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And<00:17:19.039><c> not</c><00:17:19.420><c> everything</c><00:17:19.720><c> is</c><00:17:19.980><c> entirely</c><00:17:20.380><c> bleak</c><00:17:20.720><c> in</c><00:17:20.880><c> the</c><00:17:21.099><c> townships.</c>

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It's<00:17:21.900><c> sort</c><00:17:22.000><c> of</c><00:17:22.140><c> like</c><00:17:22.339><c> the</c><00:17:22.640><c> description</c><00:17:22.920><c> of</c><00:17:23.119><c> medieval</c><00:17:23.339><c> Europe.</c>

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There<00:17:24.460><c> are</c><00:17:25.460><c> good</c><00:17:25.660><c> times</c><00:17:26.019><c> there</c><00:17:26.299><c> also.</c>

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But<00:17:27.579><c> we,</c><00:17:28.619><c> yeah,</c><00:17:29.140><c> so</c><00:17:29.140><c> Sunset</c><00:17:29.660><c> Community,</c><00:17:30.279><c> we</c><00:17:30.400><c> met</c><00:17:30.519><c> people</c><00:17:30.880><c> who</c>

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were<00:17:31.839><c> joyful,</c>

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these<00:17:32.559><c> children</c><00:17:32.819><c> that</c><00:17:34.160><c> had</c><00:17:34.900><c> smiles</c><00:17:35.480><c> that</c><00:17:35.720><c> expressed</c><00:17:36.160><c> youthful</c><00:17:36.660><c> hopefulness</c><00:17:37.220><c> and</c><00:17:37.440><c> joy,</c>

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despite<00:17:38.400><c> that</c><00:17:38.900><c> they</c><00:17:39.859><c> were</c><00:17:40.039><c> growing</c><00:17:40.220><c> up</c><00:17:40.500><c> in</c><00:17:40.759><c> houses</c><00:17:41.119><c> that</c><00:17:41.299><c> were</c>

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basically<00:17:42.539><c> dilapidated</c><00:17:44.119><c> sheet</c><00:17:44.339><c> metal</c><00:17:44.859><c> shacks.</c>

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They<00:17:45.400><c> called</c><00:17:45.500><c> them</c><00:17:45.759><c> jondolas,</c><00:17:49.319><c> a</c><00:17:49.319><c> hard</c><00:17:49.680><c> place</c><00:17:49.920><c> to</c><00:17:50.119><c> grow</c><00:17:50.279><c> up</c><00:17:50.480><c> as</c>

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a<00:17:50.819><c> kid.</c>

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There<00:17:53.880><c> was</c><00:17:54.099><c> still</c><00:17:54.279><c> some</c><00:17:54.519><c> joy</c><00:17:54.740><c> despite</c><00:17:55.400><c> the</c><00:17:55.980><c> poverty</c><00:17:56.460><c> and</c><00:17:57.019><c> the</c>

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crime,<00:17:58.200><c> the</c><00:17:58.400><c> drug</c><00:17:58.559><c> addiction</c><00:17:59.000><c> that</c><00:17:59.599><c> was</c><00:17:59.960><c> the</c><00:18:00.160><c> markers</c><00:18:00.420><c> of</c><00:18:00.740><c> poverty.</c>

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So<00:18:02.299><c> it</c><00:18:02.319><c> was</c><00:18:02.460><c> very</c><00:18:02.859><c> jarring</c><00:18:03.180><c> for</c><00:18:03.440><c> Hannah</c><00:18:03.680><c> and</c><00:18:03.819><c> I</c><00:18:03.900><c> to</c><00:18:04.019><c> be</c><00:18:04.200><c> exposed</c>

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to<00:18:04.680><c> that</c><00:18:04.839><c> sort</c><00:18:05.019><c> of</c><00:18:05.579><c> wealth</c><00:18:05.759><c> inequality.</c>

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And<00:18:06.420><c> one</c><00:18:06.599><c> day</c><00:18:06.980><c> we</c><00:18:07.180><c> went</c><00:18:07.400><c> from</c><00:18:08.119><c> working</c><00:18:08.599><c> in</c><00:18:09.259><c> the</c><00:18:09.500><c> townships</c><00:18:10.000><c> meeting</c><00:18:10.160><c> some</c><00:18:10.380><c> of</c>

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these<00:18:10.640><c> children</c>

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to<00:18:12.180><c> having</c><00:18:12.579><c> dinner</c><00:18:12.980><c> at</c><00:18:13.200><c> the</c><00:18:13.460><c> home</c><00:18:13.640><c> of</c><00:18:13.859><c> a</c><00:18:13.980><c> brother</c><00:18:14.119><c> and</c><00:18:14.299><c> sister</c>

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in<00:18:14.599><c> the</c><00:18:14.779><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:18:17.160><c> lavish</c><00:18:18.160><c> dinner,</c><00:18:18.799><c> very</c><00:18:19.220><c> elegant</c><00:18:19.559><c> home.</c>

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Their<00:18:21.339><c> garage</c><00:18:21.759><c> is</c><00:18:22.059><c> filled</c><00:18:22.220><c> with</c><00:18:23.019><c> Carrera,</c><00:18:24.480><c> 9</c><00:18:24.640><c> Series,</c><00:18:25.940><c> some</c>

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nice<00:18:26.619><c> vehicles,</c><00:18:27.680><c> other</c><00:18:27.880><c> markers</c><00:18:28.240><c> of</c><00:18:28.500><c> material</c><00:18:28.880><c> success.</c>

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And<00:18:30.279><c> it's</c><00:18:30.400><c> just</c><00:18:30.680><c> such</c><00:18:30.880><c> a</c><00:18:31.259><c> striking</c><00:18:31.539><c> thing</c><00:18:31.799><c> in</c><00:18:31.940><c> your</c><00:18:32.160><c> mind</c><00:18:32.359><c> to</c>

