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 I love the newer James Bond movies

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 especially Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace

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 and I can't wait for Spectre

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 with Daniel Craig

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 the sensitive, the opening scene in one of those movies

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 Casino Royale maybe crashing from one building

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 and one tower crane to another

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 and the sensitive manly appeal to beautiful women

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 the six pack, the chiselled features of the man

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 who kills out of duty but for the greater good

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 and in fact I don't think it's too immodest of me

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 to say that he reminds me somewhat of myself

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 especially the six pack and the iron muscled body

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 let me tell you, you laugh, my mum loves me

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 she gave birth to me

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 and my wife finds me irresistible

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 and she's not here today to contradict me

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 so there you go, there you go

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 James Bond movies are usually a great watch for action and outcomes

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 big picture adventure

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 western civilisation crushes enemies

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 who are hell bent on exploring or exploiting or destroying it

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 but if you want to learn about ethics and morality

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 go elsewhere

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 human relationships are selfishly plundered

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 the hero beds one woman after another

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 he takes the life of any enemy who gets in the way

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 that's James Bond

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 when you come to Joshua 2

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 it reads like a James Bond thriller

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 it's got it all

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 espionage, state secrets, political intrigue

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 an immoral woman

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 and it all happened 3400 years ago

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 Israel stands on the verge of entering the land of giants

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 they're standing where they stood 40 years before

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 and God's promise remains

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 Joshua 1, God assures and reassures Joshua

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 that he is with us

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 Judson did this much better than me

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 have I not commanded you

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 be strong and courageous

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 do not be terrified

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 do not be discouraged

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 for the Lord your God will be with you

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 wherever you go

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 so Joshua is Israel's God appointed leader

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 he is an experienced military commander

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 he will lead the conquest into the land

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 and he is as the commander

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 he is called to submit himself to the word of God

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 verse 8 chapter 1

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 do not let this book of the Lord depart from your mouth

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 meditate on it day and night

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 so that you may be careful to do everything written in it

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 and then you will be prosperous and successful

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 so Joshua sends out a reconnaissance mission

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 in Joshua chapter 2

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 he says verse 1

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 Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim

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 go look over the land he said

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 especially Jericho

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 so they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab

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 and stayed there

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 now get the story

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 two spies sent into the land to suss it out

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 they're instructed to take particular attention to Jericho

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 the mission's secret

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 it's dangerous

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 they set out

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 and without any explanation

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 just happened to find themselves

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 staying in the house of a woman of renown

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 Rahab sells herself for money

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 and it begs a lot of questions doesn't it

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 whose bright idea was it to go to her place

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 Joshua sent them to Jericho

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 and they found their way to the local brothel

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 you can just imagine them telling this story

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 when they get back home in Israel

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 well they're not there yet

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 but explaining themselves to their wives

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 when they get back to camp

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 let alone Joshua

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 probably say they'd seen James Bond

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 and that's how they thought spies did it

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 you're all very quiet

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 we saw this in our small group the other night

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 we read this passage the other night

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 and people struggled with the morality

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 of what is going on here

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 and they wanted to justify the spies

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 and justify where they were

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 and then Rahab tells a lie

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 and they wanted to explain away Rahab's lie

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 we did as a group

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 but for all the questions that we might ask

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 the Bible doesn't answer them

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 it just tells us what happens

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 the men have been noticed

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 so verse 2

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 the king of Jericho was told

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 look some of the Israelites

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 have come here tonight

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 to spy out the land

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 so the king of Jericho

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 sent this message to Rahab

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 bring out the men who came to you

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 and entered your house

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 because they have come

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 to spy out the whole land

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 the missions discovered

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 the king knows where they are

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 the secret police

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 know whose house they went to

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 he knows their operation

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 and he wants them caught

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 and the king's officers

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 turn up at Rahab's place

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 and say turn them in

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 hand them over

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 and she says sorry boys

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 they've gone

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 I didn't know where they came from

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 they ducked out the city gate

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 just before dusk

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 I don't know where they went

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 if you go quickly

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 you might catch them

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 she is a spectacularly good liar

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 she tells it smoothly

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 and she gets a really great result

