Many people will (mistakenly) think that anyone who memorizes a huge amount of Scripture must be some sort of “super saint”. I have this to say about that, and that’s this: Super saint? NO I AIN’T! Not even close. (To echo the Apostle Paul in Romans 7:18, “For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh”.) In fact, just the opposite of their notion is true, because the more of the Bible I memorize, the more I realize how utterly and entirely sinful I am in and of myself, in my flesh. You see, as Psalm 19:7-8 clearly states, the Bible – and especially memorizing the Bible – “enlightens the eyes”. It breaks through the blindness which besets us from birth and opens one’s eyes. To the truth and existence and nature and will of God. To the nature and detrimental, destructive, and indeed deadly consequences of sin (Romans 6:23). And to the nature of man. Our flesh. Our fallacy. Our tendencies. Why we do what we do. Why we do what we should not and not do what we should! (Romans 7:19) So you can see why I say that the more Scripture one memorizes, the more one will see the righteousness of God and the sinfulness of oneself, of the flesh, to the extent that I can honestly say that I’m the BIGGEST SINNER I know, I’m the biggest sinner I’ve EVER known, and I’m probably the biggest sinner YOU’VE ever known, at least that’s how I see it, that’s my (believe it or not blissful) Bible-borne perspective.
But thankfully Psalm 19:7-8 doesn’t stop there! Because it’s just as clear that the Bible also “restores the soul” and “makes wise the simple” and “rejoices the heart”! It’s not just a win, not just a home run, memorizing and reciting Scripture is a GRAND SLAM! And not just spiritually, but humanly… not just in the spiritual realm, but in the human realm, not just in the life to come but also this present life (1 Timothy 4:8). And I can testify from firsthand experience that all of this is absolutely true: so long as I’m doing so on a regular basis, my spirit remains utterly joyful, rarely ever leaving the proverbial “cloud nine”. I find that I see things that many others don’t (heightened insight produced by the Word within). And I find that my heart remains filled with and focused on the things above, not on the things that are on earth (Colossians 3:2), not on the things which are seen, but unseen, not the things which are temporal but eternal (2 Corinthians 4:18) – what a wonderful way to go through life! And what’s amazing is that I’m just at the START this journey of memorizing the entire Bible, after which the Lord is leading me to turn this into a full-fledged, full-speed-ahead, full-time ministry – here’s the plan…
PHASE 1: Memorize the ENTIRE Bible as a “love/thank You” gift back to Him and also to prove, to demonstrate to the world the utter and tangible power and benefits of the ingested (memorized) Word of God! And for the first few months to highlight the need and leave room for the Lord to lead like-minded Bible-loving believers to support this in whatever ways they’re able and willing and excited to do so when learning about this historic endeavor and opportunity.
PHASE 2: After memorizing all or at least the vast majority of the New Testament, the next step will commence and entail totally changing the emphasis of this website from seeking one-time and especially Monthly Partners so as to get and keep this going to just giving back by meeting the needs of others, to “fulfill the law of Christ” by “bearing the burdens of others” (Galatians 6:2) and “serving one another” (Galatians 5:13; 1 Peter 4:10).
Specifically, I will make myself available all throughout the day virtually every day so anyone will be able to:
- Ask and receive Bible-based answers to their questions about the Bible itself, God, sin, human nature, and whatever else might be on their hearts at any given time. Literally for the rest of my or their lives, they will have a ready and waiting friend and/or listening ear and/or shoulder to cry on according to their need at the time. Without reservation, and without judgment.
- Submit prayer requests to be prayed for by someone who is brimming with the living Word within him, which I firmly believe is the biggest key to effective prayer: the Word sanctifies (John 17:17) and cleanses (Ephesians 5:26) and keeps pure (Psalm 119:9) and away from sin (Psalm 119:11); now combine all of this with the fact that “the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and His ears attend to their prayer” (1 Peter 3:12) and “The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much” (James 5:16b) and perhaps speaking most poignantly to the amazing link between memorizing Scripture and an effective prayer life, “If you abide in Me, and MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU, ask WHATEVER you WISH, and it SHALL BE DONE for you.” (John 15:7). How will people’s lives literally change and be transformed by the supplication and intercession by one in whom such a massive amount of Scripture will be dwelling? GAME-CHANGER. Life-changer. WORLD-changer! (Literally. Just ask the people who were living in the time of Elijah.)
