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_IT IS FINISHED__The Moment That Shook Heaven _ Hell · truthunedited

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  Speaker 1: This is the story of the most powerful final words
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  Speaker 1: Jesus spoke before his death, words that changed everything, and
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  Speaker 1: to day we will explain them like never before. If
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  Speaker 1: you truly grasp the meaning of what he said, your
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  Speaker 1: life will never be the same. Let us know in
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  Speaker 1: the comments how this truth impacts you. The world stood still,
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  Speaker 1: the sky darkened, the earth trembled, and then, with his
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  Speaker 1: final breath, Jesus declared three words that would shake the
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  Speaker 1: foundations of eternity. It is finished. But do we really
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  Speaker 1: understand what he meant? Was he simply acknowledging that his
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  Speaker 1: suffering was over. Was he declaring the end of his
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  Speaker 1: earthly life, or was he speaking of something far greater,
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  Speaker 1: something that would forever alter the course of human history.
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  Speaker 1: At that moment, something supernatural happened. The temple veil was
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  Speaker 1: torn from top to bottom. No longer would humanity be
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  Speaker 1: separated from the presence of God. The power of sin
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  Speaker 1: and death was broken. The death that weighed upon all
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  Speaker 1: of humanity was fully paid. Every prophecy that spoke of
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  Speaker 1: the coming Messiah, the suffering servant, the lamb who would
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  Speaker 1: be slain, was fulfilled. But what exactly was finished? The
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  Speaker 1: old system of sacrifices fulfilled in Christ, the separation between
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  Speaker 1: God and Man bridged forever, the enemy's grip on humanity
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  Speaker 1: shattered by the blood of Jesus. And yet many of
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  Speaker 1: us still live as if it is finished never happened.
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  Speaker 1: How often do we carry the guilt that Jesus already
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  Speaker 1: paid for? How often do we live in fear when
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  Speaker 1: Jesus has already won the victory. How often do we
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  Speaker 1: try to fight battles that were settled at the cross?
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  Speaker 1: Because these words weren't just the end of a crucifixion.
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  Speaker 1: They were the completion of a divine mission. And today
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  Speaker 1: we are going to break this down like never before.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to uncover the depths of what Jesus truly
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  Speaker 1: meant when he said it is finished, what was completed,
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  Speaker 1: what was won, and what it means for your life
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  Speaker 1: to day. So let me ask you, what if these
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  Speaker 1: words hold the key to the freedom you've been searching for.
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  Speaker 1: What if truly understanding what Jesus finished could change everything
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  Speaker 1: for you? What if this moment was not just about
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  Speaker 1: the past, but about your future. Because by the end
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  Speaker 1: and share it so more people can understand the power
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  Speaker 1: of Jesus's final words on the Cross. It is our
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  Speaker 1: hope and prayer that this video awakens something in your spirit,
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  Speaker 1: a faith so strong that nothing can shake it. With
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  Speaker 1: that being said, let's get started. The crowd stood in
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  Speaker 1: silence as the sky darkened. The air was thick with sorrow,
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  Speaker 1: the weight of an unseen battle pressing down on the earth.
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  Speaker 1: Blood dripped from the wooden beams of the Cross, and
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  Speaker 1: with each breath Jesus endured a suffering no human could
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  Speaker 1: fully comprehend. Then, with one final cry, he spoke three
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  Speaker 1: words that would echo through eternity. It is finished. At
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  Speaker 1: that exact moment, the entire universe responded. The ground beneath
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  Speaker 1: the people's feet trembled as an earthquake shook Jeruusalem. The
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  Speaker 1: massive veil inside the temple, so thick and heavy that
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  Speaker 1: no human hands could have torn it, was ripped in
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  Speaker 1: two from top to bottom. Graves burst open, and the
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  Speaker 1: bodies of the righteous who had died began to rise.
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  Speaker 1: Something supernatural had just taken place, but what exactly had
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  Speaker 1: just been finished. The Roman soldiers who stood at the
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  Speaker 1: foot of the cross had heard countless men breathe their last,
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  Speaker 1: but this was different. There was no defeat in Jesus's voice,
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  Speaker 1: only power. His words were not the exhausted surrender of
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  Speaker 1: a dying man. They were the victorious declaration of a
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  Speaker 1: mission completed. From a human perspective, the crucifixion was the
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  Speaker 1: end of jesus life. To those who followed him, it
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  Speaker 1: might have seemed like the tragic conclusion of a movement
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  Speaker 1: that once held so much promise. But from Heaven's perspective,
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  Speaker 1: this was the fulfillment of something far greater. For centuries,
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  Speaker 1: sin had separated mankind from God. The weight of guilt
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  Speaker 1: and shame had kept humanity bound in spiritual chains. The
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  Speaker 1: only way to atone for sin was through a sacrificial
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  Speaker 1: system that required the blood of animals, temporary coverings that
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  Speaker 1: could never fully cleanse the heart. But now, in this
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  Speaker 1: single moment, Jesus had become the final and ultimate sacrifice.
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  Speaker 1: The tearing of the temple veil was not just a
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  Speaker 1: physical event, It was a spiritual revelation. The veil had
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  Speaker 1: separated the Holy of Holies, the most sacred place in
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  Speaker 1: the Temple, where only the high priest could enter once
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  Speaker 1: a year to make atonement for the sins of the people.
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  Speaker 1: But now with jesus sacrifice, that barrier was removed. God's
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  Speaker 1: presence was no longer confined to a single place. The
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  Speaker 1: separation was gone. Access to the Father was now open
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  Speaker 1: to all who would believe. And then there was the earthquake,
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  Speaker 1: creation itself responding to its creators, suffering the very ground
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  Speaker 1: that had been cursed in Eden when sin first entered.
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  Speaker 1: The world now shook under the weight of redemption. It
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  Speaker 1: was as if the earth recognized what had just happened.
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  Speaker 1: The curse was being broken. But perhaps the most shocking
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  Speaker 1: event was the resurrection of the dead. Matthew twenty seven
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  Speaker 1: fifty two to fifty three records that when Jesus died
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  Speaker 1: many tombs were opened, and the bodies of believers who
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  Speaker 1: had fallen asleep were raised to life. Imagine standing in
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  Speaker 1: Jerusalem witnessing the dead walk among the living, their presence
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  Speaker 1: a foreshadowing of the resurrection power that Jesus had just unleashed.
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  Speaker 1: This was not just a moment in history. This was
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  Speaker 1: the turning point of all eternity. The suffering Jesus endured
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  Speaker 1: leading up to this declaration was beyond anything we can
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  Speaker 1: fully grasp. The physical agony of the cross, beaten, whipped
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  Speaker 1: nailed to a tree was horrific, but the deeper suffering
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  Speaker 1: was spiritual. He carried the weight of every sin ever committed.
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  Speaker 1: He bore the punishment that humanity deserved. He took on
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  Speaker 1: the wrath of God so that we wouldn't have to.
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  Speaker 1: And in that moment when he declared it is finished,
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  Speaker 1: the victory was sealed. The work of salvation was complete.
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  Speaker 1: But his where it gets personal. How many of us
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  Speaker 1: still live as if the cross never happened. How many
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  Speaker 1: of us still carry the guilt that Jesus already paid for.
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  Speaker 1: How many of us still try to earn God's love
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  Speaker 1: when Jesus already made the way, This was not just
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  Speaker 1: an event in history. It was the fulfillment of a
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  Speaker 1: divine rescue mission. And it wasn't just for those who
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  Speaker 1: stood there at the cross that day. It was for you,
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  Speaker 1: It was for me, because what was finished that day
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  Speaker 1: wasn't just Jesus suffering. It was the power of sin
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  Speaker 1: over your life. It was the final sacrifice that means
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  Speaker 1: you no longer have to be separated from God. It
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  Speaker 1: was the moment that changed the course of eternity, and
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  Speaker 1: yet so many of us still live in bondage, still
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  Speaker 1: trying to fight battles that Jesus already won. If you
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  Speaker 1: truly understood what happened at the cross, would you live differently?
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  Speaker 1: Would you let go of the shame, the fear, the striving,
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  Speaker 1: and step fully into the freedom that Jesus purchased for you.
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  Speaker 1: Because the moment he spoke those words, everything changed. And
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  Speaker 1: yet this was just the beginning of what it is
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  Speaker 1: finished truly means. The words of Jesus on the cross
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  Speaker 1: were not random, nor were they merely the last breath
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  Speaker 1: of a dying man. When he cried out it is finished,
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  Speaker 1: he was using a specific word tetelestai, a Greek term
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  Speaker 1: with a meaning far deeper than most people realize. It
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  Speaker 1: was not a whisper of surrender. It was not the
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  Speaker 1: exhausted sigh of someone giving up. It was a declaration
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  Speaker 1: of absolute victory. But what does tetelestai really mean? In
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  Speaker 1: Ancient Greek, this word was commonly used in legal and
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  Speaker 1: financial settings. When a debt had been fully paid, the
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  Speaker 1: creditor would write tetelestai on the document, meaning paid in full.
