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Introducing Jesus (His Person & Mission) by Apostle Joshua Selman · Selah Media House

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To Jesus, Amen. I'm happy and truly very honored
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to be here and thank you so much Victory Life Bible Church.
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Thank you for always receiving me.
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I love this church in the name of Jesus Christ, please, I like
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us to stand as we all know, the Angel over this house and his
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dear wife, Apostle Chidumer, thank you.
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Thank you so, so very much. And the reason why I do this
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many times is because just like the man of God said, everywhere
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you see greatness, everywhere you see grace, don't ignore it.
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Hallelujah. We're gathered here because of
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God, but we're also gathered here because because of the
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vision and the obedience and the consistency of one man.
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Please, one more time, help me honor the grace of God upon His
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servant. Hallelujah.
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Let me thank all those who received us.
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Thank you for the graciousness. Thank you for the honor.
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The truth is that there is nothing that we have outside of
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the message of God. You know, sometimes we
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politicize these statements, but it.
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Is still the truth. Whether or not we believe it,
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Hallelujah, Paul said. I am what I am by the grace of
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God. And every time you doubt that,
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all it takes is for God to take one step out of your life and it
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doesn't matter at what level you are, you will come crushing
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Hallelujah. So if ever you see us doing the
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things that we're doing, there is a hand behind us, you see,
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and. It is to him.
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That we give that glory. Many years ago the Lord told me,
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he said, If you will let men see me, there is nothing I will not
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give you. That is it, if you will let men
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see. Me.
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There is nothing I will not give you while we're standing.
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I just want to minister to somebody.
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Am I doing something like that? Hallelujah.
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I'm sure technical people are working on it.
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Maybe you walk on the reverb or Thank you, thank you,
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Hallelujah. Listen, let me teach you
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something every time you come to God, trusting him for lifting or
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trusting God for everything. It is not difficult to work with
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God. Yours is to make a determination
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that your life will be ever about revealing him.
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The temptation of all men is that we like to be celebrities,
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especially because this is a plague, particularly in the
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African continent. We've come from wounded
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backgrounds by default, so the. Pressure to want to show that I
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have arrived. The pressure to want to show
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that I've made it I'm a great preacher or a great is, is a
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temptation that befalls all men. But there is something about the
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revelation of Jesus. When you have it doesn't matter
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how he lifts you. You see, you will intentionally
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let people know. That my assignment here is that
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the more you look at me, if I'm truly a mirror, you should not
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see me. If you look at me and you still
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see me, then something is wrong with that mirror.
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If you stand in front of a mirror and see another person,
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that mirror is an object of divination.
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It's no longer a mirror. To see you hide and leave Ted
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up, shining in the light of your glory.
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Pour out your power and love. It is an honor to bring your
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word to your people. Thank you for this great church.
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Thank you for this amazing work. Blessing the nation's, blessing
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this territory. Lord, I pray that as I bring
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your word, that your people will see you in your power, that they
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will see you in your wisdom, and that you will glorify Jesus once
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again in this place. For in Jesus matchless name, we
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have prayed. Thank you once again.
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Please be seated. Thank you my dear people.
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Thank you. Amen.
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So I'm teaching very briefly for tonight.
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This is my first session with you and I was very touched when
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I saw the theme for the meeting. It it caught my heart because
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for me it is a representation of all that I stand for, all that I
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live for. Everything that I do is centered
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around the understanding of this theme.
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I have taught across many subjects by the grace of God.
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I've taught on faith. I've taught on healing.
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I've taught on power dynamics of the anointing.
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I've taught on success in all its ramifications.
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I've taught on prosperity. I've taught on purpose.
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I've taught on destiny. But none of these teachings in
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themselves captivate me as much as a theme that for me
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represents the epicenter of the believers pursuit.
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Hallelujah every other thing we seek outside of this central.
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Team is just auxiliary knowledge.
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The foundation, the pivotal point of the believers pursuit
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is on understanding the person of Jesus.
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You can get a healing, you can get a miracle, you can get
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delivered, you can prosper. Jesus is beyond a principle.
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Principles are derived from the knowledge of his person.
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And so as we delve into this subject for the time that I
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have, I want to request that you lend me attention.
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And I want us to assume the posture of his students that is
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ever willing to learn because sometimes what we know can stop
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us from knowing what we need to know.
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The Bible says in First Corinthians chapter 8 and verse
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2, he says, and if any man think that he knoweth anything, he
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says that he knoweth nothing as he ought to know.
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There is a standard in the Spirit that God desires and
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demands that we rise onto as far as knowledge is concerned.
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And so I've come to lend my voice alongside the many other
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preachers who have come and will be coming, perhaps to the end
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that we really understand Jesus, probably in a way that we have
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not seen him before. And the end of revelation is
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empowerment. Any dimension of light and truth
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that fails to empower is false. For the Bible says that was the
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true light that lighted upon every man.
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If it is true revelation, it is for all, and then it empowers.
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Ezekiel chapter 2. One and two.
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The Bible says, He said unto me, Son of man, stand upon your
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feet, and he did not have the power.
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Ezekiel, chapter 2. One and two didn't have the
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power to stand and verse 2 says and the Spirit entered into me
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when not before, when he speak. So with his words came the
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empowerment Hallelujah. The meaning of that is that
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whilst you are listening to me in the name of Jesus, the grace
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component that is behind everything I'm saying, it will
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also rest upon you. That at the end of this meeting
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you would not just live with an intelligent information, but
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that number one, the word of God would have altered your
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understanding and grace would have been deposited at a higher
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dimension in your life. You believe that say Amen.
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There are three questions I came to answer in this conference as
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far as my session is concerned, or three areas that I came to
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look at by the Spirit of God. Number one, I came by the Spirit
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of God to help us understand the person of Jesus.
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And shortly we'll be going to the Scripture, the text for the
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conference where the word was gotten from.
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It's important we understand Jesus, and in understanding
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Jesus there are three things I want us to consider.
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Number one, who is he? Who exactly is Jesus?
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If you never had the opportunity to be part of a Christian faith,
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perhaps you were somewhere across the globe, raised in one
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of the many religions, over 4000 religions that we have in the
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world, and then you had the opportunity to meet such a
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person and then now to introduce Jesus.
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What would you say? Sometimes we take for granted
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because we have the leverage of a foundation of Christianity.
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Even if you were not personally born again, the fact that you
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grew up around everything church, it makes it easier for
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you to just flow with the understanding of Jesus.
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But when you meet someone who has never had any encounter
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whatsoever, who would you tell him Jesus is?
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Question 2. What was his mission?
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Why did Jesus come? You will be surprised, ladies
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and gentlemen, how many individuals?
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How many believers? And that includes preachers,
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people who shout from the pulpit week in, week out, who cannot
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articulate with intelligence the mission of Jesus.
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Sometimes we find ourselves victims of having knowledge
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across several things. We know several things except
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what Jesus came for. Hallelujah.
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It's very important. The 3rd and final question that
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I hope that this discussion tonight and then tomorrow would
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answer is did he succeed in his mission?
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And if yes, what is the proof? Did Jesus really succeed in his
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mission? Because the revelation of the
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third question is where the victory of the believer lies.
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And I'm talking to a church here that is cultured along the
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understanding of victory. So one last time, who is he?
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Who is Jesus exactly beyond the walls of religion?
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Who is Jesus beyond the walls of history?
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Who is he beyond the Galilean that just walked across, born by
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a virgin in the midst of so much controversy, an encounter with
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an Angel? And then what was his mission?
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You need to understand the mission of Jesus because our
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assignment on earth as believers is an extension of that mission.
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And if you do not have an understanding of that mission
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foundationally, it will corrupt what you call purpose.
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There is a big difference between purpose and ambition.
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They can be related, but one precedes the other.
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Ambition without purpose will only waste your time and you
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will rig my role and go round earth frustrated and then end
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your life in shame and pain. Hallelujah.
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And so did he succeed. I like the Third Point because
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this is what will define the quality of the Christian
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experience of any 2 believers. You will be learning in the
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course of this teaching that principally the assignment of
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every believer is to eventually be a validation, a validator of
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the victory that is in Christ. That means the entire span of
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your lifetime should be a project proving to earth that
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indeed Jesus's mission did not fail, and if you fail to achieve
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that with your life, you have robbed God an opportunity from
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getting glory from your life. Are we together?
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And then if it is true that Jesus succeeded in that mission,
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what is the proof? There has to be an evidence and
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attestation to the fact that he defeated, for instance, since
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Satan, hell and the grave. Because for men in the body that
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is just a religious cliche and we hardly can stand in defense
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to that statement, but the Bible makes a profound statement and
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let me prime your curiosity already feel Acts chapter 4 and
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verse 33. The Bible says and with great
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power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord
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Jesus Christ. And it says great grace was upon
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them all. With great power, not with
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discussions, not with assumptions, With great power
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gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus
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Christ. Praise the name of the Lord.
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You have that down. Let's go to Acts chapter 1, then
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Acts chapter one. I'll read 10 and 11.
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This is where the theme for the conference was derived from.
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Now from a theological standpoint, Acts chapter 1, the
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Bible presents the disciples now confused.
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Jesus had gone and promised them that on the third day he will
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resurrect. And the Bible tells us that when
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he resurrected, there were many other activities that happened
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around his life. And through a span of 50 days he
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was on earth. And among those 50 days, 40
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days, among the 50 days, He spent it catching up on the
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remaining lecture that He was having with the disciples who
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would soon be apostles before His ascension to heaven.
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And He gathered them, asked them to wait.
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And as soon as He came back to life, the Bible says He put them
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together. And over a span of 40 days He
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was expounding to them the more on the things that pertain unto
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the Kingdom. Hallelujah.
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Now, at this time, many of the disciples did not understand the
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things we know. Now.
