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What is The Book Of Life? · Gil I Am

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  Speaker 1: All through the Bible, there are verses that reference something
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  Speaker 1: called the Book of Life. Now we know that this
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  Speaker 1: book is incredibly important because Revelation twenty and twenty one
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  Speaker 1: tells us that at the end of time, those whose
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  Speaker 1: names are written in this book will spend eternity with God,
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  Speaker 1: but those whose names are not written there will spend
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  Speaker 1: eternity in the Lake of fire. But there's a lot
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  Speaker 1: of confusion over just how a name gets written in
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  Speaker 1: this book and whether or not a name can actually
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  Speaker 1: be erased. So, since the people whose names are written
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  Speaker 1: in the Book of Life end up with God for eternity,
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  Speaker 1: and those who are not end up in hell, it
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  Speaker 1: seems like the writing of these names is tied to
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  Speaker 1: one's faith in Jesus Christ is their savior. Right, Romans
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  Speaker 1: tells us that though we are sinners and deserve eternal
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  Speaker 1: hell for our sin, Christ died in our place and
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  Speaker 1: we can be saved from that destiny by faith in
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  Speaker 1: the Lord Jesus. So the obvious assumption to make is
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  Speaker 1: that no one's name is written in the Book of
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  Speaker 1: Life until they believe and accept the atoning work of
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ for their sin. At the moment they place
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  Speaker 1: their faith in Christ, they are saved from eternal damnation
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  Speaker 1: and their name would be written in the Book of Life. Right.
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  Speaker 1: But here's the problem. The Bible teaches very clearly that
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  Speaker 1: once someone has placed their faith in the death and
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  Speaker 1: resurrection of Christ for their eternal salvation, they cannot ever
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  Speaker 1: lose that salvation. The Bible calls this the everlasting covenant,
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  Speaker 1: a covenant said to be between God the Father and
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  Speaker 1: God the Son. The Bible tells us that the Father
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  Speaker 1: has guaranteed the Son that all who come to him
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  Speaker 1: by faith will be saved. So salvation clearly isn't something
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  Speaker 1: that I can lose if I sin badly, because it's
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  Speaker 1: not based on my actions. It's not a covenant between
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  Speaker 1: God and me. It's a covenant between God and God himself,
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  Speaker 1: and it can never be broken. It's an everlasting covenant.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus said that those who are saved are in His
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  Speaker 1: hand and in the Father's hand, and they cannot be
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  Speaker 1: taken out. So if you've placed your faith in the
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  Speaker 1: person of Jesus Christ for your salvation, you cannot ever
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  Speaker 1: lose that salvation and end up in hell. You are
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  Speaker 1: guaranteed a home in heaven. But If this is the case,
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  Speaker 1: why does the Bible speak so often about a name
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  Speaker 1: being blotted out of the book of Life. In Psalm
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  Speaker 1: sixty nine, a psalm which prophesies the prayer of Christ
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  Speaker 1: from the Cross, the Bible speaks of those who crucified Christ, saying,
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  Speaker 1: let them be blotted out of the Book of the
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  Speaker 1: Living and not be written with the righteous. In Exodus
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  Speaker 1: thirty two, when Moses speaks to God to beg him
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  Speaker 1: to spare the Israelites after they've turned from him and
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  Speaker 1: made a golden calf to worship. Instead of worshiping as
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  Speaker 1: God instructed, Moses prays asking God to blot his own
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  Speaker 1: name out of God's book if God will not forgive
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  Speaker 1: the sins of the nation. Of course, God refuses this
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  Speaker 1: request because that is not how names are written or
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  Speaker 1: blotted out of the Book of Life. But he does
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  Speaker 1: respond by saying, whosoever hath sinned against me him, will
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  Speaker 1: I blot out of my book? So how can names
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  Speaker 1: be written in the Book of Life and then blotted
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  Speaker 1: out if those who are saved cannot lose their salvation. Well,
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  Speaker 1: we can't be sure how it all works. We just
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  Speaker 1: trust that somehow it does work. Because God said so.
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  Speaker 1: But I'd like to offer a theory as one possible
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  Speaker 1: ex explanation for how names are written in and blotted
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  Speaker 1: out of the Book of Life. What if the Book
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  Speaker 1: of Life is the book of names of those who
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  Speaker 1: are allies? I mean, what if as soon as anyone
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  Speaker 1: comes into existence in their mother's womb, their name is
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  Speaker 1: immediately written in the Book of Life. Several weeks ago,
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  Speaker 1: I did a video on do Babies Go to Heaven?
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  Speaker 1: And I explained how those without a conscience or an
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  Speaker 1: ability to understand the concept of a creator God can
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  Speaker 1: go to heaven even though they've never accepted Christ by faith.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not going to take the time to explain it
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  Speaker 1: all again in this video, but you can check out
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  Speaker 1: that video if you're curious as to the scripture that
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  Speaker 1: supports this perspective, I'll link to it in the description. Anyway,
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  Speaker 1: this theory works well with that because it would mean
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  Speaker 1: that those who die before they can comprehend God and
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  Speaker 1: their sin against Him would still be written in the
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  Speaker 1: Book of Life and would go to heaven. But according
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  Speaker 1: to this theory, when would someone's name be blotted out
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  Speaker 1: of the book. Well, God told Moses that anyone who
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  Speaker 1: sinned would have their names blotted out. So I would
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  Speaker 1: theorize that everyone's name is written in the Book of
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  Speaker 1: Life from the moment of their conception and coming into existence,
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  Speaker 1: but then their names are blotted out of the book
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  Speaker 1: when they sin because they are no longer alive Spiritually.
