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The Believer's Authority in Christ pt 4 · Near East Christian Fellowship Sermons

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Welcome to NECF Sermons. Each message here is
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the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive
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right in. The believers' authority in Christ.
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And from Wednesday, I... I started teaching about
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the supernatural and interestingly, I went to
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Exodus straight up. I went to Exodus and the
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reason for that, right? The reason for that is...
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To show us, which we will continue today, to
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show us some spectacular things that actually
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happen. The reason was for us to open our eyes
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to see that spectacular things can actually happen
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in the Bible. So I've talked about the supernatural
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and now I'm saying the word spectacular. Now,
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the entire context, so you can begin to write
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down now, the entire context of the Bible is
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supernatural. That's where to start from. The
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entire context of the Bible is supernatural.
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And that is why if we pick the Bible as a book,
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okay? If we pick the Bible as a book to begin
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to teach, right, natural areas and sectors of
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life, it will be very misleading. It will be
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an abuse. Because the entire context of the Bible
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is supernatural. The Bible is supernatural. Within
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that supernatural, there are spectacular things
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that are taking place. And by spectacular, right,
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there are spectacular things that are taking
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place within the supernatural. And these spectacular
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things, they are things that we see. They are
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very visible in the natural. So when supernatural
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things take place, sometimes it's very visible
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in the natural. You will see it. And that's very
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spectacular. And you're wondering. Wow. Things
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that cannot be explained, right? By science,
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things that cannot be explained by your thoughts,
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right? Things that cannot be explained. So in
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where we come from, we are used to calling it
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miracles, right? So when you see something happen,
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something, an intervention in the natural, that's
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a miracle, right? That's a miracle because you
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are seeing it. But do you know that your fate
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is also supernatural? Your fate is supernatural
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and it is spectacular as well. Why? Because you
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began to see Christ the way he should be seen
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according to the scriptures. That's spectacular.
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Your revelation, something was taken away the
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moment the gospel was preached to you. And your
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perspective changed. And the way you see God
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changed. That's spectacular as well. But most
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of the time, right, the one we want to call the
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first pedagogy, the one we refer to, is that
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one that the leg became straight again, the kidney
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was restored, the eyes of the blind was opened,
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and all of that. And that's why I intentionally
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took us to Exodus. To see that, but just to backtrack
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this, to say that the entire context of the Bible
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is supernatural. Right? It's supernatural. And
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it has an impact on the natural. Now, let's read
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Romans chapter 14. Romans chapter 14. Let's go
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to Romans chapter 14. I should not pick something
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there to explain. Romans chapter 14, we can start
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from verse 13. Okay, yes, start from verse 1.
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Verse 1 of it, thank you. Now, it says, As for
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the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but
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not to quarrel over opinions. One person believe
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he may eat anything, So he's talking about a
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context where some people believe differences
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in dietary rights in eating. And he's saying
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that, well, someone's... who is weak, right,
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is taking only vegetables, and the other one
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believes he could take anything, right? So we
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see something here, and he used the word weak
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in faith. You see the word? He used the word
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weak in faith. So he's not talking about someone
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who is sick, that the doctor has prescribed vegetables
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or water for them, you know, in some cases, right?
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But he's talking about someone who is weak in
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faith. So when it comes to faith, it definitely
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means... That knowledge is involved. It means
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that knowledge is involved. It could be that
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the person does not have abundance of the knowledge
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of the word. So that's why I say weak in faith.
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And I say because of their weakness in faith,
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they eat certain things and choose not to eat
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other things. So we see the difference. Now,
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if we go to chapter 15, verse 1, chapter 15.
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Verse 1, Romans. He said, we who are strong have
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an obligation, right, to bear with the failings
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of the weak. Don't forget, it's a conversation
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that is continuing in that chapter 5. He said,
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we who are strong have an obligation to bear
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with the failings of the weak and not to please
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ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor
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for his good. to build him up, right? To do what?
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To build him up. So we see two kind of believers
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here. One is strong, right? Some people are strong
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and some people are weak. And we see that in
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the context of that, it's talking about faith.
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And I said, it's knowledge, right? It's knowledge.
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Now let's go to chapter 14, verse 13. Let's speak
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from there. There's something I want to try to
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establish before we go into, it will help us
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to proceed. From verse 13, it says, therefore
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let us not pass judgments. Do you see that it's
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about knowledge now? In the person's mind, that
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in the person's thinking, something is unclean
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and should not be eaten. Right? So it's about
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knowledge. That weak in faith means you could
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be weak in knowledge, right? Not understanding
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that everything is clean and nothing is unclean
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in itself. Are we together? So let's proceed.
