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we<00:11:44.980><c> still</c><00:11:45.279><c> fall</c><00:11:45.600><c> short.</c>

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as<00:12:07.600><c> it</c><00:12:07.919><c> relates</c><00:12:08.139><c> to</c><00:12:08.480><c> Jesus.</c>

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A<00:12:16.779><c> terrible</c><00:12:17.360><c> event.</c>

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uses<00:12:22.919><c> an</c><00:12:23.200><c> expression,</c><00:12:24.120><c> when</c><00:12:24.320><c> I</c><00:12:24.759><c> survey</c><00:12:25.200><c> the</c><00:12:25.659><c> wondrous</c><00:12:26.340><c> cross.</c>

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And<00:12:28.620><c> we</c><00:12:29.139><c> today</c><00:12:29.679><c> can</c><00:12:30.039><c> look</c><00:12:30.379><c> at</c><00:12:30.759><c> the</c><00:12:31.120><c> cross</c>

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But<00:12:39.919><c> I</c><00:12:40.000><c> gotta</c><00:12:40.139><c> tell</c><00:12:40.460><c> you,</c><00:12:41.919><c> you</c><00:12:41.919><c> know,</c>

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for<00:12:42.340><c> the</c><00:12:42.519><c> men</c><00:12:42.639><c> and</c><00:12:42.860><c> women</c><00:12:43.100><c> that</c><00:12:43.440><c> lived</c><00:12:43.580><c> in</c><00:12:43.840><c> Jesus'</c><00:12:44.440><c> day,</c>

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there<00:12:44.759><c> was</c><00:12:45.100><c> no</c><00:12:45.440><c> such</c><00:12:45.740><c> thing</c><00:12:46.200><c> as</c><00:12:46.500><c> a</c><00:12:46.759><c> wondrous</c><00:12:47.279><c> cross.</c>

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that<00:12:55.620><c> gave</c><00:12:56.179><c> fear</c><00:12:57.620><c> and</c><00:12:58.460><c> trepidation</c>

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We<00:13:04.179><c> might</c><00:13:04.399><c> think</c><00:13:04.740><c> about</c><00:13:05.059><c> the</c><00:13:05.480><c> trial</c>

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labored<00:13:20.399><c> in</c><00:13:20.600><c> his</c><00:13:20.899><c> breathing,</c><00:13:21.600><c> finally</c><00:13:22.179><c> exhaling</c>

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when<00:13:32.460><c> I</c><00:13:32.759><c> think</c><00:13:32.940><c> of</c><00:13:33.080><c> Jesus'</c><00:13:34.000><c> death,</c>

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I<00:13:36.279><c> think</c><00:13:36.460><c> of</c><00:13:36.620><c> the</c><00:13:36.919><c> forgiveness</c><00:13:37.679><c> that</c><00:13:38.919><c> has</c><00:13:39.440><c> been</c><00:13:39.799><c> offered</c><00:13:40.220><c> to</c><00:13:40.519><c> us</c>

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Romans,<00:13:46.279><c> Romans</c><00:13:46.879><c> chapter</c><00:13:47.620><c> three.</c>

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We'll<00:13:52.379><c> pick</c><00:13:52.559><c> it</c><00:13:52.679><c> up</c><00:13:52.799><c> in</c><00:13:52.940><c> the</c><00:13:53.139><c> 21st</c><00:13:53.799><c> verse.</c>

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This<00:14:04.460><c> righteousness</c><00:14:04.940><c> from</c><00:14:05.220><c> God</c><00:14:05.519><c> comes</c><00:14:05.919><c> through</c><00:14:06.279><c> faith</c>

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in<00:14:07.860><c> Jesus</c><00:14:08.360><c> Christ</c><00:14:09.059><c> to</c><00:14:09.679><c> all</c><00:14:10.179><c> who</c><00:14:10.620><c> believe.</c>

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There's<00:14:12.559><c> no</c><00:14:12.799><c> difference</c><00:14:13.179><c> for</c><00:14:13.440><c> all</c><00:14:13.840><c> have</c><00:14:14.159><c> sinned</c>

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and<00:14:14.820><c> fall</c><00:14:15.039><c> short</c><00:14:15.580><c> of</c><00:14:15.980><c> the</c><00:14:16.259><c> glory</c><00:14:16.559><c> of</c><00:14:16.840><c> God</c>

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and<00:14:17.259><c> are</c><00:14:17.539><c> justified</c><00:14:18.500><c> freely</c><00:14:19.419><c> by</c><00:14:20.179><c> his</c><00:14:20.559><c> grace</c>

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through<00:14:21.980><c> the</c><00:14:22.259><c> redemption</c><00:14:23.059><c> that</c><00:14:23.960><c> came</c><00:14:24.460><c> in</c><00:14:25.200><c> Christ</c><00:14:25.559><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:14:27.600><c> so</c><00:14:27.679><c> when</c><00:14:27.840><c> we</c><00:14:28.019><c> remember</c><00:14:28.480><c> his</c><00:14:28.799><c> death,</c><00:14:29.379><c> brothers</c><00:14:29.399><c> and</c><00:14:29.759><c> sisters,</c>

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we<00:14:30.259><c> also</c><00:14:30.799><c> remember</c><00:14:31.519><c> that</c><00:14:31.820><c> his</c><00:14:32.139><c> death</c><00:14:32.580><c> has</c><00:14:33.240><c> brought</c><00:14:33.419><c> us</c><00:14:33.860><c> redemption.</c>

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We've<00:14:35.500><c> been</c><00:14:35.720><c> redeemed</c><00:14:36.500><c> from</c><00:14:36.779><c> the</c><00:14:37.080><c> curse</c><00:14:37.419><c> of</c><00:14:37.720><c> sin</c>

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and<00:14:39.159><c> death</c><00:14:39.600><c> through</c><00:14:40.120><c> what</c><00:14:40.299><c> Jesus</c><00:14:40.919><c> endured.</c>

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God<00:14:42.879><c> presented</c><00:14:43.440><c> him</c><00:14:44.019><c> as</c><00:14:44.899><c> an</c><00:14:45.139><c> atoning</c><00:14:45.600><c> sacrifice.</c>

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through<00:14:54.299><c> faith</c><00:14:54.840><c> in</c><00:14:55.220><c> his</c><00:14:55.500><c> blood.</c>

