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Raised With Christ: Your New Identity

October 2, 2022 · 2:18:11 · Watch on YouTube ↗

These notes - summary, key points, and highlighted thoughts - were generated by AI from the recording and are not the preacher’s exact words.

Summary

The service opens in thanksgiving. Reading Luke 17 about the ten healed lepers, of whom only one returned to praise God aloud, the pastor recalls how the recent hurricane was first projected to pass through the Tampa Bay area but by God's grace spared their community. We are no better than anyone else; only His mercy kept us. He urges the church to be among the grateful few rather than take such kindness for granted, and to keep praying for the brothers and sisters in North Port, Port Charlotte and other hard-hit places.

The main message turns to Colossians 3 and the believer's identity in Christ. Since we were raised with Christ, our past was nailed to the cross, our present life is hidden with Christ in God, and our future is secure: when He appears, we will appear with Him in glory. No one can snatch us from His hand, because we have been made one with the Son and the Father.

Because this identity is real, Paul calls us to put sin to death and to put away anger, malice and corrupt speech, then to clothe ourselves with mercy, humility, forgiveness and above all love. We are a new creation, born again, cleansed by the blood of Jesus. The service closes at the Lord's table, where communion is not condemnation but hope - a reminder that in Christ we can do what we never could alone, and that we now live not for ourselves but for the One who paid our ransom.

Key Points

  • Gratitude marks a true child of God; like the one healed leper who returned, refuse to take His mercy for granted.
  • We are kept by grace alone, not because we are better than anyone else.
  • Our past, present and future are all secured in Christ, our life hidden with Him in God.
  • A new identity calls for new living: put sin to death and put away anger, lies and harsh words.
  • Being born again is more than a new label; it is a changed nature, a new creation washed by Jesus' blood.
  • Clothe yourself in compassion, humility and forgiveness, and let love bind it all together.
  • Whatever you do in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord and for His glory, not your own.

Devotional

Pause and remember where your true life is kept - not in your achievements, your past or your name, but hidden with Christ in God. The storm that passed and the mercy that spared you are an invitation to return, like the grateful leper, and lift your voice in thanks. Today, name one thing that still belongs to your old self and ask Jesus to help you put it to death, for what you cannot do alone you can do through Him. You are no longer your own; you were bought at a great price, so live this day for the One who loves you.

We are no better than anyone else - only His grace and His mercy kept us.
Your past was nailed to the cross, your present is hidden in Christ, your future appears with Him in glory.
Don't just throw a towel over your sin - put it to death.
Transcript

