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Speaker 1: What if everything you thought you knew about the New
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Speaker 1: Testament was just scattered pieces of a magnificent puzzle. For centuries,
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Speaker 1: we've read these ancient texts as separate stories, a miracle here,
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Speaker 1: a parable there, a letter tucked away in the back.
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Speaker 1: But when you arrange them in their true chronological order,
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Speaker 1: something extraordinary happens. The veil lifts. Suddenly you're not just
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Speaker 1: reading about events, You're walking through them. You feel the
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Speaker 1: tension building as Jesus approaches Jerusalem. You sense the confusion
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Speaker 1: of disciples who don't yet understand what's coming. You witness
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Speaker 1: the explosive birth of a movement that would transform human history.
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Speaker 1: This isn't your Sunday school lesson. This is the raw,
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Speaker 1: unfiltered narrative of how a carpenter from Nazareth sparked a
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Speaker 1: revolution that Roman emperors couldn't crush, philosophers couldn't explain, and
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Speaker 1: time couldn't erase. From angelic announcements in the dead of
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Speaker 1: night to apocalyptic visions on a lonely island, this is
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Speaker 1: one continuous story, and you've never seen it like this before.
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Speaker 1: Prepare to discover the New Testament as it was meant
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Speaker 1: to be experienced as a living, breathing epic that still
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Speaker 1: echoes through eternity. The Temple in Jerusalem stood quiet that day,
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Speaker 1: its stone walls holding centuries of prayers. Inside, an old
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Speaker 1: priest named Zacharias was burning incense, doing what priests had
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Speaker 1: done for generations. He had no idea his life was
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Speaker 1: about to change forever. As recorded in Luke one eleven thirteen,
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Speaker 1: an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on
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Speaker 1: the right side of the altar. Zacharias was terrified, but
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Speaker 1: the angel said to him, do not be afraid, Zacharias,
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Speaker 1: for your prayer is heard, and your wife Elizabeth, will
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Speaker 1: bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.
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Speaker 1: This wasn't just any birth announcement, The angel continued in
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Speaker 1: Luke one fifteen seventeen, explaining that this child would be
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Speaker 1: great in the sight of the Lord, never drink wine,
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Speaker 1: and be filled with the Holy spirit from his mother's womb.
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Speaker 1: He would turn many people back to God and make
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Speaker 1: ready a people prepared for the Lord. Zacharias, looking at
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Speaker 1: his own gray hair and his wife's age, asked how
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Speaker 1: this could be possible. The angel identified himself as Gabriel
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Speaker 1: and told Zacharias he would be unable to speak until
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Speaker 1: the day these things happened because he didn't believe the words.
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Speaker 1: Six months later, that same angel traveled north to a
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Speaker 1: small town called Nazareth. A young virgin named Mary, engaged
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Speaker 1: to a carpenter named Joseph, was about to receive visitors too.
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Speaker 1: Gabriel appeared to her, as Luke one twenty eight thirty
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Speaker 1: three records, saying, Rejoice, highly favored one, The Lord is
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Speaker 1: with you. Blessed are you among women. Mary was troubled
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Speaker 1: by these words, but Gabriel told her not to be afraid.
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Speaker 1: You will conceive in your womb and bring forth a son,
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Speaker 1: and shall call his name Jesus. He will be great
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Speaker 1: and will be called the Son of the Highest, and
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Speaker 1: the Lord God will give him the throne of his
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Speaker 1: father David, and he will reign over the House of
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Speaker 1: Jacob forever, and of his kingdom. There will be no end.
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Speaker 1: Mary asked the obvious question, how could this happen when
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Speaker 1: she was a virgin. Gabriel explained in Luke one thirty
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Speaker 1: five that the Holy Spirit would come upon her and
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Speaker 1: the power of the Highest would overshadow her. Therefore, the
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Speaker 1: child would be called the son of God. He gave
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Speaker 1: her a sign. Her relative, Elizabeth, who everyone said was
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Speaker 1: too old, was already six months pregnant. Mary's response was
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Speaker 1: simple and powerful, as Luke one thirty eight shows, behold
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Speaker 1: the maid servant of the Lord. Let it be to
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Speaker 1: me according to your word. Mary quickly traveled to the
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Speaker 1: hill country of Judea to visit Elizabeth. The moment Elizabeth
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Speaker 1: heard Mary's greeting, something remarkable happened. Luke one forty one
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Speaker 1: to forty five tells us the baby in Elizabeth's womb leaped,
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Speaker 1: and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy spirit. She cried
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Speaker 1: out with a loud voice, blessed are you among women?
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Speaker 1: And blessed is the fruit of your womb? But why
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Speaker 1: is this granted to me that the mother of my
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Speaker 1: Lord should come to me? Elizabeth knew by the spirit
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Speaker 1: exactly who Mary was carrying. Mary stayed with Elizabeth for
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Speaker 1: about three months before returning home. Joseph faced a dilemma.
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Speaker 1: His fiancee was pregnant, and he knew he wasn't the father.
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Speaker 1: Matthew one nineteen tells us he was a just man
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Speaker 1: and didn't want to make a public example of her.
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Speaker 1: So he considered divorcing her quietly. But while he thought
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Speaker 1: about these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to
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Speaker 1: him in a dream. The angel's words in Matthew one
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Speaker 1: twenty twenty one direct Joseph, son of David, do not
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Speaker 1: be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for
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Speaker 1: that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
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Speaker 1: And she will bring forth a son, and you shall
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Speaker 1: call his name Jesus, for he will save his people
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Speaker 1: from their sins. Joseph woke up and did exactly what
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Speaker 1: the angel commanded. He took Mary as his wife. The
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Speaker 1: Roman emperor Caesar Augustus decided everyone in his empire needed
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Speaker 1: to be registered for tax purposes. Luke two three five
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Speaker 1: explains that everyone had to go to their own city
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Speaker 1: to register. Joseph, being from the lineage of David, had
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Speaker 1: to travel from Nazareth in Galilee to Bethlehem in Judea.
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Speaker 1: He took Mary with him, and she was heavily pregnant.
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Speaker 1: While they were there, the time came for her to
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Speaker 1: give birth. Luke two seven records the moment simply, and
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Speaker 1: she brought forth her firstborn son and wrapped him in
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Speaker 1: swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger because there
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Speaker 1: was no room for them in the inn. That night,
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Speaker 1: shepherds were in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flock.
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Speaker 1: An angel appeared to them, and the glory of the
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Speaker 1: Lord shone around them. They were terrified, but the angel
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Speaker 1: said to them in Luke two ten twelve, do not
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Speaker 1: be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of
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Speaker 1: great joy which will be to all people. For there
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Speaker 1: is born to you this day in the city of David,
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Speaker 1: a savior who is Christ the Lord. And this will
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Speaker 1: be the sign to you. You will find a babe
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Speaker 1: wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger. Suddenly, a
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Speaker 1: multitude of heavenly hosts appeared, praising God and saying glory
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Speaker 1: to God in the highest and on earth, peace good
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Speaker 1: will toward men. The shepherds didn't waste time Luke two
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Speaker 1: fifteen to sixteen shows they said to one another, let
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Speaker 1: us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that
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Speaker 1: has come to pass. They went quickly and found Mary,
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Speaker 1: Joseph and the baby lying in a manger, just as
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Speaker 1: they'd been told. After seeing him, they spread the word
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Speaker 1: about what they'd been told concerning this child. Everyone who
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Speaker 1: heard it was amazed. Eight days later, the baby was
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Speaker 1: circumcised and named Jesus, the name given by the angel
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Speaker 1: before he was conceived. When the days of Mary's purification
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Speaker 1: were complete, they brought him to Jerusalem to present him
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Speaker 1: to the Lord. An old man named Simeon was in
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Speaker 1: the temple that day. Luke two twenty five twenty six
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Speaker 1: tells us he was just and devout, waiting for the
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Speaker 1: consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
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Speaker 1: The Spirit had revealed to him that he wouldn't see
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Speaker 1: death before he saw the Lord's Christ. When the parents
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Speaker 1: brought Jesus in, Simeon took him in his arms and
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Speaker 1: blessed God, saying the words recorded in Luke two twenty
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Speaker 1: nine to thirty two. Lord, now you are letting your
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Speaker 1: servant depart in peace, according to your word. For my
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Speaker 1: eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared before
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Speaker 1: the face of all peoples, a light to bring revelation
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Speaker 1: to the gentiles and the glory of your people, Israel.
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Speaker 1: God to the east, wise men saw a star and
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Speaker 1: understood its meaning. Matthew two one to two records that
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Speaker 1: they came to Jerusalem asking where is he who has
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Speaker 1: been born King of the Jews, For we have seen
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Speaker 1: his star in the east and have come to worship him.
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Speaker 1: When King Herod heard this, he was troubled, and all
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Speaker 1: Jerusalem with him. He gathered the chief priests and scribes
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Speaker 1: and asked where the Christ was to be born. They
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Speaker 1: told him the prophet had written it would be in
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Speaker 1: Bethlehem of Judea. Herod secretly called the wise men and
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Speaker 1: found out from them what time the star appeared. He
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Speaker 1: sent them to Bethlehem with instructions in Matthew two eight,
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Speaker 1: go and search carefully for the young child, and when
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Speaker 1: you have found him, bring back word to me that
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Speaker 1: I may come and worship him. Also, the wise men left,
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Speaker 1: and the star they had seen in the east went
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Speaker 1: before them until it stood over where the young child was.
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Speaker 1: Matthew two ten eleven describes their reaction. When they saw
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Speaker 1: the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. And when
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Speaker 1: they had come into the house, they saw the young
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Speaker 1: child with Mary, his mother, and fell down and worshiped him.
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Speaker 1: And when they had opened their treasures, they presented gifts
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Speaker 1: to him gold, frank, incense, and myrrhr. Being warned by
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Speaker 1: God in a dream not to return to Herod. They
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Speaker 1: went back to their own country another way. After they left,
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Speaker 1: an angel appeared to Joseph in a dream with urgent instructions.
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Speaker 1: Matthew two thirteen fourteen records the angel saying, arise, take
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Speaker 1: the young child and his mother. Flee to Egypt and
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Speaker 1: stay there until I bring you word, for Herod will
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Speaker 1: seek them young child to destroy him. Joseph got up
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Speaker 1: that night and took the child and his mother to Egypt. Herod,
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Speaker 1: realizing the wise men had deceived him, was furious. Matthew
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Speaker 1: two sixteen tells the dark story. He sent soldiers and
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Speaker 1: killed all the male children in Bethlehem and its districts
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Speaker 1: who were two years old and under. After Herod died,
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Speaker 1: an angel appeared to Joseph in Egypt, telling him in
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Speaker 1: Matthew two twenty to arise and take the child and
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Speaker 1: his mother back to Israel, for those who sought the
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Speaker 1: child's life were dead. Joseph returned, but was afraid when
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Speaker 1: he heard that Archlaeus was reigning over Judea in place
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Speaker 1: of his father Herod. Being warned by God in a dream,
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Speaker 1: he went to Galilee and lived in a city called Nazareth.
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Speaker 1: Years passed the child grew. Then in those days a
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Speaker 1: man appeared in the wilderness of Judea. Mark one four
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Speaker 1: describes John the Baptist preaching a battleaptism of repentance for
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Speaker 1: the forgiveness of sins. This wasn't happening in the temple
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Speaker 1: or the synagogues. It was happening in the wild, untamed places.
