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Understanding the Faith for Greater Works (Part 4) · Near East Christian Fellowship Sermons

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Welcome to NECF sermons. Each message here is
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the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive
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right in. Or how we receive faith? Romans 10
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verse 17. Romans 10 verse 17. So then faith comes
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by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Faith
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comes by hearing and by hearing the word of God.
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And we asked a question last Sunday. We said
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which precise word of God do we hear to receive
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faith? And we noted importantly that in different
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dispensation, faith is received differently but
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fundamentally through the Word of God, through
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the Word of God. Hallelujah. So in Hebrews chapter
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1 verse 1, Hebrews chapter 1 verse 1 and verse
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2, in the Old Kingdom James says, God who at
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sundry times and in diverse manners, He spoke.
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He spoke in the time past to the fathers. He
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spoke to the fathers in the time past by the
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prophets. So this is how He spoke to them. You
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know, He spoke to them by the prophets. So the
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words that the prophets spoke to them were the
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word of God. The prophets were speaking as the
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mild piece of God. God was speaking through the
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prophets, exposing them to His word. So the words
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which the prophets were speaking Were the words
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of God verse 2 says hath in these last days in
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these last days Talking about our era Okay hath
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in these last days spoken unto us by his son
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Whom he had appointed heir of all things by whom
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all so he made the world hallelujah So we'll
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see that the method by which God to communicate
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faith to us in our own generation is by the Son.
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Okay? The method by which we receive faith is
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by the Son. In the time past, God spoke through
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the prophets and we established that what God
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spoke to them was a promise concerning the Son.
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All right? That the Word of God spoken to the
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fathers was the Word of God was a promise. And
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we see that the content or the central message
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of what God spoke to them in types and shadows,
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in different methods, in different analogies,
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in different methods was centrally concerning
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what He will do in the person of Jesus Christ.
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Hallelujah. So the expectation then Was for them
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to receive what God have said Just as for us
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we agree what God have said and we receive what
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God have said Okay, so for them it was a promise
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that God made and the expectation was for them
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to receive the word and then later on in Hebrews
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of the four Precisely verse one and two I think
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down we see where The writer will say that they
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didn't accept what God said They didn't align
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themselves with what God said but rather they
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They were in unbelief. All right God spoke and
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they didn't receive the word of God and they
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become unbelievers So there's another example
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that I want us to see in Numbers chapter 13 Numbers
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chapter 13 from verse From verse 1 God's dealing
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with the children of Israel in Numbers chapter
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13 From verse 1 to 3 let's see from verse 1 to
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3 and the Lord spoke to Moses saying this is
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what God spoke to Moses Send men to spy out the
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land of Canaan Which I am giving to the children
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of Israel, so how will the people of Israel get
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the land of Canaan? How will they get the land
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of Canaan? By going to take the land God said
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that I am going to what I'm giving to the children
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of Israel Which means that God is the one giving
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in the land of Kenan. All right From each tribe
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of their fathers. You shall send a man everyone
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a leader among them So if they move into the
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land of Israel or into the land of Kenan, what
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are they doing? They are responding to what to
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what God have said So can we say that their action
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will be the action that is funded on faith? All
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right God said is going to give it to them. So
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when they move Their obedience of moving into
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the land will be the walk of faith, right? So
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send men to spy out the land of Canon verse 2
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again Which I am giving to the children of Israel
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from each tribe of their fathers You shall send
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a man everyone a leader among them verse 3 So
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mothers send them send them from will from the
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willingness of parent according to the command
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of the Lord All of the men of them men who were
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heads of the children of Israel jumped to verse
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26 verse 26 verse 26 yes now they departed now
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they've gone to the land of kenna of kenna they've
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spied the land verse 26 the context of what is
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is that they've returned now they departed and
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came back to moses and eron all the congregation
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and all the congregation of each of children
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of israel in the wilderness of paran at kadesh
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they brought back words to them to all the congregation
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and showed them the fruits of the land Then they
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told him and said we went to the land where he
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sent us it truly flows with milk and honey and
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This is the fruit now milk and honey are figures
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of speech in the land of Kenan We cannot see
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milk flowing like water. So be very Wise as we
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read the scriptures, right? You know what figure
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of speech, ah? So nevertheless, the people who
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dwell in the land are what? Are strong. The cities
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are fortified and very large. Moreover, we saw
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the descendants of Anak there. The Amalakites
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dwell in the land of the south, the Hittites,
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the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the
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mountains, and the Canaanites dwell by the sea
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and along the banks of the Jordan. Is it true?