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I recently was studying this passage and it really touched my heart and it's interesting that last Sunday our youth pastor came up to me and says hey you know I think we are studying um identity in Christ in Our Youth Services foreign and this is something that was way before what he told me that that's what they're studying yeah and I would like to share this with all of us today what the word of God is telling us let's open up book of Colossians chapter 3 verse 1 1 through 4. and it says if then you were raised with Christ seek those things which are about where Christ stays sitting at the right hand of God set your mind on the things about not on things on the Earth for you died and your life is hearing with Christ in God verse 4 when Christ who is our life appears then you also will appear with him in glory we see in those four verses that we just read messages Apostle Paul he is right into Colossians Apostle Paul you know what's interesting to point out in English translation it starts with says if but in Russian Ukrainian and in a Greek translation it starts with since and it says over there you were raised with Christ if it was created Stone you know you and me we used to live our own life the Bible says we were walking our own roads each one of us according to whatever we felt the right road is for me that was our old life and Apostle Paul he is reminding the church in Colossians it says but you were raised with Christopher and then in verse 3 he says for you died um so we died with Christ and we were raised with Christ what Apostle Paul is telling you and me today that your past is in Christ your past was in Christ because he took your past and he put it up on the cross and then in verse 3 second and a half it says for you died and your life is hidden with Christ in God Christian what's interesting to point out it says hearing with Christ in God because you know if you were to put something in the box if you were to translate this verse here it's like putting something in two diff in two boxes it says that you and me we are in Christ and then we are in God yeah so what this passage is telling you and me today it says that your life yours and mine it is hidden in Christ it tells us that a present is in Christ a present a past was in Christ and a present is in Christ and that's why when we read this passage it reminds me reminds me the word the passage from the word of God that says nobody can steal me from your hands nobody can remove you and me from the from the from the hands over Jesus because we remain in Christ and we remain in God and Jesus was praying in chapter 17 Book of John and he says Lord I'm leaving this Earth but I ask you something those that you gave me which is you and me brothers and sisters help them to be one again that's the interpretation when we are in Christ and we are one and the father the reason why we are one with Christine [Music] is because Christ is one with the father is Christopher and that's why everything that we read in the word of God when he tells us do not do this or this or forgive someone for example he never says do it just because to do it he says do it because I forgave you is he says love because I love my I love it so he is an example for us he is one in the father only Genesis and we are one with the Son and the father so a present is in Christ and look what it says in the verse 4. when Christ who is alive appears then you will also appear with him in glory foreign it always gets hidden and it gets put away in a safe place you and me we are God's treasure yeah we are precious to him and he hidden us he says those are my people those are my children they belong to me and then in verse 4 it says that you also will repair him in glory says reminded the Church of Colossians they say listen your future is also with in Christ your future is also with him and look what it says in same chapter first John verse 2. Iana foreign children of God and it has not been revealed that we shall be but we know that when he is revealed we shall be like him for we shall see him as he is [Music] and in verse 3 it says everyone who has his hope in him purifies himself just as he is foreign Futures in Christ yeah when we come before the Gate of Heaven the only way for you and me to enter that gate is not that God will see you and me by our name or our last name is is because we have the past to enter in him that we are in him amen amen now Apostle Paul in verses 5 through 11 and further chapter 3 Colossians he gives us a little bit of few instructions there is and it says therefore put to that your members which are on the earth fornication uncleanstones passion evil desire and covetousness which is idolatry because of these things verse 6 the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them and then verse 8 but now you yourselves are to put off all these anger wrath malice blasphemy filthy language out of your mouth do not lie to one another since you have put off the old man with his deeds and have put all the new men who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of him who created him when there is neither Greek nor Jew circumcised nor uncircumcised Barbarian scythian slave not free nor free but Christ is all and all and in verse five Apostle Paul he Apostle Paul he is inviting on previous and he is telling the church in Columbus he says because now your identity in Christ is just vasha um your past is gone you are born again your future is in him there is something that needs to take place in your life and he lists all those the desires of yours and mine flesh is and the key word of this verse 5 that he says put to death um and he says you need to destroy those things in your life because your identity is in Christ you are the child of God you're no longer a slave to sin foreign he also lists other things he lists anger and other things means the relationship that we could have with one another [Music] uh and he tells him for those things I want you to put off I want him to remove out of your life and then in verse 9 he continues and he speaks about what our mouth needs to be here and he