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  Speaker 1: It signified that nothing else was owed, there was no
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  Speaker 1: remaining balance, no further payment required, the transaction was complete.
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  Speaker 1: Soldiers would also use teteleestai after winning a battle. It
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  Speaker 1: meant that the enemy had been completely defeated, that the
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  Speaker 1: war was over and victory had been secured. Artists would
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  Speaker 1: say it when they finished a masterpiece. Priests would say
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  Speaker 1: it after offering a perfect sacrifice. Every time the word
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  Speaker 1: was spoken, it carried a powerful finality. Now imagine the
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  Speaker 1: significance of Jesus choosing this exact word as his final declaration.
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  Speaker 1: This was not just the closing of his earthly life.
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  Speaker 1: It was the completion of his divine mission. The debt
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  Speaker 1: of sin, which had kept humanity bound for centuries, was
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  Speaker 1: now paid in full. The war against the power of
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  Speaker 1: darkness had been fought and won. The perfect sacrifice had
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  Speaker 1: been offered once and for all. But to fully grasp
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  Speaker 1: this we must go back to the concept of sin
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  Speaker 1: as a debt. From the moment Adam and Eve fell,
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  Speaker 1: humanity was indebted to God. The wages of sin were
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  Speaker 1: death Romans six twenty three, and nount of human effort
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  Speaker 1: could pay back what was owed. In the Old Testament,
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  Speaker 1: God introduced a system of sacrifices, temporary payments that covered
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  Speaker 1: sin for a time but could never fully erase it.
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  Speaker 1: Year after year, priests would offer sacrifices, Lamb after Lamb
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  Speaker 1: would be slain. The debt kept growing, and then Jesus
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  Speaker 1: stepped in. Throughout his ministry, Jesus repeatedly referenced the idea
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  Speaker 1: of debt cancelation. In Luke seven forty one to fifty,
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  Speaker 1: he told the parable of two debtors, one who owed
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  Speaker 1: a small amount and one who owed a great amount.
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  Speaker 1: When both were forgiven, Jesus asked which one will love more.
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  Speaker 1: The answer was obvious, the one who had been forgiven much.
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  Speaker 1: This is the reality of Tetalustai. When Jesus declared it
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  Speaker 1: is finished, he was announcing that the full debt of
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  Speaker 1: sin had been paid, not just for a select few,
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  Speaker 1: but for all who would believe in him. No more
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  Speaker 1: sacrifices were needed, no more striving, no more guilt, no
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  Speaker 1: more condemnation. Colossians two thirteen to fourteen explains it perfectly.
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  Speaker 1: When you were dead in your sins and in the
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  Speaker 1: uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ.
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  Speaker 1: He forgave us all our sins. Having canceled the charge
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  Speaker 1: of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us.
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  Speaker 1: He has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.
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  Speaker 1: Do you see the power in this? When a Roman
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  Speaker 1: prisoner was sentenced for a crime, a certificate of debt
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  Speaker 1: called a certificate of punishment would be nailed to the
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  Speaker 1: door of his prison cell, listing every crime he had
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  Speaker 1: committed and the punishment he owed. Once his sentence was served,
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  Speaker 1: a Roman official would write tetelestae across the document, declaring
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  Speaker 1: that the prisoner's debt was fully paid and he was
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  Speaker 1: now free. Now apply that image to Jesus. Every sin
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  Speaker 1: you and I have ever committed, every failure, every mistake,
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  Speaker 1: every rebellion against God was written on a spiritual certificate
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  Speaker 1: of debt. It was a record that condemned us, a
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  Speaker 1: list of charges that demanded justice. And yet when Jesus
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  Speaker 1: was nailed to the cross, our debt was nailed there
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  Speaker 1: with him. And when he declared tetelus stay, he was
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  Speaker 1: stamping our certificate with the words paid in full. This
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  Speaker 1: is why Paul could say in Romans et one, there
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  Speaker 1: is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ. Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: the enemy has no right to accuse you any more.
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  Speaker 1: The weight of guilt no longer belongs on your shoulders.
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  Speaker 1: The payment has been made and it is finished. But
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  Speaker 1: here's the question. Do we live like it's finished? So
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  Speaker 1: many believers still carry the burden of shame, still believe
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  Speaker 1: they have to earn their way back to God's love,
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  Speaker 1: still fight battles that Jesus already won. They keep trying
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  Speaker 1: to pay a debt that has already been erased. Imagine
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  Speaker 1: a prisoner being told he was free, yet choosing to
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  Speaker 1: remain in his cell. That's exactly what happens when we
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  Speaker 1: don't fully accept what Jesus did on the cross. So
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  Speaker 1: let me ask you, are you living as if your
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  Speaker 1: sins are still unpaid? Are you still trying to earn
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  Speaker 1: God's forgiveness instead of receiving the grace that has already
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  Speaker 1: been given? Because when Jesus said tetalustae, he meant it
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  Speaker 1: it is finished, completely forever for you. The words it
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  Speaker 1: is finished were not just the final breath of a
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  Speaker 1: crucified man. They were the culmination of thousands of years
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  Speaker 1: of prophecy, the fulfillment of God's perfect plan. From the
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  Speaker 1: very beginning, Jesus was not merely dying. He was completing
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  Speaker 1: something so precise, so orchestrated, so divine, that every prophecy
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  Speaker 1: written about the Messiah in the Old Testament was coming
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  Speaker 1: to life before their very eyes. This was no accident.
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  Speaker 1: From Genesis to Isiah, from the Psalms to the Passover,
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  Speaker 1: jesus death was foretold in ways that most people, even
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  Speaker 1: those witnessing the crucifixion, failed to recognize. Take Isaiah fifty three,
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  Speaker 1: written seven hundred years before Jesus was born. He was
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  Speaker 1: pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities.
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  Speaker 1: The punishment that brought us peace was on him, And
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  Speaker 1: by his wounds we are healed. Isiah fifty three Colon five.
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  Speaker 1: This chapter describes the suffering servant, the one who would
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  Speaker 1: be despised, rejected, and ultimately take upon himself the sins
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  Speaker 1: of the world. It even foretells that he would remain
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  Speaker 1: silent before his accusers, that he would be assigned a
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  Speaker 1: grave with the wicked and with the rich in his death,
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  Speaker 1: a prophecy fulfilled when Jesus was crucified among criminals and
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  Speaker 1: laid in the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea. But perhaps
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  Speaker 1: the most chilling prophecy of all comes from Psalm twenty two,
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  Speaker 1: written a thousand years before jesus crucifixion, long before crucifixion
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  Speaker 1: even existed as a method of execution. And yet this
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  Speaker 1: Psalm describes jesus crucifixion in haunting detail. They pierce my
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  Speaker 1: hands and my feet, Psalm twenty two sixteen. All my
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  Speaker 1: bones are on display. People stare and gloat over me
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  Speaker 1: Psalm twenty two seventeen. They divide my clothes among them,
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  Speaker 1: and cast lots for my garment Psalm twenty two eighteen.
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  Speaker 1: Does that sound familiar? Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John all
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  Speaker 1: record that jesus hands and feet were pierced his bones
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  Speaker 1: remained unbroken, and the Romans soldiers cast lots for his clothing,
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  Speaker 1: exactly as Psalm twenty two had foretold. And as he
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  Speaker 1: hung on the cross in unimaginable agony, Jesus cried out,
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  Speaker 1: my God, My God, why have you forsaken me? Matthew
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  Speaker 1: twenty seven forty six. Those were not random words of despair.
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  Speaker 1: They were the first line of Psalm twenty two. Jesus
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  Speaker 1: was pointing those who were watching back to this prophecy,
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  Speaker 1: telling them to look at the scriptures and see that
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  Speaker 1: everything happening was exactly what had been foretold, and yet
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  Speaker 1: so many still missed it. Even the timing of jesus
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  Speaker 1: death was perfectly planned. The Jewish people had celebrated Passover
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  Speaker 1: for centuries, a feast commemorating when God delivered them from Egypt.
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  Speaker 1: Every year they would sacrifice a perfect lamb, a lamb
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  Speaker 1: without blemish, whose blood would be placed on their doorposts
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  Speaker 1: to protect them from judgment. And yet they didn't realize
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  Speaker 1: that all those years the passover lamb was a foreshadowing
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  Speaker 1: of Jesus. Paul writes, Christ, our passover lamb has been
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  Speaker 1: sacrificed First Corinthians five seven, and the most remarkable part,
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  Speaker 1: Jesus died at the exact time the Passover lambs were
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  Speaker 1: being slaughtered in the temple. At the very moment the
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  Speaker 1: priests were sacrificing lambs for the sins of the people,
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  Speaker 1: the true Lamb of God was offering himself for the
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  Speaker 1: sins of the world. John the Baptist had proclaimed it
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  Speaker 1: from the very beginning. Behold the Lamb of God who
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  Speaker 1: takes away the sin of the world John one, twenty nine.
