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Series A – Sixth Sunday After Pentecost – Sunday, July 09, 2023 | Pr. Chris Rosebrough

Welcome to the Teaching Ministry of Kongsvinger Lutheran Church. Kongsvinger is a beacon for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and is located on the plains of Northwestern Minnesota. We proclaim Christ and Him crucified for our sins and salvation by grace through faith alone, and now, here’s a message from Pastor Chris Rosebrough:

Time Stamp	Transcript
0:27	The holy Gospel
0:29	According to Saint Matthew the 11th
0:30	chapter
0:32	thank you
0:34	[Music]
0:38	at that time Jesus declared I thank you
0:40	Father Lord of Heaven and Earth that you
0:42	have hidden these things from the wise
0:43	and understanding and have revealed them
0:45	to Little Children yes Father for such
0:47	was your gracious will all things have
0:50	been handed over to me by my father and
0:52	no one knows the son except for the
0:54	father and no one knows the father
0:55	except the son and anyone to whom the
0:57	son chooses to reveal him come to me all
1:00	you who labor and are heavy laden and I
1:02	will give you rest take my yoke upon you
1:05	learn from me for I am gentle and lowly
1:07	in heart and you will find rest for your
1:10	souls for my yoke is easy and my burden
1:12	is light this is the gospel of the Lord
1:15	in the name of Jesus
1:17	hear the words of Our Lord from our
1:19	gospel text today come to me all you who
1:21	labor and are heavy laden and I will
1:23	give you rest boy what a mess this world
1:27	is and I’m not talking about the world
1:29	out there I’m talking about y’all here
1:31	and myself included you’ll note that in
1:35	our Romans text we get one of the most
1:37	unflattering texts of all time one that
1:40	I like to remind people describes the
1:42	normal Christian life but if you’ve read
1:44	theologians throughout the centuries
1:46	throughout the Millennia a lot of people
1:49	have a hard time with this particular
1:51	text people like to sit there and go
1:54	well as Christians the the whole the old
1:57	is gone the new has come we are New
1:59	Creations new creatures in Christ Jesus
2:01	therefore Paul must be describing his
2:04	life before he became a Christian
2:08	bah humbug no way Jose
2:13	this is exactly what Paul is describing
2:16	his life as a Christian somebody who is
2:20	a penitent believer in Jesus Christ and
2:23	Romans 7 is not written in past tense
2:25	it’s written in the present tense he’s
2:28	describing himself at the time in which
2:30	he penned this and this is nearing the
2:33	end of his course not the beginning of
2:35	it as a Christian and so we must
2:38	consider these sobering words in fact
2:40	let me give you a frame for this I think
2:43	several of you know this I may have
2:45	discussed it before but my wife you know
2:48	Bad Company corrupts good character I
2:50	think I keep making this point she’s
2:52	introduced me to the TV Show Breaking
2:54	Bad all right and what an absolute train
2:58	wreck this television show is but as I
3:02	Ponder each episode that gets worse I
3:06	mean it is a descent into complete and
3:09	utter lawlessness
3:12	murder and drugs and just
3:16	I think the name of the television show
3:19	is wrongly named because here’s the
3:21	fundamental assumption
3:22	fundamental assumption main character
3:25	guy by the name of Walter White and he’s
3:28	your garden variety milk toast chemistry
3:31	teacher at your local high school in
3:33	Albuquerque New Mexico he’s working hard
3:36	for the little money that he makes he
3:38	happens to have lung cancer and he’s a
3:42	good guy but because of weird
3:44	circumstances and the difficulties of
3:46	life and how things just kind of don’t
3:49	work out have you ever noticed that we
3:50	all have to toil at our work at Walter
3:53	White has to toil not at one job but two
3:55	jobs to make ends meet and one of them
3:57	happens to be a car wash can you imagine
4:00	working at a car wash right and so
4:02	through these series of events weird
4:05	things happen and next thing you know he
4:07	becomes the best crystal meth cook in
4:09	all of New Mexico in fact probably the
4:12	United States and everything that goes
4:15	along with being a drug lord then begins
4:17	to come into his life and so people sit
4:20	there and go the way the world thinks
4:21	we’re basically looking good people
4:24	who’ve made bad decisions which turned