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The reason is #1 Jesus already told them that He had many
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things to tell them that they could not bear because they had
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not received the Holy Spirit. The other things Jesus was going
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to tell them was revealed by Paul.
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Are we together now? So the way the Christian faith
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is built is that the gospel gives you the foundation, but
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the epistles give you the structure of the believers
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understanding. Jesus never thought extensively
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about the ministry of the Holy Spirit.
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It was Paul by the Spirit who gave a lot of order and
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precision to the believer. We never knew who we were in
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Christ because we were not taught, not even by Jesus.
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But He did tell us that there were other things that the Holy
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Spirit will help us to understand.
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Are we together now? So in answer after one, they
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were concerned about what they presumed to be the restoration
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of the nation of Israel because a prophetic word had come that
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Israel would one day become a nation.
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And that has happened historically.
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So in their minds, they thought he was the Messiah who would
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come, defeat Caesar, defeat Herod, and then now bring back
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the nation of Israel. And so they are following.
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Jesus was not necessarily out of love.
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They were hoping to get sticks, political appointments.
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Are we together? When those governments were
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overthrown, that was why Peter, I mean James and John lobbied
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their mother because when they saw that the process, I mean,
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this invincible man, it looked like nobody would defeat him.
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They spoke to their mother to try to lobby a position for
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them. Remember the story?
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And so she already came and used the heart of her mother to say,
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my dear son Jesus, by the time you are done with Herod and
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Caesar, would you grant that as you sit down, it will be an
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honor for me as a mother to see my children sitting at your left
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and your right? When the other disciples had it,
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because they too were eye in that position, they were angry.
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They said, are you the only one who is interested in in in this?
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And so as time proceeded and they noticed Jesus was not
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saying anything about fighting Herod, fighting Caesar nor the
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promised opportunity. They got angry and they started
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asking him a question is listen it will no longer be a rumor.
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We have left all to follow you. What is in this thing for us.
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We won't be discussing quietly and feel cheated.
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You get the whole story now. And Jesus said aha finally he
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says no man who has left this and that and that.
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They still didn't understand. It is the reason why the moment
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Jesus gave up himself, they all ran away.
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They ran away in pain. It was beyond fear.
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They felt cheated. 3 1/2 years of their lives had been wasted.
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Some of them were fishermen, some of them were professionals.
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They left all to follow him because he gave them a
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proposition that he was Messiah. They did not understand it was a
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spiritual assignment. They looked forward to the
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fulfillment of prophecy where other this this hedonistic kings
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will be overthrown by Jesus. Now Jesus finally gives himself
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and they run away. Hallelujah is the reason why
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when he came back to life, Peter felt guilty.
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John chapter 21 you find that there and Jesus comes to Peter.
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Peter said I go out fishing. Let me go back to do what I was
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doing before this deceiver came in the name of a savior and the
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remaining disciples said we go with you.
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They struggled and did not catch fish when Jesus came and met
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them. When Peter descend that it was a
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resurrected Christ. He said depart from me, I'm a
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Sinner. When you now get to verse 15.
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Jesus looks at John 21 and verse 15 he says he says Peter now I I
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meant I said John Peter really Simon, but Jonah lovers down me
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more than this. And then they began that
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discussion and he said feed my sheep, feed my lamb.
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And Peter was broken. He was caught to the heart and
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you would see a converted Peter standing in defense of truth in
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Acts chapter 2. When the Holy Ghost came upon
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them on the day of Pentecost, Peter got up and said, I ran
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away once, I will not run away again, He said.
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This is that which was prophesied by Joel.
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I just wanted to give you a background.
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OK, so Jesus was giving them his final charge before leaving
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chapter one. They now said, Would you at this
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time restore the Kingdom, the nation of Israel?
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And then he replied by saying, It is not for you to know the
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times that the Father has put within his care.
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Verse 8 now says, But ye shall receive power after that.
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The Holy Ghost has come upon you.
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Are we Bible Students? It says, And you shall be
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witnesses unto me in Jerusalem, in Judea, Samaria, and to the
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uttermost part of the earth. Now verse 10 or verse nine,
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well, 10 for sake of time. The Bible says that while they
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looked at him as he levitated right in their presence, isn't
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it amazing that this was not a vision?
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They literally saw Him bodily. He lifted up from the earth and
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was on his way and vanished through the cloud.
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And the Bible says while they look steadfastly towards heaven,
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there appeared 2 men in white apparel.
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Verse 11 Now which also did say, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye
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gazing up into the heavens? Then he says this same Jesus.
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Now let's speak English for a few minutes.
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You don't tell anyone this same anything until they've
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encountered that same thing before.
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You never introduce anything to a person the first time and use
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the word same. Same suggests that the person
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already has an idea of what you are talking about.
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Are we together now? So this same Jesus is not a
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message for those who do not know him.
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It's a message for those who want to increase.
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So tonight I want to talk about this Jesus first.
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Then we'll talk about this same Jesus for those who knew him.
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Because when you are talking to someone who has never met him,
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you cannot say this same Jesus. Which one?
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I've never even met him in the first place.
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I want to introduce to you the Jesus of the Bible, the 1 he
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wants the nations to know. Not the one who has been
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battered through the lens of religion.
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Not the one who has come under the prejudices of preachers,
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intellectuals, businessmen, culture and history.
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God demands and desires that there is a portrait of Jesus
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that be presented to the nation. There are about 8 billion people
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there about and counting inhabitants on this earth right
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now, and out of them, statistics will tell us that there are only
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about 2.8 billion. Who?
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Are professing or practicing Christians.
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That is a very scary statistics, especially because we look
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forward to the imminent return of the Christ.
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And yet you can see that using these statistics, it seems like
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the church has not done a very great job.
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Because if you mark the church against all the spiritual
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provisions that have been given the name of Jesus, the word of
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God, the ministry of the Holy Spirit, the ministry of angels,
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the fivefold ministry. You would expect that a better
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job should have been done in covering that gap.
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Because the Bible says God's ultimate desire is that all men
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will know him and then to come into the knowledge of the truth.
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Are we together now? And so I think I have thought
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about this myself as to why there are many churches, many
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preachers, many conferences, many conventions, many books,
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many Christian names. And you would think that all of
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those things should translate into an acceleration in terms of
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in gathering and harvest, but it does not seem to be so.
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And this has been statistically proven.
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And the way the Christian faith was structured is such that when
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you receive Jesus, it was not designed to be hidden.
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There are few times they hid their convictions and that was
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when they were persecuted. And even at that many of them
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became bold and were willing to be my tired.
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It then means there is something about the portrait of Jesus were
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selling to the nations. Are we together now from a
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technological standpoint? We have people who have brought
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up softwares that are not even up to 15 years old and they sold
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that idea. That idea today is used by over
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4 to 5 billion people. The Facebooks, the Instagrams, I
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mean this idea, some of them are younger than 10 years, yet it
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penetrated beyond the borders of cultural, race, demography and
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many have received them because they structured those
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applications in a way that men saw the value and the need for
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it. We have been presenting Jesus
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for many years and the nations are corporately rejecting him.
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It means we have to re examine what we are presenting.
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Are we learning? If it is the God of the Bible,
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what is the difference between our presentation of Jesus and
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what happened on the day of Pentecost?
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Because the Bible tells us, with no PA system, with no kind of
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advantage whatsoever, Peter got up a frail fisherman and
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delivered a lecture is summoned for only God knows how long.
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And as a result of that one presentation of Jesus, he
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wrapped up his message by saying, Let it be known to you,
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Israel, that the Jesus you have crucified has today been exalted
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as Lord, and Christ your. Bible.
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My Bible says they were caught to the heart and they said, men
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and brethren, what do we do? When last did anybody ask you
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that question? Are we together now?
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And the Bible says as a result of that beautiful presentation,
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3000 people in one meeting, 3000 people, no social media, 3000
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people. No public address system, 3000
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people, no Internet, no opportunity to document as we
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have today, 3000 people. No access to Bibles freely given
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to everyone. They were kept as crossing
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temples, read and folded back. 3000 people so let's work
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together ladies and gentlemen as we attempt to use a few minutes
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that we have to introduce Jesus the way he wants to be known.
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John chapter 17 and verse 3 Jesus made a very profound
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statement praying to the Father and he said this is life
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eternal. Jesus is speaking now he says to
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know the the only true God and Jesus Christ whom thou has sent.
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I think from scripture. The most concise introduction of
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Jesus in my opinion that is both a lightning and and and
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inspiring is found in John chapter 1.
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John presented Jesus in such an intelligent manner.
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Now all other synoptic accounts of the gospel they came some
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from a historic standpoint or that came just with the
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testimonies and his humanity. But John began tracing the
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divinity of Jesus. Let's read the the 1st 12 verses
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of John chapter 1 very quickly. Is God helping someone already
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in the beginning he says what's the word?
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I like John and the word was with God and the word was God.
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Can we continue the same? Now you see our word again the
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same. Haven't told you something
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before that time. He says keep this understanding
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as we run through the list. The same was in the beginning
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with God. Then he now begins to describe
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something beautiful. He says all things were made by
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him, the same one that same word and without him meaning outside
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of his influence was not anything made that was made.
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Next verse in. Him.
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Who is the him? The same one we're talking about
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in verse one in him was life, and that life was the light of
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man, and the Bible says the light that was in him can shine
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through darkness in a way that darkness will never comprehend
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it. Verse 6 There was a man, now he
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digresses to speak about John, still strengthening the
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understanding of that same person.
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There was a man, he says sent from God, whose name was John.
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Verse 7, he says the same man came for a witness to bear
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witness of the light. That man, through the excellence
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of his weakness now might believe.
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He goes back to his discussion. He was not that light.
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He was only sent to be a witness of the light.
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Verse 9. That was the true light.
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Who is he talking about now? The same word.
