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numbers.<00:11:04.659><c> And</c><00:11:05.159><c> we</c><00:11:05.440><c> hear</c><00:11:05.679><c> things</c><00:11:05.940><c> like</c><00:11:06.240><c> that</c><00:11:06.480><c> today</c><00:11:06.940><c> as</c><00:11:07.399><c> well,</c>

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years.<00:12:36.480><c> I</c><00:12:36.879><c> only</c><00:12:37.059><c> have</c><00:12:37.179><c> to</c><00:12:37.240><c> go</c><00:12:37.440><c> back</c><00:12:37.639><c> three</c><00:12:37.899><c> generations</c><00:12:38.440><c> in</c><00:12:38.639><c> my</c>

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family<00:12:39.100><c> before</c><00:12:39.399><c> I</c><00:12:39.659><c> see</c><00:12:40.279><c> a</c><00:12:40.580><c> number</c><00:12:40.799><c> of</c><00:12:41.000><c> my</c><00:12:41.240><c> ancestors</c>

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who<00:12:42.279><c> immigrated</c><00:12:42.860><c> to</c><00:12:43.059><c> the</c><00:12:43.200><c> US.</c><00:12:44.679><c> Now,</c><00:12:45.000><c> I</c><00:12:45.159><c> realize</c><00:12:45.419><c> I</c><00:12:45.539><c> come</c><00:12:45.720><c> from</c>

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there's<00:12:48.600><c> people</c><00:12:48.879><c> that</c><00:12:49.080><c> can</c><00:12:49.220><c> go</c><00:12:49.460><c> back</c><00:12:49.820><c> many</c><00:12:50.100><c> more</c><00:12:50.379><c> generations</c>

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than<00:12:51.820><c> that.</c><00:12:52.159><c> But</c><00:12:52.460><c> still,</c><00:12:53.500><c> you</c><00:12:53.759><c> know,</c>

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we're<00:12:54.039><c> not</c><00:12:54.320><c> talking,</c><00:12:55.100><c> you</c><00:12:55.320><c> know,</c><00:12:55.460><c> too</c><00:12:55.679><c> many</c><00:12:56.559><c> generations</c><00:12:57.059><c> before</c><00:12:57.500><c> we're</c><00:12:57.980><c> in</c>

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other<00:12:58.620><c> places,</c><00:12:59.659><c> except</c><00:13:00.379><c> for</c><00:13:00.700><c> the,</c>

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you<00:13:01.220><c> know,</c><00:13:01.340><c> the</c><00:13:01.519><c> Native</c><00:13:01.639><c> American</c><00:13:01.980><c> population.</c><00:13:04.620><c> But</c><00:13:05.100><c> so</c><00:13:05.360><c> many</c>

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today<00:13:06.279><c> and</c><00:13:07.559><c> throughout</c><00:13:07.980><c> our</c><00:13:08.220><c> history</c><00:13:08.500><c> have</c><00:13:08.740><c> forgotten</c>

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that<00:13:10.279><c> our</c><00:13:10.639><c> ties</c><00:13:10.919><c> to</c><00:13:11.120><c> this</c><00:13:11.379><c> land</c><00:13:11.740><c> are</c><00:13:12.019><c> relatively</c><00:13:12.460><c> recent.</c><00:13:13.539><c> And,</c><00:13:14.039><c> you</c>

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know,<00:13:14.419><c> we</c><00:13:14.639><c> should</c><00:13:14.860><c> have</c><00:13:15.700><c> more</c>

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compassion<00:13:17.759><c> and</c><00:13:17.980><c> understanding</c><00:13:18.460><c> to</c><00:13:18.679><c> people</c><00:13:18.960><c> who</c><00:13:19.200><c> are</c><00:13:19.740><c> immigrating,</c><00:13:20.220><c> recognizing</c><00:13:20.779><c> that</c><00:13:21.059><c> we</c>

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are<00:13:22.680><c> not</c><00:13:23.240><c> too</c><00:13:23.399><c> many</c><00:13:23.559><c> generations</c><00:13:24.019><c> back.</c><00:13:24.480><c> We</c><00:13:24.600><c> were</c><00:13:25.240><c> immigrants</c>

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ourselves.<00:13:26.659><c> But,</c><00:13:27.159><c> you</c><00:13:27.299><c> know,</c><00:13:27.360><c> you</c><00:13:27.460><c> can</c>

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see<00:13:27.779><c> it</c><00:13:27.980><c> today</c><00:13:28.259><c> and</c><00:13:28.399><c> you</c><00:13:28.440><c> can</c><00:13:28.679><c> see</c><00:13:28.820><c> it</c><00:13:29.220><c> in</c><00:13:29.440><c> our</c><00:13:29.580><c> nation's</c><00:13:30.059><c> history.</c><00:13:31.639><c> This</c>

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is<00:13:31.960><c> a</c><00:13:31.960><c> political</c><00:13:32.299><c> cartoon</c><00:13:32.720><c> from</c><00:13:33.220><c> 1890</c>

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that<00:13:35.080><c> shows</c><00:13:35.379><c> negative</c><00:13:36.379><c> attitudes</c><00:13:36.919><c> toward</c><00:13:37.659><c> the</c><00:13:37.879><c> immigrant</c><00:13:38.139><c> aren't</c><00:13:38.659><c> anything</c><00:13:39.080><c> new</c><00:13:39.559><c> in</c>

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pictures<00:13:44.159><c> that</c><00:13:44.340><c> might</c><00:13:44.440><c> be</c><00:13:44.580><c> a</c><00:13:44.639><c> little</c><00:13:44.779><c> small</c>

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on<00:13:45.139><c> your</c><00:13:45.360><c> screen.</c><00:13:45.860><c> You've</c><00:13:45.879><c> got</c><00:13:46.399><c> a</c><00:13:46.519><c> picture.</c><00:13:47.039><c> Well,</c><00:13:48.179><c> the</c><00:13:49.039><c> quote</c>

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dumping<00:13:52.480><c> site</c><00:13:52.960><c> and</c><00:13:55.299><c> the</c><00:13:55.519><c> Statue</c><00:13:55.759><c> of</c><00:13:55.919><c> Liberty</c><00:13:56.100><c> says</c><00:13:56.500><c> Mr.</c><00:13:56.980><c> Wyndham,</c><00:13:58.259><c> who</c><00:13:58.340><c> is</c><00:13:58.659><c> actually</c><00:13:58.940><c> somebody,</c><00:13:59.679><c> a</c><00:13:59.940><c> senator</c>

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from<00:14:00.440><c> Minnesota</c><00:14:00.899><c> who</c><00:14:01.580><c> became</c><00:14:01.899><c> Treasury</c><00:14:02.320><c> Secretary,</c><00:14:04.419><c> said</c><00:14:04.539><c> if</c>

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you're<00:14:04.860><c> going</c><00:14:04.960><c> to</c><00:14:05.080><c> make</c><00:14:05.179><c> this</c><00:14:05.460><c> island</c><00:14:05.740><c> a</c><00:14:05.940><c> garbage</c>

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heap,<00:14:06.679><c> I'm</c><00:14:06.980><c> going</c><00:14:07.259><c> back</c><00:14:07.539><c> to</c><00:14:07.759><c> France.</c><00:14:08.519><c> So</c><00:14:08.519><c> he</c><00:14:08.840><c> had</c><00:14:09.139><c> proposed</c><00:14:09.580><c> apparently</c><00:14:09.960><c> to</c>

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make<00:14:10.700><c> the</c><00:14:12.080><c> island</c><00:14:12.559><c> that</c><00:14:13.500><c> the</c><00:14:13.700><c> Statue</c><00:14:13.919><c> of</c>

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Liberty<00:14:14.259><c> is</c><00:14:14.600><c> on</c><00:14:15.059><c> a</c><00:14:16.740><c> point</c><00:14:17.200><c> of</c><00:14:18.279><c> entry</c><00:14:19.100><c> for</c><00:14:19.860><c> immigrants.</c><00:14:20.960><c> But</c><00:14:21.519><c> it</c>

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was<00:14:22.000><c> not</c><00:14:22.159><c> a</c><00:14:22.279><c> very</c><00:14:22.480><c> popular</c><00:14:22.879><c> thing.</c><00:14:23.120><c> And</c><00:14:23.220><c> you</c><00:14:23.320><c> can</c>

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see<00:14:23.639><c> from</c><00:14:23.799><c> this</c><00:14:24.019><c> cartoon</c><00:14:24.379><c> that</c><00:14:24.600><c> they're</c><00:14:25.080><c> calling</c><00:14:25.360><c> these</c><00:14:25.659><c> ships</c><00:14:25.919><c> that</c>

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are<00:14:26.220><c> bringing</c><00:14:26.460><c> people</c><00:14:26.820><c> and</c><00:14:27.139><c> dumping</c><00:14:28.159><c> human</c>

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beings<00:14:29.179><c> onto</c><00:14:29.700><c> the</c><00:14:29.960><c> shores</c><00:14:30.259><c> of</c><00:14:30.440><c> the</c><00:14:30.580><c> country</c><00:14:31.220><c> as</c><00:14:32.159><c> garbage</c><00:14:32.720><c> ships</c><00:14:33.259><c> and</c>

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refuse<00:14:34.700><c> as</c><00:14:35.779><c> their</c><00:14:35.960><c> cargo</c><00:14:36.580><c> from</c><00:14:37.299><c> the</c><00:14:37.720><c> labels</c>

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on<00:14:38.299><c> the</c><00:14:38.460><c> boats.</c><00:14:39.879><c> And</c><00:14:39.980><c> it's</c><00:14:41.340><c> really</c><00:14:41.879><c> sad</c><00:14:43.120><c> that</c><00:14:43.320><c> these</c><00:14:43.500><c> are</c><00:14:43.679><c> the</c>

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attitudes<00:14:44.220><c> that</c><00:14:44.919><c> people</c><00:14:45.259><c> have.</c><00:14:46.220><c> People</c>

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made<00:14:47.460><c> in</c><00:14:47.740><c> the</c><00:14:47.919><c> image</c><00:14:48.100><c> of</c><00:14:48.460><c> God</c><00:14:48.740><c> are</c><00:14:49.259><c> being</c><00:14:49.500><c> called</c><00:14:49.820><c> garbage.</c><00:14:50.580><c> And</c><00:14:51.080><c> we</c>

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hear<00:14:51.659><c> the</c><00:14:51.879><c> same</c><00:14:52.100><c> thing</c><00:14:52.259><c> today,</c><00:14:53.500><c> sadly.</c>

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know,<00:15:01.879><c> other</c><00:15:02.659><c> examples</c><00:15:03.399><c> of</c><00:15:03.799><c> this</c><00:15:04.100><c> kind</c><00:15:04.399><c> of</c>

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attitudes<00:15:05.919><c> towards</c><00:15:07.240><c> people</c><00:15:08.779><c> from</c><00:15:09.460><c> other</c><00:15:10.059><c> countries</c><00:15:10.419><c> that</c>

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are<00:15:10.799><c> immigrating.</c><00:15:13.100><c> Here</c><00:15:13.279><c> the</c><00:15:13.580><c> picture,</c>

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you've<00:15:15.200><c> got</c><00:15:15.279><c> the</c><00:15:15.460><c> American</c><00:15:15.919><c> labor</c><00:15:16.559><c> being</c><00:15:17.120><c> concerned</c><00:15:17.580><c> about</c>

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the<00:15:18.320><c> foreign</c><00:15:18.639><c> element</c><00:15:19.039><c> that's</c><00:15:19.340><c> coming</c><00:15:19.600><c> and</c><00:15:19.919><c> he's</c>

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a<00:15:24.799><c> bunch</c><00:15:24.940><c> of</c><00:15:25.139><c> powder</c><00:15:25.340><c> that's</c><00:15:25.639><c> going</c><00:15:25.779><c> to</c><00:15:26.100><c> destroy</c>

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scapegoat<00:15:33.080><c> for</c><00:15:33.279><c> the</c><00:15:33.539><c> economic</c>

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problems<00:15:34.480><c> isn't</c><00:15:35.240><c> just</c><00:15:35.480><c> happening</c><00:15:35.779><c> today.</c><00:15:37.039><c> It</c><00:15:37.440><c> happened</c><00:15:37.759><c> in</c>

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Nazi<00:15:38.200><c> Germany</c><00:15:38.919><c> and</c><00:15:39.620><c> in</c><00:15:39.779><c> our</c><00:15:39.960><c> country</c><00:15:40.440><c> 100</c><00:15:40.799><c> plus</c><00:15:41.080><c> years</c>

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ago.<00:15:42.480><c> Today</c><00:15:42.740><c> we</c><00:15:42.919><c> have</c><00:15:43.720><c> similar</c><00:15:44.500><c> xenophobic</c><00:15:45.700><c> attitudes</c><00:15:46.399><c> of</c>

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over<00:15:58.639><c> our</c><00:15:58.899><c> country,</c><00:15:59.620><c> for</c><00:15:59.879><c> example.</c><00:16:02.480><c> It's,</c><00:16:03.159><c> you</c><00:16:03.179><c> know,</c><00:16:03.500><c> sadly</c>

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the<00:16:03.940><c> racist</c><00:16:04.460><c> and</c><00:16:04.960><c> bigoted</c><00:16:05.299><c> language</c><00:16:05.679><c> and</c><00:16:05.860><c> the</c><00:16:06.080><c> tropes</c>

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coming<00:16:06.820><c> from</c><00:16:07.740><c> leaders</c><00:16:08.159><c> and</c><00:16:08.480><c> influencers</c><00:16:08.940><c> in</c><00:16:09.159><c> our</c><00:16:09.340><c> country</c><00:16:09.919><c> aren't</c><00:16:11.019><c> foreign</c><00:16:11.620><c> attitudes</c><00:16:12.259><c> in</c>

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our<00:16:12.700><c> country's</c><00:16:13.179><c> history.</c>

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want<00:16:22.779><c> us</c><00:16:22.960><c> to</c><00:16:23.120><c> think</c><00:16:23.399><c> and</c><00:16:23.980><c> consider</c>

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in<00:16:25.379><c> contrast</c><00:16:25.940><c> God's</c><00:16:27.059><c> attitude</c><00:16:27.700><c> towards</c><00:16:28.620><c> the</c><00:16:29.980><c> sojourner,</c><00:16:30.600><c> towards</c><00:16:30.820><c> the</c>

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immigrant,<00:16:31.519><c> and</c><00:16:32.379><c> it's</c><00:16:32.659><c> expressed</c><00:16:32.960><c> so</c><00:16:33.259><c> many</c>

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places<00:16:33.919><c> throughout</c><00:16:34.179><c> scripture</c><00:16:34.580><c> in</c><00:16:34.740><c> the</c><00:16:34.919><c> law,</c><00:16:35.279><c> in</c><00:16:35.340><c> the</c><00:16:35.580><c> prophets,</c><00:16:36.159><c> in</c><00:16:36.279><c> the</c>

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writings,<00:16:36.860><c> and</c><00:16:37.259><c> in</c><00:16:37.419><c> the</c><00:16:37.500><c> New</c><00:16:37.679><c> Testament.</c>

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a<00:16:42.440><c> selection</c><00:16:42.799><c> of</c><00:16:43.480><c> them.</c><00:16:43.580><c> We</c><00:16:43.740><c> cannot</c><00:16:44.080><c> cover</c><00:16:44.419><c> all</c>

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of<00:16:44.860><c> them</c><00:16:44.980><c> because</c><00:16:45.259><c> of</c><00:16:45.440><c> how</c><00:16:45.639><c> many</c><00:16:46.059><c> there</c><00:16:46.460><c> are,</c><00:16:47.399><c> but</c><00:16:47.539><c> we'll</c><00:16:49.340><c> take</c>

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a<00:16:49.679><c> look.</c><00:16:49.960><c> So,</c><00:16:50.620><c> first</c><00:16:50.759><c> of</c><00:16:50.860><c> all,</c><00:16:50.940><c> related</c><00:16:51.179><c> to</c><00:16:51.419><c> oppression.</c>

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sojourner<00:17:00.799><c> or</c><00:17:01.039><c> oppress</c><00:17:01.480><c> him,</c>

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for<00:17:02.159><c> you</c><00:17:02.320><c> are</c><00:17:02.519><c> sojourners</c><00:17:03.120><c> in</c><00:17:03.919><c> the</c><00:17:04.059><c> land</c><00:17:04.259><c> of</c><00:17:04.480><c> Egypt.</c><00:17:06.880><c> This</c><00:17:07.480><c> word,</c><00:17:07.880><c> oppress,</c><00:17:09.759><c> was</c>

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used<00:17:12.099><c> back</c><00:17:12.440><c> in</c><00:17:13.119><c> chapter</c><00:17:13.380><c> 3,</c>

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verse<00:17:14.039><c> 9,</c><00:17:14.480><c> and</c><00:17:14.680><c> when</c><00:17:14.779><c> God</c><00:17:15.079><c> speaks</c><00:17:15.519><c> and</c><00:17:15.700><c> says,</c><00:17:16.559><c> and</c><00:17:16.579><c> now</c><00:17:16.980><c> behold,</c><00:17:17.960><c> the</c><00:17:18.220><c> cry</c><00:17:18.519><c> of</c>

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the<00:17:18.880><c> people</c><00:17:19.039><c> of</c><00:17:19.319><c> Israel</c><00:17:19.519><c> has</c><00:17:19.839><c> come</c>

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to<00:17:20.319><c> me,</c><00:17:20.960><c> and</c><00:17:21.180><c> I've</c><00:17:21.319><c> also</c><00:17:21.740><c> seen</c><00:17:22.240><c> the</c><00:17:22.579><c> oppression</c><00:17:23.140><c> with</c><00:17:23.799><c> which</c>

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the<00:17:24.299><c> Egyptians</c><00:17:24.720><c> oppressed</c><00:17:25.319><c> them.</c><00:17:25.700><c> So</c><00:17:25.900><c> that's</c>

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same<00:17:26.599><c> word</c><00:17:27.359><c> that</c><00:17:29.079><c> the</c><00:17:29.400><c> Egyptians</c><00:17:29.819><c> were</c><00:17:30.059><c> doing</c><00:17:30.339><c> to</c><00:17:31.200><c> the</c><00:17:31.400><c> Israelites.</c><00:17:32.759><c> God</c><00:17:33.019><c> is</c>

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now<00:17:33.440><c> saying,</c>

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you<00:17:34.160><c> can't</c><00:17:34.519><c> do</c><00:17:34.740><c> that</c><00:17:35.240><c> to</c><00:17:35.980><c> the</c><00:17:36.160><c> foreigner</c><00:17:36.559><c> that's</c><00:17:37.240><c> among</c><00:17:37.500><c> you,</c>

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the<00:17:38.180><c> sojourner</c><00:17:38.619><c> among</c><00:17:38.900><c> you.</c><00:17:39.519><c> You</c><00:17:39.799><c> must</c><00:17:40.119><c> not</c><00:17:40.480><c> oppress</c><00:17:40.859><c> him.</c>

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And<00:17:43.880><c> he</c><00:17:44.500><c> says</c><00:17:44.839><c> in</c><00:17:46.440><c> Exodus</c><00:17:46.980><c> 23,</c><00:17:47.680><c> verse</c><00:17:47.880><c> 9,</c><00:17:48.319><c> you</c><00:17:48.380><c> shall</c><00:17:48.680><c> not</c><00:17:49.079><c> oppress</c><00:17:49.839><c> a</c>

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sojourner.<00:17:51.259><c> You</c><00:17:51.859><c> know</c><00:17:52.220><c> the</c><00:17:52.539><c> heart</c>

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or<00:17:53.809><c> the</c><00:17:54.130><c> nephesh</c><00:17:54.630><c> of</c><00:17:54.829><c> a</c><00:17:55.109><c> sojourner,</c><00:17:55.769><c> for</c><00:17:55.950><c> you</c><00:17:56.210><c> are</c><00:17:56.450><c> sojourners</c>

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in<00:17:57.490><c> the</c><00:17:57.690><c> land</c><00:17:57.910><c> of</c><00:17:58.109><c> Egypt.</c>

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We<00:18:00.410><c> know</c><00:18:00.609><c> that</c><00:18:00.869><c> word</c><00:18:01.190><c> nephesh</c><00:18:02.170><c> is</c><00:18:03.009><c> like</c><00:18:03.349><c> often</c><00:18:03.569><c> translated</c><00:18:04.009><c> soul,</c><00:18:04.670><c> but</c><00:18:04.670><c> it</c>

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also<00:18:05.549><c> captures</c><00:18:06.009><c> just</c><00:18:06.269><c> the</c><00:18:06.390><c> idea</c><00:18:06.509><c> of</c><00:18:06.710><c> a</c><00:18:06.829><c> life.</c>

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life<00:18:11.150><c> in</c><00:18:12.690><c> Egypt.</c><00:18:13.309><c> They</c><00:18:13.910><c> knew</c><00:18:14.190><c> the</c><00:18:14.529><c> feelings.</c>

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Their<00:18:15.190><c> heart</c><00:18:16.069><c> experienced</c><00:18:17.210><c> what</c><00:18:17.769><c> it's</c><00:18:18.109><c> like</c><00:18:18.450><c> to</c><00:18:18.670><c> be</c><00:18:18.829><c> a</c><00:18:18.990><c> sojourner,</c><00:18:20.069><c> to</c><00:18:20.230><c> be</c>

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looked<00:18:21.789><c> down</c><00:18:22.089><c> upon,</c>

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to<00:18:22.569><c> be</c><00:18:22.769><c> mistreated,</c><00:18:23.309><c> to</c><00:18:23.390><c> be</c><00:18:23.569><c> oppressed,</c><00:18:24.130><c> and</c><00:18:24.769><c> that</c><00:18:24.950><c> was</c><00:18:25.150><c> something</c><00:18:25.549><c> that</c>

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they<00:18:26.990><c> should</c><00:18:27.309><c> never</c><00:18:27.690><c> be</c><00:18:27.990><c> doing,</c>

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yourselves.<00:18:33.650><c> You</c><00:18:33.730><c> should</c><00:18:33.990><c> never</c>

