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 Let's pray as we begin.

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 Our Father, in your word, you've told us that the Bible is to us a lamp for our feet

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 and a light for our path, and we thank and praise you for it.

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 And we pray that you would, by your mercy, open our blind eyes,

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 that we might see the light that you provide through your word and walk in it

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 and rejoice in it and love you for it.

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 Through Christ we ask. Amen.

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 I have a confession to make.

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 I have broken the sixth commandment.

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 You shall not murder.

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 And it's true.

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 Now before you wonder too much about what kind of secrets the new assistant pastor has been hiding,

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 or you're fumbling for your cell phones to make a quick 911 call,

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 please hear me out.

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 Because I have failed.

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 I have even failed repeatedly to fulfill what is required by the sixth commandment.

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 You shall not murder.

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 And so have you.

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 Now it could be that if you've been with us for the past few weeks,

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 we've been going through the ten commandments together,

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 you've been looking forward to number six.

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 You've been thinking, at least this week I'm off the hook.

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 I know I haven't done that one.

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 And children, if there are those of you who stayed upstairs during the summer months,

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 you're probably thinking, well, this commandment doesn't have anything to say to me, right?

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 I mean, that's, I'm just a kid.

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 Murder.

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 Murder.

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 Maybe I need to think about honoring my father and my mother,

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 or not cheating on tests at school, or not shoplifting,

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 not lying, but murder.

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 That one's for grown-ups for sure.

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 Well, it's not.

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 It applies to you kids as well, just as much as to the rest of us.

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 And not only, as I said, have I broken this commandment, but so have you.

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 Every one of us in this place this morning has broken this commandment.

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 And I don't mean according to some weird philosophical argument

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 that has nothing really to do with what the commandment means

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 when it says, you shall not murder.

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 I mean, we have all broken this commandment exactly as the Bible teaches that this commandment means.

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 And I don't say that you and I have broken this commandment

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 to wield a weapon of fear and guilt upon you,

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 to make you feel worse about yourself than you already did when you got up this morning.

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 That's not my goal.

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 And it certainly isn't the purpose of God who gave us this commandment

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 as well as the whole of the Bible.

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 Because God's primary purpose for us as human beings

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 is that we should glorify him and enjoy him forever.

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 That's his purpose for you and it's his purpose for me.

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 That we should be his people and he should be our God.

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 That's the idea behind the phrase that we so often see in the Bible,

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 the kingdom of God or the kingdom of heaven.

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 God's rule over God's people in God's place.

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 A beautiful harmony.

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 But there is a barrier to all of this and it's our sin.

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 It's our rebellion against God as our ruler.

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 Our desire to live our lives our own way.

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 To call our own shots.

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 To do our own thing.

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 That's what cuts us off from God.

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 So it may be actually that understanding that you have broken this commandment

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 does give you a sense of guilt and of fear.

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 But if that is the case, put them to the right use.

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 Don't leave it there.

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 We surely wouldn't blame someone who in the middle of the night

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 noticed that our house was on fire

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 and bursts into our room and shakes us awake and says,

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 your house is on fire.

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 Run for your life.

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 We surely wouldn't say,

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 when you said that, you made me feel fearful.

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 You're just using this claim to wield power over me, aren't you?

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 In fact, on top of that, you're making me feel guilty too

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 because I'm beginning to remember that I left the stove on before I went to bed.

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 No, we wouldn't say that.

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 And it should be the same with this commandment.

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 So if you do come to realize, as we look at it,

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 that you have broken it

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 and you begin to feel guilty and even fearful

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 if you realize that how far short of God's holy law you have fallen

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 and that someday you will have to stand before him in judgment.

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 Don't stop there.

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 That's not the place to stop.

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 Let it be to you like the person coming into the burning house

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 and let it spur you on to be reconciled to God.

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 Because God has provided a way of escape

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 in his son Jesus Christ

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 who died on the cross for our sins

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 and was raised to life again for our justification.

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 That is to make us right with God.

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 There is forgiveness with God

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 and it's found in his son Jesus Christ.

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 And all that's required on our part

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 is to acknowledge our need.

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 Our need for forgiveness

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 and to put our trust in him

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 and to submit to him as Lord.

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 Seeking from this time onward

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 no longer to walk according to our own desires

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 but according to the law of God,

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 the law of Christ.

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 And that's to be our daily pattern

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 for the rest of our lives

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 as disciples of Jesus Christ.

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 Reading his word.

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 Listening to him in his word.

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 Speaking to him in prayer.

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 Repenting.

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 That is turning away from things

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 when we become aware that we've gone astray

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 or fallen short.

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 And trusting in all things continually

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 in the Lord Jesus alone.

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 But all of that,

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 I still haven't shown you how

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 I have broken the sixth commandment.

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 Or you have.

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 So let's take a look together

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 at what the Bible has to say.

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 At its most basic level,

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 the commandment is really quite simple.

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 It's four words.

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 You shall not murder.

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 Two words if you boil it down.

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 Don't murder.

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 Murder not.

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 You shall not kill.

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 Strike down.

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 Slay.

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 Another person.

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 Another human being.

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 Now there's other parts of the scripture

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 that make it abundantly clear

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 that this commandment

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 does not refer to capital punishment.