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Speaker 1: John's appearance matched his location. Matthew three four tells us
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Speaker 1: he wore clothing made of camel's hair, with a leather
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Speaker 1: belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and
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Speaker 1: wild honey. People from Jerusalem, all Judea, and the entire
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Speaker 1: region around the Jordan went out to him. They were
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Speaker 1: confessed their sins and were baptized by him in the
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Speaker 1: Jordan River. John's message was simple and direct. Matthew three
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Speaker 1: two records him saying, repent for the Kingdom of Heaven
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Speaker 1: is at hand. This was the voice the prophet Isaiah
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Speaker 1: had spoken about, someone crying in the wilderness, telling people
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Speaker 1: to prepare the way of the Lord and make his
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Speaker 1: path straight. John didn't hold back when religious leaders came
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Speaker 1: to see what was happening. When he saw many Pharisees
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Speaker 1: and Sadducees coming to his baptism. He called them out
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Speaker 1: in Matthew three seven ten, brood of vipers, who warned
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Speaker 1: you to flee from the wrath. To come therefore bear
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Speaker 1: fruits worthy of repentance. And do not think to say
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Speaker 1: to yourselves we have Abraham as our father. For I
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Speaker 1: say to you that God is able to raise up
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Speaker 1: children to Abraham from these stones. And even now the
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Speaker 1: axe is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore
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Speaker 1: every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut
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Speaker 1: down and thrown into the fire. The people were filled
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Speaker 1: with expectation, wondering if John himself might be the Christ.
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Speaker 1: But John answered them all in Luke three sixteen, saying,
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Speaker 1: I indeed baptize you with water. But one mightier than
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Speaker 1: I is coming, whose sandals strap I am not worthy
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Speaker 1: to loose. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit
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Speaker 1: and fire. John made it clear he was just preparing
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Speaker 1: the way for someone far greater. Then Jesus came from
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Speaker 1: Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. When
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Speaker 1: John saw him, he tried to prevent him, saying in
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Speaker 1: Matthew three fourteen, I need to be baptized by you,
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Speaker 1: and are you coming to me? But Jesus answered him
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Speaker 1: in Matthew three fifteen, permit it to be so now,
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Speaker 1: for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.
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Speaker 1: So John allowed him. The moment Jesus was baptized and
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Speaker 1: came up out of the water, something happened that had
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Speaker 1: never happened before. Mark one ten describes it vividly. He
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Speaker 1: saw the heavens parting and the Spirit descending upon him
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Speaker 1: like a dove. Then a voice came from heaven. Matthew
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Speaker 1: three seventeen records the father's words, this is my beloved son,
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Speaker 1: in whom I am well pleased. The Spirit of God
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Speaker 1: visible as a dove, the Father's voice from heaven, and
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Speaker 1: the Son standing in the Jordan, all three persons of
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Speaker 1: the Trinity present in one moment. Immediately after this, the
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Speaker 1: spirit drove Jesus into the wilderness. Mark one thirteen tells
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Speaker 1: us he was there for forty days, tempted by Satan,
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Speaker 1: was with the wild beasts and angels ministered to him.
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Speaker 1: During those forty days, Jesus ate nothing. When they ended,
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Speaker 1: he was hungry. Luke four three records the devil's first temptation,
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Speaker 1: if you are the son of God, command this stone
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Speaker 1: to become bred. Jesus answered him, it is written man
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Speaker 1: shall not live by bread alone, but by every word
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Speaker 1: of God earned. The devil then took him up on
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Speaker 1: a high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of
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Speaker 1: the world in a moment of time. The devil said
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Speaker 1: to him in Luke four six to seven, all this
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Speaker 1: authority I will give you and their glory, for this
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Speaker 1: has been delivered to me, and I give it to
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Speaker 1: whom ever I wish. Therefore, if you will worship before me,
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Speaker 1: all will be yours. Jesus responded in Luke for eight,
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Speaker 1: get behind me, Satan, for it is written you shall
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Speaker 1: worship the Lord, your God, and him only you shall serve.
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Speaker 1: The devil brought him to Jerusalem, set him on the
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Speaker 1: pinnacle of the temple and said in Luke four ninety eleven,
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Speaker 1: if you are the son of God, throw yourself down
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Speaker 1: from here, for it is written he shall give his
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Speaker 1: angels charge over you to keep you, and in their
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Speaker 1: hands they shall bear you up lest you dash your
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Speaker 1: foot against a stone. Jesus answered in Luke four twelve,
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Speaker 1: it has been said you shall not tempt the Lord
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Speaker 1: your God. When the devil had ended every temptation, he
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Speaker 1: departed from him until another time. Jesus returned in the
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Speaker 1: power of the Spirit to Galilee. The next day, John
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Speaker 1: the Baptist saw Jesus walking and said in John one
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Speaker 1: twenty nine, behold the Lamb of God, who takes away
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Speaker 1: the sin of the world. John testified about seeing the
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Speaker 1: Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and remaining upon him.
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Speaker 1: He declared in John one thirty four, and I have
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Speaker 1: seen and testified that this is the Son of God.
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Speaker 1: The next day, John stood with two of his disciples.
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Speaker 1: When he saw Jesus walking by, he said in John
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Speaker 1: one thirty six, behold the Lamb of God. The two
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Speaker 1: disciples heard him speak and followed Jesus. Jesus turned and
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Speaker 1: saw them following, and asked them in John one thirty eight.
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Speaker 1: What do you seek? They said to him, Rabbi, where
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Speaker 1: are you staying? He said to them, come and see.
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Speaker 1: They came and saw where he was staying, and remained
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Speaker 1: with him that day. One of these two was Andrew Simon,
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Speaker 1: Peter's brother. Andrew first found his own brother Simon and
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Speaker 1: told him in John one forty one, we have found
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Speaker 1: the Messiah. He brought him to Jesus. When Jesus looked
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Speaker 1: at him, he said in John one forty two, you
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Speaker 1: are Simon, the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephus,
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Speaker 1: which means Peter a stone. Jesus walked by the sea
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Speaker 1: of Galilee and saw Simon and Andrew casting nets into
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Speaker 1: the sea, for they were fishermen. Jesus said to them
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Speaker 1: in Mark one seventeen, follow me, and I will make
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Speaker 1: you become fishers of men. And they immediately left their
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Speaker 1: nets and followed him. Going on a little father, he
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Speaker 1: saw James, the son of Zebede, and his brother John
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Speaker 1: in the boat with their father, mending their nets. He
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Speaker 1: called them, and immediately they left their father Zebede in
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Speaker 1: the boat with the hired servants, and went after him.
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Speaker 1: The following day, Jesus found Philip and said to him
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Speaker 1: simply in John one forty three, follow me. Philip found
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Speaker 1: Nathaniel and told him we have found him, of whom
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Speaker 1: Moses in the law and also the prophets, wrote Jesus
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Speaker 1: of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. Nathaniel's response in John
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Speaker 1: one forty six was skeptical, can anything good come out
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Speaker 1: of Nazareth. Philip simply said, come and see. When Jesus
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Speaker 1: saw Nathaniel coming toward him, he said in John one
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Speaker 1: forty seven, behold an Israelite, indeed in whom is no deceit.
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Speaker 1: Nathaniel asked how Jesus knew him. Jesus answered in John
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Speaker 1: one forty eight, before Philip called you, when you were
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Speaker 1: under the fig tree, I saw you. Nathaniel's response was immediate, Rabbi,
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Speaker 1: you are the son of God. You are the King
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Speaker 1: of Israel. Jesus told him in John one fifty fifty one,
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Speaker 1: because I said to you I saw you under the
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Speaker 1: fig tree. Do you believe you will see greater things
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Speaker 1: than these? Most assuredly I say to you hereafter you
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Speaker 1: shall see Heaven open and the angels of God ascending
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Speaker 1: and descending upon the son of Man. Jesus went to
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Speaker 1: Capernae with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples. After
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Speaker 1: this he went up to Jerusalem for the Passover. On
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Speaker 1: the third day, there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee,
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Speaker 1: and jesus mother was there. Jesus and his disciples were
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Speaker 1: invited to the wedding. When the wine ran out. Mary
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Speaker 1: said to Jesus, they have no wine. Jesus said to
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Speaker 1: her in John two to four, woman, what does your
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Speaker 1: concern have to do with me? My hour has not
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Speaker 1: yet come. His mother told the servants, whatever he says
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Speaker 1: to you, do it. There were six stone water pots
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Speaker 1: set there for Jewish purification, each containing twenty or thirty gallons.
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Speaker 1: Jesus told them in John two seven to eight. Fill
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Speaker 1: the water pots with water. Draw some out now, and
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Speaker 1: take it to the master of the feast. When the
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Speaker 1: master tasted the water that had been turned to wine,
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Speaker 1: not knowing where it came from, he called the bridegroom
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Speaker 1: and said, in John two ten, every man at the
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Speaker 1: b beginning sets out the good wine, and when the
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Speaker 1: guests have well drunk, then the inferior. You have kept
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Speaker 1: the good wine until now. This was the first sign
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Speaker 1: Jesus did in Cana of Galilee and manifested his glory,
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Speaker 1: and his disciples believed in him. Later, seeing the multitudes,
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Speaker 1: Jesus went up on a mountain. When he sat down,
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Speaker 1: his disciples came to him. He opened his mouth and
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Speaker 1: taught them, starting with what we know as the beatitudes
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Speaker 1: Matthew five three to twelve records his words. Blessed are
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Speaker 1: the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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Speaker 1: Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
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Speaker 1: Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
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Speaker 1: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for
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Speaker 1: they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they
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Speaker 1: shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for
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Speaker 1: they shall God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall
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Speaker 1: be called sons of God. Blessed are those who are
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Speaker 1: persecuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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Speaker 1: Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and
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Speaker 1: say all kinds of evil against you falsely for my sake,
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Speaker 1: Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward
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Speaker 1: in heaven. Jesus told them in Matthew five thirteen fourteen.
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Speaker 1: You are the salt of the earth. But if the
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Speaker 1: salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned. You
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Speaker 1: are the light of the world. A city that is
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Speaker 1: set on a hill cannot be hidden. He made it
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Speaker 1: clear he didn't come to destroy the law or the prophets,
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Speaker 1: but to fulfill them. His teaching went deeper than the
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Speaker 1: surface rules everyone knew. He said in Matthew five twenty
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Speaker 1: one twenty two. You have heard that it was said
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Speaker 1: to those of old, you shall not murder, and whoever
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Speaker 1: murders will be in danger of the judgment. But I
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Speaker 1: say to you that whoever is angry with his brother
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Speaker 1: He taught about prayer, telling them in Matthew six five six.
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Speaker 1: Jesus taught about worry, saying in Matthew six twenty five
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Speaker 1: When Jesus came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
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Speaker 1: are forgiven you. Some scribes said within themselves this man blasphemes. Jesus,
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Speaker 1: So the servants of the owner came and said to him, Sir,
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Speaker 1: He also said the kingdom is like leaven that a
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Speaker 1: Jesus continued with more parables. He said in Matthew thirteen
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Speaker 1: The disciples were afraid they would drown. They came to
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Speaker 1: you say, whoever says to his father or mother, whatever
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Speaker 1: On another occasion, Jesus spoke to the multitudes and his
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Speaker 1: He continued in Matthew twenty three twenty three, woe to you,
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Speaker 1: He told them not to fear, saying in Matthew ten
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Speaker 1: Therefore you are of more value than many sparrows. The
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Speaker 1: apostles went out and preached that people should repent. Mark
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Speaker 1: When they returned, they told Jesus all the things they
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Speaker 1: Fear came upon everyone, and they glorified God, saying a
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Speaker 1: Then he touched their eyes, saying in Matthew nine twenty nine,
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Speaker 1: They said, is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph,
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Speaker 1: Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, and led
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Speaker 1: John eleventh three, Lord, behold, he whom you love is sick.