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Now, for if your brother is gripped by what you
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eat, you are no longer walking in love. By what
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you eat, do not destroy the one for whom Christ
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has died. So do not let what you regard as good.
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spoken of as evil. For the kingdom of God is
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not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness
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and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. Whosoever
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touch self Christ is acceptable to God and approved
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by men. So then let us pursue what is, what makes
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for peace and mutual upbuilding, right? Do not
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forsake. Do not, for the sake of food, destroy
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the work of God. Everything is indeed clean,
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but it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble
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by what he eats. So you will see that Paul is
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actually trying to say that for this person who
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is not eating certain things, right? You should
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be accommodating, right? You should be accommodating.
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But I want to point out something in that accommodation.
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There's something in that accommodation that
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we must not miss. Because it would mean that
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you leave someone who is weak in faith because
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you want to accommodate them. So you say, oh,
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because he doesn't eat, then you accommodate
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the person. And the person stays and the person...
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So the person will remain weak in faith, right?
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So for someone who is weak in faith, what do
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we do to them? For someone who is weak in faith,
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what do we do to them? Edification, yes. Yes,
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it's edification. When you are weak in faith,
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you will receive edification. What is edification?
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Right? Something that is for upbuilding. Right?
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Something that is for upbuilding. What do you
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call it? Ephesians 4 verse 11. Let's go. Ephesians
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4 verse 11. Ephesians 4 verse 11. And he gave
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the apostles and the prophets and the evangelists,
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the shepherds and teachers to equip the saints
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for the work of ministry. For building up the
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body of Christ until we attain to the unity of
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faith and of the knowledge of God, of the Son
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of God, to mature man would, to the measure of
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the stature of the fullness of Christ. So we
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are no longer tossed around, right? We are no
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longer the children tossed to and fro by the
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waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine.
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What you see there is equipping the saints. The
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word kalatismos, right? And we see building up
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the body and we see knowledge, right? So precise
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and accurate knowledge of God. So when it comes
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to building up, right? When it comes to building
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up, what is needed, right? Is teachers who would
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explain Christ to you. So if you go back to that
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14, right? If you go back to that Romans 14,
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you will see that Paul emphasized something.
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He emphasized building up. In fact, when you
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come to verse 14 of Romans 15, right? Go to verse
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14 of Romans 15. He said, I myself am satisfied
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about you, my brothers, that you yourself are
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full of goodness, filled with all knowledge,
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and able to instruct one another. Romans 15,
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14. He said, I myself am satisfied about you,
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my brothers, that you yourself... Are full of
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goodness. Filled with all knowledge. And able
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to instruct one another. Right. Now from verse
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14. He started talking about building. Building
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up. From verse 14. Chapter 14 rather. Chapter
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14 verse 19. He said let us pursue what makes
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for peace. And for mutual building. We see that.
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Chapter 15 verse 4. He said, whatever was written
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in former days was written for instruction. That
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through endurance and through the encouragement
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of the scriptures, what is written in the scriptures,
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we might have hope. May the God of endurance
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and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony
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with one another in accord with Christ. That
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together you may, with one voice, glorify God.
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the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore,
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welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you
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for the glory of God. So, what you will see consistently
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here is that Paul is saying, let there not be
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argument and quarrel, right? About what to eat
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and what not to eat. Let there not be argument
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and quarrel about it. However, let there be a
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conversation on what... Let there be a conversation
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through the scriptures instructing one another
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for building up. So if you are weak in faith,
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we are not going to leave you to be weak in faith.
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We will have a conversation, right, instructing
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each other through the scripture for your building
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up. So it will not be good for the church to
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say, oh, we are going to leave you because you
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are weak in faith. No, no, we are not going to
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leave you. Right? We're going to have a conversation,
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not by quarrels about my opinion or your opinion,
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but according to the scriptures. He said, through
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the encouragement that comes from the scriptures.
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He said, I know that you are filled with all
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knowledge, verse 14, and able to instruct one
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another. So instructing one another means we
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can teach one another rather than quarreling
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over opinions. So those are two different things.
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So in the body of Christ, we can instruct one
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another. So you can show me something from scriptures,
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I can show you from scriptures, we can explain
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and check and receive encouragement from scriptures.