- Find a BIBLICAL – Bible-loving, Bible-believing, Bible-practicing – church near them, right in their local area! I am already in the process of putting together this network of churches; denomination will be irrelevant, the only criterion will be the extent to which they demonstrably adhere to the principles set forth in the Bible about “how one ought to conduct himself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.” (1 Timothy 3:15) With a primary focus on how supportive they are of Bible memory. I expect even just the human-interest/intellectual aspect of this project to attract countless people who aren’t even religious or are very early on in their spiritual growth who’ll need and want to find a church that will foster and maximize said growth.
- Find the businesses in YOUR area that are owned and/or managed by fellow Christians who love the Lord and His Word and realize the importance of and support Bible memory. Galatians 6:10 and 1 Timothy 6:2 make clear that it is our responsibility as Christians that our everyday choices inure to the benefit of fellow believers whenever possible, so I’m going to make that super easy and convenient by posting a nationwide (but searchable by state/county/city) LIST of Christian businesses so we can all choose THEM whenever we need a product or service; once assembled, it will appear on the “Find A Christian Biz” / Yellow Pages section here at BibleMemory.ORG so please check back for that in the coming weeks.
PHASE 3: Turn this burgeoning history-in-the-making effort into a full-speed-ahead, full-fledged, full-time ministry to Educate, Encourage, and Empower others to memorize and recite Scripture on a regular, systematic, verse-by-verse, book-by-book basis! Tall goal, but totally doable, because something very interesting happened as I memorized my very first book of the Bible, the New Testament book of James. That goal seemed not just tall but downright monumental. Undoable. Right? Wrong! Because, amazingly, the more of it I memorize, the EASIER it gets! The more of it I memorize, the more I am able to memorize. By the time I came to Chapter 5, I knew this large task was indeed going to be accomplished. BIG difference than when I was facing Chapter 1 Verse 1.
This is a fantastic real-life demonstration of Matthew 19:26 which says, “With men, this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Including memorizing the ENTIRE Bible! You see, in the physical realm, the more water you pour into a glass, the less capacity it will have for more water to be added. But in the spiritual realm, when it comes to God and His Word, the Bible, the exact OPPOSITE is true! The MORE you pour into your mind, the MORE capacity you’ll have for additional verses and chapters and books to be added! Not less. And this amazing power is exponential in nature: I saw a large increase in capacity from James 1 to James 5, but double or triple the capacity by the time I finished memorizing Hebrews 1-5, and then quadruple or quintuple the capacity by the time I finished memorizing Hebrews 6-10, and so on. This finding is literally historic, and indeed the closest thing to a bona fide miracle in recent history of which I’m aware: it’s verifiable, it’s tangible, and – due to the “living and active” nature of the Bible (Hebrews 4:12) – it’s even repeatable. While the specific extent of this phenomenon might vary from person to person, the essence of the Word does not. Ever. This is how I’ll be able not just to Educate and Encourage the masses to memorize and recite Scripture on a regular, systematic basis but also to EMPOWER them to do so (the Word through me). (Believe me, once a person gets a taste of this, his or her life will never be the same. Human metaphors don’t really do it justice but in terms of the Christian life, it’s like trying filet mignon for the first time after a lifetime of eating hamburger.)
This will primarily be accomplished by producing a course, a syllabus, an entire series of videos, CD’s, and even audio cassettes, which will take all of this and make it SUPER EASY and CONVENIENT for people the world over to learn and apply this at their own pace and as their individual schedules permit. I am utterly convinced that another worldwide spiritual revival will occur, but I’m even more certain that it will only occur as people start ingesting the living Word of God by memorizing and reciting it regularly – “all the day” (Psalm 119:97) and even “day AND night” (Psalm 1:2-3).