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What they said? Is it a fact? Hmm? What they
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said concerning the land? Is it a land from where
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we will make our honey? Yes. Is it a fruitful
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land? Yes. Are there Amalakites there? Yes. Are
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there... Jubusites, right? Are there people on
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the land occupying the land? Yes. The Amalakites
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dwell in the land of the south, the Hittites,
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the Jubusites, and the Amorites dwell in the
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mountains, and the Canaanites dwell by the sea
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and along the banks of the Jordan. This is factual.
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Are we together? What have God said concerning
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that land? I will give it to you. All right?
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Then Caleb quieted the people because out of
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the spies sent out there were two we'll see later
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on. So one of the two that were unique from the
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remaining ten was Caleb. Then Caleb quieted the
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people before Moses and said let us go up at
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once and take possession for we are well able
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to overcome it. overcome what overcome all like
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is in the land the people that were there were
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able to overcome but the man who had grown up
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with him said we are not able to go up against
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the people for they are what they are stronger
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than what than we divergence of what of testimony
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okay one says we are able to take it another
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one say we are not able to take it okay so From
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the abundance of your heart Your mouth will speak
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All right, and they gave the children of Israel
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a bad word a battle port of the land Which they
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had spied out saying the land through which we
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have gone as spice is a land that devours its
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inhabitants and all the people whom we saw in
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it are men of great stature are men great statue
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all right so let's jump to chapter 14 and see
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how the story continues chapter 14 from verse
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1 so all the congregation leader of their voice
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look at the look look look at the result of the
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report of the 10 the majority you know in our
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world today the majority carry the divorce right
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so the majority always have their say no the
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minority will have their say But the majority
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will have their their way. All right So all the
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congregation lives over their voices and cried
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and the people wept that night. Why why did they
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weep? Their weeping was because of what they
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heard Was because of what they heard All right.
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God said something Okay And there was a report
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they had and they were weeping because of the
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bad report they received And all the children
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of Israel complained. Look at the product of
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their unbelief, their weeping. They complained
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against Moses and Aaron and the whole congregation
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and said to them, if only we had died in where?
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In the land of Egypt. Now, I want you to understand
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where they are. All right? They've journeyed
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over years. They were just a few, I would say
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a few steps into the promised land. They are
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not far from the promised land. They've wondered
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through the journey through the wilderness all
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over these years and they are the point where
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the journey is to just enter and then possess
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And look at their complaint against Moses and
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Aaron and the whole congregation said to them
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if only we had died away in the land of Egypt
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or If only we had died in the wilderness Why
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has the Lord brought us now? They've moved from
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Moses to the Lord. Why has the Lord brought us
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to this land? to fall by the sword that our wives
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and children should become victims will it not
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be better for us to return to Egypt so they said
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to one another let us select a leader and return
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to Egypt then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces
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before all the assembly of the congregation of
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the children of Israel but Joshua the son of
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Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh who were among
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these those who have spied out the land, they
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tore their clothes, right? They tore their clothes
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and they spoke to all the congregation of the
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children of Israel saying, the land we pass through
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to spy out is an exceedingly good land. If the
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Lord delights in us, then he will bring us into
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the land, into this land and what? And give it
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to us, okay? and give it to us, a land which
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flows with milk and honey. Only do not rebel
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against the Lord, nor fear the people of the
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land, for they are our what? They are our what?
