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 Father, this passage of Scripture which we've just read is very deep and very challenging.

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 And we ask, Lord, that you would pour out your Holy Spirit upon us

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 and bring your word home to the command center of who we are.

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 Bring your word home to our mind, our emotions, our will,

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 to our memories, to our longings, to our fears.

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 Father, bring your word home deeply to us so that we might be disciples of Jesus

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 who are gripped by the gospel, learning to live for your glory.

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 And we ask this in Jesus' precious name. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 Between the two services, I go and I get a coffee.

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 I probably have a mild coffee addiction.

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 The nice thing about coffee addictions is it doesn't ruin your life.

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 You don't start breaking into cars to rob money for it or anything like that.

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 But anyway, I went to have a coffee and there was a young woman serving me

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 and I asked her if she was...

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 I said, who's going to win the Super Bowl tonight?

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 And she said, oh gosh, I don't have the vaguest idea.

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 And I said, are you going to a Super Bowl party?

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 She said, absolutely.

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 I said, I go for the food and to see Justin Timberlake at halftime.

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 So, you know, she...

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 When I was growing up, I didn't get invited to parties very often.

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 I'm still in therapy over the issue, actually.

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 You know, there's different groups in school and there's like, you know, the more jocks,

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 the art types, the, you know, the popular kids, etc., etc.

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 If I was in a group, it was the group that wasn't in a group.

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 Sort of it would be the spares.

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 I was part of the spares that sort of just hung around.

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 And so I didn't get invited to many parties or anything like that.

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 But, you know, it's a very, very common mistake that people make

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 to equate being popular, whatever's popular, as being true.

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 I mean, generally speaking, people recognize, as soon as it's said that way,

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 that it's not true.

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 But it's a very, very popular sort of...

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 It's a very, very powerful type of idea that whatever's popular,

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 whatever's becoming popular, is somehow more true than that which is not popular.

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 And when we respond to that, we might respond in a variety of truisms or therapy or cliches.

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 I don't know if you noticed, but the gospel text which we looked at,

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 I read just a few moments ago, it actually talks about this fundamental thing.

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 In fact, it catches John the Baptist's disciples equating popularity with truth.

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 And the dispute is partially about that.

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 And it's really interesting, when we talk about things like that,

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 we often just resort to cliches.

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 But when this question is raised to John the Baptist,

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 he doesn't go to cliches, he goes in a completely and utterly wild and different direction.

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 So it'd be great help to me if you open your Bibles,

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 and we're going to look at John chapter 3, verses 22 and following.

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 And I think we're going to have the first picture of John the Baptist.

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 The pictures of John the Baptist just basically follow the three principal moments in his life.

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 The first principal moment being his ministry of baptism,

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 which culminates in Jesus being baptized.

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 The second picture, the artwork that we're going to see,

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 is the moment which we looked at a couple of weeks ago

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 when John the Baptist points to Jesus and says,

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 Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

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 And then the last two pictures we'll look at his end.

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 It's sort of just to give a bit of a sense of who John the Baptist is

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 as we listen to this story about how John the Baptist bears witness finally to Jesus.

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 So here it is in verse 22.

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 It begins after this.

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 And what it means by after this is Jesus has just talked to Nicodemus,

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 a member of the Sanhedrin, the ruling party under the Romans,

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 but the group that ruled that part of Judea and Jerusalem according to the Jewish law.

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 And Jesus had a conversation with Nicodemus who'd come to him at night.

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 And the story continues.

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 Verse 22 after this,

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 Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside

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 and Jesus remained there with them and was baptizing.

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 John the Baptist,

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 I won't keep saying John the Baptist, but that's who it is.

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 It's not the Apostle John.

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 It's John the Baptist that's being referred to here.

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 John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim

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 because water was plentiful there and people were coming and being baptized.

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 For John had not yet been put in prison.

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 Just sort of a pause there.

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 Immediately after this story,

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 John, the writer of the gospel,

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 clarifies that Jesus doesn't actually do the baptizing,

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 that it's his disciples who do the baptizing,

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 but it just refers here.

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 In a sense, what it's saying is that for one of Jesus' disciples to baptize,

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 it was as if Jesus was baptizing.

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 That's really what's being implied.

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 Anyway, it continues on.

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 Now, a discussion arose between some of John's disciples

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 and a Jew over purification.

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 And interestingly enough,

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 what the word is,

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 it's referring to the different ceremonial washings.

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 So it really is connected to baptism.

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 It's talking about ceremonial washings.

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 And they're having a bit of a disagreement or discussion.

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 You can well imagine that the Jewish person is saying,

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 well, listen, John, the Baptist disciple,

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 whatever his name,

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 we'll call him Bob.

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 Listen, Bob,

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 you know,

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 our ceremonies come from Moses.

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 It's still just going like crazy.

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 It's just continuing on.

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 You know,

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 but, you know,

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 you and John,

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 you've been doing your baptisms,

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 but, you know,

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 it must suck to be you a little bit

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 because your market share is going way down

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 and fewer and fewer people are going to you

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 because this guy Jesus over there,

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 he's sort of become like the John the Baptist light.

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 And people are going over to him.

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 And, you know,

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 I mean, what's going on?

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 Maybe you should turn it down.

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 Maybe what you're doing isn't right.

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 Maybe what you're doing isn't of God

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 because, I mean,

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 we know we're of God

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 because we're Moses

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 and we're still really popular.

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 And this guy, Jesus,

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 he's growing in popularity.

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 So what's going on with you?

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 Maybe it just isn't valid,

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 not important.

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 And so verse 26,

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 they,

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 and in the original language,

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 it's not both of the groups.

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 It's just John the Baptist disciples.

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 They come to John

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 and said to him,

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 and this is really,

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 really a very,

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 very telling thing,

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 right?

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 You can sort of hear

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 sort of the anxiety in it

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 as they ask the question,

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 Rabbi,

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 he who was with you across the Jordan

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 to whom you bore witness,

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 look,

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 he is baptizing

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 and all are going to him.

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 All just means lots.

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 It doesn't mean every single person.

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 It means lots.

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 It's the way we talk

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 sometimes

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 when we're really feeling down.

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 everything is going wrong.

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 Everything is collapsing.

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 Well, we don't really,

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 literally mean that, right?

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 We just,

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 it's,

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 we're depressed.

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 We exaggerate.

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 And,

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 you know,

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 they have to start to wonder

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 if,

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 how is it that what we're doing

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 can sort of be valid

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 or true and important

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 if it's becoming less popular?

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 And it's a very human problem,

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 connecting

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 that type of popularity

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 and movement in one way

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 with somehow being true

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 or being valid.

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 It's also very,

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 very interesting

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 in another way

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 for Christians.

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 It's very,

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 very hard for us

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 to believe.

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 I should probably be standing here.

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 I'm in darkness over there,

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 right?

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 Yeah.

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 I'm a slow learner.

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 Every week,

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 the lights keep changing too.

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 Is this better?

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 Okay.

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 Actually,

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 I want to always stand like this

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 so you see my best side.

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 No,

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 I'm just,

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 it's not true.

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 Yeah,

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 that would be a great thing

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 for me to comment on

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 a text like this,

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 by the way,

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 which we're about to look at,

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 me being concerned

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 about how I look.

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 It's very,

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 very,

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 very,

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 listen again to the text,

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 verse 26,

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 and they came to John

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 and said to him,

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 Rabbi,

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 he who was with you

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 across the Jordan

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 to whom you bore witness,

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 look,

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 he is baptizing

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 and all are going to him.

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 It's a very,

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 very hard thing

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 for Christians

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 to get their mind

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 around the fact

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 that

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 God and I

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 have very,

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 very clear boundaries

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 and God is God

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 and I am not God

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 and that will never change

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 and that I can

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 diminish,

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 my role

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 can get smaller

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 and as my role

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 gets smaller,

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 God gets greater.

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 It's a very hard thing

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 to get our mind around

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 because we tend to think

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 that God and me

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 are sort of joined

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 at the hip

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 and if my popularity

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 or my power

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 or my influence

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 goes up,

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 well then surely

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 God's going up too

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 and if my sort of influence

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 and my importance

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 are going down,

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 then surely

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 God's is going down too

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 and it's a very,

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 very powerful

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 human dynamic

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 to somehow or another

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 link

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 my destiny

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 and my influence

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 to God's status

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 and

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 it's in that

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 type of direction

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 that John the Baptist

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 moves.

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 You see,

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 John could have just

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 said a cliche,

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 well just because

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 it's popular

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 doesn't mean it's true.

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 That could be

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 on any newscaster's lips

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 an easy thing

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 for a writer

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 or a parent

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 or one of us

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 to say it's just

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 a simple cliche.

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 But John goes

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 and he looks

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 deeper behind this

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 to see a basic

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 heart condition

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 of a deeper

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 human problem

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 of us

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 somehow thinking

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 that we are joined

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 at the hip

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 with God

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 and I am never

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 joined at the hip

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 with God.

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 He is not joined

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 at the hip with me.

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 So listen to how

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 John answers

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 in verse 27

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 and from verse 27

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 on to 36

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 it's all just,

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 it could almost

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 be written

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 like a creed.

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 It's these series

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 of simple statements

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 that are all

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 connected to each other

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 and I was saying

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 to my wife

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 just last night

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 part of the problem

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 I have with this text

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 is

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 it's one of the things

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 you can pray for me

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 every week.

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 I said you could

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 almost take

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 every one of the verses

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 27, 28, 29

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 all the way down

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 to 36

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 and you could

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 almost preach

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 an entire sermon

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 in fact more than

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 one sermon

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 just on each verse.

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 It's the series

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 of very deep

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 and profound things

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 that John says

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 in connection

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 to the fact

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 that his popularity

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 is going down

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 and people are starting

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 to forget about him

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 and people aren't

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 making as much

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 of him

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 as they used to.

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 He's less important.

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 he's diminished

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 and his disciples

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 who love him

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 and are connected

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 to him

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 their hearts

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 are breaking

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 about this

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 and here's the first

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 thing that John says

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 verse 27

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 a person

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 cannot receive

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 even

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 one

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 thing

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 unless it is

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 given him

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 from heaven.

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 Now

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 this doesn't mean

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 here that

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 bad thing

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 it's

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 in the original

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 language

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 the implication

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 here is that

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 every good thing

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 that any human

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 being has

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 is given

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 him

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 from God

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 and why does it

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 say heaven?

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 It's because

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 heaven

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 is that place

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 where God

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 is fully present

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 and fully

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 rules

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 and his

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 presence

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 and his

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 rule

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 is experienced

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 as life

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 and joy

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 and wholeness

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 and so

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 John the Baptist

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 says

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 every good

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 thing

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 that any

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 human being

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 has in their

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 life

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 is ultimately

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 something

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 that we've

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 received.

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 If you could

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 put up the

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 first point

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 and my first

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 point

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 I came across

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 this quote

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 from J.C.

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 Ryle

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 and I just

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 could not

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 beat it.

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 So that's why

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 it says

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 J.C.

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 Ryle

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 I cannot

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 command

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 continual

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 success

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 in my

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 ministry

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 I can

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 only

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 receive

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 what God

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 gives me.