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And<00:14:56.919><c> so</c><00:14:57.139><c> brothers</c><00:14:57.379><c> and</c><00:14:57.679><c> sisters,</c>

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we<00:14:59.379><c> have</c><00:14:59.620><c> redemption</c><00:15:00.340><c> through</c><00:15:00.799><c> that</c><00:15:01.100><c> blood.</c>

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for<00:15:14.279><c> that</c><00:15:14.620><c> forgiveness</c><00:15:15.399><c> if</c><00:15:16.740><c> Christ</c><00:15:17.159><c> died</c>

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and<00:15:18.519><c> remained</c><00:15:19.059><c> in</c><00:15:19.299><c> the</c><00:15:19.519><c> grave,</c><00:15:21.019><c> right?</c>

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Think<00:15:21.919><c> about</c><00:15:22.240><c> that.</c>

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He's<00:15:23.419><c> promised</c><00:15:23.799><c> us</c><00:15:24.179><c> forgiveness.</c>

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and<00:15:28.759><c> simply</c><00:15:29.080><c> remained</c><00:15:29.820><c> in</c><00:15:30.080><c> the</c><00:15:30.379><c> grave,</c>

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that<00:15:30.980><c> forgiveness</c><00:15:31.620><c> would</c><00:15:31.879><c> really</c><00:15:32.159><c> be</c><00:15:32.379><c> no</c><00:15:32.659><c> different</c>

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than<00:15:33.279><c> the</c><00:15:33.559><c> forgiveness</c><00:15:34.019><c> that</c><00:15:34.220><c> was</c><00:15:34.500><c> offered</c><00:15:34.799><c> by</c><00:15:35.100><c> the</c><00:15:35.279><c> high</c><00:15:35.580><c> priest</c>

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Jesus'<00:15:41.200><c> forgiveness</c><00:15:41.659><c> is</c><00:15:41.980><c> eternal.</c>

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we<00:15:49.200><c> were</c><00:15:49.539><c> offered</c><00:15:49.940><c> that</c><00:15:50.299><c> forgiveness.</c>

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And<00:15:52.120><c> brothers</c><00:15:52.340><c> and</c><00:15:52.639><c> sisters,</c><00:15:53.120><c> if</c><00:15:53.679><c> we</c><00:15:54.159><c> endure</c><00:15:54.620><c> to</c><00:15:54.899><c> the</c><00:15:55.159><c> end,</c>

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if<00:15:59.440><c> we</c><00:15:59.620><c> don't</c><00:15:59.899><c> quit</c><00:16:00.220><c> and</c><00:16:00.559><c> walk</c><00:16:00.860><c> away,</c>

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that<00:16:02.840><c> forgiveness</c><00:16:03.519><c> is</c><00:16:04.539><c> assured.</c>

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That<00:16:06.360><c> forgiveness</c><00:16:06.960><c> is</c><00:16:07.559><c> something</c><00:16:07.860><c> that</c><00:16:08.059><c> we</c><00:16:08.240><c> can</c><00:16:08.960><c> count</c><00:16:09.340><c> on</c>

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and<00:16:10.539><c> have</c><00:16:10.860><c> faith</c><00:16:11.139><c> in.</c>

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And<00:16:12.700><c> so</c><00:16:12.919><c> as</c><00:16:13.279><c> we</c><00:16:14.340><c> prepare</c><00:16:14.799><c> our</c><00:16:15.159><c> minds</c><00:16:15.559><c> once</c><00:16:15.860><c> again,</c>

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as<00:16:16.519><c> we</c><00:16:16.879><c> prepare</c><00:16:17.139><c> our</c><00:16:17.480><c> minds</c><00:16:17.779><c> for</c><00:16:17.980><c> the</c><00:16:18.299><c> communion,</c>

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we<00:16:18.840><c> think</c><00:16:19.039><c> about</c><00:16:19.240><c> the</c><00:16:19.500><c> example</c><00:16:19.960><c> Jesus</c><00:16:20.399><c> provided.</c>

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We<00:16:22.039><c> think</c><00:16:22.419><c> about</c><00:16:22.679><c> the</c><00:16:23.120><c> forgiveness</c><00:16:23.700><c> that</c><00:16:24.039><c> he</c><00:16:24.299><c> offered</c>

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and<00:16:25.860><c> we</c><00:16:26.059><c> take</c><00:16:26.340><c> comfort</c><00:16:27.039><c> and</c><00:16:27.659><c> joy</c><00:16:27.879><c> in</c><00:16:28.139><c> that.</c>

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And<00:16:29.960><c> so</c><00:16:30.080><c> then</c><00:16:30.279><c> this</c><00:16:30.460><c> then</c><00:16:30.820><c> leads</c><00:16:31.059><c> us</c>

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to<00:16:31.480><c> the</c><00:16:31.759><c> third</c><00:16:32.019><c> thing</c><00:16:32.240><c> I'd</c><00:16:32.480><c> like</c><00:16:32.600><c> us</c><00:16:32.840><c> to</c><00:16:33.080><c> focus</c><00:16:33.399><c> on,</c>

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What<00:16:42.419><c> a</c><00:16:42.759><c> remarkable</c><00:16:43.320><c> event.</c>

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What<00:16:46.279><c> an</c><00:16:46.539><c> event</c><00:16:46.720><c> that's</c><00:16:48.279><c> hard</c><00:16:48.559><c> to</c><00:16:48.919><c> believe,</c><00:16:49.399><c> right?</c>

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I<00:16:52.320><c> mean,</c><00:16:53.580><c> a</c><00:16:53.759><c> man</c><00:16:54.000><c> who</c><00:16:54.320><c> died</c><00:16:54.840><c> and</c><00:16:55.539><c> spent</c><00:16:55.820><c> three</c><00:16:56.139><c> days</c><00:16:56.480><c> in</c><00:16:56.679><c> the</c><00:16:56.940><c> grave</c>

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were<00:16:57.419><c> to</c><00:16:57.700><c> think</c><00:16:57.860><c> that</c><00:16:58.080><c> he</c><00:16:58.259><c> was</c><00:16:58.759><c> raised</c><00:16:59.259><c> to</c><00:16:59.679><c> life</c><00:16:59.919><c> again.</c>

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And<00:17:01.940><c> sometimes,</c><00:17:02.600><c> brothers</c><00:17:02.700><c> and</c><00:17:03.019><c> sisters,</c>