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  Speaker 1: And now as Jesus hung on the cross, he was
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  Speaker 1: fulfilling what every Passover, every prophecy, every sacrifice had pointed to.
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  Speaker 1: No more temporary atonement, no more yearly sacrifices, no more
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  Speaker 1: barrier between God and man. It is finished. And yet
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  Speaker 1: even to day, so many failed to see it. Just
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  Speaker 1: like the religious leaders who stood at the foot of
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  Speaker 1: the cross mocking him, waiting for a different kind of Messiah.
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  Speaker 1: People to day still reject Jesus because he doesn't fit
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  Speaker 1: their expectations. They want a savior, but not a cross.
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  Speaker 1: They want a God of blessings, but not of sacrifice.
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  Speaker 1: But God's plan was never about earthly power. It was
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  Speaker 1: about eternal redemption. This is why understanding the fulfillment of
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  Speaker 1: prophecy is so important. It shows us that jesus death
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  Speaker 1: was not an accident, that God's plan was always in motion,
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  Speaker 1: and that every single detail was orchestrated with purpose. So
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  Speaker 1: let me ask you, if God planned the crucifixion down
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  Speaker 1: to the smallest detail, what does that say about how
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  Speaker 1: much he cares for you? If Jesus fulfilled every prophecy
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  Speaker 1: about the Messiah, why would you doubt his promises for
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  Speaker 1: your life? And most importantly, if it is finished, was
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  Speaker 1: truly the completion of God's plan? Are you living in
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  Speaker 1: that victory or are you still holding on to what
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  Speaker 1: has already been paid? Because when Jesus fulfilled every prophecy,
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  Speaker 1: every law, and every sacrifice, he didn't do it so
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  Speaker 1: we could live in uncertainty. He did it so we
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  Speaker 1: could be free. For many, standing at the foot of
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  Speaker 1: the cross that day, jesus death looked like defeat. His
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  Speaker 1: enemies mocked him, his followers mourned, and the Roman soldiers
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  Speaker 1: assumed it was just another execution. But what they didn't
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  Speaker 1: realize was that the cross was never a loss. It
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  Speaker 1: was the greatest victory in all of history. When Jesus
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  Speaker 1: cried out, it is finished. He wasn't just talking about
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  Speaker 1: the suffering. He was declaring that the battle over sin, death,
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  Speaker 1: and the enemy had been won once and for all.
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  Speaker 1: From the very beginning, Satan's greatest weapon again sainst humanity
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  Speaker 1: was sin. Sin brought separation from God, Sin brought curses,
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  Speaker 1: Sin brought death, and the enemy use sin to hold
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  Speaker 1: every person in bondage, making sure they remained trapped under guilt, shame,
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  Speaker 1: and condemnation. But when Jesus died, everything changed. He broke
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  Speaker 1: the curse of sin. Paul makes this clear Ingalatians three thirteen.
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  Speaker 1: Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by
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  Speaker 1: becoming a curse for us. For it is written, cursed
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  Speaker 1: is everyone who is hung on a tree. Think about that.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus became the curse so that you could be free
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  Speaker 1: from it. Every sin that had ever been committed, past, present,
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  Speaker 1: and future was placed upon him. Every curse that had
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  Speaker 1: fallen upon humanity because of sin was placed upon him.
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  Speaker 1: He took the punishment so that we would never have
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  Speaker 1: to experience it. And because of this, say to lost
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  Speaker 1: his power over you. Before the cross, the enemy had
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  Speaker 1: a legal claim over every sinner, he could stand before
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  Speaker 1: God and accuse mankind because sin required judgment, and judgment
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  Speaker 1: meant death. But what happens when the debt has already
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  Speaker 1: been paid? What happens when sin is wiped away and
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  Speaker 1: judgment has already been carried out not on the sinner,
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  Speaker 1: but on Jesus. Satan has nothing left to accuse you of.
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  Speaker 1: This is why Paul writes in Colossians two fourteen to fifteen,
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  Speaker 1: having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood
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  Speaker 1: against us and condemned us, he has taken it away,
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  Speaker 1: nailing it to the cross, and having disarmed the powers
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  Speaker 1: and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing
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  Speaker 1: over them by the cross. Jesus didn't just win. He
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  Speaker 1: humiliated the enemy. He disarmed the powers of darkness, stripping
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  Speaker 1: them of all authority. He canceled the charges against you,
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  Speaker 1: erasing every sin you've ever committed. And then he triumphed
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  Speaker 1: over Satan, not by escaping death, but by defeating death
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  Speaker 1: through it. This is why death no longer has power
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  Speaker 1: over believers. For those who belonged to Jesus, death is
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  Speaker 1: no longer a punishment. It's a doorway to eternal life.
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  Speaker 1: This is exactly what Hebrews two fourteen to fifteen reveals.
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  Speaker 1: Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared
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  Speaker 1: in their humanity, so that by his death he might
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  Speaker 1: break the power of him who holds the power of death,
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  Speaker 1: that is the devil, and free those who all their
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  Speaker 1: lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
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  Speaker 1: Before Jesus, death was the final enemy. It was a
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  Speaker 1: terrifying reality, the consequence of sin, that no one could escape.
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  Speaker 1: But now death has been defeated. For the believer, death
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  Speaker 1: is no longer the end. It's the beginning of eternity
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  Speaker 1: with God. This is why Paul boldly declares, where O
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  Speaker 1: death is your victory, where O death is your sting
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  Speaker 1: Firse Corinthians, fifteen fifty five. Because of Jesus, death has
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  Speaker 1: lost its sting. Because of Jesus, Satan has lost his power.
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  Speaker 1: Because of Jesus, sin has lost its grip. And this
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  Speaker 1: means something incredibly important for you today. You don't have
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  Speaker 1: to live in fear any more. You don't have to
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  Speaker 1: fear death, you don't have to fear condemnation, you don't
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  Speaker 1: have to fear Satan's accusations. Because when Jesus said it
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  Speaker 1: is finished, he meant that every battle you could ever
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  Speaker 1: face has already been won in him. So let me
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  Speaker 1: ask you, are you living in that victory or are
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  Speaker 1: you still allowing the enemy to convince you that you're defeated.
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  Speaker 1: Are you standing in the power of the cross, or
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  Speaker 1: are you still fighting battles that Jesus has already finished.
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  Speaker 1: Because the moment you unders stand this truth, you will
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  Speaker 1: never look at the cross the same way again. For
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  Speaker 1: those who stood at the foot of the cross that day,
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  Speaker 1: it may have seemed like the end. The enemies of
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  Speaker 1: Jesus thought they had won. His disciples were filled with sorrow,
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  Speaker 1: unable to comprehend what had just happened. To the Roman soldiers,
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  Speaker 1: it was just another execution. To the religious leaders, it
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  Speaker 1: was the removal of a threat. But in the unseen realm,
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  Speaker 1: something far greater was unfolding. What looked like defeat to
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  Speaker 1: human eyes was actually the greatest victory in all of history.
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  Speaker 1: The moment when Jesus shattered the power of sin, death
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  Speaker 1: and the enemy once and for all. When Jesus cried
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  Speaker 1: out it is finished, it wasn't a whisper of surrender.
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  Speaker 1: It was a declaration of triumph. A battle had been
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  Speaker 1: fought and the victory was now secured. But what exactly
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  Speaker 1: was this victory over? What changed in that moment? At
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  Speaker 1: first Jesus broke the curse of sin. Since the fall
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  Speaker 1: of Adam and Eve, sin had held humanity in bondage.
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  Speaker 1: It wasn't just about individual mistakes. It was a condition,
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  Speaker 1: a curse that passed from generation to generation, separating mankind
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  Speaker 1: from God. No amount of religious rituals, sacrifices, or human
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  Speaker 1: effort could fully remove this curse. The Old Testament law
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  Speaker 1: made this clear. Year after year, the high priest had
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  Speaker 1: to offer sacrifices for the sins of the people, but
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  Speaker 1: those sacrifices could only cover sin temporarily. They could never
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  Speaker 1: erase it completely. But Jesus did what no priest, no law,
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  Speaker 1: and no sacrifice could ever do. Galatians three thirteen declares
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  Speaker 1: Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by
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  Speaker 1: becoming a curse for us. For it is written, cursed
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  Speaker 1: is every one who is hung on a tree. Jesus
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  Speaker 1: took the full weight of sin upon himself. Every sin
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  Speaker 1: you've ever committed, every lie, every failure, every hidden thought
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  Speaker 1: of your heart was placed on him. He became the
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  Speaker 1: curse so that you could be set free from it.
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  Speaker 1: And because of this, Satan lost his power over you.
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  Speaker 1: You see, before the cross, Satan had a legal claim
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  Speaker 1: over humanity. The wages of sin is death Romans six
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  Speaker 1: twenty three. And since every human had sinned, Death had
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  Speaker 1: authority over every person. The enemy could accuse, condemn, and
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  Speaker 1: keep people bound in fear because sin had not yet
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  Speaker 1: been fully dealt with. But the moment Jesus took that
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  Speaker 1: sin upon himself and declared it is finished, Satan's hold
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  Speaker 1: was shattered. Colossians two fourteen to fifteen describes this moment perfectly.
