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Manifesting the Things of The Spirit pt. 2 · Near East Christian Fellowship Sermons

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Welcome to NECF Sermons. Each message here is
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the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive
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right in. 1 Corinthians chapter 1, everybody.
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So one of the words that I remembered mentioning
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on Sunday, I mentioned something. I said Paul
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was addressing the church in Corinthians, a loveless
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spiritual people. What I meant by a loveless
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spiritual people is not as though. Can you hear
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me? Okay, sir. Okay. So it's not as though these
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people don't have the love of Christ in them.
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Amen. The day the believer comes into Christ,
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the day the believer. receives the life of christ
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he receives all that is in christ jesus so when
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when i say loveless people it was not or is not
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as though these people don't have love at all
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no the believers in the corinthian church have
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the love of christ in them amen They have all
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that is in Christ. Also, they have it in them.
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So the only challenge with them is that what?
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They have made a choice. Willful ignorance, right?
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Not to walk in love. Praise God. So now, let's
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see verse 2. Let's see verse 2. Everybody, please
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pay attention to your Bible. And see the kind
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of, there's a reason why I want us to read verse
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2 to 10. Right? Because I want to say something
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that will build on all that we are discussing.
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Or from verse 1. Paul called to be an apostle
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of Jesus Christ through the will of God and sustenance
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our brother. See verse 2 everybody. Put your
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attention very well. Unto the church of God which
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is at Corinth. To them that are what? sanctified
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in Christ Jesus. They are in who? They are in
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Christ. Christ is in them. Amen? So all that
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is in Christ is in these believers. How do I
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know? Let's continue reading. Called to be what?
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Called to be saints. With all that in every place
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called upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord,
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both theirs and what? And ours. So this church,
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these believers are in who? They are in Christ
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Jesus. And Christ is also what? In them. Praise
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God. So these people have love. These people
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have all the gifts of the Holy Ghost. These people
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have all that is in Christ Jesus. Verse 3. Grace
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be unto you and peace from God our Father and
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from the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God always
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on your behalf for the grace of God, which is
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what? Which is given you by Jesus Christ. That
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in everything, can you see everybody? That in
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everything, ye are what? Ye are enriched by him.
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Hallelujah. Not in some things. Not in one thing.
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Not in two things. Not in three things. That
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they are enriched in how many things? In everything.
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The believer is the man that is enriched in everything
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in Christ Jesus. We have treated it in our cell
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meeting. The realities of the believer in Christ
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Jesus. As we are discussing heaven. The realities
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of the believer in Christ Jesus. So the believer
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is enriched in Christ in how many things? In
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all things. And he said by him. Who? By Christ.
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That hymn there says that ye are enriched by
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Christ in all utterance and in all how many words?
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All knowledge. Can you see? All utterance, all
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knowledge, all gifts, the love of God, the patience
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of God, the character of God, the kindness of
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God, they are enriched in all things. See verse
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6. Even as the testimony of Christ was what?
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Was confirmed in you. Can you see verse 7? So
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that ye come behind in what? In no gifts. Because
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they are enriched in all things. They are enriched
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in everything. They are enriched in every gift.
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They come behind in no gift waiting for the coming
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of our Lord Jesus Christ. Verse 8. Who shall
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also confirm you unto the end that ye be blameless
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in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. Verse 9.
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God is faithful. By whom here we are called.
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Unto the fellowship of his son. Jesus Christ
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what? Our Lord. Unto the union. Now what fellowship?
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Unto the union. Of which his son. Our Lord Jesus
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Christ. Seva stand everybody now. Seva stand.
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So that you will know that this church is enriched
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in everything. Now I beseech you, brethren, by
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the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all
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speak what? The same thing. And that there be
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no what? Divisions where? Among you. But that
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ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind
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and in the same judgment. Hallelujah. In the
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same mind and in the same judgment. Because ye
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are enriched in everything. Because for the grace
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of God has been given to you by Christ Jesus.
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Because the peace of God and his grace has been
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given to you. Because ye are enriched in all
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utterance. Ye are enriched in all knowledge.
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You see this church. It's a church that has all
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things. So whatever that is in Christ Jesus is
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in them. Hallelujah. However, this church, when
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you now see verse 11, it now say, for it has
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been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by
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them which are of the house of what? Of Chloe,
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that there are what? Contentions where? Among
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you. So some people from the house of Chloe,
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where the people that declared unto him that
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there are what? Contentions among them. And he
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began verse 12 and began to address all the contentions.
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And we read on Sunday in chapter 3, he addressed
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an issue. Chapter 4, he addressed an issue. Chapter
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5, he kept addressing till chapter 13, 14 and
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15. He ended 15 and 16, now bringing their minds
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to a different matter entirely, having addressed
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all the issues and then encouraged them to walk
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in love. So most times when you see that there
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are disputes and when there are issues and then
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in the body of Christ, you want to address a
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matter between two believers. You are not addressing
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the matter between the believers as though they
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don't have that which is in them that is supposed
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for them to live that kind of life. No. But rather,
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you see a deviation from their reality or who
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they are or their identity in Christ Jesus. That
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is why in chapter 3, he would tell them that
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I would love to speak to you as unto spiritual,
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but I have to speak unto you as unto what? Canal.