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 Now I know

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 this point

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 I'm the only

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 pastor here

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 although

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 every

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 Christian

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 is called

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 to be a

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 minister

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 we're all

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 in a sense

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 called to be

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 priests

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 Jonathan

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 has started

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 a really

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 great

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 learners

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 exchange

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 between

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 the two

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 services

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 just

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 challenging

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 us to

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 understand

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 the whole

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 priesthood

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 of all

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 believers

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 and in a

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 sense the

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 ministerhood

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 of all

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 believers

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 that we

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 are called

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 to serve

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 the Lord

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 where we

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 work

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 there is

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 in a sense

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 in the

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 Bible

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 no such

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 thing as

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 a distinction

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 between

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 secular

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 and holy

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 because

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 Jesus is

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 Lord of

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 all

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 he's

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 Lord of

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 how we

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 live in

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 our cubicle

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 if we're

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 a civil

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 servant

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 or we

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 have a

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 cubicle

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 outside of

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 it

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 he's

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 Lord of

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 how we

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 serve

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 in the

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 military

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 he's

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 Lord of

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 us

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 as

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 entrepreneurs

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 as

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 professors

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 as

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 stay at

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 home

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 moms

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 or dads

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 as

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 retired

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 people

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 he is

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 Lord of

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 all

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 but I

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 just

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 thought

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 I'd

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 share

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 this

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 thing

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 in

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 terms

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 of

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 ministry

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 because

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 it's

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 more

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 of a

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 personal

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 thing

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 let me

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 tell you

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 we

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 ministers

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 we

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 pastors

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 we can

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 start to

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 get

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 really

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 down

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 on

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 ourselves

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 if our

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 attendance

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 isn't up

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 and to

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 the

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 right

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 offerings

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 aren't

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 up

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 and to

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 the

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 right

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 it's

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 not

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 a

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 pretty

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 sight

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 in a

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 pastor's

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 soul

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 often

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 and this

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 is just

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 a very

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 very

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 powerful

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 way

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 to

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 capture

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 it

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 so

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 one

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 of

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 the

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 things

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 you

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 can

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 pray

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 for

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 me

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 is

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 that

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 I

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 will

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 believe

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 verse

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 27

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 that

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 I

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 will

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 really

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 believe

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 that

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 a

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 person

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 cannot

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 receive

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 even

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 one

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 thing

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 unless

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 it

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 is

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 given

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 him

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 from

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 heaven

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 now

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 some

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 of

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 you

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 might

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 say

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 George

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 doesn't

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 this

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 sound

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 a

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 little

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 bit

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 like

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 it

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 sounds

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 like

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 a

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 Christian

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 version

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 of

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 what

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 Muslims

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 say

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 all

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 the

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 time

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 what

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 is

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 it

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 that

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 Muslims

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 say

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 something

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 bad

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 happens

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 something

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 good

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 happens

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 some

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 tragedy

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 happens

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 inshallah

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 just

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 God's

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 will

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 can't

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 do

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 anything

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 about

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 it

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 inshallah

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 I

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 don't

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 know

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 if

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 I'm

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 pronouncing

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 it

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 correctly

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 that's

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 a very

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 classic

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 Muslim

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 phrase

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 it

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 in

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 some

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 ways

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 perfectly

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 captures

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 how

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 Muslims

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 understand

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 who

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 God

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 is

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 in

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 some

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 ways

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 he's

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 like

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 a

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 tyrant

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 he's

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 absolute

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 power

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 and

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 just

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 does

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 whatever

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 he

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 wants

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 and

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 so

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 some

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 bad

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 things

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 are

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 going

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 to

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 happen

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 just

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 God's

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 will

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 and

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 so

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 some

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 of

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 them

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 might

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 say

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 George

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 is

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 that

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 sort

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 of

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 like

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 that

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 how

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 does

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 but

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 here

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 if

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 you

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 could

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 put

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 up

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 the

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 next

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 point

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 the

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 gospel

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 does

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 not

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 call

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 me

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 to

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 be

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 fatalistic

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 and

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 passive

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 it

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 calls

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 me

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 to

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 active

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 humble

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 grateful

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 life

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 partly

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 you see

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 that

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 when you

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 look at

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 the

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 very

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 next

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 verse

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 which

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 we're

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 going

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 to

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 read

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 in a

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 moment

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 I

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 mean

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 this

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 is

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 in

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 the

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 context

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 and

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 you

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 look

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 at

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 John's

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 ministry

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 you

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 realize

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 that

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 John

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 was

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 not

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 being

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 fatalistic

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 or

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 passive

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 you

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 know

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 if

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 we

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 think

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 everything

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 rises

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 and

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 falls

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 on

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 our

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 ability

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 well

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 first

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 of

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 all

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 that's

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 just

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 going

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 to

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 be

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 very

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 very

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 unjust

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 if

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 everything

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 just

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 rises

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 and

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 falls

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 on

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 our

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 ability

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 you

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 know

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 let

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 me

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 tell

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 you

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 if

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 you're

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 raised

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 in a

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 certain

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 type

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 of

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 family

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 if

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 you

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 have

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 certain

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 types

00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:52.360
 of

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 genes

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 if

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 you

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 have

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 certain

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 types

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 of

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 opportunities

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 just

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 from

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 your

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 family

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 of

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 origin

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 life's

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 going to

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 be a lot

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 easier

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 than if

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 you have

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 a different

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 type

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 of

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 family

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 and

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 if

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 everything

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 is

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 just

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 completely

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 and

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 utterly

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 up

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 to

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 us

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 it

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 leads

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 to

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 pride

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 it

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 leads

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 to

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 arrogance

00:17:11.859 --> 00:17:12.279
 it

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 leads

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 to

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 presumption

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 it

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 leads

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 when

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 we're

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 successful

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 it

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 leads

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 to

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 despair

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 and

00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:17.960
 hopelessness

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 like

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 in a

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 very

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 very