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 Where it's instituted

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 by a lawfully appointed judge

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 according to the rule of the law.

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 And it doesn't apply to situations of war.

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 Sometimes it doesn't apply

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 to situations of self-defense.

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 But apart from those

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 special circumstances,

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 we're not to kill other people.

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 It's that simple.

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 But have you ever stopped

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 to consider why

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 it's wrong to kill others?

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 And it may sound crazy to you,

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 but why can't we kill

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 the people who irritate us?

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 Or the people who compete with us

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 for the plum job

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 or the spouse that we wanted?

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 Or why can't we kill the people

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 that do things to us

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 that make us desire revenge?

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 Why is it wrong to murder?

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 I promised you we'd look at the Bible

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 and I'm sitting it down again,

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 but we'll get back to it.

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 Have you ever also considered

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 that from a purely materialistic

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 or naturalistic point of view,

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 there is no reason

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 why we shouldn't murder

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 other human beings?

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 That is to say,

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 if this physical universe,

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 what we can see and observe

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 with our instruments and our eyes,

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 is all that there is,

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 as many people in our society

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 would claim they believe,

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 and if life arose entirely

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 and only because of random collisions

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 of particles,

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 which then became more and more complex

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 as they ascended

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 and finally we reach

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 21st century human beings,

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 well, on what basis then

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 would it be wrong

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 to murder?

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 We might say,

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 well, there are social conventions.

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 It benefits all of society.

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 It's stable

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 if we don't just go around

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 killing each other.

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 It improves our chances of success

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 as a species.

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 But ultimately,

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 that's not a binding reason

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 why we ought not to murder.

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 What if I don't want

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 our species to succeed?

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 Or what if we say

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 that the best personal ethic

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 somebody could have

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 is not to hurt others?

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 That's my inner rule.

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 I just go around

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 and I say,

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 I'm not going to hurt others.

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 And it sounds very good

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 and tolerant

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 and civilized

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 and all those things.

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 But what if there's

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 some devil's advocate

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 who says,

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 well, I like to hurt

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 and kill other people.

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 What's to say

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 that your personal ethic

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 is better than my personal ethic?

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 Well, of course,

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 we recoil

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 at that idea

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 and you should

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 because in your conscience

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 and in your heart of hearts,

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 you know it's just wrong

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 to murder innocent people.

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 It's just wrong.

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 It's not that it's contrary

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 to social norms

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 or inconsistent

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 with the continuing evolution

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 of our species

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 or anything like that.

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 It's just wrong.

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 And the Bible tells us why.

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 So please,

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 turn with me

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 to Genesis

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 chapter 9

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 and verse 6.

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 If you're using

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 the Pew Bible,

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 it's on page 7,

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 right near the beginning.

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 Genesis 9

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 verse 6.

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 And it says,

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 and this is

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 the words of God,

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 whoever sheds

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 man's blood,

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 by man

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 his blood

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 shall be shed.

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 For in the image

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 of God

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 he made man.

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 For in the image

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 of God

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 he made man.

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 It's because God

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 made human beings,

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 male and female,

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 in his image.

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 that is something

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 like himself

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 that it is wrong

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 to murder.

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 And that's why

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 it's not murder

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 to swat a mosquito

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 or to catch a fish

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 or to eat a hamburger.

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 That's not murder

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 because human beings

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 alone

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 have been made

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 in the image of God.

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 We

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 resemble God

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 in certain ways

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 that the rest of creation

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 as inherently valuable

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 and good

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 as he pronounced

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 it to be

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 as inherently valuable

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 as it is.

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 It's not made

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 in the image of God

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 in the way

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 human beings are.

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 We speak.

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 We use our reason.

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 We are made

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 for relationships

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 with one another.

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 We exercise dominion

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 over every other

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 living thing

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 on the earth.

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 We've been made

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 like God.

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 His representatives

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 as it were

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 on the earth.

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 earth.

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 We are images

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 of him.

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 And if you imagine

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 for a moment

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 that you were to travel

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 to Castro's Cuba

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 and you're in Havana

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 and you see a statue

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 of the man himself,

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 of Fidel Castro,

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 and you smash

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 it to smithereens,

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 how do you suppose

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 the Cuban authorities

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 would respond

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 to your gesture?

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 It would be seen

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 as a great offense,

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 profoundly offensive,

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 an act of

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 aggressive rebellion

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 and disrespect

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 to the ruler

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 to deface

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 and destroy

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 an image of him

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 in the middle

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 of his city.

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 In the same way,

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 then,

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 it is that to murder

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 a human being

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 who is made,

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 who is,

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 the image

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 of the living God

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 is to show

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 the greatest

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 disrespect

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 to the God

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 who made that person

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 and whose image

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 he or she

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 is made in.

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 It's just as much

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 a sin against God

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 as it is against

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 the human victim.

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 That,

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 primarily,

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 is the biblical reason

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 why it is sin

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 to murder.

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 And so,

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 we're not

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 to kill

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 other people.

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 And we're certainly

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 not to kill

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 the weakest

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 and the most

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 vulnerable

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 members of our society,

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 those who have

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 no voice

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 to speak for themselves.

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 We're not to kill

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 the elderly

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 because they're old

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 and sick

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 and forgetful

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 and they cost

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 a lot of time

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 and money.

