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Morning Devotion from Hebrews: Salvation for Waiting · The BLAZE (Bible Study)

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  Speaker 2: Good morning, family. Good morning.
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  Speaker 1: God bless you. Welcome back to the Morning Devos. Your brother,
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  Speaker 1: Sam Lopez, a.k.a. DJ Sam Rock. So winners with a Z.org live.
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  Speaker 1: So winners with a Z.org. The two platforms that I
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  Speaker 1: highly recommend you go visit for these Morning Devos.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: Those platforms are much less distractions and much better, in
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  Speaker 1: my opinion, than social media.
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  Speaker 2: But if you're here, welcome back. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: I know a lot of people It's more convenient for
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  Speaker 1: you to get on social media platforms, your favorite platform
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  Speaker 1: to listen or watch.
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  Speaker 2: But the website is always available. Thank you, Jesus. And
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  Speaker 2: that's a better place, in my opinion. It's distraction free.
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  Speaker 1: And you can get more into the word of God
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  Speaker 1: that way with less distractions.
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  Speaker 2: I try to be here weekdays, 530 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. Amen.
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  Speaker 2: So that way we can have focus on our faith
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  Speaker 2: and know our purpose in the Lord. Amen. We could
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  Speaker 2: do it one morning at a time. So today I'm
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  Speaker 2: calling this one Salvation for Waiting. Amen. It's a blessing
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  Speaker 2: for waiting upon the Lord. For real.
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  Speaker 1: It's a blessing, tremendous blessing for waiting on God. So
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  Speaker 1: I know that because the word says it.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: So it's really not my opinion. It's about the word
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  Speaker 1: and what the word is saying. Hebrews chapter 9, verses
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  Speaker 1: 27 and 28. That's where we're going to be at today.
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  Speaker 1: Hebrews 9, 27. And 28, if you have any questions, comments, concerns,
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  Speaker 1: or any prayer requests along those lines, please don't hesitate
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  Speaker 1: to leave it on the live chat.
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  Speaker 2: That's what we're here for. So let's pray.
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  Speaker 1: Father, I thank you so much for your evidence and
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  Speaker 1: your creation, your love for your creation, and your spirit
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  Speaker 1: working through your children. I pray, Lord God, that you
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  Speaker 1: will continue to be high and lifted up on these
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  Speaker 1: morning devos. that you would teach us, inspire us, hold us,
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  Speaker 1: keep us, that we could get to know you more
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  Speaker 1: and more, Lord God. Thank you, Lord God, that you
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  Speaker 1: have given us patience, which is part of the spiritual
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  Speaker 1: gifts that you poured out among your people. And thank you,
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  Speaker 1: Lord God, for your health, your strength, and your protection
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  Speaker 1: that you allow us to experience on this side of eternity.
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  Speaker 1: I pray, Lord God, I had your protection over myself,
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  Speaker 1: my family, our children, our grandchildren, our whole entire bloodline,
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  Speaker 1: in the powerful name of Jesus, that you would guide, guard,
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  Speaker 1: and protect us, set forth arcane angels, ministering angels, warring angels,
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  Speaker 1: to annihilate the tactics of the enemy over our lives.
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  Speaker 1: I pray the same prayer of protection over every single
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  Speaker 1: person that's connecting now or later, behind this microphone, behind
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  Speaker 1: this camera. I thank you, Lord God, for every single
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  Speaker 1: person that's connecting. Protect them, guide them, and guard them
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  Speaker 1: as well. And I pray, Lord God, that the enemy
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  Speaker 1: will not be able to distract us, but we will
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  Speaker 1: stay focused on.
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  Speaker 2: Who you are and what you're doing.