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Now notice He never mentioned Jesus here.
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That was a true light which lighted every man that comment
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into the world. Verse 10.
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He said He was in the world, and though the world was made by
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Him, the world knew Him not. He came to his own and his own
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received him not. I wish I had time.
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An intelligent man who read verse 11 and not just pass it.
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You will have to ask why, because when you come to your
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own, you should have an advantage of reception.
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If I come to my people, what happened that his own people
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rejected him, but the Bible says verse 12, but as many as
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received him to them he gave power to become the sons of God,
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even to them that believe on his name.
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Blessed be the name of the Lord, who is Jesus.
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God began to reveal himself all through Scripture and he
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revealed himself dimensionally in many ways, particularly to
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the nation of Israel. They named him all the names
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that you know God to be in the Bible has captured Jaira Rafa.
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This were different dimensions of God that were captured in his
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name and preserved so that generations will learn God.
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But for the sake of time, I like to start by helping us
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understand who Jesus is #1 the Bible tells us very clearly that
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Jesus himself, he called himself the Son of God.
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Jesus called himself God. He called himself the Son of
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God. John chapter 1 called him the
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Word. The Greek expression is the
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Logos of God. That means the thoughts of a man
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that speaks to find expression. Jesus, the Bible calls him
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light, the light of the world. In fact.
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Are we together? But I think that for me, the
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greatest way to really understand Jesus is to hear what
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he had to say about himself. Many of us here have written
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books, and one of the greatest ways to find out about a man is
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to listen to what that man said about himself.
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Whatever a man says about himself is considered the most
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trusted information about that man.
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Do you agree? So let's consider very quickly
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what Jesus said about himself. I will run through the list, 10
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of them scattered from Scripture.
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We may not have the time to explain because I just want you
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to have an understanding of who and what Jesus said he was.
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Are you ready, number one? Jesus called himself the Bread
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of life. Please write that down.
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John 635 Jesus called himself the Bread of life #2 Jesus
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called himself the light of the world.
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John 812 Jesus called himself. The light of the world.
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My apologies if I stretch you a bit.
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The light of the world. You just write #3 Jesus called
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himself the door. He said this about Himself.
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I am the door. You know what the door means,
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the authorized access point. I came into this beautiful
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auditorium through a door. You find that in John chapter 10
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and verse 7. You also find that in verse 9.
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I am the door. What else did Jesus say about
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himself? Jesus called himself the Good
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Shepherd. I am the Good Shepherd.
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John 1011. I am the Good Shepherd.
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There are bad shepherds, but there are good shepherds.
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Are we together #5? Jesus made a profound statement
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in John 11, calling himself the resurrection and the life.
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Hallelujah, I am the resurrection and the life.
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John 1125. I am the resurrection and the
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life number six. What did Jesus say about
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himself? He called himself in John 14 and
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verse 6 the way and the truth and the life.
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I am the way He said I am the truth and I am the life.
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This were the words of Jesus John 14 six I am the way and the
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truth and the life. He now said no man comment.
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On to the father. That means there is no other way
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of accessing the father. I am not one of many options to
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the father. He clarified it by himself.
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That there are no two ways to the Father.
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He says no man come back to the Father.
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So any man who claims to have a relationship with the Father,
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ignoring Jesus is lying because Jesus said.
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I am the only way to the father #7 What did Jesus call himself?
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He called himself the true Vine. John 1515.
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I am the true Vine. I like this.
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I am the true vine. John 15 verse one, My apologies.
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And then verse 5, John 15 one, and verse 5, please correct that
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I am the true vine. Can I give you 3 more #8I like
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this one. Now we leave the Gospels and we
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go to Revelation where John is caught up in the Isle of Patmos
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and Jesus continues speaking there.
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He calls himself I am Alpha Omega beginning and ending.
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Now I don't know how a man would describe himself that way, but
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this is Jesus for you. Alpha Omega beginning and the
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ending. Revelations One verse 8.
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Revelations 21, verse 6. Revelations 22, verse 13.
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I'll take it again. I am Alpha, Omega, beginning and
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the ending. Revelations One verse 8.
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Revelations 21, verse 6 Revelations 22, verse 13.
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If you're with me, shout aloud. Amen #9 What did Jesus say about
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Himself introducing Himself to us in Revelation chapter 1 and
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verse 17? He called Himself the 1st and
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the last. I am the first, the originator
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and the culminator of all things.
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I am the 1st and the last. I am the 1st and the last.
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I am the first. That means everything, including
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what troubles you came after me. I have the power to bring every
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I am the 1st and the last. Whatever you face in your life
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did not precede Jesus. The only thing greater than
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Jesus must be what came before him.
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He said I am the 1st and the last.
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Finally, what did? Thought himself?
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Revelations 118. Hallelujah.
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I am he that liveth, I was dead, but not forever.
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I am alive forevermore. I am he that liveth, I was dead,
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but only for three days. Make sure every time you talk
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about the Jesus who died, you remember that he only died for
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three days in the name of Jesus Christ and he says I am alive
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forevermore. Amen.
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Are we learning? So Jesus had all this to say
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about himself, called himself many beautiful names, the word
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of God called himself the resurrection and the life.
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Do you know why he gave you all these options?
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Because the entire journey of your life will be listen
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carefully, you will need all of these revelations of Jesus to
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survive your lifetime. He took out time to spread an
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understanding of Himself such that there is no endeavor in
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life. Are we together now?
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As you sojourn through life, you must find a reason to need
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Jesus. If you don't need Him as a
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resurrection and the life, you will need Him as the door.
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If you don't need him as a dog, one day you will need him as
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maybe the Good Shepherd. With this 10 descriptions of
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Jesus, there is no man on earth who is alive, who intends to
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live long, who will not face a challenge that only Jesus by the
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description. Of himself can solve.
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Did you get that? Now, if you reject the bread of
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Life, you will need the light of the world.
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If you reject the light, you will need the door.
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If you reject the door, you will need the Good Shepherd.
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If you reject the Good Shepherd, you will need the resurrection
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and the life that this sickness comes upon your body.
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If you reject the resurrection and the life, you would the
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confusion that plagues our world.
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You will need the Way, the truth, and the life.
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If you reject him, you will need the true Vine.
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When the time will come, you'll be so confused about your life.
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That's when you will learn him as the Alpha Omega.
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The beginning and the end. Are we together?
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And when you get to your final days on earth, it will be very
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comforting for you to know that he was the one who died, but now
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he's alive and lives forever more.
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And he said this about himself. Because I leave, you will leave
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also. This gives you hope beyond the
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grave. Are we learning now?
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Now, very quickly I want us to examine why Jesus came.
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Why Jesus came, Why did he come? There are three principal
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assignments that represent Jesus mission on earth.
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And if you do not understand this, the foundation of your
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Christian faith will be very faulty.
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And my Bible says, if the foundation be destroyed, he
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said, what kind of righteous do are we ready #1 Jesus, His first
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assignment on earth was not even to die.
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You see that His first assignment on earth was as an
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accurate revelation of the misunderstood God.
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Jesus came as a manuscript to correct our understanding of
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God. Until the manifestation of
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Jesus, nobody had an accurate understanding of God.
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So He came as a revelation and as a manifestation of the
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misunderstood God. In Hebrews Chapter 11, from
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verse one to three, the Bible says God who in sundry times and
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diverse manners spoke to us. Did I get that right?
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Hebrews chapter 1. My apologies.
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One to three. God who in sundry times and
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diverse manners speak to us in time, pass by the fathers, you
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know. And the prophets had in these
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last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He had appointed heir
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of all things, and by whom also He made the world.
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Verse 3. Let's read it together.
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Who been the brightness of His and the express image of His
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person, and upholding all things by the word of His power.
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You can stop there. So the Bible tells us that Jesus
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came as a physical manifestation of God, who they had longed to
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see. God, you know, before Jesus
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came, they only understood God through the lens of priests and
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prophets. Whatever priests and prophets
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told them God was or God was saying, or God was doing, the
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people had to corporately believe.
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It are we together? And through the lens of the
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prophets and the priests, you would see using Jesus after
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reference that many of them did do not do justice to the
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description of God. There were many things in the
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Old Testament that was credited to God that now from the lens of
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Jesus we know they made a mistake because they were
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humans. When you read the Bible entirely
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from the lens of the prophets and the priests, it will give
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you a very confusing description of God.
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It will be a blend of kindness and evil.
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It will be a blend. You will hear things like an
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evil spirit departed from the Lord, and that statement will
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confuse you because the entire nation of God's covenant people
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did not have the privilege of personal experience with God.
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Are we together? God will isolate an individual,
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whether Moses, whether Samwell and have a covenant relationship
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with that person and that person would have the mandate of
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revealing God to the people. Based on his experience and Paul
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mentoring us in First Corinthians 13, he said we see
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in part and we prophecy in part. So it is a default in all men
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that no matter your level of alignment as a single individual
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unassisted by the revelation of Jesus, you will not do justice
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to your knowledge of God. You would see the mix of
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divination and accurate prophetic manifestation even in
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the lives of ancient prophets because many of them came from,
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you know, traditional practices and so on and so forth.
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It's important for you to get this background because Jesus
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came as a correction to our understanding of God.
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That means he came as a marking script.
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How many of you know what a marking script is?
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A marking script is the reference that is you to mark
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every other script so a teacher or a lecturer can tell someone
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help me unmark this. He gives you a marking script.
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Are we together? You compare the answers that
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were written against The marking script is the reference.
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The first assignment of Jesus was to clarify the
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misunderstanding we had about God and He did that by living
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his life. And before he God had to
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accredit him and said this is my beloved son.
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In other words, don't be afraid to hear him.
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He came from me. That means whatever Jesus did
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not do is not consistent with the character of God.
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It didn't matter what the prophet said.
