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<v Speaker 1>Hey, everyone, Welcome to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the Bible

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<v Speaker 1>teaching ministry of Rick Warren. And today we're continuing with

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<v Speaker 1>this powerful series called the Jesus Model. In this series,

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<v Speaker 1>Rick will walk you step by step through the process

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<v Speaker 1>of true biblical discipleship. Rick's giving you practical tools to

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<v Speaker 1>grow spiritually, experience God's peace, live with greater purpose, and

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<v Speaker 1>become more like Jesus in every area of your life.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, we're going into part two of a message

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<v Speaker 1>called helping Others like Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>There's another kind of blindness, and that's spiritual blindness. It's

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<v Speaker 2>the worst of all. And our spiritual blindness is when

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<v Speaker 2>we close our eyes to the goodness of God in

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<v Speaker 2>our lives, when we attribute all the good things in

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<v Speaker 2>our lives to us and attribute all the bad things

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<v Speaker 2>in our lives to God. That's called spiritual blindness. When

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<v Speaker 2>you don't realize how much you messed up, when you're

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<v Speaker 2>not willing to admit how much you need a savior,

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<v Speaker 2>how much you need God in your life, when you

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<v Speaker 2>don't open your heart to Christ, that's spiritual blindness. God says,

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<v Speaker 2>I still care about you, and I came to open

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<v Speaker 2>your eyes to give you that new vision, that new insight.

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<v Speaker 2>And then the fifth group Jesus said he came to

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<v Speaker 2>help is the oppressed. He said, I came to release

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<v Speaker 2>the oppressed and proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'll explain that in a minute. The oppressed I

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<v Speaker 2>call these people that kicked around and the oppressed of

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<v Speaker 2>the people in life who are kicked around in life

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<v Speaker 2>by circumstances. They're put down, they're played upon, they're taken

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<v Speaker 2>advantage of, they are pitted against. And there's all kinds

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<v Speaker 2>of oppression in our world today that Jesus cares about

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<v Speaker 2>and wants us to stop. Let me give you three kinds.

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<v Speaker 2>First is political oppression. Political pression is real. Not here

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<v Speaker 2>in America because we have freedom and the Bill of

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<v Speaker 2>Rights and constitution and voting and all, but around the world,

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<v Speaker 2>in most of the countries where there are dictatorships, there's

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<v Speaker 2>enormous political oppression. For instance, you probably don't know that

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<v Speaker 2>right now, there are over thirty five million refugees in

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<v Speaker 2>the world living in refugee camps. Thirty five million people

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<v Speaker 2>living in refugee camps because they've been politically oppressed, pushed

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<v Speaker 2>out of their country. I was in a refugee camp

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<v Speaker 2>last year and I asked the people, how long have

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<v Speaker 2>you been here? And they said, we've lived here eighteen

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<v Speaker 2>years because they had not been allowed to go back

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<v Speaker 2>into their country. There's about thirty thousand people in that

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<v Speaker 2>refugee camp, thirty five million people politically oppressed. Let me

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<v Speaker 2>give you another shocker. Right now in the world, there

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<v Speaker 2>are twenty seven million people enslaved in slavery. Twenty seven

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<v Speaker 2>million people living as slaves. You said, I thought we

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<v Speaker 2>got rid of that in the Civil War. We did

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<v Speaker 2>in America. It's out lawed in America, but it's not

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<v Speaker 2>outlawed around the world. In fast thinks will shock you.

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<v Speaker 2>There are more people enslaved in slavery today than there

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<v Speaker 2>were one hundred and fifty years ago in the Civil War.

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<v Speaker 2>There are more slaves today right now in the world

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<v Speaker 2>than there were one hundred and fift years ago in

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<v Speaker 2>the Civil War. What are we doing about that? Where's

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<v Speaker 2>the people talking about slave trade? Where are the abolitionists today?

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<v Speaker 2>We've got more, not less slaves. And you know what,

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<v Speaker 2>the number one cause of that slavery is sex trade.