4:26	them into bad people
4:28	hogwash okay Breaking Bad is wrongly
4:32	named it breaking present active
4:35	participle bad like somehow they’re now
4:38	in the process of Breaking Bad wrong
4:40	this is not Humanity it we are broken
4:44	past tense badly
4:48	good people don’t become bad people in
4:52	this life except for Adam and Eve every
4:54	one of us are bad people
4:58	and that’s the point that the Apostle
5:00	Paul is making and here’s the thing the
5:03	corruption infects us all as I look back
5:07	across the entirety of my life I’m I’m
5:10	hitting that age where you’re supposed
5:12	to reflect 55 right it’s it’s an age
5:14	where you’re supposed to look back and
5:16	kind of consider where you’ve been and
5:18	maybe look at the short time that you
5:20	have left to go and kind of make some
5:22	decisions and you know and ruminate and
5:24	think about this as I look back at the
5:27	55 years previous there isn’t a good one
5:30	there as far as morally is concerned
5:33	right
5:34	you sit there and go well pastor this
5:36	isn’t a good way for you to be speaking
5:38	about yourself I mean after all you have
5:41	been Faithfully married to your wife for
5:43	over 30 years if you married your high
5:45	school sweetheart you own a house you
5:47	pay your taxes you have a truck you know
5:50	and you you have a job as a pastor I
5:53	mean as far as the American dream goes
5:55	and how life is supposed to go in this
5:57	life you are the epitome of successful
6:00	you are a good person you are looking at
6:03	the wrong standard if you think this
6:06	the standard isn’t the American dream
6:09	the standard is the holy law of God
6:14	and when I look at my life in comparison
6:17	to that standard
6:19	there hasn’t been a moment of my life or
6:22	yours where I’ve measured up
6:26	and you know what
6:27	we’re in good company
6:30	because that’s exactly what the Apostle
6:32	Paul is talking about himself
6:34	he says we know that the law is
6:36	spiritual
6:37	I am of the flesh sold under sin present
6:42	tense yes it is true that when you were
6:46	baptized you were baptized and buried
6:48	with Christ you were raised with Christ
6:50	this is washing of regeneration this is
6:53	absolutely true you’ve been filled with
6:55	the holy spirit that is also absolutely
6:57	true but the other reality is that you
7:01	still have a sinful nature
7:03	and it is corrupted and Jesus has no
7:06	intention of taking your sinful
7:09	corrupted nature and then making that
7:12	better and perfect instead what he’s
7:15	going to do with your sinful nature
7:17	he’s gonna let you suffer the
7:20	consequences the wages of sin which is
7:22	death and we’re going to take your
7:24	sinful flesh and we’re going to put it
7:26	in a box and we’re going to bury it out
7:28	here in the churchyard
7:30	and then Christ is going to raise it
7:32	from the dead Christianity is not about
7:35	taking your sinful nature in this life
7:38	and resuscitating it and making it
7:40	bright and shiny that’s like polishing a
7:44	dog turd that ain’t gonna work
7:48	instead he’s got different things so
7:50	here’s what Paul is describing he says I
7:52	don’t even understand my own actions I
7:55	do not do what I want but I do the very
7:57	thing I hate I should go all Pentecostal
8:00	on us at this point can I get a witness
8:02	can I get an amen does this not sound
8:04	like your daily existence right I don’t
8:07	understand my own actions I don’t do
8:09	what I want there I am in the morning
8:12	before I wake up thinking about all the
8:14	things that I’m going to accomplish
8:17	but no no no no no no
8:20	other things distract me and often to
8:23	the procrastination weeds I wander right
8:25	and the things that I the good that I
8:27	intended to do is not the good that I
8:29	accomplish in fact some pretty bad
8:31	things so you’ll note I don’t do what I
8:33	want I do the very things I hate now if
8:35	I do what I do not want I agree with the
8:37	law that it’s good yep the law is
8:39	telling me I should be doing certain
8:40	things and not doing others and do I
8:42	listen to the law
8:44	sometimes
8:46	so now it is no longer I who do it but
8:48	listen to what he says it is sin that
8:50	dwells within me
8:52	hmm
8:54	sin is a Corruption of our nature and
8:58	you and I cannot
9:00	cure it
9:03	it’s impossible to cure I think about
9:06	one of the most profound moments of my
9:08	pastoral Ministry and That Was preparing