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Speaker 1: When Jesus heard it, he said in John eleven four.
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Speaker 1: Jesus said to her in John eleven twenty three, your
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Speaker 1: brother will rise again. Martha said, I know that he
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Speaker 1: your names are written in heaven. A lawyer stood up
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Speaker 1: to Jesus in Luke eleven, one, Lord, teach us to pray.
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Speaker 1: For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds,
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Speaker 1: soul will be required of you. Then whose will those
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Speaker 1: sinned and was no longer worthy to be called his son.
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Speaker 1: But the father told his servants to bring the best robe,
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Speaker 1: put a ring on his hand, sandals on his feet,
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Speaker 1: dead and is alive again. He was lost and is found.
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Speaker 1: Little children were brought to Jesus that he might pray
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Speaker 1: went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. Jesus came
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Speaker 1: near Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives. He
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Speaker 1: anyone asks you, why are you loosing it? Thus you
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Speaker 1: shall say to him, because the Lord has need of it.
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Speaker 1: They found it just as he said, they brought the
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Speaker 1: colt to Jesus, threw their clothes on it, and set
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Speaker 1: on the road. When he came near the descent of
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Speaker 1: the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude began to rejoice
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Speaker 1: the name of the Lord, Peace in heaven and glory
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Speaker 1: in the highest. Some pharisees said, Teacher, rebuke your disciples.
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Speaker 1: He answered, in Luke nineteen forty I tell you that
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Speaker 1: if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out.
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Speaker 1: When Jesus came near Jerusalem and saw the city, he
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Speaker 1: wept over it, saying in Luke nineteen forty two forty
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Speaker 1: your day, the things that make for your peace, but
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Speaker 1: now they are hidden from your eyes. For days will
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Speaker 1: come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment
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Speaker 1: and they will not leave in you one stone upon another.
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Speaker 1: Because you did not know the time of your visitation.
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Speaker 1: Jesus went into the temple and drove out all those
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Speaker 1: who bought and sold. He overturned the tables of the
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Speaker 1: money changes and the seats of those who sold doves.
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Speaker 1: He said to them in Matthew twenty one thirteen, it
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Speaker 1: is written, my house shall be called a house of prayer,
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Speaker 1: but you have made it a den of thieves. The
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Speaker 1: chief priests and scribes heard it and sought how they
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Speaker 1: might destroy him, For they feared him because all the
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Speaker 1: people were astonished at his teaching. In the morning, as
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Speaker 1: they passed by, they saw a fig tree dried up
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Speaker 1: from the roots. Peter said, Rabbi, look, the fig tree
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Speaker 1: which you cursed has withered. A Jesus answered in Mark
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Speaker 1: eleven twenty two twenty four, have faith in God. For
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Speaker 1: assuredly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain
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Speaker 1: be removed and be cast into the sea, and does
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Speaker 1: not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things
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Speaker 1: he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. Therefore,
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Speaker 1: I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray,
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Speaker 1: believe that you receive them, and you will have them.
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Speaker 1: The chief priests scribes and elders came to him while
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Speaker 1: he was teaching. They asked, in Mark eleven twenty eight,
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Speaker 1: by what authority are you doing these things? Jesus answered
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Speaker 1: in Mark eleven twenty nine thirty, I also will ask
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Speaker 1: you one question, then answer me, and I will tell
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Speaker 1: you by what authority I do these things. The baptism
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Speaker 1: of John was it from heaven or from men? They
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Speaker 1: reasoned that if they said from heaven, he would ask
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Speaker 1: why they didn't believe him. If they said from men,
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Speaker 1: they fear the people. So they answered, we do not know.
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Speaker 1: Jesus said in Mark eleven thirty three, neither will I
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Speaker 1: tell you by what authority I do these things. Jesus
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Speaker 1: spoke in parables about a king who arranged a marriage
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Speaker 1: for his son in Matthew twenty two two fourteen. He
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Speaker 1: sent servants to call those invited, but they wouldn't come.
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Speaker 1: Some went to their farms, others to their business. The
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Speaker 1: rest seized his servants and killed them. The king sent
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Speaker 1: his armies and destroyed those murderers. He told his servants
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Speaker 1: to go into the highways and invite whoever they found.
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Speaker 1: The wedding hall was filled, but when the king saw
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Speaker 1: a man without a wedding garment. He had him bound
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Speaker 1: and cast into outer darkness. For many are called, but
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Speaker 1: few are chosen. The Pharisees sent their disciples with the Herodians,
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Speaker 1: asking in Matthew twenty two seventeen, is it lawful to
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Speaker 1: pay taxes to Caesar or not? Jesus perceived their wickedness
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Speaker 1: and said, in Matthew twenty two eighteen twenty one, why
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Speaker 1: do you test me, you hypocrites? Show me the tax money.
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Speaker 1: They brought him a denarius. He asked whose image was
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Speaker 1: on it. They said Caesar's. He said, render therefore to
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Speaker 1: Caesar the things that are Caesars, and to God the
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Speaker 1: things that are gods. Jesus sat opposite the treasury and
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Speaker 1: saw how people put money in. Many rich people put
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Speaker 1: in much. One poor widow threw in two mites. Jesus
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Speaker 1: said to his disciples in Mark twelve forty three forty four, assuredly,
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Speaker 1: I say to you that this poor widow has put
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Speaker 1: in more than all those who have given to the treasury.
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Speaker 1: For they all put in out of their abundance, But she,
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Speaker 1: out of her poverty, put in all that she had,
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Speaker 1: her whole livelihood as Jesus went out of the temple.
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Speaker 1: His disciples showed him the buildings. Jesus said in Matthew
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Speaker 1: twenty four to two, do you not see all these things? Assuredly?
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Speaker 1: I say to you, not one stone shall be left
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Speaker 1: here upon another that shall not be thrown down. They
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Speaker 1: asked him privately when these things would happen, and what
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Speaker 1: would be the sign of his coming. Jesus answered in
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Speaker 1: Matthew twenty four four to fourteen, warning them not to
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Speaker 1: be deceived, for many would come in his name. They
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Speaker 1: would hear of wars and rumors of wars. Nation would
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Speaker 1: rise against nation. There would be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes.
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Speaker 1: They would be hated by all nations for his name's sake.
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Speaker 1: But he who endures to the end shall be saved.
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Speaker 1: This gospel would be preached in all the world as
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Speaker 1: a witness to all nations, and then the end would come.
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Speaker 1: The feast of unleavened bread drew near. The chief priests
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Speaker 1: and scribes sought how they might kill Jesus. Satan entered
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Speaker 1: Judases Gariot. He went to the chief priests and captains
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Speaker 1: to discuss how he might betray Jesus to them. They
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Speaker 1: were glad and agreed to give him money. Jesus sent
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Speaker 1: Peter and John, saying in Luke twenty two eight, go
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Speaker 1: and prepare the passover for us. He told them in
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Speaker 1: Luke twenty two, ten twelve that when they entered the city,
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Speaker 1: a man carrying a pitcher of water would meet them.
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Speaker 1: They should follow him to a house and ask the
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Speaker 1: master where the guest room was. He would show them
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Speaker 1: a large, furnished upper room. They found it just as
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Speaker 1: he said. When the hour came, Jesus sat down with
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Speaker 1: the twelve apostles. He said in Luke twenty two, fifteen sixteen,
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Speaker 1: with fervent desire, I have desired to eat this passover
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Speaker 1: with you before I suffer, For I say to you
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Speaker 1: I will no longer eat of it until it is
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Speaker 1: fulfilled in the Kingdom of God. As they ate, Jesus
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Speaker 1: took bread blessed and broke it and gave it to
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Speaker 1: the disciples, saying in Matthew twenty six, twenty six, take
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Speaker 1: eat this is my body. He took the cup, gave thanks,
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Speaker 1: and gave it to them, saying in Matthew twenty six
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Speaker 1: twenty seven twenty eight, drink from it all of you.
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Speaker 1: For this is my blood of the New Covenant, which
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Speaker 1: is shed for many for the remission of sins. Jesus
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Speaker 1: said in John thirteen twenty one, most assuredly, I say
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Speaker 1: to you, one of you will betray me. The disciples
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Speaker 1: looked at one another, perplexed. One disciple, whom Jesus loved,
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Speaker 1: was leaning on jesus Bosom. Peter motioned to him to
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Speaker 1: ask who it was. Jesus answered in John thirteen twenty six,
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Speaker 1: it is he to whom I shall give a piece
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Speaker 1: of bread. When I have dipped it. He gave it
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Speaker 1: to Judas Iscariot. After the bread Satan entered him, Jesus said,
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Speaker 1: what you do do quickly. Judas went out immediately, and
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Speaker 1: it was night. Jesus said in John fourteen one to three.
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Speaker 1: Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God.
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Speaker 1: Believe also in me. In my father's house are many mansions.
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Speaker 1: If it were not so, I would have told you
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Speaker 1: I go to prepare a place for you. And if
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Speaker 1: I go and prepare a place for you, I will
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Speaker 1: come again and receive you to myself, that where I
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Speaker 1: am there you may be also. Jesus came with them
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Speaker 1: to gathsemone, He said to the disciples in Matthew twenty
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Speaker 1: six thirty six, sit here while I go and pray
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Speaker 1: over there. He took Peter and the two sons of
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Speaker 1: Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed. He said,
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Speaker 1: in Matthew twenty six thirty eight, my soul is exceedingly sorrowful,
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Speaker 1: even to death. Stay here and watch with me. He
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Speaker 1: went a little father, fell on his face and prayed
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Speaker 1: in Matthew twenty six thirty nine, Oh, my father, if
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Speaker 1: it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Nevertheless,
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Speaker 1: not as I will, but as you will. He came
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Speaker 1: to the disciples and found them sleeping. He said to
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Speaker 1: Peter in Matthew twenty six forty forty one, what could
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Speaker 1: you not watch with me? One hour? Watch and pray
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Speaker 1: lest you enter into tempation. The spirit, indeed is willing,
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Speaker 1: but the flesh is weak. He prayed a second time,
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Speaker 1: then a third time, saying the same words. He came
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Speaker 1: to them and said, in Matthew twenty six forty five
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Speaker 1: forty six are you still sleeping and resting? Behold? The
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Speaker 1: hour is at hand, and the son of Man is
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Speaker 1: being betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise, let us
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Speaker 1: be going. See my betrayer is at hand. While he spoke,
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Speaker 1: Judas came with a great multitude with swords and clubs.
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Speaker 1: The betrayer had given them a sign, whomever I kiss,
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Speaker 1: he is the one seize him. Immediately he went to
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Speaker 1: Jesus and said, greetings, Rabbi, and kissed him. Jesus said,
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Speaker 1: in Matthew twenty six fifty friend, why have you come.