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<v Speaker 2>Sex trade. In fact, that's the second kind of oppression,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's cultural oppression and virual oppression doesn't come from

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<v Speaker 2>the government, but it comes from the cultures that we

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<v Speaker 2>live in. Let me just give you some statistics about

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<v Speaker 2>oppression of women around the world. In Asia, there are

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<v Speaker 2>about sixty million girls who are missing. They're not there

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<v Speaker 2>simply because in Asia a result of selective sex abortion.

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<v Speaker 2>In other words, oh, we don't want a girl, so

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<v Speaker 2>we're gonna boord her, or in fantaside, a baby girls born,

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<v Speaker 2>so we're gonna dumper or neglect. We're gonna just neglect

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<v Speaker 2>the baby and the little girl dies. Domestic violence, rape,

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<v Speaker 2>sexual violence in general, violence is increasing in almost every

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<v Speaker 2>nation globally. It's going up, not down. Up. In fact,

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<v Speaker 2>it's one of the major causes of suicide among women

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<v Speaker 2>is domestic violence. Each year, two million girls listen to this.

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<v Speaker 2>Each year, two men girls between age five and fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>are sold in the sexual commercial sex market, slaves, sold

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<v Speaker 2>his prostitutes, sold into prostitution. Every year, two million girls

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<v Speaker 2>young girls. One hundred and thirty million women have been

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<v Speaker 2>forced to undergo female mutilation and so called honor killings,

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<v Speaker 2>where in some cultures, if the husband feels like his

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<v Speaker 2>wife look cross eyed at him. He's, well, you dishonored me,

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<v Speaker 2>and he has the right to murderer, and they're done.

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<v Speaker 2>This is done all the time. In fact, last year,

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<v Speaker 2>over a thousand women in Pakistan alone were murdered as

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<v Speaker 2>part of honor killings. Do you think God cares about that?

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely he does. And he says, I came for the oppressed,

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<v Speaker 2>the politically oppressed, is culturally oppressed. And then there's one

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<v Speaker 2>other in this one you'll identify with spiritual oppression. What

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<v Speaker 2>is spiritual oppression, Well, there's another word for it, depression.

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<v Speaker 2>When you get depressed, when you feel pressured, when you

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<v Speaker 2>feel oppressed, when you feel pressed on, when you feel

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<v Speaker 2>stressed out, you're at the end of the rope, you're

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<v Speaker 2>ready to throw in the towel, you want to give

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<v Speaker 2>it all up, you're ready to hang it up, you're

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<v Speaker 2>ready to check it all. That's called spiritual oppression. And

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<v Speaker 2>Satan gives spiritual oppression in your life, and he gives

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<v Speaker 2>you ideas that are depressing thoughts to get you discouraged. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus said, these are the kind of people that I

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<v Speaker 2>came for. Now, I want you to notice on your

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<v Speaker 2>outline that last phrase to release the oppressed and proclaim

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<v Speaker 2>the year of the Lord's favor. I want you to

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<v Speaker 2>circle the year of the Lord's favor because I need

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<v Speaker 2>to explain this to you. This is neat and you

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<v Speaker 2>probably don't understand it. The year of the Lord's favor

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<v Speaker 2>is a law that God created in the nation of Israel,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's quite a cool law. Back in the book

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<v Speaker 2>of Leviticus, God says, I'm going to establish the year

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<v Speaker 2>of the Lord's favor as a law, and the law

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<v Speaker 2>be called the year of j believe. And here's how

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<v Speaker 2>it went. First, God had said, I don't want you

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<v Speaker 2>guys to be workaholics. I want you to rest. I

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<v Speaker 2>want you to take a day off. So every seven

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<v Speaker 2>days you take a day off. It was so important.

