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And<00:10:49.740><c> they</c><00:10:49.879><c> pray</c><00:10:50.059><c> to</c><00:10:50.240><c> God.</c>

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And<00:10:50.679><c> they</c><00:10:51.320><c> do</c><00:10:51.500><c> everything</c><00:10:51.740><c> they</c><00:10:51.919><c> possibly</c><00:10:52.299><c> can</c>

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until<00:10:52.580><c> they</c><00:10:52.740><c> have</c><00:10:52.899><c> no</c><00:10:53.059><c> other</c><00:10:53.200><c> choice.</c>

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It's<00:10:55.440><c> either</c><00:10:55.679><c> sink</c><00:10:56.279><c> or</c><00:10:57.000><c> throw</c><00:10:57.200><c> him</c><00:10:57.340><c> overboard.</c>

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So<00:11:00.039><c> they</c><00:11:00.240><c> throw</c><00:11:00.379><c> him</c><00:11:01.139><c> overboard.</c>

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And<00:11:02.700><c> Jonah</c><00:11:02.820><c> gets</c><00:11:03.600><c> swallowed</c><00:11:03.879><c> up</c><00:11:04.460><c> by</c><00:11:05.440><c> a</c><00:11:05.620><c> great</c><00:11:05.740><c> fish.</c>

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Now,<00:11:08.539><c> whether</c><00:11:08.740><c> he</c><00:11:08.899><c> gets</c><00:11:09.460><c> sunk</c><00:11:10.299><c> to</c><00:11:10.519><c> the</c><00:11:10.580><c> bottom</c><00:11:10.779><c> of</c><00:11:10.960><c> the</c><00:11:10.980><c> ocean</c>

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on<00:11:11.679><c> his</c><00:11:11.899><c> own</c>

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or<00:11:12.779><c> whether</c><00:11:12.940><c> he</c><00:11:13.139><c> gets</c><00:11:13.279><c> swallowed</c><00:11:13.519><c> up</c><00:11:13.720><c> by</c><00:11:13.919><c> a</c><00:11:14.059><c> fish,</c>

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for<00:11:15.299><c> all</c><00:11:15.539><c> intents</c><00:11:15.779><c> and</c><00:11:16.000><c> purposes,</c><00:11:17.179><c> Jonah's</c><00:11:17.379><c> a</c><00:11:17.519><c> dead</c><00:11:17.659><c> man.</c>

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And<00:11:20.519><c> yet</c><00:11:20.659><c> he's</c><00:11:22.019><c> inside</c><00:11:22.440><c> this</c><00:11:22.799><c> fish.</c>

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And<00:11:23.179><c> I</c><00:11:23.679><c> don't</c><00:11:23.840><c> want</c><00:11:23.960><c> to</c><00:11:24.039><c> get</c><00:11:24.120><c> into</c><00:11:24.299><c> the</c><00:11:24.460><c> whole</c><00:11:24.639><c> idea</c>

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about<00:11:25.019><c> whether</c><00:11:25.200><c> or</c><00:11:25.299><c> not</c><00:11:25.299><c> he</c><00:11:25.399><c> was</c><00:11:25.539><c> actually</c><00:11:25.860><c> dead</c><00:11:26.000><c> or</c><00:11:26.159><c> not</c><00:11:26.379><c> dead,</c>

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all<00:11:27.139><c> that</c><00:11:27.320><c> kind</c><00:11:27.480><c> of</c><00:11:27.600><c> stuff.</c>

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I<00:11:27.840><c> just</c><00:11:28.039><c> want</c><00:11:28.159><c> to</c><00:11:28.279><c> talk</c><00:11:28.399><c> about</c><00:11:29.080><c> his</c><00:11:29.460><c> response</c>

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to<00:11:31.000><c> what</c><00:11:31.179><c> happens</c><00:11:31.399><c> to</c><00:11:31.620><c> him.</c>

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Chapter<00:11:34.379><c> 2,</c><00:11:34.659><c> verse</c><00:11:34.860><c> 1</c><00:11:35.100><c> says,</c>

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Then<00:11:35.639><c> Jonah</c><00:11:35.919><c> prayed</c><00:11:36.299><c> unto</c><00:11:36.539><c> the</c><00:11:36.759><c> Lord</c><00:11:37.000><c> his</c><00:11:37.259><c> God</c>

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out<00:11:37.639><c> of</c><00:11:37.879><c> the</c><00:11:38.279><c> fish's</c><00:11:38.700><c> belly.</c>

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And<00:11:41.220><c> he</c><00:11:41.419><c> said,</c><00:11:42.220><c> I</c><00:11:42.500><c> cried</c><00:11:42.860><c> by</c><00:11:43.139><c> reason</c><00:11:43.379><c> of</c><00:11:43.600><c> my</c><00:11:43.820><c> affliction</c>