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see<00:18:32.779><c> this</c><00:18:33.119><c> and</c><00:18:33.240><c> then</c><00:18:33.480><c> that.</c>

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And<00:18:36.160><c> I'm</c><00:18:36.559><c> certainly</c><00:18:36.799><c> not</c><00:18:37.019><c> judging</c><00:18:37.279><c> anyone</c><00:18:37.619><c> for,</c><00:18:38.259><c> you</c><00:18:38.259><c> know,</c>

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this<00:18:38.680><c> brother</c><00:18:38.859><c> and</c><00:18:39.019><c> sister</c><00:18:39.160><c> were</c><00:18:39.339><c> very</c><00:18:39.559><c> involved</c><00:18:39.960><c> in</c><00:18:40.279><c> some</c><00:18:40.500><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:40.700><c> work</c><00:18:40.839><c> that</c><00:18:40.920><c> was</c><00:18:41.079><c> being</c><00:18:41.259><c> done</c><00:18:41.440><c> as</c><00:18:41.660><c> well.</c>

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So<00:18:42.859><c> not</c><00:18:43.579><c> to</c><00:18:43.940><c> make</c><00:18:44.180><c> any</c><00:18:44.380><c> judgments,</c><00:18:44.819><c> but</c><00:18:45.019><c> really</c><00:18:45.319><c> just</c><00:18:45.519><c> to</c><00:18:45.720><c> point</c><00:18:45.880><c> out,</c>

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there's<00:18:46.920><c> a</c><00:18:47.119><c> problem</c><00:18:47.319><c> here.</c>

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There's<00:18:47.720><c> an</c><00:18:47.900><c> imbalance</c><00:18:48.240><c> in</c><00:18:48.440><c> the</c><00:18:48.619><c> world.</c>

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It's<00:18:50.900><c> hard</c><00:18:51.119><c> to</c><00:18:52.119><c> watch.</c>

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But<00:18:53.539><c> the</c><00:18:53.759><c> fact</c><00:18:53.900><c> is</c><00:18:54.099><c> we</c><00:18:54.200><c> all</c><00:18:54.440><c> need</c><00:18:54.559><c> to</c><00:18:54.819><c> face</c><00:18:55.000><c> the</c><00:18:55.299><c> reality</c><00:18:55.660><c> of</c>

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other's<00:18:56.460><c> sufferings.</c>

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If<00:18:57.640><c> we're</c><00:18:57.819><c> well</c><00:18:58.119><c> off,</c><00:18:58.380><c> we</c><00:18:58.539><c> need</c><00:18:58.700><c> to</c><00:18:58.960><c> face</c><00:18:59.160><c> the</c><00:18:59.380><c> issue</c><00:18:59.559><c> of</c><00:18:59.819><c> poverty.</c>

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If<00:19:00.900><c> we're</c><00:19:01.059><c> healthy,</c><00:19:01.460><c> we</c><00:19:01.599><c> need</c><00:19:01.799><c> to</c><00:19:01.960><c> face</c><00:19:02.200><c> the</c><00:19:02.380><c> issue</c><00:19:02.619><c> of</c><00:19:02.859><c> illness</c><00:19:03.140><c> that</c>

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others<00:19:03.640><c> are</c><00:19:04.079><c> suffering</c><00:19:04.400><c> with.</c>

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that<00:19:09.640><c> love</c><00:19:09.839><c> you,</c><00:19:10.359><c> if</c><00:19:10.539><c> you</c><00:19:10.759><c> have</c><00:19:10.880><c> people</c><00:19:11.140><c> you</c><00:19:11.359><c> love</c><00:19:11.500><c> in</c><00:19:11.680><c> your</c><00:19:11.900><c> life,</c>

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we<00:19:12.640><c> need</c><00:19:12.819><c> to</c><00:19:13.019><c> face</c><00:19:13.279><c> the</c><00:19:13.700><c> loneliness</c><00:19:14.160><c> that</c><00:19:14.740><c> many</c><00:19:15.079><c> feel,</c><00:19:15.700><c> people</c>

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that<00:19:16.160><c> are</c><00:19:16.259><c> all</c><00:19:16.460><c> alone.</c>

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If<00:19:18.500><c> we've</c><00:19:18.700><c> been</c><00:19:18.920><c> freed</c><00:19:19.079><c> from</c><00:19:19.359><c> sin,</c><00:19:19.599><c> we</c><00:19:19.740><c> need</c><00:19:19.920><c> to</c><00:19:20.160><c> face</c><00:19:20.420><c> the</c><00:19:20.660><c> sins</c><00:19:20.859><c> of</c>

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others<00:19:21.279><c> with</c><00:19:21.519><c> compassion,</c>

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recognize<00:19:22.700><c> the</c><00:19:22.920><c> power</c><00:19:23.220><c> of</c><00:19:23.380><c> sin</c><00:19:23.480><c> to</c><00:19:23.700><c> bind</c><00:19:23.920><c> them</c><00:19:24.279><c> and</c><00:19:24.700><c> the</c><00:19:24.880><c> still</c>

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greater<00:19:25.400><c> power</c><00:19:25.740><c> of</c><00:19:25.980><c> God</c><00:19:26.259><c> to</c><00:19:26.519><c> release</c><00:19:26.880><c> them</c><00:19:27.500><c> from</c><00:19:27.920><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:19:30.180><c> of</c><00:19:30.279><c> course,</c><00:19:30.519><c> it's</c><00:19:30.839><c> more</c><00:19:31.240><c> than</c><00:19:31.420><c> just</c><00:19:31.759><c> not</c><00:19:32.019><c> looking</c><00:19:32.319><c> away,</c><00:19:32.660><c> right?</c>

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When<00:19:33.500><c> you</c><00:19:33.720><c> see</c><00:19:33.920><c> such</c><00:19:34.160><c> things,</c><00:19:34.640><c> it</c><00:19:34.880><c> compels</c><00:19:35.200><c> you</c><00:19:35.420><c> to</c><00:19:35.619><c> action.</c>