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<v Speaker 2>It's in the Ten Commandments, right there with don't murder,

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<v Speaker 2>don't commit adultery. He says, every seven days you take

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<v Speaker 2>a day off. If you're not taking a day off

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<v Speaker 2>every week for rest and worship, you are breaking the

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<v Speaker 2>Ten Commandments every week. It's that important. It's right up

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<v Speaker 2>there with don't murder. He says, every seven days you

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<v Speaker 2>take a day off. God did not make you to

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<v Speaker 2>work twenty four hours, seven days a week. So he says,

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<v Speaker 2>that's take that day. That's called the sabbath. And then

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<v Speaker 2>he said, second, every seven years, I want you to

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<v Speaker 2>have a sabbath year, and you are to let the

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<v Speaker 2>land rest every seventh year so that the soil can rejuvenate,

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<v Speaker 2>so that the crops don't completely deplete the loyal And

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<v Speaker 2>every seven years you give a year of rest. And

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<v Speaker 2>that's where we get the term sabbatical. Have you ever

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<v Speaker 2>heard that sabbaticals like every seven years, like in a job,

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<v Speaker 2>will you get a little bit of extra time off

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<v Speaker 2>to get recharged. That's called the sabbatical. It's from the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>And the third thing was this called year jubilee, where

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<v Speaker 2>God says every seven sabbatical years, that's seven times seven years,

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<v Speaker 2>forty nine years. Every fiftieth year, you were to have

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<v Speaker 2>a year of jubilee. Now, let me explain what this is.

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<v Speaker 2>In the year jubilee, he says four things happened. One,

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<v Speaker 2>every debt is completely canceled. How many people like that?

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<v Speaker 2>Number Two, everybody who's in prison for debt is let go.

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<v Speaker 2>Number Three, anybody who is a slave and as an

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<v Speaker 2>indentured servant is given their freedom every fifty years. And

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<v Speaker 2>number four, the fourth thing in the year of Jubilee

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<v Speaker 2>is every fifty years, the land, no matter how many

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<v Speaker 2>people have bought it in pre fisted years, returns to

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<v Speaker 2>the original family, the original lowner. That interesting. Now, why

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<v Speaker 2>did God make up this year of the Lord's favor

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<v Speaker 2>for Israel? Well, there were three reasons. Number One, he said,

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<v Speaker 2>I have done these things for you, and I don't

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<v Speaker 2>want you to ever forget what I've done for you. You

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<v Speaker 2>were slaves and I gave you freedom, so I want

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<v Speaker 2>you to do that to everybody else. And you didn't

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<v Speaker 2>have your own land, and so I gave you this

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<v Speaker 2>promised land. I don't want you to never forget that.

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<v Speaker 2>Everything God says I did for you, I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>you to ever forget. Second, God did it because he

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<v Speaker 2>wanted people to realize you don't really own anything. It's

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<v Speaker 2>all on loan to you. You didn't bring anything into

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<v Speaker 2>this world. You're not taking anything out of this world.

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<v Speaker 2>What you have right now is not really your stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just on loan to you from God for eighty

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<v Speaker 2>years or ninety years or however many years you live.

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<v Speaker 2>And so God says you didn't bring any stuff into

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<v Speaker 2>the world. You're not taking anything out. It's all mine,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm just loaning it to you. And it was

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<v Speaker 2>somebody else's. I loaned somebody else afore you, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to loan it somebody else after you. And so

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<v Speaker 2>he said, don't ever forget. You don't really own anything.

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<v Speaker 2>And the third reason was an economic reason, because God

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<v Speaker 2>knew that if the land reverted every fifty years, it

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<v Speaker 2>would prevent real estate speculation from killing an economy. Hmm,

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<v Speaker 2>has that ever happened in Orange County? Real estate speculation

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<v Speaker 2>send the prices up, and then all of a sudden

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<v Speaker 2>they are inflated, and guess what, and then they go down.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll just even the score every fifty years. It was

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<v Speaker 2>an economic reason to it. Now here's the interesting thing

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<v Speaker 2>about the years you believe the year of the Lord's

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<v Speaker 2>fearit in the entire history of Israel, not once did

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<v Speaker 2>they ever follow it. Now once in the entire history

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<v Speaker 2>did Israel ever observe the year of jubilee. So God

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<v Speaker 2>got ticked. And in the Book of Jeremiah, God says,

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<v Speaker 2>because you have not obeyed the year you believe and

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<v Speaker 2>done all these things that I told you to do,

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<v Speaker 2>cancel people's debts and forgive other people like I've forgiven

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<v Speaker 2>you and give the land back and all these different things.