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 she saves them

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 in verse 6 it says

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 she'd taken them up onto the roof

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 she'd hidden them under the stalks of flax

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 that she had laid out on the roof

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 and so the men set out

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 in pursuit of the spies

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 on the road that leads

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 to the fords of the Jordan

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 and as soon as the pursuers

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 had got out

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 the gate was shut

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 so how good's that

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 the prostitute lies

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 she saves them

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 she could have been

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 a hero in her own city

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 collected the reward

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 but she protected

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 these two invaders

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 and it begs

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 a really big question

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 why on earth

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 would she do such a thing

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 and you find that out

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 in verses 8 to 13

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 she went up on the roof

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 and she said to them

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 I know that the Lord

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 has given this land to you

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 and that a great fear of you

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 has fallen on us

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 so that all who live in this country

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 are melting in fear

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 because of you

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 we have heard

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 how the Lord dried up

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 the water of the Red Sea

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 for you

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 when you came out of Egypt

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 and what you did

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 to Sion and Og

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 the two kings of the Amorites

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 east of the Jordan

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 whom you completely destroyed

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 when we heard of it

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 our hearts melted

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 and everyone's courage

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 failed because of you

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 for the Lord your God

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 is God in heaven above

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 and on the earth below

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 now then

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 please swear to me

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 by the Lord

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 that you will show kindness

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 to my family

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 because I have shown

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 kindness to you

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 give me a sure sign

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 that you will spare

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 the lives of my father

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 and mother

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 my brothers and sisters

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 and all who belong to them

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 that you will save us

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 from death

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 Rahab

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 the foreigner

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 the prostitute

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 has a faith in God

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 which if the people of God

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 had had 40 years before

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 they would have been

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 in the land

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 40 years before

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 Rahab knows

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 a number of things

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 about the Lord

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 she knows that Israel

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 is not just helping

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 themselves to this land

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 the Lord is giving it

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 to them

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 she knows how the Lord

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 has saved and protected

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 his people in the past

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 she's heard about them

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 coming out of Egypt

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 how the Lord opened

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 the Red Sea

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 and drowned the Egyptian army