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So we don't argue, we don't quarrel, right? But
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we can build up each other. So the person who
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is weak in faith can be instructed. That's where
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I'm going. The person who is weak in faith can
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be instructed, can be engaged in a conversation
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for upbuilding. Hallelujah. Now let's bring this
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to the supernatural. When it comes to the supernatural,
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I'm going to apply just what we see here. People
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are weak in faith. Someone can be weak in faith
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that they don't believe in the supernatural,
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right? When you don't believe in the supernatural,
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you are weak in faith because the scripture explains
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it and shows it across the scriptures. So if
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you don't expect the supernatural, you're weak
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in faith. If you don't look forward to the supernatural,
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you're weak in faith. So what do we do? We instruct
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you by the scriptures so that you become strong
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in your faith. You become strong in your faith.
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Now, when you see things out there and they say,
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oh, supernatural is taking place, don't be first
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as a believer. Don't be first. Let not your first
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position to say is not real. Don't do that. Right?
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Don't do that. It's like, For example, if you're
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in a family, right? You're in a family and there
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are... How can I put the illustration? You are
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in a family, right? And you have a big screen.
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You have a... Probably you have a big television
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in your house. And your television is actually
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a soft touch, right? You can touch it. You can,
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you know, flip it. You can connect it. So smart
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that it can actually communicate with you. Now,
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you have it in your house, okay? When you go
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out to somewhere, right, and someone puts a big
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screen, it's not soft touch. It's not anything,
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right? It's just a big screen that is not even
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smart. But the difference is that it does not
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have that big head. You know, television's big
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head. It does not have that power. It's just
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flat. And the person started touching it. Will
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your first disposition be that it's a lie? Your
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first disposition will not be that that is not
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true. In fact, first, you will say, that is true.
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Why? Because you have the original in your house.
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Do we get it? Are we getting it? I'm painting
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something. Because you have the original in your
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house, right? When you see it, you will not say,
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oh, this is fake. No, no, no. You say, ah, no,
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these things happen. Now, when you now come close
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and discern it, right? You now say, okay, this
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person is not being sincere. Right? But your
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faith disposition is not that. It is not real.
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Okay? So you believe because these things are
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given. They happen in the scriptures. So when
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you see a supernatural take place, right? You
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just, okay, this thing happened, right? That
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is one. That is one. I'm just giving us, there
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are many factors that you can take, but let your
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regular disposition. You know why? Because it
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will affect your faith. It will affect your faith.
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If you are commonly seeing the supernatural and
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you always say, erroneous. Sorry, I said erroneous.
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Say, it's a lie, right? Oh, you said this one
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there. No, no, no. Don't do that. Let your faith.
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Ah, I believe this thing happens, right? Then
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you can decide. You can check the person's knowledge.
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You can check it by scriptures. But your first
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position is that the supernatural, that is someone
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who's strong in faith. That's someone who's strong
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in faith. Now, let's go to 2 Corinthians 4, 7.
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2 Corinthians 4, 7. So, we would increase in
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knowledge. And then we will be able to manifest
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the supernatural. 2 Corinthians 4, verse 7. It
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said, but we have this treasure. Right? Let's
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read from verse 5. 2 Corinthians 4, verse 5.
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For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Christ
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as the Lord, with ourselves as your servants.
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For Jesus' sake. For God who said, let light
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shine out of darkness as shone in our hearts.
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Okay, to give the lights of the knowledge of
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the glory of God in the face of Christ. Can you
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see what he's giving, right? He said, God who
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said, let light shine out of darkness has shone
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in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge
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of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
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So light has shone in our hearts. Hallelujah.
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Can we say light has shone in our hearts? Light
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has shone in our hearts. Yeah. Now, look at what
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he now says in verse 7. Actually, that's supernatural.
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That's supernatural. Calling light out of darkness,
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right? Calling light. That's supernatural. Now,
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let's see what he now says in verse 7. He says,
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but we have this treasure in jars of clay. So,
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this thing that is happening to the believer,
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right, is happening within this body. This light.
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is happening within this body, right? So we have
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this treasure in jars of clay to show the surpassing
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power belongs to God and not us. We have this
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treasure. We have the supernatural event. It
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took place in us. It took place within us. Hallelujah.
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Are we together? So in this mortal body, there
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is the supernatural. Can you say in this mortal
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body, there is the supernatural? And I'll manifest
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the supernatural. So be bold. Know that although
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this body is frail, is weak, is clay, like it
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says, but there's treasure inside. Okay? There's
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treasure inside of you. You must know that. There's
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treasure inside of you. Therefore, you should
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not be doubtful of the supernatural. You should
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not think that you cannot walk in the supernatural.
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You can. You can. Interestingly, those who do
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not even have the indwelling, indwelling is the
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spirit of God residing permanently in them, they
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walked in it. And they showed us a pattern that
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this is possible. And that was why I went to
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Exodus, right? I went to Exodus and I began to
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show us, right, how Moses walked in the supernatural,
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right? How Moses carried out the spectacular.
