:15:44.039><c> Jesus</c><00:15:44.279><c> said,</c><00:15:45.580><c> that's</c><00:15:45.700><c> what</c><00:15:45.840><c> you've</c><00:15:46.080><c> got</c><00:15:46.100><c> to</c><00:15:46.259><c> pick</c>

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up,<00:15:47.120><c> my</c><00:15:47.399><c> word.</c>

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You<00:15:48.820><c> know,</c><00:15:49.039><c> not</c><00:15:49.240><c> that</c><00:15:49.419><c> the</c><00:15:49.600><c> disciples,</c><00:15:50.000><c> of</c><00:15:50.259><c> course,</c><00:15:50.600><c> ever</c>

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committed<00:15:51.019><c> those</c><00:15:51.360><c> crimes.</c>

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The<00:15:51.779><c> Lord</c><00:15:51.960><c> didn't,</c><00:15:52.299><c> but</c><00:15:52.440><c> it's</c><00:15:52.519><c> what</c><00:15:52.659><c> the</c><00:15:53.019><c> world</c><00:15:53.580><c> thought</c><00:15:53.899><c> of</c><00:15:54.019><c> them.</c>

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That's<00:15:55.440><c> why</c><00:15:55.720><c> the</c><00:15:55.960><c> Jews</c><00:15:56.200><c> pressed</c><00:15:56.779><c> Pilate</c><00:15:57.100><c> for</c><00:15:57.259><c> that</c><00:15:57.519><c> cross.</c>

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Yes,<00:15:58.879><c> it</c><00:15:58.960><c> was</c><00:15:59.179><c> God's</c><00:15:59.580><c> will</c><00:15:59.679><c> that</c><00:15:59.799><c> it</c><00:15:59.940><c> should</c><00:16:00.080><c> be</c><00:16:00.360><c> so.</c>

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Cursed<00:16:01.720><c> is</c><00:16:01.879><c> he</c><00:16:02.000><c> that</c><00:16:02.139><c> hangeth</c><00:16:02.340><c> upon</c><00:16:02.460><c> a</c><00:16:02.659><c> tree.</c>

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It<00:16:02.940><c> all</c><00:16:03.080><c> had</c><00:16:03.240><c> to</c><00:16:03.399><c> be</c><00:16:03.600><c> fulfilled.</c>

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But<00:16:04.399><c> they</c><00:16:04.559><c> didn't</c><00:16:04.759><c> think</c><00:16:04.960><c> about</c><00:16:05.159><c> that.</c>

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They<00:16:05.940><c> wanted</c><00:16:06.179><c> him</c><00:16:06.379><c> to</c><00:16:06.460><c> go</c><00:16:06.700><c> down</c><00:16:06.960><c> in</c><00:16:07.139><c> history</c><00:16:07.639><c> as</c><00:16:08.279><c> somebody</c><00:16:08.740><c> that</c><00:16:08.940><c> had</c>

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committed<00:16:09.320><c> such</c><00:16:09.659><c> a</c><00:16:09.879><c> crime</c>

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that<00:16:10.200><c> would</c><00:16:10.320><c> make</c><00:16:10.600><c> you</c><00:16:10.919><c> feel</c><00:16:11.299><c> sick</c><00:16:12.080><c> that</c><00:16:13.299><c> you'd</c><00:16:13.779><c> almost</c><00:16:14.240><c> vomit</c>

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when<00:16:14.679><c> you</c><00:16:14.820><c> think</c><00:16:14.960><c> of</c><00:16:15.080><c> him.</c>

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Jesus<00:16:15.759><c> said,</c><00:16:16.019><c> if</c><00:16:16.039><c> you</c><00:16:16.220><c> can't</c><00:16:16.460><c> pick</c><00:16:16.600><c> that</c><00:16:16.860><c> up,</c><00:16:17.740><c> you</c><00:16:17.860><c> can't</c><00:16:18.120><c> be</c>

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my<00:16:18.519><c> disciple.</c>

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It's<00:16:19.980><c> not</c><00:16:20.100><c> a</c><00:16:20.259><c> question</c><00:16:20.419><c> of</c><00:16:20.480><c> picking</c><00:16:20.720><c> it</c><00:16:20.879><c> up,</c><00:16:21.120><c> brothers</c><00:16:21.259><c> and</c><00:16:21.460><c> sisters,</c><00:16:21.580><c> it's</c><00:16:21.679><c> a</c>

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question<00:16:21.940><c> of</c><00:16:22.159><c> carrying</c><00:16:22.460><c> it.</c>

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So<00:16:24.200><c> you're</c><00:16:24.360><c> going</c><00:16:24.500><c> to</c><00:16:24.659><c> carry</c><00:16:25.080><c> the</c><00:16:25.399><c> stake</c><00:16:25.600><c> upon</c><00:16:25.779><c> which</c><00:16:25.960><c> you're</c>

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going<00:16:26.279><c> to</c><00:16:26.360><c> be</c><00:16:26.519><c> crucified.</c>

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And<00:16:28.000><c> in</c><00:16:28.120><c> the</c><00:16:28.320><c> eyes</c><00:16:28.460><c> of</c><00:16:28.659><c> the</c><00:16:28.759><c> world,</c><00:16:29.259><c> you</c><00:16:29.259><c> are</c><00:16:29.440><c> the</c><00:16:29.480><c> most</c>

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despicable<00:16:30.399><c> creature.</c>

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That's<00:16:31.100><c> what</c><00:16:31.259><c> the</c><00:16:31.440><c> apostle</c><00:16:31.740><c> said.</c>

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He<00:16:32.620><c> said</c><00:16:32.779><c> to</c><00:16:32.919><c> the</c><00:16:33.059><c> Corinthians,</c><00:16:33.600><c> you're</c><00:16:33.899><c> rich,</c><00:16:34.419><c> you're</c><00:16:34.740><c> full,</c>

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you<00:16:35.240><c> reign</c><00:16:35.419><c> as</c><00:16:35.700><c> kings,</c><00:16:36.039><c> he</c><00:16:36.200><c> said.</c>

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But<00:16:37.659><c> we</c><00:16:37.820><c> and</c><00:16:37.919><c> the</c><00:16:38.120><c> apostles,</c><00:16:38.419><c> he</c><00:16:38.600><c> said,</c><00:16:38.799><c> we've</c><00:16:39.039><c> made</c><00:16:39.159><c> a</c><00:16:39.639><c> spectacle</c><00:16:40.039><c> unto</c>

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all<00:16:40.559><c> men.</c>

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We're<00:16:41.659><c> brought</c><00:16:41.720><c> out</c><00:16:41.899><c> in</c><00:16:42.019><c> the</c><00:16:42.240><c> theater</c><00:16:42.440><c> and</c><00:16:42.679><c> fed</c><00:16:42.820><c> to</c><00:16:43.100><c> lions</c><00:16:43.320><c> as</c>

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being<00:16:43.759><c> the</c><00:16:44.000><c> off</c><00:16:44.360><c> scouring</c><00:16:44.700><c> of</c><00:16:44.899><c> the</c><00:16:45.080><c> world.</c>

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And<00:16:46.039><c> they</c><00:16:46.240><c> picked</c><00:16:46.379><c> up</c><00:16:46.600><c> that</c><00:16:46.919><c> cross</c><00:16:47.240><c> every</c><00:16:48.120><c> day</c><00:16:48.299><c> of</c><00:16:48.419><c> their</c><00:16:48.600><c> life,</c><00:16:48.980><c> brothers</c><00:16:49.120><c> and</c><00:16:49.320><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:16:49.879><c> that's</c><00:16:50.039><c> what</c><00:16:50.179><c> the</c><00:16:50.379><c> apostle</c><00:16:50.679><c> said</c><00:16:51.019><c> that</c><00:16:51.440><c> we</c><00:16:51.600><c> ought</c><00:16:51.779><c> to</c><00:16:52.039><c> do.</c>

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He<00:16:53.519><c> that</c><00:16:53.820><c> findeth</c><00:16:54.240><c> his</c><00:16:54.480><c> life</c><00:16:54.820><c> shall</c><00:16:55.000><c> lose</c><00:16:55.299><c> it.</c>

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And<00:16:56.120><c> he</c><00:16:56.259><c> that</c><00:16:56.519><c> loseth</c><00:16:56.779><c> his</c><00:16:57.000><c> life</c><00:16:57.220><c> for</c><00:16:57.440><c> my</c><00:16:57.759><c> sake</c><00:16:58.039><c> shall</c><00:16:58.320><c> find</c><00:16:58.659><c> it.</c>

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Now<00:16:59.659><c> you</c><00:16:59.860><c> take</c><00:17:00.080><c> that</c><00:17:00.340><c> expression,</c><00:17:01.559><c> you</c><00:17:01.659><c> put</c><00:17:01.799><c> it</c><00:17:01.899><c> in</c><00:17:02.019><c> this</c><00:17:02.220><c> context.</c>

