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The Enemy of Our Faith (Part 4) · Near East Christian Fellowship Sermons

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Welcome to NECF Sermons. Each message here is
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designed to uplift and strengthen you in your
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walk with God. Don't miss out. Stay with us until
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the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive
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right in. Mark. Mark chapter 9. Mark 9, verse
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14. On Sunday, I was trying to explain some truth
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from this text. And I just want to start from
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this particular text. Because there are some
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things that I needed to not only clarify, but
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to give evidence. Because the essence of Bible
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teaching is that we're able to give sufficient
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evidence, sufficient proof to the things that
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are in the scriptures, that by them we have conviction
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and understanding. Mark chapter 9, verse 14 to
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29. When he came to the disciples, he saw a great
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multitude around them. and scribes disputing
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with them. Immediately when they saw him, all
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the people were greatly amazed and running to
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him, greeting him. And when he asked the scribes,
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what are you discussing with them? Then one of
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the crowd answered and said, Teacher, I brought
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to you my son who has a mute spirit. Wherever
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it sees him, it throws him down. He foams at
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the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid.
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So I spoke to your disciples that they should
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cast it out. But they could not. Verse 19. He
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answered him and said, O faithless generation,
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how long shall I be with you? How long shall
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I bear with you? Bring him to me. Then they brought
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him to him. When he saw him, immediately the
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spirit convulsed him and he fell on the ground
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and wallowed, forming at the mouth. So he asked
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his father, has this been happening to him? And
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he said, from childhood. And often he has. Thrown
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him both into the fire and into the water to
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destroy him. But you can do anything. But if
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you can do anything, have compassion on us. Help
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us. Jesus said to him, if you can believe, hallelujah,
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if you can believe, all things are possible to
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him who believes. Hallelujah. What are the all
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things? Context. Amen? All things are possible
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to who? All things are possible. All things are
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possible to him who believes. Immediately, the
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father of the child cried out and said with tears,
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Lord, I believe. Help my unbelief. When Jesus
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saw that the people came running together, he
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rebuked the unclean spirit saying to it, deaf
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and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him
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and enter him no more. Then the spirit cried
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out and convulsed him greatly and came out of
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him and he became as one death. So that many
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said he is dead. But Jesus took him by the hand
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and lifted him up and he arose. And when he had
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come into the house, his disciples asked him
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privately, why couldn't we cast it out? So he
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said to them, this kind come out by nothing but
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prayer and fasting. Hallelujah. And we say that.
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The reference in this verse 29 was specifically
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not to the demon, but actually to their unbelief,
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the unbelief of the disciples. Instead for them
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to be carriers of solution, especially to the
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situation at hand. And I believe so much that
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in our generation, God is counting on us. All
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right. There are people that they've been oppressed
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in ignorance. They've been oppressed with sicknesses,
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by demons, and by all kinds of things, especially
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sometimes even in our families. And what God
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wants to do with our lives is that What God is
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making with our lives is that he makes us solution
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carriers. Hallelujah. That we, by the faith of
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God that we have in our hearts, by the power
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of the spirit of God in our hearts, that we will
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be able to provide solution to all these situations.
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Hallelujah. And we cannot be a solution in our
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families, in our nation, in this campus. wherever
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we find ourselves if we don't believe what the
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word of god has said oh he's saying about us
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we must believe that god has walked in us that
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ability hallelujah now we keep saying this every
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day we keep saying this every week we gather
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here in church that we have the power of the
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spirit of god in us and our trust is that we
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will agree with what we are saying amen that
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we will subscribe to the words that we're explaining.
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It's not just enough to know that you carry power.
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It's not just enough to know that you are a child
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of God. It's not just enough to know that these
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are all the things that God has made available
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in you. But that we see that you are rising up
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every single day and you are living in dominion.
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And dominion simply means that you are living
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fully expressing the character of God, the power
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of God that is in you. That is our desire. All
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of us daily, we grow in the manifestation of
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the power of God. So we grow daily in the manifestation
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of the power. It's not just to know, but let
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what we know be seen visible and in expression
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in our lives. But then we see in these disciples
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that, They doubted, all right? They doubted.
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They came to him privately. Why could we not
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cast it out? Let it not just be that people will
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come to you trusting that you are a believer,
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you know, and then here you talk about God and
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what God can do. But when it's an opportunity
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for us to show what God can do or what God is
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doing, then we fail because of unbelief. Hallelujah.
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So they came to him in verse 28 and they asked,
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why could we not cast it out? Why could we not
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cast it out? On recognizing that there was a
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failure, they wanted to understand why. And the
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why to our inability. To manifest faith is unbelief.
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It's not that there's no power in us, but it's
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unbelief. And unbelief is us allowing an information
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that is not the information that God has given
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us to have preeminence in our hearts, thereby
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limiting the power of God at work in us. So,
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Jesus pointed... The problem to them, the issue,
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and the issue is the issue of unbelief. Now when
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we look at Matthew chapter 17, where the same
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story was given and was narrated in Matthew.
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Matthew chapter 17, verse 20. Matthew chapter
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17, verse 20. So Jesus said to them, the same
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place. He says, because of your unbelief. Let's
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read. Verse 18 from verse 18. And Jesus rebuked
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the demon and it came out of him and the child
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was cured from that very hour. Then the disciples
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came to Jesus privately and said, why could we
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not cast it out? Why could we not cast it out?