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Speaker 1: They laid hands on Jesus and took him one with
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Speaker 1: Jesus drew his sword and cut off the servant of
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Speaker 1: the high priest's ear. Jesus said, in Matthew twenty six
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Speaker 1: fifty two, put your sword in its place, for all
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Speaker 1: who take the sword will perish by the sword. Then
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Speaker 1: all the disciples forsook him and fled. They led Jesus
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Speaker 1: to Caiaphas, the High Priest, where the scribes and elders
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Speaker 1: were assembled. The chief priests and all the council sought
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Speaker 1: false testimony against Jesus to put him to death. Two
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Speaker 1: false witnesses said, this fellow said, I am able to
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Speaker 1: destroy the Temple of God and to build it in
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Speaker 1: three days. The High priest said in Matthew twenty six
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Speaker 1: six two to sixty three. Do you answer nothing? What
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Speaker 1: is it these men testify against you? Jesus kept silent.
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Speaker 1: The High Priest said, I put you under oath by
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Speaker 1: the living God. Tell us if you are the Christ,
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Speaker 1: the son of God. Jesus said in Matthew twenty six
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Speaker 1: sixty four, it is as you said. Nevertheless, I say
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Speaker 1: to you hereafter you will see the son of Man
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Speaker 1: sitting at the right hand of the power, and coming
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Speaker 1: on the clouds of heaven. The High priest tore his clothes, saying,
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Speaker 1: he has spoken blasphemy. What do you think? They answered,
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Speaker 1: he is deserving of death. They spat in his face
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Speaker 1: and beat him. When morning came, they bound him and
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Speaker 1: delivered him to Pontius Pilot. The governor Judas, seeing Jesus
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Speaker 1: was condemned, was remorseful and brought back the thirty pieces
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Speaker 1: of silver, saying in Matthew twenty seven four, I have
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Speaker 1: sinned by betraying innocent blood. They said, what is that
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Speaker 1: to us? He threw down the silver in the temple,
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Speaker 1: departed and hanged himself. Jesus stood before the governor Pilot
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Speaker 1: asked in Matthew twenty seven eleven. Are you the king
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Speaker 1: of the Jews? Jesus said, it is as you say, Udor.
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Speaker 1: When accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
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Speaker 1: At the feast, the governor was accustomed to releasing one prisoner.
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Speaker 1: They had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas. Pilot asked, in
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Speaker 1: Matthew twenty seven seventeen, whom do you want me to
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Speaker 1: release to you? Barabas or Jesus, who was called Christ.
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Speaker 1: The chief priests persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabas.
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Speaker 1: Pilot said, what then shall I do with Jesus, who
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Speaker 1: is called Christ? They all said, let him be crucified.
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Speaker 1: Pilot asked, why, what evil has he done? But they
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Speaker 1: cried out all the more let him be crucified. When
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Speaker 1: Pilot saw he could not prevail, he took water and
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Speaker 1: washed his hands before the multitude, saying, in Matthew twenty
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Speaker 1: seven twenty four, I am innocent of the blood of
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Speaker 1: this just person. He released Barabbas when he had scourged Jesus,
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Speaker 1: he delivered him to be crucified. The soldiers took Jesus,
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Speaker 1: stripped him, put a scarlet robe on him. Twisted a
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Speaker 1: crown of thorns and put it on his head. They
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Speaker 1: mocked him, saying, hail, King of the Jews. They spat
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Speaker 1: on him and struck him on the head. They led
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Speaker 1: him away to be crucified. They found Simon of Syren
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Speaker 1: and compelled him to bear his cross. When they came
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Speaker 1: to Golgotha, they crucified him and divided his garments, casting lots.
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Speaker 1: They put up over his head the accusation, this is Jesus,
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Speaker 1: the King of the Jews. Two robbers were crucified with him.
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Speaker 1: Those who passed by blasphemed him, saying in Matthew twenty
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Speaker 1: seven forty you who destroy the temple and build it
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Speaker 1: in three days, save yourself. If you are the son
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Speaker 1: of God, come down from the cross. The chief priests
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Speaker 1: mocked him, saying he saved others himself, he cannot save.
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Speaker 1: From the sixth hour until the ninth hour, there was
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Speaker 1: darkness over all the land. About the ninth hour, Jesus
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Speaker 1: cried out in Matthew twenty seven forty six Eli Eli
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Speaker 1: Lama Sabachshthani, that is my God, my God, Why have
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Speaker 1: you forsaken me? When Jesus had received sour wine. He
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Speaker 1: said in John nineteen thirty it is finished. He bowed
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Speaker 1: his head and gave up his spirit. The veil of
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Speaker 1: the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.
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Speaker 1: The centurion and those with him saw the earthquake and
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Speaker 1: feared greatly, saying, truly, this was the son of God.
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Speaker 1: When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalen, Mary the mother
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Speaker 1: of James and Salome, brought spices that they might come
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Speaker 1: and anoint Jesus. Very early in the morning on the
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Speaker 1: first day of the week, they came to the tomb,
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Speaker 1: when the sun had risen. They said among themselves, who
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Speaker 1: will roll away the stone from the door of the
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Speaker 1: tomb for us? But when they looked up, they saw
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Speaker 1: that the stone had been rolled away, for it was
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Speaker 1: very large. Entering the tomb, they saw a young man
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Speaker 1: clothed in a long white robe sitting on the right side,
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Speaker 1: and they were alarmed. But he said to them in
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Speaker 1: Mark sixteen six, do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus
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Speaker 1: of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen. He is
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Speaker 1: not here. See the place where they laid him. The
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Speaker 1: angel continued in Matthew twenty eight seven, and go quickly
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Speaker 1: and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead,
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Speaker 1: and indeed he is going before you into Galilee. There
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Speaker 1: you will see him. The women went out quickly from
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Speaker 1: the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to
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Speaker 1: bring his disciples word. Mary Magdalen ran and came to
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Speaker 1: Simon Peter and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved,
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Speaker 1: and said to them in John twenty two, they have
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Speaker 1: taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we
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Speaker 1: do not know where they have laid him. Peter and
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Speaker 1: the other disciple went out and came to the tomb.
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Speaker 1: They were both running together, but the other disciple out
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Speaker 1: ran Peter and came to the tomb first, stooping down
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Speaker 1: and looking in. He saw the linen cloths lying there,
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Speaker 1: Yet he did not go in. Simon Peter came following
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Speaker 1: him and went into the tomb. He saw the linen
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Speaker 1: cloths lying there, and the handkerchief that had been around
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Speaker 1: his head not lying with the linen cloths, but folded
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Speaker 1: together in a place by itself. Then the other disciple
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Speaker 1: went in also, and he saw and believed the disciples
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Speaker 1: went away again to their own homes. Mary stood outside
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Speaker 1: by the tomb, weeping. As she wept, she stooped down
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Speaker 1: and looked into the tomb. She saw two angels in
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Speaker 1: white sitting, one at the head and the other at
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Speaker 1: the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. They
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Speaker 1: said to her, woman, why are you weeping? She said,
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Speaker 1: because they have taken away my lord, and I do
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Speaker 1: not know where they have laid him. When she had
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Speaker 1: said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there,
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Speaker 1: but did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said
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Speaker 1: to her, woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking. She,
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Speaker 1: supposing him to be the gardener, said, sir, if you
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Speaker 1: have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him,
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Speaker 1: and I will take him away. Jesus said to her
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Speaker 1: in John twenty sixteen. Mary she turned and said to him, raboni,
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Speaker 1: which means teacher. Jesus said to her in John twenty seventeen,
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Speaker 1: do not cling to me, for I have not yet
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Speaker 1: ascended to my father. But go to my brethren and
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Speaker 1: say to them, I am ascending to my father and
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Speaker 1: your father, and to my God and your God. Mary
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Speaker 1: Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen
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Speaker 1: the Lord that same day, two of them were traveling
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Speaker 1: to a village called Emmaeus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.
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Speaker 1: They talked together of all these things which had happened.
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Speaker 1: While they conversed and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near and
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Speaker 1: went with them, but their eyes were restrained so that
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Speaker 1: they did not know him. He said to them in
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Speaker 1: Luke twenty four seventeen, what kind of conversation is this
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Speaker 1: that you have with one another? As you walk? And
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Speaker 1: are sad? One of them, whose name was Cleopus, answered him,
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Speaker 1: are you the only stranger in Jerusalem? And have you
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Speaker 1: not known the things which happened there in these days?
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Speaker 1: He said to them, what things they told him about
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Speaker 1: Jesus of Nazareth, a prophet mighty in deed and word?
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Speaker 1: How the chief priests and rulers delivered him to be
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Speaker 1: condemned to death and crucified him. They had hoped he
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Speaker 1: was the one to redeem Israel. Jesus said to them
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Speaker 1: in Luke twenty four twenty five twenty seven, O, foolish ones,
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Speaker 1: and slow of heart to believe in all that the
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Speaker 1: prophets have spoken, ought not the Christ to have suffered
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Speaker 1: these things and to enter into his glory, and beginning
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Speaker 1: at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded to them
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Speaker 1: in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. They drew
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Speaker 1: near to the village where they were going, and he
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Speaker 1: indicated he would have gone farther, but they constrained him, saying,
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Speaker 1: abide with us, for it is toward evening. So he
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Speaker 1: went in to stay with them. As he sat at
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Speaker 1: the table with them, he took bread blessed and broke
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Speaker 1: it and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened,
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Speaker 1: and they knew him, and he vanished from their sight.
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Speaker 1: They said to one another in Luke twenty four thirty two,
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Speaker 1: did not our heart burn within us? While he talked
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Speaker 1: with us on the road, and while he opened the
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Speaker 1: scriptures to us. They rose up that very hour and
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Speaker 1: returned to Jerusalem. They found the eleven gathered together, saying,
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Speaker 1: the Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon.
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Speaker 1: As they said these things, Jesus himself stood in the
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Speaker 1: midst of them and said to them in Luke twenty
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Speaker 1: four thirty six, peace to you. But they were terrified
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Speaker 1: and frightened, and supposed they had seen a spirit. He
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Speaker 1: said to them in Luke twenty four thirty eight thirty nine,
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Speaker 1: Why are you troubled? And why do doubts arise in
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Speaker 1: your hearts? Behold my hands and my feet. That it
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Speaker 1: is I myself. Handle me and see, for a spirit
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Speaker 1: does not have flesh and bone as you see I have.
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Speaker 1: When he had said this, he showed them his hands
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Speaker 1: and his feet. But while they still did not believe,
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Speaker 1: for joy and marveled, he said to them, have you
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Speaker 1: any food here? They gave him a piece of broiled
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Speaker 1: fish and some honeycomb. He took it and ate in
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Speaker 1: their presence. Now Thomas called the twin. One of the
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Speaker 1: twelve was not with them when Jesus came. The other
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Speaker 1: disciples told him, we have seen the Lord aby. But
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Speaker 1: he said to them in John twenty twenty five unless
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Speaker 1: I see in his hands the print of the nails,
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Speaker 1: and put my finger into the print of the nails,
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Speaker 1: and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.
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Speaker 1: After eight days his disciples were again inside, and Thomas
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Speaker 1: with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood
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Speaker 1: in the midst and said peace to you. Then he
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Speaker 1: said to Thomas in John twenty twenty seven, reach your
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Speaker 1: finger here and look at my hand, and reach your
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Speaker 1: hand here and put it into my side. Do not
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Speaker 1: be unbelieving, but believing. Thomas answered and said to him,
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Speaker 1: my Lord and my God. Jesus said to him in
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Speaker 1: John twenty twenty nine, Thomas, because you have seen me,
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Speaker 1: you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen
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Speaker 1: and yet have believed. The eleven disciples went away into Galilee,
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Speaker 1: to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them. When
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Speaker 1: they saw him, they worshiped him, but some doubted. Jesus
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Speaker 1: came and spoke to them, saying in Matthew twenty eight
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Speaker 1: eighteen twenty all authority has been given to me in
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Speaker 1: heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of
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Speaker 1: all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the
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Speaker 1: Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
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Speaker 1: teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you.