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You'll<00:19:37.519><c> remember</c><00:19:37.720><c> when</c><00:19:37.900><c> Jesus</c><00:19:38.339><c> faced</c><00:19:38.700><c> the</c><00:19:38.980><c> blindness</c><00:19:39.220><c> of</c><00:19:39.500><c> a</c>

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man<00:19:39.759><c> on</c><00:19:39.960><c> the</c><00:19:40.059><c> road</c><00:19:40.180><c> to</c><00:19:40.380><c> Jericho</c><00:19:40.740><c> in</c><00:19:40.960><c> Mark</c><00:19:41.160><c> 10.</c>

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Yep,<00:19:42.440><c> that's</c><00:19:42.859><c> a</c><00:19:43.240><c> common</c><00:19:43.420><c> story.</c>

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And<00:19:43.920><c> everybody,</c><00:19:44.700><c> you</c><00:19:44.700><c> know,</c><00:19:44.880><c> the</c><00:19:44.960><c> man's</c><00:19:45.279><c> yelling</c><00:19:45.480><c> out,</c><00:19:45.980><c> Jesus,</c><00:19:46.700><c> thou</c>

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son<00:19:46.940><c> of</c><00:19:47.079><c> David,</c><00:19:47.519><c> have</c><00:19:47.619><c> mercy</c><00:19:47.960><c> on</c><00:19:48.160><c> me.</c>

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Everybody's<00:19:49.220><c> like,</c><00:19:49.460><c> be</c><00:19:49.640><c> quiet,</c><00:19:50.079><c> Josh,</c><00:19:50.180><c> he</c><00:19:50.279><c> doesn't</c><00:19:50.559><c> want</c><00:19:50.859><c> to</c>

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look<00:19:51.099><c> at</c><00:19:51.240><c> you.</c>

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He<00:19:51.420><c> doesn't</c><00:19:51.660><c> want</c><00:19:51.859><c> to</c><00:19:52.079><c> deal</c><00:19:52.220><c> with</c><00:19:52.400><c> your</c><00:19:52.680><c> problems.</c>

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But<00:19:54.079><c> that's</c><00:19:54.440><c> not</c><00:19:54.619><c> the</c><00:19:54.759><c> way</c><00:19:55.000><c> Jesus</c><00:19:55.400><c> is.</c>

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He<00:19:56.299><c> stops,</c><00:19:56.920><c> he</c><00:19:57.140><c> brings</c><00:19:57.359><c> the</c><00:19:57.559><c> man</c><00:19:57.740><c> to</c><00:19:58.000><c> him.</c>

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And<00:19:59.240><c> of</c><00:19:59.359><c> course,</c><00:19:59.880><c> our</c><00:19:59.960><c> gracious</c><00:20:00.359><c> Lord</c><00:20:00.819><c> heals</c><00:20:01.160><c> him.</c>

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There's<00:20:03.920><c> many</c><00:20:04.180><c> other</c><00:20:04.460><c> examples</c><00:20:04.880><c> in</c><00:20:05.079><c> the</c><00:20:05.160><c> New</c><00:20:05.319><c> Testament.</c>

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You<00:20:07.299><c> can</c><00:20:07.480><c> think</c><00:20:07.579><c> of</c><00:20:07.700><c> the</c><00:20:07.839><c> man</c><00:20:08.000><c> at</c><00:20:08.099><c> the</c><00:20:08.279><c> beautiful</c><00:20:08.599><c> gate</c><00:20:09.019><c> in</c><00:20:09.420><c> Acts</c><00:20:09.640><c> 3,</c>

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he's<00:20:10.099><c> at</c><00:20:10.220><c> the</c><00:20:10.400><c> temple</c><00:20:10.799><c> asking</c><00:20:11.519><c> for</c><00:20:11.759><c> money</c><00:20:12.039><c> to</c><00:20:12.259><c> passersby.</c>

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And<00:20:14.519><c> what</c><00:20:14.819><c> does</c><00:20:15.640><c> Peter</c><00:20:15.880><c> say</c><00:20:16.160><c> to</c><00:20:16.319><c> him?</c>

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Silver<00:20:18.799><c> and</c><00:20:18.980><c> gold</c><00:20:19.220><c> have</c><00:20:19.500><c> I</c><00:20:19.640><c> not,</c><00:20:20.079><c> but</c><00:20:20.200><c> such</c><00:20:20.339><c> as</c><00:20:20.539><c> I</c><00:20:20.720><c> have,</c><00:20:21.140><c> give</c>

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I<00:20:21.359><c> thee.</c>

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In<00:20:22.240><c> the</c><00:20:22.339><c> name</c><00:20:22.500><c> of</c><00:20:22.660><c> Jesus</c><00:20:23.019><c> Christ,</c><00:20:24.059><c> rise</c><00:20:24.319><c> up</c><00:20:24.559><c> and</c><00:20:24.799><c> walk.</c>

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And<00:20:26.140><c> before</c><00:20:26.140><c> they</c><00:20:26.440><c> have</c><00:20:26.680><c> that</c><00:20:27.220><c> exchange,</c><00:20:28.140><c> you</c><00:20:28.140><c> know,</c><00:20:28.880><c> Peter</c>

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I<00:23:51.960><c> don't</c><00:23:52.140><c> want</c><00:23:52.339><c> to</c><00:23:52.460><c> speak</c><00:23:52.519><c> with</c><00:23:52.720><c> him.</c><00:23:52.839><c> I</c><00:23:52.960><c> don't</c><00:23:53.099><c> want</c><00:23:53.200><c> to</c><00:23:53.359><c> open</c>

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my<00:23:53.779><c> wallet</c><00:23:54.140><c> or</c><00:23:55.099><c> witness</c><00:23:55.440><c> his</c><00:23:55.819><c> poor</c><00:23:56.000><c> clothing</c><00:23:56.460><c> or</c><00:23:56.740><c> hygiene.</c>