says do not say those bad words this filthy language he is addressing our flesh he's addressing the the area of our relationship with one another child he is also speaking about our tongue that needs to be correct and then in verse 1 he opens up the chapter and he says listen because you were raised with Christ is now he is you know going back to verse 5 when it talks about our flesh is you know what's interesting is that he uses different terms where he says for once you need to put him to death but for others you need to put him away um you know my wife she hates cockroaches she cannot stand them and sometimes we have a little disagreement not that she's scared of cockroaches but with the approach that she has and I have towards cockroaches you know my wife she takes off the flip-flops she smashes that that cockroach so hard that after that nothing's left there's always there was a few times she hit it so hard I had to paint the walls she does not mess around with cockroaches yeah you know what's my Approach with cockroaches because I know I have to paint after that I know I have to clean all this up after this I can't touch cockroaches very calmly I uh I usually use a towel I've thrown on a cockroach I grab him yeah I open the door and I throw them out yeah this is what the word of God is talking about destroying things that are in our life you don't mess around with those things you don't throw a towel over them I think when my wife hits those cockroaches all of them that are scared to come our house they might be asking who is the home today is because they added to this very different but the most uh and this is the Apostle Paul he speaks to the to the Church of Colossians you need to put those students you know what's interesting here in this verse 5 it says the covetness is equals I doubt idolatry foreign it's a very strong language here is because it gets so easily to take over you and the ocean it so easily becomes something number one in your life and the word of God is telling us destroy those things but equally important it says we need to put off those things in our life is the language that we speak is the anger uh is the the Wrath that we might have the lies a man the Bible says we need to put us away yet because your identity is in Christ you know here's what I wanted to point out I was thinking about this and if somebody were to ask me before and says what is can you explain this identity in Christ if it was my children I wanted to use the very basic language to explain it and even in this chapter in other places it talks about the clothes that we take something off ices and another example I might tell to my children it's like you've been adopted and now you have a new last name is and it is a correct way to explain it yeah but for you and me we have to go a little deeper you know a lot of times and most of the time when the Bible talks about New Creation about living in Christ and being being in Christ Jesus Christia it is always speaking of the death and the birth rajini you know in in the word of God that you and me we were born of a seeds not of a perishable one but the Eternal one no the vision Jesus been he was spoken to Nicodemus he was telling them he says listen you need to be born again and he was so confused he had no ideas like how is that how can I become a baby how can I go back into my mom's womb again but what Jesus was speaking he was speaking about the spiritual Birds what does that mean brothers and sisters because when you just put on the clothes or when you maybe uses somebody else's last name they could be still things that are from your past and from your previous identity a lot of times you can hide it you know watching Shasta the most protesters that's why Jesus was saying hey it's not enough for you just to do to heal people just to do all those different Miracles it is not just enough to put his clothes on Jesus is saying Jesus Gabriel that you and me we need to be born again [Music] the Bible says he creates everything new tradition I want you to say Amen if you agree me with this statements we are New Creation in Christ we are New Creation in Christ we are New Creation in Christ what does that mean brother that means that our DNA has been changed our DNA is different now NASA then there is no more blemishes his blood is perfect his word is Holy he is Holy you want and Bible says and you be holy wife because I'm holy we have new identity in Christ we are that's why it talks in here and in verse and it says you have put up a new man but Christ is this is what what what Apostle Paul is telling the book The the church in Colossians those things in your in your identifying you is those things they gave you identity whether it's your background or your history of problems or the family that you were born or the nation that you were born all of that is it says Christ in all because now my life is no longer about me it's all about him I have your little detail in my life is about him and to conclude my sermon today I'm just simply going to read verse 12-17 and you can follow him on the screen on the screen and it says therefore as they elect of God holy and beloved put on Tender Mercies kindness humility meekness long-suffering bearing with one another in forgiving one another if anyone has a complaint against one another even as Christ forgave you so you also must do but about all these things put on love which is the bond of perfection and let the peace of God rule in your hearts to which also you were called in one body and be thankful let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom teaching and about admonishing one another in the Psalms and Herms and spiritual songs singing with Grace in your hearts to the Lord and whenever you do inward or deed do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus giving thanks to God the Father through him this is uh how a new identity in Christ looks like it this the quality is the characters this is everything so everything you do in a word or deeds every second of your life Do It All In The Name Of The Lord in the Lord I'll be honest with you it's hard sometimes because to put things away in our