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So Jesus said to them, because of what? Because
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they didn't pray and fast? No. Because This can
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come only by prayer and fasting. But look at
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it here. Because of your unbelief. For surely
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I say to you, if you have faith, how? If you
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have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to
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this mountain, move from here to there, and it
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will move. And nothing will be impossible for
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you. If you what? Have faith as what? As a master.
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Now we are not saying that faith is countable.
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Okay? Faith is intangible. We are not saying
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that faith is small faith in the sense that some
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people have a small quantity of faith or some
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people have a large. You know, quantity of faith,
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no. What we are saying here, what Jesus is saying
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here is that even if your faith is as little
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as a mustard seed, it's sufficient enough to
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do what? To exhibit the power of God. Hallelujah.
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But we don't have a mustard seed faith. We have
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actually the completeness of what God has done
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in Christ in us. Amen? So let our mind and our
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heart, our mind and our heart, our consciousness,
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our awareness, our... Let there be an agreement
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in what God has said concerning us. Hallelujah.
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Let there be unity with what God has said in
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his word and what our circumstances are and whatever
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is happening in our lives. So the issue here
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is the issue of unbelief and not that the demon
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is so powerful that in need, you know, prayer
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and fasting, the day might cast it out. Now,
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I just want to build on and give more clarity
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on this so that we'll move on to the next thing.
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If we check in the scriptures where Jesus, you
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know, in the gospels especially, performed you
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know, casting out of devils. We will not see
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any instance in the Bible where Jesus, before
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he cast out the devil, right? He first of all
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prayed, fasted, then he cast out the devil. You
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know, the manifestation of the things of the
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Spirit should be as natural to us as breathing.
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They should be to us, the church, as natural
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as breathing. Amen? Now, some of us have come
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up to a certain level that when you want to pray,
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you don't know when you even start. You begin
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prayer by praying in tongues. All right? Do you
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believe the tongues that you are praying? Do
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you believe that you are speaking to God when
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you pray in tongues? Obviously, you are praying
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in tongues because you believe that you are the
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child of God, so you speak in tongues. So if
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you can easily express The love of the Spirit
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in tongues, equally, it should be as natural
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to us as what? Demonstrating the things of the
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Spirit should be as natural to us as we speak
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in tongues. Now, let's go to Scriptures and see,
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then we move on to the next thing. Matthew 8,
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verse 16. As I said, we'll see instances in Scripture
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where Jesus Christ cast out devils and then,
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you know, he didn't have to. Pray or fast so
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that that will happen. Matthew chapter 18 verse
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16. When even had come, they brought to him many
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who were demon possessed. And he what? He cast
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out the spirit with a word. And heal all who
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is sick. So Jesus cast. He cast out the spirit
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with what? With a word. And heal all who is sick.
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Matthew chapter 8 verse 28. Another. situation,
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Matthew chapter 8, verse 28. When he had come
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to another side, to the country of the Gergesens,
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Gergesens, yes, there met him two demon -possessed
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men coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce,
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so that no one could pass that way. For I, 28,
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29. And suddenly they cried out, saying, what
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have we to do with you, Jesus, you son of God?
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Have you come here to torment us before the time?
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Now, a good way off from them there was a herd
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of many swine feeding. So the demons begged him,
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saying, if you cast If you cast us out, permit
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us to go away into the herd of swine. And he
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said to them, go. So when they had come out,
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they went into the herd of swine and suddenly
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the whole herd of swine ran violently down the
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steep place into the sea and perished in the
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water. Then those who kept the field and they
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went away into the city and told everything including
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what had happened. a demon possessed man there
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are several instances another one matthew chapter
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9 verse 32 34 and all these are instances where
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we see jesus christ having an encounter with
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a demon possessed man a woman whatever and then
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we see him speaking to the situation casting
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out the devils in the authority that he has as
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they went out behold they brought to him a man
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mute and demon possessed and when the demon was
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And when the demon was cast out, it was 33. And
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when the demon was cast out, the mute spoke.
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The multitude marveled, saying, it was never
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seen like this in Israel. Another one in Matthew
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chapter 12, verse 22. Matthew 12, verse 22. Matthew
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12, verse 22. Then one was brought to him who
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was demon possessed, blind and mute, and he healed
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him so that the blind and the mute man's body
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spoke and so. And all the multitude were amazed
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and said, could this be the son of David? Now
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when the Pharisee had it, they said, this fellow
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does cast out demons except, does not cast out
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demons except by, Beelzebub, the ruler of the
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demons. But Jesus knew their thoughts and said
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to them, every kingdom divided against itself
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is brought to dissolution. Every city or house
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divided against itself will not stand. If Satan
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casts out Satan, he's divided against himself.
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Now, how then will his kingdom stand? And if
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I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom your
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sons cast them out, therefore... You shall be
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your judges. Another text, Matthew 15, verse
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21. You can write that down. Matthew 15, 21 to
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28. We'll see another instance where Jesus has
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cast out devils. And then Mark 1, verse 21 to
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28. Another instance. Mark chapter, give me Mark
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chapter 1, verse 39. Mark 1, verse 39. Mark 1,
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verse 39. Yes, and he was preaching in their
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synagogues throughout all Galilee and what? And
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casting out demons. Mark 16, verse 9. Mark 16,
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verse 9. Mark 16, verse 9. And he was preaching.
