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 beginning at verse 40 and that's on page 1094 of the church bibles

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 acts chapter 2 beginning at verse 40 with many other words he warned them and he pleaded with

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 them save yourselves from this corrupt generation those who accepted his message were baptized and

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 about 3 000 were added to their number that day they devoted themselves to the apostles teaching

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 and to the fellowship to the breaking of bread and to prayer everyone was filled with awe and many

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 wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles all the believers were together and had

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 everything in common selling their possessions and goods they gave to anyone as he had need

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 every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts they broke bread in their homes and

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 ate together with glad and sincere hearts praising god and enjoying the favor of all the people

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 and the lord added to their number daily those who were being saved

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 thanks very much chris

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 and again as we go through this together if there are any questions and if you can hold them to the

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 end and please feel free to talk with me afterwards and discuss anything through we want to learn

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 together what god's word has to say to us well let's pray and ask for his help now

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 father we thank you for the church we thank you for your family

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 and we ask now that as we gather together like this

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 that your spirit would be at work among us

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 speaking your truth into our lives truth that changes us and transforms us

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 and brings us to be the kind of family the kind of church that you call us to be

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 we thank you for one another and we thank you that we can learn together like this

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 we pray that it will be a rich and encouraging time for us all

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 in jesus name we pray amen

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 when you came this morning

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 did you expect to find anybody else here

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 as you walked in the door

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 did you expect that there would be seats

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 and somebody to make tea and coffee

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 when you took your children out to creche and sunday

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 school did you expect that there would be people here to look after them

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 and to teach them

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 if you weren't here

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 would you still expect that there would be people here

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 it raises a big question this expectations business doesn't it

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 what is expected of me

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 if i am part of the church

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 what level of commitment should there be

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 so how often do i need to attend

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 once every six weeks

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 or perhaps nine out of ten weeks

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 is it different if i'm a student

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 or if i'm settled or married

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 or am i allowed to stay at home and have a break

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 or perhaps am i free to go and visit another church altogether

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 do i come when i'm on the rota

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 but free when i'm not

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 and what happens if church clashes with

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 a sports match

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 or

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 a kids party

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 what takes

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 priority

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 and what about home groups

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 after all church isn't just a sunday meeting

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 is it something we go to when there is nothing else on

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 or do we plan to be there each week

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 what comes first

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 the local church

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 or parachurch

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 who takes priority

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 is it the people within your church family

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 or your best friend

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 in another church

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 lots of questions

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 and i'm sure we would all have very different answers

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 so what is a right expectation

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 or do we just make up our own minds

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 and figure out what the best thing is for us

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 well the expectation

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 i think we'll discover

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 is greater

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 than we ever thought

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 but the experience

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 is much deeper

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 than we could ever realise

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 Peter has just been preaching

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 to a very large crowd

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 it's soon after

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 Jesus has been raised from the dead

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 he has ascended

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 he sent his holy spirit

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 and he's preaching to the crowd

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 about the lord Jesus Christ

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 and look at his conclusion

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 in verse 36

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 he says

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 therefore let all Israel be assured of this

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 God has made this Jesus

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 whom you crucified

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 both Lord and Christ

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 he is declaring to the people

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 that Jesus who died

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 has now been raised

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 he is the risen

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 ruling

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 saving

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 king

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 now look at the response

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 of the people

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 to that message

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 in verse 41

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 here's the response

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 those who accepted his message

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 were baptised

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 and about 3000 were added

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 to their number

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 that day

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 do you see the double response

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 that there is

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 they accepted

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 and they were added

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 they believed

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 and they belong

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 and the mark

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 or the sign

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 that they have accepted

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 the good news of Christ

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 and that they have been added

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 to the church family

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 is their baptism

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 they were baptised

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 because baptism is a sign

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 that you believe in Christ

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 and that you belong

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 to the community

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 of believers

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 so believing and belonging

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 can't be separated

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 you can't on the one hand say

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 oh I believe in Jesus

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 but then on the other side say

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 I don't belong to the church family

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 and you can't say

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 oh I belong to the church

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 and not believe

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 we see the same thing

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 in verse 47

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 at the very end of the reading