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want<00:18:34.529><c> to</c><00:18:34.670><c> inflict</c><00:18:34.869><c> that</c><00:18:35.109><c> on</c><00:18:35.230><c> anybody</c><00:18:35.569><c> else.</c><00:18:39.769><c> God's</c><00:18:40.109><c> concern</c>

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gleaning<00:18:48.509><c> laws.</c><00:18:49.569><c> When</c><00:18:49.569><c> you</c><00:18:49.829><c> reap</c><00:18:50.029><c> the</c><00:18:50.230><c> harvest</c>

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gleanings<00:18:55.589><c> after</c><00:18:55.829><c> your</c><00:18:56.029><c> harvest,</c><00:18:56.769><c> and</c><00:18:57.009><c> you</c><00:18:57.150><c> shall</c><00:18:57.289><c> not</c><00:18:57.509><c> strip</c>

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your<00:18:57.990><c> vineyard</c><00:18:58.390><c> bare,</c><00:18:58.750><c> neither</c><00:18:58.990><c> shall</c><00:18:59.250><c> gather</c>

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the<00:19:00.470><c> fallen</c><00:19:00.630><c> grapes</c><00:19:00.990><c> of</c><00:19:01.190><c> the</c><00:19:01.329><c> vineyard.</c><00:19:01.910><c> You</c><00:19:02.089><c> shall</c><00:19:02.269><c> leave</c>

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them<00:19:02.630><c> for</c><00:19:02.809><c> the</c><00:19:03.069><c> poor</c><00:19:03.470><c> and</c><00:19:04.230><c> for</c><00:19:04.430><c> the</c><00:19:04.630><c> sojourner.</c>

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I<00:19:05.869><c> am</c><00:19:06.069><c> the</c><00:19:06.289><c> Lord</c><00:19:06.529><c> your</c><00:19:06.769><c> God,</c><00:19:07.849><c> and</c><00:19:07.910><c> we're</c><00:19:08.089><c> familiar</c><00:19:08.369><c> with</c><00:19:08.890><c> like</c>

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how<00:19:09.309><c> Ruth</c><00:19:09.650><c> like</c><00:19:09.990><c> was</c><00:19:10.470><c> a</c><00:19:11.210><c> poor</c><00:19:11.390><c> person</c><00:19:11.730><c> that</c><00:19:11.930><c> would</c>

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have<00:19:12.369><c> benefited</c><00:19:13.069><c> from</c><00:19:13.349><c> that</c><00:19:13.589><c> law</c><00:19:13.869><c> and</c><00:19:13.990><c> was</c><00:19:14.170><c> able</c><00:19:14.410><c> to</c><00:19:15.089><c> to</c><00:19:15.329><c> glean</c>

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in<00:19:16.230><c> Boaz's</c><00:19:16.730><c> field,</c><00:19:16.970><c> but</c><00:19:17.490><c> God</c><00:19:17.690><c> also</c><00:19:18.130><c> had</c><00:19:18.309><c> that</c>

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plan<00:19:19.150><c> for</c><00:19:20.009><c> the</c><00:19:20.349><c> sojourner.</c><00:19:20.769><c> He</c><00:19:20.950><c> wanted</c><00:19:21.190><c> to</c><00:19:21.390><c> make</c><00:19:21.630><c> sure</c><00:19:22.069><c> that</c>

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their<00:19:22.970><c> needs</c><00:19:23.390><c> were</c><00:19:23.650><c> met.</c>

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Um,<00:19:27.529><c> and</c><00:19:27.730><c> Leviticus</c><00:19:27.990><c> 19,</c><00:19:30.029><c> I'm</c><00:19:30.390><c> sorry,</c><00:19:30.930><c> and</c><00:19:31.069><c> sorry,</c><00:19:31.450><c> but</c><00:19:31.569><c> in</c><00:19:31.670><c> Leviticus</c><00:19:31.970><c> 23,</c><00:19:33.049><c> that</c><00:19:33.349><c> same</c><00:19:33.890><c> idea</c><00:19:34.210><c> is</c>

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repeated<00:19:34.869><c> for</c>

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emphasis.<00:19:36.529><c> It's</c><00:19:37.069><c> almost</c><00:19:37.670><c> almost</c><00:19:37.890><c> word</c><00:19:37.990><c> for</c><00:19:38.250><c> word,</c><00:19:38.509><c> the</c><00:19:38.750><c> same</c>

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message<00:19:39.710><c> as</c><00:19:40.410><c> if</c><00:19:40.589><c> to</c><00:19:41.130><c> like</c><00:19:42.190><c> show</c><00:19:42.609><c> how</c><00:19:42.910><c> important</c><00:19:43.329><c> it</c>

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is<00:19:43.869><c> that</c><00:19:44.329><c> that</c><00:19:44.529><c> God</c><00:19:45.109><c> considered</c><00:19:46.869><c> it</c><00:19:47.049><c> to</c><00:19:47.170><c> make</c><00:19:47.430><c> sure</c><00:19:47.769><c> that</c><00:19:48.009><c> the</c>

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needs<00:19:48.490><c> of</c><00:19:48.950><c> the</c><00:19:49.089><c> sojourner</c><00:19:49.549><c> of</c><00:19:49.710><c> the</c><00:19:49.869><c> immigrant</c><00:19:50.109><c> were</c>

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met.<00:19:52.130><c> So</c><00:19:52.589><c> let's</c><00:19:53.750><c> move</c><00:19:53.910><c> on</c><00:19:54.049><c> to</c><00:19:54.150><c> another</c><00:19:54.450><c> aspect</c><00:19:54.950><c> of</c><00:19:55.190><c> God's</c><00:19:55.890><c> care</c>

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and<00:19:57.069><c> concern.</c><00:19:57.609><c> But</c><00:19:57.609><c> actually,</c>

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let's<00:19:58.289><c> start</c><00:19:58.509><c> with</c><00:19:58.730><c> it.</c><00:19:58.849><c> I've</c><00:19:59.029><c> got</c><00:19:59.130><c> a</c><00:19:59.210><c> bit</c><00:19:59.250><c> of</c><00:19:59.849><c> a</c><00:20:00.289><c> test</c><00:20:00.670><c> question</c><00:20:00.930><c> or</c><00:20:01.069><c> a</c>

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quiz<00:20:01.329><c> question</c><00:20:01.710><c> for</c><00:20:01.930><c> you</c><00:20:02.109><c> all.</c>

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in<00:24:05.849><c> the</c><00:24:06.049><c> land</c><00:24:06.230><c> of</c><00:24:06.490><c> Egypt.</c>

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So<00:24:12.849><c> notice</c><00:24:13.490><c> that,</c><00:24:14.009><c> you</c><00:24:14.130><c> know,</c><00:24:14.329><c> in</c><00:24:14.470><c> verse</c><00:24:14.650><c> 12</c><00:24:15.430><c> he's</c><00:24:16.349><c> asking</c><00:24:17.009><c> Israel</c><00:24:17.529><c> to</c>

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walk<00:24:18.349><c> in,</c><00:24:20.049><c> God's</c><00:24:20.470><c> asking</c><00:24:20.710><c> Israel</c><00:24:21.029><c> to</c><00:24:21.309><c> walk</c><00:24:21.630><c> in</c>

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his<00:24:27.910><c> commandments.</c><00:24:28.470><c> And</c><00:24:29.089><c> one</c><00:24:29.309><c> of</c><00:24:29.789><c> the</c><00:24:30.430><c> ways</c><00:24:31.369><c> that</c>

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you<00:24:37.210><c> know,</c><00:24:37.349><c> God</c><00:24:37.569><c> is</c><00:24:37.769><c> not</c><00:24:37.990><c> partial</c><00:24:38.369><c> and</c><00:24:38.609><c> he</c><00:24:38.910><c> executes</c><00:24:39.430><c> justice</c>

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for<00:24:40.170><c> the</c><00:24:40.369><c> father,</c>

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fatherless,<00:24:41.470><c> the</c><00:24:41.549><c> widow</c><00:24:41.710><c> and</c><00:24:41.869><c> the</c><00:24:42.089><c> sojourner</c><00:24:42.789><c> giving</c><00:24:43.289><c> them</c>

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food<00:24:43.750><c> and</c><00:24:44.089><c> clothing.</c>

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So<00:24:46.410><c> to</c><00:24:46.970><c> keep</c><00:24:47.509><c> the</c><00:24:47.869><c> ways</c><00:24:48.210><c> of</c><00:24:48.430><c> the</c><00:24:48.650><c> Lord</c><00:24:49.089><c> then</c><00:24:50.309><c> we</c><00:24:50.609><c> should</c><00:24:50.730><c> be</c><00:24:50.970><c> doing</c><00:24:51.150><c> the</c>

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same.<00:24:51.829><c> We</c><00:24:52.069><c> should</c><00:24:52.210><c> be</c><00:24:52.569><c> loving</c><00:24:52.809><c> the</c><00:24:53.089><c> sojourner</c>

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because<00:24:54.990><c> that's</c><00:24:55.269><c> what</c><00:24:55.450><c> God</c><00:24:55.710><c> does.</c><00:24:56.009><c> God</c><00:24:56.210><c> loves</c><00:24:56.450><c> the</c><00:24:56.710><c> sojourner.</c><00:24:56.990><c> We</c><00:24:57.150><c> should</c>

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be<00:24:57.630><c> mirroring</c>

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that.<00:24:59.009><c> We</c><00:24:59.269><c> should</c><00:24:59.390><c> be</c><00:24:59.730><c> seeking</c><00:25:00.029><c> justice</c><00:25:00.509><c> for</c><00:25:00.730><c> the</c><00:25:00.910><c> vulnerable</c>

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and<00:25:02.690><c> mirroring</c><00:25:03.250><c> his</c><00:25:03.490><c> love</c><00:25:03.670><c> for</c><00:25:03.869><c> the</c><00:25:04.089><c> sojourner.</c>

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meeting<00:25:14.170><c> the</c><00:25:14.470><c> needs</c><00:25:14.650><c> of</c><00:25:14.869><c> the</c><00:25:15.049><c> sojourner</c>

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because<00:25:15.670><c> it</c><00:25:15.910><c> says</c><00:25:16.069><c> that</c><00:25:16.250><c> God</c><00:25:16.450><c> gives</c><00:25:16.769><c> him</c><00:25:17.089><c> food</c><00:25:17.309><c> and</c><00:25:17.589><c> clothing.</c>

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And<00:25:18.430><c> how</c><00:25:18.730><c> does</c><00:25:18.930><c> God</c><00:25:19.089><c> do</c><00:25:19.329><c> that?</c><00:25:19.849><c> He</c><00:25:20.410><c> often</c>

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does<00:25:20.930><c> that</c><00:25:21.289><c> through</c><00:25:21.809><c> his</c><00:25:22.369><c> people</c><00:25:22.690><c> who</c><00:25:22.869><c> are</c><00:25:23.089><c> showing</c><00:25:23.509><c> justice</c>

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and<00:25:24.529><c> mercy</c><00:25:25.009><c> to</c><00:25:25.450><c> those</c><00:25:25.769><c> who</c><00:25:26.109><c> are</c><00:25:28.789><c> vulnerable</c>

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and<00:25:29.569><c> in</c><00:25:29.809><c> need.</c><00:25:32.190><c> So</c><00:25:32.650><c> we</c><00:25:33.470><c> have</c><00:25:33.650><c> the</c><00:25:34.190><c> two</c><00:25:34.650><c> more</c><00:25:34.910><c> famous</c><00:25:35.289><c> loves</c><00:25:35.670><c> and</c>

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then<00:25:35.950><c> we</c><00:25:36.049><c> have</c><00:25:36.190><c> this</c>

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this<00:25:37.730><c> third</c><00:25:37.950><c> love,</c><00:25:38.730><c> the</c><00:25:38.990><c> love</c><00:25:39.210><c> for</c><00:25:39.430><c> the</c><00:25:39.609><c> sojourner.</c><00:25:40.589><c> And</c><00:25:41.109><c> we</c>

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might<00:25:41.369><c> ask,</c><00:25:41.910><c> you</c><00:25:42.170><c> know,</c><00:25:42.410><c> why</c><00:25:42.650><c> is</c><00:25:42.849><c> it</c><00:25:43.009><c> that</c>

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Jesus<00:25:44.650><c> didn't</c><00:25:44.970><c> emphasize</c><00:25:45.569><c> this</c><00:25:46.609><c> command?</c><00:25:48.269><c> It</c><00:25:48.589><c> was</c><00:25:48.910><c> twice</c><00:25:49.589><c> commanded</c><00:25:50.309><c> in</c>

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the<00:25:51.130><c> law,</c>

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but<00:25:52.329><c> Jesus</c><00:25:53.029><c> didn't</c><00:25:53.710><c> seem</c><00:25:53.970><c> to</c><00:25:54.849><c> pick</c><00:25:55.049><c> up</c><00:25:55.269><c> on</c><00:25:55.410><c> it</c><00:25:55.529><c> the</c><00:25:55.609><c> way</c><00:25:55.769><c> that</c>

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he<00:25:55.990><c> picked</c><00:25:56.190><c> up</c><00:25:56.410><c> on</c><00:25:56.569><c> the</c><00:25:57.109><c> first</c><00:25:57.529><c> two.</c>

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Well,<00:25:59.990><c> consider</c><00:26:00.410><c> this</c><00:26:00.730><c> when</c><00:26:01.170><c> in</c><00:26:02.009><c> the</c><00:26:02.170><c> context</c><00:26:02.549><c> of</c><00:26:02.809><c> those</c><00:26:03.269><c> loves,</c><00:26:04.930><c> we</c>

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had<00:26:06.069><c> somebody</c><00:26:06.609><c> in</c><00:26:07.309><c> Luke</c><00:26:07.549><c> 10</c><00:26:08.269><c> who</c><00:26:08.430><c> was</c><00:26:08.670><c> testing</c>

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Jesus<00:26:09.549><c> who</c><00:26:09.809><c> said,</c><00:26:09.970><c> you</c><00:26:10.009><c> know,</c><00:26:10.390><c> who</c><00:26:10.549><c> is</c><00:26:10.750><c> my</c><00:26:10.930><c> neighbor?</c><00:26:12.750><c> And</c><00:26:13.509><c> the</c>

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way<00:26:14.230><c> that</c><00:26:14.490><c> Jesus</c><00:26:15.009><c> kind</c><00:26:15.250><c> of</c><00:26:15.670><c> in</c><00:26:15.750><c> a</c><00:26:15.950><c> judo</c><00:26:16.210><c> move</c>

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is<00:26:17.970><c> working</c><00:26:18.630><c> to</c><00:26:20.309><c> try</c><00:26:20.730><c> to</c><00:26:21.910><c> get</c><00:26:22.650><c> the</c><00:26:23.029><c> mind</c><00:26:23.509><c> of</c><00:26:24.109><c> this</c><00:26:24.430><c> person</c><00:26:24.769><c> who</c>

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was<00:26:25.549><c> testing</c><00:26:26.170><c> him</c><00:26:26.450><c> engaged</c>

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and<00:26:28.509><c> his</c><00:26:29.309><c> heart</c><00:26:29.569><c> changed.</c><00:26:31.789><c> You</c><00:26:31.869><c> know,</c><00:26:32.430><c> this</c><00:26:32.670><c> person</c><00:26:32.970><c> was</c><00:26:33.250><c> desiring</c><00:26:33.589><c> to</c>

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justify<00:26:34.289><c> himself</c><00:26:34.789><c> and</c><00:26:34.970><c> to</c><00:26:35.109><c> kind</c><00:26:35.210><c> of</c>

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narrow<00:26:35.769><c> the</c><00:26:36.069><c> obligation</c><00:26:36.569><c> of</c><00:26:36.890><c> love.</c><00:26:40.589><c> Jesus</c><00:26:41.069><c> was</c><00:26:42.130><c> like</c><00:26:42.730><c> working</c>

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to<00:26:43.930><c> expand</c><00:26:45.450><c> the</c><00:26:47.009><c> vision</c><00:26:47.490><c> of</c><00:26:47.650><c> what</c><00:26:47.829><c> a</c><00:26:47.990><c> neighbor</c>

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was<00:26:48.710><c> in</c><00:26:49.250><c> his</c><00:26:49.549><c> powerful</c><00:26:50.029><c> parable.</c><00:26:51.829><c> His</c><00:26:52.049><c> parable</c><00:26:52.390><c> flips</c><00:26:52.710><c> the</c><00:26:52.970><c> question.</c><00:26:54.789><c> After</c><00:26:55.250><c> the</c><00:26:55.690><c> parable</c><00:26:56.029><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:56.609><c> Good</c><00:26:56.789><c> Samaritan,</c>

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he<00:26:58.589><c> asked</c><00:26:58.890><c> the</c><00:26:59.049><c> man,</c><00:26:59.769><c> which</c><00:26:59.809><c> of</c><00:26:59.990><c> these</c><00:27:00.289><c> three</c><00:27:00.750><c> do</c><00:27:00.970><c> you</c><00:27:01.150><c> think</c><00:27:01.430><c> proved</c><00:27:02.049><c> to</c><00:27:02.609><c> be</c><00:27:02.849><c> a</c>

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neighbor<00:27:03.309><c> to</c><00:27:03.710><c> the</c><00:27:03.869><c> man</c><00:27:04.150><c> who</c>

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fell<00:27:04.529><c> among</c><00:27:04.769><c> the</c><00:27:04.990><c> robbers?</c><00:27:07.789><c> And</c><00:27:08.410><c> the</c><00:27:09.329><c> response</c><00:27:09.690><c> was</c><00:27:10.009><c> the</c><00:27:10.329><c> one</c>

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who<00:27:10.690><c> showed</c><00:27:10.809><c> mercy</c><00:27:11.329><c> and</c><00:27:11.589><c> Jesus</c><00:27:11.910><c> says,</c><00:27:12.450><c> you</c><00:27:12.450><c> go</c>

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and<00:27:13.789><c> do</c><00:27:14.009><c> likewise.</c><00:27:17.069><c> So</c><00:27:17.690><c> the</c><00:27:18.509><c> Samaritan,</c><00:27:20.009><c> the</c><00:27:20.390><c> sojourner</c><00:27:20.869><c> among</c><00:27:21.170><c> them,</c><00:27:21.809><c> because</c><00:27:22.009><c> remember</c><00:27:22.450><c> that</c>

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the<00:27:22.869><c> Samaritans</c>

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came<00:27:23.569><c> from</c><00:27:23.930><c> a</c><00:27:24.450><c> people</c><00:27:24.769><c> group</c><00:27:25.009><c> that</c><00:27:25.230><c> were</c><00:27:26.069><c> kind</c><00:27:26.170><c> of</c><00:27:26.569><c> imported</c>

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into<00:27:27.170><c> the</c><00:27:27.430><c> land</c><00:27:28.069><c> when</c><00:27:29.569><c> the</c><00:27:30.329><c> Jews</c><00:27:30.490><c> were</c><00:27:30.809><c> exiled.</c>

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Rich<00:27:33.329><c> can</c><00:27:33.569><c> probably</c><00:27:34.109><c> help</c><00:27:34.769><c> me</c><00:27:34.950><c> if</c><00:27:35.009><c> this</c><00:27:35.250><c> is,</c><00:27:35.549><c> I</c><00:27:35.609><c> think</c><00:27:35.789><c> the</c><00:27:36.049><c> Assyrians</c><00:27:36.589><c> were</c><00:27:36.809><c> the</c>

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ones<00:27:37.029><c> who</c><00:27:37.769><c> put</c><00:27:37.990><c> people</c>

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in<00:27:39.349><c> the</c><00:27:39.670><c> land</c><00:27:39.950><c> and</c><00:27:44.410><c> kind</c><00:27:44.589><c> of</c><00:27:44.809><c> mixed</c><00:27:45.349><c> people's</c><00:27:46.430><c> locations</c><00:27:47.069><c> up</c>

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or<00:27:47.470><c> whatever.</c><00:27:47.769><c> And</c><00:27:47.950><c> the</c><00:27:48.049><c> Samaritans</c><00:27:48.410><c> kind</c><00:27:48.569><c> of</c><00:27:48.730><c> came</c>

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to<00:27:49.069><c> be</c><00:27:49.269><c> part</c><00:27:49.470><c> of</c><00:27:49.609><c> the</c><00:27:49.809><c> land</c><00:27:50.130><c> as</c><00:27:50.650><c> a</c><00:27:50.750><c> result</c><00:27:50.970><c> of</c><00:27:51.190><c> this.</c><00:27:52.130><c> So</c><00:27:52.730><c> they</c><00:27:52.849><c> were,</c><00:27:52.950><c> in</c><00:27:53.049><c> a</c>

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sense,<00:27:53.529><c> sojourners</c><00:27:54.029><c> in</c><00:27:54.710><c> the</c><00:27:54.950><c> land.</c>

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It<00:27:55.710><c> wasn't</c><00:27:55.970><c> their</c><00:27:56.549><c> native</c><00:27:56.970><c> homeland.</c><00:27:58.289><c> And</c><00:27:58.890><c> Jesus</c><00:27:59.250><c> is</c><00:27:59.549><c> taking</c>

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and<00:28:00.329><c> using</c><00:28:00.670><c> the</c><00:28:00.990><c> Samaritan</c><00:28:01.650><c> and</c><00:28:02.049><c> equating</c><00:28:02.309><c> him</c>

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as<00:28:03.589><c> a</c><00:28:03.750><c> neighbor</c><00:28:03.970><c> because</c><00:28:04.250><c> he</c><00:28:04.630><c> proved</c><00:28:04.930><c> to</c><00:28:05.210><c> be</c><00:28:05.410><c> a</c><00:28:05.569><c> neighbor</c><00:28:05.910><c> from</c>

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the<00:28:06.730><c> mercy</c><00:28:07.069><c> that</c><00:28:07.250><c> he</c><00:28:07.509><c> showed.</c>

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So<00:28:11.190><c> by</c><00:28:11.789><c> showing</c><00:28:12.049><c> mercy,</c><00:28:12.509><c> he</c><00:28:12.549><c> proved</c><00:28:12.670><c> to</c><00:28:12.849><c> be</c><00:28:13.190><c> a</c><00:28:13.589><c> neighbor</c><00:28:13.890><c> and</c>