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  Speaker 1: And we'll know our purpose and we'll continue to wait
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  Speaker 1: eagerly for your return. In Jesus' holy name, give you
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  Speaker 1: thanksgiving and praise. And all those who agree, we say
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  Speaker 1: amen to the amen. Help me share this out, ladies
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  Speaker 1: and gentlemen, with as many people as possible. Whoever comes
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  Speaker 1: into your heart, share this out. That's the unction and
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  Speaker 1: that's the prompting of the Holy Spirit.
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  Speaker 2: Amen. So let's get into the scripture. Let's get into
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  Speaker 2: this word. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: Hebrews chapter number nine, verses 27 and 28. Word of
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  Speaker 1: God is so powerful, right? Active, relevant, alive, sharper than
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  Speaker 1: any double-edged sword. And the word of God is able
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  Speaker 1: to do what the word is set to do. So
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  Speaker 1: be encouraged and let's start to be transformed.
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  Speaker 2: More and more, right?
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  Speaker 1: Hebrews 9, 27 and 28. Just as man is appointed
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  Speaker 1: to die once and after that to face judgment, so
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  Speaker 1: also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of
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  Speaker 1: many and he will appear a second time, not to
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  Speaker 1: bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly
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  Speaker 1: await him. And that's where the title popped out.
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  Speaker 2: I was like, what? Salvation for waiting? Yes. Amen. Those
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  Speaker 2: who are eagerly awaiting the return of our King, of
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  Speaker 2: our Lord and our Savior. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: We are the ones, right, that God's bringing salvation to.
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  Speaker 1: Isn't that amazing? We're going to be rescued, man. We're
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  Speaker 1: going to get off of this dark planet, earth, right?
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  Speaker 1: And God, through Jesus, Jesus is God. He's going to
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  Speaker 1: come back for his people and it's not to be
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  Speaker 1: in a negotiation mode it's not to be like please
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  Speaker 1: and begging people to you know turn their lives to
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  Speaker 1: him no at that point all of that is going
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  Speaker 1: to be too late amen so let's get it right
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  Speaker 1: right now with the lord it's not hard to get
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  Speaker 1: things right with the lord amen it's about humbling yourself
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  Speaker 1: admitting that you need him believe in him and then
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  Speaker 1: confessing him as your personal lord and savior sister joanne
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  Speaker 1: i see you good morning my sister my friend Good morning,
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  Speaker 1: God bless you. Welcome back to the Morning Devo. So
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  Speaker 1: we know that those who are eagerly awaiting his return
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  Speaker 1: will be saved because the word says it. If God
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  Speaker 1: promises something in his word, we are guaranteed 100% because
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  Speaker 1: of his past reputation, his reputation today, that he will
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  Speaker 1: come through on his promise. All God's promises in the
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  Speaker 1: scriptures are accurate and yea and amen. So if you
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  Speaker 1: ever waited for something so important that you couldn't hardly
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  Speaker 1: contain your excitement, right? When we were kids around Christmas,
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  Speaker 1: at least in my family, when we were kids, amen,
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  Speaker 1: we weren't rich, amen, but we had family and we
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  Speaker 1: had values and we had each other. And when Christmas
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  Speaker 1: came around, we were excited. My siblings were excited because
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  Speaker 1: we knew that something new was coming. We were to
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  Speaker 1: get something, amen. We weren't inspecting. brand new cars, houses,
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  Speaker 1: you know, jewelry, but we were expecting something. Our parents
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  Speaker 1: were creative. Our family was creative when it came to
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  Speaker 1: Christmas time. You know, we are, people are more creative
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  Speaker 1: when we have less money and finances, stuff like that,
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  Speaker 1: than when we did, when we do have, at least
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  Speaker 1: in my opinion. So we were excited about what we
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  Speaker 1: were going to get. So we experienced that. I experienced
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  Speaker 1: that when I was young, right?