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as unto faith in who? In Christ. So these people
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are spiritual people. Question, who is a spiritual
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person? A spiritual person is one that is saved.
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One that has the Holy Ghost. I'm just giving
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us a summarized definition of a spiritual person.
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A spiritual person is any believer or any man
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that is what? That is saved. whether you pray
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16 hours whether you pray 30 hours whether you
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have locked in your room for 16 days or you fast
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and pray for 191 days that does not make you
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more spiritual and make your other brother or
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the other believer less spiritual The man in
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Christ is already spiritual. Let me say it again.
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The man in Christ is already what? Spiritual.
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The man in Christ is already spiritual. However,
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that man that is spiritual can make a choice,
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can act on his will to behave carnally. That
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person can willfully decide not to walk by the
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Spirit of God. That person can willfully decide
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not to express the life of God in him. That person
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can willfully decide to exhibit a life that is
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apart his identity. So that is what is happening
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with the Church of Corinthians or the Church
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in Corinth. And I needed to build this to say
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this now. You are hearing me on this platform.
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You are spiritual. You are spiritual. You are
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spiritual. You are spiritual. You are spiritual.
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You don't need to do anything extra to make you
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spiritual. The day you receive the life of Christ,
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you became spiritual. What you always need to
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do as you are taught, as you are trained, is
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to give expression to the life. That you have
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in the spirit. When we say pray always. What
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we are saying. We are not saying that you should
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pray. To become spiritual. No. We are saying
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that give expression. To your spiritual life.
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When we say study God's word. We are not saying
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study God's word. To become spiritual. No. Because
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that will be works. But rather. We are saying
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that you are already spiritual. Give expression.
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To your spiritual life. And how you give expression
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to your spiritual life. Is by studying God's
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word. When we say. Attend the gathering of believers.
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We are not saying that. Coming to the gathering
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of believers. Will make you spiritual. No. But
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we are saying that. When you always. Attend the
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gathering of believers. And you are always among
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the gathering of believers. You are giving expression.
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To your reality in Christ Jesus. And likewise.
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Every time you refuse to give expression to your
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spirituality, listen to what I will say now,
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you're already backsliding. You hear what I'm
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saying? Every time you refuse to what? To give
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expression to your identity in Christ Jesus,
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you're already what? You are already backsliding.
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You're going to find yourself acting carnally.
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Your fervency will go down. Your passion will
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dwindle. It will go down. Your love for God will
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continue to wax weaker and weaker. Your love
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for the saints will continue to grow cold. That
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is what actually happened to the church in Corinth,
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and Paul had to address it. And that is why we
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are addressing this matter, because there is
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some way that we are going. So he was telling
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them that all that is in Christ Jesus in chapter
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13 must find expression through the platform
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of love. Let me say this now as it's coming to
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my heart. Live a life that validates your spirituality
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by walking in love. Live a life that validates
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your spirituality by walking in the love of Christ
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towards your beloved brothers or towards brethren.
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Because every time you refuse to walk in love,
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you're going to find division. So how do you
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know these people are not walking in love? One,
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because we can see division. You see in verse
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10, he has already encouraged them in verse 10.
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He said, please have the same mind. He said,
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let there be no divisions. That is how the bond
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of perfectness will be seen among you. Every
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time you don't love your brother, every time
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you don't love your sister, every time you don't
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seek the advantage and the benefits of the other
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brethren, you will find yourself in division.
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There will be strife. Let me read the things
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here in chapter 3. There will be divisions. One
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will say I am of Apollos. One will say I am of
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the other. You're going to see envy. You're going
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to see malice. You're going to see jealousy.
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You're going to see so much of unforgiveness.
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No love. No love. Wheresoever. There is no love
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of God. made manifest or express, the life of
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God will be stranded in that place. Do you hear
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what I said? Where so ever there is no love of
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God expressed, every gathering, every believer
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or any believer, you don't see the love of God
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expressed or made manifest through his life.
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You will see the things of the spirit. You will
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see the character of God. You will see the life
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of God stranded. You will see the life of God
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limited in that place. So this church at Corinth
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have made a choice or have given a room for Satan
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to find expression among them by not working
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in love, by allowing divisions, by allowing strife
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and ETC to be seen among them. And so now, we
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also now return. How did we arrive at this place?
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Because we say these people are saints. Verse
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2 said that chapter 1 verse 2 called them that
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they are saints. Which means that they are believers.
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They have the life of Christ. And we say we also.