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Right? Through the supernatural power of God.
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So we checked Exodus 14. We checked Exodus 16.
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We also checked Exodus 17. I think we also checked
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Numbers 21. Right? If you can check that, we
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checked Numbers 21. And I said that we'll come
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and check Kings today. And when we check Kings,
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we'll move a little bit into Old Testament. Into
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the New Testament, sorry. The New Testament.
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Now let's go to 1 Kings 17. 1 Kings 17. 1 Kings
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17. I think I explained this already. Now, let's
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read from verse 17. Let's read from verse 17.
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From verse 8 to verse 16 is an explanation of
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divine provision, right? A supernatural provision
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to a woman, right? Who is lack, who is in need,
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right? Someone who is in need, who is lacking.
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There's a supernatural provision. And this is
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a woman who has been in need and the prophet
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of God was sent to her and she both met her needs
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and the prophet of God needs, right? So their
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needs were met in that supernatural encounter.
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Now look at verse 17. It says, After this, the
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son of the woman, the mistress of the house became
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healed and his illness was so severe that there
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was no breath left in him. And he said to Elijah,
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Have you brought calamity even upon the widow
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with whom I sojourned by killing her son? He
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strived himself upon the child three times and
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cried to the Lord. Oh, Lord, my God, let this
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child's life come into him again. And the Lord
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listened to the voice of Elijah and the life
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of the child came into him and it was revived.
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Hallelujah. Now, this is a supernatural event
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and we see something very practical there. Now,
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there's no doctrine that you can preach here
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and say anytime someone is sick, you lie down.
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No, no, no. It doesn't work like that, right?
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This is a supernatural, a one -time event, almost
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all across the scripture. But we see laying of
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hands in the act of apostles, right? We see laying
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of hands. We see physical contact with people
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who are sick and they are healed. Now, one thing
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you would observe here is that the woman said,
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you have given me food, right? Is it that you
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have given me food now to take away my son? So,
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she is looking at, you have come now, you have
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done good. But now you are doing evil. Evil has
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come. Now, that is idolatry, right? It's the
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devil that does kind of a thing. You find it
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in idol worship where they can give you something
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and some part of your life is functioning and
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then another part of your life is going down,
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right? That's idolatry. God does not do that.
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God does not function like that. Now, what we
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see here is another supernatural, right? Disconnected
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from what had happened in the first time. So
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it's not like, oh, because this has happened,
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then the child died. No, no. These are two different
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events in the same woman's life. She was in need.
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The prophet of God ministered. The son died.
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The prophet of God ministered. So in the supernatural,
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there's abundance and more than enough for you.
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It's not a one -time thing, okay? So it's not
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like, oh, God has done one thing for you. Oh,
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you work in the supernatural in 1999. And now
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it's not there again. No. Or you begin to say,
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oh, because something has happened to me. Like
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she said, you have brought my sin to remembrance.
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See, these are wrong perceptions about God. Right?
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So someone says, oh, because of my sin now, I
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cannot walk in the supernatural again. Or supernatural
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cannot function for me. No. No. The believer
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has the capacity. And you see the man of God
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ministering. So the supernatural is in abundance.
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for every believer. It's not a one -time thing.
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It's not something that God would do and something
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else evil would happen. You see the question
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Elijah had, Elijah asked, he said, I view, I
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would take that as a rhetorical question, right?
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I would take that as rhetoric, right? Asking,
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is it possible for evil to come from God? And
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he said, he said no by actually saying, Lord,
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let the life return. So the supernatural is a
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bonus. It can happen to you several and several
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and several times in every circumstances, uniquely.
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Hallelujah. Let's go to 2 Kings 2, 14. We'll
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just read them, then I'll show something. 2 Kings
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2, verse 14. We saw something else there as well.
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2 Kings 2, verse 14. Then he took the cloak of
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Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the
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water, saying, Where is the Lord, the God of
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Elijah? And when... He had struck the water.
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The water was spattered to one side and to the
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other. And Elisha went over. He went over. 2
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Kings 2 verse 21. Just go to the same verse,
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same chapter, verse 21. Then he went to the spring
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of the water. This is another. Regularly taking
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place in the life of a man of God. So it's something
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regular. Then he went to the spring of the water
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and threw salt in it and said, So says the Lord,
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I have healed the water from now on. Neither
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debt nor miscarriage shall come from it. 2 Kings
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3, 17. Within a short period of time. So it is
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something normal that can happen. So we have
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to normalize it in our life that, yes, we can
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experience the supernatural power of God regularly.