life is maybe to put something to death in our life that's true is to to remain in him sometimes it's hard that sometimes to be just being lazy but that's what he wants from us to remain in him to be one with the father to be holy as he is to forgive as he forgives to love as he loves do everything not for me or for my own Glory not to gain something in our lives is to serve one another is not to make me happy it's not really have a blessing or return in our lives or the people start liking us they're talking about us we do it for the Lord when we come to church we do it for the Lord when we work for the Lord we do it as for him but we do it because of the Lord everything in our lives is driven because of Christ I would like to invite you on your feet for a very short prayer let us all prepare our hearts that you and me today that of receiving judgments by participating in the communion and Lord's suppers we will receive blessings I know maybe you were listening to this word of God and you may be thinking to myself I'm so far away I'm very honest with myself and I look deep into my heart I see so many things that need to be put away or maybe I even tried in my life to put those things but it's not working out the word of God has a good news for you we can do all things through Christ you know you need to put something away you cannot do it on your own sound but with Christ to destroy and put something to death in your life it's not easy on Monday Pastor Nicholas said an extremely important point one day Pastor Nikolai scholarship you know when we read the passage it says if your eye is is is deceiving you a glass nature or your hand is an obstacle for you it is let me ask you is he really wants us to cut off our hand or our eyes he's talking about our attitude that attitude needs to be as if foreign he was able to crew to to put it off and put it to death once more respect you could never do this on your own but he could and if he could yes he can help you so let's examine our hearts and not get discouraged today this service and Lord supper is not to punish you it is not to put you down but instead there is hope in the blood of Jesus Christ it is hope to lift you and me up is to tell a heart One More Time Lord I cannot do this on my own but I know I can do this illusion yeah let's bar our heads it's glorious for a quiet short prayer they will prepare our hearts prepare our minds examine and get ready to receive blessing Heavenly Lord let's pray quietly foreign thank you Holy Spirit foreign Hallelujah we thank you for this day I always do these are days are not a coincidence there in your calendar the fact that I'm here the fact that my brothers and sisters it is [Music] you took her old clothes gave us new clothes that is Washed by the blood of Jesus [Music] thank you Jesus yes to examine a heart so we speak to judge ourselves in order for not to be judged to ask for your forgiveness to ask for your mercy and we need you Lord we need your strength we are fighting every day we bored himself and you call someone like David the righteous man how is it possible he did so many evil things but you called him righteous because he was running to you he understood he needs your forgiveness he said it would be ready to fall into your hands than in the hands of a man help us realize that Lord to fall into your hands Lord God we ask you Lord we promise him he would bless us God bless you my brothers and sisters that today they will receive blessing from you they would reveal healing from you in the name of Jesus amen amen you may be seated foreign foreign [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] oh this is [Music] love [Applause] of those [Music] says [Music] [Applause] [Music] no velist is [Music] foreign [Music] no apologies [Music] [Music] of God [Music] foreign let us all stand to our feet the word of God tells us before Jesus was betrayed he took the bread gave thanks he broke the bread and he said this is my body which is broken for you do this in remembrance of me I would like to invite you to prayer our Minister brother Peter he will pray for the bread and he will lead us in prayer church let us pray today [Music] she is foreign [Music] [Music] I mean foreign foreign foreign I would like to remind everyone that is present Sy you may take part in the Lord's supper if including our guests pictures if you have accepted Jesus as the Lord and Savior at a conscious age and baptized not as a child but at a conscious age takos National Hospital also if you are at peace with our Lord at peace with one another at peace with the ones close to you your relatives may the Lord bless you know how do you make sure you discipline you actually I'd like to remind you if you are not under any church discipline and at peace with the church these things are very important [Music] let this be a blessing for your soul for your body is like God's healing his renewal come into your life through the sacrifice of Jesus through his suffering for each one of us there was a mercy came a Grace praise be to him foreign foreign [Music] was everyone able to take part in the bread foreign [Music] the word of the Lord tells us and he took the cup ID he gave thanks and he said this is my cup no voice the New Testament in my blood do this every time in remembrance of me and let us bow our heads and brother or Minister Paul will pray today foreign [Music] lava teaches to service [Music] please [Music] foreign to be now [Music] foreign foreign [Music] I remind you that the brothers will hand you a cup of yeah may this be a blessing for you for each one of us here the word of God says in his body and his blood was poured out for us for you he's a man and for me the power of God through this service you have the power to go against Allah to be able to Cast Away the arrows of the devil you're able to get up and to walk with Christ in order to live uh holy receive this with me this is the power and blessing dear brothers and sisters foreign foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign dear brothers and sisters did everyone get a chance to take part in the wine [Music] foreign I agree you all dear brothers and