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We have the life of Christ. We are saints. We
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are spiritual. Then we now read Romans chapter
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8. Romans chapter 8, verse 9 to 10. Romans chapter
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8, verse 9 to 10. He said, yea, not in the flesh,
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but in the spirit. You are in the spirit. You
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are in the spirit. And he said, we are in the
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spirit. Brother, you are in the spirit. Peter,
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you are in the spirit. Pastors, we are in the
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spirit. Team leaders, you are in the spirit.
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You are not in the flesh. If so, be that the
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spirit of God dwell in you. Now, if any man have
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not the spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
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Stand now. And if Christ be in you, the body
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is dead. Because of what? Because of sin. So
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sin no longer have dominion over us. But the
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spirit is what? Is life. Because of what? Righteousness.
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See verse 5 now everybody. For they that are
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after the flesh. Do what? Do mind the things
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of the flesh. But they that are after the spirit.
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Because they are in the spirit. Do mind the things
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of what? Of the spirit. 6 now everybody see.
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For to be carnally minded is death. But to be
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spiritually minded is what? Is life and peace.
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So the church in Corinth were carnally minded.
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They were not spiritually what? Minded. And I
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tell us today, the only way that the life of
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God. Will be made manifest through us. Until
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we become spiritually what? Minded. Until we
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pay attention. To the things of the spirit. Until
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our attention. Is tilted. Towards our reality.
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In Christ Jesus. Our identity in Christ Jesus.
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If not. We will continually. To be carnally what?
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Minded. So Christ in us. The spirit in us. Hallelujah.
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Christ in me. The spirit in me. Some days ago,
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until last week, I went throughout the day just
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meditating, meditating, meditating, meditating.
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I think my wife told me something in the morning.
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So she said that when you come back from work,
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I'm going to tell you the story. We're just discussing
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early in the morning. So I'd gone out to work.
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I'd forgotten I'd been busy. In fact, I was so
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busy, I came back. And so in the night, so and
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then she now said, aha, please, what is it? There
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was something I wanted to tell you. What was
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it? So she could not remember and I could not
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remember. And then I now, the next thing I now
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said, Holy Spirit, please remind me, please.
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Remind me, Holy Spirit. Because most times I
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go throughout the day, you could just see on
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the road, I would just be like a mad person.
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Holy Spirit, please help me. Help me, please,
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Holy Spirit. Help me. Help me, Holy Spirit. I
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could be in the office. Please, Holy Spirit,
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help me. My mind will just wander in thoughts.
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I say, Holy Spirit, please help me. And then
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within just a few seconds to a minute about.
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Then the whole thing that she wanted to tell
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me just came flooding my mind. Let me say this
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now to someone here on this platform. If you
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have to utter it, please utter it. The Holy Spirit
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help me. Probably it has to do with your prayer
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life. It has to do you have been struggling to
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study God's word. You have been struggling to
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study the scriptures. Say, Holy Spirit, do what?
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Help me. You see, the God kind of life cannot
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be lived by the human kind of effort. You didn't
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hear what I said? The God kind of life cannot
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be lived by what? By the human kind of effort.
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It can only be lived by the Spirit's power. Your
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spiritual life, your spirituality can only be
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powered by the Spirit of God. It can only be
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sustained by the Spirit of God. Your prayer life
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can only be sustained by the Spirit of God. Let
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me tell you all the things you have written.
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That Lord, I want to do this for you. I want
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to do this for you. I want to do this this year.
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I want to fast. I want to pray. I want to study
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the words. I want to meditate more. I want to
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preach more. I want to evangelize more. I want
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to organize crusades and conferences. All those
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desires can only be sustained by the Spirit of
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God. It will be good for you. To lean on the
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Holy Ghost always. And say, Holy Spirit, do what?
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Help me. Help me, Holy Spirit. There will be
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less struggle. Your strength, frustrations will
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be reduced more. Have you ever had series of
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weeks? We have discussed that with Pastor Chidi
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and then probably maybe a couple of the pastors
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also. And it has worked with so many of us. You
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set your heart to pray. By 5 a .m. Or let's say
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by 3 a .m. And your alarm rang, rang, rang, rang,
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rang. And you didn't hear your alarm. And then
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some few minutes to 3. From nowhere. You are
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just up on your bed. I remember the last time
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I did 90 days of the power of confession. That
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was 2022. I experienced firsthand. If the Holy
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Spirit does not help you in your walk with God,
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your efforts will be futile. You know when you
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are sleeping by 3 a .m. and you need to be up
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by 5 o 'clock or 5 .30. And then when you wake
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up, what's the time? What's the time? I realized,
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how is it that I woke up? Right on time. How
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is it that I'm waking up. My alarm rang 4 a .m.
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I didn't wake up with alarm. And then I'm up
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right on time. I said all these things to say
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this. Once you lose the consciousness of living
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a spiritual life. You will start being conscious
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of a kind of life more. Every time you are not
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spirit minded. You will be carnally minded. And
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once you are carnally minded, you cannot be able
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to give expression to the things of the Spirit.
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Even when you try it, you will know in your heart
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that there is no connect with the Holy Ghost.
