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Faith for Evangelism (part 1) · Near East Christian Fellowship Sermons

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Welcome to NECF sermons. Each message here is
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right in. to encourage us in God's Word, a trust
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will be strengthened, will be edified this morning
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as the teaching or the Word of God comes. Now,
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the title of this teaching, right, is actually
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Faith for Evangelism. Okay, so that's the title
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of the teaching, right? Faith for Evangelism,
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right? Faith for Evangelism. We're talking about
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faith And we've seen a series of teachings on
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faith. And this is just going to build on that
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and around that. It's going to build on it and
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around that. And I believe that it's going to
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strengthen us very well for the work of ministry.
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Now, to do greater works, we have been taught
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that we have to work in faith, right? We have
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to exercise faith. Greater works, they are done
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in faith and one of the greater works that Jesus
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said would do is the preaching of the gospel
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right the preaching of the gospel is one of those
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greater works that the believer would do right
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that the believer will do after the resurrection
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of Christ but most often what happens is that
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we start in faith right we start let's say When
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we believe, when we come to the knowledge of
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Christ and we receive the Spirit, we receive
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the Spirit by faith. A salvation is by faith.
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We're going to see all of that across the teaching.
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But what happens is that in the work of it, in
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the manifestation of the things we need to do
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as believers, fear, anxiety, worries do set in.
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Right, so you find yourself giving expression
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and you're working in faith in certain areas
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and in other areas You are not working in faiths.
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You're working in anxiety worry and you are thinking
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a whole lot So the first thing we must understand
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is that this walk or this life started by faiths
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It's continuous also by faiths Okay, so the believers
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live the Christian faiths the Christian life
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Started by faith and it continues by faith It
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continues by faith. So it therefore means That
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at every interval every time and season we must
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check ourselves, right? to ensure That we are
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working in faith Right. We must check ourselves
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to ensure that we are working in faith So and
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that would mean that we must check in every aspects
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of our work in every aspect of our work In every
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aspect of our work in the manifestation of the
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things of the spirits, right? When we stop my
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investment we stop giving expression to the things
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of the spirit Sometimes you need to check easy
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that I'm stopping to believe it. In fact When
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you don't walk in it give expression to things
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of spring for a long time rights Your fix can
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be weakened That is why in this church we regularly
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say let's walk in the things. Let's give expression
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to it You know, you can begin to doubt it Right.
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Let's say for a long period of time we say people,
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you know We don't give expression to the things
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of spirit and all of a sudden we just come up
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one day and you've not been doing it in your
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house in your corners There is a possibility
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that you begin to rethink it You begin to rethink
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that which you have received Because you have
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not been exercising so the walk is by faith the
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manifestation of things of spirit is by faith
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Evangelism is by faith as well every part of
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this walk is by faith So we want to understand
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the faith to go you know the faith to go which
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is to go for evangelism and The faith of the
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people to receive the word to receive the word
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so the first thing we're going to examine is
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to see the word Believe how is exercised right
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in the book of John, right? We just see two two
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areas where it is exercise in the book of John
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the reason is because The faith for greater works
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Right is the faith upon what Christ has done
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and fulfilled Do we get it? Believe in me the
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Christ was saying in John chapter 14 is upon
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that which he will do Right so what we see the
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same word believe used in other parts of John
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and that really does have implication It really
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does have implication because it affects You
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know the people who? Had those beliefs so the
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first thing we should go in to check in is To
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write down believing Jesus as the Messiah the
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Incarnate Messiah I think you can put the word
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believing Jesus as the Incarnate Messiah intentionally
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framed it that way One of the things we will
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observe across the book of John is that there
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are people who actually believe Jesus. They believe
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him as the one God said would come. Right? But
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does that kind of faith produce greater works?
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The answer is no. Right? Let's see what kind
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of action Such kind of believing in Jesus as
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the Incarnate Messiah such kind of actions or
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such kind of exercise of faith What does it produce
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in those people right in those people? That's
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actually believe in him as the Incarnate Messiah
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Only now John chapter 4 verse 21 to 26 John chapter
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4 John chapter 4 verse 21 26 Jesus said unto
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a woman believe me the hour comments When ye
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shall neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem,
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nor yet at Jerusalem worship the Father, ye worship
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ye know not, ye know not what. We know what we
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worship for salvation is of the Jews, but it
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are cometh, and now is when. The true worshippers
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shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth.