9:11	Arlen’s sangram for his death
9:14	and if you don’t know the details Arlen
9:16	stangram really had a bad raging case of
9:20	skin cancer and I got the phone call the
9:23	text message from his daughter that the
9:25	doctors had given him less than a couple
9:27	of days to live that he was on his way
9:29	out so we went to visit him in his
9:32	nursing facility and yeah he looked
9:35	terrible he absolutely looked terrible
9:37	and he knew that the reason why we were
9:40	there was to prepare him for death but
9:43	bravely Arlen sangram said I I’m gonna
9:46	beat this thing I’m I’m gonna get I’m
9:50	gonna fix this all up you’ll see
9:53	and I looked at Arlen and I said Arlen
9:56	in the next 24 to 48 hours you’re going
9:59	to be with Jesus and you’re going to be
10:01	with Judy
10:02	there’s no beaten this thing
10:05	it’s the same with sin
10:07	there is no beating it
10:10	in this life
10:12	you and I are sinful beyond measure it’s
10:16	worse than you can possibly imagine it’s
10:20	terminal you’re going to die from this
10:24	so am I
10:26	that’s how bad it is that’s what Paul is
10:28	describing here he says I know that
10:30	nothing good dwells in me that’s in my
10:32	flesh I have the desire to do what’s
10:33	right I don’t have the ability to carry
10:35	it out
10:36	I do not do the good that I want but the
10:39	evil I do not want is what I keep on
10:41	doing now if I do not do what I want it
10:44	is no longer I who do it but it’s sin
10:46	that dwells within me just like Arlen
10:49	stingham what killed him skin cancer
10:51	right that Corruption of his body
10:53	brought him to an end think of sin like
10:56	skin cancer we’ve all got it and at
10:58	points at times we get really super
11:01	symptomatic and things look really dire
11:03	and eventually they will end in our
11:05	demise
11:07	so I find it to be a law Paul says that
11:09	when I want to do right
11:12	evil lies close at hand and here’s where
11:15	I need to point this out when you want
11:17	to do right evil lies close at hand Paul
11:20	is not talking about the person in the
11:24	blue state next to us
11:26	right he’s not talking about the people
11:29	who are celebrating the lgbtq XYZ
11:33	Elemental P people in the in the major
11:35	city closest to us
11:37	he’s talking about your sinful nature
11:40	your sinful flesh so I find it to be a
11:44	law when I wanted to write evil lies
11:46	close at hand it says close as
11:49	this
11:51	for each of us
11:53	for I Delight in the law of God and my
11:55	inner being this is what the new man in
11:56	Christ does
11:58	but I see in my members another law
12:00	Waging War against the law of my mind
12:02	and making me captive to the law of sin
12:05	that dwells in my members
12:07	oh Wretched Man that I am present tense
12:12	Paul does not say oh Wretched Man that I
12:16	was
12:17	but Christ has given me Victory I’ve
12:20	experienced breakthrough It Came Upon me
12:22	suddenly and now I go from glory to
12:26	glory to glory to glory
12:28	the people who think this way are
12:30	completely self-deceived you’ve heard of
12:33	gaslighting right it’s a very popular
12:35	phrase nowadays when somebody sees a
12:38	person doing something terribly wrong
12:40	and they say you’re doing that thing and
12:43	they say no I’m not doing that thing
12:45	you’re crazy I didn’t I what are you
12:47	talking about there’s something wrong
12:48	with you isn’t there right gaslighting
12:51	right but when you think about it
12:53	people who think that they are good
12:55	people are not gaslighting others
12:58	they’re gaslighting themselves
13:01	they have the law of God written on
13:05	their hearts and when they sin they know
13:08	they’re doing wrong
13:10	and what the law of God written in their
13:12	heart says you just sinned you broke
13:13	God’s law which you did is evil I did
13:15	not I’m a good person what are you
13:16	talking about here right
13:19	in fact a good way to think about it I
13:22	was talking with a friend of mine in the
13:25	Pastoral Ministry listen to his sermon
13:27	from last week in fact he had a good way
13:30	of putting it he says we human beings
13:33	need to get this through our heads
13:35	it is impossible
13:37	for us to break God’s law God’s law
13:40	cannot be broken
13:41	instead we break ourselves
13:45	when we refuse to obey its commands
13:49	it’s a good way to put it and here’s the
13:51	thing we all do this because we have the