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But<00:23:58.920><c> imagine</c><00:23:59.259><c> instead,</c><00:23:59.759><c> I</c><00:24:00.200><c> look</c><00:24:00.460><c> down</c><00:24:00.759><c> at</c><00:24:00.960><c> that</c><00:24:01.220><c> man</c><00:24:01.579><c> and</c><00:24:01.859><c> I</c><00:24:02.140><c> see</c><00:24:02.279><c> his</c><00:24:02.619><c> face</c><00:24:03.019><c> and</c><00:24:03.660><c> recognize</c><00:24:04.140><c> him</c><00:24:04.299><c> as</c>

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When<00:24:07.420><c> I</c><00:24:07.940><c> stoop</c><00:24:08.180><c> down</c><00:24:08.559><c> and</c><00:24:08.920><c> look</c><00:24:09.160><c> him</c><00:24:09.339><c> eye</c><00:24:09.519><c> to</c><00:24:09.680><c> eye</c><00:24:09.900><c> and</c><00:24:10.099><c> say,</c><00:24:10.319><c> what</c><00:24:10.460><c> happened?</c><00:24:10.940><c> How</c><00:24:11.119><c> did</c><00:24:11.279><c> you</c><00:24:11.519><c> get</c><00:24:11.640><c> here?</c><00:24:13.000><c> What</c><00:24:13.200><c> can</c><00:24:13.380><c> I</c>

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do<00:24:13.599><c> to</c><00:24:13.799><c> help?</c>

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I<00:24:16.400><c> hope</c><00:24:16.700><c> that</c><00:24:16.859><c> I'd</c><00:24:17.099><c> be</c><00:24:17.259><c> moved</c><00:24:17.440><c> with</c><00:24:17.660><c> compassion</c><00:24:18.180><c> to</c><00:24:18.440><c> feed</c><00:24:18.579><c> and</c>

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shelter<00:24:19.079><c> him,</c><00:24:20.119><c> because</c><00:24:20.619><c> that's</c><00:24:21.019><c> what</c><00:24:21.240><c> Jesus</c><00:24:21.640><c> as</c><00:24:21.960><c> the</c><00:24:22.200><c> Good</c><00:24:22.380><c> Samaritan</c><00:24:22.900><c> does</c><00:24:23.160><c> to</c>

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each<00:24:23.500><c> of</c><00:24:23.680><c> us.</c>

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In<00:24:25.640><c> Hebrews</c><00:24:25.799><c> 4</c><00:24:26.180><c>.15</c><00:24:26.640><c> we</c><00:24:26.859><c> read</c><00:24:27.099><c> that</c><00:24:27.259><c> he</c><00:24:27.380><c> was</c><00:24:27.740><c> touched</c><00:24:28.180><c> with</c><00:24:28.440><c> the</c>

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feeling<00:24:28.819><c> of</c><00:24:29.059><c> our</c><00:24:29.299><c> infirmities.</c>

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He<00:24:32.079><c> was</c><00:24:32.339><c> touched.</c><00:24:32.680><c> He</c><00:24:32.759><c> has</c><00:24:33.019><c> sympathy.</c><00:24:34.380><c> The</c><00:24:34.420><c> Greek</c><00:24:34.579><c> word</c><00:24:34.839><c> is</c><00:24:35.599><c> sympatio.</c><00:24:37.019><c> He</c>

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was<00:24:37.259><c> touched</c><00:24:37.460><c> with</c><00:24:37.680><c> the</c><00:24:37.819><c> feeling</c><00:24:37.960><c> of</c><00:24:38.140><c> our</c><00:24:38.279><c> infirmities.</c>

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He<00:24:39.960><c> experienced</c><00:24:40.480><c> himself.</c><00:24:42.119><c> He</c><00:24:42.319><c> had</c><00:24:42.579><c> deprivation,</c><00:24:43.579><c> loneliness,</c><00:24:44.240><c> injustice,</c><00:24:45.619><c> even</c><00:24:45.859><c> betrayal</c><00:24:46.440><c> by</c>

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one<00:24:46.940><c> of</c><00:24:47.019><c> his</c><00:24:47.200><c> closest</c><00:24:47.539><c> friends.</c>

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He<00:24:50.539><c> experienced</c><00:24:50.940><c> hunger</c><00:24:51.380><c> the</c><00:24:51.640><c> way</c><00:24:51.819><c> that</c><00:24:52.000><c> little</c><00:24:52.160><c> children</c><00:24:52.680><c> in</c>

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famine<00:24:53.460><c> stricken</c><00:24:53.779><c> lands</c><00:24:54.140><c> do.</c>

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So<00:24:55.720><c> Jesus</c><00:24:56.019><c> went</c><00:24:56.220><c> through</c><00:24:56.519><c> all</c><00:24:56.819><c> the</c><00:24:57.099><c> anguish</c><00:24:57.559><c> of</c><00:24:57.799><c> the</c><00:24:58.000><c> human</c><00:24:58.160><c> experience</c><00:24:58.660><c> so</c>

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that<00:24:59.000><c> he</c><00:24:59.099><c> could</c><00:24:59.339><c> say,</c><00:25:00.359><c> inasmuch</c><00:25:00.740><c> as</c><00:25:00.920><c> you</c><00:25:01.079><c> have</c><00:25:01.240><c> done</c><00:25:01.460><c> it</c><00:25:01.640><c> unto</c>

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one<00:25:02.019><c> of</c><00:25:02.180><c> the</c><00:25:02.380><c> least</c><00:25:02.640><c> of</c><00:25:02.880><c> these</c><00:25:03.059><c> my</c><00:25:03.359><c> brethren,</c><00:25:04.240><c> you</c><00:25:04.400><c> have</c><00:25:04.619><c> done</c>

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it<00:25:05.180><c> unto</c><00:25:05.339><c> me.</c>