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Now, when he rose early on the first day of the
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week, he appeared. Is it the text? Yes, yes,
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yes. Talking about Mary. When he had cast what?
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Seven demons. This is just a reference of what?
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Luke 9, verse 37 to 43. Luke 13, verse 10 to
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17. In all these instances, we see where Jesus,
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you know, exercised authority. Okay? It seems
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as though he has special affinity, so to say,
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for demons. And wherever they are, what he did
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was to cast them out. And we have also been given
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that authority by the Spirit of God to set the
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captives free by the power of God. Even when
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we go through the book of Acts, we'll see also
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in the life of the apostles that the same way
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by which Jesus demonstrated the power of God,
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they also, even though, of course, prayer was
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characterized, characterizes their life, but
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recorded in personal demons themselves. The records
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in Acts chapter 8, verse 5 to 7. Let's read that
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one. Acts chapter 8, verse 5 to 7. Then Philip
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went down to the city of Samaria and preached
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Christ to them. And the multitude with one accord
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heeded the things spoken by Philip, hearing and
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seeing the miracles which he did. For what? For
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unclean spirit on the spot when we read the context
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and the story. On clean spirit, time with a loud
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voice came out of many who were possessed. And
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many who were paralyzed and lame were healed.
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Right? Were healed. Yes. And then we'll see Paul
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also in Acts chapter 16, verse 16 to 18. Acts
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16, verse 16 to 18. Now it happened as we went
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to prayer. It's not that you were going to the
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synagogue to pray, okay? That exciting slave
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girl possessed with a spirit of divination met
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us, who brought her masters much profit for fortune
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telling. This girl followed Paul and us and cried
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out saying, these men are the servants of the
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most high God who proclaim to us the way of salvation.
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And this she did for many days, for many days.
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But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to
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the spirit, I command you in the name of Jesus
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Christ to come out of her. And he came out that
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very hour, that very hour. Hallelujah. So we
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see extraordinary miracles of casting out demons
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was done. Of course, there's one also in Acts
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9, verse 11 to 12. Let's read that one too. Acts
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19, Acts 19, 11, 12. Acts 19, verse 11 to 12
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says, God worked unusual miracles by the hands
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of Paul, that word, so that even handkerchiefs
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or aprons were brought from his body to the sick
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and the diseased. Diseases left them and the
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evil spirit went out of them. The evil spirit
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went out of them. So these records were not recorded
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for us for... For entertainment's sake. Hallelujah.
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It was not just recorded for us to just see the
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power of God and wish that we were in that generation.
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You know, once upon a time, there was a time
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when I was very, very, I was young in Nigeria
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before I came to Cyprus. You know, it was a conversation
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between believers. I don't want to give us a
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context because I'll share this somewhere. with
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the pastors. There was a conversation with some
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believers. I was there. And what believers were
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saying is that in this generation that nobody
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has the power as in the days before to walk on
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water as Jesus did. So they've relegated the
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Bible stories to ancient stories. Stories that
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has no relevance today. That when they see the
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things that are recorded in scriptures, They
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see them as historic facts that has happened.
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They believe that it happened because they hold
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the Bible in high esteem as the word of God.
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And the records today are things that have happened
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and they believe them. But they don't see themselves
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in the pages of the scriptures. They see what
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has happened as what has ended probably in the
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generation that they were done. And there's no
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longer relevance of such kind of power at work
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in our generation. Now, we are supposed to be
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the continuity of the record of Scripture. All
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right? The work of God is supposed to continue
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with us. As much as we see in Scriptures the
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demonstration of the power of God in the miraculous,
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the healing of the sick, the casting out of devils,
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and all the preaching of the gospel and the work
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of ministry that was done by the apostles, we
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are expected... to carry on the work of ministry.
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And this work of ministry, as we always emphasize,
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is the work of faith. And we must see God walking
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through us and believing. Sometimes when I read
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the book of Acts, every time I read through the
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book of Acts, and I see what God walked through
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ordinary men. Men by virtue of qualification
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of education in our generation today, we are
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much more educated than them. You know, we are
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the most exposed generation when it comes to
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information. But in the simplicity of faith,
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they believe what God is saying, they believe
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in the work of the Spirit of God, and they are
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able to demonstrate the power of the Spirit of
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God. And to us today, we must also understand
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the power of God. We must also come to terms
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with what God is doing and anticipate. In the
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work of God. Hallelujah. So. Here we've established
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clearly that. The issue of unbelief was the matter.
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With the disciples. And of course Jesus Christ.
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Pointing it out to them. You know that. The matter
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is a matter of faith. Now let's look at another
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example. Where. You know doubt is an operation.
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How the enemy. by the power of contrary opinions,
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he raises issues to interrupt the work of God
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in our lives. Doubts, questions that God has
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said, doubting what God has said by what the
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enemy is bringing as an opinion. Now in Acts
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chapter 13, we see how the enemy operates also
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in Acts chapter 13. And I want us to look at
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this carefully and gently in Acts chapter 13.