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What does faith see? Faith sees different from
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doubt, right? So, no fear the people of the land,
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for they are our bread. Their protection has
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departed from them. And the law is what is with
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us Do not fear them. So what is the inspiration
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of the testimony of Caleb and Joshua? The Lord
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what Lord have said, right? What God have said
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Okay, and all the congregation said To stone
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them with stones Now the glory of the Lord appeared
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in the tabernacle of meeting before all the children
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of Israel so they wanted to stun them because
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of the of their because of the statement of faith
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they made then the Lord said to Moses how long
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will these people reject me and how long will
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they not believe so what was what what were they
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expected to do to believe what God have said
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right to believe me with all the signs which
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I have performed among them they've seen the
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miraculous dealings of God all through the wilderness
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They've seen how God has preserved them. They've
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seen how God has made provision for them. They've
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seen how God has kept them They've seen how God
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has navigated them through difficulties in the
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wilderness even the experience they had in Egypt
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and We may be quick to bash them terribly for
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their own belief and that Could be our own disposition
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today All right We've seen how God have saved
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us in Christ. Okay, the salvation we've experienced
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We believe that we are saved by grace. We believe
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they were eternally saved We believe that we
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are preserved by God. We believe that to the
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autumn was we are able to be kept in the grace
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of God We've seen God's divine protection. We've
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seen God's divine provision. We've experienced
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the goodness of God in diverse ways But it seems
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as though What our eyes is seeing in the physical
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Has erased whatever testimony with experience
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of God has nullified the entirety of the goodness
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of God So the journey ahead of us right seems
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to be You know Overshadowing all that God has
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done for us. We forget the goodness of we forget
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the faithfulness of what we forget the preservation
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of God We forget all the things that God has
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done For 40 years these men have been eating
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without cooking. Manas was falling from heaven.
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The Bible says their clothes did not tear for
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those years. They've seen what has come out of
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rock. They've seen the cloud and all the miraculous
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things that God has done but yet their attention
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is grounded. on what on what they see in the
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fiscal then they they are they they trash aside
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or they push aside what God have said I will
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strike them this is what was saying with pestilence
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and dis inherit them and I will make of you a
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nation greater than greater and mightier than
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them and Moses said to the Lord then the Egyptians
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will hear it for by your mind you brought for
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by your mind you brought out you brought these
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people from among them and they will tell it
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to the inhabitants of this land they have heard
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that you you lord among these people that you
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lord are seen face to face and your cloud stands
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above them and you go before them in a pillar
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of cloud by day and a pillar of cloud fire by
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night now if you kill these people as one man
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then the nations which have heard of your theme
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will speak saying Because the Lord was not able
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to bring these people to the land which he swore
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to give them Therefore he what he killed them
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in the wilderness And now I pray let the power
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of the Lord be great just as you have spoken
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seen the Lord is what? It's long -suffering All
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right, the Lord is long -suffering and abandoning
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mercy. This is the character of God forgiving
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iniquity and transgression but he by no means
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clears the guilty visiting us the iniquity of
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the fathers on the children to the third and
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the fourth generations pardon the iniquity of
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these people I pray according to the greatness
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of your mercy just as you have forgiven these
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people from Egypt even until now then the law
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said I have pardoned according to your word but
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truly as I live All the earth shall be filled
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with what? All the earth shall be filled with
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what? With the glory of the Lord. Right? Even
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their unbelief cannot stop the earth from being
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filled with the glory of the Lord. Because all
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these men who have seen my glory and the signs
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which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness and
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have put me to the test. Now these 10 times,
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10 times. And I've not heeded my voice. They
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were meant to heed the voice of God. They were
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meant to hear what God said and live in agreement
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what God said. They certainly shall not see the
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land of which I swore to their fathers. All right?
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Nor shall any of these who rejected me see it.