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Did you get that? Now listen, if you do not
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understand God from the lens of Jesus, you will be confused.
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Demons would take advantage of scripture and deceive you.
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I hope you know that Satan also knows it is written.
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The devil will make you do many bad things.
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Having a scriptural reference. There are many believers in
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confusion as to their Christian experience today because they
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have Jesus is not the focal. Point of their pursuit and
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because of that they are routing through different mechanisms in
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search for God and the devil. Knowing your zeal without an
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understanding of Jesus as the reference, He will use scripture
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to bring you into divination and you will get there and not even
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know. All He needs to do is to show
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you where it was practiced in scripture.
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Did you get that? Now there are habalists today.
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If you go to the shrine, a Bible is part of the materials they
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used to con, and because you see a Bible there, you convince
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yourself that this must be God. So Jesus came to correct.
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It. Are we following now for those
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who are involved in sea adventures and voyage and in
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geography, that is what they call the true north that
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whenever you are lost at. Sea Your first assignment is to
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determine the true north. If you can find the true north,
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no matter where you are, you will be able to through from
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that standpoint, whoever wants you to be lost at sea will will
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cripple your capacity to find the true north.
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Because if you can find the true north, you can know where you
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are. Jesus, is that true north?
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You want to know how right Culture.
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Is Gauge it against Jesus? You want to know how right the
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educational system of the world is?
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Gauge it against Jesus. You will be learning shortly
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that a believer is not just one who has surrendered his life to
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Jesus. A believer is one who has
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subscribed to Jesus as the thoughts of God, the Logos of
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God, not just as a person. That your entire life is
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governed by a Permit me to use a philosophy.
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So when people ask for your opinion, you really don't have
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an opinion. You are already bound by a
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thought that your life should rule.
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Are we together? Now, so when you ask me whether
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I like something or not, it's not whether I like it or not.
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It's about the position that Jesus reveals concerning that
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matter. This is a believer's life.
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This will cure the various confusions that plague our world
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today. When people ask me opinions
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about many things, I tell them as a person my opinions can
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vacillate based on culture. My.
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Experience and so on and so forth.
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Are you seeing that now? But when Jesus becomes your
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reference, it is not about what you like or don't like.
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It is not even about right or wrong.
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It is what is in Jesus or not. Did you get that?
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Now Jesus came as a correction. Now the Bible says the Lord is
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gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, and rich in love.
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We have a right to doubt that word until that scripture is
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verified in Jesus. What did Jesus do when he saw
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sick people? Did he pass them?
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That means God loves. We can now say it is true that
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God loves because we saw Jesus living out that love life.
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Are we together? When God, you say God is holy
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and he hates sin, you have a right to doubt it until you
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check Jesus. He was a man tempted in all
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ways, yet without sin. When he entered the temple and
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he saw abuses of the temple, he reacted.
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That was the thoughts of God. That is God's opinion about any
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abuse in his temple. Did you get that?
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Now Jesus came. Please do not forget this.
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Jesus came as a reference and a correction to our idea about
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God. So when the Bible says a lying
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spirit came from God, with all due respect to those who wrote
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it, we now have the audacity by grace through the lens of Jesus
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to correct that statement because Bible tells us John
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chapter 1 answers it full of grace.
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And. Truth, Grace, and.
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Truth there is no. Variableness nor shadow of
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turning. It's not that God cannot lie.
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God does not lie. He cannot lie, and we've seen
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that. So we know that something was
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wrong with the experience of the prophet who captured that
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vision. We must commend them for at
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least documenting what they saw. This is the reason why God gave
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us the Holy Spirit even though we still have the Bible because
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Revelation is progressive. Are we learning God loves, but
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how much does he love? Study Jesus?
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How far did Jesus go to prove the love of God?
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Greater love had no man than this, than a man laid down his
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life. Is that true?
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You said the Lord is my shepherd.
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You can say that scripture is a lie until you study how Jesus
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worked with his disciples. Was he careless?
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Did he leave them when he was at the sea and the sea was about to
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capsize? You know the boat?
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They woke him up and he got up and did something about it.
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Then we can trust that God is a good leader.
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That means he's a father enough for me to trust my life.
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Are we together? Now that everything the Bible
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says about God, you have the right to doubt it until you
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verify it. Using the lens of Jesus, the
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first assignment of Jesus on the earth was to be a correction.
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Correction. This is the reason why nations
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train and send ambassadors. Ambassadors are mandated.
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They are vested with the responsibility of not just
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promoting bilateral relationships, but defending the
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interests of the nations. And in doing so, their first
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assignment is to to give a worthy presentation of that
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nation. Am I right on that?
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They preserve everything that makes that nation admirable.
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Their culture, their intelligence, whatever it is.
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When Jesus walked upon the earth, all he was projecting was
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the Father. Because until that time, the
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people had a mixed understanding about the Father.
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I hope you know that when Jesus came, the nation of Israel were
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under bondage. They did not under how who is
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this covenant God that says I have loved you with an
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everlasting love and I have drawn you with my loving
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kindness and he's happy watching us go through the the torture of
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the Roman government. And when Jesus came, when he saw
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the woman who was bound 18 years, he said ought not this
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woman being a daughter of Abraham.
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In other words, if you want to understand my ministry here,
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make reference to what I told Abraham.
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He kept referring them to the things that God said #2 let's
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hurry up. What's the second assignment of
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Jesus? My life changed when I
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understood this. I studied God from the lens of
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Jesus and He redefined God for me.
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If someone comes and prophecies to you now, now I'm not to be
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sarcastic, even if I'm the one if I look at you and say you die
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tomorrow, you have a right to not be afraid and judge my
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prophecy, including my ignorance from the lens of Jesus.
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He said I am the resurrection and the life you see and it is
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written is greater than I saw. So your your knowledge of Jesus.
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Listen to me. It may not be that the person
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like it may even be that that that's what Satan had in plan in
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plan for you, but because of your knowledge of God through
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Jesus. Are we together now that he came
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as a life giving spirit that gives you a lot of comfort.
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Jesus himself gave the story of the prodigal son.
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That means if you have a child and the devil is telling you,
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your child will not amount to anything.
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You learn how God works by studying that story.
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And you know that no matter how far, even if it's ten years, my
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child has gone home, my intercession will be worth it
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because prodigal children can return home.
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Listen, you have to build your spiritual orientation from the
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portrait of the person Jesus, because religion has a portrait
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it wants to sell to you. Culture, with all due respect,
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as a portrait it wants to sell to you.
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Are we together? And if you have a mix of all
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these portraits, the picture of God you have is an ugly deity
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seated on the throne with horns desiring to destroy you.
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You can re edit that portrait. With the intelligence of an
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artist, remove the things that are not there and you have the
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beautiful picture of a loving father.
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Many believers live in fear. Many believers cannot walk with
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God because there is a misrepresentation of God that
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was sold to them. If you're understanding me, say
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Amen. It is the reason why when we
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make altar calls, we make it with audacity because we know
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the one who is about to receive you, the one who can leave 99
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for the sake of one. Are we together now?
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It is the reason why when we make an altar call we start
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clapping from the first person who comes because every single
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soul that stands is what the blood of that Jesus.
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When you know this as a man of God, you will not frown.
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If you make an altar call and two people come, the devil will
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not tell you feel like a failure.
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Ask him. Can you die for the two people?
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Do you have enough compassion to have died for the two people?
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The man today we call Billy Graham of blessed.
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Memory. It was such an altar call.
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The pastor who got him saved, he felt discouraged and felt he had
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failed in ministry. And one day he shouted, like,
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I'm speaking to you now and makes an altar call.
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And only one small boy just trolls out.
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And the man felt like a total failure.
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Help me guess the name of that one small boy, Billy Graham.
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He did not know that nations had come out for that altar call.
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Is someone learning Jesus came as a correction?
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I want you to read the life of Jesus.
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Take it as a project. Study the Gospels.
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Study Jesus to understand God. You are the one that we pray.
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You are the one, we are told. Don't worry, my people.
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You give the healing and grace. That our hearts always hunger.
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For. Oh, our hearts always hunger.
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Can we sing it one more time that you?
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Are the one that we praise. You are the one we adore.
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You give the healing and grace. That our hearts always hunger
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for. Oh, our hearts, it's always
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hunger. This is the Jesus the nations
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are looking for. This is the Jesus that both the
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rich and all will see the need of him.
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The kind of Jesus that only the poor need is not the real Jesus.
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The kind of Jesus that only the rich.
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Need is not the real Jesus. When Jesus is presented
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properly, all men will run to him.
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Because the one thing the poor and the rich need together is
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love. They may have wealth, the rich
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and the poor may lack wealth, but no man can resist the power
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of love. That's why it was love that
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defeated. Hell.
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Seen Satan and the grave #2 Why did Jesus come #2 He came to
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make the life of God accessible to man by reconciling man to
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God. Please write that down.
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The second assignment of Jesus when He walked upon the earth
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was to make the life of God accessible to man by reconciling
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man to God. He came to make the life of God
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accessible to man. John 316 For God so loved the
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world that he gave his only begotten Son victory life.
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Are we still here? That whosoever someone shout
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whosoever, Let the devil hear you say whosoever.
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When it has to do with the life of God, whosoever evil, Yoruba,
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Hausa, whosoever cultist, prostitute, whosoever, provide
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that you believe in him. There are certain things that
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were not given to all. The Bible says he gave on to
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some apostles. He gave on to some prophets.
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We're together, but when it has to do with the life of God, he
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deserves everybody, including your old grandfather.
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I know he's 85, but he's still part of.
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Those in that list, whosoever believeth on him should not
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perish, but have life everlasting.
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John chapter 10 and verse 10. Jesus was speaking and he said
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the thief comment not. What for?