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Jesus<00:28:14.750><c> says,</c><00:28:15.609><c> we</c><00:28:15.789><c> should</c><00:28:16.009><c> go</c><00:28:16.269><c> and</c><00:28:16.490><c> do</c><00:28:16.730><c> likewise</c><00:28:17.130><c> and</c>

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show<00:28:17.609><c> mercy</c><00:28:18.250><c> to</c><00:28:19.130><c> our</c><00:28:19.630><c> neighbor,</c><00:28:20.069><c> which</c><00:28:20.309><c> includes</c><00:28:20.670><c> the</c><00:28:21.009><c> sojourner</c><00:28:21.490><c> and</c><00:28:21.750><c> all</c><00:28:22.150><c> those</c><00:28:22.630><c> in</c>

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need<00:28:23.509><c> who</c><00:28:23.690><c> God</c><00:28:23.970><c> puts</c><00:28:24.210><c> in</c>

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our<00:28:24.609><c> path.</c><00:28:26.849><c> So</c><00:28:27.609><c> I</c><00:28:28.930><c> think</c><00:28:29.289><c> Jesus</c><00:28:30.910><c> wasn't</c><00:28:31.250><c> ignoring</c><00:28:31.970><c> that</c><00:28:33.309><c> command</c><00:28:33.869><c> to</c><00:28:34.529><c> love</c><00:28:34.970><c> the</c><00:28:35.230><c> sojourner.</c><00:28:35.650><c> He</c>

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was<00:28:35.970><c> just</c><00:28:36.869><c> coming</c>

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at<00:28:37.470><c> it</c><00:28:37.930><c> in</c><00:28:37.930><c> a</c><00:28:38.150><c> more,</c><00:28:39.369><c> in</c><00:28:42.789><c> a</c><00:28:42.910><c> less</c><00:28:43.109><c> direct</c><00:28:43.470><c> way,</c><00:28:43.789><c> but</c><00:28:43.970><c> in</c><00:28:44.410><c> a</c><00:28:44.569><c> way</c>

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that<00:28:45.269><c> should</c><00:28:45.710><c> strike</c><00:28:46.450><c> and</c><00:28:47.490><c> really</c><00:28:48.630><c> lodge</c><00:28:49.150><c> in</c><00:28:49.369><c> our</c>

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hearts<00:28:49.769><c> is</c><00:28:50.289><c> an</c><00:28:50.609><c> impactful</c><00:28:51.009><c> way</c><00:28:51.390><c> that</c><00:28:53.049><c> that</c><00:28:53.250><c> powerful</c><00:28:53.809><c> story</c>

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of<00:28:55.250><c> the</c><00:28:55.410><c> Samaritan,</c><00:28:55.730><c> the</c><00:28:56.009><c> despised</c><00:28:56.990><c> one</c><00:28:57.329><c> of</c><00:28:57.609><c> their</c>

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society,<00:28:59.289><c> who's</c><00:28:59.450><c> the</c><00:28:59.650><c> outsider,</c><00:29:00.609><c> who's</c><00:29:00.910><c> the</c><00:29:01.089><c> immigrant.</c><00:29:03.309><c> He's</c><00:29:03.970><c> the</c>

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one<00:29:04.309><c> who</c><00:29:05.029><c> showed</c><00:29:05.470><c> mercy</c><00:29:06.190><c> and</c><00:29:06.450><c> love</c><00:29:06.690><c> and</c><00:29:07.430><c> Jesus</c>

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is<00:29:07.950><c> saying,</c><00:29:08.569><c> you</c><00:29:08.789><c> need</c><00:29:08.990><c> to</c><00:29:09.109><c> go</c><00:29:09.250><c> and</c><00:29:09.369><c> do</c><00:29:09.529><c> likewise.</c><00:29:11.710><c> Now,</c><00:29:12.650><c> I</c><00:29:14.130><c> think</c><00:29:14.309><c> part</c><00:29:14.609><c> of</c><00:29:14.789><c> Jesus'</c>

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ability<00:29:18.769><c> to</c><00:29:19.109><c> relate</c><00:29:19.650><c> to</c><00:29:20.589><c> the</c><00:29:20.849><c> sojourner,</c><00:29:21.970><c> including</c><00:29:22.150><c> the</c><00:29:22.430><c> Samaritans</c><00:29:23.369><c> and</c>

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other<00:29:24.950><c> sojourners,</c><00:29:25.470><c> was</c><00:29:25.769><c> because</c><00:29:26.309><c> of</c>

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his<00:29:28.470><c> life</c><00:29:29.190><c> experience.</c><00:29:31.950><c> Let's</c><00:29:32.250><c> consider</c><00:29:32.650><c> this,</c><00:29:33.529><c> how</c><00:29:33.730><c> this</c><00:29:34.329><c> verse</c><00:29:34.890><c> that</c><00:29:36.349><c> we</c>

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read<00:29:37.009><c> just</c><00:29:37.609><c> a</c><00:29:37.789><c> little</c><00:29:37.930><c> bit</c><00:29:38.109><c> ago</c>

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would<00:29:38.849><c> connect</c><00:29:39.329><c> with</c><00:29:39.609><c> Jesus.</c><00:29:40.569><c> Love</c><00:29:40.890><c> the</c><00:29:41.250><c> sojourner</c><00:29:41.710><c> therefore,</c><00:29:42.970><c> for</c><00:29:43.230><c> you</c>

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were<00:29:43.849><c> sojourners</c><00:29:44.509><c> in</c><00:29:44.950><c> the</c><00:29:45.130><c> land</c>

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of<00:29:45.549><c> Egypt.</c><00:29:48.690><c> I</c><00:29:48.710><c> think</c><00:29:48.970><c> that</c><00:29:49.210><c> would</c><00:29:49.410><c> connect</c><00:29:49.730><c> with</c><00:29:49.930><c> Jesus</c><00:29:50.309><c> in</c><00:29:50.670><c> a</c>

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very<00:29:51.170><c> rich</c><00:29:51.410><c> way</c><00:29:51.690><c> because</c><00:29:52.250><c> his</c><00:29:53.029><c> life</c><00:29:53.369><c> experience</c><00:29:53.789><c> as</c><00:29:54.049><c> a</c>

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boy<00:29:54.890><c> growing</c><00:29:55.809><c> up</c><00:29:57.109><c> as</c><00:29:57.869><c> a</c><00:29:58.049><c> refugee</c><00:29:58.450><c> in</c><00:29:58.710><c> Egypt,</c><00:29:59.589><c> he</c><00:29:59.789><c> was</c><00:30:00.190><c> a</c><00:30:00.430><c> sojourner</c><00:30:01.009><c> in</c><00:30:01.490><c> the</c>

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land<00:30:01.750><c> of</c><00:30:01.990><c> Egypt</c><00:30:02.430><c> and</c><00:30:02.950><c> out</c><00:30:03.109><c> of</c><00:30:03.250><c> Egypt</c>

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called<00:30:04.069><c> my</c><00:30:04.349><c> son.</c><00:30:05.509><c> That</c><00:30:06.029><c> prophecy</c><00:30:06.430><c> does</c><00:30:06.990><c> double</c><00:30:07.609><c> duty</c><00:30:07.910><c> both</c><00:30:08.309><c> with</c><00:30:08.750><c> the</c><00:30:08.910><c> children</c><00:30:09.130><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:30:09.690><c> and</c><00:30:10.250><c> with</c><00:30:10.529><c> Jesus.</c>

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He<00:30:12.450><c> and</c><00:30:12.569><c> his</c><00:30:12.769><c> family</c><00:30:13.109><c> had</c><00:30:13.509><c> known</c><00:30:14.089><c> what</c><00:30:14.769><c> it's</c><00:30:15.130><c> like</c><00:30:15.349><c> to</c><00:30:15.529><c> be</c><00:30:15.650><c> an</c><00:30:15.849><c> outsider,</c><00:30:16.849><c> to</c><00:30:16.930><c> be</c><00:30:17.069><c> an</c><00:30:17.250><c> ethnic</c><00:30:17.470><c> minority,</c><00:30:18.130><c> to</c><00:30:18.250><c> be</c><00:30:22.430><c> a</c>

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very<00:30:22.750><c> appreciative</c><00:30:23.230><c> of</c><00:30:23.829><c> the</c><00:30:24.049><c> hospitality</c><00:30:24.569><c> and</c><00:30:24.910><c> kindness</c><00:30:25.490><c> of</c>

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those<00:30:27.069><c> compassionate</c><00:30:28.009><c> native</c><00:30:28.470><c> peoples</c><00:30:28.849><c> around</c><00:30:29.250><c> you.</c>

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They<00:30:29.890><c> would</c><00:30:30.029><c> have</c><00:30:30.630><c> felt</c><00:30:30.869><c> the</c><00:30:31.150><c> scorn</c><00:30:32.029><c> of</c><00:30:32.710><c> those</c><00:30:33.089><c> who</c><00:30:33.990><c> were</c><00:30:34.369><c> not</c>

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compassionate,<00:30:35.109><c> but</c><00:30:35.210><c> they</c><00:30:35.349><c> would</c><00:30:35.490><c> have</c><00:30:36.130><c> treasured</c>

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the<00:30:36.869><c> kindness</c><00:30:37.349><c> of</c><00:30:37.750><c> those</c><00:30:38.049><c> who</c><00:30:38.269><c> were</c><00:30:39.490><c> compassionate.</c><00:30:41.289><c> Jesus'</c>

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heart<00:30:41.849><c> was</c><00:30:42.529><c> impacted</c><00:30:43.289><c> by</c><00:30:43.930><c> those</c><00:30:44.250><c> experiences</c>

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and<00:30:45.650><c> it</c><00:30:45.809><c> allowed</c><00:30:46.210><c> him</c><00:30:47.069><c> to</c><00:30:47.730><c> mirror</c><00:30:48.289><c> his</c><00:30:48.890><c> father's</c><00:30:49.470><c> love</c><00:30:49.809><c> for</c><00:30:50.150><c> the</c><00:30:50.369><c> sojourner</c><00:30:50.950><c> because</c><00:30:51.650><c> he</c>

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experienced<00:30:52.970><c> it</c><00:30:53.190><c> and</c><00:30:53.250><c> knew</c>

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what<00:30:53.529><c> it</c><00:30:53.589><c> was</c><00:30:53.809><c> like.</c><00:30:55.369><c> I</c><00:30:55.769><c> think</c><00:30:55.990><c> that</c><00:30:56.990><c> would</c><00:30:57.250><c> have</c><00:30:57.509><c> impacted</c><00:30:58.069><c> Jesus</c><00:30:59.049><c> in</c>

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his<00:31:00.890><c> attitude</c><00:31:01.410><c> towards</c><00:31:02.049><c> and</c><00:31:02.250><c> his</c><00:31:02.690><c> interaction</c>

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with<00:31:03.950><c> those</c><00:31:04.289><c> sojourners</c><00:31:04.829><c> that</c><00:31:05.069><c> were</c><00:31:05.349><c> in</c><00:31:06.230><c> Israel</c><00:31:06.869><c> during</c><00:31:07.769><c> his</c>

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ministry.<00:31:08.990><c> His</c><00:31:09.809><c> interaction</c><00:31:10.210><c> with</c><00:31:10.390><c> the</c><00:31:10.569><c> Samaritan</c>

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woman<00:31:11.089><c> at</c><00:31:11.269><c> the</c><00:31:11.509><c> well</c><00:31:11.829><c> in</c><00:31:12.190><c> John</c><00:31:12.490><c> 4,</c><00:31:13.490><c> the</c><00:31:14.170><c> tenth</c><00:31:14.509><c> leper</c><00:31:14.910><c> who</c><00:31:15.089><c> he</c>

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called<00:31:15.529><c> out</c><00:31:15.829><c> and</c><00:31:16.769><c> praised</c><00:31:17.289><c> his</c><00:31:17.630><c> faith,</c>

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who<00:31:18.950><c> came</c><00:31:19.150><c> back</c><00:31:19.490><c> and</c><00:31:20.009><c> was</c><00:31:20.369><c> thankful,</c><00:31:21.789><c> the</c><00:31:22.250><c> Syrophoenician</c><00:31:22.910><c> woman.</c><00:31:24.950><c> He</c>

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didn't<00:31:26.109><c> just</c>

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scorn<00:31:27.789><c> them</c><00:31:27.990><c> as</c><00:31:29.069><c> non</c><00:31:29.809><c>-Israelites.</c><00:31:31.029><c> He</c><00:31:31.670><c> showed</c><00:31:32.150><c> them</c><00:31:32.710><c> compassion</c><00:31:33.470><c> and</c><00:31:33.890><c> love.</c>

00:31:37.029 --> 00:31:41.890
So,<00:31:38.589><c> we've</c><00:31:38.890><c> got,</c><00:31:39.329><c> you</c><00:31:39.569><c> know,</c><00:31:39.789><c> God's</c><00:31:40.210><c> commands</c><00:31:40.670><c> for</c><00:31:41.470><c> treatment</c>

00:31:41.890 --> 00:31:45.430
of<00:31:42.190><c> the</c><00:31:42.369><c> sojourner.</c><00:31:43.329><c> We've</c><00:31:43.569><c> got</c><00:31:43.690><c> Jesus'</c><00:31:44.029><c> example,</c>

00:31:46.610 --> 00:31:52.309
and<00:31:47.170><c> so</c><00:31:47.730><c> think</c><00:31:48.009><c> about,</c><00:31:48.930><c> like,</c><00:31:48.950><c> what</c><00:31:49.109><c> can</c><00:31:49.369><c> we</c><00:31:49.609><c> do</c><00:31:50.190><c> in</c><00:31:51.029><c> these</c><00:31:51.289><c> times</c><00:31:51.630><c> that</c><00:31:51.829><c> we're</c><00:31:52.029><c> in</c>

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and<00:31:53.049><c> in</c><00:31:53.529><c> our</c><00:31:53.750><c> interaction</c><00:31:54.170><c> with</c>

00:31:54.349 --> 00:31:59.950
people<00:31:54.670><c> around</c><00:31:55.009><c> us?</c><00:31:58.029><c> That's</c><00:31:58.589><c> the</c><00:31:58.829><c> thing</c><00:31:59.009><c> I</c><00:31:59.349><c> want</c><00:31:59.589><c> us</c><00:31:59.730><c> to</c><00:31:59.809><c> think</c>

00:31:59.950 --> 00:32:01.710
about,<00:32:00.710><c> too,</c><00:32:00.829><c> and,</c><00:32:01.230><c> like,</c><00:32:01.230><c> look</c><00:32:01.329><c> for</c><00:32:01.490><c> some</c>

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practical<00:32:02.170><c> ways</c><00:32:02.529><c> that</c><00:32:02.750><c> we</c><00:32:02.849><c> can</c><00:32:03.890><c> use,</c><00:32:04.990><c> knowing</c><00:32:05.170><c> what</c><00:32:05.509><c> God's</c>

00:32:05.890 --> 00:32:10.609
heart<00:32:06.089><c> is,</c><00:32:07.670><c> towards</c><00:32:07.670><c> the</c><00:32:09.069><c> vulnerable</c><00:32:09.650><c> outsider,</c>

00:32:10.950 --> 00:32:15.390
the<00:32:11.250><c> immigrant,</c><00:32:11.750><c> the</c><00:32:12.369><c> sojourner.</c><00:32:14.150><c> How</c><00:32:14.529><c> do</c><00:32:14.690><c> we</c><00:32:14.869><c> turn</c><00:32:15.130><c> around</c>

00:32:15.390 --> 00:32:19.250
in<00:32:16.009><c> practical</c><00:32:16.529><c> ways,</c><00:32:17.529><c> like,</c><00:32:18.009><c> show</c><00:32:18.029><c> love</c><00:32:18.430><c> that</c><00:32:18.970><c> was</c>

00:32:19.250 --> 00:32:24.170
commanded?<00:32:21.730><c> So,</c><00:32:22.849><c> first</c><00:32:23.069><c> of</c><00:32:23.170><c> all,</c><00:32:23.250><c> let's</c><00:32:23.589><c> think</c><00:32:23.750><c> about</c><00:32:23.950><c> some</c>

00:32:24.170 --> 00:32:28.309
models<00:32:24.710><c> of</c><00:32:26.750><c> people</c><00:32:27.329><c> who</c>

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were<00:32:30.309><c> in</c><00:32:30.970><c> situations</c><00:32:31.730><c> where</c><00:32:31.990><c> they</c><00:32:32.869><c> had</c><00:32:33.230><c> to</c><00:32:34.990><c> stand</c><00:32:35.589><c> up</c><00:32:36.170><c> for</c><00:32:36.470><c> what</c><00:32:36.609><c> was</c>

00:32:36.849 --> 00:32:40.009
right<00:32:37.410><c> in</c><00:32:38.230><c> ways</c><00:32:38.630><c> that</c><00:32:39.029><c> were</c>

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countercultural,<00:32:42.009><c> that</c><00:32:42.089><c> were</c><00:32:42.829><c> dangerous,</c><00:32:43.950><c> and</c><00:32:44.650><c> actually</c><00:32:44.990><c> even</c><00:32:45.869><c> put</c><00:32:46.269><c> themselves</c><00:32:46.710><c> in</c>

00:32:46.930 --> 00:32:47.950
danger<00:32:47.170><c> by</c><00:32:47.470><c> doing</c><00:32:47.769><c> them.</c>

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Think<00:32:48.170><c> of,</c><00:32:48.730><c> you</c><00:32:49.069><c> know,</c><00:32:49.109><c> back</c><00:32:49.250><c> to</c><00:32:50.349><c> the</c><00:32:50.910><c> Israelites</c><00:32:51.369><c> being</c><00:32:51.710><c> sojourners</c><00:32:52.230><c> in</c>

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the<00:32:52.549><c> land</c><00:32:52.730><c> of</c><00:32:52.930><c> Egypt.</c>

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Remember<00:32:54.670><c> in</c><00:32:54.910><c> chapter</c><00:32:55.289><c> one</c><00:32:55.750><c> of</c><00:32:56.069><c> Exodus</c><00:32:56.470><c> how</c><00:32:57.130><c> the</c><00:32:57.410><c> midwives</c><00:32:58.349><c> feared</c><00:32:59.109><c> God</c><00:32:59.650><c> and</c><00:32:59.970><c> did</c><00:33:00.150><c> not</c><00:33:00.349><c> do</c>

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as<00:33:00.809><c> the</c>

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king<00:33:01.089><c> of</c><00:33:01.269><c> Egypt</c><00:33:01.509><c> commanded</c><00:33:01.910><c> them,</c><00:33:02.450><c> because</c><00:33:02.650><c> he</c><00:33:02.769><c> wanted</c><00:33:03.029><c> them</c>

00:33:03.390 --> 00:33:05.230
to<00:33:04.109><c> kill</c><00:33:04.470><c> the</c><00:33:04.690><c> male</c><00:33:04.869><c> children,</c>

00:33:05.569 --> 00:33:09.250
but<00:33:05.670><c> they</c><00:33:05.890><c> let</c><00:33:06.049><c> the</c><00:33:06.250><c> male</c><00:33:06.410><c> children</c><00:33:06.750><c> live.</c><00:33:08.269><c> Verse</c><00:33:08.470><c> 18,</c><00:33:08.970><c> So</c><00:33:09.109><c> the</c>

00:33:09.250 --> 00:33:11.509
king<00:33:09.549><c> of</c><00:33:09.710><c> Egypt</c><00:33:10.029><c> called</c><00:33:10.450><c> the</c><00:33:10.650><c> midwives</c><00:33:11.089><c> and</c><00:33:11.230><c> said</c><00:33:11.390><c> to</c>

00:33:11.509 --> 00:33:15.130
him,<00:33:12.069><c> Why</c><00:33:12.309><c> have</c><00:33:12.470><c> you</c><00:33:12.569><c> done</c><00:33:12.730><c> this?</c><00:33:13.049><c> And</c><00:33:13.210><c> let</c><00:33:13.349><c> the</c><00:33:13.490><c> male</c><00:33:13.650><c> children</c><00:33:14.009><c> live.</c>

00:33:15.410 --> 00:33:16.829
And<00:33:15.769><c> the</c><00:33:15.890><c> midwife</c><00:33:16.210><c> said</c><00:33:16.369><c> to</c><00:33:16.609><c> Pharaoh,</c>

00:33:16.829 --> 00:33:19.369
Because<00:33:17.549><c> the</c><00:33:17.809><c> Hebrew</c><00:33:18.009><c> women</c><00:33:18.269><c> are</c><00:33:18.470><c> not</c><00:33:18.730><c> like</c><00:33:18.930><c> the</c><00:33:19.109><c> Egyptian</c>

00:33:19.369 --> 00:33:22.230
women,<00:33:20.349><c> for</c><00:33:20.410><c> they</c><00:33:20.549><c> are</c><00:33:20.730><c> vigorous</c><00:33:21.150><c> and</c><00:33:21.329><c> give</c><00:33:21.470><c> birth</c><00:33:21.809><c> before</c>

00:33:22.230 --> 00:33:26.829
the<00:33:22.450><c> midwife</c><00:33:22.670><c> comes</c><00:33:22.950><c> to</c><00:33:23.109><c> them.</c><00:33:24.490><c> So</c><00:33:24.849><c> God</c><00:33:25.450><c> dealt</c><00:33:25.970><c> well</c><00:33:26.410><c> with</c><00:33:26.650><c> the</c>

00:33:26.829 --> 00:33:29.930
midwives,<00:33:27.589><c> and</c><00:33:27.769><c> the</c><00:33:27.950><c> people</c><00:33:28.250><c> multiplied</c><00:33:29.009><c> and</c><00:33:29.769><c> grew</c>

00:33:29.930 --> 00:33:33.609
very<00:33:30.410><c> strong,</c><00:33:30.849><c> and</c><00:33:31.329><c> because</c><00:33:31.650><c> the</c><00:33:31.849><c> midwives</c><00:33:32.150><c> feared</c><00:33:32.450><c> God,</c><00:33:33.410><c> he</c>