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 odd

00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:21.240
 way

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 if

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 the

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 pendulum

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 fills

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 swings

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 all

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 the

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 way

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 to

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 inshallah

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 well

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 that

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 creates

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 this

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 big

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 problem

00:17:28.960 --> 00:17:29.120
 of

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 being

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 fatalistic

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 and

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 passive

00:17:30.500 --> 00:17:30.920
 but

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 if

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 it

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 swings

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 to

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 the

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 other

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 extreme

00:17:33.220 --> 00:17:33.620
 where

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 you

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 just

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 have

00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:34.440
 to

00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:34.840
 grab

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 your

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 destiny

00:17:35.500 --> 00:17:35.759
 be

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 the

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 captain

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 of

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 your

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 own

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 soul

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 be

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 the

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 captain

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 of

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 your

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 destiny

00:17:38.820 --> 00:17:39.779
 just

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 you

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 got

00:17:40.300 --> 00:17:40.380
 to

00:17:40.380 --> 00:17:40.519
 go

00:17:40.519 --> 00:17:40.660
 out

00:17:40.660 --> 00:17:40.820
 there

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 and

00:17:40.960 --> 00:17:41.519
 attain

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 and

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 that's

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 all

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 right

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 to

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 a

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 certain

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 degree

00:17:45.180 --> 00:17:45.759
 when

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 you're

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 young

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 or

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 when

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 you're

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 powerful

00:17:47.380 --> 00:17:47.580
 and

00:17:47.580 --> 00:17:47.740
 when

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 you're

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 well

00:17:48.100 --> 00:17:48.539
 connected

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 but

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 it

00:17:48.900 --> 00:17:49.300
 sucks

00:17:49.299 --> 00:17:49.500
 if

00:17:49.500 --> 00:17:49.659
 you're

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 none

00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:49.919
 of

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 those

00:17:50.180 --> 00:17:50.639
 things

00:17:50.639 --> 00:17:51.740
 and

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 the

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 fact

00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:52.200
 of

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 the

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 matter

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 is

00:17:52.700 --> 00:17:52.960
 that

00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:53.159
 for

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 most

00:17:53.399 --> 00:17:53.539
 of

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 us

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 if

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 we

00:17:53.919 --> 00:17:54.139
 live

00:17:54.139 --> 00:17:54.399
 long

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 enough

00:17:54.619 --> 00:17:54.839
 all

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 of

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 those

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 things

00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:55.599
 will

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 pass

00:17:55.940 --> 00:17:56.059
 and

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 all

00:17:56.200 --> 00:17:56.319
 of

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 those

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 things

00:17:56.740 --> 00:17:56.940
 will

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 go

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 and

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 when

00:17:58.500 --> 00:17:58.740
 we

00:17:58.740 --> 00:17:59.419
 tend

00:17:59.419 --> 00:17:59.619
 to

00:17:59.619 --> 00:17:59.940
 think

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 that

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 it's

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 all

00:18:00.659 --> 00:18:00.919
 up

00:18:00.919 --> 00:18:01.139
 to

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 us

00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:02.339
 it

00:18:02.339 --> 00:18:02.720
 quickly

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 leads

00:18:03.139 --> 00:18:03.399
 to

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 insufferable

00:18:04.359 --> 00:18:04.879
 arrogance

00:18:04.879 --> 00:18:05.259
 and

00:18:05.259 --> 00:18:05.819
 pride

00:18:05.819 --> 00:18:07.200
 or

00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:07.659
 heart

00:18:07.659 --> 00:18:08.200
 rending

00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:08.839
 despair

00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:10.839
 and

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 so

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 when

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 John

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 the

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 Baptist

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 commenting

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 on

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 the

00:18:13.119 --> 00:18:13.359
 fact

00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:13.599
 that

00:18:13.599 --> 00:18:13.960
 Jesus

00:18:19.299 --> 00:18:19.619
 John's

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 influence

00:18:20.099 --> 00:18:20.379
 is

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 declining

00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:21.899
 he

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 has

00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:22.500
 these

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 series

00:18:22.919 --> 00:18:23.139
 of

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 statements

00:18:23.500 --> 00:18:23.839
 in the

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 first

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 one

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 sort of

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 the

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 gateway

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 into

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 it

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 as a

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 person

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 cannot

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 receive

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 even

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 one

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 thing

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 the

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 original

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 language

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 implies

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 a good

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 thing

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 unless

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 it

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 is

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 given

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 him

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 from

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 heaven

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 you

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 see

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 this

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 actually

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 means

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 that

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 I

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 can

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 say

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 grace

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 thank

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 you

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 father

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 for

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 this

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 food

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 thank

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 you

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 for

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 this

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 place

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 that

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 we

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 worship

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 in

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 I

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 don't

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 know

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 why

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 I'm

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 here

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 rather

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 than

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 maybe

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 in

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 South

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 North

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 Korea

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 or

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 Saudi

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 Arabia

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 where

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 we'd

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 have

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 to

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 hide

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 and

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 just

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 be

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 meeting

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 in

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 a

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 small

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 room

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 and

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 maybe

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 even

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 whispering

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 like

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 I

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 don't

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 know

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 why

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 God

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 put

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 us

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 here

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 but

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 you

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 know

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 what

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 he

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 has

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 put

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 us

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 here

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 we

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 should

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 just

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 be

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 so

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 grateful

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 this

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 is

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 a

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 gift

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 that

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 we

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 have

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 received

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 and

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 God

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 doesn't

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 give

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 these

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 gifts

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 so

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 we

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 are

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 fatalistic

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 but

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 he

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 gives

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 these

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 gifts

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 so

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 we

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 can

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 have

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 a

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 confidence

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 and

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 a

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 courage

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 John

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 the

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 Baptist

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 look

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 at

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 verse

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 28

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 John

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 you

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 yourselves

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 bear me

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 witness

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 that I

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 said

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 I

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 am

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 not

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 the

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 Christ

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 but

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 I

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 have

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 been

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 sent

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 before

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 him

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 I

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 am

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 not

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 the

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 Christ

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 but

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 I

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 have

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 been

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 sent

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 before

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 him

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 to

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 understand

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 that

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 all

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 good

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 things

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 come

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 from

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 God

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 it

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 creates

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 a

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 type

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 of

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 humility

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 before

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 God

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 a

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 gratitude

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 before

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 God

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 a

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 thanksgiving

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 before

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 God

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 and

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 it's

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 part

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 of

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 the

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 ground

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 for

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 being

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 courageous

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 we

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 all

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 know

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 that

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 one

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 of

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 the

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 problems

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 in

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 the

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 West

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 is

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 that

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 our

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 high

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 standards

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 of

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 living

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 have

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 often

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 meant

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 that

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 we

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 are

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 crueler

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 where

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 we

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 can

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 influence

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 our

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 power

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 and

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 it

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 often

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 works

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 to

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 diminish

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 courage

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 and

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 generosity

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 I

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 think

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 it's

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 something

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 like

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 the

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 23rd

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 consecutive

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 year

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 in a

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 row

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 since

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 Stats

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 Canada

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 has been

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 tracking

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 it

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 that

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 the

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 number

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 of

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 people

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 who

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 are

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 able

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 to

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 claim

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 a

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 $160

00:20:22.579 --> 00:20:23.440
 deduction

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 on their

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 income

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 tax

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 has

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 declined

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 we

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 become

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 more

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 prosperous

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 we

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 become

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 less

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 generous

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 but

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 what

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 John

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 is

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 saying

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 here

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 is

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 that

00:20:35.380 --> 00:20:35.660
 when

00:20:35.660 --> 00:20:35.920
 we're

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 gripped

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 with

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 the

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 fact

00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:37.860
 that

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 all

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 good

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 gifts

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 ultimately

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 come

00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:40.019
 from

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 God

00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:42.839
 it

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 is

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 part

00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:43.839
 of

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 the

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 ground

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 that

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 allows

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 him

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 to

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 go

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 and

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 proclaim

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 behold

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 the

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 Lamb

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 of

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 God

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 who

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 takes

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 away

00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:52.220
 the

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 sin

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 of

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 the

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 world

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 come

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 to

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 God

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 repent

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 of