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We're<00:17:03.279><c> not</c><00:17:03.379><c> going</c><00:17:03.519><c> to</c><00:17:03.519><c> turn</c><00:17:03.759><c> this</c><00:17:03.980><c> up,</c><00:17:04.359><c> or</c><00:17:04.480><c> worse</c><00:17:04.579><c> we</c><00:17:04.779><c> can,</c>

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because<00:17:05.160><c> we</c><00:17:05.279><c> can</c><00:17:05.380><c> just</c><00:17:05.500><c> go</c><00:17:05.619><c> up</c><00:17:05.740><c> a</c><00:17:05.839><c> few</c><00:17:06.000><c> pages</c><00:17:06.319><c> to</c><00:17:06.480><c> Matthew</c><00:17:06.799><c> chapter</c><00:17:07.119><c> 16.</c>

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Here<00:17:07.839><c> it</c><00:17:08.000><c> is.</c><00:17:08.839><c> Won't</c><00:17:08.980><c> take</c><00:17:09.200><c> as</c><00:17:09.319><c> long</c><00:17:09.480><c> to</c><00:17:09.619><c> get</c><00:17:09.759><c> there.</c>

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See,<00:17:11.180><c> you</c><00:17:11.380><c> know</c><00:17:11.500><c> the</c><00:17:11.660><c> incident,</c><00:17:12.160><c> brethren</c><00:17:12.220><c> and</c><00:17:12.460><c> sisters,</c>

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the<00:17:12.839><c> Lord</c><00:17:13.059><c> is</c><00:17:13.240><c> telling</c><00:17:13.440><c> his</c><00:17:13.680><c> disciples</c><00:17:14.099><c> from</c><00:17:14.339><c> verse</c><00:17:14.599><c> 21</c><00:17:14.980><c> of</c>

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Matthew<00:17:15.500><c> 16,</c>

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that<00:17:16.099><c> he</c><00:17:16.099><c> would</c><00:17:16.240><c> go</c><00:17:16.440><c> to</c><00:17:16.640><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:17:17.039><c> he</c><00:17:17.059><c> would</c><00:17:17.299><c> suffer</c><00:17:17.559><c> many</c><00:17:17.839><c> things.</c>

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He'd<00:17:18.839><c> be</c><00:17:19.039><c> crucified</c><00:17:19.559><c> and</c><00:17:19.720><c> rise</c><00:17:20.019><c> the</c><00:17:20.140><c> third</c><00:17:20.420><c> day.</c>

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Then<00:17:20.940><c> in</c><00:17:21.079><c> verse</c><00:17:21.299><c> 22,</c><00:17:22.660><c> Peter</c><00:17:22.759><c> took</c><00:17:23.059><c> him</c><00:17:23.240><c> and</c><00:17:23.319><c> began</c><00:17:23.599><c> to</c><00:17:23.859><c> rebuke</c>

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him,<00:17:24.640><c> saying,</c>

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This<00:17:25.180><c> will</c><00:17:25.400><c> not</c><00:17:25.660><c> be</c><00:17:25.819><c> unto</c><00:17:25.960><c> thee,</c><00:17:26.140><c> Lord.</c>

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Pity<00:17:27.059><c> yourself,</c><00:17:27.519><c> he</c><00:17:27.660><c> said.</c><00:17:27.799><c> This</c><00:17:27.940><c> shall</c><00:17:28.200><c> not</c><00:17:28.420><c> be</c><00:17:28.599><c> unto</c><00:17:28.759><c> you.</c>

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But<00:17:29.859><c> he</c><00:17:29.960><c> turned</c><00:17:30.220><c> and</c><00:17:30.400><c> said</c><00:17:30.519><c> unto</c><00:17:30.740><c> Peter,</c><00:17:31.240><c> Get</c><00:17:31.359><c> thee</c><00:17:31.579><c> behind</c>

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me,<00:17:32.299><c> Satan,</c>

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for<00:17:33.160><c> thou</c><00:17:33.400><c> art</c><00:17:33.519><c> an</c><00:17:33.640><c> offence</c><00:17:33.980><c> unto</c><00:17:34.140><c> me,</c><00:17:34.400><c> for</c><00:17:34.559><c> thou</c><00:17:34.779><c> sabrest</c><00:17:35.119><c> not</c>

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the<00:17:35.599><c> things</c><00:17:35.779><c> that</c><00:17:36.000><c> be</c><00:17:36.099><c> of</c><00:17:36.220><c> God,</c>

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but<00:17:36.680><c> those</c><00:17:36.960><c> things</c><00:17:37.180><c> that</c><00:17:37.359><c> be</c><00:17:37.480><c> of</c><00:17:37.680><c> men.</c>

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Then<00:17:38.680><c> said</c><00:17:38.960><c> Jesus</c><00:17:39.380><c> unto</c><00:17:39.619><c> his</c><00:17:39.880><c> disciples,</c>

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If<00:17:40.900><c> any</c><00:17:41.140><c> man</c><00:17:41.359><c> come</c><00:17:41.599><c> after</c><00:17:41.839><c> me,</c><00:17:42.119><c> let</c><00:17:42.160><c> him</c><00:17:42.339><c> deny</c><00:17:42.619><c> himself,</c>

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and<00:17:43.240><c> take</c><00:17:43.460><c> up</c><00:17:43.559><c> his</c><00:17:43.759><c> cross,</c><00:17:44.119><c> and</c><00:17:44.160><c> follow</c><00:17:44.480><c> me.</c>

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For<00:17:46.339><c> whosoever</c><00:17:47.000><c> will</c><00:17:47.259><c> save</c><00:17:47.500><c> his</c><00:17:47.799><c> life</c><00:17:48.000><c> shall</c><00:17:48.200><c> lose</c><00:17:48.500><c> it.</c>

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And<00:17:49.480><c> whosoever</c><00:17:49.960><c> will</c><00:17:50.019><c> lose</c><00:17:50.279><c> his</c><00:17:50.539><c> life</c><00:17:50.799><c> for</c><00:17:50.960><c> my</c><00:17:51.339><c> sake</c><00:17:51.559><c> shall</c>

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find<00:17:52.119><c> it.</c>

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Do<00:17:52.660><c> you</c><00:17:52.680><c> know</c><00:17:52.779><c> what</c><00:17:52.880><c> that</c><00:17:53.019><c> tells</c><00:17:53.279><c> me,</c><00:17:53.700><c> brethren</c><00:17:53.839><c> and</c><00:17:54.099><c> sisters?</c>

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Do<00:17:54.980><c> you</c><00:17:54.980><c> know</c><00:17:55.099><c> what</c><00:17:55.200><c> that's</c><00:17:55.400><c> saying</c><00:17:55.660><c> there</c><00:17:55.839><c> to</c><00:17:56.019><c> me?</c>

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That<00:17:56.819><c> last</c><00:17:57.200><c> expression</c><00:17:57.680><c> is</c><00:17:58.079><c> that</c><00:17:58.200><c> when</c><00:17:58.420><c> Peter</c><00:17:58.660><c> came</c><00:17:58.980><c> up,</c>

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and<00:17:59.440><c> he</c><00:17:59.579><c> heard</c><00:17:59.740><c> his</c><00:17:59.980><c> Lord</c><00:18:00.180><c> describing,</c><00:18:01.000><c> he</c><00:18:01.160><c> says</c><00:18:01.200><c> he</c><00:18:01.359><c> began</c><00:18:01.640><c> to</c>

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show<00:18:02.299><c> unto</c><00:18:02.519><c> his</c><00:18:02.740><c> disciples.</c>

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It<00:18:03.519><c> was</c><00:18:03.799><c> a</c><00:18:03.980><c> word</c><00:18:04.240><c> picture</c><00:18:04.500><c> of</c><00:18:04.680><c> his</c><00:18:04.880><c> sufferings.</c>

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And<00:18:05.700><c> you</c><00:18:05.759><c> know,</c><00:18:05.940><c> there</c><00:18:06.059><c> are</c><00:18:06.279><c> some</c><00:18:06.460><c> people</c><00:18:06.599><c> who</c><00:18:06.720><c> can</c><00:18:06.900><c> paint</c>

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graphic<00:18:07.559><c> word</c><00:18:07.799><c> pictures.</c>

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Nobody<00:18:08.660><c> could</c><00:18:08.920><c> paint</c><00:18:09.059><c> it</c><00:18:09.200><c> like</c><00:18:09.400><c> him.</c>

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The<00:18:10.500><c> Lord</c><00:18:10.680><c> would</c><00:18:10.880><c> be</c><00:18:11.200><c> brilliant</c><00:18:11.640><c> at</c><00:18:11.839><c> that.</c>

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And<00:18:12.319><c> he</c><00:18:12.359><c> would</c><00:18:12.539><c> paint</c><00:18:12.740><c> this</c><00:18:13.140><c> word</c><00:18:13.420><c> picture</c><00:18:13.720><c> they'd</c><00:18:14.220><c> seen</c>

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vividly<00:18:15.200><c> before</c><00:18:15.559><c> them.</c>