13:53	sinful corruption in us going all the
13:55	way back to Adam and Eve well some of
13:58	the most tragic words written in all of
14:00	the scriptures you remember in the
14:02	beginning it says that Adam was created
14:04	in the image of God but then later in
14:07	the Book of Genesis it says that Adam’s
14:09	children were born in his
14:12	image
14:14	not the image of God
14:17	oh Wretched Man that I am indeed
14:20	who will deliver me from this body of
14:24	death
14:25	I know a guy I know a guy yeah
14:28	do you know anybody in your life like
14:30	this somebody who like seems to know
14:32	everybody okay whatever the problem is
14:35	they know a person who can actually fix
14:37	the problem so you call him up on the
14:39	phone you say listen my dishwasher ain’t
14:41	working right you know something’s wrong
14:42	with it’s got this clanging sound and he
14:44	says put your phone in there and then
14:45	let me hear it so you put your phone in
14:47	the dishwasher and he hears the sign I
14:49	said I I
14:50	I know a guy who can fix this okay and
14:53	10 minutes later there’s a guy showing
14:54	up at your house right and the guy’s
14:56	crawling into your dishwasher and he
14:59	finds the problem really quick fixes it
15:01	and you say how much do I always says
15:03	that it’s on me he knew a guy right
15:06	well when it comes to who will deliver
15:08	me from this body of death I know a guy
15:12	and there’s only one guy
15:14	and it’s Jesus Christ
15:16	and is that not the whole point of Our
15:21	Gospel text where he says come to me all
15:23	you who are weary and heavy laden and I
15:25	will give you rest because you’ll know
15:27	we all know that something’s terribly
15:29	wrong with us
15:31	in fact one of the most tragic bits of
15:34	Breaking Bad is watching all these
15:36	people descend further and further into
15:38	evil and there is not a single
15:41	Absolution there isn’t a single
15:43	confession of sin they have to live
15:45	every day with the guilt of what they
15:47	did the day before and looking forward
15:49	to doing even worse this in the present
15:52	day
15:54	and so we all know
15:56	that what we have deserved because of
15:58	our sin is the Eternal wrath of God in
16:01	fact our Zechariah text wonderfully
16:04	describes hell as the waterless pit I
16:08	would note that if Lake of Fire would
16:10	rightly be described as a waterless pit
16:13	that’s a nice way of talking about it
16:15	and you’ll note this is what we all
16:16	deserve and we know it because the law
16:18	of God in our hearts screaming at us
16:20	that we’re guilty and so what do we do
16:22	we want to fix the problem well the
16:25	problem is sin I know if the problem is
16:28	that I’m sin I just need to make myself
16:30	holy so we go out and we apply ourselves
16:33	to the latest self-help programs we we
16:36	find out how to get our mental health
16:38	properly balanced make sure that we’re
16:41	buying the latest mushroom nootropics so
16:43	that we can have a steady state in our
16:45	mind and be productive and get things
16:47	done we can look back and say hey look I
16:50	used to weigh 260 pounds but look at me
16:53	now I weigh 180 right oh wow look at the
16:56	improve movement I’m Holier now than I
16:58	was no you’re not
17:00	no you’re not try that out on the day of
17:03	judgment
17:04	just try it out okay well Jesus what do
17:08	you mean I’m not good you’re not good
17:10	you’ve broken my Commandments well don’t
17:13	you remember back in the year 2023 I
17:17	really applied myself and I lost 60 80
17:20	pounds and and how much more productive
17:22	I was at work try that out on Jesus and
17:25	see how far that’s going to get you
17:28	because we sin against God in thought
17:30	word Deed by what we’ve done by what
17:33	we’ve left undone oh it’s just absolute
17:35	a complete train wreck morally for each
17:38	and every one of us and by the way
17:40	someone I can just hear somebody saying
17:41	well Pastor Roseboro you’re making
17:43	concession for sin no I’m not I’m
17:46	exegeting a text that explains why you
17:48	keep sinning
17:51	so I know a guy who can fix all of this
17:53	and that happens to be Jesus Christ
17:55	which is the reason why Paul then in our
17:59	text goes on to say who will deliver me
18:01	from this body of death question mark
18:03	will thanks be to God through Jesus
18:06	Christ Our Lord
18:07	thanks be to God
18:10	it my life feels like I’m at war with