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Because<00:25:05.859><c> Jesus</c><00:25:06.200><c> had</c><00:25:06.440><c> been</c><00:25:06.619><c> in</c><00:25:06.799><c> that</c><00:25:07.000><c> position</c><00:25:07.440><c> before.</c><00:25:10.279><c> He</c><00:25:10.420><c> took</c><00:25:10.660><c> upon</c><00:25:10.920><c> the</c><00:25:11.160><c> form</c><00:25:11.299><c> of</c>

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a<00:25:11.720><c> servant.</c><00:25:12.460><c> He</c><00:25:12.759><c> washed</c><00:25:13.000><c> his</c><00:25:13.279><c> disciples'</c><00:25:13.940><c> feet.</c>

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Hebrews<00:25:15.160><c> tells</c><00:25:15.460><c> us</c><00:25:15.640><c> that</c><00:25:15.779><c> he</c><00:25:15.859><c> was</c><00:25:16.119><c> made</c><00:25:16.440><c> like</c><00:25:16.700><c> his</c><00:25:16.980><c> brothers</c>

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in<00:25:17.640><c> every</c><00:25:18.059><c> respect</c><00:25:18.700><c> because</c><00:25:19.519><c> he</c><00:25:19.819><c> himself</c><00:25:20.200><c> has</c><00:25:20.480><c> suffered</c><00:25:20.779><c> and</c>

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when<00:25:21.180><c> tempted</c><00:25:21.539><c> he</c><00:25:21.980><c> is</c><00:25:22.240><c> able</c><00:25:22.500><c> to</c><00:25:22.720><c> help</c><00:25:22.859><c> those</c><00:25:23.180><c> who</c><00:25:23.420><c> are</c><00:25:23.599><c> being</c><00:25:23.900><c> tempted.</c>

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It's<00:25:25.779><c> because</c><00:25:26.400><c> he</c><00:25:26.980><c> had</c><00:25:27.279><c> the</c><00:25:27.700><c> experiences</c><00:25:28.140><c> that</c><00:25:28.519><c> we</c><00:25:28.700><c> do.</c><00:25:28.960><c> He</c><00:25:29.319><c> experienced</c><00:25:29.680><c> the</c><00:25:29.960><c> suffering,</c><00:25:30.359><c> the</c><00:25:30.519><c> pain,</c><00:25:30.880><c> the</c><00:25:30.980><c> sorrow</c><00:25:31.160><c> that</c><00:25:31.339><c> we</c>

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do<00:25:32.000><c> that</c><00:25:32.640><c> we</c><00:25:32.839><c> can</c><00:25:33.059><c> identify</c><00:25:33.539><c> and</c><00:25:33.700><c> he</c><00:25:34.000><c> identifies</c><00:25:34.400><c> with</c><00:25:34.660><c> us.</c>

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So<00:25:38.579><c> again</c><00:25:38.900><c> with</c><00:25:39.119><c> this</c><00:25:39.359><c> idea</c><00:25:39.720><c> of</c><00:25:40.140><c> facing</c><00:25:40.500><c> the</c><00:25:40.759><c> sorrow</c><00:25:41.000><c> of</c><00:25:41.160><c> the</c>

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world,<00:25:41.680><c> consider</c><00:25:41.960><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:42.420><c> 53,</c><00:25:43.240><c> the</c><00:25:43.400><c> prophecy</c><00:25:43.720><c> of</c><00:25:43.920><c> God's</c>

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suffering<00:25:44.660><c> servant.</c>

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a<00:25:51.420><c> man</c><00:25:51.640><c> of</c><00:25:51.880><c> sorrows</c><00:25:52.180><c> and</c><00:25:52.480><c> acquainted</c><00:25:52.720><c> with</c><00:25:53.019><c> grief.</c>

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And<00:25:54.200><c> as</c><00:25:54.440><c> one</c><00:25:54.700><c> from</c><00:25:55.000><c> whom</c><00:25:55.220><c> men</c><00:25:55.720><c> hide</c><00:25:56.220><c> their</c><00:25:56.640><c> faces,</c><00:25:58.519><c> he</c><00:25:58.779><c> was</c><00:25:59.019><c> despised</c><00:25:59.700><c> and</c>

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we<00:26:00.099><c> esteemed</c><00:26:01.119><c> him</c><00:26:01.579><c> not.</c>

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So<00:26:04.720><c> Jesus</c><00:26:05.160><c> is</c><00:26:05.440><c> described</c><00:26:05.880><c> as</c><00:26:06.099><c> one</c><00:26:06.359><c> that</c><00:26:06.559><c> others</c><00:26:06.759><c> look</c><00:26:07.039><c> away</c><00:26:07.319><c> from.</c><00:26:07.660><c> They</c><00:26:07.660><c> don't</c><00:26:07.819><c> want</c><00:26:07.980><c> to</c>

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look<00:26:08.299><c> at.</c>

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They<00:26:11.759><c> don't</c><00:26:11.900><c> want</c><00:26:12.000><c> to</c><00:26:12.099><c> look</c><00:26:12.240><c> at</c><00:26:12.339><c> him.</c><00:26:13.960><c> Others</c><00:26:14.140><c> didn't</c><00:26:14.420><c> want</c><00:26:14.599><c> to</c>

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see<00:26:14.839><c> his</c><00:26:15.119><c> suffering.</c><00:26:15.480><c> Much</c><00:26:15.720><c> the</c><00:26:15.920><c> way</c><00:26:16.019><c> the</c><00:26:16.240><c> priests</c><00:26:16.440><c> in</c><00:26:16.680><c> the</c><00:26:16.740><c> Levi</c><00:26:16.940><c> kept</c><00:26:17.220><c> on</c>

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walking,<00:26:18.440><c> they</c><00:26:18.940><c> don't</c><00:26:19.160><c> want</c><00:26:19.339><c> to</c><00:26:19.519><c> see</c><00:26:19.619><c> that</c><00:26:20.519><c> broken</c><00:26:20.980><c> body.</c>