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This<00:18:16.000><c> man</c><00:18:16.339><c> hanging</c><00:18:16.680><c> on</c><00:18:16.900><c> the</c><00:18:17.119><c> tree,</c><00:18:17.759><c> brutalized</c><00:18:18.279><c> by</c><00:18:18.480><c> the</c><00:18:18.700><c> scribes</c><00:18:18.980><c> and</c>

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the<00:18:19.299><c> Pharisees.</c>

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And<00:18:20.019><c> Peter</c><00:18:20.160><c> rushes</c><00:18:20.539><c> up</c><00:18:20.660><c> and</c><00:18:20.740><c> said,</c>

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Oh<00:18:21.440><c> Lord,</c><00:18:21.859><c> take</c><00:18:22.180><c> pity</c><00:18:22.420><c> on</c><00:18:22.640><c> yourself.</c>

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That's<00:18:23.279><c> not</c><00:18:23.420><c> going</c><00:18:23.539><c> to</c><00:18:23.619><c> happen</c><00:18:23.740><c> to</c><00:18:23.960><c> you.</c>

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And<00:18:25.039><c> Jesus</c><00:18:25.359><c> reminds</c><00:18:25.940><c> him</c><00:18:26.319><c> about</c><00:18:26.599><c> picking</c><00:18:26.839><c> up</c><00:18:27.000><c> his</c><00:18:27.259><c> cross.</c>

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And<00:18:27.559><c> then</c><00:18:27.640><c> he</c><00:18:27.700><c> would</c><00:18:27.839><c> look</c><00:18:28.000><c> at</c><00:18:28.180><c> Peter</c><00:18:28.339><c> and</c><00:18:28.500><c> say,</c>

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Peter,<00:18:30.299><c> whosoever</c><00:18:30.759><c> will</c><00:18:31.079><c> save</c><00:18:31.299><c> his</c><00:18:31.619><c> life</c><00:18:31.819><c> will</c><00:18:32.059><c> lose</c><00:18:32.240><c> it.</c>

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You<00:18:32.579><c> see,</c><00:18:33.039><c> brethren</c><00:18:33.039><c> and</c><00:18:33.299><c> sisters,</c><00:18:33.519><c> the</c><00:18:33.720><c> suggestion</c><00:18:34.200><c> is</c>

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that<00:18:35.140><c> there</c><00:18:35.279><c> was</c><00:18:35.400><c> a</c><00:18:35.480><c> bit</c><00:18:35.599><c> of</c><00:18:35.920><c> self</c><00:18:36.220><c>-preservation</c><00:18:37.180><c> with</c><00:18:37.579><c> Peter</c>

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that<00:18:38.440><c> the</c><00:18:38.660><c> Lord</c><00:18:38.819><c> read</c><00:18:39.039><c> right</c><00:18:39.440><c> through.</c>

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Because<00:18:40.160><c> Peter</c><00:18:40.400><c> would</c><00:18:40.539><c> be</c><00:18:40.779><c> watching</c><00:18:41.099><c> that</c><00:18:41.420><c> word</c><00:18:41.660><c> picture,</c>

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and<00:18:42.099><c> he'd</c><00:18:42.240><c> be</c><00:18:42.440><c> thinking</c><00:18:42.799><c> if</c><00:18:43.339><c> that's</c><00:18:43.680><c> going</c><00:18:43.779><c> to</c><00:18:43.900><c> happen</c><00:18:44.039><c> to</c><00:18:44.380><c> him,</c>

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what's<00:18:45.759><c> going</c><00:18:45.900><c> to</c><00:18:45.980><c> happen</c><00:18:46.180><c> to</c><00:18:46.519><c> me?</c>

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And<00:18:48.279><c> so</c><00:18:48.380><c> the</c><00:18:48.539><c> Lord</c><00:18:48.720><c> would</c><00:18:49.079><c> tell</c><00:18:49.259><c> him</c><00:18:49.480><c> to</c><00:18:49.680><c> take</c><00:18:49.859><c> up</c><00:18:49.980><c> his</c><00:18:50.200><c> own</c><00:18:50.440><c> cross</c>

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because<00:18:50.779><c> he</c><00:18:50.799><c> said,</c><00:18:51.000><c> Peter,</c><00:18:52.299><c> he</c><00:18:52.579><c> that's</c><00:18:52.839><c> trying</c><00:18:53.039><c> to</c><00:18:53.220><c> save</c><00:18:53.660><c> his</c>

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life<00:18:54.240><c> will</c><00:18:54.539><c> lose</c><00:18:54.740><c> it.</c>

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So<00:18:55.119><c> there</c><00:18:55.240><c> was</c><00:18:55.380><c> a</c><00:18:55.500><c> little</c><00:18:55.680><c> measure</c><00:18:56.000><c> of</c><00:18:56.339><c> self</c><00:18:56.720><c>-preservation</c><00:18:57.440><c> in</c>

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that,<00:18:58.059><c> brethren</c><00:18:58.180><c> and</c><00:18:58.440><c> sisters.</c>

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Because<00:18:59.519><c> Peter,</c><00:18:59.960><c> of</c><00:18:59.960><c> course,</c><00:19:00.900><c> loyal</c><00:19:01.200><c> Peter</c><00:19:01.480><c> was</c><00:19:01.740><c> prepared,</c>

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at<00:19:02.819><c> least</c><00:19:03.200><c> verbally,</c><00:19:03.720><c> he</c><00:19:03.940><c> said,</c><00:19:04.319><c> he</c><00:19:04.460><c> would</c><00:19:04.720><c> follow</c><00:19:04.920><c> his</c><00:19:05.220><c> Lord</c>

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to<00:19:05.599><c> death.</c>

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And<00:19:05.859><c> he</c><00:19:05.920><c> would</c><00:19:06.079><c> have</c><00:19:06.299><c> believed</c><00:19:06.559><c> that.</c>

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He<00:19:06.799><c> would</c><00:19:06.960><c> have</c><00:19:07.160><c> thought</c><00:19:07.319><c> that's</c><00:19:07.500><c> where</c><00:19:07.660><c> he</c><00:19:07.859><c> was</c><00:19:08.059><c> going.</c>

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And<00:19:08.539><c> so</c><00:19:08.759><c> in</c><00:19:09.140><c> that</c><00:19:09.440><c> comment,</c><00:19:09.740><c> there</c><00:19:09.819><c> would</c><00:19:09.960><c> be</c><00:19:10.119><c> a</c><00:19:10.240><c> little</c><00:19:10.440><c> bit</c>

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of<00:19:10.859><c> self</c><00:19:11.099><c>-preservation.</c>

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But<00:19:12.220><c> said</c><00:19:12.440><c> Jesus,</c><00:19:13.099><c> you've</c><00:19:13.440><c> got</c><00:19:13.480><c> to</c><00:19:13.559><c> go</c><00:19:13.720><c> on</c><00:19:13.880><c> with</c><00:19:13.980><c> it,</c><00:19:14.240><c> Peter.</c>

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And<00:19:15.119><c> it's</c><00:19:15.680><c> absolutely</c><00:19:16.400><c> significant</c><00:19:17.119><c> that</c><00:19:17.480><c> when</c><00:19:17.680><c> the</c><00:19:17.819><c> Lord</c><00:19:17.980><c> was</c><00:19:18.180><c> going</c><00:19:18.440><c> out</c><00:19:18.819><c> to</c><00:19:18.980><c> Golgotha,</c>

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it<00:19:19.539><c> says,</c><00:19:20.200><c> they're</c><00:19:20.339><c> coming</c><00:19:20.539><c> man</c><00:19:20.960><c> out</c><00:19:21.319><c> of</c><00:19:21.460><c> the</c><00:19:21.740><c> country.</c>

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In<00:19:22.240><c> other</c><00:19:22.440><c> words,</c><00:19:23.099><c> Luke</c><00:19:23.160><c> tells</c><00:19:23.380><c> us</c><00:19:23.579><c> out</c><00:19:23.799><c> of</c><00:19:23.940><c> the</c><00:19:24.099><c> country,</c>

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going<00:19:24.440><c> in</c><00:19:24.640><c> exactly</c><00:19:25.160><c> the</c><00:19:25.400><c> opposite</c><00:19:25.660><c> direction</c><00:19:25.920><c> to</c><00:19:26.099><c> the</c><00:19:26.220><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:19:27.259><c> they</c><00:19:27.559><c> compelled</c><00:19:28.079><c> him</c><00:19:28.319><c> to</c><00:19:28.559><c> carry</c><00:19:28.740><c> the</c><00:19:28.900><c> Lord's</c><00:19:29.339><c> cross.</c>

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You<00:19:30.519><c> know,</c><00:19:30.640><c> if</c><00:19:30.759><c> you</c><00:19:30.839><c> look</c><00:19:31.019><c> carefully</c><00:19:31.359><c> at</c><00:19:31.559><c> the</c><00:19:31.660><c> word</c><00:19:31.819><c> carry,</c>