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So we'll read to the end, we'll discover that
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all these men that refuse to believe the word
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of God couldn't enter the promised land. couldn't
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enter the land of kenan okay they couldn't enter
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the kenan land and hebrews will speak of them
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thus in hebrew chapter 3 verse 14 hebrews 3 verse
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14 says for we have become partakers of christ
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talking about the believer here if we hold the
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beginning of our confidence steadfast to the
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end while it says today if you will hear this
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voice do not harden your heart as in the rebellion
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so when you hear what are you supposed to do
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not to harden your heart in unbelief right as
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in the rebel for who have you heard the people
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of easel haven't heard what do they hear they
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hear the word of god right but they rebel indeed
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was it not all who came out of egypt led by moses
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now with whom was he angry for 40 years was it
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not with those who sinned what was their sin
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they refused to accept what god said they refused
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to believe in what god said whose corpses fell
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in the wilderness and to whom did he swear that
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they will not enter his rest but to those who
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did not obey so entering the rest is a product
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of what of obeying okay so we see that they could
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not enter in because of what because of unbelief
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because of unbelief verse 20 okay move down to
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uh chapter 14 chapter 4 verse 6 right chapter
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4 verse 6 4 verse 6 yes since therefore it remains
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that some must enter it and those to whom it
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was first preached did not enter because of what
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because of disobedience okay again he designates
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a certain day saying in david the prophecy of
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david today after such a long time as it has
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been said today if you will hear his voice do
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you know what Not having your heart. So when
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you hear the voice of the Lord when you hear
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the word of the Lord The expectation is that
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we want we accept the word of the Lord for if
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Joshua had given them rest Okay, then he will
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not after what have spoken of another day there
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remains therefore arrest For the people of God
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for he was enter his rest has himself also ceased
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from his works as God did from his from his let
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us therefore be diligent to enter that Rest less
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anyone fall according to the same example of
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disobedience. Hallelujah So the conduct of the
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Israelites was used as an example to teach us
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faith. Are we together? It's used by the writer
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here to talk about the faith Alright, the faith
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that we have is a function of what of obedience
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and obedience is to what God have said Hallelujah
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So the expectation is that God said something
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and what do we do? We receive what God said.
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We anchor our life on what God has said and we
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receive the faith of God. Hallelujah. So to the
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Israelites, we see that it is a promise that
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God made. Okay. And then they were expected to
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receive the promise of God. In the four gospels,
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faith was received in the four gospels. What
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did they believe in the four gospels? What did
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they believe? The people in the Old Testament
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in court believe in a promise. What about those
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in the four gospels? What do they believe? John
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chapter 1. Let's read from verse 1. John chapter
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1. Now the reason why we have to go this way
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is to help us that next time when we begin to
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look at the works of faith, we will begin to
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live with, we will begin to work with understanding,
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all right? That we will not want to live as those
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who that are in the in the Old Testament because
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we are living in the reality of what God has
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done. Hallelujah. John chapter 1 from verse 1.
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In the beginning was the word And the word was
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with God and the word was God He was in the beginning
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with God all things were made through him and
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without him nothing was made that was made in
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him was life and the life was the light of men
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and the light shines in a darkness and Darkness
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did not comprehend it. There was a man sent from
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God whose name was John this man came for a witness
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to bear witness of the light that all through
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him might believe he was not that light but was
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sent to bear witness of that light that was a
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true light which gives light to every man coming
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into the world he was in the world and the world
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was met through him and the world did not know
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him he came to his own and his own did not receive
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him verse 12 important look at verse 12 carefully
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but as many as received him okay as many as received
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him he gave the right to what to become the children
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of god to those who what who believe in his name
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stop there verse 12 stop at verse 12 he gave
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the right to become the sons of god hallelujah
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so to those who what who believe in his name
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Hold on to this verse 12. We'll come back to
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it later on. Give me verse 45. We're trying to
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look at what did they believe in the gospels.