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So we are in Christ. The Spirit is also what?
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In us. And we established that we read Romans
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chapter 10, verse 9 to 10, how a man becomes
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saved. We also read John chapter 3, verse 16.
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Then let's read John chapter 3, everybody. John
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chapter 3. John chapter 3. So the church at Corinth
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knows what is salvation because these people
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are already saved. Why are we doing this? We
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are doing this part because everything we are
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discussing, You know, it's only for the ones
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that are saved. And if you are not saved, you're
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on this platform, you can be saved now as you're
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hearing me. John chapter 3, verse 3 to 6. Jesus
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answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I
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say unto thee, except a man be born again, he
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cannot see the kingdom of God. Because he must
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say unto him, how can a man be born again when
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he is old? Can he enter a second time into his
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mother's womb and be born? Jesus answered, verily,
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verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born
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of water, which is the spirit, the Kairul now,
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T -S -K -R -U -L, of water, which is the spirit,
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he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That
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which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that
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which is born of the spirit is what? His spirit.
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Acts chapter 2. Acts chapter 2 verse 38 to 39.
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Acts chapter 2 verse 38 to 39. Then Peter said
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unto them. Repent and be baptized. Every one
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of you. In the name of Jesus Christ. In the resurrection
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of Jesus Christ. For the remission of what? Of
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sins. The death, burial and resurrection of Jesus
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Christ. That is what brought about the remission
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of what? The remission of sins. Hallelujah. If
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we go back to all the conversation. Of Peter.
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He talked about how Christ was crucified. How
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he died. And how he was what? How he was raised.
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And the promise of the Holy Ghost. Was shed on
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all flesh. Amen. So he ended up placing the verse
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38, for the remission of sins and ye shall receive
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the gift of what? The gift of what? Of the Holy
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Ghost. For the promise is unto you and to your
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children and to all that are far off, even as
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many as the Lord our God shall call. And then
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we now also, 1st Galatians chapter 3. Galatians
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chapter 3. Galatians chapter 3. So the man that
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becomes saved, what does he receive? He receives
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a gift. What is the gift he receives? He receives
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the gift of the Holy Ghost. Hallelujah. So what
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have we received as salvation? We have received
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the gift of the Holy Ghost. Galatians chapter
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3 verse 13. Galatians chapter 3 verse 13. He
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said, Christ hath redeemed us from the curse
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of the law. Be made a curse for us, for it is
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written. Curse is everyone that hung everywhere
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on a tree. Everybody, verse 14 now. That the
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blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles.
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Through who? Through Jesus Christ. What is this
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blessing of Abraham? Everybody see. That we might
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receive the promise of the Spirit through what?
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Through faith. Hallelujah. So what have we received
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as salvation? We received the Spirit of God.
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1 Peter chapter 1 verse 3. 1 Peter chapter 1
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verse 3. 1 Peter chapter 1 verse 3. Blessed be
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the God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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who according to his abundant mercy has begotten
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us again unto a lively hope. For some version
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says that we have been born again unto a lively
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hope. By what? How did we become born again?
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By the resurrection of Jesus Christ. From where?
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From the dead. Hallelujah. And we said on Sunday,
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how does a man become born again? He believes
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with his heart. What does a man believe? He believes
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that God has raised Jesus Christ from where?
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From the dead. And he confesses what with his
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mouth. He confesses the Lord Jesus. He becomes
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saved. So if you're on this platform and you
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are not saved, I bring to you right now that
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you can be saved and partake in the life of God
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and also receive the Holy Ghost. And I will tell
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you that God raised Jesus from the dead. Christ
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died. He was buried and he was raised from the
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dead for you. God does not delight in you being
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or living a life under condemnation. What he
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has for you is eternal life. What he has for
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you is his own life. The gift he has for you
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to validate his love for you is his Holy Ghost,
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his own spirit. So if you're hearing me and you're
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not saved, you're on this platform. I announce
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to you that God loves you. Christ died for you
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even before you knew it. While you were still
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yet a sinner, the scripture says Christ had died
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for you. He was buried for you. And he was raised
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for you. That is what brings you into the life
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of God. That is what you believe with your heart.
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And with your mouth, you confess the Lord Jesus
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Christ. So if you're hearing me this evening,
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before we continue, you can confess the Lord
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Jesus Christ with your mouth, believing with
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your heart that God has raised him from the dead
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for your sins. If you're hearing me, whether
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you're in your room, you're driving, you're seated,
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you're standing, you're on the way, you are and
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can be saved. Because everything we're going
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to continue discussing now in the next minutes
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we have, you cannot be a participant of it. It
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will be strange to you. So the man that has the
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Spirit of God in him has all the things of God
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in him. The Spirit of God in you, on Sunday we
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say, is the evidence and the fulfillment of Jesus'
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promise to the believer. Amen? So we have received
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the promise, the Holy Ghost. The Spirit of God
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in you is the evidence that Jesus is risen from
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the grave. He is no longer in the grave. Luke
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chapter 24. Luke chapter 24. Luke chapter 24
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verse 1. Now upon the first day of the week.