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brethren<00:19:32.480><c> and</c><00:19:32.740><c> sisters,</c>

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there<00:19:33.319><c> is</c><00:19:33.460><c> no</c><00:19:33.660><c> absolute</c><00:19:34.000><c> proof</c><00:19:34.259><c> of</c><00:19:34.440><c> this.</c>

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But<00:19:34.980><c> the</c><00:19:35.160><c> word</c><00:19:35.319><c> can</c><00:19:35.680><c> be</c><00:19:35.900><c> understood</c><00:19:36.279><c> not</c><00:19:36.559><c> simply</c><00:19:36.900><c> as</c><00:19:37.200><c> carrying</c>

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it<00:19:37.539><c> on</c><00:19:37.660><c> your</c><00:19:37.920><c> own,</c>

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but<00:19:39.960><c> assisting</c><00:19:40.400><c> the</c><00:19:40.700><c> one</c><00:19:40.859><c> that</c><00:19:41.200><c> couldn't.</c>

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And<00:19:42.799><c> the</c><00:19:42.980><c> possible</c><00:19:43.519><c> figure</c><00:19:43.940><c> of</c><00:19:44.180><c> the</c><00:19:44.279><c> Lord</c><00:19:44.460><c> going</c><00:19:44.700><c> to</c><00:19:44.880><c> the</c><00:19:45.059><c> cross</c>

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is<00:19:45.619><c> not</c><00:19:45.839><c> another</c><00:19:46.079><c> man</c><00:19:46.359><c> carrying</c><00:19:46.660><c> his</c><00:19:46.880><c> cross</c><00:19:47.059><c> on</c><00:19:47.259><c> his</c><00:19:47.460><c> own,</c>

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but<00:19:48.000><c> helping</c><00:19:48.400><c> the</c><00:19:48.619><c> Lord</c><00:19:48.920><c> with</c><00:19:49.359><c> the</c><00:19:49.559><c> load.</c>

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What<00:19:50.220><c> a</c><00:19:50.539><c> marvelous</c><00:19:50.960><c> figure</c><00:19:51.200><c> that</c><00:19:51.359><c> would</c><00:19:51.559><c> be.</c>

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And<00:19:51.900><c> the</c><00:19:51.960><c> man's</c><00:19:52.279><c> name</c><00:19:52.539><c> was</c><00:19:53.059><c> Simon.</c>

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But<00:19:55.440><c> he</c><00:19:55.460><c> had</c><00:19:55.640><c> to</c><00:19:55.720><c> turn</c><00:19:55.980><c> around.</c>

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And<00:19:57.539><c> this</c><00:19:57.660><c> was</c><00:19:57.960><c> Simon</c><00:19:58.539><c> Peter.</c>

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And<00:20:01.039><c> Simon</c><00:20:01.400><c> had</c><00:20:01.579><c> to</c><00:20:01.720><c> become</c><00:20:01.960><c> Peter.</c>

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He<00:20:02.319><c> had</c><00:20:02.500><c> to</c><00:20:02.519><c> turn</c><00:20:02.880><c> around.</c>

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And<00:20:03.500><c> that</c><00:20:03.680><c> man</c><00:20:03.859><c> had</c><00:20:04.039><c> to</c><00:20:04.140><c> turn</c><00:20:04.440><c> around</c><00:20:04.759><c> and</c><00:20:05.059><c> to</c><00:20:05.259><c> carry</c><00:20:05.440><c> that</c><00:20:05.740><c> cross</c>

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with<00:20:06.099><c> the</c><00:20:06.200><c> Lord</c><00:20:06.400><c> Jesus</c><00:20:06.819><c> Christ</c><00:20:07.259><c> into</c><00:20:07.680><c> the</c><00:20:07.940><c> city.</c>

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Now,<00:20:09.180><c> just</c><00:20:09.380><c> as</c><00:20:09.539><c> a</c><00:20:09.700><c> final</c><00:20:09.980><c> thought,</c><00:20:10.420><c> brethren</c><00:20:10.559><c> and</c><00:20:10.680><c> sisters,</c>

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we<00:20:10.960><c> come</c><00:20:11.259><c> back</c><00:20:11.440><c> to</c><00:20:11.500><c> Matthew</c><00:20:11.859><c> chapter</c><00:20:12.180><c> 10,</c>

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and<00:20:13.440><c> the</c><00:20:13.519><c> Lord</c><00:20:13.900><c> speaks</c><00:20:14.519><c> about</c><00:20:14.859><c> the</c><00:20:15.099><c> cooperation</c><00:20:15.660><c> of</c><00:20:15.920><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:20:16.380><c> sisters</c>

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in<00:20:18.079><c> confessing</c><00:20:18.599><c> our</c><00:20:18.839><c> Father</c><00:20:19.839><c> before</c><00:20:21.160><c> men,</c>

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that<00:20:21.559><c> he</c><00:20:21.720><c> might</c><00:20:22.039><c> confess</c><00:20:22.680><c> us</c><00:20:22.980><c> before</c><00:20:23.339><c> his</c><00:20:23.579><c> Father</c><00:20:23.839><c> in</c><00:20:24.059><c> heaven.</c>

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Now,<00:20:24.440><c> he</c><00:20:24.480><c> makes</c><00:20:24.740><c> the</c><00:20:24.960><c> point</c><00:20:25.119><c> in</c><00:20:25.259><c> verse</c><00:20:25.539><c> 40,</c>

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He<00:20:26.819><c> that</c><00:20:27.079><c> receiveth</c><00:20:27.500><c> you</c><00:20:27.880><c> receiveth</c><00:20:28.420><c> me,</c>

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and<00:20:29.799><c> he</c><00:20:29.960><c> that</c><00:20:30.160><c> receiveth</c><00:20:30.519><c> me</c><00:20:30.779><c> receiveth</c><00:20:31.279><c> him</c><00:20:31.640><c> that</c><00:20:31.940><c> sent</c><00:20:32.099><c> me.</c>

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Now,<00:20:32.839><c> you</c><00:20:33.000><c> see</c><00:20:33.099><c> what</c><00:20:33.220><c> the</c><00:20:33.299><c> Lord</c><00:20:33.440><c> is</c><00:20:33.579><c> saying?</c>

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He's<00:20:34.079><c> saying,</c><00:20:34.319><c> look,</c><00:20:35.400><c> don't</c><00:20:35.680><c> worry</c><00:20:36.019><c> about</c><00:20:36.279><c> what</c><00:20:36.460><c> men</c><00:20:36.680><c> think</c>

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about<00:20:37.180><c> you,</c>

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because<00:20:37.619><c> really,</c><00:20:38.380><c> when</c><00:20:38.519><c> you</c><00:20:38.799><c> suffer</c><00:20:38.980><c> like</c><00:20:39.299><c> that,</c>

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you<00:20:39.900><c> have</c><00:20:40.160><c> a</c><00:20:40.259><c> wonderful</c><00:20:40.700><c> privilege.</c>

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The<00:20:42.000><c> very</c><00:20:42.319><c> fact</c><00:20:42.559><c> that</c><00:20:42.740><c> men</c><00:20:42.880><c> treat</c><00:20:43.160><c> you</c><00:20:43.339><c> like</c><00:20:43.579><c> that</c>

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is<00:20:44.680><c> because</c><00:20:44.880><c> you're</c><00:20:45.099><c> like</c><00:20:45.299><c> me.</c>

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What<00:20:46.079><c> a</c><00:20:46.180><c> marvelous</c><00:20:46.480><c> thing</c><00:20:46.799><c> that</c><00:20:47.019><c> is.</c>

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What<00:20:48.000><c> a</c><00:20:48.240><c> privilege,</c><00:20:48.720><c> brethren</c><00:20:48.859><c> and</c><00:20:49.140><c> sisters,</c>

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to<00:20:49.460><c> be</c><00:20:49.660><c> counted</c><00:20:49.839><c> like</c><00:20:50.140><c> our</c><00:20:50.380><c> Lord.</c>

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He<00:20:51.359><c> that</c><00:20:51.619><c> receiveth</c><00:20:51.960><c> you</c><00:20:52.259><c> receiveth</c><00:20:52.920><c> me.</c>

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What<00:20:53.480><c> a</c><00:20:53.799><c> wonderful</c><00:20:54.279><c> thing</c><00:20:54.640><c> that</c><00:20:55.059><c> is.</c>

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That<00:20:56.079><c> should</c><00:20:56.259><c> get</c><00:20:56.380><c> us</c><00:20:56.500><c> through</c><00:20:56.759><c> all</c><00:20:57.000><c> our</c><00:20:57.180><c> difficulties.</c>

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We<00:20:58.200><c> should</c><00:20:58.359><c> say,</c><00:20:58.799><c> well,</c><00:20:58.799><c> we're</c><00:20:59.240><c> honored.</c>

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And<00:21:00.019><c> the</c><00:21:00.180><c> apostles</c><00:21:00.460><c> did.</c>