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  Speaker 2: So, But now, maybe you're looking for something more than that.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe you're looking for a breakthrough.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you're expecting an answered prayer to come to pass
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  Speaker 1: or a promise that you're trusting God to fulfill. But listen, waiting,
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  Speaker 1: and nowadays, as a grown-up, amen, could be difficult. That
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  Speaker 1: waiting process, not easy. But when it comes to it,
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  Speaker 1: and when it comes to the return of Jesus Christ, amen,
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  Speaker 1: that type of waiting, that type of hope will never
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  Speaker 1: disappoint you, will never disappoint me. All these other things here, right,
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  Speaker 1: these temporary things, is really setting us up for disappointment sometimes, right?
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  Speaker 1: You're waiting for a deal to fall through for your business.
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  Speaker 1: You're waiting for a call and an opportunity for a
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  Speaker 1: new job or a new position. You're waiting for a
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  Speaker 1: stimulus check from the government. Whatever the situation is, those
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  Speaker 1: things will set you up for disappointment sometimes. But when
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  Speaker 1: you are waiting for a promise, when you are waiting
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  Speaker 1: for a breakthrough because of the Lord, when you are
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  Speaker 1: waiting for God to fulfill His promise, that type of hope,
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  Speaker 1: that type of trust, that type of waiting process and patience,
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  Speaker 1: will never disappoint us. 100% accurate all the time. 100%
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  Speaker 1: God will show up on his promise.
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  Speaker 2: Amen?
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  Speaker 1: So we're reminded right here in Hebrews chapter 9 verses
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  Speaker 1: 27 and 28. We're reminded that there are two important truths, right?
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  Speaker 1: That as believers, we could definitely hold on to.
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  Speaker 2: Definitely.
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  Speaker 1: Our lives are temporary. That's one truth. And Eternity is real.
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  Speaker 1: Like this time is short. Eternity is forever times infinity.
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  Speaker 2: Amen?
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  Speaker 1: So therefore, I like to shift my focus off this
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  Speaker 1: temporary thing onto eternal things.
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  Speaker 2: Eternity. It's a very long time.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not a great mathematician, but I know this, that temporary, right,
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  Speaker 1: is less than eternity.
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  Speaker 2: How about that? Time. Time.
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  Speaker 1: Time waits for no one, my uncle used to tell me.
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  Speaker 1: And I realize that now as I get older. But
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  Speaker 1: when you're waiting, amen, on an eternal promise, the temporary
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  Speaker 1: situation here becomes less and less important. Now, I think
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  Speaker 1: that we should be eagerly waiting. And while we're waiting,
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  Speaker 1: we're occupying. And while we're occupying, we're witnessing, we're preaching,
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  Speaker 1: we're making disciples. We're telling people about the Lord Jesus
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  Speaker 1: Christ everywhere we go.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: I think that's our opportunity to join in in the
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  Speaker 1: kingdom building business of what God is doing.
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  Speaker 2: God builds the kingdom. We don't.
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  Speaker 1: Human hands cannot build the kingdom. I see it all
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  Speaker 1: the time on comments and posts and all that. Brothers
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  Speaker 1: and sisters saying, we're building the kingdom.
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  Speaker 2: No, you're not.
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  Speaker 1: The kingdom of God cannot be built by human hands.
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  Speaker 1: I understand what you're saying.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: But that's not biblically correct by me saying or you
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  Speaker 1: saying that we're building the kingdom. No, we're expanding the
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  Speaker 1: gospel message.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: And the message is, is being preached all around the world,
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  Speaker 1: expanding the message of God. God himself will be doing
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  Speaker 1: the building of the kingdom. So Jesus did what no
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  Speaker 1: human being could ever do. In this whole entire planet, universe,
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  Speaker 1: no other human being can do.
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  Speaker 2: What Jesus did.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus, the God-man, offered up himself once for all to
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  Speaker 1: bear all of our sins.
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  Speaker 2: How about that?
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  Speaker 1: I can't bear your sins. You can't bear my sins.
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  Speaker 1: And definitely we can't bear everyone's sins of the world.