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 and she knows that

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 Sion and Og

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 the Amorite kings

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 were destroyed by Israel

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 she knows that

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 the Lord God

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 is with Israel

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 and she

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 and the whole of the

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 people of Jericho

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 are terrified

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 they're trembling

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 in their boots

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 they're sick

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 with fear

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 but Rahab

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 has gone a step further

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 she just doesn't

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 fear the circumstances

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 that she's in

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 she fears the Lord

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 for herself

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 and she has come

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 to this extraordinary

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 conclusion in verse 12

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 the Lord your God

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 is God in heaven

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 above and on the earth

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 below

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 he's not just

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 one of the gods

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 he is awesome

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 in power

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 and he is God

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 over everything

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 in heaven

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 and on earth

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 there is nowhere

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 that he is not God

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 now she won't know

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 every detail

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 of the Jewish belief

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 system

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 she won't understand

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 sacrifices and rules

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 but she

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 has come

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 to believe

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 in the Lord

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 Rahab has come

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 to a great truth

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 and knowledge

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 of that truth

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 now leads her

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 into great danger

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 she's come

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 to a moment

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 of decision

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 what is she

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 going to do

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 she now knows

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 God

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 and knowing God

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 forces action

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 upon her

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 she's seen

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 she has

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 believed

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 and she

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 confesses

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 her faith

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 by her action

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 by where she

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 now puts

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 her feet

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 you think

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 about it

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 she

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 ended

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 into great

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 danger

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 when she

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 helped

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 those spies

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 it wasn't

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 just an act

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 of virtue

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 she wasn't

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 it was hardly

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 a virtuous

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 woman

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 but her

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 hand was

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 forced

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 because she

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 could see

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 a greater

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 and an

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 inevitable

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 danger

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 she

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 could see

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 the awesome

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 power of

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 God

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 and his

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 certain

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 coming

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 judgment

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 on

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 Jericho

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 she was

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 afraid

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 for her

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 life

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 and for

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 her

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 family's

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 life

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 she

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 recognised

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 who

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 the real

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 God

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 is

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 and she

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 effectively

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 in that

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 moment

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 she

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 had a

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 choice

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 she

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 could

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 have

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 shut

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 her

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 eyes

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 to

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 what

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 was

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 coming

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 she

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 could

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 rationalise

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 the

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 danger

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 away

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 she

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 could

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 go

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 back

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 to

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 the

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 local

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 Jericho

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 gods

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 and

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 blindly

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 hope

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 that

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 they

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 could

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 withstand

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 the

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 Israelites

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 she

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 could

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 head

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 up

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 to

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 the

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 Chatswood

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 chase

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 of

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 Jericho

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 and

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 pretend

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 that

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 there

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 was

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 another

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 reality

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 outside

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 or

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 that

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 there

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 wasn't

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 another

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 reality

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 outside

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 but

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 she

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 didn't

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 she

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 placed

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 her

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 faith

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 and

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 confidence

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 in

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 the

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 God

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 of

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 the

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 Israelites

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 she

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 became

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 convinced

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 about

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 his

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 purposes

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 she

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 saved

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 the

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 spies

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 she

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 weighed

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 the

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 cost

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 and

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 she

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 took

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 the

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 risk

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 of

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 being

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 brutally

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 killed

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 by

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 her

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 own

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 community

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 and

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 you

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 have

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 a

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 picture

00:11:34.899 --> 00:11:35.319
 here

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 of

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 faith

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 which

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 is

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 costly

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 it's

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 like

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 a

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 razor

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 wire

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 fence

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 a

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 fence

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 that

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 you

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 cannot

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 sit

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 on

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 it

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 forces

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 a

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 decision

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 Jesus

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 says

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 things

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 like

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 whoever

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 is