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We will see how the devil works, how he operates
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cunningly. Acts 13, from verse 1. Now in the
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church that was at Antioch, there were certain
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prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon, who
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was called Nija, Lucius of Cyrene, Manion, who
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had been brought up with Herod the Tetrarch and
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Saul. As they ministered to the Lord and fasted,
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the Holy Spirit said, Now separate to me Barnabas
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and Saul for the work to which I have called
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them. So now, there's an affirmation of the call
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of God upon your lives. Okay? And the call of
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God upon your lives is to go out and preach the
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gospel. Then having fasted and prayed and laid
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hands on them, they sent them away. So being
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sent out by the Holy Spirit, now the Holy Spirit
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is the one that sent them. We can see the proof
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that the word came as they were praying and they
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were fellowshipping and they were sent out to
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do what? To preach the gospel. Now the fact that
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they were sent out to preach the gospel does
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not mean that the devil will not be involved
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in what, will not be interested in what they
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were going to do. That's what I want to bring
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to our notice. So being sent out by the Holy
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Spirit, they went out to Seleucia and from there
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sailed to Cyprus. And when they arrived in Salamis,
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they preached the word of God in the synagogue
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of the Jews here in Cyprus. They also had John
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as their assistant. Now, when they had gone through
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the islands to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer,
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Paul, a false prophet, a Jew whose name was by
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Jesus, who was with the proconsul. Sergius Paulus,
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an intelligent man. This man called for Barnabas
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and Saul and sought to hear. What was he seeking
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to hear here? Verse 7. He was seeking to hear
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the word of God. Hallelujah. He was sent by God
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to go preach the gospel. Now the leader here
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wants to hear what God has sent him to proclaim.
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So. Verse 7 again. Who was with the proconsul,
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Sergius Paulus? An intelligent man. This man
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called for Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear
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the word of God. But Elimus, the sorcerer, for
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Saul his name is translated, withstood them.
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The sorcerer withstood them. Even though, all
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right, they were to preach the word of God, they
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were to speak the word of God, there was an opposition.
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There was an opposition to what God has called
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them and have sent them out to do. Verse 8. But
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Elemas, the sorcerer, for so his name is translated,
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withstood them, seeking to do what? To turn the
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proconsul away from the faith. Now, when we're
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thinking, we're thinking, this is sorcery. All
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of us are from Africa. You know what sorcery
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is. This is juju. Right? He was trying to do
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some spiritual things to shift away, you know,
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the man from hearing the word of God. This is
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satanic. And sometimes when you go to preach
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the gospel, you don't know why people are so
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aggressive. You don't know why some people, when
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they just look at you, they become offensive.
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Even before opening your mouth, they become whatever
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they are. Because Listen, the gospel is spiritual.
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Are we together? Faith is spiritual. It's a spiritual
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reality. Unbelief is also a spiritual reality.
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Fear is also a spiritual reality. So as you go
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to speak, know that what you are engaging is
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a spiritual activity. So when you see a physical
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manifestation, Just know that it is a physical
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manifestation of a spiritual condition. That
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is why when we go out for evangelism, you must
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understand that it is a spiritual activity. You
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are not just going for a social program. Walk
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around, you know, city center in case you see
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somebody you just talked to. And then, you know,
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try to socialize with the person. No, you are
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engaging in a spiritual activity. It is a matter
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of life. Hallelujah. So the devil, what I'm trying
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to say is that the devil is also interested in
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that thing that you've been sent to do. So you
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must understand how the devil works. Whenever
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it has to do with the work of God, whenever it
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has to do with the plan and the purpose of God,
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the enemy automatically is interested. No wonder
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there's been a nod in your heart to go out to
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preach. But you don't just know how, you just
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find yourself, you know, either. slip off, right?
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You can remember anything you can remember, but
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when it comes to evangelism, you easily can't
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forget. Or immediately fear comes into your heart,
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you know? So we must understand that it is a
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spiritual activity. The devil equally is interested
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because his plan is to oppose whatever God does.
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So we see in the case of Elemas here, The sorcerer.
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He was seeking to turn away the man. Away from
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the faith. Because when they preach to him. They
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are bringing the message of faith. And when the
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message of faith comes to him. He is going to
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believe. And he will what? And he will come into
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union with God. So. Verse 9. Then Saul who is
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called Paul. Still with the Holy Spirit. Looked
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intently at him. And said. Full of deceit and
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all fraud. Does it look like Genesis 3? Does
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it look like the character in Genesis 3? The
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serpent that comes subtly, deceitfully, cunningly,
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fraudulently. And that is the consistency of
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what? Of the activity of Satan. Hallelujah. So,
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he says, you full of all deceit. And thought,
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you son of who? Son of the devil. You, enemy
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of what? All righteousness. These are all characteristics
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of the devil. You, enemy of all righteousness.
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Will you not cease perverting the straight ways
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of the Lord? Which means that Elymas was trying
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to make it crooked. Elymas was trying to bring
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about diversion to the truth. Will you cease
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to do what? To perverting the straight ways of
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the Lord? And now indeed, now, Paul, you know,
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walk in authority. The hand of the Lord is upon
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you. And you shall be blind, not seeing the sun
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for a while. For a while. Pastor Victor and we've
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been training center. We said that this is for
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a while. All right? We suspend the activities
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of the devil with the authority of God in us
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for a while. We are not saying that with the
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Spirit of God you can tell people, you can do
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wicked things. No. We say for a while, which
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means that he will receive his side later. But
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for standing against the work of God, he has
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to use the authority that he has in Christ. And
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bringing down the argument, bringing down the
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opposition, uprooting the perversion from elements.