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  Speaker 1: Having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood
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  Speaker 1: against us and condemned us, he has taken it away,
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  Speaker 1: nailing it to the cross, and having disarmed the powers
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  Speaker 1: and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing
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  Speaker 1: over them by the cross. Think about that. Jesus canceled
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  Speaker 1: the debt that stood against you. Jesus nailed your sin
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  Speaker 1: to the cross. Jesus disarmed the enemy, taking away every
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  Speaker 1: weapon Satan had to use against you. And then he
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  Speaker 1: didn't just win. He publicly humiliated the powers of darkness.
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  Speaker 1: In ancient warfare, when a king defeated his enemy, he
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  Speaker 1: would strip them of their weapons and parade them through
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  Speaker 1: the streets, showing everyone that they were now powerless. This
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  Speaker 1: is exactly what Jesus did to Satan. He didn't just
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  Speaker 1: defeat him privately, He put him to shame for all
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  Speaker 1: of eternity. This is why death no longer has power
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  Speaker 1: over believing. Hebrews two fourteen to fifteen makes this clear.
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  Speaker 1: Since the children have flesh and blood, he too, shared
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  Speaker 1: in their humanity, so that by his death he might
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  Speaker 1: break the power of him who holds the power of death,
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: that is the devil, and free those who all their
• 29:16
  Speaker 1: lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
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  Speaker 1: Before Jesus, death was the greatest fear. No one could
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  Speaker 1: escape it. It was the final punishment for sin, the
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  Speaker 1: ultimate separation from God. But after Jesus, death is no
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  Speaker 1: longer an ending. It's a beginning. For the believer. Death
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  Speaker 1: is now a doorway into eternal life. It has lost
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  Speaker 1: its sting, its power, its finality. That's why Paul boldly
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  Speaker 1: declared in First Corinthians fifteen fifty five to fifty seven,
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  Speaker 1: where O death is your victory, where O death is
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  Speaker 1: your sting. The sting of death is sin, and the
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  Speaker 1: power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God,
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  Speaker 1: he gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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  Speaker 1: Because of Jesus, death is defeated. Because of Jesus, Satan
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  Speaker 1: is powerless. Because of Jesus, sin is no longer your master.
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  Speaker 1: And that means something incredibly important for your life to day.
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  Speaker 1: If you are in Christ, you don't have to live
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  Speaker 1: in fear any more. You don't have to fear condemnation,
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  Speaker 1: you don't have to fear the accusations of the enemy,
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  Speaker 1: you don't have to fear death itself. Because Jesus didn't
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  Speaker 1: just win a battle, He won your battle. But the
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  Speaker 1: real question is are you living in that victory? Are
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  Speaker 1: you standing in the finished work of the cross, or
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  Speaker 1: are you still fighting battles that Jesus already won. Because
• 30:41
  Speaker 1: when Jesus said it is finished, he meant it. The
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  Speaker 1: war is over, the chains are broken, the door to
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  Speaker 1: eternal life is wide open. All that's left is for
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  Speaker 1: you to step into the victory he has already secured.
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  Speaker 1: When Jesus cried out it is finished, His disciples had
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  Speaker 1: no idea what it truly meant to them. This wasn't
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  Speaker 1: a victorious declaration. It was the devastating end of everything
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  Speaker 1: they had believed in. They had spent three years following
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  Speaker 1: the Messiah, expecting him to establish his kingdom, overthrow Rome,
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  Speaker 1: and restore Israel. Instead, they saw him beaten beyond recognition,
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  Speaker 1: nailed to a cross, and now in his final breath,
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  Speaker 1: speaking words they couldn't understand imagine being there. Peter, who
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  Speaker 1: once walked on water to Jesus, now hides in the shadows,
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  Speaker 1: too ashamed to stand by his side after denying him
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  Speaker 1: three times. John, the one called the disciple whom Jesus loved,
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  Speaker 1: stands at the foot of the cross, watching his teacher suffer,
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  Speaker 1: powerless to stop it. Mary Magdalen, who had been delivered
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  Speaker 1: from seven demons by Jesus, now watches the one who
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  Speaker 1: set her free take his last breath. To them, it
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  Speaker 1: is finished, sounded like defeat. The man they had placed
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  Speaker 1: all their hope in was now lifeless. The movement they
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  Speaker 1: thought would change the world had ended in death. The
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  Speaker 1: kingdom they had been waiting for seemed like it would
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  Speaker 1: never come, And so when Jesus was taken down from
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  Speaker 1: the cross and placed in the tomb. His disciples didn't celebrate.
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  Speaker 1: They mourned. They locked themselves away, afraid, confused, and heartbroken. Some,
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  Speaker 1: like the two disciples on the road to Emmaeus, even
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  Speaker 1: began to leave, thinking it had all been a mistake.
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  Speaker 1: Luke twenty four seventeen to twenty one captures this heartbreak perfectly.
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  Speaker 1: As they walked, they spoke of Jesus, saying, we had
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  Speaker 1: hoped that he was the one who was going to
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  Speaker 1: redeem Israel. They had hoped, but now hope seemed lost.
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  Speaker 1: But here's the truth. Hope was never lost. They just
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  Speaker 1: didn't see the full picture yet. Because while the disciples
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  Speaker 1: sat in their grief, God was already moving. The grave
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  Speaker 1: was only a temporary resting place. The darkness of Saturday
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  Speaker 1: was about to be shattered by the light of Sunday.
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  Speaker 1: What they thought was an ending was really the greatest
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  Speaker 1: beginning of all time. And this is where many of
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  Speaker 1: us can relate. How often do we, like the disciples,
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  Speaker 1: assume that because we can't see God moving, he isn't working.
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  Speaker 1: How often do we think something is over when God
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  Speaker 1: is actually preparing to bring resurrection. The disciples believed Jesus
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  Speaker 1: had failed, when in reality he had just won the
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  Speaker 1: greatest victory in history. They thought his words it is finished,
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  Speaker 1: meant destruction, when in truth they meant redemption. But it
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  Speaker 1: wasn't until after the Resurrection that they would begin to understand.
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  Speaker 1: When Jesus appeared to them alive in the Upper Room,
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  Speaker 1: he didn't scold them for their doubt. Instead, he showed
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  Speaker 1: them his scars, the very proof that the debt of
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  Speaker 1: sin had been paid, that death had been defeated, that
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  Speaker 1: it truly was finished. John twenty nineteen to twenty tells
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  Speaker 1: us on the evening of that first day of the week,
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  Speaker 1: when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for
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  Speaker 1: fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among
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  Speaker 1: them and said, peace be with you. After he said this,
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  Speaker 1: he showed them his hands and sighed. The disciples were
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  Speaker 1: overjoyed when they saw the Lord. In that moment, their
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  Speaker 1: grief turned into joy, their fear turned into faith. But
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  Speaker 1: even then they didn't fully grasp the weight of what
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  Speaker 1: Jesus had done. It wasn't until Pentecost, when the Holy
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  Speaker 1: Spirit came upon them, that they finally saw the full picture.
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  Speaker 1: Acts too describes how on that day the disciples, who
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  Speaker 1: had once been hiding in fear, were suddenly filled with boldnes. Peter,
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  Speaker 1: the same man who had denied Jesus out of fear,
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  Speaker 1: now stood up and preached to thousands, declaring the truth
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  Speaker 1: of the Cross and resurrection. And what did he say,
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  Speaker 1: Acts two twenty three to twenty four. This man was
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  Speaker 1: handed over to you by God's deliberate plan and foreknowledge,
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  Speaker 1: and you, with the help of wicked men, put him
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  Speaker 1: to death by nailing him to the cross. But God
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  Speaker 1: raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony
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  Speaker 1: of death, because it was impossible for death to keep
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  Speaker 1: its hold on him. The same Peter, who once cowered
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  Speaker 1: in fear, now boldly declared the gospel because now he understood.
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  Speaker 1: Now he saw the full plan. Now he realized that
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  Speaker 1: it is finished. Didn't mean defeat, it meant victory. And
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  Speaker 1: this is where we must ask ourselves. How often do
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  Speaker 1: we live like the disciples did on the day of
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  Speaker 1: the crucifixion, confused, afraid, and unable to see God's plan.
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  Speaker 1: How often do we let doubt and fear rob us
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  Speaker 1: of the joy of the resurrection, because we are not
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  Speaker 1: meant to live as if it is finished is still
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  Speaker 1: a mystery. We are meant to live in the boldness
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  Speaker 1: of the resurrection. Jesus didn't just say it is finished
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  Speaker 1: for those standing at the cross. He said it for you,
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  Speaker 1: for your past, for your struggles, for your fears, for
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  Speaker 1: your salvation. And just like the disciples, there may be
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  Speaker 1: moments where you don't fully understand. There may be times
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  Speaker 1: when you feel like you are in the waiting period,
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  Speaker 1: unable to see how God is working. But know this,
• 36:44
  Speaker 1: just like the disciples on that resurrection morning, your moment
• 36:48
  Speaker 1: of revelation is coming. Because when Jesus said it is finished,
• 36:52
  Speaker 1: he meant it. When Jesus declared it is finished on
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  Speaker 1: the cross, many assume that was the end of the story.