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these<00:17:03.860><c> things</c><00:17:04.259><c> can</c><00:17:04.619><c> be</c><00:17:04.859><c> met</c><00:17:05.059><c> with</c><00:17:05.359><c> a</c><00:17:05.579><c> great</c><00:17:05.799><c> deal</c>

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of<00:17:06.440><c> skepticism</c><00:17:07.180><c> in</c><00:17:07.420><c> our</c><00:17:07.640><c> minds.</c>

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But<00:17:11.500><c> the</c><00:17:11.680><c> Bible</c><00:17:12.079><c> gives</c><00:17:12.480><c> us</c><00:17:13.359><c> assurance.</c>

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You<00:17:15.980><c> know,</c><00:17:16.099><c> just</c><00:17:16.299><c> as</c><00:17:16.480><c> an</c><00:17:16.619><c> aside,</c>

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I<00:17:17.519><c> wrote</c><00:17:17.779><c> an</c><00:17:18.079><c> article</c><00:17:18.299><c> for</c><00:17:18.559><c> the</c><00:17:18.819><c> Tidings</c><00:17:19.140><c> Magazine</c>

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that<00:17:19.900><c> was</c><00:17:20.240><c> published</c><00:17:20.619><c> this</c><00:17:21.099><c> month</c>

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about<00:17:22.799><c> the</c><00:17:23.400><c> resurrection</c><00:17:23.980><c> of</c><00:17:24.259><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:17:26.180><c> for</c><00:17:26.380><c> me,</c><00:17:27.720><c> it's</c><00:17:28.160><c> one</c><00:17:28.319><c> of</c><00:17:28.440><c> the</c><00:17:28.660><c> things</c>

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that<00:17:29.700><c> strengthens</c><00:17:30.319><c> my</c><00:17:30.819><c> faith</c><00:17:31.279><c> more</c><00:17:32.579><c> than</c><00:17:32.940><c> anything</c><00:17:33.299><c> else.</c>

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Because<00:17:35.700><c> when</c><00:17:35.960><c> Jesus</c><00:17:36.420><c> was</c><00:17:37.000><c> raised</c><00:17:37.420><c> from</c><00:17:37.740><c> the</c><00:17:37.960><c> dead,</c>

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there<00:17:39.839><c> were</c><00:17:40.119><c> people</c><00:17:40.559><c> who</c><00:17:41.079><c> saw</c><00:17:41.460><c> it</c><00:17:42.279><c> and</c><00:17:42.819><c> remained</c><00:17:43.240><c> alive</c>

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as<00:17:45.099><c> eyewitness</c><00:17:45.819><c> testimony</c><00:17:46.599><c> to</c><00:17:46.859><c> the</c><00:17:47.119><c> fact</c>

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that<00:17:48.180><c> this</c><00:17:48.400><c> was</c><00:17:48.640><c> not</c><00:17:48.819><c> a</c><00:17:49.099><c> myth,</c>

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that<00:17:50.599><c> this</c><00:17:50.839><c> was</c><00:17:51.099><c> not</c><00:17:52.059><c> some</c><00:17:52.519><c> urban</c><00:17:53.160><c> legend.</c>

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There<00:17:55.440><c> were</c><00:17:55.660><c> people</c><00:17:56.019><c> that</c><00:17:56.279><c> were</c><00:17:56.700><c> living</c>

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and<00:17:57.859><c> walking</c><00:17:58.200><c> in</c><00:17:58.460><c> the</c><00:17:58.839><c> land</c><00:17:59.119><c> in</c><00:17:59.339><c> those</c><00:17:59.640><c> days</c>

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that<00:18:00.880><c> doubters</c><00:18:01.519><c> could</c><00:18:01.819><c> approach</c><00:18:02.440><c> and</c><00:18:02.740><c> say,</c>

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tell<00:18:03.400><c> me,</c><00:18:04.519><c> did</c><00:18:04.759><c> you</c><00:18:05.019><c> really</c><00:18:05.440><c> see</c><00:18:05.720><c> Jesus</c><00:18:06.200><c> alive?</c>

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In<00:18:08.519><c> fact,</c><00:18:09.019><c> brothers</c><00:18:09.180><c> and</c><00:18:09.480><c> sisters,</c>

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that's<00:18:10.200><c> what</c><00:18:10.740><c> Paul</c><00:18:11.140><c> did</c><00:18:11.680><c> when</c><00:18:12.279><c> Saul</c><00:18:12.680><c> was</c><00:18:12.980><c> walking</c><00:18:13.339><c> on</c><00:18:13.599><c> the</c><00:18:13.799><c> road</c>

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to<00:18:14.259><c> Damascus</c><00:18:14.859><c> and</c><00:18:15.079><c> was</c><00:18:15.440><c> struck</c><00:18:15.660><c> blind.</c>

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And<00:18:16.660><c> he</c><00:18:17.099><c> went</c><00:18:17.279><c> into</c><00:18:17.660><c> Arabia</c><00:18:18.319><c> and</c><00:18:19.059><c> he</c><00:18:19.640><c> was</c><00:18:20.079><c> wondering</c>

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what<00:18:21.380><c> was</c><00:18:21.920><c> going</c><00:18:22.319><c> on</c><00:18:22.559><c> in</c><00:18:22.759><c> his</c><00:18:23.079><c> life.</c>

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He<00:18:23.539><c> had</c><00:18:23.700><c> devoted</c><00:18:24.160><c> his</c><00:18:24.480><c> life</c><00:18:24.759><c> to</c><00:18:25.119><c> Judaism.</c>

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to<00:18:32.599><c> preaching</c><00:18:32.960><c> the</c><00:18:33.420><c> gospel</c><00:18:33.920><c> to</c><00:18:34.200><c> the</c><00:18:34.420><c> Gentiles,</c>

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you<00:18:36.299><c> remember</c><00:18:36.799><c> that</c><00:18:36.960><c> he</c><00:18:37.099><c> did</c><00:18:37.380><c> something.</c>

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He<00:18:39.259><c> went</c><00:18:39.539><c> to</c><00:18:39.839><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Why?