sisters that the Lord has given all of us Mercy to be able to take part in this great Ceremony this great yes and let us bow to our knees and give thanks to our Lord their Heavenly Father we come before you with a grateful heart for what you have done for us not by our Deeds not by our action but your mercy and your love that was shown on the cross we come here before you as a grateful heart we want to give you thank you we're going to praise you for your love that you showed to us for the blood that was shed for the body that was broken for each and one of us we thank you for that we thank you for the Salvation you've given us through Christ we thank you for the blood of Jesus that has washed us that made us new for our renewal for justification for a sanctification for our healing we thank you for that Jesus we thank you for the body that was broken for us for each one of us for the sins that we've committed but through your blood through your mercy you have washed us and made us white as snow we thank you for that Jesus we thank you for the holy spirit that works in our life to make us like you to renew our mind renew our body remove our spirit For Your Glory we thank you Jesus we thank you as a family of Christ that we're able to stand before you to raise our hands when we give you praise and honor for the the sacrifice we thank you Jesus for coming to Earth for our Salvation we praise the Lord you've given us everything through you we thank you Jesus again we praise you and we thank you in Jesus name we pray amen praise God there brothers and sisters we have some announcements we have youth services oh so Monday we have a prayer at 7 30. foreign we want to thank everybody who participated in men's breakfast also that we will do this um on Sunday before each communion um October 9th we will have a family there a family day because Leo Frank he's going to talk about family so please don't forget and mark your calendars on October 13 and through the 16th and maybe also through the 17th we have a family campus is so if you can please let us know they're going to be a sign up sheet yes it's a great tradition that our church has through during this time of the year we do we get together as a family to spend time outside in Jacksonville uh campus also another request for our fellowship that we have after each communion is and we're needing more participants or more volunteers to contribute to this ministry um sister satlana and she'll be more than happy to accept and anything you could help this is also for the older group for Sunday school we asked that Wednesday they come to have practice for Thanksgiving is [Music] may God bless you thank you place for us to rest a place to find the ants in hours of distress I know we all have worries he knows every where and find Jehovah he will give you peace thank you in and out of situation all day long I struggle or the answers there but then I follow me all my questions [Music] no doubt put into peace [Music] troubles away [Music] in the presence [Music] through his love the Lord providing a place for us to rest yes you did a place to find answers [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh my God [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] in the presence [Music] again and again praise God we took part in this holy Wonder of God is to remember the suffering and death of Jesus Christ and the question that stands before is today before we go home is what is a reason for the death and suffering of Jesus Christ [Music] what would have happened if Jesus did not come and die for us for our justification is you know oftentimes it becomes out of habit that we just hear this message and it's the same you know the same thing over and over and then we end up not valuing life or anything else one time I'm driving to work um two young young men they were inside of a really nice exotic car like maybe Corvette um and so they uh hit a very high speed on this road on my way to work and they end up hitting a pole and they ended up dead both um many people were late to work because of the incident in the life of those two people is no longer existing yeah and this is how often we are are living our lives or maybe have an attitude towards our lives your children puts in all she has and when the children get older they can do whatever with their life you know when the young the youth the young people were jumping off a cliff into the water and they were taking videos of it you know did you check the water at the bottom to make sure there's no rocks so that when you jump it wouldn't be to your death you know what they say foreign they're just so bold and so confident and [Music] in a way the death of Jesus Christ oftentimes is not as valuable for us the death of Christ had great value even when he was there hanging on hanging on the cross when I read that the two thieves that were with him on the crosses and it says that they were mocking him and I was thinking maybe there was some kind of error in the Bible but we thought and I thought that it was one that was making like making fun remarking him another one was on his side because he even said do you not fear God we are hanging up here because we deserve this and he pointed to the to Christ saying but this one he did not deserve this is and before his death he turned to Christ with these words says remember me when you go into heaven and he tells him truly truly I tell you you will be with me in Paradise this night is you know you see clearly that there is no misunderstanding or error it's because uh when they were there hanging on the cross six hours uh passed by Insurance thieves including all the people the Roman soldiers and everyone that was present there were that were mocking him you're the one that said that you would destroy the destroy the temple and you would rebuild it in three days and why don't you just take yourself off the cross and the same the two thieves were doing as well and with the six hours there on the cross one of the thieves life was changed you know his suffering and what he said there on the cross it's something completely different you know he didn't see him just as a