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 We're not to kill

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 the physically

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 or mentally

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 disabled

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 or even those

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 who are facing

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 the agony

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 of a progressive

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 wasting disease

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 because we

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 or even they

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 themselves

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 have decided

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 that they're

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 living a life

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 that's simply

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 not worth living

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 or that they're

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 suffering too much

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 and we're not

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 to kill

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 unborn children

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 because they're

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 inconvenient

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 or unwanted

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 or even

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 because they

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 remind us

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 of a very

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 painful past.

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 We're not

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 to kill

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 other people.

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 Period.

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 God's law

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 is simple

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 and it is

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 clear.

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 You shall

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 not murder.

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 But the

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 commandment

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 extends

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 further than that

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 because you

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 could

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 completely

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 observe

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 this law

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 according to

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 the outward

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 behavior

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 the murder

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 of the body

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 and yet you

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 would still

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 break it.

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 That was the

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 issue with the

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 Pharisees

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 in Jesus'

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 day.

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 They were

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 looking for

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 what was the

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 minimum

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 requirement

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 of the law

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 so they could

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 say they had

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 fulfilled it

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 and were keeping

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 it.

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 But Jesus

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 rebukes

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 that way

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 of thinking.

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 He shows us

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 that if we

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 love God

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 we must

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 be seeking

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 the greatest

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 the most

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 extensive

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 the fullest

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 and deepest

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 way

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 that we can

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 apply his

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 laws

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 to our

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 lives

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 not the

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 least.

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 And so when it

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 comes to

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 murder

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 Jesus applies

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 the commandment

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 to our

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 hearts

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 to our

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 thoughts

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 and our

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 attitudes

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 and our

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 fantasies.