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 your

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 sins

00:20:59.859 --> 00:21:00.099
 it

00:21:00.099 --> 00:21:00.500
 creates

00:21:00.500 --> 00:21:00.839
 within

00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:01.059
 him

00:21:01.059 --> 00:21:01.339
 not

00:21:01.339 --> 00:21:02.539
 fatalism

00:21:02.539 --> 00:21:03.139
 or

00:21:03.139 --> 00:21:03.420
 being

00:21:03.420 --> 00:21:04.000
 passive

00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:05.379
 but

00:21:05.379 --> 00:21:05.559
 a

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 whole

00:21:05.859 --> 00:21:06.159
 new

00:21:06.159 --> 00:21:06.799
 ground

00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:07.519
 and

00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:08.039
 motivation

00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:08.339
 for

00:21:08.339 --> 00:21:08.819
 action

00:21:08.819 --> 00:21:12.019
 now

00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:13.319
 some

00:21:13.319 --> 00:21:13.460
 of

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 you

00:21:13.559 --> 00:21:13.759
 might

00:21:13.759 --> 00:21:14.179
 say

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 sorry

00:21:18.179 --> 00:21:20.000
 I

00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:20.299
 mixed

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 up

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 my

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 analogies

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 let's

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 read

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 from

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 28

00:21:22.579 --> 00:21:22.980
 and

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 29

00:21:23.539 --> 00:21:24.799
 you

00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:25.259
 yourselves

00:21:25.259 --> 00:21:25.679
 bear me

00:21:25.679 --> 00:21:26.019
 witness

00:21:26.019 --> 00:21:26.500
 that I

00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:26.859
 said

00:21:26.859 --> 00:21:27.679
 I am

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 not

00:21:27.879 --> 00:21:28.079
 the

00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:28.480
 Christ

00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:29.139
 but I

00:21:29.139 --> 00:21:29.279
 have

00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:29.439
 been

00:21:29.439 --> 00:21:29.679
 sent

00:21:29.679 --> 00:21:30.079
 before

00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:30.359
 him

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 the

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 one

00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:31.379
 who

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 has

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 the

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 bride

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 is

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 the

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 bridegroom

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 the

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 friend

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 of

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 the

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 bridegroom

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 who

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 stands

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 and

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 hears

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 him

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 rejoices

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 greatly

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 at the

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 bridegroom's

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 voice

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 therefore

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 this

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 joy

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 of

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 mine

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 is

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 now

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 complete

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 he

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 must

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 increase

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 but

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 I

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 must

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 decrease

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 he

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 must

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 increase

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 but

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 I

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 must

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 decrease

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 if you

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 could put

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 up the

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 next point

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 Andrew

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 one of

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 the

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 things

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 one

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 of

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 the

00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:05.780
 things

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 that's

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 very

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 very

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 powerful

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 about

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 this

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 text

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 remember

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 I

00:22:08.660 --> 00:22:08.900
 said

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 how

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 one

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 of

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 the

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 problems

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 we

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 have

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 when

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 we

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 think

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 that

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 it

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 all

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 depends

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 upon

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 us

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 everything

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 depends

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 upon

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 us

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 it

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 often

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 leads

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 to

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 us

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 being

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 very

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 very

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 proud

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 and

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 having

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 a

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 very

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 very

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 false

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 sense

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 of

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 our

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 power

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 and

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 doing

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 things

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 to

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 cling

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 to

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 our

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 power

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:26.880
 but

00:22:26.880 --> 00:22:27.140
 what

00:22:27.140 --> 00:22:27.760
 John

00:22:27.760 --> 00:22:27.940
 is

00:22:27.940 --> 00:22:28.120
 saying

00:22:28.120 --> 00:22:28.280
 here

00:22:28.280 --> 00:22:28.420
 what

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 the

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 Bible

00:22:28.840 --> 00:22:29.020
 is

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 bearing

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 witness

00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:29.799
 to

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 is

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 that

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 the

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 more

00:22:30.460 --> 00:22:30.659
 that

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 I

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 know

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 that

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 I

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 am

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 not

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 the

00:22:32.259 --> 00:22:32.779
 Christ

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 but

00:22:34.159 --> 00:22:34.359
 that

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 instead

00:22:34.819 --> 00:22:35.919
 I

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 am

00:22:36.099 --> 00:22:36.299
 to

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 pave

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 the

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 way

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 for

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 him

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 the

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 saner

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 my

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 life

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 will

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 be

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 I

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 mean

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 we

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 all

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 know

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 that

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 the

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 me

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 too

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 the

00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:45.299
 hashtag

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 me

00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:45.779
 too

00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:46.179
 movement

00:22:46.179 --> 00:22:46.519
 was

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 really

00:22:46.899 --> 00:22:47.240
 in

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 many

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 ways

00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:48.179
 launched

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 over

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 the

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 Harvey

00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:51.220
 Weinstein's

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:52.919
 alleged

00:22:52.919 --> 00:22:55.379
 just

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 as

00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:56.839
 unbelievable

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 just

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 alleged

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 long

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 standing

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 turning

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 a

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 blind

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 eye

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 abuse

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 of

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 his

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 power

00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:05.580
 and

00:23:05.580 --> 00:23:06.160
 he

00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:06.640
 abused

00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:06.900
 his

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 power

00:23:07.360 --> 00:23:07.980
 in

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 terrible

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 terrible

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 ways

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 at least

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 it's

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 alleged

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 I have

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 to be

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 careful

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 I'm

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 on the

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 stage

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 it's

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 alleged

00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:16.519
 that

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:16.700
 he's

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 abused

00:23:17.019 --> 00:23:17.240
 his

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 power

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 and

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 if

00:23:17.900 --> 00:23:18.120
 these

00:23:18.120 --> 00:23:18.700
 allegations

00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:19.019
 are

00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:19.300
 true

00:23:19.300 --> 00:23:19.680
 it's

00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:20.280
 a

00:23:20.280 --> 00:23:20.620
 horrible

00:23:20.620 --> 00:23:20.920
 thing

00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:21.040
 and

00:23:21.040 --> 00:23:21.200
 it's

00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:21.440
 launched

00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:21.620
 a

00:23:21.620 --> 00:23:21.860
 whole

00:23:21.860 --> 00:23:22.460
 movement

00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:23.980
 of

00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:25.140
 women

00:23:25.140 --> 00:23:27.880
 now

00:23:27.880 --> 00:23:28.440
 complaining

00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:28.820
 about

00:23:28.820 --> 00:23:29.460
 other

00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:30.120
 powerful

00:23:30.120 --> 00:23:30.560
 men

00:23:30.560 --> 00:23:31.500
 who've

00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:31.780
 done

00:23:31.780 --> 00:23:32.320
 other

00:23:32.320 --> 00:23:32.740
 things

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:32.960
 by

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:33.360
 abusing

00:23:33.360 --> 00:23:33.620
 their

00:23:33.620 --> 00:23:34.080
 power

00:23:34.080 --> 00:23:35.980
 and

00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:36.140
 it's

00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:36.240
 a

00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:36.420
 type

00:23:36.420 --> 00:23:36.580
 of

00:23:36.580 --> 00:23:37.140
 insanity

00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:37.460
 isn't

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:37.700
 it

00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:39.660
 that

00:23:39.660 --> 00:23:42.580
 some

00:23:42.580 --> 00:23:42.960
 men

00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:43.180
 would

00:23:43.180 --> 00:23:43.580
 behave

00:23:43.580 --> 00:23:43.820
 in

00:23:43.820 --> 00:23:44.120
 such

00:23:44.120 --> 00:23:44.280
 a

00:23:44.280 --> 00:23:44.500
 way

00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:47.340
 and

00:23:47.340 --> 00:23:47.520
 what

00:23:47.520 --> 00:23:47.840
 John

00:23:47.840 --> 00:23:48.000
 is

00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:48.520
 expressing

00:23:48.520 --> 00:23:49.120
 here

00:23:49.120 --> 00:23:51.100
 this

00:23:51.100 --> 00:23:51.420
 deep

00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:51.720
 seated

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.040
 thing

00:23:52.040 --> 00:23:52.200
 is

00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:52.300
 to

00:23:52.300 --> 00:23:52.620
 always

00:23:52.620 --> 00:23:53.160
 remember

00:23:53.160 --> 00:23:54.080
 I

00:23:54.080 --> 00:23:54.200
 am

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:54.400
 not

00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:54.600
 the

00:23:54.600 --> 00:23:55.060
 Messiah

00:23:55.060 --> 00:23:56.260
 I

00:23:56.260 --> 00:23:56.460
 am

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:56.760
 not

00:23:56.760 --> 00:23:57.380
 God

00:23:57.380 --> 00:23:59.380
 I

00:23:59.380 --> 00:23:59.540
 am

00:23:59.540 --> 00:23:59.700
 not

00:23:59.700 --> 00:23:59.880
 the

00:23:59.880 --> 00:24:00.340
 Messiah

00:24:00.340 --> 00:24:01.080
 I

00:24:01.080 --> 00:24:01.260
 am

00:24:01.260 --> 00:24:01.480
 not

00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:02.020
 God

00:24:02.020 --> 00:24:02.420
 I

00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:02.600
 am

00:24:02.600 --> 00:24:02.820
 not

00:24:02.820 --> 00:24:03.300
 God's

00:24:03.300 --> 00:24:03.820
 anointed

00:24:03.820 --> 00:24:06.500
 that's

00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:06.720
 not

00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:06.900
 who

00:24:06.900 --> 00:24:07.080
 I

00:24:07.080 --> 00:24:07.380
 am

00:24:07.380 --> 00:24:08.480
 I

00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:08.640
 mean

00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:09.480
 in

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:09.780
 light

00:24:09.780 --> 00:24:09.920
 of

00:24:09.920 --> 00:24:10.040
 the

00:24:10.040 --> 00:24:10.220
 me

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:10.480
 too

00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:11.040
 movement

00:24:11.040 --> 00:24:12.160
 for

00:24:12.160 --> 00:24:12.500
 every

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:12.980
 person

00:24:12.980 --> 00:24:13.220
 whether

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:13.420
 a

00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:13.580
 man

00:24:13.580 --> 00:24:13.720
 or

00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:13.960
 woman

00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:14.160
 to

00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:14.320
 just

00:24:14.320 --> 00:24:14.520
 be

00:24:14.520 --> 00:24:14.680
 able

00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:14.880
 to

00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:15.160
 say

00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:15.620
 maybe

00:24:15.620 --> 00:24:15.920
 even

00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:16.140
 every

00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:16.320
 day

00:24:16.320 --> 00:24:16.520
 I

00:24:16.520 --> 00:24:16.640
 am

00:24:16.640 --> 00:24:16.840
 not

00:24:16.840 --> 00:24:17.140
 God

00:24:17.140 --> 00:24:17.320
 I

00:24:17.320 --> 00:24:17.460
 am

00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:17.620
 not

00:24:17.620 --> 00:24:17.780
 the

00:24:17.780 --> 00:24:18.100
 Christ

00:24:18.100 --> 00:24:18.340
 I

00:24:18.340 --> 00:24:18.460
 am

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:18.620
 not

00:24:18.620 --> 00:24:18.780
 the

00:24:18.780 --> 00:24:19.160
 Messiah

00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:19.440
 I

00:24:19.440 --> 00:24:19.560
 am

00:24:19.560 --> 00:24:19.720
 not

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:19.880
 the

00:24:19.880 --> 00:24:20.260
 anointed

00:24:20.260 --> 00:24:20.600
 one

00:24:20.600 --> 00:24:22.360
 even

00:24:22.360 --> 00:24:22.500
 in

00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:22.620
 of

00:24:22.620 --> 00:24:22.980
 itself

00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:23.160
 we

00:24:23.160 --> 00:24:23.320
 can

00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:23.500
 see

00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:23.639
 that

00:24:23.639 --> 00:24:23.899
 that's

00:24:23.899 --> 00:24:24.059
 a

00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:24.379
 movement

00:24:24.379 --> 00:24:24.839
 towards

00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:25.399
 sanity

00:24:25.399 --> 00:24:26.819
 but

00:24:26.819 --> 00:24:27.139
 then

00:24:27.139 --> 00:24:27.740
 John

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:28.480
 understands

00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:28.720
 from

00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:29.039
 God

00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:29.259
 that

00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:29.559
 it's

00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:29.779
 not

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.059
 then

00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:30.419
 therefore

00:24:30.419 --> 00:24:30.639
 that

00:24:30.639 --> 00:24:30.859
 he's

00:24:30.859 --> 00:24:31.519
 sad

00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:31.659
 or

00:24:31.659 --> 00:24:32.159
 depressed

00:24:32.159 --> 00:24:32.460
 that

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:32.700
 he's

00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:32.980
 not

00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.839
 the

00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:34.359
 Christ

00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:35.639
 but

00:24:35.639 --> 00:24:35.799
 that

00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:36.059
 God

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.240
 has

00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:36.559
 called

00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:36.779
 him

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:36.980
 in a

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:37.179
 very

00:24:37.179 --> 00:24:37.759
 simple

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.240
 humble

00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:38.559
 manner

00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:38.700
 to

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:38.839
 have

00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:38.960
 a

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 very

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 important

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 role

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 which

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 is

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 to

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 point

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.059
 to

00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:42.219
 the

00:24:42.219 --> 00:24:42.579
 Christ

00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:43.579
 to

00:24:43.579 --> 00:24:43.939
 prepare

00:24:43.939 --> 00:24:44.119
 the

00:24:44.119 --> 00:24:44.359
 way

00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:44.559
 for

00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:44.699
 the

00:24:44.699 --> 00:24:45.039
 Christ

00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:45.819
 to

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:45.980
 live

00:24:45.980 --> 00:24:46.079
 a

00:24:46.079 --> 00:24:46.279
 life

00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:46.459
 in

00:24:46.459 --> 00:24:46.719
 such

00:24:46.719 --> 00:24:46.859
 a

00:24:46.859 --> 00:24:47.059
 way

00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:47.839
 that

00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:48.139
 people

00:24:48.139 --> 00:24:48.339
 will

00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:48.619
 know

00:24:48.619 --> 00:24:49.339
 Christ

00:24:49.339 --> 00:24:50.319
 it's

00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:50.539
 not

00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:50.919
 just

00:24:50.919 --> 00:24:51.240
 that

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:51.459
 he

00:24:51.459 --> 00:24:51.919
 steps

00:24:51.919 --> 00:24:52.559
 down

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:54.179
 from

00:24:54.179 --> 00:24:54.500
 trying

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:54.639
 to

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 be

00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:54.959
 the

00:24:54.959 --> 00:24:55.419
 Christ

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 and

00:24:56.619 --> 00:24:56.759
 then

00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:56.859
 he

00:24:56.859 --> 00:24:57.119
 goes

00:24:57.119 --> 00:24:57.939
 nowhere

00:24:57.939 --> 00:24:58.619
 he

00:24:58.619 --> 00:24:58.759
 has

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.139
 nothing

00:24:59.139 --> 00:24:59.379
 to

00:24:59.379 --> 00:24:59.719
 do

00:24:59.719 --> 00:25:01.059
 but

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:01.179
 he

00:25:01.179 --> 00:25:01.519
 begins

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:01.759
 to

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.240
 understand

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.740
 that

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.000
 his

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 whole

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 life

00:25:03.859 --> 00:25:05.119
 is

00:25:05.119 --> 00:25:05.240
 to

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:05.439
 be

00:25:05.439 --> 00:25:06.059
 preparing

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:07.480
 people

00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:07.740
 to

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.139
 know

00:25:08.139 --> 00:25:09.179
 Jesus

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 both

00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:12.620
 by

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 how

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.140
 he

00:25:13.140 --> 00:25:13.480
 lives

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 and

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.220
 by

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.420
 what

00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:14.560
 he

00:25:14.560 --> 00:25:14.940
 says

00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:17.220
 but

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:17.440
 some

00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:17.560
 of

00:25:17.560 --> 00:25:17.660
 you

00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:17.880