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They<00:21:01.259><c> came</c><00:21:01.500><c> back</c><00:21:01.740><c> in</c><00:21:01.859><c> Acts</c><00:21:02.059><c> chapter</c><00:21:02.359><c> 4</c><00:21:03.000><c> counting</c><00:21:03.359><c> it</c><00:21:03.579><c> an</c><00:21:03.799><c> honor</c>

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that<00:21:04.279><c> they'd</c><00:21:04.660><c> suffered</c><00:21:04.819><c> with</c><00:21:05.059><c> Christ</c><00:21:05.400><c> because</c><00:21:05.680><c> he</c><00:21:05.920><c> suffered.</c>

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And<00:21:06.740><c> therefore,</c><00:21:07.319><c> they</c><00:21:07.460><c> didn't</c><00:21:07.700><c> receive</c><00:21:07.980><c> their</c><00:21:08.160><c> master.</c>

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They<00:21:08.599><c> never</c><00:21:08.799><c> received</c><00:21:09.200><c> them</c><00:21:09.339><c> because</c><00:21:09.599><c> they</c><00:21:09.819><c> were</c><00:21:10.119><c> like</c><00:21:10.460><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:21:10.940><c> that's</c><00:21:11.180><c> a</c><00:21:11.319><c> wonderful</c><00:21:11.700><c> thing.</c>

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But<00:21:12.680><c> you</c><00:21:13.039><c> see,</c><00:21:14.940><c> it</c><00:21:14.940><c> was</c><00:21:15.200><c> only</c><00:21:15.640><c> those</c><00:21:16.259><c> that</c><00:21:16.480><c> he</c><00:21:16.900><c> sent</c>

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that<00:21:18.079><c> could</c><00:21:18.319><c> have</c><00:21:18.500><c> that</c><00:21:18.720><c> honor.</c>

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He<00:21:19.400><c> that</c><00:21:19.859><c> receiveth</c><00:21:20.319><c> you</c><00:21:20.680><c> receiveth</c><00:21:21.220><c> me,</c>

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and<00:21:21.619><c> he</c><00:21:21.740><c> that</c><00:21:21.960><c> receiveth</c><00:21:22.259><c> me</c><00:21:22.420><c> receiveth</c><00:21:22.859><c> him</c><00:21:23.059><c> that</c><00:21:23.400><c> sent</c><00:21:23.599><c> me.</c>

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So<00:21:24.400><c> it</c><00:21:24.619><c> was</c><00:21:24.880><c> an</c><00:21:25.059><c> effect,</c><00:21:25.599><c> an</c><00:21:25.759><c> honor</c><00:21:25.920><c> at</c><00:21:26.180><c> that</c><00:21:26.420><c> stage</c><00:21:26.759><c> at</c><00:21:27.000><c> least,</c>

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that<00:21:27.619><c> was</c><00:21:27.880><c> preserved</c><00:21:28.279><c> for</c><00:21:28.480><c> those</c><00:21:28.740><c> apostles,</c>

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because<00:21:29.720><c> not</c><00:21:29.940><c> everybody</c><00:21:30.400><c> was</c><00:21:30.740><c> sent.</c>

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But<00:21:32.539><c> he</c><00:21:32.819><c> knew,</c><00:21:33.299><c> the</c><00:21:33.440><c> Lord</c><00:21:33.640><c> knew</c><00:21:34.000><c> this,</c>

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that<00:21:35.920><c> there</c><00:21:36.400><c> were</c><00:21:36.640><c> a</c><00:21:36.720><c> lot</c><00:21:36.940><c> of</c><00:21:37.140><c> people</c>

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who<00:21:38.079><c> would</c><00:21:38.299><c> be</c><00:21:38.480><c> prepared</c><00:21:38.799><c> to</c><00:21:39.079><c> assist</c><00:21:39.579><c> them</c><00:21:40.140><c> in</c><00:21:40.460><c> their</c><00:21:40.720><c> work,</c>

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even<00:21:41.140><c> though</c><00:21:41.339><c> they</c><00:21:41.539><c> couldn't</c><00:21:41.900><c> do</c><00:21:42.119><c> it</c><00:21:42.279><c> themselves.</c>

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And<00:21:43.859><c> so</c><00:21:43.940><c> what</c><00:21:44.079><c> he</c><00:21:44.200><c> was</c><00:21:44.299><c> to</c><00:21:44.480><c> tell</c><00:21:44.599><c> us</c><00:21:44.720><c> now,</c><00:21:45.119><c> brothers</c><00:21:45.220><c> and</c><00:21:45.500><c> sisters,</c>

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is<00:21:45.920><c> this,</c><00:21:46.140><c> that</c><00:21:46.259><c> there</c><00:21:46.460><c> are</c><00:21:46.720><c> people</c><00:21:47.019><c> in</c><00:21:47.200><c> the</c><00:21:47.359><c> meeting</c>

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to<00:21:48.640><c> do</c><00:21:48.880><c> duties,</c><00:21:49.380><c> certain</c><00:21:49.539><c> duties,</c>

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in<00:21:50.500><c> which</c><00:21:50.619><c> they</c><00:21:50.900><c> are</c><00:21:51.259><c> ambassadors</c><00:21:51.700><c> for</c><00:21:51.960><c> Christ</c><00:21:52.279><c> in</c><00:21:52.460><c> a</c><00:21:52.640><c> public</c><00:21:53.039><c> sense.</c>

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We're<00:21:53.900><c> all</c><00:21:54.180><c> ambassadors</c><00:21:54.640><c> for</c><00:21:54.920><c> Christ.</c>

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But<00:21:55.240><c> there</c><00:21:55.380><c> are</c><00:21:55.480><c> others</c><00:21:55.740><c> who</c><00:21:56.059><c> have</c><00:21:56.180><c> a</c><00:21:56.339><c> public</c><00:21:56.759><c> duty,</c>

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and<00:21:57.359><c> they</c><00:21:57.619><c> become</c><00:21:57.900><c> the</c><00:21:58.079><c> ones</c><00:21:58.299><c> upon</c><00:21:58.539><c> whom</c><00:21:58.700><c> it</c><00:21:58.900><c> devolves</c><00:21:59.299><c> their</c><00:21:59.599><c> responsibility</c>

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to<00:22:00.640><c> exhibit</c><00:22:00.960><c> Christ</c><00:22:01.380><c> publicly.</c>

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We<00:22:01.880><c> can't</c><00:22:02.160><c> all</c><00:22:02.420><c> do</c><00:22:02.680><c> that.</c>

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But<00:22:03.660><c> we</c><00:22:03.819><c> can</c><00:22:04.059><c> assist.</c>

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And<00:22:05.859><c> so</c><00:22:06.039><c> he</c><00:22:06.140><c> says,</c>

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He<00:22:07.319><c> that</c><00:22:07.619><c> receiveth</c><00:22:08.000><c> a</c><00:22:08.240><c> prophet</c><00:22:08.579><c> in</c><00:22:09.759><c> the</c><00:22:10.000><c> name</c><00:22:10.240><c> of</c><00:22:10.440><c> the</c><00:22:10.640><c> prophet</c>

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shall<00:22:11.039><c> receive</c><00:22:11.420><c> a</c><00:22:11.640><c> prophet's</c><00:22:12.059><c> reward.</c>

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And<00:22:12.819><c> he</c><00:22:12.920><c> that</c><00:22:13.119><c> receiveth</c><00:22:13.500><c> a</c><00:22:13.700><c> righteous</c><00:22:14.019><c> man</c>

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in<00:22:14.400><c> the</c><00:22:14.480><c> name</c><00:22:14.660><c> of</c><00:22:14.859><c> a</c><00:22:14.940><c> righteous</c><00:22:15.319><c> man</c>

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shall<00:22:15.759><c> receive</c><00:22:16.140><c> a</c><00:22:16.460><c> righteous</c><00:22:16.980><c> man's</c><00:22:17.400><c> reward.</c>

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Now,<00:22:17.980><c> what</c><00:22:18.119><c> is</c><00:22:18.259><c> he</c><00:22:18.460><c> saying</c><00:22:18.619><c> is</c><00:22:18.900><c> this,</c>

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that<00:22:19.759><c> he</c><00:22:19.900><c> that</c><00:22:20.059><c> receiveth</c><00:22:20.559><c> a</c><00:22:20.700><c> prophet</c><00:22:20.700><c> in</c><00:22:20.940><c> the</c><00:22:21.460><c> name</c><00:22:22.079><c> of</c><00:22:22.319><c> a</c><00:22:22.480><c> prophet.</c>

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You<00:22:22.900><c> see,</c><00:22:23.420><c> we</c><00:22:23.579><c> could</c><00:22:23.779><c> assist</c><00:22:24.119><c> somebody</c>

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who<00:22:24.819><c> was</c><00:22:25.019><c> a</c><00:22:25.220><c> preacher</c><00:22:25.519><c> of</c><00:22:25.680><c> the</c><00:22:25.880><c> Bible,</c>