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For the Father seeketh such to worship him, God
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the Spirit, and they that worship him must worship
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him in spirit and in truth. And the woman said
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unto him, I know that the Messiah cometh, which
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is called Christ. When he comes, he will tell
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us all things. And verse 26 says, Jesus said
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unto her, I that speak unto thee, I am he. I'm
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he. Right? So he said, I'm he. So meaning that
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Jesus told her that I'm the Messiah you have
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been told about. I'm the Messiah that was prophesied.
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and that was to come now verse 28 can you just
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skip to verse 28 the woman then left at water
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port and went away into the city and said to
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the man to the men come see a man who told me
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all things that ever i did is this not is not
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this the christ Then they went out of the city
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and came unto him in the meanwhile the disciples
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prayed saying master eats Now you can skip and
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move to verse 39 And many of the Samaritans of
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that city believed on him for the saying of the
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woman which testified Which told me all that
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ever I did And so when the Samaritans will come
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unto him, they besought him that he would tarry
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with them, and he abode there two days. And many
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more believed because of what? Of its own word.
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So many more believe because of the word of Christ.
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Many more believe. Now, what are they believing
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in this context is that he is the Messiah. Right?
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It's the Messiah that is to come. And this believing
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does not reflect believing in the death, burial
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and resurrection of Jesus. Do we get it? But
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they believe that this Messiah is the one that
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God has promised to come. So we see that. Now
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this affects their actions in many ways and we
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can see other people who had the same form of
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belief. Now let's just read a little bit verse
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42 and said unto the woman, Now we believe not
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because of thy saying but we have heard in ourselves
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Know that this is indeed the Christ the Savior
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of the world now after two days of the pilot
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dance and went into Galilee So we still believe
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in the context of these right believing Jesus
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as the one who is to come good Let's go to Let's
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go to verse 48 of the same John chapter 4 verse
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48 then Jesus said unto him except yes see signs
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and wonders Ye will not believe. Right? Ye will
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not believe. Of course, this is also referring
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to believing in Jesus based on Him as the Messiah
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and the one they can save because this is in
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the context of the healing of the official Son.
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Right? So if we read from verse 46, it says,
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So Jesus came again into Canaan of Galilee where
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He made the water wine. And there was a certain
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noble man whose son was sick at Capernaum. And
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when he heard that Jesus was coming out of Judea
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into Galilee, he went unto him and besought him
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that it would come. It would come down and heal
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his son, for he was at the point of death. He
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was at the point of death. And then Jesus said
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unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye
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will not believe. So it means that people believe
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Jesus also. for the miraculous, right? People
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worked in believing Jesus as someone who can
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do the miraculous and that by the signs and wonders
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they will believe that he is the Messiah. Right?
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So people already doubted this. Now let's go
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to John chapter 5. John chapter 5 verse 38 to
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37. Let's go again. Just the next page. I receive
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not honor from men, but I know that ye have not
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the love of God in you, and I come in my Father's
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name, And ye receive me not, if another shall
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come in his own name, him ye shall receive, ye
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will receive. How can ye believe which receive
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honor of another, and seek not the honor that
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cometh from God only? Do not think that I will
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accuse you to the Father that is one who accuseth
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you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. For had ye
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believed Moses, ye would have believed me, for
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he wrote of me. But if ye believe not, in his
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writings how shall you believe my words so also
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jesus also does the same thing it does this pattern
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of pointing to himself right as the messiah that
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was promised that he might point them to the
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resurrection exactly the same pattern with the
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disciples jesus points himself so There is no
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disconnection between the Old Testament and what
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we call the New Testament. So when Jesus is teaching
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people in certain contexts where they don't believe
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he's the Messiah, he tries to connect first.
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So what do they know? You believe Moses, he testifies
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of me. You believe the scriptures, he testifies
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of me. What does Moses and the scripture say?
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The scripture and Moses refer to the Messiah
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that would come. Right? Then when Jesus fathers
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with them, then he explains further about the
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resurrection and life. So he does not remove
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the incarnation from his explanation to them
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as well. He also acknowledges that because he
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acknowledges the Saint Moses and the scriptures
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wrote of me. Now the problem is that the people
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stay here in this explanation alone. That becomes
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the problem which the disciples also experience
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a similar thing until Luke chapter 24. So We
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see believing in Him as the Messiah to come.