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All right. Philip found Nathaniel and said to
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him, we have found him of whom Moses in the law.
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OK, Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote.
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What did they write about? What is the center
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of what they wrote about? Jesus of Nazareth,
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the son of who? Of Joseph. so what they are saying
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is that they found the messiah that was spoken
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of in the prophets okay spoken of by moses and
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the prophets so they believe that jesus is what
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is the promise all right they accepted jesus
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as what as the promised messiah very important
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john chapter 8 verse 30 john chapter 8 verse
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30 we see constantly in the in the gospels that
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they believe him all right what did they believe
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and he spoke these words look at the context
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he spoke these words and the bible says many
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believed in him okay many believed in jesus verse
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chapter 7 verse 31 chapter 7 verse 31 john chapter
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7 verse 31 and many of the people believe in
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him they believe who they believe in jesus and
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said when the christ comes he will do more science
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than this which this man has done so what do
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they believe about him if he is not the Christ
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so they are looking forward to a Christ what
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do they believe hmm okay let's move on to the
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10 verse 42 John chapter 10 verse 42 and many
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believed in him there he will go there he will
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teach okay and then he will do miracles and the
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Bible says they believe in him chapter 10 verse
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37 chapter 10 verse 37 if i do not if i do if
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i do not Do the works of my father Do not believe
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me. Okay, that is to say by his works They are
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expected to believe that he is who God says he
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is I read together Matthew chapter 16 verse 15
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to 16. Let's see what the disciples themselves
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by the words of Peter Matthew 16 verse 15 to
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16 Matthew 16 verse 15 to 16 So Jesus said are
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you know? 15 16 15 Matthew 16 15 Yes, he said
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to them, but who do you say? I am was 16 Simon
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Peter answered and said you are the Christ the
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Son of the Living God. All right, you are the
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Christ a Christ the Son of the Living God meaning
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that Jesus Christ is The Messiah has been promised.
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All right, if you go to the altar cement, there's
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a prophecy Concerning the Christ concerning the
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Messiah and what they believe about Jesus is
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that he is that promise So they were meant to
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believe that Jesus is the Son of God Okay, he
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is the anointed one. He is the one that has been
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promised The one that has been sent into the
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world. This was the only revelation of God's
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word. You could understand right this It's what
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they were meant to believe that Jesus is what
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God says he is that he is a promised All right,
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we'll see it even at the baptism. Okay, when
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a voice was heard God trying to affirm that this
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is the one All right, and even in his dealings
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with the disciples will see that He God tried
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to reveal Jesus as the promise who has been promised
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in the in the by the prophets and the prophets
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and the writings of Moses and the Psalms Hallelujah
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So in John chapter 1 verse 12, he says he gave
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the right to become the sons of God. During the
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time of Jesus Christ, was any man a son of God?
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Was any man the son of God? Why? Why was no one
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a son of God? Somebody say is because it was
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blasphemous. It's true. But the only way by which
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a man can be a son of God, right, is by Jesus
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dying. Okay, without him dying, nobody could
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come into that, you know, with God. Are we together?
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So it was until The redemption walk is complete.
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No one could become the son of god But the john
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chapter 1 verse 12 says as many as believe he
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gave him the right to become the sons of god
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Okay, so at that moment they believe him as what
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as the messiah They believe him as one the god
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have sent did they become the sons of god at
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that moment? They believe him. No, it was not
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possible All right. Jesus was the only begotten
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son as of that moment in the redemption We became
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what? We became sons of God. He no longer becomes
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the only begotten. We became the sons of God
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at the redemption after the redemptive work has
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been completed. So in the Gospels, we can say,
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we can say this, right? We can see by this evidence
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we have that a ticket was given, okay? But no
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one could become a son until the death and the
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resurrection of Jesus Christ. A promise was given,
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all right? But until the resurrection, no one
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will enter into that reality. Are we together?