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It's not only in Christmas, it's not only in
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Sunday service. For thus says the Lord, you shall
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not see the wind or the rain, but that stream
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shall be filled with water. so that you shall
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drink, and you, your livestock, and your animals.
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Another provision. Now let's go to Acts. Let
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me just read one scripture in Acts to corroborate
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with this. Go to Acts chapter 5. Acts chapter
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5 verse 12. It says, Now many signs and wonders.
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We're what? We're regularly what? Everybody,
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can we read that together? One, two, go. Now,
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many signs and wonders were regularly done among
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the people by the hands of the apostles. Does
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it relate to what we have been reading? Yes,
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regularly. Normal, they carry out signs and wonders,
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healing, deliverance. Hallelujah. Healing, deliverance
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taking place from the Old Testament into the
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time of the apostles. So the supernatural is
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something that you can walk in. It's something
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that you can walk in. Let's now go to Matthew
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28. So we've seen people who does not have the
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Holy Ghost residing in them permanently, right?
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Carrying out and functioning in the supernatural
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and doing a lot. Matthew 28 from verse 16. Now
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the 11 disciples went to Galilee. to the mount
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to which Jesus had directed them. And when they
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saw him, they worshipped him, but some doubted.
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And Jesus came and said to them, All authority
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in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
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Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,
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baptizing them in the name of the Father and
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of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, teaching them
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to observe all that I have commanded you. And
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behold, I am with you. to the end of the age.
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Hallelujah. I am with you to the end of the age.
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Now, the reason why I read this scripture is
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because some people used to say that, of course,
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the prophets did it, right? The prophet of the
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Old Testament did it. Jesus himself did it, which
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we are going to see in the book of Matthew. And
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the apostles did it. But they will say that this
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has ended, right? Please, let's concentrate,
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right? Let's look at this side. Now, he said
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that these, some people say, these things have
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ended. But here, Jesus says something. He said,
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I am with you, even towards to the end of the
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age. Are we together? So it means that if Jesus
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is working the supernatural, he is working in
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the supernatural in the believer. He's working
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out the supernatural through the believer. So
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I am with you to the end of the age, saying that
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you will continue to do the work that I've been
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doing. You will continue in these activities
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that I've been doing, that I've commenced. So
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because of God's presence in the life of the
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believer, right, the supernatural is possible.
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Because of Christ's presence in the life of the
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believer, the supernatural... It's possible.
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The supernatural is possible because of Christ's
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presence in the life of the believer. Hallelujah.
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Now, let's see how people actually receive the
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supernatural, right? Let's see how they... Now,
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the case of Elijah, the prophet was saint, right?
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The prophet was saint. God said, go there, you
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will find a woman, right? So by divine instruction,
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people can receive the supernatural. By divine
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instruction. So that was what we saw in the case
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of Elijah. Someone was instructed. So someone
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can receive the supernatural by divine instruction.
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Means a man of God was instructed, received a
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word, and therefore the person moved and approached
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you and laid hands on you. So the supernatural
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can be received by divine instruction. Someone
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received a word and moved and therefore the person
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received. Matthew 8. Let's go to Matthew 8. So
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first I say divine instruction we can receive.
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Matthew 8 verse 1 to 4. When he came down from
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the from the mountain great crowds followed him
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and a leper came to him and knelt before him
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saying Lord if you will you can make me clean.
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If you will you can make me clean and Jesus stretched
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out his hands and touched him saying I will be
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clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
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And Jesus said to him, See that you say nothing
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to anyone, but go show yourself to the priest
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and offer the gift that Moses commanded for a
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proof. For a proof. It is someone receiving the
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supernatural by asking. So you can ask. You can
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ask. Right? You can ask. You can ask. You can
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ask. You can say, Brother, I want to receive
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from you. You can ask, right? You can ask and
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someone can minister to you. You can ask for
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the supernatural, someone can minister to you.
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So you can ask. When we come together and we
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say we are ministering to each other, we are
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asking each other, can you minister to me? Don't
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forget we already saw that a believer's faith
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can be weak, right? A believer's faith can be
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weak. We saw it at some point in time. And we
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say knowledge will increase, right? And when
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the knowledge increases, the person becomes strong.
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In this context, right, a believer's faith can
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be weak and you can say, please. I want to receive
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the supernatural by your ministration. And someone
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can minister to you. And you can receive the
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supernatural. Hallelujah. Say, I receive the
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supernatural by the ministration of my brothers
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and my sisters. Amen. Now let's go to verse 5.