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To steal, please hear me believers to kill and to
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destroy. But he said I am come my
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manifesto. This is why I'm That means every
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time you see me these are the things you should be thinking
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about life, life, life. Every time you see me life.
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If you are sick and I show up life defeated and I show up life
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and it says I am come to give you that life and to have it
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more abundantly amplified, says to its fullest life.
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That means anything that looks like death is an attack.
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You don't need to ask if it's the will of God.
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Poverty and expression of death. Sickness and expression of
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death. Limitation and expression of
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death not. Having the ability to take care
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of your children, don't ask. It is the will of God.
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It is that Jesus said I am. Come verify the things happening
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around you by my manifesto. If they do not look like things,
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administer life. He's saying fight it.
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No matter how long, fight it. The devil will deceive you and
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make you look like I think it's just God.
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He's a lie. He said I am.
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Come. If you see me, know that my
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ministry is to give life. You are the one that we praise.
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Listen. If you notice, as a preacher,
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listen. It will guide the kinds of
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salmons you will preach once you mount the poopy.
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Now I'm speaking to the body of Christ.
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You know immediately if you claim you love Jesus, the theme
1:00:54
of your ministry must be life. At the end of your ministration,
1:00:58
the dead should come back spiritually, emotionally.
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Are we together now? Everything that leaves people
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dead and keeps people dying is partnership with Satan.
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That someone is in this place right now.
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You came diagnosed that you have cancer and you just strolled
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into church because they told you that God is there.
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If it is true that God is there, what is the proof back to Jesus
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where two or three are gathered in my name?
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He said I am there, so I know He's there not because of any
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cloud and I know He's there not because I fell down when I stood
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up. Jesus already told us that the
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moment you have two or three gathered in His name that there
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is an assurance beyond the realm of feelings that He's there.
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Are we together? And if he's there, then you
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connect it to John 1010. Why is he there?
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I am come I am come for this convention.
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I am come to your family that the moment a father and a
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mother, a husband and a wife and the children hold hands, the
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moment they say, Lord, we thank you for your presence.
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Everybody's thinking life, the life giver has arrived.
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The life giver has arrived. The one who will help us pay the
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bills has arrived, the one who will take away shame.
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Let them keep laughing while we invite him, provided we can get
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him to come. Listen, listen.
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This is my spiritual orientation as I minister to people.
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I will never minister to a people and not Minister Life
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because number one, his manifesto.
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Is to be an expression of the life of God.
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Are we together now? It doesn't matter in what form
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or fashion the sermon comes, whether it comes as a rebuke, as
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a correction, as an admonishment, as an exigencies
1:03:06
of Scripture. The end point must be life.
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If I rebuke you of sin and I leave you there, I
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misrepresented Jesus, I must go pass it and show you that after
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now rebuking you, there must be life.
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If I tell you being poor is not the way and I leave you there, I
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misrepresented Jesus because they're giving you the
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revelation that you are poor. You are already aware your pain
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is enough, is enough information that you are in that state.
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I must show you the biblical pathway to life.
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Everything that is pro-life is worthy of being taught in
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church, provided it reveals Jesus prosperity, increase,
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consecration, holiness, the revelation of Jesus spiritual
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growth. Are we together now?
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Everything that can reveal Jesus and can reveal His abundant life
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must be taught the Saints. This is why He gave unto some
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apostles and prophets and teachers and evangelists and
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pastors, for the maturing of the Saints.
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Is somebody learning? Next time they ask you, why did
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Jesus come, know that He came to give life, and in order of
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priority. Spiritual life is His first port
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of call. I have thought, and you may have
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heard me teach it, the greatest need of an unbeliever is
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salvation. Everywhere you see an
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unbeliever, no matter what, you give that unbeliever pocket
1:04:48
money, a house, rent, advice, counsel, treatment, just know
1:04:54
that you only solve temporal problems.
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This is the orientation every Christian must have.
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The moment you see an unbeliever at the back of your mind, your
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ultimate project on that man will be to bring him to the
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Kingdom, whether he's a driver, whether he's your cook, whether
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he's a Baba. So when you interact with
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unbelievers, it doesn't mean you harass everybody every day and
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everywhere, but you know at the back of your mind that my
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project on this man is not complete until he receives the
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life of God. If believers had this
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orientation, the statistics I gave you would have been covered
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long enough. Most believers do not know why
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Jesus came. So when most believers say I
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want to serve Jesus, they do not know that what they are supposed
1:05:43
to be understanding by that statement is I want to be an
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extension of the reason why He came.
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The assignment of every believer in the life of an unbeliever is
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to get that person to become a believer.
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Are we together? The greatest need, you may have
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heard me say, of an unsafe person is salvation.
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The greatest need of a saved person is transformation.
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The greatest need of a transformed person is
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empowerment. The greatest need of an
1:06:18
empowered person is purpose. This is how it works in the
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Kingdom. So when you see someone who is
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not saved, your first assignment is to get him to encounter the
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God of the Bible beyond the man of God, beyond the church, the
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God of the Bible through Jesus. When that person becomes saved,
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your next project is to submit him to the ministry of the Word
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Scripture, the ministry of the Holy Spirit, and the ministry of
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a teaching priest according to Jeremiah 315.
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That I will give you pastors or shepherds according to my heart.
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It is the reason why we took out time to salute the man of God
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and his wife. We salute the investments that
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have been made to mature the believers to this point,
1:07:05
including organizing such a conference like this, because
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it's intended to still upgrade your understanding and help you
1:07:12
to be of greater stature spiritually.
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But when believers are transformed alone, they become
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frustrated because they know what should happen, but the
1:07:22
grace to make it happen is not there.
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Transformation ends with the quality of the information you
1:07:27
have. You need empowerment is why when
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Jesus was done teaching them after 3 1/2 years he says you
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know what to say but don't go here tarry until power comes on
1:07:38
your message otherwise you'll be frustrated.
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And then when you are empowered with that purpose it becomes
1:07:45
destructive. It's like a car that has fuel
1:07:48
tires working fine and you fire it with no direction.
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Is someone learning? The second reason Jesus came was
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to grant us access to the life of God.
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Someone shout, I have a life of God.
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That's if you are born again or if you are not born again as I
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make the altar call, just run and come and stand here.
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Are we together? If you have the life of God, say
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I have the life of God. Let me ask you a very
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interesting question. How Are you sure you have the
1:08:18
life of God? You just said you have the life
1:08:23
of God. How Are you sure you are not
1:08:25
lying? Do you see that now?
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You must have persuasion and confidence.
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If I random pick anybody now and I said my dear, do you have the
1:08:37
life of God? You say yes, I said why?
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You said the Bible says so. Yes you are right, but that's
1:08:42
not enough reason. How Are you sure you have the
1:08:44
life of God is the same question saying how Are you sure you have
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eaten and you are full. You see that now the things we
1:08:54
have seen, the things we have handled even of the word of
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life, because the Bible says whoever calls upon the name of
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the Lord shall be saved. Is that in your Bible?
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It says in Romans chapter 10 from verse 9 and 10 that if you
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confess with your heart your with your mouth the lordship of
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Jesus, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the
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dead, you shall be saved. Is that true?
1:09:22
He says for with the heart man confesses, man believes unto
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righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto
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salvation. If you have not gone through
1:09:32
that process, you are not saved period.
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A possible. How about singing nice songs?
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You are still not saved. You are not bad.
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Salvation is not about being good or bad.
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It's about your translation from one Kingdom of darkness into the
1:09:48
Kingdom of his dear Son. Are we together now?
1:09:52
The best person in the Kingdom of darkness is still going to
1:09:54
hell. Everybody says salvation.
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I have the life of God. I truly believe it with all my
1:10:06
heart that I have the life of God.
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If you don't believe you have the life of God, you are not
1:10:11
even going to be able to minister to the sick.
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You don't believe you have the life of God.
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There are many things you will not believe.
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I believe that I have the life of God.
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When you believe you have the life of God, then you can know
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that you are a life giving spirit.
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When I prophecy upon you, I'm speaking from the overflow of
1:10:29
that life. We give you.
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The highest praise from the rising of the sun to the setting
1:10:44
of the same. We give you.
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God, the highest race from the rising of the sun to the setting
1:10:58
of the same. We give you God.
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The highest race from the rising of the sun.
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Do you know? What it means to have the life
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of God. The life of God is not just
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another life that is greater than the earthly life.
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Please look at me, believers. The life of God is an
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indestructible life. Many believers do not understand
1:11:29
the power of that life. That's what they call
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bulletproof vehicles. Please look at me.
1:11:37
You can have an SUV and you can have a bulletproof version of
1:11:41
it. Am I right on that?
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When you enter a typical bulletproof vehicle, if someone
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points a gun at you, you smile at the person because there is
1:11:49
an orientation you have that between you and that person is
1:11:52
not just a mere glass. That person will shoot the gun
1:11:56
several times and you'll just be smiling and waving at the
1:11:58
person. So when the Bible says you have
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the life of God, something has come into you that has stopped
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you from being ordinary. Now it takes revelation for
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that, the reality of that life to come out.
1:12:12
Because the same people who went to a herbalist over you before
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you were born again will still go even if you are born again.
1:12:20
What will make the difference is the life you have received.
1:12:23
Not they are not going to a herbalist.
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They will keep going. You can't stop them.
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Unfortunately. They have their wills and God
1:12:31
will respect it. But what immunes you is the
1:12:34
presence of the life of God. They shall take up deadly
1:12:37
things. It's only when we get to heaven
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we will know how many poisons we have taken in our lives as men
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of God. It's only when we get to heaven
1:12:44
we will know how many times the names I usually joke with my
1:12:47
people. I said only God knows how many
1:12:49
people have carried my names to herbalist and they shout Joshua
1:12:53
Salman, let him not wake up and and be alive for Sunday.
1:12:58
And on Sunday, I'm back again. Oh my God, the life of God.