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John 6 verse 14 to 15. John chapter 6 verse 14.
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Now let's see the implication of when people
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stay on believing that He just came as the Messiah.
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Let's see the implication of that. When they
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just believe, oh, this is the Messiah, and they
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don't follow up with a word, with His words rather.
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John 15 verse 14 says, then those men, When they
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had seen the miracle that he did so by signs
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and wonders they believe is the Messiah By signs
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and wonders they believe is Messiah When those
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men when they had seen the miracles that Jesus
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did this Jesus said oh, sorry, excuse me the
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miracle that Jesus did said this is of a truth
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that the prophet that should come into the world
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when Jesus therefore perceived that they would
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come and take him by force to make him a king,
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he departed again onto a mountain himself alone.
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See? When people stay in that part of the revelation
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alone, right, it's incomplete. They can function
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in a way of trying to make Jesus a king. So,
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there's nobody who stays in this part, believing
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Jesus as the incarnate Alone Right can come into
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greater walks So you can stay here and come into
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greater rather you walk by making him a king
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or making him someone who has something To offer
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you in the natural All right. Let's go to verse
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28 and 36 of the same John 6 Then they said unto
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him what shall we do that we might walk the works
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of God and Jesus said unto them this is the work
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of God that ye believe in him that he hath sent
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to believe in him that he hath sent same verse
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same chapter verse 68 verse 68 I think we can
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we can stay in verse 28 sorry go back to verse
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28 and we can read a little bit downwards How
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much more can men do, right, when they believe
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that Jesus is the incarnate? And as some people
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will say, He is a prophet. How much more can
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men do? Very little or nothing, right? So when
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we go for evangelism and we meet people who say,
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well, I believe He's a prophet. I believe He's
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incarnate. I believe He existed. The question
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is, can they work in greater works? The answer
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is no, right? The answer is no. The Incarnate
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is the Incarnation explaining only the Incarnation
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does not bring a man into greater works. And
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that is why you will see how they function when
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they only held on to that message, right? So
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you have to take it all together. We'll proceed.
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Jesus said unto them, this is the work of God,
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that ye believe on him, who mere saints. They
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said, wherefore unto him? What signs showest
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thou that we may see and believe thee? And does
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thou walk? And those that walk, our Father did
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eat manna in the desert, as it is written, He
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gave them bread from heaven to eat. Then Jesus
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said unto him, Verily, verily I say unto you,
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Moses gave you not the bread from heaven, but
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my Father gave it to you, the true bread from
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heaven. For the bread of God is he which cometh
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now from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
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And he said unto him, Lord, evermore give us
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this bread. And Jesus said unto them, I am the
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bread of life, he that cometh to me shall never
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hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never
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taste. But I said unto you, that ye also have
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seen me, and believe not." They have seen him
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and believe not. They've seen him, they have
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preached to them, and they believe not. So they
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saw him, the Incarnate Jesus, they believe not.
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They were asking for signs that they might believe
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not. These kind of people barely could do much
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when it comes to the work of ministry. verse
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9 and Simon Peter said unto him same chapter
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60 John 6 68 to 69 the Simon Peter answered him
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Lord to whom shall we go thou art the word of
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eternal life and we believe and are sure that
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thou art the Christ the son of the living good
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so the disciples as well join from here the Simon
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Peter believe Jesus as the Messiah That is to
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come Messiah that is to come The Messiah that
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is to come now we knew the trajectory of Peter
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after this period and How they also never believed
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until Jesus appeared to them so we can say that
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they also believed in the incarnation But they
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could not also do much They couldn't come into
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greater works until the revelation of the death,
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burial, and resurrection of Christ was made known
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to them. John 9 verse 14 to 25 John 9 verse 17
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to 25 and he had been blind and he that had been
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blind and received his sight until they called
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the parent of him that had received his sight
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and they asked them saying is this your son as
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whom you say was blind how does he now see so
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basically they didn't believe that this man was
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blind in the first place so it's not the first
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time that people will say miracles are not real
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right in this context we see people saying well
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this is not real Right. In fact, he was not blind
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and they called the parents for a testimony and
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we see them walking in unbelief as regards to
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not the death by our resurrection of Christ but
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their unbelief threats which we must know. The
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Pharisees and the Sadducees' unbelief threats
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is that they didn't believe that I was the Messiah.