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  Speaker 1: The sacrifice was complete, the debt of sin was paid,
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  Speaker 1: and the way to salvation had been opened. But if
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  Speaker 1: the work was truly finished, why did Jesus still need
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  Speaker 1: to rise from the dead. Why didn't the story end
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  Speaker 1: at the cross? Because while the payment for sin was finished,
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  Speaker 1: the victory over death was still to be revealed. Think
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  Speaker 1: about it. If Jesus had stayed in the tomb, would
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  Speaker 1: his followers have truly believed he was the son of God,
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  Speaker 1: would the world have understood that his sacrifice was enough.
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  Speaker 1: The resurrection wasn't just an afterthought. It was the final,
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  Speaker 1: undeniable proof that Jesus had conquered not only sin but
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  Speaker 1: also death itself. This is why Paul writes in First
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  Speaker 1: Corinthians fifteen seventeen, and if Christ has not been raised,
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  Speaker 1: your faith is futile. You are still in your sins.
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  Speaker 1: If Jesus had not risen, the world would have had
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  Speaker 1: reason to doubt. His death, no matter how significant, would
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  Speaker 1: have seemed like just another tragic execution, another martyr's sacrifice,
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  Speaker 1: another failed revolutionary. But the resurrection changed everything. The religious
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  Speaker 1: leaders thought they had silenced him. The Roman soldiers thought
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  Speaker 1: they had put an end to his movement. The disciples
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  Speaker 1: thought they had lost everything. But early on that third day,
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  Speaker 1: when the stone was rolled away, the greatest miracle in
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  Speaker 1: history was revealed. Jesus didn't just escape death, he overcame it.
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  Speaker 1: He didn't just suffer for sin. He rose in power
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  Speaker 1: to declare sin no longer had power. This is why
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  Speaker 1: the angel at the tomb told the women in Matthew
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  Speaker 1: twenty eight six, he is not here. He has risen,
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  Speaker 1: just as he said, Jesus had already told them this
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  Speaker 1: would happen. He had spoken of his resurrection many times,
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  Speaker 1: but in their grief they had forgotten. And isn't that
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  Speaker 1: just like us? How often do we forget the promises
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  Speaker 1: of God in the middle of our struggles. How often
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  Speaker 1: do we see the suffering of the cross but forget
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  Speaker 1: the power of the empty tomb. How often do we
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  Speaker 1: believe Jesus paid for our sins, yet live as if
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  Speaker 1: we are still in bondage. The resurrection is God's final
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  Speaker 1: stamp of approval on the work of the Cross. It
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  Speaker 1: is the evidence that Jesus was exactly who he claimed
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  Speaker 1: to be, the Son of God, the Messiah, the savior
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  Speaker 1: of the world Romans one Colon four says, and who
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  Speaker 1: through the spirit of holiness, was appointed the son of
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  Speaker 1: God in power by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ,
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  Speaker 1: our Lord. The resurrection confirmed his identity, It proved his power.
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  Speaker 1: It guaranteed our salvation. Because any one can die, many
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  Speaker 1: have died for a cause, many have suffered for others,
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  Speaker 1: but only one has risen from the grave to declare
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  Speaker 1: vicary over sin and death. Jesus rising from the dead
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  Speaker 1: was the final peace of salvation, because what good would
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  Speaker 1: a sacrifice be if the one making it was defeated.
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  Speaker 1: Imagine if the Old Testament priests had offered their sacrifices
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  Speaker 1: for sin but never came back out of the temple.
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  Speaker 1: Would the people have known their offering was accepted. Would
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  Speaker 1: they have had assurance that their sins were truly forgiven?
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  Speaker 1: Number the priest emerging from the temple was the sign
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  Speaker 1: that God had received the sacrifice. Jesus is our high priest,
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  Speaker 1: and when he stepped out of the tomb, it was
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  Speaker 1: God's declaration that the sacrifice was complete, accepted, and victorious.
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  Speaker 1: Hebrews seven twenty four to twenty five says. But because
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  Speaker 1: Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. Therefore he
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  Speaker 1: is able to save completely those who come to God
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  Speaker 1: through him because he always lives to intercede for them.
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  Speaker 1: This is the beauty of the resurrection. Jesus is not
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  Speaker 1: just a past savior. He is a living king who
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  Speaker 1: intercedes for us even now. And this is where it
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  Speaker 1: becomes personal. Jesus didn't just rise for history. He rose
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  Speaker 1: for you. If Jesus stayed in the grave, we would
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  Speaker 1: still be bound by fear. If Jesus stayed in the grave,
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  Speaker 1: death would still be an undefeated enemy. If Jesus stayed
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  Speaker 1: in the grave, we would have no hope beyond this life.
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  Speaker 1: But because Jesus rose, we no longer fear death. Because
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  Speaker 1: Jesus rose, we know our faith is not in vain.
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  Speaker 1: Because Jesus rose, we can confidently declare, Oh, Death, where
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  Speaker 1: is your victory? O grave, where is your sting Firse Corinthians,
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  Speaker 1: fifteen fifty five. The resurrection isn't just a historical event.
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  Speaker 1: It is the foundation of our hope. And here is
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  Speaker 1: where we must ask ourselves. Are we living in the
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  Speaker 1: power of the resurrection? Too many Christians live as if
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  Speaker 1: Jesus only died, but forget that he also rose. We
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  Speaker 1: believe in the cross, but do we live in the
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  Speaker 1: victory of the empty tomb. We acknowledge his suffering, but
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  Speaker 1: do we walk in the power of his resurrection. The
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  Speaker 1: resurrection is not just something we celebrate once a year
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  Speaker 1: on Easter Sunday. It is the reality we are called
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  Speaker 1: to live in every single day. Romans eight eleven tells us,
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  Speaker 1: and if the spirit of Him who raised Jesus from
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  Speaker 1: the dead is living in you he who raise Christ
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  Speaker 1: from the dead, will also give life to your mortal
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  Speaker 1: bodies because of His spirit who lives in you. Do
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  Speaker 1: you realize what this means. The same power that raised
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  Speaker 1: Jesus from the dead lives in you. The same spirit
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  Speaker 1: that brought life to his body is the same spirit
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  Speaker 1: that empowers you to overcome sin, to walk in freedom,
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  Speaker 1: and to live in victory. So, today, as we reflect
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  Speaker 1: on Jesus' final words, it is finished, let's also remember
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  Speaker 1: his first words after the resurrection, Peace be with you
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  Speaker 1: John twenty nineteen, because once we truly understand the resurrection,
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  Speaker 1: we no longer live in fear. We live in peace, power,
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  Speaker 1: and purpose. When Jesus uttered the words it is finished,
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  Speaker 1: it was not just a declaration of victory over sin.
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  Speaker 1: It was the ceiling of a covenant that had been
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  Speaker 1: foretold for generations. And to truly grasp the depth of
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  Speaker 1: what was accomplished, we must look at an event that
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  Speaker 1: happened just hours before the crucifixion, the Last Supper. It
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  Speaker 1: was here, in an upper room that Jesus did something radical.
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  Speaker 1: He took the passover meal, a Jewish tradition that had
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  Speaker 1: been practiced for centuries, and redefined it forever. This cup
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  Speaker 1: is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured
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  Speaker 1: out for you Luke twenty two twenty. What did Jesus
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  Speaker 1: mean by this? To understand we have to go back
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  Speaker 1: to the Old Testament. Throughout scripture, God made covenance with
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  Speaker 1: his people, binding agreements that established his promises. He made
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  Speaker 1: a covenant with Noah, sealing it with a rainbow Genesis
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  Speaker 1: nine twelve to seventeen. He made a covenant with Abraham,
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  Speaker 1: sealing it with circumcision Genesis seventeen ten to eleven. He
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  Speaker 1: made a covenant with Moses, sealing it with the blood
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  Speaker 1: of animals Exodus twenty four eight. But there was a problem.
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  Speaker 1: None of these covenants could truly change the human heart.