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Out<00:11:47.299><c> of</c><00:11:47.440><c> the</c><00:11:47.600><c> belly</c><00:11:47.779><c> of</c><00:11:48.039><c> hell</c><00:11:48.259><c> cried</c><00:11:48.600><c> I,</c><00:11:49.120><c> and</c><00:11:49.200><c> thou</c><00:11:49.399><c> heardest</c>

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my<00:11:50.139><c> voice.</c>

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For<00:11:51.320><c> thou</c><00:11:51.519><c> hast</c><00:11:51.840><c> cast</c><00:11:52.159><c> me</c><00:11:52.360><c> into</c><00:11:52.580><c> the</c><00:11:52.820><c> deep</c><00:11:52.980><c> in</c><00:11:53.200><c> the</c><00:11:53.360><c> midst</c><00:11:53.519><c> of</c>

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and<00:11:54.440><c> the</c><00:11:54.639><c> floods</c><00:11:54.860><c> compassed</c><00:11:55.320><c> me</c><00:11:55.539><c> about.</c>

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All<00:11:57.159><c> thy</c><00:11:57.379><c> billows</c><00:11:57.820><c> and</c><00:11:58.000><c> all</c><00:11:58.200><c> thy</c><00:11:58.379><c> waves</c><00:11:58.820><c> passed</c><00:11:59.159><c> over</c><00:11:59.480><c> me.</c>

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Then<00:11:59.860><c> I</c><00:12:00.100><c> said,</c><00:12:00.940><c> I</c><00:12:01.120><c> am</c><00:12:01.399><c> cast</c><00:12:01.639><c> out</c><00:12:01.840><c> of</c><00:12:02.000><c> thy</c><00:12:02.259><c> sight,</c>

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yet<00:12:02.659><c> I</c><00:12:02.860><c> will</c><00:12:03.220><c> look</c><00:12:03.440><c> again</c><00:12:04.220><c> towards</c><00:12:04.799><c> thy</c><00:12:05.000><c> holy</c><00:12:05.279><c> temple.</c>

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The<00:12:07.320><c> waters</c><00:12:07.620><c> compassed</c><00:12:08.100><c> me</c><00:12:08.340><c> about</c><00:12:08.580><c> even</c><00:12:08.960><c> to</c><00:12:09.159><c> the</c><00:12:09.440><c> soul.</c>

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The<00:12:10.059><c> depths</c><00:12:10.360><c> closed</c><00:12:10.799><c> me</c><00:12:11.080><c> round</c><00:12:11.340><c> about.</c>

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The<00:12:11.799><c> weeds</c><00:12:12.159><c> were</c><00:12:12.580><c> wrapped</c><00:12:12.879><c> around</c><00:12:13.240><c> my</c><00:12:13.659><c> head.</c>

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I<00:12:14.840><c> went</c><00:12:14.980><c> down</c><00:12:15.240><c> to</c><00:12:15.399><c> the</c><00:12:15.659><c> bottoms</c><00:12:15.980><c> of</c><00:12:16.179><c> the</c><00:12:16.360><c> mountains.</c>

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Yet<00:12:21.539><c> thou</c><00:12:21.759><c> hast</c><00:12:22.019><c> brought</c><00:12:22.240><c> up</c><00:12:22.440><c> my</c><00:12:22.659><c> life</c><00:12:22.820><c> from</c><00:12:23.059><c> corruption,</c>

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O<00:12:23.899><c> Lord</c><00:12:24.159><c> my</c><00:12:24.460><c> God.</c>

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When<00:12:25.940><c> my</c><00:12:26.259><c> soul</c><00:12:26.759><c> fainted</c><00:12:27.360><c> within</c><00:12:27.580><c> me,</c><00:12:28.860><c> I</c><00:12:29.200><c> remembered</c><00:12:29.519><c> the</c><00:12:29.779><c> Lord.</c>

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In<00:12:31.279><c> my</c><00:12:31.539><c> prayer</c><00:12:31.759><c> came</c><00:12:32.000><c> unto</c><00:12:32.279><c> thee</c><00:12:32.480><c> and</c><00:12:32.639><c> to</c><00:12:32.779><c> thine</c><00:12:32.940><c> holy</c><00:12:33.299><c> temple.</c>

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They<00:12:35.360><c> that</c><00:12:35.559><c> observe</c><00:12:36.080><c> lying</c><00:12:36.500><c> vanities</c><00:12:37.080><c> forsake</c><00:12:37.940><c> their</c><00:12:38.279><c> own</c><00:12:38.659><c> mercy.</c>

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But<00:12:40.519><c> I</c><00:12:40.940><c> will</c><00:12:41.179><c> sacrifice</c><00:12:41.700><c> unto</c><00:12:41.980><c> thee</c><00:12:42.240><c> with</c><00:12:42.419><c> the</c><00:12:42.639><c> voice</c><00:12:42.799><c> of</c><00:12:43.080><c> thanksgiving.</c>

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I<00:12:43.720><c> will</c><00:12:44.379><c> pay</c><00:12:44.759><c> thee</c><00:12:45.179><c> that</c><00:12:45.779><c> I</c><00:12:46.100><c> have</c><00:12:46.259><c> vowed.</c>