By the way, this would be a great time to let you know that as I’ve been memorizing Scripture, a very specific METHOD of doing so is coming into focus, which, as noted above, I can testify firsthand is making it MUCH EASIER for me to memorize and retain – not just the Bible but EVERYTHING: to-do lists, schedule and meetings, various events that occur, etc., a true “sponge” effect! – and I’m 99.9% sure that it will do so for virtually anyone and everyone who applies it. It’s still coming together but seems to be getting close to the point that it can be rolled out. This one aspect alone of this one phase alone could easily and literally change the world and people’s everyday lives.
PHASE 4: Set up new and/or work with established addiction centers to specifically address the huge need for healing, curing, and then preventing from recurring (relapse) the massive crisis of addiction to pain killers, opioids, and other drugs, as well as the dreadful disease of depression. I am absolutely certain that the best and probably only way to truly beat, to truly eradicate, overcome, and conquer an addiction is to turn to something even more addictive – and I am equally certain that the most addictive thing in the universe is the BIBLE, the living and active Word of God, the Word ingested. No doubt about it. The main challenge is that so relatively few ever really give regular and systematic Bible memory a try, but I – with your and the Lord’s help – intend to change that!
It won’t happen overnight but I have no doubt that change is indeed coming. And just in case you don’t think the Bible extends or has relevance to the physical realm of human existence, I humbly give you Proverbs 4:22 which, referring to the Bible, the “my words” of verse 20, clearly states that His words “are LIFE to those who find them, and HEALTH to ALL their WHOLE BODY.” Is that an amazing verse or what?! We have a super-duper health “pill” readily available to us (the Bible is the most-published and available book of all time) yet SO FEW EVER ACTUALLY SWALLOW IT! To their utter “missing out” yet few if any are even aware of this because nobody has trumpeted it from the proverbial mountaintops but with your help I intend to change this, too, and do just that!
I didn’t start memorizing entire books of the Bible as a child but did memorize a lot of single Bible verses and – totally not surprisingly in light of that verse/truth/fact – I haven’t had to see a doctor or go to the hospital my entire adult life. Not even a single time. No emergencies. No health surprises. Not one. I don’t think the two are unrelated or that this remarkable health history is mere coincidence or the result of “good genes”; no, I’m certain it’s that verse at work.
No, it won’t happen overnight but down the road I look forward to organizing some clinical/medical trials to demonstrate that this is universal and not just specific to me. I dare say that other than imparting the Gospel or giving one’s own life to save another’s, there is no greater act of love and kindness and therefore Christlikeness (since He epitomized and epitomizes both) than to free a person from the cruel slavery and bondage of addiction or depression, to provide them with the answer, the antidote, something that actually and permanently WORKS! So even just this phase of the action plan will likely be enough to revolutionize the nation and world.
CONCLUSION: If you like what you’ve heard here and found yourself nodding in agreement several times, please read on…
You’re NOT Alone!
/in Uncategorized /by Bible MemoryThis post is in the same vein as a recent one. (And I elaborate even further in a subsequent one… maybe we’ll make it a recurring series.)
Remember when we were kids (and ever since) when someone would express an opinion with which we agree and we’d say “Me too!” (at least before it took on an entirely different meaning starting in 2017) or “You and me both!” or “You’re not alone”? Believe it or not, this sentiment has very deep roots in the Bible.
The Bible is clear that suffering/persecution goes hand-in-hand and indeed is part and parcel and inherently characteristic of the Christian life (2 Timothy 3:12; Hebrews 12:7-11). But that’s not cause for doom and gloom but rather tremendous and unfettered joy since it also renders the crystal clear conclusion that suffering/persecution/tribulation also produces necessary benefits (James 1:2-4; Romans 5:3-5; 2 Thessalonians 1:5) and anyway can’t even compare, “are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.” (Romans 8:18)
All of that is very true — totally true, in both essence and extent — but God knows that in our human experience, suffering still isn’t easy (though the more one focuses on these truths and promises and perhaps particularly that last one, the easier it will be!) but thankfully He has given us some additional aids in the Bible to directly address this. (As I always say… there’s a verse for that! =)
One of the strongest I’ve found which is such an amazing help is the fact that I, that we, that you are NOT alone!
