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S1-E106 | Everyday Eurasia | Nizar Touma · Eurasia Region Podcast

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  Hello and welcome to the Everyday Eurasia podcast,
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  Inspiring Faith for Every day. Each day we are on a journey
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  with Jesus in our churches, our homes, our very places, and in
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  so many different places around the world.
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  Isn't it beautiful that no matter where we are, we can walk
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  with him every single day? Jesus is the one who connects us
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  all and stands at the very center of our lives day after
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  day. Through this podcast, you'll
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  hear voices from across the region.
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  Pastor Nizar Tuma, born in Nazareth and a devoted servant
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  of faith since becoming a believer in 1985.
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  He was ordained in 1990 and has spent decades in ministry,
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  including ten years in Jerusalem and over 26 years in Nazareth.
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  He's married to his wife, Katie. With home.
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  He shares three children and two grandchildren.
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  Today he serves as the District Superintendent of the Holy Land
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  District. Good morning again, everyone.
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  This is Pastor Nazar from Nazareth and I'm standing here
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  this morning to share with you another podcast and standing
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  here at the Mount of Precipice in Nazareth.
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  It's a mountain that overlooks Nazareth.
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  I'll give you a quick history and a view of what we are
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  looking at and then I will share my heart with you today.
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  So this is Mount Tabor thus far, and it's one of those areas
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  where Transfiguration took place and one of the historical
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  places. And if I move to the right, you
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  will be watching with me the Jezreel Valley that's also
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  mentioned in the Bible, the Jezreel Valley.
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  And it's we are in winter and it's just a beautiful time where
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  things are still wet and still having some rain.
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  As you can see, it's cloudy. And then to your right all the
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  way, all these mountains, in the end there are the Mount Carmel
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  and the city of Haifa. Further down here is the Megiddo
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  Valley. This is where the Armageddon,
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  the last war that will take place in this area as mentioned
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  in the Bible. And if I continue turning to the
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  right in a almost into a whole circle, this is the city of
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  Nazareth. This is where I live and serve.
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  This is where the Church of the Nazarene is a light to the city.
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  All the believers send their love and greetings to all of you
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  guys who are watching. This is Nazareth city from the
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  top of Mount Precipice. Now I still want to continue
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  sharing with you what the Lord have laid on my heart, the day
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  of judgment. That day we will not be included
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  in because Jesus have paid the price for us that we don't have
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  to worry about standing at the day of judgment to be judged.
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  We all remember Romans 81, for there is no judgment, for no
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  condemnation, unbelievers, those who are walking according to the
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  Spirit, not to the flesh. So I just take you back one step
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  into what I have been sharing about the veil.
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  So when the veil was removed, basically what happened was that
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  Jesus took in Himself our condemnation.
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  He took on Himself our sins. He paid that price that we don't
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  have to pay. The fire of condemnation came on
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  Him. He carried that pain for us, for
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  our salvation so we can enjoy the freedom in life.
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  God has been good to us all these years, and now we have
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  come to a point where we are free.
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  We're free to enter the to the presence of God, free to
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  worship, free to pray, with no mediators, with no participation
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  of people. And no one can take an
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  appointment for us. No, no, no need for us to
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  reserve time, but we can at any given moment just kneel down and
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  pray and worship and seek God. So watching this beautiful view
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  out here, if you can just look again at the green, the green
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  pastures. These are beautiful pastures.
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  I just take this picture and think about our life that was
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  given by Christ, that is fruitful, that is flourishing,
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  that is successful, that is blessed.
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  And I don't have to go to sleep and worry about being judged or
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  being condemned. I am no more under that kind of
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  curse. Have given my life to Him.
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  I, with everyone of you, have given His life to Him.
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  And now we live this freedom and we enjoy these moments of
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  celebration. I want to call on you, if you
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  have not yet given your life totally to Jesus and not living
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  yet the freedom that you have given to all of us today, go
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  into your chamber and pray and seek His face again.
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  You see, when I am standing at this mountain, I just remind
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  myself that we live as believers spiritually on the top of a
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  mountain. Mountains have a great
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  significance in the Bible, as you all know.
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  You know, Mount Carmel, Mount Tabor, and also Mount Sinai,
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  Mount Horeb, all these names that I mean, I can name many,
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  many mountains, but still the idea is that when we go up to
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  the mountain is that we're feeling closer, closer to God,
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  closer to heaven. It's just a beautiful picture.
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  I just want encourage you today that when you come to pray,
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  remind yourself that you are not under any condemnation.
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  Jesus have taken that on himself.
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  He have given us freedom. He have lifted us up from the
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  misery of this world and they've given us eternal life.
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  So I want to encourage you today to be blessed, to move and to go
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  witness for what the Lord has done for you and what he changed
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  in your life. I commit the rest of this day
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  into the Lord's hands. I commit you all into his hands.
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  Celebrating today the freedom that we have in Jesus, The joy
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  of the Lord. That is our that the joy of the
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  Lord. That is our strength.
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  Yes, it is our strength. I thank God for you again, and I
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  send you all the love and the greetings from Nazareth.
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  God bless you all. Amen.
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