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Luke chapter 24 verse 1. Now upon the first day
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of the week, very early in the morning, they
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came unto the sepulcher, bringing the spices
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which they had prepared and certain others with
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them. And they found the stone rolled away from
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the sepulcher, and they entered in and found
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not the body of the Lord Jesus. Hallelujah. And
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it came to pass, as they were much perplexed
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thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in
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shining garments. And as they were afraid and
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bowed down their faces to the earth, they said
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unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?
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He is not here, but he is risen. Hallelujah.
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Remember how he spoke unto you when he was yet
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in Galilee. Verse 7 now, everybody. Saying, the
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Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of
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sinful men and he be crucified at the third day.
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Rise again. Hallelujah. Then now, everybody,
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let's go to 36 now. That he be what? He be raised
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again. But is that the evidence that Christ is
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risen? That the stone is rolled away. The stone
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is rolled away. Is that the evidence? Is that
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the evidence that his body was not there? Is
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that the evidence that Christ is risen? No. 36
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now. And as they spoke, Luke 24, 36. And as they
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spoke, please look at the lines of the scriptures,
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everybody. And as they spoke. And as they speak,
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Jesus himself stood in the midst of them and
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said unto them, Peace be unto you. But they were
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terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they
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had seen a spirit. And he said unto them, Why
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are ye troubled? And why do thoughts arise in
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your hearts? Behold my hands and my feet, that
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it is I myself. Handle me and see. For a spirit
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hath not flesh and bones as ye see me have. Hallelujah.
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And when he had thus spoken, he showed them his
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hands and his feet. And while they yet believed
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not for joy and wondered, he said unto them,
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have ye any meat? He said, okay. And they gave
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him a piece of broiled fish. And of a honeycomb.
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And he took it. And did it before them. Hallelujah.
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Is that the evidence that Christ is risen from
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the grave? No. Is that the evidence because he
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has eaten meat. And he has eaten fish. Is that
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the evidence? No. And they gave him now. 44.
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And he said unto them. These are the words which
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I speak unto you while I was yet with you. Hallelujah.
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That you will give me fish and you will give
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me bread and I will eat and all things must be
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fulfilled. Is that what the scripture says? Is
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that what your Bible says? Is that what your
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scripture says? That when Christ is giving fish
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and bread, that the scripture is fulfilled? No,
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no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. He says that
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what, these are the words which I speak unto
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you while I was yet with you, that all things
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must be fulfilled, which were written in the
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law of Moses and in the prophets and in the Psalms.
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Concerning who? Concerning me. It's not the stone
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being rolled away that is written concerning
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him. That is what is the reason why, you know,
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the evidence why he's risen. 45. Then open here
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their understanding that they might understand
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the scriptures. Everybody now stay with me. And
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say unto them, those it is written that it behooves
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Christ to what? To suffer and to rise from the
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dead. The what? The third day. And that repentance.
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Hallelujah. That repentance and remission of
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sins should be what? Should be preached in his
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name among all nations, beginning at what? Jerusalem.
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And ye are what? Ye are witnesses of these things.
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Hallelujah. And behold, as witnesses now, I send
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the promise of the Father upon you, in the city
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of Jerusalem. until ye be endued with power from
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where from on high what are their weaknesses
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they are witnesses of his death burial and resurrection
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what will be the evidence that they are witnesses
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that the spirit of god they shall receive power
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from on high the spirit of god In the apostles,
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in the disciples, now legalize them to be what?
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Witnesses for Christ. They have become ambassadors
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for Christ unto reconciliation. Same we see in
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Acts chapter 1. He told them that in Acts chapter
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1 verse 8. Acts chapter 1 verse 4 and Acts chapter
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1 verse 8. Let's read it. Acts chapter 1 verse
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4. And being assembled together with them, commanded
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them that they should not depart from Jerusalem,
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but wait for the promise of the Father, which
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said he, ye have heard of me. For truly John
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baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized
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with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. But
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ye shall receive power. After that, the Holy
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Ghost is what? He's come upon you and ye shall
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be witnesses unto me, both in Jerusalem and in
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all Judea and in Samaria and unto the autumn
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of what? Part of the earth. Hallelujah. They
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are not receiving the Holy Ghost for the second
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time. That was not what is happening with them.
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Amen? So what Christ was telling them is not
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that they are going to receive the Holy Spirit
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the second time. We're going to look at what
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is happening with them that Christ is speaking
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to them. So we're going to look at the conversation
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of Christ to them or his communication to them.
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So what have we received? We have received the
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Holy Ghost as the evidence that Jesus is risen.
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And we have become his witnesses to preach repentance,
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to preach his death, burial, and what? A resurrection.