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Speaker 1: And lo I am with you always, even to the
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Speaker 1: end of the age. He said to them in Marq
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Speaker 1: sixteen fifteen sixteen. Go into all the world and preach
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Speaker 1: the Gospel to every creature. He who believes and is
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Speaker 1: baptized will be saved. But he who does not believe,
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Speaker 1: will be condemned, he told them in Mark sixteen seventeen
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Speaker 1: to eighteen. And these signs will follow those who believe
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Speaker 1: in my name. They will cast out demons, they will
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Speaker 1: speak with new tongues. They will take up serpents, and
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Speaker 1: if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means
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Speaker 1: hurt them. They will lay hands on the sick, and
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Speaker 1: they will recover. Being assembled together with them, he commanded
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Speaker 1: them in Acts one four to five. Do not depart
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Speaker 1: from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father,
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Speaker 1: which you have heard from me. For John truly baptized
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Speaker 1: with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy
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Speaker 1: Spirit not many days from now and d When they
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Speaker 1: had come together, they asked him, Lord, will you at
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Speaker 1: this time restore the kingdom to Israel. He said to
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Speaker 1: them Enacts one seven to eight. It is not for
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Speaker 1: you to know times or seasons which the Father has
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Speaker 1: put in his own authority. But you shall receive power
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Speaker 1: when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you
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Speaker 1: shall be witnesses to me in Jerusalem and in all
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Speaker 1: Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
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Speaker 1: In doing, when he had spoken these things, while they
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Speaker 1: watched he was taken up, and a cloud received him
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Speaker 1: out of their sight. While they looked steadfastly toward heaven.
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Speaker 1: As he went up, two men stood by them in
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Speaker 1: white apparel, who said, in acts one eleven men of Galilee,
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Speaker 1: why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same
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Speaker 1: Jesus who was taken up from you into heaven, will
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Speaker 1: so come in like manner as you saw him go
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Speaker 1: into heaven. The disciples returned to Jerusalem from the Mount
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Speaker 1: of Olives. They went up into the upper room where
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Speaker 1: they were staying. These all continued with one accord in
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Speaker 1: prayer and supplication, with the women and Mary, the mother
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Speaker 1: of Jesus, and with his brothers. When the day of
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Speaker 1: Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord
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Speaker 1: in one place. Suddenly there came a sound from heaven,
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Speaker 1: as of a rushing, mighty wind, and it filled the
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Speaker 1: whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to
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Speaker 1: them divided tongues as of fire, and one sat upon
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Speaker 1: each of them. They were all filled with the Holy
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Speaker 1: Spirit and began to speak with other tongues as the
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Speaker 1: Spirit gave them utterance. There were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews
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Speaker 1: devout men from every nation under heaven. When this sound occurred,
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Speaker 1: the multitude came together and were confused because everyone heard
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Speaker 1: them speak in his own language. They were all amazed
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Speaker 1: and marveled, saying to one another in Acts two seven
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Speaker 1: to eight, look are not all these who speak Galileans?
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Speaker 1: And how is it that we hear each in our
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Speaker 1: own language in which we were born? Others, mocking, said
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Speaker 1: they are full of new wine. Peter, standing up with
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Speaker 1: the eleven, raised his voice and said to them in
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Speaker 1: Acts two fourteen fifteen, Men of Judea and all who
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Speaker 1: dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and
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Speaker 1: heed my words, for these are not drunk as you suppose,
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Speaker 1: since it is only the third hour of the day.
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Speaker 1: He explained, this was what was spoken by the prophet Joel.
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Speaker 1: Peter declared in Acts two twenty two two to twenty four,
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Speaker 1: men of Israel, hear these words Jesus of Nazareth, a
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Speaker 1: man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs,
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Speaker 1: which God did through him in your midst, as you
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Speaker 1: yourselves also know him, being delivered by the determined purpose
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Speaker 1: and foreknowledge of God you have taken by lawless hands
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Speaker 1: have crucified and put to death, whom God raised up,
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Speaker 1: having loosed the pains of death, because it was not
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Speaker 1: possible that he should be held by it. Ipeter concluded
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Speaker 1: in Acts two thirty six, Therefore, let all the house
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Speaker 1: of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus,
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Speaker 1: whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ. When they heard this,
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Speaker 1: they were cut to the heart and said to Peter
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Speaker 1: and the rest of the apostles, men and brethren, what
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Speaker 1: shall we do. Peter said to them in Acts two
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Speaker 1: thirty eight. Repent, and let every one of you be
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Speaker 1: baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission
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Speaker 1: of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the
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Speaker 1: Holy Spirit. Udi Those who gladly received his word were baptized,
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Speaker 1: and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.
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Speaker 1: They continued steadfastly in the apostles, doctrine and fellowship, in
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Speaker 1: the breaking of bread, and in prayers. Fear came upon
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Speaker 1: every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through
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Speaker 1: the apostles. All who believed were together and had all
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Speaker 1: things in common. They sold their possessions and goods and
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Speaker 1: divided them among all as any one had need. Peter
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Speaker 1: and John went up together to the temple at the
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Speaker 1: hour of prayer. A man lame from his mother's womb,
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Speaker 1: was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate called
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Speaker 1: Beautiful to ask alms. Seeing Peter and John about to
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Speaker 1: go into the temple, he asked for alms. Peter, looking
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Speaker 1: at him with John, said look at us. He gave
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Speaker 1: them his attention, expecting to receive something. Peter said in
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Speaker 1: Acts three to six, silver and gold I do not have.
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Speaker 1: But what I do have I give you in the
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Speaker 1: name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Rise up and walk.
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Speaker 1: He took him by the right hand and lifted him up,
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Speaker 1: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. He
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Speaker 1: leaped up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them, walking,
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Speaker 1: leaping and praising God. All the people saw him walking
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Speaker 1: and praising God. They knew it was he who sat
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Speaker 1: begging at the Beautiful Gate, and they were filled with
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Speaker 1: wonder and amazement. When Peter saw he responded to the
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Speaker 1: people in Acts three twelve to thirteen, Men of Israel,
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Speaker 1: why do you marvel at this? Or why look so
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Speaker 1: intently at us, as though by our own power or
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Speaker 1: godliness we had made this man walk. The God of Abraham,
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Speaker 1: Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his
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Speaker 1: servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the
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Speaker 1: presence of Pilate. Peter told them in Acts three nineteen,
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Speaker 1: repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be
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Speaker 1: blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from
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Speaker 1: the presence of the Lord. The priests, the captain of
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Speaker 1: the temple, and the sadducees came upon them. Being greatly disturbed,
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Speaker 1: they laid hands on them and put them in custody
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Speaker 1: until the next day. The next day, their rulers, elders,
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Speaker 1: and scribes assembled, They set them in the midst and asked,
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Speaker 1: by what power or by what name have you done this? Peter,
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Speaker 1: filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them in Acts
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Speaker 1: four ten. Let it be known to you all and
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Speaker 1: to all the people of Israel, that by the name
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Speaker 1: of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God
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Speaker 1: raised from the dead by him, this man stands here
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Speaker 1: before you whole. Peter declared in Acts four twelve nor
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Speaker 1: is there salvation in any other For there is no
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Speaker 1: other name under Heaven given among men by which we
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Speaker 1: must be saved. The High Priest rose up, filled with indignation,
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Speaker 1: and laid hands on the apostles and put them in
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Speaker 1: the common prison. But at night an angel of the
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Speaker 1: Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said,
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Speaker 1: in Acts five twenty go stand in the temple and
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Speaker 1: speak to the people all the words of this life.
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Speaker 1: And when they heard that, they entered the temple early
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Speaker 1: in the morning and taught. When the High Priest came,
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Speaker 1: they called the council together and sent to the prison
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Speaker 1: to have them brought. But when the officers came they
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Speaker 1: did not find them in the prison. One came and
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Speaker 1: told them, look the men whom you put in prisoner
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Speaker 1: standing in the temple and teaching the people. The captain
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Speaker 1: went with the officers and brought them without violence. When
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Speaker 1: they had brought them, they set them before the council.
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Speaker 1: The High Priest asked them in Ax five twenty eight,
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Speaker 1: did we not strictly command you not to teach in
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Speaker 1: this name? Peter and the other apostles answered in Acts
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Speaker 1: five twenty nine, we ought to obey God rather than men.
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Speaker 1: When they heard this, they were furious and plotted to
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Speaker 1: kill them. But Gamaliel, a pharisee and teacher of the law,
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Speaker 1: said to them in Ax. Five thirty eight thirty nine,
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Speaker 1: keep away from these men and let them alone. For
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Speaker 1: if this plan or this work is of men, it
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Speaker 1: will come to nothing. But if it is of God,
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Speaker 1: you cannot overthrow it, lest you even be found to
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Speaker 1: fight against God. They agreed with him, called for the apostles,
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Speaker 1: beat them, commanded them not to speak in the name
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Speaker 1: of Jesus, and let them go. In those days and
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Speaker 1: the number of disciples was multiplying, there arose a complaint
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Speaker 1: because the Hellenists widows were neglected in the daily distribution.
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Speaker 1: The twelve summoned the multitude of disciples and said in
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Speaker 1: Acts six two four, it is not desirable that we
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Speaker 1: should leave the word of God and serve tables. Therefore, brethren,
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Speaker 1: seek out from among you seven men of good reputation,
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Speaker 1: full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may
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Speaker 1: appoint over this business. But we will give ourselves continually
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Speaker 1: to prayer and to the ministry of the Word. They
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Speaker 1: chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy
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Speaker 1: Spirit and six others. Stephen, full of faith and power,
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Speaker 1: did great wonders and signs among the people. Some from
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Speaker 1: the synagogue rose up and disputed with Stephen. They were
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Speaker 1: not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by
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Speaker 1: which he spoke. They stirred up the people, seized him,
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Speaker 1: and brought him to the council. The High priest asked,
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Speaker 1: are these things? So? Stephen gave a long defense. Recounting
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Speaker 1: Israel's history. He concluded in Acts seven fifty one fifty two,
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Speaker 1: you stiff necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you
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Speaker 1: always resist the Holy Spirit, as your fathers did. So
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Speaker 1: do you. Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute?
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Speaker 1: When they heard these things, they were cut to the
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Speaker 1: heart and gnashed at him with their teeth. But Stephen,
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Speaker 1: being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and
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Speaker 1: saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the
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Speaker 1: right hand of God. He said in Acts seven fifty six,
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Speaker 1: look I see the heavens opened, and the Son of
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Speaker 1: Man standing at the right hand of God. They cried
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Speaker 1: out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran
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Speaker 1: at him with one accord. They cast him out of
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Speaker 1: the city and stoned him. The witnesses laid down their
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Speaker 1: clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.
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Speaker 1: They stoned Stephen. As he was calling on God. God,
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Speaker 1: he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice
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Speaker 1: in Acts seven sixty, Lord, do not charge them with
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Speaker 1: this sin. When he had said this, he fell asleep.
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Speaker 1: Saul was consenting to Stephen's death. At that time, a
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Speaker 1: great persecution arose against the Church in Jerusalem, and they
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Speaker 1: were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria.