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 we had

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 the last couple of lines

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 and it says there

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 do you see what it says

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 and the Lord added

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 to their number

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 daily

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 those who were being saved

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 God didn't add people

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 without saving them

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 and he didn't save them

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 without also adding them

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 so people who believe

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 also belong

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 now that means

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 church life

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 is deeply communal

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 not individual

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 look at the language

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 that we have here

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 for example

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 verse 42

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 they

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 devoted themselves

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 verse 43

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 everyone

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 was filled

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 with all

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 verse 44

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 all

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 the believers

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 it's like

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 the king's musketeers

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 all for one

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 and one

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 for all

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 only we have been

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 saved

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 by the ultimate

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 king

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 and we now

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 together

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 serve

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 the true king

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 Jesus Christ

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 all for one

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 and one

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 for all

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 so let's see

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 how this

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 believing

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 and belonging

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 actually gets

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 worked out

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 in practice

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 two big ideas

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 we're going to look at

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 here's the first one

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 if we say we believe

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 it means

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 we are committed

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 to Christ

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 if we say we believe

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 it means we are committed

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 to Christ

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 so look at verse 42

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 they

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 that's the believers

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 devoted themselves

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 to the

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 apostles

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 teaching

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 they devoted

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 themselves

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 to the

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 fellowship

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 they devoted

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 themselves

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 to the

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 breaking of bread

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 and they devoted

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 themselves

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 to prayer

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 now this word

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 devotion

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 means this

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 wholehearted

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 exclusive

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 commitment

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 it's the kind

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 of thing

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 a lover

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 might write

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 in their

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 valentine's

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 card

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 devoted

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 to you

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 I'm sure

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 you've all

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 written it

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 at some

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 stage

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 they're saying

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 my life

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 is given

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 completely

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 for you

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 I live

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 for you

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 I adore

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 you

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 I'll do

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 anything

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 for you

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 my life

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 is yours

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 wives

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 isn't that

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 what your

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 husband

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 say to

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 you

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 I express

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 a loyalty

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 a deep

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 affection

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 towards you

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 I'm devoted

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 to you

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 now Christ

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 has showed

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 his devotion

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 and affection

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 for us

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 by dying

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 for us

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 he gave

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 himself

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 for us

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 he says

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 I die

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 for you

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 I suffer

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 God's

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 wrath

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 for you

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 and in

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 response

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 to that

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 amazing

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 love

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 the church

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 in response

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 is devoted

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 to Christ

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 there is this

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 wholehearted

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 exclusive

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 commitment

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 in response

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 to what

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 Christ

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 has done

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 for us

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 we say

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 I'll

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 live

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 for you

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 I

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 adore

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 you

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 my life

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 is yours

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 and so

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 this devotion

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 is being

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 worked out

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 in the

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 following ways

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 as we read

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 in verse

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 42

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 let's

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 have a

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 look at

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 them

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 one

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 by

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 one

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 first

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 they're

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 devoted

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 to the

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 apostles

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 teaching

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 they are

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 learning

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 Christ

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 together

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 now we

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 don't have

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 the apostles

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 alive

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 today

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 but what

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 we do

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 have

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 is what

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 they taught

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 and what

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 they preached

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 and what

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 they spoke

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 about

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 and what

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 they taught

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 has been

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 recorded

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 for us

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 within

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 scripture

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 this is

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 what we

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 are reading

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 right now

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 and how

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 do we

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 know it's

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 true

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 how do

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 we know

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 we can

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 trust

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 them

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 well look

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 at verse

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 43

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 it says

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 everyone

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 was filled

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 with awe

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 and many

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 wonders

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 and miraculous