00:33:33.609 --> 00:33:39.789
gave<00:33:33.829><c> them</c><00:33:34.069><c> families.</c><00:33:37.450><c> So</c><00:33:38.069><c> these</c><00:33:39.410><c> midwives,</c>

00:33:39.789 --> 00:33:43.509
they<00:33:40.309><c> feared</c><00:33:40.650><c> God</c><00:33:41.150><c> and</c><00:33:41.329><c> did</c><00:33:41.549><c> not</c><00:33:41.789><c> do</c><00:33:41.950><c> as</c><00:33:42.130><c> the</c><00:33:42.329><c> king</c><00:33:42.829><c> of</c><00:33:43.049><c> Egypt</c>

00:33:43.509 --> 00:33:46.569
commanded<00:33:44.230><c> them.</c><00:33:45.029><c> They</c><00:33:45.549><c> defied</c><00:33:46.089><c> governmental</c>

00:33:46.569 --> 00:33:51.210
orders.<00:33:47.230><c> They</c><00:33:47.710><c> lied</c><00:33:48.089><c> to</c><00:33:48.289><c> the</c><00:33:48.430><c> king,</c><00:33:49.210><c> and</c><00:33:49.710><c> they</c><00:33:49.910><c> did</c><00:33:50.049><c> so</c><00:33:50.230><c> at</c><00:33:50.509><c> great</c><00:33:50.690><c> risk</c><00:33:50.990><c> to</c>

00:33:51.210 --> 00:33:53.450
themselves.<00:33:52.809><c> They</c><00:33:53.150><c> could</c><00:33:53.309><c> have</c>

00:33:53.450 --> 00:33:56.490
been<00:33:53.650><c> killed</c><00:33:53.970><c> as</c><00:33:54.289><c> a</c><00:33:54.369><c> result</c><00:33:54.609><c> of</c><00:33:54.730><c> what</c><00:33:54.849><c> they</c><00:33:55.029><c> were</c><00:33:55.150><c> doing.</c><00:33:56.309><c> But</c>

00:33:56.490 --> 00:33:59.670
God<00:33:56.789><c> blessed</c><00:33:57.109><c> them,</c><00:33:57.589><c> and</c><00:33:57.670><c> they're</c><00:33:59.009><c> given</c><00:33:59.269><c> to</c><00:33:59.490><c> us,</c>

00:33:59.690 --> 00:34:01.789
and<00:33:59.809><c> their</c><00:34:00.029><c> names</c><00:34:00.309><c> are</c><00:34:00.609><c> recorded.</c><00:34:01.049><c> You</c><00:34:01.049><c> know,</c><00:34:01.269><c> the</c><00:34:01.430><c> Pharaoh's</c>

00:34:01.789 --> 00:34:05.129
name<00:34:01.970><c> wasn't</c><00:34:02.230><c> recorded</c><00:34:02.829><c> in</c><00:34:03.849><c> Exodus,</c><00:34:04.349><c> but</c>

00:34:05.329 --> 00:34:11.809
these<00:34:05.849><c> midwives,</c><00:34:06.670><c> Shifra</c><00:34:06.970><c> and</c><00:34:07.109><c> Pua,</c><00:34:07.430><c> were</c><00:34:07.910><c> named</c><00:34:08.389><c> and</c><00:34:08.969><c> memorialized</c><00:34:09.710><c> because</c><00:34:10.130><c> of</c><00:34:10.329><c> their</c><00:34:10.530><c> faith</c><00:34:10.949><c> and</c><00:34:11.550><c> because</c>

00:34:11.809 --> 00:34:16.530
their<00:34:12.289><c> kindness</c><00:34:13.190><c> and</c><00:34:13.889><c> chesed</c><00:34:14.389><c> to</c><00:34:15.090><c> their</c><00:34:15.349><c> loving</c><00:34:15.590><c> kindness,</c>

00:34:16.650 --> 00:34:21.590
their<00:34:16.849><c> mercy</c><00:34:17.269><c> to</c><00:34:18.090><c> the</c><00:34:18.590><c> vulnerable</c><00:34:19.590><c> Israelite</c><00:34:20.590><c> people.</c>

00:34:23.329 --> 00:34:26.570
Yeah,<00:34:23.849><c> we're</c><00:34:24.150><c> supposed</c><00:34:24.369><c> to</c><00:34:24.570><c> submit</c><00:34:24.869><c> to</c><00:34:25.110><c> governing</c><00:34:25.349><c> authorities</c><00:34:25.969><c> in</c><00:34:26.309><c> Romans</c>

00:34:26.570 --> 00:34:27.769
13,<00:34:27.170><c> for</c><00:34:27.369><c> example,</c>

00:34:28.110 --> 00:34:30.929
but<00:34:28.250><c> we</c><00:34:28.389><c> have</c><00:34:28.550><c> examples</c><00:34:28.869><c> like</c><00:34:29.309><c> here,</c><00:34:30.369><c> and</c><00:34:30.369><c> we</c><00:34:30.670><c> have</c><00:34:30.670><c> Daniel</c>

00:34:30.929 --> 00:34:33.929
and<00:34:31.050><c> his</c><00:34:31.309><c> friends</c><00:34:32.050><c> making</c><00:34:32.829><c> their</c><00:34:33.170><c> moral</c><00:34:33.429><c> stands,</c>

00:34:34.090 --> 00:34:37.789
and<00:34:34.849><c> we</c><00:34:34.969><c> have</c><00:34:35.070><c> the</c><00:34:35.250><c> apostles</c><00:34:35.989><c> refusing</c><00:34:36.730><c> to</c><00:34:37.110><c> stop</c><00:34:37.309><c> preaching</c>

00:34:37.789 --> 00:34:40.010
when<00:34:38.070><c> the</c><00:34:38.329><c> authorities</c><00:34:38.690><c> commanded</c><00:34:39.150><c> them</c>

00:34:40.230 --> 00:34:44.349
to<00:34:41.050><c> not</c><00:34:41.289><c> preach</c><00:34:41.550><c> in</c><00:34:41.670><c> the</c><00:34:41.750><c> name</c><00:34:41.909><c> of</c><00:34:42.090><c> Jesus.</c><00:34:42.750><c> They</c><00:34:43.050><c> said,</c><00:34:43.210><c> we</c><00:34:43.369><c> must</c><00:34:43.610><c> obey</c><00:34:43.829><c> God</c>

00:34:44.349 --> 00:34:48.170
rather<00:34:44.769><c> than</c><00:34:45.050><c> man.</c><00:34:46.230><c> So</c><00:34:46.789><c> here</c><00:34:47.110><c> we</c><00:34:47.329><c> have</c>

00:34:48.170 --> 00:34:56.389
a<00:34:48.829><c> model</c><00:34:49.090><c> in</c><00:34:50.949><c> the</c><00:34:52.469><c> midwives'</c><00:34:54.309><c> treatment</c><00:34:54.650><c> and</c><00:34:54.969><c> care</c><00:34:55.449><c> and</c><00:34:56.030><c> mercy</c>

00:34:56.389 --> 00:34:58.500
towards<00:34:56.849><c> the</c><00:34:57.309><c> immigrant</c><00:34:57.570><c> population,</c>

00:34:59.250 --> 00:35:06.250
and<00:35:00.110><c> they</c><00:35:00.769><c> obeyed</c><00:35:01.469><c> God</c><00:35:01.849><c> rather</c><00:35:02.269><c> than</c><00:35:02.530><c> man.</c><00:35:04.650><c> Another</c><00:35:05.130><c> model,</c>

00:35:07.310 --> 00:35:13.130
just<00:35:07.950><c> after</c><00:35:08.590><c> the</c><00:35:09.030><c> next</c><00:35:09.309><c> verse</c><00:35:09.630><c> says,</c><00:35:10.329><c> Pharaoh</c><00:35:10.469><c> commanded</c><00:35:10.889><c> after</c><00:35:11.570><c> this</c><00:35:12.190><c> going</c><00:35:12.650><c> back</c><00:35:12.949><c> and</c>

00:35:13.130 --> 00:35:14.110
forth<00:35:13.349><c> with</c><00:35:13.530><c> midwives,</c>

00:35:14.389 --> 00:35:17.809
and<00:35:14.530><c> Pharaoh</c><00:35:14.690><c> commanded</c><00:35:15.070><c> all</c><00:35:15.550><c> his</c><00:35:15.769><c> people,</c><00:35:16.510><c> every</c><00:35:16.909><c> son</c><00:35:17.210><c> that's</c><00:35:17.530><c> born</c>

00:35:17.809 --> 00:35:19.130
to<00:35:17.989><c> the</c><00:35:18.150><c> Hebrews,</c><00:35:18.510><c> you</c><00:35:18.510><c> shall</c><00:35:18.650><c> cast</c>

00:35:19.130 --> 00:35:22.570
into<00:35:19.389><c> the</c><00:35:19.550><c> Nile,</c><00:35:19.949><c> but</c><00:35:20.070><c> you</c><00:35:20.269><c> shall</c><00:35:20.389><c> let</c><00:35:20.949><c> every</c><00:35:21.309><c> daughter</c><00:35:21.610><c> live.</c>

00:35:23.829 --> 00:35:31.210
So<00:35:24.469><c> this</c><00:35:26.150><c> sets</c><00:35:28.230><c> up</c><00:35:28.949><c> really</c><00:35:29.530><c> the</c><00:35:29.710><c> next</c><00:35:30.570><c> courageous</c>

00:35:31.210 --> 00:35:38.409
person<00:35:31.769><c> who</c><00:35:34.489><c> defied</c><00:35:35.570><c> the</c><00:35:35.789><c> xenophobic</c><00:35:37.090><c> orders</c><00:35:37.610><c> of</c><00:35:37.829><c> the</c><00:35:38.010><c> king,</c>

00:35:38.869 --> 00:35:41.710
and<00:35:39.329><c> surprisingly,</c><00:35:40.230><c> it</c><00:35:40.469><c> was</c><00:35:40.730><c> his</c><00:35:40.949><c> own</c><00:35:41.269><c> daughter.</c>

00:35:42.070 --> 00:35:45.730
She<00:35:42.269><c> took</c><00:35:42.510><c> great</c><00:35:42.869><c> risk</c><00:35:43.469><c> to</c><00:35:43.969><c> act</c><00:35:44.230><c> compassionately</c><00:35:45.090><c> towards</c>

00:35:45.730 --> 00:35:48.889
the<00:35:46.110><c> baby</c><00:35:46.349><c> Moses</c><00:35:46.769><c> and</c><00:35:47.050><c> defy</c><00:35:47.510><c> her</c><00:35:47.650><c> father's</c><00:35:48.130><c> orders.</c>

00:35:49.429 --> 00:35:52.670
Let's<00:35:49.730><c> read</c><00:35:50.489><c> a</c><00:35:51.250><c> few</c><00:35:51.349><c> verses</c><00:35:51.650><c> later</c><00:35:51.909><c> in</c><00:35:52.030><c> chapter</c><00:35:52.269><c> two,</c><00:35:52.489><c> verse</c>

00:35:52.670 --> 00:35:55.010
five.<00:35:53.429><c> Now,</c><00:35:53.550><c> the</c><00:35:53.710><c> daughter</c><00:35:54.050><c> of</c><00:35:54.289><c> Pharaoh</c><00:35:54.429><c> came</c>

00:35:55.010 --> 00:35:58.349
down<00:35:55.550><c> to</c><00:35:55.750><c> bathe</c><00:35:55.929><c> at</c><00:35:56.010><c> the</c><00:35:56.190><c> river</c><00:35:56.530><c> while</c><00:35:56.909><c> our</c><00:35:57.130><c> young</c><00:35:57.309><c> women</c><00:35:57.570><c> walked</c><00:35:57.809><c> beside</c><00:35:58.190><c> the</c>

00:35:58.349 --> 00:36:00.110
river.<00:35:58.849><c> She</c><00:35:59.130><c> saw</c><00:35:59.329><c> the</c><00:35:59.550><c> basket</c>

00:36:00.110 --> 00:36:03.869
that<00:36:00.650><c> Moses</c><00:36:01.050><c> was</c><00:36:01.369><c> placed</c><00:36:01.630><c> in</c><00:36:02.230><c> among</c><00:36:02.750><c> the</c><00:36:02.969><c> reeds</c><00:36:03.250><c> and</c><00:36:03.570><c> sent</c><00:36:03.710><c> her</c>

00:36:03.869 --> 00:36:05.829
servant<00:36:04.110><c> woman,</c><00:36:04.510><c> and</c><00:36:04.690><c> she</c><00:36:04.869><c> took</c><00:36:05.050><c> it.</c><00:36:05.349><c> And</c><00:36:05.449><c> when</c><00:36:05.570><c> she</c>

00:36:05.829 --> 00:36:11.630
opened<00:36:06.150><c> it,</c><00:36:06.789><c> she</c><00:36:06.989><c> saw</c><00:36:07.230><c> the</c><00:36:07.469><c> child,</c><00:36:07.829><c> and</c><00:36:08.010><c> behold,</c><00:36:08.969><c> the</c><00:36:09.090><c> baby</c><00:36:09.329><c> was</c><00:36:09.610><c> crying,</c><00:36:10.429><c> and</c><00:36:10.650><c> she</c><00:36:10.869><c> took</c><00:36:11.110><c> pity</c><00:36:11.429><c> on</c>

00:36:11.630 --> 00:36:13.710
him<00:36:12.429><c> and</c><00:36:13.110><c> said,</c>

00:36:13.769 --> 00:36:17.489
this<00:36:14.050><c> is</c><00:36:14.269><c> one</c><00:36:14.429><c> of</c><00:36:14.530><c> the</c><00:36:14.670><c> Hebrews'</c><00:36:14.949><c> children.</c><00:36:16.750><c> Then</c><00:36:17.050><c> his</c><00:36:17.210><c> sister</c>

00:36:17.489 --> 00:36:19.469
Miriam<00:36:18.070><c> said</c><00:36:18.489><c> to</c><00:36:18.710><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:36:18.969><c> daughter,</c><00:36:19.269><c> shall</c>

00:36:19.469 --> 00:36:21.909
I<00:36:19.710><c> go</c><00:36:19.949><c> and</c><00:36:20.230><c> call</c><00:36:20.409><c> you</c><00:36:20.610><c> a</c><00:36:20.730><c> nurse</c><00:36:20.869><c> from</c><00:36:21.070><c> the</c><00:36:21.210><c> Hebrew</c><00:36:21.389><c> woman</c><00:36:21.650><c> to</c>

00:36:21.909 --> 00:36:24.789
nurse<00:36:22.130><c> this</c><00:36:22.429><c> child</c><00:36:22.610><c> for</c><00:36:22.829><c> you?</c><00:36:23.929><c> And</c><00:36:24.210><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:36:24.550><c> daughter</c>

00:36:24.789 --> 00:36:27.530
said<00:36:25.010><c> to</c><00:36:25.190><c> her,</c><00:36:25.690><c> go.</c><00:36:25.969><c> And</c><00:36:26.250><c> so</c><00:36:26.369><c> the</c><00:36:26.530><c> child</c><00:36:26.730><c> went</c><00:36:26.989><c> and</c><00:36:27.150><c> called</c><00:36:27.329><c> the</c>

00:36:27.530 --> 00:36:29.849
child's<00:36:27.869><c> mother,</c><00:36:28.530><c> and</c><00:36:28.909><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:36:29.349><c> daughter</c><00:36:29.550><c> said</c><00:36:29.730><c> to</c>

00:36:29.849 --> 00:36:32.389
her,<00:36:30.030><c> take</c><00:36:30.170><c> this</c><00:36:30.429><c> child</c><00:36:30.590><c> away</c><00:36:30.849><c> and</c><00:36:30.969><c> nurse</c><00:36:31.190><c> him</c><00:36:31.349><c> for</c><00:36:31.530><c> me,</c><00:36:32.110><c> and</c><00:36:32.269><c> I</c>

00:36:32.389 --> 00:36:35.949
will<00:36:32.590><c> give</c><00:36:32.769><c> you</c><00:36:34.090><c> your</c><00:36:34.250><c> wages.</c><00:36:35.150><c> So</c><00:36:35.329><c> the</c><00:36:35.469><c> woman</c><00:36:35.690><c> took</c>

00:36:35.949 --> 00:36:39.070
the<00:36:36.190><c> child</c><00:36:36.469><c> and</c><00:36:36.650><c> nursed</c><00:36:36.909><c> him.</c><00:36:37.489><c> And</c><00:36:37.630><c> when</c><00:36:37.769><c> the</c><00:36:37.969><c> child</c><00:36:38.090><c> grew</c><00:36:38.309><c> older,</c><00:36:38.789><c> she</c>

00:36:39.070 --> 00:36:40.510
brought<00:36:39.429><c> him</c><00:36:39.610><c> to</c><00:36:39.849><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:36:40.190><c> daughter,</c>

00:36:40.750 --> 00:36:45.610
and<00:36:41.010><c> he</c><00:36:41.329><c> became</c><00:36:41.710><c> her</c><00:36:42.130><c> son.</c><00:36:42.989><c> And</c><00:36:43.269><c> she</c><00:36:43.469><c> named</c><00:36:43.690><c> him</c><00:36:43.889><c> Moses</c><00:36:44.409><c> because</c><00:36:45.010><c> she</c><00:36:45.309><c> said,</c><00:36:45.469><c> I</c>

00:36:45.610 --> 00:36:47.190
drew<00:36:45.809><c> him</c><00:36:45.969><c> out</c><00:36:46.130><c> of</c><00:36:46.329><c> water.</c>

00:36:49.250 --> 00:36:53.090
Again,<00:36:50.610><c> the</c><00:36:50.789><c> compassion</c><00:36:51.429><c> that</c><00:36:51.750><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:36:52.110><c> daughter</c><00:36:52.329><c> showed</c>

00:36:53.090 --> 00:36:59.150
towards<00:36:54.389><c> one</c><00:36:55.690><c> of</c><00:36:55.809><c> these</c><00:36:56.809><c> sojourners,</c><00:36:58.889><c> somebody</c>

00:36:59.150 --> 00:37:02.250
from<00:36:59.289><c> the</c><00:36:59.550><c> immigrant</c><00:36:59.789><c> population,</c><00:37:01.250><c> she</c><00:37:01.510><c> put</c><00:37:01.670><c> her</c><00:37:01.889><c> neck</c><00:37:02.030><c> on</c>

00:37:02.250 --> 00:37:04.710
the<00:37:02.429><c> line.</c><00:37:02.750><c> She</c><00:37:03.030><c> defied</c><00:37:03.489><c> her</c><00:37:03.730><c> father's</c><00:37:04.329><c> orders,</c>

00:37:04.710 --> 00:37:12.550
and<00:37:05.030><c> it</c><00:37:05.210><c> could</c><00:37:05.309><c> have</c><00:37:05.469><c> gone</c><00:37:05.650><c> very</c><00:37:06.010><c> badly</c><00:37:06.289><c> for</c><00:37:06.550><c> her.</c><00:37:09.650><c> But</c><00:37:10.289><c> actually,</c><00:37:12.190><c> later</c>

00:37:12.550 --> 00:37:15.369
in<00:37:13.210><c> the</c><00:37:13.369><c> scriptures,</c><00:37:14.110><c> she's</c><00:37:14.570><c> named</c>

00:37:15.369 --> 00:37:19.469
Batya,<00:37:17.070><c> which</c><00:37:17.230><c> means</c><00:37:17.670><c> a</c><00:37:18.030><c> daughter</c><00:37:18.329><c> of</c><00:37:18.590><c> Yah,</c><00:37:18.969><c> or</c><00:37:19.170><c> a</c><00:37:19.289><c> daughter</c>

00:37:19.469 --> 00:37:23.369
of<00:37:19.730><c> Yahweh,</c><00:37:21.050><c> which</c><00:37:21.170><c> is</c><00:37:21.630><c> so</c><00:37:21.949><c> appropriate</c><00:37:22.389><c> because</c><00:37:22.889><c> she</c>

00:37:23.369 --> 00:37:27.889
chose<00:37:23.670><c> to</c><00:37:23.929><c> mirror</c><00:37:24.809><c> her</c><00:37:25.269><c> Heavenly</c><00:37:25.570><c> Father's</c><00:37:26.150><c> compassion</c><00:37:27.130><c> for</c>

00:37:27.889 --> 00:37:30.349
the<00:37:28.110><c> sojourner,</c><00:37:28.530><c> for</c><00:37:28.730><c> the</c><00:37:28.949><c> immigrant,</c><00:37:29.750><c> rather</c><00:37:30.030><c> than</c>

00:37:30.349 --> 00:37:34.309
the<00:37:30.710><c> fear</c><00:37:31.190><c> and</c><00:37:31.469><c> the</c><00:37:31.670><c> hatred</c><00:37:32.010><c> that</c><00:37:32.269><c> her</c><00:37:32.690><c> earthly</c><00:37:32.969><c> father</c><00:37:33.590><c> had</c>

00:37:34.309 --> 00:37:38.130
had<00:37:34.769><c> towards</c><00:37:35.190><c> this</c><00:37:35.510><c> people.</c><00:37:36.909><c> And</c><00:37:37.269><c> that's</c><00:37:37.789><c> another</c>

00:37:38.130 --> 00:37:46.610
great<00:37:38.710><c> model,</c><00:37:39.150><c> a</c><00:37:39.329><c> great</c><00:37:39.530><c> example</c><00:37:40.250><c> of</c><00:37:42.130><c> how</c><00:37:42.869><c> we</c><00:37:43.090><c> should</c><00:37:43.170><c> be</c><00:37:43.530><c> treating</c><00:37:44.369><c> those</c><00:37:45.329><c> around</c><00:37:46.050><c> us</c>

00:37:46.610 --> 00:37:47.670
who<00:37:46.769><c> are</c><00:37:46.949><c> in</c><00:37:47.110><c> this</c><00:37:47.329><c> vulnerable</c>