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say<00:22:27.039><c> we</c><00:22:27.180><c> were</c><00:22:27.380><c> an</c><00:22:27.599><c> unbeliever,</c>

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but<00:22:29.000><c> we</c><00:22:29.160><c> were</c><00:22:29.279><c> very</c><00:22:29.680><c> kind,</c>

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as<00:22:31.119><c> kindness,</c><00:22:31.759><c> worldly</c><00:22:31.940><c> kindness,</c><00:22:32.599><c> goes.</c>

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And<00:22:33.640><c> there</c><00:22:33.799><c> are</c><00:22:33.900><c> people</c><00:22:34.140><c> like</c><00:22:34.519><c> that.</c>

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But<00:22:35.299><c> we</c><00:22:35.420><c> had</c><00:22:35.519><c> no</c><00:22:35.759><c> interest</c><00:22:36.019><c> in</c><00:22:36.180><c> the</c><00:22:36.380><c> message</c><00:22:36.619><c> in</c><00:22:36.819><c> particular.</c>

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But<00:22:37.579><c> this</c><00:22:37.980><c> preacher</c><00:22:38.279><c> of</c><00:22:38.440><c> the</c><00:22:38.599><c> Bible</c><00:22:38.839><c> comes</c><00:22:39.160><c> along,</c>

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preaching<00:22:39.839><c> Bible</c><00:22:40.220><c> truth,</c>

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but<00:22:40.700><c> we</c><00:22:40.859><c> don't</c><00:22:41.039><c> know</c><00:22:41.140><c> it</c><00:22:41.259><c> as</c><00:22:41.420><c> truth.</c>

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But<00:22:42.079><c> out</c><00:22:42.299><c> of</c><00:22:42.420><c> the</c><00:22:42.599><c> kindness</c><00:22:42.839><c> of</c><00:22:43.079><c> our</c><00:22:43.319><c> heart,</c>

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as<00:22:43.599><c> we</c><00:22:43.859><c> then</c><00:22:44.019><c> have</c><00:22:44.200><c> it,</c>

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we<00:22:44.660><c> might</c><00:22:44.900><c> take</c><00:22:45.140><c> the</c><00:22:45.299><c> person</c><00:22:45.559><c> in</c>

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and<00:22:45.940><c> give</c><00:22:46.059><c> him</c><00:22:46.259><c> a</c><00:22:46.480><c> drink</c><00:22:46.640><c> of</c><00:22:47.059><c> coffee</c>

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and<00:22:47.579><c> give</c><00:22:47.740><c> him</c><00:22:47.880><c> a</c><00:22:48.059><c> good</c><00:22:48.259><c> meal</c>

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and<00:22:48.539><c> even</c><00:22:48.779><c> provide</c><00:22:49.099><c> a</c><00:22:49.279><c> bed</c><00:22:49.440><c> for</c><00:22:49.579><c> him.</c>

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But<00:22:50.079><c> we</c><00:22:50.339><c> might</c><00:22:50.559><c> not</c><00:22:50.859><c> endorse</c><00:22:51.319><c> his</c><00:22:51.660><c> message.</c>

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That's<00:22:52.460><c> not</c><00:22:52.799><c> what</c><00:22:53.039><c> Christ</c><00:22:53.359><c> is</c><00:22:53.579><c> talking</c><00:22:53.839><c> about.</c>

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He's<00:22:55.839><c> talking</c><00:22:56.099><c> about</c><00:22:56.400><c> people</c><00:22:56.880><c> who</c><00:22:57.339><c> are</c><00:22:57.720><c> kind</c><00:22:58.039><c> to</c><00:22:58.180><c> that</c><00:22:58.359><c> preacher</c>

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because<00:22:59.000><c> they</c><00:22:59.619><c> endorse</c><00:23:00.319><c> what</c><00:23:00.799><c> he</c><00:23:01.079><c> is</c><00:23:01.319><c> saying</c>

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in<00:23:02.019><c> the</c><00:23:02.259><c> name</c><00:23:03.019><c> of</c><00:23:03.420><c> a</c><00:23:03.619><c> prophet.</c>

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The<00:23:04.519><c> same</c><00:23:04.700><c> with</c><00:23:04.859><c> a</c><00:23:05.039><c> righteous</c><00:23:05.400><c> man.</c>

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He<00:23:05.859><c> that</c><00:23:06.579><c> receiveth</c><00:23:07.019><c> a</c><00:23:07.279><c> righteous</c><00:23:07.559><c> man</c>

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in<00:23:07.880><c> the</c><00:23:08.259><c> name</c><00:23:08.880><c> of</c><00:23:09.180><c> a</c><00:23:09.299><c> righteous</c><00:23:09.660><c> man</c>

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shall<00:23:10.119><c> receive</c><00:23:10.480><c> a</c><00:23:10.619><c> righteous</c><00:23:11.019><c> man's</c><00:23:11.400><c> reward.</c>

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Now,<00:23:11.980><c> you</c><00:23:12.079><c> might</c><00:23:12.380><c> say,</c>

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why<00:23:13.319><c> does</c><00:23:13.480><c> he</c><00:23:13.640><c> mention</c><00:23:13.960><c> a</c><00:23:14.220><c> prophet?</c>

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Why<00:23:14.700><c> didn't</c><00:23:14.859><c> he</c><00:23:14.980><c> have</c><00:23:15.099><c> just</c><00:23:15.259><c> had</c><00:23:15.460><c> one?</c>

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Why<00:23:15.900><c> mention</c><00:23:16.200><c> the</c><00:23:16.400><c> both</c><00:23:16.539><c> people?</c>

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Because<00:23:17.299><c> you</c><00:23:17.420><c> see,</c><00:23:17.759><c> brethren</c><00:23:17.900><c> and</c><00:23:18.180><c> sisters,</c>

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a<00:23:19.640><c> prophet</c><00:23:19.960><c> is</c><00:23:20.259><c> one</c><00:23:20.460><c> who</c><00:23:20.619><c> sets</c><00:23:20.819><c> forth</c><00:23:21.160><c> the</c><00:23:21.259><c> matters</c><00:23:21.440><c> in</c><00:23:21.740><c> doctrine.</c>

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The<00:23:23.599><c> righteous</c><00:23:23.920><c> man</c><00:23:24.259><c> who</c><00:23:24.859><c> sets</c><00:23:25.099><c> forth</c><00:23:25.339><c> the</c><00:23:25.559><c> same</c><00:23:25.759><c> things</c><00:23:26.000><c> in</c><00:23:26.299><c> practice.</c>

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Now,<00:23:26.819><c> of</c><00:23:26.980><c> course,</c><00:23:27.059><c> they've</c><00:23:27.259><c> got</c><00:23:27.400><c> to</c><00:23:27.539><c> do</c><00:23:27.680><c> both</c><00:23:27.920><c> things</c><00:23:28.180><c> together.</c>

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We<00:23:28.599><c> know</c><00:23:28.839><c> that.</c>

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Some<00:23:29.619><c> people</c><00:23:30.140><c> are</c><00:23:31.039><c> set</c><00:23:31.259><c> forth</c><00:23:31.599><c> as</c><00:23:31.880><c> preachers</c>

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and<00:23:32.660><c> others</c><00:23:32.960><c> preach</c><00:23:33.299><c> the</c><00:23:33.480><c> truth</c><00:23:33.660><c> more</c><00:23:34.319><c> by</c><00:23:34.539><c> example.</c>

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They<00:23:35.220><c> both</c><00:23:35.559><c> do</c><00:23:36.000><c> by</c><00:23:36.160><c> example,</c>

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but<00:23:36.740><c> one</c><00:23:36.960><c> does</c><00:23:37.160><c> it</c><00:23:37.339><c> better</c><00:23:37.599><c> than</c><00:23:37.720><c> the</c><00:23:37.900><c> other</c><00:23:38.059><c> one</c><00:23:38.200><c> by</c><00:23:38.420><c> example.</c>

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This<00:23:38.920><c> one</c><00:23:39.059><c> does</c><00:23:39.299><c> better</c><00:23:39.579><c> verbally.</c>

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Here<00:23:41.380><c> is</c><00:23:41.720><c> truth</c><00:23:41.960><c> in</c><00:23:42.299><c> doctrine</c><00:23:42.759><c> and</c><00:23:43.119><c> in</c><00:23:43.440><c> practice.</c>

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Whatever<00:23:45.099><c> we</c><00:23:45.319><c> do</c><00:23:45.500><c> for</c><00:23:45.759><c> brethren</c><00:23:46.000><c> and</c><00:23:46.279><c> sisters,</c>

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endorsing<00:23:47.740><c> what</c><00:23:47.900><c> they</c><00:23:48.180><c> do</c><00:23:48.359><c> in</c><00:23:48.720><c> doctrine</c><00:23:49.119><c> and</c><00:23:49.500><c> practice,</c>

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that<00:23:50.380><c> won't</c><00:23:51.000><c> go</c><00:23:51.259><c> without</c><00:23:51.480><c> a</c><00:23:51.700><c> reward.</c>