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And now indeed, the hand of the Lord is upon
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you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun
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for a time. And immediately a dark mist fell
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on him, and he went around seeking someone to
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lead him by the hand. Now look at verse 12 carefully.
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Look at verse 12. Then the procreant said, what
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did he do? He believed when he saw what had been
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done, being astonished, At what? What did he
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believe in? Is it in the casting out of the devil?
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I believe that a man at that level has seen spirit.
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He has interacted with spirits. Alright? So,
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those miraculous things, the Bible was very specific
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about what he believed. He believed what? Astonished
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at the teaching of the Lord. Hallelujah. Now,
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we'll move down to verse 12. We'll see that they
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left that place. Okay, verse 12. Then the procurator
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believed, yes, yes, it was starting. Now when
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Paul had and his party set sail from Paphos,
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they came to Perga in Pamphylia and John departed
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from them, returned to Jerusalem. But when they
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departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in
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Pisidia and went into synagogue on the Sabbath
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day and sat down. Yes. And after that, after
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the reading of the law and the prophets, the
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rulers of the synagogue sent to them saying,
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men and brethren, if you have any word of exhortation
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for us, for the people, say on. Then Paul stood
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up, mounting with his hands, said, men of Israel,
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and you who fear God, listen, the God of these
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people, Israel, choose our fathers and exalted
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the people. When they dwell as strangers in the
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land of Egypt and with an uplifted arm, he brought
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them out of it. Now he began to tell them the
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message of the gospel. Okay. But I want you to
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look at verse 38. Down to verse 38 is his explanation
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of the gospel message. Okay. Now look at verse
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38. Yes. Verse 38. Yes. Therefore, let it be
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known to you, brethren, that through this man.
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Now. He gave a history from, and that is how,
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listen, go and read this text, the entire chapter.
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That is how the gospel is preached. From what
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God did in the Old Testament, right? From the
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prophets down to, explaining down to the person
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of Jesus Christ. Verse 38. Therefore, let it
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be known to you, brethren, that through this
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man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins.
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And by him, everyone who believes is justified
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from all things from which you could not be justified.
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So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the
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Gentiles begged that these words might be preached
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to them the next Sabbath. The Gentiles also wanted
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to hear this message again. Now, when the congregation
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had broken up, many of the Jews, devout postulates,
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followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to
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them, persuaded them to continue in the grace
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of God. So, there are people that encouraged
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them to continue in the grace of God. Everything
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was moving fine. Verse 44, on the next Sabbath,
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almost the whole city came together. To hear
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the word of God. You see, the progress of the
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gospel, the prosperity of the word of faith,
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right? But when the Jews saw the multitudes,
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what happened now? The devil comes in, right?
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But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were
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filled with what? Envy. Is it by the spirit?
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No, the devil is walking here. They were filled
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with envy. With envy, what did they do? Look
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at the next verse. The last seems like what the
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devil... He's doing? Contradicting. Okay? The
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patterns of the enemy. Contradicting what? Contradicting
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and blaspheming. What did they oppose? They opposed
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the gospel. What Paul? Opposed the things. What
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are the things Paul was speaking about? The things
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concerning Christ. They were what? Contradicting.
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That is, Paul would say, hey, They will say it's
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not true. It's B. Contradicting what Paul is
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saying. Opposing what Paul is saying. Blaspheming
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what Paul is saying. And that is what the enemy
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does. To the gospel. The word of God. He comes
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contradicting what God is saying. Blaspheming
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what God is saying. Opposing what God is saying.
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Verse 46. Then Paul and Barnabas be bold. Opposition
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should not be an excuse, right? These men were
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called. These men were sent by the Holy Ghost.
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And we see almost every step they move, there
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is an opposition to the word of faith. And also
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the one that you receive as a believer, there's
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an opposition. In your heart, there's an opposition.
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And the goal is to ensure that there is no progress
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in your life. The word of God does not. Find
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free course in your life. Then Paul and Barnabas.
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Be bold and say. It was necessary. That the word
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of God should be spoken to you first. That is
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to the Jews. But since you reject it. And judge
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yourself. Behold we turn to the Gentiles. For
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so the Lord has commanded us. I have said. I
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have said to you as a lie to the Gentiles. You
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should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.
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Now, when the Gentiles had this, they were what?
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They were glad and glorified the word of the
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Lord. And that is how we should, that is should
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be our disposition to the word of God. And as
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many as had been appointed to work to eternal
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life, believed. I don't want to talk about that
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appointment, but, and the word of the Lord was
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being spread to all the regions. So the opposite,
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see, the word of God always tries. The Word of
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God has the power to triumph above whatever form
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of doubt. What I want you to see is the authority,
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the power of the Word of God. No matter the resistance,
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imagine in ages, over 2 ,000 years, there has
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always been a rise of opposition against the
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gospel. But what we see is that the gospel has
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continuously expanded. irrespective of the opposition.
