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God's Good Bad And Misguided With Ralph Good · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: The Daily Mess on Arrow.net, A-R-R-O-E.net. Enjoy your exploration. Hi, Ralph.
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  Speaker 1: This is Arrow Collins. How are you doing today, sir?
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: I'm calling just to basically talk about, let's talk about God.
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  Speaker 1: Isn't it always a great day to talk about God?
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  Speaker 2: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: You are so actively involved with the presentation and or
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  Speaker 1: living choices that we make in our lives. And I
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  Speaker 1: love the way that you are so open with it
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  Speaker 1: as well, because there are so many people. I know
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  Speaker 1: that being an Elevation Church, I had to go through
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  Speaker 1: a lot of Band-Aid churches to get where I'm going.
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  Speaker 1: What have you found in your research about churches that
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  Speaker 1: really do open hearts, but at the same time, are
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  Speaker 1: they giving to those hearts that are screaming for help?
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  Speaker 2: Ooh, most of the time, no, because a lot of
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  Speaker 2: churches are just looking for people they can use to
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  Speaker 2: build their church. And when you don't have that, if
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  Speaker 2: you're wounded and crippled, they don't want to bother you. Right, right.
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  Speaker 1: I was just talking to a preacher yesterday about that
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  Speaker 1: very subject, and the thing about it is he's the
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  Speaker 1: one that jumped into, if they're not giving me money
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  Speaker 1: in that plate on Sunday, I don't know how I'm
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  Speaker 1: going to pay for the electric bill on Monday.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, isn't that... the way some of them actually operate.
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  Speaker 2: And it's sad.
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  Speaker 1: It is because we don't get to hear about that
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  Speaker 1: on the Sunday morning notes at church before the preacher
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  Speaker 1: man comes out. You know, when they usually come out
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  Speaker 1: there and make the announcements. I mean, I think it
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  Speaker 1: would be a little bit more honest if they would say, hey,
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  Speaker 1: electric bill's a little high this month. You know it
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  Speaker 1: because you're having to pay for it too. Can you
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  Speaker 1: drop a little bit more in that plate, please?
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  Speaker 2: Yes. Yeah. I mean, that's, That's the way it is sometimes,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and we forget to take care of the sheep.
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  Speaker 2: They just want to build a church and not take
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  Speaker 2: care of the sheep. It's just so frustrating for me
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  Speaker 2: because I always get involved. I always do more than
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  Speaker 2: I should. And the problem is they always want just
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  Speaker 2: a little bit more and a little bit more. Until
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  Speaker 2: you're doing so much, you break. And then they don't
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  Speaker 2: care about you. Then you've got a problem with authority.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm like, well, of course I do. Because you're
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  Speaker 2: not operating on a biblical authority. And our battle is
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  Speaker 2: against those who would rule over us. Ephesians 6.12. Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 1: One of the things, how did you gain the confidence
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  Speaker 1: to be so vocal the way that you are? Because
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  Speaker 1: I always picture my mother whispering in my ear going,
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  Speaker 1: there are things we don't talk about, buddy. We don't
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  Speaker 1: talk about this. And it's like, I almost felt like
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  Speaker 1: my mom put up a wall so that I couldn't
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  Speaker 1: be a talker today.
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  Speaker 2: That's right. And me too. I grew up in the
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  Speaker 2: old order of Mennonite church where my grandparents drove a
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  Speaker 2: horse and buggy. And my cousins still... drive a horse
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  Speaker 2: and buggy because it's my age and I'm in my
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  Speaker 2: 69 and they're still driving a horse and buggy. And
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  Speaker 2: we were taught to be fast pacifist. And that made
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  Speaker 2: us vulnerable to be manipulated and used by dominant unscrupulous people.
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  Speaker 2: And after I got saved in my early twenties, God
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  Speaker 2: started me dealing with me to address this. And I
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  Speaker 2: was in situation where I, was forced to stand up
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  Speaker 2: for myself or just totally get lost in the programs
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  Speaker 2: they were trying to do. And when I stood up,
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  Speaker 2: it was like, well, you're having a problem with authority.
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  Speaker 2: And I was like, it's like, well, what is authority?
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  Speaker 2: And I really didn't know at the time. And so
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  Speaker 2: I started out on a journey to find out what
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  Speaker 2: authority is, because until you know that, How do you
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  Speaker 2: know who you're submitting to? How do you know what
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  Speaker 2: authority is? And which was a question of my very
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  Speaker 2: first book I wrote was spiritual authority. What's it really
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  Speaker 2: all about? I mean, that was my question. When I
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  Speaker 2: started studying authority, I was totally shocked to find something
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  Speaker 2: in Scripture that that I'd never heard in church, or
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  Speaker 2: any of the dozens and dozens of books I read
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  Speaker 2: about authority. And so I became an author to expose this.