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 Turn with

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 me please

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 to the

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 words of

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 Jesus in

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 Matthew

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 chapter 5

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 in the Pew

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 Bibles

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 it's page

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 836

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 836

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 Jesus teaching

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 on this

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 subject in

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 Matthew

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 chapter 5

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 verse 21

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 and following

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 he said

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 you've heard

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 that it was

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 said to

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 those of

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 old

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 you shall

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 not murder

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 and whoever

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 murders will

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 be in

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 danger of

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 the judgment

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 but I

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 say to

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 you

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 that whoever

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 is angry

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 with his

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 brother

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 without a

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 cause

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 shall be

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 in danger

00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:30.139
 of the

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 judgment

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 and whoever

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 says to

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 his brother

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 raka

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 an insult

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 shall be

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 in danger

00:16:35.700 --> 00:16:36.080
 of the

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 council

00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:37.200
 but whoever

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 says

00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:39.000
 you fool

00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:40.300
 shall be

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 in danger

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 of hellfire

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 it's the words

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 of Jesus

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 therefore if you

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 bring your gift

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 to the altar

00:16:48.019 --> 00:16:49.060
 and there

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 remember that

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 your brother

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 has something

00:16:50.560 --> 00:16:51.200
 against you

00:16:51.200 --> 00:16:52.500
 leave your gift

00:16:52.500 --> 00:16:53.100
 there before

00:16:53.100 --> 00:16:53.620
 the altar

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 and go

00:16:54.279 --> 00:16:54.759
 your way

00:16:54.759 --> 00:16:55.980
 first be

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 reconciled

00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:57.519
 to your

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 brother

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 and then

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 come and

00:16:59.580 --> 00:17:00.059
 offer your

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 gift

00:17:00.460 --> 00:17:02.799
 and the

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 apostle

00:17:03.059 --> 00:17:03.399
 John

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 teaches us

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 the exact

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 same thing

00:17:05.259 --> 00:17:05.599
 when he

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 says

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 everyone

00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:08.559
 who hates

00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:09.319
 his brother

00:17:09.319 --> 00:17:10.200
 is a

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 murderer

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 God is

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 primarily

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 concerned

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 primarily

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 not with

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 our

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 external

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 activities

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 not less

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 than that

00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:19.339
 but more

00:17:19.339 --> 00:17:19.859
 than that

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 primarily

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 he's

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 concerned

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 with our

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 hearts

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 it's

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 true

00:17:24.339 --> 00:17:25.159
 that it

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 is the

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 hand

00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:26.919
 that

00:17:26.919 --> 00:17:27.419
 ultimately

00:17:27.419 --> 00:17:28.000
 executes

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 murder

00:17:28.459 --> 00:17:30.519
 but murder

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 is conceived

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 in a

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 heart

00:17:32.659 --> 00:17:33.839
 that nurses

00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:34.559
 anger

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 and hatred

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 against

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 another

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 person

00:17:36.899 --> 00:17:38.299
 think about

00:17:38.299 --> 00:17:38.399
 it

00:17:38.399 --> 00:17:38.759
 can you

00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:39.279
 nurse

00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:40.259
 anger

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 against

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 someone

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 or can

00:17:42.439 --> 00:17:42.859
 you hold

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 hatred

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 in your

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 heart

00:17:43.939 --> 00:17:45.519
 without

00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:46.219
 the desire

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 to bring

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 harm

00:17:47.159 --> 00:17:48.500
 to that

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 person

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 if you

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 search

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 your

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 heart

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 you'll

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 see that

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 no

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 you

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 cannot

00:17:54.539 --> 00:17:55.019
 the

00:17:55.019 --> 00:17:55.380
 intent

00:17:55.380 --> 00:17:55.640
 to

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 harm

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 is

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 inseparably

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 bound

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 up

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 with

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 these

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 attitudes

00:18:00.140 --> 00:18:01.539
 and so

00:18:01.539 --> 00:18:01.859
 the law

00:18:01.859 --> 00:18:02.240
 also

00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:02.660
 forbids

00:18:02.660 --> 00:18:03.099
 murder

00:18:03.099 --> 00:18:04.279
 of the

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 heart

00:18:04.579 --> 00:18:05.859
 but even

00:18:05.859 --> 00:18:06.339
 this

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 even

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 this

00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:07.720
 is not

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 the full

00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:08.700
 extent

00:18:08.700 --> 00:18:09.759
 of the

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 law

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 even

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 this

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 doesn't

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 go far

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 enough

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 because

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 at its

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 very

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 core

00:18:13.980 --> 00:18:14.980
 this

00:18:14.980 --> 00:18:15.359
 commandment

00:18:15.359 --> 00:18:15.700
 is not

00:18:15.700 --> 00:18:16.200
 negative

00:18:16.200 --> 00:18:17.420
 you

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 shall

00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:18.119
 not

00:18:18.119 --> 00:18:19.379
 but it's

00:18:19.379 --> 00:18:19.879
 positive

00:18:19.879 --> 00:18:20.519
 you

00:18:20.519 --> 00:18:21.039
 shall

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 turn

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 with me

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 to one

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 final

00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:26.539
 bible

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 reference

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 it's in

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 Paul's

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 letter to

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 the

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 Romans

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 chapter

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 13

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 page

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 984

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 in the

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 pew

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 bibles

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 page

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 Romans

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 verses

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 8

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 to

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 10

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 here

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 Paul

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 says

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 oh

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 no one

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 anything

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 except

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 to love

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 one another

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 to love

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 one another

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 for he

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 who loves

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 another

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 has fulfilled

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 the law

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 for the

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 commandments