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So the gospel in the in the gospels, the gospel
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message in the gospels was not a complete message.
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Do you agree? The gospel message in the gospels
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in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, when we read
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through Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, we see
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the gospel not complete. All right. Because until
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Jesus dies and rise again, no one could enter
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the reality of all the things that God as promised
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in Christ. So even if the gospel is preached
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and many believe, they could not enter the reality
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of what has been promised because Jesus has not
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died, Jesus has not made it available as of that
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moment. Are we together? So we are able to see
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that the gospel preached even by Jesus Christ
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could not make any man born again, all right?
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Could not make any man Any time the reality of
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those things away said were promised so we'll
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see that even in that context this man They preach
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the gospel they went out to preach in Luke chapter
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9 verse 1 to 10 We'll see that Jesus Christ gave
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them power and I went out alright and in that
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in that with that understanding that they had
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about who Jesus is With that I will say partial
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revelation Okay, we pass that partial revelation.
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We'll see that they went about exercising an
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authority casting our devils Alright healing
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the sick and they came back rejoicing even when
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they have not received in what in totality They
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promise the men of all who look through the book
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of Hebrews the Bible will say that they did wonders
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They they they were exceptional men. They did
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mighty works. All right by believing the Word
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of God What about us that have the reality in
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dwelling in us? We have the fullness and the
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complete package in his path the perfected work
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of God in us. We are able to do Greater works
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than even the work that they did because we have
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the fullness of the promise of God in us The
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work of God has been accomplished in us We are
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the beneficiary of the perfection of God's work
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So if they move a mile By virtue of our own ability
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God working in us All right, we should even to
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work more than what they did. Hallelujah. Now
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the disciples I said this I think the first day
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I started talking about this faith for greater
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works. I say that the disciples could not believe
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the resurrection. If we go through John chapter
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20, let's look at John chapter 20, the story
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of the resurrection. John chapter 20 from verse
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one. Now we're trying to differentiate, okay,
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how faith came in different dispensation. So
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now we will now anchor on where we are right
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now, how we receive faith and how we can go about
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preaching the faith. Hallelujah. John chapter
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20 from verse one. Now on the first day, of the
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week Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early while
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it was still dark and saw that the stones had
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been taken away from the tomb. Why did she go
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to the tomb? Did she go to check whether Jesus
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has rise again from the dead? They should go
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to check. Ah, let me go and check what Jesus
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said, whether it's true, whether he says after
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three days I will rise again from the dead. What
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took her to the grave is not faith. Are we together?
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What took her to the grave to see verse two?
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verse 2 then she ran and came to Simon Peter
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and to the other disciples whom Jesus loved and
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said to them they have taken away the Lord out
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of the tomb and we do not know where they laid
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him which means that she was expected to go and
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find the dead body of Jesus in the tomb so her
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report of the empty tomb is that someone have
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taken him away away together look at Peter verse
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3 and Peter therefore went out and the other
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disciples were going to the tomb what were they
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going to confirm what she said whether it is
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true that Jesus has rose from the dead, whether
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it is true that his body has been stolen, was
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false. So they both ran together and the other
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disciples outrun Peter. This is John writing
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his own. He outrun Peter and came to the tomb
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first and he is stooping down and looking and
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saw the linen clothes lying there, yet he did
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not go in. then Simon Peter came following him
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and went into the tomb and he saw the linen clothes
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lying there and the handkerchief that had been
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around his head not lying with the linen clothes
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but folded together in a place by itself then
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the other disciples who came to the tomb first
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that's John went it also and saw and he believed
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what did he believe he believed that the body
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of Jesus was stolen because actually was because
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of what they heard from the the woman the Mary
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right so they went to see whether it is true
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so he now believed that the body was what was
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stolen for as yet they did not know this knowing
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is by revelation as yet they did not know the
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scripture that he must rise again from the dead
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have they been reading it was jesus telling them
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that he will rise again from the dead has he
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been teaching them from mal from genesis to madakai
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that him will die he will suffer he will die
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and then he will rise again so will this be that
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they did not know that scripture that jesus will
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rise again this knowledge is it just that they
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do not know this knowledge is a revelational
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knowledge hallelujah is a knowledge that comes
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from the point of faith and i said this the last
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time i said this can only happen by the spirit
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of god this can only happen by the spirit of
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god but mary stood outside by the tomb weeping
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and was As she wept, she stopped down and looked
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into the tomb and she saw two angels in white
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sitting, one at the end at the head and the other
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at the feet where the body of Jesus had lain.