 might

00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:18.299
 say

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:22.519
 George

00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:23.700
 I

00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:24.060
 think

00:25:24.060 --> 00:25:25.060
 this

00:25:25.060 --> 00:25:25.600
 comment

00:25:25.600 --> 00:25:25.840
 in

00:25:25.840 --> 00:25:26.080
 verse

00:25:26.080 --> 00:25:26.460
 30

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:26.700
 he

00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:27.000
 must

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 increase

00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:27.640
 but

00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:27.799
 I

00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:28.039
 must

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 decrease

00:25:28.620 --> 00:25:30.820
 George

00:25:30.820 --> 00:25:31.080
 don't

00:25:31.080 --> 00:25:31.200
 you

00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:31.360
 think

00:25:31.360 --> 00:25:31.539
 it's

00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:31.640
 a

00:25:31.640 --> 00:25:31.759
 little

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 bit

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 pathological

00:25:32.920 --> 00:25:34.120
 that

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 any

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 normal

00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:35.680
 healthy

00:25:35.680 --> 00:25:36.360
 person

00:25:36.360 --> 00:25:37.560
 would

00:25:37.560 --> 00:25:37.840
 say

00:25:37.840 --> 00:25:38.259
 something

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:38.600
 like

00:25:38.600 --> 00:25:39.000
 this

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:40.400
 don't

00:25:40.400 --> 00:25:40.480
 you

00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:40.599
 think

00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:40.700
 it's

00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:40.839
 a

00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:40.980
 little

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:41.279
 bit

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:42.440
 pathological

00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:42.839
 just

00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:43.039
 to

00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:43.400
 say

00:25:43.400 --> 00:25:44.400
 that

00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:44.839
 God

00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:45.039
 or

00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:45.559
 Jesus

00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:46.039
 or

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:46.660
 whatever

00:25:46.660 --> 00:25:47.000
 that

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:47.400
 anybody

00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:47.799
 should

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.140
 somehow

00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:48.359
 be

00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:48.599
 getting

00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:49.019
 greater

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.240
 and

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:49.519
 greater

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:49.740
 and

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:50.059
 greater

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:51.380
 and

00:25:51.380 --> 00:25:51.579
 that

00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:53.119
 they

00:25:53.119 --> 00:25:53.359
 should

00:25:53.359 --> 00:25:53.519
 be

00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:53.859
 getting

00:25:53.859 --> 00:25:54.799
 smaller

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:55.079
 and

00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:55.460
 smaller

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:55.720
 and

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:56.099
 smaller

00:25:56.099 --> 00:25:56.339
 that

00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:56.779
 someone

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.380
 else

00:25:57.380 --> 00:25:57.980
 or

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.400
 something

00:25:58.400 --> 00:25:58.940
 else

00:25:58.940 --> 00:26:00.660
 should

00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:00.880
 be

00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:01.240
 getting

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:02.980
 increasing

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:03.559
 while you

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:04.000
 diminish

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.259
 like

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:04.559
 George

00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:04.819
 that

00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:05.220
 doesn't

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:05.680
 sound

00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:06.720
 like

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.019
 it's

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.680
 psychologically

00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:08.640
 healthy

00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:14.080
 if you

00:26:14.080 --> 00:26:14.240
 could

00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:14.660
 put up

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:14.940
 the

00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:15.640
 what

00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:16.200
 artwork

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:16.520
 did we

00:26:16.520 --> 00:26:16.880
 put up

00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:17.120
 the

00:26:17.120 --> 00:26:20.660
 yeah

00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:20.920
 that's

00:26:20.920 --> 00:26:21.280
 the first

00:26:21.280 --> 00:26:21.500
 of the

00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:21.860
 have we

00:26:21.860 --> 00:26:22.040
 seen

00:26:22.040 --> 00:26:22.180
 that

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:22.400
 yet

00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:23.860
 oh

00:26:23.860 --> 00:26:24.140
 you

00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:24.259
 have

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.380
 to

00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:24.520
 see

00:26:24.520 --> 00:26:24.820
 that

00:26:24.820 --> 00:26:25.759
 so

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.000
 here

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:26.420
 here's

00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:26.580
 the

00:26:26.580 --> 00:26:26.800
 thing

00:26:26.800 --> 00:26:27.020
 about

00:26:27.020 --> 00:26:27.240
 this

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:27.460
 piece

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:27.580
 of

00:26:27.580 --> 00:26:27.860
 artwork

00:26:27.860 --> 00:26:28.080
 I

00:26:28.080 --> 00:26:28.220
 know

00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:28.380
 it's

00:26:28.380 --> 00:26:28.560
 pretty

00:26:28.560 --> 00:26:29.100
 gruesome

00:26:29.100 --> 00:26:30.600
 so

00:26:30.600 --> 00:26:30.800
 this

00:26:30.800 --> 00:26:30.960
 was

00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:31.259
 actually

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.520
 not

00:26:31.520 --> 00:26:31.700
 as

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:32.100
 gruesome

00:26:32.100 --> 00:26:32.220
 as

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:32.540
 a lot

00:26:32.540 --> 00:26:32.640
 of

00:26:32.640 --> 00:26:32.759
 the

00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.140
 paintings

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:33.360
 I

00:26:33.360 --> 00:26:33.520
 could

00:26:33.520 --> 00:26:33.680
 have

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:34.000
 picked

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:36.660
 those

00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:36.819
 of

00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:36.900
 you

00:26:36.900 --> 00:26:37.000
 who

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.099
 know

00:26:37.099 --> 00:26:37.259
 the

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.579
 story

00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:37.759
 of

00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:37.960
 John

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.099
 the

00:26:38.099 --> 00:26:38.640
 Baptist

00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:40.180
 know

00:26:40.180 --> 00:26:40.380
 that

00:26:40.380 --> 00:26:40.599
 how

00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:40.779
 he

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.039
 came

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:41.220
 to

00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:41.380
 an

00:26:41.380 --> 00:26:41.700
 end

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:43.140
 is

00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:43.400
 that

00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:43.640
 there

00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:43.759
 was

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:43.880
 a

00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:44.059
 very

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.859
 powerful

00:26:44.859 --> 00:26:45.380
 king

00:26:45.380 --> 00:26:47.000
 and

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:48.079
 powerful

00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:48.640
 kings

00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:48.960
 back

00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:49.140
 then

00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:49.319
 could

00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:49.740
 basically

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.019
 do

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.259
 whatever

00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:50.460
 they

00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:50.859
 wanted

00:26:50.859 --> 00:26:52.339
 like

00:26:52.339 --> 00:26:52.519
 if

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:52.640
 you

00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:52.940
 think

00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:53.599
 I

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:53.779
 mean

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.880
 in a

00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:55.079
 sense

00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:55.160
 it

00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:55.259
 would

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:55.359
 be

00:26:55.359 --> 00:26:55.559
 like

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:55.839
 North

00:26:55.839 --> 00:26:56.180
 Korea

00:26:56.180 --> 00:26:56.440
 there

00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:56.599
 is

00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:56.759
 no

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.039
 such

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.259
 thing

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:57.420
 as

00:26:57.420 --> 00:26:57.700
 law

00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:57.900
 there

00:26:57.900 --> 00:26:58.019
 is

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:58.200
 just

00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:58.400
 the

00:26:58.400 --> 00:26:58.559
 will

00:26:58.559 --> 00:26:58.700
 of

00:26:58.700 --> 00:26:58.819
 the

00:26:58.819 --> 00:26:59.079
 leader

00:26:59.079 --> 00:26:59.680
 not

00:26:59.680 --> 00:26:59.960
 quite

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:00.200
 maybe

00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:00.400
 as

00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:00.619
 bad

00:27:00.619 --> 00:27:00.759
 as

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.000
 that

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.240
 because

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.500
 Rome

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:01.720
 did

00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:01.980
 have

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.259
 some

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:02.680
 rules

00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:03.720
 but

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.000
 things

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.180
 like

00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:04.359
 this

00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:04.480
 were

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:04.720
 very

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.220
 common

00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:05.480
 in

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:06.079
 Herod

00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:07.259
 John

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:07.440
 the

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:07.799
 Baptist

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:09.019
 spoke

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.500
 out

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:10.420
 against

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:11.119
 some

00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:11.220
 of

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:11.319
 the

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:11.740
 abuses

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.039
 of

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.400
 Herod

00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:13.059
 in

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:13.819
 particular

00:27:13.819 --> 00:27:14.640
 a

00:27:14.640 --> 00:27:15.099
 particular

00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:15.680
 type

00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:15.819
 of

00:27:15.819 --> 00:27:16.180
 abuse

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:16.400
 that

00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:16.519
 he

00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:16.619
 had

00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:16.900
 done

00:27:16.900 --> 00:27:17.759
 which

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.420
 involved

00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:20.019
 stealing

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:21.440
 his

00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:21.940
 brother's

00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.339
 wife

00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:22.640
 and

00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:23.619
 marrying

00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:24.039
 her

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:24.400
 and

00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:24.519
 he

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:24.740
 just

00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:25.039
 spoke

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:25.319
 out

00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:25.660
 against

00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:25.960
 it

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.879
 and

00:27:26.879 --> 00:27:27.819
 Herod's

00:27:27.819 --> 00:27:28.339
 wife

00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:29.900
 his

00:27:29.900 --> 00:27:30.160
 new

00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:30.559
 wife

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:31.019
 hated

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:31.299
 John

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:31.440
 the

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:31.799
 Baptist

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.220
 for

00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:32.440
 it

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:33.720
 and

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.019
 so

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:34.480
 Herod

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:34.679
 had

00:27:34.679 --> 00:27:34.940
 John

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:35.059
 the

00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:35.379
 Baptist

00:27:35.379 --> 00:27:35.759
 thrown

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.059
 into

00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:36.440
 jail

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:37.839
 and

00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:38.299
 probably

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:38.440
 it

00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:38.539
 was

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:38.659
 one

00:27:38.659 --> 00:27:38.720
 of

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:38.879
 those

00:27:38.879 --> 00:27:39.480
 situations

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:39.859
 where

00:27:39.859 --> 00:27:40.159
 if

00:27:40.159 --> 00:27:40.639
 John

00:27:40.639 --> 00:27:40.779
 the

00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:41.059
 Baptist

00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:41.339
 ever

00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:41.599
 just

00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:42.059
 changed

00:27:42.059 --> 00:27:42.259
 what

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:42.379
 he

00:27:42.379 --> 00:27:42.899
 said

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 and

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:44.039
 just

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:46.379
 let

00:27:46.379 --> 00:27:46.759
 Herod

00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:46.960
 do

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:47.079
 what

00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:47.179
 he

00:27:47.179 --> 00:27:47.619
 wanted

00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:48.480
 and

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:48.679
 was

00:27:48.679 --> 00:27:49.519
 silenced

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:50.819
 John

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:50.960
 the

00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:51.179
 Baptist

00:27:51.179 --> 00:27:51.379
 would

00:27:51.379 --> 00:27:51.440
 have

00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:51.539
 been

00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:51.700
 able

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:51.819
 to

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:51.919
 get

00:27:51.919 --> 00:27:52.039
 out

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:52.179
 of

00:27:52.179 --> 00:27:52.440
 jail

00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:53.879
 but

00:27:53.879 --> 00:27:54.339
 John

00:27:54.339 --> 00:27:54.460
 the

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:54.720
 Baptist

00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:55.059
 wouldn't

00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:55.299
 back

00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:55.579
 down

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:55.740
 that

00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:55.919
 what

00:27:55.919 --> 00:27:56.299
 Herod

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:56.440
 has

00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:56.599
 done

00:27:56.599 --> 00:27:56.740
 is

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.059
 wrong

00:27:57.059 --> 00:27:57.299
 and

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:57.419
 he

00:27:57.419 --> 00:27:57.619
 wouldn't

00:27:57.619 --> 00:27:57.940
 remain

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:58.480
 silent

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:58.599
 it

00:27:58.599 --> 00:27:58.759
 wasn't

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:58.859
 that

00:27:58.859 --> 00:27:58.940
 he

00:27:58.940 --> 00:27:59.319
 screamed

00:27:59.319 --> 00:27:59.539
 all

00:27:59.539 --> 00:27:59.679
 the

00:27:59.679 --> 00:27:59.919
 time

00:27:59.919 --> 00:28:00.079
 but

00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:00.200
 he

00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:00.519
 wouldn't

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:00.819
 say

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:01.039
 that

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:01.279
 that

00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:01.500
 which

00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:01.720
 was

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.139
 wrong

00:28:02.139 --> 00:28:02.359
 was

00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:02.759
 good

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.579
 that

00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:03.799
 that

00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:04.019
 which

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:04.220
 was

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:04.639
 evil

00:28:04.639 --> 00:28:04.960
 was

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:05.500
 fine

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:06.259
 he

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:06.779
 continued

00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:07.159
 to

00:28:07.159 --> 00:28:07.579
 speak

00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:08.500
 truth

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:09.599
 to

00:28:09.599 --> 00:28:09.799
 a

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.039
 very

00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:10.279
 very

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:10.859
 powerful

00:28:10.859 --> 00:28:11.240
 man

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:11.399
 and

00:28:11.399 --> 00:28:11.579
 so

00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:11.940
 Herod

00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:12.200
 left

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.339
 him

00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:12.519
 in

00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:12.779
 jail

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:14.379
 and

00:28:14.379 --> 00:28:15.440
 one

00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:15.679
 day

00:28:15.679 --> 00:28:16.259
 sort

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:16.359
 of

00:28:16.359 --> 00:28:16.500
 a

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:16.839
 dance

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:17.200
 happened

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:17.339
 at

00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:17.500
 a

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:17.899
 party

00:28:17.899 --> 00:28:19.119
 even

00:28:19.119 --> 00:28:19.339
 the

00:28:19.339 --> 00:28:19.819
 dance

00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:20.379
 sort

00:28:20.379 --> 00:28:20.579
 of

00:28:20.579 --> 00:28:21.539
 shows

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:21.960
 the

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:23.599
 sickness

00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:23.980
 of

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.119
 the

00:28:24.119 --> 00:28:24.559
 power

00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:26.079
 because

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:27.500
 Herod's

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:28.079
 wife's

00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:28.559
 daughter

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:29.119
 dances

00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:29.359
 a

00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:29.859
 provocative

00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:30.559
 dance

00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:31.339
 while

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:31.899
 Herod's

00:28:31.899 --> 00:28:32.339
 drunk

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:33.559
 and

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:33.859
 in a

00:28:33.859 --> 00:28:34.099
 sense

00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:34.259
 he

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:34.500
 gets

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:34.899
 so

00:28:34.899 --> 00:28:35.480
 taken

00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:35.980
 with

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:36.220
 this

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:36.740
 provocative

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.419
 dance

00:28:37.419 --> 00:28:38.500
 he

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:39.059
 promises

00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:40.319
 that

00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:40.559
 this

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:40.859
 young

00:28:40.859 --> 00:28:41.299
 girl

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:42.059
 his

00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:42.359
 step

00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:42.679
 daughter

00:28:42.679 --> 00:28:42.919
 can

00:28:42.919 --> 00:28:43.119
 have

00:28:43.119 --> 00:28:43.419
 anything

00:28:43.419 --> 00:28:43.720
 she

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.039
 wants

00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:44.359
 up to

00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:44.579
 half

00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:44.740
 his

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.099
 kingdom

00:28:45.099 --> 00:28:46.179
 and

00:28:46.179 --> 00:28:46.359
 so

00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:46.539
 she

00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:46.839
 goes

00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:47.000
 and

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.339
 asks

00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:47.559
 her

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:47.799
 mom

00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:48.000
 what

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.119
 she

00:28:48.119 --> 00:28:48.319
 should

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:48.639
 ask

00:28:48.639 --> 00:28:48.960
 for

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:49.659
 maybe

00:28:49.659 --> 00:28:50.000
 she's

00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:50.240
 thinking

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.419
 she

00:28:50.419 --> 00:28:50.579
 should

00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:50.799
 ask

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:50.980
 for

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.139
 a

00:28:51.139 --> 00:28:51.419
 diamond

00:28:51.419 --> 00:28:51.879
 necklace

00:28:51.879 --> 00:28:52.079
 or

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:52.599
 emeralds

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:53.240
 and

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:53.379
 the

00:28:53.379 --> 00:28:53.619
 mom

00:28:53.619 --> 00:28:53.879
 without

00:28:53.879 --> 00:28:54.199
 missing

00:28:54.199 --> 00:28:54.379
 a

00:28:54.380 --> 00:28:54.520
 beat

00:28:54.520 --> 00:28:54.780
 said

00:28:54.780 --> 00:28:54.960
 the

00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:55.420
 head

00:28:55.420 --> 00:28:55.680
 of

00:28:55.680 --> 00:28:56.040
 John

00:28:56.040 --> 00:28:56.240
 the

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:56.640
 Baptist

00:28:56.640 --> 00:28:56.900
 on

00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:57.040
 a

00:28:57.040 --> 00:28:57.440
 platter

00:28:57.440 --> 00:29:00.820
 and

00:29:00.820 --> 00:29:02.840
 so

00:29:02.840 --> 00:29:03.020
 it's

00:29:03.020 --> 00:29:03.220
 a

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:03.760