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Salvation<00:12:48.299><c> is</c><00:12:49.679><c> of</c><00:12:49.860><c> the</c><00:12:50.059><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:12:51.740><c> the</c><00:12:51.879><c> Lord</c><00:12:52.059><c> spake</c><00:12:52.399><c> unto</c><00:12:52.639><c> the</c><00:12:52.940><c> fish,</c>

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and<00:12:53.379><c> it</c><00:12:53.779><c> vomited</c><00:12:54.659><c> out</c><00:12:55.000><c> Jonah</c><00:12:55.379><c> onto</c><00:12:56.759><c> the</c><00:12:57.059><c> dry</c><00:12:57.299><c> land.</c>

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Well,<00:13:00.919><c> it's</c><00:13:01.059><c> a</c><00:13:01.179><c> marvelous</c><00:13:02.519><c> prayer</c><00:13:03.419><c> that</c><00:13:05.200><c> Jonah</c><00:13:05.480><c> gives.</c>

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And<00:13:09.879><c> yet</c><00:13:09.980><c> there's</c><00:13:10.220><c> something</c><00:13:10.399><c> missing.</c>

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Do<00:13:13.700><c> you</c><00:13:13.860><c> see</c><00:13:14.000><c> it?</c>

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There's<00:13:17.919><c> something</c><00:13:18.139><c> missing</c><00:13:18.480><c> in</c><00:13:18.700><c> this</c><00:13:18.940><c> prayer,</c>

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as<00:13:19.879><c> wonderful</c><00:13:20.320><c> as</c><00:13:20.460><c> it</c><00:13:20.679><c> is.</c>

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You<00:13:21.899><c> know,</c><00:13:22.200><c> Jonah</c><00:13:22.299><c> was</c><00:13:22.600><c> a</c><00:13:22.799><c> type</c><00:13:22.940><c> of</c><00:13:23.120><c> Christ,</c><00:13:23.460><c> right?</c>

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And<00:13:24.879><c> when</c><00:13:25.039><c> we</c><00:13:25.240><c> read</c><00:13:25.399><c> this</c><00:13:25.779><c> prayer</c><00:13:26.259><c> and</c><00:13:26.879><c> we</c><00:13:27.059><c> think</c><00:13:27.179><c> of</c><00:13:27.340><c> Jesus,</c>

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we<00:13:27.799><c> can</c><00:13:28.019><c> see</c><00:13:28.240><c> Jesus</c><00:13:28.879><c> in</c><00:13:29.799><c> this</c><00:13:30.120><c> prayer,</c><00:13:32.100><c> as</c><00:13:32.840><c> Jesus.</c>

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But<00:13:36.639><c> Jesus</c><00:13:36.899><c> as</c><00:13:37.100><c> Redeemer</c><00:13:38.399><c> is</c><00:13:40.000><c> not</c><00:13:40.220><c> in</c><00:13:40.419><c> this</c><00:13:40.639><c> prayer.</c>

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You<00:13:44.460><c> won't</c><00:13:44.799><c> find</c><00:13:45.919><c> Jonah</c><00:13:46.759><c> looking</c><00:13:48.779><c> for</c><00:13:49.000><c> his</c><00:13:49.179><c> Redeemer.</c>

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Look<00:13:50.240><c> what</c><00:13:50.299><c> it</c><00:13:50.559><c> says.</c>

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It<00:13:52.759><c> says,</c><00:13:53.080><c> when</c><00:13:53.279><c> my</c><00:13:53.840><c> soul</c><00:13:54.139><c> fainted</c><00:13:54.659><c> within</c><00:13:54.879><c> me,</c>

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I<00:13:57.220><c> remembered</c><00:13:57.539><c> the</c><00:13:57.840><c> Lord,</c><00:13:58.860><c> and</c><00:13:59.240><c> my</c><00:13:59.679><c> prayer</c><00:14:00.039><c> came</c><00:14:00.440><c> unto</c><00:14:00.779><c> thee</c>

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into<00:14:01.899><c> thine</c><00:14:02.059><c> holy</c><00:14:02.360><c> temple.</c>

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They<00:14:04.220><c> that</c><00:14:04.440><c> observe</c><00:14:04.840><c> lying</c><00:14:05.240><c> vanities</c><00:14:05.779><c> forsake</c><00:14:06.200><c> their</c><00:14:06.399><c> own</c><00:14:06.600><c> mercy,</c>

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but<00:14:07.679><c> I</c><00:14:08.179><c> will</c><00:14:08.360><c> sacrifice</c><00:14:08.860><c> unto</c><00:14:09.080><c> thee.</c>

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Now,<00:14:12.220><c> in</c><00:14:12.519><c> the</c><00:14:12.580><c> case</c><00:14:12.720><c> of</c><00:14:12.899><c> Jesus,</c><00:14:13.120><c> we</c><00:14:13.279><c> understand</c><00:14:13.679><c> that.</c>