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  Speaker 1: But Jesus did it, right? That sets him apart from us.
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  Speaker 2: Amen? He's God.
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  Speaker 1: His sacrifice was more than enough. The Bible says his
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  Speaker 1: sacrifice was sufficient. His blood was powerful, is powerful, Amen.
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  Speaker 1: Will remain powerful for all eternity. And his victory opens
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  Speaker 1: up the way.
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  Speaker 2: The way to what?
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  Speaker 1: The way for us to receive salvation through faith in him.
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  Speaker 1: Not through faith in a religion. Not through faith in
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  Speaker 1: a church. Not through faith in a pastor, preacher, evangelist, prophet, apostle, right?
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  Speaker 2: Teacher. No. No.
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  Speaker 1: The way for us to receive this salvation is through
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  Speaker 1: the Lord Jesus Christ.
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  Speaker 2: He makes it plain over.
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  Speaker 1: And over and over again all throughout the scriptures that
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  Speaker 1: he's the only way, the only truth, and the only
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  Speaker 1: life that really matters.
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  Speaker 2: Amen? Everything else is superficial. Everything else is temporary.
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  Speaker 1: But the Lord Jesus' salvation is that we can receive,
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  Speaker 1: that we have as born-again believers, is for all eternity.
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  Speaker 2: Right?
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  Speaker 1: But the promise doesn't end at the cross. It doesn't
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  Speaker 1: end at the cross. I know a lot of people
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  Speaker 1: like to cut it right there. Oh, the cross, the
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  Speaker 1: sin debt was paid, and that's it. It's more than that.
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  Speaker 1: If that was the case, if the cross was it,
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  Speaker 1: then Jesus would not have said, it is finished. No,
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  Speaker 1: he would have just said, okay, I'm done. The cross
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  Speaker 1: was my final effort for humanity. Jesus didn't say that.
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  Speaker 1: He said, it is finished.
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  Speaker 2: The mission that the Father sent the Son, the only
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  Speaker 2: begotten Son of God, was completed. Mission complete.
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  Speaker 1: Now on this side of eternity, we're benefiting off of
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  Speaker 1: the finished, completed work of our.
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  Speaker 2: Lord and our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
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  Speaker 1: So just as man is appointed to die once, the
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  Speaker 1: scripture says it, and after that to face judgment So
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  Speaker 1: whether you believe in God or not, you're appointed once
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  Speaker 1: to die and to face judgment, right? So also Christ
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  Speaker 1: was offered once, once, not 10 times. He's not going
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  Speaker 1: to be going to the cross over and over again
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  Speaker 1: to sacrifice himself. Once for all, for many, to bear
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  Speaker 1: the sins of many, the Bible says. And he will
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  Speaker 1: bear the sins of many and he will appear a
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  Speaker 1: second time, right? Some theologians say this is like the
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  Speaker 1: third appearance.
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  Speaker 2: That he's coming back.
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  Speaker 1: But the scripture says he will appear a second time,
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  Speaker 1: not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to who?
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  Speaker 2: To everybody?
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  Speaker 1: No, not to everybody. He will bring salvation to those
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  Speaker 1: who eagerly await him. So that's why I said in
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  Speaker 1: this title, amen, salvation for waiting, for waiting, amen, for
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  Speaker 1: being patient, Eagerly awaiting the promise of God. Eagerly awaiting
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  Speaker 1: the return of our Lord. Eagerly awaiting the promises of God.
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  Speaker 2: It's so worth it. Jesus came to save us. A
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  Speaker 2: rescue mission. Amen? So there is no other hope. There
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  Speaker 2: is no other life. There is no other way. There
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  Speaker 2: is no other eternal promise that we can count on
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  Speaker 2: other than Jesus. How about that?
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  Speaker 1: Every other religion is really man-made, making stuff up, hopeful,
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  Speaker 1: wishful thinking, amen? But being a Christ follower, following his way,
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  Speaker 1: knowing his word, and trusting in his promises is going
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  Speaker 1: to get us places.