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 not

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 for

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 me

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 is

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 against

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 me

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 and

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 he

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 also

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 said

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 no

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 one

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 can

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 serve

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 two

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 masters

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 he

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 will

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 love

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 the

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 one

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 and

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 hate

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 the

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 other

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 he

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 also

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 says

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 if

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 any

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 person

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 would

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 come

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 after

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 me

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 they

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 must

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 deny

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 themselves

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 take up

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 their

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 cross

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 and

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 follow

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 me

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 faith

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 for

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 Jesus

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 was

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 death

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 before

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 glory

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 faith

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 in

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 Christ

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 may

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 mean

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 great

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 suffering

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 for

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 us

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 before

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 resurrection

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 God's

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 coming

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 judgment

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 is the

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 great

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 shadow

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 which

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 is

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 hanging

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 over

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 Jericho

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 and

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 so

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 there

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 is a

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 much

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 bigger

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 deal

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 in

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 this

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 passage

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 than

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 Rahab's

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 occupation

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 she

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 was a

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 working

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 girl

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 from

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 God's

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 point of

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 view

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 bigger

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 issues

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 are at

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 stake

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 if

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 Jericho

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 was a

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 modern

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 city

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 it

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 would

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 have

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 had

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 doctors

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 and

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 administrative

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 assistants

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 and

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 storemen

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 and

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 lawyers

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 and

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 tradesmen

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 and

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 IT

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 consultants

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 and

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 house

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 mums

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 and

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 priests

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 and

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 teachers

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 but

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 God's

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 judgment

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 was

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 coming

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 on

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 that

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 entire

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 city

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 on

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 everyone

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 and

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 yet

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 here

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 we

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 are

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 Rahab

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 the

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 prostitute

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 was

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 the

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 one

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 who

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 feared

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 God

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 more

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 than

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 anybody

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 else

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 very

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 low

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 on the

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 social

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 Richter

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 scale

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 but

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 this

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 is an

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 extraordinary

00:13:18.600 --> 00:13:19.280
 expression

00:13:19.280 --> 00:13:19.500
 of

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 faith

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 faith

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 is like

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 that

00:13:25.800 --> 00:13:28.580
 real

00:13:28.580 --> 00:13:29.139
 faith

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 draws us

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 out of

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 the

00:13:30.620 --> 00:13:30.940
 closet

00:13:30.940 --> 00:13:33.780
 Jesus

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 becomes

00:13:34.379 --> 00:13:34.860
 our new

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 centre

00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:37.420
 who he

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 is

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 what he's

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 done

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 for us

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 should be

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 making an

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 impact

00:13:40.519 --> 00:13:41.259
 on who

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 we

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 are

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 there's a

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 cost

00:13:45.440 --> 00:13:47.440
 back

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 back in

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 our

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 families

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 they

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 should

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 be

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 noticing

00:13:49.560 --> 00:13:50.080
 a

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 difference

00:13:50.700 --> 00:13:52.340
 in our

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 workplace

00:13:52.820 --> 00:13:53.560
 people

00:13:53.560 --> 00:13:53.840
 should

00:13:53.840 --> 00:13:54.240
 see a

00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:54.760
 difference

00:13:54.760 --> 00:13:55.260
 in our

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 behaviour

00:13:55.760 --> 00:13:56.840
 and in

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 our

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 attitude

00:13:57.400 --> 00:13:58.020
 as we

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 come to

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 know and

00:13:58.880 --> 00:13:59.240
 grow in

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 Christ

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 and with

00:14:02.100 --> 00:14:02.560
 that comes

00:14:02.560 --> 00:14:03.140
 an opportunity

00:14:03.140 --> 00:14:03.780
 to tell

00:14:03.780 --> 00:14:04.260
 and to

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 declare

00:14:04.680 --> 00:14:05.080
 we have

00:14:05.080 --> 00:14:05.540
 a message

00:14:05.540 --> 00:14:06.320
 of salvation

00:14:06.320 --> 00:14:06.840
 in the

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 face

00:14:07.220 --> 00:14:08.280
 of the

00:14:08.280 --> 00:14:08.560
 coming

00:14:08.560 --> 00:14:08.960
 judgment

00:14:08.960 --> 00:14:09.480
 of God

00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:12.700
 and people

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 will sometimes

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 be drawn

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 to and

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 like what

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 we stand

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 for

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 and other

00:14:17.700 --> 00:14:18.420
 times they

00:14:18.420 --> 00:14:19.019
 will hate

00:14:19.019 --> 00:14:19.680
 us for

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 what God

00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:20.659
 has done

00:14:20.659 --> 00:14:24.940
 so Rahab

00:14:24.940 --> 00:14:25.700
 the prostitute

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 saw the

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 danger that

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 she was

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 in she

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 cried out

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 for help

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 even while

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 she was

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 still working

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 and that

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 says something

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 to us about

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 God's message

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 of salvation

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 that we have

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 in Christ

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 it needs

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 to be

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 heard

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 and the

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 cost

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 counted

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 before it

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 can be

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 accepted

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 it needs

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 to be

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 accepted

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 before it

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 can bring

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 change

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 and

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 transformation

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 and the