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So<00:26:23.180><c> we</c><00:26:23.319><c> see</c><00:26:23.480><c> Jesus,</c><00:26:23.940><c> you</c><00:26:23.960><c> know,</c><00:26:24.119><c> he's</c><00:26:24.400><c> the</c><00:26:24.660><c> man</c><00:26:25.099><c> left</c><00:26:25.440><c> for</c><00:26:25.720><c> dead.</c><00:26:27.559><c> He's</c>

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also<00:26:28.240><c> the</c><00:26:28.460><c> Samaritan.</c>

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We<00:26:31.619><c> have</c><00:26:31.880><c> to</c><00:26:31.980><c> be</c><00:26:32.119><c> the</c><00:26:32.299><c> same</c><00:26:32.539><c> way.</c>

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So<00:26:36.680><c> I</c><00:26:37.200><c> had</c><00:26:37.519><c> a</c><00:26:37.700><c> few</c><00:26:37.839><c> misgivings</c><00:26:38.319><c> about</c><00:26:38.640><c> sharing</c><00:26:38.980><c> some</c><00:26:39.240><c> of</c><00:26:39.319><c> these</c>

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thoughts<00:26:40.059><c> because</c><00:26:40.920><c> I</c><00:26:41.079><c> want</c><00:26:41.259><c> to</c><00:26:41.400><c> share</c><00:26:41.500><c> an</c><00:26:41.680><c> uplifting</c><00:26:41.960><c> message.</c><00:26:42.319><c> I</c><00:26:42.460><c> want</c>

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everybody<00:26:42.900><c> to</c><00:26:43.140><c> leave</c><00:26:43.240><c> here</c><00:26:43.480><c> encouraged.</c>

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I<00:26:45.539><c> don't</c><00:26:45.740><c> want</c><00:26:45.880><c> to</c><00:26:46.140><c> exclusively</c><00:26:46.440><c> focus</c><00:26:46.839><c> on</c><00:26:47.079><c> topics</c><00:26:47.440><c> like</c><00:26:47.779><c> suffering,</c><00:26:48.279><c> but</c>

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based<00:26:50.019><c> on</c><00:26:50.220><c> the</c><00:26:50.400><c> announcements,</c><00:26:50.960><c> based</c><00:26:51.240><c> on</c><00:26:51.420><c> the</c><00:26:51.640><c> prayers</c><00:26:51.859><c> that</c>

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we<00:26:52.279><c> have</c><00:26:52.519><c> when</c><00:26:52.700><c> we</c><00:26:52.900><c> consider</c><00:26:53.200><c> the</c><00:26:53.460><c> infirmities</c><00:26:53.779><c> of</c><00:26:53.940><c> the</c><00:26:54.119><c> flesh</c>

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that<00:26:54.559><c> our</c><00:26:54.819><c> own</c><00:26:55.119><c> membership</c><00:26:55.519><c> are</c><00:26:55.779><c> going</c><00:26:56.019><c> through,</c>

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when<00:26:57.119><c> we</c><00:26:57.299><c> consider</c><00:26:57.660><c> all</c><00:26:57.940><c> the</c><00:26:58.119><c> pains</c><00:26:58.299><c> of</c><00:26:58.480><c> this</c><00:26:58.640><c> world,</c><00:26:58.819><c> we</c><00:26:58.960><c> can't</c><00:26:59.380><c> look</c>

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away.<00:27:00.000><c> We</c><00:27:00.380><c> have</c><00:27:00.619><c> to</c><00:27:00.799><c> confront</c><00:27:01.140><c> these</c><00:27:01.440><c> things</c><00:27:01.819><c> with</c><00:27:02.119><c> compassion.</c>

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But<00:27:05.660><c> we</c><00:27:06.099><c> can't</c><00:27:06.799><c> fall</c><00:27:07.059><c> into</c><00:27:07.279><c> the</c><00:27:07.420><c> sense</c><00:27:07.599><c> of</c><00:27:07.700><c> being</c><00:27:07.980><c> paralyzed</c>

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that<00:27:08.640><c> the</c><00:27:08.839><c> problems</c><00:27:09.119><c> are</c><00:27:09.299><c> too</c><00:27:09.519><c> big</c><00:27:09.640><c> for</c><00:27:09.819><c> us.</c><00:27:09.960><c> They</c><00:27:10.099><c> are</c><00:27:10.359><c> for</c>

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us,<00:27:10.799><c> but</c><00:27:10.960><c> not</c><00:27:11.140><c> for</c><00:27:11.339><c> God.</c>

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spirit<00:27:16.779><c> interceding</c><00:27:17.500><c> for</c><00:27:17.660><c> us</c><00:27:17.819><c> with</c><00:27:18.079><c> groans</c><00:27:18.259><c> too</c><00:27:18.559><c> deep</c><00:27:18.700><c> for</c><00:27:18.960><c> words,</c><00:27:19.400><c> that's</c><00:27:19.819><c> what</c><00:27:19.980><c> we</c>

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can<00:27:20.480><c> do</c><00:27:20.700><c> when</c><00:27:21.160><c> all</c><00:27:21.460><c> else</c><00:27:21.619><c> fails.</c>

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the<00:27:28.079><c> fundamental</c><00:27:28.680><c> problems</c><00:27:29.500><c> in</c><00:27:29.740><c> this</c><00:27:30.019><c> world,</c><00:27:30.880><c> and</c><00:27:31.019><c> those</c><00:27:31.259><c> prayers</c><00:27:31.480><c> will</c><00:27:31.680><c> be</c><00:27:31.880><c> answered.</c>

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our<00:27:37.019><c> gaze,</c><00:27:37.420><c> instead</c><00:27:37.759><c> take</c><00:27:38.119><c> in</c><00:27:38.539><c> that</c><00:27:38.799><c> brokenness</c><00:27:39.180><c> of</c><00:27:39.319><c> the</c><00:27:39.460><c> world</c><00:27:39.599><c> and</c>