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Speaker 1: Saul made havoc of the church, entering every house, dragging
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Speaker 1: off men and women, committing them to prison. Saul, still
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Speaker 1: breathing threats and murder against the disciples, went to the
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Speaker 1: High Priest and asked letters from him to the synagogues
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Speaker 1: of Damascus, so that if he found any who were
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Speaker 1: of the way, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
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Speaker 1: As he journeyed, he came near Damascus, and suddenly a
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Speaker 1: light shone around him from heaven. He fell to the
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Speaker 1: ground and heard a voice saying to him in Acts
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Speaker 1: nine to four, Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?
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Speaker 1: He said, who are you, Lord, the Lord said in
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Speaker 1: Acts nine five to six, I am Jesus, whom you
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Speaker 1: are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against
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Speaker 1: the gods. Arise and go into the city, and you
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Speaker 1: will be told what you must do. The men who
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Speaker 1: journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing
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Speaker 1: no one. Saul arose from the ground, and when his
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Speaker 1: eyes were opened, he saw no one. They led him
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Speaker 1: by the hand and brought him into Damascus. He was
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Speaker 1: three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank. There
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Speaker 1: was a disciple at Damascus named Anonius. The Lord said
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Speaker 1: to him in a vision, Anonius, he said, here, I
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Speaker 1: am Lord, The Lord said to him in Acts nine
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Speaker 1: eleven out of twelve, Arise and go to the street
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Speaker 1: called Strait and inquire at the house of Judas for
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Speaker 1: one called Saul of Tarsus. For behold, he is praying,
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Speaker 1: and in a vision he has seen a man named
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Speaker 1: Anonius coming in and putting his hand on him, so
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Speaker 1: that he might receive his sight. Anonius answered, Lord, I
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Speaker 1: have heard from many about this man, how much harm
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Speaker 1: he has done to your saints in Jerusalem. The Lord
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Speaker 1: said to him in Acts nine fifteen to sixteen, go,
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Speaker 1: for he is a chosen vessel of mine to bear
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Speaker 1: my name before gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel.
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Speaker 1: For I will show him how many things he must
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Speaker 1: suffer for my name's sake. Anonaus went and entered the house,
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Speaker 1: putting his hands on him, he said, in Acts nine seventeen, Brother, Saul,
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Speaker 1: the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road
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Speaker 1: as you came, has sent me that you may receive
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Speaker 1: your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit. Immediately
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Speaker 1: there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he
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Speaker 1: received his sight. At once, he arose and was baptized.
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Speaker 1: Saul spent some days with the disciples at Damascus. Immediately
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Speaker 1: he preached the Christ in the synagogues that he is
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Speaker 1: the son of God. All who heard were amazed, and said,
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Speaker 1: is this not he who destroyed those who called on
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Speaker 1: this name in Jerusalem. But Saul increased all the more
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Speaker 1: in strength and confounded the Jews who dwelt in Damascus,
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Speaker 1: proving that this Jesus is the Christ. There was a
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Speaker 1: man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion, a devout man
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Speaker 1: who feared God with all his household. About the ninth
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Speaker 1: hour of the day. He saw clearly in a vision
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Speaker 1: an angel of God coming in and saying to him Cornelius.
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Speaker 1: When he observed him, he was afraid. The angel said
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Speaker 1: to him in Acts ten forty six, your prayers and
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Speaker 1: your arms have come up for a memorial before God.
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Speaker 1: Now send men to Joppa, and send for Simon, whose
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Speaker 1: surname is Peter. He is lodging with Simon, a tanner,
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Speaker 1: whose house is by the sea. When the angel departed,
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Speaker 1: Cornelius sent men to Joppa. The next day. As they
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Speaker 1: drew near the sea, Peter went up on the house
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Speaker 1: top to pray. He became very hungry and fell into
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Speaker 1: a trance. He saw heaven opened, and an object like
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Speaker 1: a great sheet descending. In it were all kinds of
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Speaker 1: four footed animals, wild beasts, creeping things, and birds of
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Speaker 1: the air. A voice came to him in Acts ten thirteen,
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Speaker 1: Rise Peter, kill and eat. But Peter said, not so, Lord,
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Speaker 1: for I have never eaten anything common or unclean, and
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Speaker 1: DearS ye. The voice spoke again in Acts ten fifteen.
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Speaker 1: What God has cleansed, you must not call common. This
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Speaker 1: was done three times. While Peter wondered about the meaning
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Speaker 1: of the vision, the men sent from Cornelius stood before
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Speaker 1: the gate. The Spirit said to him in Acts ten
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Speaker 1: nineteen twenty, behold, three men are seeking you arise. Therefore,
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Speaker 1: go down and go with them, doubting nothing, for I
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Speaker 1: have sent them. Peter went with them. The following day
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Speaker 1: they entered Caesarrea. Cornelius was waiting for them. As Peter
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Speaker 1: was coming in. Cornelius met him and fell down at
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Speaker 1: his feet and worshiped him. But Peter lifted him up,
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Speaker 1: saying in Acts ten twenty six, stand up, I myself
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Speaker 1: am also a man. Peter opened his mouth and said
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Speaker 1: in Acts ten thirty four to thirty six. In truth,
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Speaker 1: I perceive that God shows no partiality, but in every nation,
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Speaker 1: whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by him.
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Speaker 1: The word which God sent to the children of Israel,
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Speaker 1: preaching peace through Jesus Christ, he is Lord of all.
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Speaker 1: Peter testified in Acts ten forty two to forty three,
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Speaker 1: and he commanded us to preach to the people and
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Speaker 1: to testify that it is he who was ordained by
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Speaker 1: God to be judge of the living and the dead.
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Speaker 1: To him, all the prophets witness that through his name,
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Speaker 1: whoever believes in him will receive remission of sin. While
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Speaker 1: Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell
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Speaker 1: upon all those who heard the word. Those of the
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Speaker 1: circumcision who believed were astonished because the gift of the
1:42:10
Speaker 1: Holy Spirit had been poured out on the gentiles, also
1:42:14
Speaker 1: for they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God.
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Speaker 1: Peter answered in Acts ten forty seven, can any one
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Speaker 1: forbid water that these should not be baptized who have
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Speaker 1: received the Holy Spirit just as we have. He commanded
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Speaker 1: them to be baptized in the name of the Lord.
1:42:33
Speaker 1: Certain men came down from Judea and taught the brethren
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Speaker 1: in Acts fifteen one, unless you are circumcised, according to
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Speaker 1: the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved. When Paul
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Speaker 1: and Barnabas had no small dissension and dispute with them,
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Speaker 1: they determined that Paul and Barnabas and certain others should
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Speaker 1: go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about
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Speaker 1: this question. When they had come to Jerusalem, they were
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Speaker 1: received by the church and the apostles and the elders.
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Speaker 1: Some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up,
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Speaker 1: saying it is necessary to circumcise them and to command
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Speaker 1: them to keep the law of Moses. The apostles and
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Speaker 1: elders came together to consider this matter. After much dispute,
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Speaker 1: Peter rose up and said to them in Acts fifteen
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Speaker 1: tenty eleven, Now, therefore, why do you test God by
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Speaker 1: putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples, which
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Speaker 1: neither our fathers nor we were able to bear. But
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Speaker 1: we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,
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Speaker 1: we shall be saved in the same manner as they.
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Speaker 1: James answered, saying in Acts fifteen nineteen twenty, Therefore, I
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Speaker 1: judge that we should not trouble those from among the
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Speaker 1: gentiles who are turning to God, but that we write
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Speaker 1: to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, from
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Speaker 1: sexual immorality, from things strangled, and from blood. Then it
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Speaker 1: pleased the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to
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Speaker 1: send chosen men to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. After
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Speaker 1: some days, Paul said to Barnabas, let us now go
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Speaker 1: back and visit our brethren in every city where we
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Speaker 1: have preached the word of the Lord. Paul chose Silas
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Speaker 1: and departed, being commended by the brethren to the grace
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Speaker 1: of God. Paul came to d'urbe and Listra. A certain
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Speaker 1: disciple was there named Timothy, the son of a Jewish
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Speaker 1: woman who believed, but his father was Greek. Paul wanted
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Speaker 1: to have him go with him. They were forbidden by
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Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit to preach the Word in Asia. After
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Speaker 1: they had come to Mesia. They tried to go into Bithynia,
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Speaker 1: but the Spirit did not permit them. A vision appeared
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Speaker 1: to Paul in the night. A man of Macedonia stood
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Speaker 1: and pleaded with him, saying in Acts sixteen nine, come
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Speaker 1: over to Macedonia and help us. After he had seen
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Speaker 1: the vision, immediately they sought to go to Macedonia. Concluding
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Speaker 1: that the Lord had called them to preach the Gospel
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Speaker 1: to them, they came to Philippi, the foremost city of
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Speaker 1: that part of Macedonia. On the Sabbath day. They went
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Speaker 1: out of the city to the river side, where prayer
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Speaker 1: was customarily made. They spoke to the women who met there.
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Speaker 1: A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple from
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Speaker 1: the city of Thiatera, who worshiped God, heard them. The
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Speaker 1: Lord opened her heart to heed the things spoken by Paul.
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Speaker 1: When she and her household were baptized, she begged them, saying,
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Speaker 1: if you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord,
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Speaker 1: come to my house and stay now. It happened as
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Speaker 1: they went to prayer that a certain slave girl possessed
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Speaker 1: with a spirit of divination met them, who brought her
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Speaker 1: master's much profit by fortune telling. This girl followed Paul
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Speaker 1: and cried out, saying, these men are the servants of
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Speaker 1: the Most High God, who proclaimed to us the way
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Speaker 1: of salvation. And this she did for many days. But Paul,
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Speaker 1: greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit in Acts
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Speaker 1: sixteen eighteen, I command you, in the name of Jesus Christ,
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Speaker 1: to come out of her. And he came out that
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Speaker 1: very hour. But when her masters saw that their hope
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Speaker 1: of prophet was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and
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Speaker 1: dragged them into the market place to the authorities. The
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Speaker 1: magistrates tore off their clothes and commanded them to be
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Speaker 1: beaten with rods. When they had laid many stripes on them,
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Speaker 1: they threw them into prison. At midnight, Paul and Silas
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Speaker 1: were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners
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Speaker 1: were listening to them. Suddenly there was a great earthquake,
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Speaker 1: so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. Immediately
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Speaker 1: all the doors were opened, and every one's chains were loosed.
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Speaker 1: The keeper of the prison, awaking from sleep and seeing
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Speaker 1: the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about
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Speaker 1: to kill himself, but Paul called with a loud voice, saying,
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Speaker 1: do yourself no harm, for we are all here. Then
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Speaker 1: he called for a light, ran in and fell down
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Speaker 1: trembling before Paul and Silas. He brought them out and said,
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Speaker 1: in Act sixteen thirty sirs, what must I do to
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Speaker 1: be saved? So they said, in Act sixteen thirty one,
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Speaker 1: believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved,
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Speaker 1: you and your household. Then they spoke the word of
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Speaker 1: the Lord to him and to all who were in
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Speaker 1: his house. He took them the same hour of the
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Speaker 1: night and washed their stripes, and immediately he and all
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Speaker 1: his family were baptized. Paul came to Thessalonica, where there
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Speaker 1: was a synagogue of the Jews. Then Paul, as his
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Speaker 1: custom was, went into them, and for three sabbaths reasoned
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Speaker 1: with them from the scriptures Some of them were persuaded
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Speaker 1: and joined Paul and Silas. Now, while Paul waited for
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Speaker 1: them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him. When
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Speaker 1: he saw that the city was given over to idols.