00:37:47.670 --> 00:37:53.650
population.<00:37:50.409><c> So</c><00:37:51.050><c> we</c><00:37:52.030><c> have</c><00:37:52.170><c> an</c><00:37:52.349><c> opportunity.</c><00:37:53.130><c> I</c><00:37:53.289><c> want</c><00:37:53.389><c> us</c><00:37:53.510><c> to</c>

00:37:53.650 --> 00:37:57.210
think<00:37:53.809><c> about</c><00:37:54.010><c> it</c><00:37:54.269><c> as</c><00:37:54.590><c> an</c><00:37:54.789><c> opportunity.</c><00:37:56.650><c> Sadly,</c>

00:37:57.489 --> 00:38:01.929
much<00:37:57.590><c> of</c><00:37:57.809><c> Christianity</c><00:37:58.369><c> in</c><00:37:58.590><c> the</c><00:37:58.750><c> public</c><00:37:59.050><c> eye</c><00:37:59.369><c> has</c><00:37:59.630><c> really</c><00:38:00.190><c> abandoned</c><00:38:01.090><c> God's</c><00:38:01.550><c> love</c><00:38:01.710><c> for</c>

00:38:01.929 --> 00:38:03.309
the<00:38:02.130><c> sojourner.</c>

00:38:03.470 --> 00:38:08.869
And<00:38:04.110><c> you</c><00:38:04.329><c> hear</c><00:38:04.809><c> people</c><00:38:05.530><c> that</c><00:38:05.730><c> are</c><00:38:06.050><c> claiming</c><00:38:06.349><c> to</c><00:38:06.610><c> be</c><00:38:07.309><c> Christians</c><00:38:07.750><c> that</c><00:38:07.989><c> are</c>

00:38:08.869 --> 00:38:10.570
justifying<00:38:09.570><c> and</c><00:38:09.909><c> excusing</c>

00:38:10.570 --> 00:38:13.329
the<00:38:10.769><c> hateful</c><00:38:11.090><c> rhetoric</c><00:38:11.530><c> that's</c><00:38:11.969><c> coming</c><00:38:12.110><c> out</c><00:38:12.389><c> of</c><00:38:12.869><c> our</c><00:38:13.130><c> current</c>

00:38:13.329 --> 00:38:18.150
administration.<00:38:14.710><c> And</c><00:38:14.829><c> it's</c><00:38:15.630><c> really</c><00:38:17.070><c> giving</c>

00:38:18.269 --> 00:38:21.329
our<00:38:18.750><c> Lord</c><00:38:19.030><c> a</c><00:38:19.210><c> bad</c><00:38:19.369><c> name</c><00:38:19.690><c> when</c><00:38:19.889><c> people</c><00:38:20.150><c> who</c><00:38:20.449><c> claim</c><00:38:20.630><c> to</c><00:38:20.849><c> be</c><00:38:21.030><c> his</c>

00:38:21.329 --> 00:38:25.090
followers,<00:38:22.230><c> you</c><00:38:22.389><c> know,</c><00:38:22.530><c> do</c><00:38:22.750><c> this.</c><00:38:23.670><c> But</c><00:38:24.150><c> that's</c><00:38:24.769><c> the</c>

00:38:25.090 --> 00:38:28.750
sad<00:38:25.389><c> part.</c><00:38:26.670><c> The</c><00:38:26.829><c> positive</c><00:38:27.050><c> part</c><00:38:27.230><c> is</c><00:38:27.389><c> we</c><00:38:27.510><c> have</c><00:38:27.650><c> an</c><00:38:27.769><c> opportunity.</c><00:38:28.349><c> We</c><00:38:28.429><c> have</c><00:38:28.750><c> an</c>

00:38:28.750 --> 00:38:29.590
opportunity<00:38:29.130><c> to</c><00:38:29.329><c> show</c>

00:38:29.590 --> 00:38:33.210
something<00:38:29.989><c> different.</c><00:38:31.210><c> We</c><00:38:31.309><c> can</c><00:38:31.489><c> be</c><00:38:31.730><c> a</c><00:38:31.889><c> witness</c><00:38:32.309><c> for</c><00:38:32.849><c> biblical</c>

00:38:33.210 --> 00:38:36.170
truth<00:38:33.929><c> and</c><00:38:34.869><c> for</c><00:38:35.070><c> the</c><00:38:35.269><c> love</c><00:38:35.389><c> of</c><00:38:35.610><c> our</c><00:38:35.809><c> God,</c>

00:38:36.409 --> 00:38:42.889
the<00:38:36.610><c> love</c><00:38:36.769><c> that</c><00:38:36.969><c> he</c><00:38:37.090><c> has,</c><00:38:37.989><c> the</c><00:38:38.409><c> heart</c><00:38:38.650><c> he</c><00:38:38.849><c> has</c><00:38:39.150><c> for</c><00:38:39.369><c> the</c><00:38:39.590><c> vulnerable,</c><00:38:40.190><c> for</c><00:38:40.329><c> the</c><00:38:40.530><c> victims</c><00:38:41.050><c> of</c><00:38:41.710><c> injustice.</c>

00:38:43.170 --> 00:38:49.750
And<00:38:43.809><c> we</c><00:38:44.050><c> can</c><00:38:44.230><c> be</c><00:38:44.389><c> a</c><00:38:44.530><c> witness</c><00:38:44.750><c> for</c><00:38:44.969><c> his</c><00:38:45.230><c> future</c><00:38:45.570><c> purpose,</c><00:38:46.929><c> a</c><00:38:47.250><c> unified,</c><00:38:48.050><c> multi</c><00:38:48.309><c>-ethnic</c><00:38:48.650><c> family</c><00:38:49.070><c> of</c><00:38:49.289><c> believers</c>

00:38:49.750 --> 00:38:55.050
in<00:38:50.369><c> a</c><00:38:50.550><c> new</c><00:38:50.750><c> creation</c><00:38:51.449><c> of</c><00:38:52.210><c> peace,</c><00:38:53.070><c> justice,</c><00:38:54.289><c> and</c><00:38:54.510><c> harmony</c><00:38:54.869><c> in</c>

00:38:55.050 --> 00:38:56.250
this<00:38:55.289><c> world.</c>

00:38:58.190 --> 00:39:02.449
And,<00:38:58.190><c> you</c><00:38:58.570><c> know,</c><00:38:59.090><c> we</c><00:38:59.349><c> can</c><00:38:59.869><c> be</c><00:39:00.170><c> a</c><00:39:00.329><c> witness.</c><00:39:01.190><c> You</c><00:39:01.230><c> know,</c><00:39:01.829><c> our</c><00:39:02.010><c> ecclesia</c><00:39:02.250><c> can</c>

00:39:02.449 --> 00:39:03.750
be<00:39:02.670><c> a</c><00:39:02.789><c> witness.</c><00:39:03.090><c> We</c><00:39:03.210><c> have</c><00:39:03.309><c> an</c><00:39:03.449><c> ecclesia</c>

00:39:03.750 --> 00:39:08.969
with<00:39:04.389><c> wonderful</c><00:39:04.989><c> immigrant</c><00:39:05.469><c> families</c><00:39:06.050><c> that</c><00:39:07.130><c> add</c><00:39:07.550><c> to</c><00:39:07.730><c> our</c><00:39:07.949><c> community</c><00:39:08.469><c> in</c>

00:39:08.969 --> 00:39:12.869
important<00:39:09.409><c> ways.</c><00:39:10.110><c> And,</c><00:39:10.610><c> you</c><00:39:11.449><c> know,</c><00:39:11.449><c> we</c>

00:39:13.050 --> 00:39:18.510
can<00:39:13.690><c> talk</c><00:39:13.969><c> and</c><00:39:14.130><c> share</c><00:39:14.369><c> it</c><00:39:14.670><c> with</c><00:39:14.849><c> people</c><00:39:15.750><c> who,</c><00:39:17.110><c> you</c><00:39:17.349><c> know,</c><00:39:17.949><c> we</c>

00:39:18.510 --> 00:39:21.489
run<00:39:18.750><c> across,</c><00:39:19.610><c> we</c><00:39:19.809><c> have</c><00:39:20.030><c> conversations</c><00:39:20.510><c> with.</c>

00:39:23.650 --> 00:39:29.409
We<00:39:24.289><c> have</c><00:39:24.670><c> a</c><00:39:24.769><c> really</c><00:39:24.969><c> special</c><00:39:25.289><c> thing</c><00:39:25.969><c> where</c><00:39:26.550><c> we</c><00:39:28.090><c> worship.</c><00:39:28.769><c> We</c>

00:39:29.409 --> 00:39:33.309
have<00:39:29.809><c> people</c><00:39:31.090><c> that</c><00:39:32.110><c> are,</c><00:39:32.929><c> you</c><00:39:33.230><c> know,</c>

00:39:33.349 --> 00:39:38.110
from<00:39:33.570><c> outside</c><00:39:33.909><c> this</c><00:39:34.110><c> country</c><00:39:34.389><c> who</c><00:39:34.610><c> bring</c><00:39:34.809><c> another</c><00:39:35.110><c> perspective,</c><00:39:36.489><c> who</c><00:39:37.050><c> are</c>

00:39:38.110 --> 00:39:39.210
part<00:39:38.329><c> of</c><00:39:38.489><c> our</c><00:39:38.710><c> family,</c>

00:39:39.210 --> 00:39:45.690
in<00:39:40.170><c> Christ.</c><00:39:42.170><c> That</c><00:39:42.550><c> can</c><00:39:42.710><c> be</c><00:39:42.869><c> a</c><00:39:42.969><c> witness</c><00:39:43.389><c> to</c><00:39:44.130><c> the</c><00:39:44.289><c> world</c><00:39:44.489><c> around</c><00:39:44.809><c> us.</c>

00:39:47.690 --> 00:39:53.809
We<00:39:48.070><c> are</c><00:39:48.309><c> children</c><00:39:48.690><c> of</c><00:39:48.909><c> Abraham,</c><00:39:50.369><c> the</c><00:39:50.610><c> sojourner,</c><00:39:52.389><c> and</c><00:39:53.110><c> one</c><00:39:53.690><c> of</c>

00:39:53.809 --> 00:39:56.889
the<00:39:53.949><c> things</c><00:39:54.150><c> that</c><00:39:55.349><c> the</c><00:39:55.610><c> angel</c><00:39:55.909><c> said,</c>

00:39:57.309 --> 00:40:01.989
or<00:39:57.449><c> God</c><00:39:57.630><c> said</c><00:39:57.829><c> through</c><00:39:58.050><c> the</c><00:39:58.269><c> angel</c><00:39:58.750><c> in</c><00:39:59.429><c> Genesis</c><00:39:59.849><c> 18</c><00:40:00.469><c> was</c><00:40:00.809><c> that</c>

00:40:01.989 --> 00:40:04.150
about<00:40:02.230><c> Abraham,</c><00:40:02.829><c> I</c><00:40:02.849><c> have</c><00:40:03.190><c> chosen</c><00:40:03.610><c> him</c>

00:40:04.150 --> 00:40:09.010
that<00:40:04.469><c> he</c><00:40:04.690><c> may</c><00:40:05.010><c> command</c><00:40:05.570><c> his</c><00:40:05.909><c> children</c><00:40:06.369><c> and</c><00:40:06.610><c> his</c><00:40:06.849><c> household</c><00:40:07.230><c> after</c><00:40:07.630><c> him</c><00:40:08.289><c> to</c>

00:40:09.010 --> 00:40:11.230
keep<00:40:09.230><c> the</c><00:40:09.510><c> way</c><00:40:09.710><c> of</c><00:40:09.909><c> the</c><00:40:10.070><c> Lord</c><00:40:10.449><c> by</c><00:40:10.829><c> doing</c>

00:40:11.230 --> 00:40:15.309
righteousness<00:40:11.849><c> and</c><00:40:12.809><c> justice</c><00:40:13.530><c> so</c><00:40:14.170><c> that</c><00:40:14.349><c> the</c><00:40:14.550><c> Lord</c><00:40:14.809><c> may</c><00:40:15.050><c> bring</c>

00:40:15.309 --> 00:40:18.289
to<00:40:15.590><c> Abraham</c><00:40:16.170><c> what</c><00:40:16.710><c> he</c><00:40:16.849><c> has</c><00:40:17.090><c> promised</c><00:40:17.389><c> him.</c>

00:40:19.170 --> 00:40:25.449
So<00:40:19.630><c> we</c><00:40:20.070><c> are</c><00:40:20.309><c> children</c><00:40:20.690><c> of</c><00:40:20.909><c> Abraham,</c><00:40:22.650><c> and</c><00:40:22.650><c> by</c><00:40:22.989><c> his</c><00:40:23.989><c> being</c><00:40:24.889><c> brought</c><00:40:25.230><c> into</c>

00:40:25.449 --> 00:40:28.570
his<00:40:25.710><c> family,</c><00:40:26.570><c> we</c><00:40:26.789><c> are</c><00:40:27.510><c> under</c><00:40:27.929><c> that</c><00:40:28.250><c> command</c>

00:40:28.570 --> 00:40:32.730
as<00:40:28.849><c> well,</c><00:40:29.570><c> to</c><00:40:29.809><c> do</c><00:40:30.570><c> righteousness</c><00:40:31.150><c> and</c><00:40:31.510><c> justice,</c><00:40:32.210><c> including,</c>

00:40:32.730 --> 00:40:34.570
you<00:40:33.010><c> know,</c><00:40:33.650><c> doing</c><00:40:33.789><c> what's</c><00:40:34.130><c> right</c><00:40:34.369><c> and</c>

00:40:34.570 --> 00:40:40.750
what's<00:40:34.949><c> just</c><00:40:35.250><c> for</c><00:40:36.250><c> the</c><00:40:36.630><c> vulnerable</c><00:40:37.190><c> and</c><00:40:38.650><c> the</c><00:40:38.909><c> sojourner</c><00:40:39.329><c> among</c><00:40:39.550><c> us.</c>

00:40:42.389 --> 00:40:44.949
And,<00:40:43.230><c> you</c><00:40:43.309><c> know,</c><00:40:43.369><c> to</c><00:40:43.570><c> bring</c><00:40:43.670><c> it</c><00:40:43.849><c> home</c><00:40:44.349><c> here</c>

00:40:44.949 --> 00:40:49.150
thinking<00:40:45.389><c> about</c><00:40:45.989><c> our,</c><00:40:46.489><c> you</c><00:40:46.710><c> know,</c><00:40:46.929><c> current</c><00:40:47.110><c> situation,</c><00:40:48.530><c> you</c>

00:40:49.150 --> 00:40:51.850
know,<00:40:49.230><c> you've</c><00:40:49.510><c> heard</c><00:40:49.949><c> about</c><00:40:50.369><c> all</c><00:40:50.570><c> the</c><00:40:50.730><c> news</c><00:40:51.010><c> that's</c>

00:40:52.069 --> 00:40:56.269
happening<00:40:52.469><c> back</c><00:40:53.010><c> in</c><00:40:53.230><c> my</c><00:40:53.849><c> home</c><00:40:54.170><c> of</c><00:40:54.750><c> Minneapolis,</c><00:40:55.489><c> Minnesota,</c>

00:40:56.630 --> 00:40:59.949
and<00:40:58.570><c> maybe</c><00:40:58.849><c> you've</c><00:40:59.070><c> heard</c><00:40:59.230><c> that</c><00:40:59.570><c> recently</c>

00:40:59.949 --> 00:41:04.690
plans<00:41:00.210><c> were</c><00:41:00.469><c> underway</c><00:41:00.829><c> to</c><00:41:01.110><c> build</c><00:41:01.349><c> a</c><00:41:01.929><c> large</c><00:41:02.690><c> ice</c><00:41:03.170><c> detention</c><00:41:03.869><c> facility</c><00:41:04.469><c> in</c>

00:41:04.690 --> 00:41:05.610
Merrimack,<00:41:05.070><c> New</c><00:41:05.170><c> Hampshire,</c>

00:41:06.110 --> 00:41:09.750
right<00:41:06.170><c> on</c><00:41:06.349><c> the</c><00:41:06.510><c> border</c><00:41:06.670><c> with</c><00:41:06.849><c> Massachusetts,</c><00:41:08.570><c> and</c><00:41:09.110><c> that</c><00:41:09.389><c> seems</c><00:41:09.570><c> like</c>

00:41:09.750 --> 00:41:11.810
it<00:41:09.889><c> could</c><00:41:09.989><c> be</c><00:41:10.170><c> part</c><00:41:10.329><c> of</c><00:41:10.610><c> preparations</c><00:41:11.030><c> for,</c>

00:41:12.329 --> 00:41:14.849
you<00:41:12.550><c> know,</c><00:41:12.809><c> a</c><00:41:12.929><c> surge</c><00:41:13.150><c> of</c><00:41:13.349><c> ice</c><00:41:13.570><c> activity</c><00:41:13.949><c> in</c><00:41:14.090><c> the</c><00:41:14.190><c> Boston</c><00:41:14.530><c> metro</c>

00:41:14.849 --> 00:41:16.969
area.<00:41:15.429><c> I</c><00:41:15.429><c> imagine</c><00:41:15.750><c> that,</c>

00:41:19.550 --> 00:41:28.530
yeah,<00:41:20.869><c> I</c><00:41:20.869><c> imagine</c><00:41:21.309><c> that,</c><00:41:22.949><c> you</c><00:41:23.150><c> know,</c><00:41:23.969><c> that</c><00:41:26.190><c> because</c><00:41:26.829><c> of</c><00:41:27.489><c> who</c>

00:41:28.530 --> 00:41:30.550
the<00:41:28.909><c> people</c><00:41:29.090><c> of</c><00:41:29.269><c> Massachusetts</c><00:41:29.670><c> voted</c><00:41:30.030><c> for</c><00:41:30.289><c> in</c><00:41:30.429><c> the</c>

00:41:30.550 --> 00:41:37.230
last<00:41:30.750><c> election,</c><00:41:31.829><c> that</c><00:41:32.090><c> Boston</c><00:41:32.469><c> is</c><00:41:32.670><c> a</c><00:41:32.849><c> target</c><00:41:33.090><c> as</c><00:41:33.389><c> well,</c><00:41:33.909><c> as</c><00:41:34.070><c> Minneapolis</c><00:41:34.530><c> was,</c><00:41:35.550><c> and</c><00:41:36.130><c> we</c>

00:41:37.230 --> 00:41:38.090
need<00:41:37.349><c> to</c><00:41:37.510><c> think</c><00:41:37.630><c> about</c><00:41:37.849><c> these</c>

00:41:38.090 --> 00:41:41.889
things.<00:41:38.610><c> Now,</c><00:41:39.250><c> that</c><00:41:39.530><c> detention</c><00:41:40.030><c> facility</c><00:41:40.690><c> was,</c><00:41:41.630><c> this</c><00:41:41.730><c> just</c>

00:41:41.889 --> 00:41:44.630
this<00:41:42.170><c> week,</c><00:41:42.469><c> they</c><00:41:43.190><c> scrapped</c><00:41:43.429><c> that</c><00:41:43.750><c> plan,</c>

00:41:44.989 --> 00:41:46.449
but<00:41:45.469><c> I</c><00:41:45.630><c> wouldn't</c><00:41:45.750><c> be</c><00:41:45.949><c> surprised</c><00:41:46.369><c> if</c><00:41:46.449><c> we</c><00:41:46.449><c> were</c><00:41:46.449><c> to</c><00:41:46.449><c> see</c><00:41:46.449><c> that</c>

00:41:46.449 --> 00:41:46.449
happen.<00:41:46.449><c> So,</c><00:41:46.449><c> you</c><00:41:46.449><c> know,</c>

00:41:46.449 --> 00:41:49.550
we<00:41:46.570><c> see</c><00:41:46.750><c> another</c><00:41:46.989><c> location</c><00:41:47.869><c> planned</c><00:41:48.449><c> in</c><00:41:48.710><c> place</c><00:41:48.889><c> of</c><00:41:49.050><c> that</c><00:41:49.250><c> one</c>

00:41:49.550 --> 00:41:52.289
sometime<00:41:49.989><c> soon.</c><00:41:51.309><c> So,</c><00:41:51.550><c> we</c><00:41:51.590><c> need</c><00:41:51.750><c> to</c><00:41:51.869><c> be</c><00:41:52.070><c> thinking</c>

00:41:52.289 --> 00:41:56.969
about<00:41:52.550><c> these</c><00:41:52.769><c> things.</c><00:41:53.469><c> These</c><00:41:53.750><c> could</c><00:41:53.909><c> be</c><00:41:54.349><c> affecting,</c><00:41:54.949><c> very</c><00:41:55.269><c> likely</c><00:41:55.570><c> affecting</c><00:41:56.010><c> us</c>

00:41:56.969 --> 00:41:58.550
locally,<00:41:57.789><c> you</c><00:41:57.789><c> know,</c>

00:41:58.610 --> 00:42:02.130
quite<00:41:58.809><c> soon.</c><00:42:00.429><c> And</c><00:42:00.869><c> we</c><00:42:01.110><c> got</c><00:42:01.190><c> to</c><00:42:01.309><c> think</c><00:42:01.409><c> about</c><00:42:01.570><c> what</c><00:42:01.769><c> should</c><00:42:01.949><c> we</c>

00:42:02.130 --> 00:42:05.989
be<00:42:02.130><c> doing?</c><00:42:04.150><c> And</c><00:42:04.309><c> both,</c><00:42:04.869><c> you</c><00:42:05.050><c> know,</c><00:42:05.250><c> if</c><00:42:05.469><c> that</c><00:42:05.710><c> were</c><00:42:05.849><c> to</c>

00:42:05.989 --> 00:42:10.230
come<00:42:06.150><c> about</c><00:42:06.550><c> and</c><00:42:06.909><c> but</c><00:42:07.090><c> even</c><00:42:07.409><c> before,</c><00:42:09.269><c> I</c><00:42:09.590><c> want</c><00:42:09.710><c> to</c><00:42:09.789><c> think</c><00:42:09.909><c> about</c>

00:42:10.230 --> 00:42:12.530
practical<00:42:10.809><c> ideas.</c><00:42:11.210><c> Let</c><00:42:11.349><c> me</c><00:42:11.489><c> share</c><00:42:11.630><c> a</c><00:42:11.789><c> few</c><00:42:11.889><c> things,</c>