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Now, I don't mean to sound arrogant.
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You know how many charms I've held with these hands?
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I'm not teaching you nonsense. If I were pretending this thing,
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I would have been dead by now. Many times when people are
1:13:20
tired, maybe they are repenting or their, you know, their
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families are tired of all these things.
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They carry all those things and come to you as a man of.
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God, since we can't see God, you said you are the one who he
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said. Please help us.
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And know what to do with this. And you hear that this was
1:13:36
something that was there before your grandfather was born.
1:13:39
They now hand it over to you. Are we together?
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That the last person who held this thing did not even wake up.
1:13:55
And here you are. You hold it like a toy, a piece
1:13:58
of rug and nonsense and throw it away.
1:14:02
Absolute nonsense. And you throw it away.
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You see that now? Or you see what gives power or
1:14:12
what takes away power is your state and the revelation of it.
1:14:18
I have the life of God. The same power that raised
1:14:21
Christ from the dead dwells in my mortal body, that no
1:14:25
enchantment and no divination. This is the revelation that
1:14:29
supports your confidence. Otherwise you will pick that
1:14:32
thing and fall down with it. Say I have the life of God while
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discussing Jesus. Say it again, I have the life of
1:14:42
God. Because, ladies and gentlemen,
1:14:45
the world will keep getting. Evil arrows who keep flying by
1:14:48
day, no some pestilences by night, I tell you.
1:14:52
There are many kinds of kiss today that is not a kiss of love
1:14:55
is a Judas kiss. That kiss is not a sign of love.
1:14:59
It's a sign to the enemy that this is the one we want that
1:15:02
will not finish this year 2. Women were sleeping according to
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scripture, and one laid down on her child, laid down on her
1:15:14
vision, laid down on her destiny, and killed it, and when
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she saw that she would not make. It.
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She exchanged the destiny with another one man for you.
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If a mother can do that to the child, human beings can do
1:15:27
anything. Your immunity is not to keep
1:15:30
crying and say you people should stop being wicked, no.
1:15:33
Shield. Yourself with the life of God.
1:15:38
Do you believe what you're hearing?
1:15:42
You're a preacher. You keep laying handsome people.
1:15:44
They're telling you these things are communicable diseases.
1:15:49
If you don't have a revelation of the life of God, I promise
1:15:52
you eventually. Hello, eventually.
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So before you stand before Pharaoh, make sure you have
1:16:06
really seen the God who is sending you to Pharaoh.
1:16:11
Moses said, I'm not going anywhere till you reveal
1:16:13
yourself to me. I know who Pharaoh is.
1:16:15
We grew up together. I will not go and disgrace
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myself in Egypt. Who shall I tell him has sent
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me? And he said I am that I am.
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And Moses said, let's go. When he stood before Pharaoh, he
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said Pharaoh thus said the Lord God of the Hebrews, let my
1:16:30
people go. And Pharaoh said, nonsense, you
1:16:34
just get up and come after running away for 40 years, you
1:16:37
come with a rod looking like somebody fugitive.
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And you think Egypt is that dull that just at a declaration of an
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old man they will release this the same way you stand before
1:16:50
poverty as a poverty. Release my money and poverty as
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I was there before you were born.
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Do you know the kind of audacity it takes to open that gate?
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And the spirit will tell you your grandfather's tried
1:17:02
knocking. He knocked till he died.
1:17:05
If your father tried knocking, he knocked till he died for you.
1:17:08
Who is this King of glory? Then you give them a reply.
1:17:17
The Lord strong and mighty, that everybody who did ministry from
1:17:21
your family, they said they were called, the Spirit still killed
1:17:24
them in shameful way. Everybody's afraid to take the
1:17:28
mantle of ministry. Now that mantle is already
1:17:30
looking for you Better get the revelation of the life of God
1:17:34
before you get to certain places and speak over destinies.
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Somebody will tell you, my father is a witch, is a wizard.
1:17:41
So don't worry. Just come for the meeting, make
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sure you have the life of God and you have a revelation of it.
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Let me tell you the truth, there are certain calls that are very
1:17:55
dangerous. If you don't have revelation,
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you will not even live long. I tell you, ask any preacher who
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knows God, the spirits that will be assigned.
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There are spirits that are not assigned to men.
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They are assigned to mantels. They don't follow individuals.
1:18:14
They follow certain graces because of what those graces
1:18:18
would do. So before you stand before
1:18:21
Pharaoh, you must have a revelation.
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Ladies and gentlemen, can I tell you, every area I know in Africa
1:18:28
has some history of witchcraft, some history of whatever, from
1:18:32
masquerades to the worship of the dead to whatever it is.
1:18:35
Now you suddenly emerge out of nowhere and just carelessly say
1:18:38
I'm saved. And then you want to now
1:18:41
spearhead something heavy for the Kingdom.
1:18:45
It takes light. Some of the missionaries who
1:18:49
came, they had a sincere heart, but they did not have light.
1:18:53
Some of them never leave to return.
1:18:56
Say it again. I have the life of God.
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I am absolutely convinced that no man can take my life.
1:19:06
When my assignment is not done, It's my.
1:19:08
It's a revelation. Is, is, is.
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I took time to meditate upon it. I truly believe that you, you,
1:19:17
you have no idea what this man standing before you has gone
1:19:21
through in the spirit. If I were making empty noise, I
1:19:23
would have been long dead by now.
1:19:25
Long dead by now. There have been many times in my
1:19:30
life, Sir, about to take a trip and somebody will Call Me Maybe
1:19:34
some different and say possibly, please don't take this trip.
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I saw a ghastly motor accident and I saw you die.
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And these are people who are great.
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They are not just noisemakers. I know that's what the devil
1:19:43
planned. But what then is the Excellency
1:19:45
of the life of God, the ability to rewrite your prophecy?
1:19:50
Did you hear what I said? Rewrite your prophecy.
1:19:55
Now you don't just say, oh, I know what is your revelation?
1:19:58
I lay me down and I slept. He said, I wait for the Lord
1:20:02
sustain me. Who sustains the Lord?
1:20:07
The same Lord who sustains is the one who owns the earth.
1:20:10
Its fullness. All the elements that I use for
1:20:13
division, they were his property, the earth, the sun.
1:20:18
And he said the sun will not be used against me.
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The earth will not fight against me because I have a covenant
1:20:24
with the stones. Every manipulation of witchcraft
1:20:27
works based on elemental forces. You have to use water, earth,
1:20:32
sun, fire. Without these elements, the
1:20:34
supernatural cannot work. And already I have a covenant
1:20:37
with all of them. The owner put me in that
1:20:40
covenant that the ecosystem should not hurt me on account of
1:20:45
my status and my assignment. Do you believe this?
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So it says no enchantment that whilst you are sleeping somebody
1:21:00
is saying your first born to your fourth born.
1:21:03
May they all die in your hands and they are chanting it and you
1:21:07
find rest. You shake yourself like a
1:21:09
warrior that you are. I have the life of God, an
1:21:13
indestructible life, an indestructible life.
1:21:17
I have a family relationship with God.
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I'm not a stranger somewhere looking for access.
1:21:22
He is my father. Is the word Pata, source,
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sustainer, defender, protector. Let me give you the final one.
1:21:35
So we'll find somewhere to pray. Someone is getting angry,
1:21:38
getting angry and since so with the life of God, this thing that
1:21:42
has been going on in my family is time to bring it to an end.
1:21:46
Did you hear what I said? This issue of saying ladies get
1:21:50
married and return back to their parents homes, no matter how it
1:21:55
has prevailed, I'm coming with the life of God to put a full
1:21:58
stop and say this is where it ends.
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How about the ones that people get married and the woman is the
1:22:05
man and the man is the woman? Have you had that kind of thing?
1:22:12
Life of God. Listen, everything you are
1:22:15
silent about, you have authorized it to continue in
1:22:18
your life. Yes, Sir.
1:22:22
We give you God. The highest praise from the
1:22:31
rising after sun to the setting after same.
1:22:37
We give you God. The highest phrase from the
1:22:44
rising of the sun. So number.
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One, the first assignment and mission of Jesus was to come as
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an accurate revelation and a manifestation of the
1:23:00
misunderstood God. Correcting our understanding
1:23:03
about God #2 Jesus came to make the life of God accessible to
1:23:10
all men by reconciling us to God #3 Why did Jesus come?
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Listen to this. He came as a model of God's
1:23:19
expectation for man. Jesus came as a model of God's
1:23:25
expectation for man. John 1412.
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A model of God's expectation for man.
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He came as a model of God's expectation for man.
1:23:39
You want to know how God expects you to live?
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Look at Jesus, he says, Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that
1:23:46
believeth on me the works that I.
1:23:48
Do. He shall also do and greater
1:23:51
works. Why greater?
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I've done a teaching on that. The reason why you would do
1:23:57
greater works is because there are certain miracles that even
1:24:03
Jesus himself could not perform. Do you know why?
1:24:05
Because performing that miracle would demand him dying.
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And since he had not died, for instance, Jesus could not give
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anybody eternal life before his death.
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He could heal, but everybody he healed still died.
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The first person to receive eternal life was not by Jesus,
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it was by the apostles. Jesus was the basis for that
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eternal life. Nobody sins could be
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indefinitely forgiven and God's life imparted in its fullness
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because it would demand death. And Jesus was still alive.
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So when he says greater works, there is one miracle Jesus did
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not perform when he was on earth.
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He raised the dead, but he could not translate anybody from the
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Kingdom of darkness to the Kingdom of this dear Son.
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Now with 1 declaration, every believer can make that happen.
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That's what makes the world greater, not greater miracles.
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There are many other miracles Jesus did that were not recorded
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in this book. John 2030 and 31.
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So if you are talking about greater in terms of miracles of
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volume, no, nobody has fed 5000 people out of nodding yet.