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 you shall

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 not commit

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 adultery

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 you shall

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 not murder

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 you shall

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 not steal

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 you shall

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 not bear

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 false witness

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 you shall

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 not covet

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 and if there

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 is any

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 other

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 commandment

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 are all

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 summed up

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 in this

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 saying

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 namely

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 you shall

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 love your

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 neighbor

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 as yourself

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 love

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 does no

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 harm

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 to a

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 neighbor

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 therefore

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 love

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 is the

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 fulfillment

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 of the

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 law

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 you shall

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 love your

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 neighbor

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 as

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 yourself

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 love

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 is the

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 fulfillment

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 of the

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 law

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 only

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 love

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 only

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 love

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 fulfills

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 this

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 law

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 you shall

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 not

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 murder

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 that's

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 what it

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 is saying

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 and what

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 is meant

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 by this

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 love

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 love

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 is patient

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 love

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 is kind

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 love

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 does not

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 envy

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 or boast

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 it is not

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 arrogant

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 or rude

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 it does not

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 insist on

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 its own

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 way

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 it's not

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 irritable

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 or resentful

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 this is the

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 biblical picture

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 of love

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 and not just

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 our spouse

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 often we'll hear

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 these words

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 read in the

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 context of a

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 wedding

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 and that's

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 great

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 it's fine

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 we need to

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 love our

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 spouse

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 in this

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 way

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 but these

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 words

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 in that

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 letter

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 are written

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 in the

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 context

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 of all

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 our

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 relationships

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 with every

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 other

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 human being

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 that is

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 the kind

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 of love

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 that the

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 bible

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 desires

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 and commands

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 for us

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 in our

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 relations

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 with fellow

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 human

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 beings

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 and how

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 can we

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 possibly

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 achieve

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 a standard

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 of love

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 such as

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 this

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 there's

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 only one

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 way

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 and it's

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 by denying

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 ourselves

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 this is

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 what Jesus

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 requires of

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 every single

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 person who

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 would want

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 to be his

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 disciple

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 if anyone

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 would come

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 after me

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 let him

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 deny himself

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 and take

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 up his

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 cross

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 and follow

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 me

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 or hear

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 the apostle

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 Paul

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 in humility

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 count others

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 more

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 important

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 than

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 yourselves

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 if you're

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 a follower

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 of Christ

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 you are

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 not your

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 own

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 for you

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 were bought

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 at a

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 price

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 so if

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 we are

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 not our

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 own

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 but the

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 Lord's

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 then it

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 becomes

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 clear how

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 we must

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 live

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 we are

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 not our

00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:28.640
 own

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 so let

00:21:29.620 --> 00:21:29.920
 it not

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 be our

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 will

00:21:31.140 --> 00:21:32.440
 that determines

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 our plans

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 and our

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 actions

00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:36.120
 we're not

00:21:36.120 --> 00:21:36.839
 our own

00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:37.860
 so let it

00:21:37.860 --> 00:21:38.380
 not be our

00:21:38.380 --> 00:21:39.019
 goal to

00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:39.460
 seek what's

00:21:39.460 --> 00:21:39.860
 best for

00:21:39.860 --> 00:21:40.539
 ourselves

00:21:40.539 --> 00:21:42.480
 we are

00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:43.480
 not our

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:44.059
 own

00:21:44.059 --> 00:21:45.019
 let us

00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:45.299
 therefore

00:21:45.299 --> 00:21:45.880
 forget

00:21:45.880 --> 00:21:46.539
 ourselves

00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:47.740
 and all

00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:48.000
 that is

00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:48.579
 ours

00:21:48.579 --> 00:21:49.740
 for we

00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:50.220
 belong to

00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:50.660
 the Lord

00:21:50.660 --> 00:21:52.160
 therefore

00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:52.980
 let us

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:53.460
 live for

00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:53.779
 him

00:21:53.779 --> 00:21:55.339
 and die

00:21:55.339 --> 00:21:56.019
 for him

00:21:56.019 --> 00:21:57.920
 we belong

00:21:57.920 --> 00:21:58.339
 to the

00:21:58.339 --> 00:21:58.740
 Lord

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 let his

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 will

00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:01.420
 determine

00:22:01.420 --> 00:22:02.240
 our plans

00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:03.200
 and our

00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:03.799
 actions

00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:05.240
 we belong

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:05.559
 to the

00:22:05.559 --> 00:22:05.940
 Lord