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  Speaker 2: It's going to get us places.
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  Speaker 1: That's why I'm 100% sold into this, because I know
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  Speaker 1: that God is real. Through experience, through his word, through
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  Speaker 1: others' testimonies and everything like that, I could literally see
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  Speaker 1: the move and hand of God on people's.
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  Speaker 2: Lives, including my own. I know who I was in 2001,
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  Speaker 2: and I know who I am now. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: And I identify with this knowing of who I am.
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  Speaker 1: I identify with Christ Jesus. And I suggest you should
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  Speaker 1: do the same. If you're having issues, problems, maybe you're
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  Speaker 1: dealing with doubt, worry, or maybe you are in unbelief
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  Speaker 1: right now, We go through these stages, right, as human beings.
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  Speaker 1: We're learning that. I'm learning that at my church. In
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  Speaker 1: our morning adult Bible studies, faith first doubt, it's a
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  Speaker 1: real thing. What we're going through as believers, but we
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  Speaker 1: can trust in the Lord and know that he is
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  Speaker 1: with us every step of the way. One of the
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  Speaker 1: promises of God is that he will never leave us
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  Speaker 1: nor forsake us, so therefore we're never alone. I remember
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  Speaker 1: I was telling somebody about my church situation and my
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  Speaker 1: family And that I was somewhere else. My family was
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  Speaker 1: somewhere else. And my young sister in Christ said, you're
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  Speaker 1: never alone. She reminded me, you're never alone, Sam. The
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  Speaker 1: Holy Spirit is always with you. And it sounds generic
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  Speaker 1: to some people. But to me, that was the truth.
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  Speaker 1: And it reminded me that God will always be with me.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: And he will always be with you no matter what
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  Speaker 1: the situation is. Maybe it's relationships, family stuff, whatever's going on.
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  Speaker 1: And there's a divide somewhere.
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  Speaker 2: Amen. Within the family. But you're all serving the Lord. Amen.
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  Speaker 2: There should be order in the home. I absolutely agree
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  Speaker 2: with that.
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  Speaker 1: And because there should be order in the home, God
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  Speaker 1: will still show us and teach us and have grace
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  Speaker 1: upon us. But we need to get things together. But
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  Speaker 1: remember always that God will never leave you nor forsake you.
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  Speaker 1: He will be with you, the Bible says, even to
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  Speaker 1: the end of the age. So that's a promise that
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  Speaker 1: I'm holding on to. And it's a knowing promise. And
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  Speaker 1: people will testify that and encourage you when you're going
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  Speaker 1: through your stages of faith, first doubt, unbelief, whatever this
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  Speaker 1: stage you're at.
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  Speaker 2: Amen. Remind yourself that Jesus Christ will never disappoint you.
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  Speaker 1: He would never leave you. He would never forsake you.
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  Speaker 1: He would never put you to shame. He would not
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  Speaker 1: deny you unless you deny him.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: And you keep on going with God's promises. The promise
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  Speaker 1: of God never ended at the cross.
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  Speaker 2: Same Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: Who died for our sins, and there were many, will
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  Speaker 1: appear again. He is in return and to repeat his
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  Speaker 1: sacrifice for sin.
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  Speaker 2: In other words, this is not going to.