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And<00:14:15.620><c> in</c><00:14:15.779><c> many</c><00:14:15.960><c> respects,</c><00:14:17.019><c> Jonah</c><00:14:17.080><c> was</c><00:14:17.320><c> a</c><00:14:17.440><c> type</c><00:14:17.559><c> of</c><00:14:17.779><c> Christ,</c>

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but<00:14:19.100><c> in</c><00:14:19.500><c> one</c><00:14:19.720><c> respect,</c><00:14:20.100><c> he</c><00:14:20.240><c> was</c><00:14:20.500><c> not.</c>

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Now,<00:14:22.940><c> one</c><00:14:23.120><c> respect,</c><00:14:23.740><c> or</c><00:14:23.860><c> more</c><00:14:24.179><c> than</c><00:14:24.379><c> one,</c>

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but<00:14:24.679><c> one</c><00:14:24.899><c> important</c><00:14:25.419><c> respect,</c><00:14:25.840><c> he</c><00:14:25.980><c> was</c><00:14:26.220><c> not.</c>

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Jesus<00:14:28.840><c> was</c><00:14:29.080><c> a</c><00:14:29.220><c> man</c><00:14:29.320><c> without</c><00:14:29.700><c> sin.</c>

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Jesus<00:14:33.000><c> didn't</c><00:14:33.379><c> need</c><00:14:33.820><c> a</c><00:14:34.080><c> Redeemer,</c><00:14:34.600><c> he</c><00:14:35.279><c> was</c><00:14:36.200><c> his</c><00:14:36.500><c> Redeemer.</c>

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Jonah<00:14:40.120><c> needs</c><00:14:40.379><c> a</c><00:14:40.580><c> Redeemer.</c>

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Why<00:14:42.100><c> do</c><00:14:42.279><c> we</c><00:14:42.519><c> need</c><00:14:43.139><c> a</c><00:14:44.240><c> Redeemer?</c>

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I'm<00:14:47.360><c> sorry</c><00:14:47.620><c> for</c><00:14:47.759><c> what</c><00:14:47.940><c> I've</c><00:14:48.159><c> done,</c><00:14:48.799><c> and</c><00:14:48.940><c> God</c><00:14:49.179><c> forgive</c><00:14:49.500><c> us?</c>

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Why<00:14:50.059><c> do</c><00:14:50.259><c> we</c><00:14:50.360><c> need</c><00:14:50.539><c> a</c><00:14:50.759><c> Redeemer?</c>

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Because<00:14:54.559><c> God</c><00:14:55.159><c> is</c><00:14:55.720><c> righteous.</c>

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Because<00:14:59.039><c> there</c><00:14:59.320><c> is</c><00:14:59.740><c> no</c><00:15:00.100><c> darkness</c><00:15:00.879><c> in</c><00:15:02.299><c> God.</c>

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And<00:15:05.019><c> we</c><00:15:05.700><c> are</c><00:15:06.820><c> darkness.</c>

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We<00:15:08.580><c> are</c><00:15:08.840><c> sinners.</c>

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And<00:15:11.639><c> so</c><00:15:11.840><c> our</c><00:15:12.120><c> Redeemer</c><00:15:12.500><c> is</c><00:15:12.840><c> he</c><00:15:13.279><c> who</c><00:15:13.700><c> brought</c><00:15:14.080><c> true</c><00:15:14.659><c> light</c>

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to<00:15:15.879><c> us</c><00:15:16.519><c> from</c><00:15:16.940><c> God.</c>

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He<00:15:19.799><c> is</c><00:15:20.139><c> our</c><00:15:20.440><c> Redeemer</c><00:15:21.059><c> and</c><00:15:21.600><c> our</c><00:15:21.899><c> advocate.</c>

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And<00:15:23.740><c> when</c><00:15:23.899><c> you</c><00:15:24.139><c> look</c><00:15:24.320><c> at</c><00:15:24.440><c> the</c><00:15:24.659><c> Old</c><00:15:24.860><c> Testament</c><00:15:25.840><c> patriarchs,</c>

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you<00:15:27.220><c> will</c><00:15:27.500><c> see</c><00:15:27.659><c> them</c><00:15:27.940><c> searching</c><00:15:28.279><c> for</c><00:15:28.659><c> a</c><00:15:28.840><c> Redeemer</c>

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again<00:15:29.980><c> and</c><00:15:30.159><c> again</c><00:15:30.340><c> and</c><00:15:30.480><c> again,</c>

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because<00:15:31.100><c> they</c><00:15:31.559><c> recognize</c><00:15:32.299><c> they</c><00:15:33.100><c> can</c><00:15:33.379><c> never</c><00:15:33.580><c> of</c><00:15:33.820><c> themselves</c>

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stand<00:15:35.059><c> before</c><00:15:35.460><c> God.</c>

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There's<00:15:36.039><c> no</c><00:15:36.299><c> better</c><00:15:36.539><c> example</c><00:15:36.919><c> than</c><00:15:37.179><c> Job.</c>