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Let's continue from verse 5. So you can ask,
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you can seek, right? You can seek someone to
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lend to you. Now, verse 5 says, So Jesus said,
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well, the way you guys function here, right,
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is that you want me to be around, right? You
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want me to, you will see that that is the way
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they function. So Jesus said, I will come to
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the house, right? I will lay hands on the person.
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And the child will be healed. The master will
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be healed. But the centurion said, Lord, I am
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not worthy to have you under my roof. But only
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say the word. And my servant will be healed.
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For I too am a man under authority. With soldiers
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under me. And I say to one, go. And he goes.
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And I say to another, come. And he comes. And
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my servant. And to my servant. Do this. Sorry.
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So I said to one, go. And he goes. And to another,
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come. And he comes. And to my servant, do this.
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And he does it. And Jesus heard this. He marveled
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and said to those who followed him, Truly I tell
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you, there is no one in Israel have I found such
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faiths. Now, he's not talking about salvation
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here, okay? He's talking about the faiths to
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receive from Christ. This person showed a dimension
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of a faith to receive from Christ. And Christ
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was like, this is new in this environment. These
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people always want me to come into their house
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to lay hands on them. But this faith to receive
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from me, I haven't seen in this environment.
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So, it also means that we can have faith for
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healing. We can have faith for healing even when
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nobody is there and it will take place. That
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is the first thing. We can have faith. But let's
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see. He said, I tell you, many will come from
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the east and many will go, okay, I think we don't
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need to read that, right? The emphasis here is
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actually the faith. The faith of this man, the
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believing was sufficient to heal his master.
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All right. So faith is another way, right? You
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have a healing to receive faith. Now, verse 13.
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Let's see verse 13. Okay, that's the conclusion
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of this. And to the centurion, Jesus said, go.
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Let it be done for you as you have once believed.
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So certain things will be done in your life according
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to your belief, right? Certain things will be
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done according to your belief. So your faith
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to receive healing. Faith to receive healing.
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So you can seek, you can ask someone, you can
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exercise faith and you can receive healing. Matthew
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8, verse 14 to 15. And when Jesus entered Peter's
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house, he saw his mother -in -law lying sick
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with a fever and he touched her and the fever
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left her and she rose and began to serve him.
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This one is not somebody requesting. This one
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is not somebody expressing faith, right? But
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it's Christ himself seeing a situation and intervening.
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So as a believer, because you walk in the supernatural,
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you will find people who are sick and you can
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intervene and touch them and they will be healed,
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right? You don't need to be told, you don't need
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to be, someone doesn't need to ask you, right?
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When you see a situation as chaos, which is sickness,
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you can lay hands on the person and the person
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will be healed. The person will be healed. So
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by laying of hands, by touching, we can see healing
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taking place. We can see healing taking place.
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Matthew 9, 27 to 29. And as Jesus passed on from
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there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud,
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Have mercy on us, son of David. Yeah, this one
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is very, very crucial. When he entered the house,
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the blind men came to him. And Jesus said to
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them, Do you believe that I'm able to do this?
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They said to him, Yes. Then he touched their
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eyes. So two things there. They believed, they
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exercised faith and healing. And Jesus did what?
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He touched their eyes. And what happened? He
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said, according to your faith, be it done to
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you. And their eyes were opened and Jesus tenderly
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warned them. See that no one knows about this
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and all of that. Do you realize that they gave
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a revelation that is not complete about Jesus?
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Do you realize? What did they call Jesus? Son
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of David, right? Isn't he the son of David? Verse
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27. He said, have mercy on us. Who? Son of David.
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You know, there used to be a time before knowledge
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came that I used to use this prayer. Let's ask
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Son of David. You know, in some places we all
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come from, Son of David, you have to call it
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and it will invoke that power that happened on
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that day. And something will happen. They actually
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gave a revelation that is not complete about
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Christ. But that did not stop the supernatural.
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Hallelujah. Because they believe in the healing
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power of Christ, right? Although they were not
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completing knowledge, it means that they had
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no precise knowledge about Christ, right? They
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had no precise knowledge about, but they knew
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something about him that he has the power to
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heal them, right? So even you as the believer,
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you might not have a precise knowledge. You might
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not have incomplete, you know, you might not
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have the accurate knowledge about everything,
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right? Or is anyone here has gone through the
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scripture back to back and you know everything
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now, right? You know everything, line by line.
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No, we are still learning, right? We learn every
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day. Does that stop you from administering healing?
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Does that stop you from receiving the supernatural?
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No, no, it does not. It does not. The faith to
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receive from Christ was sufficient and they received.