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That is a lifetime project for all of us.
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So he's not talking about a greater miracle.
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Are we together? Say Amen.
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I don't know how my destiny should look like.
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Look unto Jesus, He has become the portrait for you.
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Are we together? Was he killed before his
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assignment finished? His dying was part of the
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process of the assignment. That was why it was not witness
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or limitation. That means like Jesus, you have
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a right to place a demand and say no power my God, no force,
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no enchantment against my destiny would take my life
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before my time. Are we together #2 Did Jesus
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fulfill his assignment? Yes.
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That means every one of us should fulfill our assignments,
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our portions of assignments that we call purpose, the roles that
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we have to play in that bigger picture.
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Jesus was focused and dedicated and determined.
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He did not come to the earth doing everything.
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He made His manifesto clear. Are we together now?
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Yes. That means if you find yourself
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doing too many things is proof that you are confused.
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You should be busy, but not busy doing too many things.
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There are few major things that actually define a man's life.
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Being busy doing too many things is a sign of lack of vision
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because one of the assignments of vision is that it creates
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focus. It coordinates your energy to
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target a few things and to achieve them.
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Hallelujah. He came as a portrait.
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Jesus was victorious. Satan could not defeat him even
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though he tried. Men tried and could not defeat
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him. Jesus was busy about.
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He was not lazy. That means every believer who is
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lazy is being Antichrist. Antichrist is not only when you
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deceive people. If you act in in a way and
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manner that is not consistent with the portrait given to you,
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it is an Antichrist behavior. Are we together?
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I humorously say, whether you choose to serve Jesus or Satan,
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in any case none of them will accept you being lazy.
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If you run away from Jesus because you are lazy and come to
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say that he'll push you back, you say you you can't go because
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either ways diligence is demanded.
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It doesn't matter who you serve. Are we together?
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When I found out that Jesus did not fail in his assignment, I
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made a covenant with my life and my destiny that I will not fail
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in my assignment. Someone say I will not fail.
1:28:05
Let the devil hear you hear me, my worship people.
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That means if God sent you here and sent you to a belkuta and
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there are songs within your spirit, and those songs should
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be like that's bringing revival. If you don't bring those songs
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to us, you have failed. If there is somebody here who is
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supposed to be a Kingdom financier and that is your
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prophetic destiny in your rising.
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You see, destiny is like a relay.
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Many people depend on your own succeeding to succeed.
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If Billy Graham was not saved, millions of preachers will not
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rise because their destinies were connected to his own.
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Are we together? For every one of you listening
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to me now, there are at least two people beyond yourself
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connected. Who's achieving and actualizing
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their destiny depends on your actualizing your own.
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That means for every time you tell God I'm not serious with
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you, you are punishing all those who have been connected to your
1:29:07
grace. For every time you tell the Lord
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I'm not serious, I one day I will think about this thing.
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I hear you have a call upon my life.
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Let me, I will talk to you on that In 2027 you peg somebody
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else manifestation. Imagine if apostle Chido man did
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not manifest what God has birthed in him.
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All the sons and daughters and the people now who have risen on
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account of his apostleship will be at the mercy.
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Listen, this is the reason why God can take the bishopric of
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men and give another, and that's what he's doing this end time.
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God is merciful, but you will not indefinitely allow a
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generation suffer because of the carelessness of one person.
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When you demonstrate that you are indefinitely not interested
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in growth and transformation, He will honor your will, but you
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will take that bishopric and give faithful man.
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That was a mystery in the parable of the talents.
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He collected from the one who did not see the value and gave
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the one you thought you collect it and keep it.
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No, he collected it. So you will find people who in
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this end time started as evangelist, but later you start
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seeing prophetic dimensions and say when did you become a
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prophet? Is because your faithfulness has
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earned a mistake. Because a prophet that was
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supposed to have risen and raised orders decided as an act
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of his will that I will not be serious with God.
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And God has seen that there are 10,000 other people tied to that
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grace. He will find the next available
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faithful vessel and trust with that responsibility.
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Are we learning Jesus came as a portrait of what you should be.
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I never read my Bible. I'm wrapping up and see a weak
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Jesus. Jesus was not weak.
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I do not see Jesus who ran away from demons, run away from
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principalities. No, I saw a diligent Jesus who
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by age 12, when his teenage colleagues were roaming around,
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he was at the temple. Listen to me.
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Let me speak to especially the younger people, the youth in
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this touch. If you are going to be like
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Jesus, timing matters. Timing matters.
1:31:19
Are we together? There is a time to invest in
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your destiny. Invest in your destiny.
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Make a commitment that you are cutting away distractions.
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You have seen that there is an Apostolic mandate, a pro
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pathetic mandate, an entrepreneur mandate.
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God has told you will be a leader of leaders.
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Wishing and seeing it as a vision and writing it in a book
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is only as good as it gets until you stand up and put it to work.
1:31:46
When it has to do with destiny, actualization, timing matters.
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This is why God gives us advantages like restoration and
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speed, because He knows that by default, something would have
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tampered with our time. Hallelujah.
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It takes time to know God. It takes time to become
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genuinely anointed. It takes time to understand
1:32:08
scripture. Are we together?
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It takes time to convince yourself that you are a blessing
1:32:13
to the world and not a cause. Started now for someone God is
1:32:16
speaking to you already. You came to church and God is
1:32:19
saying I've been trailing you for five years.
1:32:21
This your unseriousness is going to punish your family and punish
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the people who are looking up to you.
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The reason for that is because there is a prophetic mandate
1:32:30
upon you and God has been patient with you time to come to
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church. You are not interested, Bible
1:32:35
study, you are not interested, prayer you are not interested.
1:32:39
And God is saying for every time you tell me no, you are also
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telling many people no. I hope I'm speaking to an
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apostle, listening. I hope I'm speaking to one
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prophet, listening. I hope I'm speaking to 1
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evangelist. I hope I'm speaking to one
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Kingdom financier. Hallelujah.
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We live in a world where people like to celebrate dreams and
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visions and keep it there for 10-20 years.
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They are still celebrating dreams and visions.
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It is often said that the only way to make a dream come to pass
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is to wake up. What?
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Provided you are still dreaming, you will keep downloading
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intentions that will never come to pass Hallelujah.
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If you are Esther, are you going to fail in your assignment?
1:33:32
If you are Elijah, are you going to fail in your assignment?
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If you are Mary, will you rob us of seeing Jesus?
1:33:40
Are we together? If you are not the prophetess,
1:33:43
are you going to pray diligently until Jesus comes?
1:33:47
I made-up my mind as a covenant with my destiny that whatever
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role I have to play as far as making my contributions to the
1:33:57
body of Christ is concerned, I will use my lifetime to make
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that happen. And This is why you see myself
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spend myself and I'm spent doing the things that I do first,
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because I love this Jesus for that, because I love His body.
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And I realize that if destinies are connected to me in truth,
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then I must make the determination that I will not
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let those destinies fail for someone.
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God is speaking to you by now. If you were serious five years
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ago, you would have found the keys to wealth by now.
1:34:25
By now you would have started sponsoring conferences based on
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God's calendar for you, you are already behind time.
1:34:31
That means in this conference you buy books.
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If you are 3035 forty years and you've not started destiny and
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you are friends. With an 18 year old person
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sleeping and waking up together, that person has the advantage of
1:34:43
time. He will repent when he's 20 and
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still has time. You're already 40.
1:34:48
The time is against you. It means you double up in your
1:34:51
productivity. Am I challenging?
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Someone when someone buy 5 younger, that is buying one
1:34:58
book. You buy two or three because
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time is against you. You got born again at 30, OK?
1:35:05
I understand, thank God you are born again but it takes a long
1:35:08
time. The person who got born again
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at. 30 and the one who got born again at 7.
1:35:13
The advantage they have is not the same spiritualities, but in
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terms of time. If all of you are mentored under
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the same pastor, in 10 years, that gentleman will be 17 and
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you are. Going to be maybe 14.
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Is God speaking to us? Yes.
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If God intended for you to rise to an executive level and you
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realize that assignment, by the time you are 50, you have 10 or
1:35:41
15 more years in the civil service.
1:35:44
And because you did not give the kind of effort you should have
1:35:47
given, but not knowing it was in your prophetic destiny, you
1:35:50
would need an advantage. So when you hear teachings about
1:35:54
favor, you listen twice because there is already something that
1:35:59
is against you. Let.
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Speak to someone already in the name of Jesus, who is the son of
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the living God. Everything that does not make
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your life look like the portrait of Jesus to the.
1:36:13
Nations, no matter what it is, it dies here permanently.
1:36:19
Shout a believe in Amen. It dies here permanently.
1:36:25
Jesus was always prayerful. That means every spirit of
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prayerlessness that has trapped your life, allowing you to grow
1:36:32
older without spiritual investments.
1:36:35
I cost that spirit right now. From age 12, Jesus was at the
1:36:43
temple already learning. Maybe by the time you were his
1:36:48
age, your parents were not even saved and so you already had a
1:36:51
disadvantage. I pray for you in the name that
1:36:54
is above all names, that whatever it is that makes you to
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not have an appetite for the word spiritual laziness.
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Let it. Because right now.
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Do you know I've studied the life of Jesus?
1:37:10
I never saw Jesus with friends until he got the apostles
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disciples. What he did do as a teenager, I
1:37:20
mean, he was a young man like every other person wanting
1:37:24
relationships. You see, love is a command, but
1:37:28
relating with everybody is not. You have to take a you have to
1:37:32
be determined in your life that for the sake of what is on my
1:37:35
head, I'm wrapping up now and the sake of where I'm going, I
1:37:39
will have to addict certain relationships.
1:37:42
Don't say we're born together. That's nonsense.
1:37:44
Anybody who becomes a representation of an Antichrist
1:37:47
system in your life, this is the system.