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In fact, opposition actually split the gospel
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by opposition. Hallelujah. I saw somebody, someone
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is a very intelligent professor, I think in America
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or wherever, that he's afraid of the, he made
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it this way, that he's scared of the gradual
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coming to the end of Christianity. Because if
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Christianity ends, you know the world because
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in his own i don't know whether he's a believer
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in his own you know perception that christianity
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has brought order in society and the development
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that christianity has brought about you know
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men believe god and all these things but he's
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he's he's beginning to feel that he said it is
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coming to an end many people are not believing
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like before i said no this man does not understand
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the bible doesn't understand what works it's
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his own perception about what god is doing hallelujah
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amen So opposition does not stop the Word of
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God from having its power and its authority.
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So even in your own life, the contradictions,
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the contradicting things that the enemy brings
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does not have power. You are the one that can
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limit the Word of God from finding expression.
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You are the one that can limit the Word of God
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from what? From finding expression. And the word
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of the Lord was being spread throughout all the
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region. Verse 50. But the Jews stayed up the
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devote. Look at the enemy. They stayed up the
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devote. And prominent women. Prominent women.
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And the chief men of the city. Power. Now it's
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political now. It's political. Rays of persecution.
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Against who? Against Paul and Barnabas. And what
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did they do? They expelled them from their region.
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But they shook off the dust from their feet against
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them. And came to Iconium. Hallelujah. The word
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of God must spread. The word of God has power.
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It has ability to move us. And the disciples
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were filled with joy. And with what? With the
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Holy Ghost in the midst of the opposition. Hallelujah.
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So the devil. He's interested in what we have
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and he wants to steal it from us. Let's look
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at Matthew 13 as we begin to run up. Matthew
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13. Matthew 13, the operation of the enemy. That's
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what we're investigating to see how he operates
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through his devices and how he works. Matthew
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13, verse 1 to 11. On the same day, Jesus went
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out of the house and sat by the sea. And great
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multitudes were gathered together to him, so
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that he got into a boat and sat, and the whole
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multitude stood on shore. Then he spoke many
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things to them in parables, saying, Behold, a
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sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some
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feet fell by the wayside, and the birds came
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and devoured them. Some fell on the stony places,
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where they did not have much earth, and they
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immediately sprung up, because they had no depth
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of earth. But when the sun was up, as they were
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scorched, and because they had no root, they
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withered away. And some fell among the thorns,
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and the thorns swung up and choked them. But
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others fell on the good ground, and yielded a
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cup from a hundredfold, sixty from thirty. He
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who has ears to hear, let him what? Let him hear.
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And the disciples came and said to him, why do
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you speak to them in parables? He answered and
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said to them, because it was been given to you
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to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven.
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But to them, it was not been given. Hallelujah.
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Let's move down to verse 18. Therefore, hear
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the parable of the sower. They came to him. Give
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me verse 17 rather. Verse 18, yes. Which verse
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is that? 14. 13, sorry. Yes, therefore I speak
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to them in parables because seeing they do not
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see and hearing they do not hear, nor do they
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understand. And in them the prophecy of Isaiah
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is fulfilled, which says, Hearing you will hear
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and shall not understand, and seeing you will
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see and not perceive. For the hearts of the people
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have grown dull, and their ears are hard of hearing,
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and their eyes they have closed, lest they should
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see with their eyes and hear with their hearts,
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so they hear with their hearts, lest they should
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understand with their hearts and turn, so that
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I should heal them. But blessed are your eyes
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for they see and your ears for they hear. For
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surely I say to you that many prophets and righteous
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men desire to see what you see and do not see
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it and to hear what you hear and do not hear
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it. Therefore, hear the parable of the sower.
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Now he began to interpret to them the parable.
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Verse 19. When anyone hears the word of the kingdom,
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Because he's trying to explain to them a spiritual,
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a kingdom matter. The story of the sower and
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the plant is not agriculture he's teaching them.
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He's not agriculture planting and sowing and
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reaping that he's teaching them. He's not crop
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rotation that he's teaching them or soil science.
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He used natural things that they could understand
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to bring about the communication of a spiritual
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reality. And here he's interpreting what he has
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just given them in a parable. When anyone hears
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the word of the kingdom, the word of the kingdom,
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the message of God, the word of God, and does
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not understand it, then who? The wicked one.
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That means we hear the message of the kingdom
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and you lack the understanding of it. Then the
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wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown
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in his heart. This is he who receives it by the
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wayside. Okay? But he who received the seed.
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I skipped verse 18. Verse 18. Okay. Go back to
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the previous verse. But he who received the seed
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on the stony place is he who hears the word.
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Which means that the seed in the parable is the
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word of God. It's the word of the kingdom. The
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message of the kingdom. But he who received the
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seed on the stony place is he who hears the word
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and immediately receives it with joy. Yet he
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has no written himself, but endures only for
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a while. When tribulations or persecutions arise
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because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
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Now he who receives it among the thorns is he
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who hears the word. And the cares of this world
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and the deceitfulness of riches shock the world,
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and he becomes unfruitful. Now the desire of
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God is that we become fruitful. We become fruitful.