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  Speaker 1: Be a reenactment or a replay of him going back
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  Speaker 1: to the cross. So he's not going to crack open
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  Speaker 1: the sky, right? And come back and say, where's the
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  Speaker 1: second cross? He's not going to do that. I know
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  Speaker 1: people wish that was going to happen, but it's not
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  Speaker 1: going to happen. He's returning to fulfill God's promise and
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  Speaker 1: bring salvation to those who eagerly await him. Those who
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  Speaker 1: are about the kingdom business here right now, waiting on
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  Speaker 1: the Lord, trusting on the Lord.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: Hoping on the Lord, because we know we're saved by
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  Speaker 1: the Lord. We're eagerly waiting for his return. He's coming
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  Speaker 1: to save us. Salvation doesn't stop at the cross. Salvation
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  Speaker 1: is a day-to-day thing. process right he's saving us from
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  Speaker 1: xyz he saved you and he saved me from things
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  Speaker 1: that we didn't even know we needed salvation from think
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  Speaker 1: about it god knows all things so how should we
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  Speaker 1: live while we're waiting this this is a lot of
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  Speaker 1: things a lot of people i've heard a lot of
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  Speaker 1: people say well might as well just you know forget
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  Speaker 1: about the world and you know just wait for god
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  Speaker 1: no we're commissioned to go and preach the gospel people
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  Speaker 1: forget about that part Evangelism is a thing. Evangelism is
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  Speaker 1: a God idea. Going out and reaching people with the
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  Speaker 1: gospel message is a God idea. I didn't make that up.
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  Speaker 1: You didn't make that up. That was God's idea. So
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  Speaker 1: how should we live while we wait? Ever thought about that?
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  Speaker 1: So while I'm waiting, I might as well do something. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: do something that's going to make sense According to the
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  Speaker 1: kingdom principles of God. Don't make stuff up. Don't try
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  Speaker 1: to reinvent the wheel, right? Let's do what God called
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  Speaker 1: us to do. So this is one of a couple
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  Speaker 1: of things I've seen.
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  Speaker 2: While we're waiting. What should we be waiting? How should
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  Speaker 2: we wait? well number one wait with faith don't wait
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  Speaker 2: without faith right don't wait thinking that you're just wasting
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  Speaker 2: time no wait with faith trust God's promises even when
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  Speaker 2: you can't see how everything is going to turn out
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  Speaker 2: like you're not I'm not going to be able to
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  Speaker 2: see how everything's going to finally unfold, but I'm trusting
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  Speaker 2: in the one who sees things before I see it.
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  Speaker 1: What about you? Number two, wait with readiness. I say
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  Speaker 1: this all the time. Get ready and stay ready. He's
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  Speaker 1: coming back.
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  Speaker 2: Wait with readiness. Live each day with a heart surrendered
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  Speaker 2: to Christ. That's nobody's business. Amen?
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  Speaker 1: Surrender your heart to Christ. That's number one, right? It's
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  Speaker 1: nobody's business whether or not you're behaving a certain way
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  Speaker 1: that they want you to behave or they want you
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  Speaker 1: to respond a certain way that they want you to respond.
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  Speaker 1: They want you to pray crying and all this other stuff.
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  Speaker 1: Those are opinions. I don't pray a lot crying. Sometimes
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  Speaker 1: I do cry when I pray. That's not a mandate.
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  Speaker 1: It's not necessary, amen, for me to cry every time
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  Speaker 1: I pray. But people will put that on you as
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  Speaker 1: almost like if you're not crying and I don't see
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  Speaker 1: you crying, then you're not really praying.
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  Speaker 2: That's nonsense. That's ridiculous. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: Let's go with our relationship with God. When we pray,
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  Speaker 1: just like when people say, I feel the presence of
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  Speaker 1: the Lord, right? To me, it's a strange statement because
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  Speaker 1: in my mind, if the presence of the Lord is
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  Speaker 1: in the building or wherever you're worshiping, I think everybody
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  Speaker 1: would be on their face. And again, I'm not God
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  Speaker 1: and I'm I don't know everybody's personal relationship with God.
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  Speaker 1: Some people do fall flat when they feel the presence
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord. Some people stay standing. I have my
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  Speaker 1: head down all the time when I feel the presence
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord.
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  Speaker 2: Although God is present right now because of his word, amen,
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  Speaker 2: he's holding me up. I'm sitting.