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Galatians<00:18:44.799><c> tells</c><00:18:45.140><c> us</c><00:18:45.799><c> that</c><00:18:46.380><c> he</c><00:18:46.579><c> went</c><00:18:46.799><c> to</c><00:18:47.119><c> Jerusalem</c>

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specifically<00:18:49.500><c> to</c><00:18:50.240><c> speak</c><00:18:50.819><c> with</c><00:18:51.920><c> two</c><00:18:52.339><c> of</c><00:18:52.619><c> those</c><00:18:53.019><c> disciples</c>

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who<00:18:54.119><c> saw</c><00:18:54.680><c> Jesus</c><00:18:55.380><c> alive</c><00:18:56.119><c> personally.</c>

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He<00:18:57.480><c> wanted</c><00:18:57.799><c> to</c><00:18:58.200><c> talk</c><00:18:58.420><c> himself</c><00:18:59.000><c> to</c><00:18:59.299><c> the</c><00:18:59.500><c> eyewitnesses.</c>

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He<00:19:01.099><c> wanted</c><00:19:01.299><c> to</c><00:19:01.660><c> ask</c><00:19:01.920><c> these</c><00:19:02.220><c> eyewitnesses</c>

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whether<00:19:03.359><c> the</c><00:19:04.000><c> experience</c><00:19:04.660><c> that</c><00:19:04.960><c> he</c><00:19:05.220><c> had</c><00:19:05.519><c> on</c><00:19:05.759><c> the</c><00:19:05.980><c> road</c><00:19:06.200><c> to</c><00:19:06.480><c> Damascus</c>

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was<00:19:07.400><c> a</c><00:19:07.619><c> figment</c><00:19:07.920><c> of</c><00:19:08.119><c> his</c><00:19:08.380><c> imagination</c><00:19:09.099><c> or</c><00:19:11.000><c> whether</c><00:19:11.299><c> it</c><00:19:11.519><c> was</c><00:19:11.799><c> real.</c>

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And<00:19:15.019><c> James</c><00:19:15.579><c> and</c><00:19:16.920><c> John</c><00:19:17.640><c> confirmed</c>

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that<00:19:19.619><c> they</c><00:19:19.799><c> had</c><00:19:20.180><c> seen</c><00:19:20.640><c> the</c><00:19:21.079><c> risen</c><00:19:21.359><c> Lord,</c>

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that<00:19:22.920><c> they</c><00:19:23.960><c> had</c><00:19:24.339><c> seen</c><00:19:24.660><c> Jesus</c><00:19:25.220><c> alive.</c>

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And<00:19:26.759><c> in</c><00:19:27.000><c> my</c><00:19:27.380><c> view,</c><00:19:28.920><c> this</c><00:19:29.500><c> gave</c><00:19:30.079><c> Paul</c><00:19:30.640><c> the</c><00:19:31.099><c> confidence</c>

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to<00:19:31.940><c> give</c><00:19:32.160><c> up</c><00:19:32.619><c> all</c><00:19:33.039><c> that</c><00:19:33.220><c> he</c><00:19:33.400><c> had</c><00:19:33.660><c> achieved</c><00:19:34.099><c> in</c><00:19:34.400><c> Judaism</c>

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and<00:19:36.579><c> instead</c><00:19:37.059><c> devote</c><00:19:37.480><c> himself</c><00:19:38.200><c> to</c><00:19:39.680><c> a</c><00:19:39.839><c> life</c><00:19:40.019><c> of</c><00:19:40.400><c> hardship</c>

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for<00:19:42.319><c> the</c><00:19:42.619><c> benefit</c><00:19:43.119><c> of</c><00:19:44.059><c> sharing</c><00:19:44.339><c> the</c><00:19:44.680><c> good</c><00:19:44.900><c> news</c>

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of<00:19:46.180><c> the</c><00:19:46.359><c> coming</c><00:19:46.619><c> kingdom</c><00:19:47.160><c> in</c><00:19:47.759><c> the</c><00:19:47.940><c> name</c><00:19:48.140><c> of</c><00:19:48.319><c> Jesus</c><00:19:48.759><c> Christ</c>

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with<00:19:49.460><c> Gentiles</c><00:19:50.440><c> like</c><00:19:51.079><c> you</c><00:19:51.279><c> and</c><00:19:51.480><c> me.</c>

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So<00:19:53.220><c> when</c><00:19:53.359><c> we</c><00:19:53.599><c> think</c><00:19:53.759><c> about</c><00:19:54.039><c> the</c><00:19:54.319><c> resurrection,</c>

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it<00:19:56.559><c> gives</c><00:19:56.819><c> us</c><00:19:57.440><c> assuredness</c><00:19:58.619><c> to</c><00:20:00.000><c> know</c>

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that<00:20:01.500><c> even</c><00:20:02.039><c> if</c><00:20:02.319><c> we</c><00:20:02.660><c> die</c><00:20:03.000><c> like</c><00:20:03.299><c> the</c><00:20:03.539><c> apostle</c><00:20:04.099><c> Paul</c><00:20:04.859><c> died</c><00:20:05.619><c> so</c>

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long<00:20:06.640><c> ago,</c>

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even<00:20:07.680><c> if</c><00:20:07.940><c> we</c><00:20:08.259><c> die</c><00:20:08.660><c> before</c><00:20:09.039><c> the</c><00:20:09.299><c> Lord's</c><00:20:09.720><c> return,</c>

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just<00:20:11.700><c> like</c><00:20:11.940><c> Jesus,</c><00:20:13.799><c> we're</c><00:20:14.220><c> gonna</c><00:20:14.400><c> live</c><00:20:14.619><c> again.</c>

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Let's<00:20:39.099><c> again</c><00:20:39.400><c> look</c><00:20:39.680><c> at</c><00:20:39.859><c> Romans</c><00:20:40.200><c> chapter</c><00:20:40.779><c> six.</c>

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Don't<00:20:47.099><c> you</c><00:20:47.259><c> know</c><00:20:47.539><c> that</c><00:20:47.720><c> all</c><00:20:47.980><c> of</c><00:20:48.099><c> us</c><00:20:48.240><c> who</c><00:20:48.400><c> were</c><00:20:48.720><c> baptized</c>

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We<00:20:53.200><c> were</c><00:20:53.420><c> therefore</c><00:20:53.859><c> buried</c><00:20:54.359><c> with</c><00:20:54.660><c> him</c><00:20:54.900><c> through</c><00:20:55.160><c> baptism</c><00:20:55.720><c> and</c><00:20:56.019><c> death</c>

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new<00:21:06.539><c> life.</c>