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Like that is the foundational problem that they
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did have. So the Pharisees and Sadducees in their
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communication with Jesus you observe that their
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first problem was that they never believed that
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he was the Messiah that is come from above so
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this affected their ability to receive the resurrection
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at the end but we had we also had people who
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never believed Jesus incarnation but after resurrection
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they understood right they understood so you
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can just add this other scripture John 10 25
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to 38. John 10 25 to 38. So most of them believe
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him as the anointed one, which the one God has
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anointed, right? They believe him that he could
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heal the sick for them. They believe him that
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he could heal them when they are sick. Others
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believe him regarding miracles and they receive
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and they raise many people to dead. To raise
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many people to life, right? Raise the dead. Now
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the question is to what extent can this Take
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them to function in God's plan on it. Very limited.
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Very limited. They can't function. Man cannot
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function with the knowledge of the incarnation
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of Christ alone. You cannot function. Now let's
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see, the next part is, you can write, believe
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in Jesus as the resurrected. Believe in Jesus
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as the resurrected Christ. Believe in Jesus as
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the rectorated Christ. The same way Jesus acknowledged
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and said, well, this is He. I am He that the
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scripture testifies of. He also said, yes, I
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am He that would die and resurrect. I am He that
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can give eternal life. I am He who is the resurrection
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and the dead. Right? The resurrection and the
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life. Right? He raised the dead. Raising Lazarus
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at that point. Now, so let's check the scriptures.
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John chapter 1 verse 12. John chapter 1 verse
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12. You can write it down. But as many as receive
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him, to them gave he power to become the sons
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of God. Even to them that believe on his name.
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Now this is from John chapter 1 and they are
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already talking about believe on his name. Trust
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me on that scripture. So he gave them power to
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become the sons of God. Now the believe here
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is not referring to the incarnation just the
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incarnation but the reputation of Christ the
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name the reputation of Christ at Resurrection
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because only at resurrection could men Become
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sons of God Okay, only at resurrection could
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make so this one is referring to the sons of
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God to them that believe on his name To them
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that believe on his name. This is the context
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of the sons of God and the belief that is exercised
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So we know John already had a revelation and
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putting it down in this sense simply means he
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goes back and forth between what he has already
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known and current events that are taking place
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in his time. Now John 2 verse 22, John 2 verse
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22, again, which Jesus had said. Now, what was
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he talking about? If you read the context of
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it, it's talking about the destruction of the
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temple and to raise it in three days. So if you
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read verse 19, it says Jesus answered unto them.
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Verse 19. Destroy this temple and in three days
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I will raise it up. Talking about his resurrection,
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his death, there is a resurrection in this place.
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And trying to say they believed that after it
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was risen, right? They believed that after it
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was risen. So we see acknowledgement of the believer
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using of the word belief to refer to what happened
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after resurrection John chapter 3 verse 15 to
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16 John chapter 3 verse 15 to 16 Now Jesus himself
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speaking said that whosoever believe in him should
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not perish but have eternal life For God so loved
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the world that he gave his only begotten son
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that whosoever believed in him should not perish
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but have everlasting life so jesus also while
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he acknowledged that he is the messiah he acknowledged
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also that is the one that will give eternal life
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is the one that will give eternal life is the
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one that will give eternal life verse 18 of that
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same chapter 3 of the only begotten Son of God,
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right? And this is a condemnation that the light
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is coming to the world and men love darkness
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rather than light because of their evil deeds.