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So how will Jesus walk today on the earth? He
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will walk through us as his witnesses. How will
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Jesus walk on the earth today? He will walk in
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the believer through his spirit. So the Spirit
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of God in the believer will produce the outworkings
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of God through the believer. Let me repeat it
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again. The Spirit of God in the believer will
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produce the outworkings of God through the believer.
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The spirit of God in the believer will produce
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the outwalkings of God through the believer.
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So when we read Mark, for example, Mark chapter
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16 now. Verse 17, everybody. Or let's start reading
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from verse 15. Mark chapter 16. And he said unto
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them, go ye into all the world and preach the
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gospel to every creature. He that believeth and
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is baptized shall be what? Saved. But he that
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believeth not shall be damned. And this sign
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shall follow them that what? Believe. In my name
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shall they cast out devils. They shall speak
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with new tongues. How are the believers doing
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this? The Spirit of God through the believers.
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Cursing them to cast out devils. Cursing them
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to speak in what? In new tongues. They shall
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take up serpents. The spirit of God. They shall
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drink any deadly thing. It shall not hurt them.
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The spirit of God. They shall lay hands on the
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sick. And the sick shall recover. The spirit
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of God. At work in you. Dear believer. How do
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I know? Verse 20. And they went forth. And preached
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everywhere. The Lord walking with them. Confirming
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the word. With signs. How? Following. Where the
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spirit of the Lord is. The Lord is. So how will
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God. Heal to the believer. His spirit. How will
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demons be casted. Through his spirit. Say, yes,
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I receive power. After the Holy Ghost is what?
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It's come upon you. His spirit validates the
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believer as a true witness for Christ. Let me
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say this. The spirit of God in you validates
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you as the witness for Christ unto nations. So
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when we read the book of Acts. What we see throughout
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the book of Acts, what we see is manifestations
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and expressions of the new birth. We see the
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new birth from Acts chapter 2. Everybody, let's
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go to Acts chapter 2. Acts chapter 2, everybody.
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Let's go to Acts chapter 2. When we go through
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the book of Acts, what we see is manifestations.
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What we see. His expressions of the new birth.
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In the apostles. Acts chapter 2. From verse 1.
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And when the day of Pentecost was fully come.
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They were all with one accord in one place. And
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suddenly. There came a sound from heaven. As
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of a rushing mighty wind. And it filled. All
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the house. Where they were sitting. And there
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appeared unto them. Cloven tongues as of fire.
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And he sat upon each of them. Everybody see verse
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4 now. See verse 4 and the workings of the Holy
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Ghost now. See verse 4. And they were all filled
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with what? With the Holy Ghost. And the Holy
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Ghost began to speak in tongues through them.
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Is that what the scripture says? Who began to
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speak in tongues? Please. Check your Bible very
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well. Please ensure that you're working with
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me. Check your Bible very well. And they were
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filled with the Holy Ghost. And who began? Who
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began to speak with other tongues? They began
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to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave
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what? Authorize. Let's read it this way. Brethren.
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And they were filled with the Holy Ghost. And
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the Spirit gave them utterance. And they began
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to speak with what? With other tongues. They
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were the ones speaking. The utterance was coming
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from the Holy Ghost. They were the ones speaking.
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The utterance was coming from where? From the
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Holy Ghost. You know, I'm saying it now, sensitively
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and carefully because of where we are going now.
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In 1 Corinthians chapter 12. It's the Spirit
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that gives the prophecy. The believer is the
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one that prophesies. It's the Spirit that brings
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word of knowledge. The believer is the one that
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gives the word of knowledge. It's the Spirit
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that brings word of wisdom. The believer is the
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one that gives the word of what? If you're writing,
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write this now, please. The Holy Spirit needs
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your participation. The Holy Spirit needs your
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participation for the life of God to be made
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manifest. The Holy Spirit needs your active participation,
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your conscious. for the life of God to be made
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manifest. There cannot be the oppression of the
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Spirit of God without your participation. Brethren,
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when it comes to the oppression of the things
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of the Holy Ghost, Holy Ghost, see, your conscience
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and your acting and your deliberate participation
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is needed. In fact, let me add another word again.
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Your fervent participation. Your fervent participation.
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Your fervent participation is needed when it
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comes to the operations of the things of the
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Spirit. And we saw immediately as they began
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to speak with other tongues. In verse 14 now.
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But Peter. Standing up. Being filled with the
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Holy Ghost. Standing up. With the eleven. He
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lifted up his voice. And said unto them. Ye men
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of Judea. And all. Ye that dwell at Jerusalem.
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Be these known unto you. And hearken unto my
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words. Verse 17 now. Okay. Let's read down to
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verse 17. For these are not drunken as ye suppose,
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seeing it is but the third hour of the day. But
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it is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel,
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verse 17 now. Because we are coming now to all
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this now. It shall come to pass in the last day,
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said God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all
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flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall
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do what? Shall prophesy, and your young men shall
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see visions, and your old men shall do what?