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<v Speaker 2>And you have not let the land rest. I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to send you into slavery again and let the land

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<v Speaker 2>rest for seventy years. And so they were taken. The

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<v Speaker 2>entire nation was taken into exile again, only this time,

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<v Speaker 2>instead of going west to Egypt for four hundred years,

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<v Speaker 2>they went east to Iraq for seventy years. And they

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<v Speaker 2>were slaves and or exiles in Iraq for seventy years

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<v Speaker 2>in Babylon because they never observed this rule. Now, while

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<v Speaker 2>they're in Babylon, another prophet, not Jeremiah, but a guy

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<v Speaker 2>named Isaiah writes another book. It's the book Jesus read.

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<v Speaker 2>And Isaiah says, you, guys, I know you're in slavery,

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<v Speaker 2>you're in exile right now, but don't don't worry. God

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<v Speaker 2>is going to sind a savior. And he writes the

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<v Speaker 2>passage and he says, and this Messiah is going to come,

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<v Speaker 2>and he's going to preach good news to the poor,

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<v Speaker 2>and he's going to heal the broken hearted, and he's

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<v Speaker 2>going to proclaim freedom to the prisoners and he's to

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<v Speaker 2>recovery the sight to the blind, and he's going to

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<v Speaker 2>release the pressed, and he's going to forgive all of

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<v Speaker 2>the debts and all of your sins, just like the

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<v Speaker 2>Year of Jubilee was supposed to. And that was the

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<v Speaker 2>passage that Jesus read in his hometown. And he said,

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<v Speaker 2>preaching good news, not bad news, good news. And when

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<v Speaker 2>one of three reasons, a need, or a hurt, or

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<v Speaker 2>You should only come because of a doctrinally correct issue.

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<v Speaker 2>or a question, and he met their felt needs. And

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<v Speaker 2>then he said this, look up here on the screen.

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<v Speaker 2>I have given you an example to follow. Now do

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<v Speaker 2>as I have done to you. And Jesus said, you

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<v Speaker 2>know what, the same people who are hurting two thousand

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<v Speaker 2>years ago. I bet you can find them in southern

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<v Speaker 2>California today, And I bet you that God wants you

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<v Speaker 2>to care for them the same way Jesus did, and

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<v Speaker 2>he does. So flip your outline over and on the backside.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's just quickly, real quickly go through what Jesus came

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<v Speaker 2>I can go a lot quicker through what he came

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<v Speaker 2>to do. If you want to help the people in

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<v Speaker 2>your life, if you want to be christ Like, if

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<v Speaker 2>you want to be like Jesus, then you must do

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<v Speaker 2>the five things that Jesus did. And if our church

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<v Speaker 2>wants God's blessing, we must do the five things Jesus did.

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<v Speaker 2>Follow his example. If there was anything more important to do,

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<v Speaker 2>This is what matters most in life. Now, he says

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<v Speaker 2>five things. Now, in each of these five actions, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to ask you to do two things. I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>on each of these just about a minute long. Listen

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<v Speaker 2>to three moms on how they dealt with each of these.

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<v Speaker 2>And I went to the three moms I know best,

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<v Speaker 2>my wife, my daughter, and my mother in law. And

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<v Speaker 2>so you're going to hear that in a minute second.

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<v Speaker 2>You see there's a blank by each saying, I want

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<v Speaker 2>we go through this, and we're going to pray for

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<v Speaker 2>each of these five areas. All right, First, first thing

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus that he came to is to preach good news.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, first and foremost. God wants you to tell

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<v Speaker 2>the good news more important than anything else you do

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<v Speaker 2>for the people around you. He says, I want you

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<v Speaker 2>to share the good news because Jesus is the answer

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<v Speaker 2>to every one of our problems. What is the good news?

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<v Speaker 2>You're not an accident. You were made to last forever.

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<v Speaker 2>God made you. Jesus died for you. The Holy spirit

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<v Speaker 2>wants to live in you. Your sins can be forgiven.

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<v Speaker 2>a free gift. He'll give you your past forgiven. He'll

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<v Speaker 2>give you your present purpose for living, and they'll give

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<v Speaker 2>you a future home in heaven. That's the good news,

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<v Speaker 2>God says. I want you to share it. If you

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<v Speaker 2>can't remember it all at this point, bring them to church,

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<v Speaker 2>invite them to your small group, but share the good news.