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It's<00:23:52.680><c> got</c><00:23:52.839><c> to</c><00:23:53.099><c> be</c><00:23:53.500><c> that</c><00:23:53.700><c> which</c><00:23:53.940><c> endorses</c><00:23:54.819><c> that.</c>

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You<00:23:55.160><c> see,</c><00:23:55.359><c> that's</c><00:23:55.660><c> the</c><00:23:55.920><c> point.</c>

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But<00:23:58.059><c> now,</c><00:23:59.519><c> we</c><00:23:59.640><c> might</c><00:24:00.000><c> not</c><00:24:00.240><c> be</c><00:24:00.440><c> able</c><00:24:00.660><c> to</c><00:24:00.839><c> help</c><00:24:01.079><c> a</c><00:24:01.339><c> prophet.</c>

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We<00:24:02.240><c> might</c><00:24:02.500><c> feel</c><00:24:02.960><c> so</c><00:24:03.640><c> inferior</c><00:24:04.359><c> to</c><00:24:04.559><c> that.</c>

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Our<00:24:05.259><c> inability</c><00:24:05.599><c> might</c><00:24:05.859><c> be</c><00:24:06.079><c> such</c><00:24:06.259><c> that</c><00:24:06.440><c> we</c><00:24:07.200><c> shrink</c><00:24:07.519><c> from</c><00:24:07.720><c> that.</c>

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We<00:24:08.180><c> might</c><00:24:08.559><c> feel</c><00:24:09.000><c> that</c><00:24:09.180><c> we</c><00:24:09.259><c> can't</c><00:24:09.680><c> really</c><00:24:09.940><c> help</c><00:24:10.140><c> a</c><00:24:10.319><c> righteous</c><00:24:10.680><c> man.</c>

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So<00:24:12.019><c> Jesus</c><00:24:12.319><c> said,</c>

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and<00:24:13.259><c> whosoever</c><00:24:13.660><c> shall</c><00:24:13.819><c> give</c><00:24:14.220><c> to</c><00:24:14.740><c> drink</c><00:24:14.980><c> one</c><00:24:15.240><c> of</c><00:24:15.299><c> these</c><00:24:15.700><c> little</c><00:24:16.059><c> ones</c>

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a<00:24:17.980><c> cup</c><00:24:18.160><c> of</c><00:24:18.400><c> cold</c><00:24:18.619><c> water</c><00:24:19.140><c> only</c><00:24:20.039><c> in</c><00:24:21.700><c> the</c><00:24:21.880><c> name</c><00:24:22.059><c> of</c><00:24:22.240><c> a</c><00:24:22.359><c> disciple.</c>

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Verily,<00:24:24.660><c> I</c><00:24:24.660><c> say</c><00:24:24.819><c> unto</c><00:24:25.039><c> you,</c>

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he<00:24:26.440><c> shall</c><00:24:26.660><c> in</c><00:24:26.839><c> no</c><00:24:27.079><c> wise</c><00:24:27.319><c> lose</c><00:24:27.680><c> his</c><00:24:27.900><c> reward.</c>

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Now,<00:24:29.539><c> let</c><00:24:29.579><c> me</c><00:24:29.720><c> illustrate</c><00:24:30.140><c> that.</c>

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So<00:24:32.920><c> we're</c><00:24:33.359><c> a</c><00:24:33.359><c> member</c><00:24:33.559><c> of</c><00:24:33.759><c> an</c><00:24:33.920><c> ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:24:36.140><c> there</c><00:24:36.220><c> are</c><00:24:36.259><c> going</c><00:24:36.380><c> to</c><00:24:36.480><c> be</c><00:24:36.700><c> brethren</c><00:24:36.920><c> come</c><00:24:37.220><c> through</c><00:24:37.519><c> our</c><00:24:37.799><c> area</c>

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who<00:24:38.660><c> have</c><00:24:39.759><c> been</c><00:24:39.900><c> deputed</c><00:24:40.259><c> by</c><00:24:40.500><c> the</c><00:24:40.700><c> ecclesias</c>

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to<00:24:41.299><c> preach</c><00:24:41.500><c> the</c><00:24:41.779><c> truth</c>

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and<00:24:42.099><c> we've</c><00:24:42.319><c> got</c><00:24:42.380><c> to</c><00:24:42.519><c> cooperate</c><00:24:42.920><c> with</c><00:24:43.119><c> them</c><00:24:43.200><c> in</c><00:24:43.319><c> our</c><00:24:43.519><c> meeting.</c>

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So<00:24:45.160><c> we</c><00:24:45.299><c> think</c><00:24:45.519><c> to</c><00:24:45.640><c> ourselves,</c>

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oh,<00:24:46.160><c> we'd</c><00:24:46.460><c> like</c><00:24:46.519><c> to</c><00:24:46.640><c> have</c><00:24:46.720><c> one</c><00:24:46.880><c> of</c><00:24:46.920><c> those</c><00:24:47.339><c> brethren</c><00:24:47.619><c> in</c><00:24:47.799><c> our</c><00:24:48.019><c> home</c>

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because<00:24:48.920><c> they've</c><00:24:49.220><c> got</c><00:24:49.380><c> certain</c><00:24:49.680><c> notoriety</c><00:24:50.200><c> about</c><00:24:50.500><c> them</c>

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and<00:24:51.039><c> it'd</c><00:24:51.299><c> be</c><00:24:51.380><c> wonderful</c><00:24:51.720><c> to</c><00:24:51.880><c> have</c><00:24:51.960><c> them</c><00:24:52.119><c> in</c><00:24:52.119><c> our</c><00:24:52.380><c> home</c>

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and<00:24:52.720><c> we</c><00:24:52.740><c> can</c><00:24:52.880><c> talk</c><00:24:53.119><c> about</c><00:24:53.359><c> the</c><00:24:53.579><c> truth</c>

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and<00:24:54.059><c> I</c><00:24:54.240><c> can</c><00:24:54.539><c> really</c><00:24:54.799><c> look</c><00:24:54.980><c> after</c><00:24:55.240><c> somebody</c>

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that<00:24:55.920><c> I</c><00:24:56.079><c> feel</c><00:24:56.400><c> that</c><00:24:56.559><c> there's</c><00:24:57.440><c> a</c><00:24:57.480><c> lot</c><00:24:57.640><c> of</c><00:24:57.720><c> respect</c><00:24:58.059><c> for</c><00:24:58.240><c> that</c><00:24:58.380><c> person.</c>

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And<00:24:59.240><c> we</c><00:24:59.380><c> find</c><00:24:59.619><c> that</c><00:24:59.880><c> there</c><00:24:59.900><c> might</c><00:25:00.079><c> be</c><00:25:00.240><c> three</c><00:25:00.440><c> or</c><00:25:00.480><c> four</c><00:25:00.740><c> brethren</c>

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before<00:25:01.220><c> we</c><00:25:01.380><c> know</c><00:25:01.519><c> where</c><00:25:01.740><c> we</c><00:25:01.940><c> are,</c>

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they're<00:25:03.019><c> taken</c><00:25:03.259><c> up</c>

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and<00:25:03.599><c> someone</c><00:25:03.839><c> else</c><00:25:04.039><c> has</c><00:25:04.200><c> got</c><00:25:04.299><c> them</c><00:25:04.440><c> for</c><00:25:04.599><c> lunch</c><00:25:04.839><c> or</c><00:25:05.000><c> whatever.</c>

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So<00:25:06.000><c> what</c><00:25:06.119><c> do</c><00:25:06.220><c> we</c><00:25:06.359><c> do?</c>

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Forget<00:25:07.460><c> about</c><00:25:07.700><c> it.</c>

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We've<00:25:08.680><c> missed</c><00:25:08.819><c> the</c><00:25:08.980><c> opportunity.</c>

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Well,<00:25:09.619><c> we</c><00:25:09.740><c> feel</c><00:25:09.960><c> deprived</c><00:25:10.519><c> perhaps.</c>

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No,<00:25:11.259><c> we're</c><00:25:11.680><c> not</c><00:25:12.720><c> important</c><00:25:13.400><c> enough</c><00:25:13.599><c> in</c><00:25:13.740><c> the</c><00:25:13.859><c> meeting</c>

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to<00:25:14.220><c> have</c><00:25:14.380><c> them</c><00:25:14.519><c> in</c><00:25:14.640><c> our</c><00:25:14.839><c> house.</c>

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:18.220
The<00:25:16.180><c> whole</c><00:25:16.380><c> ecclesia</c><00:25:16.799><c> is</c><00:25:16.900><c> full</c><00:25:17.079><c> of</c><00:25:17.140><c> little</c><00:25:17.339><c> ones.</c>

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That's<00:25:18.599><c> what</c><00:25:18.740><c> Jesus</c><00:25:19.079><c> is</c><00:25:19.299><c> saying.</c>