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  Speaker 1: The law given to Moses could reveal sin, but it
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  Speaker 1: couldn't remove it. The sacrifices of the Temple could atone
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  Speaker 1: for sin, but only temporarily. Over and over, God's people
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  Speaker 1: failed to uphold their end of the covenant, and so
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  Speaker 1: through the prophet Jeremiah, God made a promise. The days
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  Speaker 1: are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a
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  Speaker 1: new covenant with the people of Israel and with the
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  Speaker 1: people of Judah. I will put my law in their
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  Speaker 1: minds and write it on their hearts. I will be
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  Speaker 1: their God, and they will be My people. Jeremiah thirty
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  Speaker 1: one thirty one to thirty three. This was the New Covenant,
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  Speaker 1: a promise that one day God would do something that
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  Speaker 1: would permanently transform his people. And here at the Last Supper,
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  Speaker 1: Jesus declared that time had come when he lifted the
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  Speaker 1: cup and said, this is my blood of the Covenant,
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  Speaker 1: which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
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  Speaker 1: Matthew twenty six, twenty eight. He was telling his disciples
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  Speaker 1: that his death would seal this new Covenant forever. But
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  Speaker 1: why blood, Because every covenant in the Bible was ratified
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  Speaker 1: by blood. When Moses established the Old Covenant, he sprinkled
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  Speaker 1: the blood of sacrificed animals on the people Exodus twenty
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  Speaker 1: four eight. When Abraham made a covenant with God, blood
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  Speaker 1: was shed as animals were cut in half Genesis fifteen
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  Speaker 1: nine through ten. And when Jesus established the New Covenant,
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  Speaker 1: he didn't use the blood of lambs or bulls. He
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  Speaker 1: used his own blood. And this is where it is
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  Speaker 1: finished comes full circle. In the Old Testament, the high
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  Speaker 1: priest would enter the Holy of Holies once a year
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  Speaker 1: on the day of Atonement, offering blood for the sins
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  Speaker 1: of the people. But it was never enough. It had
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  Speaker 1: to be repeated every year. But when Jesus, our great
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  Speaker 1: High Priest, shed his blood on the cross, it was
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  Speaker 1: once and for all. Hebrews nine twelve makes it clear
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  Speaker 1: he did not enter by means of the blood of
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  Speaker 1: goats and calves, but he entered the most holy place
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  Speaker 1: once for all by his own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption.
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  Speaker 1: This is why the moment Jesus died, the veil in
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  Speaker 1: the temple was torn in two Matthew twenty seven fifty one.
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  Speaker 1: The old system was over. The separation between God and
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  Speaker 1: man was gone. The new Covenant had begun. And here's
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  Speaker 1: where it gets personaled. Are you still trying to live
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  Speaker 1: under the old system? Are you still carrying guilt acting
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  Speaker 1: as if jesus blood wasn't enough. Are you still trying
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  Speaker 1: to earn God's love through religious effort instead of resting
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  Speaker 1: in the finished work of Christ. Jesus didn't just die
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  Speaker 1: to forgive your sins. He died to bring you into
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  Speaker 1: a relationship. Under the old covenant, people had to go
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  Speaker 1: to the temple to a experience God's presence. Under the
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  Speaker 1: New Covenant, you are the Temple. God's spirit lives inside you.
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  Speaker 1: First Corinthians six nineteen. Under the old Covenant, Sin separated
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  Speaker 1: people from God. Under the New Covenant, Jesus bridge the
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  Speaker 1: gap forever. Romans five won. Under the old Covenant, sacrifices
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  Speaker 1: were made again and again. Under the New Covenant, Jesus declared,
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  Speaker 1: it is finished. And this is why communion is so
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  Speaker 1: much more than a ritual. It is a reminder of
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  Speaker 1: what Jesus sealed with his blood. So the next time
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  Speaker 1: you take the bread and the cup, don't just go
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  Speaker 1: through the motions. Remember what it cost, Remember what it accomplished.
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  Speaker 1: Remember that it is finished. Because Jesus didn't just say
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  Speaker 1: those words, He meant them. If Jesus declared it is finished,
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  Speaker 1: then why does it sometimes feel like the battle is
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  Speaker 1: still rage? If Sin was defeated, why do so many
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  Speaker 1: believers still struggle? If Satan was disarmed at the cross,
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  Speaker 1: why does it seem like he still has power? These
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  Speaker 1: are the questions that frustrate and confuse many Christians, because
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  Speaker 1: while we know that Jesus won the victory, it often
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  Speaker 1: doesn't feel like victory in our daily lives. The key
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  Speaker 1: to understanding this lies in the difference between fighting for
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  Speaker 1: victory and fighting from victory. The enemy's greatest weapon is deception.
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  Speaker 1: He knows he has been defeated, he knows his power
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  Speaker 1: has been stripped away Colossians two fifteen. But his strategy
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  Speaker 1: is simple. If he can convince you that nothing has changed,
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  Speaker 1: you will live as if nothing has changed. This is
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  Speaker 1: why spiritual warfare is not about winning a new battle.
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  Speaker 1: It is about enforcing a battle that has already been won.
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  Speaker 1: Look at what Jesus said in Luke ten nineteen. I
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  Speaker 1: have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions,
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  Speaker 1: and to overcome all the power of the enemy. Nothing
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  Speaker 1: will harm you. Notice what he didn't say. He didn't
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  Speaker 1: say I will give you authority. He didn't say one
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  Speaker 1: day you will have victory. He said I have given
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  Speaker 1: you authority. That means right now, as a believer, you
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  Speaker 1: are not fighting for authority. You are fighting with authority.
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  Speaker 1: Imagine a king who wins a war and conquers new Land.
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  Speaker 1: He has already won the territory, but he sends his
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  Speaker 1: army to enforce his victory and remove any enemy still hiding.
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  Speaker 1: This is exactly what spiritual warfare is. The enemy has
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  Speaker 1: already been defeated at the cross, the legal right of
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  Speaker 1: sin and death has been removed. The blood of Jesus
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  Speaker 1: has covered every accusation against you. But if you don't
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  Speaker 1: stand in that truth, if you don't enforce jesus victory,
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  Speaker 1: the enemy will try to claim ground that no longer
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  Speaker 1: belongs to him. This is why the Bible tells us
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  Speaker 1: to resist the devil, and he will flee from you
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  Speaker 1: James four seven. But notice the first part of that verse.
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  Speaker 1: Submit yourselves then to God. Resist the devil, and he
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  Speaker 1: will flee from you. The power to resist the devil
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  Speaker 1: comes after submission to God. Too many Christians try to
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  Speaker 1: fight spiritual battles while still holding on to sin, pride,
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  Speaker 1: or compromise. But authority flows from obedience. When we align
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  Speaker 1: ourselves with God's will, the enemy has no choice but
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  Speaker 1: to retreat. Think about how Jesus handled Satan in the
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  Speaker 1: wilderness Matthew four. Satan tempted him three times, But how
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  Speaker 1: did Jesus respond. He didn't die ar, he didn't get defensive,
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  Speaker 1: he didn't fight with emotions. He simply declared the word
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  Speaker 1: of God. It is written, and each time Satan had
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  Speaker 1: no answer. This is why the Word of God is
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  Speaker 1: your greatest weapon in spiritual warfare. Sophijian six calls it
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  Speaker 1: the sword of the spirit. Ephesians six seventeen. Hebrews four
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  Speaker 1: twelve says it is alive and active, sharper than any
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  Speaker 1: two edged sword. So when the enemy attacks with condemnation,
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  Speaker 1: you declare, there is now no condemnation for those who
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  Speaker 1: are in Christ Jesus Romans eight colon ie. When he
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  Speaker 1: attacks with fear, you declare, God has not given us
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  Speaker 1: a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a
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  Speaker 1: sound mind tewod Timothy one seven. When he attacks with temptation,
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  Speaker 1: you declare, no temptation has overtaken you except what is
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  Speaker 1: common to mankind, and God is faith. He will not
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  Speaker 1: let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. Firse
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  Speaker 1: Corinthians ten thirteen. The finished work of the Cross is
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  Speaker 1: your legal authority. The blood of Jesus is your covering.
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  Speaker 1: The Word of God is your weapon. And when you
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  Speaker 1: fight from a place of victory, the enemy has no
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  Speaker 1: choice but to back down. But here's where many believers struggle.
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  Speaker 1: They don't feel victorious, they still feel weak, they still
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  Speaker 1: feel like they're losing, they still feel like the battle
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  Speaker 1: is overwhelming. And that's exactly why faith is necessary. For
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  Speaker 1: we walk by faith, not by sight. Second Corinthians five seven.
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  Speaker 1: Faith is believing what Jesus said is true even when
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  Speaker 1: you don't feel it yet. Think of it this way.
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  Speaker 1: When David was anointed as king, he didn't sit on
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  Speaker 1: the throne immediately. He had to walk in the identity
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  Speaker 1: of a king before he ever wore the crown. When
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  Speaker 1: God told Joshua that Jericho was already given into his hands,
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  Speaker 1: the walls were still standing Joshua six two. But Joshua
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  Speaker 1: had to act on the victory before he saw it
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  Speaker 1: manifest in the same way, Jesus has already won. But
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  Speaker 1: you must walk in that victory even when it doesn't
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  Speaker 1: feel like it yet. And this is why the enemy
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  Speaker 1: tries so hard to wear you down with doubt, discouragement,
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  Speaker 1: and distraction. He wants you to think, maybe Jesus didn't
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  Speaker 1: really finish it, maybe I'm not really free, maybe I
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  Speaker 1: just have to live with this struggle forever. But those
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  Speaker 1: are lies. Jesus did finish it. You are free in
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  Speaker 1: Christ and you don't have to live under the weight
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  Speaker 1: of sin, fear, or oppression. So the question is, will
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  Speaker 1: you start fighting from victory instead of fighting for victory.