00:42:12.530 --> 00:42:15.889
you<00:42:12.530><c> know,</c><00:42:13.409><c> that</c><00:42:13.489><c> I've</c><00:42:14.010><c> been</c><00:42:14.190><c> thinking</c><00:42:14.550><c> about</c><00:42:14.929><c> as,</c><00:42:15.429><c> as</c><00:42:15.750><c> all</c>

00:42:15.889 --> 00:42:17.489
these<00:42:16.090><c> things</c><00:42:16.269><c> have</c><00:42:16.510><c> happened.</c>

00:42:20.750 --> 00:42:24.789
In<00:42:21.389><c> St.</c><00:42:21.989><c> Paul,</c><00:42:22.250><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:42:22.710><c> where</c><00:42:23.070><c> I</c><00:42:23.329><c> grew</c><00:42:23.510><c> up,</c><00:42:23.769><c> there</c><00:42:24.050><c> are,</c>

00:42:24.789 --> 00:42:28.329
you<00:42:25.170><c> know,</c><00:42:25.449><c> two</c><00:42:26.210><c> immigrant</c><00:42:26.929><c> families,</c>

00:42:28.769 --> 00:42:37.409
brothers<00:42:29.010><c> and</c><00:42:29.269><c> sisters</c><00:42:29.590><c> from</c><00:42:31.289><c> Iran</c><00:42:32.309><c> and</c><00:42:32.750><c> from</c><00:42:33.230><c> the</c><00:42:33.449><c> Congo.</c><00:42:34.550><c> And</c><00:42:35.130><c> when</c><00:42:35.570><c> all</c><00:42:35.829><c> these</c><00:42:36.050><c> things</c><00:42:36.309><c> have</c><00:42:36.530><c> been</c><00:42:36.949><c> happening</c><00:42:37.230><c> in</c>

00:42:37.409 --> 00:42:43.989
the<00:42:37.690><c> news,</c><00:42:38.010><c> I,</c><00:42:38.650><c> my</c><00:42:38.969><c> heart,</c><00:42:39.469><c> you</c><00:42:40.849><c> know,</c><00:42:41.150><c> was</c><00:42:41.789><c> breaking</c><00:42:42.349><c> for</c><00:42:42.829><c> what</c><00:42:43.210><c> they</c><00:42:43.449><c> might</c><00:42:43.650><c> be</c>

00:42:43.989 --> 00:42:44.989
experiencing.<00:42:44.989><c> And,</c>

00:42:45.090 --> 00:42:47.889
and<00:42:45.309><c> one</c><00:42:45.730><c> of</c><00:42:45.829><c> the</c><00:42:45.969><c> things</c><00:42:46.150><c> I</c><00:42:46.329><c> thought</c><00:42:46.489><c> about</c><00:42:46.730><c> is</c><00:42:46.989><c> that,</c><00:42:47.230><c> and</c><00:42:47.389><c> this</c><00:42:47.590><c> could</c><00:42:47.710><c> be</c>

00:42:47.889 --> 00:42:50.329
true<00:42:48.130><c> of</c><00:42:48.409><c> people</c><00:42:48.829><c> around</c><00:42:49.210><c> the</c><00:42:49.409><c> country,</c>

00:42:50.389 --> 00:42:53.389
this<00:42:50.849><c> is</c><00:42:50.989><c> an</c><00:42:51.230><c> important</c><00:42:51.449><c> time</c><00:42:51.889><c> for</c><00:42:52.090><c> us</c><00:42:52.230><c> to</c><00:42:52.469><c> reach</c><00:42:52.730><c> out</c><00:42:53.090><c> to</c><00:42:53.250><c> our</c>

00:42:53.389 --> 00:42:54.769
brothers<00:42:53.550><c> and</c><00:42:53.789><c> sisters</c>

00:42:55.089 --> 00:42:59.789
and<00:42:55.389><c> let</c><00:42:55.610><c> them</c><00:42:55.909><c> know</c><00:42:56.309><c> that</c><00:42:56.829><c> you</c><00:42:57.050><c> are</c><00:42:57.289><c> praying</c><00:42:57.570><c> for</c><00:42:57.829><c> them,</c><00:42:58.889><c> that</c>

00:42:59.789 --> 00:43:02.070
you're<00:43:00.369><c> thinking</c><00:43:00.670><c> about</c><00:43:00.969><c> them</c><00:43:01.150><c> in</c><00:43:01.309><c> this</c><00:43:01.590><c> time,</c>

00:43:02.070 --> 00:43:07.230
which<00:43:02.809><c> could</c><00:43:03.550><c> be,</c><00:43:04.150><c> you</c><00:43:04.610><c> know,</c><00:43:04.849><c> a</c><00:43:04.869><c> fearful</c><00:43:05.090><c> time,</c><00:43:06.210><c> both</c><00:43:06.889><c> here</c>

00:43:07.230 --> 00:43:09.030
in<00:43:07.309><c> our</c><00:43:07.489><c> local</c><00:43:07.710><c> Ecclesia</c><00:43:07.989><c> in</c><00:43:08.170><c> Boston</c><00:43:08.489><c> as</c><00:43:08.789><c> well,</c>

00:43:09.090 --> 00:43:17.230
and<00:43:09.210><c> but,</c><00:43:09.610><c> but</c><00:43:09.610><c> also</c><00:43:09.769><c> throughout</c><00:43:10.030><c> the</c><00:43:10.230><c> country.</c><00:43:15.269><c> In</c><00:43:15.650><c> my,</c><00:43:16.369><c> in</c>

00:43:17.230 --> 00:43:19.090
my<00:43:17.469><c> school,</c><00:43:18.050><c> another</c><00:43:18.170><c> thought</c><00:43:18.449><c> that's</c><00:43:18.710><c> come</c><00:43:18.789><c> to</c><00:43:18.969><c> mind</c>

00:43:19.090 --> 00:43:22.349
is,<00:43:19.829><c> you</c><00:43:19.989><c> know,</c><00:43:20.070><c> I've</c><00:43:20.289><c> got</c><00:43:20.409><c> a</c><00:43:20.570><c> number</c><00:43:20.789><c> of</c><00:43:21.449><c> immigrant</c><00:43:21.789><c> students</c>

00:43:22.349 --> 00:43:25.789
that<00:43:22.969><c> are,</c><00:43:25.090><c> that</c><00:43:25.190><c> are,</c><00:43:25.630><c> there</c><00:43:25.630><c> are</c><00:43:25.650><c> students</c>

00:43:25.789 --> 00:43:28.349
in<00:43:25.969><c> my</c><00:43:26.190><c> school,</c><00:43:26.570><c> some</c><00:43:26.730><c> of</c><00:43:26.869><c> whom</c><00:43:26.969><c> I've</c><00:43:27.190><c> had</c><00:43:27.309><c> in</c><00:43:27.590><c> class,</c><00:43:27.969><c> and</c><00:43:28.150><c> some</c><00:43:28.269><c> of</c>

00:43:28.349 --> 00:43:29.389
whom<00:43:28.449><c> I</c><00:43:28.550><c> just</c><00:43:28.750><c> see</c><00:43:28.849><c> in</c><00:43:28.989><c> the</c><00:43:29.130><c> halls.</c>

00:43:29.389 --> 00:43:32.750
But<00:43:30.190><c> I've</c><00:43:31.170><c> thought</c><00:43:31.309><c> that,</c><00:43:31.570><c> you</c><00:43:31.849><c> know,</c><00:43:31.869><c> I</c><00:43:32.070><c> need</c><00:43:32.250><c> to</c><00:43:32.429><c> make</c><00:43:32.590><c> sure</c>

00:43:32.750 --> 00:43:35.309
that<00:43:32.969><c> they</c><00:43:33.190><c> know</c><00:43:33.429><c> that</c><00:43:33.570><c> they're</c><00:43:33.889><c> welcome</c><00:43:34.210><c> here,</c>

00:43:35.369 --> 00:43:39.010
and,<00:43:35.889><c> and</c><00:43:36.329><c> I'm</c><00:43:36.530><c> here</c><00:43:36.690><c> to</c><00:43:36.889><c> help,</c><00:43:37.170><c> you</c><00:43:37.409><c> know,</c><00:43:37.489><c> if</c><00:43:37.610><c> they</c><00:43:37.789><c> need</c><00:43:37.949><c> it.</c>

00:43:39.630 --> 00:43:41.070
So<00:43:39.849><c> that's</c><00:43:40.170><c> another</c><00:43:40.489><c> thing,</c><00:43:40.829><c> you</c><00:43:40.989><c> know,</c>

00:43:41.170 --> 00:43:44.630
thing<00:43:41.250><c> that's</c><00:43:41.489><c> come</c><00:43:41.650><c> to</c><00:43:41.869><c> mind,</c><00:43:42.150><c> another</c><00:43:42.469><c> idea.</c><00:43:43.849><c> I've</c><00:43:44.369><c> also</c>

00:43:44.630 --> 00:43:47.190
thought<00:43:44.769><c> about</c><00:43:45.369><c> how</c><00:43:46.110><c> it's</c><00:43:46.369><c> important</c><00:43:46.650><c> to,</c><00:43:46.949><c> you</c><00:43:47.030><c> know,</c>

00:43:47.349 --> 00:43:52.869
speak<00:43:47.530><c> out</c><00:43:48.429><c> against</c><00:43:49.070><c> injustice</c><00:43:49.710><c> and</c><00:43:50.070><c> to</c><00:43:50.349><c> speak</c><00:43:50.590><c> forth</c><00:43:51.130><c> the</c><00:43:51.650><c> truth</c><00:43:52.170><c> of</c>

00:43:52.869 --> 00:43:54.670
what<00:43:53.090><c> God's</c><00:43:53.469><c> view</c><00:43:53.650><c> of</c><00:43:53.909><c> justice</c><00:43:54.250><c> is,</c>

00:43:54.670 --> 00:43:59.510
his<00:43:55.090><c> concern</c><00:43:55.610><c> for</c><00:43:55.829><c> the</c><00:43:56.030><c> vulnerable,</c><00:43:56.630><c> which</c><00:43:56.909><c> includes</c><00:43:57.409><c> the</c><00:43:58.230><c> sojourner.</c><00:43:58.969><c> And</c><00:43:59.210><c> part</c><00:43:59.349><c> of</c>

00:43:59.510 --> 00:44:02.269
that<00:43:59.750><c> is</c><00:44:00.210><c> me</c><00:44:00.710><c> like</c><00:44:01.389><c> doing</c>

00:44:02.429 --> 00:44:05.909
this<00:44:02.989><c> class</c><00:44:03.329><c> tonight</c><00:44:03.670><c> to</c><00:44:03.849><c> try</c><00:44:03.989><c> to</c><00:44:04.690><c> share</c><00:44:05.050><c> that</c><00:44:05.369><c> and</c><00:44:05.610><c> to</c><00:44:05.849><c> bring</c>

00:44:05.909 --> 00:44:07.210
it<00:44:06.070><c> to</c><00:44:06.210><c> our</c><00:44:06.369><c> minds.</c>

00:44:08.910 --> 00:44:11.710
So<00:44:09.470><c> I</c><00:44:10.030><c> want</c><00:44:10.150><c> us</c><00:44:10.269><c> to</c><00:44:10.429><c> think</c><00:44:10.570><c> about,</c><00:44:10.929><c> you</c><00:44:10.929><c> know,</c>

00:44:13.550 --> 00:44:15.650
things<00:44:13.769><c> like</c><00:44:14.050><c> that</c><00:44:14.170><c> that</c><00:44:14.230><c> we</c><00:44:14.349><c> can</c><00:44:14.429><c> do</c><00:44:14.590><c> now,</c><00:44:14.969><c> but</c><00:44:15.150><c> also</c><00:44:15.469><c> think</c>

00:44:15.650 --> 00:44:17.750
about,<00:44:15.949><c> you</c><00:44:16.110><c> know,</c><00:44:16.250><c> if</c><00:44:16.869><c> the</c><00:44:17.230><c> government</c><00:44:17.449><c> agents</c>

00:44:17.750 --> 00:44:27.949
were<00:44:17.929><c> to</c><00:44:18.110><c> start</c><00:44:18.269><c> coming</c><00:44:18.869><c> into</c><00:44:21.190><c> our</c><00:44:22.090><c> communities,</c><00:44:23.570><c> into</c><00:44:24.409><c> my</c><00:44:24.690><c> school,</c><00:44:25.949><c> you</c><00:44:25.989><c> know,</c><00:44:26.329><c> what</c><00:44:27.590><c> should</c><00:44:27.829><c> I</c>

00:44:27.949 --> 00:44:29.289
be<00:44:28.150><c> doing</c><00:44:28.309><c> next?</c>

00:44:30.389 --> 00:44:33.969
What<00:44:30.570><c> if</c><00:44:30.650><c> they</c><00:44:30.849><c> come</c><00:44:31.030><c> after</c><00:44:32.150><c> members</c><00:44:32.610><c> of</c><00:44:32.809><c> our</c><00:44:32.929><c> Ecclesia?</c><00:44:33.590><c> What</c>

00:44:33.969 --> 00:44:35.429
are<00:44:34.110><c> we</c><00:44:34.230><c> going</c><00:44:34.389><c> to</c><00:44:34.550><c> do?</c>

00:44:36.050 --> 00:44:38.789
Are<00:44:36.150><c> the</c><00:44:36.329><c> things,</c><00:44:36.630><c> you</c><00:44:36.670><c> know,</c><00:44:36.929><c> if</c><00:44:37.070><c> you</c><00:44:37.110><c> hear</c><00:44:37.250><c> about</c><00:44:37.429><c> things</c><00:44:37.670><c> that</c><00:44:37.869><c> people</c><00:44:38.190><c> in</c>

00:44:38.789 --> 00:44:40.409
the<00:44:39.030><c> Twin</c><00:44:39.150><c> Cities</c><00:44:39.389><c> did</c><00:44:39.690><c> about</c>

00:44:42.069 --> 00:44:45.469
caring<00:44:42.469><c> for</c><00:44:42.869><c> neighbors</c><00:44:43.730><c> and</c><00:44:43.969><c> going</c><00:44:44.130><c> out</c><00:44:44.329><c> and</c><00:44:44.510><c> buying</c><00:44:44.630><c> groceries,</c><00:44:45.230><c> because</c>

00:44:45.469 --> 00:44:46.389
they<00:44:45.570><c> were,</c><00:44:45.809><c> these</c><00:44:45.969><c> people</c><00:44:46.190><c> were</c>

00:44:46.389 --> 00:44:50.429
fearful<00:44:46.750><c> to</c><00:44:47.650><c> leave</c><00:44:48.110><c> their</c><00:44:48.329><c> homes</c><00:44:48.949><c> because</c><00:44:49.489><c> there's</c><00:44:50.070><c> just</c><00:44:50.289><c> so</c>

00:44:50.429 --> 00:44:55.369
many<00:44:50.610><c> of</c><00:44:50.750><c> these</c><00:44:51.809><c> agents</c><00:44:53.650><c> out</c><00:44:53.849><c> on</c><00:44:54.030><c> the</c><00:44:54.210><c> streets</c><00:44:54.489><c> and</c><00:44:54.690><c> stuff.</c>

00:44:56.110 --> 00:45:00.349
So<00:44:56.110><c> to</c><00:44:56.610><c> frame</c><00:44:56.809><c> the</c><00:44:57.050><c> question,</c><00:44:59.190><c> I'll</c><00:44:59.190><c> say,</c><00:44:59.530><c> think</c><00:44:59.869><c> about</c><00:45:00.130><c> what</c>

00:45:00.349 --> 00:45:03.190
can<00:45:00.530><c> we</c><00:45:00.670><c> do</c><00:45:00.789><c> to</c><00:45:00.909><c> show</c><00:45:01.170><c> justice,</c><00:45:01.809><c> kindness,</c><00:45:02.929><c> love,</c>

00:45:03.190 --> 00:45:06.130
and<00:45:03.449><c> compassion</c><00:45:04.050><c> towards</c><00:45:04.690><c> the</c><00:45:04.909><c> immigrants</c><00:45:05.210><c> in</c><00:45:05.449><c> our</c><00:45:05.650><c> lives,</c>

00:45:06.510 --> 00:45:09.190
in<00:45:06.650><c> our</c><00:45:06.869><c> schools</c><00:45:07.389><c> and</c><00:45:07.570><c> places</c><00:45:07.889><c> of</c><00:45:08.170><c> work,</c>

00:45:09.169 --> 00:45:14.070
in<00:45:09.449><c> our</c><00:45:09.630><c> neighborhoods,</c><00:45:10.670><c> in</c><00:45:10.670><c> our</c><00:45:10.789><c> Ecclesias.</c><00:45:12.590><c> And</c><00:45:12.889><c> I</c><00:45:13.449><c> open</c><00:45:13.869><c> it</c>

00:45:14.070 --> 00:45:18.150
up<00:45:14.289><c> for</c><00:45:15.170><c> practical</c><00:45:15.710><c> ideas</c><00:45:16.170><c> that</c><00:45:16.369><c> people</c><00:45:16.829><c> have</c>

00:45:18.289 --> 00:45:22.409
right<00:45:18.590><c> now.</c><00:45:19.289><c> I</c><00:45:19.489><c> give</c><00:45:19.650><c> you</c><00:45:19.829><c> the</c><00:45:20.070><c> floor</c><00:45:20.289><c> to,</c><00:45:21.250><c> you</c><00:45:21.250><c> know,</c><00:45:21.530><c> if</c><00:45:21.610><c> there</c><00:45:21.989><c> are</c>

00:45:22.409 --> 00:45:24.050
ideas<00:45:22.630><c> you've</c><00:45:22.969><c> got</c><00:45:23.250><c> that</c><00:45:23.670><c> you</c><00:45:23.929><c> could</c>

00:45:24.050 --> 00:45:33.690
add<00:45:24.309><c> to</c><00:45:24.489><c> the</c><00:45:24.670><c> things</c><00:45:24.789><c> I've</c><00:45:25.170><c> shared,</c><00:45:25.909><c> I'd</c><00:45:26.530><c> love</c><00:45:26.650><c> to</c><00:45:26.849><c> hear.</c><00:45:30.369><c> Well,</c><00:45:31.369><c> think</c><00:45:33.210><c> about</c><00:45:33.510><c> it.</c>

00:45:33.849 --> 00:45:34.809
If<00:45:34.070><c> you</c><00:45:34.250><c> come</c><00:45:34.369><c> up</c><00:45:34.510><c> with</c><00:45:34.610><c> something,</c>

00:45:34.809 --> 00:45:39.769
we<00:45:35.030><c> can</c><00:45:35.210><c> also,</c><00:45:35.750><c> at</c><00:45:36.050><c> the</c><00:45:36.170><c> end,</c><00:45:36.789><c> I'm</c><00:45:37.429><c> happy</c><00:45:37.670><c> to</c><00:45:37.869><c> hear</c><00:45:37.989><c> other</c><00:45:38.289><c> ideas</c><00:45:38.670><c> at</c><00:45:38.869><c> the</c><00:45:39.010><c> end.</c><00:45:39.610><c> I</c>

00:45:39.769 --> 00:45:41.789
just<00:45:39.949><c> have</c><00:45:40.090><c> a</c><00:45:40.230><c> few</c><00:45:40.630><c> kind</c><00:45:40.829><c> of</c><00:45:41.030><c> closing</c>

00:45:44.289 --> 00:45:48.389
thoughts.<00:45:44.769><c> Thinking</c><00:45:45.250><c> about,</c><00:45:46.289><c> you</c><00:45:46.289><c> know,</c><00:45:47.769><c> circling</c><00:45:47.969><c> back</c><00:45:48.230><c> to</c>

00:45:48.389 --> 00:45:50.769
that<00:45:48.650><c> phrase</c><00:45:49.010><c> that</c><00:45:49.210><c> we</c><00:45:49.369><c> heard,</c><00:45:49.929><c> and</c><00:45:50.250><c> it</c><00:45:50.489><c> actually</c>

00:45:50.769 --> 00:45:54.510
appears<00:45:51.050><c> many</c><00:45:52.750><c> more</c><00:45:53.010><c> times</c><00:45:53.190><c> than</c><00:45:53.289><c> we</c><00:45:53.429><c> looked</c><00:45:53.630><c> at</c><00:45:53.849><c> this,</c><00:45:54.329><c> you</c>

00:45:54.510 --> 00:45:57.550
were<00:45:54.789><c> strangers</c><00:45:55.289><c> in</c><00:45:55.530><c> the</c><00:45:55.690><c> land</c><00:45:55.869><c> of</c><00:45:56.090><c> Egypt.</c><00:45:56.909><c> And</c><00:45:57.389><c> that</c>

00:45:57.550 --> 00:46:05.289
part<00:45:57.929><c> of</c><00:45:58.130><c> the</c><00:45:58.969><c> reason</c><00:45:59.409><c> why</c><00:46:00.210><c> the</c><00:46:00.610><c> Israelites</c><00:46:00.869><c> were</c><00:46:01.190><c> to</c><00:46:02.269><c> show</c><00:46:02.590><c> kindness</c><00:46:03.030><c> and</c><00:46:03.329><c> love</c><00:46:03.750><c> to</c>

00:46:05.289 --> 00:46:07.269
the<00:46:05.550><c> sojourner</c><00:46:05.969><c> among</c><00:46:06.230><c> them.</c>

00:46:08.690 --> 00:46:16.269
It<00:46:09.090><c> should</c><00:46:09.329><c> have</c><00:46:10.369><c> elicited</c><00:46:11.750><c> a</c><00:46:12.889><c> response</c><00:46:13.389><c> to</c><00:46:13.590><c> them</c><00:46:13.730><c> as</c><00:46:13.869><c> they</c><00:46:14.070><c> look</c><00:46:14.210><c> back,</c><00:46:14.630><c> remembering</c><00:46:15.070><c> their</c><00:46:15.349><c> time</c><00:46:15.590><c> as</c><00:46:15.829><c> sojourners.</c>