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  Speaker 1: I'm looking at a camera. I'm talking through a mic.
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  Speaker 1: He's allowing this to happen. Yes, I understand that the
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  Speaker 1: presence of the Lord brings freedom, liberty. I understand all
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  Speaker 1: of that. But while I'm waiting... I'm going to wait
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  Speaker 1: being ready, living each day with our hearts surrendered to Christ.
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  Speaker 1: That might look something different than you and me. It
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  Speaker 1: might look a little different between us, but let's surrender
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  Speaker 1: our hearts to Christ. It's nobody's business. The reason why
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  Speaker 1: I'm saying that is people like to prejudge us.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, you're a Christian?
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  Speaker 1: Shouldn't you be speaking this way? Shouldn't you be dressing
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  Speaker 1: that way? Shouldn't you be reading the Bible 24-7? Shouldn't
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  Speaker 1: you just be a Christian? People have all these opinions.
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  Speaker 2: Amen?
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  Speaker 1: It's none of their business how we surrender our heart
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  Speaker 1: to Christ. That's the business between me and the Lord
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  Speaker 1: and you and the Lord.
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  Speaker 2: And it's a beautiful business. Amen? How about this? Wait
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  Speaker 2: with hope. Wait with hope.
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  Speaker 1: Don't let the troubles of this world, and there are
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  Speaker 1: going to be many. Jesus promised us trials and tribulations
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  Speaker 1: in this world.
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  Speaker 2: That's a promise. Don't let those troubles of this world
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  Speaker 2: steal your confidence. God's eternal promise. Why? Why do I
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  Speaker 2: say steal?
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  Speaker 1: Because the enemy is the prince of the air. He's
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  Speaker 1: in control of this world system, and he's trying to kill, steal,
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  Speaker 1: and destroy.
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  Speaker 2: Amen? That's not good news, right? He's an enemy. He
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  Speaker 2: hates all of God's creation, not just Christians. People swear that,
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  Speaker 2: you The devil only hates Christians. No, the devil hates
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  Speaker 2: all of God's creations. All of God's creation. So get
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  Speaker 2: that straight in your head and your mind. God knows
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  Speaker 2: the enemy. Technically, God created the enemy. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: And because God is love, God allowed the will of
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  Speaker 1: Lucifer at the time, now it's the devil, do what
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  Speaker 1: he wanted to do. You think God was worrying about,
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  Speaker 1: oh my oh my, Lucifer is on the loose. I'm
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  Speaker 1: going to lose my kingdom or I'm going to fall
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  Speaker 1: off my throne.
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  Speaker 2: Nope.
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  Speaker 1: If you read the scriptures correctly, he was kicked out
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  Speaker 1: by an angel. He wasn't even kicked out by God.
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  Speaker 1: God sent an angel to say, can you handle this guy?
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  Speaker 1: He's out of line, unfortunately.
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  Speaker 2: Amen?
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  Speaker 1: So it's not God versus the devil. It's not Jesus
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  Speaker 1: versus the devil. The enemy is already defeated. We see
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  Speaker 1: that in the scriptures, but I know We need to
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  Speaker 1: be reminded about that. He's doing what he does, and
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  Speaker 1: he does it at a level that you're like, wow,
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  Speaker 1: he's just old. He's doing the same thing over and
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  Speaker 1: over again, so he's good at it.
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  Speaker 2: Kill, steal, and destroy. Kill, steal, and destroy.
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  Speaker 1: We do that every time. He's doing that all the time,
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  Speaker 1: so he gets real good at it. That's why I
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  Speaker 1: don't engage with the devil. The devil is defeated. I
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  Speaker 1: engage with my soul, which is saved, and I keep
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  Speaker 1: The flesh, right, that I'm battling every day, I keep
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  Speaker 1: the flesh in check. So wait with hope. Don't let
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  Speaker 1: the troubles of this world steal your confidence. Keep your
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  Speaker 1: confidence in Christ, amen, no matter what. Be stubborn with
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  Speaker 1: your faith. Hold on to it tightly. Don't let nobody
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  Speaker 1: take it away from you, amen. Don't let nobody interrupt
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  Speaker 1: your relationship with the Lord. And wait with purpose. We
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  Speaker 1: have a purpose, right? There's a plan that's perfect for
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  Speaker 1: us individually that God has for us.