 on one

00:29:03.760 --> 00:29:03.860
 way

00:29:03.860 --> 00:29:03.960
 it's

00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:04.080
 a

00:29:04.080 --> 00:29:04.440
 gruesome

00:29:04.440 --> 00:29:04.860
 picture

00:29:04.860 --> 00:29:05.120
 but

00:29:05.120 --> 00:29:05.320
 it's

00:29:05.320 --> 00:29:05.480
 a

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:06.060
 powerful

00:29:06.060 --> 00:29:06.620
 picture

00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:08.319
 a

00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:08.539
 very

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:09.199
 strong

00:29:09.199 --> 00:29:09.759
 man

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.259
 in

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:10.399
 an

00:29:10.399 --> 00:29:10.699
 earthly

00:29:10.699 --> 00:29:11.259
 sense

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:11.699
 his

00:29:11.699 --> 00:29:12.000
 foot

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.239
 on

00:29:12.239 --> 00:29:12.619
 John

00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:13.179
 John's

00:29:13.179 --> 00:29:13.399
 head

00:29:13.399 --> 00:29:13.899
 removed

00:29:13.899 --> 00:29:14.599
 and

00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:14.679
 you

00:29:14.679 --> 00:29:14.819
 see

00:29:14.819 --> 00:29:14.959
 the

00:29:14.959 --> 00:29:15.119
 head

00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:15.219
 on

00:29:15.219 --> 00:29:15.359
 a

00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:15.739
 platter

00:29:15.739 --> 00:29:16.500
 that's

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:16.679
 going

00:29:16.679 --> 00:29:16.919
 to be

00:29:16.919 --> 00:29:17.239
 taken

00:29:17.239 --> 00:29:17.539
 into

00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:17.719
 a

00:29:17.719 --> 00:29:18.019
 banquet

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:18.359
 hall

00:29:18.359 --> 00:29:18.639
 full

00:29:18.639 --> 00:29:18.819
 of

00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:19.319
 guests

00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:22.239
 terrible

00:29:22.239 --> 00:29:23.079
 atrocities

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:23.459
 by the

00:29:23.459 --> 00:29:23.979
 powerful

00:29:23.979 --> 00:29:24.599
 or something

00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:24.919
 that had

00:29:24.919 --> 00:29:25.299
 been going

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:25.699
 on

00:29:25.699 --> 00:29:26.500
 for a

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:26.719
 very

00:29:26.719 --> 00:29:26.979
 very

00:29:26.979 --> 00:29:27.239
 very

00:29:27.239 --> 00:29:27.579
 long

00:29:27.579 --> 00:29:28.039
 time

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:29.219
 but

00:29:29.219 --> 00:29:29.579
 here's

00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:29.739
 the

00:29:29.739 --> 00:29:30.039
 thing

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:30.959
 the

00:29:30.959 --> 00:29:31.299
 man

00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:31.479
 who

00:29:31.479 --> 00:29:31.659
 is

00:29:31.659 --> 00:29:32.039
 dead

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.899
 at

00:29:32.899 --> 00:29:33.039
 the

00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:33.399
 bottom

00:29:33.399 --> 00:29:34.519
 with

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:34.719
 his

00:29:34.719 --> 00:29:35.039
 foot

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:36.039
 somebody

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.460
 else's

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:36.700
 foot

00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:36.980
 on

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.259
 him

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:38.139
 he

00:29:38.139 --> 00:29:38.319
 is

00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:38.480
 the

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:38.700
 same

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:39.079
 man

00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:39.339
 who

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:39.579
 said

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:39.819
 he

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:40.119
 must

00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:40.680
 increase

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:41.579
 but

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:41.720
 I

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:41.940
 must

00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:42.539
 decrease

00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:43.920
 but

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:44.039
 you

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.180
 see

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:44.379
 what

00:29:44.379 --> 00:29:44.819
 happens

00:29:44.819 --> 00:29:45.139
 here

00:29:45.139 --> 00:29:46.440
 as

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:46.680
 we're

00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:46.960
 gripped

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:47.139
 by

00:29:47.139 --> 00:29:47.319
 the

00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:47.839
 gospel

00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:49.399
 this

00:29:49.399 --> 00:29:50.960
 statement

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:52.700
 it's

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.039
 not a

00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:53.639
 psychologically

00:29:53.639 --> 00:29:54.299
 sick

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:54.920
 statement

00:29:54.920 --> 00:29:56.359
 it's

00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:58.379
 saying

00:29:58.379 --> 00:29:58.920
 something

00:29:58.920 --> 00:29:59.259
 which

00:29:59.259 --> 00:29:59.559
 is

00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:00.200
 it's

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:00.480
 actually

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:01.119
 addressing

00:30:01.119 --> 00:30:01.379
 a

00:30:01.379 --> 00:30:01.740
 human

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:02.399
 problem

00:30:02.399 --> 00:30:02.859
 and

00:30:02.859 --> 00:30:03.079
 it's

00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:03.420
 addressing

00:30:03.420 --> 00:30:03.639
 a

00:30:03.639 --> 00:30:03.819
 human

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.259
 problem

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:04.500
 with

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:04.980
 something

00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:05.819
 that

00:30:05.819 --> 00:30:06.279
 we

00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:07.700
 desperately

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:08.319
 need

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:09.259
 in

00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:09.579
 fact

00:30:09.579 --> 00:30:10.660
 as

00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:10.860
 a

00:30:10.860 --> 00:30:11.440
 Christian

00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:12.640
 if

00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:12.860
 you

00:30:12.860 --> 00:30:13.440
 grasp

00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:13.720
 that

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:13.940
 he

00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:14.240
 must

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:14.900
 increase

00:30:14.900 --> 00:30:15.180
 but

00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:15.420
 I

00:30:15.420 --> 00:30:15.680
 must

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.380
 decrease

00:30:16.380 --> 00:30:17.240
 it

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:17.440
 is

00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:17.740
 a

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.220
 statement

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.740
 that

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:18.920
 will

00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:19.319
 make

00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:20.420
 tyrants

00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:21.819
 tremble

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:24.120
 and

00:30:24.120 --> 00:30:25.019
 abusers

00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:26.480
 tremble

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:29.059
 and

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:29.700
 ideology

00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:30.519
 and the

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:30.920
 state

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.819
 tremble

00:30:31.819 --> 00:30:32.659
 God

00:30:32.659 --> 00:30:33.599
 because

00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:33.700
 God

00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:36.960
 is

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:38.119
 small

00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:41.599
 God

00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:41.779
 is

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:42.220
 small

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:42.879
 what

00:30:42.879 --> 00:30:43.000
 does

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:43.480
 ideology

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:43.980
 want

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.379
 to

00:30:44.379 --> 00:30:44.579
 make

00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:44.819
 God

00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:45.220
 small

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:45.439
 and

00:30:45.439 --> 00:30:45.700
 tame

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:49.680
 tame

00:30:49.680 --> 00:30:50.819
 what

00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:50.960
 is

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.080
 it

00:30:51.080 --> 00:30:51.200
 that

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:51.360
 the

00:30:51.360 --> 00:30:51.640
 state

00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:52.140
 wants

00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:52.980
 to

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.200
 make

00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:53.559
 God

00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:54.220
 small

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:54.460
 and

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:54.759
 tame

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:55.779
 that

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.100
 what's

00:30:56.100 --> 00:30:56.460
 going on

00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:56.840
 right now

00:30:56.840 --> 00:30:57.000
 in

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.380
 Canada

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 with

00:30:57.640 --> 00:30:57.779
 the

00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:57.960
 summer

00:30:57.960 --> 00:30:58.400
 jobs

00:30:58.400 --> 00:30:58.680
 thing

00:30:58.680 --> 00:30:59.580
 you're

00:30:59.580 --> 00:30:59.980
 all right

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 to have

00:31:00.360 --> 00:31:00.480
 a

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:00.720
 belief

00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:00.900
 in

00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:01.319
 God

00:31:01.319 --> 00:31:01.660
 as

00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:01.900
 long

00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:02.080
 as

00:31:02.080 --> 00:31:02.319
 God

00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:02.460
 is

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:02.700
 very

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:03.220
 tiny

00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:03.920
 and

00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:04.160
 very

00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:04.600
 tame

00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:07.240
 and

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.459
 so

00:31:07.459 --> 00:31:07.619
 we

00:31:07.619 --> 00:31:07.819
 live

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:07.980
 our

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:08.519
 lives

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:09.799
 constantly

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:10.359
 as if

00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:11.019
 people

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:11.219
 are

00:31:11.219 --> 00:31:11.480
 big

00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:11.679
 the

00:31:11.679 --> 00:31:12.019
 state

00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:12.199
 is

00:31:12.199 --> 00:31:12.559
 big

00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:13.159
 ideology

00:31:13.159 --> 00:31:13.579
 is

00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:13.919
 big

00:31:13.919 --> 00:31:14.500
 movements

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:14.740
 are

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.059
 big

00:31:15.059 --> 00:31:15.279
 but

00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:15.579
 God

00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:15.759
 is

00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:16.199
 small

00:31:16.199 --> 00:31:17.779
 but

00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:18.219
 as

00:31:18.219 --> 00:31:18.679
 you

00:31:18.679 --> 00:31:19.159
 hear

00:31:19.159 --> 00:31:19.379
 the

00:31:19.379 --> 00:31:19.839
 gospel

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:20.119
 as

00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:20.519
 you

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:20.839
 come

00:31:20.839 --> 00:31:21.019
 to

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:21.219
 know

00:31:21.219 --> 00:31:21.719
 Jesus

00:31:21.719 --> 00:31:23.480
 this

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:24.119
 becomes

00:31:24.119 --> 00:31:24.699
 the

00:31:24.699 --> 00:31:25.000
 cry

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.339
 of our

00:31:25.339 --> 00:31:25.740
 heart

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.899
 he

00:31:26.899 --> 00:31:27.719
 must

00:31:27.719 --> 00:31:28.539
 increase

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:29.219
 but

00:31:29.219 --> 00:31:29.659
 I

00:31:29.659 --> 00:31:30.419
 must

00:31:30.419 --> 00:31:31.519
 decrease

00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:32.579
 it's

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:32.859
 not

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:33.419
 saying

00:31:33.419 --> 00:31:34.079
 I

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:34.379
 should

00:31:34.379 --> 00:31:35.119
 decrease

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:35.480
 so

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:35.699
 my

00:31:35.699 --> 00:31:36.240
 boss

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:36.500
 can

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:37.079
 increase

00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:37.419
 it's

00:31:37.419 --> 00:31:37.639
 not

00:31:37.639 --> 00:31:38.019
 saying

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.679
 I

00:31:38.679 --> 00:31:39.059
 should

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:39.740
 decrease

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:40.339
 so

00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:40.539
 my

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:45.319
 employer

00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:46.419
 can

00:31:46.419 --> 00:31:46.960
 increase

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:47.480
 it's

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:47.679
 not

00:31:47.679 --> 00:31:48.099
 saying

00:31:48.099 --> 00:31:48.460
 I

00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:48.779
 should

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.439
 decrease

00:31:49.439 --> 00:31:49.919
 so

00:31:49.919 --> 00:31:50.139
 my

00:31:50.139 --> 00:31:50.699
 husband

00:31:50.699 --> 00:31:50.960
 or

00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:51.619
 wife

00:31:51.619 --> 00:31:52.179
 can

00:31:52.179 --> 00:31:52.799
 increase

00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:53.299
 it's

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:53.500
 not

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.819
 saying

00:31:53.819 --> 00:31:54.019
 that

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:54.339
 I

00:31:54.339 --> 00:31:54.639
 should

00:31:54.639 --> 00:31:55.240
 decrease

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:55.740
 so

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.879
 some

00:31:56.879 --> 00:31:57.819
 ideology

00:31:57.819 --> 00:31:58.579
 can

00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:59.199
 increase

00:31:59.199 --> 00:31:59.679
 what

00:31:59.679 --> 00:31:59.899
 it's

00:31:59.899 --> 00:32:00.240
 inviting

00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:00.519
 us

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:00.899
 to

00:32:00.899 --> 00:32:01.460
 is

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:01.839
 begin

00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:02.099
 to

00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:02.839
 understand

00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:03.099
 that

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:03.259
 the

00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:03.679
 God

00:32:03.680 --> 00:32:07.740
 who does exist is a God who shapes the planets

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:11.740
 and holds them in his course. He is the God who claims

00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:15.779
 the entire earth is his. He is the God who changes

00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:19.820
 history. He is the God who is far bigger than we

00:32:19.820 --> 00:32:23.880
 can possibly imagine and everything else in light

00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:25.360
 of him is small.

00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:31.980
 It's an invitation for you and me

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:35.660
 to grow in the humble, thankful

00:32:35.660 --> 00:32:40.140
 knowledge that we have been saved

00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:44.259
 and redeemed to call the planet

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:47.620
 holding, planet creating, history

00:32:47.620 --> 00:32:52.480
 changing God as our good, wise,

00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:54.660
 loving father.

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:59.960
 And as our understanding of God

00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:02.200
 gets bigger, the state shrinks.

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:04.980
 Human power shrinks.

00:33:08.120 --> 00:33:10.559
 And we can see it in the life of John the Baptist.

00:33:12.120 --> 00:33:13.740
 As God gets bigger,

00:33:14.600 --> 00:33:15.640
 Herod gets smaller.

00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:19.519
 As God and his wisdom and his justice

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:22.980
 and his mercy and his kindness and his love

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:24.140
 grows bigger,

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:27.460
 the cruelty and the hatred

00:33:27.460 --> 00:33:30.620
 and the pretensions of the powerful

00:33:30.620 --> 00:33:32.080
 become smaller.

00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:33.899
 final piece of artwork.

00:33:46.639 --> 00:33:49.119
 You see, you can take the painting down.

00:33:49.199 --> 00:33:51.199
 I don't know what your stomach is for stuff like that.

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:52.919
 This is all actually old things.

00:33:53.819 --> 00:33:54.599
 Just as a side,

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:57.019
 my daughter is in fine arts

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:58.940
 and I discovered when I went looking

00:33:58.940 --> 00:34:02.319
 that the paintings about John the Baptist

00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:04.119
 being beheaded are actually,

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:05.720
 there's lots of them.

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.720
 They're very gruesome

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.839
 and some of them are actually

00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:09.000
 quite talked about a lot.

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:11.179
 There's one that I debated putting up

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:13.019
 which I've been told is talked about.

00:34:13.099 --> 00:34:14.699
 It's by a woman painter

00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:16.099
 from around the year 1600.

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:17.380
 I can't pronounce her name,

00:34:17.820 --> 00:34:20.320
 but it shows these two women

00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:23.559
 wrestling John the Baptist down to the ground

00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:25.019
 while one of them takes a knife

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:26.360
 and slices his neck.

00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:29.119
 And it's unbelievably graphic

00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:31.320
 and painted in the year 1600.

00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:33.900
 But I decided that would be a bit too graphic

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:35.559
 for us to show in church.

00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:37.360
 But you get the point.

00:34:38.199 --> 00:34:38.860
 Here's the thing.

00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:40.039
 If he must increase

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:41.219
 and I must decrease,

00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:43.860
 we can never make too much of Jesus.

00:34:45.259 --> 00:34:47.099
 John the Baptist now goes on

00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:48.960
 and we're just going to look at these things

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:50.360
 very, very briefly.

00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:52.259
 He goes on now.

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:53.679
 He's already said that Jesus

00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:55.859
 is the bridegroom.

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:57.699
 But now look at how he describes

00:34:57.699 --> 00:34:58.539
 who Jesus is,

00:34:58.599 --> 00:34:59.719
 beginning in verse 31.

00:35:00.179 --> 00:35:00.859
 Who is Jesus?

00:35:01.359 --> 00:35:03.839
 He is the one who comes from above

00:35:03.839 --> 00:35:05.399
 and is above all.

00:35:06.399 --> 00:35:07.159
 And then John says,

00:35:07.219 --> 00:35:07.379
 listen,

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:08.440
 he who is of the earth

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:09.339
 belongs to the earth

00:35:09.339 --> 00:35:10.799
 and speaks in an earthly way.

00:35:11.399 --> 00:35:12.219
 Who is Jesus?

00:35:12.739 --> 00:35:14.059
 He who comes from heaven.

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:16.359
 He is above all.

00:35:17.279 --> 00:35:18.139
 And who is Jesus?

00:35:18.739 --> 00:35:20.759
 He is the one who bears witness

00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:22.440
 to what he has seen and heard.

00:35:23.260 --> 00:35:24.140
 I am the one,

00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:25.600
 when I talk to you about God,

00:35:25.680 --> 00:35:27.040
 how do I talk to you about God?

00:35:27.100 --> 00:35:28.780
 Because I listen to the word.

00:35:29.240 --> 00:35:31.060
 How does Jesus talk about God?

00:35:31.120 --> 00:35:32.140
 Because he is God.

00:35:32.220 --> 00:35:33.360
 He just bears witness

00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:35.700
 to what he has seen and heard.

00:35:36.240 --> 00:35:38.260
 And whoever receives his testimony,

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:39.220
 verse 33,

00:35:39.700 --> 00:35:41.340
 sets his seal to this,

00:35:41.720 --> 00:35:43.900
 that God is true.

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:47.920
 For he whom God has sent,

00:35:48.260 --> 00:35:49.680
 that's who Jesus is.

00:35:49.820 --> 00:35:53.200
 Jesus is he whom God has sent,

00:35:54.260 --> 00:35:56.599
 utters the words of God.

00:35:57.119 --> 00:36:01.000
 Only God can utter the words of God

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:02.260
 in this sense.

00:36:02.680 --> 00:36:03.579
 And who is Jesus?

00:36:04.300 --> 00:36:06.599
 He whom God has sent,

00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:10.079
 who utters the words of God.

00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:11.460
 And who is Jesus?

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:14.019
 He is the one who gives

00:36:14.019 --> 00:36:16.900
 the Holy Spirit without measure.

00:36:17.659 --> 00:36:19.860
 We can never make too much of Jesus.

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:22.240
 Just very briefly,

00:36:22.340 --> 00:36:23.519
 if you could put up the next point.

00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:27.440
 One problem that a Christian will never have

00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:31.420
 is God not giving enough of the Holy Spirit.

00:36:34.159 --> 00:36:36.099
 I can quench the Holy Spirit.

00:36:36.300 --> 00:36:37.800
 I can ignore the Holy Spirit.

00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:39.619
 I can resist the Holy Spirit.

00:36:39.619 --> 00:36:42.039
 I can do all of those things.

00:36:42.679 --> 00:36:43.799
 But when I get to heaven,

00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:45.619
 I will never be able to say to God,

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:47.819
 God, you did not bestow upon me

00:36:47.819 --> 00:36:49.019
 enough of the Holy Spirit.

00:36:49.139 --> 00:36:49.380
 Why?

00:36:50.239 --> 00:36:52.059
 Because Jesus is the one

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:54.079
 who gives the Holy Spirit without measure.

00:36:54.199 --> 00:36:55.059
 It can't be measured.

00:36:55.259 --> 00:36:56.139
 It's too much.

00:36:57.279 --> 00:36:58.319
 It's too much.

00:36:59.299 --> 00:37:00.420
 He must increase,

00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:02.019
 but I must decrease.

00:37:02.799 --> 00:37:03.980
 He is above all.

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:05.739
 He is sent from God.

00:37:06.420 --> 00:37:07.619
 He must increase.

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:09.019
 I must decrease.

00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:11.880
 And one of the problems

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:13.440
 that many of us have in our lives

00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:15.820
 is that we have periods

00:37:15.820 --> 00:37:17.599
 where God seems very far away.

00:37:18.420 --> 00:37:21.239
 Maybe we've been caught up in sin

00:37:21.239 --> 00:37:23.019
 that makes us very, very ashamed.

00:37:23.579 --> 00:37:25.880
 Maybe we're struggling with illness

00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:28.980
 that makes us feel very, very weak.

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:31.199
 Maybe we're struggling with feeling

00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:32.840
 completely and utterly forgotten.

00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:35.559
 Maybe we're struggling with the problems

00:37:35.559 --> 00:37:36.920
 of just getting old,

00:37:36.980 --> 00:37:39.420
 and we see people who are younger than us

00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:40.099
 moving on,

00:37:40.139 --> 00:37:41.099
 and the world moving on

00:37:41.099 --> 00:37:42.420
 in ways that we don't understand,

00:37:42.679 --> 00:37:43.759
 and we can't appreciate,

00:37:44.219 --> 00:37:45.519
 and we don't feel valued.