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See, even the unbelievers would receive from
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you when they come around you and they believe
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in the power that is at work in you. They can
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receive. If you check the house of apostles,
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those guys that were sitting at the gates, he
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didn't say whether they were believers or not.
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Just looking at them, okay, let's go there. Let's
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check. He had no information about him. He just
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looked at them and know that these guys have
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been doing something in this town. And he wasn't
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even looking for... healing was thinking about
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something else was looking for something else
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right so let's see from that's acts chapter 5
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from verse 12 let's see is that acts chapter
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5 it's 3 right yes act chapter 3 let's go to
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act chapter 3 yes act chapter 3 he said now peter
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and john we are going up to the temple at the
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hour of prayer the night hour and a lame man
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from birth was being carried whom they laid daily
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at the gate of the temple that is called the
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beautiful gate to ask for alms. Of those entering
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the temple, seeing Peter and John about to go
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into the temple, he asked for what? He asked
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to receive alms, right? And Peter directed his
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gaze at him. As did John and said, look at us.
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And he fixed his attention to them, expected
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to receive something from them. But Peter said,
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I have no silver and gold. But what I do have,
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I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
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I rise up and walk. Rise up and what? And walk.
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Right? So there's no description of whether this
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guy, this guy was just looking, in fact, he wasn't
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even expecting healing. It was just the apostles.
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Because they had nothing to give and all that
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they could have, all they had, was the power
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of God in them. Right? They were not... rich
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folks who had some luxury, who had sufficient
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to, you know, just build a house for the guy.
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But what they had was more important than what
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they did not have. What they had was more important
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than what they did not have. And he said, rise
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and walk. So, he received from what the apostles
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had. And we can say that, you know, this guy
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Nebra does not record of where he said, I believe.
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Right? Where he said, I believe. Now let's see,
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let's see one of the scriptures. Back to Matthew
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8. Matthew 8. Matthew 8. Let's continue in that
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same line. Matthew chapter 8. Let's go to Matthew
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9 verse 18. Go to Matthew 9 verse 18, sorry.
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Matthew 9 verse 18. I think it has a corresponding
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scripture in Luke 8. So we'll read it together.
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While he was saying these things to them, behold,
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a ruler came in and knelt before him saying,
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my daughter has just died, but come and lay your
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hands on her and she will live. You see that
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is a pattern. It's a pattern they believe when
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Christ lay hands, they'll be healed, right? Some
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people believe just by faith and they will look
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at something else happening similar to the fate
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of the centurion. And behold, a woman who had
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suffered from a discharge of blood for 12 years
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came up behind him. And that a person exercising
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faith, right? This one is not waiting for Christ
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to touch her, right? She just said, if I myself,
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right, could touch him. I will be healed. And
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she was healed at that moment. Now, this was
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Jesus going somewhere to actually administer
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healing. He was actually going somewhere. It
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wasn't even for her, right? It wasn't even, he
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never planned her. But because of her faith,
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that if I, that could be an affirmation that
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you keep saying, right? When we come here, we
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say affirmation at the end of service, don't
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take them for granted. The words are powerful
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on your lips. They can or they will put you into
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the supernatural as you move in the week. This
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is what she was just saying. If I will just touch
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him. And this is not because she just came. She
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has heard about Christ. She has been following.
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She's in the crowds. Means that she had heard
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many testimonies about Christ. And Ahonu is,
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if I will just lay my hands. And she kept saying
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that until she did it. And she received healing.
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So faith, we are seeing faith for healing here.
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Supernatural faith, healing. Let's go to Luke
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chapter 8 and just see, I mean, a connection
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with these. And I'll just say a few things. Luke
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chapter 8, Luke chapter 8, verse 46. Now from
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verse 43. And there was a woman who had a discharge.
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The same story. of blood for 12 years. And though
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she spent all her living on physicians, she could
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not be healed by anyone. Now, let me say something,
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right? Let me say something to us. We are, I
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mean, we've said it several times that the supernatural,
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right, and the doctors, they are not against
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each other. Are we together? We have said it,
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that the doctors and the supernatural healing,
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they are not against each other. They work hand
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in hand, right? We see the apostles when they
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go, they also use oil as a means of healing,
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right? Now, it would just be more appropriate
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or it would be a proper alignment that when anything
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happens in your life, right, the first is the
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supernatural. So your first source of healing
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is the supernatural. Are we together? So when
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you fall sick, first is not, oh, the doctor.
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What if the doctor doesn't have what to give
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you? So first, supernatural. Then you go for
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the doctor. We prioritize the supernatural. That
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is what we are doing because that is from there
43:11
the healing begins. So she says she has spent
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all her what? All her living. Don't spend all
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your living on physicians before you believe
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in the supernatural. Okay? Don't spend all your
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living on physicians first. Believe in the supernatural.