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  Speaker 1: Will you stop listening to the enemy's lies and start
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  Speaker 1: declaring the truth of God's word? Will you finally step
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  Speaker 1: into the authority that g already won for you? Because
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  Speaker 1: it is finished. Wasn't just jesus victory, It was your victory. Two.
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  Speaker 1: When Jesus declared it is finished, he wasn't just speaking
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  Speaker 1: about the moment of his death. He was speaking about
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  Speaker 1: eternity itself. Those three words sealed the fate of every
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  Speaker 1: believer and established a reality that will stand until judgment
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  Speaker 1: day and beyond. But what does this mean when we
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  Speaker 1: stand before God when the books are opened Revelation twenty twelve,
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  Speaker 1: When every deed, every thought, and every word is laid bare?
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  Speaker 1: What will it is finished mean for us? For those
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  Speaker 1: who trust in Jesus, it means everything. The Bible tells
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  Speaker 1: us that there will be a final judgment, a day
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  Speaker 1: when all humanity stands before God. For we must all
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  Speaker 1: appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each
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  Speaker 1: of us may receive what is due us for the
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  Speaker 1: things done. While in the body, whether good or bad,
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  Speaker 1: second Corinthians five ten. But here's where many people get confused.
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  Speaker 1: They think judgment day is about whether we will be
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  Speaker 1: saved or condemned. But Jesus already settled that whoever believes
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  Speaker 1: in Him is not condemned. But whoever does not believe
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  Speaker 1: stands condemned already because they have not believed in the
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  Speaker 1: name of God's one and only son, John three eighteen.
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  Speaker 1: For those who have placed their faith in Christ, judgment
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  Speaker 1: is not about punishment, It's about reward. There are two
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  Speaker 1: judgments in scripture. The Great White Throne Judgment Revelation twenty
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  Speaker 1: eleven to fifteen. This is for those who never accepted Christ.
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  Speaker 1: Their names are not in the Book of Life, and
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  Speaker 1: they will be judged by their works, none of which
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  Speaker 1: can save them. The judgment Seat of Christ. Second Corinthians
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  Speaker 1: five ten. This is for believers. It is not about
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  Speaker 1: condemnation but about rewards. It is where Jesus will examine
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  Speaker 1: our faithfulness, our obedience, and how we lived our lives
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  Speaker 1: for His glory. But here's the good news. When a
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  Speaker 1: believer stands before God on that day, we will stand
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  Speaker 1: in the finished work of Jesus imagine for a moment,
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  Speaker 1: the Judgment day has arrived, the heavens open, the King
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  Speaker 1: of Kings is seated on his throne, and your life
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  Speaker 1: is being reviewed. Every action, every thought, every hidden thing
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  Speaker 1: is brought into the light. But just when the weight
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  Speaker 1: of it all seems unbearable, something happens. The judge stands up,
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  Speaker 1: the scars on his hands are visible. He looks at
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  Speaker 1: you and declares it is finished. And in that moment
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  Speaker 1: you realize you are not being judged by your failures,
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  Speaker 1: you are being covered by his victory. This is why
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  Speaker 1: believers do not have to fear judgment day. There is
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  Speaker 1: now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus
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  Speaker 1: Romans eight colon Ie. When God looks at us, he
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  Speaker 1: doesn't see our sin, he sees the blood of Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: Think about the story of the passover in Exodus. When
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  Speaker 1: the Angel of Death came, he didn't check to see
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  Speaker 1: if the people inside were righteous. He didn't check if
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  Speaker 1: they had sinned that day. He only looked for the
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  Speaker 1: blood of the lamb, and when he saw the blood,
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  Speaker 1: he passed over. This is exactly what happens when we
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  Speaker 1: stand before God. We are not saved because we lived
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  Speaker 1: a perfect life. We are not saved because we never sinned.
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  Speaker 1: We are saved because Jesus paid our debt in full.
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  Speaker 1: This is why it is finished is so powerful. It
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  Speaker 1: means the debt of sin is fully paid. We don't
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  Speaker 1: have to stand before God in fear, but in confidence
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  Speaker 1: Hebrews four sixteen. Eternal life is a gift, not something
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  Speaker 1: we earn Ephesians two eight through nine. But here's what
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  Speaker 1: this does not mean. Just because salvation is finished doesn't
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  Speaker 1: mean our responsibility is finished. Yes, we are saved by
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  Speaker 1: grace alone. But grace is not an excuse for laziness.
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  Speaker 1: Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase
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  Speaker 1: by no means Romans six one to two. When we
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  Speaker 1: understand the power of it is finished, it should drive
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  Speaker 1: us to live a life worthy of that sacrifice. So
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  Speaker 1: how do we prepare for judgment day? Live in obedience?
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  Speaker 1: Jesus said, if you love me, keep my commands. John
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  Speaker 1: fourteen fifteen. Share the gospel. We are called to bring
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  Speaker 1: others into this truth. Matthew twenty eight nineteen. Store up
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  Speaker 1: treasures in heaven. What we do for Christ has eternal
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  Speaker 1: rewards Matthew six nineteen twenty and the greatest reward of
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  Speaker 1: all hearing the words well done, good and faithful servants
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  Speaker 1: in Matthew twenty five twenty three. That is why it
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  Speaker 1: is finished matters on judgment Day, because when that moment comes,
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  Speaker 1: we will stand not in our own works, but in
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  Speaker 1: His perfect, completed work. So let me ask you. Are
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  Speaker 1: you living like someone who believes it is finished? Or
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  Speaker 1: are you still trying to earn what Jesus already paid for?
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  Speaker 1: Are you preparing for judgment Day with confidence in Christ?
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  Speaker 1: Or are you hoping your own efforts will be enough?
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  Speaker 1: Because when that day comes, only one thing will matter.
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  Speaker 1: Did you trust in Jesus or did you trust in yourself?
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  Speaker 1: And if you have trusted in Jesus, then rejoice because
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  Speaker 1: your judgment has already been settled at the cross. Even
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  Speaker 1: though Jesus declared it is finished. Many believers to day
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  Speaker 1: still live as if the work is not finished. They
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  Speaker 1: carry guilt, shame, and anxiety, constantly striving to be good
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  Speaker 1: enough for God when Jesus already paid the price in full.
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  Speaker 1: How many times have you felt like you needed to
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  Speaker 1: make up for your sins? How often have you doubted
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  Speaker 1: if God truly forgave you. Many Christians live with a
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  Speaker 1: weight they were never meant to carry. They feel the
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  Speaker 1: pressure to prove themselves, to strive for righteousness, to earn
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  Speaker 1: what Jesus already purchased on their behalf. But that's not
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  Speaker 1: the gospel. Come to me, all who are weary and burdened,
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  Speaker 1: and I will give you rest. Matthew eleven, twenty eight.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus didn't just die for your past sins. He didn't
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  Speaker 1: just wipe the slate clean so you could try harder.
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  Speaker 1: He completely paid the price, once and for all. When
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  Speaker 1: he said it is finished, he meant you don't have
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  Speaker 1: to live in shame any more. You don't have to
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  Speaker 1: strive for God's love. You don't have to wonder if
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  Speaker 1: you are forgiven. You are free, But are you living
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  Speaker 1: in that freedom? Imagine a prisoner who has been sentenced
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  Speaker 1: to life behind bars. One day, a messenger arrives with
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  Speaker 1: good news. Someone has paid the full price for his release.
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  Speaker 1: He is free to go, But instead of leaving, the
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  Speaker 1: prisoner shakes his head. He doesn't believe it. He thinks
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  Speaker 1: it's too good to be true, so he stays behind bars,
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  Speaker 1: even though his freedom was already purchased. That's exactly how
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  Speaker 1: many Christians live today. They have been declared free, but
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  Speaker 1: they still act like prisoners. It is for freedom that
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  Speaker 1: Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do
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  Speaker 1: not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
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  Speaker 1: Galatians five one. If we truly believe it is finished,
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  Speaker 1: we will stop living like slaves to sin, guilt, and fear.
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  Speaker 1: So what does this mean for your daily life? You
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  Speaker 1: don't have to earn God love. He already loves you fully,
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  Speaker 1: completely and unconditionally. Romans five eight. You can stop carrying
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  Speaker 1: guilt if you've confessed your sins. They are gone First
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  Speaker 1: John one nine. You can live in bold faith because
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  Speaker 1: you are fully accepted in Christ. You can approach God
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  Speaker 1: with confidence Hebrews four sixteen. When you embrace it is finished,
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  Speaker 1: you stop trying to be good enough for God, and
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  Speaker 1: you start walking in his grace. This doesn't mean we
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  Speaker 1: live however we want. True grace transforms us. Shall we
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  Speaker 1: go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means?
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  Speaker 1: We are those who have died to sin. How can
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  Speaker 1: we live in it any longer? Romans six one to two.