00:46:16.550 --> 00:46:20.030
It<00:46:16.670><c> should</c><00:46:16.809><c> have</c><00:46:16.969><c> elicited</c><00:46:17.309><c> an</c><00:46:17.550><c> empathetic</c><00:46:18.210><c> response</c><00:46:19.050><c> towards</c><00:46:19.670><c> those</c>

00:46:20.030 --> 00:46:21.289
who<00:46:20.210><c> were</c><00:46:20.329><c> sojourners</c><00:46:20.809><c> in</c><00:46:20.969><c> the</c><00:46:21.110><c> land</c>

00:46:21.289 --> 00:46:27.369
of<00:46:21.389><c> Israel</c><00:46:21.789><c> when</c><00:46:22.090><c> they</c><00:46:23.210><c> went</c><00:46:23.409><c> into</c><00:46:23.670><c> the</c><00:46:23.889><c> land</c><00:46:24.090><c> and</c><00:46:24.869><c> began</c><00:46:25.489><c> the</c>

00:46:27.369 --> 00:46:30.389
nation<00:46:27.710><c> of</c><00:46:28.010><c> Israel</c><00:46:28.429><c> at</c><00:46:29.090><c> that</c><00:46:29.349><c> time.</c>

00:46:32.090 --> 00:46:36.789
You<00:46:32.150><c> know,</c><00:46:32.329><c> I'm</c><00:46:32.510><c> thinking</c><00:46:32.710><c> about</c><00:46:33.809><c> how</c><00:46:35.190><c> they</c><00:46:35.769><c> should</c><00:46:35.929><c> have</c><00:46:36.110><c> been</c><00:46:36.210><c> able</c><00:46:36.650><c> to</c>

00:46:36.789 --> 00:46:38.250
look<00:46:36.989><c> back</c><00:46:37.329><c> and</c><00:46:37.690><c> think</c><00:46:37.929><c> about</c>

00:46:38.250 --> 00:46:44.309
what<00:46:38.750><c> things</c><00:46:39.869><c> were</c><00:46:40.150><c> like</c><00:46:40.329><c> in</c><00:46:40.489><c> the</c><00:46:40.670><c> past,</c><00:46:41.610><c> reminded</c><00:46:41.929><c> me</c><00:46:42.949><c> of</c><00:46:43.869><c> my</c>

00:46:44.309 --> 00:46:47.210
personal<00:46:44.630><c> history</c><00:46:45.250><c> as</c><00:46:45.610><c> well.</c><00:46:46.610><c> Like,</c>

00:46:47.210 --> 00:46:51.070
my<00:46:47.409><c> family</c><00:46:47.650><c> and</c><00:46:47.829><c> I</c><00:46:48.030><c> lived</c><00:46:48.369><c> as</c><00:46:49.269><c> legal</c><00:46:49.590><c> aliens</c><00:46:50.110><c> in</c><00:46:50.510><c> another</c><00:46:50.750><c> land</c>

00:46:51.070 --> 00:46:54.329
for<00:46:51.309><c> a</c><00:46:51.469><c> time,</c><00:46:52.230><c> and</c><00:46:52.670><c> so</c><00:46:53.110><c> we</c><00:46:53.510><c> know</c><00:46:53.690><c> to</c><00:46:53.869><c> some</c><00:46:54.050><c> degree</c>

00:46:54.329 --> 00:46:59.070
what<00:46:54.489><c> it's</c><00:46:54.769><c> like</c><00:46:54.969><c> to</c><00:46:55.610><c> stand</c><00:46:56.070><c> out,</c><00:46:56.469><c> to</c><00:46:56.489><c> feel</c><00:46:56.750><c> vulnerable.</c><00:46:58.510><c> I</c><00:46:58.869><c> in</c>

00:46:59.070 --> 00:47:01.730
particular<00:46:59.469><c> learned</c><00:47:00.110><c> what</c><00:47:00.809><c> it's</c><00:47:01.050><c> like</c><00:47:01.150><c> to</c><00:47:01.289><c> be</c><00:47:01.449><c> arrested</c>

00:47:01.730 --> 00:47:06.909
by<00:47:02.030><c> authorities,</c><00:47:03.389><c> and</c><00:47:03.750><c> I</c><00:47:04.030><c> remember</c><00:47:04.469><c> the</c><00:47:04.789><c> fear</c><00:47:05.510><c> that</c><00:47:05.929><c> I</c><00:47:06.090><c> stood,</c>

00:47:07.210 --> 00:47:09.449
that<00:47:07.650><c> I</c><00:47:07.869><c> had</c><00:47:08.010><c> as</c><00:47:08.210><c> I</c><00:47:08.389><c> stood</c><00:47:08.530><c> before</c><00:47:08.849><c> a</c><00:47:09.070><c> judge,</c>

00:47:09.730 --> 00:47:15.050
knowing<00:47:09.989><c> that</c><00:47:10.190><c> he</c><00:47:10.269><c> could</c><00:47:10.409><c> put</c><00:47:10.530><c> me</c><00:47:10.750><c> in</c><00:47:10.909><c> prison,</c><00:47:11.929><c> especially</c><00:47:12.670><c> after</c><00:47:13.250><c> seeing</c><00:47:14.289><c> a</c>

00:47:15.050 --> 00:47:15.610
bunch,<00:47:15.389><c> you</c><00:47:15.389><c> know,</c>

00:47:15.610 --> 00:47:18.949
half<00:47:15.809><c>-dozen</c><00:47:16.110><c> or</c><00:47:16.269><c> so</c><00:47:16.469><c> people</c><00:47:16.849><c> ahead</c><00:47:17.050><c> of</c><00:47:17.170><c> me</c><00:47:17.309><c> all</c><00:47:17.449><c> in</c><00:47:17.650><c> handcuffs,</c>

00:47:19.369 --> 00:47:21.650
standing<00:47:20.190><c> before</c><00:47:20.530><c> the</c><00:47:20.789><c> judge,</c>

00:47:22.869 --> 00:47:26.949
and<00:47:23.349><c> each</c><00:47:23.730><c> one,</c><00:47:24.369><c> after</c><00:47:24.750><c> talking</c><00:47:25.809><c> to</c><00:47:25.989><c> the</c><00:47:26.150><c> judge,</c><00:47:26.570><c> handcuffs</c>

00:47:26.949 --> 00:47:29.090
went<00:47:27.110><c> back</c><00:47:27.449><c> on</c><00:47:27.650><c> and</c><00:47:27.750><c> they</c><00:47:28.210><c> were</c><00:47:28.329><c> brought</c><00:47:28.570><c> away,</c>

00:47:29.309 --> 00:47:31.570
and<00:47:29.789><c> they</c><00:47:29.889><c> were</c><00:47:30.030><c> speaking</c><00:47:30.329><c> mainly</c><00:47:30.630><c> in</c><00:47:30.750><c> the</c><00:47:30.929><c> tribal</c><00:47:31.130><c> language</c>

00:47:31.570 --> 00:47:33.690
that<00:47:31.750><c> I</c><00:47:32.510><c> didn't</c><00:47:32.690><c> know</c><00:47:33.050><c> and</c><00:47:33.409><c> couldn't</c>

00:47:33.690 --> 00:47:37.289
understand,<00:47:34.030><c> but</c><00:47:34.190><c> it</c><00:47:34.289><c> just</c><00:47:34.530><c> seemed</c><00:47:34.730><c> like</c><00:47:34.969><c> this</c><00:47:35.190><c> judge</c><00:47:35.349><c> is</c><00:47:35.510><c> very</c><00:47:35.869><c> stern</c><00:47:36.250><c> and</c>

00:47:37.289 --> 00:47:39.689
it<00:47:37.630><c> wasn't</c><00:47:37.889><c> looking</c><00:47:38.150><c> good</c><00:47:38.389><c> for</c><00:47:38.610><c> me</c><00:47:38.889><c> as</c><00:47:39.449><c> I</c>

00:47:39.690 --> 00:47:46.269
stood<00:47:40.130><c> before</c><00:47:40.130><c> him</c><00:47:40.889><c> for</c><00:47:42.250><c> a</c><00:47:42.630><c> traffic</c><00:47:43.530><c> violation.</c><00:47:45.349><c> They</c><00:47:45.869><c> arrest</c>

00:47:46.269 --> 00:47:48.409
you<00:47:46.570><c> and</c><00:47:46.809><c> you</c><00:47:46.989><c> have</c><00:47:47.130><c> to</c><00:47:47.210><c> go</c><00:47:47.329><c> to</c><00:47:47.510><c> court,</c>

00:47:48.909 --> 00:47:53.570
but<00:47:49.090><c> based</c><00:47:49.489><c> on</c><00:47:49.730><c> the</c><00:47:49.849><c> fact</c><00:47:50.010><c> that</c><00:47:50.190><c> it</c><00:47:50.190><c> was</c><00:47:50.570><c> like,</c><00:47:52.869><c> I</c><00:47:53.010><c> mean,</c><00:47:53.309><c> it's</c>

00:47:53.570 --> 00:47:56.829
unclear<00:47:53.969><c> that</c><00:47:54.409><c> what</c><00:47:54.849><c> the</c><00:47:56.090><c> speed</c><00:47:56.349><c> limits</c><00:47:56.590><c> are,</c>

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there's<00:47:57.289><c> very,</c><00:47:57.670><c> very</c><00:47:57.789><c> few</c><00:47:57.989><c> signs,</c><00:47:58.809><c> and</c><00:48:00.409><c> I</c><00:48:01.590><c> left</c><00:48:02.050><c> a</c><00:48:02.289><c> village</c><00:48:02.510><c> and</c><00:48:02.650><c> there's</c><00:48:02.909><c> corn</c><00:48:03.070><c> fields</c><00:48:03.250><c> on</c>

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both<00:48:03.670><c> sides,</c>

00:48:03.869 --> 00:48:07.369
so<00:48:04.070><c> I</c><00:48:04.210><c> thought</c><00:48:04.309><c> it</c><00:48:04.469><c> went</c><00:48:04.590><c> back</c><00:48:04.889><c> to</c><00:48:05.110><c> the</c><00:48:05.409><c> normal</c><00:48:05.849><c> 80</c><00:48:06.829><c> kilometers</c>

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an<00:48:07.630><c> hour,</c><00:48:07.889><c> but</c><00:48:08.349><c> apparently</c><00:48:09.010><c> I</c><00:48:09.130><c> was</c><00:48:09.309><c> wrong.</c>

00:48:09.550 --> 00:48:13.929
It<00:48:09.670><c> was</c><00:48:09.849><c> still</c><00:48:10.329><c> 50</c><00:48:10.769><c> even</c><00:48:11.010><c> though</c><00:48:11.210><c> that</c><00:48:11.469><c> village</c><00:48:11.750><c> seemed</c><00:48:12.010><c> to</c><00:48:12.289><c> end,</c><00:48:12.849><c> but</c><00:48:13.530><c> based</c><00:48:13.809><c> on</c>

00:48:13.929 --> 00:48:14.889
how<00:48:14.170><c> fast</c><00:48:14.369><c> I</c><00:48:14.489><c> was</c><00:48:14.670><c> going,</c>

00:48:14.889 --> 00:48:17.630
they<00:48:15.170><c> could</c><00:48:15.309><c> have</c><00:48:15.429><c> put</c><00:48:15.489><c> me</c><00:48:15.769><c> in</c><00:48:15.909><c> jail.</c><00:48:16.150><c> They</c><00:48:16.289><c> could</c><00:48:16.469><c> have</c><00:48:17.349><c> fined</c>

00:48:17.630 --> 00:48:19.230
me<00:48:17.829><c> a</c><00:48:17.949><c> big</c><00:48:18.190><c> fine.</c><00:48:18.449><c> They</c><00:48:18.610><c> could</c><00:48:18.769><c> have</c><00:48:18.889><c> taken</c><00:48:19.070><c> away</c>

00:48:19.230 --> 00:48:22.289
my<00:48:19.449><c> driver's</c><00:48:19.809><c> license</c><00:48:19.949><c> for</c><00:48:20.170><c> six</c><00:48:20.349><c> months,</c><00:48:20.550><c> so</c><00:48:20.789><c> I</c><00:48:21.489><c> felt</c><00:48:21.849><c> kind</c><00:48:22.150><c> of</c>

00:48:22.289 --> 00:48:27.110
vulnerable,<00:48:22.769><c> and</c><00:48:24.869><c> I</c><00:48:25.230><c> remember</c><00:48:25.510><c> that</c><00:48:26.170><c> fear,</c>

00:48:27.510 --> 00:48:33.130
so<00:48:27.809><c> I</c><00:48:27.929><c> have</c><00:48:28.050><c> a</c><00:48:28.269><c> sensitivity,</c><00:48:28.949><c> I</c><00:48:29.510><c> think,</c><00:48:30.469><c> to</c><00:48:30.730><c> these</c><00:48:30.949><c> issues</c><00:48:31.670><c> because</c><00:48:32.949><c> of</c>

00:48:33.130 --> 00:48:34.969
having<00:48:33.349><c> gained</c><00:48:33.670><c> an</c><00:48:34.090><c> understanding</c><00:48:34.730><c> of</c><00:48:34.849><c> what</c>

00:48:34.969 --> 00:48:40.070
it's<00:48:35.130><c> like</c><00:48:35.250><c> to</c><00:48:35.489><c> be</c><00:48:35.849><c> a</c><00:48:36.070><c> minority,</c><00:48:37.269><c> being</c><00:48:37.409><c> what</c><00:48:37.530><c> it's</c><00:48:37.769><c> like</c><00:48:37.889><c> to</c><00:48:38.090><c> be</c><00:48:38.650><c> in</c><00:48:39.869><c> a</c>

00:48:40.070 --> 00:48:41.570
foreign<00:48:40.230><c> culture,</c>

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and<00:48:42.769><c> knowing</c><00:48:43.030><c> that</c><00:48:43.489><c> fear</c><00:48:44.090><c> of</c><00:48:45.329><c> facing</c><00:48:45.610><c> possible</c><00:48:46.650><c> incarceration,</c><00:48:48.750><c> but</c><00:48:49.030><c> I</c><00:48:49.150><c> know</c>

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what<00:48:49.730><c> I've</c><00:48:50.110><c> experienced</c>

00:48:50.329 --> 00:48:55.269
is<00:48:50.530><c> only</c><00:48:50.710><c> a</c><00:48:50.929><c> small</c><00:48:51.130><c> taste</c><00:48:51.409><c> of</c><00:48:51.670><c> what</c><00:48:52.409><c> people</c><00:48:52.710><c> of</c><00:48:52.909><c> color</c><00:48:53.070><c> experience</c><00:48:53.949><c> in</c><00:48:54.989><c> our</c>

00:48:55.269 --> 00:48:58.329
society<00:48:55.849><c> and</c><00:48:56.590><c> when</c><00:48:57.510><c> they</c><00:48:57.889><c> have</c>

00:48:58.329 --> 00:49:02.489
interactions<00:48:58.789><c> with</c><00:48:59.050><c> law</c><00:48:59.210><c> enforcement</c><00:48:59.590><c> sometimes,</c><00:49:01.710><c> and</c><00:49:02.210><c> in</c>

00:49:02.489 --> 00:49:04.949
this<00:49:02.690><c> current</c><00:49:02.969><c> situation,</c><00:49:03.630><c> people</c><00:49:03.889><c> being</c><00:49:04.130><c> singled</c><00:49:04.530><c> out</c>

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because<00:49:05.429><c> of</c><00:49:05.590><c> how</c><00:49:05.789><c> they</c><00:49:05.969><c> look,</c><00:49:07.909><c> I</c><00:49:08.230><c> knew</c><00:49:08.429><c> that</c><00:49:08.630><c> for</c><00:49:09.010><c> the</c><00:49:09.150><c> most</c><00:49:09.309><c> part</c><00:49:09.469><c> I</c>

00:49:09.570 --> 00:49:11.309
was<00:49:09.769><c> singled</c><00:49:10.050><c> out</c><00:49:10.289><c> and</c><00:49:10.489><c> I</c><00:49:10.650><c> got</c><00:49:10.769><c> pulled</c><00:49:11.010><c> over</c>

00:49:11.309 --> 00:49:15.550
quite<00:49:11.570><c> regularly,</c><00:49:13.869><c> probably</c><00:49:14.289><c> just</c><00:49:14.570><c> because</c><00:49:14.889><c> they</c><00:49:15.190><c> figured</c><00:49:15.389><c> I</c>

00:49:15.550 --> 00:49:17.929
was<00:49:15.750><c> a</c><00:49:15.829><c> good</c><00:49:15.969><c> target</c><00:49:16.309><c> for</c><00:49:16.710><c> getting</c><00:49:16.949><c> a</c><00:49:17.190><c> bribe,</c>

00:49:18.530 --> 00:49:21.670
and<00:49:19.010><c> most</c><00:49:19.230><c> of</c><00:49:19.329><c> the</c><00:49:19.449><c> time</c><00:49:19.570><c> I</c><00:49:19.670><c> wasn't</c><00:49:19.929><c> in</c><00:49:20.170><c> danger</c><00:49:20.409><c> for</c><00:49:20.610><c> my</c><00:49:20.809><c> life,</c>

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but<00:49:22.909><c> yeah,</c><00:49:24.110><c> anyway,</c><00:49:25.210><c> but</c><00:49:26.050><c> we</c><00:49:26.550><c> also</c><00:49:26.849><c> have</c><00:49:27.010><c> a</c>

00:49:27.289 --> 00:49:29.750
collective<00:49:27.570><c> history</c><00:49:28.050><c> that</c><00:49:28.309><c> I</c><00:49:28.469><c> think</c><00:49:28.610><c> we</c><00:49:28.809><c> need</c><00:49:28.909><c> to</c><00:49:29.090><c> look</c><00:49:29.269><c> at</c><00:49:29.449><c> as</c>

00:49:29.750 --> 00:49:32.610
well,<00:49:30.449><c> a</c><00:49:30.670><c> history</c><00:49:30.869><c> that</c><00:49:31.130><c> should</c><00:49:31.329><c> also</c><00:49:31.829><c> elicit</c>

00:49:32.610 --> 00:49:40.309
an<00:49:32.969><c> empathetic</c><00:49:34.570><c> response</c><00:49:35.110><c> of</c><00:49:35.349><c> care</c><00:49:35.769><c> for</c><00:49:36.329><c> others,</c><00:49:38.570><c> and</c><00:49:39.409><c> Paul</c>

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speaks<00:49:40.789><c> of</c><00:49:40.989><c> that</c><00:49:41.449><c> in</c><00:49:42.050><c> Ephesians</c><00:49:42.630><c> chapter</c><00:49:42.989><c> 2.</c>

00:49:44.550 --> 00:49:47.670
You<00:49:44.590><c> were</c><00:49:44.909><c> strangers</c><00:49:45.590><c> in</c><00:49:46.190><c> the</c><00:49:46.329><c> land</c><00:49:46.510><c> of</c><00:49:46.710><c> Egypt.</c>

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In<00:49:51.569><c> parallel</c><00:49:52.489><c> to</c><00:49:52.849><c> that</c><00:49:53.550><c> comment</c><00:49:54.050><c> that</c><00:49:54.250><c> we</c><00:49:55.190><c> have</c><00:49:55.389><c> in</c><00:49:55.510><c> the</c><00:49:55.670><c> law,</c>

00:49:56.670 --> 00:49:59.010
consider<00:49:57.110><c> what</c><00:49:57.429><c> Paul's</c><00:49:57.909><c> saying</c><00:49:58.030><c> in</c><00:49:58.210><c> Ephesians</c><00:49:58.550><c> 2,</c>

00:49:59.010 --> 00:50:03.110
verse<00:49:59.269><c> 11.</c><00:50:00.590><c> Therefore,</c><00:50:00.969><c> remember</c><00:50:01.349><c> that</c><00:50:01.550><c> at</c><00:50:01.730><c> one</c><00:50:01.969><c> time</c><00:50:02.190><c> you</c><00:50:02.429><c> Gentiles</c><00:50:02.949><c> in</c>

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the<00:50:03.289><c> flesh,</c><00:50:03.590><c> called</c><00:50:03.869><c> the</c><00:50:04.210><c> uncircumcision</c>

00:50:05.269 --> 00:50:08.550
by<00:50:05.570><c> what</c><00:50:05.769><c> is</c><00:50:05.929><c> called</c><00:50:06.090><c> the</c><00:50:06.329><c> circumcision,</c><00:50:07.710><c> which</c><00:50:07.889><c> is</c><00:50:08.150><c> made</c><00:50:08.389><c> in</c>

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the<00:50:08.750><c> flesh</c><00:50:09.010><c> by</c><00:50:09.349><c> hands,</c><00:50:09.849><c> remember</c><00:50:10.829><c> that</c><00:50:11.710><c> you</c><00:50:12.030><c> were</c><00:50:12.230><c> at</c>

00:50:12.309 --> 00:50:16.510
one<00:50:12.550><c> time</c><00:50:12.909><c> separated</c><00:50:13.510><c> from</c><00:50:13.750><c> Christ,</c><00:50:14.769><c> alienated</c><00:50:15.369><c> from</c><00:50:15.670><c> the</c><00:50:15.949><c> commonwealth</c><00:50:16.349><c> of</c>

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Israel,<00:50:17.269><c> and</c><00:50:17.690><c> strangers,</c>

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Greek<00:50:18.789><c> word</c><00:50:19.010><c> xenos</c><00:50:19.389><c> there,</c><00:50:19.670><c> which</c><00:50:19.949><c> we</c><00:50:20.190><c> get</c><00:50:20.289><c> our</c><00:50:20.429><c> word</c><00:50:20.690><c> xenophobia</c><00:50:21.230><c> from,</c>

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strangers<00:50:24.090><c> to</c><00:50:24.329><c> the</c><00:50:24.489><c> covenants</c><00:50:24.769><c> of</c>

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having<00:50:25.369><c> no</c><00:50:25.730><c> hope</c><00:50:25.989><c> and</c><00:50:26.230><c> without</c><00:50:26.510><c> God</c><00:50:26.690><c> in</c><00:50:26.869><c> the</c><00:50:26.949><c> world,</c><00:50:27.889><c> but</c><00:50:27.969><c> now</c>