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Shall dream dreams. Dear beloved brethren, the
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Holy Ghost needs your participation. When it
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comes to the manifestation of the things of the
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Spirit, the Holy Spirit needs your participation.
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When it comes to manifesting the kingdom of God,
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Jesus needs your participation. When it comes
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to prophecy, your participation is needed. Your
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participation is needed. When it comes to healing
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the sick, he said, these signs shall follow them
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that believe. Because they believe and because
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they have decided to go and obey their participation.
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Working with the Holy Ghost. Makes that life
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of God seen everywhere. He said they shall lay
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hands on the sick. And the sick will be what?
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Will be healed. You are not the one healing the
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sick. Jesus needs your participation. He is the
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one healing the sick. You are not the one fabricating
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your tongues. Jesus needs your participation.
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He is the one giving utterance and interpretation
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of the tongues through you. You are not the one
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fabricating your prophecy. Jesus is the one.
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You know when I was in school in the university
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in Nigeria. There is this church. I will not
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say the name. However, they were deviating from
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the main church. Because I know the main church
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don't do that. That they have what they call
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school of the spirit. That they will teach you
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tongues. They teach tongues. They will say, Shabbala
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Kata, Shabbala Kata. You will repeat all of you
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that are attending the school. Shabbala Kata,
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Shabbala Kata. Let me say the one that my pastor
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in Zaria will always say. He will say, All of
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you also will follow. Okay, can you join? You
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can start there. Don't start mechanically. Start
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it, start it, start it. Start it, start it. That
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way now, you know, you can flow. The Holy Spirit
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is not a locomotive train. He is not some sort
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of manual spirit where you have to train people
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to say some certain... You know that one? That
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is called divination. That in their teaching
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is called divinations and enchantments. Only
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native doctors do that. Oh, glory to God. In
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this kingdom, the Holy Ghost gives us utterance.
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We just speak. Hallelujah. I just speak. I just
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speak. He's giving utterance right now. He's
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giving utterance right now. 24 hours, 7 days.
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He is giving utterance right now because the
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believer is connected and knitted with the Holy
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Ghost. Jesus told us in John chapter 14, John
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chapter 15, John chapter 16, He said, He will
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dwell in you forever. The Holy Ghost dwells in
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me not for two weeks. How? Forever. And that
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is why even right now, I can speak in tongues.
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Hallelujah. Because he is the one that is giving
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me utterance. I can prophesy right now because
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he is the one giving me utterance. I can lay
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hands on the sick and the sick will get healed
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because Jesus is stretching for his hands through
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me and healing the sick. So they were all filled
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with the Holy Ghost. So what we see in the believers,
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we're going to read Acts, Acts. We're going to
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read so many places in the book of Acts and we'll
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validate that. So they began to speak with tongues.
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Acts chapter 10 now. Let's read Acts chapter
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10. Your participation is needed. Acts chapter
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10 verse 45. And day of the circumcision. Acts
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chapter 10 verse 45. which believed were astonished.
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And as many as came with Peter, because that
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on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift
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of the Holy Ghost. You remember Peter says for
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everyone, right? Why are they astonished? 46,
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for they heard them do what? Speak with tongues
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and magnify God. Hallelujah. Then answered Peter.
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They were filled with the Holy Ghost. And they
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spoke in what? They spoke in tongues. Acts 19
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verse 6. Acts 19 verse 6. Acts 19 verse 6. Acts
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19 verse 6. And when Paul had laid his hands
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upon them. The Holy Ghost did what? Came upon
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them. On them. And they spoke with what? With
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tongues. And what? And prophesied. Hallelujah.
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They were the ones that spoke in tongues. They
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were the ones that did what? That prophesied.
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Praise God. So now, what does it mean to be filled
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with the Spirit? That's a big question there.
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What does it mean to be what? To be filled with
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the Spirit. What does it mean to be filled with
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the Spirit? What does it mean to be filled with
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the Spirit? We just read Acts chapter 2 verse
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4. Let's go back there again. What does it mean
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to be filled with the Spirit? What does it mean
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to be filled with the Spirit? Acts chapter 2
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verse 4. Acts chapter 2 verse 4. And they were
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all what? Filled with the Spirit. Holy Ghost.
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If you survive on the line of the world, you
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will all be filled with the Holy Ghost. You will
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be filled with the Holy Ghost. So on the line
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of the world, filled with the Spirit. Can we
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read a couple of scriptures that also talks about
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being filled with the Spirit? Ephesians chapter
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5 verse 16. Ephesians chapter 5 verse 16. Ephesians
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5, verse 16. Redeeming the time because the days
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are evil. Wherefore, be ye not unwise, but understanding
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what the will of the Lord is. Verse 18. And be
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not drunk with wine wherein is excess, but be
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what? But be filled with the Spirit. Semi -colon
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there. What does it mean to be filled with the
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Spirit? Speaking to yourselves in psalms and
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hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making
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melody in your heart to who? To the Lord. Luke
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chapter 1 verse 41. Luke chapter 1. We have just
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five minutes and then we are done for this. Luke
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chapter 1 verse 41. We can read the scriptures,
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only the scriptures, and then we'll build on
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it by God's grace on Sunday. Luke 1 .41. And
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can you see everybody? And it came to pass that
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when Elizabeth had the salutation of Mary, the
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babe lived in her womb. And Elizabeth was what?