18:13	myself every single day of my existence
18:15	every single minute and second of my
18:18	existence thanks be to God that’s right
18:19	thanks be to God because Jesus is the
18:22	solution to all of this so then I I
18:24	myself I serve the law of God with my
18:26	mind but with my flesh I serve the law
18:28	of sin but there is therefore now no
18:31	condemnation
18:33	for those who are in Christ Jesus
18:36	and here’s where the big turn is if you
18:39	think that God is sitting up in heaven
18:41	the Christ is sitting up there looking
18:43	at his Apple watch going hmm just a few
18:46	more hours before I get down there and
18:49	I’m gonna really swing hard and finally
18:51	once and for all deal with the sin I
18:53	can’t wait to find those folks from
18:55	Kong’s Winger Lutheran Church because
18:57	they got something coming to them
18:59	right
19:03	that’s not what Christ is like at all
19:07	in fact that’s really the point of our
19:09	Old Testament text the text that we’re
19:10	familiar with because we’ve already
19:12	heard it twice in the last 12 months we
19:15	heard it Advent one we heard it Palm
19:18	Sunday hear it again but here’s some of
19:21	the extra details Rejoice greatly o
19:24	Daughter of Zion
19:26	shout aloud o daughter of Jerusalem
19:30	behold your king is coming to you and
19:33	here’s where where you’re tempted to
19:35	have some anxiety the king is coming
19:37	Jesus is coming oh he
19:39	Jesus is coming you better look busy
19:41	make sure that you’re you’re washing the
19:43	dishes when he shows up that’s not the
19:45	point of this
19:47	he’s righteous
19:48	and having salvation is he he is humble
19:52	and mounted on a donkey on a cult the
19:54	full of a donkey
19:56	Jesus in his first Advent and in his
19:59	coming and fulfilling this prophecy he
20:02	rides into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday
20:05	heading to his crucifixion because he
20:08	will be bearing your sin and mine in his
20:11	body and he will suffer the wrath of God
20:14	in your place and rather than somebody
20:16	who is ambitious who is seeking power
20:20	somebody who is deciding to take over
20:24	Jesus is the opposite of that in fact
20:27	there was a son of David who was
20:29	ambitious and ambitious and his name was
20:31	Absalom he didn’t ride around on a
20:34	donkey what did he ride around on he
20:37	rode around in a chariot with horses and
20:39	50 men going before him saying bend the
20:42	knee Absalom the son of the king Prince
20:45	Absalom is here right and then his
20:47	ambition brought him to the point where
20:49	he attempted a coup against his father
20:51	and tried to kill him in order to seize
20:54	the throne Jesus isn’t anything like
20:57	Absalom
20:58	he comes into Jerusalem to shouts of
21:01	hosannas palms and cloaks being strewn
21:04	before him and people crying to God to
21:07	God hosanna in the highest blessed is he
21:09	who comes in the name of the Lord and
21:11	Jesus doesn’t come on a war horse he
21:13	comes humble
21:15	because he’s come to lay down his life
21:18	because he doesn’t desire
21:22	your damnation or mind
21:25	in fact scripture says it’s not God’s
21:27	will that any should perish now it’s
21:29	true that people do perish but it’s not
21:32	the will for them God’s gracious will is
21:34	that they would repent that they would
21:35	be forgiven and Christ is born the load
21:38	of their sin and has propitiated the
21:40	wrath of God by being nailed to the
21:43	cross and so it says then in Zechariah
21:46	that I will cut off The Chariot from
21:49	Ephraim the war horse from Jerusalem the
21:51	battle bow shall be cut off and he shall
21:54	speak peace to the Nations you’ll note
21:57	that the way you get things done in this
21:59	planet military action right you your
22:03	military goes out and conquers and takes
22:05	control uh yeah we lose peace for a
22:08	little while during a time of war and
22:09	and open conflict and hostility to
22:12	achieve our objectives
22:15	so that we can continue to prosper
22:19	and you’ll note oftentimes our
22:20	prosperity is at the destruction at
22:22	somebody else’s Nation
22:25	all of that will come to a close in the
22:28	world that Christ is bringing when he
22:30	returns there will be no more war
22:34	we will take our weapons and beat them
22:36	into plowshares which means I get to
22:38	become a farmer of some type or another
22:40	looking forward to it I keep pointing
