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So<00:12:04.519><c> just</c><00:12:04.740><c> a</c><00:12:04.899><c> quick</c><00:12:05.059><c> story,</c><00:12:05.559><c> but</c><00:12:05.580><c> I</c><00:12:05.799><c> don't</c><00:12:06.039><c> know</c><00:12:06.139><c> if</c><00:12:06.200><c> I've</c><00:12:06.419><c> told</c>

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this<00:12:06.759><c> one,</c><00:12:06.919><c> but</c><00:12:07.059><c> you</c><00:12:07.179><c> can</c><00:12:07.399><c> tell</c><00:12:07.580><c> the</c><00:12:07.720><c> story</c><00:12:07.940><c> more</c><00:12:08.159><c> than</c><00:12:08.299><c> once.</c>

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Never.

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So<00:12:11.019><c> I</c><00:12:11.159><c> had</c><00:12:11.259><c> this</c><00:12:11.419><c> friend</c><00:12:11.539><c> several</c><00:12:11.840><c> years</c><00:12:12.080><c> ago.</c>

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He<00:12:12.440><c> was</c><00:12:12.679><c> starting</c><00:12:12.940><c> a</c><00:12:13.080><c> new</c><00:12:13.340><c> job.</c>

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He<00:12:14.100><c> had</c><00:12:14.399><c> left</c><00:12:14.600><c> a</c><00:12:14.779><c> job</c><00:12:14.919><c> in</c><00:12:15.100><c> the</c><00:12:15.279><c> tech</c><00:12:15.639><c> field,</c><00:12:17.399><c> and</c><00:12:17.399><c> they</c><00:12:17.820><c> went</c><00:12:18.779><c> public.</c>

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He<00:12:19.399><c> had</c><00:12:19.600><c> many</c><00:12:19.899><c> shares</c><00:12:20.279><c> vested,</c><00:12:20.700><c> and</c><00:12:20.879><c> he</c><00:12:20.960><c> did</c><00:12:21.120><c> quite</c><00:12:21.399><c> well</c><00:12:21.620><c> financially.</c>

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And<00:12:27.919><c> we're</c><00:12:28.120><c> talking</c><00:12:28.360><c> on</c><00:12:28.539><c> the</c><00:12:28.720><c> phone,</c><00:12:28.899><c> and</c><00:12:29.000><c> he</c><00:12:29.059><c> says,</c><00:12:29.179><c> I</c><00:12:29.220><c> want</c>

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on<00:12:33.740><c> the</c><00:12:33.840><c> left</c><00:12:34.000><c> there?</c>

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That's<00:12:34.440><c> the</c><00:12:34.500><c> guy</c><00:12:34.620><c> that</c><00:12:34.899><c> started</c><00:12:35.059><c> the</c><00:12:35.299><c> company.</c>

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Look<00:12:36.779><c> at</c><00:12:36.899><c> where</c><00:12:37.059><c> he</c><00:12:37.179><c> went</c><00:12:37.340><c> to</c><00:12:37.620><c> school,</c><00:12:38.700><c> Harvard</c><00:12:38.940><c> Business</c><00:12:40.120><c> School.</c>

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He<00:12:41.659><c> says,</c><00:12:41.919><c> that's</c><00:12:42.259><c> impressive.</c>

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He<00:12:43.360><c> goes,</c><00:12:43.580><c> see,</c><00:12:43.759><c> butch,</c><00:12:43.879><c> this</c><00:12:44.059><c> is</c><00:12:44.200><c> how</c><00:12:44.320><c> you</c><00:12:44.460><c> do</c><00:12:44.620><c> it.</c>

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You<00:12:45.659><c> hitch</c><00:12:45.899><c> your</c><00:12:46.220><c> wagon</c><00:12:46.600><c> to</c><00:12:47.200><c> a</c><00:12:47.360><c> man</c><00:12:47.500><c> like</c><00:12:47.779><c> this,</c><00:12:48.840><c> and</c><00:12:48.940><c> you</c><00:12:49.159><c> ride</c>

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his<00:12:49.600><c> coattails.</c>

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That's<00:12:51.220><c> how</c><00:12:51.320><c> it's</c><00:12:51.559><c> done.</c>

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You've<00:12:54.299><c> done</c><00:12:54.419><c> it</c><00:12:54.580><c> before?</c>

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Okay.

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Good<00:12:56.659><c> luck.</c>

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Well,<00:12:58.919><c> brothers</c><00:12:58.960><c> and</c><00:12:59.220><c> sisters,</c><00:12:59.440><c> that's</c><00:12:59.600><c> what</c><00:12:59.740><c> we've</c><00:12:59.980><c> done,</c><00:13:00.620><c> right?</c>

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We<00:13:02.240><c> have</c><00:13:02.580><c> very</c><00:13:02.919><c> wisely</c><00:13:03.360><c> chosen</c><00:13:03.759><c> to</c><00:13:04.039><c> hitch</c><00:13:04.220><c> our</c><00:13:04.539><c> wagon</c><00:13:04.820><c> to</c><00:13:05.480><c> the</c>

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man<00:13:05.759><c> that</c><00:13:05.899><c> we</c><00:13:06.059><c> come</c><00:13:06.200><c> to</c><00:13:06.399><c> remember</c><00:13:06.720><c> this</c><00:13:06.980><c> morning.</c>

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It's<00:13:08.759><c> the</c><00:13:08.940><c> greatest</c><00:13:09.259><c> decision</c><00:13:09.679><c> we've</c><00:13:09.899><c> ever</c><00:13:10.120><c> made.</c>