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Was filled with the Holy Ghost. And she what?
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There's a colon there. And she speak out with
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a loud voice and said, bless a doll amongst what?
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Women. In Acts, you were filled with the Holy
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Ghost. They began to speak. Amen. In Ephesians
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chapter 5, you are filled with the Holy Ghost.
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You begin to speak. Elizabeth was filled with
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the Holy Ghost. He began to speak. Luke chapter
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1 verse 67. Luke chapter 1 verse 67. And his
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father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Ghost.
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And he did what? And he prophesied saying. Amen?
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He began to speak. Can you see it, everybody?
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Began to speak. Look at chapter 4, verse 1. Look
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at chapter 4, verse 1. And Jesus, being full
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of the Holy Spirit, returned from Jordan and
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was led by the Spirit into what? Into the wilderness.
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Big field of the Holy Ghost. Acts chapter 4.
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Verse 30. Acts chapter 4 verse 30. Thank you
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Holy Spirit. Acts chapter 4 verse 30. See what
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the scripture says. By stretching forth. 30 31.
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By stretching forth thy hand to heal. And the
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signs and wonders may be done by the name of
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thy holy child Jesus. 31. And when they had prayed.
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The place was shaken. Where they were assembled
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together and they were all filled with what?
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With the Holy Ghost. And they speak the word
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of God with what? With boldness. Acts chapter
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9 verse 16 to 17. Acts chapter 9 verse 16 to
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17. For I will show him now, I will show him
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how great things he must suffer for my name's
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sake. And Ananias went his way, and entered into
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his house, and putting his hands on him, said,
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But I saw the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared
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unto thee, in the way as thou camest hast sent
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me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and
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be filled with what? With the Holy Ghost. You
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can add these scriptures, Acts chapter 7, verse
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65. Acts 7 was 55. Acts chapter 13 was 52. Acts
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chapter 13 was 9. Acts chapter 13 was 9. And
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Acts chapter 6 was 3. Acts chapter 13 was 9.
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Acts chapter 6 was 3. So write this. What does
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it mean to be filled with the Spirit? That word,
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to be filled with the Spirit, to be filled, to
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be filled, the Greek word to be filled means
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pimplemi, P -I -M -P -L -E -M -I, or pleres.
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P -I -M -P -L -E -M -I, pimplemi, or pleres.
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p -l -e -r -e -s pimplemi opleres and that word
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means to be thoroughly permeated to be confirmed
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by the event of the influence please write this
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one To be confirmed by the event of the influence.
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Let me repeat myself. To be confirmed by the
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event of the what? Of the influence. It means
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to allow for the demonstration and the manifestation
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of the gift of the Spirit. I have one more minute.
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It means to allow for the demonstration and the
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manifestation of the gift of the Spirit. It means
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to allow for the demonstration or the manifestation
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of the gift of the Spirit. Hallelujah. So which
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means I end today by saying this. So which means
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that only the man that has the spirit of God
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can be able to manifest the things or can be
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able to manifest the spirit of God. Let me say
1:00:19
it directly so that you will understand what
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I'm saying now when we come. Only the man that
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has the Spirit of God can manifest the Spirit
1:00:29
of God. Only the man that has the Spirit of God
1:00:34
can demonstrate the Spirit of God. Let me say
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lastly, please. Please write this statement boldly
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because it's upon this reality that we are going
1:00:47
to experience and see all the things that we'll
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keep seeing much more. Only the man that has
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the spirit of God can manifest the spirit of
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God. Only the man that has the spirit of God
1:01:03
can demonstrate the spirit of God. Why? Because
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we say the man that has the spirit of God has
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all the things of God in him. Hallelujah. Jesus
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will say, he shall give, he shall transfer all
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that is mine to you. He shall give you all that
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is mine. He shall give it unto you. Praise God.
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So when we come, the next time by God's grace,
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we are going to build upon this. Hallelujah.
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You see now, I began by saying that the church
1:01:41
at Corinth had all that is in Christ in them.
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Hallelujah. Because Paul had already told them
1:01:49
that, that they are enriched in everything. Praise
1:01:52
God. So the believer, we are seeing now also
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that you are also enriched in everything. How
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are you enriched in everything? Because you have
1:02:04
the Spirit of God. How did you have the Spirit
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of God? Where did you get the Spirit of God from?
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At salvation. Salvation, how? Because Jesus...
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died he was buried and what he was raised from
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where from the dead hallelujah we appreciate
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you being here today we hope you carry this word
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with you throughout your week don't forget to
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check the show notes for additional insights
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until next time stay blessed