I certainly wouldn’t recommend building a theology on the human adage that “misery loves company” due to the negative side of how it’s used or perceived but the other side of that coin is actually very biblical and thus infinitely valid and joy-inducing and profitable (2 Timothy 3:14-17, especially verse 16) and USEFUL (1 Timothy 1:8, an equally-acceptable translation of the word “good” which appears in most versions) and therefore not to be ignored, indeed we should be squeezing as much gain and benefit out of this truth as possible: the fact of the matter is that there is considerable comfort in the knowledge that I, that we, that you are NOT alone!
That’s why the Bible says that temptation/trial/testing/suffering “is COMMON to man” (1 Corinthians 10:13) [one great illustration about how very common what we experience in life is: almost EVERY TIME I type something into Google, their auto-full feature brings up EXACTLY what I’m searching for, right at the top, i.e., because so many other people have searched for that very same thing, done the exact same search… so now whenever you google something just think of this amazing, empowering verse!] and this: “KNOWING that the SAME EXPERIENCES OF SUFFERING are being accomplished [undergone, experienced, fulfilled] by your brethren who are in the world.” (1 Peter 5:9) And then a glorious echo of Romans 8:18 and Hebrews 12:11 in the very next verse: “And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.” (1 Peter 5:10)
While I wouldn’t wish such suffering on anyone (other than false teachers and the ilk who would lead people astray and try to take them to hell with them as vividly and dramatically discussed in 2 Peter 2 and Jude and most shockingly Galatians 1:9 where Paul literally says “let [false teachers] be accursed“), I have to say that just knowing that I’m NOT ALONE is a major and powerful motivation to “keep on keeping on”, to persevere and make lemonade out of every trial or suffering God allows into my life (one of the main applications of the book of James). Because when we DON’T persevere, when we instead give into trial/temptation and sin, that not only has an effect on us (primarily) but on the whole body of Christ (secondarily), which is why the Bible gives clear guidelines and indeed commands for church discipline (Matthew 18:15-17; 1 Corinthians 5; 1 Timothy 5:19-20), so may I never, ever contribute to weighing down the body of Christ, the Church, but rather may my actions and attitudes always be for its building UP. May I do my part and live this earthly life in a manner conducive to purifying, not dirtying, the future bride of our Lord Jesus Christ Himself.
Like I said, major and powerful motivation. I trust it will be for you, too. Just to know that you are NOT alone!
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It Takes Two!
/in Uncategorized /by Bible MemoryYou might think the next two words of the title would be “to tango” – and given how bitterly divided society and politics have become, that would make a lot of sense. And indeed I intend to address that in a future post but, as promised in the previous post, this one is about love.
The “two” refers to the fact that true love involves two actions. Dual action required.
The vast majority of people think of love in terms of “lovey-dovey”, fondness, warmth. And that’s certainly an important aspect and one side of the coin of true, biblical love, but did you know that the Bible actually puts the other side of the coin first when discussing this?
Hmm, very interesting.
First, it states that true love, pure love, is by definition without hypocrisy (which is what makes it true and pure) so that should be our goal, our pursuit.
Second, it reveals that true love STARTS WITH HATRED. Specifically, hatred of that which is evil and wicked and wrong, anything which goes against, which isn’t in line with the Bible, with the nature of God as clearly revealed therein. That includes hatred of sin and self (the flesh, i.e., one’s self but NOT oneself, more on this in a future post). Hatred of the devil and his minions. Hatred of falsehood, hating untruth of any kind which appears in any way, shape, or form.
Let’s look at just two great examples from the mouth of the Lord Jesus Himself and from the Spirit-propelled pen of the preeminent Apostles Paul and Peter:
[I love everything about the Bible (which is why I’m dedicating the rest of my life, literally, to memorizing, to ingesting every word of it, every word of the Word) including the fact that it never “pulls any punches” – ever. The passages echoed above are an excellent and effervescent example of that. It always just “tells it like it is” and simply sets forth the truth and “lets the chips fall where they may” to put it in current-day vernacular. I love that!]
Ergo, as exemplified so superbly by Peter and Paul and our Lord Jesus Himself, if we are to know and possess and demonstrate true love we must first HATE – that which is evil and wicked and wrong and unbiblical.