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Speaker 1: Certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. They took him
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Speaker 1: and brought him to the areopagus. Paul stood in the
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Speaker 1: midst of the areopagus and said, in Acts seventeen twenty
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Speaker 1: two twenty three, Men of Athens, I perceive that in
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Speaker 1: all things you are very religious. For as I was
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Speaker 1: passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I
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Speaker 1: even found an altar with this inscription to the unknown God. Therefore,
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Speaker 1: the one whom you worship without knowing him, I proclaim
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Speaker 1: to you, he declared in Acts seventeen thirty to thirty one. Truly,
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Speaker 1: these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all
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Speaker 1: men everywhere to repent, because He has appointed a day
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Speaker 1: on which he will judge the world in righteousness by
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Speaker 1: the man whom he has ordained. He has given assurance
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Speaker 1: of this to all by raising him from the dead.
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Speaker 1: After these things, Paul departed from Athens and went to
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Speaker 1: Corinth he found a certain Jew named Aquila born in Pontus,
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Speaker 1: who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla.
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Speaker 1: He came to them and worked with them, for by
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Speaker 1: occupation they were tent makers. He reasoned in the synagogue
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Speaker 1: every Sabbath and persuaded both Jews and Greeks. Paul continued
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Speaker 1: there a year and six months, teaching the Word of
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Speaker 1: God among them. Paul wrote to the Romans, explaining in
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Speaker 1: Romans one sixteen seventeen, for I am not ashamed of
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Speaker 1: the Gospel of Christ. For it is the power of
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Speaker 1: God to salvation for every one who believes, for the
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Speaker 1: Jew first, and also for the Greek. For in it
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Speaker 1: the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith.
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Speaker 1: As it is written, the just shall live by faith.
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Speaker 1: He declared that all have sinned, writing in Romans three
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Speaker 1: twenty three, for all have sinned and fall short of
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Speaker 1: the glory of God. Yet he explained God's solution in
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Speaker 1: Romans three twenty four to twenty five, being justified freely
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Speaker 1: by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ, Jesus,
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Speaker 1: whom God set forth as a propitiation by his blood
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Speaker 1: through faith to demonstrate his righteousness. Paul made clear that
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Speaker 1: salvation is not earned. He wrote in Romans four four five.
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Speaker 1: Now to him who works the wages are not counted
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Speaker 1: as grace, but as debt. But to him who does
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Speaker 1: not work, but believes on him who justifies the ungodly,
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Speaker 1: his faith is accounted for righteousness Audrie. He explained the
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Speaker 1: results of this justification in Romans five one two. Therefore,
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Speaker 1: having been justified by faith, we have peace with God
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Speaker 1: through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have
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Speaker 1: access by faith into this grace in which we stand
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Speaker 1: and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Paul
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Speaker 1: continued in Romans five eight to nine. But God demonstrates
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Speaker 1: his own love toward us in that while we were
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Speaker 1: still sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having
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Speaker 1: now been justici by his blood, we shall be saved
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Speaker 1: from wrath through him. He addressed the question of continuing
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Speaker 1: in sin. He asked in Romans six one two, What
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Speaker 1: shall we say, then, shall we continue in sin? That
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Speaker 1: grace may abound? Certainly not how shall we who died
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Speaker 1: to sin live any longer in it? He explained in
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Speaker 1: Romans six four. Therefore we were buried with him through
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Speaker 1: baptism into death. That just as Christ was raised from
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Speaker 1: the dead by the glory of the Father, even so
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Speaker 1: we also should walk in newness of life. Paul declared
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Speaker 1: freedom from condemnation in Romans eight one to the two.
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Speaker 1: There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are
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Speaker 1: in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh,
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Speaker 1: but according to the spirit. For the law of the
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Speaker 1: Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free
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Speaker 1: from the law of sin and death, he assured believers
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Speaker 1: in Romans eight twenty eight. And we know that that
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Speaker 1: all things work together for good to those who love God,
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Speaker 1: to those who are the called according to His purpose.
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Speaker 1: Paul concluded in Romans eight thirty eight thirty nine. For
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Speaker 1: I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels,
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Speaker 1: nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
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Speaker 1: nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing shall
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Speaker 1: be able to separate us from the Love of God
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Speaker 1: which is in Christ Jesus, our Lord. Paul wrote to
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Speaker 1: the Corinthians addressing divisions. He said in First Corinthians one ten.
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Speaker 1: Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of
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Speaker 1: our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing,
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Speaker 1: and that there be no divisions among you, but that
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Speaker 1: you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and
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Speaker 1: in the same judgment. Paul taught about spiritual gifts. He
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Speaker 1: wrote in First Corinthians twelve four to six. There are
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Speaker 1: diversities of gifts, but the same spirit. There are differences
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Speaker 1: of ministries, but the same Lord. And there are diversities
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Speaker 1: of activities, but it is the same God who works
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Speaker 1: all in all, he explained in First Corinthians twelve twelve
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Speaker 1: to thirteen. For as the body is one and has
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Speaker 1: many members, but all the members of that one body,
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Speaker 1: being many, are one body, so also is Christ. For
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Speaker 1: by one spirit we were all baptized into one body,
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Speaker 1: where the Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and
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Speaker 1: have all been made to drink into one spirit. He
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Speaker 1: compared the Church to a body in First Corinthians twelve
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Speaker 1: twenty seven. Now you are the body of Christ and
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Speaker 1: members individually. But he pointed to a more excellent way.
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Speaker 1: Paul wrote in First Corinthians thirteen fourty seven. Love suffers
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Speaker 1: long and is kind, Love does not envy, love does
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Speaker 1: not parade itself, is not puffed up, does not behave rooms,
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Speaker 1: does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil,
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Speaker 1: does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth,
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Speaker 1: bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures
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Speaker 1: all things. He concluded in First Corinthians thirteen thirteen. And
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Speaker 1: now abide faith, hope, love, these three. But the greatest
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Speaker 1: of these is love. Paul wrote to the Ephesians about unity.
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Speaker 1: He said in Ephesians four want of three. I. Therefore,
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Speaker 1: the prisoner of the Lord beseech you to walk worthy
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Speaker 1: of the calling with which you were called, with all
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Speaker 1: lowliness and gentleness, with long suffering, bearing with one another
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Speaker 1: in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit
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Speaker 1: in the bond of peace. He declared in Ephesians four
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Speaker 1: four to six. There is one body and one spirit,
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Speaker 1: just as you were called in one hope of your calling,
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Speaker 1: one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father
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Speaker 1: of all, who is above all and through all, and
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Speaker 1: in you all. Paul wrote urgently to the Galatians. He
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Speaker 1: expressed his shock in Galatians one six seven. I marvel
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Speaker 1: that you are turning away so soon from him who
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Speaker 1: called you in the grace of Christ to a different gospel,
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Speaker 1: which is not another. But there are some who trouble
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Speaker 1: you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ, he
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Speaker 1: declared in Galatians one eight. But even if we or
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Speaker 1: an angel from heaven preach any other gospel to you
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Speaker 1: than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed.
1:55:37
Speaker 1: Paul defended justification by faith. He wrote in Galatians two sixteen,
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Speaker 1: knowing that a man is not justified by the works
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Speaker 1: of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. Even
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Speaker 1: we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be
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Speaker 1: justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works
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Speaker 1: of the law. For by the works of the law,
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Speaker 1: no flesh shall be justified. He stated in Galatians two twenty.
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Speaker 1: I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer
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Speaker 1: I who live, but Christ lives in me, and the
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Speaker 1: life which I now live in the flesh. I live
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Speaker 1: by faith in the Son of God, who loved me
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Speaker 1: and gave himself for me. He asked the Galatians in
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Speaker 1: Galatians three one to three, Oh, foolish Galatians, who has
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Speaker 1: bewitched you that you should not obey the truth? This
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Speaker 1: only I want to learn from you. Did you receive
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Speaker 1: the spirit by the works of the law or by
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Speaker 1: the hearing of faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun
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Speaker 1: in the spirit? Are you now being made perfect by
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Speaker 1: the flesh? Paul declared in Galatians five to one. Stand
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Speaker 1: fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made
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Speaker 1: us free, and do not be entangled again with a
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Speaker 1: yoke of bondage. Paul wrote to the Colossians, warning them.
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Speaker 1: He said in Colossians two punate, beware lest any one
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Speaker 1: cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit according to the
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Speaker 1: tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world,
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Speaker 1: and not according to Christ. He declared in Colossians two
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Speaker 1: nine to ten. For in Him dwells all the fullness
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Speaker 1: of the God Head bodily, and you are complete in Him,
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Speaker 1: who is the head of all principality and power. Paul
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Speaker 1: wrote to the Thessalonians about daily conduct. He instructed in
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Speaker 1: first Thessalonians four three to four, For this is the
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Speaker 1: will of God your sanctification, that you should abstain from
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Speaker 1: sexual immorality. That each of you should know how to
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Speaker 1: possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor. He said
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Speaker 1: in First Thessalonians four eleven to twelve, that you also
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Speaker 1: aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business,
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Speaker 1: and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you.
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Speaker 1: That you may walk properly toward those who are outside,
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Speaker 1: and that you may lack nothing. Paul comforted them concerning
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Speaker 1: believers who had died, He wrote in First Thessalonians four
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Speaker 1: thirteen to fourteen, but I do not want you to
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Speaker 1: be ignorant, brethren concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest
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Speaker 1: you sorrow as others who have no hope. For if
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Speaker 1: we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so
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Speaker 1: God will bring with him those who sleep in Jesus,
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Speaker 1: he declared in First and Thessalonians four sixteen seventeen. For
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Speaker 1: the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout,
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Speaker 1: with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet
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Speaker 1: of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
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Speaker 1: Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught
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Speaker 1: up together with them in the clouds to meet the
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Speaker 1: Lord in the air. Paul instructed them in First Thessalonians
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Speaker 1: five sixteen two eighteen. Rejoice, always pray without ceasing. In everything,
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Speaker 1: give thanks for this is the will of God in
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Speaker 1: Christ Jesus for you. Writing to the Philippians from prison,
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Speaker 1: Paul declared in Philippians one twenty one, for to me,
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Speaker 1: to live is Christ, and to die is gain. He
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Speaker 1: urged in Philippians two three to four. Let nothing be
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Speaker 1: done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind.
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Speaker 1: Let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of
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Speaker 1: you look out not only for his own interests, but
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Speaker 1: also for the interests of others. Paul described Christ's example
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Speaker 1: in Philippians two five to eight. Let this mind be
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Speaker 1: in you, which was also in Christ. Jesus, who, being
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Speaker 1: in the form of God, did not consider it robbery
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Speaker 1: to be equal with God, but made himself of no reputation,
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Speaker 1: taking the form of a bond servant, and coming in
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Speaker 1: the likeness of men, and being found in appearance as
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Speaker 1: a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to the
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Speaker 1: point of death, even the death of the cross. He
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Speaker 1: shared his testimony in Philippians three seven to eight. But
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Speaker 1: what things were gain to me? These I have counted
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Speaker 1: loss for Christ. Yet Indeed, I also count all things
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Speaker 1: loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ. Jesus,
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Speaker 1: my Lord Paul commanded in Philippians four four, Rejoice in
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Speaker 1: the Lord always. Again, I will say, rejoice. He gave
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Speaker 1: the remedy for anxiety in Philippians four six seven. Be
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Speaker 1: anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication,
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Speaker 1: with thanksgiving. Let your requests be made known to God.