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So<00:13:15.460><c> in</c><00:13:15.519><c> just</c><00:13:15.759><c> a</c><00:13:15.940><c> few</c><00:13:16.039><c> moments,</c><00:13:16.460><c> we're</c><00:13:16.679><c> going</c><00:13:16.759><c> to</c><00:13:16.960><c> take</c><00:13:17.120><c> of</c><00:13:17.299><c> these</c><00:13:17.580><c> emblems</c><00:13:18.980><c> in</c>

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remembrance<00:13:19.679><c> of</c><00:13:19.919><c> him.</c>

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There's<00:13:47.299><c> no</c><00:13:47.580><c> other</c><00:13:47.759><c> way</c><00:13:47.879><c> to</c><00:13:48.019><c> be</c><00:13:48.279><c> reconciled</c><00:13:48.820><c> unto</c><00:13:49.039><c> God.</c>

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There's<00:13:50.620><c> no</c><00:13:50.840><c> way</c><00:13:51.139><c> to</c><00:13:51.419><c> eternal</c><00:13:51.700><c> life</c><00:13:52.159><c> without</c><00:13:52.559><c> this</c><00:13:52.899><c> man.</c>

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words<00:13:59.840><c> of</c><00:14:00.059><c> Jesus.</c>

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He<00:14:00.600><c> says,</c><00:14:01.779><c> I</c><00:14:02.039><c> am</c><00:14:02.379><c> he</c><00:14:03.159><c> that</c><00:14:03.940><c> liveth</c><00:14:04.340><c> and</c><00:14:04.759><c> was</c><00:14:05.100><c> dead,</c><00:14:05.759><c> and</c><00:14:05.980><c> behold,</c><00:14:06.320><c> I</c><00:14:06.559><c> am</c>

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alive<00:14:07.059><c> forevermore.</c>

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And<00:14:08.960><c> I</c><00:14:09.340><c> have</c><00:14:09.539><c> the</c><00:14:09.799><c> keys</c><00:14:10.080><c> of</c><00:14:10.379><c> Hades</c><00:14:10.820><c> and</c><00:14:11.299><c> of</c><00:14:11.539><c> death.</c>

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He<00:14:13.139><c> has</c><00:14:13.419><c> the</c><00:14:13.720><c> power</c><00:14:14.220><c> over</c><00:14:14.659><c> the</c><00:14:14.899><c> grave.</c>

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He's<00:14:16.080><c> got</c><00:14:16.200><c> the</c><00:14:16.399><c> keys</c><00:14:16.539><c> to</c><00:14:16.740><c> the</c><00:14:16.879><c> gate.</c>

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He<00:14:17.539><c> opens</c><00:14:17.779><c> the</c><00:14:18.059><c> gate.</c>

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He<00:14:19.100><c> says,</c><00:14:19.360><c> who</c><00:14:19.480><c> comes</c><00:14:19.759><c> out</c><00:14:20.480><c> and</c><00:14:20.779><c> who</c><00:14:21.019><c> stays</c><00:14:21.299><c> in?</c>

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This<00:14:23.440><c> is</c><00:14:23.620><c> a</c><00:14:23.639><c> very</c><00:14:23.899><c> powerful</c><00:14:24.279><c> man.</c>

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Now,<00:14:27.480><c> it</c><00:14:27.580><c> didn't</c><00:14:27.799><c> end</c><00:14:28.019><c> up</c><00:14:28.179><c> so</c><00:14:28.440><c> well</c><00:14:28.559><c> for</c><00:14:28.720><c> my</c><00:14:28.940><c> friend.</c>

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Three<00:14:29.440><c> years</c><00:14:29.679><c> later,</c><00:14:29.919><c> he</c><00:14:30.019><c> was</c><00:14:30.159><c> looking</c><00:14:30.320><c> for</c><00:14:30.500><c> a</c><00:14:30.600><c> new</c><00:14:30.759><c> job.</c>

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Didn't<00:14:32.500><c> see</c><00:14:32.779><c> eye</c><00:14:32.940><c> to</c><00:14:33.200><c> eye.</c>

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He<00:14:34.399><c> chose</c><00:14:34.639><c> the</c><00:14:34.840><c> wrong</c><00:14:34.980><c> man.</c>

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Not<00:14:37.080><c> for</c><00:14:37.259><c> us,</c><00:14:37.659><c> brothers</c><00:14:37.799><c> and</c><00:14:38.100><c> sisters.</c>

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We've<00:14:40.200><c> made</c><00:14:40.320><c> the</c><00:14:40.519><c> right</c><00:14:40.720><c> choice.</c>

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It<00:14:41.279><c> is</c><00:14:41.759><c> a</c><00:14:41.919><c> guarantee.</c>

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I'll<00:14:45.120><c> just</c><00:14:45.360><c> finish</c><00:14:45.600><c> with</c><00:14:45.799><c> these</c><00:14:46.000><c> words</c><00:14:46.240><c> of</c><00:14:46.440><c> Jesus</c><00:14:46.820><c> in</c><00:14:47.039><c> verse</c><00:14:47.340><c> 25.</c>

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He<00:14:52.200><c> who</c><00:14:52.620><c> believeth</c><00:14:53.019><c> in</c><00:14:53.240><c> me,</c><00:14:54.299><c> though</c><00:14:54.419><c> he</c><00:14:54.639><c> were</c><00:14:54.899><c> dead,</c><00:14:55.480><c> yet</c><00:14:55.759><c> shall</c><00:14:56.179><c> he</c><00:14:56.419><c> live.</c>

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And<00:14:58.340><c> whosoever</c><00:14:58.919><c> liveth</c><00:14:59.259><c> and</c><00:14:59.600><c> believeth</c><00:14:59.980><c> in</c><00:15:00.200><c> me</c><00:15:01.240><c> shall</c><00:15:01.659><c> never</c><00:15:01.960><c> die.</c>

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Believeth<00:15:04.279><c> thou</c><00:15:04.519><c> this.</c>