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And<00:21:08.500><c> so</c><00:21:08.660><c> we</c><00:21:09.319><c> live</c><00:21:09.559><c> our</c><00:21:09.920><c> lives</c><00:21:10.299><c> today,</c><00:21:11.059><c> brothers</c><00:21:11.259><c> and</c><00:21:11.579><c> sisters,</c>

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anew,<00:21:13.599><c> giving</c><00:21:13.900><c> thanks</c><00:21:14.539><c> for</c><00:21:14.960><c> the</c><00:21:15.220><c> surety</c><00:21:15.920><c> of</c><00:21:16.440><c> this</c><00:21:16.660><c> hope.</c>

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but<00:21:24.980><c> he</c><00:21:25.140><c> didn't</c><00:21:25.460><c> remain</c><00:21:26.000><c> on</c><00:21:26.279><c> the</c><00:21:26.480><c> earth,</c><00:21:26.680><c> he</c><00:21:26.980><c> ascended</c><00:21:27.400><c> into</c><00:21:27.859><c> heaven.</c>

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that<00:21:33.160><c> he's</c><00:21:33.420><c> alive</c><00:21:33.960><c> today</c><00:21:34.319><c> in</c><00:21:34.640><c> heaven.</c>

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he<00:21:40.039><c> offers</c><00:21:40.359><c> us</c><00:21:40.660><c> his</c><00:21:40.960><c> sympathy.</c>

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We're<00:22:39.460><c> gonna</c><00:22:39.539><c> take</c><00:22:39.779><c> a</c><00:22:39.920><c> look</c><00:22:40.099><c> at</c><00:22:40.420><c> two</c><00:22:40.779><c> passages,</c><00:22:41.720><c> one</c><00:22:41.940><c> from</c><00:22:42.220><c> Hebrews,</c>

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We're<00:22:59.440><c> gonna</c><00:22:59.480><c> look</c><00:22:59.660><c> at</c><00:22:59.779><c> the</c><00:22:59.960><c> 18th</c><00:23:00.779><c> verse,</c>

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Hebrews<00:23:02.599><c> chapter</c><00:23:03.019><c> two,</c><00:23:03.480><c> verse</c><00:23:03.660><c> 18.</c>

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our<00:23:40.319><c> Lord</c><00:23:40.500><c> is</c><00:23:40.859><c> willing.</c>

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We'll<00:23:45.980><c> pick</c><00:23:46.140><c> it</c><00:23:46.279><c> up</c><00:23:46.420><c> in</c><00:23:47.539><c> the</c><00:23:47.720><c> 16th</c><00:23:48.460><c> verse.</c>

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And<00:24:11.339><c> why</c><00:24:11.579><c> is</c><00:24:11.859><c> that?</c>

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Let's<00:24:17.160><c> look,</c><00:24:17.339><c> for</c><00:24:17.559><c> example,</c><00:24:18.440><c> at</c><00:24:18.660><c> verse</c><00:24:18.960><c> 15.</c>

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who's<00:24:23.119><c> unable</c><00:24:23.460><c> to</c><00:24:23.799><c> sympathize</c><00:24:24.400><c> with</c><00:24:24.579><c> our</c><00:24:24.779><c> weaknesses,</c>

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brothers<00:24:33.279><c> and</c><00:24:33.579><c> sisters,</c><00:24:33.980><c> don't</c><00:24:34.259><c> we?</c>

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great<00:24:43.519><c> power,</c><00:24:44.359><c> he</c><00:24:44.880><c> was</c><00:24:45.119><c> given</c><00:24:45.359><c> the</c><00:24:45.740><c> power</c>

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to<00:24:47.279><c> bring</c><00:24:47.680><c> everything</c><00:24:48.700><c> under</c><00:24:49.660><c> his</c><00:24:50.000><c> control.</c>

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Remember<00:24:51.619><c> that?</c>

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I<00:24:53.500><c> believe</c><00:24:53.759><c> therefore</c><00:24:55.680><c> that</c><00:24:56.420><c> Jesus</c><00:24:57.220><c> can</c><00:24:58.819><c> intercede</c><00:24:59.680><c> in</c><00:25:00.019><c> our</c><00:25:00.319><c> lives,</c>

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that<00:25:01.539><c> he</c><00:25:01.660><c> can</c><00:25:01.980><c> send</c><00:25:02.420><c> help</c><00:25:02.799><c> to</c><00:25:03.220><c> us</c><00:25:03.680><c> when</c><00:25:04.039><c> we</c><00:25:04.259><c> need</c><00:25:04.460><c> it</c><00:25:04.680><c> most,</c>

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that<00:25:05.779><c> he</c><00:25:05.880><c> might</c><00:25:06.140><c> support</c><00:25:06.599><c> us</c><00:25:06.839><c> with</c><00:25:07.019><c> an</c><00:25:07.380><c> angel,</c>

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whether<00:25:08.640><c> it</c><00:25:08.839><c> be</c><00:25:08.980><c> mortal</c><00:25:09.480><c> or</c><00:25:10.099><c> immortal.</c>

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An<00:25:11.599><c> angel</c><00:25:12.000><c> might</c><00:25:12.240><c> be</c><00:25:12.700><c> you</c><00:25:13.480><c> coming</c><00:25:14.259><c> to</c><00:25:14.619><c> me</c><00:25:15.680><c> with</c><00:25:16.279><c> a</c><00:25:16.920><c> word</c><00:25:17.079><c> of</c><00:25:17.380><c> comfort.</c>

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It<00:25:19.140><c> might</c><00:25:19.380><c> be</c><00:25:20.200><c> more</c><00:25:20.619><c> than</c><00:25:20.859><c> that.</c>

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But<00:25:21.960><c> Jesus</c><00:25:22.519><c> is</c><00:25:23.099><c> control</c><00:25:24.000><c> of</c><00:25:24.319><c> all</c><00:25:24.700><c> things.</c>

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And<00:25:25.940><c> as</c><00:25:26.059><c> Jim</c><00:25:26.299><c> Sullivan</c><00:25:26.700><c> is</c><00:25:27.059><c> apt</c><00:25:27.259><c> to</c><00:25:27.579><c> say,</c>

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we<00:25:28.339><c> can</c><00:25:28.500><c> do</c><00:25:28.759><c> all</c><00:25:29.099><c> things</c><00:25:29.619><c> through</c><00:25:29.880><c> Christ.</c>