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face<00:27:40.019><c> up</c><00:27:40.299><c> to</c><00:27:40.440><c> it,</c><00:27:41.019><c> pain</c><00:27:41.279><c> of</c><00:27:41.519><c> others,</c><00:27:41.880><c> our</c><00:27:42.019><c> own</c><00:27:42.220><c> limitations</c><00:27:42.759><c> and</c><00:27:43.019><c> weaknesses,</c><00:27:44.220><c> we</c>

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acknowledge<00:27:45.519><c> that</c><00:27:45.720><c> things</c><00:27:45.880><c> are</c><00:27:46.099><c> not</c><00:27:46.319><c> okay.</c>

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We<00:27:48.339><c> definitely</c><00:27:48.819><c> thank</c><00:27:49.160><c> God</c><00:27:49.400><c> and</c><00:27:49.720><c> we</c><00:27:49.940><c> also</c><00:27:50.140><c> acknowledge</c><00:27:50.519><c> the</c>

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wonderful<00:27:51.099><c> things</c><00:27:51.339><c> in</c><00:27:51.500><c> this</c><00:27:51.700><c> life,</c><00:27:52.259><c> the</c><00:27:52.460><c> small</c><00:27:52.900><c> mercies,</c><00:27:53.480><c> the</c>

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kindnesses<00:27:54.180><c> that</c><00:27:54.319><c> God</c><00:27:54.680><c> shows</c><00:27:54.980><c> us,</c><00:27:55.480><c> the</c><00:27:55.660><c> grace</c><00:27:55.880><c> and</c><00:27:56.079><c> mercy</c><00:27:56.339><c> that</c><00:27:56.539><c> we</c>

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enjoy<00:27:57.059><c> in</c><00:27:57.279><c> the</c><00:27:57.480><c> present.</c>

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as<00:28:03.019><c> a</c><00:28:03.140><c> beacon</c><00:28:03.319><c> of</c><00:28:03.579><c> light,</c><00:28:03.940><c> a</c><00:28:04.059><c> lamp</c><00:28:04.299><c> stand</c><00:28:04.519><c> in</c><00:28:04.740><c> the</c><00:28:04.920><c> dark</c><00:28:05.380><c> with</c>

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the<00:28:09.180><c> light</c><00:28:09.480><c> of</c><00:28:09.660><c> God's</c><00:28:10.160><c> truth.</c>

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But<00:28:11.220><c> we</c><00:28:11.380><c> have</c><00:28:11.660><c> to</c><00:28:11.799><c> go</c><00:28:12.059><c> through</c><00:28:12.319><c> the</c><00:28:12.519><c> night</c><00:28:12.759><c> before</c><00:28:13.079><c> we</c><00:28:13.240><c> can</c><00:28:13.460><c> see</c>

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the<00:28:13.880><c> day,</c><00:28:14.279><c> don't</c><00:28:14.559><c> we?</c>

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David<00:28:17.400><c> wrote</c><00:28:17.660><c> that</c><00:28:17.940><c> weeping</c><00:28:18.299><c> may</c><00:28:18.559><c> tarry</c><00:28:18.839><c> for</c><00:28:19.059><c> the</c><00:28:19.220><c> night,</c><00:28:19.940><c> but</c>

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joy<00:28:20.339><c> comes</c><00:28:20.740><c> with</c><00:28:21.079><c> the</c><00:28:21.279><c> morning.</c>

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So<00:28:23.640><c> think</c><00:28:23.819><c> now</c><00:28:24.440><c> as</c><00:28:24.819><c> we</c><00:28:25.079><c> close</c><00:28:25.299><c> of</c><00:28:25.440><c> the</c><00:28:25.680><c> morning,</c><00:28:26.440><c> the</c><00:28:26.660><c> morning</c>

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when<00:28:27.119><c> the</c><00:28:27.359><c> women</c><00:28:27.660><c> faced</c><00:28:28.200><c> the</c><00:28:28.619><c> open</c><00:28:29.019><c> tomb.</c>

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The<00:28:30.960><c> morning</c><00:28:31.200><c> is</c><00:28:31.380><c> when</c><00:28:31.539><c> the</c><00:28:31.819><c> disciples</c><00:28:32.200><c> beheld</c><00:28:32.799><c> the</c><00:28:33.099><c> resurrected</c><00:28:33.500><c> Christ</c>

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on<00:28:34.099><c> the</c><00:28:34.299><c> shore</c><00:28:34.799><c> in</c><00:28:35.299><c> Galilee.</c>

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The<00:28:37.319><c> morning</c><00:28:37.720><c> is</c><00:28:37.900><c> when</c><00:28:38.119><c> Christ</c><00:28:38.480><c> comes</c><00:28:38.799><c> again</c><00:28:39.160><c> to</c><00:28:39.359><c> gaze</c><00:28:39.579><c> upon</c>

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the<00:28:40.299><c> anguish</c><00:28:40.619><c> of</c><00:28:40.779><c> the</c><00:28:40.960><c> world</c><00:28:41.299><c> and</c><00:28:41.880><c> turn</c><00:28:42.140><c> our</c><00:28:42.480><c> mourning</c><00:28:42.740><c> into</c>

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dancing<00:28:43.599><c> to</c><00:28:44.099><c> remove</c><00:28:44.299><c> our</c><00:28:44.640><c> sackcloth</c><00:28:45.099><c> and</c><00:28:45.740><c> clothe</c><00:28:46.019><c> us</c><00:28:46.220><c> in</c><00:28:46.500><c> gladness.</c>

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So<00:28:48.559><c> it</c><00:28:48.640><c> was</c><00:28:48.759><c> that</c><00:28:49.039><c> vision</c><00:28:49.279><c> of</c><00:28:49.539><c> a</c><00:28:49.700><c> future</c><00:28:50.099><c> where</c><00:28:50.900><c> things</c><00:28:51.099><c> are</c><00:28:51.319><c> put</c><00:28:51.519><c> to</c><00:28:51.779><c> right.</c>