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  Speaker 2: Amen?
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  Speaker 1: Wait with purpose. Share the gospel. People might be like, oh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, how about if they reject what I'm saying?
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  Speaker 1: Or how about if I don't know enough of the scriptures?
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  Speaker 1: How about if they want to argue? Well, share the gospel.
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  Speaker 1: Leave the results. Leave all that up to the Lord Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: If you have to walk away from a heated debate
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  Speaker 1: or conversation today, And God is not giving you nothing
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  Speaker 1: to say to this person or to these individuals or
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  Speaker 1: to this group.
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  Speaker 2: Walk away. It's okay. Amen. That's between them and the
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  Speaker 2: Holy Ghost. Share the gospel.
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  Speaker 1: The word of God will never return back void. The
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  Speaker 1: word of God, when you preach it, when you speak it,
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  Speaker 1: will never turn without power.
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  Speaker 2: Right?
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  Speaker 1: Never goes back to God and says, well, the word failed.
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  Speaker 1: The word will never fail. The issue is people are
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  Speaker 1: rejecting the truth of the Lord. People are rejecting the gospel.
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  Speaker 1: That's the truth. Share the gospel anyway. Love others anyway.
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  Speaker 1: And faithfully serve the Lord while you have the opportunity.
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  Speaker 1: While we're here, let's be useful for the kingdom of God.
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  Speaker 1: So this is something that we need to remind ourselves
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  Speaker 1: every day. I remind myself a lot about this. Remembering
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  Speaker 1: that waiting on Jesus... isn't a waste of time, right?
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  Speaker 1: That's why a lot of people have comments about this
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  Speaker 1: ministry and all these other ministries that are out here
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  Speaker 1: doing this type of work, right? Oh, you should be
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  Speaker 1: at a higher level, better place, more members, more followers.
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  Speaker 1: Who said that, right? And where are they getting that from?
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  Speaker 1: Or better yet, if you know a way to do that,
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  Speaker 1: either you help another ministry or you start your own
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  Speaker 1: Because you have all the answers. So go ahead and
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  Speaker 1: preach the gospel and get all those people to follow you.
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  Speaker 2: Right? It's very simple. I can't be telling.
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  Speaker 1: You ever heard somebody say after they've been in ministry
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  Speaker 1: for years and somebody comes in and they prophesy, God
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  Speaker 1: told me this is only the beginning. And the minister
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  Speaker 1: is saying, man, I've been doing this for like 20 years.
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  Speaker 2: What do you mean it's only the beginning? You know
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  Speaker 2: what I mean?
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  Speaker 1: We say things, I guess, in good intention. But sometimes
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  Speaker 1: we're just saying too much at the wrong time. So
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  Speaker 1: we need to remember that waiting on Jesus isn't wasting time.
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  Speaker 1: It's actually an opportunity to grow in faith, to mature spiritually,
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  Speaker 1: and prepare for his return.
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  Speaker 2: Right? So I'm out of time. Thank you so much.
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  Speaker 1: Hebrews chapter 9, verses 27 and 28. Thank you for
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  Speaker 1: allowing me to speak that into your life.
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  Speaker 2: Amen. I know it's speaking into my life right now. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: Read the whole chapter, Hebrews chapter 9. But again, I'm
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  Speaker 1: out of time. Thank you so much for hanging out
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  Speaker 1: with me for these morning devos. God bless you all.
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  Speaker 1: God keep you all. And remember always that God is good.
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  Speaker 2: Peace.