2:00:35
Speaker 1: And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will
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Speaker 1: guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Paul wrote
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Speaker 1: to Timothy with instructions for church leadership. He stated the
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Speaker 1: qualifications for overseers in First Timothy three two four. A
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Speaker 1: bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober,
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Speaker 1: minded of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach, not given
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Speaker 1: to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle,
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Speaker 1: not quarrelsome, not covetous, one who rules his own house well,
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Speaker 1: having his children in submission, with all reverence. He also
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Speaker 1: gave qualifications for deacons in First Timothy three eight to nine. Likewise,
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Speaker 1: deacons must be reverent, not double tongued, not given to
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Speaker 1: much wine, not greedy for money, holding the mystery of
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Speaker 1: the faith with a pure conscience. Paul warned Timothy in
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Speaker 1: First Timothy four one two. Now the Spirit expressly says
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Speaker 1: that in latter times some will depart from the faith,
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Speaker 1: giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking
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Speaker 1: lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a
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Speaker 1: hot iron. Yet he instructed in First Timothy four twelve,
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Speaker 1: let no one despise your youth, but be an example
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Speaker 1: to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit,
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Speaker 1: in faith, in purity. Paul commanded Timothy in tewod Timothy
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Speaker 1: two fifteen, be diligent to present yourself approved to God,
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Speaker 1: a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly
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Speaker 1: dividing the word of truth. Paul gave his final charge
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Speaker 1: in Second Timothy four to two. Preach the word. Be
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Speaker 1: ready in season and out of season. Convince rebuke, exhort
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Speaker 1: with all long suffering and teaching. He shared his testimony
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Speaker 1: in tecod Timothy four seven to eight. I have fought
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Speaker 1: the good fight. I have finished the race. I have
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Speaker 1: kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me
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Speaker 1: the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge,
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Speaker 1: will give to me on that day, and not to
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Speaker 1: me only, but also to all who have loved his appearing.
2:02:51
Speaker 1: The writer of Hebrews encourage believers to hold fast. He
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Speaker 1: wrote in Hebrews three twelve two thirteen, Beware, brethren, lest
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Speaker 1: there be in any of you an evil heart of
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Speaker 1: unbelief in departing from the Living God. But exhort one
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Speaker 1: another daily while it is called to day, lest any
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Speaker 1: of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. He
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Speaker 1: declared in Hebrews four fourteen to sixteen. Seeing then that
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Speaker 1: we have a great high priest who has passed through
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Speaker 1: the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold
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Speaker 1: fast our confession, for we do not have a high
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Speaker 1: priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in
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Speaker 1: all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let
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Speaker 1: us therefore come boldly to the throne of Grace, that
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Speaker 1: we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in
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Speaker 1: time of need. He defined faith in Hebrews eleven one.
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Speaker 1: Now faith is the substance of things hoped for the
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Speaker 1: evidence of things not seen. He then recounted the heroes
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Speaker 1: of faith throughout history. The writer encouraged in Hebrews twelve
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Speaker 1: one two. Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by
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Speaker 1: so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside
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Speaker 1: every weight and the sin which so easily ensnares us,
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Speaker 1: and let us run with endurance the race that is
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Speaker 1: set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher
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Speaker 1: of our faith, who, for the joy that was set
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Speaker 1: before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and has
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Speaker 1: sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
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Speaker 1: James wrote about trials, saying in James one two four,
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Speaker 1: my brethren counted all joy when you fall into various trials,
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Speaker 1: knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But
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Speaker 1: let patience have its perfect work, that you may be
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Speaker 1: perfect and complete, lacking nothing. He declared in James one twelve.
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Speaker 1: Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he
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Speaker 1: has been approved, he will receive the crown of life,
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Speaker 1: which the Lord has promised to those who love him.
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Speaker 1: James taught about faith and works in James two seventeen. Thus,
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Speaker 1: also faith by itself, if it does not have works,
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Speaker 1: is dead. Peter wrote to scattered believers. He said in
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Speaker 1: First Peter one six seven. In this you greatly rejoice,
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Speaker 1: though now for a little while, if need be, you
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Speaker 1: have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of
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Speaker 1: your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes,
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Speaker 1: though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise,
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Speaker 1: honor and glory. At the revelation of Jesus Christ, John
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Speaker 1: was on the island of Patmos for the Word of
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Speaker 1: God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. He was in
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Speaker 1: the spirit on the Lord's Day, and heard behind him
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Speaker 1: a loud voice as of a trumpet, saying in Revelation
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Speaker 1: one eleven, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the
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Speaker 1: first and the last. The voice told him to write
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Speaker 1: what he saw in a book and send it to
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Speaker 1: the seven churches. John learn to see the voice. He
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Speaker 1: saw seven golden lamp stands, and in the midst one
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Speaker 1: like the son of Man. His description in Revelation one
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Speaker 1: fourteen to sixteen was striking. His head and hair were
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Speaker 1: white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes
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Speaker 1: like a flame of fire. His feet were like fine brass,
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Speaker 1: as if refined in a furnace, and his voice as
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Speaker 1: the sound of many waters. He had in his right
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Speaker 1: hand seven stars. Out of his mouth went a sharp,
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Speaker 1: two edged sword, and his countenance was like the sun,
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Speaker 1: shining in its strength. When John saw him, he fell
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Speaker 1: at his feet as dead, but he laid his right
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Speaker 1: hand on him, saying in Revelation one seventeen to eighteen,
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Speaker 1: do not be afraid. I am the first and the last.
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Speaker 1: I am he who lives and was dead. And behold,
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Speaker 1: I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys
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Speaker 1: of hades and of death. John was told to write
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Speaker 1: to the seven churches. After these things. John looked and
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Speaker 1: a door standing open in heaven. The first voice he
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Speaker 1: heard was like a trumpet, speaking with him, saying in
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Speaker 1: Revelation four one, come up here, and I will show
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Speaker 1: you things which must take place after this. Immediately John
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Speaker 1: was in the spirit. A throne was set in heaven,
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Speaker 1: and one sat on the throne. Around the throne were
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Speaker 1: twenty four elders and four living creatures who gave glory
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Speaker 1: and honor. And thanks to him who sat on the throne,
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Speaker 1: they cried in Revelation four eight, Holy, Holy, Holy Lord
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Speaker 1: God Almighty, who was and is and is to come.
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Speaker 1: John saw in the right hand of him who sat
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Speaker 1: on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back,
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Speaker 1: sealed with seven seals. A strong angel proclaimed, who is
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Speaker 1: worthy to open the scroll? No one was found worthy.
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Speaker 1: John wept much, but one of the elders set him
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Speaker 1: in Revelation five five, do not weep. Behold the lion
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Speaker 1: of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has
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Speaker 1: prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals.
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Speaker 1: John looked and saw a lamb, as though it had
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Speaker 1: been slain. He came and took the scroll. When he
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Speaker 1: took it, the four living creatures and the twenty four
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Speaker 1: elders fell down before the lamb. They sang in Revelation
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Speaker 1: five nine ten, you are worthy to take the scroll
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Speaker 1: and to open its seals, for you were slain and
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Speaker 1: have redeemed us to God by your blood out of
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Speaker 1: every tribe and tongue, and people and nation, and have
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Speaker 1: made us kings and priests to our God. And we
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Speaker 1: shall reign on the earth. The lamb opened the seals.
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Speaker 1: One by one, judgments came upon the earth. Seven angels
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Speaker 1: were given seven trumpets. John saw a woman clothed with
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Speaker 1: the sun. She was with child, and cried out in labor.
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Speaker 1: A great dragon stood before the woman to devour her child.
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Speaker 1: He bore a male child who was to rule all nations.
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Speaker 1: Her child was caught up to God. War broke out
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Speaker 1: in heaven. Michael and his angels fought with the dragon.
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Speaker 1: The great dragon was cast out that serpent of old,
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Speaker 1: called the devil and Satan. John heard a loud voice
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Speaker 1: in Revelation twelve to ten eleven. Now, salvation and strength
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Speaker 1: and the kingdom of our God and the power of
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Speaker 1: his Christ have come. For the accuser of our brethren
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Speaker 1: has been cast down. And they overcame him by the
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Speaker 1: blood of the lamb and by the word of their testimony.
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Speaker 1: And they did not love their lives to the death.
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Speaker 1: John saw a beast rising up out of the sea.
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Speaker 1: Another beast came up out of the earth and exercised
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Speaker 1: all the authority of the first beast. Seven bowls of
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Speaker 1: God's wrath were poured out upon the earth. John saw
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Speaker 1: heaven opened and a white horse. He who sat on
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Speaker 1: him was called Faithful and True. His eyes were like
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Speaker 1: a flame of He was clothed with a robe dipped
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Speaker 1: in blood, and his name is called the Word of God.
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Speaker 1: On his robe a name was written King of Kings
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Speaker 1: and Lord of Lords. The Beast and the kings of
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Speaker 1: the earth gathered together to make war against him. The
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Speaker 1: Beast was captured and cast alive into the Lake of Fire.
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Speaker 1: An angel came down from heaven and laid hold of
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Speaker 1: the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil
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Speaker 1: and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. John
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Speaker 1: saw thrones, and they sat on them. They lived and
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Speaker 1: reigned with Christ for a thousand years. When the thousand
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Speaker 1: years were finished, Satan was released. Fire came down from
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Speaker 1: God and devoured them. The Devil was cast into the
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Speaker 1: Lake of fire. John saw a great white throne and
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Speaker 1: him who sat on it. The dead were judged according
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Speaker 1: to their works. Anyone not found written in the Book
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Speaker 1: of Life was cast into the Lake of fire. John
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Speaker 1: saw a new Heaven and a new Earth. He saw
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Speaker 1: the Holy City New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven
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Speaker 1: from God. A loud voice said in Revelation twenty one
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Speaker 1: three four. Behold, the Tabernacle of God is with men,
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Speaker 1: and he will dwell with them. God will wipe away
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Speaker 1: every tear from their eyes. There shall be no more death,
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Speaker 1: nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain.
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Speaker 1: He who sat on the throne said in Revelation twenty
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Speaker 1: one five to six, behold, I make all things new.
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Speaker 1: I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and
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Speaker 1: the end. I will give of the fountain of the
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Speaker 1: water of life freely to him who thirsts. The Angel
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Speaker 1: showed John a pure river of water of life, clear
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Speaker 1: as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of
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Speaker 1: the Lamb. The tree of life bore twelve fruits. The
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Speaker 1: leaves were for the healing of the nations. There shall
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Speaker 1: be no more curse. His servants shall serve him. They shall.
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Speaker 1: I'll see his face, and his name shall be on
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Speaker 1: their foreheads. Jesus testified in Revelation twenty two twelve two
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Speaker 1: or thirteen. And behold, I am coming quickly, and my
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Speaker 1: reward is with me to give to everyone according to
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Speaker 1: his work. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the
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Speaker 1: beginning and the End, the first and the last. He
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Speaker 1: declared in Revelation twenty two sixteen. I Jesus have sent
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Speaker 1: my Angel to testify to you these things in the churches.
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Speaker 1: I am the root and the offspring of David, the
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Speaker 1: Bright and morning Star, the Spirit and the bride, say come.
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Speaker 1: Let him who hears say, come whoever desires, Let him
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Speaker 1: take the water of life freely, Jesus said in Revelation
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Speaker 1: twenty two twenty. Surely I am coming quickly. John responded, Amen.
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Speaker 1: Even so, Come Lord Jesus. If this journey through the
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Speaker 1: New Testament opened your eyes to something new, if it
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