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Job,<00:15:39.139><c> who</c><00:15:39.279><c> was</c><00:15:39.539><c> righteous</c><00:15:39.840><c> in</c><00:15:40.019><c> his</c><00:15:40.200><c> generation,</c>

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said,<00:15:40.879><c> I</c><00:15:41.259><c> need</c><00:15:41.919><c> somebody</c><00:15:42.440><c> to</c><00:15:42.720><c> stand</c><00:15:42.919><c> before</c><00:15:43.299><c> me</c>

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because<00:15:43.820><c> I</c><00:15:44.279><c> can't</c><00:15:44.779><c> stand</c><00:15:45.059><c> there.</c>

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Abraham<00:15:47.480><c> looked</c><00:15:47.700><c> for</c><00:15:47.940><c> a</c><00:15:48.100><c> Redeemer.</c>

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Isaac,<00:15:49.980><c> Jacob,</c><00:15:51.980><c> certainly</c><00:15:52.220><c> looked</c><00:15:52.639><c> for</c><00:15:52.879><c> a</c><00:15:52.960><c> Redeemer.</c>

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David<00:15:53.960><c> understood</c><00:15:54.899><c> he</c><00:15:55.559><c> needed</c><00:15:55.759><c> a</c><00:15:55.960><c> Redeemer.</c>

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Jonah<00:15:57.919><c> doesn't.</c>

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Jonah<00:16:00.960><c> never</c><00:16:01.179><c> looks</c><00:16:01.419><c> for</c><00:16:01.639><c> a</c><00:16:01.700><c> Redeemer.</c>

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He<00:16:03.940><c> never</c><00:16:04.159><c> looks</c><00:16:04.379><c> for</c><00:16:04.600><c> an</c><00:16:04.820><c> advocate.</c>

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He<00:16:06.299><c> never</c><00:16:06.539><c> looks</c><00:16:06.740><c> for</c><00:16:07.039><c> somebody</c><00:16:07.480><c> to</c><00:16:09.539><c> forgive</c><00:16:09.879><c> him</c><00:16:10.840><c> for</c><00:16:11.779><c> his</c><00:16:12.100><c> sins,</c>

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to<00:16:12.659><c> help</c><00:16:12.879><c> him</c><00:16:13.519><c> overcome</c><00:16:13.960><c> his</c><00:16:14.340><c> sins.</c>

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Instead,<00:16:15.519><c> what</c><00:16:15.720><c> he</c><00:16:15.980><c> says</c><00:16:16.340><c> is,</c>

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they<00:16:20.259><c> that</c><00:16:20.539><c> observe</c><00:16:21.080><c> lying</c><00:16:21.899><c> vanities</c>

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forsake<00:16:25.059><c> their</c><00:16:25.279><c> own</c><00:16:25.460><c> mercy.</c>

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Can<00:16:28.000><c> you</c><00:16:28.139><c> see</c><00:16:28.259><c> the</c><00:16:28.440><c> problem</c><00:16:28.700><c> with</c><00:16:28.960><c> that?</c>

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Lying<00:16:32.360><c> vanities.</c>

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All<00:16:36.480><c> vanity</c><00:16:37.100><c> is</c><00:16:38.360><c> a</c><00:16:38.500><c> lie.</c>

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Forsake<00:16:41.779><c> their</c><00:16:42.019><c> own</c><00:16:42.240><c> mercy.</c>

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Christ<00:16:45.520><c> is</c><00:16:46.440><c> our</c><00:16:46.700><c> mercy</c><00:16:47.039><c> seat.</c>

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He<00:16:49.120><c> says,</c><00:16:49.379><c> but</c><00:16:49.379><c> I</c><00:16:49.539><c> will</c><00:16:49.620><c> sacrifice</c><00:16:50.059><c> unto</c><00:16:50.240><c> thee</c><00:16:50.340><c> with</c><00:16:50.580><c> thanksgiving.</c>

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I<00:16:51.559><c> will</c><00:16:51.879><c> pay</c><00:16:52.500><c> that</c><00:16:53.019><c> that</c><00:16:53.600><c> I</c><00:16:54.620><c> have</c><00:16:55.559><c> vowed.</c>

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I<00:16:56.759><c> will</c><00:16:57.120><c> pay</c><00:16:57.320><c> it,</c><00:16:58.320><c> says</c><00:16:58.480><c> Jonah.</c>

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You<00:17:00.120><c> can't</c><00:17:01.000><c> pay</c><00:17:01.179><c> it,</c><00:17:02.379><c> Jonah.</c>

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Christ<00:17:03.960><c> pays</c><00:17:05.059><c> the</c><00:17:05.319><c> price.</c>

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That's<00:17:10.079><c> what</c><00:17:10.220><c> Jonah</c><00:17:10.440><c> misses.</c>

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And<00:17:12.299><c> that's</c><00:17:12.559><c> why</c><00:17:13.920><c> Jonah's</c><00:17:14.440><c> not</c><00:17:14.720><c> transformed.</c>