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 Christian

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 community

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 church

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 is a

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 place

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 for

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 sinners

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 who are

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 being

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 transformed

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 by the

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 grace

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 of Christ

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 and we

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 get it

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 back to

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 front

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 in our

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 thinking

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 when we

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 think

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 we've

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 got to

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 scrub

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 up

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 right

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 before we

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 can come

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 into

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 God's

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 presence

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 and meet

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 here

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 with his

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 people

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 I spoke

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 to some

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 believers

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 recently

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 and they

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 wanted to

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 impose all

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 sorts of

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 relational

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 rules

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 in their

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 church

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 before they

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 talked to

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 people

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 about

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 baptism

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 and there's

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 some good

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 reasons for

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 that but it's

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 what they

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 did

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 and I

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 said to

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 them I

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 would rather

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 have a

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 conversation

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 about Jesus

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 with someone

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 about the

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 gospel

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 before I

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 have a

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 personal

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 conversation

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 with anybody

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 about their

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 morality

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 you don't

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 have to be

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 good enough

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 before you

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 find out

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 about Christ

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 you have

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 to find

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 Christ

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 so that he

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 can begin

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 to bring

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 change

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 and

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 transformation

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 to you

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 so this

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 should be a

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 place with

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 all sorts

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 of people

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 sitting in

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 the pews

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 not the

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 pews anymore

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 is it

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 it's the

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 chairs

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 from all

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 sorts of

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 backgrounds

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 struggling

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 with all

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 sorts of

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 sin

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 people who

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 are not

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 across the

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 line yet

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 in terms

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 of Christ

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 but who

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 sit here

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 and know

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 that it's

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 okay to

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 sit here

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 amongst

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 us

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 that you

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 don't have

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 to be a

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 particular

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 type of

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 person

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 before you

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 can sit

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 in church

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 you know

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 it's rubbish

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 to think

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 that we

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 can make

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 ourselves

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 good enough

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 for God

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 the scriptures

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 say while

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 we were still

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 sinners

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 Christ died

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 for us

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 God comes

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 near to us

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 in our

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 broken lives

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 he deals

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 with us

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 God is

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 with us

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 in the

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 person of

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 Jesus

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 Jesus

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 was always

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 being

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 criticised

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 for hanging

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 out around

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 tax collectors

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 and prostitutes

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 and sinners

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 a number

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 of notorious

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 women became

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 disciples of

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 Jesus

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 the woman

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 at Simon's

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 house

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 washing his

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 feet with

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 her tears

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 and wiping

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 them with

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 her hair

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 and Simon

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 the host

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 of the

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 function

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 exclaiming

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 in bewilderment

00:17:13.639 --> 00:17:14.160
 to Jesus

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 don't you

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 know who

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 she is

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 God has

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 come near

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 and he

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 is

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 extraordinarily

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 compassionate

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 and he

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 is able

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 to deal

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 with our

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 baggage

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 if we

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 come

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 Rahab

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 is honoured

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 in the

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 scriptures

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 she sees

00:17:43.319 --> 00:17:43.960
 salvation

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 she grabs

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 it with both

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 hands she's

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 there in the

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 roll call

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 of flawed

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 but faithful

00:17:49.159 --> 00:17:49.920
 saints in

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 Hebrews 11

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 she pops

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 up in

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 Matthew chapter

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 1 in the

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 genealogy of

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 Jesus

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 she is one

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 of the great

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 grandmothers of

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 King David

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 Rahab's life

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 was in disarray

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 like most of

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 ours to some

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 extent or

00:18:08.799 --> 00:18:09.659
 another but

00:18:09.659 --> 00:18:10.680
 she recognised

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 the great truth

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 about God and

00:18:12.440 --> 00:18:13.299
 it caused her to

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 cry out for

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 mercy and so

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 she said to

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 the spies

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 verse 12

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 now then

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 please swear

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 to me by the

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 Lord that you

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 will show

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 kindness to

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 my family

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 because I've

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 shown kindness

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 to you

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 give me a

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 sure sign

00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:28.019
 that you

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 will spare

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 the lives

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 of my

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 father and

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 mother my

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 brothers and