As a brief side note, this is a perfect parallel with salvation itself in that just as it’s impossible to genuinely put one’s faith in Christ to save one from his sins UNLESS one first admits his sin, sins, sinning, sinfulness, i.e., we must first admit our NEED for salvation, right? Right. This brings back beautiful memories from my childhood, when I first learned the gospel and how to share it with others in a super simple, straightforward way, the “ABC’s of salvation”: Admit, Believe, Confess, remember that?
Just as A comes before B, just as admitting comes before believing, so also when it comes to true love, hating evil comes before truly being able to embrace good.
The latter seems to come much more easily, but if we want to develop a sense of true, biblical love in our lives, we cannot skip over or bypass the former.
Society attaches such a stigma to hatred and anger, doesn’t it. But, as is so often the case, what society, what the world puts down, the Bible often lifts up. What the world frowns upon, the Bible smiles at – ear to ear.
It’s absolutely crucial to understand that the Bible is very much against too much anger or displaced hatred, but I find that the world often tries to boil an issue down to just “A” or “B”, to make it a binary choice, when in fact the right answer is usually “C”! The right answer is invariably somewhere between the two proffered extremes. And so it is in this case: it’s not about whether one should be angry but rather how much and when; it’s not about whether one should hate, but rather the object thereof. Perhaps the best example of this is found in Ephesians 4:26-27 – “BE ANGRY, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not give the devil an opportunity.”
Anger must never be allowed to grow too much or last too long – think of it as best done in “small doses” – but is otherwise a crucial component of Christian living. Indeed, did not Christ Himself demonstrate this too for us?
Yes, controlled and properly-directed anger and hatred must come first if one’s love is to be biblical, but likewise it must be followed by that second side of the coin in Romans 12:9, we must take the next step and “cling to what is good.”
I don’t think this needs much explanation or elaboration at all, but I’ll just note that the Greek word translated “cling” here is literally the word for “glue” – isn’t that interesting? We’re called to GLUE OURSELVES to that which is good as set forth in the Bible.
So from now on, whenever you think of love – true love, biblical love, lasting and sustainable love – don’t forget that it takes two! So let’s no longer ignore, let’s start exercising the muscles of righteous and controlled anger and hatred of all that is wrong and wicked and evil and ungodly and unbiblical and unjust – in “small but regular doses” – so that we can attain to and possess and gloriously give to God a love which is indeed “without hypocrisy” – He is due nothing less.
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FOLLOW-UP: How to NOT GROW WEARY OR LOSE HEART
/in Uncategorized /by Bible MemoryThe previous post included these two verses:
As you probably know, ahead of launching this website to track this historic effort, I wanted to demonstrate proof of authenticity so it would be clear that this is already well beyond wishful thinking or the proverbial “pie in the sky” so after finishing three books of the Bible (3 done, 63 to go!) I recited each of those on video so anyone who wants to can easily and fully track my progress each step of the way. As indicated on the home page, one of those was the book of Hebrews.
It would be impossible to decide which is my “favorite” book of the Bible. Those of you who have children can relate, which is YOUR favorite? Exactly. You love them all the same. And I find that to be the case with the Bible. It truly is one book with 66 different parts, and I love them all the same BUT I’m sure you’d agree that while you love all your children or nephews and nieces the same, you probably get along or connect with each of them on different levels, and that’s how it is with me and the different books of the Bible: I love them all the same but “connect” with them to varying degrees in that some of them “speak to me” or “pierce my soul” seemingly more than others. And in that sense I’d have to put Romans and Hebrews at the very top of the list. The Holy Spirit keeps bring various verses from those two books to mind more than any other, literally several times a day for each. While I’m still working on finishing memorizing Romans, because Hebrews is one of the first three, I recite several chapters from it every few days and today’s portion happened to be Chapters 9-13 and one of those verses spoke PERFECTLY and FITS perfectly with the two noted in the previous post and reprinted above.
It fits so perfectly because it tells us HOW to “not lose heart” and HOW to “not grow weary”:
So I’d like to use this post to briefly delve into this wonderful — and wonderfully helpful — verse.
Its focus is clearly on both sides of the same coin: ENDURING and NOT GROWING WEARY OR LOSING HEART.
The Bible makes clear that this is absolutely crucial, imperative: “But he who ENDURES to the end shall be SAVED.” (Matthew 24:13)
Crystal clear. Consummately crucial.