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Because<00:17:17.380><c> for</c><00:17:17.700><c> Jonah,</c><00:17:19.400><c> it's</c><00:17:19.880><c> always</c><00:17:20.299><c> about</c><00:17:21.440><c> Jonah.</c>

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And<00:17:24.680><c> in</c><00:17:24.920><c> our</c><00:17:25.200><c> lives</c><00:17:25.440><c> of</c><00:17:25.779><c> faith,</c>

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we've<00:17:27.460><c> talked</c><00:17:27.579><c> about</c><00:17:27.839><c> it</c><00:17:28.039><c> again</c><00:17:28.240><c> and</c><00:17:28.480><c> again</c><00:17:28.619><c> and</c><00:17:28.859><c> again.</c>

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Whenever<00:17:30.539><c> we</c><00:17:30.880><c> end</c><00:17:31.140><c> up</c><00:17:31.440><c> back</c><00:17:31.720><c> with</c><00:17:32.160><c> I,</c>

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then<00:17:34.519><c> we</c><00:17:34.720><c> have</c><00:17:35.039><c> lost</c><00:17:35.619><c> our</c><00:17:36.240><c> Redeemer.</c>

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We<00:17:38.200><c> have</c><00:17:38.460><c> lost</c><00:17:38.779><c> our</c><00:17:39.160><c> advocate.</c>

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We<00:17:41.779><c> have</c><00:17:42.099><c> lost</c><00:17:42.420><c> our</c><00:17:42.859><c> support</c><00:17:43.359><c> system.</c>

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Because<00:17:45.640><c> that's</c><00:17:45.980><c> what</c><00:17:46.240><c> that</c><00:17:46.579><c> role</c><00:17:46.839><c> is.</c>

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The<00:17:48.319><c> role</c><00:17:48.500><c> of</c><00:17:48.700><c> the</c><00:17:49.000><c> advocate</c><00:17:49.259><c> is</c><00:17:49.839><c> to</c><00:17:50.079><c> make</c><00:17:50.259><c> sure</c>

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that<00:17:50.640><c> we're</c><00:17:50.819><c> never</c><00:17:51.140><c> alone.</c>

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Why<00:17:52.200><c> do</c><00:17:52.380><c> we</c><00:17:52.480><c> need</c><00:17:52.640><c> to</c><00:17:52.880><c> know</c><00:17:53.200><c> that</c><00:17:53.500><c> we're</c><00:17:53.680><c> never</c><00:17:54.000><c> alone?</c>

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Because<00:17:55.660><c> we</c><00:17:56.039><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:17:57.599><c> our</c><00:17:57.859><c> advocate</c><00:17:58.140><c> is</c><00:17:58.359><c> with</c><00:17:58.579><c> the</c><00:17:58.819><c> Father,</c>

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Jesus<00:17:59.519><c> Christ,</c><00:18:00.259><c> the</c><00:18:00.519><c> righteous,</c>

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the<00:18:02.099><c> one</c><00:18:02.279><c> who</c><00:18:02.640><c> never</c><00:18:03.000><c> sinned,</c>

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the<00:18:04.640><c> one</c><00:18:04.859><c> who</c><00:18:05.220><c> opens</c><00:18:05.559><c> up</c><00:18:05.819><c> the</c><00:18:06.039><c> gate</c>

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that<00:18:06.380><c> we</c><00:18:06.559><c> might</c><00:18:06.759><c> be</c><00:18:06.960><c> able</c><00:18:07.119><c> to</c><00:18:07.359><c> stand</c><00:18:07.680><c> before</c><00:18:08.099><c> God</c><00:18:08.579><c> in</c><00:18:09.200><c> his</c><00:18:09.700><c> name,</c>

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never<00:18:10.900><c> in</c><00:18:11.140><c> our</c><00:18:11.420><c> own.</c>

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Because<00:18:12.680><c> if</c><00:18:12.839><c> we</c><00:18:13.099><c> stand</c><00:18:13.299><c> in</c><00:18:13.480><c> our</c><00:18:13.700><c> own,</c><00:18:14.059><c> we</c><00:18:14.200><c> will</c><00:18:14.539><c> always</c><00:18:15.079><c> fall.</c>

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And<00:18:18.119><c> yet</c><00:18:18.339><c> Jonah</c><00:18:18.839><c> looks</c><00:18:19.700><c> at</c><00:18:19.920><c> the</c><00:18:20.079><c> Ninevites,</c><00:18:20.559><c> the</c><00:18:20.740><c> Assyrians,</c>

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and<00:18:21.420><c> they</c><00:18:21.640><c> say,</c><00:18:21.980><c> I</c><00:18:21.980><c> might</c><00:18:22.220><c> be</c><00:18:22.460><c> a</c><00:18:22.619><c> sinner,</c>

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but<00:18:23.099><c> they're</c><00:18:23.420><c> worse</c><00:18:23.720><c> than</c><00:18:23.960><c> me.</c>