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You<00:25:20.039><c> don't</c><00:25:20.279><c> have</c><00:25:20.460><c> to</c><00:25:20.539><c> have</c><00:25:20.619><c> a</c><00:25:20.720><c> big</c><00:25:20.880><c> name.</c>

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You<00:25:22.039><c> don't</c><00:25:22.279><c> have</c><00:25:22.480><c> to</c><00:25:22.519><c> have</c><00:25:22.880><c> someone</c><00:25:23.779><c> in</c><00:25:23.880><c> your</c><00:25:24.059><c> house</c>

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:27.799
with<00:25:24.519><c> notoriety</c><00:25:25.299><c> to</c><00:25:26.240><c> be</c><00:25:26.440><c> able</c><00:25:26.640><c> to</c><00:25:26.779><c> do</c><00:25:26.859><c> something</c><00:25:27.140><c> for</c><00:25:27.359><c> Christ.</c>

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Christ,<00:25:28.480><c> your</c><00:25:28.779><c> meeting</c><00:25:29.059><c> is</c><00:25:29.099><c> full</c><00:25:29.319><c> of</c><00:25:29.380><c> little</c><00:25:29.579><c> ones.</c>

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They're<00:25:30.259><c> neither</c><00:25:30.579><c> prophets</c><00:25:31.299><c> nor</c><00:25:31.759><c> righteous</c><00:25:32.119><c> men</c><00:25:32.339><c> in</c><00:25:32.500><c> that</c><00:25:32.740><c> sense.</c>

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They<00:25:34.400><c> don't</c><00:25:34.619><c> have</c><00:25:34.779><c> those</c><00:25:35.039><c> positions.</c>

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They're<00:25:36.099><c> just</c><00:25:36.339><c> little</c><00:25:36.539><c> ones.</c>

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They're<00:25:37.200><c> nobody.</c>

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You<00:25:38.380><c> bring</c><00:25:38.539><c> them</c><00:25:38.740><c> to</c><00:25:38.920><c> your</c><00:25:39.039><c> house</c><00:25:39.319><c> in</c><00:25:39.660><c> the</c><00:25:39.940><c> name</c><00:25:40.380><c> that</c><00:25:40.519><c> they're</c>

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my<00:25:41.019><c> disciple</c>

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and<00:25:42.000><c> you</c><00:25:42.140><c> won't</c><00:25:42.339><c> lose</c><00:25:42.599><c> your</c><00:25:42.819><c> reward.</c>

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You<00:25:43.380><c> know,</c><00:25:43.619><c> in</c><00:25:43.740><c> Luke's</c><00:25:44.079><c> Gospel,</c><00:25:44.380><c> he</c><00:25:44.400><c> puts</c><00:25:44.579><c> it</c><00:25:44.740><c> this</c><00:25:44.960><c> way,</c>

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or<00:25:45.519><c> Mark's</c><00:25:45.880><c> Gospel</c><00:25:46.099><c> rather,</c>

00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:48.200
he<00:25:46.559><c> says</c><00:25:46.859><c> one</c><00:25:47.339><c> of</c><00:25:47.440><c> these</c><00:25:47.619><c> little</c><00:25:47.859><c> ones,</c>

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because<00:25:48.640><c> you</c><00:25:48.880><c> belong</c><00:25:49.539><c> to</c><00:25:49.759><c> Christ,</c>

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one<00:25:52.119><c> of</c><00:25:52.119><c> these</c><00:25:52.339><c> little</c><00:25:52.519><c> ones,</c>

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because<00:25:53.039><c> they</c><00:25:53.380><c> belong</c><00:25:54.259><c> to</c><00:25:54.799><c> Christ.</c>

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So<00:25:56.759><c> never</c><00:25:57.079><c> mind</c><00:25:57.519><c> about</c><00:25:57.839><c> having</c><00:25:58.119><c> to</c><00:25:58.279><c> have</c><00:25:58.480><c> people</c>

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with<00:25:59.039><c> big</c><00:25:59.299><c> names</c><00:25:59.619><c> in</c><00:25:59.740><c> your</c><00:25:59.920><c> house.</c>

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Just<00:26:01.380><c> take</c><00:26:01.640><c> a</c><00:26:01.839><c> little</c><00:26:02.000><c> one</c><00:26:02.480><c> who</c><00:26:03.119><c> belongs</c><00:26:03.779><c> to</c><00:26:03.980><c> Christ.</c>

00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:08.680
And<00:26:05.519><c> if</c><00:26:05.619><c> you</c><00:26:05.799><c> take</c><00:26:06.019><c> them</c><00:26:06.119><c> into</c><00:26:06.259><c> your</c><00:26:06.460><c> home</c><00:26:06.680><c> on</c><00:26:07.119><c> that</c><00:26:07.619><c> principle,</c>

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:11.319
you<00:26:08.900><c> will</c><00:26:09.140><c> in</c><00:26:09.319><c> no</c><00:26:09.599><c> wise</c><00:26:10.039><c> lose</c><00:26:10.720><c> your</c><00:26:10.940><c> reward.</c>

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And<00:26:11.940><c> so,</c><00:26:12.259><c> brothers</c><00:26:12.380><c> and</c><00:26:12.599><c> sisters,</c>

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:14.779
the<00:26:13.380><c> age</c><00:26:13.640><c> is</c><00:26:13.819><c> closing</c><00:26:14.059><c> upon</c><00:26:14.420><c> us.</c>

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Christ<00:26:15.319><c> is</c><00:26:15.619><c> coming.</c>

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Russia<00:26:17.940><c> is</c><00:26:18.180><c> about</c><00:26:18.500><c> to</c><00:26:18.720><c> make</c><00:26:18.880><c> its</c><00:26:19.500><c> move</c><00:26:19.779><c> to</c><00:26:19.960><c> build</c><00:26:20.180><c> up</c><00:26:20.359><c> its</c>

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image<00:26:20.819><c> empire.</c>

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The<00:26:21.420><c> end</c><00:26:21.660><c> of</c><00:26:21.839><c> all</c><00:26:22.099><c> things</c><00:26:22.359><c> as</c><00:26:22.579><c> it</c><00:26:22.799><c> present</c><00:26:22.980><c> constituted</c><00:26:23.700><c> is</c><00:26:24.019><c> at</c><00:26:24.240><c> hand.</c>

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And<00:26:26.200><c> salvation,</c><00:26:26.700><c> says</c><00:26:26.839><c> the</c><00:26:27.039><c> doctor,</c>

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will<00:26:27.460><c> be</c><00:26:27.519><c> those</c><00:26:27.799><c> who</c><00:26:27.960><c> look</c><00:26:28.180><c> for</c><00:26:28.319><c> it</c><00:26:28.440><c> and</c><00:26:28.599><c> trim</c><00:26:28.720><c> their</c><00:26:28.980><c> lamps</c>

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in<00:26:30.420><c> the</c><00:26:30.680><c> obedience</c><00:26:31.039><c> of</c><00:26:31.380><c> faith.</c>

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Let<00:26:31.819><c> us</c><00:26:32.019><c> do</c><00:26:32.240><c> all</c><00:26:32.519><c> in</c><00:26:32.660><c> our</c><00:26:32.880><c> power</c><00:26:33.059><c> to</c><00:26:33.259><c> spread</c><00:26:33.480><c> that</c><00:26:33.740><c> gospel.</c>

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And<00:26:34.859><c> if</c><00:26:34.940><c> we</c><00:26:35.180><c> can't</c><00:26:35.460><c> do</c><00:26:35.640><c> it</c><00:26:35.779><c> in</c><00:26:35.900><c> our</c><00:26:36.079><c> own</c><00:26:36.299><c> capacity,</c>

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let<00:26:37.000><c> us</c><00:26:37.279><c> assist</c><00:26:37.660><c> those</c><00:26:38.000><c> who</c><00:26:38.299><c> can.</c>

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And<00:26:39.819><c> if</c><00:26:39.960><c> we</c><00:26:40.200><c> feel</c><00:26:40.380><c> that</c><00:26:40.559><c> that</c><00:26:40.660><c> is</c><00:26:40.819><c> even</c><00:26:41.039><c> beyond</c><00:26:41.319><c> us,</c>

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brothers<00:26:41.720><c> and</c><00:26:41.880><c> sisters,</c>

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then<00:26:42.900><c> let</c><00:26:43.000><c> us</c><00:26:43.220><c> all</c><00:26:43.500><c> join</c><00:26:43.700><c> together</c><00:26:44.019><c> as</c><00:26:44.240><c> little</c><00:26:44.500><c> ones</c>

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and<00:26:45.380><c> have</c><00:26:45.559><c> each</c><00:26:45.819><c> other</c><00:26:46.079><c> in</c><00:26:46.279><c> each</c><00:26:46.500><c> other's</c><00:26:46.960><c> care,</c>

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because<00:26:47.960><c> every</c><00:26:48.220><c> one</c><00:26:48.359><c> of</c><00:26:48.460><c> us</c><00:26:48.759><c> belongs</c><00:26:49.140><c> to</c><00:26:49.400><c> Christ.</c>