But thankfully the verse above doesn’t just communicate how important it is to endure but also tells us exactly HOW: by “FIXING OUR EYES on JESUS”, to “CONSIDER Him”.
That word “fixing” is very interesting in the Greek. In two ways: its tense and its meaning.
Its tense is present active participle, which conveys the idea of an action which should be ongoing. It could be translated as “KEEP fixing your eyes” or “continually fixing your eyes”. This clearly speaks to its importance in terms of sanctification since salvation is a one-time event, never to be — nor needed to be — repeated. But where (i.e., on whom) we put our FOCUS each day (each hour, each minute) should be an ongoing, continual thing, and it should be placed squarely on the Lord Jesus Christ.
And that phrase “consider Him” in verse 3 immediately reminds me of “REMEMBER Jesus Christ” in 2 Timothy 2:8. That tense is also active — present active imperative — which conveys that very same idea of the action’s being ongoing and continual in nature.
So many people, so many Christians, try so hard to be “responsible” and “handle things on their own” — and humanly that’s a fine and good trait. But not spiritually. It’s just the opposite and worse: it’s deadly. Downright destructive to the core. Because we humans, wrapped and drenched in fallen flesh, simply don’t have the innate capacity to do so. By default we walk up the down escalator.
But praise the Lord, He has provided the way to flip that script, to change one’s at-birth default setting so as to start and keep walking up the UP escalator — and that’s to place our ongoing focus on HIM. On His Person. On His life. On His death. On His resurrection. On His past earthly ministry and ongoing present heavenly ministries. Like interceding with the Heavenly Father on our behalf (Romans 8:34). Like advocating with the Judge on our behalf (1 John 2:1) as discussed more in-depth in a recent post.
Lastly — and speaking of which — I’d like to end this post by mentioning the full meaning of that word “fixing” in Greek, in the original language of this verse.
I know, I know, boresville snoresville, right? WRONG! This is exciting! This is good stuff! This can feed your soul and heart and mind for years and years to come. Because implicit, inherent in that word isn’t just the English notion of looking to Jesus and continually fixing our eyes, our gaze, on Him, but also the act of turning our eyes, our focus, AWAY FROM something else.
From ourselves. From self. From our desires and our will and our lives and our issues and our goals. And ONTO His. Onto HIM.
I’ve found this very same principle in the Bible regarding love. Dual action required for true focus and true love, so stay tuned for that in the next post. But for now, may each of us exhibit the wisdom and reap the pure and utter joy of moving our focus off of ourselves and onto Him. This will not come easily nor comfortably because it’s diametrically different, it’s the opposite end of the spectrum from human nature. But let’s resolve ourselves to power through that initial discomfort and reap the massive fruit and rewards — not just in the life to come but also in THIS present earthly life (1 Timothy 4:8). Because by focusing on Him will result in following Him, in following His perfect example in every aspect of life: humility, grace, mercy, kindness, love, selflessness, confidence, purity, purpose.
In a recent post I mentioned a fellow from my church who gave me some of the best advice I’ve ever received when I was a teenager trying to decide what my first car should be. As mentioned he was in the automotive business and not just great at selling them but also repairing them. And I’d often join him to hand him the tool he needed at any given time as he remained under the vehicle he was working on and I remember something he said one time which, like that other piece of advice, I’ve never forgotten, it has remained with me ever since and all the time. He had just lodged himself under the car and was trying to position himself so he could use a ratchet wrench without too much discomfort but also had to get his head in a proper position so he could see the various nuts and bolts he needed to remove and he finally figured that out and — clearly gleeful, clearly relieved — said this: “It’s all about getting your head in the right position.”
And that’s EXACTLY how it is in life! May we decide this day, here and now, to take our focus OFF OF ourselves and ONTO the Lord Jesus Christ. Every day. Every hour. Every minute. And I can tell you with 100% certainty that HE will meet all of YOUR needs and replace “losing heart” and “growing weary” with an indescribable, inexpressible quality and level of joy and endurance. Like George Foreman says at the end of those Meineke TV ads and George Zimmer in those former Men’s Wearhouse ads… I GUARANTEE IT!
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