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then you can approach the physician. You know,
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I've shared a testimony in this church, right,
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of how I came here. I actually shared a testimony,
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and I'm going to say it, right. So I was prayed
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for by the pastors, and I had an issue, right,
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with stones. And I felt within me when they prayed
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that that stone was gone. I knew that kingdom
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stone was gone. I knew it. I was so sure. And
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I came here, and I shared the testimony. So in
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the course of the week, I kept observing my body.
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I drank enough. I went to see the physician.
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I drank enough water. It moved a little bit.
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But I knew from the day the pastor prayed that
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I've received my healing. So I kept sharing that
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this stone is gone. This stone is gone. This
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stone is gone. But while I was sharing, I was
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also checking. Okay? I want to get a report that
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says it's gone. So... I kept drinking water.
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I followed all the instructions. And at some
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point, the doctor said, okay, this is what you
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have to do to get this thing out. Right? And
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I said, okay. I called pastors. Okay, the doctor
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said they want to do their own part. And I was
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admitted. And I was kicked out. Right? It was
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what? Kicked out in the easiest possible way.
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Now, there are stories of people who go through
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that process. And it wasn't as easy as mine.
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Right? There are people who went through that
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process. And they had to keep going for it every
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three months. So my faith in the supernatural
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had already made me whole. And I allowed the
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doctors to do their job. So while we're preaching
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this, we are also saying that there are things
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in the natural like torch, like drinking, like
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rubbing, that works as well as supernatural.
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But we don't want you to, first of all, right?
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Because it's a matter of faith. You can put your
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faith in the doctor. right the doctor give you
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the i don't know they give you the is it the
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easiest way for them to deal with your problem
45:25
right easiest way for them to deal with your
45:27
problem so let's go back to the scriptures he
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said she could not be healed by anyone and she
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came up behind him and touched the friend of
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his garment and immediately the discharge of
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the blood seized so you have to join the accounts
45:38
together one says she was saying in her mouth
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right and this one skip that and emphasize the
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touching and The end point was that they were
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what? The blood seized. And Jesus asked, who
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touched me? And all the night, Peter said, Master,
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the crowd surround you and are pressing on you.
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And Jesus said, someone touched me and I perceive
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that power had gone out from me. And when the
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woman saw that she was not, when she saw... And
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when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she
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came trembling and fell down before him and declared
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in the presence of people why she had touched
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him. So we see faith again. Faith again. It means
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that as Christ was there, the healing power went
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from him and she received healing. So as a believer
46:37
too, Right? It is possible that healing power
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can be administered from you to someone. Right?
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We used to use this thing for prayer. I think
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we just need to stop it. And, you know, when
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Pastor finished preaching, he said, virtue has
46:50
been released and more virtue should be put.
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There's a way we put it. Please, let's not say
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that again. Actually, it doesn't deplete. Okay?
46:59
So, the power does not deplete. Right? So, if
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I share my ministration with you, if I minister
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to you, there's no depletion in me. It's always
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like that, right? Do you get it? It's a sharing.
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It's not like I remove some part of my power
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and I give you. So when you have to, you have
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to now pray for me, right? For that power to
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come, right? No, no. The power does not deplete.
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So it stays there permanently. So therefore,
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if you heal one person, another person comes,
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the person can receive. Right? You don't have
47:30
to go through anything. And if someone also preaches,
47:33
when a pastor preaches, we will not say, virtue
47:36
has been released and let it be returned. No,
47:38
no, no. There are prayers in Ephesians that we
47:40
need to use, right? So when power is regular,
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in your life, power is regularly released. Hallelujah.
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Say, in my life, power is regularly released
47:49
for the demonstration of the supernatural. You
47:52
are always full of power. You are always full
47:54
of power. So therefore, there is no time. that
47:58
you cannot administer the supernatural. Right?
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You are always full of what? Of power. So believe
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it that you can walk in the supernatural. I don't
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know what kind of sickness, I don't know what
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kind of challenges you have been facing, but
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believe in the supernatural. You will see it.
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It will manifest. It will manifest. We've seen
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people believe. So you can receive through instructions.
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You can receive when you're sick. You can receive
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exercising your faith. You can receive when hands
48:31
are laid on you. You can also receive when people
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bring, when people exercise faith for you. Right?
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It means they bring you into the gathering of
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the brethren. You can receive the supernatural
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and divine manifestation of the power of God.
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We appreciate you being here today. We hope you
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carry this word with you throughout your week.
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