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 signs were

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 done by

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 the apostles

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 you see

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 what they

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 said

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 and what

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 they did

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 was written

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 down

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 and all

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 of that

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 was confirmed

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 and affirmed

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 by the miracles

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 and the wonders

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 that they

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 did

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 he was

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 telling people

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 we can

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 trust them

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 we can

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 trust

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 what they

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 had to

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 say

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 and so

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 we now

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 have that

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 written down

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 for us

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 in God's

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 word

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 to learn

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 together

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 to learn

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 Christ

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 together

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 through what

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 they had

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 to say

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 we learn

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 all about

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 how Christ

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 has accepted

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 us

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 and how

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 Christ

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 has added

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 us

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 or as we

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 started out

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 this morning

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 that he

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 forgives us

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 and welcomes

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 us into

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 his family

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 so we

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 learn

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 Christ

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 together

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 through

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 his

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 word

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 but not

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 only that

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 they are

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 also

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 devoted

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 to the

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 fellowship

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 so they

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 are sharing

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 Christ

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 together

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 fellowship

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 simply means

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 sharing

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 in something

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 that we

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 have in

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 common

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 sharing

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 in what

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 we have

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 in common

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 the church

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 here this

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 morning

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 is made

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 up of

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 all kinds

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 of people

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 we come

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 from different

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 backgrounds

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 we're of

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 different

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 ages

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 we have

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 different

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 likes

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 and dislikes

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 we're just

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 different

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 people

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 we're very

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 diverse

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 people

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 but we

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 have one

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 thing

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 that unites

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 us

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 together

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 the one

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 thing that

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 we have

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 in common

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 is the

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 Lord Jesus

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 Christ

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 the one

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 who has

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 welcomed us

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 into his

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 family

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 and has

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 given us

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 the assurance

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 that we

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 belong to

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 his

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 kingdom

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 kingdom

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 and this

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 is what

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 we share

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 in together

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 we share

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 in Christ

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 together

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 it's what

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 glues us

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 together

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 it breaks

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 down all

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 kinds of

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 barriers

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 cultural

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 barriers

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 social barriers

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 and it

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 unites us

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 together

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 to be

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 a people

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 who share

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 Christ

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 together

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 but not

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 only that

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 we are

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 devoted

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 to the

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 breaking

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 of bread

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 or as we

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 have it here

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 to remember

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 Christ

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 together

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 now I

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 think

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 and you

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 might want

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 to discuss

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 this with

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 me later

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 I think

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 this is

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 primarily

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 about

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 remembering

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 Christ's

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 death

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 as they

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 ate

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 together

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 so as

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 part of

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 their meals

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 as they

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 invited

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 one another

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 round to

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 their homes

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 as they

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 would sit

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 down and

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 have their

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 meal

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 they would

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 also as

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 part of

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 that meal

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 share

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 and remember

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 Christ

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 we call it

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 the Lord's

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 Supper

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 or communion

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 they would

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 come to

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 remember

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 the amazing

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 salvation

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 that we

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 have received

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 so remembering

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 that Christ

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 was treated

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 as we

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 deserve to

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 be treated

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 so that

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 by faith

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 we are

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 treated

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 as Christ

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 deserves

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 to be

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 treated

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 we have

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 been given

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 new life

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 when we

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 come to

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 remember

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 Christ

00:15:13.539 --> 00:15:14.019
 together

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 and the

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 meal

00:15:15.279 --> 00:15:16.000
 that we

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 have here

00:15:16.539 --> 00:15:17.139
 this morning

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 is something