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That<00:28:53.220><c> vision</c><00:28:53.539><c> strengthened</c><00:28:54.039><c> our</c><00:28:54.299><c> Lord</c><00:28:54.460><c> and</c><00:28:54.680><c> Savior</c><00:28:54.940><c> when</c><00:28:55.140><c> he</c>

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gave<00:28:55.519><c> his</c><00:28:55.759><c> life</c><00:28:56.000><c> in</c><00:28:56.259><c> sacrifice.</c>

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Hebrews<00:28:58.759><c> 12,</c><00:28:59.259><c> for</c><00:28:59.460><c> the</c><00:28:59.700><c> joy</c><00:28:59.940><c> that</c><00:29:00.059><c> was</c><00:29:00.299><c> set</c><00:29:00.460><c> before</c><00:29:00.859><c> him,</c><00:29:01.880><c> he</c>

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endured<00:29:02.319><c> the</c><00:29:02.619><c> cross,</c><00:29:03.559><c> despising</c><00:29:03.980><c> the</c><00:29:04.240><c> shame</c><00:29:04.500><c> and</c><00:29:04.880><c> his</c><00:29:05.059><c> set</c><00:29:05.220><c> down</c><00:29:05.460><c> at</c>

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the<00:29:05.799><c> right</c><00:29:06.039><c> hand</c><00:29:06.359><c> of</c><00:29:06.599><c> the</c><00:29:06.819><c> throne</c><00:29:07.000><c> of</c><00:29:07.259><c> God.</c>

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So<00:29:11.900><c> now</c><00:29:12.119><c> as</c><00:29:12.299><c> we</c><00:29:12.480><c> face</c><00:29:12.700><c> the</c><00:29:12.920><c> bread</c><00:29:13.079><c> and</c><00:29:13.259><c> wine,</c><00:29:13.799><c> the</c><00:29:14.000><c> broken</c><00:29:14.200><c> body</c>

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and<00:29:15.119><c> outpoured</c><00:29:15.539><c> blood,</c><00:29:17.380><c> the</c><00:29:17.599><c> life</c><00:29:17.839><c> of</c><00:29:18.079><c> our</c><00:29:18.279><c> Lord</c><00:29:18.539><c> poured</c><00:29:18.880><c> out</c>

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for<00:29:19.359><c> us.</c>

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So<00:29:19.619><c> let's</c><00:29:19.880><c> consider</c><00:29:20.319><c> his</c><00:29:20.579><c> agony,</c><00:29:21.599><c> his</c><00:29:21.779><c> death,</c><00:29:22.380><c> the</c><00:29:22.619><c> experience</c><00:29:22.960><c> of</c><00:29:23.180><c> his</c><00:29:23.440><c> humanity</c><00:29:23.960><c> that</c><00:29:24.220><c> was</c><00:29:24.420><c> just</c><00:29:24.680><c> like</c><00:29:24.920><c> ours</c><00:29:25.400><c> despite</c><00:29:26.079><c> living</c><00:29:26.400><c> a</c>

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sinless<00:29:26.859><c> life.</c>

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Let<00:29:28.680><c> us</c><00:29:28.980><c> behold</c><00:29:29.500><c> the</c><00:29:29.799><c> wounds</c><00:29:30.279><c> that</c><00:29:30.839><c> marred</c><00:29:31.180><c> his</c><00:29:31.539><c> hands</c><00:29:31.980><c> and</c>

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his<00:29:32.740><c> feet</c><00:29:33.200><c> and</c><00:29:33.779><c> his</c><00:29:34.140><c> side.</c>

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Let's<00:29:36.700><c> face</c><00:29:37.039><c> the</c><00:29:37.500><c> injustice</c><00:29:38.059><c> that</c><00:29:38.539><c> this</c><00:29:38.880><c> lovely</c><00:29:39.460><c> man</c><00:29:40.359><c> experienced,</c><00:29:43.759><c> that</c><00:29:43.859><c> he</c>

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was<00:29:44.180><c> murdered</c><00:29:44.500><c> by</c><00:29:44.779><c> evildoers.</c>

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And<00:29:47.039><c> having</c><00:29:47.240><c> done</c><00:29:47.519><c> so,</c><00:29:47.859><c> let</c><00:29:47.960><c> us</c><00:29:48.160><c> also</c><00:29:48.539><c> recognize</c><00:29:49.119><c> his</c><00:29:49.420><c> victory,</c><00:29:50.720><c> that</c><00:29:50.839><c> it</c>

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is<00:29:51.680><c> our</c><00:29:51.920><c> victory</c><00:29:52.259><c> and</c><00:29:52.539><c> prospect</c><00:29:52.980><c> also.</c>

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When<00:29:54.599><c> we</c><00:29:54.819><c> go</c><00:29:55.019><c> through</c><00:29:55.259><c> suffering,</c><00:29:55.720><c> it</c><00:29:55.819><c> is</c><00:29:56.039><c> the</c><00:29:56.220><c> life</c><00:29:56.420><c> of</c><00:29:56.599><c> Jesus</c>

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being<00:29:57.299><c> worked</c><00:29:57.539><c> out</c><00:29:57.799><c> in</c><00:29:57.980><c> us.</c>

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And<00:29:59.319><c> we</c><00:29:59.539><c> know</c><00:30:00.059><c> how</c><00:30:00.319><c> that</c><00:30:00.640><c> story</c><00:30:00.839><c> ends.</c>

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Not<00:30:02.799><c> in</c><00:30:03.000><c> death</c><00:30:03.140><c> on</c><00:30:03.339><c> the</c><00:30:03.539><c> cross,</c><00:30:04.779><c> but</c><00:30:04.920><c> life</c><00:30:05.180><c> everlasting</c><00:30:05.759><c> in</c><00:30:06.000><c> the</c><00:30:06.160><c> presence</c><00:30:06.359><c> of</c>

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the<00:30:06.720><c> Father.</c>