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So<00:25:31.519><c> it</c><00:25:31.579><c> seems</c><00:25:31.799><c> to</c><00:25:31.960><c> me</c><00:25:32.140><c> that</c><00:25:32.319><c> the</c><00:25:32.559><c> type</c><00:25:32.720><c> of</c><00:25:33.099><c> practical</c><00:25:33.519><c> intervention</c>

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is<00:25:35.500><c> what</c><00:25:35.680><c> we</c><00:25:35.920><c> saw</c><00:25:36.099><c> Jesus</c><00:25:36.640><c> do</c><00:25:37.000><c> when</c><00:25:37.220><c> he</c><00:25:37.799><c> arranged</c><00:25:38.319><c> that</c><00:25:38.700><c> covert</c><00:25:39.299><c> meeting.</c>

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With<00:25:41.019><c> his</c><00:25:41.299><c> apostles</c><00:25:41.960><c> so</c><00:25:42.400><c> long</c><00:25:42.640><c> ago</c><00:25:43.099><c> before</c><00:25:43.579><c> the</c><00:25:43.839><c> last</c><00:25:44.140><c> supper,</c>

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that<00:25:47.460><c> there</c><00:25:47.599><c> was</c><00:25:47.799><c> a</c><00:25:48.019><c> person</c><00:25:48.339><c> there</c><00:25:48.660><c> that</c><00:25:48.859><c> could</c><00:25:49.140><c> guide</c><00:25:49.519><c> them</c>

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and<00:25:50.039><c> lead</c><00:25:50.279><c> them</c><00:25:50.640><c> to</c><00:25:51.019><c> a</c><00:25:51.259><c> place</c><00:25:51.480><c> where</c><00:25:51.700><c> they</c><00:25:51.859><c> could</c><00:25:52.099><c> meet</c><00:25:52.480><c> uninterrupted,</c>

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where<00:25:53.940><c> they</c><00:25:54.119><c> could</c><00:25:54.460><c> meet</c><00:25:54.819><c> without</c><00:25:55.180><c> the</c><00:25:55.559><c> worry</c>

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to<00:26:01.460><c> drag</c><00:26:02.140><c> their</c><00:26:02.700><c> Lord</c><00:26:02.940><c> away</c><00:26:03.519><c> to</c><00:26:03.880><c> his</c><00:26:04.099><c> crucifixion.</c>

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Jesus<00:26:06.480><c> arranged</c><00:26:07.140><c> for</c><00:26:07.380><c> that</c><00:26:07.660><c> meeting.</c>

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And<00:26:08.819><c> similarly,</c><00:26:09.099><c> he</c><00:26:09.279><c> may</c><00:26:09.640><c> arrange</c><00:26:10.200><c> things</c><00:26:10.640><c> in</c><00:26:10.940><c> our</c><00:26:11.259><c> lives</c>

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to<00:26:11.900><c> provide</c><00:26:12.220><c> comfort</c><00:26:12.720><c> and</c><00:26:13.039><c> help</c><00:26:13.200><c> to</c><00:26:13.480><c> us.</c>

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that<00:26:22.559><c> he</c><00:26:22.779><c> would</c><00:26:22.960><c> be</c><00:26:23.420><c> safe</c><00:26:23.900><c> to</c><00:26:24.380><c> preach.</c>

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Does<00:26:26.779><c> Jesus</c><00:26:27.220><c> do</c><00:26:27.440><c> this</c><00:26:27.700><c> to</c><00:26:27.940><c> me?</c>

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Does<00:26:29.440><c> he</c><00:26:29.579><c> do</c><00:26:29.720><c> it</c><00:26:29.920><c> to</c><00:26:30.200><c> you</c><00:26:30.500><c> in</c><00:26:30.740><c> your</c><00:26:31.000><c> life?</c>

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I<00:26:32.180><c> think</c><00:26:32.359><c> he</c><00:26:32.599><c> can.</c>

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Listen<00:26:35.299><c> to</c><00:26:35.400><c> what</c><00:26:35.599><c> Jesus</c><00:26:36.000><c> said</c><00:26:36.240><c> to</c><00:26:36.500><c> his</c><00:26:37.039><c> disciples</c><00:26:37.720><c> in</c><00:26:38.279><c> his</c>

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last<00:26:38.920><c> hours.</c>

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Trust<00:26:45.640><c> in</c><00:26:45.920><c> God,</c><00:26:47.220><c> trust</c><00:26:47.539><c> also</c><00:26:47.980><c> in</c><00:26:48.259><c> me.</c>

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And<00:26:49.579><c> then</c><00:26:49.640><c> in</c><00:26:49.779><c> the</c><00:26:49.920><c> 13th</c><00:26:50.500><c> verse</c><00:26:50.779><c> of</c><00:26:51.079><c> John</c><00:26:51.359><c> 14,</c><00:26:51.960><c> he</c><00:26:52.099><c> said,</c>

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and<00:26:52.779><c> I</c><00:26:53.000><c> will</c><00:26:53.200><c> do</c><00:26:53.400><c> whatever</c><00:26:53.779><c> you</c><00:26:54.119><c> ask</c><00:26:54.299><c> in</c><00:26:54.519><c> my</c><00:26:54.779><c> name</c>

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so<00:26:55.839><c> that</c><00:26:56.039><c> the</c><00:26:56.240><c> Son</c><00:26:56.359><c> of</c><00:26:56.579><c> God</c><00:26:56.880><c> may</c><00:26:57.140><c> be</c><00:26:57.500><c> glory</c><00:26:58.240><c> to</c><00:26:58.579><c> the</c><00:26:58.819><c> Father.</c>

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And<00:27:00.319><c> we</c><00:27:00.420><c> might</c><00:27:00.640><c> ask</c><00:27:01.019><c> things</c><00:27:01.359><c> in</c><00:27:01.980><c> Jesus'</c><00:27:02.579><c> name,</c>

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but<00:27:03.079><c> remember</c><00:27:03.519><c> what</c><00:27:03.720><c> the</c><00:27:04.039><c> promise</c><00:27:04.380><c> here</c>

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is<00:27:05.599><c> that</c><00:27:05.740><c> he</c><00:27:05.859><c> will</c><00:27:06.059><c> do</c><00:27:06.299><c> all</c><00:27:06.619><c> things</c><00:27:06.839><c> in</c><00:27:06.980><c> our</c><00:27:07.299><c> name,</c>