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So here again, it's saying that life comes from
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Christ, right? Believe in Him, believe in Christ,
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life comes from Christ. Now, verse 36, verse
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36, just an addition, it said, He that believeth
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on the Son hath everlasting life. And he that
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believeth not the Son shall not see life, but
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the word of God abideth on him." So believe it
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on the Son, have everlasting life. This is expressing
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faith in Christ as the resurrected Messiah, or
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the one that is to resurrect and give eternal
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life. John 6 verse 26, 29, giving us all the
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scriptures because we would come to point now
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John 6 verse 29 and you just said unto them this
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is the work of God that ye believe on him whom
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he has sent verse 35 to 40 35 to 40 I just send
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on unto them I am the bread of life that cometh
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he that cometh to me shall never hunger and he
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that believeth in me shall never taste let's
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add another scripture Let's add another scripture
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Okay, John still John or let's see John 7 John
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7 verse 37 John 7 verse 37 Is that in the last
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day the great day of the feast Jesus stood and
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cried saying If any man test, let him come unto
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me and drink. He that believeth on me, as the
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scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow
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rivers of living water. Right? Out of his belly
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shall flow rivers of living water. From verse
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1 of chapter 7 tells us what is the great day
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and what the last day refers to. So if we go
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to verse 1 of chapter 7. Let's go to verse 1
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of chapter 7. Verse 1 of chapter 7 is that after
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these things Jesus walked in Galilee for he would
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Not walk in Jewry because the Jews sought to
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kill him now the Jews fists of the tabernacles
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was at hand his brethren therefore unto him then
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The parts hence and go into Judea that thy disciples
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also may see the work that thou doest For there
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is no man that doeth anything in secret and he
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himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do
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these things, show thyself to the world." Now
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the first thing we see there in verse 2 is that
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it's in the feast of the tabernacle. Okay, so
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the last day of the feast is what is happening
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in verse 37. The last day of the feast that we
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find in verse 2, right, is what is happening
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in verse 37. So it's the last day of the feast
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and Jesus came to proclaim. So the feast of the
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tabernacle is a feast of the Jews. Of course,
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this is supposed to communicate Christ to them.
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So the feast of the tabernacle is supposed to
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communicate Christ to them. So on the last day
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of the feast, Jesus came out and said that, He
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that believeth on me, as the scripture says,
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out of his belly shall flow rivers of living
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water. Now this is referring to, I think we should
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just read it, verse 39, which gives the clear
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explanation. But they spake he of the spirits
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Which day that believe on him should receive?
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For the Holy Ghost was not yet given because
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Jesus was not yet glorified So it's talking about
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the spirit that Jesus would give again We can
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say that during the last day of the face of this
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Monarch or Jesus said I will give eternal life
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and It is not an incarnation, but in the resurrection
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Do we get it? It's not in the incarnation but
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in the resurrection. It's not in the incarnation
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but in the resurrection Now we can go to John
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again still on John John 14 verse 1. I think
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we'll just Move in that direction. There are
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other scriptures. We can write them down John
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14 verse 1 to 3 John 14 verse 1 to 3 John 11
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verse 23 to 27 we can read those ones John 14
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verse 1 to 3 which we're going to come back to
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John 4 John 11 verse 23 to 27 John 13 verse 36
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John 13 verse 36 Now upon this type of believing
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it is upon these that a man can do greater works
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when the spirit is given Men can do greater works.
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When the spirit is given, men can do greater
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works. When men believe and the spirit is given
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and they receive the spirit, they can do greater
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works. So let's add another scripture, Mark 16.
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You cannot mark 16 there because it's the same
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thing. This one clearly right at the end, Jesus
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instructing them, Mark 16 verse 15, and said
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unto them, Go ye into the world, and preach the
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gospel to every creature. He that believeth is
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baptized and shall be saved. He that believeth
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and is baptized shall be saved. But he that believeth
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not shall be them. Again, this context is talking
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about what Jesus had done. Of course, this is
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after resurrection, reiterating, he that will
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believe in what Christ has done. So John 14,
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which is our case scripture for the year. Right,
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let's go to John 14 now and just explain a few
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things. Then we'll progress from there. John,
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chapter 14. So let not your heart be troubled,
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yet believe in me, yet believe in God, believe
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also in me. In my father's house are many mansions,
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and if it were not so, I would not have told
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you. I go to prepare a place for you and if I
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go and prepare a place for you I'll come again
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and receive you unto myself and that where I
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am there ye may also be now the context of this
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believing is also referring to what Jesus will
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do after resurrection now all along they've believed
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Jesus okay the disciples have believed Jesus
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they believe that he is the Messiah right that
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is to come to the world but there's a path that
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they must understand, they must comprehend, and
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believe that is also that Christ would die, resurrect,
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and come to give them eternal life. Right? That
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part is the part that has been emphasized here.
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And also in verse 12, which is our key scripture,
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So I do because I go to my father. So also again
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talking about what Jesus would do After resurrection,
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so when you believe in that you have eternal
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life and you can do greater works Right and you
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can do greater works now Let me highlight three
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categories of people from all those readings
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all those readings as you go for evangelism Right
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three categories of people that you will meet
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right three categories of people that would tend
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to look as if they exercised faith in Jesus.