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<v Speaker 2>And where do we start with this? You don't start overseas.

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<v Speaker 2>You start with your own family and your own family members.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, until my kids came to know Christ, I

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<v Speaker 2>all three of my kids stepped across the line and

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<v Speaker 2>that they had personally accepted Jesus into their lives, so

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<v Speaker 2>that when I died, they would be in heaven, and

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<v Speaker 2>breathed a huge sigh of relief. I want you to

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<v Speaker 2>watch this video.

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<v Speaker 3>I used to love to look through my parents' pictures

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<v Speaker 3>from their early years of ministry, because my dad and

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<v Speaker 3>mom started churches in Texas and in northern California, and

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<v Speaker 3>sometimes they were in little storefront buildings that were just little,

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<v Speaker 3>adventure that my parents started from nothing and built churches.

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<v Speaker 3>And so when Rick told me, you know, X amount

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<v Speaker 3>of years ago, that that's what he wanted to do,

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<v Speaker 3>it wasn't so foreign to me because I had watched

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<v Speaker 3>my parents do it. I'd heard the stories, and so

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<v Speaker 3>it was like, Okay, we can do this.

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<v Speaker 2>Is this exciting.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe we'll have just this little funky building and didn't

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<v Speaker 3>all those things. And then I watch I watch my daughter,

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<v Speaker 3>who is a pastor's wife, third generation. You know, my

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<v Speaker 3>mom is a pastor's wife. I'm a pastor's wife, and

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<v Speaker 3>my daughter's a pastor's wife. I just, I don't know,

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<v Speaker 3>that's the coolest thing.

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<v Speaker 4>At some point in our family's history, somebody made a choice.

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<v Speaker 3>So you can make a choice.

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<v Speaker 4>Every family has the opportunity to make a choice. So yes,

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<v Speaker 4>the last maybe fifty years of your family's story may

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<v Speaker 4>not be the most but the next two hundred and

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<v Speaker 4>fifty can be phenomenal. That's what it's about. It's about

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<v Speaker 4>God coming into your family and being a part of

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<v Speaker 4>all the different dynamics, and God inserting himself and that

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<v Speaker 4>spiritual poverty and bringing out regeneration, and for your children

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<v Speaker 4>to know the Lord and to know that Jesus loves

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<v Speaker 4>them and made them. And that's what it's about. Just recently,

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<v Speaker 4>I had the most amazing opportunity. I was able to

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<v Speaker 4>lead my sweet firstborn to the Lord. We finished this

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<v Speaker 4>little prayer and she looked up at me and she

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<v Speaker 4>had tears in her eyes, and she said, I just

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<v Speaker 4>asked Jesus into my heart. I'm a part of God's family.

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<v Speaker 4>And she began to cry. And I was so moved

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<v Speaker 4>at her being so moved, and I said, baby, you're crying.

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<v Speaker 4>She said, well, they're happy tears. I'm a part of

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<v Speaker 4>God's family. There's nothing like knowing your child's eternity is secure.

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<v Speaker 4>There is nothing in this world it compares to knowing

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<v Speaker 2>Now, I want you to listen to your pastor You

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<v Speaker 2>have no control over your family's past, but you do

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<v Speaker 2>have a choice over your future. And my question is

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<v Speaker 2>are you going to leave a spiritual legacy. Is anybody

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<v Speaker 2>going to be in heaven because of you? Is anybody

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<v Speaker 2>in your family going to be in heaven? Your brothers,

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<v Speaker 2>Are any of those people going to be in heaven

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<v Speaker 2>because you took the time to do what Jesus commands

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<v Speaker 2>you to do, share the good news. I want you

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<v Speaker 2>to take a pencil right now, and I want you

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<v Speaker 2>to write down on that blank the name of somebody

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<v Speaker 2>who needs the good news in your family. A brother,

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<v Speaker 2>a sister, a mom, a dad, a husband, a wife

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<v Speaker 2>your close family, somebody you love, and write it down

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<v Speaker 2>and we're going to pray for that person in a minute.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, everyone, thank you so much for listening to Pastor

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