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I'm<00:27:08.420><c> sorry,</c><00:27:08.819><c> that</c><00:27:09.000><c> he</c><00:27:09.140><c> will</c><00:27:09.279><c> do</c><00:27:09.579><c> all</c><00:27:10.000><c> things</c>

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so<00:27:11.339><c> that</c><00:27:11.720><c> the</c><00:27:11.960><c> Son</c><00:27:12.160><c> of</c><00:27:12.460><c> God</c><00:27:13.099><c> may</c><00:27:13.460><c> bring</c><00:27:13.779><c> glory</c><00:27:14.359><c> to</c><00:27:14.619><c> the</c><00:27:14.839><c> Father,</c><00:27:15.380><c> right?</c>

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The<00:27:16.119><c> things</c><00:27:16.299><c> that</c><00:27:16.500><c> we</c><00:27:16.799><c> ask</c><00:27:17.059><c> are</c><00:27:17.200><c> to</c><00:27:17.380><c> bring</c><00:27:17.539><c> glory</c><00:27:17.920><c> to</c><00:27:18.180><c> God.</c>

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You<00:27:20.119><c> may</c><00:27:20.359><c> ask</c><00:27:20.599><c> me</c><00:27:20.759><c> for</c><00:27:21.019><c> anything</c><00:27:21.400><c> Jesus</c><00:27:21.859><c> said</c><00:27:22.099><c> in</c><00:27:22.299><c> my</c><00:27:22.539><c> name,</c>

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and<00:27:23.519><c> I'll</c><00:27:23.759><c> do</c><00:27:23.980><c> it.</c>

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The<00:27:25.460><c> Gospel</c><00:27:25.819><c> of</c><00:27:26.119><c> Matthew</c><00:27:26.500><c> concludes</c><00:27:27.119><c> with</c><00:27:27.400><c> Jesus'</c><00:27:28.140><c> words,</c>

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as<00:27:28.480><c> surely</c><00:27:29.119><c> as</c><00:27:29.440><c> I</c><00:27:29.599><c> am</c><00:27:29.759><c> with</c><00:27:30.019><c> you</c><00:27:30.539><c> always</c><00:27:31.380><c> to</c><00:27:31.880><c> the</c><00:27:32.059><c> end</c><00:27:32.240><c> of</c><00:27:32.400><c> the</c><00:27:32.559><c> age.</c>

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So<00:27:34.640><c> as</c><00:27:35.119><c> we</c><00:27:35.640><c> come</c><00:27:35.900><c> to</c><00:27:36.200><c> the</c><00:27:36.460><c> end</c><00:27:36.660><c> of</c><00:27:36.900><c> this</c><00:27:37.779><c> short</c><00:27:38.140><c> talk,</c>

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brothers<00:27:38.839><c> and</c><00:27:39.200><c> sisters,</c>

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we've<00:27:40.240><c> looked</c><00:27:40.440><c> at</c><00:27:40.640><c> four</c><00:27:41.019><c> aspects</c><00:27:41.559><c> of</c><00:27:41.779><c> Jesus'</c><00:27:42.500><c> life.</c>

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We<00:27:44.279><c> looked</c><00:27:44.440><c> at</c><00:27:44.619><c> the</c><00:27:44.960><c> example</c><00:27:45.380><c> that</c><00:27:45.599><c> he</c><00:27:45.940><c> provides</c><00:27:46.500><c> us</c><00:27:46.819><c> in</c><00:27:47.000><c> his</c><00:27:47.339><c> living</c>

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and<00:27:48.099><c> the</c><00:27:48.339><c> things</c><00:27:48.519><c> that</c><00:27:48.740><c> he</c><00:27:48.900><c> did</c><00:27:49.119><c> and</c><00:27:49.500><c> said</c>

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while<00:27:50.079><c> walking</c><00:27:50.480><c> on</c><00:27:50.759><c> the</c><00:27:50.940><c> earth.</c>

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We<00:27:52.099><c> looked</c><00:27:52.279><c> at</c><00:27:52.440><c> the</c><00:27:52.660><c> fact</c><00:27:52.839><c> that</c><00:27:53.039><c> his</c><00:27:53.279><c> death</c><00:27:53.619><c> provides</c><00:27:54.119><c> us</c>

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with<00:27:54.740><c> forgiveness,</c><00:27:55.740><c> but</c><00:27:56.240><c> more</c><00:27:56.559><c> than</c><00:27:56.799><c> that,</c>

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we<00:27:57.180><c> saw</c><00:27:57.400><c> that</c><00:27:57.619><c> the</c><00:27:57.920><c> resurrection</c><00:27:58.440><c> offers</c><00:27:58.960><c> us</c><00:27:59.599><c> confidence</c>

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in<00:28:01.180><c> a</c><00:28:01.339><c> newness</c><00:28:01.680><c> of</c><00:28:01.980><c> life.</c>

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And<00:28:03.440><c> his</c><00:28:03.660><c> ascension</c><00:28:04.160><c> and</c><00:28:04.539><c> work</c><00:28:04.920><c> in</c><00:28:05.299><c> heaven</c><00:28:05.539><c> provides</c><00:28:06.059><c> us</c>

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with<00:28:06.500><c> a</c><00:28:06.759><c> real</c><00:28:07.480><c> and</c><00:28:08.099><c> tangible</c><00:28:08.500><c> hope</c><00:28:09.119><c> and</c><00:28:09.819><c> health</c><00:28:10.259><c> in</c><00:28:10.779><c> time</c><00:28:10.960><c> of</c><00:28:11.220><c> need.</c>

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And<00:28:12.720><c> brothers</c><00:28:12.880><c> and</c><00:28:13.180><c> sisters,</c><00:28:13.519><c> when</c><00:28:13.720><c> we</c><00:28:14.220><c> stop</c><00:28:14.460><c> now</c>

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to<00:28:16.200><c> consider</c><00:28:16.640><c> the</c><00:28:16.859><c> bread</c><00:28:17.039><c> and</c><00:28:17.359><c> wine</c><00:28:17.599><c> that</c><00:28:17.779><c> we'll</c><00:28:18.099><c> share,</c>

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we<00:28:20.559><c> need</c><00:28:20.700><c> to</c><00:28:21.059><c> remember,</c><00:28:21.400><c> I</c><00:28:21.660><c> think,</c>