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The things of the spirit. Okay? That we become
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fruitful in the things of the spirit. In the
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things of the spirit. That we are fruitful in
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the things of the spirit. So, Satan steals the
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word when taught and not understood. When the
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message is taught and not understood, Satan comes
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in and then he takes advantage of what I have
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preached. Okay? He steals it away. What brings
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lack of understanding? Lack of understanding
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can come from teaching. Okay? When the word of
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God is not taught properly, when the word of
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God is not explained properly, the devil will
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take advantage of the word when it's not properly
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explained. When any message is taught without
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understanding of Christ Jesus, the devil comes
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and he steals the word. How does he steal the
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word? Of course, we know what he does. By bringing
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contradiction, right? Accusations, imaginations,
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mockery. Steals the word away from the heart
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of he who is and does not understand. Which means
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that it is necessary that we understand. When
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we don't understand, the devil takes advantage
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of what has been spoken. Okay? Stealing the word
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is figurative. It doesn't mean that he comes
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and he takes the word. No. He rendered the world
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ineffective. That's what that still means. He
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renders the world ineffective in the life of
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the man because the goal of the world is to bring
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about fruitfulness in our lives. For example,
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on the concept of prosperity, you know, when
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the idea of prosperity, some of us have been
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in an environment so much that when we hear the
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issue of prosperity, we think, no, this man wants
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to be cunning here. And we have so much belief,
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we've positioned ourselves that we don't believe
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that God prospers people. Alright? We believe
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so much that we've come to a place that we don't
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think that God prospers people financially. Why?
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Because the enemy has taken advantage of the
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message of prosperity. And he has tweaked it.
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He has rebranded it with his own ideas. He has
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sprinkled it with a lot of inaccuracy. And then
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it becomes a message and the order of the day.
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But the will of God is that we prosper, using
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prosperity as an example, to tell us how when
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the world is not preached properly, when the
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world is spread, and there's no understanding,
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and lack of understanding can come by lack of
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proper teaching. Okay? So, God's will for us
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is to prosper. But the devil comes and steals
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this idea of prosperity. He pollutes the idea
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of prosperity by the lack of understanding. People
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could be ignorant concerning what God is saying
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about our finances. Okay? We look at lack of
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money and poverty as a sign of righteousness.
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What is God's idea about prosperity? For instance,
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The essence of wealth and finance should be understood
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within the context of the word of God. The idea
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about prosperity should not come from the world
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because that is where the church has gotten it
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wrong in many instances where we measure our
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success financially with the lenses of the people
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of the world. What influences our desire for
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material wealth? is the worldly system, not the
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word of God, not the word of God. Read 1 Corinthians
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1, chapter 6, verse 7. Give me 1 Corinthians
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6, verse 7, one of the scriptures. You see, Paul
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was writing to the church. And what is he saying?
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Now, therefore, it is already 1 Corinthians 6,
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verse 7. Yes? Now, therefore, it is already an
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utter failure for you that you go low against
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one another. Yes. Why do you know that? I don't
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know. This is a wrong one. 2 Corinthians 9 verse
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8. 2 Corinthians 9 verse 8. Sorry. Yes. So Paul
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was writing today. He says, and God is able to
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make all grace abound towards you. And you, always
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having all sufficiency. Because this is the purpose
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of God for the believer. That a believer, having
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all sufficiency, will do what? Will abound, right?
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In all things may have abundance for what? What's
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the essence of having sufficiency? That you will
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be abundant, that you abound in what? For every
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good work. Okay? So the desire of God is that
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the believer prospers. So what does the enemy
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do if this message is not understood? He took
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this message of prosperity, okay, and then he
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twists it. And then it becomes unfulfilled even
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to the believer. Philippians 4, verse 19. Philippians
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4, verse 19. Philippians 4, verse 19. And my
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God shall supply all your need according to his
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riches in glory by Christ Jesus. There are several
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scriptures. Matthew 6, verse 33. Of course, we
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know about how God prospers the righteous man.
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3 John, verse 2. 3 John verse 2 that talks about
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the prosperity of the believer. But there are
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several scriptures that speaks about God's desire
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for the believer to prosper. Not only in the
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things of the spirit, but in material things.
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Alright? But when the devil comes against this
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world, he seals it, the world, and renders it
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unfruitful. He renders this message of God's
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plan and purpose for the believer unfruitful.
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And of course, In Matthew chapter 13, we see
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where Jesus Christ is explaining a parable, a
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second category of people, verse 20, particularly
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says, but can you receive the seed on stony place?
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This is he who hears the word and immediately
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receives it with joy. Yet he has no root in himself,
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but endures only for a while. When tribulation
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or persecution arises because of the word, immediately
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he stumbles. The first category of people are
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people that do not even understand the word.
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Alright? Not understanding the word becomes an
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opportunity for the devil to take advantage of
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the righteous word of God. Not understanding
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it. Secondly, we see somebody here that have
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received it with great joy. Yet, what happened?
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He himself is not rooted in nothing that he has
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received with joy. So, understanding is key.
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Being rooted is important to being fruitful.
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For a while, for one tribulation, because Tribulation
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will come on the account of what you've received.
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Are we together? Tribulation will come on the
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account of what you've received. For when tribulation
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or persecution arises, because of what? Because
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he stole something? Because if the word that
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you have, immediately he stumbles. So those who
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received the word accepted, but there was no
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root, no foundation, no conviction, no decision
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to do the word. We see challenges coming on the
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account of the world that they have. You know,
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you probably look at the scriptures and you see,
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oh, God's plan for you, for example, let's go
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back to the issue of prosperity. God's plan is
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to prosper you. He will tell you that, you know,
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God will prosper you. Your hand should be, you
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should get a job and do something. And you went
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to Sinai, you get your job and you're doing,
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you believe that God has given you, God has led
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you to having a job. God is prospering you in
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the place of work. Suddenly they sack you. Then
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you begin to wonder. Is it not the prosperity
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of the Lord? Why did I lose the job? Because
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probably you have no real understanding of what
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God has done. Suddenly you have a problem in
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your finances and you begin to question about
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whether God exists. Suddenly a loved one in the
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family dies and you begin to question the character
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of God, the God that you've loved and worshipped.