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Okay? Three, uh, three, I'm sorry, four. I said
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three, but I said four. We can make it four.
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Yes, four. Four categories of people you'll meet
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as you go out. You'll meet people who believe
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in Jesus, His incarnation, His dead barrier and
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resurrection. they believe that they have a spirit
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so you'll meet people who believe in Jesus as
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the Messiah that God prophesied by the scriptures
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and they did not stop there they also believe
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that he died he was buried and erected and also
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that they have his life you'll meet those people
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you will meet this kind of people and these people
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are believers okay these people are believers
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now our job when we meet believers or someone
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comes to preach to you right let's let's start
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from the first one our job when you meet believers
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that is already in the faiths exercise faith
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in christ is to encourage them in the greater
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works right so when you meet believer and you're
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doing evangelism and you meet the person say
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oh i'm born again person oh i'm born again ask
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the person tell me what you believe and the person
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where i believe in Christ, death, burial and
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resurrection. I also believe I have received
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the spirit, right? And I can function in the
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spirit. Don't just say, oh, good, awesome. You,
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you are already in the kingdom. Then you move.
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No, you encourage them to do the greater works.
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You tell the person, do you go for evangelism?
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You can join us in evangelism. We go out at this
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time. We move at this time. This is the church.
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So you don't just that is also a message for
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them. The message is the greater works they must
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do. The greater works too. Right? So they must
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do the greater works. You encourage them towards
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evangelism. Some of them might not even believe
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that they should be doing evangelism. Some of
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them might be struggling with anxiety, which
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some of us do. Right? Over in the course of the
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teaching, we would check. Sometimes when you
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don't go for evangelism, it's not because you
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don't have time. Sometimes it's anxiety that
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keeps you in your houses. Sometimes it's fear
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of, who am I going to go and meet there that
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I've never met before? you know i don't know
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the the fellow out there i don't know the response
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right so many people just believe they receive
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the spirit and they are calm and cool and they
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are fine but you must tell them that the greater
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works they must do because they have the spirit
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of god in them so it means that you won't be
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tearing up their fates when we come on wednesday
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and as the teaching goes on man open wednesday
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might extend beyond wednesday right we will see
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that people can actually have faiths weakened
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faith towards evangelism your faith might actually
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be weakened so it means that when you want to
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function and evangelize you are you are either
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doubting if god will save the person or you are
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doubting if the person will listen or you are
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doubting the word of faith that you have in your
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mouth do you get it so for those people that
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have believed you encourage them for the greater
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work that's the message for them too and you
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can also for now the second people that you will
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meet second people that you will meet now you
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will meet people for example the disciples of
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the brothers of jesus are in this category people
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who never believed the they know about jesus
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as the messiah right in the context of the brothers
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of jesus they never believed him as the messiah
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the one jesus the one the scriptures prophesied
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about but they believe right sometimes I doubt
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if we really do have these categories today but
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they believe in the resurrection so they never
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believed the incarnation of Jesus they never
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accepted him which is the brothers of Jesus the
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ones who are ready they said well go out and
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show yourself to the people right so they never
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believed the incarnation but they believe in
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the resurrection later on right later on they
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believe in the resurrection Christ and that was
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why we read John 7 verse 1 to 5 and we will realize
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that the people in this context are the brothers
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of Jesus and he says and his bread and said unto
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him verse 3 go into Judea that the disciples
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may see the works that thou doest for there's
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no man that doeth anything in secret that's and
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and himself to get to be known openly right If
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thou do these things, show thyself to the world.
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Verse 5 says, for neither did his brethren believe
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in him. Right? Neither did his brethren believe
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in him. Neither did the brethren believe in him.
