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Today Dr. Byrd speaks on the
topic Let'Talk About Heaven. And
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now, here he is, If you have yo
Bibs, te them and tn wi me to
the book of Matthew, cpter 27,
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verse number 57. tthew, cer v
number 57.thew 2 ver number 57,
the Word of G says to us today,
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"When e ev was come, there came
a rich man of Arimathaea, named
Joseph, who also himself was
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Jesus' disciple: door othe
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to Yo peoe. Iide self bend Y as
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stand between thlivi andhe dead.
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Jesus. Amen.thnétos,hicheans
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death orubject to death. So it's
fm this word mortal, thneto
subct tdeat that weet mtuar
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which means the house of the
dead. It's from this word that
we get mortician, one who works
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with t dead. And it's from this
word that we get the word
mortgage,ecau you will payt
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until you're dead For the living
know that they shall e but the
dead know not what? Now, when a
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person dies and depending on how
they die, the first ca themake
is either to law enforcement or
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a medical ficer. ter this call,
the next call is to a mortician
at a mortuary. The mortician
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then hel you with planning the
final rites of the deceased.
Family members must then decide
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embalming or not, cremation or
burial. If a burial, private or
public viewing, or better yet no
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viewing at all. If you choose a
funeral service with a burial,
thenou he to choose a casket.
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Metal casket or wood casket.
Now, quickly, a casket is not a
tomb; neither is a casket a
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grave. A tomb is a structure
that is above ground in which
thcasket is placed. A
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grave,owever, is a hole in the
ground in which a casket is
placed. Jesus, the Son of God,
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the incarnate God, when on this
earth was the God-man. Two
natures harmonized, but never
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completely blended. know that in
His divinity He was God's way to
man, but in His humanity He was
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man's way on up to God. But as a
man, He had to die. As a man, He
would need then a tomb. But
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Jesus had to die, you will
remember, several hours before
the end of id. Why? Becse t
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Sabth uld begin sunt Friday a He
d   dfrhessbefore sprepared for
burial iorder not  prone the
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Sabbath. Number two, Jesus had
to be buried before the end 
Friy causHe had to be in haony
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th H own prophecyhat  spo in
Matthew chter  ver numr 40, th
theon o man  thr days and ree
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nigh in e heart of the eth
before His resurrection. Now, in
Jesus' day the body of the
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deceased would normally be given
only to a family member. But in
Jesus' case, Mary w distughtthe
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discips ha ed, d there wano o to
take sus' body. But pise God, f
a man nad Joph--t Joseph the
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dreamer, not Joseph the fath of
Jus, but Joseph o Arathe All
four Gospeltell us that this
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Joseph was a wealthy man. He was
a membeof t Sanhedrin; he was
memb of the preme courof t Jewh
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ople. We are told that Joseph
did not agree with t decision
reached by the cncil concerning
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Jesus. words unnecessarily, if
it says something, it must mean
something. The Bible could have
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mply jt said a good man or a
just man, but the Bible says he
was good and just, which means
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there must be a distinction
between the two words. When it
says that he was a good man, the
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Bible speaks of what he was in
himself. When it says he was a
just man, the Bible speaks of
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what he was to others. When
Jesus died, Joseph immediately
begged the body. He went to
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Pilate and asked for permission
to have Jesus' body so he could
give Jesus a decent burial. Now
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that took courage. Why did that
take courage? toe buried. ey we
eier left for the anils tconsume
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or they were taken outside the
ci and thrown uon t of rbag
Second, itook uragfor Jose to g
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thbodyf Jesus causPila was
already in hot water with the
Jewish religious leadership.
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They had brought Jesus to him on
trumped up charges and had
insisted that he find Jesus
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guilty and condemn Him to death.
But when Pilate didn't do that,
they all but threatened to
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complain to Rome, saying, if you
let this man go, you're not
Caesar's friend. Joseph, he had
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no right to expect that Pilate
would be receptive to his
request for Jesus' body. Joseph
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had no right to the body of
Jesus. Joseph had no right to
expect any favors from Pilate,
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but yet he still asked. Number
three, it took courage to
request the body of Jesus
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because in so doing he was
declaring that he was a believer
in Jesus. So the Bible says
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Joseph and Nicodemus, another
member of the Sanhedrin, they
began to prepare Jesus' body for
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the tomb. The Jews back in those
days did not practice cremation
or full embalming of corpses,
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but the body was prepared by
washing it, dressing it in
special garments, and packing it
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in linen cloth. Note now, packed
it in linen cloth--and there's
reason f this--with myrrh and
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fragrant spices. This is what
Joseph and Nicodemus did. Then
Joseph placed Jesus' body in a
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new tomb. A new and expensive
tomb, which was probably one
that Joseph had recently
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obtained for his own family use,
and then he rolled a stone in
front against the tomb door.