00:22:05.940 --> 00:22:07.039
 let everything

00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:07.519
 that is in

00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:07.740
 us

00:22:07.740 --> 00:22:08.519
 strive

00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:10.220
 toward him

00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:11.140
 yield

00:22:11.140 --> 00:22:11.880
 to him

00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:13.140
 desiring

00:22:13.140 --> 00:22:14.359
 nothing for

00:22:14.359 --> 00:22:15.140
 ourselves

00:22:15.140 --> 00:22:16.279
 but to

00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:16.819
 follow the

00:22:16.819 --> 00:22:17.380
 leading of

00:22:17.380 --> 00:22:17.900
 the Lord

00:22:17.900 --> 00:22:18.900
 alone

00:22:18.900 --> 00:22:21.079
 this emptying

00:22:21.079 --> 00:22:22.000
 ourselves of

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:22.279
 our own

00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:22.620
 natural

00:22:22.620 --> 00:22:23.299
 desires

00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:24.359
 esteeming

00:22:24.359 --> 00:22:24.880
 others more

00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:25.299
 highly

00:22:25.299 --> 00:22:26.019
 than

00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:26.759
 ourselves

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:28.420
 devoting

00:22:28.420 --> 00:22:28.880
 ourselves

00:22:28.880 --> 00:22:29.519
 completely

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:30.059
 to doing

00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:30.980
 good for

00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:31.400
 others

00:22:31.400 --> 00:22:32.200
 is the

00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:33.120
 only way

00:22:33.120 --> 00:22:34.280
 to fulfill

00:22:34.280 --> 00:22:34.700
 the law

00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:35.259
 of love

00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:35.840
 and the

00:22:35.840 --> 00:22:36.220
 law that

00:22:36.220 --> 00:22:36.519
 you should

00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:37.080
 not murder

00:22:37.080 --> 00:22:38.820
 and unless

00:22:38.820 --> 00:22:39.220
 by the

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:39.740
 grace

00:22:39.740 --> 00:22:40.460
 and the

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:40.880
 help of

00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:41.100
 God

00:22:41.100 --> 00:22:41.440
 we get

00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:41.840
 out of

00:22:41.840 --> 00:22:42.340
 ourselves

00:22:42.340 --> 00:22:43.600
 we can

00:22:43.600 --> 00:22:43.740
 do

00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:44.160
 nothing

00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:46.420
 how can

00:22:46.420 --> 00:22:46.840
 we do

00:22:46.840 --> 00:22:47.560
 the works

00:22:47.560 --> 00:22:48.280
 of love

00:22:48.280 --> 00:22:49.240
 unless we

00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:49.580
 deny

00:22:49.580 --> 00:22:50.040
 ourselves

00:22:50.040 --> 00:22:50.700
 completely

00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:51.740
 and give

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.100
 ourselves

00:22:52.100 --> 00:22:52.780
 to others

00:22:52.780 --> 00:22:54.759
 we are

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:55.400
 incapable

00:22:55.400 --> 00:22:56.980
 unless

00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:57.900
 we give

00:22:57.900 --> 00:22:58.440
 up all

00:22:58.440 --> 00:22:58.860
 thought

00:22:58.859 --> 00:22:59.059
 of

00:22:59.059 --> 00:22:59.639
 ourself

00:22:59.639 --> 00:23:02.279
 love

00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:03.179
 does

00:23:03.179 --> 00:23:03.439
 not

00:23:03.439 --> 00:23:03.799
 seek

00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:04.059
 its

00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:04.539
 own

00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:05.279
 Paul

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:05.619
 taught

00:23:05.619 --> 00:23:05.819
 that

00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:05.939
 was

00:23:05.939 --> 00:23:06.219
 one

00:23:06.219 --> 00:23:06.719
 phrase

00:23:06.719 --> 00:23:07.019
 out of

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:07.299
 those

00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:07.839
 that

00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:08.159
 teaching

00:23:08.159 --> 00:23:08.379
 on

00:23:08.379 --> 00:23:08.599
 love

00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:08.819
 that we

00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:09.079
 read a

00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:09.199
 few

00:23:09.199 --> 00:23:09.459
 moments

00:23:09.459 --> 00:23:09.759
 ago

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.459
 love

00:23:10.459 --> 00:23:11.159
 does

00:23:11.159 --> 00:23:11.359
 not

00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:11.619
 seek

00:23:11.619 --> 00:23:11.799
 its

00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:12.099
 own

00:23:12.099 --> 00:23:12.439
 what

00:23:12.439 --> 00:23:12.579
 does

00:23:12.579 --> 00:23:12.759
 this

00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.159
 mean

00:23:13.159 --> 00:23:14.559
 but

00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:14.759
 that

00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:14.919
 we

00:23:14.919 --> 00:23:15.139
 are

00:23:15.139 --> 00:23:15.759
 required

00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:16.659
 to

00:23:16.659 --> 00:23:17.199
 neglect

00:23:17.199 --> 00:23:18.099
 ourselves

00:23:18.099 --> 00:23:18.939
 and

00:23:18.939 --> 00:23:19.159
 our

00:23:19.159 --> 00:23:19.659
 possessions

00:23:19.659 --> 00:23:20.079
 in order

00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:20.379
 to look

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 after the

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 other

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 person's

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 good

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 even

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 to

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 willingly

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 yield

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 up

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 what

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 is by

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 rights

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 our

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 own

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 and give

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 it

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 to

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 another

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 to

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 do

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 this

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 and to

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 do

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 this

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 we

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 simply

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 have

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 to do

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 violence

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 to our

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 human

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 nature

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 it is

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 so

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 contrary

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 to

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 everything

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 that is

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 within

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 us

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 that

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 leads

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 us

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 to

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 love

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 ourselves

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 alone

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 and

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 think

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 of

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 ourselves

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 more

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 highly

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 than

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 we

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 think

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 of

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 other

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 people

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 to

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 make

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 ourselves

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 superior

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 to

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 others

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 in

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 so

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 many

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 ways

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 and

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 so

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 whatever

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 we

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 can

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 do

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 we

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 must

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 do

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 we

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 must

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 put

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 our

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 interests

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 in

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 second

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 place

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 for

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 the

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 benefit

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 of

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 the

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 other

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 person

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 and

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 put

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 them

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 in

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 the

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 first

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 place

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 God

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 has

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 entrusted

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 to

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 you

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 and

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 to

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 me

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 to

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 all

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 of

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 us

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 various

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 gifts

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 and

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 talents

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 and

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 abilities

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 and

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 time

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 and

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 resources

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 and

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 money

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 and

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 he's

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 given

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 those

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 things

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 and

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 entrusted

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 them

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 to

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 us

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 not

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 for

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 building

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 up

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 ourselves

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 but

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 for

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 building