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  Speaker 1: The Bible says that those who are headed to Hell
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  Speaker 1: may have living bodies, but spiritually they are dead in
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  Speaker 1: their trespasses and sins and headed to eternal death in Hell. Then,
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  Speaker 1: when a spiritually dead sinner whose name has been blotted
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  Speaker 1: out of the Book of Life finds new life in Christ,
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  Speaker 1: the Bible says that he is born again. My theory
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  Speaker 1: is that with this new birth in Christ, he also
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  Speaker 1: receives his name written once again in the Book of Life,
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  Speaker 1: this time never to be blotted out. So, for example,
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  Speaker 1: I would say that at the beginning of my life,
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  Speaker 1: my name was written in the Book of Life. When
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  Speaker 1: I committed my first sin against God, my name was
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  Speaker 1: blotted out. But when I placed my faith in Christ,
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  Speaker 1: my name was written there again, this time never to
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  Speaker 1: be raised ever again. But there is one puzzling verse
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  Speaker 1: that I'll admit seems to contradict my theory. Revelation seventeen
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  Speaker 1: eight speaks of the unbelievers that are on the earth
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  Speaker 1: during the tribulation period, saying that their names were not
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  Speaker 1: written in the Book of Life from the foundation of
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  Speaker 1: the world. How can it be that unbelievers names are
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  Speaker 1: not written from the beginning of time? But yet God
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  Speaker 1: tells us in Exodus thirty two and again in Revelation
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  Speaker 1: twenty two that sinner's names are blotted out. Well, I
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  Speaker 1: think the answer is pretty simple. When the Bible says
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  Speaker 1: that something happened from the foundation of the world, is
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  Speaker 1: not necessarily speaking about this from man's linear perspective. Remember
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  Speaker 1: that God exists outside of time. He is eternal. Revelation
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  Speaker 1: thirteen eight speaks about Jesus as pictured by a Lamb,
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  Speaker 1: slain from the foundation of the world. From our perspective,
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  Speaker 1: Jesus was killed around thirty three a D. Not at
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  Speaker 1: the foundation of the world, but from God's perspective outside
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  Speaker 1: of time, there is no difference between the beginning of
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  Speaker 1: time and thirty three a D. That's why Jesus said
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  Speaker 1: before Abraham was I currently am. He was saying that
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  Speaker 1: He exists in every moment of time at the same time,
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  Speaker 1: so from God's perspective, Jesus is the lamb slain from
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  Speaker 1: the foundation of the world, and those who go to
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  Speaker 1: Hell didn't have their names written in the world Book
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  Speaker 1: of Life from the foundation of the world. But from
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  Speaker 1: our perspective in time, Jesus died in the thirties AD,
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  Speaker 1: and unbelievers during the end times will have their names
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  Speaker 1: blotted out when they first sin against God. Now, some
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  Speaker 1: great Bible expositor suggests that God doesn't blot anyone out
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  Speaker 1: of the Book of Life, and all who will ever
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  Speaker 1: be saved, and only the saved are written there from
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  Speaker 1: the beginning of time, and that we've misunderstood some of
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  Speaker 1: the scripture that speaks of the blotting out. But I
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  Speaker 1: am absolutely sure of one thing that the Bible doesn't
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  Speaker 1: give us enough information on the Book of Life for
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  Speaker 1: us to be absolutely sure of any comprehensive theory about it.
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  Speaker 1: But I think that my theory is the best way
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  Speaker 1: to harmonize all of the verses on the subject in
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  Speaker 1: a way that fits and makes sense. What do you
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  Speaker 1: think could names really be written in the Book of
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  Speaker 1: Life at conception, blotted out upon our first sin, and
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  Speaker 1: then written once more when we are born again. I
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  Speaker 1: think so, but I want to hear from you. Tell
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  Speaker 1: me your theories on the Book of Life in the comments.
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  Speaker 1: Now before I go, I want to sincerely thank you
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  Speaker 1: for watching this video. If you like this content, don't
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  Speaker 1: see more content like this. I really appreciate it. Also,
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  Speaker 1: I want to remind you that the whole Bible is
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  Speaker 1: ultimately about one thing, the redemption of mankind by Jesus Christ.
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  Speaker 1: You see, the Bible teaches that all men are sinners,
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  Speaker 1: and that no sinner can have eternal life with God
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  Speaker 1: in heaven because we must pay for our sins for
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  Speaker 1: eternity in hell. That's the bad news. But the good
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  Speaker 1: news is that Jesus died to pay the penalty for
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  Speaker 1: our sins. Since our sin has been paid for by Christ,
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  Speaker 1: all that is left for you to do is to
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  Speaker 1: accept vgoris by thor if you've never accepted the gift
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  Speaker 1: of God by faith. Once you do that today, weave
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  Speaker 1: a comment or send me a message, and I'll be
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  Speaker 1: happy to talk to you more about having your sins
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  Speaker 1: forgiving by Jesus Christ.