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Now, quickly--I wish I had time,
but I'll just say
this--remember, Joseph didn't
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expect Jesus to rise from the
dead or else he wouldn't have
given such careful attention to
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the preparation of Jesus' body
or put Him in such an elaborate
or expensive tomb. Why would you
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spend extra time and extra money
on something that was going to
be temporary anyway? If I spend
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a lot of money on something, I
don't know about you, but it'd
better last. Are you hearing
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what I'm saying? [Aud. reaction]
 PB:  I don't like to put money
into something that's going to 
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wasted. Do I have a witness in
this place?  [Aud. reacon] PB: 
Notice the similarities between
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the beginning ofesus' life and
the eing of Jesus' life. Number
one, both the beginning and the
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end involved two different men
with the same name. Joseph. the
treatment like a king. In His
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birth, His firift was a gift of
myrrh. In His death, He was
embalmed with myrrh. Number
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three, both involved being
wrapped. In His birth, He was
wrapped in swaddling clothes. In
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His death, He was wrapped in
linen cloth. Number four, both
involved borrowing. In His
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birth, He was born in a borrowed
stable. In His death, He was
buried in a borrowed tomb.
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Jesus' tomb was not His own.
Jesus was buried in a borrowed
tomb. I feel my health coming
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right now. [Aud. reaction]  PB: 
Borrowed, because nobody planned
Jesus' funeral. Borrowed,
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because Jesus did not have a
tomb of His own. Borrowed,
because the same people that
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shouted hosanna one day were the
same people that shouted crucify
him another day. Borrowed, becae
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a prophet has no honor in his
own country. But a good man, a
just man, a mortician begged the
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body of Jesus, pled H in a
borrowed tb. From a human point
of view, every tomb, evergrave
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looks permanent. Tom don look
temporary. en we place somebody
in the ground over at Oakwood
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Memorial Gardens, it is the
final act of saying ethly
good-byes. Earth to earth, ashes
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to ashes, dust to dust. But my
question this morning to you is
this: If erything ends in the
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grave, If everything ends in the
grave, why do we even come to
church? Why do we  give all this
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tithe and offering if everything
ends in the gre?  t I'so glad
that e gre isot t end ofhe sry.
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m solad thatn Higrac and mercy,
that Jesus only borrowed a tomb.
You see, borrowed implies that
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you have no plans of keeping
something. Borrowed indicates
temporary. When you borrow
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something, you intend to use it
for a while and then give it
back to the owner. Jesus knew
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that this earthly grave was not
His final end. Jesus knew that
no power on earth can hold Him
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down. Jesus knew that death was
not a period but a comma in the
story of life. Jesus never
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intended to stay dead. Jesus
never intended to stay in the
grave. Jesus never intended to
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stay in the tomb. Jesus knew
that on the third appointed day
He would get up, and get up with
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all power in His hands. Power
over death, power over hell,
power over the grave. Jesus said
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I am the resurrection and the
life. I serve a risen Savior,
He's in the world today, I know
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that He is living whatever men
may say. I see His hand of
mercy, I hear His voice of
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cheer. And just the time I need
Him, He's always near. Because
He lives, I live. Because He
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lives, I can face tomorrow.
Because He lives, all fear is
gone. Because I know He holds
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the future, life is worth the
living just because He lives.
God is not dead, He's alive! Do
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I have a witness in this place? 
[Aud. reaction] PB:   Let me
close this way. In 1887, fter
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the assassination of President
Abraham Lincoln, his coffin was
dug up and it was opened because
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there were constant rumors that
his body was not in therave. So
they dug up his coffin, and his
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body was there. The rumors
continued for 14 more years, and
14 years later they had to dig
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it up again. But both times
witnesses were present, who
testified that Lincoln was still
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in the grave. Now, if Present
Obama or another leader in our
government were to cry out today
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to Lincoln for help, there would
be no response. If a scientist
were to cry out today to Einste
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for help, there would be empty
silence. If someone were today
to call out to Mohammad, ll o to
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ddhacall out t Couciu calout to
Gandhi, there would be no help.
But I just stopped byo tell
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somody at all yove g to  is y
out to Jesusnd there is instant
power available to us. Power to
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make you walk right, power to
make you talk right, power to
change your life, power to
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change your circumstances. Why?