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 we will

00:15:18.179 --> 00:15:18.960
 share in

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 together

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 to remember

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 what Christ

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 has done

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 but not only

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 that they

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 were devoted

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 this commitment

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 this loyalty

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 they were

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 devoted to

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 prayer

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 at the end

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 of verse 42

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 they talked

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 to Christ

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 together

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 now I think

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 this included

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 all kinds

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 of prayers

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 maybe formal

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 prayers

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 informal

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 prayers

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 prayers

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 of thanksgiving

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 prayers

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 of requests

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 the point

00:15:48.060 --> 00:15:48.779
 is that

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 as the

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 people

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 gathered

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 together

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 they were

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 a talking

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 people

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 they talked

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 regularly

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 to the

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 Lord Jesus

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 Christ

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 in whom

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 they had

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 this

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 relationship

00:15:57.980 --> 00:15:59.679
 and as

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 we talk

00:16:00.399 --> 00:16:01.019
 to God

00:16:01.019 --> 00:16:02.100
 in our

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 relationship

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 we are

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 simply

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 coming

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 as his

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 children

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 helpless

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 with

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 absolute

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 dependence

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 on a

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 generous

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 and gracious

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 God

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 who loves

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 to give

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 good gifts

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 to his

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 children

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 so they

00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:18.779
 were devoted

00:16:18.779 --> 00:16:19.960
 together

00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:21.320
 to Christ

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 and do you

00:16:23.300 --> 00:16:23.720
 see what

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 happens when

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 we are

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 committed

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 to Christ

00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:26.240
 in this

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 way

00:16:26.460 --> 00:16:26.920
 together

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 we gain

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 such a

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 wonderful

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 appreciation

00:16:30.680 --> 00:16:31.660
 and the

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 devotion

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 that Christ

00:16:32.940 --> 00:16:33.440
 has shown

00:16:33.440 --> 00:16:33.960
 for us

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 we see

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 as we

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 learn

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 together

00:16:37.140 --> 00:16:37.520
 as we

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 share

00:16:38.040 --> 00:16:38.600
 together

00:16:38.600 --> 00:16:39.300
 as we

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 remember

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 Christ

00:16:40.440 --> 00:16:40.820
 together

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 as we

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 talk to

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 Christ

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 we see

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 how loved

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 and treasured

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 we are

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 you see

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 the church

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 without

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 Christ

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 does not

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 exist

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 and the

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 church

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 that tries

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 to live

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 without

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 Christ

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 will fall

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 apart

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 Christ

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 is like

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 the air

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 that we

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 breathe

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 the oxygen

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 that keeps

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 us alive

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 right now

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 well without

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 Christ

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 the church

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 will die

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 we simply

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 cannot operate

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 we cannot

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 live

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 we cannot

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 exist

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 and so

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 together

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 we come

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 committed

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 to Christ

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 in our

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 learning

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 in our

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 sharing

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 in our

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 remembering

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 and in

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 our

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 praying

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 so if

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 we believe

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 we are

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 committed

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 to Christ

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 and it's

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 something we

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 do

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 together

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 here's the

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 second big

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 thing

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 to belong

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 means we

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 are committed

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 to the

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 community

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 and when I

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 say the

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 community

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 I don't

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 just mean

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 the community

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 of

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 carigaline

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 I mean

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 the community

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 of God's

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 family

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 the church

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 so we're

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 people who

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 believe

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 but we're

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 also people

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 who belong

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 now what if I

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 were to say

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 to us all

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 let's do

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 church

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 every single

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 day

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 what would you

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 think about

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 that

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 well you

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 might say

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 well I can

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 manage once a

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 week and a

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 couple of

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 hours on a

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 Sunday

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 that's fine

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 for me

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 but if

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 that's how

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 we begin

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 to think

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 about church

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 we've lost

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 what it

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 actually is

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 because church

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 is 24

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 7

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 it's not

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 just about

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 sitting in a

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 meeting

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 it is that

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 but it's so

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 much more

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 than that

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 it's a

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 community

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 of partners

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 of people

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 who belong

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 so look at

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 verse 44

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 it says

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 all the

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 believers

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 were

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 together

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 verse 46

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 every day

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 they continued

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 to meet

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 together

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 the end

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 of verse 46

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 we read