1:37:50
You don't have to fight them, but you have to create room
1:37:52
enough for the sake of where you are going.
1:37:55
When God called Abraham, he went together with his relatives, but
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when he got to the base of of the mountain, he said I've
1:38:01
gotten to a point where I have to go alone.
1:38:03
I love you, we have come this far, stay back.
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You will love me too much to not allow me obey God.
1:38:09
If you go with me, there are people who love you too much.
1:38:12
They will not allow you pray. When you are fasting as a young
1:38:16
man, they say this too much, whereas they don't know the
1:38:18
destiny that is on your head. You pray for 10 minutes and say
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no, no, no, this is too much. Whereas they don't know what you
1:38:27
are. You are standing in to stop over
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your family and over the nations.
1:38:31
Again, I pray for you every wrong relationship around your
1:38:34
life that is stopping you from becoming a manifestation of the
1:38:39
Lord Jesus Christ. I cross it right now.
1:38:43
Shout a believing Amen. I cross it right now.
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Now listen to me. You would think that because
1:38:51
Jesus was the Son of God. Apostle, Sir, automatically he
1:38:55
will be born and he will start his assignment.
1:38:57
Not even Jesus escaped the law of process for 18 years from the
1:39:03
time he became a teenager, from age 12, the Bible was silent
1:39:07
about Jesus until he was 30. So as we know, was building
1:39:15
capacity. And by the time he was 30, guess
1:39:18
what? Satan still did not leave him.
1:39:20
I pray for you the kind of preparation that you need to
1:39:23
make for some of you. You are behind time.
1:39:26
You've never read any book here. You are not making sowing to the
1:39:30
Spirit, making the kinds of investments that design a great
1:39:34
destiny in the name of Jesus. May God show you mercy and give
1:39:37
you speed. Show you mercy and give you
1:39:40
speed. Show you mercy and give you
1:39:44
speed. Three more prayers for you.
1:39:48
I want you to please receive it. Hallelujah.
1:39:51
Now hear me, one thing I see in the life of Jesus is that he
1:39:55
never let help us even when he was going to the cross.
1:39:59
At every given point in his life.
1:40:02
They will help us when the people came to embarrass him as
1:40:06
touching financial issues. Even if fish produce coin.
1:40:13
When you want to become like Jesus, you must understand the
1:40:16
mystery of the help of God. When I was coming into this
1:40:19
church, I've seen it many times, but it occurred to me again, if
1:40:22
people that have been helped by God.
1:40:27
Ebenezer, there are three ways that God helps a man #1 he shows
1:40:32
him his mercy #2 he gives him access to men #3 he introduces
1:40:37
him to the ministry of the Holy Spirit.
1:40:40
These are the three ways men are primarily helped by God.
1:40:43
The mercy of God is one way He helps the gift of men.
1:40:48
He will help you through men and #3 He will open you up to the
1:40:52
minister of the Holy Spirit, who is called the helper.
1:40:55
For some of you right now, you would have become in a greater
1:40:58
measure, but demons have manipulated the Ministry of
1:41:02
helps. Men never show up to help you.
1:41:07
Men never show up to help you. Simple things become hard
1:41:11
because Satan does not want you to become.
1:41:13
I pray for you in the name of Jesus standing upon this altar
1:41:17
from tonight. Let help come for you speedily.
1:41:23
Let help come for you speedily in the name of Jesus, my final
1:41:32
prayer for you. There is one thing that Jesus
1:41:35
said he was and He is, and he also said you are that light.
1:41:44
When he said I am the light of the world, He also said you are
1:41:49
the light of the world. Therefore I want to pray for
1:41:52
you. Whatever has made you become
1:41:54
darkness to others, they have marked you and said don't come
1:41:58
near this man, don't come near this woman.
1:42:00
He's a destroyer. He's not a life giving in
1:42:03
spirit. I pray for you in the name of
1:42:05
Jesus, the Son of the living God, you will begin to manifest
1:42:08
as light from tonight. You will begin to manifest as
1:42:13
light. You begin to manifest as light.
1:42:17
You begin to manifest as light. You are in this place right now
1:42:24
and you're saying apostle, the Jesus I met to is not the one
1:42:28
you just talked about. Then you need to meet the real
1:42:31
Jesus, the one I met. What I was told about him scared
1:42:37
me away from him and I did not even go further to build a
1:42:43
relationship with him. Perhaps you may say apostle.
1:42:47
Honestly, I met church and I thought church was Jesus.
1:42:52
I met a man of God and I thought a man of God was Jesus where in
1:42:56
his image. But we're not him.
1:42:58
There is a real person called Jesus and you can encounter a
1:43:02
man of God as a means to get into Jesus.
1:43:05
You can encounter church as a means to get into Jesus.
1:43:10
I believe that among the many people who are here after
1:43:13
tonight, and please lend me your attention for one last time,
1:43:16
there must be one person who is an apostle.
1:43:19
This Jesus you just introduced is the one I've desired, is the
1:43:24
one I've prayed for. He's the one I've seen in my
1:43:27
dreams. He's the one I want to love,
1:43:30
live for, and serve all the days of my life.
1:43:33
There are two calls that I want to make here in one very
1:43:36
quickly. Those who are saying I have
1:43:39
never known this genuine, real Jesus, the fountain of love, the
1:43:45
resurrection and the life and haven't heard you speak about
1:43:48
him today, bringing this simple introduction of his person and
1:43:51
His mission. I want team now in my life or #2
1:43:57
those who are saying, I think I made this decision before, but I
1:44:00
really did not understand what I was doing.
1:44:02
I was just playing church. Now on hearing you, especially
1:44:05
that there are destinies connected to me.
1:44:07
I do not want to fail Jesus, fail my destiny, nor fail those
1:44:10
connected to me. That you want to come out and
1:44:13
join them here. I'm going to count one to five.
1:44:15
You don't have to come out, but that you mean business with
1:44:18
Jesus and you do. I don't want to let this
1:44:20
convention just pass like that. As I count one to five, I want
1:44:24
you to finally win that war over your destiny.
1:44:26
I will request that you run and come and stand here and give me
1:44:30
the honor of leading you to Jesus.
1:44:31
The moment I count, 5I begin to pray.
1:44:33
One, let's celebrate them as they come.
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Two, come. Don't be afraid, don't be
1:44:44
ashamed, don't wait for anyone to come before you.
1:44:47
This is a personal matter on a personal affair.
1:44:52
Are we encouraging them? Three.
1:44:57
The way you are clapping is the way men will clap for you after
1:45:00
your victory emerges. Apostle, I've lived my life
1:45:11
anyhow. Can Jesus receive me?
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Come. He's able to give you a new
1:45:15
beginning. I've always known that I have
1:45:19
the call of God upon my life, but I've never been serious with
1:45:22
Him. Come, come.
1:45:29
Thank you. 4 the. Final count and we're done 5
1:45:38
thank you thank you, thank you. In the name of Jesus, you're
1:45:45
joining them come quickly. We thank God for this harvest.
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Ladies and gentlemen, please look at me.
1:45:50
I want to to know that you are standing before Jesus.
1:45:53
Some of you are crying. Don't be ashamed of your tears.
1:45:56
Everyone who is genuinely saved made this answer, this call.
1:46:01
When you come before Jesus, it is not just the coming that
1:46:05
translates to eternal life is that there must be a
1:46:07
determination in your heart for one minute.
1:46:11
I want you to Take Me Out of your face and just see Jesus
1:46:14
standing here and all that he's telling you.
1:46:18
I, I love you and we can start afresh.
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I don't care what you have done or not done.
1:46:25
I don't care if you have run away from me like the prodigal
1:46:27
son. My hand has been upon your life.
1:46:30
I've been looking for you because your mother prayed
1:46:33
before she died and I've come to honor that covenant, but you've
1:46:37
been running away. It doesn't matter.
1:46:38
He's able to give you a new beginning.
1:46:42
As I lead you to make this prayer, please don't assume
1:46:46
you're reciting a point. Let it be from the depth of your
1:46:48
heart. Lift your right hand if you
1:46:50
will, as a sign of total surrender to this Jesus, and say
1:46:54
after me, loud, clear, with understanding, say, Lord Jesus,
1:47:01
say it again. Lord Jesus, tonight I have heard
1:47:06
your word. I love you with all of my heart.
1:47:12
I believe that you died for my sin.
1:47:17
I believe. That you rose again for my
1:47:22
justification right now I receive Jesus into my heart as
1:47:30
my Savior, my Lord and my. King, I declare that the power
1:47:39
of sin, Satan, hell, and the grave is broken.
1:47:46
Over my life from tonight. And forever I'm a child of God.
1:47:52
Amen. Father, thank you for this
1:47:54
lovely people. They have come declaring your
1:47:56
lordship over their lives based on the authority of Scripture.
1:47:59
I declare your sins forgiving. I call you bona fide recipients
1:48:02
of the life of God. From tonight you go forward ever
1:48:06
and backward, never in Jesus name.
1:48:10
All right, here's what I want you to do for me.
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All of you in concert while we clap for them.
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Please may I request that they move.
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Who are they following? OK, You follow the counselors.
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They will have a word with you very quickly and you'll be back
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to your seat. Thank you very much.
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Let's honor them. Please give them a big, big God
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bless you. Victory life.
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Are you? Are you clapping?
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Hallelujah, praise the Lord. Now before I take my seat, allow
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me for a minute to lend my voice with the man of God will have
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the time tomorrow to pray for the sick minister to people.
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And so come tomorrow with your heart expectant, invite everyone
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you can. We trust God for impartation.
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So I'll be able to speak over your life and in the name of
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Jesus. You will be a representation of
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the theme of this conference, for in Jesus mighty name we
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pray. Give Jesus a big hand clap.
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Can you?