22:42	this out when Jesus comes back I’m out
22:44	of a job all right what what good is a
22:48	preacher of Christ in the word when you
22:50	can look at him and ask him questions
22:51	directly right he just cut the middle
22:54	man out and that’s the point
22:57	but you’ll note the war comes to an end
22:59	in the world that Christ is bringing
23:02	it’ll no longer be a world of ambition a
23:06	world of taking and seizing control a
23:08	world of destroying a world of putting
23:11	people under your boot and subjecting
23:14	them to your policies
23:18	no it’ll be a place of Peace because
23:20	that’s what Christ brings to all
23:22	forgiven sinners peace the end of
23:26	hostilities and Christ’s rule this rule
23:29	of Peace will be from sea to Sea from
23:31	River from the river to the ends of the
23:33	Earth in fact it will cover the entire
23:35	Earth it will not be a plot of land or a
23:38	a jetty or a island or even you know
23:41	anywhere where it is not the kingdom of
23:44	Christ
23:45	but then listen to these words as for
23:48	you also
23:51	this peace that Christ brings our humble
23:54	King who’s bled and died in our place
23:56	this peace that he brings it’s also for
24:00	you it’s for me
24:03	it says this because of the blood of my
24:05	Covenant with you I will set your
24:08	prisoners free from the waterless pit
24:11	what a beautiful sentence
24:13	because of the blood of the Covenant
24:15	with you I will set your prisoners free
24:18	from the waterless pit when I hear those
24:19	words the blood of the Cove my Covenant
24:21	I hear the words of Christ in the words
24:25	of institution right on the same night
24:29	also he took the cup after supper and
24:30	when he had given thanks he gave it to
24:32	them saying drink of it all of you this
24:34	cup is the New Covenant in my blood
24:36	which is shed for you for the
24:38	Forgiveness of sins
24:40	and that’s the point the waterless pit
24:43	is hell but because of the blood of the
24:45	Covenant the shed blood of Christ The
24:48	Humble King who humbles himself becomes
24:51	obedient to the point of death even
24:53	death on the cross for you and for me it
24:56	is because of his blood that we the
24:59	prisoners of Hell the prisoners of the
25:01	waterless pit that we hear these amazing
25:05	words unexpected words words that give
25:08	us hope and joy I will set you free
25:12	and indeed we are set free in Christ
25:16	so return to your stronghold o prisoners
25:19	of Hope
25:21	what a great title
25:23	[Music]
25:24	right now I’m a prisoner
25:28	prisoner sin still dwells in my body and
25:31	sin of slavery but I’m a Prisoner of
25:33	Hope and so are you a hope of being
25:36	finally released from sin death and the
25:38	devil permanently in a World Without End
25:40	all given to me is a gift because of the
25:43	great love kindness and mercy of Jesus
25:46	Christ I don’t even have to work for it
25:48	neither do you and that’s the point so
25:51	are you tired of trying to make yourself
25:53	good before God
25:55	trying to earn his favor and those
25:58	brownie points so that you can succeed
26:00	and do well on the day of judgment put
26:03	it all away
26:06	because you’re just wearing yourself out
26:09	Jesus says these words come to me all
26:11	you who labor and are heavy laid and I
26:13	will give you rest
26:15	and indeed he does
26:17	take my yoke upon you learn from me for
26:19	I am gentle
26:21	and I am lowly in heart
26:23	and you will find rest for your souls
26:26	I cannot wait
26:27	and in the meantime we have his yoke
26:31	which is easy the Yoke of his word law
26:34	and gospel sin and Grace repentance and
26:37	the Forgiveness of sins but aside from
26:39	that we also have the great promise that
26:42	we are indwelt now by the Holy Spirit
26:43	who gives us the strength to daily rise
26:46	and do our good works and to mortify our
26:48	sinful flesh we’ll talk more about that
26:51	next week
26:53	so are you tired
26:55	are you heavy laden
26:57	do you desire rest
27:00	gives it to you in abundance and note
27:02	this is his ambition our humble King his
27:05	ambition to forgive you to bring to you
27:08	peace to give you rest and all of this
27:13	because of his great love his mercy and
27:15	his shed Blood on the cross the blood of
27:18	the Covenant that sets you and I free
27:20	from the waterless pit in the name of
27:22	Jesus
27:23	amen

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