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  Speaker 1: Understanding it is finished doesn't lead to laziness. It leads
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  Speaker 1: to freedom to obey out of love, not fear. Imagine
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  Speaker 1: a child who only obeys his father because he's scared
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  Speaker 1: of punishment. He's constantly afraid of messing up. That's not
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  Speaker 1: real love, that's fear. But a child who knows his
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  Speaker 1: father loves him no matter what he obeys, because he
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  Speaker 1: trusts his father, he knows his father wants the best
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  Speaker 1: for him. That's what God wants from us. We love
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  Speaker 1: because He first loved us first John fourth, nineteen. So
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  Speaker 1: let me ask you, are you living like it is finished?
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  Speaker 1: Is really finished? Or is you still trying to earn
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  Speaker 1: what Jesus already paid for? Are you walking in freedom,
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  Speaker 1: joy and peace? Or are you still carrying burdens that
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  Speaker 1: Jesus already took to the cross. Because the moment you
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  Speaker 1: embrace this truth, everything changes. If everything Jesus said on
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  Speaker 1: the cross is true, if it is finished really means
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  Speaker 1: what he declared, then why do so many believers still
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  Speaker 1: live in bondage? Why do so many carry guilt, fear,
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  Speaker 1: and anxiety as if the work isn't done? This is
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  Speaker 1: the challenge. Are you living as if Jesus actually finished
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  Speaker 1: the work, or are you still trying to prove yourself
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  Speaker 1: to God as if your salvation depends on your own strength.
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  Speaker 1: Many Christians say they believe in grace, but their lives
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  Speaker 1: tell a different story. They live in constant self condemnation,
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  Speaker 1: always wondering if they've done enough, prayed enough, or repented
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  Speaker 1: enough to earn God's favor. But the truth is Jesus
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  Speaker 1: already did it all. Therefore, there is now no condemnation
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  Speaker 1: for those who are in Christ Jesus Romans eight, Colon one.
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  Speaker 1: No condemnation, no shame, no striving. Does that mean we
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  Speaker 1: live carelessly? Know? True faith doesn't make us lazy, It
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  Speaker 1: makes us free. When you truly believe it is finished,
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  Speaker 1: you stop obeying God out of fear and start obeying
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  Speaker 1: out of life. Imagine a prisoner who has been locked
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  Speaker 1: up for years. One day, the prison doors swing open
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  Speaker 1: and he's told he's free to go, But instead of leaving,
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  Speaker 1: he stays in his cell. Why because he doesn't believe
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  Speaker 1: he is truly free. He is so used to being
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  Speaker 1: in chains that he doesn't know how to live without them.
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  Speaker 1: That's how many Christians live today, even though Jesus paid
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  Speaker 1: the price, they are still living like captives. So if
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  Speaker 1: the sun sets you free, you will be free, indeed,
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  Speaker 1: John eight thirty six, free from fear, free from guilt,
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  Speaker 1: free from trying to earn what has already been given,
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  Speaker 1: that is the reality of it is finished. So let
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  Speaker 1: me ask you. Are you living in freedom or are
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  Speaker 1: you still carrying burdens that Jesus already took to the cross?
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  Speaker 1: Are you still trying to be good enough for God?
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  Speaker 1: Or are you resting in the finished work of Christ?
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  Speaker 1: Are you walking in victory or are you still fighting
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  Speaker 1: battles that Jesus already one. Because the moment you embrace
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  Speaker 1: this truth, when you stop trying to earn grace and
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  Speaker 1: simply receive it, everything changes. This is why the enemy
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  Speaker 1: tries to keep believers blind to the truth. If he
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  Speaker 1: can make you doubt whether jesus work is really finished,
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  Speaker 1: he can keep you in bondage. But today you have
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  Speaker 1: a choice. You can either live like a prisoner, or
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  Speaker 1: you can walk in the freedom Jesus already purchased for you. You
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  Speaker 1: can either live in fear or you can stand firm
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  Speaker 1: in the victory of the cross. You can either keep
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  Speaker 1: striving or you can rest in what has already been accomplished.
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  Speaker 1: So which will it be? Because it is finished is
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  Speaker 1: not just a phrase, It is the foundation of our faith.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus' final words were not just the end of his suffering.
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  Speaker 1: They were the beginning of our victory. And if you
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  Speaker 1: believe that, then you are called to live like it. So,
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  Speaker 1: if this message has spoken to you, if it has
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  Speaker 1: reminded you of what ge Jesus truly accomplished, like and
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  Speaker 1: share this video so others can walk in the freedom
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  Speaker 1: he died to give them. Because the greatest lie of
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  Speaker 1: the enemy is that the work is not finished. But
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  Speaker 1: the greatest truth of the Gospel is that Jesus said otherwise.
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  Speaker 1: If there is one thing the enemy fears, it is
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  Speaker 1: a believer who truly understands the finished work of Christ.
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  Speaker 1: Because the moment you fully embrace that truth, every lie
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  Speaker 1: the enemy has used against you, guilt, shame, fear, insecurity
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  Speaker 1: loses its power. So let's take this moment to pray together.
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  Speaker 1: Whether you are struggling with doubt, trapped in condemnation, or
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  Speaker 1: simply need a fresh revelation of jesus victory. This is
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  Speaker 1: for you, Father God. We come before you in humility,
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  Speaker 1: knowing that without Jesus we are nothing. We have spent
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  Speaker 1: so much of our lives carrying burdens that you already lifted,
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  Speaker 1: fighting battles that you already won. Today we lay it
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  Speaker 1: all down at the foot of the cross. Lord, Forgive
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  Speaker 1: us for every moment we lived as if jesus sacrifice
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  Speaker 1: wasn't enough. Forgive us for the times we held on
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  Speaker 1: to shame when you declared us forgiven. Forgive us for
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  Speaker 1: the times we let fear control us when you already
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  Speaker 1: conquered the grave. Forgive us for striving to earn what
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  Speaker 1: you have freely given. Jesus. To day, we declare that
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  Speaker 1: we believe you. We believe that when you said it
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  Speaker 1: is finished, you meant it. We believe that our debt
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  Speaker 1: is fully paid. We believe that the power of sin
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  Speaker 1: is broken. We believe that Satan has no hold over
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  Speaker 1: us anymore, And we choose right now to walk in
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  Speaker 1: that truth. For every person listening who has been tormented
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  Speaker 1: by guilt, let them be set free. For every heart
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  Speaker 1: that has been bound by shame, let your love wash
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  Speaker 1: over them like a flood. For every person who has
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  Speaker 1: been living in fear, afraid that they are not enough,
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  Speaker 1: afraid that they will never measure up. Lord, remind them
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  Speaker 1: that they are covered by your grace. God. We renounce
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  Speaker 1: the lie that we are still condemned romans hate. One
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  Speaker 1: says there is therefore now no condemnation for those who
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  Speaker 1: are in Christ. Jesus, we stand on that promise. We
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  Speaker 1: are not defined by our past, our failures, or our mistakes.
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  Speaker 1: We are defined by the blood of Jesus. Father. For
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  Speaker 1: those who feel like they have to earn your love,
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  Speaker 1: remind them that you have already given it fully. For
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  Speaker 1: those who feel like they have to fight for forgiveness,
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  Speaker 1: remind them that the price has already been paid in full. Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: you are our victory. When the enemy whispers lies, we
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  Speaker 1: will respond with it is finished. When doubt tries to
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  Speaker 1: take hold, we will declare it is finished. When fear
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  Speaker 1: comes knocking, we will stand firm in it is finished
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  Speaker 1: and shed to doom. And Lord, we pray for every
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  Speaker 1: person who is battling spiritual warfare right now, every person
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  Speaker 1: who feels trapped, who feels like they can't escape their past,
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  Speaker 1: who feels like they are under attack, We plead the
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  Speaker 1: blood of Jesus over them. Let every demonic stronghold be broken.
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  Speaker 1: Let every generational curse be canceled, Let every lie of
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  Speaker 1: the enemy be silenced. Because Jesus did not leave the
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  Speaker 1: work undone. He finished it. And for those who have
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  Speaker 1: never fully surrendered to you, Lord, let today be the day.
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  Speaker 1: The day they stop running, the day they stop striving,
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  Speaker 1: the day they receive your grace and rest in the
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  Speaker 1: power of your love. Jesus, we thank you, We honor you,
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  Speaker 1: We surrender everything to you, and we declare over our lives,
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  Speaker 1: over our families, and over our future, it is finished.
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  Speaker 1: If this prayer has spoken to you, if you feel
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  Speaker 1: the weight of burdens lifting, then don't keep it to yourself.
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  Speaker 1: Like and share this video so more people can experience
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  Speaker 1: the freedom that Jesus has already won. There are so
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  Speaker 1: many people still trapped in guilt, fear, and striving. But
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  Speaker 1: to day we declare that the truth will set them free,
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  Speaker 1: because the enemy's greatest weapon is deception. But Jesus left
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  Speaker 1: us with the truth, and that truth is this. It
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  Speaker 1: is finished.