00:37:45.699 --> 00:37:47.579
 Maybe we've just lost our job,

00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:50.539
 and we're struggling with a sense of shame,

00:37:50.539 --> 00:37:53.480
 and lack of power over unemployment.

00:37:54.199 --> 00:37:55.539
 Maybe we're underemployed,

00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:59.519
 and we feel just profoundly underappreciated.

00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:02.219
 And when we go through times like this

00:38:02.219 --> 00:38:03.960
 and seasons like this in our lives,

00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:06.579
 and it's a common, common, common problem.

00:38:06.699 --> 00:38:08.179
 If we were honest with each other,

00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:10.059
 every single one of us here

00:38:10.059 --> 00:38:13.079
 could share of times for different reasons

00:38:13.079 --> 00:38:15.519
 where we would feel like this.

00:38:15.579 --> 00:38:17.800
 And it can feel as if we're not Christians at all.

00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:19.039
 But the very next thing

00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:20.480
 that John the Baptist says

00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:22.219
 should give every single one of us

00:38:22.219 --> 00:38:23.419
 as Christians great hope.

00:38:24.439 --> 00:38:25.259
 Verse 35.

00:38:26.480 --> 00:38:28.759
 The Father loves the Son

00:38:28.759 --> 00:38:33.659
 and has given all things into his hand.

00:38:34.139 --> 00:38:36.439
 The Father loves the Son

00:38:36.439 --> 00:38:39.000
 and has given all things into his hand.

00:38:39.459 --> 00:38:40.539
 Next point, Andrew.

00:38:41.219 --> 00:38:44.419
 If my salvation is in my hands,

00:38:44.919 --> 00:38:45.919
 I am doomed.

00:38:47.379 --> 00:38:48.039
 Why?

00:38:48.539 --> 00:38:49.579
 I'm weak.

00:38:50.339 --> 00:38:51.480
 I'm frail.

00:38:52.219 --> 00:38:54.399
 I get tired.

00:38:55.019 --> 00:38:56.519
 I get discouraged.

00:38:57.359 --> 00:38:59.359
 I do terrible things.

00:39:02.299 --> 00:39:06.879
 However, since my salvation is in his hands,

00:39:07.539 --> 00:39:09.299
 I can have humble confidence.

00:39:09.719 --> 00:39:12.559
 Some of you, I've used this analogy many, many times.

00:39:12.699 --> 00:39:14.019
 It comes from this text.

00:39:14.599 --> 00:39:16.919
 When we put our hands out to Jesus

00:39:16.919 --> 00:39:19.159
 and say, Jesus be my Savior and Lord,

00:39:19.159 --> 00:39:21.420
 none of us should ever imagine

00:39:21.420 --> 00:39:22.779
 that our hand,

00:39:22.920 --> 00:39:23.519
 our arm,

00:39:23.659 --> 00:39:25.119
 is long enough to reach to heaven.

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:30.119
 I lift my little puny arm to heaven.

00:39:31.079 --> 00:39:32.159
 And what am I trusting?

00:39:32.899 --> 00:39:35.559
 That the strong hand of Jesus,

00:39:35.759 --> 00:39:37.899
 the strong arm of Jesus,

00:39:37.899 --> 00:39:41.679
 can reach from the infinite distance of heaven

00:39:41.679 --> 00:39:44.579
 down to my weak, puny hand.

00:39:44.579 --> 00:39:47.119
 And any who calls out to Jesus

00:39:47.119 --> 00:39:49.920
 and lifts their puny little arm,

00:39:51.279 --> 00:39:54.059
 Jesus reaches down and grabs my hand.

00:39:54.119 --> 00:39:55.920
 And my hand is weak.

00:39:57.019 --> 00:39:58.559
 I struggle with sickness.

00:39:58.759 --> 00:40:00.980
 I struggle with feeling underappreciated.

00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:02.599
 I struggle with all these things.

00:40:03.019 --> 00:40:05.639
 But my salvation is not dependent upon

00:40:05.639 --> 00:40:08.019
 how hard I grip onto Jesus'

00:40:08.440 --> 00:40:11.480
 but how his hand grips mine.

00:40:13.300 --> 00:40:15.719
 And his hand will never let me go.

00:40:16.119 --> 00:40:16.679
 And friend,

00:40:17.059 --> 00:40:18.760
 his hand will never let you go

00:40:18.760 --> 00:40:20.119
 when you put your hand in his.

00:40:23.219 --> 00:40:24.699
 Verse 35 again,

00:40:24.820 --> 00:40:26.219
 the Father loves the Son

00:40:26.219 --> 00:40:28.599
 and has given all things into his hand.

00:40:28.599 --> 00:40:30.960
 And then this scary text,

00:40:31.619 --> 00:40:33.059
 whoever believes in the Son

00:40:33.059 --> 00:40:34.779
 has eternal life.

00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:35.799
 Verse 36,

00:40:35.900 --> 00:40:37.079
 whoever believes in the Son

00:40:37.079 --> 00:40:38.139
 has eternal life.

00:40:38.960 --> 00:40:40.719
 Whoever does not obey the Son

00:40:40.719 --> 00:40:42.079
 shall not see life.

00:40:42.880 --> 00:40:45.259
 But the wrath of God remains on him.

00:40:46.940 --> 00:40:48.199
 You know, in Canada,

00:40:49.679 --> 00:40:50.519
 our wrath,

00:40:51.199 --> 00:40:52.960
 most Canadians are angry

00:40:52.960 --> 00:40:54.440
 at the Christian God.

00:40:55.159 --> 00:40:56.579
 Are angry at the God

00:40:56.579 --> 00:40:57.819
 who's introduced by Jesus.

00:40:58.599 --> 00:41:01.219
 How can you let all these things happen?

00:41:01.759 --> 00:41:03.599
 How can these things be happening to me?

00:41:04.219 --> 00:41:05.539
 And it's really, really funny.

00:41:06.119 --> 00:41:06.819
 In Canada,

00:41:07.159 --> 00:41:09.159
 this idea that every human being

00:41:09.159 --> 00:41:11.119
 has the wrath of God on him

00:41:11.119 --> 00:41:13.739
 is deeply offensive.

00:41:15.539 --> 00:41:17.659
 Yet every single Canadian

00:41:17.659 --> 00:41:19.599
 or most Canadians

00:41:19.599 --> 00:41:21.259
 can think that our wrath

00:41:21.259 --> 00:41:22.819
 at God

00:41:22.819 --> 00:41:24.539
 can remain on him.

00:41:25.380 --> 00:41:26.339
 And that's fine.

00:41:26.340 --> 00:41:30.019
 we have a very, very hard time

00:41:30.019 --> 00:41:31.019
 even thinking that God

00:41:31.019 --> 00:41:32.620
 could be indifferent about us.

00:41:33.120 --> 00:41:34.660
 But we have no problem at all

00:41:34.660 --> 00:41:35.680
 thinking that we can be

00:41:35.680 --> 00:41:37.820
 perpetually indifferent about God.

00:41:43.820 --> 00:41:45.720
 And we live in a world,

00:41:45.719 --> 00:41:49.399
 we live in a world

00:41:49.399 --> 00:41:56.859
 where we die,

00:41:57.859 --> 00:42:02.459
 where no utopia ever works,

00:42:02.459 --> 00:42:04.000
 where we do wrong.

00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:07.960
 And in some simple way,

00:42:08.679 --> 00:42:10.239
 surely we can understand

00:42:10.239 --> 00:42:16.159
 that we are separated from God

00:42:16.159 --> 00:42:17.960
 in a way which is problematic.

00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:21.239
 And God's anger

00:42:21.239 --> 00:42:23.300
 at our evil

00:42:23.300 --> 00:42:26.880
 and our indifference

00:42:26.880 --> 00:42:28.000
 and our callousness

00:42:28.000 --> 00:42:29.539
 and our pride

00:42:29.539 --> 00:42:30.420
 and our vanity

00:42:30.420 --> 00:42:32.440
 and our envy

00:42:32.440 --> 00:42:33.420
 and our lusts

00:42:34.680 --> 00:42:35.420
 and our gluttony.

00:42:38.960 --> 00:42:41.000
 Why is it that we would want God

00:42:41.000 --> 00:42:42.740
 to start to think

00:42:42.740 --> 00:42:44.220
 that any type of evil

00:42:44.220 --> 00:42:45.480
 is fine?

00:42:49.099 --> 00:42:50.820
 See, here's what this text

00:42:50.820 --> 00:42:51.740
 tells us about God.

00:42:51.900 --> 00:42:52.800
 The next point, Andrew.

00:42:52.800 --> 00:42:56.780
 You and I can be anger-driven

00:42:56.780 --> 00:42:59.280
 without a trace of love.

00:43:00.060 --> 00:43:01.320
 But in this world,

00:43:02.019 --> 00:43:04.100
 you cannot be love-driven

00:43:04.100 --> 00:43:07.340
 without ever being angry.

00:43:08.840 --> 00:43:10.080
 In this text,

00:43:10.260 --> 00:43:11.539
 whoever believes in the Son

00:43:11.539 --> 00:43:12.480
 has eternal life.

00:43:12.560 --> 00:43:13.800
 Whoever does not obey the Son

00:43:13.800 --> 00:43:14.840
 shall not see life,

00:43:14.940 --> 00:43:15.880
 but the wrath of God

00:43:15.880 --> 00:43:17.000
 remains on him.

00:43:18.320 --> 00:43:20.160
 It's talking not about a God

00:43:20.160 --> 00:43:21.260
 who's anger-driven,

00:43:21.260 --> 00:43:23.520
 but is love-driven.

00:43:24.620 --> 00:43:26.300
 And because God is love-driven,

00:43:27.100 --> 00:43:29.380
 he will always hate

00:43:29.380 --> 00:43:31.120
 those things in us

00:43:31.120 --> 00:43:34.320
 which are hatred

00:43:34.320 --> 00:43:36.400
 and sin

00:43:36.400 --> 00:43:38.900
 and abuse of power

00:43:38.900 --> 00:43:41.400
 and self-righteousness.

00:43:41.880 --> 00:43:44.580
 And he will never stop

00:43:44.580 --> 00:43:45.480
 being loving.

00:43:46.940 --> 00:43:48.420
 And so his anger,

00:43:48.940 --> 00:43:50.280
 because of his love,

00:43:50.280 --> 00:43:53.900
 will continue to exist.

00:43:55.180 --> 00:43:57.040
 Whoever believes in the Son

00:43:57.040 --> 00:43:57.860
 has eternal life.

00:43:57.940 --> 00:43:59.240
 Whoever does not obey the Son

00:43:59.240 --> 00:44:00.240
 shall not see life,

00:44:00.320 --> 00:44:01.240
 but the wrath of God

00:44:01.240 --> 00:44:01.980
 remains him.

00:44:02.340 --> 00:44:03.420
 The next point, Andrew.

00:44:04.080 --> 00:44:05.320
 I can obey God

00:44:05.320 --> 00:44:06.900
 without any faith in him,

00:44:07.560 --> 00:44:10.900
 but I cannot have faith in Jesus

00:44:10.900 --> 00:44:13.519
 without wanting to obey him.

00:44:13.519 --> 00:44:16.659
 We can obey God

00:44:16.659 --> 00:44:17.480
 purely and utterly

00:44:17.480 --> 00:44:18.280
 out of fear,

00:44:18.480 --> 00:44:19.759
 out of duty and obligation.

00:44:20.880 --> 00:44:23.360
 But if you trust God,

00:44:23.860 --> 00:44:25.360
 you'll want to obey him.

00:44:26.820 --> 00:44:29.139
 If I never trust my wife,

00:44:31.679 --> 00:44:32.599
 if I, sorry,

00:44:33.280 --> 00:44:36.659
 if I always want to not,

00:44:36.800 --> 00:44:37.860
 if I never want to do

00:44:37.860 --> 00:44:39.699
 what my wife asks me to do,

00:44:39.699 --> 00:44:43.239
 she will come to the proper conclusion

00:44:43.239 --> 00:44:44.379
 that I don't love her

00:44:44.379 --> 00:44:46.399
 and I don't trust her.

00:44:48.960 --> 00:44:50.099
 But if I love her

00:44:50.099 --> 00:44:51.039
 and trust her,

00:44:52.339 --> 00:44:55.139
 the more I love her

00:44:55.139 --> 00:44:56.339
 and the more I trust her,

00:44:57.099 --> 00:44:59.359
 the more I will want

00:44:59.359 --> 00:45:01.039
 to do what she asks.

00:45:01.039 --> 00:45:03.820
 And so it is with God.

00:45:04.960 --> 00:45:05.779
 If you could put up

00:45:05.779 --> 00:45:06.559
 the next point.

00:45:08.119 --> 00:45:10.880
 Death, sin, shame,

00:45:11.519 --> 00:45:13.719
 disease, alienation.

00:45:14.480 --> 00:45:15.779
 If we're honest,

00:45:15.840 --> 00:45:17.199
 it's easy to imagine

00:45:17.199 --> 00:45:20.639
 that God's wrath remains on us.