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  Speaker 2: And what I found was the Greek word that translates
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  Speaker 2: from to power and authority in the New Testament that
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  Speaker 2: defines the authority of God's kingdom, of Christ, of the apostles,
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  Speaker 2: the disciples, and us as believers. also defines the power
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  Speaker 2: and authority of Satan's kingdom of darkness. In 103 times,
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  Speaker 2: that word appears, exotheia, appears in the New Testament. 19
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  Speaker 2: of them is a direct reference to Satan's kingdom of darkness.
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  Speaker 2: Oh my goodness. The same Greek word. And if you
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  Speaker 2: can't tell the difference between those two, how can you
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  Speaker 2: possibly know which one of those you are submitting your
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  Speaker 2: life to? And a mistake on submitting to the wrong
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  Speaker 2: type of authority will destroy your life. Including my own life.
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  Speaker 2: Authorities who were using the authority Scripture attributes to Satan
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  Speaker 2: rather than God. Because it's the same Greek word. They
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  Speaker 2: destroy lives. And they destroy the church. And it's something
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  Speaker 2: that we need to address as Christians. Especially as church
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  Speaker 2: godly pastors. Because until people know the difference, they don't
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  Speaker 2: know which one they're really part of. They can't really
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  Speaker 2: know for sure.
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  Speaker 1: Please don't move. We'll be right back with Ralph Good
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  Speaker 1: coming up next. I just love the way this guy talks.
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  Speaker 1: He's very open and transparent. We are back with Ralph Good.
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  Speaker 1: It's one of those situations where I know there's many
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  Speaker 1: times when I'm receiving the word on Sunday morning and
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  Speaker 1: I'll go, oh, I need to be looking this up
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  Speaker 1: because my interpretation is not I'm sure it's not what
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  Speaker 1: he just delivered right now. And I don't mind going
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  Speaker 1: in there and fact checking the preacher. Are we wrong
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  Speaker 1: in doing that?
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  Speaker 2: No, absolutely not. The abusive authorities tell you it is
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  Speaker 2: because that exposes them. Yes. And so they make the
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  Speaker 2: issue about you and their authority. When the scripture tells
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  Speaker 2: us that not everybody who claims to speak for God does,
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  Speaker 2: 1 John 4, 1 through 3, and they must first
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  Speaker 2: be tested. So when they tell you, you can't question
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  Speaker 2: my authority, they are telling you to disobey the apostle
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  Speaker 2: John who tells us we are to test them. So
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  Speaker 2: now we have a conflict. Which authority do we listen to? John? No.
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  Speaker 2: Who is in the Holy Scripture, or this pastor, who
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  Speaker 2: comes in God's name. I mean, it's a conflict that
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  Speaker 2: needs to be resolved, and without condemning, because he will
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  Speaker 2: condemn you for questioning and challenging him, but you simply
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  Speaker 2: obey the Scripture to test him.
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  Speaker 1: That's right. And this is every bit the reason why
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  Speaker 1: I would love listeners to go to your website and
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  Speaker 1: to find out more about you. 10 Minutes With You
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  Speaker 1: just introduces you to them. I want to get people
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  Speaker 1: to get actively involved with what you do. Where can
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  Speaker 1: they go to find out where you are and how
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  Speaker 1: we can grow together as a community and as a family?
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  Speaker 2: Okay, it's RalphGoodChristianAuthor.com.
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  Speaker 1: I love that. That's simple there, Guy. I mean, wow. Because,
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  Speaker 1: you know, sometimes those preacher teachers sit there and give
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  Speaker 1: us this thing with like 18 million letters in it
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  Speaker 1: so we can automatically get lost and we find only
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  Speaker 1: them and not the real word.
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  Speaker 2: That's right.
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  Speaker 1: Wow. Well, you've got to come back to this show
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  Speaker 1: any time in the future. Like I said, 10 minutes
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  Speaker 1: with you is not enough. I would love to book
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  Speaker 1: a lot longer so that we can break things down
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  Speaker 1: and try to get people to understand. You're making the
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  Speaker 1: right decision, but is it the greatest decision?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's true. And when we come to church and
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  Speaker 2: we don't know the Word of God, we have to
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  Speaker 2: rely on those who teach us. And when they tell
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  Speaker 2: us the wrong thing, and we start to question because
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  Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit within us will rise up and say, hey,
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  Speaker 2: that's wrong.
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  Speaker 1: It will bear witness.
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  Speaker 2: And then when you do, they put you down. And
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  Speaker 2: that's wrong. We do not need to submit to that. Sure,
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  Speaker 2: we need to be honorable and respectful and When we
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  Speaker 2: challenge them, but challenging them and questioning them is not wrong. Now,
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  Speaker 2: being an idiot and rebellious and stuff, that's different. But
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  Speaker 2: we do need to question this. And if they're truly
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  Speaker 2: of God, they have no problem clarifying what they have,
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  Speaker 2: the truth of the scripture.
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  Speaker 1: That's it.
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  Speaker 2: That's it.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you be brilliant today. And I look forward to
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  Speaker 1: talking with you many more times in the future, sir.
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  Speaker 2: Okay. I appreciate it. I want to set people free.