human being but he saw him as the Son of God he said remember me when you go he realized that he himself is a sinner but the one that is hanging around the cross is the righteousness of God look at this great transformation that took place there six hours on the cross by uh at the Cross located in Matthew and Luke it's uh noted that there are other incident things that happened [Music] foreign how did a centurion a Roman Centurion come to the understanding that this was the son of God he didn't just simply say these words he says he praised God you know this is a great wonder that took place there at the Crossroad they repented of the fact that they with their with their hands uh put to death crucified the one that was God's son you know I would like our lives too while we are there at Golgotha we would also change so that we would follow Christ completely different yeah II Corinthians chapter 5 verse 21 the following is written God made him who had no sin to be sin for us so that in him we might become the righteousness of God in other words Christ took our place the one that was supposed to be put to death therefore our sin was you and I Allah but the word God says that God placed all the sin of all of mankind there on his son Jesus Christ but there was a goal in this it was in order for us to become God's righteousness through him in other words God came here on Earth in order to make a way for us as Sinners to be able to enter into heaven with him you know and if we continue to live our lives the way the way the world lives we are Unworthy of uh taking part in the Lord's Supper because in Galatians Chapter 2 19-1 chapter 2 verse 19 and 20. so it says I am crucified with Christ meaning that Christ died for me and I am crucified in Christ in other words Christ died for me in order for me to put to death my sinful Desires in order to uh live with him yeah just like the brother preached before me that the end goal is for us to become a new creation in Christ Jesus he took our sin in order for us to take his righteousness so that we will no longer walk in our sins but to walk in his righteousness and if you take no Apostle Paul says it is no longer I who live but what change happened in Apostle Paul he says that Christ lives in me in other words Paul no longer he has no desires or Wills he doesn't have his own livelihood his own possessions because when Christ died Apostle Paul died with him and who lives now he says Christ lives through me in other words Apostle Paul is saying no longer look at me and what I'm doing but look at Christ who lives in me he says I live in the flesh this thought that Christ gave his life for me in order for me to have a new life it radically changed my life an apostle Paul says similar words First Corinthians 6 20. uh you have been you have bought with a price honor God with your bodies in other words Christ paid a price for us on the cross or he paid he it was a ransom that was given for us the man is in other words a price was paid for you because you uh I was once a slave to sin and of the Devils so the ransom that was paid that was paid was his life but it is in order for me not to live for myself but for the one that has paid the ransom for me and because you were bought with such a great price you are no longer your own so that means you have to praise God in your body and with everything that you are because there you are Gods yes so I live my life and I live it in a way not because I am good but because of the price that he paid for me with his blood brothers at one point uh preached that we have no uh Freedom we were slaves to sending of the devil is now we are slaves uh to Jesus Christ and uh of God Yeshua if I live for myself I am the slave of the devil I would like us brothers and sisters Apostle Paul says consider yourself meaning you have no old life your life is now new in Christ Jesus Christ you know the greatest Thanksgiving that we can give in taking part of the communion is you know what is you know when the resurrected Christ is looking down from heaven and he sees that our uh his sacrifice was not for no reason because we are saved we are cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ we live the new life in which crisis I'd like us our prayers to be that Jesus you have died and the devil no longer has a place in my heart and in Freedom I can freely praise the Lord and Savior Jesus and this is the greatest praise foreign am I living my life for Christ because my uh uh because I no longer exist yes bow to our knees and ask the Lord to forgive us in that place where we still have that eye in us we must say Lord take it away from me because we need the blood of Jesus to cleanse our sins in order that when Jesus Christ does return we would be there with himself let us bow to our knees and prayers foreign foreign foreign foreign foreign [Music] me or not foreign if there are any guests in our church today we want to see who is in the house today if anyone wants to send greetings from their churches and we have guests um also from the children of God from Northport and we're glad that you guys are all with us and before you go home don't forget we have fellowships and today and in the house and I know the Lord has answered oftentimes we come to the service and we have answers before we if you have any needs or intercessities go with the peace of God in his Blessing please for her health she's in hospital prayer yes sure results for daughter and grandsons 33 3 it says call on to me and we will pray to the Lord is nice he will reveal to you the things that you do not know we love the verse and sometimes it's not only that he will answer but we also answer to us the Lord says he will not hide it from you but he will help and he will invite to see what he sees and I like this is Sunday evening we'll be having a seminar with Leo yeah the seminar for fam for family whether in family day it's a family day people that are planning on getting here and this is uh the qualities of a Christian family in other words just invite everyone there's room for everyone Memorial foreign I mean I mean foreign

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