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That's<00:18:25.380><c> always</c><00:18:25.839><c> the</c><00:18:26.039><c> mistake</c><00:18:26.700><c> to</c><00:18:27.579><c> the</c><00:18:27.839><c> individual</c>

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who<00:18:28.880><c> believes</c><00:18:29.259><c> that</c><00:18:29.539><c> there</c><00:18:29.799><c> is</c><00:18:30.200><c> some</c><00:18:30.559><c> sort</c><00:18:30.859><c> of</c><00:18:31.640><c> vanity</c>

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in<00:18:32.339><c> me</c><00:18:32.519><c> that's</c><00:18:32.900><c> okay.</c>

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We<00:18:36.420><c> are</c><00:18:36.640><c> dead</c><00:18:36.799><c> in</c><00:18:37.059><c> Christ.</c>

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We<00:18:39.599><c> are</c><00:18:39.859><c> done</c><00:18:40.180><c> in</c><00:18:40.660><c> this</c><00:18:40.980><c> life.</c>

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Yes,<00:18:41.700><c> we</c><00:18:41.980><c> struggle</c><00:18:42.339><c> and</c><00:18:42.559><c> we</c><00:18:42.859><c> sin.</c>

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No<00:18:43.640><c> doubt</c><00:18:43.799><c> about</c><00:18:44.140><c> it.</c>

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And<00:18:46.279><c> so</c><00:18:46.359><c> this</c><00:18:46.680><c> support</c><00:18:47.019><c> group</c><00:18:47.279><c> that</c><00:18:47.460><c> we</c><00:18:47.740><c> have,</c>

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Jesus<00:18:48.380><c> in</c><00:18:48.680><c> heaven,</c><00:18:49.480><c> the</c><00:18:49.759><c> angels</c><00:18:50.000><c> who</c><00:18:50.319><c> come,</c>

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this<00:18:51.079><c> marvelous</c><00:18:51.619><c> word</c><00:18:51.900><c> of</c><00:18:52.220><c> truth,</c>

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you<00:18:53.099><c> and</c><00:18:53.440><c> I,</c><00:18:53.839><c> brothers</c><00:18:53.980><c> and</c><00:18:54.279><c> sisters,</c>

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what<00:18:55.140><c> is</c><00:18:55.559><c> our</c><00:18:55.859><c> purpose?</c>

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But<00:18:58.779><c> that</c><00:18:59.000><c> we</c><00:18:59.200><c> might</c><00:18:59.500><c> understand</c>

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that<00:19:00.980><c> it's</c><00:19:01.279><c> never</c><00:19:01.539><c> about</c><00:19:01.839><c> ourselves.</c>

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That's<00:19:04.420><c> what</c><00:19:04.700><c> exhortations</c><00:19:05.359><c> should</c><00:19:05.640><c> be.</c>

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That's<00:19:06.460><c> why</c><00:19:06.740><c> sisters</c><00:19:07.380><c> help</c><00:19:07.839><c> other</c><00:19:08.299><c> sisters</c><00:19:08.720><c> and</c><00:19:09.000><c> brothers.</c>

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Because<00:19:10.579><c> it's</c><00:19:10.799><c> all</c><00:19:11.039><c> about</c><00:19:11.279><c> the</c><00:19:11.559><c> love</c><00:19:11.700><c> of</c><00:19:11.940><c> God</c>

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and<00:19:12.480><c> the</c><00:19:12.740><c> transformation</c><00:19:13.299><c> that</c><00:19:13.559><c> God</c><00:19:13.740><c> has</c><00:19:14.019><c> provided</c>

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That's<00:19:23.019><c> why</c><00:19:23.200><c> we</c><00:19:23.400><c> come</c><00:19:23.579><c> together.</c>

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And<00:19:29.339><c> that</c><00:19:29.480><c> we</c><00:19:29.640><c> might</c><00:19:29.859><c> be</c><00:19:30.200><c> full</c><00:19:30.460><c> of</c><00:19:30.640><c> the</c><00:19:30.799><c> love</c><00:19:30.920><c> of</c><00:19:31.200><c> God,</c>

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full<00:19:32.740><c> of</c><00:19:32.980><c> the</c><00:19:33.319><c> joy</c><00:19:33.640><c> at</c><00:19:33.819><c> the</c><00:19:34.000><c> opportunity</c>

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that<00:19:34.920><c> whatever</c><00:19:35.359><c> we</c><00:19:35.660><c> go</c><00:19:36.000><c> through,</c>

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there<00:19:39.160><c> is</c><00:19:39.440><c> an</c><00:19:39.599><c> end</c><00:19:39.819><c> to</c><00:19:40.000><c> those</c><00:19:40.240><c> struggles</c>

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that<00:19:41.180><c> brings</c><00:19:41.539><c> glory</c><00:19:41.980><c> and</c><00:19:42.079><c> honor</c><00:19:42.200><c> to</c><00:19:42.400><c> God</c><00:19:42.859><c> and</c><00:19:43.359><c> everlasting</c><00:19:43.940><c> life.</c>