00:45:21.199 --> 00:45:22.739
 But the gospel is,

00:45:23.159 --> 00:45:24.059
 in this text,

00:45:24.719 --> 00:45:25.119
 whoever,

00:45:26.259 --> 00:45:27.880
 you have gender dysphoria,

00:45:28.579 --> 00:45:30.139
 are you same-sex attracted?

00:45:30.139 --> 00:45:32.599
 Are you black or white?

00:45:33.159 --> 00:45:34.339
 Are you rich?

00:45:34.579 --> 00:45:35.319
 Are you poor?

00:45:35.839 --> 00:45:37.420
 Are you well-educated

00:45:37.420 --> 00:45:39.639
 or are you not very well-educated?

00:45:40.299 --> 00:45:41.639
 Are you good-looking

00:45:41.639 --> 00:45:43.279
 or are you very plain?

00:45:43.839 --> 00:45:44.259
 Whoever,

00:45:44.920 --> 00:45:45.920
 it doesn't matter,

00:45:46.699 --> 00:45:48.279
 whoever believes in the Son

00:45:48.279 --> 00:45:49.980
 has eternal life.

00:45:51.039 --> 00:45:52.579
 Whoever does not obey the Son

00:45:52.579 --> 00:45:54.460
 or reject the Son

00:45:54.460 --> 00:45:55.420
 shall not see life,

00:45:55.500 --> 00:45:56.500
 but the wrath of God

00:45:56.500 --> 00:45:57.400
 remains on him.

00:45:57.779 --> 00:45:59.099
 When I believe in Jesus,

00:45:59.099 --> 00:46:02.860
 the just wrath of God on me

00:46:02.860 --> 00:46:05.139
 is laid on him

00:46:05.139 --> 00:46:07.639
 and he gives me

00:46:07.639 --> 00:46:09.299
 eternal life.

00:46:09.539 --> 00:46:11.039
 That's what the gospel is.

00:46:12.619 --> 00:46:16.179
 The just wrath of God on me

00:46:16.179 --> 00:46:17.920
 is laid on him

00:46:17.920 --> 00:46:21.119
 and he gives me

00:46:21.119 --> 00:46:22.539
 eternal life.

00:46:22.539 --> 00:46:24.019
 What is it saying?

00:46:24.659 --> 00:46:25.360
 It is saying,

00:46:25.559 --> 00:46:26.719
 I have peace with God.

00:46:27.460 --> 00:46:28.159
 It is saying,

00:46:28.699 --> 00:46:30.960
 I have all that is wrong

00:46:30.960 --> 00:46:31.820
 in my life

00:46:31.820 --> 00:46:32.940
 has been pardoned.

00:46:33.460 --> 00:46:34.360
 What is it saying?

00:46:34.679 --> 00:46:35.920
 It says that I begin

00:46:35.920 --> 00:46:36.559
 to know

00:46:36.559 --> 00:46:38.119
 the eternal life of God

00:46:38.119 --> 00:46:39.159
 on this side

00:46:39.159 --> 00:46:39.860
 of the grave.

00:46:40.320 --> 00:46:41.199
 What is it saying?

00:46:41.599 --> 00:46:43.059
 That God has given me

00:46:43.059 --> 00:46:43.840
 a claim

00:46:43.840 --> 00:46:44.719
 to heaven

00:46:44.719 --> 00:46:45.820
 that comes

00:46:45.820 --> 00:46:46.960
 not because of my

00:46:46.960 --> 00:46:47.639
 deservings,

00:46:47.639 --> 00:46:48.960
 but because of his

00:46:48.960 --> 00:46:51.619
 unfailing,

00:46:51.980 --> 00:46:54.500
 unstoppable love.

00:46:55.500 --> 00:46:57.539
 The same love

00:46:57.539 --> 00:46:59.359
 which will never surrender

00:46:59.359 --> 00:47:00.539
 or make peace

00:47:00.539 --> 00:47:01.440
 with evil

00:47:01.440 --> 00:47:03.759
 is the same love

00:47:03.759 --> 00:47:04.940
 that led Jesus

00:47:04.940 --> 00:47:05.859
 to the cross

00:47:05.859 --> 00:47:06.839
 to die

00:47:06.839 --> 00:47:07.859
 for you and me.

00:47:08.400 --> 00:47:09.339
 Please stand.

00:47:09.340 --> 00:47:14.820
 Let's bow our heads

00:47:14.820 --> 00:47:15.300
 in prayer.

00:47:19.160 --> 00:47:19.720
 Father,

00:47:19.900 --> 00:47:20.880
 if this was just

00:47:20.880 --> 00:47:22.620
 sort of therapeutic advice,

00:47:22.940 --> 00:47:24.100
 it still would sound

00:47:24.100 --> 00:47:24.840
 really weird.

00:47:24.960 --> 00:47:25.340
 It would sound

00:47:25.340 --> 00:47:26.340
 very odd.

00:47:27.700 --> 00:47:28.600
 But Father,

00:47:29.120 --> 00:47:30.420
 we give you

00:47:30.420 --> 00:47:31.360
 thanks and praise

00:47:31.360 --> 00:47:32.300
 that you

00:47:32.300 --> 00:47:33.260
 never

00:47:33.260 --> 00:47:34.579
 make peace

00:47:34.579 --> 00:47:35.260
 with evil.

00:47:36.079 --> 00:47:37.079
 You never

00:47:37.079 --> 00:47:38.200
 make peace

00:47:38.200 --> 00:47:38.940
 with abuse.

00:47:39.340 --> 00:47:40.620
 You never

00:47:40.620 --> 00:47:42.300
 make peace

00:47:42.300 --> 00:47:43.620
 with hatred.

00:47:44.480 --> 00:47:45.100
 You never

00:47:45.100 --> 00:47:46.500
 make peace

00:47:46.500 --> 00:47:47.700
 with injustice.

00:47:48.860 --> 00:47:49.900
 You never

00:47:49.900 --> 00:47:51.380
 make peace

00:47:51.380 --> 00:47:55.240
 with violence.

00:47:58.180 --> 00:47:59.320
 We thank you,

00:47:59.579 --> 00:47:59.660
 Father,

00:47:59.800 --> 00:48:00.680
 that you are love

00:48:00.680 --> 00:48:01.300
 and you never

00:48:01.300 --> 00:48:02.160
 make peace

00:48:02.160 --> 00:48:03.340
 with evil.

00:48:03.940 --> 00:48:05.200
 But we thank you,

00:48:06.220 --> 00:48:06.440
 Father,

00:48:06.579 --> 00:48:07.079
 as well

00:48:07.079 --> 00:48:08.180
 that because

00:48:08.180 --> 00:48:09.100
 you are love

00:48:09.099 --> 00:48:09.920
 that your son

00:48:09.920 --> 00:48:10.440
 came

00:48:10.440 --> 00:48:11.460
 and died

00:48:11.460 --> 00:48:12.159
 on the cross

00:48:12.159 --> 00:48:13.799
 to make us

00:48:13.799 --> 00:48:14.420
 right with you.

00:48:14.480 --> 00:48:15.099
 That he

00:48:15.099 --> 00:48:15.920
 was willing

00:48:15.920 --> 00:48:16.519
 to come

00:48:16.519 --> 00:48:17.000
 and take

00:48:17.000 --> 00:48:17.860
 my place

00:48:17.860 --> 00:48:19.480
 and take

00:48:19.480 --> 00:48:19.900
 that

00:48:19.900 --> 00:48:21.539
 penalty

00:48:21.539 --> 00:48:22.099
 which I

00:48:22.099 --> 00:48:22.519
 deserved

00:48:22.519 --> 00:48:23.380
 upon himself.

00:48:23.380 --> 00:48:23.920
 To take

00:48:23.920 --> 00:48:24.380
 the death

00:48:24.380 --> 00:48:24.739
 that I

00:48:24.739 --> 00:48:25.179
 deserved

00:48:25.179 --> 00:48:25.980
 upon himself.

00:48:26.239 --> 00:48:26.579
 To take

00:48:26.579 --> 00:48:27.139
 the shame

00:48:27.139 --> 00:48:27.559
 that I

00:48:27.559 --> 00:48:27.960
 deserve

00:48:27.960 --> 00:48:28.900
 upon himself.

00:48:29.299 --> 00:48:29.799
 To take

00:48:29.799 --> 00:48:30.400
 the sin

00:48:30.400 --> 00:48:31.420
 that is mine

00:48:31.420 --> 00:48:32.480
 upon himself.

00:48:32.619 --> 00:48:32.839
 Father,

00:48:32.980 --> 00:48:33.420
 thank you

00:48:33.420 --> 00:48:34.159
 that your son

00:48:34.159 --> 00:48:34.719
 in love

00:48:34.719 --> 00:48:35.179
 for us,

00:48:35.239 --> 00:48:35.799
 seeing our

00:48:35.799 --> 00:48:36.239
 weakness

00:48:36.239 --> 00:48:36.879
 but still

00:48:36.879 --> 00:48:37.859
 loving us

00:48:37.859 --> 00:48:39.219
 was willing

00:48:39.219 --> 00:48:39.779
 to come

00:48:39.779 --> 00:48:40.579
 and do that.

00:48:40.779 --> 00:48:41.219
 And Father,

00:48:41.420 --> 00:48:42.699
 thank you so

00:48:42.699 --> 00:48:44.059
 much that

00:48:44.059 --> 00:48:44.559
 when I put

00:48:44.559 --> 00:48:45.179
 my hand

00:48:45.179 --> 00:48:45.719
 in the hand

00:48:45.719 --> 00:48:46.259
 of Jesus,

00:48:47.159 --> 00:48:48.139
 he will

00:48:48.139 --> 00:48:48.779
 never let

00:48:48.779 --> 00:48:49.259
 me go.

00:48:50.659 --> 00:48:51.460
 That he

00:48:51.460 --> 00:48:52.399
 will take

00:48:52.399 --> 00:48:53.119
 my hand

00:48:53.119 --> 00:48:54.059
 every day

00:48:54.059 --> 00:48:55.539
 until I die

00:48:55.539 --> 00:48:56.719
 and take

00:48:56.719 --> 00:48:57.399
 my hand

00:48:57.399 --> 00:48:57.980
 through my

00:48:57.980 --> 00:48:58.379
 death

00:48:58.379 --> 00:48:59.839
 into the new

00:48:59.839 --> 00:49:00.440
 heaven and the

00:49:00.440 --> 00:49:00.940
 new earth.

00:49:00.940 --> 00:49:03.280
 that his

00:49:03.280 --> 00:49:03.980
 hand is

00:49:03.980 --> 00:49:04.500
 strong,

00:49:04.619 --> 00:49:05.099
 his love

00:49:05.099 --> 00:49:05.820
 is strong

00:49:05.820 --> 00:49:06.599
 and it

00:49:06.599 --> 00:49:07.400
 is unstoppable.

00:49:09.039 --> 00:49:09.360
 And so

00:49:09.360 --> 00:49:09.780
 Father,

00:49:09.920 --> 00:49:10.340
 as we are

00:49:10.340 --> 00:49:10.880
 gripped by

00:49:10.880 --> 00:49:11.360
 the strong

00:49:11.360 --> 00:49:11.880
 hand of

00:49:11.880 --> 00:49:12.360
 love of

00:49:12.360 --> 00:49:12.740
 Jesus,

00:49:13.900 --> 00:49:15.500
 we ask

00:49:15.500 --> 00:49:16.380
 Father that

00:49:16.380 --> 00:49:16.940
 you might

00:49:16.940 --> 00:49:17.440
 work a

00:49:17.440 --> 00:49:17.880
 work of

00:49:17.880 --> 00:49:18.480
 healing in

00:49:18.480 --> 00:49:19.039
 our minds

00:49:19.039 --> 00:49:19.340
 and in

00:49:19.340 --> 00:49:20.000
 our hearts.

00:49:20.760 --> 00:49:21.220
 That

00:49:21.220 --> 00:49:21.800
 increasingly

00:49:21.800 --> 00:49:22.420
 the cry

00:49:22.420 --> 00:49:22.780
 of our

00:49:22.780 --> 00:49:23.119
 heart

00:49:23.119 --> 00:49:23.559
 will be

00:49:23.559 --> 00:49:24.539
 that you

00:49:24.539 --> 00:49:24.900
 must

00:49:24.900 --> 00:49:25.619
 increase

00:49:25.619 --> 00:49:26.700
 and I

00:49:26.700 --> 00:49:26.960
 must

00:49:26.960 --> 00:49:27.559
 decrease.

00:49:29.679 --> 00:49:30.280
 Father,

00:49:30.940 --> 00:49:31.659
 all these

00:49:31.659 --> 00:49:32.059
 things we

00:49:32.059 --> 00:49:32.440
 ask in

00:49:32.440 --> 00:49:32.720
 the name

00:49:32.720 --> 00:49:33.220
 of Jesus,

00:49:33.539 --> 00:49:34.039
 your Son

00:49:34.039 --> 00:49:34.420
 and our

00:49:34.420 --> 00:49:34.740
 Savior.

00:49:35.340 --> 00:49:35.659
 Amen.