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Then they said to her, woman, why are you weeping?
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And she said to them, because they have taken
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away the Lord and I do not know where they had
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laid him. Now, when she had said this, she turned
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around and saw Jesus standing there. and did
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not know it was Jesus. Jesus said to a woman,
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why are you weeping? Who are you seeking? She
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supposing to be the gardener, said to him, Sir,
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if you have carried him away, tell me where you
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had laid him and I will take him away. Jesus
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said to her, Mary, she turned and said to him,
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Rabboni, which is to say teacher. Jesus said
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to her, do not cling to me for I have not yet
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ascended to my father, but to my brethren. Go
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to my brethren brother and say to them i'm ascending
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to my father and your father And to my god and
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your god mary magdalene came and told the disciples
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That she had seen the lord and that he has spoken
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these things to her hallelujah Now let's move
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to verse 24 and see one superman verse 24 now
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thomas Call the twin one over 12 was not with
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them When Jesus came the order disciples therefore
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said to him we have seen the Lord So he said
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to them look at his reply to him unless I see
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in his hands The print of the nails and put my
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finger into the prints of the nails and put my
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hand into his side I will not what I will not
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believe and after eight days His disciples were
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again inside and Thomas with them said that it
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was with them Jesus came the door being shut
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and stood in the midst and said peace to you
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then he said to the Thomas reach your finger
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here and look at my hands and reach your hands
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here and put into my side do not be unbelieving
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but what but be but be believing right and Thomas
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answered and said to you my lord oh my god you
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said to him Thomas because you have seen me You
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have believed. All right Bless are those who
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have not seen and yet have a belief Bless are
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those who have not seen seen what the resurrection
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right and had what and I believe now this I Said
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the last time that this speaks of the church
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era reality. All right this believing Right has
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to do has to be by the Spirit of God You know
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the reason why you are able to believe that Jesus
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was from there is because of the Spirit of God
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Present this facts to another person that is
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all of the spirit. He will tell you you are funny
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What you're saying is gibberish Because to him
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is not given the ability to understand unless
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he choose he unless he he he's presented the
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gospel and then he what? He accepts it. Are we
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together? So Thomas demonstrated unbelief in
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the resurrection just as all the disciples and
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the apostles because As of that moment, no one
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was able to believe the resurrection because
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the resurrection reality can only be believed
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by the help of the Spirit of God. Hallelujah!
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So the disciples on their way to Emmaus will
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see in Luke 24 verse 26 to 35 will see them also,
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you know, in their unbelief, speaking about all
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the things that has happened, and they were terribly
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in unbelief. They didn't believe the resurrection,
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alright? They believed Jesus. They were disciples
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of Jesus. They believed Him to be the Messiah,
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but the resurrection was something else. So it
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is not expected that they should believe in the
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resurrection. It is not expected at that moment.