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 up

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 others

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 and

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 one

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 day

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 we

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 will

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 have

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 to

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 give

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 our

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 care

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 even

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 our

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 physical

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 strength

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 day

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 by

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 day

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 and

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 our

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 stewardship

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 will

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 be

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 measured

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 and

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 tested

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 by

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 the

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 rule

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 of

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 love

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 that's

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 the

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 standard

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 by

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 which

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 we

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 will

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 be

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 measured

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 and

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 finally

00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:42.320
 in

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 all

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 these

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 things

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 we're

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 not

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 to

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 consider

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 at

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 all

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 the

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 worthiness

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 of

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 the

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 person

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 that

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 we

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 are

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 seeking

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 to

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 serve

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 but

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 only

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 as

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 we

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 saw

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 earlier

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 that

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 they

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 have

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 been

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 made

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 in

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 the

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 image

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 of

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 God

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 because

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 it

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 is

00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:03.759
 to

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 that

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 image

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 that

00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:05.779
 image

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.039
 of

00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:06.679
 God

00:25:06.679 --> 00:25:07.179
 that

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 we

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 owe

00:25:07.699 --> 00:25:08.299
 all

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:08.579
 our

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:09.079
 love

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:09.899
 and

00:25:09.899 --> 00:25:10.219
 our

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 honor

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 especially

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 to

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 those

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 of

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 the

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 household

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 of

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 faith

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 as

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 Paul

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 says

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 because

00:25:15.899 --> 00:25:16.099
 in

00:25:16.099 --> 00:25:16.339
 them

00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:16.479
 the

00:25:16.479 --> 00:25:16.739
 image

00:25:16.739 --> 00:25:16.879
 of

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 God

00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:17.239
 is

00:25:17.239 --> 00:25:17.479
 being

00:25:17.479 --> 00:25:18.059
 restored

00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:18.799
 to

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 its

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 former

00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:19.699
 glory

00:25:19.699 --> 00:25:19.859
 by

00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:20.000
 the

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 work

00:25:20.179 --> 00:25:20.279
 of

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 the

00:25:20.419 --> 00:25:20.619
 Spirit

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 of

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 Christ

00:25:21.059 --> 00:25:21.299
 in

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 them

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:22.059
 but

00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:22.379
 nevertheless

00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:22.699
 it

00:25:22.699 --> 00:25:23.019
 applies

00:25:23.619 --> 00:25:24.079
 so

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 when

00:25:24.239 --> 00:25:24.379
 we

00:25:24.379 --> 00:25:24.559
 meet

00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:24.979
 someone

00:25:24.979 --> 00:25:25.679
 in

00:25:25.679 --> 00:25:25.859
 need

00:25:25.859 --> 00:25:25.959
 of

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 our

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 help

00:25:26.399 --> 00:25:26.779
 we

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 must

00:25:27.159 --> 00:25:27.419
 not

00:25:27.419 --> 00:25:27.819
 say

00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:28.719
 he's

00:25:28.719 --> 00:25:28.859
 a

00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:29.279
 stranger

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:30.119
 I

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 don't

00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:30.479
 need

00:25:30.479 --> 00:25:30.599
 to

00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:30.819
 help

00:25:30.819 --> 00:25:31.119
 him

00:25:31.119 --> 00:25:32.819
 he's

00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:33.019
 not

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:33.179
 a

00:25:33.179 --> 00:25:33.639
 stranger

00:25:33.639 --> 00:25:34.639
 at

00:25:34.639 --> 00:25:34.779
 the

00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.039
 most

00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:35.579
 basic

00:25:35.579 --> 00:25:35.939
 level

00:25:35.939 --> 00:25:36.159
 he

00:25:36.159 --> 00:25:36.919
 shares

00:25:36.919 --> 00:25:37.579
 your

00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:38.119
 flesh

00:25:38.119 --> 00:25:38.419
 and

00:25:38.419 --> 00:25:38.819
 blood

00:25:38.819 --> 00:25:40.319
 nor

00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:40.519
 can

00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:40.679
 we

00:25:40.679 --> 00:25:40.859
 say

00:25:40.859 --> 00:25:41.039
 that

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:41.439
 person

00:25:41.439 --> 00:25:41.659
 is

00:25:41.659 --> 00:25:42.119
 worthless

00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:43.119
 I

00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:43.299
 don't

00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:43.479
 owe

00:25:43.479 --> 00:25:43.759
 him

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.279
 or

00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:44.419
 I

00:25:44.419 --> 00:25:44.539
 don't

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:44.699
 owe

00:25:44.699 --> 00:25:44.859
 her

00:25:44.859 --> 00:25:45.339
 anything

00:25:45.339 --> 00:25:47.159
 that

00:25:47.159 --> 00:25:47.379
 may

00:25:47.379 --> 00:25:47.519
 be

00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:47.959
 so

00:25:47.959 --> 00:25:49.359
 but

00:25:49.359 --> 00:25:49.539
 the

00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:49.879
 image

00:25:49.879 --> 00:25:50.099
 of

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:50.599
 God

00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:51.239
 in

00:25:51.239 --> 00:25:51.799
 her

00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:53.000
 is

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:53.459
 worthy

00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:54.039
 of

00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:54.440
 your

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:55.039
 entire

00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:55.579
 life

00:25:55.579 --> 00:25:56.200
 and

00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:56.640
 everything

00:25:56.640 --> 00:25:57.000
 that you

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:57.519
 possess

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:59.019
 to seek

00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.220
 their

00:25:59.220 --> 00:25:59.559
 good

00:25:59.559 --> 00:26:01.460
 but what

00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:01.759
 if that

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.100
 person

00:26:02.100 --> 00:26:02.660
 has treated

00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:02.920
 me

00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:03.779
 unfairly

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.559
 has

00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:05.140
 cursed

00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:05.579
 me

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.460
 has

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:07.380
 hurt

00:26:07.380 --> 00:26:07.779
 me

00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:10.079
 even

00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:10.440
 this

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:11.059
 is no

00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:11.539
 reason

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:12.819
 not to

00:26:12.819 --> 00:26:13.340
 embrace

00:26:13.340 --> 00:26:13.700
 him

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.559
 or her

00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:15.200
 in love

00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:16.579
 because

00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:17.079
 regardless

00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:17.539
 of the

00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:17.819
 sins

00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:18.319
 committed

00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:18.920
 against

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.380
 you by

00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:19.620
 that

00:26:19.620 --> 00:26:20.100
 person

00:26:20.099 --> 00:26:21.519
 remember

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:21.740
 the

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:22.000
 words

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.139
 of

00:26:22.139 --> 00:26:22.259
 the

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:22.419
 Lord

00:26:22.419 --> 00:26:22.839
 Jesus

00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:25.139
 but

00:26:25.139 --> 00:26:25.259
 I

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:25.559
 say

00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:25.759