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I<00:28:22.019><c> think</c><00:28:22.259><c> that</c><00:28:22.440><c> these</c><00:28:22.839><c> four</c><00:28:23.160><c> aspects</c><00:28:23.680><c> of</c><00:28:23.920><c> Jesus'</c><00:28:24.619><c> life</c><00:28:25.240><c> help</c><00:28:25.819><c> us.</c>

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With<00:28:27.559><c> a</c><00:28:27.799><c> perfect</c><00:28:28.160><c> example</c><00:28:28.799><c> only,</c><00:28:29.460><c> you</c><00:28:29.519><c> know,</c>

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if<00:28:29.740><c> we</c><00:28:29.900><c> were</c><00:28:30.000><c> just</c><00:28:30.279><c> to,</c>

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if<00:28:31.440><c> we</c><00:28:31.599><c> were</c><00:28:31.700><c> only</c><00:28:31.900><c> given</c><00:28:32.099><c> one</c><00:28:32.500><c> of</c><00:28:32.680><c> these</c><00:28:33.039><c> four,</c>

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we<00:28:34.799><c> would</c><00:28:34.960><c> be</c><00:28:35.119><c> left</c><00:28:35.380><c> wanting.</c>

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But<00:28:37.420><c> all</c><00:28:37.880><c> four</c><00:28:38.180><c> combined</c><00:28:38.799><c> do</c><00:28:39.160><c> a</c><00:28:39.500><c> wonderful</c><00:28:39.900><c> thing.</c>

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So<00:28:42.519><c> consider,</c><00:28:43.019><c> if</c><00:28:43.319><c> we</c><00:28:43.579><c> only</c><00:28:44.039><c> had</c><00:28:44.299><c> Jesus'</c><00:28:45.000><c> perfect</c><00:28:45.339><c> example,</c>

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there'd<00:28:47.519><c> be</c><00:28:47.619><c> no</c><00:28:47.859><c> forgiveness</c>

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because<00:28:48.700><c> we</c><00:28:48.920><c> all</c><00:28:49.160><c> fall</c><00:28:49.400><c> short</c><00:28:49.759><c> of</c><00:28:49.920><c> his</c><00:28:50.099><c> example.</c>

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And<00:28:52.160><c> if</c><00:28:52.319><c> Christ</c><00:28:52.660><c> was</c><00:28:52.920><c> not</c><00:28:53.240><c> raised</c><00:28:53.700><c> from</c><00:28:53.980><c> the</c><00:28:54.200><c> dead,</c>

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then<00:28:54.599><c> even</c><00:28:55.019><c> if</c><00:28:55.259><c> we</c><00:28:55.460><c> were</c><00:28:55.740><c> forgiven,</c>

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it<00:28:57.559><c> does</c><00:28:57.799><c> us</c><00:28:58.059><c> no</c><00:28:58.380><c> further</c><00:28:58.799><c> good.</c>

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And<00:29:01.480><c> if</c><00:29:01.640><c> Christ</c><00:29:02.000><c> is</c><00:29:02.259><c> not</c><00:29:02.480><c> at</c><00:29:02.680><c> God's</c><00:29:03.059><c> right</c><00:29:03.359><c> hand</c>

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and<00:29:04.059><c> available</c><00:29:04.599><c> to</c><00:29:04.920><c> help</c><00:29:05.099><c> us</c><00:29:05.339><c> in</c><00:29:05.440><c> our</c><00:29:05.740><c> time</c><00:29:05.980><c> of</c><00:29:06.259><c> need</c>

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when<00:29:06.599><c> we're</c><00:29:06.839><c> tempted,</c><00:29:07.920><c> then</c><00:29:08.299><c> there's</c><00:29:08.900><c> really</c><00:29:09.119><c> no</c><00:29:09.420><c> difference</c>

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than<00:29:11.240><c> the</c><00:29:11.599><c> Jews</c><00:29:11.799><c> under</c><00:29:12.119><c> the</c><00:29:12.400><c> law</c><00:29:12.839><c> who</c><00:29:13.180><c> had</c><00:29:13.380><c> a</c><00:29:13.579><c> high</c><00:29:13.839><c> priest</c>

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who<00:29:14.299><c> could</c><00:29:14.640><c> sympathize</c><00:29:15.920><c> with</c><00:29:16.279><c> their</c><00:29:16.519><c> weaknesses,</c>

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but<00:29:18.559><c> who</c><00:29:18.779><c> could</c><00:29:18.980><c> not</c><00:29:19.220><c> help.</c>

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See<00:29:20.680><c> the</c><00:29:20.839><c> difference?</c>

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Even<00:29:22.759><c> the</c><00:29:23.059><c> Jews</c><00:29:23.299><c> under</c><00:29:23.559><c> the</c><00:29:23.799><c> Old</c><00:29:24.019><c> Testament</c><00:29:24.460><c> law</c>

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had<00:29:25.559><c> a</c><00:29:25.700><c> high</c><00:29:26.000><c> priest</c><00:29:26.279><c> who</c><00:29:26.440><c> could</c><00:29:26.640><c> sympathize,</c>

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but<00:29:28.339><c> we</c><00:29:28.519><c> have</c><00:29:28.720><c> one</c><00:29:28.880><c> who</c><00:29:29.099><c> can</c><00:29:29.319><c> sympathize</c><00:29:30.380><c> and</c><00:29:30.920><c> help.</c>

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And<00:29:32.599><c> so</c><00:29:32.740><c> here</c><00:29:32.980><c> we</c><00:29:33.279><c> are</c><00:29:33.900><c> knowing</c><00:29:34.839><c> that</c><00:29:35.940><c> Jesus</c><00:29:36.380><c> is</c><00:29:36.720><c> in</c><00:29:36.940><c> our</c><00:29:37.079><c> midst.</c>

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And<00:29:39.380><c> as</c><00:29:39.619><c> we</c><00:29:39.940><c> break</c><00:29:40.140><c> bread</c><00:29:40.539><c> and</c><00:29:41.160><c> drink</c><00:29:41.460><c> wine</c><00:29:41.799><c> now,</c>

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we<00:29:43.140><c> do</c><00:29:43.339><c> it</c><00:29:44.140><c> for</c><00:29:44.599><c> our</c><00:29:44.740><c> betterment.</c>