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Because in fact they don't have the ability to
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believe all right understanding the revelation
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Concerning the resurrection can only be by the
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spirit of God Can only be bought by what by the
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spirit of God so by implication it takes feet
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of God It takes the feet of God that which can
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only be done by God through the spirit to believe
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the gospel that we preach today Okay, that is
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the implication. It means that it is only by
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the spirit of God Okay, it is only by the work
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of the spirit of God in the heart of a man to
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believe the gospel that we preach today. So no
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wonder Paul will say that when we came to you,
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we didn't come by what? Lovely speech, not by
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motivational speech, not by any form of wisdom
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of men, or by what? By the demonstration. The
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gospel is the demonstration of the Spirit of
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God. It's only by the Spirit of God that men
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can believe the gospel. So Jesus will say in
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John chapter 16, verse 7 to 15, when we read
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through, He will promise them of the Spirit,
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right? The things I tell you, I go. It's better
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for you that I go. because if I don't go the
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spirit will not come but if I go the spirit will
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come and he will tell you all things right he
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will take the things I've been saying and what
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he will do he will reveal them unto you all right
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so we will see in the resurrection the work of
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the spirit convicting men that's his work that
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conviction is what what is that conviction giving
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proofs all right of the resurrection In the spirit,
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by the spirit we see the way by which a man believes.
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The spirit is the one walking in the heart of
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man to believe, giving the ability to believe.
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Hallelujah! I wish I have time, I could have
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gone further. But see, let me stop here. A man
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that is dead cannot believe. A man that is dead
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does not have the ability to believe. When you
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go to preach and you tell a man that is dead
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to believe, he does not have the ability to believe.
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Alright? God will ask the prophet Ezekiel, can
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these dry bones come to life? Can these dry bones
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come to life by itself? said lord only you know
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and then god said speak to the dry bones and
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then he spoke to it and then he came to life
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right until the world came there's no life all
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right so then we'll ask them what should the
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unbelief someone that have not had the ghost
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what is his responsibility his responsibility
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is to hear that is his responsibility because
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faith comes by what it comes by hearing okay
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it comes by hearing let me close with this let
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me close with this romance of the 10 because
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romance of the 10 verse 13 seems to say that
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faith that faith come by confession Romans 10
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Romans 10 yes that if you confess verse 9 if
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you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and
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believe in your heart that God has risen from
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the dead you will be saved for with their heart
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one believes unto righteousness and with a mouth
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confession is made unto salvation for the scripture
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says whoever believes on him will not be put
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to shame for There is no distinction between
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the jew and the greek for the same lord over
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all is rich to all who call upon him verse 13
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And verse 9 verse 13 numbers and look at them
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clearly They seem to speak that what says for
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whoever calls on the name of the lord shall be
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safe And we think that by calling the name of
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the lord then the man will be safe What does
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it mean? Can a man call the name of the lord
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and be safe? Look at the next verse how then
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can Can they call on Him whom they have not believed?
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How can they call on Him who have not believed?
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Which means that for them to call, they must
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believe, all right? You can't call on to someone
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you've not believed, isn't it? So for them to
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call on to someone, they must first of all believe.
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How can they believe? Let's look at the next
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verse. So how shall they believe in whom they
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have not heard? So for them to believe, they
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must hear, all right? They must hear. Okay, and
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how shall they hear without a preacher and how
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shall they preach unless they are sent as is
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written How beautiful are the feet of those who
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preach the gospel of peace who bring glad tidings
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of good things? But they have not all obeyed
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the gospel for isaiah says lord who has believed
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our report verse 17 critically So then faith
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comes by hearing and hearing by the word of god.
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Hallelujah So a man received faith by hearing
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You can't go to an unbeliever and tell him to
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speak of something that he has not heard and
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he has not accepted. Hallelujah. So to us, faith
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comes by the word of God. Faith is founded and
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faith is is within the boundary of the word of
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God. Outside the word of God, there is no faith
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of God. So when the word of God is spoken, a
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man received the word and the spirit produces
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faith in him and is able to believe Jesus is
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able to believe God. so our responsibility is
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to go and speak speak the word of God to preach
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the word of God that they might hear the word
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of God just want to just thank God for thus far
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the understanding we've received in the world
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that is all about God and what he has done in
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us it is by his spirit that is quickening us
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that's quickening us and is still strengthening
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us we appreciate you being here today we hope
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