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 sisters all

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 who belong

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 to them that

00:18:33.400 --> 00:18:34.740
 you will

00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:35.680
 save us

00:18:35.680 --> 00:18:36.579
 from death

00:18:36.579 --> 00:18:41.480
 she pleads

00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:42.279
 for salvation

00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:45.240
 and they

00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:45.659
 make a

00:18:45.659 --> 00:18:46.119
 promise in

00:18:46.119 --> 00:18:46.759
 response to

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 her plea

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 our lives

00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:48.699
 for your

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 life

00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:52.279
 don't

00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:52.720
 dob us

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 in and

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 we'll treat

00:18:53.899 --> 00:18:54.299
 you with

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 kindness and

00:18:54.939 --> 00:18:55.259
 mercy

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 she lets

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 them go

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 safely out

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 the window

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 they told

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 her message

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 that they

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 told her

00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:00.919
 the message

00:19:00.919 --> 00:19:01.319
 that would

00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:02.039
 save her

00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:02.839
 tie the

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 scarlet

00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:03.960
 rope

00:19:03.960 --> 00:19:04.939
 cloth to

00:19:04.940 --> 00:19:05.539
 your window

00:19:05.539 --> 00:19:06.519
 and when

00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:07.059
 destruction

00:19:07.059 --> 00:19:07.759
 comes to

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 Jericho

00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:09.100
 we will

00:19:09.100 --> 00:19:09.980
 save whoever

00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:10.600
 is in

00:19:10.600 --> 00:19:11.440
 your house

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 no one

00:19:12.700 --> 00:19:13.100
 will be

00:19:13.100 --> 00:19:13.980
 safe except

00:19:13.980 --> 00:19:14.860
 those who

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 are in

00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:16.360
 this room

00:19:16.360 --> 00:19:19.740
 so they

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 promised

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 rescue

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 she chose

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 to take

00:19:21.860 --> 00:19:22.180
 them at

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 their word

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 she acted

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 in faith

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 she trusted

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 what they

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 said to

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 her and

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 when we

00:19:26.580 --> 00:19:26.900
 get to

00:19:26.900 --> 00:19:27.500
 chapter 6

00:19:27.500 --> 00:19:27.920
 we'd see

00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:28.400
 that she's

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 saved

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 that's a

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 few weeks

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 away

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 she couldn't

00:19:33.600 --> 00:19:34.039
 name the

00:19:34.039 --> 00:19:34.460
 terms of

00:19:34.460 --> 00:19:35.100
 her salvation

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 she had

00:19:36.420 --> 00:19:36.980
 to accept

00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:37.440
 and trust

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 the terms

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 that were

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 offered

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 one way

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 only one

00:19:39.980 --> 00:19:40.319
 set of

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 terms

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 that happens

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 across the

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 bible

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 no one can

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 dictate the

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 terms on

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 which they're

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 safe with

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 god you

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 either accept

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 the terms

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 or you

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 reject the

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 terms

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 for us

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 john 3

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 16

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 for god

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 so loved

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 the world

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 that he

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 gave his

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 one and

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 only son

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 that whoever

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 believes in

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 him shall

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 not perish

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 but have

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 eternal life

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 for god

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 did not

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 send his

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 son into

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 the world

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 to condemn

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 the world

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 but to

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 save the

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 world

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 through him

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 so god's

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 terms of

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 salvation

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 and forgiveness

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 are in the

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 son of god

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 who was

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 lifted up

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 on a dead

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 piece of

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 timber

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 and died

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 and god

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 says that

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 he loves

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 us by

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 providing

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 another

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 to deal

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 with the

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 danger

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 so god

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 says

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 accept

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 what jesus

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 has done

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 or die

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 you cannot

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 design your

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 own religion

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 you're a fool

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 if you think

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 that you can

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 tell god

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 how to be

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 god

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 but he

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 is extraordinarily

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 merciful in

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 the most

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 surprising

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 ways

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 he saves

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 a prostitute

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 from an

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 important

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 city

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 where

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 everybody

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 else would

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 perish

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 and today

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 he makes a

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 wonderful promise

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 to us that

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 those who

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 believe in

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 him

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 shall not

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 perish but

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 have eternal

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 life

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 rahab

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 trusted the

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 promise

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 she was

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 saved

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 believers

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 trust in

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 the promise

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 of christ

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 confident

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 that we

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 will be

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 safe on

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 the day

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 of god's

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 judgment

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 belief in

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 jesus

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 and the

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 cross

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 of christ

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 is like

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 the scarlet

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 rag hung

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 from the

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 window in

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 the wall

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 seeking the

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 protection of

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 god on

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 the day

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 of his

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 judgment

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 rahab

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 was brought

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 to great

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 faith by

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 the supernatural

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 mercy and

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 grace of

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 the lord

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 she knew

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 him and

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 he saved

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 her

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 and if we're

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 believers we

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 are powerfully

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 protected by

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 the same

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 extraordinary

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 grace

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 we go from

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 here with a

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 scarlet thread

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 the message of

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 the cross

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 a message

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 which if

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 believed

00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:06.960
 and received

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 and acted

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 upon will

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:08.860
 save the

00:22:08.860 --> 00:22:10.120
 life of

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 even your

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 worst enemy

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 god's grace

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 is offered

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 to all

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 even the

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 most unlikely

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 which includes

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 you and

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 it also

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 includes me

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 amen