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Look<00:19:45.440><c> what</c><00:19:46.160><c> John</c><00:19:46.579><c> says,</c><00:19:47.299><c> John</c><00:19:47.579><c> the</c><00:19:47.779><c> Baptist.</c>

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Turn<00:19:48.359><c> over</c><00:19:48.519><c> to</c><00:19:48.680><c> John</c><00:19:48.940><c> chapter</c><00:19:49.279><c> three</c>

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and<00:19:50.440><c> look</c><00:19:50.599><c> how</c><00:19:50.759><c> he</c><00:19:50.960><c> puts</c><00:19:51.160><c> it.</c>

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my<00:19:57.160><c> joy</c><00:19:57.460><c> is</c><00:19:57.759><c> full.</c>

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Look<00:19:58.319><c> what</c><00:19:58.400><c> he</c><00:19:58.619><c> says</c><00:19:59.339><c> right</c><00:20:00.279><c> afterwards.</c>

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He<00:20:01.920><c> says</c><00:20:02.460><c> in</c><00:20:02.920><c> verse</c><00:20:03.279><c> 29,</c><00:20:03.920><c> this</c><00:20:04.180><c> my</c><00:20:04.460><c> joy</c><00:20:04.660><c> therefore</c><00:20:05.079><c> is</c><00:20:05.500><c> fulfilled.</c>

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Remember,<00:20:22.519><c> John</c><00:20:22.859><c> is</c><00:20:23.079><c> part</c><00:20:23.339><c> of</c><00:20:23.559><c> the</c><00:20:23.779><c> we</c><00:20:24.180><c> in</c><00:20:25.259><c> Isaiah</c><00:20:25.599><c> 53.</c>

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and<00:20:41.160><c> speaketh</c><00:20:41.420><c> of</c><00:20:41.579><c> the</c><00:20:41.779><c> earth.</c>

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He<00:20:42.839><c> that</c><00:20:43.039><c> come</c><00:20:43.160><c> from</c><00:20:43.359><c> heaven</c><00:20:43.980><c> is</c><00:20:45.279><c> above</c><00:20:45.559><c> all.</c>

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He<00:21:17.900><c> that</c><00:21:18.220><c> believeth</c><00:21:18.579><c> on</c><00:21:18.759><c> the</c><00:21:18.960><c> Son</c><00:21:20.279><c> hath</c><00:21:20.859><c> everlasting</c><00:21:21.480><c> life.</c>

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And<00:21:23.559><c> he</c><00:21:23.700><c> that</c><00:21:23.960><c> believeth</c><00:21:24.299><c> not</c><00:21:25.019><c> shall</c><00:21:25.500><c> not</c><00:21:25.799><c> see</c><00:21:25.980><c> life,</c>

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but<00:21:27.500><c> the</c><00:21:27.740><c> wrath</c><00:21:27.980><c> of</c><00:21:28.279><c> God</c><00:21:29.079><c> abideth</c><00:21:29.640><c> in</c><00:21:29.900><c> him.</c>

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and<00:21:38.019><c> hate</c><00:21:38.680><c> to</c><00:21:40.380><c> take</c><00:21:40.539><c> over</c><00:21:40.839><c> our</c><00:21:41.059><c> lives.</c>

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And<00:21:59.720><c> that</c><00:21:59.880><c> person</c><00:22:00.200><c> is</c><00:22:00.480><c> your</c><00:22:00.680><c> Redeemer,</c><00:22:02.059><c> the</c><00:22:02.200><c> Lord</c><00:22:02.359><c> Jesus</c><00:22:02.740><c> Christ.</c>

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He<00:22:04.940><c> saw</c><00:22:05.160><c> the</c><00:22:05.380><c> travail</c><00:22:05.700><c> of</c><00:22:05.880><c> his</c><00:22:06.140><c> soul</c><00:22:06.339><c> and</c><00:22:06.519><c> he</c><00:22:06.619><c> was</c><00:22:06.819><c> satisfied.</c>

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He<00:22:12.799><c> is</c><00:22:13.079><c> our</c><00:22:13.319><c> Redeemer</c><00:22:13.680><c> and</c><00:22:13.859><c> our</c><00:22:14.079><c> advocate.</c>

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He<00:22:15.460><c> is</c><00:22:15.700><c> our</c><00:22:15.900><c> joy.</c>

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Paul<00:22:21.859><c> says,</c><00:22:22.119><c> I</c><00:22:22.359><c> have</c><00:22:22.619><c> learned</c><00:22:22.839><c> the</c><00:22:23.059><c> meaning</c><00:22:23.279><c> of</c><00:22:23.579><c> contentment.</c>

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I<00:22:25.680><c> can</c><00:22:25.799><c> do</c><00:22:25.960><c> all</c><00:22:26.200><c> things</c><00:22:26.440><c> through</c><00:22:26.660><c> Christ.</c>