Because He lives! We used to
sing a sing, He walks with me,
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He talks with me, and He tells
me that I am His own. He
convicts me of sin, he forgives
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me of sin. Oh, He saves me from
my sin. Today, praise God for
the borrowed tomb. I said,
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praise God for the borrowed
tomb. It was not temporary.
Jesus came to this earth to
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live, die and then rise again,
because He came to save us from
sin. So the question today is
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simply this: Do we accept His
life and death for the
atonement, remission and
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forgiveness of our sins? We say
yes, but let me remind you of
two things. Number one: God will
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forgive us, but we have to ask
Him to forgive us. If we confess
our sins He is what, everybody?
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[Aud. reaction] PB:  Faithful
and just to forgive us of our
sins and clns us from all
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unrighteousness. Number two: You
can't expect God to forgive you
if you can't forgive your
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brother or your sister. Matthew
6: 14 and 15, "For if ye forgive
men their trespasses, your
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heavenly Father will also
forgive you. But  ye forgivnot n
thr espasses, ithewillour Father
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forve yr trpass." Prai Godor the
borrowed tomb. God is not dead,
He's alive! And He's going
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through the room, and en wask,e
foives us. t ife wa forgiveness,
may we learn to forgive one
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another. [Audreaction]  Every
timwe ay, it's always it'sot a
foul, it's not a fou But I saw
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it, I wathere, got a scratch on
arm. It was a foul. See, man,
that's what I'lkabt, n. Heayll
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them ticky-tack fouls, man. It
wast no foul, man. I can't stand
that kinda stuff, man. I like
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playing basketball, but I don't
like playing against him, man,
'cause he always callin' that
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weak stuff. For me, it's beyond
just playing basketball, it's
about him just not tellin' the
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truth. Him alwa goin' around
talking how 's n true, it's not
fairAnd this and that. The end
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of the day, I'm just tired. I
don't feel liketi botd with him,
it was a fl. Hs ju so
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ultrcompitiv man I was right, it
wasn't a foul, man, and I just
get tired of him making those
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weak foul calls, man. We're both
competitive, both wanna win,
man, but still I don't wanna see
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him, I don't wanna talk to him.
When we see each lyin' about?
But you know, at the end of the
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day we're good. It's over. Game
is over. We're not in the gym
anymore. We're all good, man.
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Girl, that baby shower, wasn't
it nice? It was so adorable with
the little baby bottles and the
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little booties oe. Yeahher mom
alys ds a real good job  decatin
e does. Th did gre job they reay
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di use I acook d I saw somebo
elss po tha you're eagedAngi we'
bestandidn't sha thawith
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meWhenere u goa tell me?
Okhahappent wasn't really my.
ore like a rea ay. But you're
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tinit way too gh of vel. Really?
 I'mone.But I dn'tdon't want you
to call me, don't text me, don't
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say anything to me. get a chance
to explai Whatever. I cannot
believe that she would t engaged
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and not tell me. 've been
friends since we were little
girls, anwe grew upogetr. H
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momis like myom,  moms li her mo
Andhe wl ge engaged, that's like
one of the most impoant things
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that you could do in life and
she wouldn't tell me? Like,
really, really bothers me, the
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nerve of her. You know, I can't
believe what just happened. I
mean, I g engaged. Iwas supposed
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to be this huge, happy time in
your life and then I g bod byy
be frid, who ishlupset with me
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for something th I didn't even
do. I mean, I didn't put it on
Facebook. I took the time toake
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to people. I ed my family
firstit's only beea week. That's
okay, we're good, we're good.
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You know, 'rstno I he'tie
rdwiachet'alod it's okay.
mean,een friends too long, 'll
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be absotely fine. Whdoeelling m
er t phone. I  not wa to lk to
you, hav noing  say to yo if you
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refuse to forgive others, your
Father will not forgive your
sins." I guess that means I'll
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have to  some thinng, some soul
searching, even ithe little
things. I have to, maybe I do
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have to forgivehis y sohat God
at the end of the day can
forgive me. I was having
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devotions and I was convted that
t wayhat I've been treatinmy
friend is not a simple surprise.
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Christ forgives us d He expec
for uso dohe same thing in rern.
When I thk back on w ma tim ve
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hurt Christ, He's been ithful to
forgive me eh and every time,
and He expects for me to have
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His character and to do the same
thing. So, I'm gonnaall my
friend Angel, hoping she will
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take my call and just ask her to
forgive me for how I've treated
her [phone sounds]  She ain't
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there. Hello?> 1:  Angel. Hi.
It's Shantel. How are yo  Lo, I
st wanted to ll a sayhat m so
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sor forow Ireat you. Thank u. 
is isuch aimportant time in ur
le and I nt tbe aart  it,
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