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So you might meet people who do not believe that
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God is the one that took on flesh and came out
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on earth or appeared on earth to save man. You
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might meet people like that. We're going to talk
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about sects like that. So these ones, they don't
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believe that the man Jesus is God. They don't
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believe he's God. They don't believe in the incarnation
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of God on Earth. But they say, well, we believe
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in the resurrection. We believe he died, he rose
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again, and his resurrection is true. Right. Now,
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what's the problem with this? What's the problem
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with this? The problem with this is that they
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do not. They do not acknowledge that God is the
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one that came to save man. But God sent an agent
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to save man. Do we get a problem there? They
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do not acknowledge that God is the one that saved
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man. But they believe that God sent an agent
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to save man. Now there's a very big problem in
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this one. It means that the faith of people Would
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not be well established in God So you met you
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meet me. I mean you if you have been doing evangelism
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You have met these people if you have read some
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of their books you would have seen Now for this
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set of people you have to preach to them again
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and explain the incarnation of Christ and God
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promise Hebrews chapter 2 Right, you have to
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explain Hebrews chapter 2 to them that God took
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on flesh to save man that no agent can save man
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except God right so they believe Jesus is just
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an agent but Jesus is not an agent Jesus is God
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manifested on earth and all of that to feel to
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save man from us and so God is the one that promised
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God is the one that came and God is the one that
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fulfilled God promised God came and got fulfilled
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God promised he came and fulfilled So for them
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you could be wondering the question you ask them
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is if God promised that I will do I will Why
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is he sending an agents and the question you
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also ask them is All along he has been sending
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agents from Moses in the name of a prophet, right?
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prophets judges men who believe Abraham, David,
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do you mean Jesus is just like one of them? It
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means that they are not well established. They
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are not established in faith. So you meet this
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second category of people. For them, it's a struggle.
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Many people come to ask me about the question
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in the week. Sir, are they saved? We'll come
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back to that, okay? This is the question they
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ask me. If somebody believes in Jesus as an agent,
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is he saved? If somebody believes that Jesus
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His incarnation is not God, but just a manifestation.
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Is the person say, but the person believe in
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resurrection. You know, the person believe in
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the resurrection of Jesus. We will come to that.
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But I've told you what to do when you encounter
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this kind of a people. Now the third people,
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the people who neither believe the incarnation
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nor did they believe the resurrection. They didn't
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believe the incarnation. They didn't believe
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it's the Messiah in the body. After the resurrection,
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They orchestrated again to say that the resurrection
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never took place. Right? So you need a lie to
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cover a lie and a lie and a lie. So if they have
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lied, that is not, which I will say it's a lie.
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He said, you are, you are, you are the devil,
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right? Your father. So this set of people, they
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never believed in Jesus when he was alive in
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his human form. Never believed it was God, the
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question name, and they never believed in the
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resurrection. Now the examples are the Pharisees
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and the Sadducees. And truly you would find people
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like that today. Right? You'll find people like
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that today. They never believe in His incarnation,
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Him in the body. And they never believe in His
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resurrection. Now this one clearly they are the
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unsaved. They are the unsaved. Some of them have
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heard the gospel and they want to really prove
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to you that Jesus never came and all of that.
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So John you can put John 7 verse 45 to 53 John
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chapter 7 verse 45 to 53 For these people there
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is no greater works to do Right. There is no
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possibility of a greater work. There's nothing
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they can do. They don't have the spirits They
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don't believe they don't have the spirit. They
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cannot do greater works, right? So it is not
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to partner with them but to rather Begin to reveal
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from the scriptures what God has promised He
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will do what God did and What he has fulfilled
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so you can find this kind of a people so you
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have to preach to them This one you need to open
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the scripture extensively with them right and
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teach them that Jesus is the Messiah so Now the
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thought the fourth people which they are similar
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to the second like the four people that you meet
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It's others who believe he existed as a prophet
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so others who believe he existed as a prophet
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They believe he existed as a prophet and specifically
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the word prophets Specifically the word prophets,
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but did not resurrect so they denied the resurrection
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again the denied the resurrection again They
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denied the resurrection again. Now, for these
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same people, they are also unbelievers, right?
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So when somebody said, oh, I believe in Jesus,
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right? You need to know what they believe about
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Jesus. You need to know when they believe about
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Jesus, like what, when and what. For example,
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did you believe in him as the incarnate? Did
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you believe him as one of the prophets? You believe
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him as God? And did you believe in the resurrection?
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Because believing is not believing in general.
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Do we get it? Believing is not believing. Now
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this is to equip us for evangelism. Do we get
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it? This is to equip us so when you go out, your
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mind is set, your mind is, you know, you have
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understanding. You have understanding. And for
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those of us that are believed in the death, burial,
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and resurrection of Jesus, we have greater works
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to do towards the three other category of people
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to teach them more about the resurrection and
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the ascension of Christ into the life of the
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believer. Praise God. We'll continue on Thursday
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on this discussion. I trust we have been blessed.
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Can we just pray? We appreciate you being here
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