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 that they

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 ate

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 together

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 now this

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 word together

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 is not just

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 saying that

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 they met

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 up

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 it's stronger

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 than that

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 it means

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 a partnership

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 they were

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 involved

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 with each

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 other

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 they had

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 these close

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 relationships

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 they were

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 sharing in

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 the same

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 things

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 the same

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 beliefs

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 and it

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 wasn't just

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 meeting up

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 for formal

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 meetings

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 they met

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 in informal

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 ways as

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 well

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 and this

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 I think

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 this

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 togetherness

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 this belonging

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 together

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 was worked

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 out in

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 two ways

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 first

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 they were

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 committed

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 to caring

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 for one

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 another

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 look at

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 verse 45

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 44

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 rather

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 all the

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 believers

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 were

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 together

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 and had

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 everything

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 in common

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 selling

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 their positions

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 and goods

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 they gave

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 to anyone

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 as he

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 had need

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 now that's

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 really quite

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 remarkable

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 isn't it

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 now

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 as we

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 read it

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 let's be

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 clear that

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 it is not

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 asking

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 everyone

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 to do

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 likewise

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 in other

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 words

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 that we're

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 to go

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 and sell

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 our homes

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 and sell

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 our cars

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 and get

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 all that

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 we've got

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 together

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 and all

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 go and

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 move in

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 a little

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 commune

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 together

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 and build

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 a little

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 self-sufficient

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 ranch

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 somewhere

00:20:16.920 --> 00:20:19.180
 where we

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 all have

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 perhaps the

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 same income

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 we all

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 have access

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 to the

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 same

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 things

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 where we

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 all own

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 everything

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 together

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 it's not

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 that kind

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 of commune

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 separatist

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 type idea

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 in fact

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 we're told

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 in verse

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 46

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 that they

00:20:35.040 --> 00:20:35.940
 did meet

00:20:35.940 --> 00:20:37.560
 together

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 and eat

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 in each

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 other's

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 homes

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 so it's

00:20:41.040 --> 00:20:41.640
 quite clear

00:20:41.640 --> 00:20:42.000
 that it

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 didn't mean

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 you sell

00:20:42.800 --> 00:20:43.120
 up your

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 own home

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 and all

00:20:43.760 --> 00:20:44.220
 move in

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 together

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 no this

00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:46.080
 was something

00:20:46.080 --> 00:20:47.100
 voluntary

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 this was

00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:48.700
 something

00:20:48.700 --> 00:20:49.600
 done as

00:20:49.600 --> 00:20:50.100
 God's

00:20:50.100 --> 00:20:50.580
 people

00:20:50.580 --> 00:20:51.620
 were able

00:20:51.620 --> 00:20:52.140
 to do

00:20:52.140 --> 00:20:54.020
 but what

00:20:54.020 --> 00:20:54.660
 it does

00:20:54.660 --> 00:20:55.020
 mean

00:20:55.020 --> 00:20:56.280
 is that

00:20:56.280 --> 00:20:56.860
 we as

00:20:56.860 --> 00:20:57.620
 a community

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 of God's

00:20:58.320 --> 00:20:58.700
 people

00:20:58.700 --> 00:20:59.420
 are

00:20:59.420 --> 00:21:00.240
 responsible

00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:00.960
 for the

00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:01.500
 practical

00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:02.080
 care

00:21:02.080 --> 00:21:02.720
 and

00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:03.480
 welfare

00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:04.740
 of each

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 other

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 and the

00:21:06.600 --> 00:21:07.240
 clue for

00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:07.819
 this comes

00:21:07.819 --> 00:21:08.140
 at the

00:21:08.140 --> 00:21:08.460
 end of

00:21:08.460 --> 00:21:09.340
 verse 45

00:21:09.340 --> 00:21:10.860
 they gave

00:21:10.860 --> 00:21:11.900
 to anyone

00:21:11.900 --> 00:21:13.360
 as he

00:21:13.360 --> 00:21:13.900
 had

00:21:13.900 --> 00:21:15.319
 need

00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:17.519
 so it

00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:17.900
 was the

00:21:17.900 --> 00:21:18.559
 needs

00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:18.940
 of the

00:21:18.940 --> 00:21:19.340
 church

00:21:19.340 --> 00:21:19.860
 that

00:21:19.860 --> 00:21:20.640
 dictated

00:21:20.640 --> 00:21:22.920
 so what

00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:23.299
 are the

00:21:23.299 --> 00:21:23.680
 needs

00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:24.180
 of this

00:21:24.180 --> 00:21:24.840
 family

00:21:24.840 --> 00:21:25.319
 church

00:21:25.319 --> 00:21:25.680
 here

00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:26.519
 how do

00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:26.680
 we

00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:27.220
 distinguish

00:21:27.220 --> 00:21:27.600
 what

00:21:27.600 --> 00:21:28.160
 needs

00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:28.480
 are

00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:29.240
 and what

00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:29.759
 wants

00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:29.940
 are

00:21:29.940 --> 00:21:30.180
 because

00:21:30.180 --> 00:21:30.580
 we all

00:21:30.580 --> 00:21:31.080
 want

00:21:31.080 --> 00:21:31.460
 lots

00:21:31.460 --> 00:21:31.620
 of

00:21:31.620 --> 00:21:31.900
 things

00:21:31.900 --> 00:21:32.320
 but what

00:21:32.320 --> 00:21:32.460
 are

00:21:32.460 --> 00:21:32.680
 our

00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:33.240
 needs

00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:35.420
 well let's

00:21:35.420 --> 00:21:44.400
 remember at the time of writing there was no social welfare system you didn't have a dole office if you didn't have a job you go down and sign on and get get some money from the government

00:21:44.400 --> 00:22:12.400
 if you had no job if you had no job or no means of income you were poor if you didn't have a family you had nothing and that meant you would be without food or without home so when it's talking about needs here it's talking about the necessities of life not the luxuries for example we all need somewhere to live and keep warm especially when it's cold

00:22:12.400 --> 00:22:42.380
 we all need our breakfast our lunch and our tea we all need to be able to pay our bills electricity water we all need to go to the doctor from time to time and and sometimes that's going to cost a bit extra if we need to buy medicine so we might call all of these things daily needs or necessities and if there's people within the church community within the church family

00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:55.320
 who are in need it is our responsibility to do all that we can to make sure that they have these needs and one of the things that we talk about often is our fellowship fund

00:22:55.320 --> 00:22:57.980
 where people give

00:22:57.980 --> 00:22:59.340
 financially

00:22:59.340 --> 00:23:06.360
 and that goes into a fellowship fund and for people who are in need we are able to give financial assistance or

00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:08.459
 practical assistance

00:23:08.459 --> 00:23:13.419
 so let me say to us all if you are in need

00:23:13.419 --> 00:23:16.319
 please let us know your need

00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:20.619
 or if you know somebody else who's in need or struggling

00:23:20.619 --> 00:23:23.139
 let us know so we can help

00:23:23.139 --> 00:23:25.719
 committed to caring together

00:23:25.719 --> 00:23:30.319
 just as Christ was committed in caring for us

00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:33.459
 and gave his life for us

00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:37.039
 so in response we give of what we have

00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:38.559
 to help

00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:40.220
 care for others

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 so we are committed to caring together

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 and second we are committed to supporting together

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 look at verse 46

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 every day they continued to meet together

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 in the temple courts

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 they broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people

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 every day they would meet together

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 and let us wait

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 and close for the

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 the