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The God that you've gone out to preach about.
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Suddenly, one thing comes up and then you begin
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to question the character of the God that you
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serve. Because you have no root in what you've
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received. You stumble because of what? On the
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account of the what? Because of lack of understanding.
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And the third category of people in verse 22.
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Now, he who received the seed among the thorns
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is he who hears the word. And the cares of this
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world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the
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world, and he becomes unfruitful. Now, those
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who already have their own desires, this is talking
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about those who have desires. The believer can
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have the word of God, but he has, he's still
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holding on to fleshy desires. We're together.
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Holding on to desires that are not in alignment
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with the will and the purpose of God. That also
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is a mechanism by which the devil, because you're
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holding in your heart what belongs to the devil.
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And even when the word of God comes, it becomes
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unfruitful. It becomes unfruitful. So, they already
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have their own desires. They are lustful, you
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know, lustful worldly things. Worldly desires.
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Alright? So, when a world, listen, when somebody
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has a lustful desire in his heart, okay? What
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is inspiring his heart is the loss of the flesh,
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the loss of the eyes, and all that is in life,
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the preaching of life. If you preach that man
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the gospel of prosperity, you will not think
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with the mindset of the man that is in Christ,
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even though he's a believer. So what is already
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in his heart influences how he will receive the
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word of God and how the word of God will be fulfilled.
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Because of the desires that is already in, embedded
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in his heart. That he has allowed desires that
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are excellent to be in his heart. Therefore,
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making the word of God ineffective. Lossful desires.
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What did they do? They choked the word. For example,
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in 1 Timothy 6, verse 17, you see where Paul
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speaks to believers concerning the same matter
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of prosperity. Same matter of prosperity. 1 Timothy
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6, verse 17. It says, command those who are rich
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in this present world not to be haughty, not
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to trust in uncertain riches, but in the living
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God who gives. What does he give? He gives us
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richly all things to enjoy. Verse 18. Let them
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do good. Okay? That's the essence of having the
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riches. Let them do good that they be rich in
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good works, ready to give and to share. That
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is the essence. Of a believer prospering. It's
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not that you will buy bags. Because you've seen
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a Gucci bag somewhere. Maybe you saw my sister
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here. The black dressing. Well you've seen her
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clothes. She's wearing a very nice gown. And
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you're converting this in your heart. If you
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hear the message of prosperity. That's where
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your mind will go to. Because deep in your heart.
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There's a lustful desire for what is not yours.
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So even when the word of God is preached. It
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doesn't become fruitful. Even when you have.
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You can't share. Because your heart is somewhere.
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Hallelujah. So we must check the desires that
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are in our heart because there is a system built
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by which the enemy can take advantage and render
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the word of God ineffective in our hearts. And
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of course, the fourth category, 23, but he who
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received the seed of the good on the good ground
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is he who hears the word. And what? He didn't
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only receive it, he understands it. Amen? That's
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the plan of God for you. That's the plan of God
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for me. He understands it. That means it has
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been properly taught. That means that deeply
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in his heart are not lustful desires for the
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things of the world. Okay? In his heart is an
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understanding the word is properly taught in
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the light of Christ. Okay? The word of God is
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taught properly in the light of Christ. He understands
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it. Who indeed bears what bears fruit and produce
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some eight hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some
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thirty and... So when we hear the word, whatever
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word that is preached in Christ, properly in
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the light of Christ, with good desires in our
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hearts, the word of God grows and prospers. And
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we see the effect of God's word in our life.
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Hallelujah. So how can we deal with doubt? How
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can we deal with that? Because all this, how
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can we deal with this mechanism of the enemy?
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How can we deal with this? schemes of the enemy
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hallelujah let me read this one version we close
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philippians of the one verse six there must be
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a level of persuadedness in the heart concerning
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the word of god see paul will say i am give me
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verse five for your fellowship in the gospel
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from the first day until now Being what? Confident
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of this very thing. Okay? That he who has begun
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a good thing in you will complete it the day
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of Jesus Christ. Now, what I would have expanded
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on is the issue of his confidence. All right?
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There are scriptures I would have read that Paul
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would say, I am persuaded. Confidence and persuasions,
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okay, is what will deal with the issue of doubt.
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Confidence and persuasion in the word of God.
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Paul would also write about Abraham that he did
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not stagger. That text, whenever I come across
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it, every day I read it, it challenges my faith.
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It stirs me up. Because of the confidence he
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has in God, he didn't stagger. Hallelujah. That
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is where God will bring us into. As we give ourselves
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to the ministry of the word, as we expose our
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faith to God's word, understanding the word of
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God, and allowing the word of God to have preeminence
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in your hearts, we'll see our faith strengthened.
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We are strengthened in faith that we stand against
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opposition, we stand against the plans of the
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enemy, and by no means the enemy will have place
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in us. Hallelujah. We appreciate you being here
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today. We hope you carry this word with you throughout
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