 to

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.039
 you

00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:27.359
 love

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 your

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 enemies

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 and

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 pray

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 for

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 those

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 who

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 persecute

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 you

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 so

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 that

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 you

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 may

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 be

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 sons

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 of

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 your

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 father

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 who

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 is

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 in

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 heaven

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 so

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 even

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 here

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 we

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 must

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 not

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 look

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 at

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 the

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 deeds

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 of

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 the

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 person

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 the

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 evil

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 deeds

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 of

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 those

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 whom

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 were

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 called

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 to

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 love

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 but

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 to

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 the

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 image

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 of

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 God

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 that

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 is

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 in

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 them

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 the

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 God

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 of

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 all

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 beauty

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 and

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 all

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 goodness

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 and

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 by

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 the

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 power

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 of

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 God

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 we

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 will

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 be

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 able

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 to

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 do

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 what

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 is

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 utterly

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 opposed

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 to

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 our

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 human

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 nature

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 to

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 love

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 them

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 and

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 to

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 embrace

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 them

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 to

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 sum

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 up

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 them

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 all

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 violence

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 injury

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 any

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 harmful

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 thing

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 at

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 all

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 that

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 may

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 injure

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 or

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:09.540
 harm

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 our

00:27:09.700 --> 00:27:10.160
 neighbor's

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:10.600
 body

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 is

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 forbidden

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 to

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 us

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 by

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 this

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 law

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 and

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 we

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 are

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 commanded

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 if

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 there

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 is

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 anything

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 in

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 us

00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:18.699
 anything

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 we

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:19.619
 have

00:27:19.619 --> 00:27:20.500
 any

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:21.240
 opportunity

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:21.839
 that

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:22.220
 presents

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 itself

00:27:22.599 --> 00:27:22.799
 to

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 save

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 our

00:27:23.399 --> 00:27:23.799
 neighbor's

00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:24.179
 life

00:27:24.179 --> 00:27:24.939
 we

00:27:24.939 --> 00:27:25.099
 are

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 faithfully

00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:26.720
 to

00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:26.959
 do

00:27:26.959 --> 00:27:27.379
 so

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 and

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:28.659
 if

00:27:28.659 --> 00:27:28.759
 we

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:28.859
 are

00:27:28.859 --> 00:27:29.139
 aware

00:27:29.139 --> 00:27:29.279
 of

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:29.519
 anything

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:30.179
 harmful

00:27:30.179 --> 00:27:31.220
 we're

00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:31.359
 to

00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:31.579
 do

00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:32.240
 all

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:32.419
 that

00:27:32.419 --> 00:27:32.579
 we're

00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:32.859
 able

00:27:32.859 --> 00:27:33.079
 to

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:33.339
 do

00:27:33.339 --> 00:27:33.539
 to

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:33.980
 prevent

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.179
 it

00:27:34.179 --> 00:27:34.339
 from

00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:34.720
 causing

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.119
 harm

00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:35.659
 to

00:27:35.659 --> 00:27:36.000
 our

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.359
 neighbor

00:27:36.359 --> 00:27:36.599
 and

00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:36.740
 if

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:36.899
 they're

00:27:36.899 --> 00:27:37.059
 in

00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:37.459
 danger

00:27:37.459 --> 00:27:38.000
 to

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:38.199
 lend

00:27:38.199 --> 00:27:38.339
 a

00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:38.579
 helping

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:39.099
 hand

00:27:39.099 --> 00:27:40.579
 and

00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:40.919
 finally

00:27:40.919 --> 00:27:43.179
 consider

00:27:43.179 --> 00:27:43.459
 brothers

00:27:43.459 --> 00:27:43.720
 and

00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:43.980
 sisters

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 that

00:27:44.199 --> 00:27:44.339
 if

00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:44.579
 God

00:27:44.579 --> 00:27:45.039
 commands

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:45.179
 us

00:27:45.179 --> 00:27:45.299
 to

00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:45.480
 show

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:45.799
 so

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:46.019
 much

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:46.699
 concern

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.840
 for the

00:27:47.840 --> 00:27:48.200
 safety

00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:48.480
 and

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:49.019
 well-being

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:49.420
 of our

00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:49.860
 neighbor's

00:27:49.860 --> 00:27:50.340
 body

00:27:50.340 --> 00:27:52.120
 how much

00:27:52.120 --> 00:27:52.580
 effort

00:27:52.580 --> 00:27:53.920
 and zeal

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:54.720
 do we owe

00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:55.640
 to seeking

00:27:55.640 --> 00:27:56.140
 the safety

00:27:56.140 --> 00:27:56.519
 of his

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:56.940
 soul

00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:58.980
 which in

00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.600
 God's sight

00:27:59.600 --> 00:28:00.380
 is far

00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:01.059
 more precious

00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:02.180
 than the

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:02.580
 body

00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:05.879
 and so

00:28:05.879 --> 00:28:06.359
 if you

00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:07.480
 like me

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:09.799
 like me

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.859
 find yourself

00:28:10.859 --> 00:28:11.480
 to be

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:12.220
 a

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:13.179
 transgressor

00:28:13.179 --> 00:28:14.599
 one

00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:15.079
 who has

00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:15.579
 broken

00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:16.799
 this

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:17.519
 law

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.819
 then

00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:19.339
 turn to

00:28:19.339 --> 00:28:19.799
 Christ

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:21.619
 there is

00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:22.259
 abundant

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:23.199
 forgiveness

00:28:23.199 --> 00:28:24.000
 of sins

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:24.639
 in him

00:28:24.639 --> 00:28:26.439
 and then

00:28:26.439 --> 00:28:27.339
 go forward

00:28:27.339 --> 00:28:28.899
 bearing fruit

00:28:28.899 --> 00:28:29.759
 in keeping

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.480
 with repentance

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:33.000
 amen

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:33.500
 are

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:40.200
 you