00:50:28.349 --> 00:50:31.449
in<00:50:28.630><c> Christ</c><00:50:28.929><c> Jesus,</c><00:50:29.889><c> you</c><00:50:30.250><c> who</c><00:50:30.449><c> were</c><00:50:30.610><c> once</c><00:50:30.909><c> far</c><00:50:31.210><c> off</c>

00:50:31.449 --> 00:50:35.010
had<00:50:31.610><c> been</c><00:50:31.829><c> brought</c><00:50:32.110><c> near</c><00:50:32.630><c> by</c><00:50:33.010><c> the</c><00:50:33.150><c> blood</c><00:50:33.289><c> of</c><00:50:33.449><c> Christ,</c><00:50:34.429><c> for</c><00:50:34.630><c> he</c>

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himself<00:50:35.449><c> is</c><00:50:35.650><c> our</c><00:50:35.869><c> peace,</c><00:50:36.929><c> who</c><00:50:36.989><c> made</c><00:50:37.170><c> us</c><00:50:37.449><c> both</c><00:50:37.750><c> one,</c>

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and<00:50:38.730><c> is</c><00:50:39.010><c> broken</c><00:50:39.329><c> down</c><00:50:39.670><c> in</c><00:50:39.809><c> his</c><00:50:40.090><c> flesh,</c><00:50:40.429><c> the</c><00:50:40.610><c> dividing</c><00:50:40.869><c> wall</c><00:50:41.110><c> of</c>

00:50:41.389 --> 00:50:43.590
hostility,<00:50:42.030><c> by</c><00:50:42.210><c> abolishing</c><00:50:42.710><c> the</c><00:50:42.929><c> law</c><00:50:43.329><c> of</c>

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commandments<00:50:44.030><c> expressed</c><00:50:44.570><c> and</c><00:50:44.929><c> ordinances</c><00:50:45.630><c> that</c><00:50:46.110><c> he</c><00:50:46.269><c> might</c>

00:50:46.530 --> 00:50:50.269
create<00:50:46.909><c> in</c><00:50:47.150><c> himself,</c><00:50:48.090><c> one</c><00:50:48.389><c> new</c><00:50:48.650><c> man</c><00:50:49.090><c> in</c><00:50:49.650><c> place</c><00:50:49.889><c> of</c><00:50:50.070><c> the</c>

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two,<00:50:50.969><c> so</c><00:50:51.349><c> making</c><00:50:51.630><c> peace,</c><00:50:53.010><c> and</c><00:50:53.090><c> might</c><00:50:53.369><c> reconcile</c><00:50:53.949><c> us</c><00:50:54.349><c> both</c><00:50:54.750><c> to</c>

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God<00:50:55.449><c> in</c><00:50:55.809><c> one</c><00:50:56.070><c> body</c><00:50:56.630><c> through</c><00:50:57.130><c> the</c><00:50:57.349><c> cross,</c>

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thereby<00:50:58.789><c> killing</c><00:50:59.150><c> the</c><00:50:59.369><c> hostility,</c><00:51:00.510><c> and</c><00:51:00.789><c> he</c><00:51:01.030><c> came</c><00:51:01.449><c> and</c><00:51:01.829><c> preached</c><00:51:02.050><c> peace</c>

00:51:02.869 --> 00:51:04.909
to<00:51:03.469><c> you</c><00:51:03.889><c> who</c><00:51:03.969><c> were</c><00:51:04.210><c> far</c><00:51:04.489><c> off,</c>

00:51:05.150 --> 00:51:09.429
and<00:51:05.389><c> peace</c><00:51:05.570><c> to</c><00:51:05.710><c> those</c><00:51:06.030><c> who</c><00:51:06.130><c> were</c><00:51:06.289><c> near,</c><00:51:07.409><c> for</c><00:51:07.789><c> through</c><00:51:08.289><c> him</c><00:51:08.809><c> we</c>

00:51:09.429 --> 00:51:12.030
both<00:51:09.929><c> have</c><00:51:10.289><c> access</c><00:51:10.769><c> to</c><00:51:11.230><c> one</c><00:51:11.469><c> spirit,</c>

00:51:12.489 --> 00:51:15.710
to<00:51:12.489><c> the</c><00:51:12.690><c> father,</c><00:51:12.989><c> in</c><00:51:13.190><c> one</c><00:51:13.389><c> spirit</c><00:51:13.630><c> to</c><00:51:13.789><c> the</c><00:51:13.929><c> father,</c><00:51:15.010><c> so</c><00:51:15.449><c> then</c>

00:51:15.710 --> 00:51:18.789
you're<00:51:16.110><c> no</c><00:51:16.489><c> longer</c><00:51:17.010><c> strangers</c><00:51:17.650><c> and</c><00:51:18.309><c> aliens,</c>

00:51:18.789 --> 00:51:25.389
but<00:51:19.190><c> you</c><00:51:19.369><c> are</c><00:51:19.670><c> fellow</c><00:51:20.130><c> citizens</c><00:51:20.750><c> with</c><00:51:21.010><c> the</c><00:51:21.289><c> saints</c><00:51:21.690><c> and</c><00:51:22.269><c> members</c><00:51:22.809><c> of</c><00:51:23.690><c> the</c><00:51:23.889><c> household</c><00:51:24.250><c> of</c><00:51:24.469><c> God.</c>

00:51:25.730 --> 00:51:30.150
So<00:51:26.329><c> we</c><00:51:26.889><c> should</c><00:51:27.130><c> remember,</c><00:51:28.289><c> you</c><00:51:28.530><c> know,</c><00:51:28.630><c> what</c><00:51:29.030><c> Jesus</c><00:51:29.489><c> has</c><00:51:29.809><c> done</c>

00:51:30.150 --> 00:51:33.250
for<00:51:30.409><c> us,</c><00:51:30.730><c> what</c><00:51:30.909><c> God</c><00:51:31.210><c> has</c><00:51:31.449><c> done</c><00:51:31.570><c> for</c><00:51:31.750><c> us</c><00:51:31.989><c> through</c><00:51:32.230><c> Christ,</c>

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that<00:51:34.050><c> we've</c><00:51:34.349><c> been</c><00:51:34.789><c> gone</c><00:51:35.530><c> from</c><00:51:35.750><c> being</c><00:51:36.250><c> alienated</c><00:51:36.989><c> from</c><00:51:37.210><c> the</c><00:51:37.429><c> promises,</c><00:51:38.070><c> to</c>

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be<00:51:39.230><c> brought</c><00:51:39.530><c> in,</c><00:51:39.929><c> to</c><00:51:40.070><c> be</c><00:51:40.250><c> part</c><00:51:40.590><c> of</c>

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God's<00:51:41.230><c> family,</c><00:51:42.150><c> to</c><00:51:42.389><c> be</c><00:51:42.809><c> made</c><00:51:43.050><c> citizens</c><00:51:43.670><c> of</c><00:51:43.829><c> his</c><00:51:44.090><c> kingdom,</c><00:51:45.849><c> remembering</c><00:51:46.230><c> what</c><00:51:46.969><c> God</c>

00:51:47.230 --> 00:51:48.769
in<00:51:47.429><c> Christ</c><00:51:47.630><c> has</c><00:51:47.909><c> done</c><00:51:48.090><c> for</c><00:51:48.309><c> us</c>

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should<00:51:49.369><c> we</c><00:51:49.570><c> not</c><00:51:49.769><c> have</c><00:51:50.010><c> empathy</c><00:51:50.449><c> for</c><00:51:50.730><c> the</c><00:51:50.929><c> immigrant</c><00:51:51.190><c> of</c><00:51:51.369><c> this</c>

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world,<00:51:52.349><c> wanting</c><00:51:52.750><c> to</c><00:51:52.989><c> make</c><00:51:53.150><c> them</c><00:51:53.449><c> feel</c><00:51:53.690><c> welcome</c>

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and<00:51:54.369><c> loved</c><00:51:54.690><c> and</c><00:51:55.409><c> part</c><00:51:55.630><c> of</c><00:51:56.130><c> our</c><00:51:56.409><c> country,</c><00:51:57.329><c> and</c><00:51:57.849><c> hopefully</c><00:51:58.110><c> that</c>

00:51:58.429 --> 00:52:00.750
love<00:51:58.750><c> will</c><00:51:59.070><c> reflect</c><00:51:59.489><c> the</c><00:51:59.769><c> love</c><00:51:59.889><c> of</c><00:52:00.110><c> our</c><00:52:00.289><c> father</c>

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and<00:52:00.969><c> his</c><00:52:01.230><c> son,</c><00:52:02.309><c> and</c><00:52:02.690><c> draw</c><00:52:03.170><c> by</c><00:52:03.550><c> that</c><00:52:03.750><c> witness,</c><00:52:04.070><c> draw</c><00:52:04.389><c> them</c><00:52:04.670><c> to</c>

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connection<00:52:05.590><c> with</c><00:52:06.309><c> God</c><00:52:06.590><c> and</c><00:52:06.730><c> with</c><00:52:06.969><c> Christ</c><00:52:07.309><c> as</c><00:52:07.630><c> well.</c>

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And<00:52:09.869><c> you</c><00:52:09.889><c> know,</c><00:52:10.469><c> in</c><00:52:10.610><c> closing,</c><00:52:12.369><c> I</c><00:52:12.449><c> want</c><00:52:12.650><c> us</c><00:52:12.809><c> to</c><00:52:14.449><c> think</c><00:52:14.849><c> of</c><00:52:15.110><c> this</c>

00:52:16.289 --> 00:52:18.210
vision<00:52:16.829><c> of</c><00:52:16.989><c> the</c><00:52:17.170><c> kingdom</c><00:52:17.409><c> that</c><00:52:17.610><c> we</c><00:52:17.789><c> have,</c>

00:52:18.210 --> 00:52:22.250
and<00:52:18.809><c> we</c><00:52:18.969><c> want</c><00:52:19.150><c> a</c><00:52:19.369><c> world</c><00:52:19.750><c> not</c><00:52:20.329><c> divided</c><00:52:20.610><c> by</c><00:52:20.869><c> skin,</c><00:52:21.190><c> language,</c><00:52:21.630><c> pain,</c><00:52:22.050><c> or</c>

00:52:22.250 --> 00:52:24.710
fear,<00:52:22.449><c> but</c><00:52:22.670><c> united</c><00:52:23.150><c> in</c><00:52:23.409><c> love,</c><00:52:24.309><c> truth,</c>

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and<00:52:25.349><c> humanity,</c><00:52:26.750><c> and</c><00:52:27.690><c> one</c><00:52:28.150><c> place</c><00:52:28.489><c> that</c><00:52:29.849><c> kind</c><00:52:30.050><c> of</c><00:52:30.269><c> speaks</c><00:52:30.429><c> of</c><00:52:30.650><c> that</c><00:52:30.969><c> is</c>

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Paul<00:52:32.389><c> in</c><00:52:33.570><c> the</c><00:52:33.710><c> epistle</c><00:52:33.969><c> to</c><00:52:34.170><c> the</c><00:52:34.329><c> Galatians.</c>

00:52:35.670 --> 00:52:39.250
He<00:52:35.909><c> says</c><00:52:36.170><c> in</c><00:52:36.489><c> Galatians</c><00:52:36.849><c> 3</c><00:52:37.090><c> verse</c><00:52:37.329><c> 8,</c><00:52:37.670><c> and</c><00:52:37.829><c> the</c><00:52:37.969><c> scripture</c><00:52:38.289><c> foreseeing</c><00:52:38.849><c> that</c><00:52:39.010><c> God</c>

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would<00:52:39.449><c> justify</c><00:52:39.909><c> the</c><00:52:40.190><c> Gentiles</c><00:52:40.829><c> by</c>

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faith,<00:52:41.690><c> preached</c><00:52:41.869><c> the</c><00:52:42.070><c> gospel</c><00:52:42.409><c> beforehand</c><00:52:43.030><c> to</c><00:52:43.309><c> Abraham,</c><00:52:44.190><c> saying,</c><00:52:44.909><c> in</c>

00:52:45.190 --> 00:52:47.409
you<00:52:45.710><c> shall</c><00:52:45.989><c> all</c><00:52:46.570><c> the</c><00:52:46.750><c> nations</c><00:52:47.010><c> of</c><00:52:47.170><c> the</c><00:52:47.289><c> earth</c>

00:52:47.409 --> 00:52:58.170
be<00:52:47.610><c> blessed,</c><00:52:49.130><c> so</c><00:52:49.389><c> then</c><00:52:50.050><c> all</c><00:52:50.829><c> those</c><00:52:51.469><c> who</c><00:52:51.829><c> are</c><00:52:52.070><c> of</c><00:52:52.769><c> faith</c><00:52:53.929><c> are</c><00:52:54.849><c> blessed</c><00:52:55.329><c> along</c><00:52:55.690><c> with</c><00:52:55.949><c> Abraham,</c><00:52:56.590><c> the</c><00:52:56.789><c> man</c><00:52:57.010><c> of</c><00:52:57.250><c> faith.</c>

00:52:59.250 --> 00:53:06.869
Those<00:53:00.010><c> promises</c><00:53:00.730><c> that</c><00:53:01.289><c> God</c><00:53:01.510><c> made</c><00:53:01.789><c> to</c><00:53:02.050><c> Abraham</c><00:53:02.570><c> that</c><00:53:03.969><c> Paul's</c><00:53:04.369><c> alluding</c><00:53:04.949><c> to</c><00:53:05.269><c> here,</c><00:53:05.570><c> they</c><00:53:05.829><c> mention</c><00:53:06.130><c> a</c><00:53:06.510><c> blessing</c>

00:53:06.869 --> 00:53:11.989
coming<00:53:07.250><c> to</c><00:53:07.449><c> the</c><00:53:07.590><c> nations</c><00:53:08.030><c> through</c><00:53:08.809><c> the</c><00:53:09.050><c> seed</c><00:53:09.190><c> of</c><00:53:09.409><c> Abraham,</c><00:53:10.690><c> and</c><00:53:11.510><c> we</c>

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are<00:53:12.690><c> part</c><00:53:12.909><c> of</c><00:53:13.110><c> that,</c><00:53:13.829><c> and</c><00:53:14.190><c> that's</c><00:53:14.429><c> just</c><00:53:15.110><c> a</c>

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wonderful<00:53:15.550><c> thing</c><00:53:15.909><c> that</c><00:53:16.250><c> God</c><00:53:16.489><c> has</c><00:53:17.750><c> brought</c><00:53:18.150><c> us</c><00:53:18.769><c> from</c><00:53:19.449><c> the</c><00:53:19.650><c> nations</c><00:53:19.929><c> to</c>

00:53:20.130 --> 00:53:22.889
be<00:53:20.730><c> sharing</c><00:53:21.170><c> as</c><00:53:21.489><c> part</c><00:53:21.650><c> of</c><00:53:21.769><c> his</c><00:53:21.989><c> family.</c>

00:53:23.489 --> 00:53:27.789
And<00:53:23.670><c> in</c><00:53:23.809><c> the</c><00:53:23.909><c> close</c><00:53:24.070><c> of</c><00:53:24.250><c> the</c><00:53:24.349><c> chapter,</c><00:53:25.510><c> Paul</c><00:53:25.710><c> gives</c><00:53:25.989><c> this</c><00:53:26.309><c> vision</c><00:53:26.809><c> in</c>

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verse<00:53:28.010><c> 26,</c>

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for<00:53:31.090><c> in</c><00:53:31.349><c> Christ</c><00:53:31.630><c> Jesus,</c><00:53:32.349><c> you</c><00:53:32.449><c> are</c><00:53:32.789><c> all</c><00:53:33.250><c> sons</c><00:53:33.809><c> of</c><00:53:34.250><c> God</c><00:53:34.630><c> through</c>

00:53:34.909 --> 00:53:37.330
faith,<00:53:35.710><c> for</c><00:53:35.869><c> as</c><00:53:36.070><c> many</c><00:53:36.289><c> of</c><00:53:36.550><c> you</c>

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as<00:53:37.590><c> were</c><00:53:37.809><c> baptized</c><00:53:38.230><c> into</c><00:53:38.530><c> Christ</c><00:53:38.929><c> have</c><00:53:39.150><c> put</c><00:53:39.349><c> on</c><00:53:39.670><c> Christ,</c><00:53:40.429><c> there's</c><00:53:40.650><c> neither</c><00:53:40.889><c> Jew</c>

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nor<00:53:41.449><c> Greek,</c>

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there's<00:53:41.969><c> neither</c><00:53:42.170><c> slave</c><00:53:42.550><c> nor</c><00:53:42.889><c> free,</c><00:53:43.429><c> there's</c><00:53:43.750><c> no</c><00:53:43.969><c> male</c><00:53:44.230><c> and</c>

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female,<00:53:45.130><c> for</c><00:53:45.289><c> you</c><00:53:45.489><c> are</c><00:53:45.570><c> all</c><00:53:45.909><c> one</c><00:53:46.329><c> in</c><00:53:46.889><c> Christ</c><00:53:47.210><c> Jesus,</c>

00:53:48.090 --> 00:53:51.389
and<00:53:48.369><c> if</c><00:53:48.429><c> you</c><00:53:48.550><c> are</c><00:53:48.690><c> Christ,</c><00:53:49.449><c> then</c><00:53:49.610><c> your</c><00:53:49.889><c> Abraham's</c><00:53:50.510><c> offspring</c>

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errs<00:53:52.429><c> according</c><00:53:52.869><c> to</c><00:53:53.070><c> the</c><00:53:53.250><c> promise.</c>

00:53:55.910 --> 00:53:58.969
So<00:53:56.550><c> Paul</c><00:53:56.949><c> gives</c><00:53:57.170><c> this</c><00:53:57.469><c> vision</c><00:53:57.849><c> of</c><00:53:58.130><c> the</c><00:53:58.269><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:53:58.630><c> which</c><00:53:58.789><c> was</c>

00:53:58.969 --> 00:54:02.429
really<00:53:59.210><c> a</c><00:53:59.409><c> foretaste</c><00:54:00.070><c> of</c><00:54:01.190><c> the</c><00:54:01.489><c> kingdom,</c>

00:54:03.130 --> 00:54:06.789
and<00:54:03.429><c> a</c><00:54:03.650><c> witness</c><00:54:04.110><c> to</c><00:54:04.590><c> this</c><00:54:04.849><c> divided</c><00:54:05.269><c> world</c><00:54:05.650><c> that</c><00:54:05.849><c> we</c><00:54:06.030><c> live</c><00:54:06.210><c> in,</c>

00:54:07.150 --> 00:54:10.830
that<00:54:07.690><c> God</c><00:54:08.050><c> has</c><00:54:08.590><c> brought</c><00:54:08.949><c> together</c><00:54:09.389><c> all</c><00:54:09.650><c> these</c><00:54:10.010><c> different</c>

00:54:11.210 --> 00:54:19.070
people<00:54:11.809><c> to</c><00:54:12.750><c> be</c><00:54:13.550><c> sharing</c><00:54:14.050><c> together</c><00:54:15.409><c> in</c><00:54:16.969><c> God's</c><00:54:17.530><c> love,</c><00:54:17.750><c> to</c><00:54:17.949><c> be</c><00:54:18.730><c> a</c>

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part<00:54:19.190><c> of</c><00:54:19.329><c> his</c><00:54:19.610><c> family,</c><00:54:20.570><c> and</c><00:54:20.969><c> it's</c><00:54:21.429><c> a</c><00:54:21.610><c> family</c>

00:54:22.090 --> 00:54:27.110
that<00:54:22.550><c> crosses</c><00:54:23.250><c> ethnic,</c><00:54:24.349><c> national,</c><00:54:25.010><c> class,</c><00:54:25.449><c> gender</c><00:54:25.789><c> lines</c><00:54:26.349><c> to</c>

00:54:27.110 --> 00:54:31.090
create<00:54:27.429><c> a</c><00:54:27.809><c> united</c><00:54:28.269><c> family</c><00:54:29.070><c> in</c><00:54:29.750><c> Christ</c><00:54:30.030><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:54:32.130><c> that's,</c><00:54:34.030><c> I</c><00:54:34.090><c> think,</c><00:54:34.630><c> a</c><00:54:35.730><c> beautiful</c><00:54:36.130><c> image</c><00:54:36.409><c> that</c><00:54:36.570><c> we</c><00:54:36.789><c> have,</c>

00:54:36.989 --> 00:54:39.750
that<00:54:37.150><c> we</c><00:54:37.889><c> should</c><00:54:38.070><c> be</c><00:54:38.389><c> a</c><00:54:38.530><c> witness</c><00:54:38.849><c> to</c><00:54:39.050><c> this</c><00:54:39.269><c> world</c>

00:54:39.750 --> 00:54:45.969
to<00:54:40.449><c> show</c><00:54:40.710><c> the</c><00:54:40.989><c> love</c><00:54:41.369><c> that</c><00:54:41.690><c> God</c><00:54:41.829><c> has</c><00:54:42.530><c> to</c><00:54:42.889><c> the</c><00:54:43.070><c> sojourner</c><00:54:43.789><c> and</c><00:54:44.309><c> to,</c><00:54:44.849><c> you</c><00:54:45.090><c> know,</c><00:54:45.489><c> to</c>

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live<00:54:46.110><c> up</c><00:54:46.369><c> to</c><00:54:46.590><c> that</c><00:54:47.190><c> calling,</c>

00:54:47.809 --> 00:54:52.030
to<00:54:47.949><c> reflect</c><00:54:48.230><c> God's</c><00:54:48.690><c> love</c><00:54:49.130><c> to</c><00:54:49.690><c> the</c><00:54:49.869><c> world</c><00:54:50.050><c> around</c><00:54:50.369><c> us.</c><00:54:51.190><c> So</c><00:54:51.510><c> thank</c><00:54:51.750><c> you</c>

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all<00:54:52.269><c> for</c><00:54:53.030><c> your</c><00:54:53.409><c> attention</c><00:54:53.909><c> tonight.</c>